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* [[2366]] - [[Taurian Concordat]] <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]"</ref> | * [[2366]] - [[Taurian Concordat]] <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]"</ref> | ||
* [[2571]] - [[Taurian Concordat]] <ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 121, "Taurian Concordat after Age of War [2571], Fall of the Star League [2750] and End of the 3rd Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns After Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation After Age of War [2571]"</ref> | * [[2571]] - [[Taurian Concordat]] <ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 121, "Taurian Concordat after Age of War [2571], Fall of the Star League [2750] and End of the 3rd Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns After Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation After Age of War [2571]"</ref> |
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System position | 4 |
(References to Taurus)
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: 191.24 Y: -393.78[e]
Contents
Planetary Data[1]
- Star Type (Recharge Time): G3V (184 hours)
- Position in System: 4
- Time to Jump Point: 8.53 days
- Number of Satellites: 1 (Drusilla)
- Surface Gravity: 1.0
- Atmospheric Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
- Equatorial Temperature: 30C° (Temperate)
- Surface Water: 65%
- Recharging Station: Zenith
- HPG Class Type: B
- Highest Native Life: Mammals
Era Specific Data
2253
- Political Leader: Samantha Calderon[2]
- Population: ca. 2,300[2]
2268
- Political Leader: Timothy Calderon[3]
- Population: ca. 5,000[2]
3025[4]
- Political Leader: Thomas Calderon
- ComStar Representative: Precentor Barbara Kooper
- Population: 2,169,000,000
3067[5]
- Political Ruler: Protector Grover Shraplen
- Population: 4,002,198,000
- Socio-Industrial Levels: A-A-A-A-B
3076[1]
- Political Ruler: Protector Boris Tharn
- Population: 3,997,068,000
- Tech Level USIIR: A-B-A-B-B
Overview
Taurus is the political and cultural capital of the Taurian Concordat. The planet is named for the second husband of Samantha Calderon, Victor Taurens, who died while attempting to navigate the system's asteroid field. Taurus is also one of the industrial centers of the Concord; thus, units stationed on Taurus tend to be elite and well-equipped. Taurus is also home to one of the largest periphery populations, estimated at greater than two billion inhabitants as of the early 31st century.
Transit in system is difficult. The Taurus system is cluttered with a natural barrier of asteroids, which have been mined and laced with Taurian Special Asteroid Support Force laser and missile batteries.
Manufacturing Centers
- Taurus Territorial Industries
- Taurus WarWorks - discontinued in 2598[6]
- Magna
History
The first colony on Taurus was established on the 23rd of January 2253 by an expedition of colonists led by Samantha Calderon. A native of the world of Aix-la-Chapelle, Samantha had lost a husband and two daughters in the Outer Reaches Rebellion; this left her initially with access to considerable wealth from her husband's business ventures, only to then see half that wealth drained away in the aftermath of the Rebellion or at the hands of privateers from the Republic of Marik.[7] Believing that a radical solution was needed, Samantha converted her wealth into ships and supplies and lead an expedition of more than 2,300 people aboard 25 FTL capable ships to find a new, safe home. It took the expedition 22 months to travel from Aix-la-Chapelle to the unexplored Hyades Cluster; despite losing two Aquilla-class transports in the attempt, the expedition became the first explorers to successfully navigate through the dust, gas and asteroid fields that surrounded the cluster to discover the eight linked star systems within the cluster and the 37 assorted planetary bodies orbiting or being pulled between the various stars.[2]
Samantha named the first world settled Taurus in memory of her second husband, Victor Taurens, who had died during the attempts to penetrate the Hyades asteroid field. Taurus proved to be a world rich in resources, and for the next 15 years the colony grew inside the safety and obscurity offered by the cluster, until the death of Samantha in a freak accident on the 14th of March 2268.[2] Samantha's son Timothy was selected as Samantha's successor and Protector of the Taurian Homeworlds. Avoiding the democratic processes that were the signature of the despised Terran Alliance responsible for the colonists leaving the Inner Sphere, Timothy established a hereditary form of leadership on Taurus and armed with the sweeping powers granted to him proceeded to establish an orderly culture based on the simple and egalitarian principle that those who didn't contribute to the general welfare would in turn be denied access to that general welfare. Summed up as "no work, no food", this simple but effective system gave the Taurians the impetus needed to survive and prosper, with groups of geologists, scientists and settlers from Taurus colonising five additional worlds within the Hyades Cluster between 2310 and 2320.[3]
Owner History
- 2253 - Independent [2]
- 2268 - Taurian Homeworlds [3]
- 2335 - Taurian Concordat [3]
- 2366 - Taurian Concordat [8]
- 2571 - Taurian Concordat [9][10][11]
- 2750 - Taurian Concordat [9]
- 2822 - Taurian Concordat [12][13]
- 2864 - Taurian Concordat [14][15]
- 3025 - Taurian Concordat [9][16][17][18]
- 3030 - Taurian Concordat [19][20]
- 3039 - Taurian Concordat [21][22]
- 3040 - Taurian Concordat [23]
- 3050 - Taurian Concordat [24]
- 3052 - Taurian Concordat [25]
- 3057 - Taurian Concordat [26]
- 3058 - Taurian Concordat [27][22]
- 3059 - Taurian Concordat [28]
- 3063 - Taurian Concordat [29]
- 3067 - Taurian Concordat [23][27][30]
- 3075 - Taurian Concordat [31]
- 3079 - Taurian Concordat [32][33]
- 3130 - Taurian Concordat [34]
Nearby Systems
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 190, "Taurian Concordat Key Worlds"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Periphery (1st Edition), p. 15, "Calderon Expedition"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Periphery (1st Edition), p. 17, "Taurian Concordat"
- ↑ The Periphery (sourcebook), p. 84, "Planet Profile"
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 125, "Taurus Profile"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 296, "Toro Profile"
- ↑ The Periphery (1st Edition), p. 14, "Calderon Expedition"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p, 121, "Taurian Concordat after Age of War [2571], Fall of the Star League [2750] and End of the 3rd Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns After Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation After Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns After First Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation After First Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation After Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ The Periphery (Sourcebook), p. 151, "Maps of the Periphery"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns After Third Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation After Third Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72, "Federated Suns After Fourth Succession War [3030]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation After Fourth Succession War [3030]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 74, "Federated Suns After War of 3039"
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 59, "Capellan Confederation After Fourth Succession War [3030]" Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns After Operation Guerrero [3058]" Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation After FedCom Civil War [3067]"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere Map [3075]"
- ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 23, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Map [3079]"
- ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 23, "Taurian Concordat Deployment Map [3079]"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
Bibliography
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Field Report: CCAF
- Field Report: Periphery
- Handbook: House Davion
- Handbook: House Liao
- Handbook: Major Periphery States
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers
- The Periphery, 2nd Edition
- The Periphery