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Telos IV
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Telos IV nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates43.94:40.27[e]
Spectral classK7IV[1]
Planet(s)6[1]

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

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Owner History

Overview

Telos IV was one of the worlds that was abandoned by the Terran Alliance following the Outer Reaches Rebellion and the Demarcation Declaration of 2242,[2] but by the end of the Reunification War Telos IV had become one of the worlds within the Lone Star Province of the Terran Hegemony.[7]

The people of Telos IV are known for their stubbornness. This quality is very useful to them as they live on a world that is constantly subject to heavy rainstorms and tornadoes. In fact their stubborn nature led the Draconis Combine to cede the world to the Terran Hegemony after the Combine wasted years trying to force the inhabitants to do what was best for the Combine. Initially the relationship with the Terran Hegemony was also marked by passive resistance and work slowdowns, but when the Hegemony installed several storm inhibitor systems and improved their quality of life, the relationship improved dramatically.

During the Amaris Civil War, the Telosians returned to their methods of passive resistance, which led Amaris to abandon the world after smashing the storm inhibitors and local defense network. When the SLDF arrived, they found a world ready to support Operation Liberation. After the Exodus the world returned to the Draconis Combine. The passive resistance to the Dragon's way of life resumed, preventing the Dragon from making full use of the world's resources. Things improved when Theodore Kurita enacted his reforms however.[1]

During the War of 3039 Telos IV was invaded by the 22nd Avalon Hussars and 12th Vegan Rangers Delta Regiment. The population was expected to help the invading AFFS forces, but the eased restrictions allowed by Theodore Kurita soured the population against the AFFS units. The citizens basically made everything for an AFFS soldier difficult, from using a nearly incomprehensible local dialect when talking to shop owners shortchanging soldiers or providing poor customer service.[14] In July the 2nd Benjamin Regulars arrived to take the system back. They landed on the world and moved the AFFS troops more than 200 kilometers away from Triumph, the planet's capital city. Once the AFFS was out of position, the 41st Dieron Regulars landed around Triumph and in five hours had captured the AFFS DropShips and logistical system. The Hussars turned and engaged in a series of close range battles with the Dieron Regulars while the Vegan Rangers used a series of hit and run attacks against the Benjamin Regulars. This prevented the DCMS troops from joining forces, but the AFFS troops (particularly the Hussars) also had to deal with a large number of insurgents who would hit them and fade away into the population. Eventually it was too much, and the AFFS troops withdrew.[15]

Like many worlds, Telos IV was occupied by the Word of Blake during the Jihad, and would remain an occupied world until the beginning of Operation SCOUR, the allied coalition invasion of the Word of Blake Protectorate. Telos IV was the first world to be targeted for liberation in the Draconis Combine wing of the operation, with troops landing on the 5th of February 3077.[10] However, the liberation of Telos IV caused controversy in its' own right, as the allied coalition chose to garrison Telos IV and the nearby - and also recently liberated - world of Deneb Algedi with garrison forces from the Federated Suns. Where the DCMS had intended to deploy the Toguran Military Garrison and the New Samarkand Militia to garrison the worlds, these Combine forces were instead deployed to recently liberated worlds on the Free Worlds League front instead. These acts drew protests from Gunji-no-Kanrei Kiyomori Minamoto to General Belle Lee of the allied coalition.[16]

Telos IV was home to a satellite branch of Luthien Armor Works which operated manufacturing or refining facilities on the continents of Dulles and Rostov, and internal memos obtained by a new agency on Luthien in April 3077 highlighted the damage the LAW interests on Telos IV had taken - and led to questions about the level of damage inflicted on the local industry by the Combine forces, not just the Blakists. The Pembrose facility on the continent of Rostov was the least damaged, and yet it was only capable of operating at 43% of its' original output. The Stanly & Sons facility on Dulles had been sabotaged, and the high-yield nuke used to sabotage the plant had effectively destroyed it; most damning was the damage done to the facility in Triumph due to damage by Blakist nukes and the liberal use of nukes by both sides in and around Triumph.[17]

Telos IV has four continents: Dulles, Rustov, Fellin, and Haranshire. The capital city, Triumph, is located on Dulles.[1]

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Nashira 10.4 Kervil 15.5 Inglesmond 16.3 Deneb Algedi 17.1 Miyazaki 24.7
Pike IV 24.8 Al Na'ir 25.2 Quentin 29.9 Nirasaki 30.5 Biham 31.5
Elix 32.5 Styx 32.8 Chaville 33.3 Ancha 35.66 Athenry 35.67
Yance I 37.2 Halstead Station 37.7 Dyev 38.8 Sadachbia 40.6 Lockdale 41.4
Pokhara 41.8 Helen 43.8 Errai 45.4 Saffel 46.8 Kuzuu 47.3
Lambrecht 47.8 Shinonoi 49.6 Shitara 49.6 Murchison 51.2 Imbros III 52.2
Northwind 52.9 Asta 54.6 Small World 55.1 Ashio 56.6 Dieron 57.10
Ascella 57.13 Towne 57.6 Fomalhaut 57.9 Lone Star 58.9 Dabih 59.7

Planetary Data

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 42, "Telos IV World Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [[2271]"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 24, "Conquest of resistance"
  4. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 23, "Political Manuvers"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding [2341]"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  8. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"
  11. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  12. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  13. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  14. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 39
  15. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, pp. 86-88
  16. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 30, "Official Update"
  17. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 30, "Status: Telos IV"

Bibliography

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