Thuban

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

Thuban
← 3135
3151
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Thuban nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-196.26 : 117.82[e]

Two different and apparently mutually exclusive descriptions for Thuban exist:

  • According to the novel Operation Excalibur, Thuban (Alpha Draconis) is a binary star system of two blue-white A0-class stars circling each other at a distance of thirty-two million kilometers with a period of fifty-one standard days.[1] The radiation was described as "demonic" and uncomfortably high even out at the jump point. The inhabited "planet" in the Thuban system is a hollow, "inside-out" world built into a moon-sized asteroid by Star League engineers. Its spin had been hastened to the point where centrifugal forces provided gravity on the inside. The enclosed environment is entered through airlocks, and light is piped in as needed.[1]
  • Conversely, the short story Damage Control describes Thuban as a vast open-environment world with a breathable atmosphere and wide, lava-encrusted plains around Scorpius Mons, the planet's largest highest volcano.[2]

Political Affiliation

Military Deployment

3145

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:

Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Gallery 9.86 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Tetersen 28.03 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Chukchi III 31.76 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Tharkad 38.39 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Colinas 40.36 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Gibbs 40.73 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Callisto V 41.68 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Turinge 41.73 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Eutin 42.24 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Donegal 42.73 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Forkas 45.13 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Greenlaw 52.52 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Aur 52.54 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Westerstede 53.92 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Aristotle 54.71 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Cameron 55.07 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Bjornlunda 55.35 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Horneburg 57.66 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Smolnik 58.06 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Jaumegarde 59.47 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Operation Excalibur, p. 104 (PDF edition; page number may vary for print edition)
  2. ↑ Damage Control
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth befor [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  6. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  7. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  8. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  10. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  13. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  15. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  19. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  26. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  27. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  28. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 21, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  29. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  30. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  31. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  32. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  34. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  35. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 170, "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"

Bibliography

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