Thurrock

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(References to Thurrock)

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

X: -74.43 Y: -384.86[e]


Planetary Garrison

2577

2765

3054

3059

  • Hermann's Hermits[4]

3145

Owner History

Planetary History

Thurrock was settled at some point during the Age of War, and by the time of the Reunification War was notionally a part of the Magistracy of Canopus, although the Capellan Confederation also claimed the world as a result of the Third Andurien War. During the sixth year of the invasion of the Magistracy by the Star League, Thurrock became the site of possible the most decisive battle in the war between the Star League and the Magistracy.[10]

For some time, the Marik National Intelligence Agency had been laying the bait for a trap at Thurrock intended to entice the Magistracy Armed Forces into a strike against the SLDF supply camps and garrisons in the system.[36] The SLDF task force based around VII Corps had extended it's supply lines significantly with the capture of a number of Magistracy worlds in quick succession in early 2583.[10] The commander of the MAF, Colonel Adam Buquoy, knew that the Magistracy was losing the initiative, and with the fall of Adherlwin and Nobel in late April the SLDF had secured an important psychological victory by occupying every world within 30 light years of the Magistracy capital world of Canopus IV.[36] The Magistracy badly needed a victory to regain the initiative.[10]

Buquoy had managed to stall the SLDF campaign in late 2577 by launching raids on a number of SLDF supply deports and marshaling worlds within the Free Worlds League, the most damaging of which was against the world of Meadowvale.[37] Buquoy identified Thurrock as being an almost ideal target; intelligence indicated that the supply caches and repair facilities established on Thurrock were apparently guarded by just one SLDF regiment and a couple of battalions of auxiliary troops, which supported the idea that the SLDF task force was in danger of becoming overstretched. Buquoy assembled a strike force consisting of the bulk of the MAF 1st and 2nd Fleets and three complete regiments of ground troops, the 2nd Canopian Grenadiers and the mercenary units Kincani's Dragoons and Force Majoris. In July 2583 the strike force jumped to the Thurrock system.[10]

The strike force arrived at Thurrock's nadir jump point, but found the system oddly empty of shipping, and when the MAF troops seized the cargo stations, they found them to be operating with just skeleton crews. The lack of traffic and personnel made the strike force wonder if the SLDF had abandoned the system, despite information from the Magistracy Intelligence Ministry stating the opposite.[10] What the strike force didn't know was that there were SLDF ships floating in the dark at various pirate points dotted around the system, monitoring the MAF ships. The SLDF observers jumped to the nearby Claybrooke system, relaying precise details of the MAF ship locations to a waiting SLDF naval flotilla.[36]

The MAF ground forces launched their DropShips and began the three-day run towards Thurrock; six hours later, SLDF WarShips began jumping into the Thurrock system, launching fighters and assault DropShips as they arrived.[10] The SLDF ships arrived within a few kilometers of the MAF transport vessels using the information gathered by their observers, effectively preventing the transports from leaving the system; the six MAF WarShips in-system realised quickly that they were cut off as thirty SLDF WarShips, twenty assault DropShips and more than a hundred fighters began trying to pin them down.[36] The MAF ships tried to use the outer planets of the system as cover, but were run to ground and destroyed in a two-day running battle. The three regiments of ground troops were all captured, leaving the MAF critically weakened. With the bulk of the MAF navy destroyed, the Magistracy ground forces lost most of their mobility and were largely unable to continue their previous campaign of raids and elaborate movement shell-games to keep the SLDF task force off-balance and were instead largely pinned in place. This allowed the SLDF campaign to target the Magistracy troops more easily, and the ambush at Thurrock is widely acknowledged as having been the tipping point in the SLDF invasion of the Magistracy.[10]

The Magistracy of Canopus had 13 worlds annexed by the Free Worlds League, either during the Reunification War[11] or by Star League decree in 2602,[38] and Thurrock was one of these worlds.

Nearby Planets

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

Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
El Giza 13.09 1 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Fagerholm 20.71 1 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Claybrooke 26.20 1 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Piriapolis 34.28 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Butzfleth 34.87 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Leyda 35.64 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Villanueva 36.40 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Ingonish 40.74 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Cursa 41.02 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Borgan's Rift 43.17 2 MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC
Aspropirgos 45.11 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Fanardir 47.04 2 MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC
Early Dawn 50.36 2 MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC
Gouderak 50.89 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Pilpala 51.87 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Xanthe III 52.42 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Granera 57.40 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Umka 59.54 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL

References

  1. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 150, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"
  2. ↑ Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 17, "Regimental Status"
  3. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 39, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  4. ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 115, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  5. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 200, "Magistracy Royal Guards"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War [2571] and fall of the Star League [2750]"
  9. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 94, "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Historical: Reunification War, p. 102-103, "Thurrock (July 2583)"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  12. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  13. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:HLp39"" defined multiple times with different content
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:HMp38" defined multiple times with different content
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus after Third Succession War [3025] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:HLp49"" defined multiple times with different content
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:HMp51" defined multiple times with different content
  21. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  25. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 112, "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 30, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  28. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  29. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  30. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - August 3079"
  31. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  32. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  33. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  35. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 Historical: Reunification War, p. 102, "Thurrock" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "H:RWp102" defined multiple times with different content
  37. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 99, "Meadowvale (January 2578)"
  38. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 161, "Good Neighbours To The Magistracy"

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