Uhuru

Uhuru
Uhuru 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-139.065 : -12.459[e]

The Uhuru system was home to at least one habitable world and as of June 3152 was located in the Wolf Empire.[1]

Political Affiliation[edit]

Planetary History[edit]

Early History[edit]

When news of the massacre of thousands of civilians on Summit by Terran Alliance military forces in 2236 reached Uhuru, a group of one hundred and fifty thousand colonists dispatched to settle on Uhuru under the designation Uhuru Settlement Group Gamma decided to rebel. Persuading their JumpShip crews to join them in fleeing the Inner Sphere and Terran Alliance oppression, the colonists - now calling themselves the Axumite Settlement Group - traded their Uhuru-specific seedstocks and similar supplies to the other colonists, in exchange for rations, spares and supplies, and set off for the anti-spinward region of the Periphery. The Axumite Settlement Group subsequently evaded Terran Alliance efforts to intercept them and recover the expensive terraforming equipment, and went on to found the Deep Periphery nation known as the Axumite Providence.[2]

First Succession War[edit]

By the end of the Star League era Uhuru was a major industrial center, but the First Succession War devastated the planet. By 2820 those living on Uhuru were reduced to a bare subsistence level of existence.[37]

Third Succession War[edit]

Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces and Free Worlds League Military units were battling each other on Uhuru in 3010. One notable event during these battles was a raid conducted by elements of the mercenary unit Cranston Snord's Irregulars, who were assigned to Uhuru as a supporting unit for the Lyran forces. Five of the Irregulars' MechWarriors including Rhonda Snord staged an unauthorized night raid against a supply depot belonging to the Fifteenth Marik Militia. Rhonda's party were caught in a trap by defending 'Mechs who used hitherto-unknown new jamming equipment, and had to be rescued by Cranston Snord and Samual Sneede. The Irregulars managed a retreat, and the information about the enemy jammers from this chance encounter proved invaluable to the Lyrans.[14]

Dark Age[edit]

Uhuru was among the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth worlds conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during Operation HAMMERFALL.[31] When Clan Wolf turned against its Lyran ally in May 3140, Uhuru was one of the first five targets they attacked.[38] In taking the planet Alaric Wolf demonstrated political savvy in restoring order, honoring commercial contracts, and allowing the local population to try Uhuru's unpopular governor in their own courts, all of which helped pacify the populace.[39]

Jasek Kelswa-Steiner and his Stormhammers attempted to blunt the Wolf advance with a counterstrike on Uhuru in July but were forced to retreat after being outfought in the Red Desert.[39]

Military Deployment[edit]

2765[edit]

2830[edit]

2864[edit]

3010[edit]

3025[edit]

3050[edit]

3054[edit]

  • Thirty-first Marik Militia[45]

3059[edit]

  • Thirty-first Marik Militia[46]

3067[edit]

  • Thirty-first Marik Militia[47]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Red Desert: included winding box canyons [39]
  • Uhuru Autobahn: a twelve-lane reinforced ferrocrete highway stretching from coast to coast, the largest road on Uhuru. Forests lined both sides along at least part of the highway.[39]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 44 systems (43 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Pardeau 12.8 Gniezno 15.0 Concord 17.2 Solaris 17.6
Amity 21.0 Rahne 21.9 Rochelle 25.5 New Kyoto 27.7
Hyde 27.7 Launam 28.1 Danais 29.3 Alkes 30.4
New Hope 33.0 Fianna 33.2 Nestor 34.3 Kolobrzeg 34.3
Kalidasa 34.9 Algorab 35.7 Bondurant 40.5 Zaniah 41.7
Gienah 44.0 Stewart 44.2 Sarpsborg 46.0 Helm 46.1
Lamon 46.2 Arcadia 47.5 Arganda 51.1 Adhafera 51.4
Shiloh 51.5 Tania Borealis 51.5 Tania Australis 52.2 Caledonia 52.8
Aquileia 52.9 McAffe 53.4 Merak 53.6 Catroxx 53.8
Vindemiatrix 54.8 Gannett 54.8 Ford 54.9 Mariefred 56.0
Alhena 56.6 Gacrux 57.4 Sheridan 59.7 Hesperus 61.2

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Empire Alone, p. 78, "The Free Worlds League June 3152" (Map)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 52, "History"
  3. Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"
  4. Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  6. Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  7. Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  8. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  9. First Succession War (sourcebook), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  10. Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  11. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  12. First Succession War (sourcebook), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  13. Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 Cranston Snord's Irregulars, pp. 28-29 (Scenario "To the Rescue")
  15. House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. vii, "Free Worlds League - [3025] Map"
  16. Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  17. Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  18. Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  19. Era Report: 3052, p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map
  20. Era Report: 3052, p. 22, Inner Sphere - [3052] Map
  21. Era Report: 3062, p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  22. Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  23. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  24. Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  25. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  26. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  27. Field Report: FWLM, p. 19, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  28. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  29. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii , "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  30. Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  31. 31.0 31.1 To Ride the Chimera, Map of the Free Worlds League in 3139
  32. Era Report: 3145, p. 21, "Timeline of Events (cont.)"
  33. Era Report: 3145, p. 69, "Wolf Empire birth and growth [3140-3145]" (Map)
  34. Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145]"
  35. Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  36. Shattered Fortress, p. 103, "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
  37. House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 30, "The Second Succession War"
  38. A Bonfire of Worlds, Chapter 8 (PDF version)
  39. 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 A Bonfire of Worlds, Chapter 9 (PDF version)
  40. Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 10, "Regimental Status"
  41. House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 108, "Unit Deployment Table"
  42. House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 109, "Unit Deployment Table"
  43. 20 Year Update, p. 56, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  44. 20 Year Update, p. 57, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  45. Objective Raids, p. 38, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  46. Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 112, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  47. Field Manual: Updates, p. 160, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"

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