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(References to Umka)

Umka
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Umka nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-129.74:-361.42[e]
Spectral classK6V[1]
Recharge time197 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)None[1]

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

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Owner History

Planetary Geography

Umka is a water-rich world where the major landmasses are chains of islands.[6]

Planetary History

Immediately prior to the Reunification War Umka was a world within the Magistracy of Canopus, where the major industries were aquaculture and deep-sea farming and with two battalions of the First Canopian Light Horse stationed on-world in support of the irregular ground forces that made up the planetary garrison.[6]

War between the Star League and the Magistracy of Canopus was inevitable after the Magistracy joined the other Periphery nations in rejecting the Pollux Proclamation; Umka was an early target in the initial Star League Defense Force campaign against the Magistracy, with a flotilla of SLDF craft arriving in the local system in August 2577. The SLDF forces quickly dispersed the local pickets and began planetary landings with the 56th Brigade arriving on Umka soon after to capture the world.[6] The mercenary unit Mieselsen's Marauders had been on Umka immediately prior to the Star League invasion, but had been redeployed to Vakarel before the SLDF troops arrived, leaving the First Canopian Light Horse in place to support the planetary garrison.[32]

The local garrison refused to surrender easily, and while the 56th Brigade were able to capture the main industrial complexes quickly and eventually force the First Canopian Light Horse contingent off-world, the remaining garrison forces proceeded to wage a guerilla war. Breaking up into small groups, the garrison dispersed around the islands and archipelagos of Umka and forced the 56th Brigade to spend three months winkling them out; guerilla groups with hovercraft or armed IndustrialMechs would frequently relocate across the shallow seas between islands, frustrating the SLDF forces efforts.[6]

Although the 56th Brigade were responsible for capturing Umka, the SLDF task force responsible for conquering the Magistracy stationed a number of other units on Umka during 2577, units which included the 63rd Royal Brigade (from the Twenty-First Royal Division), Third Regulan Hussars and the Juggernaut regiment of the Stewart Dragoons.[33]

The Magistracy of Canopus had 13 worlds annexed by the Free Worlds League, either during the Reunification War[7] or by Star League decree in 2602,[34] and Umka was one of these worlds.

Umka was one of many worlds to be struck during the wave of Bloody Tricentennial attacks that swept across the Inner Sphere in the wake of the fall of the Word of Blake Protectorate. The city of Deep Hamilton was hit by a number of bomb blasts in the early hours of the 12th if October 3080 that killed more than 1200 people and devastated the commercial district of the city; this was followed by an attack that breached a major dam near the city later in the day, flooding the city. The breaching of the dam was witnessed during a live broadcast of the Umka World News local news network being presented by Julian Costamayor and his news team, who were most likely killed in the resulting flooding.[35]

Planetary Garrison

2577

2765

3054

3079

3085

3145

Manufacturing Center

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Gouderak 19.6 Vakarel 21.2 Aspropirgos 29.7 Mangor 33.7 Piriapolis 34.06
Butzfleth 34.09 Watermael 36.7 Banfora 43.4 Meadowvale 44.4 Fanardir 48.9
Fagerholm 49.4 Scheuerheck 50.94 Canopus IV 50.99 Villanueva 54.9 Eleusis 56.2
Ingonish 58.9 Cap Rouge 59.9

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Objectives: Free Worlds League, p. 30, "Umka"
  2. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War", p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War [2571] and fall of the Star League [2750]"
  5. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 94, "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Historical: Reunification War, p. 97, "Umka (August-October 2577)"
  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. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 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
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 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
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 96, Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War, p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus after Third Succession War [3025] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 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
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 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
  17. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  18. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere [3050] Map"
  19. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 25, "Inner Sphere [3052] Map"
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere [3057] Map"
  21. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 112, "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere [3063] Map"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  25. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  26. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - August 3079"
  27. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  28. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  29. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 150, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off-2582)"
  33. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"
  34. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 161, "Good Neighbours To The Magistracy"
  35. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 19-20, "Terrorists Flood Deep Hamilton"
  36. ↑ Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 10, "Regimental Status"
  37. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 37, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  38. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 15, "Non-Aligned Forces"
  39. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 160, "Deployment Table - 3085"
  40. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 182, "Notable Mercenary Forces - Free Worlds League"
  41. ↑ Objectives: Free Worlds League, p. 30, "Kerr-McGinniss"

Bibliography

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