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| − | == Political Affiliation == | + | ==Political Affiliation== |
| − | * [[2271]] - No record <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16 | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
| − | * [[2366]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17 | + | * [[2271]] - No record<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref> |
| − | * [[2571]] - [[Magistracy of Canopus]] <ref name="HB:MPSp93">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 93 | + | * [[2366]] - No record<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref> |
| − | + | * [[2571]] - [[Magistracy of Canopus]]<ref name="HB:MPSp93">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 93</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25</ref><ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24</ref> | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[2577]] - Magistracy of Canopus<ref name="H:RWp94">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 94</ref> (occupied by [[SLDF]] troops from November)<ref name="H:RWp98">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 98: "Butzfleth and Vakarel (October-November 2577)"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[2596]] - [[Free Worlds League]]<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[2750]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:MPSp93"/><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36</ref> |
| − | + | * [[2764]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[2765]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10</ref><ref name="FR2765:FWLp25">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 25</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp35">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 35</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[2767]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="H:LOTV1p96">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 96</ref> |
| − | + | * [[2786]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[2822]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name=HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31</ref><ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[2864]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39</ref><ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38</ref> | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:MPSp96">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 96</ref><ref name=HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40</ref><ref name="HM(TFWL)pvii">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. vii: "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3030]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49</ref><ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3040]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3050]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10</ref> |
| − | + | * [[3052]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref> | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3054]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ORp36">''Objective Raids'', p. 36</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3057]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: Inner Sphere [3057] Map</ref><ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3058]] - Free Worlds League -<ref name=HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60</ref><ref name="HB:HMp54">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54</ref> |
| − | + | * [[3059]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="TP2Ep112">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 112: "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"</ref> | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3063]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref><ref name="ISp61">''Inner Sphere'', p. 61</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3067]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:MPSp96"/><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68</ref><ref name="HB:HMp56">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 56</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3075]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3079]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="FR:FWLMp17">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17</ref><ref name="FR:Pp20">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 20</ref> |
| − | + | * [[3081]] - Independent world<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62</ref> | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3085]] - Independent world<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> |
| − | + | * [[3135]] - Duchy of Andurien<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3145]] - Duchy of Andurien<ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | |
| + | * [[3151]] - Duchy of Andurien<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151"</ref> | ||
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| − | === | + | ==Vakarel== |
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| + | ===Planetary History=== | ||
====Reunification War==== | ====Reunification War==== | ||
| − | 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]]; '''Vakarel''' was an early target in the initial [[Star League Defense Force]] campaign against the Magistracy. The last of the systems to be invaded in the first wave of SLDF attacks, responsibility for capturing Vakarel fell to the [[ | + | 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]]; '''Vakarel''' was an early target in the initial [[Star League Defense Force]] campaign against the Magistracy. The last of the systems to be invaded in the first wave of SLDF attacks, responsibility for capturing Vakarel fell to the [[Fifty-ninth Brigade]], one of three brigades that made up the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[Twentieth Mechanized Infantry Division]]. The [[Magistracy Armed Forces]] were attempting to confuse the SLDF task force by making frequent troop redeployments in advance of SLDF attacks; while [[Samuelson's Slaughterers]] had been garrisoning Vakarel when the war began, they'd been replaced by [[Mieselsen's Marauders]] prior to the Fifty-ninth Brigade attack.<ref name="H:RWp98"/><ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148: "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref> |
| − | While forcing the Marauders to retreat proved relatively easy for the Fifty- | + | While forcing the Marauders to retreat proved relatively easy for the Fifty-ninth, securing the various mining operations within the system's asteroid belts was another matter entirely; forced to navigate within the fields hampered sensor performance and maneuverability, the bulk of the combat action fell to the marine detachments aboard the various SLDF [[WarShip]]s, while the bulk of the Fifty-ninth Brigade remained aboard their [[DropShip]]s waiting for the rare call for them to deploy their firepower. Despite the asteroid clearance work being tedious and time-consuming, the Fifty-Ninth Brigade declared that the system had been occupied on 11 November 2577.<ref name="H:RWp98"/> |
| − | It came as a great shock to the Fifty- | + | It came as a great shock to the Fifty-ninth Brigade when the combined MAF [[1st Fleet (MAF)|First]] and [[2nd Fleet (MAF)|2nd Fleets]] jumped in-system to launch a counterattack on the 14th of November. The first time the MAF navy had attacked—the two fleets represented every MAF capital ship not permanently assigned to guarding key worlds—the combined force pressed the SLDF forces hard, striking throughout the system. The SLDF force had been operating in small formations to clear the system, and suffered significant losses at the hands of the Canopian navy; one detachment alone lost a [[corvette]], five [[JumpShip]]s as well as two battalions of embarked troops from the Fifty-ninth Brigade. The SLDF WarShips, fighters and DropShips managed to drive the MAF ships off, but not before the Canopians had bloodied [[VII Corps (Star League)|VII Corps]].<ref name="H:RWp98"/> |
| − | Despite having to | + | Despite having to concede the Vakarel system to the Star League, the MAF wasn't finished; in [[2580]], the [[Second Canopian Light Horse]] raided the system as part of a pattern of organized raids on Star League garrisons and supply lines throughout occupied space and the border regions of the Free Worlds League.<ref name="H:RWp150"/> |
| − | The Magistracy of Canopus had | + | The Magistracy of Canopus had thirteen worlds annexed by the Free Worlds League, either during the [[Reunification War]]<ref name="H:RWp158"/> or by Star League decree in [[2602]],<ref name="H:RWp161">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 161: "Good Neighbors To The Magistracy"</ref> and Vakarel was one of these worlds. |
====Fall of the Star League==== | ====Fall of the Star League==== | ||
| − | In the final years of the Star League, Vakarel maintained a | + | In the final years of the Star League, Vakarel maintained a SLDF garrison.<ref name=FMSLDFp>''Field Manual: SLDF'': SLDF - Free Worlds League Military Command map</ref> |
| − | = | + | ===Military Deployment=== |
| − | + | ====2577==== | |
| − | + | * [[Samuelson's Slaughterers]] (prior to invasion)<ref name="H:RWp150">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 150: "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref> | |
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| − | == Military Deployment == | ||
| − | === 2577 === | ||
| − | * [[Samuelson's Slaughterers]] (prior to invasion)<ref name="H:RWp150">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 150 | ||
* [[Mieselsen's Marauders]] (during invasion)<ref name="H:RWp150"/> | * [[Mieselsen's Marauders]] (during invasion)<ref name="H:RWp150"/> | ||
| − | ===2764=== | + | ====2764==== |
| − | * [[125th BattleMech Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp>''Field Manual: SLDF'' | + | * [[125th BattleMech Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp>''Field Manual: SLDF'': SLDF - Free Worlds League Military Command map</ref> |
| − | === 3145 === | + | ====3145==== |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Fourth Andurien Cavalry]]<ref name=FM:3145p117>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 117: "Free Worlds League Military - Andurien Defense Force"</ref> |
| − | == | + | ===Notes=== |
| − | {| | + | {{ApocryphalContentStart}} |
| − | + | The following information about Vakarel is from an [[apocryphal]] source:<ref>''[[Blackthorne BattleTech (Comic series)|Blackthorne Battletech comic]]'', issues #5–6</ref> | |
| − | + | * It is an ice world with a turbulent atmosphere of perpetual blizzards called the "Star Veil" which does not permit the use of flying craft smaller than a [[DropShip]]. | |
| − | + | * Local native fauna includes the predatory [[Ugmar]]. | |
| − | + | * By ca. 3025, Vakarel was a Free Worlds League planet ruled by [[House Walkner]]. | |
| − | + | * [[Qaere Crystals]], which are very valuable, are found on Vakarel but this is not generally known. Around 3025, geologists found out about the crystals but a renegade [[ComStar]] [[Precentor]] disposed of them and unsuccessfully attempted to seize control of the world in the wake of an attack by Magistracy of Canopus 'Mech forces. Shocked by the loss of life incurred, Count Walkner and his wife decided to destroy all information about the crystals and forget about them. | |
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| + | ! colspan="8" | Closest 28 systems (28 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: | ||
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Manaus]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 14.5 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Umka]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 15.1 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Mangor]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 22.2 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Scheuerheck]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 24.2 |
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| − | | [[Gouderak]] | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Gouderak]] |
| − | | 24. | + | | class="lessthan30" | 24.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Eleusis]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 27.0 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Watermael]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 27.9 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Meadowvale]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 30.4 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Aspropirgos]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 36.3 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Butzfleth]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 39.9 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Gallis]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 43.0 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 43.4 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Canopus]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 43.5 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Ruschegg]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 45.7 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 46.9 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Skvorec]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 47.3 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Cap Rouge]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 47.7 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 48.7 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 48.8 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 52.3 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 53.9 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Wisconsin]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 57.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Ayn Tarma]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 58.1 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Pernik]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 60.0 |
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| − | == References == | + | ==References== |
<references /> | <references /> | ||
| − | == Bibliography == | + | ==Bibliography== |
| + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War ( | + | * ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]'' |
| + | * ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'' | * ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)]]'' | + | * ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]'' |
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition]]'' | + | * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]'' |
| + | {{div col end}} | ||
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| + | [[Category:Systems|Vakarel]] | ||
[[Category:Planets|Vakarel]] | [[Category:Planets|Vakarel]] | ||
| − | [[Category: Duchy of Andurien | + | [[Category: Duchy of Andurien Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Free Worlds League | + | [[Category: Free Worlds League Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Independent | + | [[Category: Independent Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Magistracy of Canopus | + | [[Category: Magistracy of Canopus Systems]] |
Latest revision as of 01:50, 18 September 2023
| Vakarel | |
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -141.443 : -351.905[e] |
Contents
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2271 - No record[1]
- 2366 - No record[2]
- 2571 - Magistracy of Canopus[3][4][5]
- 2577 - Magistracy of Canopus[6] (occupied by SLDF troops from November)[7]
- 2596 - Free Worlds League[8]
- 2750 - Free Worlds League[3][9]
- 2764 - Free Worlds League[10]
- 2765 - Free Worlds League[11][12][13]
- 2767 - Free Worlds League[14]
- 2786 - Free Worlds League[15]
- 2822 - Free Worlds League[16][17][18][19]
- 2864 - Free Worlds League[20][21]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League[22][23][24][25]
- 3030 - Free Worlds League[26][27]
- 3040 - Free Worlds League[28]
- 3050 - Free Worlds League[29]
- 3052 - Free Worlds League[30]
- 3054 - Free Worlds League[31]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League[32][33]
- 3058 - Free Worlds League -[34][35]
- 3059 - Free Worlds League[36]
- 3063 - Free Worlds League[37][38]
- 3067 - Free Worlds League[22][39][40][41]
- 3075 - Free Worlds League[42]
- 3079 - Free Worlds League[43][44]
- 3081 - Independent world[45]
- 3085 - Independent world[46]
- 3135 - Duchy of Andurien[47]
- 3145 - Duchy of Andurien[48][49]
- 3151 - Duchy of Andurien[50]
Vakarel[edit]
| Vakarel |
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Planetary History[edit]
Reunification War[edit]
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; Vakarel was an early target in the initial Star League Defense Force campaign against the Magistracy. The last of the systems to be invaded in the first wave of SLDF attacks, responsibility for capturing Vakarel fell to the Fifty-ninth Brigade, one of three brigades that made up the Star League Defense Force Twentieth Mechanized Infantry Division. The Magistracy Armed Forces were attempting to confuse the SLDF task force by making frequent troop redeployments in advance of SLDF attacks; while Samuelson's Slaughterers had been garrisoning Vakarel when the war began, they'd been replaced by Mieselsen's Marauders prior to the Fifty-ninth Brigade attack.[7][51]
While forcing the Marauders to retreat proved relatively easy for the Fifty-ninth, securing the various mining operations within the system's asteroid belts was another matter entirely; forced to navigate within the fields hampered sensor performance and maneuverability, the bulk of the combat action fell to the marine detachments aboard the various SLDF WarShips, while the bulk of the Fifty-ninth Brigade remained aboard their DropShips waiting for the rare call for them to deploy their firepower. Despite the asteroid clearance work being tedious and time-consuming, the Fifty-Ninth Brigade declared that the system had been occupied on 11 November 2577.[7]
It came as a great shock to the Fifty-ninth Brigade when the combined MAF First and 2nd Fleets jumped in-system to launch a counterattack on the 14th of November. The first time the MAF navy had attacked—the two fleets represented every MAF capital ship not permanently assigned to guarding key worlds—the combined force pressed the SLDF forces hard, striking throughout the system. The SLDF force had been operating in small formations to clear the system, and suffered significant losses at the hands of the Canopian navy; one detachment alone lost a corvette, five JumpShips as well as two battalions of embarked troops from the Fifty-ninth Brigade. The SLDF WarShips, fighters and DropShips managed to drive the MAF ships off, but not before the Canopians had bloodied VII Corps.[7]
Despite having to concede the Vakarel system to the Star League, the MAF wasn't finished; in 2580, the Second Canopian Light Horse raided the system as part of a pattern of organized raids on Star League garrisons and supply lines throughout occupied space and the border regions of the Free Worlds League.[52]
The Magistracy of Canopus had thirteen worlds annexed by the Free Worlds League, either during the Reunification War[8] or by Star League decree in 2602,[53] and Vakarel was one of these worlds.
Fall of the Star League[edit]
In the final years of the Star League, Vakarel maintained a SLDF garrison.[54]
Military Deployment[edit]
2577[edit]
- Samuelson's Slaughterers (prior to invasion)[52]
- Mieselsen's Marauders (during invasion)[52]
2764[edit]
3145[edit]
Notes[edit]
The following information about Vakarel is from an apocryphal source:[56]
- It is an ice world with a turbulent atmosphere of perpetual blizzards called the "Star Veil" which does not permit the use of flying craft smaller than a DropShip.
- Local native fauna includes the predatory Ugmar.
- By ca. 3025, Vakarel was a Free Worlds League planet ruled by House Walkner.
- Qaere Crystals, which are very valuable, are found on Vakarel but this is not generally known. Around 3025, geologists found out about the crystals but a renegade ComStar Precentor disposed of them and unsuccessfully attempted to seize control of the world in the wake of an attack by Magistracy of Canopus 'Mech forces. Shocked by the loss of life incurred, Count Walkner and his wife decided to destroy all information about the crystals and forget about them.
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 28 systems (28 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manaus | 14.5 | Umka | 15.1 | Mangor | 22.2 | Scheuerheck | 24.2 |
| Gouderak | 24.7 | Eleusis | 27.0 | Watermael | 27.9 | Meadowvale | 30.4 |
| Aspropirgos | 36.3 | Butzfleth | 39.9 | Gallis | 43.0 | Piriapolis | 43.2 |
| Banfora | 43.4 | Canopus | 43.5 | Ruschegg | 45.7 | Bogrib | 46.1 |
| Bethonolog | 46.9 | Skvorec | 47.3 | Cap Rouge | 47.7 | Granera | 48.3 |
| Saonara | 48.7 | Obrenovac | 48.8 | Fanardir | 52.3 | Ingonish | 53.9 |
| Villanueva | 53.9 | Wisconsin | 57.7 | Ayn Tarma | 58.1 | Pernik | 60.0 |
References[edit]
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 93
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 94
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Historical: Reunification War, p. 98: "Butzfleth and Vakarel (October-November 2577)"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10
- ↑ Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 25
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 35
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 96
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 96
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. vii: "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 36
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere [3057] Map
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54
- ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 112: "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 61
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
- ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17
- ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 20
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 148: "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 150: "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 161: "Good Neighbors To The Magistracy"
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 Field Manual: SLDF: SLDF - Free Worlds League Military Command map
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 117: "Free Worlds League Military - Andurien Defense Force"
- ↑ Blackthorne Battletech comic, issues #5–6
Bibliography[edit]
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report: FWLM
- Field Report: Periphery
- Field Report 2765: FWLM
- Field Report 2765: Periphery
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Liao
- Handbook: House Marik
- Handbook: Major Periphery States
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Marik (The Free Worlds League)
- Inner Sphere
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Objective Raids
- The Periphery, Second Edition