Versailles

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Versailles
System Information
X:Y Coordinates206.93:-81.72[e]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

Versailles (also known by its Hidden World name of Taussen) was a Star League-era inhabited system in the Markesan Operational Area of the Crucis March within the Federated Suns, located close to Tiskilwa and Markesan.[3][4][6] Interstellar Expeditions launched an exploration mission called the Jiminez Mission to explore the Versailles system in 3090, looking for evidence that the Word of Blake Hidden World known as Taussen was located in the Versailles system. This was the first mission for the Jiminez team since their expedition to Arcadia in 3088 failed to turn up any evidence of the location of Taussen; the Versailles expedition was equally fruitless, and proved that the Versailles system was devoid of any habitable planets.[29]

Known informally as the "Bone Yard" for the pale and fair nature of its human population. Jarvis Bolarugu would also indicate that Armed Forces of the Federated Suns troops jumped into the system during the Jihad on their way to liberate some other world, but they recharged and jumped out again without a second thought, indicating it may exist on some charts as a dead world. Aside from great skiing, Bolarugu also claimed that Taussen played host to duels in the mold of Solaris Games, and that its capital Toyama City had silver oaks along all of its streets. [30]

Taussen appears to be the only one of the Five credited with BattleMech construction and would seem to have sizable volume of the trace elements required for self-sufficient 'Mech manufacturing given the low likelihood of imported parts and the claims of production greater any other world in the Federated Suns. Attempts to track down the serial numbers of Blakist 'Mechs to locate and confirm any manufactured on Taussen have dead-ended after the destruction of Gibson, but the assumption is that rather than the Celestial series that the 'Mechs manufactured here would either be among the earliest Blakist or ComStar designs such as the Tessen and Buccaneer or staples from the Star League era.[30]

While arguably the most potent asset that the Word retained after the Jihad, unlike the considerable aid Interstellar Expeditions received from the Capellan Confederation to try and locate Obeedah, both the Republic of the Sphere and Federated Suns steadily wound back their support for IE's attempts to track down Taussen. [30]

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Tiskilwa 10.9 Markesan 16.1 Scudder 17.8 Manteno 20.2
Flushing 20.5 Acoma 26.1 Batavia 27.0 McHenry 27.6
Chebanse 27.9 Strawn 30.3 Bristol 31.9 Reinhardstein 33.0
New Valencia 34.2 Beecher 39.1 Amiga 41.8 Talcott 42.7
Corydon 43.9 Muskegon 45.8 Freisland 46.3 Odell 46.3
Wroxeter 46.4 Saunemin 46.6 Arcadia 47.3 Streator 47.5
Emerson 48.9 Beten Kaitos 50.5 Cholame 50.6 Blandinsville 53.1
Gravensteen 53.7 Barstow 54.6 Argyle 55.6 Rosamond 55.8
Smolensk 55.9 Ipava 57.3 Everett 57.9 Listowel 58.5
Saltural 59.6

References

  1. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 18, "Federated Suns Map at their founding [2317]"
  2. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War [2571] Map"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  5. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, Inner Sphere - [2764]
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succesion War [2822] Map"
  8. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  9. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succesion War [2864] Map"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succesion War [3025] Map"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succesion War [3030] Map"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of [3039] Map"
  13. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  14. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  15. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  16. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"
  18. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  20. ↑ ' Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 41, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]
  21. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  22. ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21, "Federated Suns Region Deployment Map [3079]"
  23. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  24. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  25. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  28. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  29. ↑ Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, p. 22, "Taussen"
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, pp. 22-23 "Hunting the Word - The Hidden Five - Taussen"

Bibliography

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