Victoria (FS)

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Victoria
System Information
X:Y Coordinates225.66 : -176.869[e]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

First Succession War

In 2795, following the appointment of Sandol Quinn as regent to Ilsa Liao, the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces launched an invasion of the Federated Suns intended to capture the politically-significant Chesterton system. Planned by Quinn, the operation was intended to take advantage of the AFFS' continuing focus on trying to resist the massive Draconis Combine invasion of the Federated Suns, which stood poised to capture New Avalon itself. Quinn's plan involved encircling Chesterton by taking the systems around it, using mercenary units for the initial invasions - predominantly or exclusively former Star League Defense Force commands that had been recruited by the Confederation - and following up with CCAF line regiments to reinforce the assault and then secure the captured worlds. Whilst launching one or two planetary invasions aimed at systems around Chesterton, Quinn also had the CCAF copy tactics used by the Combine so effectively, leapfrogging over border systems to capture a number of systems further inside the Federated Suns to add pressure to the AFFS. Quinn's strategy worked well for several years; by 2797 the CCAF had occupied Victoria, as well the Branzoll, Carmacks, Ogilvie, Salem and Sekulmun, creating Capellan "islands" within the borders of the Federated Suns that forced the AFFS to spread it's already-stretched border forces even more thinly at a critical time.[9]

Quinn never managed to secure Chesterton, however; unwilling to launch a mass assault led by strategic weapons that would have had devastating effects on the planet and its population, Quinn attempted to negotiate Chesterton's surrender, but the dug-in AFFS forces were absolutely fanatical in their determination to resist, and Chesterton was self-sustaining, incapable of simply being blockaded into submission, even if the CCAF had sufficient WarShips available to blockade the system. With the CCAF clashing with the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery on a number of former Terran Hegemony worlds, Quinn withdrew his forces from Victoria and a number of the other isolated worlds nearby in late 2800 or early 2801.[10]

Military Deployment

2764

3025

Nearby Planets

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

Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Montcoal 24.03 1 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Salem 24.81 1 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Nahoni 29.89 1 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Kluane 37.40 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Novaya Zemlya 45.85 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Sekulmun 45.86 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Fortymile 49.75 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
El Dorado 52.22 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Waxell 54.33 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Remagen 54.73 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
New Damascus 57.25 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Wernke 59.14 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Freisland 59.43 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Talcott 59.49 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC

References

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  2. Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  3. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  4. Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  5. Field Manual: SLDF, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  6. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  7. Field Report 2765: Federated Suns, p. 29, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  8. First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 First Succession War, p. 81, "Quinn's War: The Confederation-Suns Front"
  10. 10.0 10.1 First Succession War, p. 82, "Caught In The Capellan Crossfire"
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  20. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map
  21. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, Inner Sphere - [3052] Map
  22. Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  23. Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  24. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111, "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
  25. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  26. Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  27. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  28. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  29. Field Report: AFFS, p. 21, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  30. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  31. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  32. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  33. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  34. Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  35. Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  36. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
  37. House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 135, "Unit Deployment Table"

Bibliography