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The '''Zavijava''' system is home to at least one habitable world, '''Zavijava III''', and as at [[3145]] was located in the [[Republic of the Sphere]].<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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The '''Zavijava''' system is home to at least one habitable world, '''Zavijava III''', and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Wolf Empire]].<ref name=EAp78/>
  
 
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== System Description ==
 
== System Description ==
The Zavijava system lies near the [[Denebola] and [[Oliver]] systems<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class M3V primary orbited by six planets, at least one of which is habitable.<ref name="DARWp200"/>
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The Zavijava system lies near the [[Denebola]] and [[Oliver]] systems<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class M3V primary orbited by six planets, at least one of which is habitable.<ref name="DARWp203"/>
  
 
== System History ==
 
== System History ==
The Zavijava system was colonised prior to the [[Age of War]],<ref name="HB:HSp13"/> and possibly as early as the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="DARWp200"/>
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The Zavijava system was colonized during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"</ref>
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== Political Affiliation ==
 
== Political Affiliation ==
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16"/>
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* [[2319]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name=HB:HK>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding - [2319] Map"</ref>
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* [[2341]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24: "Free Worlds after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name="FR2765:FWLp25">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 25: "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
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* [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
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* [[2771]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138: "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref>
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* [[2774]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
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* [[2775]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LOT2p33"/>
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* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38: "Free Worlds after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HKp132">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 132: "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51: "Free Worlds after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3058]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref name="HB:HMp54">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54: "Free Worlds after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere'', p. 75: "Lyran Alliance Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp56">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 56: "Free Worlds after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="FR:Cp29">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 29: "Terran Corridor/Clan Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:FWLMp17">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17: "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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* [[3151]] - [[Wolf Empire]]<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref>
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* [[3152]] - Wolf Empire<ref name=EAp78>''Empire Alone'', p. 78: "The Free Worlds League June 3152" (Map)</ref>
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= Zavijava III =
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==Zavijava III==
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Zavijava III - more commonly refered to simply as Zavijava - is the third planet in the Zavijava system and has a single moon, named Haldana.<ref name="DARWp200"/>
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Zavijava III - more commonly referred to simply as Zavijava - is the third planet in the Zavijava system and has a single moon, named Haldana.<ref name="DARWp203"/>
  
== Planetary History ==
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=== Planetary History ===
When it was first colonized, '''Zavijava''' was a largely unremarkable terrestrial world. That remained the case for several centuries, but in the [[twenty-fifth century]] that began to change. Volcanic eruptions began on the planet, increasing in frequency as time passed. The volcanoes spewed sulphur gases and particulates into the atmosphere in large quantities, and even at the height of the [[Star League]] experts from the [[Terran Hegemony]] were unable to identify the cause of the increasingly violent and frequent eruptions or find a way to prevent them.<ref name="DARWp200">''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 200, "Zavijava"</ref>
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==== Early History ====
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When it was first colonized, Zavijava was a largely unremarkable terrestrial world.<ref name="DARWp203"/> Having become independent as a result of the [[Demarcation Declaration]], Zavijava was subsequently added to the resurgent Terran Hegemony; whilst some worlds joined the Hegemony during its early years as a result of diplomatic and trade incentives, many more were conquered in "campaigns of persuasion" launched by [[Director-General]] [[James McKenna]], the first of which began in [[2316]] and ended with the capture of [[Towne]] in [[2317]]. Zavijava was one of the worlds added to the Hegemony during or around the time of this first military campaign.<ref name="TSLp16">''The Star League'', p. 16: "Terra's Errant Flock"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp16"/><ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding [2319]"</ref>
  
The population of the planet began to decline as conditions on the world deteriorated, dropping steadily from its peak of some three billion people; over the next six centuries most of the native animal life was driven to extinction, with temperatures dropping ten degrees because of the adverse climate - resembling a "nuclear winter" - caused by the huge quantities of ash in the atmosphere. Mining interests continued to operate on the planet, and hearty souls continued to live there, even though breathing the air became difficult without breather masks. The [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] weren't kind to the planet or its inhabitants, though; Zavijava was located on the shifting border between the Lyran Commonwealth and the [[Free Worlds League]], resulting in it being subject to various raids and military campaigns. The [[Jihad]] was no kinder, with Zavijava becoming a battleground once more as the Skye Province of the Lyran Alliance attacked the Free Worlds League.<ref name="DARWp200"/>
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==== Star League Era ====
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Zavijava remained unremarkable for several centuries, but in the [[twenty-fifth century]] that began to change. Volcanic eruptions began on the planet, increasing in frequency as time passed. The volcanoes spewed sulfur gases and particulates into the atmosphere in large quantities, and even at the height of the [[Star League]] experts from the [[Terran Hegemony]] were unable to identify the cause of the increasingly violent and frequent eruptions or find a way to prevent them.<ref name="DARWp203"/>
  
At the height of the war between Skye and the League Zavijava was attacked by League forces, who struck at the planetary spaceport. The spaceport was located near the planetary capital, Tzion, on the southern continent on the planet, Velvel. The capital was devastated in the fighting and more than five thousand people were killed. When Zavijava was subsequently incorporated into the Republic of the Sphere it received no reconstruction assistance because of the steady exodus of the population off-world and the ongoing natural crisis.<ref name="DARWp200"/>
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The population of the planet began to decline as conditions on the world deteriorated, dropping steadily from its peak of some three billion people; over the next six centuries most of the native animal life was driven to extinction, with temperatures dropping 10° because of the adverse climate — resembling a "nuclear winter" — caused by the huge quantities of ash in the atmosphere. Mining interests continued to operate on the planet, and hearty souls continued to live there, even though breathing the air became difficult without breather masks.<ref name="DARWp203"/>
  
The ruins of Tzion were cleared away during the [[Dark Age]] and the city of Noé on the northern continent of Peninah was designated as the new administrative capital of Zavijava. A new spaceport was constructed near Noé, and where the ruins of Tzion had stood a monument was erected in memory of those who fell during the Jihad.<ref name="DARWp200"/>
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==== Amaris Civil War ====
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In January [[2775]], [[Stefan Amaris]] redeployed large numbers of [[Amaris Empire Armed Forces]] to a dozen worlds, including Zavijava. [[AEAF]] units had used weapons of mass destruction regularly against [[Star League Defense Force]] units throughout the [[Hegemony Campaign]], predominantly to either damage the [[SLDF]] units targeted or to strike at civilian targets to prevent the SLDF from obtaining resources and supplies. In this case, Amaris' orders were different: he intended to create scorched wastelands that [[Commanding General of the Star League Defense Force|Commanding General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] would have no choice but to try and clear, whilst saddling the SLDF with huge numbers of sick and starving civilians. The AEAF units deployed to Zavijava and the other eleven worlds due to be abandoned by Amaris launched large-scale [[WMD]] attacks with one purpose: to ravage the worlds, preventing them from sustaining either their human populations or their various industries... to create wastelands.<ref name="H:LOT2p33">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 33: "Planets on Fire"</ref>
  
== Political Affiliation ==
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The AEAF tactic was both brutal and brutally effective. Kerensky deployed twelve [[corps]] of SLDF personnel into Amaris Empire space, and each discovered the same horrific situations. Forced to deploy the SLDF reserve into action, by February Kerensky had almost a hundred SLDF [[division]]s either on the twelve ravaged worlds or en route to them, trying to provide aid to the populations and to clear up what damage they could.<ref name="H:LOT2p33"/> Zavijava fell within the operating area of Task Force Commonwealth, and the [[Second Army (Star League)|Second Army Group]] deployed to try and assist the population.<ref name="H:LOT2p40">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 40: "Task Force Commonwealth"</ref> The devastation wreaked across Zavijava and the other worlds bought Amaris time; for several months Kerensky was unable to resume offensive operations because of a lack of resources, and ultimately the Commanding General had no choice but to call on the [[Capellan Confederation]], Lyran Commonwealth and [[Federated Suns]] to provide relief where they could.<ref name="H:LOT2p33"/>
* [[2271]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2319]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name=HB:HK>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding - [2319] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2341]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24, "Free Worlds after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name="FR2765:FWLp25">''Field Report 2765: Free Worlds League'', p. 25, "Free Worlds League Militia Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
 
* [[2767]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii, "Lyran Comonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HKp132">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51, "Free Worlds after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3058]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref name="HB:HMp54">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54, "Free Worlds after Operation Guererro - [3058] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3063]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere (sourcebook)'', p. 75, "Lyran Alliance Map"</ref>
 
* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp56">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 56, "Free Worlds after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Proctorate <ref name="FR:Cp29">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 29, "Terran Corridor/Clan Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:FWLMp17">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
 
* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name=DARWp200/><ref name="MotIS3130">Map of the Inner Sphere 3130</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Republic of the Sphere - Republic of the Sphere <ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
 
  
== Planetary Rulers ==
+
==== Succession Wars ====
=== 3130 ===
+
The [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] weren't kind to the planet or its inhabitants, though; Zavijava was located on the shifting border between the Lyran Commonwealth and the [[Free Worlds League]], resulting in it being subject to various raids and military campaigns.<ref name="DARWp203"/>
* Planetary Governor Vijah Welfel<ref name=DARWp200/>
+
 
* Planetary Legate Oralee Martin<ref name=DARWp200/>
+
==== The Jihad ====
 +
The [[Jihad]] was no kinder, with Zavijava becoming a battleground once more as the Skye Province of the Lyran Alliance attacked the Free Worlds League. At the height of the war between Skye and the League Zavijava was attacked by League forces, who struck at the planetary spaceport. The spaceport was located near the planetary capital, Tzion, on the southern continent of Velvel. The capital was devastated in the fighting and more than five thousand people were killed. When Zavijava was subsequently incorporated into the Republic of the Sphere it received no reconstruction assistance because of the steady exodus of the population off-world and the ongoing natural crisis.<ref name="DARWp203"/>
 +
 
 +
The ruins of Tzion were cleared away during the [[Dark Age]] and the city of Noé on the northern continent of Peninah was designated as the new administrative capital of Zavijava. A new spaceport was constructed near Noé, and where the ruins of Tzion had stood a monument was erected in memory of those who fell during the Jihad.<ref name="DARWp203"/>
 +
 
 +
====Dark Age====
 +
In [[3142]], a small group of malcontents seized a near-empty armory near the city of Haliwell.  They took hostages and demanded the government reverse changes the Republic made under the Fortress protocols.  The only available military unit, a squad of [[Quirinus]] equipped troopers, tried negotiating with the malcontents.  However, when one of the hostages was killed, the soldiers stormed the armory.  Many malcontents were killed, but there were no further losses among the hostages.<ref name=TRO3145p16>''Technical Readout: 3145'', p. 16: "Deployment"</ref>
 +
 
 +
=== Planetary Rulers ===
 +
==== 3130 ====
 +
* Planetary Governor Vijah Welfel<ref name=DARWp203/>
 +
* Planetary Legate Oralee Martin<ref name=DARWp203/>
 +
 
 +
=== Military Deployment ===
 +
====3010====
 +
* [[Zavijava Militia]]<ref name=ACBoFc3>''A Clever Bit of Fiction'', ch. 3</ref>
 +
 
 +
=== Geography ===
 +
Zavijava is an increasingly volcanically active world with a deteriorating climate. Zavijava has two continents, the northern continent of Peninah and the southern continent of Velvel.<ref name="DARWp203"/>
 +
 
 +
=== Planetary Locations ===
 +
* District of Greensboro:<ref name=ACBoFc5>''A Clever Bit of Fiction'', ch. 5</ref>
 +
** Alberville Sanctuary:<ref name=ACBoFc7>''A Clever Bit of Fiction'', ch. 7</ref>
 +
** Salem House Resort:<ref name=ACBoFc5/>
 +
* District of North Redlands:<ref name=ACBoFc8>''A Clever Bit of Fiction'', ch. 8</ref>
 +
** North Sathory:<ref name=ACBoFc8/>
 +
*** Glacial Rift Winery:<ref name=ACBoFc8/>
 +
* Ravensburg: a city.<ref name=IABF>''If Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot...''</ref>
 +
* Tzion: earliest planetary capital city, located on Velvel and destroyed during the Jihad.<ref name="DARWp203"/>
 +
* Noé: city on Peninah, which became the capital city after the destruction of Tzion.<ref name="DARWp203"/>
 +
* Haliwell: city<ref name=TRO3145p16>''Technical Readout: 3145'', p. 16: "Deployment"</ref>
 
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== Geography ==
 
Zavijava is an increasingly volcanically-active world with a deteriorating climate. Zavijava has two continents, the northern continent of Peninah and the southern continent of Velvel.
 
  
== Planetary Locations ==
+
== Map Gallery ==
* Tzion: earliest planetary capital city, located on Velvel and destroyed during the Jihad.<ref name="DARWp200"/>
+
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* Noé: city on Peninah, which became the capital city after the destruction of Tzion.<ref name="DARWp200"/>
 
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== Image gallery ==
 
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== Nearby Systems ==
 
== Nearby Systems ==
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+
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+
{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
 +
! colspan="8" | Closest 84 systems (83 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
 +
|-
 +
| class="lessthan30" | [[Denebola]]
 +
| class="lessthan30" | 6.2
 +
| class="lessthan30" | [[Oliver]]
 +
| class="lessthan30" | 6.7
 +
| class="lessthan30" | [[Lipton]]
 +
| class="lessthan30" | 7.0
 +
| class="lessthan30" | [[Chara]]
 +
| class="lessthan30" | 7.2
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Denebola]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Xi Ursae_Majoris|Xi Ursae Majoris]]
| 6.1
+
| class="lessthan30" | 8.7
| [[Oliver]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Thorin]]
| 6.7
+
| class="lessthan30" | 11.7
| [[Lipton]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Graham]]
| 7.0
+
| class="lessthan30" | 13.0
| [[Pacifica]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Pollux]]
| 7.2
+
| class="lessthan30" | 15.3
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Alula Australis]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Devil's Rock]]
| 8.6
+
| class="lessthan30" | 15.6
| [[Thorin]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Muphrid]]
| 11.6
+
| class="lessthan30" | 16.1
| [[Graham IV]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Castor]]
| 13.0
+
| class="lessthan30" | 18.5
| [[Pollux]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Haddings]]
| 15.2
+
| class="lessthan30" | 18.8
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Devil's Rock]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Afleir]]
| 15.6
+
| class="lessthan30" | 19.7
| [[Muphrid]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Tau Ceti#Tau Ceti IV (New Earth)|Tau Ceti]]
| 16.1
+
| class="lessthan30" | 19.7
| [[Castor]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zollikofen]]
| 18.5
+
| class="lessthan30" | 19.8
| [[Haddings]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zosma]]
| 18.7
+
| class="lessthan30" | 20.9
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Afleir]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Menkent]]
| 19.6
+
| class="lessthan30" | 24.1
| [[Tau Ceti]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Tyrfing|Tabit]]
| 19.6
+
| class="lessthan30" | 28.0
| [[Zollikofen]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Procyon]]
| 19.8
+
| class="lessthan30" | 28.8
| [[Zosma]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Rigil Kentarus]]
| 20.9
+
| class="lessthan30" | 29.1
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Menkent]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Rocky]]
| 24.1
+
| class="lessthan30" | 29.2
| [[Tyrfing]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Summer]]
| 28.0
+
| class="lessthan30" | 29.2
| [[Procyon]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Hechnar]]
| 28.8
+
| class="lessthan30" | 29.8
| [[Rigil Kentarus]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Killbourn]]
| 29.0
+
| class="lessthan30" | 29.9
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Rocky]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Sirius]]
| 29.2
+
| class="over30" | 30.2
| [[Summer]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alioth]]
| 29.2
+
| class="over30" | 30.6
| [[Hechnar]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Mizar]]
| 29.8
+
| class="over30" | 30.9
| [[Killbourn]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Marcus]]
| 29.9
+
| class="over30" | 31.1
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Sirius]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Terra|Sol]]
| 30.2
+
| class="over30" | 31.8
| [[Alioth]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Yorii]]
| 30.6
+
| class="over30" | 32.0
| [[Mizar]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Milton]]
| 30.9
+
| class="over30" | 32.7
| [[Marcus]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Carver]]
| 31.1
+
| class="over30" | 33.3
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Terra]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Callison]]
| 31.8
+
| class="over30" | 34.1
| [[Yorii]]
+
| class="over30" | [[New Dallas]]
| 32.0
+
| class="over30" | 34.2
| [[Milton]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Cor Caroli]]
| 32.7
+
| class="over30" | 34.3
| [[Carver V]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Talitha]]
| 33.3
+
| class="over30" | 34.5
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Callison]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alchiba]]
| 34.1
+
| class="over30" | 36.0
| [[New Dallas]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Keid]]
| 34.2
+
| class="over30" | 36.3
| [[Cor Caroli]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Wyatt]]
| 34.3
+
| class="over30" | 36.4
| [[Talitha]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Lyons]]
| 34.4
+
| class="over30" | 40.0
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Alchiba]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Galatea]]
| 35.9
+
| class="over30" | 40.8
| [[Keid]]
+
| class="over30" | [[New Home]]
| 36.2
+
| class="over30" | 41.0
| [[Wyatt]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Van Diemen]]
| 36.3
+
| class="over30" | 41.4
| [[Lyons]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Dubhe]]
| 40.0
+
| class="over30" | 41.9
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Galatea]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Phecda]]
| 40.8
+
| class="over30" | 42.7
| [[New Home]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Altair]]
| 40.9
+
| class="over30" | 43.0
| [[Van Diemen IV]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Nusakan]]
| 41.3
+
| class="over30" | 43.7
| [[Dubhe]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Asta]]
| 41.8
+
| class="over30" | 44.3
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Phecda]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Wing]]
| 42.6
+
| class="over30" | 44.7
| [[Altair]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Caph]]
| 43.0
+
| class="over30" | 44.7
| [[Nusakan]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Outreach]]
| 43.6
+
| class="over30" | 44.8
| [[Asta]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Imbros]]
| 44.2
+
| class="over30" | 45.4
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Wing]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Bordon]]
| 44.6
+
| class="over30" | 45.5
| [[Caph]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Chertan]]
| 44.7
+
| class="over30" | 45.5
| [[Outreach]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alkalurops]]
| 44.7
+
| class="over30" | 45.7
| [[Imbros III]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Connaught]]
| 45.4
+
| class="over30" | 45.9
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Bordon]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Ko]]
| 45.5
+
| class="over30" | 46.3
| [[Chertan]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Dieron]]
| 45.5
+
| class="over30" | 46.6
| [[Alkalurops]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Bryant]]
| 45.6
+
| class="over30" | 46.8
| [[Connaught]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Syrma]]
| 45.9
+
| class="over30" | 47.3
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Ko]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Hall]]
| 46.2
+
| class="over30" | 47.4
| [[Dieron]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Brownsville]]
| 46.5
+
| class="over30" | 48.3
| [[Bryant]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Dieudonné]]
| 46.8
+
| class="over30" | 50.4
| [[Syrma]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alcor]]
| 47.3
+
| class="over30" | 51.9
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Hall]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Zebebelgenubi]]
| 47.4
+
| class="over30" | 52.0
| [[Brownsville]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alhena]]
| 48.3
+
| class="over30" | 52.6
| [[Dieudonné]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Fomalhaut]]
| 50.4
+
| class="over30" | 53.0
| [[Alcor]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Atria]]
| 51.9
+
| class="over30" | 54.3
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Zebebelgenubi]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Epsilon Eridani]]
| 51.9
+
| class="over30" | 54.4
| [[Alhena]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Acubens]]
| 52.6
+
| class="over30" | 54.4
| [[Fomalhaut]]
+
| class="over30" | [[New Stevens]]
| 53.0
+
| class="over30" | 54.5
| [[Atria]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Wasat]]
| 54.2
+
| class="over30" | 55.6
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Acubens]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Dyev]]
| 54.3
+
| class="over30" | 55.6
| [[Epsilon Eridani]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Gacrux]]
| 54.3
+
| class="over30" | 55.8
| [[New Stevens]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Skondia]]
| 54.4
+
| class="over30" | 55.8
| [[Wasat]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Shiloh]]
| 55.5
+
| class="over30" | 56.5
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Dyev]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Remulac]]
| 55.6
+
| class="over30" | 56.9
| [[Gacrux]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Capolla]]
| 55.8
+
| class="over30" | 57.2
| [[Skondia]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Skye]]
| 55.8
+
| class="over30" | 57.5
| [[Shiloh]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Lone Star]]
| 56.5
+
| class="over30" | 57.5
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Remulac]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Irian]]
| 56.8
+
| class="over30" | 58.0
| [[Capolla]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Athenry]]
| 57.2
+
| class="over30" | 58.4
| [[Skye]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Saffel]]
| 57.4
+
| class="over30" | 58.7
| [[Lone Star]]
+
| class="over60" | [[Mandal]]
| 57.5
+
| class="over60" | 60.3
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Irian]]
 
| 57.9
 
| [[Athenry]]
 
| 58.4
 
| [[Saffel]]
 
| 58.6
 
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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<div class="desktop-3-col">
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* ''[[A Clever Bit of Fiction]]'' (novella)
 +
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
 +
* ''[[Empire Alone]]''
 
* ''[[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]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Free Worlds League]]''
+
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth]]''
 
 
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
+
* ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
 +
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
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* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
 
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
 
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
 
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)]]''
+
* ''[[If Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot...]]'' (short story)
 +
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
+
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 +
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 +
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145]]''
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</div>
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[[Category:Systems|Zavijava]]
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[[Category: Amaris Empire Systems]]
[[Category: Lyran Alliance Planets]]
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[[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]]
[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Planets]]
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[[Category: Independent Systems]]
[[Category: Republic of the Sphere Planets]]
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[[Category: Lyran Alliance Systems]]
[[Category: Terran Hegemony Planets]]
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[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]]
[[Category: Word of Blake Planets]]
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[[Category: Republic of the Sphere Systems]]
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Zavijava
Zavijava 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-31.803 : -0.304[e]
Spectral classM3V[1]
Planet(s)6[1]

The Zavijava system is home to at least one habitable world, Zavijava III, and as of June 3152 was located in the Wolf Empire.[2]

System Description

The Zavijava system lies near the Denebola and Oliver systems[3][4] and consists of a class M3V primary orbited by six planets, at least one of which is habitable.[1]

System History

The Zavijava system was colonized during the First Exodus from Terra.[5]

Political Affiliation


Zavijava III

Zavijava
Astrophysical
System positionThird[1]
Jump Point distanceThree days[1]
MoonsOne (Haldana)[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.08[1]
Atmospheric pressureHigh (Taint)[1]
Equatorial temperature31°C[1]
Surface water86%[1]
Highest native lifePlants[1]
History and Culture
ColonizedCa. 2200s
Population1,890,000,000 (3130)[54][1]
Government and Infrastructure
Political LeaderPlanetary Governor
Military CommanderOralee Martin, Legate (3130)[54][1]
CapitalTzion (pre-Jihad)[1]
Noé (Dark Age)[1]

Zavijava III - more commonly referred to simply as Zavijava - is the third planet in the Zavijava system and has a single moon, named Haldana.[1]

Planetary History

Early History

When it was first colonized, Zavijava was a largely unremarkable terrestrial world.[1] Having become independent as a result of the Demarcation Declaration, Zavijava was subsequently added to the resurgent Terran Hegemony; whilst some worlds joined the Hegemony during its early years as a result of diplomatic and trade incentives, many more were conquered in "campaigns of persuasion" launched by Director-General James McKenna, the first of which began in 2316 and ended with the capture of Towne in 2317. Zavijava was one of the worlds added to the Hegemony during or around the time of this first military campaign.[55][5][56]

Star League Era

Zavijava remained unremarkable for several centuries, but in the twenty-fifth century that began to change. Volcanic eruptions began on the planet, increasing in frequency as time passed. The volcanoes spewed sulfur gases and particulates into the atmosphere in large quantities, and even at the height of the Star League experts from the Terran Hegemony were unable to identify the cause of the increasingly violent and frequent eruptions or find a way to prevent them.[1]

The population of the planet began to decline as conditions on the world deteriorated, dropping steadily from its peak of some three billion people; over the next six centuries most of the native animal life was driven to extinction, with temperatures dropping 10° because of the adverse climate — resembling a "nuclear winter" — caused by the huge quantities of ash in the atmosphere. Mining interests continued to operate on the planet, and hearty souls continued to live there, even though breathing the air became difficult without breather masks.[1]

Amaris Civil War

In January 2775, Stefan Amaris redeployed large numbers of Amaris Empire Armed Forces to a dozen worlds, including Zavijava. AEAF units had used weapons of mass destruction regularly against Star League Defense Force units throughout the Hegemony Campaign, predominantly to either damage the SLDF units targeted or to strike at civilian targets to prevent the SLDF from obtaining resources and supplies. In this case, Amaris' orders were different: he intended to create scorched wastelands that Commanding General Aleksandr Kerensky would have no choice but to try and clear, whilst saddling the SLDF with huge numbers of sick and starving civilians. The AEAF units deployed to Zavijava and the other eleven worlds due to be abandoned by Amaris launched large-scale WMD attacks with one purpose: to ravage the worlds, preventing them from sustaining either their human populations or their various industries... to create wastelands.[20]

The AEAF tactic was both brutal and brutally effective. Kerensky deployed twelve corps of SLDF personnel into Amaris Empire space, and each discovered the same horrific situations. Forced to deploy the SLDF reserve into action, by February Kerensky had almost a hundred SLDF divisions either on the twelve ravaged worlds or en route to them, trying to provide aid to the populations and to clear up what damage they could.[20] Zavijava fell within the operating area of Task Force Commonwealth, and the Second Army Group deployed to try and assist the population.[57] The devastation wreaked across Zavijava and the other worlds bought Amaris time; for several months Kerensky was unable to resume offensive operations because of a lack of resources, and ultimately the Commanding General had no choice but to call on the Capellan Confederation, Lyran Commonwealth and Federated Suns to provide relief where they could.[20]

Succession Wars

The Succession Wars weren't kind to the planet or its inhabitants, though; Zavijava was located on the shifting border between the Lyran Commonwealth and the Free Worlds League, resulting in it being subject to various raids and military campaigns.[1]

The Jihad

The Jihad was no kinder, with Zavijava becoming a battleground once more as the Skye Province of the Lyran Alliance attacked the Free Worlds League. At the height of the war between Skye and the League Zavijava was attacked by League forces, who struck at the planetary spaceport. The spaceport was located near the planetary capital, Tzion, on the southern continent of Velvel. The capital was devastated in the fighting and more than five thousand people were killed. When Zavijava was subsequently incorporated into the Republic of the Sphere it received no reconstruction assistance because of the steady exodus of the population off-world and the ongoing natural crisis.[1]

The ruins of Tzion were cleared away during the Dark Age and the city of Noé on the northern continent of Peninah was designated as the new administrative capital of Zavijava. A new spaceport was constructed near Noé, and where the ruins of Tzion had stood a monument was erected in memory of those who fell during the Jihad.[1]

Dark Age

In 3142, a small group of malcontents seized a near-empty armory near the city of Haliwell. They took hostages and demanded the government reverse changes the Republic made under the Fortress protocols. The only available military unit, a squad of Quirinus equipped troopers, tried negotiating with the malcontents. However, when one of the hostages was killed, the soldiers stormed the armory. Many malcontents were killed, but there were no further losses among the hostages.[58]

Planetary Rulers

3130

  • Planetary Governor Vijah Welfel[1]
  • Planetary Legate Oralee Martin[1]

Military Deployment

3010

Geography

Zavijava is an increasingly volcanically active world with a deteriorating climate. Zavijava has two continents, the northern continent of Peninah and the southern continent of Velvel.[1]

Planetary Locations

  • District of Greensboro:[60]
    • Alberville Sanctuary:[61]
    • Salem House Resort:[60]
  • District of North Redlands:[62]
    • North Sathory:[62]
      • Glacial Rift Winery:[62]
  • Ravensburg: a city.[63]
  • Tzion: earliest planetary capital city, located on Velvel and destroyed during the Jihad.[1]
  • Noé: city on Peninah, which became the capital city after the destruction of Tzion.[1]
  • Haliwell: city[58]

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 84 systems (83 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Denebola 6.2 Oliver 6.7 Lipton 7.0 Chara 7.2
Xi Ursae Majoris 8.7 Thorin 11.7 Graham 13.0 Pollux 15.3
Devil's Rock 15.6 Muphrid 16.1 Castor 18.5 Haddings 18.8
Afleir 19.7 Tau Ceti 19.7 Zollikofen 19.8 Zosma 20.9
Menkent 24.1 Tabit 28.0 Procyon 28.8 Rigil Kentarus 29.1
Rocky 29.2 Summer 29.2 Hechnar 29.8 Killbourn 29.9
Sirius 30.2 Alioth 30.6 Mizar 30.9 Marcus 31.1
Sol 31.8 Yorii 32.0 Milton 32.7 Carver 33.3
Callison 34.1 New Dallas 34.2 Cor Caroli 34.3 Talitha 34.5
Alchiba 36.0 Keid 36.3 Wyatt 36.4 Lyons 40.0
Galatea 40.8 New Home 41.0 Van Diemen 41.4 Dubhe 41.9
Phecda 42.7 Altair 43.0 Nusakan 43.7 Asta 44.3
Wing 44.7 Caph 44.7 Outreach 44.8 Imbros 45.4
Bordon 45.5 Chertan 45.5 Alkalurops 45.7 Connaught 45.9
Ko 46.3 Dieron 46.6 Bryant 46.8 Syrma 47.3
Hall 47.4 Brownsville 48.3 Dieudonné 50.4 Alcor 51.9
Zebebelgenubi 52.0 Alhena 52.6 Fomalhaut 53.0 Atria 54.3
Epsilon Eridani 54.4 Acubens 54.4 New Stevens 54.5 Wasat 55.6
Dyev 55.6 Gacrux 55.8 Skondia 55.8 Shiloh 56.5
Remulac 56.9 Capolla 57.2 Skye 57.5 Lone Star 57.5
Irian 58.0 Athenry 58.4 Saffel 58.7 Mandal 60.3

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