Bella

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Bella
Bella 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-259.291 : -44.251[e]

The Bella system was the location of at least one habitable world and as of 3145 was located in the Wolf Empire.[1][2]

System Description[edit]

Bella is located close to the Alula Borealis and Hornir's Keep systems.[3]

System History[edit]

The Bella system was colonized during the First Exodus from Terra or shortly after.[4]

Political Affiliation[edit]


Bella I[edit]

Bella I
Astrophysical
System position1st[6]

Planetary History[edit]

Age of War[edit]

Bella I had the misfortune of being one of the key targets of Captain-General Geralk Marik—also variously known as "Geralk the Bloodthirsty" and "The Bloodthirsty Giant"—who spent years on campaign against the Lyran Commonwealth, concentrating his efforts on securing Bella I and Alula Australis for the Free Worlds League.[6] Geralk's attacks began in in mid-2455, and were fought in complete defiance of the Ares Conventions; Geralk considered everyone on an enemy world to be a viable target, and made extensive use of massed artillery bombardments to allow his armored units to crush resistance. These brutal tactics saw him capture Bella I in early 2456, eleven months after the first League attacks.[7]

The Lyran Commonwealth was able to recapture Bella I and Alula Australis in 2468 through the use of BattleMechs, after Lyran 'Mechs had already ended Geralk's campaign by crushing him to death on Loric in 2459.[6]

First Succession War[edit]

Bella I was one of a number of Lyran Commonwealth border worlds to be struck by a devastating cross-border raids by the Free Worlds League between 2786 and 2790, as the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces began to crack under the pressure of continuing efforts to annex the Bolan Thumb while also attempting to maintain a defensive posture against both the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery and the Free Worlds League Military.[30]

Third Succession War[edit]

In 2942, a LCAF punitive raid against Bella I brought together Stingrays from both Successor States. The initial clashes in orbit proved inconclusive until House Steiner's heavy fighters brought their massive firepower to bear, driving the defending Stingrays into the atmosphere. LCAF landings followed, and the Stingray duels continued. Both sides fitted with ground attack weapons engaged in attack and counterattack against 'Mechs and supply areas. Eventually, the Steiner forces established air superiority and the raiding force departed with most of its objectives accomplished, with the Stingrays on both sides effectively canceling each other out.[31]

The Jihad[edit]

Following the dissolution of the Free Worlds League in January 3079, elements within the Lyran Alliance moved to annex a number of former League worlds between August and September that year. Bella I was one of seven worlds conquered during this period, and the invasion only stopped when Archon Adam Steiner declared that any other bouts of what he termed "unauthorized adventurism" would be considered an act of treason.[26]

Military Deployment[edit]

3020[edit]

3025[edit]

  • Second Free Worlds Guards[36]

3050[edit]

  • Second Free Worlds Guards[37]

3054[edit]

  • Second Free Worlds Guards[38]

3059[edit]

  • Second Free Worlds Guards[39]

3067[edit]

  • Second Free Worlds Guards[40]

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 36 systems (34 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Alula Borealis 9.8 Hornir's Keep 10.7 Trellisane 13.5 Malazan 23.4
Dixie 23.6 Colfax 26.8 Loric 29.4 Ilion 30.2
Labouchere 30.8 Nockatunga 31.3 Szepes 32.9 Rochers 34.2
Aigle 35.2 Cascade 36.3 Millungera 36.4 Altoona 38.1
Tamarind 40.2 Hell's Paradise 40.7 Niihau 41.8 Preston 44.4
Tylarzka 44.6 Thermopolis 46.1 Megrez 48.1 Cavanaugh 48.5
Bolan 52.9 Pressby 52.9 Promised Land 53.1 Giausar 54.4
Zdice 56.3 Simpson Desert 56.4 Esztergom 57.1 Zortman 57.1
Epsilon 58.9 Zwenkau 59.8 Pingree 61.3 Zebrenaski 62.2

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 38
  2. 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 36
  4. 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
  5. Handbook: House Marik, p. 16
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 16: "Tenure of Geralk Marik"
  7. 7.0 7.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 21: "The Bloodthirsty General"
  8. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
  9. Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  10. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10
  11. First Succession War, pp. 24–25
  12. Handbook: House Marik, p. 34
  13. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
  14. First Succession War, pp. 112–113
  15. Handbook: House Marik, p. 38
  16. Handbook: House Marik, p. 42
  17. Handbook: House Marik, p. 51
  18. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
  19. Era Report: 3052, p. 10
  20. Era Report: 3052, p. 24
  21. Era Report: 3062, p. 10
  22. Handbook: House Marik, p. 54
  23. Era Report: 3062, p. 28
  24. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
  25. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
  26. 26.0 26.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 60: "The Jihad in Review"
  27. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62
  28. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  29. Era Report: 3145, p. 9
  30. First Succession War, p. 62: "The War of Raids: House Steiner's Succession War"
  31. Technical Readout: 3025, p. 154: "F-90 Stingray"
  32. Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 11: "Donegal Guards" - Regimental Status
  33. 33.0 33.1 33.2 First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
  34. First Succession War, p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
  35. Dispatch
  36. House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 108: "Unit Deployment Table"
  37. 20 Year Update, p. 56: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  38. Objective Raids, p. 37: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  39. Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 110: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  40. Field Manual: Updates, p. 159: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  41. Field Manual: 3085, p. 107: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  42. Field Manual: 3145, p. 171: "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"

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