Buena

Buena
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3151
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Buena nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-400.433 : 35.625[e]
Spectral classG6V[1][2]
Recharge time187 hours[1][2]
Recharge station(s)Nadir[1][2]

The Buena system was home to at least one habitable world, Buena II, and as of 3151 was the headquarters of the Buena Theater within the Lyran Commonwealth.[3]

System Description[edit]

The Buena system is located near the Ayacucho and Valloire systems[4][5] and consists of a class G6V primary orbited by at least two planets. During the thirty-first century a recharge station was in place at the nadir jump point.[1][2]

System History[edit]

The Buena system was colonized at some point during or prior to the Age of War.[6]

Political Affiliation[edit]

Buena II[edit]

Buena II
Buena Flag.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionSecond[1][2]
Jump Point distance7.01 days[1][2]
Moons3 (Bonita, Hermosa, Inestia)[1][2]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.21[1][2]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1][2]
Equatorial temperature31°C (Cool-Temperate)[1][2]
Surface water64%[1][2]
Highest native lifeAvian[1][2]
Landmasses4 (Dominka, Leugo, Revida, Santigo)[2]
History and Culture
Population2,107,000,000 (3067),[1]
1,962,000,000 (3079)[2]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Buena
CapitalCiudad del Mar[2]
HPG ClassB (3067)[1]

Buena II, more commonly known simply as Buena, is the second planet in the Buena system. Buena has three moons named Bonita, Hermosa and Inestia[1][2] and the Leugo continent is home to a branch of the noted defense manufacturer Arcturan Arms.[2]

Planetary History[edit]

Early History[edit]

Buena was colonized by settlers of Italian or Spanish descent, who benefited from a planetary climate reminiscent of that of the Mediterranean region on Terra.[1]

The Reunification War[edit]

As the Star League Defense Force completed the first wave of attacks in Operation MAILED FIST, the name given to the Star League intervention into the civil war that had been raging across the Rim Worlds Republic since 2575, reprisal attacks from Republican forces against worlds within the Lyran Commonwealth were anticipated.[43]

As predicted, reprisal raids began hitting Lyran worlds in late October 2581, five months after Star League operations began, and Buena was the target of at least one of these raids. The raid on Buena was one of several small hit-and-run raids launched in company strength by units from the Rim Worlds Army and achieved little when the raiders encountered substantial Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces defenses already in place.[43]

Third Succession War[edit]

In 3020, the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces opened the War College of Buena, a military academy that specialized in training MechWarriors and teaching Maintenance Sciences.[44]

The Jihad[edit]

With the destruction of Alarion by the Word of Blake Buena was widely touted as the logical successor to assume the position of capital world of the Alarion Province[2] although there was some speculation that the position might go instead to Kaumberg, capital world of the Kaumberg Archonette. Less cooperative with Tharkad than Kaumberg,[45] Buena continued to push the limits of the authority available as the capital of an Archonette as the 3070s drew to a close.[2]

On 14 February 3081 following the formal dissolution of the Buena Archonette, the authority the Archonette had over local Lyran Alliance Armed Forces returned to the central Lyran government. Buena was subsequently established as the new capital of the renamed Buena Province of the Lyran Alliance.[46]

Dark Age[edit]

Following the loss of several Buena Province worlds to the resurrected Free Worlds League in 3146, General Diego Widmer, Margrave of the Timbuktu Theater, lambasted Archon Trillian Steiner in a public speech given on 7 July. Citing her inability to protect Buena Province, Widmer announced that Buena was seceding from the Lyran Commonwealth with himself as head of a new state. As "Warlord" of the nascent Buena Collective, Widmer then set about securing additional worlds. By the end of the year, Buena had become capital of a small nation spanning ten systems in total.[47]

LCAF counterattacks against the Collective's key worlds began in mid-3147, and on 24 January 3148 Buena itself came under assault. After barely a week of fighting Lyran forces had subdued the rebellious world and captured Widmer. Buena and the remaining Collective worlds were then reintegrated into the Commonwealth. [48] [49]

ilClan[edit]

When Ludwig Steiner was promoted to Margrave of Florida Theater in 3151, one of his first acts was to redraw the theater's borders to encompass the entire border with the Free Worlds League. As a result, Buena was now within the borders of Florida Theater. A short while later, Margrave Steiner moved his headquarters from Florida to Buena, resulting in the formation of the Buena Theater.[3]

The same year, the Lyrans hired the Screaming Eagles to reinforce Buena's defense. The Eagles also helped train Buena War College's students. When the contract expired at the end of the year, despite the Lyrans attempt to persuade them to renew it, the Eagles departed for Son Hoa.[50][51]

Military Deployment[edit]

2786[edit]

3025[edit]

3038[edit]

3050[edit]

  • Buena War College Training Battalion[56]

3054[edit]

  • Buena War College Training Battalion[57]

3067[edit]

  • Buena War College Training Battalion[58]

3079[edit]

  • Buena War College Training Battalion[59]
- The unit was operating at 40% strength, with 45% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
  • Planetary Militia[2]

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

3151[edit]

Geography[edit]

Buena has four major landmasses named Dominka, Leugo, Revida, and Santigo,[2] as well as a host of small subtropical islands.[1]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Ciudad del Mar: the planetary capital city[2]
  • Fort Buena: located on Dominika, Fort Buena is the home of the War College of Buena[63]
  • War College of Buena: a Lyran military college that excelled at technical training and which required all of its cadets to undertake technical work during their training[2]

Companies and Industries[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 28 systems (27 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Valloire 16.9 Ayacucho 17.5 Revivim 17.6 Al Jafr 26.6
Myrrdin 29.6 Huesta 31.6 Binyang 33.2 Ilzra 33.4
Sarikavak 37.3 Urjala 38.0 Aberystwyth 38.2 Cruz Alta 39.4
Premana 42.6 Florida 46.5 Cardff 47.3 Inchicore 47.4
Venaria 48.5 Acrux 48.7 Rapla 49.1 Teyvareb 51.3
Nightwish 56.1 Danxian 56.1 Shahr Kord 56.3 Chiavenna 56.4
Enders Cluster 57.6 New India 59.1 Stantsiya 59.2 Rajkot 62.5

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 74: "Planet Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 Objectives: Lyran Alliance, p. 6: "Buena"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 ilClan, p. 112
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571] Map"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
  8. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  9. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  10. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  11. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  12. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822] Map"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
  15. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  16. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"
  24. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  31. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  32. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  33. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"
  34. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  35. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"
  36. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  37. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  38. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3135"
  39. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 99
  40. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 100
  41. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 102, "Inner Sphere - 3151"
  42. ↑ Shrapnel Issue #8, "Voices of the Sphere: Mixed-Tech 'Mechs"
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 132: "Main Street, Canal and Buena (October-December 2581)"
  44. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 126: "Military Academies"
  45. ↑ Objectives: Lyran Alliance, p. 6: "Alarion Province"
  46. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 61, "The Jihad in Review"
  47. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 25: "Antisocial General"
  48. ↑ Shattered Fortress, pp. 42–44: "Challenging the Archon"
  49. ↑ Shattered Fortress, pp. 48–49: "Buena"
  50. ↑ Battletech: Legends, p. 71
  51. ↑ A Skulk of Foxes, pp. 24–66
  52. ↑ First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 118: "Unit Deployment Table"
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
  55. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 138: "Deployment Table"
  56. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 28: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  57. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 20: "FedCom Deployment Table"
  58. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 178: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  59. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 16: "Training Units Regimental Status"
  60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 107: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  61. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 132: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces - Buena Province"
  62. ↑ A Skulk of Foxes, p. 24
  63. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 112

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