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| Cammal | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | 111.4 : -164.975[e] |
The Cammal system was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as of 3151 was located in the Capellan Confederation.[1]
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System Description[edit]
Cammal is located near the Kek and Vintru systems.[2]
System History[edit]
The Cammal system was settled during the early twenty-fourth century and was a member of the Capellan Commonality when the Capellan Confederation formed in the mid-twenty-fourth century.[3][4]
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2317 - No record[3]
- 2366 - Capellan Commonality[4]
- 2367 - Capellan Confederation[4]
- 2571 - Capellan Confederation[5][6]
- 2596 - Capellan Confederation[7]
- 2750 - Capellan Confederation[2]
- 2765 - Capellan Confederation[8]
- 2786 - Capellan Confederation[9]
- 2822 - Capellan Confederation[10][11][12][13]
- 2864 - Federated Suns[14][15]
- 3025 - Federated Suns[16][17]
- 3030 - Federated Suns[18]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[19][20]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth[21]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[22]
- 3057 - Federated Commonwealth[23]
- 3058 - Federated Commonwealth[24]
- 3063 - Federated Commonwealth[25]
- 3067 - Federated Suns[26][27]
- 3075 - Federated Suns[28]
- 3079 - Federated Suns[29]
- 3081 - Federated Suns[30]
- 3085 - Federated Suns[31]
- 3135 - Federated Suns[32]
- 3145 - Federated Suns[33][34]
- 3146 - Capellan Confederation (from April)[35]
- 3151 - Capellan Confederation[1]
Cammal[edit]
| Cammal | |
|---|---|
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Noble Ruler | Duke of Cammal |
Planetary History[edit]
Third Succession War[edit]
In 3003, a Capellan Confederation-sponsored Maskirovka operation fomenting local rebels on Cammal was considered a notable success.[36]
Fourth Succession War[edit]
According to the apocryphal German Adel vernichtet duology, one House de Leon held the title of Duke of Cammal while the world was a Federated Suns holding in the Succession Wars era.
During the Fourth Succession War, Capellan Confederation warlord Shang Tsung launched a counterattack against Cammal. Duke Manuel de Leon and his ducal guard, the Lionhearts, narrowly held the line together with the Youngblood Renegades mercenaries (hired by Capellan March Duke Michael Hasek-Davion), with heavy losses. The Capellans, although ultimately repulsed, inflicted massive damage on Cammal and managed to destroy the duke's DropShip, killing him and his family and ending the line of House de Leon. Afterwards, many felt that House Davion had been suspiciously slow in sending reinforcements to Cammal.
After the war, the law firm representing the late duke and his House (Cummings Law-and-Justice) prevented the duchy from falling back to House Davion and kept searching for a legitimate heir for decades. The power vacuum on Cammal was meanwhile filled by a politically weak planetary government formed from the numerous different factions comprising the population. The Lionhearts became a mercenary unit. The Youngblood Renegades received a continent on Cammal as fief for their service, becoming its de facto rulers and thus one of the ruling factions on the planet.
The enigmatic Winterland Enterprises megacorporation became the world's single largest employer. Researching into the corporation's background and dealings, the Youngblood Renegades find that Winterland Enterprises seems to possess far more money that it should, possibly from a group of nobles around the late duke Michael Hasek-Davion who might have been preparing a coup (putting a new spin on Hasek-Davion's purported hero's death on a "peace mission" to Sian in the war). Winterland Enterprises CEO Judy de Winter is the daughter of the Duke of Corella, who was associated with Hasek-Davion and also died under mysterious circumstances
Clan Invasion era[edit]
In 3053, a Cummings lawyer named Richard Foster-Drake identified one MechWarrior Lance Sergeant Michael Razza of the First Kittery Borderers in a hospital on Warren as a legitimate successor of Manuel de Leon and as such the inheritor of the title of duke of Cammal and substantial wealth. The restoration of the ducal line led to unrest on Cammal, but eventually turned out to be a charade; the ostensible heir had been a heavily wounded soldier who was brainwashed by the lawyer and his associates in a power grab move that ultimately failed.
The Jihad[edit]
Cammal was one of ten worlds assaulted by the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces during the third week of March 3069, a wave of attacks that formed a part of Operation THUNDERSTRIKE, the Capellan counteroffensive against the Capellan March in defiance of Duke George Hasek's campaign Operation SOVEREIGN JUSTICE.[37]
Dark Age[edit]
The mercenary unit Covenant's Commandos was sent to protect the mining facilities on Cammal. A combined-arms force of pirates attacked the planet, and the unit user a pair of Arbalests to harass them, buying time for the rest of the unit to catch and destroy them piecemeal.[38]
On 25 March 3146, the Capellan Confederation's Third St. Ives Sentinels and Third Capellan Chargers invaded Cammal. The defending Fifth Avalon Hussars incorrectly assumed the invaders intended on raiding the planet , which the Chargers reinforced by utilizing tactics from previous raids against the Hussars, luring them into a false sense of security that was soon exploited by the Sentinels. Routed by a combat drop directly atop their position, the Fifth Hussars retreated from Cammal in mid-April to warn the rest of the Federated Suns of the renewed Capellan offensive.[39]
Military Deployment[edit]
Geography[edit]
In the MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries High Reward Quest "The Conspirators," Cammal is depicted as a lush canyon biome with reduced visibility.[45]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 72 systems (70 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintru | 7.4 | Kek | 13.4 | Staffin | 14.2 | Gahral | 14.8 |
| Lee | 17.7 | Ares | 18.4 | Hurgh | 18.7 | Lhasa | 19.6 |
| Monhegan | 19.7 | Gallitzin | 20.2 | Tsingtao | 20.6 | Aosia | 23.8 |
| Necromo | 25.0 | Oli | 28.6 | Remshield | 28.7 | Perkasie | 28.7 |
| Alto | 29.6 | Capricorn | 32.0 | Heligoland | 32.2 | Moravian | 32.7 |
| Truth | 33.6 | New Sagan | 34.0 | Daniels | 34.2 | Andro | 34.3 |
| Minnacora | 34.6 | Bethel | 34.9 | Lacadon | 36.9 | Alcyone | 37.4 |
| Bahl's Retreat | 38.4 | Nashuar | 39.6 | Orbisonia | 40.0 | Armaxa | 41.1 |
| Kaifeng | 41.5 | Plataea | 42.5 | Dowles | 42.9 | Matsu | 43.8 |
| Knutdor | 44.9 | Mandate | 45.1 | Noh-wan Hohm | 45.6 | Acala | 46.6 |
| Khi | 46.8 | Highspire | 47.1 | Relevow | 47.2 | Brighton | 47.9 |
| Taga | 48.0 | Paches | 48.5 | Undra | 48.9 | Mytilene | 49.4 |
| St. Ives | 49.4 | Randar | 50.8 | Menkib | 50.9 | Monongahela | 53.5 |
| Axton | 54.1 | Shoreham | 54.2 | New Macao | 54.4 | Turko | 54.8 |
| Sakhalin | 54.8 | Genf | 54.9 | Bell | 55.6 | Redfield | 55.7 |
| No Return | 56.4 | Zaurak | 56.9 | Boeotia | 57.2 | Sarna | 57.3 |
| Foot Fall | 57.6 | Anaea | 57.7 | Laong | 58.2 | Sarmaxa | 58.2 |
| Scituate | 59.8 | Stein's Folly | 59.9 | Weekapaug | 60.6 | Aer | 60.6 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shattered Fortress, p. 103
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 18
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Handbook: House Liao, p. 17
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 25
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 113
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 71
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
- ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 17
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 53
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46: "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 142: "Arbalest"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 17: "The Capellan Invasion"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: CCAF, p. 9: "Regimental Status"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 135: "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 136: "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 21: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 89: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"
- ↑ MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, "The Conspirators"
Bibliography[edit]
- 20 Year Update
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Report: AFFS
- Field Report 2765: CCAF
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Davion
- Handbook: House Liao
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (video game)
- Shattered Fortress
- Technical Readout: 3085