Chahar

Chahar
Chahar 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-198.534 : 340.642[e]
Spectral classG0IV[1]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[1]

The Chahar system is home to at least one habitable world, Chahar II, and as of June 3152 was an independent world located in the Hinterlands.[2]

System Description[edit]

Chahar is located near the Blue Hole and Clermont systems[3][4] and consists of a class G0IV primary orbited by at least two planets. During the thirty-first century a recharge station was in place at the system zenith jump point.[1]

System History[edit]

The Chahar system was colonized at some point during or shortly before the Age of War, and was a member of the Lyran Commonwealth by the end of that era.[5][6]

Political Affiliation[edit]


Chahar II[edit]

Chahar II
Chahar Flag.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionSecond[1]
Jump Point distance8 days[1]
Moons1 (Yonas)[1]
Geophysical
Highest native lifeNone[1]
History and Culture
Main Religion(s)Hindu[32]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Chahar
Political LeaderPlanetary Leader
CapitalBenares[1]
HPG ClassA[1]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Alexander Fisken (3025)[1]

Chahar II, more commonly known simply as Chahar, is the third planet in the system and has a single moon named Yonas.[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Chahar was first colonized in the late twenty-fourth century. At that time there was no life on the world, despite a large ocean and compatible biosphere. The colonists created mining settlements and chemical production facilities, but for many years the world had to import its own food which put a strain on the neighboring worlds' food production. A program by the Steiner government to import Terran plants and animals was a huge success: in 3025 Chahar produced enough food not only to feed itself but to export to other worlds.[1]

Star League[edit]

In the final years of the Star League, Chahar was the host to a Star League Defense Force garrison.[33] The planet was also host to DataCorp Industries, an interplanetary library network focused upon science and scholars.[34]

Succession Wars[edit]

In the aftermath of the Star League's collapse, Dobless Information Services was founded upon the remnants of DataCorp and throughout the Succession Wars its computer archives on Chahar were said to contain all of the universe's knowledge.[34]

Chahar worked hard to bring corporations to the planet, and by 3025 it had succeeded. In addition to headquartering Dobless, a Trellshire Heavy Industries weapons plant was built near its capital city.[1]

FedCom Civil War and after[edit]

By the time of the FedCom Civil War Chahar was acknowledged as one of the Lyran Alliance's two centers of the Hindu faith.[35]

During Clan Jade Falcon's Incursion of 3064, Chahar's defending Theater Militia unit managed to hold out for just over two weeks before being forced to retreat to Zhongshan.[36]

Chahar's loss to the Falcons led to repercussions both religious and corporate within the Lyran Alliance, as elements of both parties campaigned for military action to regain the world. Dobless Information Services CEO Seth Tobiason, as a means to this end, sought a seat in the Estates General as a representative of Ludwigshafen, in addition to proposing a mercenary expedition to reclaim Dobless' largest data archives. Meanwhile many enraged Lyran Hindus, reacting to reports that the Falcons were desecrating the sacred city of Benares, added their voices to the issue.[37][35][34]

Nonetheless, Chahar would remain under Jade Falcon control for nearly a century. Only in the chaotic aftermath of the Falcon warrior caste's near-destruction on Terra in 3151 did Chahar emerge from Clan control, becoming an independent world within the Hinterlands.[2][25]

Military Deployment[edit]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Benares: the planetary capital city[1]
  • New Mannos[44]

Industrial Centers[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Blue Hole 14.3 Clermont 16.5 Zhongshan 19.1 Machida 19.8
Melissia 25.1 Kikuyu 26.4 Manx 28.8 Roadside 31.2
Kookens Pleasure Pit 33.7 Pasig 34.3 Jorvikland 35.1 Hot Springs 39.0
Mogyorod 39.6 Chapultepec 41.9 Biegga 42.6 Deia 43.3
Mkuranga 44.3 Medellin 45.2 Blumenort 45.4 Annunziata 45.4
Goat Path 46.0 Blackjack 47.9 Mahone 48.1 Kolovraty 53.0
Mississauga 53.0 Great X 54.6 Kwangchowwang 55.3 Black Earth 56.0
Pangkalan 56.3 Adelaide 57.8 Newtown Square 60.3 Beta 61.8

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 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 165 (PDF p. 167): "A Brief Atlas" – Chahar entry
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tamar Rising, p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 38: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth after at their founding in [2341]"
  6. 6.0 6.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571] Map"
  7. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158: "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  8. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  9. Era Report: 2750, p. 36: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  10. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  11. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822] Map"
  12. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  13. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864] Map"
  14. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  15. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  16. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"
  17. Historical: War of 3039, p. 132: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  18. Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
  19. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
  20. Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
  21. Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  22. Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  23. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  24. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"
  25. 25.0 25.1 Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  26. Field Report: Clans, p. 28: "Deployment Map [3079]"
  27. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  28. Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  29. Era Report: 3145, p. 10: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  30. Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"
  31. Tamar Rising, poster map
  32. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 124
  33. 33.0 33.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 255: "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Command Map"
  34. 34.0 34.1 34.2 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 136: "Dobless Information Services (DobInf)"
  35. 35.0 35.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 124
  36. FedCom Civil War, p. 114: "Chahar"
  37. Handbook: House Steiner, color plate, p. 124 of the PDF version
  38. 20 Year Update, p. 71: "Com Guards Deployment Table"
  39. 39.0 39.1 Objective Raids, p. 54: "Note of Unit"
  40. Shattered Sphere, p. 49: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  41. Field Manual: Updates, p. 178: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  42. Field Report: Clans, p. 15: "Clan Jade Falcon Deployment Status"
  43. Field Manual: 3085, p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  44. 44.0 44.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 143: "Dobless Information Services" profile
  45. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 136: "Dobless Information Services (DobInf)" profile
  46. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 141: "SeraVideo Entertainments Incorporated" profile
  47. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 121: "Weapons Industries - [Trellshire Heavy Industries]"

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