Dustball

Dustball
← 3135
3151
Dustball 3151.svg
Dustball nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-104.483 : 266.199[e]
Spectral classA9V[1][2]
Recharge time170 hours[2][3]
Recharge station(s)None[1][2]

The Dustball system was home to at least one habitable world, Dustball VI, and as of June 3152 was the capital of the Malthus Confederation in the Hinterlands.[4]

System Description[edit]

Dustball is located near the Blair Atholl and Koniz systems.[5] The Dustball system consists of a class A9V primary orbited by at least six planets.[1][2]

System History[edit]

The Dustball system was colonized by the Lyran Commonwealth during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War.[6][7][5]

Political Affiliation[edit]

Dustball VI[edit]

Dustball VI
Dustball Flag.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionSixth[1][2]
Jump Point distance21.44 days[2]
Moons1 (Mirage)[2]
Geophysical
Surface gravity0.96[2]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[2]
Equatorial temperature71°C (Desert)[2]
Surface water20%[2]
Highest native lifeNone[1][2]
History and Culture
Population833,000,000 (3067)[2]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Dustball
HPG ClassB[1][2]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Lawrence Micone (3025)[1]

Dustball VI, more commonly known simply as Dustball, is the sixth planet in the system and is orbited by a single moon named Mirage.[2]

Planetary History[edit]

Dustball was originally colonized because geographic surveys indicated the presence of large deposits of gemstones. When the surveys ended up being incorrect, many of the miners left, but a large, wealthy, and cunning family—the Malthus family—remained on the planet. Willing to work outside of legal bounds, the Malthus family started a series of casinos, nightclubs and hotels around the spaceport. As a result, the planet had the slogan "Where the elite meet, greet, and satisfy their most wicked desires."

There are five domed cities on the planet. Each one specializes in a separate variety of pleasure. The Malthus family has made a great deal of illicit money through their establishments on Dustball, and has been able to protect their investment due to a pervasive and complex campaign of blackmail against many high Lyran Commonwealth officials who have visited Dustball to sample the planet's manifold pleasures. Such abuses had become so pervasive that in 3005, Archon Alessandro Steiner established legalized and heavily-regulated "pleasure industries" on the model of Dustball on Kooken's Pleasure Pit in an attempt to break the Malthus family's stranglehold through direct competition. As of 3025, it was unclear if it had had any appreciable effect.[1]

The establishment of competing gambling concerns on the planet didn't have any effect on the Malthus family. The arrival of the Clans however, put a permanent end to the gambling industry on Dustball. Finding itself on the front lines of the Clan front, Dustball was frequently raided by Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Steel Viper.[2]

Throughout much of the Dark Age Dustball was a disputed world firmly held by neither the Lyran Commonwealth nor the Jade Falcons, until it finally fell to the Falcons in 3142.[38] Members of the Malthus crime syndicate were exiled to the low status Free Guilds, where they established a new criminal empire. After the collapse of Jade Falcon authority in 3151, Dustball became the capital of the Malthus Confederation.

Military Deployment[edit]

3054[edit]

3079[edit]

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Kanda: a domed city[38]
  • New Monaco: a domed city[48]
  • Tristin[38]

Companies and Industries[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 32 systems (29 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Blair Atholl 7.5 Koniz 13.6 Deweidewd 17.3 A Place 20.2
Graceland 20.5 Ballynure 29.9 Graus 31.3 Benfled 32.0
Bountiful Harvest 33.2 Sudeten 33.3 Pandora 37.2 Antares 37.6
New Exford 40.1 Morges 40.7 Matahari 41.6 Stonarboi 43.9
Dompaire 45.1 Montmarault 45.4 Matteo 49.7 Crimond 50.6
Colmar 50.6 Babaeski 53.2 Esteros 53.2 La Grave 56.6
Cusset 57.8 Baker 3 57.9 Summit 57.9 Yeguas 58.3
Biota 60.0 Borghese 61.1 Parakoila 63.1 Grunwald 63.5

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 172: "Dustball 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 Handbook: House Steiner, pp. 85–86: "Dustball"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tamar Rising, poster map
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tamar Rising, p. 72, "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"
  9. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  11. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  13. ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  14. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38: "Rim Worlds Republic Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  15. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  17. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  19. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  22. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  29. ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 75: "Lyran Alliance Map"
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  31. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map
  32. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  33. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  34. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 26: "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  35. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  36. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  37. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 Waylon's War
  39. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  40. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  41. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 102-103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"
  42. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 54: "Note of Unit"
  43. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 22: "FedCom Deployment Table"
  44. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 22: "Clan Wolf-in-Exile Deployment Status"
  45. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 160: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  46. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 129: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  47. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 169: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"
  48. ↑ 1st Somerset Strikers, p. 14: "Episode 2: Well Bargained and Done"
  49. ↑ BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Art and Leisure section), news item published [04/04/3076] "FringeSphere Ends Season with Clan-related Cliffhanger?"
  50. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 144: "Other Major Commonwealth Industries - [Malthus Gambling Unlimited]

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