Enders Cluster

Enders Cluster
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Enders Cluster nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-447.223 : 69.227[e]

The Ender's Cluster is a star cluster containing a number of inhabited planets and in 3145 was located in the Timbuktu Theater of the Lyran Commonwealth.[1][2]

Description[edit]

Ender's Cluster is located near the Aberystwyth and Florida systems. Ender's Cluster is one of a number of star clusters found within the Inner Sphere and near Periphery, with others including the Chaine Cluster, Pleiades Cluster and Brocchi's Cluster. Unlike some other clusters, no individual notable worlds have been identified within Ender's Cluster on maps.[1][2][3]

Political Affiliation[edit]

History[edit]

Ender's Cluster was either settled during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War,[6][8] or was an already-inhabited cluster that became significant enough during this era to be recorded on maps by the Inner Sphere nations. Whereas the number of inhabited worlds in other clusters such as the Pirates Haven Cluster has varied over time, the number of settled worlds within Ender's Cluster has remained static at ten for centuries.[8][1][2][3]

Enders Cluster was originally a part of the Timbuktu Province of the Rim Worlds Republic and was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773 - 2775 Republic-Commonwealth War.[14]

Systems in Cluster[edit]

Ender's 3[edit]

Isle of Borneo
Astrophysical
Also known asEnder's 3

Planetary History[edit]

Ender's 3 had a planet, Isle of Borneo, with a commercial or scientific colony.[35]

Ender's 4[edit]

This Is It?
Astrophysical
Also known asEnder's 4

Planetary History[edit]

Ender's 4 had a planet, This Is It? (usually pronounced in an incredulous tone), with a commercial or scientific colony.[35]

Ender's 7[edit]

Ender's 7 was an F-type star on the spinward edge of the cluster. Its fourth planet was named Despair.[35][36]

Despair
Astrophysical
Also known asEnder's 7
System position4[37]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.16[37]
Surface water85 %[37]
Highest native lifeproto-birds the size of dinosaurs[37]
Landmasses3[37]

Planetary History[edit]

A consortium of Lyran corporations financed a small scientific outpost on Despair in early 3072. Their project was to experiment on the planet's unique atmosphere and to test a new hostile-environment sealants and combat vehicle-sealing technology. As part of the garrison force, a custom-converted Ontos was added to it in order to test it and finally try to sell it to the LAAF. Test were going well until the commanding officer of the garrison, Captain Theobald West and his crew commandered the Ontos and after destroying the rest of the garrison unit, ransomed the three senior scientists to their parent corporations and dissapeared on the planet's wasteland. No additional attacks were made by these renegades and ComStar was unable to confirm if they had left the planet or not.[38]

Ender 10[edit]

Ender's Cluster
Astrophysical
Also known asEnder 10

Planetary History[edit]

Ender is the name of the tenth star in the cluster, home to the largest population center. The other nine stars are collectively named Ender's Cluster. Despite this distinction the inhabited planet orbiting Ender has always been referred to as Ender's Cluster. The cluster proper forms an oblate spheroid similar to a ring and shares Oort material (four routinely exchange Edworth-Kuiper material) while Ender is positioned to the galactic north of the ring. In addition to the standard nadir and zenith jump points surrounding each of the ring stars, there are fourteen stable and stationary jump points in the cluster's ring. Each ring star has planets, though theoretical physics says they shouldn't. Though Ender appears separate from the cluster, in a dozen millennia orbital mechanics will move it closer. Numerous transient points exist throughout the cluster, and rumors of derelict fleets, SLDF research stations, and other LosTech wonders abound.[36]

Companies and Industries[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 28 systems (25 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Aberystwyth 19.4 Florida 20.9 Viborg 21.0 New India 24.4
Karkkila 25.3 Urjala 29.4 Hinckley 29.9 Haggard 31.4
Kitopler 36.4 Huesta 38.3 Rapla 38.4 Merlynpede 39.4
Vortalcoy 39.9 Fallen Stars 44.2 Apinzel 44.5 Ayacucho 46.8
Cruz Alta 49.7 Milvano 51.4 Gillfillan's Gold 52.2 Venaria 53.2
Stanley 53.4 Lande 55.7 Buena 57.6 Myrrdin 59.0
Monthey 59.7 Halifax 60.0 Coldbrook 62.5 Wingzar 63.9

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  4. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 158: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  7. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  9. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  10. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  11. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38: "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  12. ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  13. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  16. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  18. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  22. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  28. ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 75: "Lyran Alliance Map"
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  30. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  31. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  32. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  33. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 Djinn of Despair (novella), ch. 3
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 The Dragons of Despair, ch. 1
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4 The Dragons of Despair, ch. 2
  38. ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Pirates, p. 11: "Ontox X All-Aspect Assault Tank"
  39. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 121: "Buena Province"

Bibliography[edit]

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