Icar

Icar
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3151
Icar 3151.svg
Icar nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-83.499 : 413.799[e]
Recharge time175 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)None (3152)[1]

The Icar system was home to at least one habitable world and as of 3152 was under the control of Clan Hell's Horses.[2]

System Description[edit]

The Icar system is located near the Star's End and Chateau systems and is Coreward from Terra.[3]

System History[edit]

Icar was one of seven worlds settled by colonists from the Rim Worlds Republic between 2334 and 2338 as an attempt by Maxwell Rowe to create a buffer zone between the Republic, the Draconis Combine, and the Tamar Pact.[4]

Political Affiliation[edit]

Icar[edit]

Icar
Astrophysical
Jump Point distance14.82 days[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.12[1]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Icar
HPG ClassA[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Star League Era[edit]

Icar was a part of the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic and was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773–2775 Republic-Commonwealth War.[15]

Third Succession War[edit]

Icar was one of the diversionary raids launched by the Draconis Combine in 2866 in order to divert Lyran forces from the Federation of Skye.[21]

Raven van Hauten, with his Icar Militia company and its lance of Von Luckner heavy tanks, defended Icar against a raid by pirate Redjack Ryan in 3017. He staged a devastating ambush on the pirates, which ultimately caused them to withdraw with heavy damage, having gained nothing from their attack.[47]

Clan Invasion[edit]

Icar was conquered by Clan Wolf during Operation REVIVAL in March 3050, invading the planet with Supernova First and Second along with Alpha Assault Star of the Fourth Wolf Guards. They were opposed by the Third Regiment of the Twelfth Star Guards, commanded by Colonel Hannah Caitlin, backed up by the Third Icar Armored Brigade. The initial Wolf assault was swift, quickly overrunning the Star Guards' Second Battalion just minutes after securing their landing zones, and when Colonel Caitlin attempted to counterattack at Pofadder's Gully her advance was repulsed. The Star Guards attempted to retreat offworld but were stopped when Elementals boarded their DropShips at Cuanger and forced their surrender.[48]

Jihad[edit]

Icar would be conquered again during the Jihad when Clan Hell's Horses launched an invasion of Clan Wolf holdings in the Inner Sphere in early 3071, acquiring holdings for their own relocation to Spheroid space. The first wave of attacks captured four worlds; the second wave captured another four, of which Icar was one. The first wave was launched between 21 and 28 February 3071, with the second wave falling somewhere between the end of the first wave and the 7th of April.[37]

Dark Age[edit]

In 3122, the Sarkon's Bloody-Handed pirate group raided three cities and took several thousand civilians as slaves as well as large amounts of precious metals and gems before fleeing. The Eighty-fifth BattleMech Cluster from Clan Hell's Horses Kappa Galaxy responded to the raid and pursued the escaping pirates.[49]

Military Deployment[edit]

2765[edit]

2821[edit]

3025[edit]

3028[edit]

  • Thirtieth Lyran Guards[53]

3038–3040[edit]

3050[edit]

  • Twelfth Star Guards[55]

3054[edit]

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

Geography[edit]

Apocryphal Content Starts

The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources; the canonicity of such information is uncertain.
Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity.

According to the (apocryphal) novel Wahnsinn und Methode, the planet of Icar (as of 2598) had 75% of its surface covered by water and had two continents with environments spanning the range from jungles to deserts to tundra, ideal for combat training purposes. Two mountain ranges are mentioned: The Dominarius Mountains, featuring a high plateau, and the much smaller and lower Bellisardes which form a roughly equal-sided triangle. Icar's Capital city is Athena Magna.

In the MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries High Reward Quest "X Marks the Spot," Icar is depicted as a glacial ice biome with good visibility.[59]

Apocryphal Content Ends

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Fraserburg: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL[48]
  • Pofadder's Gully: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL[48]
  • Cuanger: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL[48]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Star's End 18.4 Chateau 19.9 Steelton 23.8 Persistence 24.0
New Caledonia 25.7 Csesztreg 26.6 Maxie's Planet 27.5 Treeline 29.5
Iron Land 32.1 Norn 33.8 Romulus 34.9 Toland 36.8
Trell 40.6 Harvest 44.1 New Ålborg 44.3 Apollo 49.8
The Edge 50.3 Derf 51.1 Butte Hold 51.6 Seiduts 52.2
Kirchbach 54.2 Twycross 54.5 Bensinger 54.7 Gustrell 55.5
Crellacor 56.1 Planting 57.4 Butler 57.5 Evciler 58.3
Wotan 58.9 Lovinac 59.2 Vantaa 63.2 Kreller 65.3

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Tamar Rising, poster map
  2. ↑ Tamar Rising, p. 130: "Corward Periphery Map"
  3. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War (2571) Map"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Periphery, p. 18: "From Rim to Tamar"
  5. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
  7. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
  8. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25
  9. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36
  10. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere [2764] Map"
  11. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10
  12. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38
  13. ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25
  14. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  16. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
  18. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
  19. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 74
  22. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
  24. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
  27. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22
  31. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 32
  32. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28
  34. ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 75
  35. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
  36. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 15: "Timeline of the Jihad"
  38. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
  39. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 26
  40. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62
  41. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  42. ↑ Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 12: "Map of the Inner Sphere 3130"
  43. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  44. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
  45. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  46. ↑ Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103
  47. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 84
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 48.3 48.4 Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 57: "First Wave - Icar (FC)"
  49. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145, p. 12: "Deployment"
  50. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 19: "Republican Guards - Divisional Status"
  51. ↑ First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
  52. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 116: "Unit Deployment Table"
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 44: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141: "Deployment Table"
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 20 Year Update, p. 25: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  56. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 32
  57. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 125: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  58. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 168: "Kappa Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)"
  59. ↑ MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, "X Marks the Spot"

Bibliography[edit]

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