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| Illium | |
|---|---|
← 3135 3151 | |
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -207.376 : 439.225[e] |
Contents
System Description[edit]
Illium is located near the Ambrose and Erewhon systems.
System History[edit]
By the end of the Age of War, Illium was a member of the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic.[1] The system vanished from maps during the First Succession War.[2][3]
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2571 - Rim Worlds Republic[1][4]
- 2596 - Rim Worlds Republic[5]
- 2750 - Rim Worlds Republic[2][6]
- 2764 - Rim Worlds Republic[7]
- 2765 - Rim Worlds Republic[8][9][10]
- 2767 - Rim Worlds Republic[11]
- 2822 - No record[3][12]
- 2864 - No record[13]
- 3025 - No record[14]
- 3030 - No record[15]
- 3040 - No record[16][17]
- 3050 - No record[18]
- 3052 - No record[19][20]
- 3057 - No record[21]
- 3063 - No record[22]
- 3067 - No record[23][24]
- 3075 - No record[25]
- 3079 - No record[26]
- 3081 - No record[27]
- 3085 - No record[28]
- 3135 - No record[29]
- 3145 - No record[30][31]
Illium[edit]
| Illium | |
|---|---|
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Capital | Troy[32] |
Planetary History[edit]
Reunification War[edit]
Illium was a personal holding of the Amaris family, famed for the ornate "topless towers" built in the capital city, Troy.[32]
Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in 2575, with the factions polarized around those loyal to First Consul Gregory Amaris and those loyal to the Rift Republican Army and the Rim Provisional Government.[33] Befitting its status, Illium was garrisoned by the Tartan Brigade: a contingent of troops originally of Free Worlds League origin but now household troops of the Amaris family. The Tartan Brigade and their commanding officer, Colonel Angus Graham,[32] remained loyal to Amaris throughout the civil war, and the Brigade spent the next decade in place on Illium.[34][35][36]
The Star League eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in 2579 assembled a multinational force headed by the Star League Defense Force to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic.[37] Assigned to the conquest of Illium in 2589 was the Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division.[38] The Sixteenth was one of three divisions that made up VI Corps and landed on Illium in March 2589, meeting immediate resistance from the Tartan Brigade. However, when faced with the prospect of bitter battles in the very streets of Troy itself, Graham made the pragmatic decision to surrender his forces to the Sixteenth, rather than risk damaging the city; Gregory Amaris subsequently approved of the decision, personally decorating Graham after the war.[32]
Military Deployment[edit]
2581–2589[edit]
2589[edit]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 24 systems (21 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrose | 22.1 | Erewhon | 22.5 | Bone-Norman | 26.3 | Barcelona | 27.9 |
| Ylemelke | 29.6 | Koskenkorva | 35.8 | Götterdämmerung | 38.3 | Anywhere | 40.3 |
| Vargtass | 40.7 | Vulture's Nest | 40.9 | Lackhove | 41.5 | Renren | 44.0 |
| Somerset | 49.8 | Newtown Square | 50.6 | Botany Bay | 52.9 | Black Earth | 53.0 |
| Gorfynt | 56.2 | Here | 57.5 | Battaraigi | 58.1 | Kola | 58.1 |
| Biegga | 59.5 | Last Chance | 60.8 | Golandrinas | 61.7 | Mogyorod | 62.5 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38
- ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 Historical: Reunification War, p. 136
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 130: "The Spark"
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 128
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 154
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 155
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 129
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 153
Bibliography[edit]
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report: LAAF
- Field Report 2765: LCAF
- Field Report 2765: Periphery
- Handbook: House Steiner
- Handbook: Major Periphery States
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents