Kirin
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -23.601 : 1837.315[e] |
| Spectral class | M9IV |
| Planet(s) | 1 |
The Kirin system is the location of at least one habitable world, Kirin III, and was located in the Kerensky Cluster in the Clan Homeworlds.
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System Description[edit]
Kirin is located near the Tamaron and Delios systems.
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2571 - Unknown Planet
- 2750 - Unknown Planet
- 2821 - Clan World[1]
- 2868 - Clan Hell's Horses / Clan Mongoose[2]
- c.3010 - Clan Hell's Horses (100%)[3]
- 3052 - Clan Hell's Horses (70%) / Clan Smoke Jaguar (30%)[4]
- 3060 - Clan Hell's Horses (100%)[3]
- 3062 - Clan Hell's Horses (100%)[5]
- 3067 - Clan Hell's Horses (100%)[6]
- 3068 - Clan Hell's Horses / Clan Fire Mandrill (in December)[7]
- 3070 - Clan Hell's Horses / Clan Coyote (after March)[8]
- 3075 - Clan Coyote (100%)[9]
- 3085 - Clan Coyote (70%) / Clan Stone Lion (30%)[10]
Kirin III[edit]
| Kirin III | |
|---|---|
| Geophysical | |
| Surface gravity | 0.9 |
| Atmospheric pressure | Low (Tainted) |
| Equatorial temperature | 20°C |
| Surface water | 30% |
| Highest native life | Amphibians |
| History and Culture | |
| Population | 8,800,000 (3062) |
Planetary History[edit]
The planet was originally an exclusive Clan Hell's Horses colony. Around 3010, Clan Smoke Jaguar seized control over part of the world and retained their enclave until the Jaguars' annihilation in 3060 by the Second Star League Defense Force. During the Wars of Possession that followed Clan Hell's Horses once more claimed exclusive control over the planet.[3]
In late 3068, Clan Fire Mandrill's Kindraa Mick-Kreese-Kline attacked Kirin hoping to take advantage of supposed Horse weakness. By the end of the year they had claimed Kirin MechWorks, the nearby city, and other territory, amounting to almost a third of the Horse enclaves. Several Horse Clusters from Delta Galaxy then arrived and regained nearly all of the conquered areas except for KM City[7]
During the Wars of Reaving, Kirin with its merchant and laborer caste inhabitants were traded to Clan Coyote after March 3070 as the Hell's Horses prepared for their invasion of Clan Wolf's Inner Sphere holdings.[8] In September 3072 it was one of the Clan Homeworlds with an HPG unaffected by the SLOT virus, due to Clan Coyote's collusion with The Society.[11]
In the aftermath of the Wars of Reaving, Kirin became the capital world of Clan Coyote as well as its exclusive holding, and with it the largest remaining naval shipyard in the Clan Homeworlds.[9][12] By 3085, Clan Stone Lion had been gifted two former Hell's Horses enclaves on the planet, making it one of their primary support worlds.[10][13][14]
Military Deployment[edit]
3059[edit]
- 666th Mechanized Assault (Clan Hell's Horses)[15]
- 888th Mechanized Assault (Clan Hell's Horses)[15]
- Seventy-first Mechanized Cavalry (Clan Hell's Horses)[15]
- Eighty-second Mechanized Cavalry (Clan Hell's Horses)[15]
- Forty-fourth Mechanized Assault (Clan Hell's Horses)[15]
- Sixty-fifth Mechanized Strike (Clan Hell's Horses)[15]
- Thirty-first BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)[15]
- Thirty-ninth BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)[15]
- Forty-second BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)[16]
- Sixty-seventh BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)[16]
- Seventy-fourth BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)[16]
Manufacturing Centers[edit]
- Kirin MechWorks I[17]
- Kirin Armory Plant 4 - Combat Vehicle manufacture.[18]
- Kirin Orbital Works SJ-3 - Aerospace Manufacturing Plant for aerospace fighters and DropShips.[19]
- Kirin Lunar Industriplex Bravo - site of a battle between Clan Hell's Horses' 201st Mechanized Assault and Clan Ghost Bear forces in 3048[20]
Planetary Locations[edit]
Notes[edit]
Planetary distances determined with the 2821 Pentagon & Kerensky Cluster Map, which has a lightyear distance scale included. Some distances have not been included due to some worlds not having been discovered.[22]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 20 systems (10 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamaron | 29.2 | Delios | 33.1 | Londerholm | 40.0 | Priori | 40.2 |
| Grant's Station | 43.3 | Albion | 52.4 | Strato Domingo | 55.3 | York | 56.1 |
| Gatekeeper | 57.9 | Barcella | 59.1 | Paxon | 63.4 | Hellgate | 64.2 |
| Zara | 67.1 | Brim | 68.8 | Hoard | 75.9 | Vinton | 81.1 |
| Lum | 84.7 | Strana Mechty | 89.2 | Shadow | 90.0 | Marshall | 94.9 |
References[edit]
- ↑ Historical: Operation Klondike, p. 133: "Pentagon and Kerensky Cluster (2821)" (Map)
- ↑ Era Digest: Golden Century, pp. 7–8
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky, p. 85: "Possessions"
- ↑ Clan Homeworlds 3052 Poster (Kickstarter)
- ↑ The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky, p. 114
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 39
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Wars of Reaving, pp. 36–37
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Wars of Reaving, p. 53: "The Coyote Prowls"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 The Wars of Reaving, p. 248
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Wars of Reaving, p. 249
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 109: "Communication Breakdown"
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 165: "WarShips"
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 163
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 170
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 151: "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 152: "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 180: Thunder Stallion - Produced as of 3060 on Kirik
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, pp. 52, 56, 62: Ares, Enyo, Hachiman, Ishtar Combat Vehicles & Components produced on world as of 3060
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3067, p. 168: Xerxes Aerospace Fighter
- ↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 67: "201st Mechanized Assault"
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 53: "The Coyote Prowls"
- ↑ Historical: Operation Klondike, p. 135: Map shows distances between worlds