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Ko | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | -18.105 : 43.9[e] |
Spectral class | G6IV[1] |
Planet(s) | 3[1] |
Contents
System Description[edit]
Ko is located near the Lyons and Atria systems.
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2271 - Inhabited world[2]
- 2319 - Terran Hegemony[3]
- 2341 - Terran Hegemony[4]
- 2571 - Terran Hegemony[5][6][7]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony[8]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony[9]
- 2764 - Terran Hegemony[10]
- 2765 - Terran Hegemony[11]
- 2767 - Amaris Empire[12]
- 2771 - Amaris Empire[13]
- 2772 - Terran Hegemony (from September)[13]
- 2786 - Terran Hegemony[14]
- 2797 - Draconis Combine[15]
- 2822 - Draconis Combine[16][17][18][19][20]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth[21][22][23]
- 2865 - Lyran Commonwealth[24]
- 2866 - Draconis Combine[24]
- 3025 - Draconis Combine[25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
- 3028 - Lyran Commonwealth (from September)[32]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[33][34][35][36]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[37][38][39][40]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth[41]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[42][43][44]
- 3057 - Lyons Thumb[45]
- 3058 - Lyons Thumb[46][47]
- 3063 - Lyons Thumb[48]
- 3067 - Draconis Combine[49][50][51][52][53]
- 3075 - Word of Blake Protectorate[54]
- 3079 - Word of Blake Protectorate[55][56][57]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere[58]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[59]
- 3135 - Independent world[60]
- 3145 - Rasalhague Dominion[61][62]
- 3149 - Republic of the Sphere (from January)[63][64]
- 3151 - Republic of the Sphere[65]
Ko II[edit]
Ko II | |
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Astrophysical | |
System position | Second[1] |
Jump Point distance | 7 days[1] |
Moons | 3 (Fionna, Palas, Valencia)[1] |
Geophysical | |
Surface gravity | 1.03[1] |
Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Breathable)[1] |
Equatorial temperature | 36°C[1] |
Surface water | 82%[1] |
Highest native life | Mammals[1] |
Landmasses | 2 (Kyushu, Jingatu)[1] |
History and Culture | |
Population | 2,518,000,000 (3130)[1][66] |
Government and Infrastructure | |
Political Leader | Planetary Governor |
Military Commander | Legate Dante Kiergov (3130)[1][66] |
Capital | Hagitasu (except 3026–3062),[1] Jarlton (3026–3062)[1] |
Ko was one of the worlds that was abandoned by the Terran Alliance following the Outer Reaches Rebellion and the Demarcation Declaration of 2242,[2] but by the end of the Reunification War Ko had become one of the worlds within the Lone Star Province of the Terran Hegemony.[8]
Ko is a world blessed with large amounts of arable land. Though there are some exceptionally dry desert areas on the northern continent that exceeded 55°C[67] and are occasionally troubled by sandstorms, the majority of the planet served as a breadbasket world for the Terran Hegemony and the Draconis Combine.[1]
Planetary History[edit]
Early History[edit]
Having become independent as a result of the Demarcation Declaration, Ko was subsequently added to the resurgent Terran Hegemony; whilst some worlds joined the Hegemony during its early years as a result of diplomatic and trade incentives, many more were conquered in "campaigns of persuasion" launched by Director-General James McKenna, the first of which began in 2316 and ended with the capture of Towne in 2317. Ko was one of the worlds added to the Hegemony during or around the time of this first military campaign.[68][2][69]
Fourth Succession War[edit]
Ko was one of the worlds attacked in the opening wave of Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, the major Lyran Commonwealth offensive of the Fourth Succession War. The defenders on Ko were of questionable loyalty, and didn't put up much of a fight[32] when the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces dispatched the Third and Seventh Regiments of the Twelfth Star Guards to capture the planet.[70]
Clan Invasion and Federated Commonwealth Civil War[edit]
A member of the so-called Lyons Thumb after the interbellum of the 3040s, Jarlton became the home of the Fifteenth Dieron Regulars when they took up peacekeeping positions under ComStar auspices. Following the conclusion of the Marik-Liao invasion of 3057, Coordinator Theodore Kurita was able to persuade Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht and Primus of ComStar Sharilar Mori to install nine DCMS units across the Thumb, effectively annexing the worlds though both Katherine Steiner-Davion and Victor Steiner-Davion publicly welcomed the Combine peacekeepers.[71][72][73]
In 3062, mercenaries in the employ of the Kokuryu-kai attacked the Lyran Alliance world of Skye disguised as Combine troops. In retribution, the First Skye Jaegers attacked the unsuspecting Fifteenth Dieron on Ko, which coincided with the other clandestine unit attacks against the Combine, including also Imbros III and Yorii with the mercenaries disguised as Lyran troops. Faced with the perceived Lyran aggression, Coordinator Kurita formally annexed the Lyons Thumb and brought those worlds under direct Kuritan rule.[67][74][1][75]
Jihad[edit]
During the Jihad, Ko was occupied by forces from the Word of Blake. As the allied coalition created by Devlin Stone began striking against Word of Blake Protectorate worlds the combined Clan Ghost Bear and Clan Snow Raven task force which had agreed to support the coalition struck at a number of Blakist worlds on 21 July 3076. Ko was one of the worlds targeted by the Clan forces, along with the nearby worlds of Dyev, Kervil, Lambrecht, Moore, and Sabik;[76][77] the ground forces that fought on Ko were drawn from the Ghost Bear's Xi Galaxy.[78]
The Word of Blake subsequently raided the world several times to disrupt supply chains for Operation SCOUR. The most notorious of these attacks was the introduction of a blight on the Jingatu continent that destroyed 40% of all the crops there and sterilized the soil. The other continents were able to make up the difference, but it took several years for the local population and industry to recover.[1]
Military Deployment[edit]
2764[edit]
2821[edit]
3025[edit]
3055[edit]
3061 - 3062[edit]
Geography[edit]
Ko has two continents named Kyushu and Jingatu.[1]
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Hagitasu: planetary capital city pre-3026 and again after 3062, on Kyushu[1]
- Jarlton: planetary capital city in 3062,[1] located on the drier northern continent[67]
- Surinami[83]
Companies and Industries[edit]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
Closest 76 systems (75 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
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Lyons | 7.1 | Atria | 8.0 | Sabik | 14.3 | Lone Star | 14.9 |
Nusakan | 16.7 | Alkalurops | 17.9 | Skondia | 18.0 | Imbros | 18.8 |
Rocky | 19.2 | Dromini | 22.4 | Dyev | 24.0 | Yorii | 24.9 |
Zollikofen | 26.9 | Asta | 28.8 | Menkent | 29.1 | Muphrid | 30.2 |
Moore | 31.2 | Summer | 31.8 | La Blon | 32.0 | Killbourn | 33.4 |
Alphecca | 33.9 | Zebebelgenubi | 34.3 | Lambrecht | 34.4 | Nai-Stohl | 34.6 |
Chaville | 35.6 | Thorin | 36.3 | Galatea | 37.0 | Athenry | 37.9 |
Alrakis | 38.0 | Unukalhai | 38.2 | Pike | 38.5 | Chara | 39.1 |
Skye | 39.6 | Haddings | 39.6 | Syrma | 40.1 | Kessel | 40.1 |
Altair | 40.4 | Lipton | 40.7 | Tau Ceti | 41.2 | Dieron | 41.9 |
Mizar | 43.2 | Balkan | 43.7 | Rigil Kentarus | 44.1 | Kaus Media | 44.5 |
Kaus Australis | 46.2 | Zavijava | 46.3 | Kuzuu | 47.0 | Sol | 47.5 |
Styx | 47.6 | Xi Ursae Majoris | 49.0 | Ascella | 49.5 | Denebola | 49.6 |
Alioth | 50.7 | Komephoros | 50.7 | Kervil | 52.3 | Konstance | 52.5 |
Cor Caroli | 52.6 | Oliver | 52.7 | New Britain | 52.9 | Kochab | 53.5 |
Sirius | 54.0 | Saffel | 54.2 | Caph | 54.2 | Graham | 54.6 |
Fomalhaut | 54.8 | Ryde | 55.0 | Procyon | 56.5 | Afleir | 57.4 |
Eltanin | 57.8 | Nirasaki | 57.9 | Keid | 58.0 | Marfik | 58.3 |
Kimball | 58.5 | Alcor | 58.6 | Carnwath | 59.2 | Kaus Borealis | 60.2 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 216: "Ko"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 25
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 113
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 74: "Is War the Natural State of Man?"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), foldout: "Federated Suns Map - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 51: "Other Early Action"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 71
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 29
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 62: "The Curtain Rises"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 82: "The Sleeping Bear"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 103
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 20: "Prefecture IX"
- ↑ 67.0 67.1 67.2 67.3 Path of Glory, ch. 6
- ↑ The Star League, p. 16: "Terra's Errant Flock"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding [2319]"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, pp. 44–45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ Chaos March, p. 11
- ↑ Shattered Sphere, pp. 21, 45
- ↑ Bred for War, pp. 213–214, 250
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 20: Skye, Ko, and Imbros and Yorii fighting leading to annexation of the Lyons Thumb
- ↑ Path of Glory, ch. 9
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 56: "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 11: "Xi Galaxy"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 251: "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 133: "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ ComStar, p. 85: "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ 83.0 83.1 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 166: "Surinami Processing"
Bibliography[edit]
- Bred for War
- Chaos March
- ComStar
- Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere
- Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- FedCom Civil War
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report: Clans
- Field Report: DCMS
- Field Report: LAAF
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Davion
- Handbook: House Kurita
- Handbook: House Marik
- Handbook: House Steiner
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Davion (The Federated Suns)
- House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
- House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1
- Path of Glory
- Shattered Fortress
- Shattered Sphere
- The Star League