Marlette

This article is about the planetary system. For the WarShip, see Marlette (Individual Robinson-class WarShip).


Marlette
Marlette 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates154.576 : -44.511[e]
Spectral classK2V[1][2]
Recharge time193 hours[1][2]
Recharge station(s)Nadir[1][2]

The Marlette system was the location of at least one habitable world, Marlette III, and the former capital system of a minor nation. As of 3151 it was located in the Markesan Operational Area of the Crucis March within the Federated Suns.[3]

System Description[edit]

Marlette is located close to the Barstow and Goderich systems[4][5] and consists of a class K2V primary orbited by at least three planets. During the thirty-first century, a recharge station was in place at the system nadir jump point.[1][2]

System History[edit]

The Marlette system was colonized during the First Exodus from Terra.[6]

Political Affiliation[edit]


Marlette III[edit]

Marlette III
Marlette Flag.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionThird[1][2]
Jump Point distance4.85 days[1][2]
MoonsNone[1][2]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.08[1][2]
Atmospheric pressureNormal (Breathable)[1][2]
Equatorial temperature37°C (Temperate)[1][2]
Surface water66%[1][2]
Highest native lifeMammal[1][2]
Landmasses3 (Flint, Saginaw, Sanilac)[2]
History and Culture
Population2,468,735,400 (3067),[1]
2,468,735,000 (3079)[2]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Marlette
CapitalAchemar[2]
HPG ClassA[1][2]

Marlette III, more commonly known simply as Marlette, was once the capital of the Marlette Association, a small post-Terran Alliance interstellar polity.[6]

Planetary History[edit]

Originally a member of the Marlette Association, Marlette is a Davion frontier world on their border with the Capellan Confederation. It is habitable, with a breathable atmosphere, water and vegetation. It served the Federated Suns as a logistical and training center, and during the thirty-first century was the capital of both the local administrative region and the local Armed Forces of the Federated Suns Combat Region.[2]

First Succession War[edit]

Marlette was invaded during the first half of the major invasion into the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in May 2787.[15] By 2797 the Goderich system, which had been conquered in the second wave of the massive invasion of the Federated Suns by the Draconis Combine, was back under Federated Suns control and was home to the remains of three regiments who had withdrawn from Kentares or systems nearby: the Third Deneb Light Cavalry, the Seventh Crucis Lancers and the Twentieth Syrtis Fusiliers. When word reached Goderich of the massacre being conducted on Kentares IV by Coordinator Jinjiro Kurita, the three regiments became the first Armed Forces of the Federated Suns units to break ranks and launch furious, vengeance-driven attacks against nearby Combine forces, beginning in October 2797. Other units were soon doing the same, and by November the vengeful AFFS units had broken through the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery defenses on both Logandale and Marlette, returning both systems to Federated Suns control. This was the beginning of a resurgence across the AFFS that would eventually lead to the Combine invasion being turned back, and the majority of the conquered Federation worlds being liberated.[16]

Third Succession War[edit]

The defenses of Marlette included the ostensibly impregnable Fort Bourgogne. Fort Bourgogne was successfully raided by forces from McCarron's Armored Cavalry twice, first in 3022 and again in 3044, after being rebuilt and despite having its defenses improved. To advance on the fortress, the attackers had to cross the Bern River at the narrow Stannic Bridge, a lostech artifact spanning three miles. Archibald McCarron expressly forbade his men destroying the bridge in both of their assaults.[38]

Military Deployment[edit]

3054[edit]

3067[edit]

3079[edit]

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

Geography[edit]

Marlette has three continents named Flint, Saginaw, and Sanilac.[2]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Achemar: The planetary capital city, located on Sanilac.[2] The local combat region was named the Achemar Combat Region after the city.[1]
  • Fort Bourgogne[53]
  • Jericho City[54]
  • Stannic Bridge: a Lostech bridge over 3.5 miles long built by the SLDF
  • Staval: a city and major spaceport[1]

Industrial Centers[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 48 systems (48 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Goderich 11.2 Logandale 14.2 Sanilac 16.2 Barstow 16.4
Avawatz 18.2 Wroxeter 18.7 Tawas 22.0 Johnsondale 22.3
Listowel 23.4 Waycross 25.5 Edwards 25.6 Rosamond 26.4
Beecher 29.8 Sonnia 31.1 Kentares 31.7 Bristol 32.6
Tedibyhr 35.3 Cartago 37.4 Farwell 37.8 Chota 39.2
Olancha 40.1 Caselton 40.9 Ulan Batar 41.0 Amiga 41.4
Schedar 43.5 Manteno 44.2 Flushing 45.5 Elbar 45.9
Everett 47.1 McHenry 47.1 Chesterton 47.1 Batavia 47.8
Mirach 49.0 Tallassee 49.1 Cholame 49.6 Exeter 49.8
Mira 51.7 Tikonov 51.8 Mesartim 52.7 Angelsey 53.2
Goshen 53.9 Clovis 54.0 Raman 54.2 Layover 55.4
Muskegon 55.6 Almach 56.4 Valexa 58.7 New Rhodes 59.6

References[edit]

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  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 Objectives: Federated Suns, p. 21: "Marlette"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Shattered Fortress, p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
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  5. 5.0 5.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 21
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  12. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
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  15. 15.0 15.1 First Succession War, p. 44: "Draconis Combine-Federated Suns Front 2786-2796"
  16. 16.0 16.1 First Succession War, p. 88: "United In Rage"
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  21. House Davion (The Federated Suns), foldout: "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"
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  23. Handbook: House Davion, p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
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  28. Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  29. Handbook: House Davion, p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  30. Era Report: 3062, p. 29: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  31. Handbook: House Davion, p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  32. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  33. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  34. Field Report: AFFS, p. 21: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  35. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  36. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  37. Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  38. McCarron's Armored Cavalry[citation needed]
  39. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252: "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
  40. First Succession War, p. 134: "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"
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  42. 42.0 42.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 12: "Operation RAT"
  43. Historical: War of 3039, p. 136: "Deployment Table"
  44. McCarron's Armored Cavalry, p. 26
  45. 20 Year Update, p. 22
  46. Objective Raids, p. 15: "FedCom Deployment Table"
  47. Field Manual: Updates, p. 179: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  48. Field Manual: Updates, p. 139: "Federated Suns Deployment Table"
  49. Field Report: AFFS, p. 14: "Regimental Status"
  50. 50.0 50.1 Objectives: Federated Suns, p. 21: "Marlette"
  51. Field Manual: 3085, p. 71: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  52. Field Manual: 3145, p. 90: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"
  53. McCarron's Armored Cavalry, p. 6
  54. Storms of Fate, ch. 1

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