Melissia

Melissia
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Melissia nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-222.792 : 346.996[e]
Spectral classG9V[1][2]
Recharge time190 hours[1][2][3]
Recharge station(s)Zenith, Nadir[1][2]

The Melissia system was home to at least one habitable world, Melissia V, and as of June 3152 was the capital of the Vesper Marches.[4]

System Description[edit]

Melissia is located near the Machida and Clermont systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]

Melissia V[edit]

Melissia V
Melissia Flag.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionFifth[1][2]
Jump Point distance5.82 days[1][2]
Moons1 (Saratoga)[1][2]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.02[1][2]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1][2]
Equatorial temperature35°C (Warm-Temperate)[1][2]
Surface water60%[1][2]
Highest native lifeReptile[1][2]
Landmasses1 (Jahreszeitwunder)[1]
History and Culture
Population1,125,000,000 (3067),[1]
1,243,000,000 (3079),[2]
1,353,000,000 (3150)[43]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerMargrave Adam Steiner (3067)[1]
Landgrave von Melissia (3152)
CapitalEuropa[2]
HPG ClassA[1][2]

Planetary History[edit]

Melissia was originally settled from Coventry.[1] Melissia 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]

Civil War Era[edit]

Melissia, as capital of a theater, was initially spared from the Clan Invasion, but during the FedCom Civil War, Clan Jade Falcon attacked it. During the Battle of Melissia (3064), Lyran Marshal Sharon Bryan chose the planet to install her command center, gathering all available forces. The fortification she ordered built, The Rock, was not able to stop the Falcons' juggernaut, and after suffering a headhunting attack, The Rock fell to the Falcons, so Bryan's XO, General Adam Steiner was forced to order a retreat. However, a counterattack by the Clan Wolf-in-Exile later the same year returned it to Lyran control.[44][45]

Jihad[edit]

During the Jihad those members of the Estates General who either had the fortune to not be on Tharkad when the Word of Blake struck at the Lyran capital, or who managed to later escape from the siege there, convened as a quorum on Melissia. Although the Estates Genereal took on responsibility for managing the more mundane matters of state during the Jihad, they also managed to achieve a greater degree of authority over the infrastructure of the Alliance than was historically the case for their station. This was symptomatic of a problem across the Alliance that Archon Adam Steiner would struggle to deal with in the years after the Jihad; the chaos of the Jihad and the changes put in place due to Archon Peter Steiner-Davion's time on Tharkad during the Blakist siege resulted in a significant degree of power ending up in the hands of numerous other groups and people, who would later compete with the central Lyran government in the 3080s as the Alliance rebuilt itself.[46]

IlClan Era[edit]

Melissia stayed under dominion of Clan Jade Falcon for an unknown amount of time, until the departure of almost all their touman, and the creation of the Hinterlands changed it all. Melissia Falcon's small garrison was quickly annihilated, though the revolutionary government it was born soon faced by a coalition of local nobles. A bloody civil war, in which the nobles took the best part, ensued. The government was losing ground, when the arrival of the exiled duke Vedet Brewer changed it all. His First Hesperus Guards became the biggest military force on planet, but though both sides negotiated with him, he played them one against the other, and when the final battle ensued, Brewer turned against his ally, Graf Yiorgos Laskaris, engaging and destroying his mercenary forces. After that, Brewer formed a joint government led by him, including both factions, and announced the creation of a new state: the Vesper Marches, of which Melissia will be the capital.[47]

Military Deployment[edit]

2765[edit]

3067[edit]

3079[edit]

- The unit was operating at 75% strength, with 75% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
- The unit was operating at 40% strength, with 40% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

3151[edit]

Geography[edit]

Melissia has a single continent that runs from pole to pole, named Jahreszeitwunder. In the higher latitudes, temperatures vary from extreme highs to extreme lows throughout a day. The Broad Run river starts in the mountains to the west and empties into Broad Run Delta to the east.[1]

The northern ice shelf has rich titanium deposits.[1]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Jahreszeitwunder (Seasons of wonder): only continent of Melissia[55]
  • Broad Run: city and home to the Grumman-Cri facilities.[2]
  • Broad Run River: river than divides the continent, birthing in the Valiant Mountains in the West and ending at the Broad Run Delta[55]
  • Loveless Valley: north of the Broad Run Delta, home to agriculture and the planetary capital[1]
    • Europa: capital city and home to the planetary militia[2][1]
    • The Rock: military fortress[56]

Companies and Industries[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Machida 10.3 Clermont 14.0 Chapultepec 17.9 Annunziata 21.0
Chahar 25.1 Kikuyu 27.3 Medellin 28.4 Zhongshan 28.7
Kolovraty 31.2 Mogyorod 31.4 Pangkalan 32.0 Kwangchowwang 33.4
Blue Hole 36.2 Mahone 41.2 Jorvikland 41.2 Adelaide 42.1
Roadside 43.6 Jesenice 44.1 Newtown Square 46.5 Montsegur 47.2
Biegga 48.4 Abushiri 49.3 Manx 50.6 Hood 51.4
Mississauga 52.4 Blumenort 52.4 Gatineau 53.8 Hot Springs 56.2
Kookens Pleasure Pit 57.6 Pasig 59.3 Arluna 60.1 Timehri 62.8

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 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 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 82: "Melissia Planet Profile"
  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 Objectives: Lyran Alliance, p. 20: "Eutin"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tamar Rising, poster map
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tamar Rising, p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)
  5. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  7. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  8. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  9. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  10. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  11. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  12. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38: "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  13. ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  14. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  17. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  19. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  23. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  29. ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 75: "Lyran Alliance Map"
  30. ↑ Chiaroscuro
  31. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  32. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  33. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  34. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  35. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62: "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. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 122: Melissia noted as being conquered early in the Jade Falcon offensive
  39. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  40. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  41. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
  42. ↑ IlClan, p. 112: "The Absent Duke
  43. ↑ Tamar Rising, p. 103
  44. ↑ Operation Audacity, chs. 1–25
  45. ↑ FedCom Civil War sourcebook p. 114-116
  46. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 86: "The Political Landscape of the Lyran Alliance"
  47. ↑ Tamar Rising p. 17
  48. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 20: "Amaris Regulars - Divisional Status"
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 Field Manual: Updates, p. 178: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  50. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 13: "Lyran Regulars Regimental Status"
  51. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 18: "Irregular Forces Regimental Status"
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 108: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  53. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 169: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"
  54. ↑ Tamar Rising p. 17
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 FedCom Civil War p. 200
  56. ↑ Operation Audacity ch. 17
  57. ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 172

Bibliography[edit]

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