Mizar

This article is about the planetary system. For the JumpShip, see Mizar (Individual JumpShip).


Mizar
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3151
Mizar 3151.svg
Mizar nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-54.548 : 20.628[e]
Star namesThree[1]
Spectral classA2V[2], A5V, A7V[3]
Recharge time728 hours[1]
Planet(s)6[3]

The Mizar system was home to least one inhabited world and as of 3151 was an independent system surrounded by the Galatean League, the Wolf Empire, Clan Jade Falcon, and the Republic of the Sphere[4]

System Description[edit]

Mizar is located near the Alioth and Cor Caroli systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]

Mizar VI[edit]

Mizar VI
Mizar Orbital View.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionSixth[3][2]
Jump Point distance75.15 days[1]
MoonsNone[3]
Geophysical
Surface gravity0.92[3]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[3]
Equatorial temperature52°C[3]
Surface water84%[3]
Highest native lifeMammals[3][2]
Landmasses5 (Utopian Isles, Solasia, Majestica, Paradasia, Wunderlund)[44]
History and Culture
Colonized2153[5]
Demonym(s)Mizarian[3]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Mizar
Political LeaderPlanetary Governor
Military CommanderLegate Felecia Carmaine (3130)[3][45]
CapitalNouveau Paris[3] (New Venice Beach in 3025)[2]
HPG ClassB[1][2]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Fletcher Odegaard (3025)[2]

Mizar is unique in the Inner Sphere as it is the habitable world of a double binary star system. Mizar orbits one pair of the stars ("Mizar A"), while the other pair of stars ("Mizar B") is hundreds of AU distant.[1] This means that four bright Type A stars perpetually illuminate the world. Moderating the heat generated by these four stars is a large amount of water, which in turn supported a diverse, advanced ecosystem on the young world.[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Early History[edit]

For most of its history, Mizar has been a tourist world. New Venice Beach, a kilometers-long stretch of white sand across Mizar's Paradisa continent, provides one of the most famous vistas in the Inner Sphere. Another unique terrain feature on Mizar are the "Plastic Crystal" mountains located in the Utopian Isles. With these two massive tourist attractions and the balmy weather, the Mizarians have become known for their hospitality.[3]

By 3025, the culture was noted for displays of wealth and leisure.[2]

Star League Era[edit]

Prior to the Amaris Civil War Mizar was jointly administered by the Lyran Commonwealth and Terran Hegemony. After the fighting started, Rim Worlds Republic troops didn't attack the world because the LCAF had a presence there. Antagonizing another Successor State while fighting off the SLDF was a strategic mistake that Amaris' supporters didn't make. In the centuries since the fall of the Star League Mizar has continued to welcome tourists from across the Inner Sphere.[3]

Third Succession War[edit]

In 3020, Katrina Steiner, the Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth, would offer employment to the Wolf's Dragoons mercenary unit. Jaime Wolf would accept the offer and the world of Mizar was provided as a base of operations for the unit's forces.[21]

The Jihad[edit]

Following the invasion of the Free Worlds League by the Skye and Bolan Provinces of the Lyran Alliance in what was termed Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN, Marshall Jeremy Brett took command of the local FWLM and launched a counteroffensive, under the name Operation BROKEN FIST. BROKEN FIST went beyond simply attempting to recapture worlds that the Lyrans had seized, striking into Lyran space across numerous worlds. Mizar was one of the worlds hit and was attacked by the League forces on 20 September 3068. The League would keep control of Mizar until 7 January 3069, when Lyran Alliance forces recaptured the planet.[34] When the LAAF forces attempted to force Word of Blake from the HPG compounds, the Blakist units turned their guns on the compounds themselves and though no vital components of the generators were damaged many supplementary facilities such as barracks and administrative buildings were heavily damaged.[35]

The Word of Blake co-opted Mizar into the Word of Blake Protectorate, and kept control over the planet until allied coalition forces on the Lyran front of Operation SCOUR began landing in March 3077. The campaign to free Mizar was long and damaging for the combined LAAF, DCMS, and Clan Wolf-in-Exile forces despite being able to draw on battlefield salvage from earlier battles on Yorii.[37]

Dark Age[edit]

Cut off from the post-Blackout Republic by The Wall, Mizar eventually joined the Galatean League on 14 April 3145. Only four years later, however, the planet declared its independence from the League on 12 January 3149; despite this, the First Galatean Defense Force remained at its post there.[46][47]

Military Deployment[edit]

2786[edit]

3020[edit]

3145[edit]

Geography[edit]

Mizar World Map

Mizar has five landmasses named Solasia, Majestica, Paradasia, Wunderlund, and Utopian Isles.[44]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Majestica (continent)
  • Angelpalette: a city[44]
  • Sandparty Park: a city[44]
  • Paradasia (continent)
  • Beholder: a city[44]
  • Felicity: a city[44]
  • Glory Abode: a city[44]
  • Idyllbreeze: a city[44]
  • Solasia (continent)
  • Appolonius: a city[44]
  • Enclave d'Artiste: a city[44]
  • Hauteur Heights: a city[44]
  • Nouveau Paris: the capital city of the planet[3]
  • Pulchritude: a volcano[44]
  • Utopian Isles (continent)
  • Biringan: a city[44]
  • Firespire Peak: a volcano[44]
  • Laxaria: a city[44]
  • Taured: a city[44]
  • Wunderlund (continent)
  • Schönheit: a city[44]

Companies and Industries[edit]

Image gallery[edit]

  • Mizar World Map

  • Planetary flag of Mizar

Notes[edit]

  • Sculpture done in Mizar plastic crystals is sought by some wealthy patrons.[52]
  • There are significant differences, number of stars most exceptionally, between the original House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth) sourcebook and later products. The most recent material is accepted as canon.
  • The updated number of large A-class stars and Campaign Operations' star system creation rules led to a revision of Mizar's jump point transit time and recharge times in Touring the Stars: Mizar.[1]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 72 systems (72 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Alioth 8.0 Cor Caroli 9.3 Summer 11.4 Haddings 12.5
Galatea 13.5 Menkent 16.4 Syrma 18.8 Milton 20.4
Alcor 21.8 Alchiba 23.0 Afleir 23.8 Lipton 25.1
Zollikofen 25.6 Zebebelgenubi 27.0 Muphrid 27.7 Denebola 27.8
Chara 29.0 Phecda 29.8 Nusakan 30.1 Alkalurops 30.8
Skye 30.8 Zavijava 30.9 Zosma 31.3 Wyatt 31.6
Gacrux 33.5 Thorin 33.5 Oliver 35.8 Lyons 36.4
Marcus 36.5 Callison 36.6 Wing 37.7 Rocky 38.1
Xi Ursae Majoris 39.4 Castor 39.9 Dubhe 40.0 Devil's Rock 40.3
Chertan 41.4 Skondia 41.7 Alphecca 42.1 Shiloh 42.2
Pollux 42.9 Ko 43.2 Graham 43.9 Kochab 44.1
Alhena 44.9 Carsphairn 45.5 Tau Ceti 45.7 New Dallas 46.1
Vindemiatrix 46.2 Yorii 46.5 Alkaid 47.5 Atria 49.5
Zaniah 49.7 Unukalhai 49.8 Killbourn 50.0 Seginus 50.5
Dieudonné 50.9 Tabit 53.4 Imbros 54.2 Bordon 54.7
Rigil Kentarus 54.8 Sabik 55.5 Dromini 56.6 La Blon 57.0
Laiaka 57.0 Lone Star 58.1 Sol 58.3 Procyon 58.8
Asta 58.9 Talitha 59.0 Aquileia 59.2 Sirius 59.3

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Touring the Stars: Mizar, p. 4
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 169
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 192: "Mizar"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shattered Fortress, p. 103: "Inner Sphere Map - 3151"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Touring the Stars: Mizar, p. 5
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
  9. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
  10. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
  11. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
  13. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 118: "Digesting the Hegemony"
  16. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
  18. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
  19. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Wolf's Dragoons, p. 26: "In Service to Steiner"
  22. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132: "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
  25. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
  28. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61
  29. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
  32. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
  33. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46: "The Jihad In Review"
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [10/01/3069]: "Alliance Recovers Summer, Mizar"
  36. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, pp. 64–65: "3077: War In Review"
  38. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19
  39. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
  40. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127
  41. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  42. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
  43. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  44. ↑ 44.00 44.01 44.02 44.03 44.04 44.05 44.06 44.07 44.08 44.09 44.10 44.11 44.12 44.13 44.14 44.15 44.16 Touring the Stars: Mizar, p. 12
  45. ↑ Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 18: "Prefecture VIII"
  46. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 25: "Timeline of Events"
  47. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 62: "The Curtain Rises"
  48. ↑ First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
  49. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 182: "Notable Mercenary Forces - Unaligned/Uncontracted"
  50. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 202: "Samurai Profile"
  51. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere, p. 32
  52. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 128

Bibliography[edit]

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