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Nestor | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | -170.584 : -25.895[e] |
Recharge time | 179 hours[1] |
The Nestor system was the location of at least one habitable world and as of June 3152 was located in the Wolf Empire.[2]
Contents
System Description[edit]
Nestor is located near the Gienah and Launam systems.
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2271 - Inhabited world[3]
- 2340 - Federation of Skye[4]
- 2341 - Lyran Commonwealth[4]
- 2571 - Lyran Commonwealth[5]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth[6]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth[7][8]
- 2764 - Lyran Commonwealth[9]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth[10]
- 2786 - Lyran Commonwealth[11]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth[12][13][14]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth[15]
- 2869 - Free Worlds League (captured from Lyran Commonwealth in this year)[16]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League[17]
- 3030 - Free Worlds League[18]
- 3040 - Free Worlds League[19]
- 3050 - Free Worlds League[20]
- 3052 - Free Worlds League[21]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League[22]
- 3063 - Free Worlds League[23]
- 3067 - Free Worlds League[24]
- 3075 - Free Worlds League[25]
- 3081 - Independent world[26]
- 3085 - Independent world[27]
- 3130 - Lyran Commonwealth[28]
- 3135 - Lyran Commonwealth[29]
- 3139 - Lyran Commonwealth[30]
- 3142 - Wolf Empire[31]
- 3145 - Wolf Empire[32][33]
- 3151 - Wolf Empire[34]
- 3152 - Wolf Empire[2]
Nestor[edit]
Nestor | |
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Astrophysical | |
Moons | At least 1 (Nestor Three)[35] |
Government and Infrastructure | |
Noble Ruler | Duke of Nestor |
Capital | Pylos[35] |
By 3067, Nestor was famous for winemaking, supported by the weather control satellites operated by the Holloway family.[35]
Planetary History[edit]
Third Succession War[edit]
The Lyran Commonwealth captured—or nearly captured—Nestor from the Free Worlds League in 3013. Amongst the Lyran forces fighting on Nestor at the time were the mercenaries known as Snord's Irregulars, led by Cranston Snord. While Snord's forces were involved with the battle for the city of Tursimis, he learned that a detachment of the planetary militia—the 4074th Platoon of the Green Guard, a part of the Nestor Static Defense Unit—were transporting a case of vintage Old Earth brandy between the cities of Jillor and Millor, with the intent of shipping the brandy to Captain-General Janos Marik for his personal cellar. Shipping the brandy to the Captain-General was a part of the general evacuation of Free Worlds League Military forces in the face of the Lyran onslaught, and the news prompted the Irregulars' recon lance to abandon their posts at Tursimis and travel some fifty kilometers behind the League front lines to intercept the convoy. The Irregulars' raid was successful, with the convoy defenders being comprehensively mauled by the Irregulars 'Mechs and the brandy seized.[36]
Civil War Era[edit]
In October 3067, a new refueling station was established on the moon Nestor Three in preparation for a feared Lyran invasion, and was placed under the command of Colonel Seamus Greene.[35] Several Avenger-class DropShips were to be stationed on Nestor as well.[37] Officially in honor of the new refueling station, and less openly as a spy-hunting effort, General Gurald Eichner was sent off with eight cadets from the local Nellus Academy on a trip to Concord. Their DropShip was hijacked by Lyran-hired mercenaries, and in the resulting clashes near Gienah, Eichner and four of the cadets were killed. The rest were rescued by a Nestor-based force, which returned with intelligence indicating that the Lyrans had intended to invade the League through Nestor.[38]
Military Deployment[edit]
3050[edit]
- Twenty-first Centauri Lancers[41]
3054[edit]
- Twenty-first Centauri Lancers[42]
3059[edit]
Geography[edit]
The database of the (apocryphal) 1989 video game MechWarrior, set around the year 3025, gives a population of 3.286 billion for Nestor and describes the environment as "tropical" (out of only three broad impressions of planetary environments given in the game, these being "desert," "ice," and "tropical"). The description one-liner reads: "Agricultural mostly rice and other cereals."
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Nellus Academy[35]
- The Robson family winery[47]
- Tursimis: a city and site of at least one battle during the Third Succession War[36]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
Closest 40 systems (40 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
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Launam | 13.9 | Gienah | 18.0 | Bondurant | 20.9 | Ford | 21.0 |
McAffe | 22.1 | Arcadia | 23.8 | Concord | 24.1 | Danais | 26.8 |
Pardeau | 29.5 | Hyde | 29.6 | Sheridan | 32.1 | Uhuru | 34.3 |
Togwotee | 34.6 | Gannett | 35.0 | Giausar | 37.3 | Amity | 41.9 |
Gniezno | 43.2 | Megrez | 43.7 | Kolobrzeg | 44.9 | Rahne | 45.4 |
Pressby | 46.0 | Dar-es-Salaam | 46.2 | Tania Australis | 49.0 | Helm | 49.1 |
Gallatin | 49.6 | Sterling | 49.7 | Pingree | 49.9 | Senftenberg | 51.1 |
Solaris | 51.8 | Mariefred | 52.3 | Rexburg | 52.6 | Fianna | 54.9 |
Thermopolis | 55.2 | Alkes | 56.0 | Cascade | 56.8 | Stewart | 57.6 |
Rochelle | 57.7 | New Hope | 57.8 | New Kyoto | 58.6 | Szombathely | 59.3 |
References[edit]
- ↑ Empire Alone, poster map
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Empire Alone, p. 78, "The Free Worlds League June 3152" (Map)
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 66
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 64
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 12, "Map of the Inner Sphere - 3130"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 9
- ↑ To Ride the Chimera, Map of the Free Worlds League in 3139
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 69, "Wolf Empire birth and growth [3140-3145]" (Map)
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, pp. 102-103, "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 The Nellus Academy Incident, ch. 1
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 Cranston Snord's Irregulars, pp. 36–37: Scenario "Snord Rides Again"
- ↑ The Nellus Academy Incident, ch. 4
- ↑ The Nellus Academy Incident
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 109: "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 57: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 39: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 112: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 159: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 160: "Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 170: "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"
- ↑ The Nellus Academy Incident, ch. 2
Bibliography[edit]
- 20 Year Update
- Cranston Snord's Irregulars
- Empire Alone
- Era Digest: Dark Age
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Free Worlds League
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Manual: Updates
- Handbook: House Marik
- Handbook: House Steiner
- Handbook: Major Periphery States
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Marik (The Free Worlds League)
- House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)
- The Nellus Academy Incident
- Objective Raids
- Shattered Fortress
- To Ride the Chimera (novel)