New Capetown

New Capetown
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New Capetown nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-252.057 : 260.773[e]
Spectral classK9V[1][2]
Recharge time200 hours[1][2]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[1][2]

The New Capetown system was home to at least one habitable world, New Capetown IV, and as of June 3152 was an independent world in the Hinterlands.[3]

System Description[edit]

New Capetown is located near the Goetville and Prydain systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]

New Capetown IV[edit]

New Capetown IV
Capetown Flag.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionFourth[1][2]
Jump Point distance3.31 days[1][2]
Moons1 (Durban)[1][2]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.10[1][2]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1][2]
Equatorial temperature29°C (Cool-Temperate)[1][2]
Surface water65%[1][2]
Highest native lifeBirds (3067),[1]
Avian (3079)[2]
Landmasses2 (Eissia, Pretoria)[2]
History and Culture
Population3,120,000,000 (3067),[1]
3,185,000,000 (3079)[2]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of New Capetown
CapitalNew Hope[2]
HPG ClassB[1][2]

Planetary History[edit]

For many years, New Capetown was one of the Lyran Commonwealth's uglier worlds. The climate and environment were quite lovely; the problem was with the initial settlers and the government they created. These colonists traced their ancestry to white South Afrikaners and were members of a distasteful sect of New Calvinists. Adhering to the same beliefs which made twentieth century South Africa one of the most repressive regimes in the history of Terra, the colonists established a government based on racist ideals that used skin color to determine social class. Its capital city, New Johannesburg, was sited on the southern continent of Pretoria. This government was able to find trading partners and export raw materials and commercial goods to other worlds, but their internal policies made them unpopular with the neighboring worlds, which translated into limited economic growth as these trading partners devoted more of their efforts to other, less-repressive Commonwealth worlds. Many Christian organizations were behind efforts to have the government of New Capetown formally declared a tyranny, a move which would've forced the Commonwealth government to step in and replace it.[1][37]

That New Capetown was also home to one of the Commonwealth's prestigious military schools, the Royal New Capetown Military Academy, was also a constant headache for the LCAF. Under Archon Katrina Steiner, two new commanders were appointed to stamp out any racialist philosophy from bleeding over into the cadet population, leading to a spate of terrorist attacks against the RNCMA.[38] This was just the first in a larger effort by the Archon to curb the planet's hateful influence, leading to a wider reform movement which would eventually result in a civil war breaking out in the early 3030s. By the middle of the decade the racist regime was overthrown and a new, egalitarian government was put in place, with the capital renamed to New Hope. The new government was largely successful in stamping out all racial bigotry on New Capetown, though a few pockets remained into the middle of the century.[1]

A closer examination of New Capetown's population though would find that much of its former hatred never really disappeared, but was transferred to other targets: the political divisions which racked the newly-formed Federated Commonwealth (and would eventually lead to more civil war), and the Clans after their invasion of the Inner Sphere. The planet's anti-Clan sentiments in particular were seen as more justified by its neighbors and so did not engender the same type of response as previous prejudices.[39]

The Jihad had little effect on New Capetown as the world had few industries, though various raids by the Clans during that time did inflame the inhabitant's hatred of all things Clan.[2]

Sometime between 3142 and 3145, New Capetown fell to Clan Jade Falcon.[40] Following the disintegration of the Falcon Occupation Zone in 3151 New Capetown became an independent world.[3]

Military Deployment[edit]

3025[edit]

3038[edit]

3050[edit]

  • Royal New Capetown Training Battalion[45]

3067[edit]

  • Royal New Capetown Training Battalion[46]

3079[edit]

  • Royal New Capetown Training Battalion[2][47]
- The unit was operating at 35% strength, with 25% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3085[edit]

  • Royal New Capetown Training Battalion[48]

3145[edit]

Geography[edit]

New Capetown has two continents named Eissia and Pretoria.[2]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Port St. Johns: a planetary capital[50]
    • Royal New Capetown Military Academy

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 28 systems (28 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Goetville 9.8 Prydain 22.4 Ludwigshafen 23.1 Sabhal Mòr Ostaig 23.5
Brooloo 28.1 Windsor 28.8 Biuque 33.0 Sargasso 36.0
Recife 37.1 Gatineau 37.4 Timehri 37.5 Coventry 39.9
Guatavita 41.2 Krievci 42.9 Mississauga 43.4 Ellengurg 45.5
Wrociaw 45.5 Mahone 50.1 Miquelon 52.4 Beta Regulus 53.0
Santana 53.3 Adelaide 54.6 Caledea 55.0 Tsinan 55.0
Timkovichi 55.8 Blumenort 56.0 Tangua 56.4 Australia 59.6

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 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 82: "New Capetown 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. 21: "New Capetown"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tamar Rising, p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  6. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  7. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  8. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  9. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  10. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  11. ↑ First Succession War (sourcebook), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  13. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  14. ↑ First Succession War (sourcebook), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  16. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  20. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  27. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  28. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  29. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 21, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  30. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  31. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  32. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  34. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  35. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 102, "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
  36. ↑ Tamar Rising, poster map
  37. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 104
  38. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 125
  39. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 110
  40. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 57: "Lyran Commonwealth losses, 3139-3145" (Map)
  41. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 119: "Unit Deployment Table"
  42. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 44: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
  43. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 137: "Deployment Table"
  44. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 138: "Deployment Table"
  45. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 29: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  46. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 178: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  47. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 16: "Regimental Status"
  48. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 108: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  49. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 168: "Gamma Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)"
  50. ↑ Patriots and Tyrants

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