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Piedmont | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 79.399 : 77.759[e] |
Spectral class | G6IV[1] |
Planet(s) | 7[1] |
Contents
System Description[edit]
Piedmont is located near the Albalii and Chichibu systems.
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2319 - Alliance of Galedon[2] and Draconis Combine[2]
- 2571 - Draconis Combine[3][4]
- 2596 - Draconis Combine[5]
- 2750 - Draconis Combine[6]
- 2764 - Draconis Combine[7]
- 2765 - Draconis Combine[8]
- 2822 - Draconis Combine[9]
- 2864 - Draconis Combine[10]
- 3025 - Draconis Combine[11][12][13]
- 3030 - Draconis Combine[14][15]
- 3040 - Draconis Combine[16][17][18]
- 3050 - Draconis Combine[19]
- 3052 - Draconis Combine[20][21]
- 3057 - Draconis Combine[22]
- 3058 - Draconis Combine[23]
- 3063 - Draconis Combine[24]
- 3067 - Draconis Combine[25][13][26]
- 3075 - Draconis Combine[27]
- 3079 - Draconis Combine[28][29]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere[30]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[31]
- 3135 - Draconis Combine[32]
- 3145 - Draconis Combine[33][34]
Piedmont II[edit]
Piedmont II | |
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Astrophysical | |
System position | Second[1] |
Jump Point distance | 7 days[1] |
Moons | 3 (Lassen, Calliope, Blanche)[1] |
Geophysical | |
Surface gravity | 1.03[1] |
Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Breathable)[1] |
Equatorial temperature | 31°C[1] |
Surface water | 64%[1] |
Highest native life | Mammals[1] |
Landmasses | 6 (Victoria, Anistasi, Austin, Calcutta, Mollasia, Cobayne)[1] |
History and Culture | |
Population | 2,356,000,000 (3130)[1][35] |
Government and Infrastructure | |
Political Leader | Planetary Governor |
Military Commander | Legate Terrance Oliver (3130)[1][35] |
Planetary History[edit]
Star league Era[edit]
Piedmont II was targeted for early colonization after surveyors discovered six continents nearly covered in forests and jungles. Two continents held massive amounts of easily accessible mineral ores, while three continents were well-suited to growing Terran crops and food animals. Furthermore, the native fauna was easily digested by humans.[1]
Unfortunately things took a dramatic turn for the worse when a disease derived from a native bacteria swept the world. Chungalomeningitis, named for the city where it first appeared, spread via casual contact and was also able to use airborne vectors. Eventually a vaccine was found, but by then nearly two thousand people had felt the fever, palsy, and severe brain damage. Hundreds more had died. During the Star League era, the Combine established the Piedmont Institute for Disease Control in an effort to find a permanent cure.[1]
During the Amaris Civil War, Rim Worlds Republic troops raided the Piedmont Institute and stole the research samples kept there. Their plan was to use these samples as the basis for new biological weapons. The DCMS garrison made every effort to recapture the samples but the Rim Worlds forces opened one of the canisters to end the conflict. The mutated strain swept across the island continent of Cobayne, infecting everyone and quickly destroying the population. To prevent further infection, the DCMS unit called for a series of nuclear strikes on their own position, destroying both themselves, the Rim World troops, the infected population, and the mutated virus. Even three hundred years after that strike, the island remained a hot zone unable to support any life.[1]
Jihad Era[edit]
In 3066 agents of the Word of Blake breached the quarantine zone to obtain a 2766 sample of Chungalomeningitis for use on Dieron.[36]
Dark Ages Era[edit]
In 3143 during the Draconis Combine Civil War the Third Dieron Regulars were loyal to Katana Tormark and stationed on Piedmont. Forces loyal to Coordinator Yori Kurita invaded the world on 20 January in what was expected to be a three-day battle which ended up lasting five weeks.[37][38][39][40]
Military Deployment[edit]
3143[edit]
Geography[edit]
Piedmont has six main continents (Victoria, Anistasi, Austin, Calcutta, Mollasia, and Cobayne) covered with lush forests and jungles covering the better part of them. Equatorial mountains hold rich mineral deposits. The northern continents of Austin and Calcutta, and the southern continent of Mollasia is rich with fertile lands, well-irrigated by a series of rivers and inland lakes.
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Victoria: equatorial continent with mountains[1]
- Curtiss Valley: planetary capital[1]
- Chun-Gai: a community on Calcutta[1]
- Cobayne: remote island continent[1][36]
- Saint Greame: a city[1][36]
- Piedmont Institute for Disease Control (destroyed ca. 2766)[1][36]
- Saint Greame: a city[1][36]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
Closest 44 systems (41 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
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Albalii | 8.4 | Chichibu | 11.4 | Ashio | 12.5 | Shimonita | 15.2 |
Dabih | 20.3 | Algedi | 21.7 | Shinonoi | 23.8 | Waddesdon | 24.0 |
Agador | 27.8 | Grootfontein | 32.6 | Kurhah | 32.7 | Halstead Station | 34.3 |
Elix | 34.4 | Miyazaki | 34.5 | Kitalpha | 38.4 | Celebes | 38.7 |
Shitara | 38.9 | Minakuchi | 41.8 | Biham | 41.8 | Ancha | 41.8 |
Sadachbia | 41.9 | Lapida | 42.8 | Tannil | 47.2 | Sutama | 47.4 |
Rukbat | 48.5 | Okaya | 49.5 | Al Na'ir | 50.4 | Telos | 51.6 |
Skat | 52.8 | Umijiri | 52.9 | Altais | 53.0 | Nashira | 54.4 |
Kervil | 55.3 | Junction | 55.5 | Hagiwawa | 56.0 | Alya | 56.3 |
Kuzuu | 57.5 | Markab | 58.0 | Murchison | 58.1 | Ascella | 58.6 |
Cylene | 59.0 | Osumi | 61.3 | New Sumatra | 61.4 | New Britain | 63.2 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 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 1.20 1.21 1.22 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 37: "Piedmont"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18: "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - 2822"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60: "Federated Suns After Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 71: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: Inner Sphere - [3075] Map
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 7: "Prefecture II"
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 36.5 36.6 36.7 Poison Ghosts, Commando Quarterly ##2-3
- ↑ Shrapnel Issue #16, p. 63: "JLP-KB Jackalope"
- ↑ Technical Readout: Dark Age, p. 8: "Arbalest"
- ↑ BattleTech: Legends, p. 87: "Summoner [M]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 24: "Timeline 3132-3145"
Bibliography[edit]
- Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere
- Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report: AFFS
- Field Report: DCMS
- Handbook: House Kurita
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents