Fort Loudon

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Fort Loudon
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-32.326 : 209.081[⌖]
Spectral classG6III[1]
Recharge time187 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Nadir[1]

The Fort Loudon system was the location of at least one inhabited world, Fort Loudon III, and as of June 3152 was located in the Skandia Province of the Rasalhague Dominion.

System Description[edit]

Fort Loudon is located near the Jabuka and Karbala systems[2][3] and consists of a class G6III primary orbited by at least three planets. During the thirty-first century a recharge station was in place at the system nadir jump point.[1]

System History[edit]

The Fort Loudon system was colonized in 2460 by the Lyran Commonwealth.[1] Fort Loudon subsequently disappeared from maps during the Age of War,[4] reappearing during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War,[5][6] suggesting that the system had been abandoned or depopulated and then later recolonized.

Political Affiliation[edit]

Fort Loudon III[edit]

Fort Loudon III
Astrophysical
Also known asLC/T-2395[1]
System positionThird[1]
Jump Point distance7.01 days[1]
Moons1 (Précis)[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.0[1]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1]
Equatorial temperature45°C (Jungle)[1]
Surface water80%[1]
Highest native lifeMammals[1]
Landmasses3 (Anderssen, Brunei, Tunisonda)[1]
History and Culture
Colonized2460[1]
Population1,350,780,000 (3067)[1]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Fort Loudon
CapitalPalos[1]
HPG ClassB[1]

Fort Loudon III, more commonly known simply as Fort Loudon, has a single moon named Précis and was an important strategic world for the Lyran Commonwealth for much of its history.[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Early History[edit]

Fort Loudon was first settled in 2460. The planet was initially named LC/T-2395, but was renamed to honor Captain Calvin Loudon for his actions on Nox in 2465, wherein he saved his command at the cost of his life.[1] Although Fort Loudon was colonized in 2460,[1] by 2571 it had vanished from maps, suggesting that it had been abandoned or depopulated during the Age of War.[4]

Star League Era[edit]

During the Star League era, the Star League Defense Force stationed the 123rd Infantry Division at Fortress Loudon, a Castle Brian that remained operational through the Succession Wars and Clan Invasion.[1]

Succession Wars[edit]

The Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces made extensive use of Fortress Loudon and Fort Loudon's strategic position to raid the Draconis Combine and the Clan occupation zones.[1]

The Jihad[edit]

Clan Wolf attacked and conquered Fort Loudon during the second half of January 3070 as one of a series of assaults into Lyran Alliance space, shadowing the path taken by Clan Jade Falcon, who were also using the disruption caused by the Jihad to annex a number of Lyran worlds.[29]

Dark Age[edit]

In 3108, Fort Loudon was the scene of a raid by the Rasalhague Dominion intended - in connection with a simultaneous attack on Borghese by Clan Wolf-in-Exile - to test the Mongrel that had been jointly developed by the two parties. The Fifth Bear Guards deployed a Star of Mongrels against seven Wolf Points in the Palisade Highlands and succeeded in defeating them at the cost of four 'Mechs, one of which was taken as isorla by the Wolf commander.[39]

Abandoned by Clan Wolf in 3137 when the Wolves migrated towards the Free Worlds League, by 3140 Fort Loudon had been annexed by the Rasalhague Dominion.[36]

IlClan Era[edit]

When the plebiscite to join the reborn Star League created strife across the Dominion, Fort Loudon was one of the worlds split between Joiners and Deniers. The Wolves' departure from the planet caused lingering resentment in some quarters which countered the enthusiasm of those wishing to join the Wolf-led Star League. In October 3151 the First Hussars Cluster began coming down on the Denier side, prompting Joiners to establish guerilla bands in the jungles and then attack the Hussars. When a reprisal attack by the Hussars resulted in an entire village being razed, the entire world exploded into civil war with the Hussars unable to quell the violence.[40]

The fighting lasted into early 3152, when the First Drakøns and Ghost Bear Watch arrived and deposed both the Hussars' leaders and the civilian governor.[41]

Military Deployment[edit]

3038[edit]

3040[edit]

  • Blue Star Irregulars[42]
  • Twenty-first Rim Worlds[42]

3050[edit]

  • Blue Star Irregulars[43]
  • Twenty-first Rim Worlds[43]

3054[edit]

3059[edit]

3061[edit]

3062[edit]

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

Geography[edit]

Fort Loudon has three continents named Anderssen, Brunei, and Tunisonda. All three are located largely in the equatorial regions of the planet; Brunei has substantial deposits of rare metals within its jungle mountains, while the foothills of the Dover Mountains range on Anderssen have veins of gold and platinum. The largest continent, Tunisonda, has the most arable land of the three continents.[1]

Planetary Locations[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 44 systems (43 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Rasalgethi 10.0 Jabuka 11.0 Karbala 15.1 Ueda 18.3
Meacham 22.0 Tomans 22.8 Quarell 23.6 Lothan 25.3
Kelenfold 27.3 Tukayyid 27.9 Blue Diamond 29.2 Orkney 30.5
Al Hillah 31.2 Fatima 33.4 Carse 34.2 Ramsau 34.8
Grumium 35.3 Diosd 36.9 Domain 39.0 Dehgolan 39.1
Morningside 41.2 Orestes 42.0 Crimond 42.1 La Grave 42.4
Kerensky's Vision 44.9 Galuzzo 45.1 Borghese 47.0 Suk 47.1
Altenmarkt 48.3 Fefferfer 49.8 Dalkeith 51.7 Ganshoren 52.1
Thun 52.7 Shardayne 53.0 Rastaban 53.8 Shirotori 54.0
Camlann 54.5 Nox 54.9 Wheel 55.9 Arcturus 57.4
Sakhalin 58.0 Glenlivet 58.2 Pandora 58.2 Surcin 60.1

References[edit]

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad FedCom Civil War, p. 197: "Fort Loudon" planet profile
  2. ↑ a b Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  3. ↑ a b Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  4. ↑ a b c Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. ↑ a b Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  6. ↑ a b Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"
  8. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  10. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  13. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  14. ↑ Second Succession War, pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  16. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132: "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"
  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]
  20. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  25. ↑ Reversal of Fortunes
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  28. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  29. ↑ a b Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48: "The Jihad In Review"
  30. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  31. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 21: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  32. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  33. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  34. ↑ Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 12: "Map of the Inner Sphere 3130"
  35. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  36. ↑ a b Era Report: 3145, p. 62: "Clan Wolf OZ conquests [3139-3140]" (Map)
  37. ↑ Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"
  38. ↑ Dominions Divided, p. 85: "Rasalhague Dominion June 3152" (Map)
  39. ↑ a b Technical Readout: 3145, p. 118
  40. ↑ Dominions Divided, p. 65: "The Cinders Light the Forest Fire"
  41. ↑ Dominions Divided, p. 82
  42. ↑ a b c d Historical: War of 3039, p. 140: "Deployment Table"
  43. ↑ a b 20 Year Update, p. 26: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  44. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 54: "Note of Unit"
  45. ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 109: "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  46. ↑ a b Shattered Sphere, p. 48: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  47. ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 126: "Com Guards Deployment Table"
  48. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  49. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 172: "Clan Force Deployments - Rasalhague Dominion"

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