Preston (FWL)

This article is about the Free Worlds League planetary system. For other uses, see Preston.
Preston
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Preston nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-223.908 : -71.133[e]
Recharge time173 hours[1]

System Description[edit]

Preston is located near the Szepes and Zortman systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]

Preston[edit]

Preston

Planetary History[edit]

Star League[edit]

During the Star League, Preston had a mint in Moniesville that printed Free Worlds League and Lyran Commonwealth currencies. Because the world was contested by those two Great Houses, it was administered by the Terran Hegemony.[25][26][27]

Succession Wars Era[edit]

The Star League Mint in Moniesville was destroyed in the First Succession War, but not before several thousand tons of platinum was looted and put about the Louisville Belle.[25][26][28]

Clan Invasion Eta[edit]

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The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources; the canonicity of such information is uncertain.
Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity.

In the 3050s, the pirate band Kelley's Kavaliers raided as far as Preston.[29]

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At least some elements of the Fifth Marik Militia were on Preston. While there Lavern Henden, then commander of the Fifth's Cestus battalion, performed well enough to earn a promotion to command the regiment by 3059.[30]

Jihad[edit]

In late May of 3068 the Skye/Bolan assault into the League, Operation Überschatten, captured Preston. Victory was short lived as the next month the First Knights of the Inner Sphere clashed with the Second Donegal Guards and Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards. Faulty MercNet reports later put the Langendorf Lancers on Preston instead of their true target of Gallatin.[31][32][33]

Fighting on Preston continued for some time, pulling in the First Skye Jaegers as well as the Ninety-seventh Marik Infantry Regiment.[34] Though the League declared victory 28 June[17], fighting continued until 31 December 3069 as a part of the peace terms agreed between Marshall Jeremy Brett of the FWLM and Duke Alder Umayr of Bolan—and as a result of battlefield attrition—the Lyran Alliance withdrew its remaining forces from Preston by the end of 3069.[18]

Military Deployment[edit]

3145[edit]

Planetary Locations[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 44 systems (42 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Szepes 11.6 Zortman 12.8 Thermopolis 15.5 Niihau 16.3
Pingree 23.1 Cascade 23.5 Colfax 23.8 Rexburg 24.4
Esztergom 29.0 Labouchere 29.6 Jardine 30.5 Trellisane 31.7
Megrez 31.8 Shasta 32.1 Sterling 32.4 Loric 32.9
Ideyld 34.7 Togwotee 35.3 Alula Borealis 39.0 Szombathely 43.6
Mundrabilla 44.3 Bella 44.4 Spirit 46.4 Tamarind 46.6
Sheridan 47.2 Giausar 47.5 Midkiff 48.1 McAffe 49.9
Hornir's Keep 50.9 Flychenia 51.5 Coriscana 52.4 Ford 52.9
Aigle 53.2 Simpson Desert 55.4 Escobas 55.7 Pressby 56.9
Paradise 57.5 Dixie 58.2 Millungera 58.7 Autumn Wind 58.7
Gannett 59.4 Vicksland 59.9 Gallatin 63.2 Malazan 64.8

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Empire Alone, poster map
  2. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League after at their founding in [2271]"
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571] Map"
  4. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  5. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  6. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822] Map"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864] Map"
  9. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  11. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  12. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere [3050] Map"
  13. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 24, "Inner Sphere [3052] Map"
  14. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10, "Inner Sphere [3057] Map"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"
  16. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28, "Inner Sphere [3063] Map"
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 45: "The Jihad In Review"
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48: "The Jihad In Review"
  19. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  20. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "Free Worlds League Deployment Map"
  21. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  22. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 9, "Inner Sphere - 3135"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 The Star League, p. 160: "Exchanges and Mints"
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 The First Succession War, p. 124: "Star League Exchanges and Mints"
  27. ↑ The Star League, p. 179: "Other Hegemony Worlds"
  28. ↑ Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p 10: "Notable Expeditions of IE and its Predecessors"
  29. ↑ MechForce Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 4, p. 25
  30. ↑ Force Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 57: "5th Marik Militia: New Beginnings"
  31. ↑ Escort Service
  32. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 21: "Überschatten"
  33. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 12: "Lyran Guards"
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Just Another Day at the Office
  35. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 171: "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"

Bibliography[edit]

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