Richmond

This article is about the planetary system. For the WarShip, see Richmond (Individual Vincent-class WarShip).


Richmond
Richmond 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates130.778 : 455.449[e]

The Richmond system is home to at least one inhabited world or construct, and as of 3151 is located in the Rasalhague Province of the Rasalhague Dominion.[1]

System Description[edit]

Richmond is located near the Glabach and Idlewind systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]


Richmond[edit]

Richmond

Richmond appears to be a habitable planet, with breathable atmosphere, forests, and rivers.[citation needed]

By 3062, it was considered a "small" world, with the capital city of Newport containing the HPG, the principal spaceport and a quarter of the total population. Nestled within an evergreen forest, Newport is situated on the bank of the very large New James River which is 600 meters across at its widest point, and deep enough for oceangoing ships. Another mentioned land feature is the Derrington Plateau, apparently situated to the south.[34]

Richmond also housed an Interstellar Expeditions office in 3095. This office coordinated all Coreward operations.[35]

Planetary History[edit]

Succession Wars[edit]

In 2825, Richmond was home to an internment camp which was raided by the Minnesota Tribe. Although the tribe presumably couldn't know about the camp, the tribe took all of the prisoners off-world with them.[36]

Clan Invasion[edit]

During the Clan Invasion, the Smoke Jaguars launched an attack on Richmond using two Trinaries (Assault and Second Battle) of the Fifth Jaguar Regulars, Alpha Galaxy. Khan Lincoln Osis personally issued the batchall to the defending force, the First Alshain Regulars, and was answered with honor by their commanding officer Tai-sa Donald Ashira, who chose the rocky grounds of Crag Gorge as their appointed battlefield. Over the course of four days the defending Kurita soldiers fought with honor but, despite their superior numbers, could not overcome the Jaguars' superior technology. They made a final oath to never surrender and decided to make their final stand in Olderson Pass in the north wall of the gorge. In a brutal frontal assault the Smoke Jaguars overran the defenders' position and annihilated them, capturing less than five percent of the First Regulars as bondsmen.[37]

Operation BULLDOG and after[edit]

Richmond was invaded in the fourth wave of Operation BULLDOG by the Third Night Stalkers; the defending Clan Smoke Jaguar Forty-seventh Garrison Cluster had already retreated off-world by the time the invaders reached the planet.[38]

Even after its reintegration into the Combine Richmond's already-small population declined, along with the size of its militia.[30]

Second Combine-Dominion War[edit]

During the Second Combine-Dominion War Richmond was invaded by two Clusters of the Ghost Bear Dominion's Taiga Galaxy in mid-November 3100. Lacking any DCMS line regiments to oppose them, the planet surrendered just hours after the Dominion warriors made landfall.[30]

Military Deployment[edit]

2765[edit]

2786[edit]

  • First Rasalhague Regulars[40]

2821[edit]

3038[edit]

3050[edit]

  • First Alshain Regulars[42]

3067[edit]

3085[edit]

- The unit was deployed across Richmond and Idlewind. The 13th was at 85% strength, with 96% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3145[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 20 systems (15 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Glabach 25.1 Idlewind 27.4 New Ceylon 28.0 Isfahan 32.8
Thule 37.7 Constance 40.5 Rockland 41.0 Kiruna 44.4
Porthos 45.4 Jarett 49.4 Schwartz 53.8 Ferranil 55.7
Damian 58.0 Turtle Bay 58.8 Santander 58.9 Pinnacle 63.8
Almunge 67.0 Nykvarn 67.1 Garstedt 73.6 Brocchi's Cluster 74.2

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shattered Fortress, p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
  2. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18: "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"
  3. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  4. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  5. Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  6. Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  7. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  8. First Succession War, p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  9. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  10. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  11. First Succession War, p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  12. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  13. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
  14. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  15. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  16. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  17. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  18. Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  19. Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  20. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
  21. Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  22. Fall of the Blossom, in First Strike (anthology), p. 316
  23. Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  24. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  25. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"
  26. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: Inner Sphere - [3075] Map
  27. Field Report: DCMS, p. 21: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  28. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  29. Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  30. 30.0 30.1 30.2 Historical: Wars of the Republic Era, p. 38
  31. Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  32. Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  33. Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  34. Of War and Peace and Cherry Trees, part 1, p. 8 (BattleCorps PDF edition)
  35. Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 12
  36. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 62: "The Minnesota Tribe and the Chahar Profit"
  37. Invading Clans, p. 54
  38. The Dragon Roars, p. 10
  39. Field Report 2765: DCMS, p. 16: "Rasalhague Regulars"
  40. 40.0 40.1 40.2 First Succession War, p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"
  41. Historical: War of 3039, p. 138: "Deployment Table"
  42. 20 Year Update, p. 43: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  43. Field Manual: Updates, p. 119: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  44. Field Manual: 3085, p. 51: "DCMS Deployment Table - 3085"
  45. Field Manual: 3145, p. 172: "Clan Force Deployments - Rasalhague Dominion"

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