Ronel

Ronel
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Ronel nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates95.64 : -2.635[e]
Spectral classF2IV[1]
Planet(s)6[1]

System Description[edit]

Ronel is located near the New Florence and Ozawa systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]

Ronel V[edit]

Ronel V
Ronel.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionFifth[1]
Jump Point distance19 days[1]
MoonsNone[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.3[1]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Tainted)[1]
Equatorial temperature34°C[1]
Surface water30%[1]
Highest native lifePlants[1]
Landmasses2 (Oxo, Xox)[1]
History and Culture
Population7,500,000 (3130)[1][50]
Government and Infrastructure
Political LeaderPlanetary Governor
Military CommanderLegate Alve Ravich (3130)[1]
CapitalLenor (3130)[1][50]
Richmond (3135)[51]

Ronel is an inhospitable world located close to its parent star. The planet has twin continents, northern Oxo and southern Xox. Though it possesses significant mineral wealth, the planet was not permanently settled during the days of the Terran Hegemony. Instead mining companies assigned workers to multiyear contracts on the world and then rotated them off-world.[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Succession Wars[edit]

Ronel was one of a small number of former Terran Hegemony systems initially claimed by the Federated Suns prior to the First Succession War, only to subsequently be conquered by the Capellan Confederation. The CCAF military operation began in early 2787 with the conquest of Angol, Rio, and Tybalt; with those invasions complete by August, the CCAF launched a second wave of attacks in October 2787, targeting Hean, New Florence and Ronel. The AFFS defenders on Hean had been expecting an invasion since the DCMS invasion of New Rhodes III in May, but had anticipated an attack by Combine forces, not Capellans. When the Tenth Tikonov Lancers and Fifteenth Liao Lancers attacked Ronel, the defenders found themselves outnumbered, in addition to the problems caused by facing CCAF tactics, which focused on a mix of hit, run and harass, rather than the more direct tactics used by the DCMS. By November all three systems had been conquered, leaving the CCAF free to launch invasions of Addicks, Ankaa and Small World.[13]

When news of the massacre on Kentares IV touched off a wave of AFFS attacks throughout the local region, Ronel became a flashpoint for conflict again, a decade after its capture by Capellan forces. This time, it was the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery who invaded. The Thirty-fifth Dieron Regulars landed on Ronel in March, facing off against the Ariana Grenadiers and two supporting regiments of sealed armor. The Grenadiers were still acclimatizing to Ronel, which had a higher gravity than their previous posting, Demeter, as well as being a much more desolate planet. When the Dieron Regulars struck at the Grenadiers in the gnarled forests near the city of Lenor, the Grenadiers found themselves mired in confusion and badly disorientated by the mix of smokescreen and incendiary munitions used by the Regulars' artillery support. The Grenadiers became scattered, and the Regulars launched air strikes against the supporting armor forces; with half of the armor wiped out, the Grenadiers attempted to pull back and rally, only to find that their scattered ranks had been reduced to little more than a battalion of 'Mechs. The Regulars continued to press the Grenadiers, turning their retreat into a rout; when the Grenadiers evacuated by DropShip, the CCAF initially listed the regiment as having been destroyed, but enough forces survived the evacuation to allow the regiment to be reconstituted later. In addition to those survivors who made it away by DropShip, almost a battalion of armor and 'Mechs had been left behind during the frantic retreat; under pressure from the victorious Combine forces, and convinced that they had been shipped to Ronel as sacrificial lambs, the survivors on Ronel abandoned the CCAF and formed a new mercenary unit, the Bad Dream, accepting an immediate contract from the DCMS.[52]

At an undetermined year, scouting elements from the AFFS Avalon Hussars found their counterparts from the DCMS Galedon Regulars. A fierce battle started. AFFS Phoenix Hawks and Wasps were carrying the day DCMS Phoenix Hawk LAMs reversed the situation and it forced the Avalon Hussars to retreat with heavy losses.[53]

The Draconis Combine and Capellan Confederation went on to fight several battles over the world, until the Capellans used chemical weapons of mass destruction. House Kurita withdrew their claim, leaving the poisoned planet in Capellan hands.[1]

After the toxicity levels dropped to a safe level (defined as "the air can be purified by filter masks") the Capellan government used Ronel as a prison world. Here the criminals and undesirables of Capellan society worked on reopening the mines so the Confederation could benefit. During the Fourth Succession War the Federated Suns took control of the world. Investing in the local mining operations provided House Davion with a source of raw materials.[1]

In 3020 elements of the Crucis Lancers were assigned to invade the world at that time in Kuritan hands. A hidden fighter support group caught an Union-class DropShip off guard and destroyed the ship with all its 'Mech compements. An attack lance of Victors was among the AFFS forces lost.[23]

Jihad[edit]

In response to raids and assaults on worlds within the Word of Blake Protectorate, the Blakists launched raiding parties against various worlds around the Protectorate border in early September 3076. Making use of weapons of mass destruction to worsen the damage inflicted, the raiding parties—few of which were larger than a single Level III—struck at the worlds of Algorab, Alnasi, Amity, Bordon, Connaught, Hunan, Kessel, New Hessen, New Kyoto, Ronel, St. Andre, Styk, Tsitsang, and Wei. Of the worlds hit, the Capellan Confederation took the brunt of the fighting.[54][55]

The Republic of the Sphere took control of the world post-Jihad, and continued to invest in local mining as the Federated Suns had.[1]

Dark Age[edit]

The planet's HPG station was one of the few working inside the Republic of the Sphere in 3135.[56]

A raid by Dragon's Fury forces in 3133[57] led by Tai-i Abeda Measho was repulsed by Captain Santiago Padilla and his Swordsworn forces. The Dragon's Fury arrived with a JumpShip and several DropShips, one of them the Tako.[58]

In the 3140s, Ronel was subjected to several probing raids by the Warlord of Dieron Military District. Between these attacks and the diversion of supplies to other AFFS units, the Second Ceti Hussars were too weak to prevent the Combine from taking Ronel in June 3149 when that world was targeted as part of Operation TIAMAT.[48]

Military Deployment[edit]

2764[edit]

2786[edit]

2864[edit]

2800[edit]

2821[edit]

3025[edit]

3145[edit]

Geography[edit]

Ronel has two continents named Oxo and Xox.[1]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Oxo: the northern continent.[1]
    • Crater Bluff: near Omar's Vein.[58]
    • Omar's Vein: a mining and refining complex around as of 3133.[58]
      • Omar-Hyrogi Mine 1[58]
  • Xox: the southern continent.[1]
    • Lenor: planetary capital city as of 3133.[1][58]
    • Lenor Valley: a valley outside Lenor, rugged and full of twisted black trees.[58]
  • Balestone Province: a region with a significant mining industry[65]
  • Dargo City[66]
  • Janiper: a city.[67]
  • Mitchell Dry Lake Basin[68]
  • Richmond: capital in 3135.[51]
  • Richmond DropPort[51]
  • Richmond Lowlands[69]
  • Blackrock Badlands[53]

Companies and Industries[edit]

Image gallery[edit]

  • Planetary flag of Ronel

  • Planetary map of Ronel, ca. 3130

Notes[edit]

  • A map in First Succession War shows the Draconis Combine in control of Ronel as of 2797.[71] This seems to be in error, as earlier in the book the narrative describes the Combine striking the Confederation-held world in March 2800 for the first time in what would be several battles for Ronel over the next five years.[14][52]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 64 systems (64 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
New Florence 10.3 Ozawa 12.1 New Rhodes 14.8 Galatia 17.6
Mallory's World 17.9 Tybalt 18.7 Ankaa 22.0 Hean 24.1
Addicks 24.3 Markab 25.5 Rio 26.1 Mirach 27.6
Towne 28.4 Mara 28.5 Schedar 29.0 Cylene 29.5
Skat 29.6 Murchison 30.7 Elbar 31.5 Deneb Kaitos 32.7
Tigress 34.1 Alpha Eridani 34.9 Caselton 36.0 Angol 37.0
Pokhara 38.6 Basalt 39.5 Tikonov 40.2 Helen 40.2
Sadachbia 41.3 Okaya 42.8 Ruchbah 43.2 Errai 43.6
Ancha 43.7 Small World 44.2 Cartago 44.8 Biham 45.9
Yangtze 46.0 Edwards 47.0 Alrescha 48.1 Sonnia 48.2
Ingress 48.7 Al Na'ir 49.1 Halstead Station 49.3 Nopah 49.5
David 49.5 Waycross 49.7 Kawich 49.8 Mira 50.0
Fellanin 50.8 Hamal 51.1 Tallassee 51.6 Quentin 51.9
Mesartim 52.5 Fletcher 53.2 Bharat 53.6 Kentares 54.8
Lockdale 55.6 New Hessen 55.7 Lapida 56.5 Sheratan 58.0
Logandale 58.1 Shinonoi 58.8 Almach 59.2 Kurhah 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 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 87: "Ronel"
  2. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48
  5. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
  6. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
  7. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  8. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 118: "Digesting the Hegemony"
  11. ↑ First Succession War, p. 28
  12. ↑ First Succession War, p. 25
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 First Succession War, p. 45: "Neglected Front: Liao Takes Advantage"
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 First Succession War, p. 115: "Timeline of the First Succession War"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54
  17. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122
  18. ↑ First Succession War, p. 113
  19. ↑ Second Succession War, pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"
  20. ↑ Second Succession War, p. 65: "The Confederation's Travails: A Three-Sided War"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Technical Readout: 3025, p. 110: "VTR-9B Victor"
  24. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), foldout: "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70
  26. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64
  28. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 71
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66
  30. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
  31. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76
  32. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
  35. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71
  36. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
  37. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78
  38. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
  39. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82
  40. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74
  41. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42
  42. ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21
  43. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
  44. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127
  45. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  46. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
  47. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Shattered Fortress, p. 72
  49. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 103
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 10: "Prefecture IV"
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 Fortress Republic, ch. 31
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 First Succession War, p. 82: "Caught in the Capellan Crossfire"
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 Technical Readout: 3025, Page 50 "Phoenix Hawk"
  54. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"
  55. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 56: "The Jihad in Review"
  56. ↑ Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 4: "Functional Republic HPGs as of 01 January 3135"
  57. ↑ Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 169: "Interesting Times, Dangerous Places: #362 "The Clash of Swords"
  58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 58.2 58.3 58.4 58.5 Roar of the Dragon: The Battle for Ronel!
  59. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 251: "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"
  60. ↑ First Succession War, p. 134: "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"
  61. ↑ Second Succession War, p. 95
  62. ↑ First Succession War, p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"
  63. ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 106: "Unit Deployment Table"
  64. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 92: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns - Deployment Table - 3145"
  65. ↑ Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 48: "Sandoval Sends Tomorrow Technology Bill to Prefectural Senate"
  66. ↑ Fortress Republic, ch. 19
  67. ↑ Fortress Republic, ch. 25
  68. ↑ Fortress Republic, ch. 22
  69. ↑ Fortress Republic, ch. 29
  70. ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Caveat Emptor, p. 4
  71. ↑ First Succession War, p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"

Bibliography[edit]

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