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Line 4: | name = Rosetta | name = Rosetta | coord = -462.868 : 226.327{{e}} | coord = -462.868 : 226.327{{e}} − | stars = Ptolemy A, Ptolemy B {sic}<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47: "Rosetta" sidebar</ref> + | stars = Ptolemy-A, Ptolemy-B − | class = A1V (Ptolemy-A),<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> unspecified white dwarf (Ptolemy-B)+ | class = A1V (Ptolemy-A) plus unspecified white dwarf (Ptolemy-B)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47: "Rosetta Planet Profile"</ref> | recharge = 162 hours<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | recharge = 162 hours<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | recharge stations = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | recharge stations = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> − | planets = 4 or more<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> + | planets = 4+ (Ptolemy-A) }} }} − The '''Rosetta''' system, named after its inhabited body in accordance with [[BattleTech]] convention,<ref>Explained out thusly in the "Rosetta" sidebox, ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47</ref> is technically the '''Ptolemy''' binary star system. It includes at least four planets around Ptolemy A, the fourth being the superjovian gas giant ("practically a brown dwarf"<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 48 - short story ''Starfire''</ref>) Champollion aka Ptolemy IV<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> which in turn possesses thirteen moons, one of them the eponymous inhabited moon Rosetta. − Ptolemy B is a shrunken white dwarf star on an elliptic 50 year orbit around Ptolemy A; every third orbit, i.e. every 150 years, it comes close, approximately 3.5 AUs, to Champollion and its moons including Rosetta. The planet is then situated roughly halfway between the two suns.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> + The '''Rosetta''' system, named after its inhabited body in accordance with [[BattleTech]] convention,<ref>Explained out thusly in the "Rosetta" sidebox, ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47</ref> is technically the '''Ptolemy''' binary star system. It includes at least four planets around Ptolemy-A, the fourth being the superjovian gas giant Champollion which in turn possesses thirteen moons, one of them the eponymous inhabited moon Rosetta. − ==System Description== + == System Description == − Rosetta is located near the [[Slewis]] and [[Caldarium]] systems.+ + == System History == − <!-- Commented out due to lack of information − ==System History== − ===Image gallery=== − --> ==Political Affiliation== ==Political Affiliation== − {{div col|colwidth=25em}}+ <div class="desktop-3-col"> * [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> * [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> * [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> * [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> Line 46:
Line 42: * [[3135]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> * [[3135]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> * [[3145]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> * [[3145]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> − {{div col end}}+ </div> + + -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- − ------------------------------------- ==Ptolemy IV (Champollion)== ==Ptolemy IV (Champollion)== − '''Champollion''' is an uninhabitable gas giant.+ Champollion is an uninhabitable gas giant. ==Ptolemy IV C (Rosetta)== ==Ptolemy IV C (Rosetta)== − {{InfoBoxPlanet + {{InfoBoxPlanetStandard | image = Rosetta.jpg | image = Rosetta.jpg | caption = Orbital view | caption = Orbital view + | imagewidth = 180px | name = Rosetta | name = Rosetta − | othernames = Ptolemy IV C<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/>+ | position = moon around 4th planet<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> − | position = (moon of 4th planet)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | distance = 47.06 days<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | distance = 47.06 days<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | moons = | moons = Line 67:
Line 64: | water = 70%<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | water = 70%<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | life = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | life = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> − | continents = + | date = − | colonized = + | year = 3028<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> − | demonym = − | language = − | religion = − | population = 12,150,000 (3028)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ruler = | ruler = − | political = − | commander = | capital = Young<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | capital = Young<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> + | population = 12,150,000<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> + | USIIR = D-C-B-D-B<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | hpg = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | hpg = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> − | hpgrep = }} }} − ===Planetary History=== − Rosetta is an earth-sized<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> moon of the gas giant Champollion (one out of thirteen), 1.8 million kilometers from the planet and orbiting it every 16 days. It was terraformed by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] for easier access to its mineral resources. The stated normal temperature range was said to be ten to sixty degrees, and since there is no axial tilt, there are reportedly no seasons; it is tidally locked to Champollion.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> − Champollion is a planet of the binary system's primary star, 4.6 AU out from the A1V-class Ptolemy A and circling it once every 6.8 years. Every 50 years the white dwarf Ptolemy B makes close passes to Ptolemy A, and Rosetta is known to have increased periods of tectonic and volcanic activity during every third pass when Ptolemy B also approaches Champollion closer, causing tidal interactions on Rosetta. During these times Rosetta's plains are flooded with molten sulfur.<ref name=25YAF/> + '''Rosetta''' is a moon of the gas giant Champollion (one out of thirteen). It was terraformed by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] for easier access to its mineral resources. + + Champollion is a planet of the binary system's primary star, the A1V-class Ptolemy-A. Every 50 years the white dwarf Ptolemy-B makes close passes to Ptolemy-A, and Rosetta is known to have increased periods of tectonic and volcanic activity during every third pass when Ptolemy-B also approaches Champollion closer, causing tidal interactions on Rosetta. During these times Rosetta's plains are flooded with molten sulfur.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> When the first such sulfur flooding happened (implicitly, in [[2728]]) after the moon was colonized, the colonists were well-prepared, but when it occurred for the second time (implicitly in [[2878]]), there was no Rim Worlds Republic or Star League anymore and the [[Succession Wars era]] with its [[lostech]] problem was in full swing. The colony that had 14 million citizens at its peak was devastated. Since then, the remaining colonists have moved to less endangered areas, far from Rosetta's nearside to Champollion.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> When the first such sulfur flooding happened (implicitly, in [[2728]]) after the moon was colonized, the colonists were well-prepared, but when it occurred for the second time (implicitly in [[2878]]), there was no Rim Worlds Republic or Star League anymore and the [[Succession Wars era]] with its [[lostech]] problem was in full swing. The colony that had 14 million citizens at its peak was devastated. Since then, the remaining colonists have moved to less endangered areas, far from Rosetta's nearside to Champollion.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> − In [[3028]], a [[Star League era]] cache of [[Starfire Head-hunter missiles]] was found on Rosetta, but the recovery operation by elements of [[Hansen's Roughriders]] ran afoul of resistance from local forces defending the site. The sulfur flooding set in before the missiles could be recovered and completely covered the bunker beyond hope of reaching it, though evidence suggests that the local hovertanks may have used Starfire missiles against the Roughriders.<ref name=25YAF/> + In [[3028]] a [[Star League era]] cache of [[Starfire Head-hunter missiles]] was found on Rosetta, but the recovery operation by elements of [[Hansen's Roughriders]] ran afoul of resistance from local forces defending the site. The sulfur flooding set in before the missiles could be recovered and completely covered the bunker beyond hope of reaching it, though evidence suggests that the local hovertanks may have used Starfire missiles against the Roughriders.<ref name=25YAF/> + + ===Planetary History=== − Rosetta was ruled by a council, but over the years was occasionally taken over by pirates using it as a strike base.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> + ===Planetary Rulers=== + Rosetta is ruled by a council, but over the years was occasionally taken over by pirates using it as a strike base.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> − <!-- Commented out due to lack of information ===Military Deployment=== ===Military Deployment=== ===Geography=== ===Geography=== − -->+ ===Planetary Locations=== ===Planetary Locations=== * [[SLD 601]]: [[Star League Defense Force]] depot * [[SLD 601]]: [[Star League Defense Force]] depot − * Young: capital city<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> + * Young: Capital city<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> − ==Map Gallery== + == Map Gallery == <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> − ==Nearby Systems== + == Nearby Systems == <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" Line 173:
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| name = Rosetta | | name = Rosetta | ||
| coord = -462.868 : 226.327{{e}} | | coord = -462.868 : 226.327{{e}} | ||
| − | | stars = Ptolemy A, Ptolemy B | + | | stars = Ptolemy-A, Ptolemy-B |
| − | + | | class = A1V (Ptolemy-A) plus unspecified white dwarf (Ptolemy-B)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47: "Rosetta Planet Profile"</ref> | |
| recharge = 162 hours<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | | recharge = 162 hours<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
| recharge stations = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | | recharge stations = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
| − | | planets = 4 | + | | planets = 4+ (Ptolemy-A) |
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| − | Ptolemy | + | The '''Rosetta''' system, named after its inhabited body in accordance with [[BattleTech]] convention,<ref>Explained out thusly in the "Rosetta" sidebox, ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47</ref> is technically the '''Ptolemy''' binary star system. It includes at least four planets around Ptolemy-A, the fourth being the superjovian gas giant Champollion which in turn possesses thirteen moons, one of them the eponymous inhabited moon Rosetta. |
| − | ==System Description== | + | == System Description == |
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| + | == System History == | ||
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==Political Affiliation== | ==Political Affiliation== | ||
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* [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> | * [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> | ||
* [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> | * [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> | ||
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* [[3135]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> | * [[3135]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> | ||
* [[3145]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | * [[3145]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | ||
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==Ptolemy IV (Champollion)== | ==Ptolemy IV (Champollion)== | ||
| − | + | Champollion is an uninhabitable gas giant. | |
==Ptolemy IV C (Rosetta)== | ==Ptolemy IV C (Rosetta)== | ||
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| image = Rosetta.jpg | | image = Rosetta.jpg | ||
| caption = Orbital view | | caption = Orbital view | ||
| + | | imagewidth = 180px | ||
| name = Rosetta | | name = Rosetta | ||
| − | + | | position = moon around 4th planet<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | |
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| distance = 47.06 days<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | | distance = 47.06 days<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
| moons = | | moons = | ||
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| water = 70%<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | | water = 70%<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
| life = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | | life = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
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| − | | | + | | year = 3028<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> |
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| ruler = | | ruler = | ||
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| capital = Young<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | | capital = Young<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
| + | | population = 12,150,000<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
| + | | USIIR = D-C-B-D-B<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
| hpg = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | | hpg = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
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| − | Champollion is a planet of the binary system's primary star, | + | '''Rosetta''' is a moon of the gas giant Champollion (one out of thirteen). It was terraformed by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] for easier access to its mineral resources. |
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| + | Champollion is a planet of the binary system's primary star, the A1V-class Ptolemy-A. Every 50 years the white dwarf Ptolemy-B makes close passes to Ptolemy-A, and Rosetta is known to have increased periods of tectonic and volcanic activity during every third pass when Ptolemy-B also approaches Champollion closer, causing tidal interactions on Rosetta. During these times Rosetta's plains are flooded with molten sulfur.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
When the first such sulfur flooding happened (implicitly, in [[2728]]) after the moon was colonized, the colonists were well-prepared, but when it occurred for the second time (implicitly in [[2878]]), there was no Rim Worlds Republic or Star League anymore and the [[Succession Wars era]] with its [[lostech]] problem was in full swing. The colony that had 14 million citizens at its peak was devastated. Since then, the remaining colonists have moved to less endangered areas, far from Rosetta's nearside to Champollion.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | When the first such sulfur flooding happened (implicitly, in [[2728]]) after the moon was colonized, the colonists were well-prepared, but when it occurred for the second time (implicitly in [[2878]]), there was no Rim Worlds Republic or Star League anymore and the [[Succession Wars era]] with its [[lostech]] problem was in full swing. The colony that had 14 million citizens at its peak was devastated. Since then, the remaining colonists have moved to less endangered areas, far from Rosetta's nearside to Champollion.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
| − | In [[3028]] | + | In [[3028]] a [[Star League era]] cache of [[Starfire Head-hunter missiles]] was found on Rosetta, but the recovery operation by elements of [[Hansen's Roughriders]] ran afoul of resistance from local forces defending the site. The sulfur flooding set in before the missiles could be recovered and completely covered the bunker beyond hope of reaching it, though evidence suggests that the local hovertanks may have used Starfire missiles against the Roughriders.<ref name=25YAF/> |
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| + | ===Planetary History=== | ||
| − | Rosetta | + | ===Planetary Rulers=== |
| + | Rosetta is ruled by a council, but over the years was occasionally taken over by pirates using it as a strike base.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
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===Military Deployment=== | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
===Geography=== | ===Geography=== | ||
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===Planetary Locations=== | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
* [[SLD 601]]: [[Star League Defense Force]] depot | * [[SLD 601]]: [[Star League Defense Force]] depot | ||
| − | * Young: | + | * Young: Capital city<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> |
| − | ==Map Gallery== | + | == Map Gallery == |
<div class="system-map-gallery"></div> | <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> | ||
| − | ==Nearby Systems== | + | == Nearby Systems == |
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| − | ==References== | + | == References == |
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| − | ==Bibliography== | + | == Bibliography == |
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* ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]'' | * ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
* ''[[Starfire (short story)|Starfire]]'' (in: [[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]) | * ''[[Starfire (short story)|Starfire]]'' (in: [[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]) | ||
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[[Category:Systems|Rosetta]] | [[Category:Systems|Rosetta]] | ||
[[Category: Independent Systems]] | [[Category: Independent Systems]] | ||
[[Category: Rim Worlds Republic Systems]] | [[Category: Rim Worlds Republic Systems]] | ||
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