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==System Description== | ==System Description== | ||
− | The Grand Base system is located near the [[Nihal]] and [[Sumy]] systems and is [[ | + | The Grand Base system is located near the [[Nihal]] and [[Sumy]] systems and is [[rimward]] from [[Terra]].<ref name=SFp103/> |
==System History== | ==System History== | ||
− | The Grand Base system was colonized at sometime before [[2271]]. The system had [[Recharge Station]]s at both the Zenith and Nadir [[Jump Point]]s circa [[3067]].<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding 2271 Map"</ref><ref name=OCC17>''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', p. 17: "Grand Base"</ref | + | The Grand Base system was colonized at sometime before [[2271]]. The system had [[Recharge Station]]s at both the Zenith and Nadir [[Jump Point]]s circa [[3067]].<ref name=HB:HLp78/><ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding 2271 Map"</ref><ref name=OCC17>''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', p. 17: "Grand Base"</ref> |
==Political Affiliation== | ==Political Affiliation== | ||
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}} | }} | ||
===Planetary Description=== | ===Planetary Description=== | ||
− | Grand Base IV, or simply | + | Grand Base IV, or simply Grand Base, is an important industrial world deep within the Capellan Confederation and is known as the homeworld of the [[Death Commandos]]. It was orbited by two moons: Hightower and Capetown.<ref name=HB:HLp78/><ref name="HB:HLp140">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 140: "Grand Base Great Crocodile"</ref> |
===Planetary History=== | ===Planetary History=== | ||
====Fourth Succession War==== | ====Fourth Succession War==== | ||
− | + | Grand Base was the personal holding of [[Colonel]] [[Pavel Ridzik]]. It served as a large military training, staging, and repair facility. Grand Base also boasted the second-largest [[BattleMech]] production facility in the Capellan Confederation. Only [[Tikonov]]'s vast factories are larger.<ref name=HSLp135/> | |
In [[3030]], Grand Base became a battlefield. [[Warrior House Fujita]] drove the attacking Andurien forces off world.<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 47</ref> The defeat of the [[Sixth Defenders of Andurien]] by the Warrior House, militia regiments, and [[Death Commando]] trainees, provided a huge morale boost to the Confederation's armed forces. Heavy investment by the Capellan Confederation through the 3030's insured that the planet's economy had recovered by [[3040]].<ref name=HB:HLp78/> | In [[3030]], Grand Base became a battlefield. [[Warrior House Fujita]] drove the attacking Andurien forces off world.<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 47</ref> The defeat of the [[Sixth Defenders of Andurien]] by the Warrior House, militia regiments, and [[Death Commando]] trainees, provided a huge morale boost to the Confederation's armed forces. Heavy investment by the Capellan Confederation through the 3030's insured that the planet's economy had recovered by [[3040]].<ref name=HB:HLp78/> | ||
===Military Deployment=== | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
+ | <div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> | ||
====3025==== | ====3025==== | ||
* [[Death Commandos]] (1 [[Battalion]])<ref name=HL107>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 107, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> | * [[Death Commandos]] (1 [[Battalion]])<ref name=HL107>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 107, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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* [[9th Sian Dragoons|Ninth Sian Dragoons]]<ref name=FM3145p45>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 45, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3145"</ref> | * [[9th Sian Dragoons|Ninth Sian Dragoons]]<ref name=FM3145p45>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 45, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3145"</ref> | ||
:- At this point in time, the unit was at 80% of full strength with an "A" equipment rating. | :- At this point in time, the unit was at 80% of full strength with an "A" equipment rating. | ||
+ | </div> | ||
===Geography=== | ===Geography=== | ||
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===Planetary Locations=== | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
− | * Hudson: city and planetary capital | + | * Hudson: city and planetary capital<ref name=OCC17/> |
− | * Parung River: a | + | * Parung River: a 6,000 km long river in the southern hemisphere<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 140</ref> |
===Industrial Centers=== | ===Industrial Centers=== | ||
− | * [[Earthwerks Incorporated]] | + | * [[Earthwerks Incorporated]]<ref name=O:CCp3-17>''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', pp. 3, 17</ref> |
===Local Fauna=== | ===Local Fauna=== | ||
* [[Grand Base Great Crocodile]]''<ref name="HB:HLp140"/> | * [[Grand Base Great Crocodile]]''<ref name="HB:HLp140"/> | ||
− | + | ==Notes== | |
− | Handbook: House Liao mentions that Grand Base has multiple continents | + | ''Handbook: House Liao'' mentions that Grand Base has multiple continents; however, ''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', published later, states that there is only one continent. This article is written to show the later information from Objectives: Capellan Confederation. |
==Map Gallery== | ==Map Gallery== | ||
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
* ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game) | * ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game) | ||
− | * ''[[Objectives: Capellan Confederation | + | * ''[[Objectives: Capellan Confederation]] |
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' |
Revision as of 22:53, 21 June 2023
Grand Base | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 46.002 : -298.878[e] |
Spectral class | G5IV[1][2] |
Recharge time | 186 hours[2] |
Recharge station(s) | Zenith (3025)[1] Zenith, Nadir[2] |
The Grand Base system was home to at least one habitable world and as of 3151 was located in the Sian Commonality of the Capellan Confederation.[3]
Contents
System Description
The Grand Base system is located near the Nihal and Sumy systems and is rimward from Terra.[3]
System History
The Grand Base system was colonized at sometime before 2271. The system had Recharge Stations at both the Zenith and Nadir Jump Points circa 3067.[2][4][5]
Political Affiliation
- 2271 - Inhabited world [4]
- 2365 - Sian Commonwealth [6]
- 2366 - Capellan Confederation [6]
- 2571 - Capellan Confederation [7]
- 2596 - Capellan Confederation [8]
- 2750 - Capellan Confederation [9]
- 2764 - Capellan Confederation [10]
- 2765 - Capellan Confederation [11]
- 2786 - Capellan Confederation [12]
- 2822 - Capellan Confederation [13][14][15]
- 2864 - Capellan Confederation [16]
- 3025 - Capellan Confederation [17]
- 3030 - Capellan Confederation [18]
- 3040 - Capellan Confederation [19]
- 3050 - Capellan Confederation [20]
- 3052 - Capellan Confederation [21]
- 3054 - Capellan Confederation [22]
- 3057 - Capellan Confederation [23]
- 3058 - Capellan Confederation [24]
- 3059 - Capellan Confederation [25]
- 3063 - Capellan Confederation [26]
- 3067 - Capellan Confederation [27][28]
- 3075 - Capellan Confederation [29]
- 3079 - Capellan Confederation [30]
- 3081 - Capellan Confederation [31]
- 3085 - Capellan Confederation [32]
- 3135 - Capellan Confederation [33]
- 3145 - Capellan Confederation [34][35]
- 3151 - Capellan Confederation[3]
Grand Base IV
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Planetary Description
Grand Base IV, or simply Grand Base, is an important industrial world deep within the Capellan Confederation and is known as the homeworld of the Death Commandos. It was orbited by two moons: Hightower and Capetown.[2][36]
Planetary History
Fourth Succession War
Grand Base was the personal holding of Colonel Pavel Ridzik. It served as a large military training, staging, and repair facility. Grand Base also boasted the second-largest BattleMech production facility in the Capellan Confederation. Only Tikonov's vast factories are larger.[1]
In 3030, Grand Base became a battlefield. Warrior House Fujita drove the attacking Andurien forces off world.[37] The defeat of the Sixth Defenders of Andurien by the Warrior House, militia regiments, and Death Commando trainees, provided a huge morale boost to the Confederation's armed forces. Heavy investment by the Capellan Confederation through the 3030's insured that the planet's economy had recovered by 3040.[2]
Military Deployment
3025
- Death Commandos (1 Battalion)[38]
- Warrior House Fujita (1st Battalion)[38]
3038
3040
- Death Commandos (1st Battalion)[39]
- Warrior House Fujita (1st Battalion)[39]
- Warrior House Fujita (2nd Battalion)[39]
3050
- Warrior House Fujita[40]
3054
- Warrior House Fujita[22]
3059
- St. Cyr's Armored Grenadiers (1 Battalion)[25]
3063
3067
- Warrior House Lu Sann[42]
3085
- Warrior House Imarra (2 Battalions)[43]
- Warrior House Kamata (1 Battalion)[43]
3145
- - At this point in time, the unit was at 80% of full strength with an "A" equipment rating.
Geography
Grand Base is a tropical world in temperature. Seventy-six percent of its surface is covered with land. Behemoth, the planet's only continent, dominates the world. Behemoth is covered in rolling hills and mountains. The main continent has a large coastal mountain range along its east edge. There are three other sub-continent landmasses on the world, all of them easily reached by atmospheric transport craft. More importantly the huge freshwater seas that make up the other 34% of the planet's surface are home to many imported Terran fish as well as reptiles.[5]
In the MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries High Reward Quest "Hazing of the Weak," Grand Base is depicted as a lush canyon biome with good visibility.[45]
Planetary Locations
- Hudson: city and planetary capital[5]
- Parung River: a 6,000 km long river in the southern hemisphere[46]
Industrial Centers
Local Fauna
Notes
Handbook: House Liao mentions that Grand Base has multiple continents; however, Objectives: Capellan Confederation, published later, states that there is only one continent. This article is written to show the later information from Objectives: Capellan Confederation.
Map Gallery
Nearby Systems
Closest 68 systems (66 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nihal | 12.1 | Sumy | 12.5 | Brest | 15.9 | Raphael | 16.0 |
Belamor | 16.6 | Holloway | 19.0 | Homestead | 19.3 | Wright | 21.2 |
Primus | 22.2 | Housekarle | 25.4 | Kirkvåg | 25.9 | Yàn-huì | 27.0 |
Ife | 27.7 | Kasdach | 28.8 | Shaun | 30.1 | Prix | 30.4 |
Velhas | 30.8 | Sendalor | 32.1 | Jungar Qi | 34.9 | Latice | 35.8 |
Madras | 36.0 | Dicon | 36.9 | Manapire | 36.9 | Decatur | 38.3 |
Carmen | 38.6 | Wantorill | 38.6 | Betelgeuse | 41.1 | Amu Darya | 41.3 |
Ziliang | 41.3 | Xieng Khouang | 41.4 | Immenstadt | 41.8 | Purvo | 42.3 |
Sigma Mare | 42.7 | Florarda | 44.2 | Ito | 45.0 | Uravan | 46.0 |
Claxton | 46.2 | Lucknow | 46.8 | Pell | 46.8 | Krakatau | 46.9 |
Decus | 47.3 | Bogerth | 47.8 | Palladaine | 50.3 | Tetschner | 51.0 |
Buenos Aires | 51.4 | Mazdru | 51.9 | Oligar | 52.0 | Nukus | 52.8 |
Kurvasa | 53.1 | Bellatrix | 53.4 | Hustaing | 54.0 | Mumbai | 54.1 |
Verlo | 54.7 | Menke | 55.0 | Columbine | 55.3 | Dì-fang | 55.7 |
Ambergrist | 55.8 | Shiba | 56.0 | Conquista | 56.2 | Westerhand | 56.3 |
Indicass | 56.4 | Castrovia | 56.4 | Weatogue | 57.2 | Ikast | 57.2 |
New Westin | 57.4 | Patan | 59.7 | Braum | 60.1 | Altorra | 60.3 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 135: "A Brief Atlas" – Grand Base entry
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Handbook: House Liao, p. 78: "Grand Base"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Shattered Fortress, p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151 Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding 2271 Map"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Objectives: Capellan Confederation, p. 17: "Grand Base"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 17
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24-25
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112-113
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Objective Raids, p. 42, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 107, "Mercenary Deployment Table"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
- ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 21
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 140: "Grand Base Great Crocodile"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 47
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 107, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 Historical: War of 3039, p. 140, "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 63, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Capellan Confederation, p. 120, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 33, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 34, "Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 45, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3145"
- ↑ MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, "Hazing of the Weak"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 140
- ↑ Objectives: Capellan Confederation, pp. 3, 17
Bibliography
- 20 Year Update
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Capellan Confederation
- Field Manual: Mercenaries
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report: CCAF
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Liao
- Handbook: House Marik
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (video game)
- Objectives: Capellan Confederation
- Objective Raids
- Shattered Fortress