Orestes
Orestes | |
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System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | -26.121 : 167.591[e] |
Spectral class | A7V[1][2] |
Recharge time | 168 hours[1][2] |
Recharge station(s) | Zenith[1][2] |
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
Contents
Political Affiliation
- 2341 - Tamar Pact [3]
- 2571 - Lyran Commonwealth [4][5]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth [6]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth [7]
- 2764 - Lyran Commonwealth [8]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth [9]
- 2786 - Lyran Commonwealth [10]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth [11][12][13][14]
- 2858 - Draconis Combine [15]
- 2862 - Draconis Combine [16]
- 2864 - Draconis Combine [17][18]
- 3025 - Draconis Combine [19][20][21][22]
- 3028 - Lyran Commonwealth (from September)[23]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth [24][25]
- 3040 - Free Rasalhague Republic [26][27][28]
- 3050 - Free Rasalhague Republic [29]
- 3052 - Free Rasalhague Republic [30][31][32]
- 3057 - Free Rasalhague Republic [33]
- 3063 - Free Rasalhague Republic [34]
- 3067 - Free Rasalhague Republic [35][36][37]
- 3075 - Ghost Bear Dominion [38]
- 3079 - Ghost Bear Dominion [39][40][41]
- 3081 - Ghost Bear Dominion [42]
- 3085 - Ghost Bear Dominion [43]
- 3130 - Rasalhague Dominion [44]
- 3135 - Rasalhague Dominion [45]
- 3145 - Rasalhague Dominion [46][47]
Orestes III
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Planetary Info
Orestes has four continents, Clytemnestra where the capital city Agamemnon is located, Tantalus, Niobe and Telemachus.[2]. In orbit, Orestes has two moons, Parus Major and Parus Minor.[1][2]
The planet was a key world in the Free Rasalhague Republic. The world is quiet and unassuming, except for the massive rainforests that circle the equator. Here trees that tower more than 500 meters tall block out the sun, creating a mood of perpetual twilight at the forest floor. This dim environment allows the Orestes viper lizard to thrive as packs of thirty or more of the four-meter long carnivores attack any prey they can find. Hunting them down and preventing them from attacking farmers and factory workers who live near the forest is a full-time job for many people.[1]
Planetary History
Second Succession War
As part of the Marathon Offensive, Orestes fell to invading Draconis Combine forces in 2858.[48] The region surrounding Orestes was referred to as the "Orestes salient" during the fighting of the Second Succession War.[49]
Fourth Succession War
Orestes was captured in the opening wave of Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG in August 3028, the major Lyran Commonwealth offensive of the Fourth Succession War,[23] by the Third Donegal Guards and Fourth Lyran Regulars.[50]
Ronin War
When the Free Rasalhague Republic began its bid for independence, Vasily Cherenkoff, the Warlord of Dieron, made moves to reclaim the wayward worlds. He was marshalling forces on Orestes when he died in a mech accident in May 3034. The accident is viewed with suspicions to this day and many believe Cherenkoff was assassinated.[51]
Despite Cherenkoff's death, the Draconis Combine forces on world, the Second Night Stalkers, 22nd Rasalhague Regulars and the Altenmarkt Militia, began preparations to raid several worlds. Before they could act however, in July 3034 the 3rd Drakøns arrived with the mercenary units Legion of the Rising Sun and the Dismal Disinherited and they attacked the Combine units. The opening battles saw the Altenmarkt Militia being over run near the city of Ormunde, but further assaults on the Combine forces were ineffective.[52]
During the fighting however, it was noticed that the Night Stalkers were more concerned with protecting civilians in the nearby city of Kiertenbach than fighting the Republic forces. The commander of the Republic forces reached out to the Night Stalkers and agreed to help evacuate the civilians if the Night Stalkers stood down. Once this was done, the Republic forces were able to concentrate their attack on the remaining unit, the Rasalhague Regulars, and quickly achieved victory.[53]
Operation REVIVAL
Post Invasion
During the Clan Invasion, Orestes was one of the few Rasalhague worlds not overrun and became the de facto capital of the remaining worlds of the Free Rasalhague Republic.[54] The invasion displaced many Lyran, Rasalhaguian, and Draconian citizens, and many of them relocated to Orestes. When ComStar pledged to defend the world, it created a booming economy. One of the defenses was Fort Miraborg, constructed with knowledge gained by the study of Castles Brian[55]
Unfortunately many of the jobs that were created went to the newly arrived refugees instead of native Orestians. The higher pay and standard of living these newly-employed arrivals enjoyed created a great deal of resentment in the long-time inhabitants of the world. The problem was exacerbated by the rampant corruption in local government caused by the booming economy. Several dissidents called for Ragnar Magnusson to return and take over the world. The resentment boiled over during the Jihad when the Word of Blake raided the world and the ComGuards were unable to prevent it. Several neighborhoods predominately made up of Lyran and Combine citizens were the sites of firebombings and riots. This in turn caused the economy to stall and led to more dissatisfaction.[1]
Jihad
It was in the ComStar command post on Orestes that Primus Sharilar Mori was assassinated by disaffected members of the ComStar ROM, including the ROM head Victoria Parrdeau, on the 26th of October 3068.[56] Just five days after the assassination of Sharilar Mori the Word of Blake launched an assault on Orestes. While the exact number of attackers isn't known, the Blakist force included at least one WarShip, a division of Word troops and an unidentified contingent of mercenaries; the Blakists fought savagely for a week, finally being routed on the 7th of November having mauled the 104th Division and the 1st Tyr Regiment and inflicted heavy damage on the Dante-class CSV Bordeaux, one of the few WarShips left in service with ComStar after the disastrous Case White.[56]
It was on Orestes on the 21st of August 3070 that Ragnar Magnusson spoke to the Free Rasalhague Republic government on behalf of Clan Ghost Bear and the Ghost Bear Dominion, beginning a series of negotiations to create an accord that would cover "all Rasalhagian peoples."[57] Clan Ghost Bear arrived in 3070 and quietly assumed control of the world with the blessing of the population. The economy began to recover shortly thereafter, and by 3079 the economy and rebuilding effort was years ahead of Merchant caste predictions.[1]
Second Combine-Dominion War
During the early moves of the Second Combine-Dominion War, the Second Legion of Vega laid siege to the Odin Manufacturing Works in an attempt to level the facility.[58]
Military Deployment
2765
2786
- First Lyran Regulars[60]
2821
- First Lyran Regulars[60]
2864
3025
3054
- 4th Kavalleri (3rd Battalion)[64]
3055
3062 to 3068
3067
3068
3076
3079
3085
3145
Industrial Centers
Planetary Locations
- Agamemnon: capital city[2]
- Clytemnestra: continent[2]
- Fort Miraborg: fort[55]
- Kiertenbach: mid-sized city and important site during he Ronin War[75]
- Niobe: continent[2]
- Odin Manufacturing Works: industrial center and important battle site during the Second-Combine Dominion War[76]
- Orestes Public Press: publishing company[77]
- Orestes Publishing House: publishing company[78]
- Ormunde: city and site of an important battle during the Ronin War[79]
- Tantalus: continent[2]
- Telemachus: continent[2]114
Local Fauna
Nearby Systems
Closest 48 systems (46 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
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Morningside | 9.6 | Fatima | 9.6 | Dalkeith | 9.9 | Al Hillah | 11.1 |
Sakhalin | 16.0 | Ganshoren | 19.7 | Meacham | 19.9 | Blue Diamond | 20.8 |
Symington | 23.3 | Camlann | 26.7 | Accrington | 27.7 | Grumium | 28.6 |
Karbala | 29.2 | Port Moseby | 30.4 | Eaglesham | 33.7 | Phalan | 33.8 |
Apostica | 35.8 | Aubisson | 37.1 | Auldhouse | 37.8 | Shionoha | 39.0 |
Glenlivet | 41.2 | Fort Loudon | 42.0 | Ueda | 42.1 | Kelenfold | 43.8 |
Dehgolan | 44.5 | Kannon | 45.4 | Buckminster | 45.6 | Rasalgethi | 47.3 |
Corridan | 47.6 | Tukayyid | 48.0 | Shirotori | 49.4 | Juniper | 50.0 |
Qualip | 51.3 | Cebalrai | 51.4 | Yed Posterior | 51.7 | Jabuka | 51.9 |
Leganes | 52.2 | Arcturus | 52.4 | Baxter | 55.2 | Lothan | 55.6 |
New Wessex | 55.9 | Fefferfer | 56.0 | Yed Prior | 56.5 | Carstairs | 58.3 |
Alnasi | 59.1 | Trolloc Prime | 59.8 | Tomans | 60.0 | Alexandria | 60.5 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 110, "Clan Ghost Bear Key Worlds"
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Objectives: The Clans, p. 36, "Orestes"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Second Succession War (Sourcebook), p. 74, "THE “MARATHON OFFENSIVE” (2854–2858)
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 71, "Slow Down"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 193, "Draconis Combine - Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 51, "Other Early Action"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
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- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 25, "Ghost Bear Dominion & Kungsarmé/Clan Nova Cat Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Second Succession War (Sourcebook), p. 74, "Kurita Assaults/Raids vs. Lyran Commonwealth"
- ↑ Second Succession War (Sourcebook), p. 76, "The Marathon Offensive"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 44-45, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 96, "Vasily Cherenkoff"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 113-114, "Orestes"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 113-114, "Orestes"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 72, "Orestes"
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 Recognition Guide: IlClan, Volume 1, p. 6, "Michael Hiner"
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 1, p. 4, "Battle History"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 15, "Lyran Regulars"
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 First Succession War (Source Book), p. 139, "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
- ↑ Second Succession War (Sourcebook), p. 96, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery (DCMS)"
- ↑ Second Succession War (Sourcebook), p. 97, "Mercenary Combat Commands (DCMS)"
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 135, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 72, "Unit Note"
- ↑ ComStar (sourcebook), p. 85, "ComGuards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 127, "ComGuard Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 99, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 100, "Star League Defense Force Deployment Table"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 110, "Word of Blake Mercenary Deployments"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 105
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 128, "Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 172, "Tundra Galaxy"
- ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 36, "Janesek Industries"
- ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 36, "Odin Manufacturing"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 114, "Orestes"
- ↑ Recognition Guide: IlClan, Volume 1, p. 4, "Battle History"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 42, "The Honor of the Daimyo"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 92
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 114, "Orestes"
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