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Acamar from orbit.


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Era Specific Data

3130[1]

  • Population: 35,758,000
  • Governor: Jasmine Rothen
  • Planetary Legate: Peter Whatmore

Planetary Garrison

3067

- At this point in time The Arcadians operating at 115% of full strength, with 15% of their equipment featured Clan and 90% Star League technology.

3068

Owner History

Planetary Info

Acamar was discovered early in the 23rd Century by a survey team from Tikonov. The world was described as a constant winter wonderland. Acamar wasn't considered for colonization until vast titanium ore deposits were located. This discovery was followed by precious-metal deposits of gold and silver. These vast ore deposits made Acamar a jewel coveted by Houses Liao, Davion, and Marik.

Acamar's climate did not deter colonists. Though it had three continents and a very large island group, only the continent of Katenga was suitable for colonization. Even though it was situated in the planet's equatorial region, even this continent wasn't immune from the winter storms. Katenga has two large valleys where most of the planet's population is located. Trans-Mahn is the southern valley, where the Mahn River flows and the city of Huss was founded. The Osz Forest covers the northern approach to the valley, where the Otal foothills separate Trans-Mahn from Tomahn Moraine. Tomahn is the larger of the two valleys. The capital city Kalskag is located in the northeastern part of the valley. The second-largest city, Flat, is southwest of the capital near the Tokal Mountains, where a large silver mine is located. Acamar's remaining continents of Tamarack and Asta are in the northern hemisphere where they are frozen year round, making them impossible to settle.

Acamar's planetary system has a large asteroid belt, called Illeudian, where mining operations are headquartered.

The Liao government gives Acamar's nobility the lion's share of profits from the planet's gold and silver trading, and so the nobles have always been staunchly pro-Liao. The merchant class, however, chafes under the status quo.

During the Jihad, Word of Blake sympathizers in the government ordered the Acamar militia to lay down their arms. This brought Acamar into the Blakist Protectorate without a shot being fired. As a result, Acamar didn't suffer greatly during the horrors of the Jihad.[1] Acamar was invaded by allied coalition forces operating on the Federated Suns front of Operation SCOUR in January 3078; the most significant casualty of the battle for control of Acamar was the death of AFFS Marshal Katheryn Sandoval-Ito, who was succeeded by Marshal Jon Davion.[31]

The capital city of Acamar is Kalskag and the main center of trade is the city of Flat.

Fed-Com Civil War

The 1st Cunningham's Commandos defended the planet against the Olson's Rangers of the CCAF. The capellan mercenaries had no chance and were destroyed.[citation needed]

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Woodstock 6.5 Bex 14.9 Arboris 16.5 Sheratan 18.4
Genoa 21.7 Terra Firma 22.0 Fletcher (FWL) 22.2 Bharat 22.5
Nopah 22.50 Kawich 23.3 Azha 27.1 Ingress 30.0
Nanking 30.02 Hamal 30.2 Slocum 32.3 Epsilon Indi 33.3
Ruchbah 33.6 Capolla 34.4 Cynthiana 35.3 Basalt 36.2
Epsilon Eridani 38.5 Aldebaran 40.6 Yangtze 40.8 Northwind 41.1
Brownsville 41.8 Lockdale 41.9 Ningpo 42.9 Gan Singh 43.2
Small World 43.7 Achernar 43.9 Zurich 43.94 Tigress 44.2
Outreach 46.5 Angol 48.6 Kansu 49.4 Hsien 49.6
New Stevens 49.7 Chisholm 50.4 Deneb Kaitos 50.7 Bryant 51.7
Pleione 52.9 Algol 54.5 Bhaktapur 55.0 Errai 55.01
Alrescha 55.8 Quentin 57.4 New Home 58.2 Hall 59.20
Hean 59.202


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DARW92
  2. ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental , p. 67, "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  3. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 110, "Word of Blake Mercenary Deployments"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding [2341]"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"
  8. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  9. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succesion War [2864] Map"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succesion War [3025] Map"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succesion War [3025] Map"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succesion War [3030] Map"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 71, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succesion War [3030] Map"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"
  17. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, Inner Sphere [3050] Map
  18. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, Inner Sphere [3052] Map
  19. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere [3057] Map
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere [3063] Map
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  25. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, Inner Sphere [3075] Map
  26. ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 21, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table [3079]"
  27. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Table [3079]"
  28. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Table [3079]"
  29. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  30. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  31. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"

Bibliography

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