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The Sword of the Prophet Enterprises facility located near the city of Agadir on Algedi Secundus began manufacturing Primitive [[BattleMech]]s during the [[Jihad]], producing both ''[[Dervish]]es'' and ''[[Gladiator (BattleMech)|Gladiator]]''s from the plant by [[3079]];<ref name="O:DCp34A">''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 34, "Sword of the Prophet Enterprises"</ref> Algedi also went on to open a military college, the [[Algedi War College]], which completed construction in or near Algiers in time to open for the first class of students in [[3075]].<ref name=obdcp34>''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 34</ref> Despite the disruption caused by the Jihad the civilian manufacturer [[Cairo Enterprises]] continued to operate their facility in the Alexandrian Wastes, producing a range of civilian vehicles used across the various Azami worlds;<ref name="O:DCp33"/> the Scarborough Manufacturing Annex in Algiers also managed to keep manufacturing output up during the critical years of the Jihad, escaping the damage inflicted on the plants located on [[Al Na'ir]] and [[Quentin]].<ref name="O:DCp37">''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 37, "Scarborough Manufacturers"</ref>
 
The Sword of the Prophet Enterprises facility located near the city of Agadir on Algedi Secundus began manufacturing Primitive [[BattleMech]]s during the [[Jihad]], producing both ''[[Dervish]]es'' and ''[[Gladiator (BattleMech)|Gladiator]]''s from the plant by [[3079]];<ref name="O:DCp34A">''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 34, "Sword of the Prophet Enterprises"</ref> Algedi also went on to open a military college, the [[Algedi War College]], which completed construction in or near Algiers in time to open for the first class of students in [[3075]].<ref name=obdcp34>''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 34</ref> Despite the disruption caused by the Jihad the civilian manufacturer [[Cairo Enterprises]] continued to operate their facility in the Alexandrian Wastes, producing a range of civilian vehicles used across the various Azami worlds;<ref name="O:DCp33"/> the Scarborough Manufacturing Annex in Algiers also managed to keep manufacturing output up during the critical years of the Jihad, escaping the damage inflicted on the plants located on [[Al Na'ir]] and [[Quentin]].<ref name="O:DCp37">''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 37, "Scarborough Manufacturers"</ref>
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The dramatic increase in heavy industry on Algedi was notable as early as as 3075, as was other evidence of the split between the Azami and the Combine; traditional cultural Azami practises were usually conducted out of sight within the Combine, to prevent the Azami from standing out from the general population, but those practises were being conducted openly on Algedi, and the resentment towards the Combine was open. The Azami appeared united, but not only by their shared frustration at the Combine; the Azami had become strongly negative towards all outsiders.<ref name="JHS3076p18">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 18, "Brotherhood United"</ref>
  
 
Towards the end of the Jihad the Combine government was hoping to defuse the high tensions on Algedi between the Azami and the central government, although this was a difficult prospect given events during the early years of the Jihad such as the use of nuclear weapons against the civilian population.<ref name="O:DCp33">''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 33, "Algedi"</ref> There were those who pointed to the decision by the Azami to offer ten percent of the graduates from the first class to graduate out of the Algedi War College to the DCMS as a sign that relations were indeed thawing between the Azami and the [[Coordinator]] were improving, although critics responded by highlighting that the recruits offered to the DCMS made up the lowest-performing ten percent of the class and that the offer may have simply been an effort to cull the lower-quality recruits out while preserving the best graduates for the [[Arkab Legions]].<ref name=obdcp34/>
 
Towards the end of the Jihad the Combine government was hoping to defuse the high tensions on Algedi between the Azami and the central government, although this was a difficult prospect given events during the early years of the Jihad such as the use of nuclear weapons against the civilian population.<ref name="O:DCp33">''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 33, "Algedi"</ref> There were those who pointed to the decision by the Azami to offer ten percent of the graduates from the first class to graduate out of the Algedi War College to the DCMS as a sign that relations were indeed thawing between the Azami and the [[Coordinator]] were improving, although critics responded by highlighting that the recruits offered to the DCMS made up the lowest-performing ten percent of the class and that the offer may have simply been an effort to cull the lower-quality recruits out while preserving the best graduates for the [[Arkab Legions]].<ref name=obdcp34/>

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Algedi
← 3135
3151
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Algedi nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates66.07:95.39[e]
Spectral classA7VI[1][2][3]
Recharge time168 hours[2][3]
Recharge station(s)Zenith (3025)[1]
None (3067-3079)[2][3]

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

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Owner History

Planetary Garrison

3038

3040

  • Twenty-fourth Dieron Regulars[27]

3050

  • Twenty-fourth Dieron Regulars[28]

3079

- The 2nd operating at 55% of full strength, with 40% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3079

- In 3079 the 1st operating at 40% of full strength, with 70% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3085

  • First Arkab Legion[30]
- In 3085 the unit is at 60% of full strengh, with 83% of upgraded equipment.

Manufacturing Centers

Planetary Info

Algedi orbits a huge star that takes up one-third of the sky. The sun allows no true night to fall on the world, and new residents frequently have their biological clocks thrown completely out of sync. As a result the bureaucracy of the world, and every world in the Algedi Prefecture, isn't as efficient as that of other prefectures. During the Succession Wars era the ISF maintained a large contingent on the world, but they kept a low profile. The ISF rated Algedi as a high priority because the Azami who lived on the world weren't technically subjects of the Dragon, but an ally.[1]

The planet has two continents, Algedi Primus where the capital city Algiers is located and Algedi Secundus.[3]

Planetary History

Despite a long history of dissent between the Azami population and the central government of the Combine, Algedi served as the Prefecture Capital of the Algedi Prefecture for several centuries.[33]

Age of War

In the spring of 2497 the Draconis Combine invaded Algedi in order to bring the Azami worlds into the Combine. The invading force began with a demand for immediate integration into the Combine, the abandonment of the Azami's religion, and immediate adoption of the Dictum Honorium. The Azami who were meeting with the invaders refused the request, and were executed on the spot. The Combine forces went on to begin systematically burning Azami settlements to the ground, with the Azami, under equipped to wage a strong resistance, were only able to stage night raids of limited success. This continued on for six months until the invaders succumbed to a disease that was present among the local population and proved quite fatal. With all of the Draconis troops dying from the disease the invasion was over, and the world defended by something smaller than the head of a pin. [4]

In 2516 the Azami decided to join the Draconis Combine, knowing full well that another invasion would be coming from them in time if they did not. The Combine agreed to take the Azami into their fold, peacefully. In exchange for inclusion into the Combine, the Azami would be required to keep their religion a secret from outsiders and the rest of the combine, and to integrate into the Draconis Combine. [5]

Jihad

On the 11th of August 3071, following a rogue asteroid strike on Arkab and a perceived lack of assistance from the government of the Draconis Combine, the Azami leadership recalled all of the remaining Arkab Legions back to Algedi, against the orders of the Coordinator.[34][35] A few months later on the 12th of November Coordinator Hohiro Kurita II issued an ultimatum to the Azami on Algedi, demanding that the Arkab Legions either "mobilize for the Dragon's defense or face the Dragon's wrath."[34][36]

The form of this promised wrath became clear in late January 3072, when the Kirishima-class WarShip Siriwan arrived bearing an ultimatum from Gunji-no-Kanrei Kiyomori Minamoto. The Siriwan bombarded two of the Azami cities before being destroyed in orbit by nuclear weapons.[36][37] The DCMS sent troops armed with tactical nuclear weapons to liberate the captives taken during the abortive assault by the Siriwan, and those troops managed to breach the defenses on Algedi on the 12th of April.[36][38]

The Sword of the Prophet Enterprises facility located near the city of Agadir on Algedi Secundus began manufacturing Primitive BattleMechs during the Jihad, producing both Dervishes and Gladiators from the plant by 3079;[39] Algedi also went on to open a military college, the Algedi War College, which completed construction in or near Algiers in time to open for the first class of students in 3075.[32] Despite the disruption caused by the Jihad the civilian manufacturer Cairo Enterprises continued to operate their facility in the Alexandrian Wastes, producing a range of civilian vehicles used across the various Azami worlds;[33] the Scarborough Manufacturing Annex in Algiers also managed to keep manufacturing output up during the critical years of the Jihad, escaping the damage inflicted on the plants located on Al Na'ir and Quentin.[40]

The dramatic increase in heavy industry on Algedi was notable as early as as 3075, as was other evidence of the split between the Azami and the Combine; traditional cultural Azami practises were usually conducted out of sight within the Combine, to prevent the Azami from standing out from the general population, but those practises were being conducted openly on Algedi, and the resentment towards the Combine was open. The Azami appeared united, but not only by their shared frustration at the Combine; the Azami had become strongly negative towards all outsiders.[41]

Towards the end of the Jihad the Combine government was hoping to defuse the high tensions on Algedi between the Azami and the central government, although this was a difficult prospect given events during the early years of the Jihad such as the use of nuclear weapons against the civilian population.[33] There were those who pointed to the decision by the Azami to offer ten percent of the graduates from the first class to graduate out of the Algedi War College to the DCMS as a sign that relations were indeed thawing between the Azami and the Coordinator were improving, although critics responded by highlighting that the recruits offered to the DCMS made up the lowest-performing ten percent of the class and that the offer may have simply been an effort to cull the lower-quality recruits out while preserving the best graduates for the Arkab Legions.[32]

Nevertheless, the diplomatic efforts finally resulted in a compromise which saw all of the Azami Brotherhood worlds other than Algedi transfer into the new Republic of the Sphere. Algedi remained within the Combine, serving as a border haven for those Azami who wished to retain their loyalties to the Combine, and as such Algedi was accorded a semi-neutral status between the Combine and the Republic. Despite the agreement the hostility felt between some parties still hadn't abated in 3081.[42]

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Dabih 17.5 Albalii 21.9 Minakuchi 23.4 Piedmont 30.9
Shitara 32.3 Ashio 35.7 Waddesdon 36.6 Rukbat 37.3
Altais 43.3 Shimonita 40.7 Grootfontein 40.91 Alya 40.94
Elix 44.7 Chichibu 44.9 Yance I 47.5 Kitalpha 48.4
Osumi 51.8 Miyazaki 52.5 Shinonoi 55.2 Sutama 53.0
Kaus Borealis 55.7

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 189, "Planet Guide"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 27, "Key Worlds"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 33, "Algedi"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 118, "The Dead Hand of the Past"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 119, "Islam"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  7. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  8. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"
  15. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  16. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  17. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  18. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  19. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  20. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  21. ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - August 3079"
  22. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  23. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  24. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 138 "Deployment Table"
  28. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 40, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Field Report: DCMS, p. 20, "Irregular Forces"
  30. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 49, "DCMS Deployment Table - 3085"
  31. ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 33
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 34
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 33, "Algedi"
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 17, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  35. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 49, "The Jihad In Review"
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 50, "The Jihad In Review"
  37. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 21, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  38. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 22, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  39. ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 34, "Sword of the Prophet Enterprises"
  40. ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 37, "Scarborough Manufacturers"
  41. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 18, "Brotherhood United"
  42. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 88, "...And Threats Without"

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