Artru

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The Artru system was the location of at least one mining world with orbital habitats,[1] and as of 2767 was located in the Brinton Union of the Taurian Concordat.[2] As of ca. 3026, it was considered a relatively unimportant system notable mainly for being a travel link to the Explorer Corps rimward branch headquarters in the Hellespont system.[1]

System Description[edit]

The Artru system is located roughly midway between the Argos[3] and Katinka systems.[4]

System History[edit]

The Artru system was either colonized during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War or was an already-inhabited system that became significant enough to be recorded on maps by Inner Sphere nations during this period.[4][5] Artru last appeared on a 3022 map that showed it to be part of the Aurigan Coalition,[6] a political entity itself teetering on the brink of collapse at the time,[7] and vanished from maps afterwards,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] indicating that it had either been abandoned, depopulated, or rendered too insignificant to merit further recording.

Political Affiliation[edit]

Artru[edit]

Artru

Planetary History[edit]

The planet Artru is a barren, icy rock, too dangerous for permanent habitation and with almost nothing of value.[1] Nevertheless, as of ca. 3026 it was described to possess orbital habitats and massive industrial mining facilities on rocky outcrops along the equator producing platinum, ruthenium, and some rarer exotics. These were manned by a token staff who only stay for month-long shifts.

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The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources; the canonicity of such information is uncertain.
Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity.

According to the apocryphal BattleTech (Video Game), Artru is home to the ruins of a Star League Defense Forces 'Outpost' Castle known as Castle Nautilus. The Castle had a large armory full of LosTech. Artru has two moons, and is orbited by a few hab stations. One of those stations, Nassau Heights, was the birthplace of Darius Oliveira. The people of Artru had a tale about a foul wind they called "the Locura". The Locura would flow through the world's wastes, messing with the systems of the miners' ships and destroying them.[53]

In 3025, a mercenary lance led by Lady Kamea Arano found Castle Nautilus thanks to the SLDF maps in the Argo's secondary storage. Shortly after the Argo entered orbit, the Taurian DropShip Iberia took off from the planet's second moon. When the lance landed near the Castle, the ship's engineer, Farah Murad, tried to open the Outpost Castle's gates by hacking its Memory Core with her Advanced Electronic Codebreaker. She accidentally activated the Castle's defense systems and found an ancient electronic virus that ravaged their DropShip's systems. After dealing with the virus and the defenses, Kamea entered the SLDF base, finding a large amount of SLDF Royal BattleMechs, including an Atlas II. Shortly after that, the Iberia landed on the planet and attacked her forces. Kamea, alongside a group of three MechWarriors who came from one of the House Karosas-owned Leopards she brought with her, were forced to fight their way out of Artru. After their escape ship was destroyed by the Iberia, Kamea's group was forced to get on the Argo's own Leopard, which they used to escape the planet and the remaining Taurian forces. Shortly after leaving the Castle, Yang Virtanen detonated several thousand tons of high-explosives inside the place, destroying the Outpost Castle and its riches to keep them from falling into the Taurians' hands.[54]

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Military Deployment[edit]

2765[edit]

Geography[edit]

Planetary Locations[edit]

Industrial Centers[edit]

Image gallery[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • The tensions between the Taurian Concordat and the Aurigan Coalition that precipitated the Aurigan Directorate coup and the Arano Restoration were reportedly sparked by Aurigan overtures to four former (but long-since abandoned) Taurian holdings. The four systems in question are named in the House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) sourcebook[56] as Aea, Regis Roost, Qalzi, and Katinka; however, official errata have since clarified that the Regis Roost system was undiscovered at the time, and was mentioned in error. Given its location on the map relative to the other three systems and that it used to be a Taurian system but was mapped as an Aurigan system as of 3022[6] it seems likely that Artru was the fourth system, instead of Regis Roost.

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 24 systems (21 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Argos 18.5 Katinka 23.5 Fairuza 26.0 Gaucin 28.6
Regis Roost 30.3 Gangtok 30.9 Qalzi 33.3 Carthage 33.5
Paf 40.6 Wheeler 40.8 Peratallada 43.2 Heliat 44.7
Aea 44.8 Pyrrhus 47.2 Girondas 49.9 Guldra 52.3
Burton 52.8 Smithon 54.2 Tyrlon 55.4 Ahlat 56.0
Flaum 56.7 Tarragona 64.8 New Vandenburg 65.0 Mangzhangdian 65.0

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), p. 35, "Other Aurigan Systems - Artru"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 96, "Taurian Concordat - [2767] Map"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p, 127, "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), pp. 14-15, Aurigan Coalition map (3022)
  7. ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), p. 13, "The Arano Restoration"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation After Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Second Succession War, p. 78-79, "Inner Sphere - 2864"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p, 121, "Taurian Concordat after Age of War [2571], Fall of the Star League [2750] and End of the 3rd Succession War [3025]"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 The Periphery (Sourcebook), p. 151, "Maps of the Periphery"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns After Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation After Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation - [2366] Map"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  18. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 64
  19. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  20. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  21. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 37, "Taurian Defense Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  22. ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), p. 10 - "The Aurigan Reach, ca. 2765" map
  23. ↑ First Succession War (sourcebook), p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  24. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation After First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  27. ↑ First Succession War (sourcebook), p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  28. ↑ Second Succession War, p. 18-19, "Inner Sphere - 2830"
  29. ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), p. 12, "The Rimward Periphery" map
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72, "Federated Suns After Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  31. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation After Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  32. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  33. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 74, "Federated Suns After War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  35. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  36. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  37. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns After Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  38. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation After Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  39. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111, "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
  40. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  41. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  42. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map "
  43. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  44. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  45. ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 23, "Taurian Concordat Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  46. ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 21, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  47. ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map [3079]"
  48. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
  49. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  50. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  51. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  52. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 BattleTech Video Game, Planet Profile
  54. ↑ BattleTech Video Game, storyline
  55. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 23, "I Corps - Regimental Status"
  56. ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), p. 11 - "Taurian Tensions"

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