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| + | | image = Blackjack_(system)_3151.svg | ||
| + | | caption = Blackjack [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] | ||
| + | | name = Blackjack | ||
| + | | coord = -156.905 : 364.43{{e}} | ||
| + | | stars = | ||
| + | | class = G3V<ref name=HB:HSp80-81>''Handbook: House Steiner'', pp. 80–81: "Blackjack Planet Profile"</ref><ref name=M&M>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 134: "Clan Jade Falcon Key Worlds"</ref><ref name=O:TCp14>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 14: "Blackjack"</ref> | ||
| + | | recharge = 184 hours<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | ||
| + | | recharge stations = None<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | ||
| + | | planets = 7<ref name=TRp102>''Tamar Rising'', p. 102</ref> | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | The '''Blackjack''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Blackjack III''', and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Alyina Mercantile League]]<ref name=TRp72/> | ||
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| − | === | + | ==System Description== |
| − | + | Blackjack was located near the [[Goat Path]] and [[Hot Springs]] systems<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class G3V primary orbited by at least three planets.<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | |
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| − | + | ==System History== | |
| − | + | Blackjack was settled during or shortly before the [[Age of War]].<ref name="HB:HSp13"/><ref name="HB:HSp25"/> | |
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| − | + | ==Political Affiliation== | |
| − | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} | |
| − | + | * [[2341]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[2571]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HRWp158>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3050]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] (from August)<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/> | |
| − | + | * [[3052]] - [[Clan Steel Viper]]<ref name="JFSB"/><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3057]] - Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Steel Viper<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3063]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3064]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] (from December)<ref name="FCCW"/> | |
| − | + | * [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3069]] - Clan Jade Falcon (from February)<ref name="J:FRp46"/> | |
| − | + | * [[3075]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3079]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3081]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[3152]] - [[Alyina Mercantile League]]<ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref><ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72</ref> | |
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| − | | | + | ==Blackjack III== |
| − | | | + | {{InfoBoxPlanet |
| − | | 1 | + | | image = Blackjack Flag.jpg |
| − | | [[ | + | | name = Blackjack III |
| − | + | | othernames = | |
| − | + | | position = Third<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | |
| − | + | | distance = 8.53 days<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | |
| − | + | | moons = 2 (Club, Spade)<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | |
| − | | [[Clan Jade Falcons | + | | gravity = 0.97<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> |
| − | + | | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | |
| − | + | | temperature = 49°C (Arid-Desert),<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/><br/>45°C (Arid-Desert, 3150)<ref name=TRp102/> | |
| − | + | | water = 31%<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | |
| − | + | | life = Reptile<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | |
| − | + | | continents = 3 (Diamond, Orbule, Vada)<ref name=O:TCp14/> | |
| − | | [[ | + | | colonized = |
| − | + | | demonym = | |
| − | + | | language = | |
| − | + | | religion = | |
| − | + | | population = 1,076,000,000 (3067),<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><br>1,105,000,000 (3076–3079),<ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/><br/>907,000,000 (3150)<ref name=TRp102/> | |
| − | + | | ruler = | |
| − | + | | political = | |
| − | + | | commander = | |
| − | + | | capital = Lott's Revenge<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | |
| − | + | | hpg = B<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | |
| − | + | | hpgrep = | |
| − | + | }} | |
| − | + | Blackjack III, more commonly referred to simply as Blackjack, is the third planet in the Black jack system and has two moons named Club and Spade.<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/><ref name=M&M/><ref name=O:TCp14/> | |
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| − | + | ===Planetary History=== | |
| − | + | ====Early History==== | |
| − | + | Blackjack was settled by English and French settlers from [[Terra]]. These early pioneers had come to Blackjack due to its accessible mineral wealth. Though ores were in limited qualities, heavy industry had built up on the planet. By the [[Second Succession War]], the valuable ores had dried up and its industries were destroyed by [[Draconis Combine|Combine]] and Periphery Raiders.<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/> | |
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| − | + | The planet became infamously known to being the home of the Blackjack School of Conflict, which continued to operate well into the mid-[[thirty-first century]]. | |
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| − | + | ====Clan Invasion==== | |
| − | + | In August [[3050]], Clan Jade Falcon's [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Delta Galaxy]] invaded the planet in Wave Four of [[Operation REVIVAL]]. In the [[Trial of Possession]] for Blackjack, the planet's only defenders was the Blackjack School's [[Blackjack Training Battalion|Training Battalion]] led by [[Kommandant]] [[Dean Bristow]]. While fighting the [[Second Falcon Jaegers (Clan Jade Falcon)|Second Falcon Jaegers]], the training battalion suffered 80 percent casualties. However, the Falcons were so impressed by the cadets' actions they let most of the survivors retreat from the planet, but they did take some cadets that they saw as honorable as [[Bondsmen]]. In one example, Cadet [[Mark Harris]] defeated a Clan [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] in a [[Trial of Possession]] for Harris' family home and later would be seen to have been accepted into the Falcon [[Touman]].<ref name=HB:HSp80-81/> | |
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| − | + | In [[3052]], Clan Steel Viper was given control of the planet and shortly after razed the Blackjack School.<ref name="JFSB">''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 41: Blackjack - Trial of Possession ends in defeat for Blackjack school students & school gets destroyed later</ref> | |
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| − | | [[Federated Commonwealth | + | ====Lyran Alliance Invasion==== |
| − | + | During [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3064)|Clan Jade Falcon's Incursion]] in the Lyran space, coalition of Lyran Alliance forces had counterattacked the Falcons' Occupation Zone. In December [[3064]] [[Archer Christifori|General Christifori]] led the [[Archer's Avengers]] in a [[Trial of Possession]] for Blackjack. The Lyran forces had set up their base in the ruins of the Blackjack School. In the course of the battle with the defending [[8th Provisional Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Eighth]] and [[10th Provisional Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Tenth Provisional Garrison Clusters]] the Trial of Possession had turned into a [[Trial of Annihilation]] due to events of various [[regiment]]s on [[Twycross]]. In orbit above Blackjack the Lyran forces had an allied [[Clan Wolf (in Exile)|Clan Wolf in Exile's]] [[WarShip]], the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Black Paw (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|CWS ''Black Paw'']], providing support for them. The ''Black Paw'' engaged in battle with a Jade Falcon WarShip, the ''Aegis''-class [[White Talon|CJF ''White Talon'']] during conflict for Blackjack. The ''Black Paw'' also provided orbit-to-ground fire support for the Lyran troops. Six days into the conflict, General [[Adam Steiner]] arrived with reinforcements and assisted the increasingly weary Archer's Avengers. The Trial ended shortly after [[saKhan]] [[Samantha Clees]] arrived in-system and declared the Lyrans winner of the Trial.<ref name="FCCW">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 118: "Blackjack"</ref> | |
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| − | + | ====Second Falcon Incursion==== | |
| + | Although the Lyran Alliance held the world in the late 3060s, they did little to actually improve the life of their former countrymen. The inhabitants of Blackjack maintained the Clan caste system they'd been living under for two decades, and the Alliance couldn't spare the money or manpower to rehabilitate them back into the Spheroid way of life.<ref name=M&M/> The Falcons invaded again in late January [[3069]],<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> and this time the Alliance simply left the world in their hands after putting up a token fight.<ref name=M&M/> | ||
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| + | After retaking the planet the Jade Falcons rebuilt the Blackjack School of Combat as the [[Jade Falcon School of Conflict on Blackjack]]. On this campus the Clan maintained its traditional warrior training programs, with trueborns raised in ''[[sibko]]s'' and freeborns able to apply at age 13. Unlike other Falcon training sites, however, the Jade Falcon School of Combat on Blackjack also had a militia training facility. This was a much shorter program and trained its students to guard worlds and resources that didn't warrant frontline or second-line troops from the [[Clan Jade Falcon Touman|Falcon ''touman'']]. The militia program's focus was on driving off raiding forces and operating in search-and-rescue operations.<ref name=M&M/> | ||
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| + | ====Dark Age==== | ||
| + | In April [[3147]], a pirate gang attacked the School of Conflict and was met by a defending force comprised mostly of ''sibko'' cadets piloting [[Howler (Baboon)|Howlers]]. To the mixed pride and chagrin of their instructor, an avowed opponent of [[Malvina Hazen|Malvina Hazen's]] [[Mongol Doctrine]], the cadets successfully drove off the pirates using aggressive Mongol tactics, though incurring heavy equipment losses in the process.<ref>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 8'', p. 4</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
| + | {{columns-start|num=3}} | ||
| + | ====3038==== | ||
| + | * [[Blackjack Training Battalion]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138: "Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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| + | ====3050==== | ||
| + | * Blackjack Training Battalion<ref name=20YU24>''20 Year Update'', p. 24: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
| + | {{column}} | ||
| + | ====3054–3061==== | ||
| + | * [[Eightieth Fang (Clan Steel Viper)|Eightieth Fang]]<ref name=OR58>''Objective Raids'', p. 58: "Unit Note"</ref><ref name=FMWC166>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 166: "Warden Clans Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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| + | ====3067==== | ||
| + | * [[Rubinsky's Light Horse]]<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 68: Mercenary Employment Table</ref> | ||
| + | {{columns-end}} | ||
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| + | ===Geography=== | ||
| + | Blackjack has three continents named Diamond, Orbule, and Vada.<ref name=O:TCp14/> | ||
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| + | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
| + | * [[Blackjack School of Conflict]]: House Steiner Military academy, which was unique due to being the Commonwealth's only privately owned military school. The school was notorious for its courses shadier classes in less professional military skills. The School was razed in 3052 by Clan Steel Viper.<ref name="JFSB"/> The School was subsequently rebuilt as the Jade Falcon School of Combat during the Jihad. | ||
| + | * Lott's Revenge: the planetary capital city, located on Diamond.<ref name=O:TCp14/> | ||
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| + | ==Nearby Systems== | ||
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| + | ! colspan="8" | Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: | ||
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| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Hot Springs]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 14.1 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Malibu]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 17.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Beta]] |
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| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Waldorff]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 25.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Roadside]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 28.5 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Alyina]] |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 32.9 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Blue Hole]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 33.7 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 47.1 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 47.9 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Parakoila]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 48.3 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 48.6 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 53.7 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 54.4 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 58.5 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 59.8 |
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| − | [[Category: | + | ==References== |
| + | <references/> | ||
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| + | ==Bibliography== | ||
| + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} | ||
| + | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Objectives: The Clans]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 8]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Tamar Rising]]'' | ||
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| + | [[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Systems]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Clan Steel Viper Systems]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Lyran Alliance Systems]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]] | ||
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- This article is about the planetary system. For other uses, see Blackjack.
| Blackjack | |
|---|---|
← 3135 3151 | |
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -156.905 : 364.43[e] |
| Spectral class | G3V[1][2][3] |
| Recharge time | 184 hours[1][2][3] |
| Recharge station(s) | None[1][2][3] |
| Planet(s) | 7[4] |
The Blackjack system was home to at least one habitable world, Blackjack III, and as of June 3152 was located in the Alyina Mercantile League[5]
Contents
System Description[edit]
Blackjack was located near the Goat Path and Hot Springs systems[6][7] and consists of a class G3V primary orbited by at least three planets.[1][2][3]
System History[edit]
Blackjack was settled during or shortly before the Age of War.[8][9]
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2341 - No record[8]
- 2571 - Lyran Commonwealth[9]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth[10]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth[11][12]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth[13]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth[14]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth[15]
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth[16]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[17]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[18][19]
- 3050 - Clan Jade Falcon (from August)[1]
- 3052 - Clan Steel Viper[20][21][22]
- 3057 - Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Steel Viper[23]
- 3063 - Clan Jade Falcon[24]
- 3064 - Lyran Alliance (from December)[25]
- 3067 - Lyran Alliance[26]
- 3069 - Clan Jade Falcon (from February)[27]
- 3075 - Clan Jade Falcon[28]
- 3079 - Clan Jade Falcon[29]
- 3081 - Clan Jade Falcon[30]
- 3085 - Clan Jade Falcon[31]
- 3135 - Clan Jade Falcon[32]
- 3145 - Clan Jade Falcon[6][7]
- 3151 - Clan Jade Falcon[33]
- 3152 - Alyina Mercantile League[34][5]
Blackjack III[edit]
| Blackjack III | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Astrophysical | |
| System position | Third[1][2][3] |
| Jump Point distance | 8.53 days[1][2][3] |
| Moons | 2 (Club, Spade)[1][2][3] |
| Geophysical | |
| Surface gravity | 0.97[1][2][3] |
| Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Breathable)[1][2][3] |
| Equatorial temperature | 49°C (Arid-Desert),[1][2][3] 45°C (Arid-Desert, 3150)[4] |
| Surface water | 31%[1][2][3] |
| Highest native life | Reptile[1][2][3] |
| Landmasses | 3 (Diamond, Orbule, Vada)[3] |
| History and Culture | |
| Population | 1,076,000,000 (3067),[1] 1,105,000,000 (3076–3079),[2][3] 907,000,000 (3150)[4] |
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Capital | Lott's Revenge[1][3] |
| HPG Class | B[1][2][3] |
Blackjack III, more commonly referred to simply as Blackjack, is the third planet in the Black jack system and has two moons named Club and Spade.[1][2][3]
Planetary History[edit]
Early History[edit]
Blackjack was settled by English and French settlers from Terra. These early pioneers had come to Blackjack due to its accessible mineral wealth. Though ores were in limited qualities, heavy industry had built up on the planet. By the Second Succession War, the valuable ores had dried up and its industries were destroyed by Combine and Periphery Raiders.[1]
The planet became infamously known to being the home of the Blackjack School of Conflict, which continued to operate well into the mid-thirty-first century.
Clan Invasion[edit]
In August 3050, Clan Jade Falcon's Delta Galaxy invaded the planet in Wave Four of Operation REVIVAL. In the Trial of Possession for Blackjack, the planet's only defenders was the Blackjack School's Training Battalion led by Kommandant Dean Bristow. While fighting the Second Falcon Jaegers, the training battalion suffered 80 percent casualties. However, the Falcons were so impressed by the cadets' actions they let most of the survivors retreat from the planet, but they did take some cadets that they saw as honorable as Bondsmen. In one example, Cadet Mark Harris defeated a Clan MechWarrior in a Trial of Possession for Harris' family home and later would be seen to have been accepted into the Falcon Touman.[1]
In 3052, Clan Steel Viper was given control of the planet and shortly after razed the Blackjack School.[20]
Lyran Alliance Invasion[edit]
During Clan Jade Falcon's Incursion in the Lyran space, coalition of Lyran Alliance forces had counterattacked the Falcons' Occupation Zone. In December 3064 General Christifori led the Archer's Avengers in a Trial of Possession for Blackjack. The Lyran forces had set up their base in the ruins of the Blackjack School. In the course of the battle with the defending Eighth and Tenth Provisional Garrison Clusters the Trial of Possession had turned into a Trial of Annihilation due to events of various regiments on Twycross. In orbit above Blackjack the Lyran forces had an allied Clan Wolf in Exile's WarShip, the Aegis-class heavy cruiser CWS Black Paw, providing support for them. The Black Paw engaged in battle with a Jade Falcon WarShip, the Aegis-class CJF White Talon during conflict for Blackjack. The Black Paw also provided orbit-to-ground fire support for the Lyran troops. Six days into the conflict, General Adam Steiner arrived with reinforcements and assisted the increasingly weary Archer's Avengers. The Trial ended shortly after saKhan Samantha Clees arrived in-system and declared the Lyrans winner of the Trial.[25]
Second Falcon Incursion[edit]
Although the Lyran Alliance held the world in the late 3060s, they did little to actually improve the life of their former countrymen. The inhabitants of Blackjack maintained the Clan caste system they'd been living under for two decades, and the Alliance couldn't spare the money or manpower to rehabilitate them back into the Spheroid way of life.[2] The Falcons invaded again in late January 3069,[27] and this time the Alliance simply left the world in their hands after putting up a token fight.[2]
After retaking the planet the Jade Falcons rebuilt the Blackjack School of Combat as the Jade Falcon School of Conflict on Blackjack. On this campus the Clan maintained its traditional warrior training programs, with trueborns raised in sibkos and freeborns able to apply at age 13. Unlike other Falcon training sites, however, the Jade Falcon School of Combat on Blackjack also had a militia training facility. This was a much shorter program and trained its students to guard worlds and resources that didn't warrant frontline or second-line troops from the Falcon touman. The militia program's focus was on driving off raiding forces and operating in search-and-rescue operations.[2]
Dark Age[edit]
In April 3147, a pirate gang attacked the School of Conflict and was met by a defending force comprised mostly of sibko cadets piloting Howlers. To the mixed pride and chagrin of their instructor, an avowed opponent of Malvina Hazen's Mongol Doctrine, the cadets successfully drove off the pirates using aggressive Mongol tactics, though incurring heavy equipment losses in the process.[35]
Military Deployment[edit]
Geography[edit]
Blackjack has three continents named Diamond, Orbule, and Vada.[3]
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Blackjack School of Conflict: House Steiner Military academy, which was unique due to being the Commonwealth's only privately owned military school. The school was notorious for its courses shadier classes in less professional military skills. The School was razed in 3052 by Clan Steel Viper.[20] The School was subsequently rebuilt as the Jade Falcon School of Combat during the Jihad.
- Lott's Revenge: the planetary capital city, located on Diamond.[3]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Path | 11.2 | Hot Springs | 14.1 | Malibu | 17.7 | Beta | 20.0 |
| Kookens Pleasure Pit | 20.4 | Waldorff | 25.7 | Roadside | 28.5 | Alyina | 32.2 |
| Butler | 32.6 | Pasig | 32.9 | Blue Hole | 33.7 | Golandrinas | 36.0 |
| Biegga | 37.4 | Black Earth | 37.5 | Derf | 39.9 | Wotan | 46.4 |
| Kikuyu | 46.8 | Denizli | 47.1 | Apolakkia | 47.1 | Mkuranga | 47.2 |
| Renren | 47.3 | Chahar | 47.9 | Parakoila | 48.3 | Trell | 48.5 |
| Twycross | 48.6 | Manx | 53.7 | Clermont | 54.4 | Devin | 55.4 |
| Mogyorod | 58.5 | Babaeski | 59.8 | Treeline | 60.9 | Somerset | 61.3 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 Handbook: House Steiner, pp. 80–81: "Blackjack Planet Profile"
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 134: "Clan Jade Falcon Key Worlds"
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Objectives: The Clans, p. 14: "Blackjack"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Tamar Rising, p. 102
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tamar Rising, p. 72
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 41: Blackjack - Trial of Possession ends in defeat for Blackjack school students & school gets destroyed later
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 FedCom Civil War, p. 118: "Blackjack"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 102
- ↑ Tamar Rising, poster map
- ↑ Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 8, p. 4
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 138: "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 24: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 58: "Unit Note"
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 166: "Warden Clans Deployment Table"
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 68: Mercenary Employment Table
Bibliography[edit]
- 20 Year Update
- Era Digest: Dark Age
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- FedCom Civil War
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Warden Clans
- Field Report: LAAF
- Handbook: House Steiner
- Handbook: Major Periphery States
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)
- Jade Falcon Sourcebook
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers
- Mercenaries Supplemental
- Objective Raids
- Objectives: The Clans
- Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 8
- Shattered Fortress
- Tamar Rising