Blackjack (system)

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Blackjack
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Blackjack nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-156.91:364.43[e]
Spectral classG3V[1][2][3]
Recharge time184 hours[1][2][3]
Recharge station(s)None[1][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 Info

Blackjack has three continents, Diamond where the capital city Lott's Revenge is located, Vada and Orbule.[3]

Planetary History

Early History

The planet 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 been 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-31st Century.

Clan Invasion

In August 3050, the Clan Jade Falcon's Delta Galaxy invaded the planet. In a Trial of Possession for Blackjack, the planet's only defenders was the Blackjack School's Training Battalion. Fighting the 2nd Falcon Jaegers, the training battalion had suffered 80 percent casualties. The Falcons were so impressed by the cadets' actions they let most of the survivors retreat from the planet.[1]

In 3052, Clan Steel Viper was given control of the planet and shortly after razed the Blackjack School.[30]

Lyran Alliance Invasion

During the Clan Jade Falcon's Incursion in the Lyran space, coalition of Lyran Alliance forces had counter-attacked the Falcon's Occupational Zone. In December 3064, the General Christifori led his Archer's Avengers in a Trial of Possession for the planet. The Lyran forces had setup base in the ruins of the Blackjack School. In course of battle with Falcon's defending 8th and 10th Provisional Garrison Clusters, the Trial of Possession had turned into Trial of Annihilation due to events of Regiment's on Twycross. In orbit, Lyran forces had an allied Clan Wolf in Exile's WarShip, the Black Paw providing support for them. The ship engaged in battle with the Jade Falcon Warship, White Talon during conflict for Blackjack. The Black Paw 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.[31]

Second Falcon Incursion

Though 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,[22] and this time the Alliance simply left the world in their hands after putting up a token fight.[2]

Since retaking the planet the Jade Falcons have rebuilt the Blackjack School of Combat as the Jade Falcon School of Combat on Blackjack. On this campus the Clan maintains 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 has a militia training facility. This is a much shorter program and trains its students to guard worlds and resources that do not warrant front-line or second-line troops from the Falcon touman. The militia program's focus is on driving off raiding forces and operating in search-and-rescue operations.[2]

Notable 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. School was razed shortly after the Clan Invasion of 3050 by Clan Jade Falcon.

Planetary Garrison

3038

3050

  • Blackjack Training Battalion[33]

3054 to 3061

3067

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Goat Path 11.2 Hot Springs 14.1 Malibu 17.8 Beta VII 20.0
Kooken's 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 I 48.5
Twycross 48.6 Manx 53.7 Clermont 54.4 Devin 55.4
Mogyorod 58.5 Babaeski 59.8

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Handbook: House Steiner, pp. 80-81, "Blackjack Planet Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, pp. 134, "Clan Jade Falcon Key Worlds"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Objectives: The Clans, p. 14, "Blackjack"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth at their Founding [2341] Map"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571] Map"
  6. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  7. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  8. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822] Map"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864] Map"
  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. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  16. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
  18. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
  19. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"
  23. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  24. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Commonwealth Deployment Map [3079]"
  25. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  26. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  27. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  29. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  30. ↑ Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 41, Blackjack - Trial of Possession ends in defeat for Blackjack school students & school gets destroyed later.
  31. ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 118, "Blackjack" - Conflict between Archer's Avengers & Jade Falcons on Blackjack.
  32. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 138 "Deployment Table"
  33. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 24, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  34. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 58, "Unit Note"
  35. ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 166, "Warden Clans Deployment Table"
  36. ↑ Merceanries Supplemental, p. 68, Mercenary Employment Table

Bibliography

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