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Bluford | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 447.44 : -80.182[e] |
The Bluford system was home to at least one habitable world and as of 3145 was located in the Minette Operational Area of the Crucis March within the Federated Suns.[1][2]
Contents
System Description
The Bluford system is located near the Vicente and Xenia systems.[1][2]
Political Affiliation
- 2317 - No record[3]
- 2571 - Federated Suns[4]
- 2596 - Federated Suns[5]
- 2750 - Federated Suns[6]
- 2764 - Federated Suns[7]
- 2765 - Federated Suns[8][9]
- 2822 - Federated Suns[10][11]
- 2864 - Federated Suns[12]
- 3025 - Federated Suns[13][14]
- 3030 - Federated Suns[15]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[16][17]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth[18]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[19]
- 3057 - Federated Commonwealth[20]
- 3058 - Federated Commonwealth[21]
- 3063 - Federated Commonwealth[22]
- 3067 - Federated Suns[23][24]
- 3075 - Federated Suns[25]
- 3079 - Federated Suns[26]
- 3081 - Federated Suns[27]
- 3085 - Federated Suns[28]
- 3135 - Federated Suns[29]
- 3145 - Federated Suns[1][2]
Bluford
Bluford | |
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Government and Infrastructure | |
Noble Ruler | Count of Bluford |
Planetary History
Bluford was settled at some point during or shortly before the Age of War.[3][4]
Star League era
The success of Count William Reese, who made his name and fortune by entering tontines with smokers, set off a global wave of interest in gambling activities in the twenty-seventh century. There was a twenty-two year period when everyone born was entered into a tontine by the planetary government, which was referred to as a "Life Lottery." By the end of the century, backlash began when problems with the system had become evident, and a movement to ban tontines developed. It was never successful, however, as it spawned the Bluford Gambling Association counter-movement which protested any attempts to infringe on the rights of people to gamble with their lives.[30]
FedCom Civil War
In 3062, Count Josiah Reese supported Katherine Steiner-Davion as the rightful ruler of the Federated Commonwealth. A portion of the Bluford Militia rebelled against this decision including the CO William Bacchelaut's childhood friend Michael Otis.[31] Bacchelaut commanded the remainder of the loyalist militia in an operation to eliminate the rebel forces.
After the rebellion was put down, Bacchelaut was promoted to colonel and given command of the planetary militia.[32]
Military Deployment
3062
3067
- Bluford Militia[32]
Geography
The soil of Bluford's smallest, easternmost continent was, at least between the early twenty-sixth century through the early thirty-first century, ideally suited for growing a strain of tobacco that was deadlier and more addictive than any previously known strain.[30]
Planetary Locations
Map Gallery
Nearby Systems
Closest 32 systems (29 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
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Vicente | 10.5 | Xenia | 13.4 | Kettering | 17.4 | Weldon | 21.9 |
Andelys | 23.0 | Wedderborg | 25.3 | Ormal | 29.9 | Perdido | 33.1 |
Vandalia | 33.3 | Mauckport | 33.8 | Cerulean | 34.6 | Defiance | 34.7 |
Tsamma | 35.4 | Minette | 38.2 | Symsonia | 42.2 | Shubuta | 44.9 |
Rosiclare | 45.5 | Kaufermann | 46.4 | Teylingen | 48.8 | Des Arc | 49.2 |
St. Robert | 50.8 | Palmyra | 54.4 | Meinrad | 55.0 | Mansfield | 55.6 |
Dothan | 55.8 | Molino | 56.1 | Monroe | 56.6 | Yamoussoukra | 57.9 |
Sullivan | 59.9 | Mokane | 60.7 | Davisville | 62.7 | Andalusia | 63.1 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 18
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 48
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns): "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
- ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vi: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 167: "The Richest Man on Bluford"
- ↑ Brothers in Arms, p. 3
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Brothers in Arms, p. 19
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Brothers in Arms, p. 2
Bibliography
- Brothers in Arms (short story)
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report: AFFS
- Field Report 2765: AFFS
- Handbook: House Davion
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Davion (The Federated Suns)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents