Brockway

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Brockway
System Information
X:Y Coordinates218.00:-358.51[e]
Spectral classK7IV[1]
Recharge time198 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Nadir[1]

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

Owner History

Planetary Info

Though Brockway has a harsh, rugged environment that would normally cause colonists to bypass the world the presence of rich mineral resources and ores brought miners to the system. After they landed the colonists discovered that the plants and animals that lived here were excellent sources of nutrition. Commercial agricultural operations soon began, and exports of Brockway's foodstuffs enabled colonization of several nearby worlds that were otherwise marginal.[1]

Brockway was originally a world held by the Taurian Concordat, but the Federated Suns occupied it during the Reunification War. Since that time the AFFS has used the world as the cornerstone of their defense against Taurian aggression. Persistent rumors suggest that the AFFS and DMI placed a listening post on the world.[1] During the FedCom Civil War it was also the site of several conflicts between the 11th Avalon Hussars and components of the Lexington Combat Group.

The Jihad

In response to the asteroid bombardment of Taurus and evidence that implicated the Federated Suns, the Taurian Concordat launched a second invasion of the Federated Suns during the Jihad. Brockway was an early target, captured during late June 3074. The Taurian conquest of Brockway involved using nuclear weapons against AFFS pickets, as did the campaigns on Bromhead and Midale, resulting in more than ten million Federated Suns civilian and military deaths[16][17]

The Dark Age

In 3119 Brockway was raided by pirates. The pirates first target was the Monterey-Lapland viaduct, the twenty-kilometer infrastructure link between the Lapland Archipelago and the rest of the continent; destroying a section of the viaduct left those elements of the Pleiades Hussars who had been engaged in wargames on the Archipelago cut off from the mainland so far as the pirates knew. Believing they now had freedom of movement, the pirates then began looting the Monterey spaceport in a relaxed fashion, failing to establish a viable security perimeter as they did so.[21]

What the pirates didn't know was that the Pleiades Hussars had access to two lances of Lamprey Transport Helicopters; the first notice the pirates had of the presence of the Lampreys was when the eight VTOLs flew over the spaceport, deploying squads of battle armor via combat drops and attacking every pirate BattleMech they could see with SRM volleys. It took the Hussars' infantry ten minutes to capture the pirate DropShip and begin turning its guns on the pirate forces as well.[21]

The pirates retreated into the hills around Monterey, attempting to use the thick forests for cover; the two lances of Lampreys worked in tandem, one lance deploying conventional infantry while the other harassed the pirate forces; the airmobile infantry herded the pirates towards a box canyon, where they were comprehensively destroyed. One lance of pirate 'Mechs was destroyed, while another was salvaged by the Hussars - who lost no Lampreys in the action.[21]

Garrisoning Military Force

2578

3038

3040

  • Lexington Combat Group[24]
  • Frederic's Gazelles[24]

3050

  • Lexington Combat Group[25]
  • Frederic's Gazelles[25]

3054

  • Lexington Combat Group[26]
  • Frederic's Gazelles[26]

3059

  • Lexington Combat Group[27]
  • Frederic's Gazelles[27]

3061

3067

3119

Nearby Systems

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Mithron 9.75 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Lindsay 13.18 1 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Atreus Prime 19.99 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Carmichael 20.06 1 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Diefenbaker 24.83 1 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Midale 29.62 1 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Renfield 29.66 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
New Ganymede 30.08 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
New Vallis 33.18 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Merope 33.23 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Maia 33.32 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Electra 34.02 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Flintoft 35.34 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Pleiades Cluster 36.82 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Brusett 39.46 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Jamestown 39.69 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Samantha 39.94 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Ridgebrook 40.49 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Jansen's Hold 41.22 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Illiushin 42.26 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Taurus 44.39 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Ishtar 44.45 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Camadeirre 45.78 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Robsart 50.31 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Flannagan's Nebulea 50.38 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Hyalite 51.14 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Lothair 52.10 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Amber Grove 55.39 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Pinard 55.86 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Wrentham 57.01 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
MacLeod's Land 58.39 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Landmark 58.75 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Mandaree 59.57 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Handbook: House Davion, p. 87, "Brockway"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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]"
  3. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  4. Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  5. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  6. Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns After First Succession War [2822]"
  7. Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War [2864]"
  8. 8.0 8.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p, 127, "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  9. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
  10. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
  11. Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  12. Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns After Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  13. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111, "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
  14. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  15. Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  16. 16.0 16.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 52, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  17. 17.0 17.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 53, "The Jihad In Review"
  18. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere Map [3075]"
  19. Field Report: Periphery, p. 23, "Taurian Concordat Deployment Map [3079]"
  20. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 14, "Lamprey Transport Helicopter"
  22. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  23. Historical: Reunification War, p.64
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141, "Deployment Table"
  25. 25.0 25.1 20 Year Update, p. 21, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  26. 26.0 26.1 Objective Raids, p. 15, "FedCom Deployment Table"
  27. 27.0 27.1 Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 108, "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  28. Shattered Sphere, p. 32, "FedCom Deployment Table"
  29. Field Manual: Updates, p. 138, "Federated Suns Deployment Table"

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