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| + | The '''Carvajal''' system was home to at least one habitable world and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Calderon Protectorate]].<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> | ||
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| − | + | == System Description == | |
| − | + | The Carvajal system is located near the [[Belle Isle]] and [[Sebha]] systems.<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/><ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> | |
| − | == | + | == System History == |
| − | * [[2571]] - No record <ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p | + | The Carvajal system was either settled by the [[Taurian Concordat]] at some point after the end of the [[Third Succession War]] or was an already-inhabited system that became significant enough during this period for [[Inner Sphere]] nations to begin recording its location on maps.<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151"/><ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="H:Wo3039p133"/> The presence of an organization hostile to the [[Star League]] on Carvajal during the [[Star League era]] implies that either the world was settled, but too insignificant to be recorded, or that the planet was uninhabited other than the hostile group and being used as a redoubt or hideout.<ref name="FM:SLDFp203"/> |
| − | * [[2750]] - No record <ref name="H:MPSp121"/> | + | |
| − | * [[3025]] - No record <ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151">''The Periphery | + | == Political Affiliation == |
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| − | + | * [[2571]] - No record<ref name="H:MPSp121">''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]"</ref> | |
| − | * [[3050]] - Taurian Concordat <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11 | + | * [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3052]] - Taurian Concordat <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23 | + | * [[2750]] - No record<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3057]] - Taurian Concordat <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11 | + | * [[2764]] - No record<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3059]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="TP2ep111">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 111 | + | * [[2765]] - No record<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765Pp37>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 37: "Taurian Defense Forces Deployment Map - [2765] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3063]] - Taurian Concordat <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29 | + | * [[2767]] - No record<ref name="H:LoTv1p96">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 96: "Taurian Concordat - [2767] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3067]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp127"/> | + | * [[2786]] - No record<ref name="FSWp24">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786]"</ref> |
| − | * [[3075]] - Taurian Concordat <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. | + | * [[2822]] - No record<ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSWp112">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - 2822"</ref> |
| − | * [[3079]] - Taurian Concordat <ref>''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 23 | + | * [[2830]] - No record<ref name="SSWp18">''Second Succession War'', pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref> |
| − | * [[3081]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63 | + | * [[2864]] - No record<ref name="SSWp78">''Second Succession War'', pp. 78–79: "Inner Sphere - 2864"</ref> |
| − | * [[3085]] - Independent world <ref name="FM: | + | * [[3025]] - No record<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 151: "Maps of the Periphery"</ref> |
| − | * [[3117]] - [[Calderon Protectorate]] <ref name="TRO:3145Mp38">''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 38 | + | * [[3040]] - [[Taurian Concordat]]<ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 127: "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3050]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3052]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref> |
| − | + | * [[3057]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref> | |
| + | * [[3059]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="TP2ep111">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 111: "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3063]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3067]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3075]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="JS:TBDp63">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3079]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="FR:p23">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 23: "Taurian Concordat Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3081]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3085]] - Independent world<ref name="FM:3085pVII">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3117]] - [[Calderon Protectorate]]<ref name="TRO:3145Mp38">''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 38: "HD-2F ''Hound''"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3135]] - Calderon Protectorate<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3145]] - Calderon Protectorate<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | ||
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| + | Opening Statement: "Planet1 is the [orbital number] planet in the SystemName system [and is the regional capital of the FactionName6's Region5 district]. On the surface, the planet hosts CompanyName7's FactoryName8 industrial facility [and the summer palace of ImportantPerson9], while the Industrial Satellite4 facility orbits its moon, Moon10. | ||
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== Planetary History == | == Planetary History == | ||
| + | ===Star League=== | ||
| + | In [[2698]], the [[219th BattleMech Division]] of the [[Star League Defense Force]] engaged and destroyed a seditionist group called Los Toros Blanco on Carvajal. This earned the unit the nickname of "The Bull Run Division".<ref name="FM:SLDFp203">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 203: "219th BattleMech Division"</ref> | ||
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=== The Jihad === | === The Jihad === | ||
| − | On the 23rd of May [[3072]] forces from the Calderon Protectorate raided a number of Taurian Concordat worlds, including Carvajal.<ref name="JHS3076p22">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 22 | + | On the 23rd of May [[3072]] forces from the Calderon Protectorate raided a number of Taurian Concordat worlds, including Carvajal.<ref name="JHS3076p22">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp50">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 50: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The war between the Taurian Concordat and [[Federated Suns]] officially ended on the 2nd of July [[3080]] in the aftermath of [[Operation MATADOR]], but the fortunes of the Concordat continued to decline. Many worlds, lacking confidence in the Concordat's central government, seceded from the Concordat; [[Tyrrhenia]] was the first of the Concordat worlds to do so,<ref name="FM:3085p131"/> leaving the Concordat even before the [[Jihad]] had begun, along with the world of [[Hellespont]] soon after.<ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="J:FRp43"/> Between mid-3079 and late 3085 six more worlds seceded: [[Argos]], [[Carthage]], Carvajal, [[Celano]], [[Micros III]] and [[Mirfak]], and the governor of [[Charleston]] was debating declaring Charleston independent as well. Where the Taurian government had fought a war a decade before with the breakaway Concordat, Carvajal and the other worlds that left the Concordat in the aftermath of the Jihad were effectively ignored in favor of reinforcing the narrow salient securing the [[Pleiades Cluster]].<ref name="FM:3085p131">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 131: "Taurian Concordat"</ref> At some point after 3085<ref name="FM:3085pVII"/> Carvajal transferred its allegiance to the Calderon Protectorate.<ref name="ER:3145p77">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 77: "Second Calderon Guard"</ref> |
=== The Dark Age === | === The Dark Age === | ||
| − | Carvajal was struck by the pirate band known as the [[Dominars]] in [[3117]], who were raiding outwards from the [[Pirates Haven]]; the local militia on Carvajal fought for as long as they could, but were exterminated by the pirates. The Calderon Protectorate deployed their nearest available forces to strike at the pirates; those forces were the [[Green Machine]] mercenary unit, which arrived too late to save the local militia but proceeded to hunt down the pirates, who had seized Carvajal's capital city. The Green Machine used heavy ''[[Hound]]'' [['Mech]]s to endure the fire thrown at them by the pirates and pushed the Dominars out of the residential areas of the city and into the Plains of Ecstasy. The Green Machine then proceeded to target the engines and weapon systems of the Dominars' [[DropShip]]s, losing numerous 'Mechs and pilots but crippling the enemy vessels and rendering the Dominars easy targets in the resulting chaos.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp38">''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 38 | + | Carvajal was struck by the pirate band known as the [[Dominars]] in [[3117]], who were raiding outwards from the [[Pirates Haven]]; the local militia on Carvajal fought for as long as they could, but were exterminated by the pirates. The Calderon Protectorate deployed their nearest available forces to strike at the pirates; those forces were the [[Green Machine]] mercenary unit, which arrived too late to save the local militia but proceeded to hunt down the pirates, who had seized Carvajal's capital city. The Green Machine used heavy ''[[Hound]]'' [['Mech]]s to endure the fire thrown at them by the pirates and pushed the Dominars out of the residential areas of the city and into the Plains of Ecstasy. The Green Machine then proceeded to target the engines and weapon systems of the Dominars' [[DropShip]]s, losing numerous 'Mechs and pilots but crippling the enemy vessels and rendering the Dominars easy targets in the resulting chaos.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp38">''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 38: "HD-2F ''Hound''"</ref> |
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| + | In [[3140]] Carvajal was raided by a [[pirate]] band, who sneaked a combined-arms [[battalion]] through the customs checks at the main [[jump point]]s before making an orbital drop directly onto the city of [[Lancaster]]. The local garrison, the [[Third Taurian Pride]], responded to the attack, but couldn't prevent the pirates from firing the planetary administration complex. Despite this setback, the commanding officer of the Third, [[Colonel]] [[Yulia Carlos]] personally led the Third in a hot pursuit of the pirates across Carvajal and even into space. The Third managed to catch and destroy the pirates while they were making for a [[pirate point]] - and then proceeded to capture and secure the ''[[Merchant]]''-class [[JumpShip]] waiting for the raiders at that pirate point.<ref name="FM:3145p197">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 197: "Calderon Protectorate"</ref> | ||
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| + | These two raids were far from the only raids on Carvajal during the [[Dark Age]], however; the Carvajal system had become strategically significant as the Calderon Protectorate forged closer relations with both the [[Federated Suns]] and [[Filtvelt Coalition]], as both trade and military aid flowed into the Protectorate through Carvajal. As a consequence the planet - and the Third Taurian Pride - saw more than its fair share of raids.<ref name="FM:3145p197"/> | ||
| + | <!-- Commented out due to lack of information | ||
| + | == Planetary Rulers == | ||
| + | --> | ||
| + | == Military Deployment == | ||
| + | === 3140 === | ||
| + | * [[Third Taurian Pride]]<ref name="FM:3145p197"/> | ||
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| + | === 3145 === | ||
| + | * Third Taurian Pride<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 202: "Calderon Protectorate"</ref> | ||
| + | <!-- Commented out due to lack of information | ||
| + | == Geography == | ||
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| + | == Planetary Locations == | ||
| + | * Lancaster: major city on Carvajal and location of the planetary administration complex; possibly the planetary capital city.<ref name="FM:3145p197"/> | ||
| + | * Plains of Ecstasy: region located around or near the planetary capital city; site of a major battle between the Green Machine mercenary unit and the Dominars pirate band in [[3117]].<ref name="TRO:3145Mp38"/> | ||
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| + | == Industrial Centers == | ||
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| + | == Nearby Systems == | ||
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| + | {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" | ||
| + | ! colspan="8" | Closest 20 systems (13 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: | ||
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| − | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Sebha]] | |
| − | + | | class="lessthan30" | 23.8 | |
| − | + | | class="over30" | [[Belle Isle]] | |
| − | + | | class="over30" | 32.3 | |
| − | + | | class="over30" | [[Franmalin]] | |
| − | + | | class="over30" | 37.3 | |
| − | + | | class="over30" | [[Cadela]] | |
| − | + | | class="over30" | 46.0 | |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Charleston]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 47.0 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Serenity]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 47.5 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Mirfak]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 52.6 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Orkney (TC)|Orkney]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 53.0 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Tyrrhenia]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 53.8 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Micros]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 55.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[San Carlos]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 56.3 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Fiery Plains]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 56.6 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Klenkar]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 58.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | [[Leh]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over60" | 64.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | [[Simone]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over60" | 65.1 |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | [[Fylovar]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | 69.7 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over60" | 74.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | [[Luderitz]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over60" | 75.9 |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | [[Albaracht]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over60" | 78.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | [[Angra]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | 79.3 |
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| − | ==References== | + | == References == |
| − | <references /> | + | <references/> |
| − | ==Bibliography== | + | == Bibliography == |
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'' |
| + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]' | ||
| − | * ''[ | + | * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]'' |
| − | * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition]]'' | + | * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition|The Periphery, Second Edition]]'' |
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]'' |
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries]]'' | ||
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| + | [[Category:Systems|Carvajal]] | ||
[[Category:Planets|Carvajal]] | [[Category:Planets|Carvajal]] | ||
| − | [[Category: Calderon Protectorate | + | [[Category: Calderon Protectorate Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Independent | + | [[Category: Independent Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Taurian Concordat | + | [[Category: Taurian Concordat Systems]] |
Revision as of 21:37, 31 March 2023
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | 416.798 : -435.844[e] |
The Carvajal system was home to at least one habitable world and as of 3145 was located in the Calderon Protectorate.[1][2]
Contents
System Description
The Carvajal system is located near the Belle Isle and Sebha systems.[3][4][1][2]
System History
The Carvajal system was either settled by the Taurian Concordat at some point after the end of the Third Succession War or was an already-inhabited system that became significant enough during this period for Inner Sphere nations to begin recording its location on maps.[3][5][6][7] The presence of an organization hostile to the Star League on Carvajal during the Star League era implies that either the world was settled, but too insignificant to be recorded, or that the planet was uninhabited other than the hostile group and being used as a redoubt or hideout.[8]
Political Affiliation
- 2571 - No record[3]
- 2596 - No record[9]
- 2750 - No record[3][4]
- 2764 - No record[10]
- 2765 - No record[11][12]
- 2767 - No record[13]
- 2786 - No record[14]
- 2822 - No record[15][16]
- 2830 - No record[17]
- 2864 - No record[18]
- 3025 - No record[3][5]
- 3040 - Taurian Concordat[6][7]
- 3050 - Taurian Concordat[19]
- 3052 - Taurian Concordat[20]
- 3057 - Taurian Concordat[21]
- 3059 - Taurian Concordat[22]
- 3063 - Taurian Concordat[23]
- 3067 - Taurian Concordat[6][24]
- 3075 - Taurian Concordat[25]
- 3079 - Taurian Concordat[26]
- 3081 - Taurian Concordat[27]
- 3085 - Independent world[28]
- 3117 - Calderon Protectorate[29]
- 3135 - Calderon Protectorate[30]
- 3145 - Calderon Protectorate[1][2]
Planetary History
Star League
In 2698, the 219th BattleMech Division of the Star League Defense Force engaged and destroyed a seditionist group called Los Toros Blanco on Carvajal. This earned the unit the nickname of "The Bull Run Division".[8]
The Jihad
On the 23rd of May 3072 forces from the Calderon Protectorate raided a number of Taurian Concordat worlds, including Carvajal.[31][32] The war between the Taurian Concordat and Federated Suns officially ended on the 2nd of July 3080 in the aftermath of Operation MATADOR, but the fortunes of the Concordat continued to decline. Many worlds, lacking confidence in the Concordat's central government, seceded from the Concordat; Tyrrhenia was the first of the Concordat worlds to do so,[33] leaving the Concordat even before the Jihad had begun, along with the world of Hellespont soon after.[6][24] Between mid-3079 and late 3085 six more worlds seceded: Argos, Carthage, Carvajal, Celano, Micros III and Mirfak, and the governor of Charleston was debating declaring Charleston independent as well. Where the Taurian government had fought a war a decade before with the breakaway Concordat, Carvajal and the other worlds that left the Concordat in the aftermath of the Jihad were effectively ignored in favor of reinforcing the narrow salient securing the Pleiades Cluster.[33] At some point after 3085[28] Carvajal transferred its allegiance to the Calderon Protectorate.[34]
The Dark Age
Carvajal was struck by the pirate band known as the Dominars in 3117, who were raiding outwards from the Pirates Haven; the local militia on Carvajal fought for as long as they could, but were exterminated by the pirates. The Calderon Protectorate deployed their nearest available forces to strike at the pirates; those forces were the Green Machine mercenary unit, which arrived too late to save the local militia but proceeded to hunt down the pirates, who had seized Carvajal's capital city. The Green Machine used heavy Hound 'Mechs to endure the fire thrown at them by the pirates and pushed the Dominars out of the residential areas of the city and into the Plains of Ecstasy. The Green Machine then proceeded to target the engines and weapon systems of the Dominars' DropShips, losing numerous 'Mechs and pilots but crippling the enemy vessels and rendering the Dominars easy targets in the resulting chaos.[29]
In 3140 Carvajal was raided by a pirate band, who sneaked a combined-arms battalion through the customs checks at the main jump points before making an orbital drop directly onto the city of Lancaster. The local garrison, the Third Taurian Pride, responded to the attack, but couldn't prevent the pirates from firing the planetary administration complex. Despite this setback, the commanding officer of the Third, Colonel Yulia Carlos personally led the Third in a hot pursuit of the pirates across Carvajal and even into space. The Third managed to catch and destroy the pirates while they were making for a pirate point - and then proceeded to capture and secure the Merchant-class JumpShip waiting for the raiders at that pirate point.[35]
These two raids were far from the only raids on Carvajal during the Dark Age, however; the Carvajal system had become strategically significant as the Calderon Protectorate forged closer relations with both the Federated Suns and Filtvelt Coalition, as both trade and military aid flowed into the Protectorate through Carvajal. As a consequence the planet - and the Third Taurian Pride - saw more than its fair share of raids.[35]
Military Deployment
3140
3145
- Third Taurian Pride[36]
Planetary Locations
- Lancaster: major city on Carvajal and location of the planetary administration complex; possibly the planetary capital city.[35]
- Plains of Ecstasy: region located around or near the planetary capital city; site of a major battle between the Green Machine mercenary unit and the Dominars pirate band in 3117.[29]
Map Gallery
Nearby Systems
| Closest 20 systems (13 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebha | 23.8 | Belle Isle | 32.3 | Franmalin | 37.3 | Cadela | 46.0 |
| Charleston | 47.0 | Serenity | 47.5 | Mirfak | 52.6 | Orkney | 53.0 |
| Tyrrhenia | 53.8 | Micros | 55.7 | San Carlos | 56.3 | Fiery Plains | 56.6 |
| Klenkar | 58.7 | Leh | 64.7 | Simone | 65.1 | Fylovar | 69.7 |
| Colchis | 74.7 | Luderitz | 75.9 | Albaracht | 78.7 | Angra | 79.3 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 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]"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Periphery, First Edition, p. 151: "Maps of the Periphery"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 127: "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 203: "219th BattleMech Division"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 37: "Taurian Defense Forces Deployment Map - [2765] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 96: "Taurian Concordat - [2767] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786]"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - 2822"
- ↑ Second Succession War, pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"
- ↑ Second Succession War, pp. 78–79: "Inner Sphere - 2864"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
- ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111: "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
- ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 23: "Taurian Concordat Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 38: "HD-2F Hound"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 50: "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 131: "Taurian Concordat"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 77: "Second Calderon Guard"
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. 197: "Calderon Protectorate"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 202: "Calderon Protectorate"
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