Castle Brian
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First constructed by the Terran Hegemony in 2391, each Castle Brian was a massive defensive fortress. They were built on numerous worlds during the Hegemony and Star League eras.
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Description
Each Castle Brian had a minimum of 20 heavily armed turrets carrying an assortment of direct fire and missile weaponry, mated to the massive passive strength of the fortress itself which was usually built deep inside a mountain and safe from all but the heaviest nuclear or orbital bombardment. The majority of the Castles Brian were built on the border worlds of the Hegemony, with many worlds having multiple facilities.[1] While often mistakenly believed to have been built to prevent invasion or takeover of a planet, the static fortresses were not meant to protect anything other then themselves and the forces contained within.[2] With the limited resources of Terran Hegemony, compared to the nations of the Great Houses, and the later Star League's sheer size preventing blanket defense coverage of most worlds, a Castle Brian was intended to be a hindrance against a blitzkrieg invasion, storing enough weapons, food and men to allow any defenders to hold out and harass the invaders hopefully until reinforcements could arrive.
The correct plural form is Castles Brian[3]; the name stems from the first name of Brian Cameron[4].
Castles Brian on Terra
The following Castles Brian were on Terra at the start of Operation Odysseus.[5]
- North America
- Hilton Head, South Carolina
- Gunnison, Colorado
- Tacoma, Washington
- Port Altred, Quebec
- South America
- Mariaus, Brazil (Amazonia Administrative District)
- Cuntiba, Brazil (Parana Administrative District)
- Tinogasta, Argentina
- Europe
- Sandhurst, British Isles
- Bochum, Germany
- Sverdlovsk, Russia
- Africa
- Cairo, Egypt
- Magadi, Kenya
- Thabana, Lesotho, Azania
- Asia
- T'ienchen, China (Heibei Administrative District)
- Takayama, Japan
- Ipoh, Malaysia
- Katmandu, Nepal
- Columbo, Sri Lanka
- Australasia
- Glen Valley, Australia
- White Cliffs, New Zealand
Reinforced Weapons Bunker (RWB)
Command and Control Bunker
Anti-Aerospace Bunker
Fortified Brian Wall
Castle Brian Aerospace Hangar
Large Portal (Mobile Structure)
Castle Brian Weapon Emplacements
Brian Caches
The term Brian Cache, describing a Clan equipment store (typically one established during the demobilization process Kerensky created upon arriving in the Pentagon Worlds), is derived from the Castle Brian fortresses.
References
- ↑ The Star League, p. 29, "Castle Brian Fortresses"
- ↑ The Star League, p. 29, "Castle Brian Fortresses"
- ↑ Official CBT forum reply by Herbert A. Beas II
- ↑ Official CBT forum reply
- ↑ The Fall of Terra (scenariobook), pp. 7-11