Detroit

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Detroit
System Information
X:Y Coordinates19.16:-452.55[e]
Spectral classG1V[1][2][3]
Recharge time182 hours[1][2][3]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[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 Garrison

3079

Manufacturing Centers

Planetary History

Detroit was an independent Periphery world for much of its history, but when the Taurian Concordat and Magistracy of Canopus began a joint colonization venture in the area dubbed the New Colony Region, Detroit was incorporated into that region.

Protector Jeffrey Calderon was supposed to attend a summit between himself, Magestrix Emma Centrella and Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao on Detroit in late 3060;[37] the Magestrix was seeking to bring the Concordat completely into the Trinity Alliance, thereby giving the two Periphery nations greater say within the Alliance, tempering the calls for additional troops to further the Capellan agenda within the Chaos March. The attempted assassination of Chancellor Liao on Hustaing by the Blackwind Lancers prevented him from attending, but plans for the conference continued.[38]

With both Calderon and Centralla present on Detroit, President Sherman Maltin and a significant percentage of the Colonial Marshals took both leaders hostage and declared that the New Colony Region was an independent state. The daughter of the Magestrix, Naomi Centrella, successfully petitioned Chancellor Liao to launch a rescue mission led by herself, but the weeks it took to train the MAF/CCAF combined task force and move them to Detroit gave Maltin's forces time to dig in. When the task force landed in February 3061 they faced weeks of combat against the defending forces, and while the task force successfully rescued the Magestrix after the battle for Government House, Protector Calderon was killed in the crossfire. The repercussions of Calderon's death on Detroit were felt throughout all three nations; his death propelled the Concordat fully into the Trinity alliance and left both the Magestrix and her daughter in Chancellor Liao's debt, resulting in few objections from either when the Chancellor drew MAF forces into his war against the St. Ives Compact.[38] The popular mood amongst the Taurians was that the death of the Protector was somehow the result of Davion machinations, with the newly-appointed Protector, Grover Shraplen, dismissing any suggestions that other parties such as the Capellans could've been involved and arguing that with President Maltin dead as well, there should be no further Taurian blood spilled over the region.[39]

Grover Shraplen deployed more TDF troops into the New Colony Region in the early 3060s, hunting for "Davion agents"; protests and discontent throughout the New Colony Region increased as a result, particularly from the Colonial Marshals, who were the subject of considerable attention from the Taurian forces. Detroit was the site of the most violent protests, culminating in a mini-riot on the 22nd of January 3063, a result of an aggressive house-to-house search by a TDF company looking for Davion spies agitating the locals to the extent that a local citizen called for assistance from the Marshals only for a firefight to result. That firefight claimed the lives of five Marshals, three TDF soldiers and the local who'd called for the Marshals in the first place, himself a Taurian by birth. The TDF also threw another of the locals in jail for trying to help his neighbors until a cooler head at higher levels prevailed and had him released. This led to the Magestrix calling for compensation for the victims and the withdrawal of the additional TDF forces from the New Colony Region, but while Shraplen's administration did agree to pay compensation and the company commander responsible for the action was recalled and cashiered, the TDF troops remained in place - and, disastrously, they continued to prove incapable of keeping the peace on Detroit while continuing to prevent the Marshals from doing so.[40]

In 3066 Detroit was a contested world; falling within the newly-formed Fronc Reaches, the Magistracy officially claimed the world as a protectorate, and had the Magistracy Highlanders in place guarding the military production facilities on the world.[1] In late 3067, it was announced by Magestrix Centralla that the Magistracy was formally annexing Detroit, but that the output of the military factories would continue to be equitably divided between the Magistracy and the Taurian Concordat[1] in the wake of the New Colony Region's declaration of independence under President Carver Trondel in February 3066.[41] The Magestrix cited the increased level of pirate activity within the New Colony Region as cause for deploying troops to secure the military facilities on Detroit.[42] Once again, Detroit became the flashpoint for political upheaval within the Concordat, as the crisis placed added stress on the Shraplen administration and led to Baron Cham Kithrong calling for the Protector to resign in favour of Erik Martens-Calderon.[43] Magestrix Centralla's diary recorded that she had ordered the Magistracy Highlanders to deploy to Detroit because she felt she had to protect the citizens of Detroit, both Canopian and Taurian, a decision prompted by incidents such as the 3063 riot and the panicked reaction of a Taurian trooper who fired into a mixed crowd holding a peaceful solidarity rally.[42]

Despite the inevitable international focus on defense-related industries in the 3060s, Detroit was also home to a number of other thriving industries, including agriculture and fisheries, making Detroit self-sufficient. With Detroit now a planet of interstellar significance, it was considered plausible that other industries would develop into the 3070s, including a tourist industry based upon the beaches of the White Sands archipelago and a pharmaceutical industry based around native creatures such as the rainbow tree frog. One major biochemical company, Bio-Edge Inc., had already been touted as a possible investor in Detroit, with rumours indicating that the Canopian company had considered opening a branch located in the largest city in Detroit's northern hemisphere, Michiana. Those plans were apparently put on hold in 3065 due to the rising tensions and unrest within the region, but the company was apparently interested in restarting their potential expansion onto the planet regardless of whether Detroit was returned to the Fronc Reaches or continued to exist as a Magistracy protectorate.[1]

On the 24th of March 3071 forces from the Capellan Confederation secured Detroit and it's Mech factory on behalf of the Magistracy of Canopus.[26]

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Linhauiguan 30.2 Appian 39.1 Thamel 42.7 Huanghuadian 43.7 Spencer 52.7
Úr Cruinne 53.7 Ghorepani 54.1 Untran 55.4 Mandalas 56.4 Repulse 58.3

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 101, "Planet Profile"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 177, "Detroit"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Objectives: Periphery, p. 17, "Detroit"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 92, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War (2571) and Fall of the Star League (2750)"
  5. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  6. Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  7. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  8. Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
  9. Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
  10. Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"
  11. Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"
  12. Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"
  13. 13.0 13.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 92, "Magistracy of Canopus after after Third Succession War (3025) and after FedCom Civil War (3067)"
  14. Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  15. Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  16. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  17. Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  18. Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  19. Era Report: 3062, p. 12, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  20. Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  21. Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  22. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 112, "Magistracy of Canopus & New Colony Region"
  23. Inner Sphere, p. 98, "Near Periphery Kingdoms Map""
  24. Era Report: 3062, p. 30, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  25. Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  26. 26.0 26.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 15, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  27. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  28. Field Report: Periphery, p. 20, "Magistracy of Canopus Region Deployment Map - August 3079"
  29. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  30. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  31. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  32. Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  33. Field Report: Periphery, p. 10, "Regimental Status"
  34. Objectives: Periphery, p. 17, "Detroit Consolidated MechWorks"
  35. Objectives: Periphery, p. 17, "Detroit Consolidated AeroSpace"
  36. Objectives: Periphery, p. 17, "Novis AT-H, Inc."
  37. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 60, "Sound and Fury"
  38. 38.0 38.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 62-63, "Detroit Debacle"
  39. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 64-65, "Achilles Heel - Events in the Concordat"
  40. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 74-75, "I Regret I Must Declare Martial Law"
  41. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 65-66, "Rumblings of Rebellion: The Fronc Reaches"
  42. 42.0 42.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 70, "Taurian Troubles"
  43. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 67, "Restoration: The Calderon Protectorate"

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