Epsilon Indi

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Epsilon Indi
System Information
X:Y Coordinates29.18:-15.67[e]
Spectral classF9V[1]
Planet(s)1[1]

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

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Owner History

Planetary Locations

Epsilon Indi has four main continents; the colonists named the northern polar continent Boreria and the southern polar continent Kantiles. The continent located north of the equator was named Ithicasia, and south of Ithicasia was the continent of Surterra.[1]

Planetary History

Early History

The Terran Alliance probe Magellan Five first discovered the planet. Epsilon Indi also hosted a Star League-era Space Defense System that was responsible for destroying the 34th Royal BattleMech Division and the 568th Armed Transport Flotilla during the Amaris Civil War.[9] Amaris' forces captured Epsilon Indi during Operation APOTHEOSIS by liberally using neutron weapons against orbital defense sites along with lightning attacks, decimating the population of the planet in the process. The Amaris Empire forces turned the planet into a brutal gauntlet that inflicted heavy damage on the Star League Defense Force troops that attempted to liberate it during the Amaris Civil War. Although the SLDF was able to liberate the planet, the Amaris Empire forces engaged in scorched-earth tactics as they withdrew, deploying the remainder of their nuclear weapons in the process; the planet was left devastated, and centuries later the marks of the brutal tactics were still visible. As late as the thirty-second century the much-reduced population of the planet were largely confined to living in the polar regions, which had managed to escape most of the fallout from the nuclear weapons; the remainder of the planet was heavily marked with deserts, empty seabeds and the abandoned and bombed-out remains of cities.[1]

Jihad

Epsilon Indi was one of the first worlds taken by the Word of Blake during the Jihad, captured along with Fletcher and Tall Trees in a campaign that saw all three worlds annexed by the Word of Blake Protectorate by the 30th of December 3067.[7] On the 6th of June 3075 Epsilon Indi was one of three worlds within the Word of Blake Protectorate to be raided simultaneously by unidentified forces. The raiding force on Epsilon Indi damaged the local Protectorate units and was rumoured to be one of the Word of Blake's own Shadow Divisions.[10][11] While in control of Epsilon Indi the Blakists conducted a number of operations from Boreria and the capital city, New Rhodes, in particular.[1]

In the last week of February 3078 the First Sword of Light regiment landed on the world and drove off the Blakists. Unfortunately the Blakists deployed a biological weapon before they left the world, poisoning the water table. This biological attack affected the water supply to several major cities, and when coupled with the severe damage inflicted in the conventional conflict, led several observers to speculate that the population would need to relocate or face extinction.[12][13]

The Dark Age

During the Dark Age the population of Epsilon Indi managed to gain access to the rich mineral deposits across all four continents from mining operations in Boreria and Kantiles. The largest of the mining settlements, Kirst, was located on the northern shore of Kantiles and was just four hundred kilometes from the southern edge of Surterra, which remained an uninhabitable wastes. Surterra also remained badly scarred from the battles during the Star League era, but was also home to the mining colony of Vogelton, which was located inside a dome. Despite the five decades of peace after the Jihad Epsilon Indi remained a world still struggling to recover from the wars that had marred it.[1]

Planetary Garrison

3055 to 3062 to 3067

3058

3067

3145

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Epsilon Eridani 12.36 1 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Sheratan 13.18 1 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Northwind 13.71 1 TH FS FS FC FC CMD CMD
Bryant 16.34 1 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Terra Firma 19.47 1 TH CC TFR FC FC TCC TCC
Fletcher (FWL) 19.48 1 TH FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Ingress 20.84 1 TH CC TFR FC FC DS DS
New Home 22.35 1 TH CC TFR FC FC LA LA
Fomalhaut 22.72 1 TH FS FS DC DC DC DC
Caph 23.05 1 TH FS FS FC FC CMD CMD
Small World 24.27 1 TH CC TFR FC FC DS DS
Acamar 25.45 1 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Woodstock 26.19 1 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Keid 26.90 1 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Saffel 27.89 1 TH FS FS DC DC DC DC
Kawich 28.50 1 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Ruchbah 29.35 1 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Errai 30.69 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Sirius 32.83 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Quentin 32.88 2 TH FS FS DC DC DC DC
Terra 33.37 2 TH CS CS CS CS WOB WOB
Nopah 33.57 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Capolla 33.73 2 TH CC TFR FC FC TCC TCC
Procyon 34.82 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Dieron 35.12 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Carver V 35.34 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Nirasaki 35.59 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Deneb Kaitos 35.83 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Altair 35.88 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Nanking 37.09 2 TH CC TFR FC FC FC FC
Rigil Kentarus 37.14 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Outreach 37.88 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Arboris 38.89 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMD CMD
Basalt 39.68 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Bharat 39.91 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Styx 41.61 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Deneb Algedi 43.67 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Azha 43.91 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Denebola 44.70 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Elgin 45.34 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Addicks 45.63 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Genoa 45.68 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMD CMD
Hamal 45.70 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Hsien 45.75 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Hean 45.91 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
New Earth 46.00 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Ankaa 46.32 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Towne 46.87 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Slocum 47.16 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Tigress 48.01 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Athenry 48.40 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Asta 48.58 2 TH DC LC DC DC DC DC
Zurich 48.85 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Aldebaran 49.49 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Achernar 51.39 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Hall 52.29 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Liao 52.65 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Yorii 52.74 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
Graham IV 53.46 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Yangtze 54.52 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Alula Australis 55.09 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Nashira 55.13 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Pike IV 56.04 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Al Na'ir 56.64 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Ningpo 57.50 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Murchison 58.17 2 TH DC DC FC FC FC FC
Thorin 58.25 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Telos IV 58.26 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Saiph 58.45 2 TH CC FS FC FC ST ST
Ozawa 59.05 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Tall Trees 59.07 2 TH CC FS FC FC ST ST
Kansu 59.15 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Imbros III 59.19 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP

Notes

  • The Planet Epsilon Indi is misspelled in ComStar (sourcebook) as Epsilon Indiri.[14]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 239, "Epsilon Indi"
  2. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  3. Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  4. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  5. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Mercenaries Supplemental , p. 66, "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  7. 7.0 7.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 44, "The Jihad In Review"
  8. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  9. The Star League, p. 88, "Admiral Braso's Last Transmission"
  10. Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 17, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  11. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 54, "The Jihad In Review"
  12. Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 70
  13. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"
  14. 14.0 14.1 ComStar (sourcebook), p. 84, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
  15. Field Manual: ComStar, p. 125, "ComGuard Deployment Table"
  16. Field Manual: Updates, p. 98, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 Chaos March, p. 36
  18. Field Manual: 3145, p. 144, "Republic Armed Forces - Principes Guards"

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