Erod's Escape

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Erod's Escape
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Erod's Escape nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates483.24:-505.27[e]
Spectral classG0V[1][2][3]
Recharge time181 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) Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard

Owner History

Planetary Garrison

3079

3085

  • First Taurian Pride[22]

Planetary Overview

Erod's Escape is a lush, fertile world; the northern landmasses are rich with fertile soil, while the jungles of the southern hemisphere are thick and verdant. The three southern landmasses - Majorca, Oahu and Tenerife - are largely jungle and feature abundant avian and insect life.[1] In addition to being the largest continent on the planet,[2] the northwest continent of Elysium is the site of the original capital city, Shangri-La, located at the confluence of the Lethe, the Naruda and the Wellspring, three major rivers.[1] The coasts of Elysium are ringed with bluffs and mountains, natural defenses that make the area easy to defend and to harvest resources from. The terrain in the interior features sporadic woods and rolling hills inside the thick mountain ridge.[2]

Planetary History

Formation

The planet of Erod's Escape is named for Jacob Erod, the wealthy Taurian noble who first discovered and colonized the world at the onset of the clandestine colonization campaign conducted by the Far Lookers during the rule of Thomas Calderon. Jacob Erod ran a popular company that produced terraforming equipment such as water purification equipment, and settled Erod's Escape in secret using corporate employees and Far Looker volunteers. However, despite having funded the establishment of the colonies on Erod's Escape, Jacob Erod never had the chance to see the colony he'd built; he was traveling to the world to settle himself when he suffered a massive stroke and died after the final jump. Erod's will dictated that the settlers on Erod's Escape should govern themselves in a democratic system as they saw fit, which promptly led to a brief but bitter civil war after his death as different factions on the world argued over different rules and methods of government.[2]

Civil War

The civil war fought in the wake of Jacob Erod's death stalled the industrialization and exploitation of Erod's Escape and it's satellites. The two major factions were divided over whether or not to stay out of the active resistance against the rule of Thomas Calderon, with one faction arguing that the industry present on Erod's Escape should be militarized to support the resistance while the other faction wished to remain outside any such entanglements.[2]

Violence between the two factions escalated until it reached a point where the mining industry vital to the system had been destroyed and the technicians associated with it had left the system. The war finally ended when the faction favoring neutrality effectively shut down all of the planets major industries, making them useless to the pro-resistance movement. With the civil war over, the population of Erod's Escape were determined not to make their world a vulnerable target, and so kept the planet's industrial base deliberately under-developed despite the vast resources available.[2]

The Protectorate

When Baron Cham Kithrong led several worlds from the Taurian Concordat into forming the Calderon Protectorate in 3066, Erod's Escape became the capital world by default. Within a year, Shangri-La was growing steadily with new buildings being added to the city and the population expanding steadily as it slowly transformed into a center of interstellar government.[1] The mayor of Shangri-La was a close friend of Baron Kithrong, a legacy of Kithrong's time on garrison duty with VI Corps on the planet, and the mayor was rumored to be one of the names in consideration to join the Regency Council of the Protectorate. Shangri-La was also the site of the Residency for the Protector-in-waiting, Erik Martens-Calderon, and the home of the Shangri-La Tigers basketball team.[23]

By 3075 the planetary capital had shifted to the city of New Taurus, site of the only spaceport on the planet and the site of considerable expansion. In fact, with Calderon loyalists traveling to Erod's Escape in droves from the Concordat, all of the cities on Erod's Escape were undergoing rapid, wide-scale expansion using prefabricated and modular buildings to construct residential, commercial and military districts and the previous food surplus produced for trade was instead being used to feed the burgeoning population. While the modular construction units used for expanding the cities and settlements were not particularly pleasing, they had allowed for smoothed over the spikes in demand for housing, and had been sourced from friendly sources on Hellespont until the Concordat War of Vengeance against the Federated Suns caused the supply to dry up.[2]

The largest of the new modular cities was a military cantonment located near the southern ridge of Elysium, a facility whose design and true extent were closely guarded secrets at the time. With supplies from the Concordat drying up, sources within the Magistracy of Canopus and various other independent and neutral groups had stepped up to supply Erod's Escape and the rest of the Protectorate with essential supplies. The abundant stretches of unoccupied land on the planet made it easy for the population to expand, and the untapped but abundant ore deposits promised to yield huge dividends if the right equipment and planners were brought in.[2]

Military Academy

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2571 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3059 3062 3066
Colchis 26.08 1 N N N TC TC TC TC TC TC P
Gaul 33.92 2 N N N TC TC TC TC TC TC CP
Tyrrhenia 57.17 2 N N N TC TC TC TC TC TC P

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 130, "Planet Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 190, "Taurian Concordat Key Worlds"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Objectives: Periphery, p. 14, "Erod's Escape"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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]"
  5. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  6. ↑ The Periphery (Sourcebook), p. 151, "Maps of the Periphery"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p, 127, "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  8. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  9. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  10. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  11. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  12. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111, "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
  13. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  14. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  15. ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 23, "Taurian Concordat Region Deployment Map [3079]"
  16. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  17. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - October 3085"
  18. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  19. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  21. ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 13, "Calderon Protectorate Regimental Status"
  22. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 151, "Deployment Table - 3085"
  23. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 128, "Exile Nation: Government and Politics"
  24. ↑ Objectives: Periphery, p. 14

Bibliography

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