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Initially founded under the auspices of the [[Terran Hegemony]] before the Age of War, settled by House Fletcher after [[Fletcher (FWL)|the first world of that name]] was attacked by House Oriente in 2368. During this period, the world became the burial site of many Capellan Chancellors, beginning with [[Aleisha Liao]], the Chancellor best remembered for authoring the [[Ares Conventions]].<ref name="HLCC140">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 140, "A Brief Atlas"</ref> As a holding of the Terran Hegemony, Fletcher was a major industrial world, active in the arms trade with factories for companies such as [[StarCorps Industries]] and [[Flame Tech]].<ref name="Mercs">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 18, "Fletcher: Off the Record Books"</ref> | Initially founded under the auspices of the [[Terran Hegemony]] before the Age of War, settled by House Fletcher after [[Fletcher (FWL)|the first world of that name]] was attacked by House Oriente in 2368. During this period, the world became the burial site of many Capellan Chancellors, beginning with [[Aleisha Liao]], the Chancellor best remembered for authoring the [[Ares Conventions]].<ref name="HLCC140">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 140, "A Brief Atlas"</ref> As a holding of the Terran Hegemony, Fletcher was a major industrial world, active in the arms trade with factories for companies such as [[StarCorps Industries]] and [[Flame Tech]].<ref name="Mercs">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 18, "Fletcher: Off the Record Books"</ref> | ||
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| + | Fletcher was one of some fifty-one heavily contested worlds to have been placed under Terran Hegemony authority as a jointly-administered world during the Age of War or Star League era. During the [[First Succession War]] Fletcher once more became a flashpoint between the Free Worlds League and Capellan Confederation.<ref name="H:LoTV2p118">''Historical: Liberation of Terra, Volume 2'', p. 118, "Jointly Administered Worlds"</ref> | ||
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* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
Revision as of 09:54, 3 May 2014
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(References to Fletcher)
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: 46.74 Y: -23.73 [e]
Contents
Planetary Data
- Star Type: G4V
- Position in System: 7 (of 10)
- Number of Moons: None
- Time to Jump Point: 8 days
- Surface Water: 90%
- Atm. Pressure: High (Breathable)
- Surface Gravity: 1.3
- Equatorial Temp: 30° C
- Recharging Station: None
- ComStar Facility Class: B
Era Specific Data
3025
- Planetary Diem (3025): Lady Allison Maraby
- Com Star Representative (3025): Precentor Nekros Kigh
- Population (3025): 2,371,000,000
- Percentage and Level of Native Life: 20%, Amphibian
3067
- Noble Ruler: None
- Highest Native Life: Amphibians
- Population: 536,000,000
- Socio-Industrial Levels: C-C-B-C-B
3130
- Population (3130): 586,000,000[1]
- Percentage and Level of Native Life: 20%, Amphibian
- Governor: Deli Wolfe
- Planetary Legate: David Fouche
Garrisoning Military Force
3025
3067
3075
- As of 1 January 3075, the world was garrisoned by one division of the Protectorate Militia.[4]
Planetary Information
A dense atmosphere with a great deal of cloud cover causes a damp, chilly climate.[5]
Planetary History
Early History
Initially founded under the auspices of the Terran Hegemony before the Age of War, settled by House Fletcher after the first world of that name was attacked by House Oriente in 2368. During this period, the world became the burial site of many Capellan Chancellors, beginning with Aleisha Liao, the Chancellor best remembered for authoring the Ares Conventions.[6] As a holding of the Terran Hegemony, Fletcher was a major industrial world, active in the arms trade with factories for companies such as StarCorps Industries and Flame Tech.[5]
Star League Era
Fletcher was one of some fifty-one heavily contested worlds to have been placed under Terran Hegemony authority as a jointly-administered world during the Age of War or Star League era. During the First Succession War Fletcher once more became a flashpoint between the Free Worlds League and Capellan Confederation.[7]
Succession Wars
Following the fall of the Terran Hegemony, Fletcher was occupied by the Capellan Confederation.[8] The amount of force involved was apparently sufficient to convince the Hegemony militia forces garrisoning the world not to forcibly resist.[9] It was also the site of a major battle between Kingston's Legionnaires and the 42nd Avalon Hussars in 2985 that saw the Legionnaires suffering over 60% casualties.[10] Lockhardt's Ironsides and St. Cyr's Armored Grenadiers were also involved in the engagements on Fletcher that year, with the Grenadiers receiving heavy losses of their own.[11] Like many Hegemony worlds, the numerous conflicts over Fletcher caused the destruction of much of the planet's industrial infrastructure.[5]
Operation Guerrero and the Chaos March
Only lightly garrisoned by the Federated Commonwealth due to the limited industrial value of the world and military commitments in light of the Clan Invasion, Fletcher was a ripe target for attack by the Capellan-backed Zhanzeng de Guang terrorists. An attempted unsupported conquest by the guerrillas during the Operation Guerrero attacks on the Federated Commonwealth destroyed the planetary HPG station, plunging the world into a communications blackout relative to most Inner Sphere planets.[5]
In the wake of that destruction and the failure to impose outside order, Fletcher has devolved into a series of city-states but also created an opportunity for illicit activities, including under-the-table contracts to mercenaries. The capital of Royce is one of the few areas with some degree of stability due to control by militia units who are inspired by the ideal of the Federated Commonwealth but are not loyal to the government of that (now defunct) state. The spaceport is maintained, permitting space-based trade with other city-states and even offworld, a situation considered safer due to the presence of heavily-armed pirates and bandits on overland routes.[5]
Following the FedCom Civil War, Capellan-aligned irregulars have once again attempted to seize control of Fletcher, successfully taking over some outlying areas. While the Confederation has declared itself victorious due to the breadth of territory controlled, the matter is still contested in some quarters.[5]
Mercenary Trade
As it often does, chaos has created opportunities on Fletcher, turning the site of the destroyed HPG into an illicit hiring hall frequented by disreputable mercenaries who often find themselves taking on work that the MRBC would refuse to sanction. The Royce Hiring Center has a strict no-weapons policy enforced by a large, well-armed security force and permits discreet meetings between commands looking for work and the employers who offer it. Negotiations are not guaranteed by any party and betrayal is apparently common. In addition, there are no provisions for training new mercenaries.[5]
Jihad Era
The planet was attacked by the Word of Blake in late 3067, part of a campaign that saw the Blakists incorporate Fletcher into the Word of Blake Protectorate by the 30th of December, along with the nearby worlds of Epsilon Indi and Tall Trees.[12] Shortly after crushing the opposition, the Word shut down all mercenary hiring and converted the Hall to a detention center.[13]
In late 3077, the world was liberated during the Federated Suns thrust toward Terra by the 1st Davion Guards and ComStar's 2nd Army. Operating as a part of Group II on the Federated Suns front of Operation SCOUR, the 1st Davion Guards were commanded by Connor Sortek, while Galen Cox led the Com Guard forces; the campaign for Fletcher is recorded as having been brief by the media in the Federated Suns, with the allied coalition forces delivering far more damage than they received, crushing the defending Blakist forces.[14]
Owner History
- 2368 - Terran Hegemony[citation needed]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony [15]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony [16]
- 2765 - Terran Hegemony [17]
- 3025 - Capellan Confederation[citation needed]
- 3030 - Tikonov Free Republic[citation needed]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth [18]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[citation needed]
- 3057 - Chaos March[citation needed]
- 3062 - Chaos March[citation needed]
- 3067 - Chaos March[citation needed]
- 3068 - Word of Blake Protectorate [12]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere [19]
- 3135 - Independent world [20]
- 3145 - Capellan Confederation [21]
Nearby Planets
References
- ↑ Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)pdf
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p.105, "Regimental Deployment Table"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 110, "Word of Blake Mercenary Deployment"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103, "Protectorate Militia Deployment"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 18, "Fletcher: Off the Record Books"
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 140, "A Brief Atlas"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra, Volume 2, p. 118, "Jointly Administered Worlds"
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 45, "First Succession War"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 27, "Better the Devil you Know"
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 85, "Kingston's Legionnaires"
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 99, "Mercenary Units"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 44, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 21 - Fletcher's mercenary halls being closed by the Word of Blake and mercenaries being detained are noted.
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 39-40, "Ingress, Fletcher Fall"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
Bibliography
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130