Ford
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
Ford | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | -191.298 : -29.514[e] |
The Ford system was home to at least one habitable world and as at 3145 was located in the Wolf Empire.[1][2]
Contents
System Description
The Ford system is located near the Gienah and Giausar systems.[3]
System History
The Ford system was colonized in the late twenty-third century and was incorporated into the Federation of Skye prior to the formation of the Lyran Commonwealth in the mid-twenty-fourth century.[4][5][6]
Political Affiliation
- 2271 - No record [4]
- 2296 - Independent world [5]
- 2340 - Federation of Skye [6]
- 2341 - Lyran Commonwealth [6]
- 2571 - Lyran Commonwealth [7]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth [8]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth [9][3]
- 2764 - Lyran Commonwealth [10]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth [11]
- 2786 - Lyran Commonwealth [12]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth [13][14][15]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth [16]
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth [17]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth [18]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth [19][20]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth [21]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth [22][23]
- 3057 - Lyran Alliance [24]
- 3063 - Lyran Alliance [25]
- 3068 - Free Worlds League (from September)[26]
- 3075 - Lyran Alliance [27]
- 3079 - Lyran Alliance [28]
- 3081 - Lyran Alliance [29]
- 3085 - Lyran Alliance [30]
- 3130 - Lyran Commonwealth [31]
- 3135 - Lyran Commonwealth [32]
- 3145 - Wolf Empire [1][2]
Planetary History
Exodus
By 2296 Ford marked one edge of the area of space within which the interstellar trade company Skye Traders was the dominant commercial interest, an area which in 2299 would form the basis of the new interstellar nation founding by Ian McQuiston of Skye, the Federation of Skye.[5]
Star League Era
During the Star League era Ford was notable for the presence of the Ford Military Limited plant on the planet. At least one of the units assigned to garrison the planet and protect the factories, the Twentieth Arcturan Guards, requested a transfer despite the importance of guarding the industrial facilities because of the difficulty the unit personnel had adjusting to Ford's forty-hour day/night cycle.[33]
First Succession War
Ford was one of a number of Lyran Commonwealth border worlds to be struck by a devastating cross-border raids by the Free Worlds League between 2786 and 2790, as the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces began to crack under the pressure of continuing efforts to annex the Bolan Thumb while also attempting to maintain a defensive posture against both the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery and the Free Worlds League Military.[34]
Fourth Succession War
In October 3028 the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces repositioned a number of frontline units as the Free Worlds League Military launched Operation DAGGER. One of the units repositioned was the mercenary unit Gregg's Long Striders, who were relocated from Ford to Gienah; the LCAF strategic intent wasn't to prevent a League invasion, but rather to make invading forces pay more dearly for any gains and slow the progress of any breakthrough.[35]
The Jihad
Following the invasion of the Free Worlds League by the Skye and Bolan Provinces of the Lyran Alliance in what was termed Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN, Marshall Jeremy Brett took command of the local FWLM and launched a counteroffensive, under the name Operation BROKEN FIST. BROKEN FIST went beyond simply attempting to recapture worlds that the Lyrans had seized, striking into Lyran space at numerous worlds. Ford was one of the worlds hit and was attacked by the League forces on the 2nd of September 3068.[26]
Military Deployment
2765
2786
- Twentieth Arcturan Guards[37]
2821
- Twentieth Arcturan Guards[37]
3025
3028
3038
3050
- Fourteenth Lyran Guards RCT[41]
3054
- Fourteenth Lyran Guards RCT[42]
3061
- Fourteenth Lyran Guards RCT[43]
3079
- - At this point in time the Fourth were operating at 60% of full strength, with 75% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
3085
3145
Planetary Locations
Industrial Centers
Nearby Systems
Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years) Closest systems first: | |||||||
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Giausar | 16.8 | Gienah | 18.5 | McAffe | 18.7 | Togwotee | 20.1 |
Nestor | 21.0 | Arcadia | 22.0 | Megrez | 23.5 | Pressby | 28.1 |
Launam | 29.5 | Sheridan | 30.1 | Bondurant | 32.5 | Cascade | 36.6 |
Pingree | 36.9 | Thermopolis | 37.5 | Loric | 40.1 | Gannett | 40.4 |
Rexburg | 41.2 | Senftenberg | 41.4 | Sterling | 41.4 | Dar-es-Salaam | 43.1 |
Hyde | 43.2 | Danais | 44.6 | Aigle | 44.7 | Concord | 44.7 |
Colfax | 46.0 | Pardeau | 48.3 | Zortman | 52.4 | Preston | 52.9 |
Szepes | 53.0 | Gallatin | 54.4 | Uhuru | 54.9 | Szombathely | 55.3 |
Mariefred | 56.2 | Eilenburg | 56.8 | Zwenkau | 57.8 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 13, "Marik Commonwealth world within the Free Worlds League before [2270] and after at their founding in [2271]"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 10, "Founding Fathers"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth befor [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 64, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 9, "Inner Sphere - 3135"
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Field Report: Lyran Commonwealth 2765, p. 8-9, "Arcturan Guards"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 62, "The War of Raids: House Steiner's Succession War"
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 63, "Overview"
- ↑ Field Report: Lyran Commonwealth 2765, p. 9, "Regimental Status"
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 First Succession War (Source Book), p. 139, "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 117, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p.44, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 137, "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 27, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 19, "FedCom Deployment Table"
- ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 51, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 13, "Lyran Regulars Regimental Status"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 107, "Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 170, "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 Ghost of Christmas Present
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