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

Icar
← 3135
3151
Icar 3151.svg
Icar nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-83.499 : 413.799[e]

Political Affiliation

Planetary Info

According to the (apocryphal) novel Wahnsinn und Methode, the planet of Icar (as of 2598) had 75% of its surface covered by water and had two continents with environments spanning the range from jungles to deserts to tundra, ideal for combat training purposes. Two mountain ranges are mentioned: The Dominarius mountains, featuring a high plateau, and the much smaller and lower Bellisardes which form a roughly equal-sided triangle. Icar's Capital city is Athena Magna.

Planetary History

Pre Star League

Icar was one of seven worlds settled by colonists from the Rim Worlds Republic between 2334 and 2338 as an attempt by Maxwell Rowe to create a buffer zone between the Republic, the Draconis Combine and the Tamar Pact.[1]

Star League Era

Icar was a part of the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic and was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773-2775 Republic-Commonwealth War.[12]

Succession Wars

Third Succession War

Icar was one of the diversionary raids launched by the DCMS in 2866 in order to divert Lyran forces from the Federation of Skye. [18]

Clan Invasion

Icar was conquered by Clan Wolf during Operation Revival in March 3050, invading the planet with Supernova First and Second along with Alpha Assault Star of the 4th Wolf Guards. They were opposed by the 3rd Regiment of the 12th Star Guards, commanded by Colonel Hanna Caitlin, backed up by the 3rd Icar Armored Brigade. The initial Wolf assault was swift, quickly overrunning the Star Guards' 2nd Battalion just minutes after securing their landing zones, and when Colonel Caitlin attempted to counter-attack at Pofadder's Gully her advance was repulsed. The Star Guards attempted to retreat off-world but were stopped when Elementals boarded their DropShips at Cuanger and forced their surrender.[43]

Jihad

Icar would be be conquered again during the Jihad when Clan Hell's Horses launched a invasion of the Clan Wolf holdings in the Inner Sphere in early 3071, acquiring holdings for their own relocation to Spheroid space. The first wave of attacks captured four worlds; the second wave captured another four, of which Icar was one. The first wave was launched between the 21st and 28th of February 3071, with the second wave falling somewhere between the end of the first wave and the 7th of April.[34]

Dark Age

In 3122, the Sarkon's Bloody-Handed pirate group raided three cities and took several thousand civilians as slaves as well as large amounts of precious metals and gems before fleeing. The Eighty-fifth BattleMech Cluster from Clan Hell's Horses Kappa Galaxy responded to the raid and pursued the escaping pirates.[44]

Military Deployment

2765

2821

3025

3028

  • Thirtieth Lyran Guards[48]

3038-3040

3050

  • Twelfth Star Guards[50]

3054

3085

3145

Planetary Locations

Nearby Systems

Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Star's End 18.4 Chateau 19.9 Steelton 23.8 Persistence 24.0
New Caledonia 25.7 Csesztreg 26.6 Maxie's Planet 27.5 Treeline 29.5
Iron Land 32.1 Norn 33.8 Romulus 34.9 Toland 36.8
Trell 40.6 Harvest 44.1 New Ålborg 44.3 Apollo 49.8
The Edge 50.3 Derf 51.1 Butte Hold 51.6 Seiduts 52.2
Kirchbach 54.2 Twycross 54.5 Bensinger 54.7 Gustrell 55.5
Crellacor 56.1 Planting 57.4 Butler 57.5 Evciler 58.3
Wotan 58.9 Lovinac 59.2 Vantaa 63.2 Kreller 65.3

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Periphery, 1st Edition, p. 18, "From Rim to Tamar"
  2. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  4. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map - [2596] Map"
  5. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  6. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  7. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere [2764] Map"
  8. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  9. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38, "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  10. ↑ Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  11. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  13. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  15. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  16. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 74, "Is War the Natural State of Man?"
  19. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  21. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  24. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  28. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 32, "Map of the Wolf Clan Territory"
  29. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  31. ↑ Inner Sphere (sourcebook), p. 75, "Lyran Alliance Map"
  32. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  33. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 15, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  35. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  36. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 26, "Clan Wolf/Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Table - [3079 August]"
  37. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  38. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  39. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  40. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  41. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  42. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  43. ↑ Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 57, "First Wave"
  44. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145, p. 12, "Deployment"
  45. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 19, "Republican Guards - Divisional Status"
  46. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 139, "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
  47. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 116, "Unit Deployment Table"
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p.44, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141, "Deployment Table"
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 20 Year Update, p. 25, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  51. ↑ Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 57
  52. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 32
  53. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 125, "Deployment Table - 3085"
  54. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 168, "Kappa Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)"
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 56

Bibliography

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