Illium

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Illium
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Illium nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-207.376 : 439.225[e]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

Reunification War

By the end of the Age of War Illium was a member of the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic[1] and a personal holding of the Amaris family, famed for the ornate "topless towers" built in the capital city, Troy.[32] In 2575, one of the closing years of the Age of War, civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic, with the factions polarized around those loyal to First Consul Gregory Amaris and those loyal to the Rift Republican Army and the Rim Provisional Government.[33] Befitting its status Illium was garrisoned by the Tartan Brigade, a contingent of troops originally of Free Worlds League origin but now household troops of the Amaris family. The Tartan Brigade and their commanding officer, Colonel Gordon,[32] remained loyal to Amaris throughout the civil war, and the Brigade spent the next decade in place on Illium.[34][35][36]

The Star League eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in 2579 assembled Task Force MAILED FIST to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the Star League Defense Force, Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing Operation MAILED FIST, the name given to the military intervention. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near Apollo,[37] until a destructive raid on Alarion by the 4th Amaris Fusiliers in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing Rim Worlds Army concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.[38]

In late 2584 the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the Draconis Auxiliary Corps when they captured Nightwish in mid-2584.[39]

General Nathan Isaacson of Battle Group Apollo assigned the Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division to the conquest of Illium in 2589.[40] The Sixteenth was one of three divisions that made up VI Corps and landed on Illium in March 2589, meeting immediate resistance from the Tartan Brigade. However, when faced with the prospect of bitter battles in the very streets of Troy itself, Gordon made the pragmatic decision to surrender his forces to the Sixteenth, rather than risk damaging the city; Gregory Amaris subsequently approved of the decision, personally decorating Gordon after the war.[32]

Succession Wars

Illium vanished from maps during the First Succession War.[4][11]

Military Deployment

2581-2589

2589

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 24 systems (21 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Ambrose 22.1 Erewhon 22.5 Bone-Norman 26.3 Barcelona 27.9
Ylemelke 29.6 Koskenkorva 35.8 Götterdämmerung 38.3 Anywhere 40.3
Vargtass 40.7 Vulture's Nest 40.9 Lackhove 41.5 Renren 44.0
Somerset 49.8 Newtown Square 50.6 Botany Bay 52.9 Black Earth 53.0
Gorfynt 56.2 Here 57.5 Battaraigi 58.1 Kola 58.1
Biegga 59.5 Last Chance 60.8 Golandrinas 61.7 Mogyorod 62.5

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18
  2. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
  3. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25
  5. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36
  6. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  7. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10
  8. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38
  9. ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25
  10. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
  17. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132
  18. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
  24. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42
  25. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
  26. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19
  27. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62
  28. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  29. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
  31. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 136
  33. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 130
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 128
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 154
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 155
  37. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 132
  38. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 133
  39. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 134
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 153

Bibliography

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