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| image = Lopez_3151.svg | | image = Lopez_3151.svg | ||
| − | | caption = Lopez [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] | + | | caption = Lopez [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] |
| name = Lopez | | name = Lopez | ||
| coord = -37.757 : -330.395{{e}} | | coord = -37.757 : -330.395{{e}} | ||
| stars = | | stars = | ||
| − | | class = M0V | + | | class = M0V, M5V<ref name=HMp155>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 155: "Lopez" planet profile</ref><ref name=HB:HMp67>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 67: "Lopez"</ref> |
| recharge = 203 hours<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | | recharge = 203 hours<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
| recharge stations = Zenith, Nadir<ref name=HMp155/><ref name=HB:HMp67/> | | recharge stations = Zenith, Nadir<ref name=HMp155/><ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
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| − | '' | + | ==System Description== |
| + | '''Lopez''' is located near the [[Rosendal]] and [[Andurien]] systems. | ||
| − | {{ | + | ==Political Affiliation== |
| + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} | ||
| + | * [[2366]] - No record<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2401]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<ref name="HM(TFWL)p15">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 15: "Andurien Crisis"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2404]] - [[Free Worlds League]]<ref name="HM(TFWL)p15"/> | ||
| + | * [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2750]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2822]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2864]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3030]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3040]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3052]] - Free Worlds League{{cn}} | ||
| + | * [[3057]] - Free Worlds League{{cn}} | ||
| + | * [[3058]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3062]] - Free Worlds League{{cn}} | ||
| + | * [[3067]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=FMU159/><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3079]] - [[Duchy of Andurien]]<ref name="FR:FWLMp17">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3081]] - Duchy of Andurien (dead or dying world)<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref> | ||
| + | {{div col end}} | ||
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| + | ==Lopez I== | ||
| + | {{InfoBoxPlanet | ||
| image = Lopez Flag.jpg | | image = Lopez Flag.jpg | ||
| − | | | + | | name = Lopez I |
| − | | | + | | othernames = |
| − | + | | position = First<ref name=HMp155/><ref name=HB:HMp67/> | |
| − | | position = | ||
| distance = 3 days<ref name=HMp155/><ref name=HB:HMp67/> | | distance = 3 days<ref name=HMp155/><ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
| moons = None<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | | moons = None<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
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| gravity = 0.85<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | | gravity = 0.85<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
| pressure = Standard (Tainted)<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | | pressure = Standard (Tainted)<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
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| water = 25%<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | | water = 25%<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
| life = Reptile<ref name=HMp155/><ref name=HB:HMp67/> | | life = Reptile<ref name=HMp155/><ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
| − | | | + | | continents = |
| − | | | + | | colonized = |
| − | | | + | | demonym = |
| − | | | + | | language = |
| − | | population = 2,260,000,000 (3025)<ref name=HMp155/><br>2,600,500,000 (3067)<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | + | | religion = |
| − | | | + | | population = 2,260,000,000 (3025),<ref name=HMp155/><br>2,600,500,000 (3067)<ref name=HB:HMp67/> |
| − | | hpg = B<ref name=HMp155/><ref name=HB:HMp67/> | + | | ruler = |
| + | | political = [[Secretary General of Lopez|Secretary General]] | ||
| + | | commander = | ||
| + | | capital = Orton<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
| + | | hpg = B<ref name=HMp155/><ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
| + | | hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Debbie Loo-Yee]] (3025)<ref name=HMp155/> | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | ===Planetary History=== | ||
| + | ====Age of War==== | ||
| + | Lopez was one of the worlds contested between the Capellan Confederation and the Free Worlds League in the [[First Andurien War]]; occupied by the Capellans prior to the battle at [[Kwamashu]] in [[2401]], Lopez was abandoned by the Capellan forces when [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Peter Marik (24th c.)|Peter Marik]] launched a deep strike at the heart of the Confederation, intent on sacking [[Sian]], [[Cordiagr]], and [[Capella]]. In [[2404]], [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Aleisha Liao]] negotiated a treaty with Peter Marik that saw the Andurien worlds returned to the Free Worlds League for a ten-year period followed by a formal vote by the populace on which state to join thereafter.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p15"/> | ||
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| + | In [[2485]], the [[First Regulan Hussars]] are defeated in battle by a Capellan Confederation Heavy Tank Regiment.<ref>''Rolling Thunder'', p. 4: "1st Regulan Hussars early history" - Formation</ref> | ||
| − | == | + | ====Star League==== |
| − | + | The [[Star League Defense Force]] maintained a small base in the Foghorn Highlands, possibly acting as a training depot. Before departing the Inner Sphere the SLDF buried the entrance under tons of dirt which they also mined.<ref name=CS30>''ComStar'', p. 30: "The Lopez Incident"</ref> As no major SLDF commands were stationed on Lopez this was likely either an unmanned supply depot or part of the planetary garrison under Reserve Command.<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 18</ref><ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 20</ref> | |
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| − | == | + | ====Succession Wars==== |
| − | = | + | In [[2853]], excavation of the above SLDF depot determined it still contained at least two companies of BattleMechs, two companies of vehicles, and storage containers of unknown contents. The excavation project was infiltrated by three [[ROM]] agents posing as manual labor, led by an agent known only as "Fleeting Mirage." This team contacted [[Precentor ROM]] on 12 August suggesting news of this find be leaked to the Capellan Confederation, and during the confusion of the inevitable raid the team would detonate the depot. Within three weeks of this communication an unknown battalion sized force of assault BattleMechs assaulted the world, destroying all known records of the excavation and leaving no survivors at the site. Despite the [[Eleventh Atrean Dragoons]] being stationed on Lopez at this time the attackers either avoided or brushed aside that medium-weight regiment operating at nearly a third strength.<ref>''The Second Succession War'', p. 98</ref> No known communications occurred between Precentor ROM and the Capellans in this period of time but it should be noted Lopez is only a handful of jumps from one of ComStar's [[The Five|Hidden Worlds]] of [[Sharpe|Sharpe/Obeedah]].<ref name=CS30/> |
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| − | ===The Jihad=== | + | ====The Jihad==== |
| − | Lopez was rendered uninhabitable in October [[3080]], following orbital bombardment by | + | Lopez was rendered uninhabitable in October [[3080]], following orbital bombardment by fourteen high-speed meteors on 12 October 3080. The meteors were delivered by manmade means, and the attack was widely considered to be the work of the [[Word of Blake]] vessel [[Erinyes (Individual WarShip)|WoBS ''Erinyes'']], a ship believed to be responsible for asteroid strikes on various worlds during the course of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="J:FRp61"/> |
| − | Six weeks before the first of the asteroids struck Lopez, the nadir point jump monitoring station received a radio report from a prospector DropShip, the ''[[Ice Princess]]'', reporting that a large K-F signature had been detected by the DropShip; the signature fell outside the | + | Six weeks before the first of the asteroids struck Lopez, the nadir point jump monitoring station received a radio report from a prospector DropShip, the ''[[Ice Princess]]'', reporting that a large K-F signature had been detected by the DropShip; the signature fell outside the ecliptical plane of the Lopez system.<ref name="J:FRp22">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 22: "What of Lopez?"</ref> |
| − | The first asteroid struck Lopez at 1. | + | The first asteroid struck Lopez at 1:32 a.m., Terran Standard Time, on 12 October 3080. Thirteen more asteroids followed the first in quick succession, and by midnight the entire planet had been laid waste; of the 2.6 billion people who lived on Lopez, the only survivors were a scattering of people left in what had been wilderness areas and those who managed to escape from Lopez on spacecraft.<ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref name="J:FRp22"/> |
| − | A number of the spacecraft which managed to escape from Lopez during the bombardment conducted orbital scans, and those scans showed no trace of drive plumes pushing the asteroids, indicating that the method of bombardment was not the same as that which had struck [[Taurus]] several years before. In November 3080 the path taken by the asteroids as they approached Lopez was being backtracked by investigators; these investigators discovered remains of the ''Ice Princess'' DropShip lying along the same course as that taken by the asteroids. The ''Ice Princess'' had been destroyed by capital ship weapons, but the various sensor logs aboard the ship were intact and were recovered by the investigators. When examined, the logs showed that the K-F signal detected jumping into the system was a [[WarShip]] with a mass of at least one million | + | A number of the spacecraft which managed to escape from Lopez during the bombardment conducted orbital scans, and those scans showed no trace of drive plumes pushing the asteroids, indicating that the method of bombardment was not the same as that which had struck [[Taurus]] several years before. In November 3080, the path taken by the asteroids as they approached Lopez was being backtracked by investigators; these investigators discovered remains of the ''Ice Princess'' DropShip lying along the same course as that taken by the asteroids. The ''Ice Princess'' had been destroyed by capital ship weapons, but the various sensor logs aboard the ship were intact and were recovered by the investigators. When examined, the logs showed that the K-F signal detected jumping into the system was a [[WarShip]] with a mass of at least one million tons, and also showed that the ''Ice Princess'' had been destroyed thirty seconds after the WarShip jumped in.<ref name="J:FRp22"/> |
| − | The destruction of Lopez, combined with the logs recovered from the ''Ice Princess'', are major contributing factors in the increasingly widespread acceptance of the | + | The destruction of Lopez, combined with the logs recovered from the ''Ice Princess'', are major contributing factors in the increasingly widespread acceptance of the rumor that the [[Word of Blake]] possessed a WarShip capable of killing a planet—believed to be the WoBS ''Erinyes''.<ref name="J:FRp61"/><ref name="J:FRp22"/> |
| − | == Military Deployment == | + | ===Military Deployment=== |
| − | === 2821 === | + | {{columns-start|num=3}} |
| − | * [[Eleventh Atrean Dragoons]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War | + | ====2821==== |
| + | * [[Eleventh Atrean Dragoons]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref> | ||
| − | ===3054=== | + | ====3054==== |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Fifth Free Worlds Legionnaires]]<ref name=OR37>''Objective Raids'', p. 37: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> |
| + | {{column}} | ||
| + | ====3059==== | ||
| + | * Fifth Free Worlds Legionnaires<ref name=FMFWL110>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 110: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
| − | === | + | ====3067==== |
| − | * Fifth Free Worlds Legionnaires<ref name= | + | * Fifth Free Worlds Legionnaires<ref name=FMU159>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 159: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> |
| + | {{columns-end}} | ||
| − | === | + | ===Planetary Locations=== |
| − | * | + | * Coliman Sea<ref name=HB:HMp67/> |
| + | * Lake Léon: the smaller of the planet's two main bodies of water<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
| + | * Miyama Jungles<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
| + | :* French Bluff: a tourist attraction<ref name=HB:HMp67/><ref name=H:HMp133>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 133: "Magna Metals Inc (MagMet)"</ref> | ||
| + | * Puebla Mountains<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
| + | :* Orton: capital city<ref name=HB:HMp67/> | ||
| − | == Industrial Centers == | + | ===Industrial Centers=== |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Free Worlds Defense Industries]] - new production development installation (2611)<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 126: "Free Worlds Defense Industries"</ref> |
| − | * [[Magna Metals Inc]] | + | * [[Magna Metals Inc]]<ref name=H:HMp133/> |
| − | == Organizations == | + | ===Organizations=== |
| − | The [[BranthKeepers]] | + | * The [[BranthKeepers]] |
| − | == Local Fauna == | + | ===Local Flora and Fauna=== |
| − | * [[Branth]]<ref name=HHMp148>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 148 | + | * [[Branth]]<ref name=HHMp148>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 148: "Creatures"</ref> |
| − | * [[Lesser Branth]]<ref name=HHMp148 | + | * [[Lesser Branth]]<ref name=HHMp148/> |
| − | == Nearby Systems == | + | ==Map Gallery== |
| + | <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> | ||
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| + | ==Nearby Systems== | ||
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| − | == References == | + | ==References== |
<references /> | <references /> | ||
| − | == Bibliography == | + | ==Bibliography== |
| + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} | ||
| + | * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War ( | + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' |
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
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| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Systems|Lopez]] |
| − | [[Category: Capellan Confederation | + | [[Category: Capellan Confederation Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Duchy of Andurien | + | [[Category: Duchy of Andurien Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Free Worlds League | + | [[Category: Free Worlds League Systems]] |
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -37.757 : -330.395[e] |
| Spectral class | M0V, M5V[1][2] |
| Recharge time | 203 hours[2] |
| Recharge station(s) | Zenith, Nadir[1][2] |
Contents
System Description
Lopez is located near the Rosendal and Andurien systems.
Political Affiliation
- 2366 - No record[3]
- 2401 - Capellan Confederation[4]
- 2404 - Free Worlds League[4]
- 2571 - No record[5]
- 2596 - No record[6]
- 2750 - Capellan Confederation[7]
- 2765 - Capellan Confederation[8]
- 2786 - Capellan Confederation[9]
- 2822 - Free Worlds League[10][11]
- 2864 - Free Worlds League[12]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League[13]
- 3030 - Free Worlds League[14]
- 3040 - Free Worlds League[15]
- 3052 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3058 - Free Worlds League[16]
- 3062 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3067 - Free Worlds League[17][18]
- 3079 - Duchy of Andurien[19]
- 3081 - Duchy of Andurien (dead or dying world)[20]
Lopez I
| Lopez I | |
|---|---|
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| Astrophysical | |
| System position | First[1][2] |
| Jump Point distance | 3 days[1][2] |
| Moons | None[2] |
| Geophysical | |
| Surface gravity | 0.85[2] |
| Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Tainted)[2] |
| Equatorial temperature | 50°C (Arid)[2] |
| Surface water | 25%[2] |
| Highest native life | Reptile[1][2] |
| History and Culture | |
| Population | 2,260,000,000 (3025),[1] 2,600,500,000 (3067)[2] |
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Political Leader | Secretary General |
| Capital | Orton[2] |
| HPG Class | B[1][2] |
| HPG Representative | Precentor Debbie Loo-Yee (3025)[1] |
Planetary History
Age of War
Lopez was one of the worlds contested between the Capellan Confederation and the Free Worlds League in the First Andurien War; occupied by the Capellans prior to the battle at Kwamashu in 2401, Lopez was abandoned by the Capellan forces when Captain-General Peter Marik launched a deep strike at the heart of the Confederation, intent on sacking Sian, Cordiagr, and Capella. In 2404, Chancellor Aleisha Liao negotiated a treaty with Peter Marik that saw the Andurien worlds returned to the Free Worlds League for a ten-year period followed by a formal vote by the populace on which state to join thereafter.[4]
In 2485, the First Regulan Hussars are defeated in battle by a Capellan Confederation Heavy Tank Regiment.[21]
Star League
The Star League Defense Force maintained a small base in the Foghorn Highlands, possibly acting as a training depot. Before departing the Inner Sphere the SLDF buried the entrance under tons of dirt which they also mined.[22] As no major SLDF commands were stationed on Lopez this was likely either an unmanned supply depot or part of the planetary garrison under Reserve Command.[23][24]
Succession Wars
In 2853, excavation of the above SLDF depot determined it still contained at least two companies of BattleMechs, two companies of vehicles, and storage containers of unknown contents. The excavation project was infiltrated by three ROM agents posing as manual labor, led by an agent known only as "Fleeting Mirage." This team contacted Precentor ROM on 12 August suggesting news of this find be leaked to the Capellan Confederation, and during the confusion of the inevitable raid the team would detonate the depot. Within three weeks of this communication an unknown battalion sized force of assault BattleMechs assaulted the world, destroying all known records of the excavation and leaving no survivors at the site. Despite the Eleventh Atrean Dragoons being stationed on Lopez at this time the attackers either avoided or brushed aside that medium-weight regiment operating at nearly a third strength.[25] No known communications occurred between Precentor ROM and the Capellans in this period of time but it should be noted Lopez is only a handful of jumps from one of ComStar's Hidden Worlds of Sharpe/Obeedah.[22]
The Jihad
Lopez was rendered uninhabitable in October 3080, following orbital bombardment by fourteen high-speed meteors on 12 October 3080. The meteors were delivered by manmade means, and the attack was widely considered to be the work of the Word of Blake vessel WoBS Erinyes, a ship believed to be responsible for asteroid strikes on various worlds during the course of the Jihad.[26]
Six weeks before the first of the asteroids struck Lopez, the nadir point jump monitoring station received a radio report from a prospector DropShip, the Ice Princess, reporting that a large K-F signature had been detected by the DropShip; the signature fell outside the ecliptical plane of the Lopez system.[27]
The first asteroid struck Lopez at 1:32 a.m., Terran Standard Time, on 12 October 3080. Thirteen more asteroids followed the first in quick succession, and by midnight the entire planet had been laid waste; of the 2.6 billion people who lived on Lopez, the only survivors were a scattering of people left in what had been wilderness areas and those who managed to escape from Lopez on spacecraft.[26][27]
A number of the spacecraft which managed to escape from Lopez during the bombardment conducted orbital scans, and those scans showed no trace of drive plumes pushing the asteroids, indicating that the method of bombardment was not the same as that which had struck Taurus several years before. In November 3080, the path taken by the asteroids as they approached Lopez was being backtracked by investigators; these investigators discovered remains of the Ice Princess DropShip lying along the same course as that taken by the asteroids. The Ice Princess had been destroyed by capital ship weapons, but the various sensor logs aboard the ship were intact and were recovered by the investigators. When examined, the logs showed that the K-F signal detected jumping into the system was a WarShip with a mass of at least one million tons, and also showed that the Ice Princess had been destroyed thirty seconds after the WarShip jumped in.[27]
The destruction of Lopez, combined with the logs recovered from the Ice Princess, are major contributing factors in the increasingly widespread acceptance of the rumor that the Word of Blake possessed a WarShip capable of killing a planet—believed to be the WoBS Erinyes.[26][27]
Military Deployment
Planetary Locations
- Puebla Mountains[2]
- Orton: capital city[2]
Industrial Centers
- Free Worlds Defense Industries - new production development installation (2611)[32]
- Magna Metals Inc[31]
Organizations
- The BranthKeepers
Local Flora and Fauna
Map Gallery
Nearby Systems
| Closest 52 systems (49 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosendal | 12.3 | Andurien | 15.6 | Lurgatan | 17.6 | Borka | 19.4 |
| Aomen | 20.3 | Cursa | 22.8 | Katla | 24.3 | Ullieri | 25.0 |
| Athna | 26.2 | Sadurni | 26.7 | Xanthe | 29.5 | Naryn | 30.8 |
| Tengil | 33.2 | Dili | 35.6 | Conquista | 36.6 | Nukus | 37.0 |
| Leyda | 37.2 | Mattisskogen | 37.4 | Shiba | 38.0 | Ryerson | 38.7 |
| Shiro | 39.0 | Dansur | 40.2 | Kalmar | 41.0 | Claybrooke | 41.3 |
| Niomede | 42.1 | Karlstejn | 42.3 | Dì-fang | 43.3 | Konopiste | 45.3 |
| Pernik | 46.2 | Principia | 46.7 | Sigma Mare | 46.8 | Pilpala | 47.2 |
| Calseraigne | 47.5 | Furud | 47.9 | Betelgeuse | 49.4 | Itica | 50.1 |
| Alamagordo | 50.8 | Ingonish | 52.2 | Villanueva | 53.1 | Pell | 54.0 |
| Palladaine | 54.8 | Fagerholm | 54.9 | Antias | 55.2 | Mosiro | 56.7 |
| Buenos Aires | 57.0 | Sax | 57.1 | Dicon | 58.1 | Kupang | 58.3 |
| Deschenes | 59.3 | Granera | 60.5 | Latice | 60.7 | Hudeiba | 60.8 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 155: "Lopez" planet profile
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Handbook: House Marik, p. 67: "Lopez"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 15: "Andurien Crisis"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 159: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68
- ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Rolling Thunder, p. 4: "1st Regulan Hussars early history" - Formation
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 ComStar, p. 30: "The Lopez Incident"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 18
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 20
- ↑ The Second Succession War, p. 98
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 61: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 22: "What of Lopez?"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 37: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 110: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 133: "Magna Metals Inc (MagMet)"
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 126: "Free Worlds Defense Industries"
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 148: "Creatures"
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