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| − | '' | + | ==System Description== |
| + | '''Medron''' is located near the [[Wittington]] and [[Kinkaid]] systems. | ||
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| + | ==Political Affiliation== | ||
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| + | * [[2319]] - No record<ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2571]] - [[Outworlds Alliance]]<ref name="HB:MPSp147">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 147: "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2581]] - Outworlds Alliance (under [[Star League]] occupation from December)<ref name="H:RWp116"/> | ||
| + | * [[2596]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2750]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:MPSp147"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2764]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2765]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp36">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 36: "Outworlds Alliance Militia Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR2765:DCMSp25>''Field Report 2765: DCMS'', p. 25: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2767]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="H:LoTv1p98">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 98: "Outworlds Alliance - [2767] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2786]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2822]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2864]] - No record<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3025]] - No record<ref name="TPE1p156">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 156: "The Outworlds Alliance Sector"</ref><ref name="HK(TDC)pvii">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. vii: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3030]] - No record<ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3040]] - No record<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3050]] - No record<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3052]] - No record<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3054]] - No record<ref name="ORp46">''Objective Raids'', p. 46: "Map of Periphery States: The Outworlds Alliance Sector"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3057]] - No record<ref name="ER3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3058]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp77">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 77: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3059]] - No record<ref name="TPE2p110">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 110: "Outworlds Alliance"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3063]] - No record<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref><ref name="ISp97">''Inner Sphere'', p. 98: "Near Periphery Kingdoms Map""</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3067]] - No record<ref name="HB:MPSp150">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 150: "Outworlds Alliance (3067)"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3075]] - No record<ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3079]] - No record<ref name="FR:DCMSp19">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name=FR:Cp28>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 28: "Clan Snow Raven & Outworlds Alliance Deployment Map [3079]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3081]] - No record<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3085]] - No record<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3135]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3145]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Medron== | ||
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| + | ===Planetary History=== | ||
| + | ====Reunification War==== | ||
| + | In the [[twenty-sixth century]], Medron was a largely agricultural world, although it was also one of the worlds within the Outworlds Alliance that had a strong industrial base and was located close to the Alliance borders with the Draconis Combine and [[Federated Suns]]. Medron was targeted by forces from the [[Star League Defense Force]] during attacks on the Outworlds Alliance in [[2581]] as a part of the forcible incorporation of the [[Periphery]] States into the [[Star League]] following the mass rejection of the [[Pollux Proclamation]].<ref name="H:RWp116"/> | ||
| − | + | When the commander of the Star League Outworlds Alliance Task Force, [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]] found his attempt to launch a quick invasion of [[Sevon]] followed by a strike at [[Alpheratz]] with two of the three divisions from [[II Corps (Star League)|II Corps]] being stymied by the determined resistance on Sevon, he ordered the commander of the remaining division, the [[5th Division (Star League)|Fifth Division]], to begin combat operations against Medron. The Fifth Division CO, [[Major General]] [[Angelo Rucker]], assigned the invasion of Medron the [[Thirteenth Brigade]] under the command of [[Lieutenant General]] [[Remy Mallet]].<ref name="H:RWp116"/> | |
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| − | When the commander of the Star League Outworlds Alliance Task Force, [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]] found his attempt to launch a quick invasion of [[Sevon]] followed by a strike at [[Alpheratz]] with two of the three divisions from [[II Corps (Star League)|II Corps]] being stymied by the determined resistance on Sevon, he ordered the commander of the remaining division, the [[5th Division]], to begin combat operations against Medron. The | ||
| − | The | + | The Thirteenth Brigade was a heavy assault brigade, and began landing on Medron on the 28th of October. Unlike many other Outworlds Alliance worlds, the commander of the local militia was an experienced military veteran; Planetary Defense Chairman [[Kerron Raty]] had emigrated to the Outworlds Alliance from the Draconis Combine, and during his time in the Combine had spent ten years or more as a tank commander within the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]]. Even before the invasion of the Outworlds Alliance by the [[SLDF]] Raty had actively worked to organize the Medron militia forces to respond quickly to pirate raids, and in the preinvasion years Raty had vocally advocated that the Alliance border should be strengthened against a possible Star League invasion. Raty's skills and opinions had resulted in the Outworlds Alliance Militia commander providing more support to Medron than any of the other worlds located on the Alliance borders, and Raty had used this support well.<ref name="H:RWp116"/> |
| − | The militia forces Raty had organized consisted of four battalions of fast armor, each made up of approximately fifty | + | The militia forces Raty had organized consisted of four battalions of fast armor, each made up of approximately fifty vehicles—a mixture of 20 assorted light and medium tanks, plus another 30 vehicles converted to carry armor and heavy weapons—and two regiments of infantry, equipped with standardized weapons and enough vehicles to transport them. Chairman Raty didn't attempt to engage the Thirteenth Brigade and their heavy units directly; instead, he used civilian reports and militia scouts to enable his mobile militia forces to conduct hit and run strikes against small and isolated [[SLDF]] formations. Two weeks later, the militia had destroyed a battalion of Thirteenth Brigade [['Mech]] and tank forces, for the loss of only a battalion of militia forces. This was promptly followed on the 16th of November by the militia capturing an SLDF supply cache—a significant coup that furnished the Medron defenders with thousands of tons of weapons and ammunition, sufficient to allow Raty to arm another regiment of volunteer infantry. This new regiment would be used to defend Axel and New Tallahassee, two key industrial cities, and went on to build strong defenses within both.<ref name="H:RWp116"/> |
| − | General Mallet responded by first scattering the militia forces from the supply cache and then ordering a mass assault on the city of Axel. The assault turned into a two day battle; the SLDF infantry attempted to clear the city buildings and streets of militia forces so that the SLDF tanks and [[ | + | General Mallet responded by first scattering the militia forces from the supply cache and then ordering a mass assault on the city of Axel. The assault turned into a two day battle; the SLDF infantry attempted to clear the city buildings and streets of militia forces so that the SLDF tanks and [['Mechs]] could advance without being harassed, but were instead outmatched by the speed with which Raty's militia forces could rapidly redeploy, halting Mallet's advance at the industrial center of the city. Not realizing that the two-day conflict had cost Raty three quarters of the militia's combat strength and unwilling to level the city, Mallet withdrew his forces to the city limits and requested recommendations from General [[Amos Forlough]] on how to proceed.<ref name="H:RWp116"/> |
| − | On the 23rd of November<ref name="H:RWp116"/> Mallet received orders that would change the nature of the war in the Outworlds Alliance completely. Forlough had received orders on the 17th of November from his commanding officer, [[General]] [[Carlos Lee]], redeploying a third of the Outworlds Alliance Task Force naval and [[JumpShip]] forces to the campaign against the [[Taurian Concordat]]. This prevented Forlough from striking at Alpheratz as originally planned, and SLDF forces were bogged down on several worlds because of the resistance the Outworlds Alliance population was offering. As a result, unable to strike at the Alliance capital, Forlough chose to instead strike at the will of the Alliance population; he ordered Mallet to literally decimate the civilian population of Medron.<ref name="H:RWp117">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 117 | + | On the 23rd of November<ref name="H:RWp116"/> Mallet received orders that would change the nature of the war in the Outworlds Alliance completely. Forlough had received orders on the 17th of November from his commanding officer, [[General]] [[Carlos Lee]], redeploying a third of the Outworlds Alliance Task Force naval and [[JumpShip]] forces to the campaign against the [[Taurian Concordat]]. This prevented Forlough from striking at Alpheratz as originally planned, and SLDF forces were bogged down on several worlds because of the resistance the Outworlds Alliance population was offering. As a result, unable to strike at the Alliance capital, Forlough chose to instead strike at the will of the Alliance population; he ordered Mallet to literally decimate the civilian population of Medron.<ref name="H:RWp117">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 117: "Rage Unleashed"</ref> |
Mass executions began on Medron on the 25th of November, and within hours the surviving elements of the militia had been drawn out and destroyed. Within a week, more than 10,000 citizens of Medron were being buried in mass graves, and the resistance on Medron was effectively over.<ref name="H:RWp117"/> | Mass executions began on Medron on the 25th of November, and within hours the surviving elements of the militia had been drawn out and destroyed. Within a week, more than 10,000 citizens of Medron were being buried in mass graves, and the resistance on Medron was effectively over.<ref name="H:RWp117"/> | ||
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The relatively quick resolution of the resistance on Medron led Forlough to issue standing orders to all of the SLDF and Draconis Combine forces under his command, instructing them to decimate populations on worlds until mass resistance ended, and punish all future resistance with death. Medron was the first world to be hit by this genocidal instruction, and the worst hit, but it wouldn't be the last. While these mass executions quieted resistance on the Alliance worlds already occupied, the lasting legacy of these orders and the fall of Medron was anti-Star League hatred and outrage throughout the remainder of the Outworlds Alliance, with an accompanying tenfold increase in militia recruitment.<ref name="H:RWp117"/> | The relatively quick resolution of the resistance on Medron led Forlough to issue standing orders to all of the SLDF and Draconis Combine forces under his command, instructing them to decimate populations on worlds until mass resistance ended, and punish all future resistance with death. Medron was the first world to be hit by this genocidal instruction, and the worst hit, but it wouldn't be the last. While these mass executions quieted resistance on the Alliance worlds already occupied, the lasting legacy of these orders and the fall of Medron was anti-Star League hatred and outrage throughout the remainder of the Outworlds Alliance, with an accompanying tenfold increase in militia recruitment.<ref name="H:RWp117"/> | ||
| − | [[House Davion]] forces attempted to annex Medron in [[2584]], following SLDF redeployments which removed units from occupied worlds in the Outworlds Alliance to fight against the [[Taurian Concordat]], but the attempt was successfully thwarted by [[Hehiro Kurita]],<ref name="H:RWp125">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126 | + | [[House Davion]] forces attempted to annex Medron in [[2584]], following SLDF redeployments which removed units from occupied worlds in the Outworlds Alliance to fight against the [[Taurian Concordat]], but the attempt was successfully thwarted by [[Hehiro Kurita]],<ref name="H:RWp125">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126: "Year Four: Slow Grind"</ref> and on 1 August [[2585]] Medron was ceded to the [[Draconis Combine]] as a part of the terms laid out within the [[Treaty of Cerberus]].<ref name="H:RWp126">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126: "Year Five: Peace In Our Time"</ref> |
| − | == Military Deployment == | + | ===Military Deployment=== |
| − | ===2581=== | + | {{columns-start|num=3}} |
| − | Planetary Militia (until December)<ref name="H:RWp116">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 116 | + | ====2581==== |
| − | * 4 [[battalion|battalions]] of light/medium fast [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] | + | * Planetary Militia (until December)<ref name="H:RWp116">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 116: "Medron"</ref><br /> |
| − | * 2 [[regiment|regiments]] of motorized [[infantry]] | + | :* 4 [[battalion|battalions]] of light/medium fast [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] |
| − | * 1 [[regiment]] of infantry (after the 16th of November) | + | :* 2 [[regiment|regiments]] of motorized [[infantry]] |
| − | + | :* 1 [[regiment]] of infantry (after the 16th of November) | |
| − | Star League Garrison (from December)<ref name="H:RWp140">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 140 | + | * Star League Garrison (from December)<ref name="H:RWp140">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 140: "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref> |
| − | *[[ | + | :* [[Thirteenth Brigade]], [[5th Division (Star League)|Fifth Division]], [[II Corps (Star League)|II Corps]] |
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| − | ===2582=== | + | ====2582==== |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Thirty-eighth Royal Brigade]], [[Thirteenth Royal Division]], [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp140"/> |
| − | * [[15th Division]], [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp141">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 141 | + | * [[15th BattleMech Division|Fifteenth Division]], [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp141">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 141: "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref> |
| + | {{column}} | ||
| + | ====2584==== | ||
| + | * [[Fortieth Brigade]], [[Fourteenth Division (Star League)|Fourteenth Division]], [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp140"/> | ||
| − | === | + | ====2786==== |
| − | [[ | + | * [[First Galedon Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War'', p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref> |
| − | === | + | ====2821==== |
| − | * | + | * First Galedon Regulars<ref name="FSWp137"/> |
| + | {{columns-end}} | ||
| − | == | + | ==Map Gallery== |
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| − | == Nearby Systems == | + | ==Nearby Systems== |
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Wittington]] | | class="lessthan30" | [[Wittington]] | ||
| class="lessthan30" | 9.0 | | class="lessthan30" | 9.0 | ||
| − | | class="lessthan30" | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Kinkaid]] |
| class="lessthan30" | 18.3 | | class="lessthan30" | 18.3 | ||
| class="lessthan30" | [[Tancredi]] | | class="lessthan30" | [[Tancredi]] | ||
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| class="over30" | 38.7 | | class="over30" | 38.7 | ||
| class="over30" | [[Dormandaine]] | | class="over30" | [[Dormandaine]] | ||
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| class="over30" | [[Sevon]] | | class="over30" | [[Sevon]] | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | + | * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | + | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' |
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Field Report 2765: | + | * ''[[Field Report: Clans]]'' |
| + | * ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Report 2765: DCMS]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'' | * ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'' | ||
| − | + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' | |
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| − | * ''[[First Succession War ( | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' | + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' |
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
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* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]'' | + | * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]'' |
| − | * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition]]'' | + | * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]'' |
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| + | [[Category:Systems|Medron]] | ||
[[Category:Planets|Medron]] | [[Category:Planets|Medron]] | ||
| − | [[Category: Outworlds Alliance | + | [[Category: Outworlds Alliance Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Draconis Combine | + | [[Category: Draconis Combine Systems]] |
Latest revision as of 23:35, 21 November 2023
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Contents
System Description[edit]
Medron is located near the Wittington and Kinkaid systems.
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2319 - No record[1]
- 2571 - Outworlds Alliance[2][3][4]
- 2581 - Outworlds Alliance (under Star League occupation from December)[5]
- 2596 - Draconis Combine[6]
- 2750 - Draconis Combine[2][7]
- 2764 - Draconis Combine[8]
- 2765 - Draconis Combine[9][10][11]
- 2767 - Draconis Combine[12]
- 2786 - Draconis Combine[13]
- 2822 - Draconis Combine[14][15][16][17]
- 2864 - No record[18][19]
- 3025 - No record[20][21][22][23]
- 3030 - No record[24][25]
- 3040 - No record[26][27][28]
- 3050 - No record[29]
- 3052 - No record[30][31]
- 3054 - No record[32]
- 3057 - No record[33]
- 3058 - No record[34]
- 3059 - No record[35]
- 3063 - No record[36][37]
- 3067 - No record[38][39][40][41]
- 3075 - No record[42]
- 3079 - No record[43][44]
- 3081 - No record[45]
- 3085 - No record[46]
- 3135 - No record[47]
- 3145 - No record[48][49]
Medron[edit]
| Medron | |
|---|---|
| History and Culture | |
| Population | 100,000+ (2581)[citation needed] 90,000+ (2582)[citation needed] |
Planetary History[edit]
Reunification War[edit]
In the twenty-sixth century, Medron was a largely agricultural world, although it was also one of the worlds within the Outworlds Alliance that had a strong industrial base and was located close to the Alliance borders with the Draconis Combine and Federated Suns. Medron was targeted by forces from the Star League Defense Force during attacks on the Outworlds Alliance in 2581 as a part of the forcible incorporation of the Periphery States into the Star League following the mass rejection of the Pollux Proclamation.[5]
When the commander of the Star League Outworlds Alliance Task Force, General Amos Forlough found his attempt to launch a quick invasion of Sevon followed by a strike at Alpheratz with two of the three divisions from II Corps being stymied by the determined resistance on Sevon, he ordered the commander of the remaining division, the Fifth Division, to begin combat operations against Medron. The Fifth Division CO, Major General Angelo Rucker, assigned the invasion of Medron the Thirteenth Brigade under the command of Lieutenant General Remy Mallet.[5]
The Thirteenth Brigade was a heavy assault brigade, and began landing on Medron on the 28th of October. Unlike many other Outworlds Alliance worlds, the commander of the local militia was an experienced military veteran; Planetary Defense Chairman Kerron Raty had emigrated to the Outworlds Alliance from the Draconis Combine, and during his time in the Combine had spent ten years or more as a tank commander within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery. Even before the invasion of the Outworlds Alliance by the SLDF Raty had actively worked to organize the Medron militia forces to respond quickly to pirate raids, and in the preinvasion years Raty had vocally advocated that the Alliance border should be strengthened against a possible Star League invasion. Raty's skills and opinions had resulted in the Outworlds Alliance Militia commander providing more support to Medron than any of the other worlds located on the Alliance borders, and Raty had used this support well.[5]
The militia forces Raty had organized consisted of four battalions of fast armor, each made up of approximately fifty vehicles—a mixture of 20 assorted light and medium tanks, plus another 30 vehicles converted to carry armor and heavy weapons—and two regiments of infantry, equipped with standardized weapons and enough vehicles to transport them. Chairman Raty didn't attempt to engage the Thirteenth Brigade and their heavy units directly; instead, he used civilian reports and militia scouts to enable his mobile militia forces to conduct hit and run strikes against small and isolated SLDF formations. Two weeks later, the militia had destroyed a battalion of Thirteenth Brigade 'Mech and tank forces, for the loss of only a battalion of militia forces. This was promptly followed on the 16th of November by the militia capturing an SLDF supply cache—a significant coup that furnished the Medron defenders with thousands of tons of weapons and ammunition, sufficient to allow Raty to arm another regiment of volunteer infantry. This new regiment would be used to defend Axel and New Tallahassee, two key industrial cities, and went on to build strong defenses within both.[5]
General Mallet responded by first scattering the militia forces from the supply cache and then ordering a mass assault on the city of Axel. The assault turned into a two day battle; the SLDF infantry attempted to clear the city buildings and streets of militia forces so that the SLDF tanks and 'Mechs could advance without being harassed, but were instead outmatched by the speed with which Raty's militia forces could rapidly redeploy, halting Mallet's advance at the industrial center of the city. Not realizing that the two-day conflict had cost Raty three quarters of the militia's combat strength and unwilling to level the city, Mallet withdrew his forces to the city limits and requested recommendations from General Amos Forlough on how to proceed.[5]
On the 23rd of November[5] Mallet received orders that would change the nature of the war in the Outworlds Alliance completely. Forlough had received orders on the 17th of November from his commanding officer, General Carlos Lee, redeploying a third of the Outworlds Alliance Task Force naval and JumpShip forces to the campaign against the Taurian Concordat. This prevented Forlough from striking at Alpheratz as originally planned, and SLDF forces were bogged down on several worlds because of the resistance the Outworlds Alliance population was offering. As a result, unable to strike at the Alliance capital, Forlough chose to instead strike at the will of the Alliance population; he ordered Mallet to literally decimate the civilian population of Medron.[50]
Mass executions began on Medron on the 25th of November, and within hours the surviving elements of the militia had been drawn out and destroyed. Within a week, more than 10,000 citizens of Medron were being buried in mass graves, and the resistance on Medron was effectively over.[50]
The relatively quick resolution of the resistance on Medron led Forlough to issue standing orders to all of the SLDF and Draconis Combine forces under his command, instructing them to decimate populations on worlds until mass resistance ended, and punish all future resistance with death. Medron was the first world to be hit by this genocidal instruction, and the worst hit, but it wouldn't be the last. While these mass executions quieted resistance on the Alliance worlds already occupied, the lasting legacy of these orders and the fall of Medron was anti-Star League hatred and outrage throughout the remainder of the Outworlds Alliance, with an accompanying tenfold increase in militia recruitment.[50]
House Davion forces attempted to annex Medron in 2584, following SLDF redeployments which removed units from occupied worlds in the Outworlds Alliance to fight against the Taurian Concordat, but the attempt was successfully thwarted by Hehiro Kurita,[51] and on 1 August 2585 Medron was ceded to the Draconis Combine as a part of the terms laid out within the Treaty of Cerberus.[52]
Military Deployment[edit]
2581[edit]
- Planetary Militia (until December)[5]
- 4 battalions of light/medium fast armor
- 2 regiments of motorized infantry
- 1 regiment of infantry (after the 16th of November)
- Star League Garrison (from December)[53]
2582[edit]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 28 systems (28 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittington | 9.0 | Kinkaid | 18.3 | Tancredi | 21.6 | Bryceland | 24.1 |
| Niles | 26.1 | Ki Zoban | 28.3 | Crestoblus | 30.4 | Alegro | 30.7 |
| Lushann | 36.7 | Groveld | 37.2 | Anguilla | 37.3 | Valentina | 37.9 |
| Lyceum | 38.7 | Dormandaine | 40.5 | Sevon | 45.3 | Latexo | 46.2 |
| Sturgis | 46.3 | Haynesville | 46.7 | Brookeland | 46.7 | Dindatari | 47.5 |
| Weisau | 51.0 | Kennard | 51.6 | Delacruz | 51.7 | Conroe | 52.3 |
| Kesai | 54.7 | Calish | 56.2 | De Berry | 56.6 | Pascagoula | 57.3 |
References[edit]
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18: "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 147: "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Historical: Reunification War, p. 116: "Medron"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 36: "Outworlds Alliance Militia Deployment Map - [2765]"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: DCMS, p. 25: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 98: "Outworlds Alliance - [2767] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
- ↑ The Periphery, First Edition, p. 156: "The Outworlds Alliance Sector"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. vii: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 46: "Map of Periphery States: The Outworlds Alliance Sector"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 77: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
- ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 110: "Outworlds Alliance"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
- ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 98: "Near Periphery Kingdoms Map""
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 150: "Outworlds Alliance (3067)"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 28: "Clan Snow Raven & Outworlds Alliance Deployment Map [3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 117: "Rage Unleashed"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 126: "Year Four: Slow Grind"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 126: "Year Five: Peace In Our Time"
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 140: "Outworlds Alliance Front"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 141: "Outworlds Alliance Front"
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 First Succession War, p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"
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