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===Planetary History=== | ===Planetary History=== |
Revision as of 22:17, 2 November 2023
Menkent | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | -38.289 : 22.951[e] |
Spectral class | K0IV[1] |
Planet(s) | Six[1] |
Contents
Political Affiliation
- 2271 - Inhabited world[2]
- 2340 - Federation of Skye[3]
- 2341 - Lyran Commonwealth[3]
- 2571 - Lyran Commonwealth[4]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth[5]
- 2764 - Lyran Commonwealth[6]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth[7]
- 2767 - Amaris Empire[8]
- 2771 - Amaris Empire[9]
- 2773 - Terran Hegemony (from March)[9]
- 2783 - Terran Hegemony[10]
- 2784 - Lyran Commonwealth[10]
- 2786 - Lyran Commonwealth[11]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth[12][13][14]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth[15]
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth[16][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]
- 3067 - Lyran Alliance[26][27]
- 3075 - Lyran Alliance[28]
- 3079 - Lyran Alliance[29]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere[30]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[31]
- 3135 - Independent world[32]
- 3145 - Clan Jade Falcon[33][34]
- 3151 - Clan Jade Falcon[35]
Menkent II
Menkent II | |
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Astrophysical | |
System position | Second[1] |
Jump Point distance | Five days[1] |
Moons | None[1] |
Geophysical | |
Surface gravity | 0.83[1] |
Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Breathable)[1] |
Equatorial temperature | 63°C[1] |
Surface water | 47%[1] |
Highest native life | Plants[1] |
History and Culture | |
Population | 3,189,000,000 (3130)[36][1] |
Government and Infrastructure | |
Political Leader | Planetary Governor |
Military Commander | Marcena Jedrik, Legate (3130)[36][1] |
Capital | Blackstone[1] |
Planetary History
Menkent is an arid world illuminated by a dim orange star. The world is a little less than half-covered with water, but it's so salty that purification units are needed to prepare the fluid for consumption and irrigation. Menkent has little to offer, exporting common metals and small industrial goods.[1]
Age of War
The world is best known for a battle that took place during the Age of War. In 2408 Alistair Marsden, second Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth, was killed on the world. This left his widow, Katherine Marsden-Steiner, to rule the Commonwealth.[1] In the six centuries since, the world was the site of numerous Draconis Combine raids. These raids damaged the planet's infrastructure.
Jihad
During the Jihad a Word of Blake WarShips returning from a strike on Skye bombarded the world.[1] The Word of Blake attack on Menkent fell during the last two weeks of October 3069.[37] A trio of Mule-class DropShips fired capital missiles at the surface of the planet. The targets bombarded by the DropShips were not military (they ignored the open militia defense positions), in favor of striking civilian infrastructure targets like the Kluge City hydroelectric dam and the Acropolis fusion substations outside Athens. Scrambled aerospace defenses from Menkent Militia outposts were too slow to engage them, although other ships in orbit were able to take several long-range still photos of the attackers.[38]
Military Deployment
2765
2786
- Fourteenth Skye Rangers[40]
3025
3028
- Third Donegal Guards[42]
- Fourth Lyran Regulars[42]
- Richard's Panzer Brigade[43]
3038
- Fourth Lyran Regulars[44]
3050
- Fourth Lyran Regulars[45]
3069
3079
- - At this time the Twenty-fifth Arcturan Guards were deployed across Alioth and Menkent. The Twenty-fifth was at 70% of full strength, with 100% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
3145
Geography
- The continent of Terrasota.[48]
Planetary Locations
- Areseppi Correctional Facility[49]
- Blackstone (Capital City)[1]
- Kluge City: A city bombarded by the Word of Blake during the Jihad.[38]
- Athens: A city bombarded by the Blakists during the Jihad.[38]
- Areseppi Correctional Facility[48]
Map Gallery
Nearby Systems
Closest 76 systems (73 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
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Summer | 6.9 | Zollikofen | 10.0 | Haddings | 10.7 | Muphrid | 13.4 |
Mizar | 16.4 | Lipton | 17.1 | Chara | 18.9 | Galatea | 19.1 |
Nusakan | 20.6 | Thorin | 21.0 | Rocky | 21.7 | Lyons | 22.0 |
Alkalurops | 22.4 | Alioth | 22.5 | Zavijava | 24.1 | Denebola | 24.6 |
Cor Caroli | 25.2 | Syrma | 25.4 | Zebebelgenubi | 28.2 | Afleir | 29.0 |
Ko | 29.1 | Yorii | 30.3 | Oliver | 30.7 | Xi Ursae Majoris | 31.0 |
Tau Ceti | 32.6 | Milton | 33.0 | Skondia | 33.2 | Skye | 34.0 |
Killbourn | 34.6 | Zosma | 35.4 | Alchiba | 36.3 | Atria | 36.3 |
Graham | 36.5 | Alcor | 36.9 | Imbros | 37.9 | Devil's Rock | 38.3 |
Pollux | 39.1 | Castor | 39.7 | Alphecca | 40.0 | Rigil Kentarus | 40.9 |
Asta | 42.5 | Wyatt | 42.6 | Sabik | 42.7 | Lone Star | 43.4 |
Marcus | 43.7 | Phecda | 43.7 | Sol | 44.6 | Callison | 45.1 |
Dromini | 46.5 | Sirius | 47.2 | Dyev | 47.5 | Unukalhai | 47.5 |
Procyon | 47.6 | Altair | 48.0 | Kochab | 49.6 | Gacrux | 49.7 |
Wing | 50.1 | La Blon | 50.3 | Dubhe | 50.6 | Dieron | 51.1 |
New Dallas | 51.2 | Tabit | 51.5 | Keid | 53.0 | Chertan | 53.0 |
Hechnar | 53.5 | Carver | 54.7 | Caph | 56.3 | Athenry | 56.4 |
Shiloh | 57.1 | Talitha | 57.8 | New Home | 57.8 | Alhena | 57.9 |
Seginus | 59.4 | Carsphairn | 60.1 | Moore | 60.2 | Chaville | 60.6 |
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 190: "Menkent"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth before [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138: "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 118: "Digesting the Hegemony"
- ↑ First Succession War, 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, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132: "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"
- ↑ 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. 11: "Inner Sphere - 3050"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, pp. 22–23: "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 30: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42-43: "Inner Sphere - October 3067"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere [3075]"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 21: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - August 3079"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 103: "Inner Sphere - [3051] Map"
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 18 "Prefecture VIII"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 Menkent Bombed!
- ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, pp. 18–19: "Skye Rangers" - Regimental Status
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 116: "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 44: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 137: "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 26: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 10: "Arcturan Guards Regimental Status"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 168: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards, p. 427
- ↑ MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards, p. 427
Bibliography
- 20 Year Update
- BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 30/10/3069: "Menkent Bombed!"
- Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere
- Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report: LAAF
- Field Report 2765: LCAF
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Marik
- Handbook: House Steiner
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
- House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1
- Shattered Fortress