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Line 6: | coord = -54.816 : 395.97{{e}} | coord = -54.816 : 395.97{{e}} | stars = | stars = − | class = K2<ref name=MSc5>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 5</ref> + | class = K2<ref name=MSp35>''Mercenary's Star'', p. 35</ref> | recharge = 193 hours<ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref> | recharge = 193 hours<ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref> | recharge stations = | recharge stations = − | planets = 3<ref name=MSc2>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 2</ref> + | planets = 3{{cn}} }} }} ==System Description== ==System Description== − '''Norn''' is a K2 class star.<ref name=MSc5/> It is located in the border reaches of the [[Tamar Pact]] region of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] close to the [[Draconis Combine]] border. Three worlds circle the primary, along with the usual collection of asteroidal debris and cometary junk. + '''Norn''' is a K2 class star, cooler, smaller, and redder than [[Sol]]. It is located in the border reaches of the [[Tamar Pact]] region of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] close to the [[Draconis Combine]] border. Three worlds circle the primary, along with the usual collection of asteroidal debris and cometary junk. + + Norn I, named Skuld, is a cloud-shrouded terrestrial planet with a hot and poisonous atmosphere. Norn III, named Urth, is a glacial terrestrial world of frozen ammonia seas and methane gales. ==Political Affiliation== ==Political Affiliation== Line 26:
Line 28: * [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref> * [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref> * [[2864]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53</ref><ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref> * [[2864]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53</ref><ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref> − * [[3015]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=MSP>''Mercenary's Star'', Prologue</ref> + * [[3015]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=MSc2>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 2</ref> − * [[3016]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=MSP/><ref name=TSF>''The Swamp Fox''</ref> + * [[3016]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=TSF>''The Swamp Fox''</ref> * [[3017]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=TSF/> * [[3017]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=TSF/> * [[3023]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=WW>''Without Warning''</ref> * [[3023]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=WW>''Without Warning''</ref> Line 49:
Line 51: * [[3152]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=TRpm/> * [[3152]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=TRpm/> {{div col end}} {{div col end}} − − ------------------------------------- − ==Norn I (Skuld)== − {{InfoBoxPlanet − | image = − | name = Skuld − | othernames = Norn I − | position = First<ref name=MSc5/> − | distance = − | moons = − | gravity = − | pressure = − | temperature = − | water = − | life = − | continents = − | colonized = − | demonym = − | language = − | religion = − | population = − | ruler = − | political = − | commander = − | capital = − | hpg = − | hpgrep = − }} − '''Norn I''', named '''Skuld''', is a cloud-shrouded terrestrial planet with a hot and poisonous atmosphere.<ref name=MSc5/> ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Line 85:
Line 58: | name = Verthandi | name = Verthandi | othernames = Norn II | othernames = Norn II − | position = Second<ref name=MSc2/> + | position = Second<ref name=MSp35/> − | distance = 3.3 days<ref name=MSc6>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 6</ref> + | distance = − | moons = 1 (Verthandi-Alpha)<ref name=WW/><ref name=MSc2/> + | moons = 1 (Verthandi-Alpha)<ref name=WW/><ref>''Mercenary's Star'', p. 49</ref> | gravity = | gravity = | pressure = | pressure = − | temperature = Arid<ref name=MSc5/> + | temperature = Arid | water = | water = | life = | life = | continents = | continents = | colonized = | colonized = − | demonym = Verthandian<ref name=MSc2/> + | demonym = | language = | language = | religion = | religion = | population = | population = | ruler = | ruler = − | political = [[First Councilman of the Verthandi Council of Academicians|First Councilman]]<br/>[[Planetary Governor of Verthandi|Planetary Governor]] + | political = [[Planetary Governor of Verthandi|Planetary Governor]] | commander = | commander = − | capital = [[Regis (city)|Regis]]<ref name=MSc2/> + | capital = Regis<ref name=MSp230>''Mercenary's Star'', p. 230: "Location of the spaceport"</ref> | hpg = | hpg = | hpgrep = | hpgrep = }} }} − '''Norn II''', also known as '''Verthandi''', is the second of three worlds that orbit a K2 class sun in the Norn system. Verthandi itself has one large moon designated ''Verthandi Alpha'' that has a naval base on it.{{cn}} + '''Norn II''', also known as '''Verthandi''', is the second of three worlds that orbit a K2 class sun in the Norn system. In [[3020]], Verthandi was considered a [[Lostech]] world with its people dependent on others for transport and commerce. Primary industries are agriculture and manufacturing which supports agriculture and local commerce. The main agricultural products from the fertile Silvan Basin are lumber and coffee. Verthandi also produces kevla, blueleaf, and garlbean as well as bananas, sugarcane, cotton, and grovacas. Further into the swamps are clearings for rice, rubber, and jute. High along the basin slopes, the steep-sided jungle ridge called Basin Rim, plantations also grow coffee and cacao. In [[3020]], Verthandi was considered a [[Lostech]] world with its people dependent on others for transport and commerce. Primary industries are agriculture and manufacturing which supports agriculture and local commerce. The main agricultural products from the fertile Silvan Basin are lumber and coffee. Verthandi also produces kevla, blueleaf, and garlbean as well as bananas, sugarcane, cotton, and grovacas. Further into the swamps are clearings for rice, rubber, and jute. High along the basin slopes, the steep-sided jungle ridge called Basin Rim, plantations also grow coffee and cacao. − Quiet resort communities exist along the tropical coast of the Azure Sea. Verthandi has also been well known throughout much of the Commonwealth for its university at the capital city of Regis.<ref name=MSc2/> + Quiet resort communities exist along the tropical coast of the Azure Sea. Verthandi has also been well known throughout much of the Commonwealth for its university at the capital city of Regis. − Large mining operations are found in the deserts in the southern hemisphere and at local secondary impact points from a large pre-settlement asteroid strike which deposited the minerals on Verthandi's surface.<ref name=MSc2/> + Large mining operations are found in the deserts in the southern hemisphere and at local secondary impact points from a large presettlement asteroid strike which deposited the minerals on Verthandi's surface. + + ===Capital and Government - Regis=== + Verthandi's capital, Regis, is the site of government, the University of Regis, the spaceport, and most of the heavy industry on the planet. + The capital city of Regis was governed by Verthandi's ruling Council of Academicians, a democratic body elected from among the senior professors of government at Regis University. + + Verthandi itself has one large moon designated ''Verthandi Alpha'' that has a naval base on it. ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== ====Star League era==== ====Star League era==== − The Norn system was originally settled by colonists of Scandinavian descent who named those planets for the three fates of Norse mythology. At some point in the early 2600s there was a civil war. + The Norn system was originally settled by colonists of Scandanavian descent who named those planets for the three fates of Norse mythology. At some point in the early 2600s there was a civil war. ====Third Succession War==== ====Third Succession War==== − In [[3025]], Verthandi held a widespread independence movement. Although Lyran, the world had been conquered and held by the Draconis Combine since [[3016]].<ref name=MSP/> Guerrilla movements, supported by several wealthy individuals, harassed the Combine forces occupying the world. The Verthandi rebel movement hired the [[Gray Death Legion]] to provide training and to transport military supplies needed for the guerrillas. Although the Legion was unable to land unopposed and faced difficulties within the movement as well as Combine opposition, they eventually rallied the guerrilla forces and liberated the planetary capital, defeating the Combine's main occupation force. After the successful popular uprising, surviving Kuritan forces fell back to Regisport in disarray. Regisport's repair yards were sufficient to make the Gray Death's DropShip, the ''[[Phobos]]'', flightworthy enough to leave Verthandi at the conclusion of the [[mercenary]] command's contract. + In [[3025]], Verthandi held a widespread independence movement. Although Lyran, the world had been conquered and held by the Draconis Combine since [[3015]]. Guerrilla movements, supported by several wealthy individuals, harassed the Combine forces occupying the world. The Verthandi rebel movement hired the [[Gray Death Legion]] to provide training and to transport military supplies needed for the guerrillas. Although the Legion was unable to land unopposed and faced difficulties within the movement as well as Combine opposition, they eventually rallied the guerrilla forces and liberated the planetary capital, defeating the Combine's main occupation force. After the successful popular uprising, surviving Kuritan forces fell back to Regisport in disarray.<ref>''Mercenary's Star'', pp. 360–361: "Regisport becomes a refugee center for Kuritan soldiers following defeat by Verthandian rebels"</ref> Regisport's repair yards were sufficient to make the Gray Death's DropShip, the ''[[Phobos]]'', flightworthy enough to leave Verthandi at the conclusion of the [[mercenary]] command's contract.<ref>''Mercenary's Star'', p. 367: "Regisport facilities used to make good the damage to the ''Phobos''"</ref> − As part of the popular uprising, one [[Frances Marrion]], a former art student at the University of Regis, led a group of rebels in capturing the ''[[Vengeance (Individual Monitor-class Naval Vessel)|Vengeance]]'', a [[Monitor Naval Vessel|Monitor]]-class surface vessel in Port Gaspin. Renaming the ship ''Swamp Fox'', Marrison went on to raid and disrupt Combine control of the Silvan Basin for several months. Because of this, Combine reinforcements specifically target the Swamp Fox for destruction. They used a supply depot stationed near the river as bait and when the Swamp Fox closed to shell the facility, four BattleMechs emerged and attacked Marrion's ship. Despite destroying two Combine [[Marauder]]s and crippling a [[Shadow Hawk]], the Swamp Fox and her crew were sent to the bottom.<ref name=TR3026Rp72>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 72: "Deployment"</ref> + As part of the popular uprising, one [[Frances Marrion]], a former art student at the University of Regis, led a group of rebels in capturing the ''[[Vengeance (Individual Monitor-class Naval Vessel)|Vengeance]]'', a [[Monitor Naval Vessel|Monitor]]-class surface vessel in Port Gaspin. Renaming the ship ''Swamp Fox'', Marrison went on to raid and disrupt Combine control of the Silvan Basin for several months. Because of this, Combine reinforcements specifically target the Swamp Fox for destruction. They used a supply depot stationed near the river as bait and when the Swamp Fox closed to shell the facility, four BattleMechs emerged and attacked Marrion's ship. Despite destroying two Combine [[Marauder]]s and crippling a [[Shadow Hawk]], the Swamp Fox and her crew were sent to the bottom.<ref name=TR3026REp72>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 72: "Deployment"</ref> ====Operation REVIVAL==== ====Operation REVIVAL==== − Verthandi was conquered by [[Clan Wolf]] during [[Operation REVIVAL]] in May [[3050]]. At the time the planet was defended by the Second Battalion of the [[Second Kell Hounds]] and the Third Battalion of the [[2nd Drakøns (Free Rasalhague Republic)|Second Drakøns]], along with the Fourth Verthandi Armored Infantry Brigade. It was decided that an attempt would be made to gather as much information about these mysterious invaders as possible, and so a number of recording devices were planted all across Prince William Island. When [[Star Colonel]] [[Athen Kederk]] of the [[328th Assault (Clan Wolf)|328th Assault]] made his ''[[batchall]]'' to the defenders, the Kell Hounds and Drakøns requested that the small forested island be designated as the battlefield. The Star Colonel agreed, impressed by their ability to honor the ''batchall'', and attacked with the 328th's [[Supernova (unit)|Supernova Battle]]. Five hours of fierce fighting took place across the island, on Onegin Shore, the Divers Plain and at Aaron Woods, with both sides giving as good as they got. Eventually the Kell Hounds and Drakøns were forced to retreat, but not before a [[Star]] of [[Elementals]] broke through their defensive lines and destroyed most of their recording equipment. Defeated, the Kell Hounds fled to the [[Federated Commonwealth]] while the Drakøns made their way to [[Rasalhague]].<ref name=WCS059>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref> + Verthandi was conquered by [[Clan Wolf]] during [[Operation REVIVAL]] in May [[3050]]. At the time the planet was defended by the Second Battalion of the [[Second Kell Hounds]] and the Third Battalion of the [[Second Drakøns]], along with the Fourth Verthandi Armored Infantry Brigade. It was decided that an attempt would be made to gather as much information about these mysterious invaders as possible, and so a number of recording devices were planted all across Prince William Island. When [[Star Colonel]] [[Athen Kederk]] of the [[328th Assault (Clan Wolf)|328th Assault]] made his ''[[batchall]]'' to the defenders, the Kell Hounds and Drakøns requested that the small forested island be designated as the battlefield. The Star Colonel agreed, impressed by their ability to honor the ''batchall'', and attacked with the 328th's [[Supernova (unit)|Supernova Battle]]. Five hours of fierce fighting took place across the island, on Onegin Shore, the Divers Plain and at Aaron Woods, with both sides giving as good as they got. Eventually the Kell Hounds and Drakøns were forced to retreat, but not before a [[Star]] of [[Elementals]] broke through their defensive lines and destroyed most of their recording equipment. Defeated, the Kell Hounds fled to the [[Federated Commonwealth]] while the Drakøns made their way to [[Rasalhague]].<ref name=WCS059>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref> ====The Jihad==== ====The Jihad==== Line 144:
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Line 134: ===Geography=== ===Geography=== − Arid Verthandi is a terrestrial nearly the size of Terra. It has an orbit close to the inner boundary of Norn's habitable zone. Here, water remains liquid, but its sun's long days and high percentage of infrared made a desert of most of Verthandi's surface.{{cn}} + Arid Verthandi is a terrestrial nearly the size of Terra. It has an orbit close to the inner boundary of Norn's habitable zone. Here, water remains liquid, but its sun's long days and high percentage of infrared made a desert of most of Verthandi's surface. − Verthandi's presettlement history features an impact by an asteroid that struck near Verthandi's north pole forming a large impact crater basin named the Silvan Basin. The impact hurled molten chunks of dense matter for thousands of kilometers into secondary impacts in the southern desert. Mineral surveys on Verthandi in the early 3020's found significant rich economic mineral deposits resulting from the asteroid strike.<ref name=MSc28>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 28</ref> + Verthandi's presettlement history features an impact by an asteroid that struck near Verthandi's north pole forming a large impact crater basin named the Silvan Basin. The impact hurled molten chunks of dense matter for thousands of kilometers into secondary impacts in the southern desert. Mineral surveys on Verthandi in the early 3020's found significant rich economic mineral deposits resulting from the asteroid strike. − The Silvan Basin is now filled with jungle and is the site of the Azure Sea. Within the Silvan Basin the land slopes down sharply from the encircling high ground plateaus and rugged mountains. At the northern base of the slope, in a narrow circle clear around the world's pole at roughly 60° north, is a fertile zone where erosion from the southern slopes combined with runoff from the spring floods on the high plateaus. The land here was wet, laced with swamps and stretches of tropical undergrowth far more impenetrable than any true jungle. The southern hemisphere is largely desert, rich in petrolium and metal ores such as Chromite, Bauxite and Vanadium.<ref name=MSc5/><ref name=MSc12>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 12</ref> + The Silvan Basin is now filled with jungle and is the site of the Azure Sea. Within the Silvan Basin the land slopes down sharply from the encircling high ground plateaus and rugged mountains. At the northern base of the slope, in a narrow circle clear around the world's pole at roughly 60° north, is a fertile zone where erosion from the southern slopes combined with runoff from the spring floods on the high plateaus. The land here was wet, laced with swamps and stretches of tropical undergrowth far more impenetrable than any true jungle. The southern hemisphere is largely desert. − Verthandi's largest body of water is the Azure Sea. The sea is surrounded by jungles and swamp. Verthandi's atmosphere is a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mixture.{{cn}} + Verthandi's largest body of water is the Azure Sea. The sea is surrounded by jungles and swamp. Verthandi's atmosphere is a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mixture. ===Planetary Locations=== ===Planetary Locations=== − * Regis: the capital city of Verthandi<ref name=MSc2/> + * Regis: the capital city of Verthandi<ref name=MSp230/> ** University of Regis: a large walled campus just south of Regis city ** University of Regis: a large walled campus just south of Regis city − ** Regisport: the planetary [[DropShip]] landing facility located ten kilometers north of the city<ref name=MSc2>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 2</ref> + ** Regisport: the planetary [[DropShip]] landing facility located ten kilometers north of the city<ref name=MSp230/> * The [[Silvan Basin]]: an enormous area within an asteroid crater, to the north of Regis<ref name=MSpVI>''Mercenary's Star'', p. vi: "Verthandi surface map details"</ref><ref name=WW/> * The [[Silvan Basin]]: an enormous area within an asteroid crater, to the north of Regis<ref name=MSpVI>''Mercenary's Star'', p. vi: "Verthandi surface map details"</ref><ref name=WW/> − ** Azure Sea<ref name=MSc12/> + ** Azure Sea<ref name=MSp114>''Mercenary's Star'', p. 114: "Gunnar Ericksson describes local geography to Grayson Carlyle"</ref> − ** Fox Island<ref name=MSc12/> + ** Fox Island<ref name=MSp114/> − ** The Basin Rim cliffs<ref name=MSc12/> + ** The Basin Rim cliffs<ref name=MSp114/> ** Port Gaspin<ref name=TR3026REp72>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 72: "Deployment"</ref> ** Port Gaspin<ref name=TR3026REp72>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 72: "Deployment"</ref> ** Vannas: a village<ref name=WW/> ** Vannas: a village<ref name=WW/> − * Bluesward Plateau<ref name=MSc12/> + * Bluesward Plateau * [[Mountain Vista]]<ref name=MSpVI/> * [[Mountain Vista]]<ref name=MSpVI/> * Prince William Island<ref name=WCS059/> * Prince William Island<ref name=WCS059/> − * Onegin Shore: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=WCS059/> + * Onegin Shore: the site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]]<ref name=WCS059/> − * Divers Plain: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=WCS059/> + * Divers Plain: the site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]]<ref name=WCS059/> − * Aaron Woods: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=WCS059/> + * Aaron Woods: the site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]]<ref name=WCS059/> − ===Companies and Industries=== + ===Industrial Centers=== − * [[Ericksson-Agro]]<ref name=MSc12/> + * [[Ericksson-Agro]]<ref name=MSp114/> ===Image gallery=== ===Image gallery=== Line 188:
Line 167: Verthandi-Regis map.jpg|Illustration of the area around Regis from ''Mercenary's Star'' Verthandi-Regis map.jpg|Illustration of the area around Regis from ''Mercenary's Star'' </gallery> </gallery> − − ------------------------------------- − ==Norn III (Urth)== − {{InfoBoxPlanet − | image = − | name = Urth − | othernames = Norn III − | position = Third<ref name=MSc5/> − | distance = − | moons = − | gravity = − | pressure = − | temperature = − | water = − | life = − | continents = − | colonized = − | demonym = − | language = − | religion = − | population = − | ruler = − | political = − | commander = − | capital = − | hpg = − | hpgrep = − }} − '''Norn III''', named '''Urth''', is a glacial terrestrial world of frozen ammonia seas and methane gales.<ref name=MSc5/> ==Map Gallery== ==Map Gallery==
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| − | '''Norn''' is a K2 class star. | + | '''Norn''' is a K2 class star, cooler, smaller, and redder than [[Sol]]. It is located in the border reaches of the [[Tamar Pact]] region of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] close to the [[Draconis Combine]] border. Three worlds circle the primary, along with the usual collection of asteroidal debris and cometary junk. |
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| + | Norn I, named Skuld, is a cloud-shrouded terrestrial planet with a hot and poisonous atmosphere. Norn III, named Urth, is a glacial terrestrial world of frozen ammonia seas and methane gales. | ||
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref> | * [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref> | ||
* [[2864]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53</ref><ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref> | * [[2864]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53</ref><ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref> | ||
| − | * [[3015]] - | + | * [[3015]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=MSc2>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 2</ref> |
| − | * [[3016]] - Draconis Combine | + | * [[3016]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=TSF>''The Swamp Fox''</ref> |
* [[3017]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=TSF/> | * [[3017]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=TSF/> | ||
* [[3023]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=WW>''Without Warning''</ref> | * [[3023]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=WW>''Without Warning''</ref> | ||
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| name = Verthandi | | name = Verthandi | ||
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| − | | moons = 1 (Verthandi-Alpha)<ref name=WW/><ref | + | | moons = 1 (Verthandi-Alpha)<ref name=WW/><ref>''Mercenary's Star'', p. 49</ref> |
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| − | '''Norn II''', also known as '''Verthandi''', is the second of three worlds that orbit a K2 class sun in the Norn system. | + | '''Norn II''', also known as '''Verthandi''', is the second of three worlds that orbit a K2 class sun in the Norn system. |
In [[3020]], Verthandi was considered a [[Lostech]] world with its people dependent on others for transport and commerce. Primary industries are agriculture and manufacturing which supports agriculture and local commerce. The main agricultural products from the fertile Silvan Basin are lumber and coffee. Verthandi also produces kevla, blueleaf, and garlbean as well as bananas, sugarcane, cotton, and grovacas. Further into the swamps are clearings for rice, rubber, and jute. High along the basin slopes, the steep-sided jungle ridge called Basin Rim, plantations also grow coffee and cacao. | In [[3020]], Verthandi was considered a [[Lostech]] world with its people dependent on others for transport and commerce. Primary industries are agriculture and manufacturing which supports agriculture and local commerce. The main agricultural products from the fertile Silvan Basin are lumber and coffee. Verthandi also produces kevla, blueleaf, and garlbean as well as bananas, sugarcane, cotton, and grovacas. Further into the swamps are clearings for rice, rubber, and jute. High along the basin slopes, the steep-sided jungle ridge called Basin Rim, plantations also grow coffee and cacao. | ||
| − | Quiet resort communities exist along the tropical coast of the Azure Sea. Verthandi has also been well known throughout much of the Commonwealth for its university at the capital city of Regis. | + | Quiet resort communities exist along the tropical coast of the Azure Sea. Verthandi has also been well known throughout much of the Commonwealth for its university at the capital city of Regis. |
| − | Large mining operations are found in the deserts in the southern hemisphere and at local secondary impact points from a large | + | Large mining operations are found in the deserts in the southern hemisphere and at local secondary impact points from a large presettlement asteroid strike which deposited the minerals on Verthandi's surface. |
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| + | ===Capital and Government - Regis=== | ||
| + | Verthandi's capital, Regis, is the site of government, the University of Regis, the spaceport, and most of the heavy industry on the planet. | ||
| + | The capital city of Regis was governed by Verthandi's ruling Council of Academicians, a democratic body elected from among the senior professors of government at Regis University. | ||
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| + | Verthandi itself has one large moon designated ''Verthandi Alpha'' that has a naval base on it. | ||
===Planetary History=== | ===Planetary History=== | ||
====Star League era==== | ====Star League era==== | ||
| − | The Norn system was originally settled by colonists of | + | The Norn system was originally settled by colonists of Scandanavian descent who named those planets for the three fates of Norse mythology. At some point in the early 2600s there was a civil war. |
====Third Succession War==== | ====Third Succession War==== | ||
| − | In [[3025]], Verthandi held a widespread independence movement. Although Lyran, the world had been conquered and held by the Draconis Combine since [[ | + | In [[3025]], Verthandi held a widespread independence movement. Although Lyran, the world had been conquered and held by the Draconis Combine since [[3015]]. Guerrilla movements, supported by several wealthy individuals, harassed the Combine forces occupying the world. The Verthandi rebel movement hired the [[Gray Death Legion]] to provide training and to transport military supplies needed for the guerrillas. Although the Legion was unable to land unopposed and faced difficulties within the movement as well as Combine opposition, they eventually rallied the guerrilla forces and liberated the planetary capital, defeating the Combine's main occupation force. After the successful popular uprising, surviving Kuritan forces fell back to Regisport in disarray.<ref>''Mercenary's Star'', pp. 360–361: "Regisport becomes a refugee center for Kuritan soldiers following defeat by Verthandian rebels"</ref> Regisport's repair yards were sufficient to make the Gray Death's DropShip, the ''[[Phobos]]'', flightworthy enough to leave Verthandi at the conclusion of the [[mercenary]] command's contract.<ref>''Mercenary's Star'', p. 367: "Regisport facilities used to make good the damage to the ''Phobos''"</ref> |
| − | As part of the popular uprising, one [[Frances Marrion]], a former art student at the University of Regis, led a group of rebels in capturing the ''[[Vengeance (Individual Monitor-class Naval Vessel)|Vengeance]]'', a [[Monitor Naval Vessel|Monitor]]-class surface vessel in Port Gaspin. Renaming the ship ''Swamp Fox'', Marrison went on to raid and disrupt Combine control of the Silvan Basin for several months. Because of this, Combine reinforcements specifically target the Swamp Fox for destruction. They used a supply depot stationed near the river as bait and when the Swamp Fox closed to shell the facility, four BattleMechs emerged and attacked Marrion's ship. Despite destroying two Combine [[Marauder]]s and crippling a [[Shadow Hawk]], the Swamp Fox and her crew were sent to the bottom.<ref name= | + | As part of the popular uprising, one [[Frances Marrion]], a former art student at the University of Regis, led a group of rebels in capturing the ''[[Vengeance (Individual Monitor-class Naval Vessel)|Vengeance]]'', a [[Monitor Naval Vessel|Monitor]]-class surface vessel in Port Gaspin. Renaming the ship ''Swamp Fox'', Marrison went on to raid and disrupt Combine control of the Silvan Basin for several months. Because of this, Combine reinforcements specifically target the Swamp Fox for destruction. They used a supply depot stationed near the river as bait and when the Swamp Fox closed to shell the facility, four BattleMechs emerged and attacked Marrion's ship. Despite destroying two Combine [[Marauder]]s and crippling a [[Shadow Hawk]], the Swamp Fox and her crew were sent to the bottom.<ref name=TR3026REp72>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 72: "Deployment"</ref> |
====Operation REVIVAL==== | ====Operation REVIVAL==== | ||
| − | Verthandi was conquered by [[Clan Wolf]] during [[Operation REVIVAL]] in May [[3050]]. At the time the planet was defended by the Second Battalion of the [[Second Kell Hounds]] and the Third Battalion of the [[ | + | Verthandi was conquered by [[Clan Wolf]] during [[Operation REVIVAL]] in May [[3050]]. At the time the planet was defended by the Second Battalion of the [[Second Kell Hounds]] and the Third Battalion of the [[Second Drakøns]], along with the Fourth Verthandi Armored Infantry Brigade. It was decided that an attempt would be made to gather as much information about these mysterious invaders as possible, and so a number of recording devices were planted all across Prince William Island. When [[Star Colonel]] [[Athen Kederk]] of the [[328th Assault (Clan Wolf)|328th Assault]] made his ''[[batchall]]'' to the defenders, the Kell Hounds and Drakøns requested that the small forested island be designated as the battlefield. The Star Colonel agreed, impressed by their ability to honor the ''batchall'', and attacked with the 328th's [[Supernova (unit)|Supernova Battle]]. Five hours of fierce fighting took place across the island, on Onegin Shore, the Divers Plain and at Aaron Woods, with both sides giving as good as they got. Eventually the Kell Hounds and Drakøns were forced to retreat, but not before a [[Star]] of [[Elementals]] broke through their defensive lines and destroyed most of their recording equipment. Defeated, the Kell Hounds fled to the [[Federated Commonwealth]] while the Drakøns made their way to [[Rasalhague]].<ref name=WCS059>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref> |
====The Jihad==== | ====The Jihad==== | ||
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* [[2nd Kell Hounds|Second Battalion of the Second Kell Hounds]]<ref name=WCS059 /> | * [[2nd Kell Hounds|Second Battalion of the Second Kell Hounds]]<ref name=WCS059 /> | ||
| − | * [[2nd Drakøns | + | * [[2nd Drakøns|Third Battalion of the Second Drakøns]]<ref name=WCS059 /> |
* [[Verthandi Militia|Fourth Verthandi Armored Infantry Brigade]]<ref name=WCS059 /> | * [[Verthandi Militia|Fourth Verthandi Armored Infantry Brigade]]<ref name=WCS059 /> | ||
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===Geography=== | ===Geography=== | ||
| − | Arid Verthandi is a terrestrial nearly the size of Terra. It has an orbit close to the inner boundary of Norn's habitable zone. Here, water remains liquid, but its sun's long days and high percentage of infrared made a desert of most of Verthandi's surface. | + | Arid Verthandi is a terrestrial nearly the size of Terra. It has an orbit close to the inner boundary of Norn's habitable zone. Here, water remains liquid, but its sun's long days and high percentage of infrared made a desert of most of Verthandi's surface. |
| − | Verthandi's presettlement history features an impact by an asteroid that struck near Verthandi's north pole forming a large impact crater basin named the Silvan Basin. The impact hurled molten chunks of dense matter for thousands of kilometers into secondary impacts in the southern desert. Mineral surveys on Verthandi in the early 3020's found significant rich economic mineral deposits resulting from the asteroid strike. | + | Verthandi's presettlement history features an impact by an asteroid that struck near Verthandi's north pole forming a large impact crater basin named the Silvan Basin. The impact hurled molten chunks of dense matter for thousands of kilometers into secondary impacts in the southern desert. Mineral surveys on Verthandi in the early 3020's found significant rich economic mineral deposits resulting from the asteroid strike. |
| − | The Silvan Basin is now filled with jungle and is the site of the Azure Sea. Within the Silvan Basin the land slopes down sharply from the encircling high ground plateaus and rugged mountains. At the northern base of the slope, in a narrow circle clear around the world's pole at roughly 60° north, is a fertile zone where erosion from the southern slopes combined with runoff from the spring floods on the high plateaus. The land here was wet, laced with swamps and stretches of tropical undergrowth far more impenetrable than any true jungle. The southern hemisphere is largely desert | + | The Silvan Basin is now filled with jungle and is the site of the Azure Sea. Within the Silvan Basin the land slopes down sharply from the encircling high ground plateaus and rugged mountains. At the northern base of the slope, in a narrow circle clear around the world's pole at roughly 60° north, is a fertile zone where erosion from the southern slopes combined with runoff from the spring floods on the high plateaus. The land here was wet, laced with swamps and stretches of tropical undergrowth far more impenetrable than any true jungle. The southern hemisphere is largely desert. |
| − | Verthandi's largest body of water is the Azure Sea. The sea is surrounded by jungles and swamp. Verthandi's atmosphere is a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mixture. | + | Verthandi's largest body of water is the Azure Sea. The sea is surrounded by jungles and swamp. Verthandi's atmosphere is a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mixture. |
===Planetary Locations=== | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
| − | * Regis: the capital city of Verthandi<ref name= | + | * Regis: the capital city of Verthandi<ref name=MSp230/> |
** University of Regis: a large walled campus just south of Regis city | ** University of Regis: a large walled campus just south of Regis city | ||
| − | ** Regisport: the planetary [[DropShip]] landing facility located ten kilometers north of the city<ref name= | + | ** Regisport: the planetary [[DropShip]] landing facility located ten kilometers north of the city<ref name=MSp230/> |
* The [[Silvan Basin]]: an enormous area within an asteroid crater, to the north of Regis<ref name=MSpVI>''Mercenary's Star'', p. vi: "Verthandi surface map details"</ref><ref name=WW/> | * The [[Silvan Basin]]: an enormous area within an asteroid crater, to the north of Regis<ref name=MSpVI>''Mercenary's Star'', p. vi: "Verthandi surface map details"</ref><ref name=WW/> | ||
| − | ** Azure Sea<ref name= | + | ** Azure Sea<ref name=MSp114>''Mercenary's Star'', p. 114: "Gunnar Ericksson describes local geography to Grayson Carlyle"</ref> |
| − | ** Fox Island<ref name= | + | ** Fox Island<ref name=MSp114/> |
| − | ** The Basin Rim cliffs<ref name= | + | ** The Basin Rim cliffs<ref name=MSp114/> |
** Port Gaspin<ref name=TR3026REp72>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 72: "Deployment"</ref> | ** Port Gaspin<ref name=TR3026REp72>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 72: "Deployment"</ref> | ||
** Vannas: a village<ref name=WW/> | ** Vannas: a village<ref name=WW/> | ||
| − | * Bluesward Plateau | + | * Bluesward Plateau |
* [[Mountain Vista]]<ref name=MSpVI/> | * [[Mountain Vista]]<ref name=MSpVI/> | ||
* Prince William Island<ref name=WCS059/> | * Prince William Island<ref name=WCS059/> | ||
| − | * Onegin Shore: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=WCS059/> | + | * Onegin Shore: the site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]]<ref name=WCS059/> |
| − | * Divers Plain: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=WCS059/> | + | * Divers Plain: the site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]]<ref name=WCS059/> |
| − | * Aaron Woods: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=WCS059/> | + | * Aaron Woods: the site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]]<ref name=WCS059/> |
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| − | * [[Ericksson-Agro]]<ref name= | + | * [[Ericksson-Agro]]<ref name=MSp114/> |
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Verthandi-Regis map.jpg|Illustration of the area around Regis from ''Mercenary's Star'' | Verthandi-Regis map.jpg|Illustration of the area around Regis from ''Mercenary's Star'' | ||
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