Orestes
(References to Orestes)
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: -26.05 Y: 168.42[e]
Contents
Planetary Data [1]
- Star Type (Recharge Time): A7V (168 hours)
- Position in System: 3
- Time to Jump Point: 27.98 days
- Number of Satellites: 2 (Parus Major, Parus Minor)
- Surface Gravity: 0.99
- Atmosphere Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
- Equatorial Temperature: 30°C (Temperate)
- Surface Water Coverage: 65 percent
- Highest Native Life: Mammal
- Recharging Station: Zenith
- HPG Class: B
Era Specific Data
3076[1]
- Population: 6,311,000,000
- Tech Level USIIR: B-B-C-A-B
Garrisoning Military Force
3025
3054
- 4th Kavalleri (3rd Battalion)[3]
3055
3062 to 3067
3067
3068
3076
Manufacturing Center
Owner History
- 2340 - Tamar Pact[10]
- 2341 - Lyran Commonwealth[10]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth[11]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth
- 3025 - Draconis Combine
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth
- 3040 - Free Rasalhague Republic
- 3052 - Free Rasalhague Republic
- 3057 - Free Rasalhague Republic
- 3062 - Free Rasalhague Republic
- 3075 - Ghost Bear Dominion[12]
- 3076 - Ghost Bear Dominion[1]
- 3079 - Ghost Bear Dominion[13][14]
- 3130 - Rasalhague Dominion[15]
Planetary Info
Orestes is a key world in the Free Rasalhague Republic. The world is quiet and unassuming, except for the massive rainforests that circle the equator. Here trees that tower more than 500 meters tall block out the sun, creating a mood of perpetual twilight at the forest floor. This dim environment allows the Orestes viper lizard to thrive as packs of thirty or more of the four-meter long carnivores attack any prey they can find. Hunting them down and preventing them from attacking farmers and factory workers who live near the forest is a full-time job for many people.
During the Clan Invasion Orestes was one of the few Rasalhague worlds not overrun. The invasion displaced many Lyran, Rasalhaguian, and Draconian citizens, and many of them relocated to Orestes. When ComStar pledged to defend the world, it created a booming economy. Unfortunately many of the jobs that were created went to the newly arrived refugees instead of native Orestians. The higher pay and standard of living these newly-employed arrivals enjoyed created a great deal of resentment in the long-time inhabitants of the world. The problem was exacerbated by the rampant corruption in local government caused by the booming economy. Several dissidents called for Ragnar Magnussen to return and take over the world. The resentment boiled over during the Jihad when the Word of Blake raided the world and the ComGuards were unable to prevent it. Several neighborhoods predominately made up of Lyran and Combine citizens were the sites of firebombings and riots. This in turn caused the economy to stall and led to more dissatisfaction.
Clan Ghost Bear arrived
Nearby Planets
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 110, "Clan Ghost Bear Key Worlds"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 135, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 72, "Unit Note"
- ↑ ComStar (sourcebook), p. 85, "ComGuards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 127, "ComGuard Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 99, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 100, "Star League Defense Force Deployment Table"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 110, "Word of Blake Mercenary Deployments"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 105
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Tamar Pact world within the Lyran Commonwealth befor [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075]"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - August 3079"
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - August 3079"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
Bibliography
- ComStar (sourcebook)
- Field Manual: ComStar
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report: DCMS
- Field Report: LAAF
- Handbook: House Steiner
- Historical: Reunification War
- House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers
- Objective Raids
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3076