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| caption            = Pandora [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] (3151)
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| caption            = Pandora [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]]
 
| name                = Pandora
 
| name                = Pandora
 
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| class              = B7V<ref name=MM134>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 135, "Pandora"</ref><ref name=O:TCp13>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 13, "Pandora"</ref>
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| class              = B7V<ref name=MM134>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 135: "Pandora"</ref><ref name=O:TCp13>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 13: "Pandora"</ref>
 
| recharge            = 158 hours<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
| recharge            = 158 hours<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
| recharge stations  = Zenith<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
| recharge stations  = Zenith<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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==System Description==
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'''Pandora''' is located near the [[Ballynure]] and [[Crimond]] systems.
  
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==Political Affiliation==
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| caption            = Planetary flag of Pandora
 
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| name                = Pandora
 
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| position            = 7th<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| distance            = 68.25 days<ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| moons              = 1 (Hope)<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| gravity            = 1.02<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| temperature        = 40ºC (Tropical)<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| water              = 69%<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| life                = Mammal<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| date                =
 
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| year                = 3076<ref name=MM134/> - 3079<ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| ruler              =
 
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| capital            = Deliverance<ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| population          = 4,092,000,000<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| USIIR              = B-A-B-B-B<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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== Political Affiliation ==
 
 
* [[2341]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2341]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HKp132">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HKp132">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3045]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name=FP>''Foolproof''</ref>
 
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3081]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii , "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii , "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3130]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
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* [[3109]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name=S3AP:KSD>''Shrapnel Issue #3'' - ''Assassination Protocol: Katherine Steiner-Davion''</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3110]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name=S3AP:KSD/>
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* [[3135]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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* [[3151]] - [[Tamar Pact]] (from December) <ref name=TRp29>''Tamar Rising'', p. 29 "Opening the Box"</ref>
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* [[3152]] - Tamar Pact <ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref>
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== Planetary Info ==
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'''Pandora''' is a world with four main continents, Kaos, Limbo, Echo, and Nirvana. Though originally settled to be a paradise where colonists could get back to nature, the original colonists were too eager to get just a little bit more. Wars and battles raged over the world for most of its early history until the Lyran Commonwealth annexed the system. The Commonwealth used a series of economic initiatives and martial law to restore order and make Pandora a prosperous member of the nation. These four continents are located on the worlds equator.<ref name=MM134/>
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==Pandora VII==
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| image              = Pandora.jpg
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| name                = Pandora VII
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| position            = Seventh<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
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| distance            = 68.25 days<ref name=O:TCp13/>
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| moons              = 1 (Hope)<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
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| gravity            = 1.02<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
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| temperature        = 40ºC (Tropical)<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
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| water              = 69%<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
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| life                = Mammal<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
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| continents         = 7 (Kaos, Limbo, Nirvana, Vestiga, Haven Islands, Megara, Hyginus)<ref name=O:TCp13/>
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| population          = 4,092,000,000 (3076–3079)<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
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| ruler              = [[Baron of Pandora]]
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| capital            = Needgate (–3052),<ref name=O:TCp13/> Deliverance (3052)<ref name=O:TCp13/>
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Though Pandora was originally settled to be a paradise where colonists could get back to nature, the original colonists were too eager to get just a little bit more. Wars and battles raged over the world for most of its early history until the Lyran Commonwealth annexed the system. The Commonwealth used a series of economic initiatives and martial law to restore order and make Pandora a prosperous member of the nation.<ref name=MM134/>
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The largest continent, Kaos, is home to the planet's capital city and the Red Devil plant. Limbo is the second largest continent, and was the site of some of the most damaging battles from Pandora's pre-Commonwealth history. Though [[Star League]] engineers began a project to fix the damage, the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] and the corresponding loss of technology greatly slowed the project. The terraformers were lucky to maintain the fixes that they'd already made. Only with the discovery of the [[Helm Memory Core]] and the assistance of Clan Jade Falcon's Scientist Caste has the recovery effort begun to make progress. Echo and Nirvana produce a great deal of food for the rest of Pandora's population as well as light industry. Nirvana is also home to a large number of communes that live according to their own beliefs. Clan Jade Falcon has largely left these communes alone, both because they are isolated from the main population and they produce some trade goods.<ref name=MM134/>  
  
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The largest continent, Kaos, is home to the planet's capital city (Defiance) and the Red Devil plant. Limbo is the second largest continent, and was the site of some of the most damaging battles from Pandora's pre-Commonwealth history. Though [[Star League]] engineers began a project to fix the damage, the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] and the corresponding loss of technology greatly slowed the project. The terraformers were lucky to maintain the fixes that they'd already made. Only with the discovery of the [[Helm Memory Core]] and the assistance of Clan Jade Falcon's Scientist Caste has the recovery effort begun to make progress. Echo and Nirvana produce a great deal of food for the rest of Pandora's population as well as light industry. Nirvana is also home to a large number of communes that live according to their own beliefs. Clan Jade Falcon has largely left these communes alone, both because they are isolated from the main population and they produce some trade goods.<ref name=MM134/>  
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===Planetary History===
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====Clan Invasion====
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In 3052, the [[Gray Death Legion]] was charged with Pandora's security. When the 5th Wave of the Clan Invasion began, the [[Gray Death Legion]] found themselves once again facing the superior forces of [[Clan Jade Falcon]]. Deploying upgraded battle armor suites (modified by Legion techs), the Gray Death Legion were able to hand Clan Jade Falcon a rare defeat, thus keeping Pandora out of Jade Falcons hands temporarily.<ref name=ER:3052p40>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 40: Mercenaries - Gray Death Legion</ref>  
  
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In 3052 the [[Gray Death Legion]] was charged with Pandora's security. When the 5th Wave of the Clan Invasion began, the [[Gray Death Legion]] found themselves once again facing the superior forces of [[Clan Jade Falcon]]. Deploying upgraded battle armor suites (modified by Legion techs), the Gray Death Legion were able to hand Clan Jade Falcon a rare defeat, thus keeping Pandora out of Jade Falcons hands temporarily.<ref name=ER:3052p40>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 40, Mercenaries - Gray Death Legion</ref>  
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For many years, the capital city was Needgate. The city was heavily damaged in [[3052]] by fighting between the Falcons and the Gray Death Legion mercenary force. The city was so damaged that the local governmental functions were moved to Deliverance and Needgate was left as a monument to the ''dezgra'' behavior of mercenaries.<ref name=O:TCp13/>
  
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During the [[FedCom Civil War]] after the [[3rd Lyran Guards]] were transferred to defend other worlds closer to the [[Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone]], Clan Jade Falcon struck in [[3064]]. With only the the [[Pandora College Training Battalion]] and a few militia regiments on world, while the [[Lyran Alliance]] defenders fought valiantly the Falcon's [[124th Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|124th Striker]] and [[Jade Falcon Eyrie (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Eyrie]] [[Cluster]]s defeated them within three weeks, simultaneously capturing the Pandora Theater's command center intact. <ref name=MM134/>
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====FedCom Civil War====
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During the [[FedCom Civil War]], after the [[Third Lyran Guards]] were transferred to defend other worlds closer to the [[Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone]], Clan Jade Falcon struck in [[3064]]. With only the [[Pandora College Training Battalion]] and a few militia regiments on world, while the [[Lyran Alliance]] defenders fought valiantly the Falcon's [[124th Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|124th Striker]] and [[Jade Falcon Eyrie (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Eyrie]] [[Cluster]]s defeated them within three weeks, simultaneously capturing the Pandora Theater's command center intact. <ref name=MM134/>
  
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Unfortunately for the Falcons they paid no attention to the effects their assault had on the ecology, angering the residents. Rather than openly oppose the Falcons, however, most of the Pandorans used passive resistance methods like sick-outs and working half-heartedly for their new governors. Strikes and sick-outs were common at Red Devil Industries. The Falcons tried to use force to improve production, but this backfired when riots and sabotage became common. Finally the [[Watch]] determined the cause of the problem: The Pandorans were both proud of and ashamed of their planet and its ecological problems. [[Khan]] [[Marthe Pryde]] assigned several scientists to restart the Star League reclamation project, and relations between the natives and the Falcons improved began to slowly show sign of cooling.<ref name=MM134/>
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Unfortunately for the Falcons they paid no attention to the effects their assault had on the ecology, angering the residents. Rather than openly oppose the Falcons, however, most of the Pandorans used passive resistance methods like sick-outs and working half-heartedly for their new governors. Strikes and sick-outs were common at Red Devil Industries. The Falcons tried to use force to improve production, but this backfired when riots and sabotage became common. Finally the [[Watch]] determined the cause of the problem: The Pandorans were both proud of and ashamed of their planet and its ecological problems. [[Khan]] [[Marthe Pryde]] assigned several scientists to restart the Star League reclamation project, and relations between the natives and the Falcons improved.<ref name=MM134/>
  
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For many years, the capital city was Needgate. The city was heavily damaged in [[3052]] by fighting between the Falcons and the Gray Death Legion mercenary force. The city was so damaged that the local governmental functions were moved to Deliverance and Needgate was left as a monument to the ''dezgra'' behavior of mercenaries.<ref name=O:TCp13/>
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====Dark Age====
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In December [[3109]], [[Clan Wolf]] raided Pandora, relying on intelligence provided by [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]. The raid ran into more trouble than the raiders expected, but weakened the Jade Falcon defenders. The Lyran Commonwealth successfully invaded soon afterwards, in early [[3110]].<ref name=S3AP:KSD/>
  
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== Industrial Centers ==
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At some time during the Dark Age when the planet was held by Clan Jade Falcon, Wolf's Dragoons, under contract from the Lyran Commonwealth raided the planet and were able to take some 'Mech with them.<ref name="MWDADPCp12">''MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards'', p. 12: "Collin Yukinov profile"</ref>
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* [[Red Devil Industries]]<ref>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 13, "Red Devil Industries"</ref>
 
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* [[Quickscell Company]]<ref>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 13, "Quickscell Company"</ref>
 
  
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== Military Deployment ==
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===Military Deployment===
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=== 3038 ===
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* [[Pandora College Training Battalion]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138 "Deployment Table"</ref>
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====3038====
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* [[Pandora College Training Battalion]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138: "Deployment Table"</ref>
  
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=== 3050 ===
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====3050====
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* [[388th Division (ComStar)]]<ref name=20YU71>''20 Year Update'', p. 71, "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[388th Division (ComStar)]]<ref name=20YU71>''20 Year Update'', p. 71: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
  
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* Pandora College Training Battalion<ref name=20YU26>''20 Year Update'', p. 26, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
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* Pandora College Training Battalion<ref name=20YU26>''20 Year Update'', p. 26: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
  
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=== 3052 ===
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====3052====
 
* [[Gray Death Legion]]<ref name=ER:3052p40/>
 
* [[Gray Death Legion]]<ref name=ER:3052p40/>
  
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=== 3054 ===
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====3054====
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* [[4th Davion Guards|Fourth Davion Guards]] [[RCT]] <ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 56, "Unit Note"</ref><ref name=MEp>''Main Event'', p. ?</ref>
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* [[Fourth Davion Guards]] [[RCT]] <ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 56: "Unit Note"</ref><ref name=MEp>''Main Event'', p. ?</ref>
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* [[10th FedCom RCT|Tenth FedCom RCT]]<ref name=OR22/><ref name=MEp/>
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* [[Tenth FedCom RCT]]<ref name=OR22/><ref name=MEp/>
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* Pandora College Training Battalion<ref name=OR22>''Objective Raids'', p. 22, "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=MEp/>
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* Pandora College Training Battalion<ref name=OR22>''Objective Raids'', p. 22: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=MEp/>
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====3061====
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* [[Third Donegal Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref name=SS48>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 48: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
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====3079====
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* [[18th Falcon Regulars (Clan Jade Falcon)|Eighteenth Falcon Regulars]]<ref name=O:TCp13/><ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 15: "Clan Jade Falcon Deployment Status"</ref>
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====3085====
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* [[1st Falcon Jaegers (Clan Jade Falcon)|First Falcon Jaegers]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 125: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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===Geography===
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Pandora is a world with seven continents: Kaos, Limbo, Nirvana, Vestiga, Haven Islands, Megara, and Hyginus.<ref name=O:TCp13/> The polar continent of Vestiga has little to offer besides ice caps and sparse wildlife.<ref name=MM134/>
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===Planetary Locations===
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* Arcadia: a rainy, flatlands location on the continent of Limbo; home of the planetary militia<ref name=O:TCp13/>
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* Athena: a snowy, mountainous location on the continent of Haven Islands; home to a Quikscell factory<ref name=O:TCp13/>
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* Kaos (continent)
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** Deliverance: planetary capital city after 3052<ref name=MM134/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
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** Needgate: planetary capital until 3052<ref name=O:TCp13/><ref name=DoHp8>''Day of Heroes'', p. 8</ref>
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* Resen Badlands<ref name=EoT:Dc25>''Elements of Treason: Duty'', ch. 25</ref>
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* Vandmaal: a town in the jungle<ref name=DoHp8/>
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* Vandmaal Crossing: a crossroads near Vandmaal<ref name=DoHp8/>
  
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=== 3061 ===
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===Industrial Centers===
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* [[3rd Donegal Guards|Third Donegal Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref name=SS48>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 48, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
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* ''[[Elements of Treason: Duty]]'' (novel)
 
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Revision as of 09:57, 20 March 2024

Pandora
← 3135
3151
Pandora 3151.svg
Pandora nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-84.553 : 234.789[e]
Spectral classB7V[1][2]
Recharge time158 hours[1][2]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[1][2]

System Description

Pandora is located near the Ballynure and Crimond systems.

Political Affiliation

Pandora VII

Pandora VII
Pandora.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionSeventh[1][2]
Jump Point distance68.25 days[2]
Moons1 (Hope)[1][2]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.02[1][2]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1][2]
Equatorial temperature40ºC (Tropical)[1][2]
Surface water69%[1][2]
Highest native lifeMammal[1][2]
Landmasses7 (Kaos, Limbo, Nirvana, Vestiga, Haven Islands, Megara, Hyginus)[2]
History and Culture
Population4,092,000,000 (3076–3079)[1][2]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerBaron of Pandora
CapitalNeedgate (–3052),[2] Deliverance (3052)[2]
HPG ClassA[1][2]

Though Pandora was originally settled to be a paradise where colonists could get back to nature, the original colonists were too eager to get just a little bit more. Wars and battles raged over the world for most of its early history until the Lyran Commonwealth annexed the system. The Commonwealth used a series of economic initiatives and martial law to restore order and make Pandora a prosperous member of the nation.[1]

The largest continent, Kaos, is home to the planet's capital city and the Red Devil plant. Limbo is the second largest continent, and was the site of some of the most damaging battles from Pandora's pre-Commonwealth history. Though Star League engineers began a project to fix the damage, the Succession Wars and the corresponding loss of technology greatly slowed the project. The terraformers were lucky to maintain the fixes that they'd already made. Only with the discovery of the Helm Memory Core and the assistance of Clan Jade Falcon's Scientist Caste has the recovery effort begun to make progress. Echo and Nirvana produce a great deal of food for the rest of Pandora's population as well as light industry. Nirvana is also home to a large number of communes that live according to their own beliefs. Clan Jade Falcon has largely left these communes alone, both because they are isolated from the main population and they produce some trade goods.[1]

Planetary History

Clan Invasion

In 3052, the Gray Death Legion was charged with Pandora's security. When the 5th Wave of the Clan Invasion began, the Gray Death Legion found themselves once again facing the superior forces of Clan Jade Falcon. Deploying upgraded battle armor suites (modified by Legion techs), the Gray Death Legion were able to hand Clan Jade Falcon a rare defeat, thus keeping Pandora out of Jade Falcons hands temporarily.[39]

For many years, the capital city was Needgate. The city was heavily damaged in 3052 by fighting between the Falcons and the Gray Death Legion mercenary force. The city was so damaged that the local governmental functions were moved to Deliverance and Needgate was left as a monument to the dezgra behavior of mercenaries.[2]

FedCom Civil War

During the FedCom Civil War, after the Third Lyran Guards were transferred to defend other worlds closer to the Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone, Clan Jade Falcon struck in 3064. With only the Pandora College Training Battalion and a few militia regiments on world, while the Lyran Alliance defenders fought valiantly the Falcon's 124th Striker and Jade Falcon Eyrie Clusters defeated them within three weeks, simultaneously capturing the Pandora Theater's command center intact. [1]

Unfortunately for the Falcons they paid no attention to the effects their assault had on the ecology, angering the residents. Rather than openly oppose the Falcons, however, most of the Pandorans used passive resistance methods like sick-outs and working half-heartedly for their new governors. Strikes and sick-outs were common at Red Devil Industries. The Falcons tried to use force to improve production, but this backfired when riots and sabotage became common. Finally the Watch determined the cause of the problem: The Pandorans were both proud of and ashamed of their planet and its ecological problems. Khan Marthe Pryde assigned several scientists to restart the Star League reclamation project, and relations between the natives and the Falcons improved.[1]

Dark Age

In December 3109, Clan Wolf raided Pandora, relying on intelligence provided by Katherine Steiner-Davion. The raid ran into more trouble than the raiders expected, but weakened the Jade Falcon defenders. The Lyran Commonwealth successfully invaded soon afterwards, in early 3110.[33]

At some time during the Dark Age when the planet was held by Clan Jade Falcon, Wolf's Dragoons, under contract from the Lyran Commonwealth raided the planet and were able to take some 'Mech with them.[40]

Military Deployment

3038

3050

  • Pandora College Training Battalion[43]

3052

3054

3061

3079

3085

Geography

Pandora is a world with seven continents: Kaos, Limbo, Nirvana, Vestiga, Haven Islands, Megara, and Hyginus.[2] The polar continent of Vestiga has little to offer besides ice caps and sparse wildlife.[1]

Planetary Locations

  • Arcadia: a rainy, flatlands location on the continent of Limbo; home of the planetary militia[2]
  • Athena: a snowy, mountainous location on the continent of Haven Islands; home to a Quikscell factory[2]
  • Kaos (continent)
    • Deliverance: planetary capital city after 3052[1][2]
    • Needgate: planetary capital until 3052[2][50]
  • Resen Badlands[51]
  • Vandmaal: a town in the jungle[50]
  • Vandmaal Crossing: a crossroads near Vandmaal[50]

Industrial Centers

Notes

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 36 systems (33 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Ballynure 11.7 Crimond 16.6 Graceland 19.6 Borghese 24.8
Koniz 26.2 Benfled 28.5 Grunwald 34.2 La Grave 35.6
Tomans 35.9 Orkney 36.0 Matahari 36.8 Dustball 37.2
Montmarault 38.0 Surcin 38.0 Blair Atholl 39.0 Summit 41.0
Kelenfold 45.6 Qualip 47.1 Rasalgethi 48.3 New Exford 53.4
Domain 53.4 Deweidewd 53.5 Quarell 54.1 A Place 54.2
Biota 54.2 Sudeten 57.3 Garrison 57.5 Lyndon 57.7
Rastaban 58.1 Jabuka 58.2 Fort Loudon 58.2 Bountiful Harvest 58.9
Suk 59.3 Cusset 60.3 Arcturus 60.7 Odessa 61.1

References

  1. ↑ 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 1.17 1.18 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 135: "Pandora"
  2. ↑ 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 2.20 2.21 2.22 Objectives: The Clans, p. 13: "Pandora"
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  6. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  7. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  8. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  10. ↑ First Succession War (sourcebook), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  13. ↑ First Succession War (sourcebook), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  15. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  17. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  20. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  21. ↑ Foolproof
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  28. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  29. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  30. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 26, "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  31. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  32. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii , "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Shrapnel Issue #3 - Assassination Protocol: Katherine Steiner-Davion
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  35. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145] Map"
  36. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  37. ↑ Tamar Rising, p. 29 "Opening the Box"
  38. ↑ Tamar Rising, poster map
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Era Report: 3052, p. 40: Mercenaries - Gray Death Legion
  40. ↑ MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards, p. 12: "Collin Yukinov profile"
  41. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 138: "Deployment Table"
  42. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 71: "Com Guards Deployment Table"
  43. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 26: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  44. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 56: "Unit Note"
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 Main Event, p. ?
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Objective Raids, p. 22: "FedCom Deployment Table"
  47. ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 48: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  48. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 15: "Clan Jade Falcon Deployment Status"
  49. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 125: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 Day of Heroes, p. 8
  51. ↑ Elements of Treason: Duty, ch. 25
  52. ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 13: "Red Devil Industries"
  53. ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 13: "Quikscell Company"

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