Pandora

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(References to Pandora)

Pandora
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Pandora nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-84.49:236.48[e]
Spectral classB7V[1][2]
Recharge time158 hours[1][2]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[1][2]

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

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Owner History

Planetary Info

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.[1]

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 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]

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 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 began to slowly show sign of cooling.[1]

For many years, the capital city was Needgate. The city was heavily damaged in 3052 by fighting between the Falcons and a 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]

Manufacturing Centers

Planetary Garrison

3038

3050

3050

  • Pandora College Training Battalion[15]

3054

3061

3079

3085

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Ballynure 12.02 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Crimond 16.45 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Graceland 19.61 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Borghese 24.81 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Koniz 26.47 1 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR
Benfled 28.94 1 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF
Grunwald 34.29 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
La Grave 36.13 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF
Tomans 36.38 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Orkney 36.51 2 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF
Kandersteg 36.88 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Dustball 37.48 2 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR
Montmarault 38.59 2 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF
Blair Atholl 39.38 2 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF
Surcin 40.70 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Summit 41.06 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Kelenfold 46.01 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Rasalgethi 48.88 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
New Exford 53.63 2 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR
Domain 54.15 2 LC LC LC FC CW CW CW
Quarell 54.81 2 LC DC LC FRR CJF CJF CJF
A Place 54.96 2 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR
Biota 54.99 2 LC LC LC FC CW CW CW
Garrison 57.82 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Sudeten 57.90 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF
Lyndon 57.98 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Jabuka 58.90 2 LC DC LC FRR CSV CSV CJF
Fort Loudon 58.90 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Rastaban 58.94 2 LC LC LC FC CW CW CW
Bountiful Harvest 59.25 2 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 135, "Pandora"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Objectives: The Clans, p. 13, "Pandora"
  3. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  4. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  5. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  6. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"
  7. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  8. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  9. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  10. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  11. ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 13, "Red Devil Industries"
  12. ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 13, "Quickscell Company"
  13. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 138 "Deployment Table"
  14. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 71, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
  15. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 26, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  16. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 56, "Unit Note"
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Objective Raids, p. 22, "FedCom Deployment Table"
  18. ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 48, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  19. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 15, "Clan Jade Falcon Deployment Status"
  20. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 125, "Deployment Table - 3085"

Bibliography

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