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| − | + | {{Otheruses|the planetary system|other uses|Procyon (disambiguation)}} | |
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| − | | caption = Procyon | + | | caption = Procyon [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] |
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| + | The '''Procyon''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Procyon II''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Tikonov Commonality]] of the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref> | ||
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| + | __TOC__ | ||
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| + | ==System Description== | ||
| + | Procyon is located near the [[Sirius]] and [[Keid]] systems. | ||
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| + | ==System History== | ||
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| + | ==Political Affiliation== | ||
| + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} | ||
| + | * [[2134]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name="DARWp248"/> | ||
| + | * [[2271]] - Terran Alliance<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2319]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name=HB:HK>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2341]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2366]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2370]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<ref name="CMp22">''Chaos March'', p. 22</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2771]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2774]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/> | ||
| + | * [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2793]] - [[Sirian Concordance]]<ref name=FM:FWLp83>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 83: "Sirian Lancers: The Fury"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2797]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref>{{ref label|affiliation|See Notes}} | ||
| + | * [[2822]] - [[Free Worlds League]]<ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2864]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HouseMarik">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)''</ref><ref name="HandbookHouseMarik">''Handbook: House Marik''</ref><ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. ?{{cn}}</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3029]] - [[Tikonov Free Republic]] (from April)<ref name=FM:FWLp86>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 86</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3030]] - Tikonov Free Republic<ref name="FSWMAv2p81">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 81</ref><ref name="FSWMAv2p94">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 94</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth{{cn}} | ||
| + | * [[3057]] - [[Sirian Holds]] (from December)<ref name="CMp22"/> | ||
| + | * [[3058]] - Free Worlds League (from September)<ref name=FM:FWLp84>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 84</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3059]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="DARWp248"/> | ||
| + | * [[3062]] - Free Worlds League{{cn}} | ||
| + | * [[3067]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=FMU161/> | ||
| + | * [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 64–65</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 62–63</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. vi–vii: "Inner Sphere - October 3085" (Map)</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 12</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3135]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', pp. 10–11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3145]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="ER3145">''Inner Sphere - 3145''</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3149]] - Capellan Confederation (from October)<ref name=SFp101>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 101</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3151]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103</ref> | ||
| + | {{div col end}} | ||
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| + | ==Procyon II== | ||
| + | {{InfoBoxPlanet | ||
| image = Procyon.jpg | | image = Procyon.jpg | ||
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| name = Procyon | | name = Procyon | ||
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| − | | distance = 14.94 Days<ref name=" | + | | position = Second<ref name="DARWp248"/> |
| − | | moons = | + | | distance = 14.94 Days<ref name="DARWp248"/> |
| − | + | | moons = None<ref name="DARWp248"/> | |
| − | | gravity = 0.97<ref name=" | + | | gravity = 0.97<ref name="DARWp248"/> |
| − | | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=" | + | | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name="DARWp248"/> |
| − | | temperature = 30°C<ref name=" | + | | temperature = 30°C<ref name="DARWp248"/> |
| − | | water = 62%<ref name=" | + | | water = 62%<ref name="DARWp248"/> |
| − | | life = Reptiles<ref name=" | + | | life = Reptiles<ref name="DARWp248"/> |
| − | | | + | | continents = 2 (Halbiero, Greene)<ref name="DARWp248"/> |
| − | | | + | | colonized = [[2134]]<ref name="DARWp248"/> |
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| − | | | + | | population = 1,980,173,000 (3123),<ref name=25yearsprofile>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 243: "Planet Profile"</ref><br>1,908,061,000 (3130)<ref name="DARWp248"/><ref name=DARoSp22>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 22: "Prefecture IX"</ref> |
| − | | | + | | ruler = |
| + | | political = [[Planetary Governor of Procyon|Planetary Governor]] | ||
| + | | commander = [[Alisendar Gyrn]] (3057–3059),<ref name="DARWp248"/><br>Legate [[Michael Carrington]] (3130)<ref name="DARWp248"/><ref name=DARoSp22/> | ||
| + | | capital = Calgary (3030),<ref name=FSWMAv2p82>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 82: "Procyon"</ref><br>Gilded Halls (3130)<ref name="DARWp248"/> | ||
| + | | hpg = A<ref name=25yearsprofile/> | ||
| + | | hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Carter Hall]] (3025)<ref name=HMFWL>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 161</ref> | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | ===Planetary History=== | ||
| + | ====Early History==== | ||
| + | The Terran Alliance settled Procyon in 2134, drawn by the resources available on the planet, and over time the planet became a stronghold for the Terran Alliance.<ref name="DARWp248"/> Procyon was one of the worlds that remained a part of the Terran Alliance following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the [[Demarcation Declaration]] of [[2242]],<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> and became one of the worlds within the [[Alliance Core]] region of the Terran Hegemony.<ref name="H:RWp159"/> The Capellan Confederation captured the Procyon system in 2370, along with the neighboring [[Sirius]] system.<ref name="CMp22"/> | ||
| − | == | + | ====Star League Era==== |
| − | + | During the [[Star League era]] Procyon was home to a major [[Star League Defense Force]] naval base as well as a number of [[Castle Brian|Castles Brian]]; Procyon was also notable for being home to a [[BattleMech]] factory owned by the [[Brigadier Corporation]]. Procyon also became somewhat infamous during the reign of the [[Star League]] due to its being the location from which [[Oliver Marik]] and his supporters planned what would become the [[Marik Civil War (28th c.)|Marik Civil War]].<ref name="DARWp248"/> | |
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| − | + | During the [[Amaris Civil War]] Procyon suffered damage, as did many other Terran Hegemony planets; the large Castle Brian located east of the planetary capital city, Gilded Halls, was leveled by orbital bombardment, while the Castles Brian dotted within the Unspoiled Isles were also destroyed. The cities located in the Unclaimed Isles would subsequently be abandoned as Procyon declined.<ref name="DARWp248"/> | |
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| − | === | + | ====Early Succession Wars==== |
| − | + | Procyon was seized and held by the Free Worlds League after the fall of the Star League, although after almost two centuries of League rule the Capellan Confederation managed to conquer the planet. The planetary population retained a largely indifferent attitude towards their erstwhile conquerors, clinging instead to the majority of the customs they had retained from the days of the Terran Hegemony, and the planetary economy became increasingly agricultural; nowhere was the overall sense of apathy more obvious than in Cleveberg, the city where the Brigadier Corporation factory was located. The city dwindled until it was barely more than a ghost city, while the 'Mech plant was abandoned and left derelict.<ref name="DARWp248"/> | |
| − | + | ==== Fourth Succession War ==== | |
| + | Following [[Colonel]] [[Pavel Ridzik]] defecting from the Capellan Confederation and declaring himself the ruler of a new realm, the Tikonov Free Republic, the [[Federated Suns]] and [[Lyran Commonwealth]] began attempting to persuade Ridzik to launch military operations against the Free Worlds League, to help keep the League distracted and busy during the [[Fourth Succession War]]. Ridzik kept negotiations open with all three parties - with the League attempting to court him as an ally as well - while he restructured his realm, settling old scores, installing friends and allies in positions of power and purging his newly founded military of loyalist elements. Within a few months Ridzik had become bored, and decided to launch attacks on the League... without bothering to tell his own diplomats, who continued negotiations right up until news of the attack reached them.<ref name=FSWMAv2p82/> | ||
| − | + | Procyon was one of a number of systems attacked by Ridzik; Ridzik considered Procyon important enough that he brought two 'Mech regiments, determined to gain control of the resources and industrial base Procyon offered. One of his objectives was to try and secure the old Brigadier Corporation plant, convinced that he would be able to emulate the success displayed by the [[New Avalon Institute of Science]] in recovering Star League era technology with the dilapidated plant.<ref name=FSWMAv2p82/> | |
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| − | + | When Ridzik arrived, the [[Second Sirian Lancers]] under the command of Colonel [[Jenny Twofeathers]] had been fighting a year-long campaign in the foothills east of Calgary, the planetary capital city, against a force of two regiments of guerrillas aligned with the Capellan Confederation who had managed to evade destruction and continually preyed on the convoys moving between the gem mines and Calgary. Ridzik gambled that the guerrillas' loyalty would switch from the Confederation to his Republic, and deployed the First and Second Republican BattleMech Regiments and twelve assorted conventional regiments to capture Procyon, leading the Second himself. Among his task force's escorts was a ''[[Vengeance (DropShip class)|Vengeance]]''-class fighter carrier, the ''[[Omaha Beach]]'', and the [[aerospace fighter]]s from the ''Omaha Beach'' plus those from the Republican regiments were enough to secure the skies above his chosen drop zones despite efforts from the Sirian Lancers' aerospace forces to contest the attack.<ref name=FSWMAv2p82/> | |
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| − | + | Ridzik's plan for capturing Procyon revolved around capturing several essential bridges across the George River before seizing the capital; two of the bridges, the Bayson and Vacor bridges were closest to the drop zones and were quickly captured. Ridzik had dropped twenty assault craft on the bridges, each carrying an armored vehicle and an infantry platoon, to secure them ahead of the arrival of more of the [[Tikonov Free Republic Army]] forces, with the greater part of the dropping troops assigned to capture the Charles Bridge, which was closest to Calgary. The Sirian Lancers second-guessed the objective and deployed forces to fight for the bridge, while the senior TFRA officer - [[Major]] [[Sandra Stankowski]] - called on aerospace forces to help seize the bridge. Ridzik led the Second Republican towards Stankowski's forces, with his command [[company]] being the first to engage the enemy, while the First Republican drove for Calgary.<ref name=FSWMAv2p82/> | |
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| − | + | Colonel [[Carla Nisora]] was in command of the First, and grew increasingly frustrated as her advance was bogged down by an unmapped marshland and harassing attacks from a [[battalion]] of League hovercraft. After finally reaching the Bayson Bridge to relieve the advance forces the First was forced to wade through a League armored regiment during its attempts to link up with the Second Republican, while the fight at the Charles Bridge became increasingly desperate. As the Second approached the bridge Ridzik ended up battling personally against Colonel Twofeathers' ''[[Marauder]]'' as his forces tried to avoid and then overcome a battalion of Sirian Lancer 'Mechs and two supporting armor regiments encountered just a kilometer from the bridge. Ridzik managed to inflict enough damage on Twofeathers' 'Mech to cause it to explode, and the First reached the bridge just in time; the remains of Stankowski's force had been pushed back until they were pinned between two Sirian assault 'Mechs located at either end of the bridge. The arrival of increasing numbers of Republican 'Mechs caused those two Marik pilots to surrender, but the surviving Lancer forces retreated into the hills in an attempt to continue fighting. A week later, having been attacked by the guerrilla forces, the Lancers abandoned Procyon.<ref name=FSWMAv2p82/> | |
| − | + | ====Clan Invasion Era==== | |
| + | [[Earthwerks Incorporated]] purchased the derelict Brigadier Corporation plant in [[3050]] and began restoring it.<ref name="DARWp248"/> | ||
| − | + | ====Operation GUERRERO==== | |
| + | The Procyon system wasn't a target of the [[Operation GUERRERO]] campaign launched by the Free Worlds League, but on 24 October [[3057]] the local HPG transmitter was seized by an unidentified faction. Approximately two months later, [[JumpShip]]s entering either the Procyon or [[Sirius]] systems began being challenged by transmissions declaring that they had entered the Sirian Holds, and were ordered to leave or face destruction. This continued for some time, with at least two independent trading ships being reported missing. The Free Worlds League made multiple attempts to open up diplomatic communications with either system, but all such efforts went unanswered, as did efforts by ComStar to initiate contact, although observations indicated that the two systems were exchanging HPG transmissions with each other. Reports indicated that the planetary government on Procyon had recently contracted a mercenary unit named [[Boodelay's Backup]] prior to the formation of the Sirian Holds.<ref name="CMp22"/> | ||
| − | + | It was some time before the mystery around the Sirian Holds was solved; both Procyon and Sirius had been taken over by the supporters of a charismatic former ComStar acolyte named [[Alisendar Gyrn]]. Gyrn was a member of an ancient trading family from Sirius, and had fallen prey to delusions years before that led him to believe he was the reincarnation of [[Jerome Blake]]. Under the thrall of these delusions, Gyrn had spent years recruiting devoted followers in both systems, and he seized on the disruption caused by Operation GUERRERO to lead his followers in an uprising. Gyrn seized both HPG stations, and used assassins to kill key officers in [[Boodelay's Backup]] and [[Jo's Fourth Cavalry]], the mercenary force employed by the planetary government on Sirius. Followers of Gyrn who had infiltrated the support staffs of both mercenary units were responsible for sabotaging key equipment, such as the mercenary commands' JumpShips, and Gyrn had the supplies to both units cut off. Many of the mercenaries attempted to contest Gyrn's actions, but were unsuccessful when they tried to depose Gyrn, and the survivors were forced to retreat into the wilderness.<ref name="CMp91">''Chaos March'', p. 91: "Sirian Holds"</ref> | |
| − | + | With the HPGs under his control and the local mercenary forces neutralized, Gyrn's rule over the newly formed Sirian Holds was announced by his loyal followers to the stunned populations of both systems. No mention was made at first of the alleged divinity of Alisendar Gyrn; instead, the takeover was pitched as freeing the systems from the [[Great House]]s, and there was relatively little protest from the population, at least at first. When word reached the wider population of what had happened to the mercenary troops, along with the discovery that Gyrn was in control of the HPG systems, protests broke out. As the protests accelerated towards becoming an open revolt, Gyrn announced that both systems needed to be "purified"; this purification consisted of destroying all modern technology. Gyrn's followers rounded up intellectuals, technicians, dissenters and various other groups, with the roundups being described as the beginning of a process of reeducation; instead, those gathered up were murdered in killing fields outside the capital city, to prevent them posing any kind of threat to Gyrn.<ref name="CMp91"/> | |
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| − | + | Subsequently believed to be a renegade [[Word of Blake|Blakist]], Gyrn's hellish regime fell on 19 September [[3059]], when [[Sirian Lancers]] and [[Fourth Free Worlds Legionnaires]] forces captured Procyon and Sirius and returned it to League rule.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 7</ref><ref name="DARWp248"/> | |
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| + | Mere minutes before Gyrn's regime fell to Sirian Lancer 'Mechs, resistance fighters led by a former Jo's Fourth Cavalry member managed to injure Gyrn at his headquarters, Demon's Roost after posing as members of his gang, the Demons. The resistance was angered that despite his atrocities, Gyrn was captured for trial instead of being executed.<ref>''Journey's End - The Colors' War Against the Demons''</ref> | ||
| + | {{ApocryphalContentEnd}} | ||
| − | + | ====The Jihad==== | |
| + | During the third week of June [[3069]], the worlds of [[Berenson]], [[Irian]], Procyon, and [[Sirius]] were rocked by internal conflict as Free Worlds League Loyalists clashed with local government forces as a result of the local governments turning against the false [[Thomas Marik]] and the government on [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]].<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> | ||
| − | + | In [[3073]], Precentor [[David Fellers]] who was promoted and sent to take command of a Procyon reeducation camp.<ref name=JS:TBDp97>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 97: "Free Worlds League Theater"</ref> | |
| − | === The | + | ====The Dark Age==== |
| − | + | Incorporated into the Republic of the Sphere, Procyon remained a largely agricultural planet. The Unspoiled Isles were heavily wooded by the height of the Dark Age, whilst the majority of the population lived on Greene, which was home to the majority of Procyon's small cities and major agroplexes, although much of the continent consisted of forests and sparsely inhabited farmsteads. Located on the Wantu River, Gilded Halls remained the planetary capital city and the city of the largest planetary spaceport, but the city of Cleveberg on Halbiero had experienced something of a minor revival that began with Earthwerks' purchase of the Brigadier planet in 3050. By 3130 the plant - now operating as Earthwerks-Procyon Engineering Vehicles - was producing and exporting enough industrial vehicles and [[IndustrialMech]]s to qualify it as a secondary planetary industry.<ref name="DARWp248"/> | |
| − | + | On 7 August [[3132]], Procyon's [[HPG]] was attacked by unidentified forces in royal blue, who were fended off by Republic forces and [[Com Guards]]. This successful defense did not save the HPG from having its core burn out. The presence of Com Guard battle armor was quickly concealed by Adept [[Patricia Harwell]].<ref>''End Transmission'', in ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', pp. 243–249</ref> | |
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| − | + | In July [[3133]], the [[Arms Free Society]], an influential [[Republic of the Sphere]] peace organization from the 3080s, reformed on Procyon. It announced its rebirth with a march in the capital, Guilded Halls.<ref name=DAINNp194>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', pp. 194: "Arms Free Society Rises Again on Procyon"</ref> | |
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| − | === | + | ===Military Deployment=== |
| − | * | + | {{columns-start|num=3}} |
| − | + | ====2821==== | |
| + | * [[Third Sirian Lancers]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref> | ||
| − | == | + | ====3025==== |
| − | = | + | * [[Second Sirian Lancers]]<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108</ref> |
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| − | === | + | ====3030==== |
| − | * | + | * Second Sirian Lancers (until July)<ref name=FSWMAv2p82/> |
| − | === | + | ====3050==== |
| − | + | * [[386th Division (ComStar)|386th Division]]<ref name=20YU70>''20 Year Update'', p. 70: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref> | |
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| − | + | ====3055==== | |
| − | * [[386th Division (ComStar)|386th Division]]<ref name=20YU70>''20 Year Update'', p. 70 | + | * [[Thirty-first Division (ComStar)|Thirty-first Division]]<ref name=CS85>''ComStar'', p. 85: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref> |
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| − | ===3055=== | ||
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* [[394th Division (ComStar)|394th Division]]<ref name=CS85/> | * [[394th Division (ComStar)|394th Division]]<ref name=CS85/> | ||
| − | === 3057 === | + | ====3057==== |
* [[Boodelay's Backup]] (1 conventional regiment)<ref name="CMp22"/> | * [[Boodelay's Backup]] (1 conventional regiment)<ref name="CMp22"/> | ||
| − | === | + | ====3059–3067==== |
| − | * Second Sirian Lancers<ref name=FMFWL113>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 113 | + | * Second Sirian Lancers<ref name=FMFWL113>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 113: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=FMU161>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 161: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> |
* Third Sirian Lancers<ref name=FMFWL113/><ref name=FMU161/> | * Third Sirian Lancers<ref name=FMFWL113/><ref name=FMU161/> | ||
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| + | ====3071==== | ||
| + | * [[151st Procyon Guards Infantry Regiment]]<ref name=151Militia>''Haggard Defenders Desperate for Relief''</ref> | ||
| + | * [[Word of Blake]] Militia (consisting of two [[Level II]] [[BattleMech]] forces).<ref name=151Militia/> | ||
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| + | ====3145==== | ||
| + | * [[XI Triarii Protectors]]<ref name=FM:3145p144>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 144: "Republic Armed Forces - Triarii Protectors"</ref> | ||
| + | {{columns-end}} | ||
| − | === | + | ===Geography=== |
| − | + | Procyon is a resource-rich planet with two large continents and numerous continental islands. The southern continent, Halbiero, is rocky and pockmarked, while the supercontinent of Greene lies north of Halbiero and extends up into the northern polar regions of the planet. East of Halbiero a chain of islands known as the Unspoiled Islands stretches through Procyon's southern hemisphere.<ref name="DARWp248">''Dark Age Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 248: "Procyon"; Alisendar Gyrn's surname misspelled Gyn</ref> | |
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| + | The database of the ([[apocryphal]]) 1989 video game ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'', set around the year [[3025]], gives a population of 5.250 billion for Procyon and describes the environment as "tropical" (out of only three broad impressions of planetary environments given in the game, these being "desert," "ice," and "tropical"). The description one-liner reads "Once home to the Brigadier 'Mech Co. - now extinct." | ||
| + | {{ApocryphalContentEnd}} | ||
| − | === | + | ===Planetary Locations=== |
| − | * [[ | + | * Calgary: planetary capital as of 3030<ref name=FSWMAv2p82/> |
| + | * Cleveburg: site of the Brigadier 'Mech factory<ref name=FSWMAv2p82/> | ||
| + | * Guilded Halls: planetary capital by [[3123]], found on the northern continent of Greene<ref name=25yearsprofile/> | ||
| + | ** A [[University of Procyon]] campus.<ref name=DAINNp194/> | ||
| − | == | + | ===Companies and Industries=== |
| − | * [[Brigadier Corporation]]<ref name=" | + | * [[Brigadier Corporation]]<ref name="DARWp248"/><ref name=FSWMAv2p82/> |
| − | * [[Earthwerks Incorporated|Earthwerks-Procyon Engineering Vehicles]]<ref name=" | + | * [[Earthwerks Incorporated|Earthwerks-Procyon Engineering Vehicles]]<ref name="DARWp248"/> |
| − | * [[Maxwell Manufacturing, Inc.]]<ref name=XTRO:PV4p6>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4'', p. 6 | + | * [[Maxwell Manufacturing, Inc.]]<ref name=XTRO:PV4p6>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4'', p. 6: "GRF-1A Griffin"</ref> |
| − | == Image | + | ===Image gallery=== |
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Procyon2.jpg|Orbital view of Procyon, 3123 | Procyon2.jpg|Orbital view of Procyon, 3123 | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| − | == Nearby Systems == | + | ==Notes== |
| − | {|class="wikitable" | + | * {{note|affiliation}} As of 2797, Procyon is identified on a map in ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' as belonging to the Terran Hegemony Remnants (term used on page 24),<ref name=FSWp95/> though it's possible at this time it was actually under the control of the Sirian Concordance and left out for simplicity or to maintain focus on the Great Houses during the First Succession War. |
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| + | ==Nearby Systems== | ||
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| + | {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" | ||
| + | ! colspan="8" | Closest 84 systems (83 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Sirius]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 4.1 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Keid]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 8.2 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Carver]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 9.7 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Terra|Sol]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 12.2 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[New Home]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 12.4 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Rigil Kentarus]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 13.8 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[New Earth|Tau Ceti]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 15.9 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Bryant]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 18.3 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Graham]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 18.5 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Hechnar]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 19.1 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Xi Ursae_Majoris|Xi Ursae Majoris]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 20.3 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Caph]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 20.8 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Brownsville]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 22.0 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Outreach]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 23.7 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Killbourn]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 24.2 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Epsilon Eridani]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 25.5 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Thorin]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 26.5 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Pollux]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 26.9 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Oliver]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 27.1 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[New Stevens]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 27.8 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Altair]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 28.4 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Zavijava]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 28.8 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Chara]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 29.8 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Fomalhaut]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 30.7 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Dieron]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 31.2 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Devil's Rock]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 31.4 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Yorii]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 32.4 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Tyrfing|Tabit]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 33.0 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Capolla]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 33.0 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Lipton]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 33.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Denebola]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 34.1 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Hall]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 34.4 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Muphrid]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 34.5 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Epsilon Indi]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 34.5 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Terra Firma]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 35.6 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Castor]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 35.8 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Talitha]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 37.5 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Rocky]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 37.6 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Asta]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 37.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Saffel]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 38.2 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Zollikofen]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 38.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Northwind]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 40.0 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Elgin|Chisholm]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 40.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Van Diemen]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 41.3 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Hsien]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 44.6 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Mandal]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 45.1 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Zosma]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 45.1 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Imbros]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 45.2 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Wasat]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 46.0 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Haddings]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 46.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Afleir]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 46.9 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Sheratan]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 47.1 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Lockdale]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 47.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Menkent]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 47.6 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Athenry]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 47.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Styx]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 47.9 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Nanking]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 49.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Nirasaki]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 49.8 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Bex]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 51.2 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[New Dallas]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 52.0 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Acamar]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 52.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Lyons]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 52.9 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Dyev]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 53.0 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 53.3 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Marcus]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 54.1 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Summer]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 54.2 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Ingress]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 55.2 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Woodstock]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 55.5 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Tall Trees]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 56.0 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Quentin]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 56.2 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Pike (system)|Pike]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 56.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Ko]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 56.5 |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Small World]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 56.9 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Connaught]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 57.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Callison]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 57.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Saiph]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 57.8 |
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Zurich]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 57.8 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Mizar]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 58.8 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Deneb Algedi]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 59.2 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Errai]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 59.4 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Alioth]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 59.4 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Inglesmond|New Britain]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 59.5 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Menkalinan]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 59.8 | ||
| + | | class="over60" | [[Berenson]] | ||
| + | | class="over60" | 60.7 | ||
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| − | == References == | + | ==References== |
<references /> | <references /> | ||
| − | == Bibliography == | + | ==Bibliography== |
| + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} | ||
* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Haggard Defenders Desperate for Relief|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 14/11/3071: "Haggard Defenders Desperate for Relief"]]'' | ||
* ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]'' | * ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]'' | ||
* ''[[Chaos March (sourcebook)|Chaos March]]'' | * ''[[Chaos March (sourcebook)|Chaos March]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' | + | * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' |
| + | * ''[[Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]'' | ||
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[End Transmission]]'' (in: ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]'') | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | ||
* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4]]'' | * ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War ( | + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' |
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | ||
| − | |||
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[ | + | * ''Journey's End - The Colors' War Against the Demons'' (in: ''[[MechForce Quarterly]]'', Vol. 4, #4) |
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' |
| + | {{div col end}} | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Systems|Procyon]] |
| − | [[Category: Amaris Empire | + | [[Category: Amaris Empire Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Capellan Confederation | + | [[Category: Capellan Confederation Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Chaos March | + | [[Category: Chaos March Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Federated Commonwealth | + | [[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Free Worlds League | + | [[Category: Free Worlds League Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Independent | + | [[Category: Independent Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Republic of the Sphere | + | [[Category: Republic of the Sphere Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Sirian Holds | + | [[Category: Sirian Holds Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Terran Alliance | + | [[Category: Terran Alliance Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Terran Hegemony | + | [[Category: Terran Hegemony Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Tikonov Free Republic | + | [[Category: Tikonov Free Republic Systems]] |
Latest revision as of 07:21, 26 April 2024
- This article is about the planetary system. For other uses, see Procyon (disambiguation).
| Procyon | |
|---|---|
← 3135 3151 | |
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -5.043 : -11.064[e] |
| Spectral class | F5V[1] |
| Recharge time | 176 hours[1] |
| Recharge station(s) | Zenith (3130)[1] |
| Planet(s) | 7[1] |
The Procyon system was home to at least one habitable world, Procyon II, and as of 3151 was located in the Tikonov Commonality of the Capellan Confederation.[2]
Contents
System Description[edit]
Procyon is located near the Sirius and Keid systems.
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2134 - Terran Alliance[1]
- 2271 - Terran Alliance[3]
- 2319 - Terran Hegemony[4]
- 2341 - Terran Hegemony[5]
- 2366 - Terran Hegemony[6]
- 2370 - Capellan Confederation[7]
- 2571 - Terran Hegemony[8][9]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony[10]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony[11]
- 2765 - Terran Hegemony[12]
- 2767 - Amaris Empire[13]
- 2771 - Amaris Empire[14]
- 2774 - Amaris Empire[14]
- 2786 - Terran Hegemony[15]
- 2793 - Sirian Concordance[16]
- 2797 - Terran Hegemony[17][See Notes]
- 2822 - Free Worlds League[18][19]
- 2864 - Free Worlds League[20]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League[21][22][23]
- 3029 - Tikonov Free Republic (from April)[24]
- 3030 - Tikonov Free Republic[25][26]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[27]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[citation needed]
- 3057 - Sirian Holds (from December)[7]
- 3058 - Free Worlds League (from September)[28]
- 3059 - Free Worlds League[1]
- 3062 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3067 - Free Worlds League[29]
- 3075 - Word of Blake Protectorate[30]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere[31]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[32]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere[33]
- 3135 - Republic of the Sphere[34]
- 3145 - Republic of the Sphere[35]
- 3149 - Capellan Confederation (from October)[36]
- 3151 - Capellan Confederation[37]
Procyon II[edit]
| Procyon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Astrophysical | |
| System position | Second[1] |
| Jump Point distance | 14.94 Days[1] |
| Moons | None[1] |
| Geophysical | |
| Surface gravity | 0.97[1] |
| Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Breathable)[1] |
| Equatorial temperature | 30°C[1] |
| Surface water | 62%[1] |
| Highest native life | Reptiles[1] |
| Landmasses | 2 (Halbiero, Greene)[1] |
| History and Culture | |
| Colonized | 2134[1] |
| Population | 1,980,173,000 (3123),[38] 1,908,061,000 (3130)[1][39] |
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Political Leader | Planetary Governor |
| Military Commander | Alisendar Gyrn (3057–3059),[1] Legate Michael Carrington (3130)[1][39] |
| Capital | Calgary (3030),[40] Gilded Halls (3130)[1] |
| HPG Class | A[38] |
| HPG Representative | Precentor Carter Hall (3025)[41] |
Planetary History[edit]
Early History[edit]
The Terran Alliance settled Procyon in 2134, drawn by the resources available on the planet, and over time the planet became a stronghold for the Terran Alliance.[1] Procyon was one of the worlds that remained a part of the Terran Alliance following the Outer Reaches Rebellion and the Demarcation Declaration of 2242,[3] and became one of the worlds within the Alliance Core region of the Terran Hegemony.[10] The Capellan Confederation captured the Procyon system in 2370, along with the neighboring Sirius system.[7]
Star League Era[edit]
During the Star League era Procyon was home to a major Star League Defense Force naval base as well as a number of Castles Brian; Procyon was also notable for being home to a BattleMech factory owned by the Brigadier Corporation. Procyon also became somewhat infamous during the reign of the Star League due to its being the location from which Oliver Marik and his supporters planned what would become the Marik Civil War.[1]
During the Amaris Civil War Procyon suffered damage, as did many other Terran Hegemony planets; the large Castle Brian located east of the planetary capital city, Gilded Halls, was leveled by orbital bombardment, while the Castles Brian dotted within the Unspoiled Isles were also destroyed. The cities located in the Unclaimed Isles would subsequently be abandoned as Procyon declined.[1]
Early Succession Wars[edit]
Procyon was seized and held by the Free Worlds League after the fall of the Star League, although after almost two centuries of League rule the Capellan Confederation managed to conquer the planet. The planetary population retained a largely indifferent attitude towards their erstwhile conquerors, clinging instead to the majority of the customs they had retained from the days of the Terran Hegemony, and the planetary economy became increasingly agricultural; nowhere was the overall sense of apathy more obvious than in Cleveberg, the city where the Brigadier Corporation factory was located. The city dwindled until it was barely more than a ghost city, while the 'Mech plant was abandoned and left derelict.[1]
Fourth Succession War[edit]
Following Colonel Pavel Ridzik defecting from the Capellan Confederation and declaring himself the ruler of a new realm, the Tikonov Free Republic, the Federated Suns and Lyran Commonwealth began attempting to persuade Ridzik to launch military operations against the Free Worlds League, to help keep the League distracted and busy during the Fourth Succession War. Ridzik kept negotiations open with all three parties - with the League attempting to court him as an ally as well - while he restructured his realm, settling old scores, installing friends and allies in positions of power and purging his newly founded military of loyalist elements. Within a few months Ridzik had become bored, and decided to launch attacks on the League... without bothering to tell his own diplomats, who continued negotiations right up until news of the attack reached them.[40]
Procyon was one of a number of systems attacked by Ridzik; Ridzik considered Procyon important enough that he brought two 'Mech regiments, determined to gain control of the resources and industrial base Procyon offered. One of his objectives was to try and secure the old Brigadier Corporation plant, convinced that he would be able to emulate the success displayed by the New Avalon Institute of Science in recovering Star League era technology with the dilapidated plant.[40]
When Ridzik arrived, the Second Sirian Lancers under the command of Colonel Jenny Twofeathers had been fighting a year-long campaign in the foothills east of Calgary, the planetary capital city, against a force of two regiments of guerrillas aligned with the Capellan Confederation who had managed to evade destruction and continually preyed on the convoys moving between the gem mines and Calgary. Ridzik gambled that the guerrillas' loyalty would switch from the Confederation to his Republic, and deployed the First and Second Republican BattleMech Regiments and twelve assorted conventional regiments to capture Procyon, leading the Second himself. Among his task force's escorts was a Vengeance-class fighter carrier, the Omaha Beach, and the aerospace fighters from the Omaha Beach plus those from the Republican regiments were enough to secure the skies above his chosen drop zones despite efforts from the Sirian Lancers' aerospace forces to contest the attack.[40]
Ridzik's plan for capturing Procyon revolved around capturing several essential bridges across the George River before seizing the capital; two of the bridges, the Bayson and Vacor bridges were closest to the drop zones and were quickly captured. Ridzik had dropped twenty assault craft on the bridges, each carrying an armored vehicle and an infantry platoon, to secure them ahead of the arrival of more of the Tikonov Free Republic Army forces, with the greater part of the dropping troops assigned to capture the Charles Bridge, which was closest to Calgary. The Sirian Lancers second-guessed the objective and deployed forces to fight for the bridge, while the senior TFRA officer - Major Sandra Stankowski - called on aerospace forces to help seize the bridge. Ridzik led the Second Republican towards Stankowski's forces, with his command company being the first to engage the enemy, while the First Republican drove for Calgary.[40]
Colonel Carla Nisora was in command of the First, and grew increasingly frustrated as her advance was bogged down by an unmapped marshland and harassing attacks from a battalion of League hovercraft. After finally reaching the Bayson Bridge to relieve the advance forces the First was forced to wade through a League armored regiment during its attempts to link up with the Second Republican, while the fight at the Charles Bridge became increasingly desperate. As the Second approached the bridge Ridzik ended up battling personally against Colonel Twofeathers' Marauder as his forces tried to avoid and then overcome a battalion of Sirian Lancer 'Mechs and two supporting armor regiments encountered just a kilometer from the bridge. Ridzik managed to inflict enough damage on Twofeathers' 'Mech to cause it to explode, and the First reached the bridge just in time; the remains of Stankowski's force had been pushed back until they were pinned between two Sirian assault 'Mechs located at either end of the bridge. The arrival of increasing numbers of Republican 'Mechs caused those two Marik pilots to surrender, but the surviving Lancer forces retreated into the hills in an attempt to continue fighting. A week later, having been attacked by the guerrilla forces, the Lancers abandoned Procyon.[40]
Clan Invasion Era[edit]
Earthwerks Incorporated purchased the derelict Brigadier Corporation plant in 3050 and began restoring it.[1]
Operation GUERRERO[edit]
The Procyon system wasn't a target of the Operation GUERRERO campaign launched by the Free Worlds League, but on 24 October 3057 the local HPG transmitter was seized by an unidentified faction. Approximately two months later, JumpShips entering either the Procyon or Sirius systems began being challenged by transmissions declaring that they had entered the Sirian Holds, and were ordered to leave or face destruction. This continued for some time, with at least two independent trading ships being reported missing. The Free Worlds League made multiple attempts to open up diplomatic communications with either system, but all such efforts went unanswered, as did efforts by ComStar to initiate contact, although observations indicated that the two systems were exchanging HPG transmissions with each other. Reports indicated that the planetary government on Procyon had recently contracted a mercenary unit named Boodelay's Backup prior to the formation of the Sirian Holds.[7]
It was some time before the mystery around the Sirian Holds was solved; both Procyon and Sirius had been taken over by the supporters of a charismatic former ComStar acolyte named Alisendar Gyrn. Gyrn was a member of an ancient trading family from Sirius, and had fallen prey to delusions years before that led him to believe he was the reincarnation of Jerome Blake. Under the thrall of these delusions, Gyrn had spent years recruiting devoted followers in both systems, and he seized on the disruption caused by Operation GUERRERO to lead his followers in an uprising. Gyrn seized both HPG stations, and used assassins to kill key officers in Boodelay's Backup and Jo's Fourth Cavalry, the mercenary force employed by the planetary government on Sirius. Followers of Gyrn who had infiltrated the support staffs of both mercenary units were responsible for sabotaging key equipment, such as the mercenary commands' JumpShips, and Gyrn had the supplies to both units cut off. Many of the mercenaries attempted to contest Gyrn's actions, but were unsuccessful when they tried to depose Gyrn, and the survivors were forced to retreat into the wilderness.[42]
With the HPGs under his control and the local mercenary forces neutralized, Gyrn's rule over the newly formed Sirian Holds was announced by his loyal followers to the stunned populations of both systems. No mention was made at first of the alleged divinity of Alisendar Gyrn; instead, the takeover was pitched as freeing the systems from the Great Houses, and there was relatively little protest from the population, at least at first. When word reached the wider population of what had happened to the mercenary troops, along with the discovery that Gyrn was in control of the HPG systems, protests broke out. As the protests accelerated towards becoming an open revolt, Gyrn announced that both systems needed to be "purified"; this purification consisted of destroying all modern technology. Gyrn's followers rounded up intellectuals, technicians, dissenters and various other groups, with the roundups being described as the beginning of a process of reeducation; instead, those gathered up were murdered in killing fields outside the capital city, to prevent them posing any kind of threat to Gyrn.[42]
Subsequently believed to be a renegade Blakist, Gyrn's hellish regime fell on 19 September 3059, when Sirian Lancers and Fourth Free Worlds Legionnaires forces captured Procyon and Sirius and returned it to League rule.[43][1]
Mere minutes before Gyrn's regime fell to Sirian Lancer 'Mechs, resistance fighters led by a former Jo's Fourth Cavalry member managed to injure Gyrn at his headquarters, Demon's Roost after posing as members of his gang, the Demons. The resistance was angered that despite his atrocities, Gyrn was captured for trial instead of being executed.[44]
The Jihad[edit]
During the third week of June 3069, the worlds of Berenson, Irian, Procyon, and Sirius were rocked by internal conflict as Free Worlds League Loyalists clashed with local government forces as a result of the local governments turning against the false Thomas Marik and the government on Atreus.[45]
In 3073, Precentor David Fellers who was promoted and sent to take command of a Procyon reeducation camp.[46]
The Dark Age[edit]
Incorporated into the Republic of the Sphere, Procyon remained a largely agricultural planet. The Unspoiled Isles were heavily wooded by the height of the Dark Age, whilst the majority of the population lived on Greene, which was home to the majority of Procyon's small cities and major agroplexes, although much of the continent consisted of forests and sparsely inhabited farmsteads. Located on the Wantu River, Gilded Halls remained the planetary capital city and the city of the largest planetary spaceport, but the city of Cleveberg on Halbiero had experienced something of a minor revival that began with Earthwerks' purchase of the Brigadier planet in 3050. By 3130 the plant - now operating as Earthwerks-Procyon Engineering Vehicles - was producing and exporting enough industrial vehicles and IndustrialMechs to qualify it as a secondary planetary industry.[1]
On 7 August 3132, Procyon's HPG was attacked by unidentified forces in royal blue, who were fended off by Republic forces and Com Guards. This successful defense did not save the HPG from having its core burn out. The presence of Com Guard battle armor was quickly concealed by Adept Patricia Harwell.[47]
In July 3133, the Arms Free Society, an influential Republic of the Sphere peace organization from the 3080s, reformed on Procyon. It announced its rebirth with a march in the capital, Guilded Halls.[48]
Military Deployment[edit]
3071[edit]
- 151st Procyon Guards Infantry Regiment[54]
- Word of Blake Militia (consisting of two Level II BattleMech forces).[54]
3145[edit]
Geography[edit]
Procyon is a resource-rich planet with two large continents and numerous continental islands. The southern continent, Halbiero, is rocky and pockmarked, while the supercontinent of Greene lies north of Halbiero and extends up into the northern polar regions of the planet. East of Halbiero a chain of islands known as the Unspoiled Islands stretches through Procyon's southern hemisphere.[1]
The database of the (apocryphal) 1989 video game MechWarrior, set around the year 3025, gives a population of 5.250 billion for Procyon and describes the environment as "tropical" (out of only three broad impressions of planetary environments given in the game, these being "desert," "ice," and "tropical"). The description one-liner reads "Once home to the Brigadier 'Mech Co. - now extinct."
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Calgary: planetary capital as of 3030[40]
- Cleveburg: site of the Brigadier 'Mech factory[40]
- Guilded Halls: planetary capital by 3123, found on the northern continent of Greene[38]
- A University of Procyon campus.[48]
Companies and Industries[edit]
- Brigadier Corporation[1][40]
- Earthwerks-Procyon Engineering Vehicles[1]
- Maxwell Manufacturing, Inc.[56]
Image gallery[edit]
Orbital view of Procyon, 3123
Notes[edit]
- ^ As of 2797, Procyon is identified on a map in First Succession War as belonging to the Terran Hegemony Remnants (term used on page 24),[17] though it's possible at this time it was actually under the control of the Sirian Concordance and left out for simplicity or to maintain focus on the Great Houses during the First Succession War.
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 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 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 Dark Age Republic Worlds (3130), p. 248: "Procyon"; Alisendar Gyrn's surname misspelled Gyn
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 103
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Chaos March, p. 22
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 83: "Sirian Lancers: The Fury"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 First Succession War, p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League)
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. ?[citation needed]
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 86
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 81
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 94
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 84
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Field Manual: Updates, p. 161: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, pp. 64–65
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, pp. 62–63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, pp. vi–vii: "Inner Sphere - October 3085" (Map)
- ↑ Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 12
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, pp. 10–11
- ↑ Inner Sphere - 3145
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 101
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction, p. 243: "Planet Profile"
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 22: "Prefecture IX"
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 40.5 40.6 40.7 40.8 40.9 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 82: "Procyon"
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 161
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Chaos March, p. 91: "Sirian Holds"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 7
- ↑ Journey's End - The Colors' War Against the Demons
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 47: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 97: "Free Worlds League Theater"
- ↑ End Transmission, in BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction, pp. 243–249
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, pp. 194: "Arms Free Society Rises Again on Procyon"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 108
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 70: "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 ComStar, p. 85: "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 113: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 Haggard Defenders Desperate for Relief
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 144: "Republic Armed Forces - Triarii Protectors"
- ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4, p. 6: "GRF-1A Griffin"
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