Solaris

(References to Solaris)

Solaris is a system on the lyran border to the Free Worlds League. Its planet Solaris VII is famous troughout the whole Inner Sphere for its BattleMech fights, which are operated there as a sport. Template:InfoBoxStarSystem

The Gaming World

Solaris VII is known across the galaxy for its 'Mech fights. Gamblers place exorbitant amounts of money on longshot bets, and fortunes are won and lost daily. Solaris City, in particular, hosts six major arenas and numerous MechWarrior stables. Every year there is a Grand Tournament, which culminates with the naming of the year's champion (notable champions include Gray Noton and Kai Allard-Liao). However, the games were all but suspended following the breakout of inter-House hostilities within Solaris City in 3063, resulting in numerous casualties and precipitating the FedCom Civil War.

Solaris City

The capital and beating heart of the Game World, Solaris City is the home of the movers and shakers of Solaris VII. The city, which is home to some five million people, is divided into six districts and, with the exception of the International Zone, each of those is considered property of one the five Great Houses. They are the Black Hills (Davion), Cathay (Liao), Silesia (Steiner), Montenegro (Marik), and Kobe (Kurita). Each of the districts hosts a Class Six arena, where the top twenty MechWarriors battle each year to determine the championship. Residents of the sectors are actually still considered citizens of their respective nations, so Solaris City finds itself the home of many individuals who are persona non grata in their home nations, but still wish to remain citizens. Because of this phenomenon, the residents of Solaris City are often unrepresentative of the people from their parent nation.

Solaris City is ringed by a suburb known as Xolara, which itself is surrounded by Burgton. To the northeast in Roland Fields, while Bracken Swamp is to the southwest. Many native Solarans live in these suburbs, while Rasalhagians tend to live in Xolara. Periphery natives often call the outer suburbs home.

Arenas

There are Class One through Class Five areans scattered throughout Solaris VII, but the five Open Class (or Class Six) arenas where the most important duels on Solaris are fought are in Solaris City.

Boreal Reach

The Davion arena uses holographic technology, coupled with advanced environmental controls, to produce virtually any setting a person can conceive of. It takes its name from one of the more popular such settings, a polar glacier. The arctic environment provides challenging footing, while enabling MechWarriors the push their 'Mechs to the limit, thanks to the extreme cold.

The Factory

The Marik battlefield began its life as a shuttle manufacturing plant large enough to accommodate IndustrialMechs. The decrepit facility features multiple levels, and elevators and ramps to move between them.

Ishiyama

The Kurita area is actually a series of tunnels dug into a man-made mountain. Stone Mountain provides a hide-and-seek style engagement. There is also electromagnetic interference from the materials that the mountain is made of, making any fight here unpredictable. The "mountain" was built in 3007 in Kobe District.

The Jungle

This parcel of land was originally planned as a Buddhist monastery, but the Liao government decided to designate it as their official "arena." The battle area in this open tract is demarcated by a series of beacons. Extra beacons located inside the battlefield can be activated to shrink the area of the field down to a quarter of its full size.

Steiner Coliseum

The arena in Silesia was designed with a Roman-esque facade. The battlefield of the arena is largely featureless, utilizing walls that can be raised or lowered to provide variety.

Geography

Solaris VII is the largest planet in the system and a rainy water-rich world consisting only of two continents.

Grayland, which is heavily populated, owns large lakes and wide rivers. It features a vast taiga in the north and open Grassland in the south, seperated by large coniferous forests in the middle. The climate in the center of the continent, the location of Solaris City, is wet and cool. The rainy season there lasts almost all year in contrary to the temperate climate of the south coast.

Equatus, the second continent, is dry and mountainous.

Manufacturing Centers

• Blue Shot Weapons
• Innovative Design Concepts
• Norse-Storm Technologies Incorporated
• O'Neil BattleMechs
• Omnitech Industries
• Silver Wyrm, Ltd.
• Solaris Arms
• Vining Engineering and Salvage Team

Owner History

• 2750 - Free Worlds League
• 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 3040 - Federated Commonwealth
• 3052 - Federated Commonwealth
• 3057 - Lyran Alliance
• 3062 - Lyran Alliance
• 3067 - Lyran Alliance
• 3130 - Lyran Commonwealth

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:

Planet	Distance (LY)	Jumps	2750	2822	2864	3025	3030	3040	3052	3057	3062	3067	3130
Rochelle	12.36	1	FWL	LC	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Uhuru	17.81	1	FWL	LC	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL
New Kyoto	19.99	1	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	RotS
Kalidasa	23.24	1	FWL	LC	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Algorab	23.69	1	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	RotS
Amity	24.94	1	FWL	FWL	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL
Zaniah	25.09	1	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	RotS
Alkes	25.16	1	FWL	LC	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Rahne	25.74	1	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	LC
New Hope	27.63	1	FWL	LC	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Concord	32.36	2	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL
Fianna	33.92	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	LC
Shiloh	34.49	2	LC	FWL	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Alhena	40.87	2	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Vindemiatrix	41.01	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	RotS
Gacrux	41.05	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	RotS
Hyde	41.56	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	LC
Lamon	41.93	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	LC
Danais	42.57	2	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	MSC
Caledonia	44.62	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	LC
Stewart	45.49	2	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Launam	45.71	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	LC
Wing	47.63	2	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Adhafera	47.81	2	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Sarpsborg	48.32	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	LC
Tania Borealis	48.49	2	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Phecda	49.01	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	RotS
Dieudonne	51.15	2	FWL	FWL	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Nestor	52.35	2	LC	LC	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL
Helm	52.90	2	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL
Dubhe	52.95	2	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Chertan	53.08	2	TH	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL
Carsphairn	53.37	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	RotS
Hesperus II	54.26	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	LC
Arganda	54.56	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	LC
Alchiba	55.74	2	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	RotS
Merak	55.88	2	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL
Bondurant	56.27	2	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	MSC
Wyatt	57.95	2	TH	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	RotS
Savannah	58.68	2	FWL	FWL	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS
Milton	59.25	2	TH	LC	LC	LC	LC	FC	FC	LA	LA	LA	RotS
Remulac	59.31	2	FWL	FWL	LC	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	FWL	RotS

References

• Solaris VII: The Game World
• Handbook: House Steiner