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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 4.512 billion for Sophie's World and describes the environment as "desert" (out of only three broad impressions of planetary environments given in the game, these being "desert", "ice", or "tropical"). The description one-liner reads "A center for the arts and learning."{{ApocryphalContentEnd}}
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The Sophie's World system is located near the [[Jászberény]] and [[Asellus Borealis]] systems.<ref name=HBHM16>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding 2271"</ref>
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The Sophie's World system was settled at sometime during or before the 23rd century.<ref name=HBHM16/>
  
 
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* [[2571]] - [[Free Worlds League]] <ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - [[Free Worlds League]] <ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref>
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* [[3014]] - Free Worlds League <ref name=WDsp19>''Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)'', p. 19, "Last Gasp"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
 
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* [[3145]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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=Sophie's World=
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==Planetary Description==
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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 4.512 billion for Sophie's World and describes the environment as "desert" (out of only three broad impressions of planetary environments given in the game, these being "desert", "ice", or "tropical"). The description one-liner reads "A center for the arts and learning."{{ApocryphalContentEnd}}
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==Planetary History==
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===The Succession Wars===
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====Third Succession War====
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=====Anton Marik's Revolt=====
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Realizing that [[Anton Marik's Revolt]] was only having success where the [[Wolf's Dragoons]] led the attack, Janos Marik reinforced Sophie's World with three [[BattleMech]] regiments and numerous conventional regiments.  When [[Delta Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Delta Regiment]] and [[Epsilon Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Epsilon Regiment]] attacked Sophie's World, they found themselves outnumbered.  However, they fought well and even gained the upper hand when [[Alpha Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Alpha Regiment]] arrived to assist.  The Loyalist Marik forces were forced to surrender Sophie's World, but everyone knew that Anton's rebellion was finished.<ref name=WDsp19/>
  
 
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[[Category:Planets|Sophie's World]]
 
[[Category:Planets|Sophie's World]]

Revision as of 08:13, 11 August 2021

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

Sophie's World
← 3135
3151
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Sophie's World nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-102.591 : -131.87[e]

System Description

The Sophie's World system is located near the Jászberény and Asellus Borealis systems.[1]

System History

The Sophie's World system was settled at sometime during or before the 23rd century.[1]

Political Affiliation

Sophie's World

Planetary Description

Apocryphal Content Starts

The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources; the canonicity of such information is uncertain.
Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity.

The database of the (apocryphal) 1989 video game MechWarrior, set around the year 3025, gives a population of 4.512 billion for Sophie's World and describes the environment as "desert" (out of only three broad impressions of planetary environments given in the game, these being "desert", "ice", or "tropical"). The description one-liner reads "A center for the arts and learning."

Apocryphal Content Ends

Planetary History

The Succession Wars

Third Succession War

Anton Marik's Revolt

Realizing that Anton Marik's Revolt was only having success where the Wolf's Dragoons led the attack, Janos Marik reinforced Sophie's World with three BattleMech regiments and numerous conventional regiments. When Delta Regiment and Epsilon Regiment attacked Sophie's World, they found themselves outnumbered. However, they fought well and even gained the upper hand when Alpha Regiment arrived to assist. The Loyalist Marik forces were forced to surrender Sophie's World, but everyone knew that Anton's rebellion was finished.[10]

Military Deployment

2765

2786

  • Second Orloff Grenadiers[29]

3145

Nearby Systems

Closest 40 systems (39 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Jászberény 11.0 Asellus Borealis 13.8 Asellus Australis 18.2 Kyeinnisan 18.7
Nova Roma 19.5 Emris 22.2 Drusibacken 22.3 Lungdo 22.3
Oceana 24.6 Tiber 26.3 August 26.9 Fuentes 32.6
Avior 34.4 Keystone 34.7 Ariel 35.9 Sarkel 36.2
McKenna 36.4 Sorunda 38.5 Semenyih 40.9 Pavia 41.9
Kiyev 42.4 New Praha 43.9 Lancaster 45.6 New Olympia 47.6
Dickinson 48.0 Angell 48.0 Abadan 48.3 Kievanur 51.4
St. Gall 52.2 Köln 52.4 Elektrougli 53.3 Matheran 53.4
Gomeisa 53.4 Harmony 55.0 Daneshmand 57.8 Kirkenlaard 58.3
Bedeque 58.8 Ling 59.6 Washburn 59.8 Holt 60.6

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding 2271"
  2. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
  3. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  4. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  5. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  6. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
  8. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  9. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook), p. 19, "Last Gasp"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  13. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  14. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  15. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  16. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3057"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  18. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - 3063"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  20. ↑ ' Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 41, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]
  21. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, Inner Sphere [3075] Map
  22. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "FWLM Deployment Map [3079]"
  23. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
  24. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  25. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3135"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  28. ↑ Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 19, "Regimental Status"
  29. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
  30. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 115, "Free Worlds League Military"

Bibliography

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