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Line 5: | name = St. Andreas | name = St. Andreas | coord = -582.627 : -365.812{{e}} | coord = -582.627 : -365.812{{e}} − | stars = 1 (St. Andreas)<ref name=ISP3:IEp58>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 58: "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> + | stars = 1 (St. Andreas)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | class = M7V<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | class = M7V<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | recharge = 208 hours<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | recharge = 208 hours<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | recharge stations = None<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | recharge stations = None<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | planets = 1<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | planets = 1<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> }} }} '''St. Andreas''' was an inhabited system in the [[Deep Periphery]], and as of [[3095]] was the only system controlled directly by the group known as the [[Society of St. Andreas]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp57">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 57-61, "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> '''St. Andreas''' was an inhabited system in the [[Deep Periphery]], and as of [[3095]] was the only system controlled directly by the group known as the [[Society of St. Andreas]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp57">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 57-61, "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> Line 21:
Line 22: == Political Affiliation == == Political Affiliation == − * [[2768]] - [[Society of St. Andreas]]<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + * [[2768]] - [[Society of St. Andreas]]<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> * [[3095]] - Society of St. Andreas<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> * [[3095]] - Society of St. Andreas<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> ==St. Andreas I (St. Timalin)== ==St. Andreas I (St. Timalin)== − {{InfoBoxPlanet + {{InfoBoxPlanetStandard | image = | image = | caption = | caption = | name = St. Timalin<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | name = St. Timalin<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | othernames = St. Andreas I+ | position = 1st<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | position = First<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | distance = 2.22 days<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | distance = 2.22 days<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | moons = 2 (St. Chaeryl, St. Daniel)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | moons = 2 (St. Chaeryl, St. Daniel)<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | day = − | gravity = 0.98<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | gravity = 0.98<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | temperature = 30 Celsius (Cool-Temperate)<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | temperature = 30 Celsius (Cool-Temperate)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | water = 75%<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | water = 75%<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | life = Birds<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | life = Birds<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | continents = + | date = 2768 − | colonized = [[2768]]<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | ruler = Prior General [[Micah Winchester]] (3095)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | demonym = Andrean<ref name=ISP3:IEp61>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 61: "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> − | language = Latin<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> − | religion = Christianity<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> − | population = 16,170,000 (St. Timalin), 6,000 (St. Chaeryl), 2,000 (St. Daniel) (3095)<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> − | ruler = − | political = [[Prior General of St. Andreas|Prior General]] − | commander = | capital = Calvary Hill<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | capital = Calvary Hill<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | hpg = None (3095)<ref name=ISP3:IEp58/> + | population = 16,170,000 (St. Timalin), 6,000 (St. Chaeryl), 2,000 (St. Daniel) (3095)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> − | hpgrep = + | USIIR = F-D-A-D-B (3095)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> + | hpg = None (3095)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> }} }} St. Timalin is the only planet in the St. Andreas system, orbiting a dim red primary; St. Timalin has two moons, both of which have small human settlements located inside pressurized facilities. St. Timalin is the only major world occupied by the Society of St. Andreas.<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> St. Timalin is the only planet in the St. Andreas system, orbiting a dim red primary; St. Timalin has two moons, both of which have small human settlements located inside pressurized facilities. St. Timalin is the only major world occupied by the Society of St. Andreas.<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> Line 55:
Line 50: ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== ====Early History==== ====Early History==== − The founding of the first settlement on St. Timalin was a direct consequence of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] that saw him seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]]. Stefan Amaris actively worked against organized religions on Terra, attempting to subsume their authority, influence and resources for himself; among those targeted was the Catholic Church, shortly after Amaris had already destroyed major religious sites central to the Muslim and Judaism faiths. Anticipating that Amaris' attention would turn to the Catholic Church, the Pope charged the head of the Vatican City's traditional armed forces, ''[[Oberst]]'' [[Andreas Kosovskaia]] of the Swiss Guard, with removing and protecting as many of the treasures and as much of the secret knowledge preserved within the Vatican as possible before Amaris could seize them. Although ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia was killed during Amaris' attack and seizure of the Vatican, he successfully organized the removal of much of the Vatican's treasure and hidden books, dispatching them with one of his two immediate subordinates, ''[[Oberstleutnant]]'' [[Chaeryl Brunegg]]. ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg escaped from Terra and rendezvoused with her counterpart, ''Oberstleutnant'' [[Daniel Nikolaus]], in the [[Alarion]] system; these two officers represented the highest-ranking officers left in the Swiss Guard at this point.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 59-60, "History"</ref> + The founding of the first settlement on St. Timalin was a direct consequence of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] that saw him seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]]. Stefan Amaris actively worked against organized religions on Terra, attempting to subsume their authority, influence and resources for himself; among those targeted was the Catholic Church, shortly after Amaris had already destroyed major religious sites central to the Muslim and Judaism faiths. Anticipating that Amaris' attention would turn to the Catholic Church, the Pope charged the head of the Vatican City's traditional armed forces, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberst Oberst]'' [[Andreas Kosovskaia]] of the Swiss Guard, with removing and protecting as many of the treasures and as much of the secret knowledge preserved within the Vatican as possible before Amaris could seize them. Although ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia was killed during Amaris' attack and seizure of the Vatican, he successfully organized the removal of much of the Vatican's treasure and hidden books, dispatching them with one of his two immediate subordinates, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberstleutnant Oberstleutnant]'' [[Chaeryl Brunegg]]. ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg escaped from Terra and rendezvoused with her counterpart, ''Oberstleutnant'' [[Daniel Nikolaus]], in the [[Alarion]] system; these two officers represented the highest-ranking officers left in the Swiss Guard at this point.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 59-60, "History"</ref> Knowing that Amaris had forces in pursuit of the Swiss Guard and their assorted treasure, Brunegg and Nikolaus gathered together the remaining survivors of the Swiss Guard and their families and set off for the Deep Periphery, using the three remaining [[JumpShip]]s belonging to the Holy See: the [[Adrian IV]], [[Pius XIV]] and [[St. Peter]]. The two ''Oberstleutnants'' were determined to protect the treasure, relics and knowledge while the [[Inner Sphere]] descended into warfare, so that their descendants could return to the Inner Sphere in the future to help rebuild the Catholic Church when Amaris and his successors were gone. Although ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg apparently died in a [[DropShip]] accident en route, the Swiss Guard arrived in the system subsequently named St. Andreas at some point in or around 2768, and identified that the single world in the system was habitable. The planet was colonized and named St. Timalin; also colonized at the same time were the planets two moons, which were named St. Chaeryl and St. Daniel.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> Knowing that Amaris had forces in pursuit of the Swiss Guard and their assorted treasure, Brunegg and Nikolaus gathered together the remaining survivors of the Swiss Guard and their families and set off for the Deep Periphery, using the three remaining [[JumpShip]]s belonging to the Holy See: the [[Adrian IV]], [[Pius XIV]] and [[St. Peter]]. The two ''Oberstleutnants'' were determined to protect the treasure, relics and knowledge while the [[Inner Sphere]] descended into warfare, so that their descendants could return to the Inner Sphere in the future to help rebuild the Catholic Church when Amaris and his successors were gone. Although ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg apparently died in a [[DropShip]] accident en route, the Swiss Guard arrived in the system subsequently named St. Andreas at some point in or around 2768, and identified that the single world in the system was habitable. The planet was colonized and named St. Timalin; also colonized at the same time were the planets two moons, which were named St. Chaeryl and St. Daniel.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> Line 62:
Line 57: ====First Contact==== ====First Contact==== − The existence of the Society of St. Andreas was discovered by [[Interstellar Expeditions]] in [[3032]]. The mystery of the disappearance of the Vatican secret libraries and relics had been the subject of major investigations and expeditions by IE since the 2990s due to generous bequests from at least one influential person, and IE had identified at least a part of the route taken by the Swiss Guard as they left the Inner Sphere, including the presence of a mass grave on the Marian Hegemony world of [[Algenib]] in [[3014]] that contained the bodies of those from the Swiss Guard and their families killed in a DropShip accident, including ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg. IE nearly missed discovering the Society of St. Andreas completely, as the Societies holdings lacked HPG facilities and the initial survey of the system detected only the native black plant life on St. Timalin, which had evolved to sustain itself on the low light levels emitted by the system primary - whereas inhabited worlds tended to display spectrographic signals associated with the green colors of imported Terran plant life. It was only when the IE team astronomer noticed by chance that dim light sources were visible on one of the two moons that IE made a closer survey of the system, discovering the location of Calvary Hill.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> + The existence of the Society of St. Andreas was discovered by [[Interstellar Expeditions]] (IE) in [[3032]]. The mystery of the disappearance of the Vatican secret libraries and relics had been the subject of major investigations and expeditions by IE since the 2990s due to generous bequests from at least one influential person, and IE had identified at least a part of the route taken by the Swiss Guard as they left the Inner Sphere, including the presence of a mass grave on the Marian Hegemony world of [[Algenib]] in [[3014]] that contained the bodies of those from the Swiss Guard and their families killed in a DropShip accident, including ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg. IE nearly missed discovering the Society of St. Andreas completely, as the Societies holdings lacked HPG facilities and the initial survey of the system detected only the native black plant life on St. Timalin, which had evolved to sustain itself on the low light levels emitted by the system primary - whereas inhabited worlds tended to display spectrographic signals associated with the green colors of imported Terran plant life. It was only when the IE team astronomer noticed by chance that dim light sources were visible on one of the two moons that IE made a closer survey of the system, discovering the location of Calvary Hill.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> First contact with the Society of St. Andreas indicated very little industrialization on St. Timalin, with the primary construction materials used in Calvary Hill being rough-hewn stone and timber, but confirmed that the Latin-speaking settlers were the descendants of the Swiss Guard and their families. Some minor relics from the Vatican were discovered in Calvary Hill, along with the remains of a ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip contained within the keep of the Prior General, the planetary ruler of St. Andreas; the DropShip still bore the intact coat of arms of the Holy See, and among the relics carefully maintained by the settlers were the [[Mauser 960]] assault rifles owned by the Swiss Guard. The population of both St. Timalin and the two inhabited moons were deeply suspicious and mistrustful of IE, and continued to be so throughout the [[thirty-first century]]; IE investigations found no trace of the bulk of the items removed from the Vatican by ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia and the Swiss Guard, and the population continued to maintain the belief that they had a duty to remain where they were until the Vatican's JumpShips returned to convey them back to Rome on Terra. All three Prior Generals to have dealings with IE and the population continued to maintain that they had no knowledge of the location or destination of the missing JumpShips, and IE investigations continued to prove largely fruitless within the St. Andreas system, and the inhabitants had no interest in making contact with the Catholic Church on [[Terra]] or the branch of the Catholic faith located on [[New Avalon]]. The population appeared to be content to continue living at a relatively low technological level, effectively that of a preindustrial civilization, with the more advanced relics - such as the Swiss Guard's weapons and the various DropShip systems used on the moon colonies - being maintained in accordance with strict and detailed instructions left behind by the founding colonists.<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> First contact with the Society of St. Andreas indicated very little industrialization on St. Timalin, with the primary construction materials used in Calvary Hill being rough-hewn stone and timber, but confirmed that the Latin-speaking settlers were the descendants of the Swiss Guard and their families. Some minor relics from the Vatican were discovered in Calvary Hill, along with the remains of a ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip contained within the keep of the Prior General, the planetary ruler of St. Andreas; the DropShip still bore the intact coat of arms of the Holy See, and among the relics carefully maintained by the settlers were the [[Mauser 960]] assault rifles owned by the Swiss Guard. The population of both St. Timalin and the two inhabited moons were deeply suspicious and mistrustful of IE, and continued to be so throughout the [[thirty-first century]]; IE investigations found no trace of the bulk of the items removed from the Vatican by ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia and the Swiss Guard, and the population continued to maintain the belief that they had a duty to remain where they were until the Vatican's JumpShips returned to convey them back to Rome on Terra. All three Prior Generals to have dealings with IE and the population continued to maintain that they had no knowledge of the location or destination of the missing JumpShips, and IE investigations continued to prove largely fruitless within the St. Andreas system, and the inhabitants had no interest in making contact with the Catholic Church on [[Terra]] or the branch of the Catholic faith located on [[New Avalon]]. The population appeared to be content to continue living at a relatively low technological level, effectively that of a preindustrial civilization, with the more advanced relics - such as the Swiss Guard's weapons and the various DropShip systems used on the moon colonies - being maintained in accordance with strict and detailed instructions left behind by the founding colonists.<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> + + ===Planetary Rulers=== + ====3095==== + * Prior General Micah Winchester<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> ===Military Deployment=== ===Military Deployment===
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'''St. Andreas''' was an inhabited system in the [[Deep Periphery]], and as of [[3095]] was the only system controlled directly by the group known as the [[Society of St. Andreas]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp57">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 57-61, "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> | '''St. Andreas''' was an inhabited system in the [[Deep Periphery]], and as of [[3095]] was the only system controlled directly by the group known as the [[Society of St. Andreas]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp57">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 57-61, "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> | ||
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== Political Affiliation == | == Political Affiliation == | ||
| − | * [[2768]] - [[Society of St. Andreas]]<ref name=ISP3: | + | * [[2768]] - [[Society of St. Andreas]]<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> |
* [[3095]] - Society of St. Andreas<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | * [[3095]] - Society of St. Andreas<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | ||
==St. Andreas I (St. Timalin)== | ==St. Andreas I (St. Timalin)== | ||
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| name = St. Timalin<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | | name = St. Timalin<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | ||
| − | + | | position = 1st<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | |
| − | | position = | + | | distance = 2.22 days<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> |
| − | | distance = 2.22 days<ref name=ISP3: | + | | moons = 2 (St. Chaeryl, St. Daniel)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> |
| − | | moons = 2 (St. Chaeryl, St. Daniel)<ref name=ISP3: | + | | day = |
| − | | gravity = 0.98<ref name=ISP3: | + | | gravity = 0.98<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> |
| − | | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=ISP3: | + | | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> |
| − | | temperature = 30 Celsius (Cool-Temperate)<ref name=ISP3: | + | | temperature = 30 Celsius (Cool-Temperate)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> |
| − | | water = 75%<ref name=ISP3: | + | | water = 75%<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> |
| − | | life = Birds<ref name=ISP3: | + | | life = Birds<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> |
| − | | | + | | date = 2768 |
| − | | | + | | ruler = Prior General [[Micah Winchester]] (3095)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> |
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| capital = Calvary Hill<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | | capital = Calvary Hill<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | ||
| − | | hpg = None (3095)<ref name=ISP3: | + | | population = 16,170,000 (St. Timalin), 6,000 (St. Chaeryl), 2,000 (St. Daniel) (3095)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> |
| − | + | | USIIR = F-D-A-D-B (3095)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | |
| + | | hpg = None (3095)<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | ||
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St. Timalin is the only planet in the St. Andreas system, orbiting a dim red primary; St. Timalin has two moons, both of which have small human settlements located inside pressurized facilities. St. Timalin is the only major world occupied by the Society of St. Andreas.<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | St. Timalin is the only planet in the St. Andreas system, orbiting a dim red primary; St. Timalin has two moons, both of which have small human settlements located inside pressurized facilities. St. Timalin is the only major world occupied by the Society of St. Andreas.<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | ||
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===Planetary History=== | ===Planetary History=== | ||
====Early History==== | ====Early History==== | ||
| − | The founding of the first settlement on St. Timalin was a direct consequence of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] that saw him seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]]. Stefan Amaris actively worked against organized religions on Terra, attempting to subsume their authority, influence and resources for himself; among those targeted was the Catholic Church, shortly after Amaris had already destroyed major religious sites central to the Muslim and Judaism faiths. Anticipating that Amaris' attention would turn to the Catholic Church, the Pope charged the head of the Vatican City's traditional armed forces, ''[ | + | The founding of the first settlement on St. Timalin was a direct consequence of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] that saw him seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]]. Stefan Amaris actively worked against organized religions on Terra, attempting to subsume their authority, influence and resources for himself; among those targeted was the Catholic Church, shortly after Amaris had already destroyed major religious sites central to the Muslim and Judaism faiths. Anticipating that Amaris' attention would turn to the Catholic Church, the Pope charged the head of the Vatican City's traditional armed forces, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberst Oberst]'' [[Andreas Kosovskaia]] of the Swiss Guard, with removing and protecting as many of the treasures and as much of the secret knowledge preserved within the Vatican as possible before Amaris could seize them. Although ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia was killed during Amaris' attack and seizure of the Vatican, he successfully organized the removal of much of the Vatican's treasure and hidden books, dispatching them with one of his two immediate subordinates, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberstleutnant Oberstleutnant]'' [[Chaeryl Brunegg]]. ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg escaped from Terra and rendezvoused with her counterpart, ''Oberstleutnant'' [[Daniel Nikolaus]], in the [[Alarion]] system; these two officers represented the highest-ranking officers left in the Swiss Guard at this point.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 59-60, "History"</ref> |
Knowing that Amaris had forces in pursuit of the Swiss Guard and their assorted treasure, Brunegg and Nikolaus gathered together the remaining survivors of the Swiss Guard and their families and set off for the Deep Periphery, using the three remaining [[JumpShip]]s belonging to the Holy See: the [[Adrian IV]], [[Pius XIV]] and [[St. Peter]]. The two ''Oberstleutnants'' were determined to protect the treasure, relics and knowledge while the [[Inner Sphere]] descended into warfare, so that their descendants could return to the Inner Sphere in the future to help rebuild the Catholic Church when Amaris and his successors were gone. Although ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg apparently died in a [[DropShip]] accident en route, the Swiss Guard arrived in the system subsequently named St. Andreas at some point in or around 2768, and identified that the single world in the system was habitable. The planet was colonized and named St. Timalin; also colonized at the same time were the planets two moons, which were named St. Chaeryl and St. Daniel.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | Knowing that Amaris had forces in pursuit of the Swiss Guard and their assorted treasure, Brunegg and Nikolaus gathered together the remaining survivors of the Swiss Guard and their families and set off for the Deep Periphery, using the three remaining [[JumpShip]]s belonging to the Holy See: the [[Adrian IV]], [[Pius XIV]] and [[St. Peter]]. The two ''Oberstleutnants'' were determined to protect the treasure, relics and knowledge while the [[Inner Sphere]] descended into warfare, so that their descendants could return to the Inner Sphere in the future to help rebuild the Catholic Church when Amaris and his successors were gone. Although ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg apparently died in a [[DropShip]] accident en route, the Swiss Guard arrived in the system subsequently named St. Andreas at some point in or around 2768, and identified that the single world in the system was habitable. The planet was colonized and named St. Timalin; also colonized at the same time were the planets two moons, which were named St. Chaeryl and St. Daniel.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | ||
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====First Contact==== | ====First Contact==== | ||
| − | The existence of the Society of St. Andreas was discovered by [[Interstellar Expeditions]] in [[3032]]. The mystery of the disappearance of the Vatican secret libraries and relics had been the subject of major investigations and expeditions by IE since the 2990s due to generous bequests from at least one influential person, and IE had identified at least a part of the route taken by the Swiss Guard as they left the Inner Sphere, including the presence of a mass grave on the Marian Hegemony world of [[Algenib]] in [[3014]] that contained the bodies of those from the Swiss Guard and their families killed in a DropShip accident, including ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg. IE nearly missed discovering the Society of St. Andreas completely, as the Societies holdings lacked HPG facilities and the initial survey of the system detected only the native black plant life on St. Timalin, which had evolved to sustain itself on the low light levels emitted by the system primary - whereas inhabited worlds tended to display spectrographic signals associated with the green colors of imported Terran plant life. It was only when the IE team astronomer noticed by chance that dim light sources were visible on one of the two moons that IE made a closer survey of the system, discovering the location of Calvary Hill.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | + | The existence of the Society of St. Andreas was discovered by [[Interstellar Expeditions]] (IE) in [[3032]]. The mystery of the disappearance of the Vatican secret libraries and relics had been the subject of major investigations and expeditions by IE since the 2990s due to generous bequests from at least one influential person, and IE had identified at least a part of the route taken by the Swiss Guard as they left the Inner Sphere, including the presence of a mass grave on the Marian Hegemony world of [[Algenib]] in [[3014]] that contained the bodies of those from the Swiss Guard and their families killed in a DropShip accident, including ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg. IE nearly missed discovering the Society of St. Andreas completely, as the Societies holdings lacked HPG facilities and the initial survey of the system detected only the native black plant life on St. Timalin, which had evolved to sustain itself on the low light levels emitted by the system primary - whereas inhabited worlds tended to display spectrographic signals associated with the green colors of imported Terran plant life. It was only when the IE team astronomer noticed by chance that dim light sources were visible on one of the two moons that IE made a closer survey of the system, discovering the location of Calvary Hill.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> |
First contact with the Society of St. Andreas indicated very little industrialization on St. Timalin, with the primary construction materials used in Calvary Hill being rough-hewn stone and timber, but confirmed that the Latin-speaking settlers were the descendants of the Swiss Guard and their families. Some minor relics from the Vatican were discovered in Calvary Hill, along with the remains of a ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip contained within the keep of the Prior General, the planetary ruler of St. Andreas; the DropShip still bore the intact coat of arms of the Holy See, and among the relics carefully maintained by the settlers were the [[Mauser 960]] assault rifles owned by the Swiss Guard. The population of both St. Timalin and the two inhabited moons were deeply suspicious and mistrustful of IE, and continued to be so throughout the [[thirty-first century]]; IE investigations found no trace of the bulk of the items removed from the Vatican by ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia and the Swiss Guard, and the population continued to maintain the belief that they had a duty to remain where they were until the Vatican's JumpShips returned to convey them back to Rome on Terra. All three Prior Generals to have dealings with IE and the population continued to maintain that they had no knowledge of the location or destination of the missing JumpShips, and IE investigations continued to prove largely fruitless within the St. Andreas system, and the inhabitants had no interest in making contact with the Catholic Church on [[Terra]] or the branch of the Catholic faith located on [[New Avalon]]. The population appeared to be content to continue living at a relatively low technological level, effectively that of a preindustrial civilization, with the more advanced relics - such as the Swiss Guard's weapons and the various DropShip systems used on the moon colonies - being maintained in accordance with strict and detailed instructions left behind by the founding colonists.<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | First contact with the Society of St. Andreas indicated very little industrialization on St. Timalin, with the primary construction materials used in Calvary Hill being rough-hewn stone and timber, but confirmed that the Latin-speaking settlers were the descendants of the Swiss Guard and their families. Some minor relics from the Vatican were discovered in Calvary Hill, along with the remains of a ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip contained within the keep of the Prior General, the planetary ruler of St. Andreas; the DropShip still bore the intact coat of arms of the Holy See, and among the relics carefully maintained by the settlers were the [[Mauser 960]] assault rifles owned by the Swiss Guard. The population of both St. Timalin and the two inhabited moons were deeply suspicious and mistrustful of IE, and continued to be so throughout the [[thirty-first century]]; IE investigations found no trace of the bulk of the items removed from the Vatican by ''Oberst'' Kosovskaia and the Swiss Guard, and the population continued to maintain the belief that they had a duty to remain where they were until the Vatican's JumpShips returned to convey them back to Rome on Terra. All three Prior Generals to have dealings with IE and the population continued to maintain that they had no knowledge of the location or destination of the missing JumpShips, and IE investigations continued to prove largely fruitless within the St. Andreas system, and the inhabitants had no interest in making contact with the Catholic Church on [[Terra]] or the branch of the Catholic faith located on [[New Avalon]]. The population appeared to be content to continue living at a relatively low technological level, effectively that of a preindustrial civilization, with the more advanced relics - such as the Swiss Guard's weapons and the various DropShip systems used on the moon colonies - being maintained in accordance with strict and detailed instructions left behind by the founding colonists.<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | ||
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| + | ===Planetary Rulers=== | ||
| + | ====3095==== | ||
| + | * Prior General Micah Winchester<ref name="ISP3:IEp57"/> | ||
===Military Deployment=== | ===Military Deployment=== | ||