Difference between revisions of "Taurus"

m
m (Text replacement - "===Industrial Centers===" to "===Companies and Industries===")
 
(36 intermediate revisions by 9 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
{{PlanetOverhaul|phase=2}}
+
{{Update Needed|[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]|[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]|[[Historical: Reunification War]]}}
−
{{Update Needed|[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]], [[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]], [[Historical: Reunification War]]}}
 
  
 
{{InfoBoxSystem
 
{{InfoBoxSystem
 
| image              = Taurus_3151.svg
 
| image              = Taurus_3151.svg
−
| caption            = Taurus [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] (3151)
+
| caption            = Taurus [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]]
 
| name                = Taurus
 
| name                = Taurus
 
| coord              = 191.381 : -391.003{{e}}
 
| coord              = 191.381 : -391.003{{e}}
 
| stars              =  
 
| stars              =  
−
| class              = G3V<ref name=MM190>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 190, "Taurian Concordat Key Worlds"</ref>
+
| class              = G3V<ref name=MM190>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 190: "Taurian Concordat Key Worlds"</ref>
 
| recharge            = 184 hours<ref name=MM190/>
 
| recharge            = 184 hours<ref name=MM190/>
 
| recharge stations  = Zenith (3076)<ref name=MM190/>
 
| recharge stations  = Zenith (3076)<ref name=MM190/>
Line 14: Line 13:
 
}}
 
}}
  
−
''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
+
==System Description==
 +
'''Taurus''' is located near the [[Ishtar (system)|Ishtar]] and [[Jamestown]] systems.
  
 +
==Political Affiliation==
 +
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
 +
* [[2253]] - Independent world<ref name=TP1Ep15>''The Periphery'', p. 15: "Calderon Expedition"</ref>
 +
* [[2268]] - [[Taurian Homeworlds]]<ref name=TP1Ep17>''The Periphery'', p. 17: "Taurian Concordat"</ref>
 +
* [[2335]] - [[Taurian Concordat]]<ref name=TP1Ep17/>
 +
* [[2366]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref>
 +
* [[2571]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 121</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25</ref>
 +
* [[2578]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:RWp64">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 64</ref>
 +
* [[2596]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
 +
* [[2750]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
 +
* [[2764]] - Taurian Concordat<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 +
* [[2765]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref><ref name=FR:2765Pp37>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 37</ref><ref name=FR:2765CCp23>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 23</ref><ref name=FR:2765FSp29>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29</ref>
 +
* [[2767]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:LoTv1p96">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 96</ref>
 +
* [[2786]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref>
 +
* [[2822]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:LOTv2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref>
 +
* [[2864]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60</ref><ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39</ref>
 +
* [[2890]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="HA:TACp12>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 12: "The Rimward Periphery"</ref>
 +
* [[3022]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="HA:TACp14-15>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', pp. 14–15: "3022 Interstellar Expeditions. IAAS-349-SIFNM97-MMMXXII"</ref>
 +
* [[3025]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151">''The Periphery'', p. 151</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40</ref>
 +
* [[3030]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72</ref><ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49</ref>
 +
* [[3040]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 127</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref><ref name="HB:HDp74">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 74</ref>
 +
* [[3050]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
 +
* [[3052]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref>
 +
* [[3057]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
 +
* [[3058]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78</ref><ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60</ref>
 +
* [[3059]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="TP2ep111">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 111: "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"</ref>
 +
* [[3063]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
 +
* [[3067]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68</ref>
 +
* [[3075]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="JS:TBDp65">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref>
 +
* [[3079]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="FR:p23">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 23</ref><ref name="FR:CCAFp21">''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 21</ref>
 +
* [[3081]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
 +
* [[3085]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 +
* [[3135]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
 +
* [[3145]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 +
{{div col end}}
 +
 +
-------------------------------------
 
==Taurus IV==
 
==Taurus IV==
−
{{InfoBoxPlanetStandard
+
{{InfoBoxPlanet
−
| image              = Taurus Flag.jpg
+
| image              = Taurus Flag.png
−
| caption            = Planetary flag of Taurus
+
| name                = Taurus
−
| imagewidth         = 183
+
| othernames         = Taurus IV
−
| name                = Taurus IV
+
| position            = Fourth<ref name=MM190/>
−
| position            = 4th<ref name=MM190/>
 
 
| distance            = 8.53 days<ref name=MM190/>
 
| distance            = 8.53 days<ref name=MM190/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Drusilla)<ref name=MM190/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Drusilla)<ref name=MM190/>
−
| day                =
 
 
| gravity            = 1.0<ref name=MM190/>
 
| gravity            = 1.0<ref name=MM190/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=MM190/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=MM190/>
−
| temperature        = 30C° (Temperate)<ref name=MM190/>
+
| temperature        = 30°C (Temperate)<ref name=MM190/>
 
| water              = 65%<ref name=MM190/>
 
| water              = 65%<ref name=MM190/>
−
| life                = Mammals<ref name=MM190/> (45%)
+
| life                = Mammals<ref name=MM190/> (45%)<ref name=TP1Ep84>''The Periphery'', p. 84: "A Brief Atlas - Taurus"</ref>
−
| date                =
+
| continents          = 4<ref name=HB:MPSp125>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 125: "Taurus"</ref><ref name=ISp122>''Inner Sphere'', p. 122: "Taurus"</ref> (Calderon and Sicilian<ref name=MM190/>)
−
| year                =
+
| colonized          = [[2253]]<ref name=TP1Ep15/>
−
| ruler              = [[Samantha Calderon]] (2253)<ref name="TP1Ep15">''The Periphery (1st Edition)'', p. 15, "Calderon Expedition"</ref><br>[[Timothy Calderon]] (2268)<ref name="TP1Ep17">''The Periphery (1st Edition)'', p. 17, "Taurian Concordat"</ref><br>[[Thomas Calderon]] (3025)<ref name="TP1Ep84">''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p. 84, "Planet Profile"</ref><br>[[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] [[Grover Shraplen]] (3067)<ref name="HB:MPSp125">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 125, "Taurus Profile"</ref><br>Protector [[Boris Tharn]] (3076)<ref name=MM190/><br>
+
| demonym             =
−
| capital             =  
+
| language            =
−
| population          = ca. 2,300 (2253)<ref name="TP1Ep15"/><br>ca. 5,000 (2268)<ref name="TP1Ep15"/><br>2,169,000,000 (3025)<ref name="TP1Ep84"/><br>4,002,198,000 (3067)<ref name="HB:MPSp125"/><br>3,997,068,000 (3076)<ref name=MM190/>
+
| religion            =  
−
| USIIR               = A-A-A-A-B (3067)<ref name="HB:MPSp125"/><br>A-B-A-B-B (3076)<ref name=MM190/>
+
| population          = ca. 2,300 (2253),<ref name=TP1Ep15/><br>ca. 5,000 (2268),<ref name=TP1Ep15/><br>2,169,000,000 (3025),<ref name=TP1Ep84/> 4,002,000,000 (3063),<ref name=ISp122/><br>4,002,198,000 (3067),<ref name=HB:MPSp125/><br>3,997,068,000 (3076)<ref name=MM190/>
−
| hpg                = B<ref name=MM190/><br>[[Precentor]] Barbara Kooper (3025)<ref name="TP1Ep84"/>
+
| ruler               = [[Protector of the Realm]]
 +
| political          =
 +
| commander          =
 +
| capital            = Samantha (until 3074),<ref name=HB:MPSp125/> New Chappelle (3074)<ref name=MM190/>
 +
| hpg                = B<ref name=MM190/>
 +
| hpgrep              = [[Precentor]] [[Barbara Kooper]] (3025)<ref name=TP1Ep84/>
 
}}
 
}}
 +
Taurus is the political and cultural capital of the [[Taurian Concordat]]. The planet is named for the second husband of [[Samantha Calderon]], [[Victor Taurens]], who died while attempting to navigate the system's asteroid field. Taurus is also one of the industrial centers of the Concordat; thus, units stationed on Taurus tend to be elite and well-equipped. Taurus is also home to one of the largest [[Periphery]] populations, estimated at greater than two billion inhabitants as of the early [[thirty-first century]].
  
−
== Political Affiliation ==
+
Transit in-system is difficult. The Taurus system is cluttered with a natural barrier of asteroids, which have been mined and laced with Taurian [[Special Asteroid Support Force]] laser and missile batteries.
−
* [[2253]] - Independent world <ref name="TP1Ep15"/>
 
−
* [[2268]] - [[Taurian Homeworlds]] <ref name="TP1Ep17"/>
 
−
* [[2335]] - [[Taurian Concordat]] <ref name="TP1Ep17"/>
 
−
* [[2366]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation - [2366] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[2571]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 121, "Taurian Concordat after Age of War [2571], Fall of the Star League [2750] and End of the 3rd Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[2578]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:RWp64">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 64</ref>
 
−
* [[2596]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[2750]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[2764]] - Taurian Concordat <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[2765]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765Pp37>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 37, "Taurian Defense Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR:2765CCp23>''Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation'', p. 23, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR:2765FSp29>''Field Report 2765: Federated Suns'', p. 29, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
 
−
* [[2767]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:LoTv1p96">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 96, "Taurian Concordat - [2767] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[2786]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[2822]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:LOTv2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation After First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[2864]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation After Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3025]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151">''The Periphery (Sourcebook)'', p. 151, "Maps of the Periphery"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70, "Federated Suns After Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40, "Capellan Confederation After Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3030]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72, "Federated Suns After Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation After Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3040]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 127, "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp74">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 74, "Federated Suns After War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3050]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3052]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3057]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
 
−
* [[3058]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78, "Federated Suns After Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60, "Capellan Confederation After Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3059]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="TP2ep111">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 111, "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"</ref>
 
−
* [[3063]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
 
−
* [[3067]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map "</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68, "Capellan Confederation After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3075]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="JS:TBDp65">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3079]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="FR:p23">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 23, "Taurian Concordat Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:CCAFp21">''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 21, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
 
−
* [[3081]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"</ref>
 
−
* [[3085]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="FM:3085pVii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. Vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3130]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="MotIS3130">Map of the Inner Sphere 3130</ref>
 
−
* [[3135]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
 
−
* [[3145]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 
−
 
 
−
==Overview==
 
−
'''Taurus''' is the political and cultural capital of the [[Taurian Concordat]].  The planet is named for the second husband of [[Samantha Calderon]], [[Victor Taurens]], who died while attempting to navigate the system's asteroid field.  Taurus is also one of the industrial centers of the Concord; thus, units stationed on Taurus tend to be elite and well-equipped.  Taurus is also home to one of the largest periphery populations, estimated at greater than two billion inhabitants as of the early 31st century.
 
−
 
 
−
Transit in system is difficult. The Taurus system is cluttered with a natural barrier of asteroids, which have been mined and laced with Taurian [[Special Asteroid Support Force]] laser and missile batteries.
 
−
 
 
−
[[File:Taurus.png|right|400px|thumb|Taurus World Map]]
 
−
 
 
−
== Planetary History ==
 
−
===Early Years===
 
−
The first colony on Taurus was established on the 23rd of January [[2253]] by an expedition of colonists led by [[Samantha Calderon]]. A native of the world of [[Aix-la-Chapelle]], Samantha had lost a husband and two daughters in the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]]; this left her initially with access to considerable wealth from her husband's business ventures, only to then see half that wealth drained away in the aftermath of the Rebellion or at the hands of privateers from the [[Republic of Marik]].<ref name="TP1Ep14">''The Periphery (1st Edition)'', p. 14, "Calderon Expedition"</ref> Believing that a radical solution was needed, Samantha converted her wealth into ships and supplies and lead an expedition of more than 2,300 people aboard 25 FTL capable ships to find a new, safe home. It took the expedition 22 months to travel from Aix-la-Chapelle to the unexplored Hyades Cluster; despite losing two ''[[Aquilla]]''-class transports in the attempt, the expedition became the first explorers to successfully navigate through the dust, gas and asteroid fields that surrounded the cluster to discover the eight linked star systems within the cluster and the 37 assorted planetary bodies orbiting or being pulled between the various stars.<ref name="TP1Ep15"/>
 
  
−
Samantha named the first world settled Taurus in memory of her second husband, [[Victor Taurens]], who had died during the attempts to penetrate the Hyades asteroid field. Taurus proved to be a world rich in resources, and for the next 15 years the colony grew inside the safety and obscurity offered by the cluster, until the death of Samantha in a freak accident on the 14th of March [[2268]].<ref name="TP1Ep15"/> Samantha's son [[Timothy Calderon|Timothy]] was selected as Samantha's successor and Protector of the Taurian Homeworlds. Avoiding the democratic processes that were the signature of the despised [[Terran Alliance]] responsible for the colonists leaving the [[Inner Sphere]], Timothy established a hereditary form of leadership on Taurus and armed with the sweeping powers granted to him proceeded to establish an orderly culture based on the simple and egalitarian principle that those who didn't contribute to the general welfare would in turn be denied access to that general welfare. Summed up as "no work, no food", this simple but effective system gave the Taurians the impetus needed to survive and prosper, with groups of geologists, scientists and settlers from Taurus colonizing five additional worlds within the Hyades Cluster between [[2310]] and [[2320]].<ref name="TP1Ep17"/>
+
===Planetary History===
 +
====Early Years====
 +
The first colony on Taurus was established on 23 January [[2253]] by an expedition of colonists led by Samantha Calderon. A native of the world of [[Aix-la-Chapelle]], Calderon had lost a husband and two daughters in the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]]; this left her initially with access to considerable wealth from her husband's business ventures, only to then see half that wealth drained away in the aftermath of the Rebellion or at the hands of privateers from the [[Republic of Marik]].<ref name=TP1Ep14-15>''The Periphery'', pp. 14–15: "Calderon Expedition"</ref> Believing that a radical solution was needed, Samantha converted her wealth into ships and supplies and led an expedition of more than 2,300 people aboard twenty-five faster-than-light-capable ships to find a new, safe home. It took the expedition twenty-two months to travel from Aix-la-Chapelle to the unexplored [[Hyades Cluster]]; despite losing two ''[[Aquilla]]''-class transports in the attempt, the expedition became the first explorers to successfully navigate through the dust, gas, and asteroid fields that surrounded the cluster to discover the eight linked star systems within the cluster and the thirty-seven assorted planetary bodies orbiting or being pulled between the various stars.<ref name=TP1Ep15/>
  
−
The nation born on Taurus was known variously as the Taurian Homeworlds<ref name="TP1Ep17"/> and the Calderon Protectorate.<ref name="H:RWp12">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 12, "Taurian Concordat"</ref>
+
Calderon named the first world settled Taurus in memory of her second husband, Victor Taurens, who had died during the attempts to penetrate the Hyades asteroid field. Taurus proved to be a world rich in resources, and for the next fifteen years the colony grew inside the safety and obscurity offered by the cluster, until the death of Calderon in a freak accident on 14 March [[2268]].<ref name=TP1Ep15/> Samantha Calderon's son [[Timothy Calderon|Timothy]] was selected as her successor and [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] of the Taurian Homeworlds. Avoiding the democratic processes that were the signature of the despised [[Terran Alliance]] responsible for the colonists leaving the [[Inner Sphere]], Timothy established a hereditary form of leadership on Taurus and armed with the sweeping powers granted to him proceeded to establish an orderly culture based on the simple and egalitarian principle that those who didn't contribute to the general welfare would in turn be denied access to that general welfare. Summed up as "no work, no food," this simple but effective system gave the Taurians the impetus needed to survive and prosper, with groups of geologists, scientists and settlers, from Taurus colonizing five additional worlds within the Hyades Cluster between [[2310]] and [[2320]].<ref name=TP1Ep17/>
  
−
=== Star League ===
+
The nation born on Taurus was known variously as the Taurian Homeworlds<ref name=TP1Ep17/> and the Calderon Protectorate.<ref name="H:RWp12">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 12: "Taurian Concordat"</ref>
−
====Fall of the Star League====
 
−
During the final years of the [[Star League]], the Taurus system served as the official homeport of the [[11th Fleet (SLDF)]].  However, as the Taurian naval construction yards were scuttled during the [[Reunification War]] and the Periphery nations were not allowed to build Warships afterwards, spacedocks large enough to repair and maintain warships were not available to service the fleet.  Thus the appropriated naval facilities in the [[Illiushin]] system served as the 11th Fleet's primary repair and refit facility.<ref>Field Manual: SLDF, p. 146, "Homeport"</ref>
 
  
−
Officially, to help remind the people of Taurus of the might of the Star League, several warships, including battleships, were in orbit over the Taurian capital of Samantha. Unofficially, the reason the warships were kept in orbit continuously was for security reasons as the warships were vulnerable while docked.<ref>Field Manual: SLDF, p. 146, "111th Line Squadron"</ref>
+
====Star League====
 +
During the final years of the [[Star League]], the Taurus system served as the official homeport of the [[11th Fleet (Star League)|Eleventh Fleet]]. However, as the Taurian naval construction yards were scuttled during the [[Reunification War]] and the Periphery nations were not allowed to build [[WarShip]]s afterwards, spacedocks large enough to repair and maintain WarShips were not available to service the fleet. Thus the appropriated naval facilities in the [[Illiushin]] system served as the Eleventh Fleet's primary repair and refit facility.<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 146: "Homeport"</ref>
  
−
Meanwhile, on the ground, the [[19th Army (Star League)]] of the [[Star League Defense Force]] was headquartered on Taurus.  The commanders of the 19th Army meet weekly with the [[Protector]] and representatives of the Taurian military to maintain an open line of communication with the leaders of the Concordat.  Despite the many years since the [[Reunification War]], the Taurian people still resented the [[SLDF]] presence and violent incidents were not uncommon.<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', pg. 221, "Nineteenth Army"</ref>.
+
Officially, to help remind the people of Taurus of the might of the Star League, several WarShips, including battleships, were in orbit over the Taurian capital of Samantha.  Unofficially, the reason the WarShips were kept in orbit continuously was for security reasons as the WarShips were vulnerable while docked.<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 146: "111th Line Squadron"</ref>
  
−
The [[XLVI Corps (Star League)]], part of the 19th Army, served as the primary garrison for Taurus and the nearby worlds.  They too were also headquartered on Taurus.<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', pg. 222, "XLVI Corps"</ref>.
+
Meanwhile, on the ground, the [[Nineteenth Army (Star League)|Nineteenth Army]] of the [[Star League Defense Force]] was headquartered on Taurus. The commanders of the Nineteenth Army meet weekly with the Protector and representatives of the Taurian military to maintain an open line of communication with the leaders of the Concordat.  Despite the many years since the [[Reunification War]], the Taurian people still resented the SLDF presence and violent incidents were not uncommon.<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 221: "Nineteenth Army"</ref>
  
−
===The Jihad===
+
The [[XLVI Corps (Star League)|XLVI Corps]], part of the Nineteenth Army, served as the primary garrison for Taurus and the nearby worlds. They too were also headquartered on Taurus.<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 222: "XLVI Corps"</ref>
−
On the 1st of May [[3074]] several asteroids struck Taurus, killing Protector [[Grover Shraplen]] and destroying the capital city, Samantha. Evidence recovered from the Taurian asteroid field and the remains of the asteroids that struck Taurus implicate espionage on the part of the [[Federated Suns]], a charge vehemently denied by [[House Davion]].<ref name="JHS3076p52">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 52, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>  Later intel points to the Word of Blake weaponized yardship [[Erinyes (WarShip)]] as the likely culprit for Taurus' destruction. <ref name="Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions">''Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions'', p. 24 "Hunting the Word - Other Blakist Bases - Mundo Nublar"</ref>
 
  
−
Emissaries from the [[Calderon Protectorate]] arrived on both Taurus and [[New Avalon]] on the 15th of March [[3080]], appealing to both states for an end to the conflict between the Concordat and the Suns. The Protectorate successfully brokered a treaty between the two states on the 2nd of July, a week after [[Baron]] [[Cham Kithrong]] stepped down as Regent-Protector so that [[Erik Martens-Calderon]] could assume the Protectorship. The treaty called for the Federated Suns to cede the Pleiades worlds to the Concordat, while the Concordat effectively surrendered the ''[[Quixote]]''-class [[TCS Vendetta|TCS ''Vendetta'']] to the Calderon Protectorate, where it would be crewed by a crew of personnel from all three realms. While the treaty ended the war, the ''Vendetta'' wouldn't be formally ceded to the Protectorate until the 19th of April [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
+
====The Jihad====
 +
On 1 May [[3074]], several asteroids struck Taurus, killing Protector [[Grover Shraplen]] and destroying the capital city, Samantha. Evidence recovered from the Taurian asteroid field and the remains of the asteroids that struck Taurus implicated espionage on the part of the [[Federated Suns]], a charge vehemently denied by [[House Davion]].<ref name="JHS3076p52">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 52: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>  Later intel pointed to the [[Word of Blake]] weaponized yardship ''[[Erinyes (Individual WarShip)|Erinyes]]'' as the likely culprit for Taurus' destruction.<ref name=IEISP3p24>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 24: "Hunting the Word - Other Blakist Bases - Mundo Nublar"</ref>
  
−
== Military Deployment ==
+
Emissaries from the [[Calderon Protectorate]] arrived on both Taurus and [[New Avalon]] on 15 March [[3080]], appealing to both states for an end to the conflict between the Concordat and the Suns. The Protectorate successfully brokered a treaty between the two states on the 2nd of July, a week after [[Baron (noble title)|Baron]] [[Cham Kithrong]] stepped down as [[Protector of the Calderon Protectorate|Regent-Protector]] so that [[Erik Martens-Calderon]] could assume the Protectorship. The treaty called for the Federated Suns to cede the Pleiades worlds to the Concordat, while the Concordat effectively surrendered the ''[[Quixote]]''-class [[TCS Vendetta|TCS ''Vendetta'']] to the Calderon Protectorate, where it would be crewed by personnel from all three realms. While the treaty ended the war, the ''Vendetta'' wouldn't be officially transferred to the Protectorate until 19 April [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
−
===2578===
 
−
* [[Calderon Red Hand]] <ref name="H:RWp64"/>
 
−
* [[1st Concordat Velites|First Concordat Velites]] <ref name="H:RWp64"/>
 
−
* [[1st Taurian Guard|First Taurian Guard]] <ref name="H:RWp64"/>
 
  
−
===2764===
+
===Military Deployment===
−
* [[328th Royal BattleMech Division]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', pg 258, "SLDF - Taurian Concordat Military Region Command map</ref>
+
{{columns-start|num=3}}
−
* [[36th Infantry Division]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', pg 258, "SLDF - Taurian Concordat Military Region Command map</ref>
+
====2578====
 +
* [[Calderon Red Hand]]<ref name="H:RWp64"/>
 +
* [[First Concordat Velites]]<ref name="H:RWp64"/>
 +
* [[First Taurian Guard]]<ref name="H:RWp64"/>
  
−
===2765===
+
====2764====
−
* [[Taurian Guards]]<ref name=FR:2765Pp22>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 22, "Taurian Guard - Regimental Status"</ref>
+
* [[328th Royal BattleMech Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp258>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 258: "SLDF - Taurian Concordat Military Region Command map</ref>
 +
* [[Thirty-sixth Infantry Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp258 />
  
−
===2786===
+
====2765====
−
* Taurian Guards<ref name="FSWp140">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 140, "Major Periphery States - Taurian Concordat"</ref>
+
* [[Taurian Guards]]<ref name=FR:2765Pp22>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 22: "Taurian Guard - Regimental Status"</ref>
 +
{{column}}
 +
====2786====
 +
* Taurian Guards<ref name="FSWp140">''First Succession War'', p. 140: "Major Periphery States - Taurian Concordat"</ref>
  
−
===2821===
+
====2821====
 
* Taurian Guards<ref name="FSWp140"/>
 
* Taurian Guards<ref name="FSWp140"/>
  
−
===3025===
+
====3025====
−
* Taurian Guard <ref name=P1stedtp81>''The Periphery'', p.81</ref>
+
* Taurian Guard<ref name=P1stedtp81>''The Periphery'', p. 81</ref>
−
* [[Taurian Velites]]<ref name=P1stedtp81>''The Periphery'', p.81</ref>
+
* [[Taurian Velites]]<ref name=P1stedtp81>''The Periphery'', p. 81</ref>
−
* [[Concordat Commandos]]<ref name=P1stedtp81>''The Periphery'', p.81</ref>
+
* [[Concordat Commandos]]<ref name=P1stedtp81>''The Periphery'', p. 81</ref>
 +
{{column}}
 +
====3054====
 +
* Taurian Guards (First and Second [[Battalion]])<ref name=ORp161>''Objective Raids'', p. 161: "Defending Units (On Planet)"</ref>
 +
* Concordat Commandos (Second Battalion)<ref name=ORp161/>
  
−
===3054===
+
====3085====
−
* Taurian Guards (1st and 2nd [[Battalion]])<ref name=ORp161>''Objective Raids'', p. 161, "Defending Units (On Planet)"</ref>
+
* Taurian Guard<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 150: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
−
* Concordat Commandos (2nd Battalion)<ref name=ORp161/>
 
  
−
===3085===
+
====3145====
−
* Taurian Guard<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 150, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
+
* Taurian Guard<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201: "Taurian Guard"</ref>
 +
{{columns-end}}
  
−
===3145===
+
===Planetary Locations===
−
* Taurian Guard<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201, "Taurian Guard"</ref>
+
[[File:Taurus Planetary Map BW.png|right|450px|thumb|Planetary Map of Taurus]]
 +
* Calderon (continent)<ref name=MM190/>
 +
:* Samantha: capital city until 3074;<ref name=MM190/> at the juncture of two major rivers and a huge glacial lake<ref name=HB:MPSp125/>
 +
::* Samantha Prime Spaceport: Taurus' major spaceport<ref name=HB:MPSp125/>
 +
::* South Quarter: home of several military manufacturing compounds and industrial parks<ref name=HB:MPSp125/>
 +
* Sicilian (continent)<ref name=MM190/>
 +
:* New Chappelle: new capital city after Samantha was destroyed in 3074<ref name=MM190/><ref name=HB:MPSp125/>
 +
::* Spaceport: rapidly expanded after 3066 to rival Samantha Prime;<ref name=HB:MPSp125/> primary spaceport after 3074<ref name=MM190/>
 +
* Unnamed continent
 +
:* Hyades: a city<ref name=HB:MPSp125/>
 +
::* Spaceport<ref name=HB:MPSp125/>
 +
* [[Taurus Science Academy]]<ref name=H:RWp83>''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 82–83: "E-Toro vs. VOODOO RED"</ref>
  
−
== Industrial Centers ==
+
===Companies and Industries===
−
* [[Concordat Aerospace Limited]] - Reunification War/Star League era<ref name="FR2765:Pp11">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 11, "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref>
+
* [[Concordat Aerospace Limited]] - Reunification War/Star League era<ref name="FR2765:Pp11">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 11: "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref>
−
* [[Taurus Territorial Industries]] - destroyed in [[3074]]<ref name="J:FRp116">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 116, "Fronc Reaches"</ref>
+
* [[Taurus Territorial Industries]] - destroyed in [[3074]]<ref name="J:FRp116">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 116: "Fronc Reaches"</ref>
−
* [[Taurus WarWorks]] - discontinued in [[2598]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 296, "Toro Profile"</ref>
+
* [[Taurus WarWorks]] - discontinued in [[2598]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 296: "Toro Profile"</ref>
 
* [[Magna]]
 
* [[Magna]]
  
−
== Nearby Systems ==
+
<!-- temporarily hiding due to proximity to image in main body
 +
==Image Gallery==
 +
<gallery>
 +
Taurus Planetary Map BW.png|Planetary map of Taurus
 +
</gallery>
 +
-->
 +
==Map Gallery==
 +
<div class="system-map-gallery"></div>
 +
 
 +
==Nearby Systems==
 
<!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot -->
 
<!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot -->
 
{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
Line 225: Line 252:
 
| class="over30" | 45.2
 
| class="over30" | 45.2
 
| class="over30" | [[Spitz]]
 
| class="over30" | [[Spitz]]
−
| class="over30" | 48.2
+
| class="over30" | 48.3
 
| class="over30" | [[Girondas]]
 
| class="over30" | [[Girondas]]
 
| class="over30" | 49.2
 
| class="over30" | 49.2
Line 234: Line 261:
 
| class="over30" | 49.8
 
| class="over30" | 49.8
 
| class="over30" | [[Aea]]
 
| class="over30" | [[Aea]]
−
| class="over30" | 49.9
+
| class="over30" | 49.8
 
| class="over30" | [[Diefenbaker]]
 
| class="over30" | [[Diefenbaker]]
 
| class="over30" | 50.0
 
| class="over30" | 50.0
Line 262: Line 289:
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 +
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
Line 269: Line 297:
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
−
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation]]''
 
−
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Federated Suns]]''
 
−
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
 
* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
−
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
+
* ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Report 2765: CCAF]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 +
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
Line 282: Line 310:
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 +
* ''[[House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)]]''
 +
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
−
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
 
 
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
 
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
−
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition]]''
 
 
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
 +
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
 +
{{div col end}}
  
 
[[Category:Systems|Taurus]]
 
[[Category:Systems|Taurus]]
−
[[Category: Taurian Concordat Planets]]
+
[[Category: Taurian Concordat Systems]]

Latest revision as of 08:32, 23 April 2024


Taurus
← 3135
3151
Taurus 3151.svg
Taurus nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates191.381 : -391.003[e]
Spectral classG3V[1]
Recharge time184 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Zenith (3076)[1]

System Description[edit]

Taurus is located near the Ishtar and Jamestown systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]

Taurus IV[edit]

Taurus
Taurus Flag.png
Astrophysical
Also known asTaurus IV
System positionFourth[1]
Jump Point distance8.53 days[1]
Moons1 (Drusilla)[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.0[1]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1]
Equatorial temperature30°C (Temperate)[1]
Surface water65%[1]
Highest native lifeMammals[1] (45%)[52]
Landmasses4[53][54] (Calderon and Sicilian[1])
History and Culture
Colonized2253[2]
Populationca. 2,300 (2253),[2]
ca. 5,000 (2268),[2]
2,169,000,000 (3025),[52] 4,002,000,000 (3063),[54]
4,002,198,000 (3067),[53]
3,997,068,000 (3076)[1]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerProtector of the Realm
CapitalSamantha (until 3074),[53] New Chappelle (3074)[1]
HPG ClassB[1]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Barbara Kooper (3025)[52]

Taurus is the political and cultural capital of the Taurian Concordat. The planet is named for the second husband of Samantha Calderon, Victor Taurens, who died while attempting to navigate the system's asteroid field. Taurus is also one of the industrial centers of the Concordat; thus, units stationed on Taurus tend to be elite and well-equipped. Taurus is also home to one of the largest Periphery populations, estimated at greater than two billion inhabitants as of the early thirty-first century.

Transit in-system is difficult. The Taurus system is cluttered with a natural barrier of asteroids, which have been mined and laced with Taurian Special Asteroid Support Force laser and missile batteries.

Planetary History[edit]

Early Years[edit]

The first colony on Taurus was established on 23 January 2253 by an expedition of colonists led by Samantha Calderon. A native of the world of Aix-la-Chapelle, Calderon had lost a husband and two daughters in the Outer Reaches Rebellion; this left her initially with access to considerable wealth from her husband's business ventures, only to then see half that wealth drained away in the aftermath of the Rebellion or at the hands of privateers from the Republic of Marik.[55] Believing that a radical solution was needed, Samantha converted her wealth into ships and supplies and led an expedition of more than 2,300 people aboard twenty-five faster-than-light-capable ships to find a new, safe home. It took the expedition twenty-two months to travel from Aix-la-Chapelle to the unexplored Hyades Cluster; despite losing two Aquilla-class transports in the attempt, the expedition became the first explorers to successfully navigate through the dust, gas, and asteroid fields that surrounded the cluster to discover the eight linked star systems within the cluster and the thirty-seven assorted planetary bodies orbiting or being pulled between the various stars.[2]

Calderon named the first world settled Taurus in memory of her second husband, Victor Taurens, who had died during the attempts to penetrate the Hyades asteroid field. Taurus proved to be a world rich in resources, and for the next fifteen years the colony grew inside the safety and obscurity offered by the cluster, until the death of Calderon in a freak accident on 14 March 2268.[2] Samantha Calderon's son Timothy was selected as her successor and Protector of the Taurian Homeworlds. Avoiding the democratic processes that were the signature of the despised Terran Alliance responsible for the colonists leaving the Inner Sphere, Timothy established a hereditary form of leadership on Taurus and armed with the sweeping powers granted to him proceeded to establish an orderly culture based on the simple and egalitarian principle that those who didn't contribute to the general welfare would in turn be denied access to that general welfare. Summed up as "no work, no food," this simple but effective system gave the Taurians the impetus needed to survive and prosper, with groups of geologists, scientists and settlers, from Taurus colonizing five additional worlds within the Hyades Cluster between 2310 and 2320.[3]

The nation born on Taurus was known variously as the Taurian Homeworlds[3] and the Calderon Protectorate.[56]

Star League[edit]

During the final years of the Star League, the Taurus system served as the official homeport of the Eleventh Fleet. However, as the Taurian naval construction yards were scuttled during the Reunification War and the Periphery nations were not allowed to build WarShips afterwards, spacedocks large enough to repair and maintain WarShips were not available to service the fleet. Thus the appropriated naval facilities in the Illiushin system served as the Eleventh Fleet's primary repair and refit facility.[57]

Officially, to help remind the people of Taurus of the might of the Star League, several WarShips, including battleships, were in orbit over the Taurian capital of Samantha. Unofficially, the reason the WarShips were kept in orbit continuously was for security reasons as the WarShips were vulnerable while docked.[58]

Meanwhile, on the ground, the Nineteenth Army of the Star League Defense Force was headquartered on Taurus. The commanders of the Nineteenth Army meet weekly with the Protector and representatives of the Taurian military to maintain an open line of communication with the leaders of the Concordat. Despite the many years since the Reunification War, the Taurian people still resented the SLDF presence and violent incidents were not uncommon.[59]

The XLVI Corps, part of the Nineteenth Army, served as the primary garrison for Taurus and the nearby worlds. They too were also headquartered on Taurus.[60]

The Jihad[edit]

On 1 May 3074, several asteroids struck Taurus, killing Protector Grover Shraplen and destroying the capital city, Samantha. Evidence recovered from the Taurian asteroid field and the remains of the asteroids that struck Taurus implicated espionage on the part of the Federated Suns, a charge vehemently denied by House Davion.[61][62] Later intel pointed to the Word of Blake weaponized yardship Erinyes as the likely culprit for Taurus' destruction.[63]

Emissaries from the Calderon Protectorate arrived on both Taurus and New Avalon on 15 March 3080, appealing to both states for an end to the conflict between the Concordat and the Suns. The Protectorate successfully brokered a treaty between the two states on the 2nd of July, a week after Baron Cham Kithrong stepped down as Regent-Protector so that Erik Martens-Calderon could assume the Protectorship. The treaty called for the Federated Suns to cede the Pleiades worlds to the Concordat, while the Concordat effectively surrendered the Quixote-class TCS Vendetta to the Calderon Protectorate, where it would be crewed by personnel from all three realms. While the treaty ended the war, the Vendetta wouldn't be officially transferred to the Protectorate until 19 April 3081.[64]

Military Deployment[edit]

2578[edit]

2764[edit]

2765[edit]

2786[edit]

2821[edit]

3025[edit]

3054[edit]

  • Taurian Guards (First and Second Battalion)[69]
  • Concordat Commandos (Second Battalion)[69]

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

Planetary Locations[edit]

Planetary Map of Taurus
  • Calderon (continent)[1]
  • Samantha: capital city until 3074;[1] at the juncture of two major rivers and a huge glacial lake[53]
  • Samantha Prime Spaceport: Taurus' major spaceport[53]
  • South Quarter: home of several military manufacturing compounds and industrial parks[53]
  • Sicilian (continent)[1]
  • New Chappelle: new capital city after Samantha was destroyed in 3074[1][53]
  • Spaceport: rapidly expanded after 3066 to rival Samantha Prime;[53] primary spaceport after 3074[1]
  • Unnamed continent

Companies and Industries[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 48 systems (47 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Hyades Cluster 1.5 Ishtar 4.5 Jamestown 4.8 Menion 5.6
Samantha 5.8 Megaris 6.7 Ina 7.6 Parian 9.3
Jansen's Hold 14.7 New Ganymede 14.9 New Vallis 15.4 Landmark 15.9
Pinard 17.5 Illiushin 21.6 MacLeod's Land 22.2 Flaum 26.1
Camadeierre 28.4 Midale 28.9 Burton 30.3 Renfield 32.0
Desolate Plains 33.5 Merlin 33.9 Bromhead 34.4 Brisbane 37.2
New Vandenburg 38.4 Laconis 39.4 Atreus Prime 40.3 Woogi 41.3
Rollis 41.6 Carmichael 42.8 Mithron 43.0 Lindsay 43.7
Brockway 44.1 Paf 45.2 Spitz 48.3 Girondas 49.2
Non Diz 49.5 Mas 49.8 Aea 49.8 Diefenbaker 50.0
Horsham 51.0 Qalzi 54.5 Robsart 54.8 Pyrrhus 57.3
Flintoft 57.7 Corodiz 58.0 Maldive 59.5 Brinton 60.3

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 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 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 190: "Taurian Concordat Key Worlds"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Periphery, p. 15: "Calderon Expedition"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Periphery, p. 17: "Taurian Concordat"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 121
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Historical: Reunification War, p. 64
  9. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
  10. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
  11. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
  13. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 37
  14. ↑ Field Report 2765: CCAF, p. 23
  15. ↑ Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 29
  16. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 96
  17. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
  18. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31
  21. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39
  24. ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), p. 12: "The Rimward Periphery"
  25. ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), pp. 14–15: "3022 Interstellar Expeditions. IAAS-349-SIFNM97-MMMXXII"
  26. ↑ The Periphery, p. 151
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70
  28. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 127
  32. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
  33. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 74
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
  35. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
  36. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
  37. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78
  38. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60
  39. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111: "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
  40. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
  41. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
  42. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82
  43. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68
  44. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
  45. ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 23
  46. ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 21
  47. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
  48. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  49. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  50. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
  51. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 The Periphery, p. 84: "A Brief Atlas - Taurus"
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 53.3 53.4 53.5 53.6 53.7 53.8 53.9 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 125: "Taurus"
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 Inner Sphere, p. 122: "Taurus"
  55. ↑ The Periphery, pp. 14–15: "Calderon Expedition"
  56. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 12: "Taurian Concordat"
  57. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 146: "Homeport"
  58. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 146: "111th Line Squadron"
  59. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 221: "Nineteenth Army"
  60. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 222: "XLVI Corps"
  61. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 52: "Timeline of the Jihad"
  62. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 52: "The Jihad in Review"
  63. ↑ Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 24: "Hunting the Word - Other Blakist Bases - Mundo Nublar"
  64. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 61: "The Jihad in Review"
  65. ↑ 65.0 65.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 258: "SLDF - Taurian Concordat Military Region Command map
  66. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 22: "Taurian Guard - Regimental Status"
  67. ↑ 67.0 67.1 First Succession War, p. 140: "Major Periphery States - Taurian Concordat"
  68. ↑ 68.0 68.1 68.2 The Periphery, p. 81
  69. ↑ 69.0 69.1 Objective Raids, p. 161: "Defending Units (On Planet)"
  70. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 150: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  71. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 201: "Taurian Guard"
  72. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, pp. 82–83: "E-Toro vs. VOODOO RED"
  73. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 11: "Infrastructural Integrity"
  74. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 116: "Fronc Reaches"
  75. ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 296: "Toro Profile"

Bibliography[edit]

Retrieved from "https://www.sarna.net/wiki/index.php?title=Taurus&oldid=1070286"