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− | == Political Affiliation == | + | ==Political Affiliation== |
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− | * [[2253]] - Independent world<ref name=" | + | * [[2253]] - Independent world<ref name=TP1Ep15>''The Periphery'', p. 15: "Calderon Expedition"</ref> |
− | * [[2268]] - [[Taurian Homeworlds]]<ref name=" | + | * [[2268]] - [[Taurian Homeworlds]]<ref name=TP1Ep17>''The Periphery'', p. 17: "Taurian Concordat"</ref> |
− | * [[2335]] - [[Taurian Concordat]]<ref name= | + | * [[2335]] - [[Taurian Concordat]]<ref name=TP1Ep17/> |
− | * [[2366]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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> | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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> | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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> | * [[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> | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[3050]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref> |
− | * [[3052]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23 | + | * [[3052]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref> |
− | * [[3057]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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> | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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> | * [[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 | + | * [[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 | + | * [[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> |
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==Taurus IV== | ==Taurus IV== | ||
− | {{ | + | {{InfoBoxPlanet |
| image = Taurus Flag.jpg | | image = Taurus Flag.jpg | ||
− | | | + | | name = Taurus |
− | | | + | | othernames = Taurus IV |
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| position = Fourth<ref name=MM190/> | | position = Fourth<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/> | ||
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| 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 = 30°C (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> |
− | + | | 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 Hyades<ref name=MM190/>) | |
− | + | | colonized = [[2253]]<ref name=TP1Ep15/> | |
− | + | | demonym = | |
− | | | + | | language = |
− | | population = ca. 2,300 (2253)<ref name= | + | | religion = |
− | | | + | | 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/> | + | | ruler = |
+ | | political = [[Protector of the Realm]] | ||
+ | | 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]]. | ||
− | + | 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. | |
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− | + | ===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/> | ||
− | [[ | + | 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/> |
− | + | 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> | |
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− | + | ====Star League==== | |
− | + | During the final years of the [[Star League]], the Taurus system served as the official homeport of the [[11th Fleet (SLDF)|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> | |
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− | During the final years of the [[Star League]], the Taurus system served as the official homeport of the [[ | ||
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> | 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> | ||
− | Meanwhile, on the ground, the [[Nineteenth Army (Star League)|Nineteenth Army]] of the [[Star League Defense Force]] was headquartered on Taurus. | + | 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 [[XLVI Corps (Star League)]], part of the Nineteenth Army, served as the primary garrison for Taurus and the nearby worlds. | + | 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> |
− | ===The Jihad=== | + | ====The Jihad==== |
− | On | + | 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 (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> |
− | Emissaries from the [[Calderon Protectorate]] arrived on both Taurus and [[New Avalon]] on | + | 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 [[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> |
− | == Military Deployment == | + | ===Military Deployment=== |
− | ===2578=== | + | {{columns-start|num=3}} |
+ | ====2578==== | ||
* [[Calderon Red Hand]]<ref name="H:RWp64"/> | * [[Calderon Red Hand]]<ref name="H:RWp64"/> | ||
* [[First Concordat Velites]]<ref name="H:RWp64"/> | * [[First Concordat Velites]]<ref name="H:RWp64"/> | ||
* [[First Taurian Guard]]<ref name="H:RWp64"/> | * [[First Taurian Guard]]<ref name="H:RWp64"/> | ||
− | ===2764=== | + | ====2764==== |
* [[328th Royal BattleMech Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp258>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 258: "SLDF - Taurian Concordat Military Region Command map</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 /> | * [[Thirty-sixth Infantry Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp258 /> | ||
− | ===2765=== | + | ====2765==== |
* [[Taurian Guards]]<ref name=FR:2765Pp22>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 22: "Taurian Guard - Regimental Status"</ref> | * [[Taurian Guards]]<ref name=FR:2765Pp22>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 22: "Taurian Guard - Regimental Status"</ref> | ||
− | + | {{column}} | |
− | ===2786=== | + | ====2786==== |
* Taurian Guards<ref name="FSWp140">''First Succession War'', p. 140: "Major Periphery States - Taurian Concordat"</ref> | * 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=== | + | ====3054==== |
* Taurian Guards (First and Second [[Battalion]])<ref name=ORp161>''Objective Raids'', p. 161: "Defending Units (On Planet)"</ref> | * 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/> | * Concordat Commandos (Second Battalion)<ref name=ORp161/> | ||
− | ===3085=== | + | ====3085==== |
* Taurian Guard<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 150: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> | * Taurian Guard<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 150: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> | ||
− | ===3145=== | + | ====3145==== |
* Taurian Guard<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201: "Taurian Guard"</ref> | * Taurian Guard<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201: "Taurian Guard"</ref> | ||
+ | {{columns-end}} | ||
− | == Industrial Centers == | + | ===Planetary Locations=== |
+ | * 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=HB:MPSp125/><ref name=MM190/> | ||
+ | ::* 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=== | ||
* [[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> | ||
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* [[Magna]] | * [[Magna]] | ||
− | == Map Gallery == | + | ===Image gallery=== |
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | Taurus.png|Taurus World Map | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Map Gallery== | ||
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Taurus | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 191.381 : -391.003[e] |
Spectral class | G3V[1] |
Recharge time | 184 hours[1] |
Recharge station(s) | Zenith (3076)[1] |
Contents
Political Affiliation
- 2253 - Independent world[2]
- 2268 - Taurian Homeworlds[3]
- 2335 - Taurian Concordat[3]
- 2366 - Taurian Concordat[4]
- 2571 - Taurian Concordat[5][6][7]
- 2578 - Taurian Concordat[8]
- 2596 - Taurian Concordat[9]
- 2750 - Taurian Concordat[5][10]
- 2764 - Taurian Concordat[11]
- 2765 - Taurian Concordat[12][13][14][15]
- 2767 - Taurian Concordat[16]
- 2786 - Taurian Concordat[17]
- 2822 - Taurian Concordat[18][19][20][21]
- 2864 - Taurian Concordat[22][23]
- 2890 - Taurian Concordat[24]
- 3022 - Taurian Concordat[25]
- 3025 - Taurian Concordat[5][26][27][28]
- 3030 - Taurian Concordat[29][30]
- 3040 - Taurian Concordat[31][32][33]
- 3050 - Taurian Concordat[34]
- 3052 - Taurian Concordat[35]
- 3057 - Taurian Concordat[36]
- 3058 - Taurian Concordat[37][38]
- 3059 - Taurian Concordat[39]
- 3063 - Taurian Concordat[40]
- 3067 - Taurian Concordat[31][41][42][43]
- 3075 - Taurian Concordat[44]
- 3079 - Taurian Concordat[45][46]
- 3081 - Taurian Concordat[47]
- 3085 - Taurian Concordat[48]
- 3135 - Taurian Concordat[49]
- 3145 - Taurian Concordat[50][51]
Taurus IV
Taurus | |
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Astrophysical | |
Also known as | Taurus IV |
System position | Fourth[1] |
Jump Point distance | 8.53 days[1] |
Moons | 1 (Drusilla)[1] |
Geophysical | |
Surface gravity | 1.0[1] |
Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Breathable)[1] |
Equatorial temperature | 30°C (Temperate)[1] |
Surface water | 65%[1] |
Highest native life | Mammals[1] (45%)[52] |
Landmasses | 4[53][54] (Calderon and Hyades[1]) |
History and Culture | |
Colonized | 2253[2] |
Population | ca. 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 | |
Political Leader | Protector of the Realm |
Capital | Samantha (until 3074),[53] New Chappelle (3074)[1] |
HPG Class | B[1] |
HPG Representative | Precentor 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
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.[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
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
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
2578
2764
2765
2786
- Taurian Guards[67]
2821
- Taurian Guards[67]
3025
- Taurian Guard[68]
- Taurian Velites[68]
- Concordat Commandos[68]
Planetary Locations
- Calderon (continent)[1]
- Sicilian (continent)[1]
- Unnamed continent
Industrial Centers
- Concordat Aerospace Limited - Reunification War/Star League era[73]
- Taurus Territorial Industries - destroyed in 3074[74]
- Taurus WarWorks - discontinued in 2598[75]
- Magna
Image gallery
Map Gallery
Nearby Systems
Closest 48 systems (47 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
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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
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Periphery, p. 15: "Calderon Expedition"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Periphery, p. 17: "Taurian Concordat"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 121
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Historical: Reunification War, p. 64
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 37
- ↑ Field Report 2765: CCAF, p. 23
- ↑ Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 29
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 96
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39
- ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), p. 12: "The Rimward Periphery"
- ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), pp. 14–15: "3022 Interstellar Expeditions. IAAS-349-SIFNM97-MMMXXII"
- ↑ The Periphery, p. 151
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 127
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 74
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60
- ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111: "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
- ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 23
- ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 21
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 The Periphery, p. 84: "A Brief Atlas - Taurus"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 Inner Sphere, p. 122: "Taurus"
- ↑ The Periphery, pp. 14–15: "Calderon Expedition"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 12: "Taurian Concordat"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 146: "Homeport"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 146: "111th Line Squadron"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 221: "Nineteenth Army"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 222: "XLVI Corps"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 52: "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 52: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 24: "Hunting the Word - Other Blakist Bases - Mundo Nublar"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 61: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ 65.0 65.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 258: "SLDF - Taurian Concordat Military Region Command map
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 22: "Taurian Guard - Regimental Status"
- ↑ 67.0 67.1 First Succession War, p. 140: "Major Periphery States - Taurian Concordat"
- ↑ 68.0 68.1 68.2 The Periphery, p. 81
- ↑ 69.0 69.1 Objective Raids, p. 161: "Defending Units (On Planet)"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 150: "Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 201: "Taurian Guard"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, pp. 82–83: "E-Toro vs. VOODOO RED"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 11: "Infrastructural Integrity"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 116: "Fronc Reaches"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 296: "Toro Profile"
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