Telos

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(References to Telos IV)

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

X: 43.94 Y: 40.27

Orbital view

Planetary Data

• Star Type: K7IV
• Position in System: 4 (of 6)
• Number of Moons: 1 (Sadib)
• Days to Jump Point: 4
• Surface Water: 82%
• Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
• Surface Gravity: 0.73
• Equatorial Temp: 44°C
• Highest Native Life: Birds
• Capital: Triumph
• Continents: Dulles, Fellin, Haranshire, Rustov

Era Specific Data

3130

• Population: 2,306,000,000
• Governor: Dorothy Kressler
• Planetary Legate: Uther Tamborowchuk

Owner History

• 2271 - Independent World
• 2341 - Terran Hegemony
• 2571 - Terran Hegemony
• 2596 - Terran Hegemony
• 2750 - Terran Hegemony
• 3025 - Draconis Combine
• 3030 - Draconis Combine
• 3040 - Draconis Combine
• 3052 - Draconis Combine
• 3057 - Draconis Combine
• 3062 - Draconis Combine
• 3076 - Word of Blake Protectorate
• 3130 - Republic of the Sphere

Overview

Telos IV was one of the worlds that was abandoned by the Terran Alliance following the Outer Reaches Rebellion and the Demarcation Declaration of 2242, but by the end of the Reunification War Telos IV had become one of the worlds within the Lone Star Province of the Terran Hegemony.

The people of Telos IV are known for their stubbornness. This quality is very useful to them as they live on a world that is constantly subject to heavy rainstorms and tornadoes. In fact their stubborn nature led the Draconis Combine to cede the world to the Terran Hegemony after the Combine wasted years trying to force the inhabitants to do what was best for the Combine. Initially the relationship with the Terran Hegemony was also marked by passive resistance and work slowdowns, but when the Hegemony installed several storm inhibitor systems and improved their quality of life, the relationship improved dramatically.

During the Amaris Civil War, the Telosians returned to their methods of passive resistance, which led Amaris to abandon the world after smashing the storm inhibitors and local defense network. When the SLDF arrived, they found a world ready to support Operation Liberation. After the Exodus the world returned to the Draconis Combine. The passive resistance to the Dragon's way of life resumed, preventing the Dragon from making full use of the world's resources. Things improved when Theodore Kurita enacted his reforms however.

Like many worlds, Telos IV was occupied by the Word of Blake during the Jihad, and would remain an occupied world until the beginning of Operation SCOUR, the allied coalition invasion of the Word of Blake Protectorate. Telos IV was the first world to be targeted for liberation in the Draconis Combine wing of the operation, with troops landing on the 5th of February 3077. However, the liberation of Telos IV caused controversy in its' own right, as the allied coalition chose to garrison Telos IV and the nearby - and also recently liberated - world of Deneb Algedi with garrison forces from the Federated Suns. Where the DCMS had intended to deploy the Toguran Military Garrison and the New Samarkand Militia to garrison the worlds, these Combine forces were instead deployed to recently liberated worlds on the Free Worlds League front instead. These acts drew protests from Gunji-no-Kanrei Kiyomori Minamoto to General Belle Lee of the allied coalition.

Telos IV was home to a satellite branch of Luthien Armor Works which operated manufacturing or refining facilities on the continents of Dulles and Rostov, and internal memos obtained by a new agency on Luthien in April 3077 highlighted the damage the LAW interests on Telos IV had taken - and led to questions about the level of damage inflicted on the local industry by the Combine forces, not just the Blakists. The Pembrose facility on the continent of Rostov was the least damaged, and yet it was only capable of operating at 43% of its' original output. The Stanly & Sons facility on Dulles had been sabotaged, and the high-yield nuke used to sabotage the plant had effectively destroyed it; most damning was the damage done to the facility in Triumph due to damage by Blakist nukes and the liberal use of nukes by both sides in and around Triumph.

Telos IV has four continents: Dulles, Rustov, Fellin, and Haranshire. The capital city, Triumph, is on Dulles.

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years) Closest systems first:
Nashira	10.4	Kervil	15.5	Inglesmond	16.3	Deneb Algedi	17.1	Miyazaki	24.7
Pike IV	24.8	Al Na'ir	25.2	Quentin	29.9	Nirasaki	30.5	Biham	31.5
Elix	32.5	Styx	32.8	Chaville	33.3	Ancha	35.66	Athenry	35.67
Yance I	37.2	Halstead Station	37.7	Dyev	38.8	Sadachbia	40.6	Lockdale	41.4
Pokhara	41.8	Helen	43.8	Errai	45.4	Saffel	46.8	Kuzuu	47.3
Lambrecht	47.8	Shinonoi	49.6	Shitara	49.6	Murchison	51.2	Imbros III	52.2
Northwind	52.9	Asta	54.6	Small World	55.1	Ashio	56.6	Dieron	57.10
Ascella	57.13	Towne	57.6	Fomalhaut	57.9	Lone Star	58.9	Dabih	59.7

Bibliography

• Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
• Handbook: House Liao
• Handbook: House Marik
• Handbook: House Steiner
• Historical: Reunification War
• Jihad: Final Reckoning
• Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
• Map of the Inner Sphere 3130