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== Nearby Planets ==
 
== Nearby Planets ==

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Thorin
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Thorin nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-23.51:8.02[e]
Spectral classG7V[1][2]
Recharge time188 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[1]
Planet(s)8[2]

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


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Owner History

Planetary Info

Thorin is a Terra-like world, which has one moon named Thorin's Twin. When it was originally settled, it was considered a jewel of a world. It has two continents: the northern, Freda, and the southern, Olympus, which are similar in size to Terra's North and South American continents. Thorin is home to much metal and mineral wealth.[1]

Notable Locations

  • Ecol City - Planetary Capital of Thorin, it is located in southern continent of Olympus. The city was the site of the Library of the Terran Hegemony until its destruction.
  • The Flight Academy of Thorin - The Flight Academy is a First Succession War school established by House Steiner. The school during time in service would serve train DropShip crews and Aerospace Fighter pilots.[13] During 3060s, Lyran Alliance need for pilots would over tax the school capacities. Few years later, the school would end up being closed in 3063.[14]
  • University of Thorin - One of the Terran Hegemony's golden colleges, the school specialized in economics. During the Amaris Coup the school would be heavily damaged and was later abandoned.[16] The ruins of the University of Thorin would be over taken by the vegetation of the Remmington Forest. By the later part of the 31st Century, the ruins would be used a hidden base for the Allied forces against Loyalist force of Katherine Steiner-Davion.
  • Hegemony Library on Thorin - Star League era library, noted for being largest of its time with extensive priceless knowledge. The complex located just outside Ecol City, consisted of a 100 granite buildings with a domed central library at its center. However, it was destroyed by the 2nd Amaris Dragoons during the Amaris Coup.[17][18]
  • Fortress Laiacona - Star League era Fortress which survived the Amaris Coup, kept in use through the Succession Wars and 2nd Star League. The fortress is a symbol of pride for the people of Thorin, which used as a garrison base. It is the last surviving symbol of the original Star League that Thorin has left standing intact.[1]

Planetary History

Colonization

Thorin was among earliest worlds colonized by the Terran Alliance. However, early efforts to settle the planet result in disaster. Some the Alliance's early colony efforts would be destroyed by bull-sized predators.[19]

Outer Reaches Rebellion

During the Outer Reaches Rebellion, THS Monitor, Essex Class Destroyer commanded by Captain Michael Cameron was ambushed by rebels forces while the Monitor investigating Thorin's mining facilities.[20]

Terran Alliance/Hegemony

Thorin was one of the worlds that remained a part of the Terran Alliance following the Outer Reaches Rebellion and the Demarcation Declaration of 2242,[3] and became one of the worlds within the Alliance Core region of the Terran Hegemony.[6]

The Star League Era

Thorin thrived during the Star League era, where schools and libraries would be established on world being renowned. In 2711, Hindu faithful would riot in streets of city of Ramallah due to rare case of religious intolerance.

However, the Amaris Coup would bring destruction to Thorin, where 2nd Amaris Dragoons would destroy the Hegemony Library on Thorin.[21]

First Succession War

Thorin is briefly occupied by House Davion troops, but are soon ran off planet by former Amaris regiment, The Stealths in 2789. However brutality of the fighting on planet, would destroy much of planet.[22][23]

Second Succession War

Yoguchi Kurita, used the planet of Thorin as a distraction from his true invasion plans during the Second Succession War, sending a heavy raid against the planet only a month after invading three planets along the Periphery. The weather, like in many campaigns throughout history, decided the fate of the invading forces however. While the Draconis Combine forces relied on superior speed to fight the Steiner forces heavier 'mechs, the weather on Thorin turned to a heavy storm, with the high winds forcing the smaller 'mechs to lose their speed, and lose the conflict in the process. The operation was a sucess as a diversion however as the Lyrian forces hesitated in sending forces towards the real thrust of the invasion along the Periphery. [9]

FedCom Civil War

Militia Rebellion and birth of the Archer's Avengers

In middle of 3062, civil unrest rocked the Lyran Alliance with possibly open hostilities breaking out. Thorin had been exception to this with only peaceful protests. Archon-Princess Katrina Steiner-Davion would assign a 'Mech battalions of the 15th Arcturian Guards to Thorin with a two additional Battalions assigned to nearby Muphrid.

The 15th Arcturians' Commander Colonel Felix Blucher was charged to keep all anti-establishment movements under thumb. However terrorist activities, including bombings that would rock Thorin in November, having Blucher round up any suspects had hit of disloyalty to Archon and the Alliance. Among them would a prominent journalist who would end up being killed by Arcturian Guard personal. Additional bombing ensue forcing Colonel to activate the local Thorin Militia in December. Its commander, a Clan Invasion veteran Leftenant-Colonel Archer Christifori would end up siding with the rebels, due in part of death of his sister and her killer's sentence commuted by the Archon-Princess. He with alignment of other on-world factions began a underground battle for control of the system. Christifori's understrength Battalion would wage unconventional guerillas war against the 15th Arcturians Guards. The militia first action be conducting an attack against the 15th's payroll in form of a heist, then using the local media to promote a image of the Militia unit in as a Robin Hood persona. During the Christifori's unit early actions, they would receive word from Victor Steiner-Davion and be activated as offical unit of the reborn Federated Suns's Armed Forces as 1st Thorin Regiment, Archer's Avengers. After months of combating, Blucher's battalion would be exhaused from fighting, but they would come close to capturing the elusive Militia unit in the ruins of the University of the Thorin in January. After the turn of the year Christifori's spy would discovered that Colonel Blucher ordered the Muphrid based garrison force to relocated and reinforce his flagging battalion. Christifori uses his private's company's assets to move a significate size his Militia force to ambush Blusher's reinforcements. He would return in Thorin in place of the 15th Arcturian's battalion and ambush Blusher's force. After chase through Ecol City, they would end surrendering to Christifori in February 2nd, 3063. He would travel to Muphrid where he would take his surviving 3rd Battalion and withdraw to Lyons.[24][25]

The second major battle for Thorin

By 3065, Thorin has been in Prince Victor Steiner-Davion's allies control with his the renegade 244th Division and Outland Legion among the garrisoning force on planet. On August 7th, the Loyalist Task force consisting of the 11th Arcturan Guards, 4th Alliance Guards, 4th Lyran Regulars and two Regional Militia units would arrive hunting the Prince Victor. A two week campaign of brutal fighting would ensure across the continent of Olympus. The loyalist campaign against Victor's allied force proved to be successful despite lack of achiving their mission in finding the Prince. In Janurary 3066, Victor Steiner-Davion would return to the battlefield on Thorin, ordered the end of the Fifth Wave of allies' offensive and his forces on world to withdraw. Their efforts resulted on the planet help tie down Loyalist's powerful Task Force.[26]

The Jihad

In October 3068, Thorin was lightly defended due to forces garrisoning the planet being called in to fight the Free Worlds League during the Skye/Bolan Conflict. Lack of significate protection would allow the Dawn of Truth III from the Word of Blake's 6th Division to arrive offering protection to the nearly ungarrisoned world. The Level III utilized tactical nuclear weaponry to force the planet's government to surrender and join the Word of Blake Protectorate. The Word of Blake propaganda would publicly make it appear the Division's force was restoring order to the planet.[27][28][29][11]

In 3074 the Hachiman Taro Electronics compound on Thorin would be destroyed by the Word of Blake's Shadow Hunters.[30] On the 31st of December 3078 an opinion piece broadcast by RNS detailed that Clan Ghost Bear had apparently used orbital bombardment on the cities of Fell's Fort, Grummon and Lent, believing that Shadow Divisions were operating from those locations. The article was obviously highly critical of the Ghost Bear campaign for Thorin.[31] Group III from the Lyran front of Operation SCOUR were on Thorin at the time, locked in combat with the Blakists but making little headway due to the damage the 6th Benjamin Regulars had taken on Wing. The Ghost Bear attack damaged the defending forces enough that Group III was able to press forward and liberate Thorin. By the end of 3077 Thorin was in allied coalition hands, and it was from Thorin on New Years Day 3078 that the journalist Myra Kellison gave a broadcast detailing the campaigns the Lyran front of SCOUR had seen during the past twelve months.[32]

Planetary Garrison

3025

3067

Manufacturing Center

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:

Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Chara 5.95 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Muphrid 8.29 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Lipton 10.55 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Zavijava 11.44 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
New Earth 12.25 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Zollikofen 12.72 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Alula Australis 12.79 1 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Denebola 14.58 1 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Oliver 17.27 1 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Graham IV 18.51 1 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Menkent 19.81 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Yorii 20.54 1 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
Rigil Kentarus 21.57 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Terra 25.07 1 TH CS CS CS CS WOB WOB
Pollux 25.07 1 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Procyon 26.36 1 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Sirius 26.49 1 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Devil's Rock 26.72 1 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Summer 27.93 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Lyons 31.04 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Castor 31.10 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Keid 32.47 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Zosma 32.63 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Asta 33.06 2 TH DC LC DC DC DC DC
Altair 33.66 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Mizar 33.81 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Imbros III 34.10 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
Carver V 34.21 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Alioth 36.23 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Ko 36.67 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
New Home 37.39 2 TH CC TFR FC FC LA LA
Dieron 37.49 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Caph 37.54 2 TH FS FS FC FC CMD CMD
Nusakan 38.99 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Alkalurops 39.59 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF
Cor Caroli 39.85 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Galatea 40.32 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Milton 41.54 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Bryant 42.76 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Marcus 42.89 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Talitha 44.34 2 TH FWL TFR FC FC FWL FWL
Dyev 44.34 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
Atria 44.72 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
Fomalhaut 44.93 2 TH FS FS DC DC DC DC
Alchiba 45.04 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Wyatt 45.24 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Callison 45.71 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Athenry 47.52 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Outreach 47.71 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Syrma 47.83 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Skondia 48.71 2 LC LC DC DC DC DC DC
Zebebelgenubi 49.30 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Saffel 49.70 2 TH FS FS DC DC DC DC
Sabik 50.76 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
Van Diemen IV 50.94 2 TH FWL TFR FC FC FWL FWL
Epsilon Eridani 51.51 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Chertan 52.19 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Styx 52.87 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Dubhe 53.31 2 TH FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Hall 53.56 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Pike IV 54.21 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC
Wing 55.52 2 TH FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Skye 55.77 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Alcor 55.80 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Phecda 56.60 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Bordon 57.74 2 TH FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Connaught 57.80 2 TH FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Epsilon Indi 58.25 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Dromini VI 58.74 2 LC DC LC DC DC DC DC
Capolla 59.10 2 TH CC TFR FC FC TCC TCC
Northwind 59.18 2 TH FS FS FC FC CMD CMD
Alphecca 59.35 2 LC LC DC FC FC LA LA
Nirasaki 59.54 2 TH DC DC DC DC DC DC

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 202, "Thorin Planet Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 250, "Thorin"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding [2341]"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  7. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  8. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 66, "Planet-Hopping and Sunstroke"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Field Manual: Updates, p. 177, "Lyran Alliance Deploment Table"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"
  12. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  13. ↑ House Steiner, p. 125 Military Academies - Flight Academy of Thorin info.
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 108, "Major Training Centers & ALARION NAVAL ACADEMY (ANA)": The Flight Academy's closing by Lyran Alliance noted and when.
  15. ↑ Star League sourcebook, p. 165, "Company branch out of Thorin mention in Star League sourcebook".
  16. ↑ Star League sourcebook, p. 167, "University of Thorin": Famous lost Thorin school.
  17. ↑ Star League sourcebook, p. 168, "Hegemony Library of Thorin info".
  18. ↑ FedCom Civil War sourcebook, p. 202 Thorin - Libary's history includes some details of its structure and whom destroyed the it.
  19. ↑ House Steiner (Lyran Commonwealth), p. 9, "Dawn of A New Age": Early colony effort on Thorin mentioned.
  20. ↑ Star League sourcebook, p. 16, "Battle of Thorin's Shores": Recounting of Captain Michael Cameron's Monitor fighting Outreaches biograph of his encounter with the rebels.
  21. ↑ Star League sourcebook, p. 166, 168, "Riots in 2711 and Hegemony Library of Thorin destroyed by the 2nd Amaris Dragoons".
  22. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 49, "Tigers and Stealths": former 23rd Republic Light Lancers, would be employed to help fight off the House Davion force occupying Thorin after the fall of the Terran Hegemony.
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, Timeline Comonwealth and The First Succession War - 2789 - recounts clashes for claims attempts by AFFS and House Steiner forces for Thorin.
  24. ↑ FedCom Civil War sourcebook, pp. 34-35 - First actions of the FedCom Civil War actions on Thorin.
  25. ↑ Measure of a Hero - Novel covers the actions and rebellion of Thorin Militia in early phase of the War.
  26. ↑ FedCom Civil War sourcebook, p. 149 - Later battle during the FedCom Civil War on Thorin.
  27. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3070, p. 19, 29-30, "Terran Corridor in Crisis": Thorin captured by confirmed through properganda news. Timeline shows the planet captured and rumor of nukes were used.
  28. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, pp. 21-22, "Operation: Überschatten/Broken Fist": 4th Lyran Regulars called up to fight in the League / Bolan offensive.
  29. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3072, p. 10 Timeline of the Jihad (7th October) - Time Line in late 3068 that Tactical Nuclear weaponry was used on Thorin to bring it into the Word of Blake Protectorate.
  30. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 15, "StarCorps Facilities Suffer Crippling Damage": HTC complex owned by Chandrasa Kurita was destroyed.
  31. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 54, "Thorny Thorin"
  32. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 64-65, "3077: War In Review"
  33. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 117, "Unit Deployment Table"
  34. ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles, p. 8
  35. ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p.224

Bibliography

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