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''(References to [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Timbuktu | Timbuktu]])''
 
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| caption            = Timbuktu [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]]
 
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| class              = K0V<ref name=HSp165>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 165, "Timbuktu Planet Guide"</ref><ref name=HB:HSp75>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 75, "Timbuktu Planet Profile"</ref><ref name=OB:LAp10>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 10, "Timbuktu"</ref>
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The '''Timbuktu''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Timbuktu II''', and as of [[3151]] was part of the [[Timbuktu Collective]].<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102</ref>
  
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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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==System Description==
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Timbuktu is located near the [[All Dawn]] and [[Wiltshire]] systems.
  
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2341]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref>
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* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref>
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* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:MPSp37"/>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10</ref>
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* [[3063]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere'', p. 75</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref name="J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="FR:LAAF">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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* [[3148]] - [[Timbuktu Collective]] (from June)<ref name=SFp48>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 48</ref>
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* [[3151]] - [[Timbuktu Collective]]<ref name=SFp102/>
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==Timbuktu II==
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| name                = Timbuktu
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| position            = 2nd<ref name=HSp165/><ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/>
 
 
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| moons              = None<ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/>
 
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| gravity            = 0.94<ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/>
 
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| water              = 63%<ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/>
 
| life                = Plants<ref name=HSp165/><ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/>
 
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| continents          = 2 (Saharius, Hades)<ref name=OB:LAp10/>
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| ruler              = Russel Sherris, Duke of Timbuktu (3025)<ref name=HSp165/><br>Duchess, Cantrelle Sherris (3067)<ref name=HB:HSp75/>
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| ruler              = [[Duke of Timbuktu]]
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| political          = [[Prime Minister of Timbuktu|Prime Minister]]
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| capital            = Greene<ref name=OB:LAp10/>
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| population          = 479,000,000 (3067)<ref name=HB:HSp75/><br>431,000,000 (3079)<ref name=OB:LAp10/>
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| hpg                = B<ref name=HSp165/><ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> ([[Precentor]] Michael Milalo) (3025)<ref name=HSp165/>
 
 
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===Planetary History===
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By [[2571]], after the [[Age of War]], Timbuktu was the provincial capital of the [[Timbuktu Province]] of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/>
  
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== Political Affilation ==
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====Reunification War====
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* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
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Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130</ref> By [[2581]], Timbuktu was garrisoned by the [[Seventh Amaris Dragoons]] under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Samuel Macao]], a regiment which had chosen to remain loyal to Amaris.<ref name="H:RWp128"/> The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in support of Amaris and assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]], a multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], but atrocities such as the one performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-[[2584]] resulted in the Rim Worlders putting aside their differences to focus on the common enemy.<ref name=H:RWp134>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
 
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
 
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* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name=HBHS13>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', Map: Inner Sphere 2765  </ref>
 
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* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:MPSp37"/>
 
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"</ref>
 
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"</ref>
 
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name=HS118/><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref>
 
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
 
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
 
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"</ref>
 
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"</ref>
 
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* [[3054]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name=OR20/>
 
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* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref>
 
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* [[3063]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
 
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* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"</ref>
 
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* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere [3075]"</ref>
 
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* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
 
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* [[3085]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
 
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* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="FR:LAAFp8"/>
 
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* [[3130]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
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* [[3135]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name=ER:3145p10>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
 
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* [[3145]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref>
 
  
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==Planetary Info==
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The Seventh Amaris Dragoons were still the main defensive force on-planet when Battlegroup Timbuktu arrived at the start of July [[2588]] and the SLDF strategy had shifted to reducing the [[Rim Worlds Army]], no matter their loyalties. [[Duke of Regulus|Duke]] [[Narinder Selaj]] assigned the SLDF [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]]' [[Eleventh Royal Division]] to the conquest of Timbuktu and they were accompanied by all four [[regiment]]s of the despised Draconis Auxiliary Corps. The first week of the campaign saw the elite Eleventh Royal and the brutal Draconis regiments easily smash their way through the bulk of the defenses prepared by Macao's forces. This made Macao pull his troops back to the continent of Hades, which was lightly populated with a number of mining complexes that the Seventh could use as prebuilt defenses.<ref name=HRW-135>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135</ref>
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The planet has two continents, Hades and Saharius where the capital city Greene is located.<ref name=OB:LAp10/>
 
  
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==Planetary History==
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While the Seventh Amaris Dragoons could have drawn the campaign out substantially by switching to guerrilla warfare, the harsh treatment the Timbuktu civilian population was enduring at the hands of the Draconis troops enraged Macao, provoking him into launching a number of retaliatory rash attacks that sorely weakened the Seventh. With the civilian population of Hades being small enough that it was effectively negligible for the SLDF to consider, Battlegroup Timbuktu forces resorted to wholesale bombardment of the Seventh's positions. After nineteen days, Macao surrendered the few surviving elements of the Dragoons, which ended major combat actions on the planet on the 29th of July.<ref name=HRW-135/>
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===Reunification War===
 
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By the end of the [[Age of War]] '''Timbuktu''' was the provincial capital of the [[Timbuktu Province]] of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War (2571)"</ref>
 
  
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Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130, "The Spark"</ref> Timbuktu was garrisoned by a the [[7th Amaris Dragoons|Seventh Amaris Dragoons]] from at least [[2581]] onwards, a regiment which had chosen to remain loyal to Amaris.<ref name="H:RWp128"/> The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132, "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by forces from the [[4th Amaris Fusiliers|Fourth Amaris Fusiliers]] in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, and the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133, "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"</ref>
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====Amaris Civil War====
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Timbuktu was conquered by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[2773]]–[[2775]] [[Republic-Commonwealth War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37</ref>
  
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In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584. [[Duke]] [[Narinder Selaj]] of Battle Group Timbuktu assigned the [[11th Royal Division|Eleventh Royal Division]] - the greater part of the SLDF [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] - to the conquest of of Timbuktu in [[2588]], along with all four regiments of the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]].<ref name="H:RWp153"/>  
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====Succession Wars era====
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Situated near the Lyran Commonwealth's Periphery border, Timbuktu suffered heavily from pirate attacks throughout the [[Succession Wars]]. In [[3023]], [[Neo-Smallpox]] struck over half the population. By [[3025]], Timbuktu had little industry and could barely produce enough food due to its harsh environment and relative lack of minerals.<ref name=HSp165/><ref name=HB:HSp75/>
  
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The main defensive force on Timbuktu was the Seventh Dragoons, led by [[Colonel]] [[Samuel Macao]]. The first week of the campaign saw the elite Eleventh Royal and the brutal [[DCMS]] regiments smash their way through the bulk of the defenses prepared by Macao's forces, leading Macao to pull his troops back to the continent known as Hades, which was a lightly populated continent with a number of mining complexes that the Seventh could use as pre-built defenses.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135, "Timbuktu (July 2588)"</ref>
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====FedCom Civil War era====
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By [[3067]], Timbuktu had recovered from the effects of the pirate raids and plague, its people promoting their world as a nexus of Lyran Alliance–[[Rim Collection]] trade.<ref name=HB:HSp75/>
  
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While the Seventh could have drawn the campaign out substantially by switching to guerilla warfare, the harsh treatment the civilian population of Timbuktu were undergoing at the hands of the Draconis Combine troops enraged Macao who launched a number of precipitous raids in retaliation that sorely weakened the Seventh. With the civilian population of Hades being small enough that it was effectively negligible for the SLDF, the Task Force Timbuktu forces resorted to wholesale bombardment of the Seventh's positions; after nineteen days of sustained bombardment Macao surrendered the few surviving elements of the Dragoons, ending major combat actions on the planet on the 29th of July.<ref name="H:RWp135"/>
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====Dark Age====
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In the aftermath of the [[Jihad]], Timbuktu served as a coordination hub for anti-pirate missions and trade with the nearby Rim Collection.<ref name=OB:LAp10/>
  
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===Star League Era===
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As the Lyran Commonwealth suffered setback after setback during the 3140s and grew seriously weakened, Timbuktu and a number of neighboring worlds decided to secede in June [[3148]] and merge with the Rim Collection to create a new nation: the [[Timbuktu Collective]].<ref name=SFp48/>
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Timbuktu was conquered by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[2773]]-[[2775]] Republic-Commonwealth war.<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>
 
  
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== Military Deployment ==
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===Military Deployment===
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===2581-2588===
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* Seventh Amaris Dragoons (Amaris Loyalists)<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunifcation War'', p. 128, "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp154">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 154, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp155">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 155, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
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====2581–2588====
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* Seventh Amaris Dragoons (Amaris Loyalists)<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128: "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp154">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 154: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp155">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 155: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
  
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===2588-2591===
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====2588–2591====
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* SLDF [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
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* SLDF [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
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:* [[11th Royal Division|Eleventh Royal Division]]
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:* [[Eleventh Royal Division]]
 
* Draconis Auxiliary corps<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
 
* Draconis Auxiliary corps<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
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:* [[2nd Sword of Light|Second Sword of Light]] (until 2590)
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:* [[Second Sword of Light]] (until 2590)
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:* [[7th Sword of Light|Seventh Sword of Light]] (until 2590)
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:* [[Seventh Sword of Light]] (until 2590)
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:* [[4th Proserpina Hussars|Fourth Proserpina Hussars]] (until 2589)
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:* [[Fourth Proserpina Hussars]] (until 2589)
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:* [[1st Arkab Legion|First Arkab Legion]] (until 2589)
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:* [[First Arkab Legion]] (until 2589)
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====2765====
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* [[Imperial Division Hector Rowe]]<ref name=FR:2765Pp18>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 18: "Imperial Divisions - Divisional Status"</ref>
  
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===2765===
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====2786====
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* [[Imperial Division Hector Rowe]]<ref name=FR:2765Pp18>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 18, "Imperial Divisons - Divisional Status"</ref>
+
* [[Fifth Lyran Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>
  
−
===3025===
+
====2821====
−
* [[11th Arcturan Guards|Eleventh Arcturan Guards]]<ref name=HS118>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 118, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p.44, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
+
* Fifth Lyran Regulars<ref name="FSWp139"/>
  
−
===3028===
+
====3025====
 +
* [[Eleventh Arcturan Guards]]<ref name=HS118>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 118: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 44: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
 +
{{column}}
 +
====3028====
 
* Eleventh Arcturan Guards<ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>
 
* Eleventh Arcturan Guards<ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>
  
−
===3038===
+
====3038====
−
* Eleventh Arcturan Guards<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137, "Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* Eleventh Arcturan Guards<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137: "Deployment Table"</ref>
  
−
===3050===
+
====3050====
−
* Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT<ref name=20YU28>''20 Year Update'', p. 28, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT<ref name=20YU28>''20 Year Update'', p. 28: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
  
−
===3054===
+
====3054====
−
* Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT<ref name=OR20>''Objective Raids'', p. 20, "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT<ref name=OR20>''Objective Raids'', p. 20: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
  
−
===3061===
+
====3061====
−
* Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT<ref name=SS50>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 50, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT<ref name=SS50>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 50: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
  
−
===3067===
+
====3067====
−
* [[Gabhardt's Carabineers]]<ref name=MSII65>''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 65, "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* [[Gabhardt's Carabineers]]<ref name=MSII65>''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 65: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>
  
−
===3079===
+
====3079====
−
* [[5th Alliance Guards|Fifth Alliance Guards]]<ref name="FR:LAAFp8">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8, "Regimental Status"</ref>
+
* [[Fifth Alliance Guards]]<ref name="FR:LAAFp8">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8: "Regimental Status"</ref>
  
−
===3085===
+
====3085====
−
* [[25th Arcturan Guards|Twenty-fifth Arcturan Guards]] [[LCT]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 108, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
+
* [[Twenty-fifth Arcturan Guards]] [[LCT]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 108: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
 +
{{columns-end}}
  
−
== Industrial Centers ==
+
===Geography===
−
* [[Diplass BattleMechs]]<ref name="FR2765:Pp10+">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 10-11, "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref>
+
The planet has two continents: Saharius, where the capital city Greene is located, and Hades.<ref name=OB:LAp10/>
  
−
== Nearby Planets ==
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The planet is a trading hub and a source of germanium.<ref name=HB:HSp75/>
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The database of the ([[apocryphal]]) 1989 video game ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'', set around the year 3025, gives a population of 879 million for Timbuktu and describes the environment as "desert" (out of only three broad impressions of planetary environments given in the game, these being "desert," "ice," and "tropical").
 +
{{ApocryphalContentEnd}}
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 +
===Industrial Centers===
 +
* [[Diplass BattleMechs]]<ref name="FR2765:Pp10+">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', pp. 10–11: "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref>
 +
 
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==Nearby Systems==
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{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
 +
! colspan="8" | Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Planet
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[All Dawn]]
−
! Distance (LY)
+
| class="lessthan30" | 12.7
−
! Jumps
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Wiltshire]]
−
! 2750
+
| class="lessthan30" | 13.8
−
! 3025
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Janina]]
−
! 3030
+
| class="lessthan30" | 19.1
−
! 3040
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Parvan]]
−
! 3052
+
| class="lessthan30" | 22.0
−
! 3057
 
−
! 3062
 
−
! 3067
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[All Dawn]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Halifax]]
−
| 12.75
+
| class="lessthan30" | 26.4
−
| 1
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Pocologan]]
−
| [[Rim Worlds Republic | RWR]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 27.0
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Sapienza]]
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 29.7
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Wingzar]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 31.1
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Algenib]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Stirling]]
−
| 12.79
+
| class="over30" | 33.2
−
| 1
+
| class="over30" | [[Sidon]]
−
| [[Unknown Planet | N]]
+
| class="over30" | 34.5
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Coldbrook]]
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
+
| class="over30" | 37.7
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Ormstown]]
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
+
| class="over30" | 39.6
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Wiltshire]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Solor]]
−
| 13.75
+
| class="over30" | 40.1
−
| 1
+
| class="over30" | [[Apinzel]]
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 41.1
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Kladnitsa]]
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 41.7
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Moroney]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 46.5
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Halifax]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Malacca]]
−
| 26.45
+
| class="over30" | 47.3
−
| 1
+
| class="over30" | [[Firenze]]
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 49.3
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Otisberg]]
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 49.7
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Kerman]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 50.0
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Pocologan]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Gillfillan's Gold]]
−
| 27.41
+
| class="over30" | 50.5
−
| 1
+
| class="over30" | [[Waypoint]]
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 51.1
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alekseyevka]]
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 52.0
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Marisura]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 53.9
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Sapienza]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Stanley]]
−
| 29.93
+
| class="over30" | 54.8
−
| 1
+
| class="over30" | [[Hinckley]]
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 56.4
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Ferihegy]]
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 56.9
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Amminadav]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 57.1
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Coldbrook]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Kitopler]]
−
| 37.88
+
| class="over30" | 57.8
−
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Kaumberg]]
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 59.7
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over60" | [[Harlez]]
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over60" | 64.2
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over60" | [[Merlynpede]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over60" | 64.8
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Ormstown]]
 
−
| 40.15
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Kladnitsa]]
 
−
| 41.95
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Firenze]]
 
−
| 49.73
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Otisberg]]
 
−
| 49.95
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Unknown Planet | N]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Baccalieu]]
 
−
| 49.98
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Unknown Planet | N]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Gillfillan's Gold]]
 
−
| 50.78
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Rim Worlds Republic | RWR]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Islington]]
 
−
| 50.79
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Unknown Planet | N]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Waypoint]]
 
−
| 51.63
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Unknown Planet | N]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Alekseyevka]]
 
−
| 52.58
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Stanley]]
 
−
| 55.14
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Hinckley]]
 
−
| 56.62
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Ferihegy]]
 
−
| 57.54
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Amminadav]]
 
−
| 57.76
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|}
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
 
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
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* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
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* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
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* ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]''
 
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Objectives: Lyran Alliance]]''
 
* ''[[Objectives: Lyran Alliance]]''
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* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
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Revision as of 05:03, 2 February 2024

Timbuktu
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3151
Timbuktu 3151.svg
Timbuktu nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-446.638 : 154.763[e]
Spectral classK0V[1][2][3]
Recharge time191 hours[2][3]
Recharge station(s)None[1][2][3]

The Timbuktu system was home to at least one habitable world, Timbuktu II, and as of 3151 was part of the Timbuktu Collective.[4]

System Description

Timbuktu is located near the All Dawn and Wiltshire systems.

Political Affiliation

Timbuktu II

Timbuktu II
Timbuktu.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionSecond[1][2][3]
Jump Point distance4.47 days[2][3]
MoonsNone[2][3]
Geophysical
Surface gravity0.94[2][3]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[2][3]
Equatorial temperature52° C (Warm-Temperate)[2][3]
Surface water63%[2][3]
Highest native lifePlants[1][2][3]
Landmasses2 (Saharius, Hades)[3]
History and Culture
Population479,000,000 (3067),[2]
431,000,000 (3079)[3]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Timbuktu
Political LeaderPrime Minister
CapitalGreene[3]
HPG ClassB[1][2][3]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Michael Milalo (3025)[1]

Planetary History

By 2571, after the Age of War, Timbuktu was the provincial capital of the Timbuktu Province of the Rim Worlds Republic.[6]

Reunification War

Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in 2575, with the factions polarized around those loyal to First Consul Gregory Amaris and those loyal to the Rim Provisional Government.[43] By 2581, Timbuktu was garrisoned by the Seventh Amaris Dragoons under the command of Colonel Samuel Macao, a regiment which had chosen to remain loyal to Amaris.[44] The Star League eventually decided to intervene in support of Amaris and assembled Task Force MAILED FIST, a multinational force headed by the Star League Defense Force, but atrocities such as the one performed by the Draconis Auxiliary Corps when they captured Nightwish in mid-2584 resulted in the Rim Worlders putting aside their differences to focus on the common enemy.[45]

The Seventh Amaris Dragoons were still the main defensive force on-planet when Battlegroup Timbuktu arrived at the start of July 2588 and the SLDF strategy had shifted to reducing the Rim Worlds Army, no matter their loyalties. Duke Narinder Selaj assigned the SLDF IV Corps' Eleventh Royal Division to the conquest of Timbuktu and they were accompanied by all four regiments of the despised Draconis Auxiliary Corps. The first week of the campaign saw the elite Eleventh Royal and the brutal Draconis regiments easily smash their way through the bulk of the defenses prepared by Macao's forces. This made Macao pull his troops back to the continent of Hades, which was lightly populated with a number of mining complexes that the Seventh could use as prebuilt defenses.[46]

While the Seventh Amaris Dragoons could have drawn the campaign out substantially by switching to guerrilla warfare, the harsh treatment the Timbuktu civilian population was enduring at the hands of the Draconis troops enraged Macao, provoking him into launching a number of retaliatory rash attacks that sorely weakened the Seventh. With the civilian population of Hades being small enough that it was effectively negligible for the SLDF to consider, Battlegroup Timbuktu forces resorted to wholesale bombardment of the Seventh's positions. After nineteen days, Macao surrendered the few surviving elements of the Dragoons, which ended major combat actions on the planet on the 29th of July.[46]

Amaris Civil War

Timbuktu was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773–2775 Republic-Commonwealth War.[16]

Succession Wars era

Situated near the Lyran Commonwealth's Periphery border, Timbuktu suffered heavily from pirate attacks throughout the Succession Wars. In 3023, Neo-Smallpox struck over half the population. By 3025, Timbuktu had little industry and could barely produce enough food due to its harsh environment and relative lack of minerals.[1][2]

FedCom Civil War era

By 3067, Timbuktu had recovered from the effects of the pirate raids and plague, its people promoting their world as a nexus of Lyran Alliance–Rim Collection trade.[2]

Dark Age

In the aftermath of the Jihad, Timbuktu served as a coordination hub for anti-pirate missions and trade with the nearby Rim Collection.[3]

As the Lyran Commonwealth suffered setback after setback during the 3140s and grew seriously weakened, Timbuktu and a number of neighboring worlds decided to secede in June 3148 and merge with the Rim Collection to create a new nation: the Timbuktu Collective.[42]

Military Deployment

2581–2588

2588–2591

  • Draconis Auxiliary corps[49]

2765

2786

2821

  • Fifth Lyran Regulars[51]

3025

3028

  • Eleventh Arcturan Guards[53]

3038

  • Eleventh Arcturan Guards[54]

3050

  • Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT[55]

3054

  • Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT[56]

3061

  • Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT[57]

3067

3079

3085

Geography

The planet has two continents: Saharius, where the capital city Greene is located, and Hades.[3]

The planet is a trading hub and a source of germanium.[2]

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The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources; the canonicity of such information is uncertain.
Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity.

The database of the (apocryphal) 1989 video game MechWarrior, set around the year 3025, gives a population of 879 million for Timbuktu and describes the environment as "desert" (out of only three broad impressions of planetary environments given in the game, these being "desert," "ice," and "tropical").

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Industrial Centers

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
All Dawn 12.7 Wiltshire 13.8 Janina 19.1 Parvan 22.0
Halifax 26.4 Pocologan 27.0 Sapienza 29.7 Wingzar 31.1
Stirling 33.2 Sidon 34.5 Coldbrook 37.7 Ormstown 39.6
Solor 40.1 Apinzel 41.1 Kladnitsa 41.7 Moroney 46.5
Malacca 47.3 Firenze 49.3 Otisberg 49.7 Kerman 50.0
Gillfillan's Gold 50.5 Waypoint 51.1 Alekseyevka 52.0 Marisura 53.9
Stanley 54.8 Hinckley 56.4 Ferihegy 56.9 Amminadav 57.1
Kitopler 57.8 Kaumberg 59.7 Harlez 64.2 Merlynpede 64.8

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 165 (PDF p. 167): "A Brief Atlas" – Timbuktu entry
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 75: "Timbuktu Planet Profile"
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 Objectives: Lyran Alliance, p. 10: "Timbuktu"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shattered Fortress, p. 102
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
  8. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
  9. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25
  10. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36
  11. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10
  13. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38
  14. ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25
  15. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37
  17. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
  19. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
  20. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
  22. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
  26. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10
  28. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61
  29. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28
  32. ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 75
  33. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
  34. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42
  35. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
  36. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19
  37. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62
  38. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  39. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  40. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
  41. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Shattered Fortress, p. 48
  43. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 130
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 128: "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"
  45. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 134
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 135
  47. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 154: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"
  48. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 155: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 153: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"
  50. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 18: "Imperial Divisions - Divisional Status"
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
  52. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 118: "Unit Deployment Table"
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 44: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
  54. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 137: "Deployment Table"
  55. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 28: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  56. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 20: "FedCom Deployment Table"
  57. ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 50: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  58. ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 65: "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  59. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 8: "Regimental Status"
  60. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 108: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  61. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, pp. 10–11: "Infrastructural Integrity"

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