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Line 23: * [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref> * [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref> * [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref> * [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref> − * [[2787]] - Free Worlds League (from March)<ref name=FSWp53>''First Succession War'', pp. 53–54: "A Path to Sarna: The League–Confederation Front"</ref> + * [[2787]] - Free Worlds League (from March)<ref name="FSWp53"/> − * [[2788]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=FSWp57>''First Succession War'', pp. 57: "The New Delos Massacre"</ref> − * [[2797]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref> * [[2822]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> * [[2822]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> − * [[2830]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=SSWp18>''Second Succession War'', pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref> − * [[2864]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=SSWp78>''Second Succession War'', pp. 78–79: "Inner Sphere - 2864"</ref> * [[3014]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=WDsp19/> * [[3014]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=WDsp19/> * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HM(TFWL)pvii">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. vii: "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HM(TFWL)pvii">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. vii: "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> Line 51:
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Line 50: | name = Vanra IV | name = Vanra IV | othernames = | othernames = − | position = Fourth<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> + | position = 4th<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | distance = 7.47 days<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | distance = 7.47 days<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | moons = 1 (Citadel)<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | moons = 1 (Citadel)<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> Line 64:
Line 58: | water = 55%<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | water = 55%<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | life = Reptiles<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | life = Reptiles<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> − | continents = 2 (Cantania, Modena)<ref name=O:FWLp25/> + | continents = | colonized = | colonized = | demonym = | demonym = | language = | language = | religion = | religion = − | population = 1,250,000,000 (3067–3079)<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> + | population = 1,250,000,000 (3067 - 3079)<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | ruler = [[Earl of Orloff]] | ruler = [[Earl of Orloff]] | political = | political = | commander = | commander = − | capital = Utrecht (2787),<ref name=FSWp53/><br>Orloff City (3067)<ref name=O:FWLp25/> + | capital = Utrecht (2787)<ref name="FSWp53"/><br>Orloff City (3067)<ref name=O:FWLp25/> | hpg = A<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | hpg = A<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | hpgrep = | hpgrep = Line 79:
Line 73: ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== ====First Succession War==== ====First Succession War==== − Vanra was one of the first wave of targets when [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Kenyon Marik]] launched his famous "ten parsec-wide" invasion of the [[Capellan Commonality|Capellan]] and [[Sarna Commonality|Sarna Commonalities]] of the Capellan Confederation in February [[2787]]. The [[FWLM]] task force assigned to the invasion of Vanra consisted of three regiments from the [[Marik Militia]]—the [[3rd Marik Militia|Third]], [[17th Marik Militia|Seventeenth]], and [[Twenty-first Marik Militia]] regiments—escorted by a naval task force that included at least one [[battleship]], the [[Agrippa|FWLS ''Agrippa'']], two [[destroyer]]s, two [[squadron]]s of attack [[DropShip]]s and three [[Wing (Formation)|wings]] of [[aerospace fighter]]s. The garrison at the time, the [[First Capellan Chargers]], were heavily outnumbered, but had been in place on Vanra for almost twenty-five years, and [[Colonel]] [[Juliano Papadakis]] was determined to lead a fierce resistance against the invaders.<ref name=FSWp53/> + Vanra was one of the first wave of targets when [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Kenyon Marik]] launched his famous "ten parsec-wide" invasion of the [[Capellan Commonality|Capellan]] and [[Sarna Commonality|Sarna Commonalities]] of the Capellan Confederation in February [[2787]]. The [[FWLM]] task force assigned to the invasion of Vanra consisted of three regiments from the [[Marik Militia]] - the [[3rd Marik Militia|Third]], [[17th Marik Militia|Seventeenth]] and [[Twenty-first Marik Militia]] regiments - escorted by a naval task force that included at least one [[battleship]], the [[Agrippa|FWLS ''Agrippa'']], two [[destroyer]]s, two [[squadron]]s of attack [[DropShip]]s and three [[Wing (Formation)|wings]] of [[aerospace fighter]]s. The garrison at the time, the [[First Capellan Chargers]], were heavily outnumbered, but had been in place on Vanra for almost twenty-five years, and [[Colonel]] [[Juliano Papadakis]] was determined to lead a fierce resistance against the invaders.<ref name="FSWp53">''First Succession War'', pp. 53–54: "A Path to Sarna: The League-Confederation Front"</ref> − Papadakis made the most of the Chargers' familiarity with the terrain on Vanra; as the Marik Militia DropShips began landing, he had his combat air group engage, hammering at the Militia forces. By the time his aerospace fighters had withdrawn, the Militia had lost more than two squadrons of fighters, and an ''[[Overlord (DropShip class)|Overlord]]''-class DropShip carrying a [[battalion]] from the Seventeenth Marik Militia had been crippled, crash-landing in the forests almost twenty kilometers south of Utrecht, the planetary capital city. Familiar with the dense forest and the networks of transient riverbeds in the area, Papadakis knew that the terrain would be confusing and difficult to negotiate for any forces sent to rescue the downed forces. Papadakis' prediction proved correct; he deployed the entire Third Battalion of the Chargers to converge on the site, whilst the remaining elements of the Seventeenth diverted away from their intended positions near Utrecht to try and rescue their comrades, weakening the enemy plan. With much of the forest floor concealed from view from the air, the Chargers' Third Battalion was able to pick off and kill the survivors from the DropShip crash that they found, as well as ambushing and destroying almost a full battalion of rescue forces from the Seventeenth.<ref name=FSWp53/> + Papadakis made the most of the Chargers' familiarity with the terrain on Vanra; as the Marik Militia DropShips began landing, he had his combat air group engage, hammering at the Militia forces. By the time his aerospace fighters had withdrawn, the Militia had lost more than two squadrons of fighters, and an ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip carrying a [[battalion]] from the Seventeenth Marik Militia had been crippled, crash-landing in the forests almost twenty kilometers south of Utrecht, the planetary capital city. Familiar with the dense forest and the networks of transient riverbeds in the area, Papadakis knew that the terrain would be confusing and difficult to negotiate for any forces sent to rescue the downed forces. Papadakis' prediction proved correct; he deployed the entire Third Battalion of the Chargers to converge on the site, whilst the remaining elements of the Seventeenth diverted away from their intended positions near Utrecht to try and rescue their comrades, weakening the enemy plan. With much of the forest floor concealed from view from the air, the Chargers' Third Battalion was able to pick off and kill the survivors from the DropShip crash that they found, as well as ambushing and destroying almost a full battalion of rescue forces from the Seventeenth.<ref name="FSWp53"/> − Whilst the Third Battalion was tying up twice its own numbers in the forest, leaving the Seventeenth effectively out of the battle for Utrecht, Papadakis had his remaining forces disperse as [[lance]] and [[company]] sized formations and launch numerous ambushes and feints within Utrecht itself, the city's dense urban sprawl helping the heavier Chargers negate the speed advantage enjoyed by the generally lighter Marik Militia units. Papadakis' troops had destroyed another battalion of Marik Militia forces within Utrecht before the senior [[FWLM]] officer, Colonel [[Udel Melville]], ordered the orbiting ''Agrippa'' to bombard regions of the city. Fires and huge explosions ensued, as one of the sectors targeted by the ''Agrippa'' contained a natural gas refinery, and the resulting refinery explosion engulfed half the city in flames due to the ongoing battle preventing efforts to contain the damage. Melville's forces were ultimately successful, but the Chargers fought to the last man before the planetary government finally surrendered, leaving Utrecht and the great forest to its south in ruins. Melville was forced to disband the remains of the Seventeenth Marik Militia, and use the survivors from the Seventeenth and a mix of salvaged Capellan and League equipment to rebuild the Third and Twenty-first Marik Militias.<ref name=FSWp53/> + Whilst the Third Battalion was tying up twice its own numbers in the forest, leaving the Seventeenth effectively out of the battle for Utrecht, Papadakis had his remaining forces disperse as [[lance]] and [[company]] sized formations and launch numerous ambushes and feints within Utrecht itself, the city's dense urban sprawl helping the heavier Chargers negate the speed advantage enjoyed by the generally lighter Marik Militia units. Papadakis' troops had destroyed another battalion of Marik Militia forces within Utrecht before the senior [[FWLM]] officer, Colonel [[Udel Melville]], ordered the orbiting ''Agrippa'' to bombard regions of the city. Fires and huge explosions ensued, as one of the sectors targeted by the ''Agrippa'' contained a natural gas refinery, and the resulting refinery explosion engulfed half the city in flames due to the ongoing battle preventing efforts to contain the damage. Melville's forces were ultimately successful, but the Chargers fought to the last man before the planetary government finally surrendered, leaving Utrecht and the great forest to its south in ruins. Melville was forced to disband the remains of the Seventeenth Marik Militia, and use the survivors from the Seventeenth and a mix of salvaged Capellan and League equipment to rebuild the Third and Twenty-first Marik Militias.<ref name="FSWp53"/> ====Third Succession War==== ====Third Succession War==== Line 94:
Line 88: The average citizen of Vanra was a quiet, hardworking individual determined to make the planet great despite the behavior of the nobility. This determination had paid off with an economy that was largely self-sufficient, with only luxury goods being imported. Vanra's second-largest industry (after military officers) was fashion; Vanrian design, fashion, and tailoring were the League's standard for quality and style.<ref name=HBM76/> The average citizen of Vanra was a quiet, hardworking individual determined to make the planet great despite the behavior of the nobility. This determination had paid off with an economy that was largely self-sufficient, with only luxury goods being imported. Vanra's second-largest industry (after military officers) was fashion; Vanrian design, fashion, and tailoring were the League's standard for quality and style.<ref name=HBM76/> + + ===Planetary Locations=== + * Utrecht, the planet's capital, which saw heavy combat and was heavily damaged during the First Succession War.<ref name="FSWp53"/> + * [[Orloff Military Academy]] ===Military Deployment=== ===Military Deployment=== − {{columns-start|num=3}} ====2765==== ====2765==== − * [[First Capellan Chargers]]<ref>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 9: "Regimental Status"</ref> + * [[1st Capellan Chargers|First Capellan Chargers]]<ref>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 9: "Regimental Status"</ref> ====2786==== ====2786==== Line 104:
Line 101: ====2787==== ====2787==== − * First Capellan Chargers<ref name=FSWp53/> + * First Capellan Chargers<ref name="FSWp53"/> ====2821==== ====2821==== * [[Thirty-sixth Marik Militia]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref> * [[Thirty-sixth Marik Militia]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref> * [[First Orloff Grenadiers]]<ref name="FSWp138"/> * [[First Orloff Grenadiers]]<ref name="FSWp138"/> − {{column}}+ ====3025==== ====3025==== * [[Twelfth Atrean Dragoons]]<ref name=HM108>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> * [[Twelfth Atrean Dragoons]]<ref name=HM108>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> Line 121:
Line 118: * Twelfth Atrean Dragoons<ref name=OR37>''Objective Raids'', p. 37: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> * Twelfth Atrean Dragoons<ref name=OR37>''Objective Raids'', p. 37: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> * First Orloff Grenadiers<ref name=OR39>''Objective Raids'', p. 39: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> * First Orloff Grenadiers<ref name=OR39>''Objective Raids'', p. 39: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> − {{column}}+ ====3059==== ====3059==== * First Orloff Grenadiers<ref name=FMFWL114>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 114: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> * First Orloff Grenadiers<ref name=FMFWL114>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 114: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> Line 129:
Line 126: ====3079==== ====3079==== − * Elements of [[Eighth Orloff Grenadiers]]<ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 13: "Minor Provinces"</ref> + * Elements of [[8th Orloff Grenadiers|Eighth Orloff Grenadiers]]<ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 13: "Minor Provinces"</ref> ====3085==== ====3085==== * Eighth Orloff Grenadiers<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 92: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> * Eighth Orloff Grenadiers<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 92: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> − {{columns-end}} − − ===Geography=== − Vanra has two continents named Cantania and Modena.<ref name=O:FWLp25/> − − ===Planetary Locations=== − * Orloff City: planetary capital on Cantania − :* [[Orloff Military Academy]] − * Utrecht: former planetary capital which saw heavy combat and was heavily damaged during the First Succession War<ref name=FSWp53/> − ==Map Gallery== + == Map Gallery == <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> − ==Nearby Systems== + == Nearby Systems == <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" Line 270:
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* [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref> | * [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref> | ||
* [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref> | * [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref> | ||
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* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> | * [[2822]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> | ||
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* [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HM(TFWL)pvii">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. vii: "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> | * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HM(TFWL)pvii">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. vii: "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> | ||
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==Vanra IV== | ==Vanra IV== | ||
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| name = Vanra IV | | name = Vanra IV | ||
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| − | | position = | + | | position = 4th<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> |
| distance = 7.47 days<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | | distance = 7.47 days<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | ||
| moons = 1 (Citadel)<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | | moons = 1 (Citadel)<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | ||
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| water = 55%<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | | water = 55%<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | ||
| life = Reptiles<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | | life = Reptiles<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> | ||
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| colonized = | | colonized = | ||
| demonym = | | demonym = | ||
| language = | | language = | ||
| religion = | | religion = | ||
| − | | population = 1,250,000,000 ( | + | | population = 1,250,000,000 (3067 - 3079)<ref name=HBM76/><ref name=O:FWLp25/> |
| ruler = [[Earl of Orloff]] | | ruler = [[Earl of Orloff]] | ||
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| commander = | | commander = | ||
| − | | capital = Utrecht (2787) | + | | capital = Utrecht (2787)<ref name="FSWp53"/><br>Orloff City (3067)<ref name=O:FWLp25/> |
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| − | Vanra was one of the first wave of targets when [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Kenyon Marik]] launched his famous "ten parsec-wide" invasion of the [[Capellan Commonality|Capellan]] and [[Sarna Commonality|Sarna Commonalities]] of the Capellan Confederation in February [[2787]]. The [[FWLM]] task force assigned to the invasion of Vanra consisted of three regiments from the [[Marik Militia]] | + | Vanra was one of the first wave of targets when [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Kenyon Marik]] launched his famous "ten parsec-wide" invasion of the [[Capellan Commonality|Capellan]] and [[Sarna Commonality|Sarna Commonalities]] of the Capellan Confederation in February [[2787]]. The [[FWLM]] task force assigned to the invasion of Vanra consisted of three regiments from the [[Marik Militia]] - the [[3rd Marik Militia|Third]], [[17th Marik Militia|Seventeenth]] and [[Twenty-first Marik Militia]] regiments - escorted by a naval task force that included at least one [[battleship]], the [[Agrippa|FWLS ''Agrippa'']], two [[destroyer]]s, two [[squadron]]s of attack [[DropShip]]s and three [[Wing (Formation)|wings]] of [[aerospace fighter]]s. The garrison at the time, the [[First Capellan Chargers]], were heavily outnumbered, but had been in place on Vanra for almost twenty-five years, and [[Colonel]] [[Juliano Papadakis]] was determined to lead a fierce resistance against the invaders.<ref name="FSWp53">''First Succession War'', pp. 53–54: "A Path to Sarna: The League-Confederation Front"</ref> |
| − | Papadakis made the most of the Chargers' familiarity with the terrain on Vanra; as the Marik Militia DropShips began landing, he had his combat air group engage, hammering at the Militia forces. By the time his aerospace fighters had withdrawn, the Militia had lost more than two squadrons of fighters, and an ''[[ | + | Papadakis made the most of the Chargers' familiarity with the terrain on Vanra; as the Marik Militia DropShips began landing, he had his combat air group engage, hammering at the Militia forces. By the time his aerospace fighters had withdrawn, the Militia had lost more than two squadrons of fighters, and an ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip carrying a [[battalion]] from the Seventeenth Marik Militia had been crippled, crash-landing in the forests almost twenty kilometers south of Utrecht, the planetary capital city. Familiar with the dense forest and the networks of transient riverbeds in the area, Papadakis knew that the terrain would be confusing and difficult to negotiate for any forces sent to rescue the downed forces. Papadakis' prediction proved correct; he deployed the entire Third Battalion of the Chargers to converge on the site, whilst the remaining elements of the Seventeenth diverted away from their intended positions near Utrecht to try and rescue their comrades, weakening the enemy plan. With much of the forest floor concealed from view from the air, the Chargers' Third Battalion was able to pick off and kill the survivors from the DropShip crash that they found, as well as ambushing and destroying almost a full battalion of rescue forces from the Seventeenth.<ref name="FSWp53"/> |
| − | Whilst the Third Battalion was tying up twice its own numbers in the forest, leaving the Seventeenth effectively out of the battle for Utrecht, Papadakis had his remaining forces disperse as [[lance]] and [[company]] sized formations and launch numerous ambushes and feints within Utrecht itself, the city's dense urban sprawl helping the heavier Chargers negate the speed advantage enjoyed by the generally lighter Marik Militia units. Papadakis' troops had destroyed another battalion of Marik Militia forces within Utrecht before the senior [[FWLM]] officer, Colonel [[Udel Melville]], ordered the orbiting ''Agrippa'' to bombard regions of the city. Fires and huge explosions ensued, as one of the sectors targeted by the ''Agrippa'' contained a natural gas refinery, and the resulting refinery explosion engulfed half the city in flames due to the ongoing battle preventing efforts to contain the damage. Melville's forces were ultimately successful, but the Chargers fought to the last man before the planetary government finally surrendered, leaving Utrecht and the great forest to its south in ruins. Melville was forced to disband the remains of the Seventeenth Marik Militia, and use the survivors from the Seventeenth and a mix of salvaged Capellan and League equipment to rebuild the Third and Twenty-first Marik Militias.<ref name=FSWp53/> | + | Whilst the Third Battalion was tying up twice its own numbers in the forest, leaving the Seventeenth effectively out of the battle for Utrecht, Papadakis had his remaining forces disperse as [[lance]] and [[company]] sized formations and launch numerous ambushes and feints within Utrecht itself, the city's dense urban sprawl helping the heavier Chargers negate the speed advantage enjoyed by the generally lighter Marik Militia units. Papadakis' troops had destroyed another battalion of Marik Militia forces within Utrecht before the senior [[FWLM]] officer, Colonel [[Udel Melville]], ordered the orbiting ''Agrippa'' to bombard regions of the city. Fires and huge explosions ensued, as one of the sectors targeted by the ''Agrippa'' contained a natural gas refinery, and the resulting refinery explosion engulfed half the city in flames due to the ongoing battle preventing efforts to contain the damage. Melville's forces were ultimately successful, but the Chargers fought to the last man before the planetary government finally surrendered, leaving Utrecht and the great forest to its south in ruins. Melville was forced to disband the remains of the Seventeenth Marik Militia, and use the survivors from the Seventeenth and a mix of salvaged Capellan and League equipment to rebuild the Third and Twenty-first Marik Militias.<ref name="FSWp53"/> |
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The average citizen of Vanra was a quiet, hardworking individual determined to make the planet great despite the behavior of the nobility. This determination had paid off with an economy that was largely self-sufficient, with only luxury goods being imported. Vanra's second-largest industry (after military officers) was fashion; Vanrian design, fashion, and tailoring were the League's standard for quality and style.<ref name=HBM76/> | The average citizen of Vanra was a quiet, hardworking individual determined to make the planet great despite the behavior of the nobility. This determination had paid off with an economy that was largely self-sufficient, with only luxury goods being imported. Vanra's second-largest industry (after military officers) was fashion; Vanrian design, fashion, and tailoring were the League's standard for quality and style.<ref name=HBM76/> | ||
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| + | * Utrecht, the planet's capital, which saw heavy combat and was heavily damaged during the First Succession War.<ref name="FSWp53"/> | ||
| + | * [[Orloff Military Academy]] | ||
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* [[Thirty-sixth Marik Militia]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref> | * [[Thirty-sixth Marik Militia]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref> | ||
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* [[Twelfth Atrean Dragoons]]<ref name=HM108>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> | * [[Twelfth Atrean Dragoons]]<ref name=HM108>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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* Twelfth Atrean Dragoons<ref name=OR37>''Objective Raids'', p. 37: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | * Twelfth Atrean Dragoons<ref name=OR37>''Objective Raids'', p. 37: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
* First Orloff Grenadiers<ref name=OR39>''Objective Raids'', p. 39: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | * First Orloff Grenadiers<ref name=OR39>''Objective Raids'', p. 39: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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* First Orloff Grenadiers<ref name=FMFWL114>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 114: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | * First Orloff Grenadiers<ref name=FMFWL114>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 114: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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* Eighth Orloff Grenadiers<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 92: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> | * Eighth Orloff Grenadiers<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 92: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> | ||
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Systems|Vanra]] | [[Category:Systems|Vanra]] | ||