Wing
- This article is about the planet. For the military term, see Wing (Formation).
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
Wing | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | -75.224 : -10.9[e] |
Spectral class | K8V[1] |
Planet(s) | 4[1] |
The Wing system was the location of at least one habitable world, Wing I, and as at 3145 was located in the Wolf Empire.[2][3]
Contents
System Description
The Wing system is located close to the Chertan and Dubhe systems[2][3] and consists of four planets orbiting a class K8V primary.[1]
System History
The Wing system was settled during the First Exodus from Terra[4] and became prior or after the Age of War a member of the Free Worlds League.[5]
Wing I
Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Wing I - more commonly referred to simply as Wing - was the first planet of four in the Wing system and had four moons named Colley, Macon, Sakuruta, and Terell.[1]
Planetary History
Early History
Wing was originally settled not for the world itself, but because its four moons have extensive amounts of titanium, bauxite, and germanium. Other heavy metals are also found in these moons, so establishing mining facilities there just made good economic sense. Wing itself was settled by colonists who settled in the mountain ranges. The mountains and plateaus offered better sight lines to the moons so communicating was easier, and allowed the colonists to avoid the high pressure and high temperatures found at sea level.[1]
Once the mining industry was firmly established, Wing became a part of the Free Worlds League. When the first Star League was established, Wing became a joint holding between the League and the Terran Hegemony. After the Star League fell, Wing reverted to the Free Worlds League, but was briefly captured by the Lyran Commonwealth. During the Succession Wars, the LCAF and FWLM fought many times on Wing, destroying most of the Star League era mining facilities and depressing the local economy.[1]
Succession Wars
Wing was the location of the second military action undertaken for the Lyran Commonwealth by the mercenary unit Snord's Irregulars. The Irregulars launched an attack on Wing, where Cranston Snord hoped to find the famous rare book collection of Devron. Over the course of the fierce fighting, two of the Irregulars' MechWarriors intercepted a message indicating that FWLM forces were moving a library overland to a DropShip landing zone. Assuming this to be the collection he came for, Snord and his unit disobeyed his battle orders and penetrated deep into the enemy rear area. They intercepted the transporters just outside the city of Merth and captured most of the crates holding the rare books.[6]
Snord's action achieved two unforeseen results: the LCAF command assumed his unit had been lost when they failed to report in, whilst the League forces mistook the raid for an attempt to attack their command center and diverted half of their front-line forces to hunt for the Irregulars. The diversion allowed the Lyran forces to break through, and they arrived just in time to save the Irregulars, who had been cornered in a small river valley. Having narrowly escaped destruction through sheer luck, the unit was decorated for heroism for a second time. With their 'Mechs badly damaged and several MechWarriors wounded, Snord's Irregulars received permission to return to Clinton. They brought the book collection with them, but then had to sell some of their art collection to pay for the extensive damage the unit had suffered.[6]
Jihad
During the Jihad the Word of Blake tricked the Lyran Alliance into attacking the Free Worlds League. During the assault, Wing was one of the worlds that was heavily damaged. In fact it was so badly damaged that the League willingly gave it to the Republic of the Sphere. Investors from the Republic are interested in rebuilding the mining facilities.[1]
Wing was incorporated into the Word of Blake Protectorate at some point after the border war between the Free Worlds League and the Lyran Alliance, and attracted the attention of the allied coalition as a target for liberation in July 3077 as a part of Operation SCOUR. The Third Free Worlds Guards were the garrison unit assigned to defend Wing at this point, but as the likelihood of an assault from the coalition mounted, the 3rd chose to defect to the Principality of Regulus.[7] The inevitable assault by forces from the Lyran front of SCOUR saw Group III land on Wing, only for the Third Free Worlds Guards to savage the Sixth Benjamin Regulars while the First Federated Suns Lancers failed to support the Combine forces. It would take several more weeks before the 3rd Free Worlds Guards followed through with their earlier decision and left for Regulus.[8]
Planetary Rulers
3130
- Governor Sakeri Torquil [1]
- Planetary Legate Olaf Gaute [1]
Military Deployment
2765
2786
- Fifth Marik Militia[10]
2821
- Fifth Marik Militia[10]
3025
3038
3040
- Twenty-fifth Marik Militia[12]
3050
- Thirtieth Marik Militia[13]
3054
- Thirtieth Marik Militia[14]
3059
- Thirtieth Marik Militia[15]
3067
- Thirtieth Marik Militia[16]
3077
- Third Free Worlds Guards (until July)[7]
3145
Planetary Locations
- Crow's Nest: planetary capital city.[1]
- Merth: a city and site of a notable battle during the Third Succession War.[6]
Nearby Systems
Closest 68 systems (65 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
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Chertan | 4.7 | Dubhe | 7.0 | Alhena | 8.1 | Wyatt | 8.4 |
Phecda | 9.3 | Callison | 13.3 | Shiloh | 14.2 | Alchiba | 14.7 |
Dieudonné | 15.0 | Marcus | 16.9 | Milton | 17.5 | Aquileia | 21.5 |
Gacrux | 24.4 | New Dallas | 24.9 | Zosma | 25.1 | Afleir | 25.2 |
Bordon | 25.6 | Remulac | 28.5 | Cor Caroli | 29.4 | Alioth | 29.7 |
Catroxx | 29.9 | Kalidasa | 32.9 | Zaniah | 33.1 | Castor | 35.3 |
Savannah | 35.9 | Connaught | 36.1 | Mizar | 37.7 | Denebola | 38.5 |
Rochelle | 38.9 | Nathan | 39.1 | Devil's Rock | 39.3 | Alcor | 39.8 |
Haddings | 39.9 | Alphard | 42.3 | Oliver | 43.6 | New Hope | 43.9 |
Pollux | 43.9 | Alkes | 44.3 | Zavijava | 44.7 | Lipton | 44.8 |
Vindemiatrix | 45.0 | Tabit | 45.6 | Acubens | 46.0 | Algorab | 46.7 |
Solaris | 47.3 | Talitha | 47.5 | Miaplacidus | 47.7 | Summer | 48.1 |
Chara | 49.2 | Galatea | 49.8 | Menkent | 50.1 | Adhafera | 50.3 |
Xi Ursae Majoris | 51.3 | Graham | 51.7 | Tania Borealis | 52.2 | Van Diemen | 52.4 |
Syrma | 53.0 | Gniezno | 53.5 | Irian | 53.8 | Carsphairn | 54.1 |
Muphrid | 54.5 | Thorin | 55.0 | Zollikofen | 55.3 | New Kyoto | 55.4 |
Amity | 57.3 | Stewart | 60.1 | Hechnar | 60.3 | Elbing | 60.5 |
Notes
- The sourcebook The Kell Hounds places the battle fought by Snord's Irregulars on Wing in 3005,[18] but this is impossible as the Irregulars were formed in 3007. The Kell Hounds also establishes that the 30th Marik Militia was handed a humiliating defeat on Wing by Snord's Irregulars.
- According to Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 66, the Sixth Benjamin Guards fought on Wing. It has subsequently been confirmed by one of the BattleTech developers that this is a typo, and that the correct unit name is the Sixth Benjamin Regulars:
“ | It's a typo, should be the Sixth Benjamin Regulars, yes.
With regards |
” |
— Øystein Tvedten, BattleTech Developer, 27 July 2012 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 198, "Wing World Profile"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Cranston Snord's Irregulars, p. 3
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 57, "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 64-65, "3077: War In Review"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 10, "Regimental Status"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 First Succession War (Source Book), p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 108, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 140, "Free Worlds League Military"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 56, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 38 - "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 112, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 160, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 170, "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"
- ↑ The Kell Hounds, p. 5
Bibliography
- 20 Year Update
- Cranston Snord's Irregulars
- Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
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- Field Manual: Free Worlds League
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report 2765: FWLM
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Marik
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
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- The Kell Hounds
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- Objective Raids
- Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere