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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/>	+	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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−	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/>	+	In the aftermath of the [[Jihad]] Timbuktu was serving as a coordination hub for anti-pirate activity and trading missions into the nearby Rim Collection.<ref name=OB:LAp10/>
	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/>		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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{{InfoBoxSystem | image = Timbuktu_3151.svg | caption = Timbuktu [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] | name = Timbuktu | coord = -446.638 : 154.763{{e}} | stars = | class = K0V<ref name=HSp165>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 165 (PDF p. 167): "A Brief Atlas" – Timbuktu entry</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> | recharge = 191 hours<ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> | recharge stations = None<ref name=HSp165/><ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> | planets = }} 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> ==System Description== Timbuktu is located near the [[All Dawn]] and [[Wiltshire]] systems. ==Political Affiliation== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [[2341]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref> * [[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> * [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref> * [[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> * [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> * [[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> * [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref> * [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:MPSp37"/> * [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref> * [[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> * [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref> * [[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> * [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref> * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref> * [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10</ref> * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref> * [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10</ref> * [[3063]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere'', p. 75</ref> * [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref name="J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42</ref> * [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref> * [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="FR:LAAF">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref> * [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62</ref> * [[3085]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> * [[3135]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref> * [[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> * [[3148]] - [[Timbuktu Collective]] (from June)<ref name=SFp48>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 48</ref> * [[3151]] - [[Timbuktu Collective]]<ref name=SFp102/> {{div col end}} ------------------------------------- ==Timbuktu II== {{InfoBoxPlanet | image = Timbuktu.jpg | name = Timbuktu II | othernames = | position = Second<ref name=HSp165/><ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> | distance = 4.47 days<ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> | moons = None<ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> | gravity = 0.94<ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> | temperature = 52° C (Warm-Temperate)<ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> | water = 63%<ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> | life = Plants<ref name=HSp165/><ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> | continents = 2 (Saharius, Hades)<ref name=OB:LAp10/> | colonized = | demonym = | language = | religion = | population = 479,000,000 (3067),<ref name=HB:HSp75/><br>431,000,000 (3079)<ref name=OB:LAp10/> | ruler = [[Duke of Timbuktu]] | political = [[Prime Minister of Timbuktu|Prime Minister]] | commander = | capital = Greene<ref name=OB:LAp10/> | hpg = B<ref name=HSp165/><ref name=HB:HSp75/><ref name=OB:LAp10/> | hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Michael Milalo]] (3025)<ref name=HSp165/> }} ===Planetary History=== 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"/> ====Reunification War==== 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> 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> 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/> ====Amaris Civil War==== 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> ====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.<ref name=HSp165/><ref name=HB:HSp75/> ====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.<ref name=HB:HSp75/> ====Dark Age==== In the aftermath of the [[Jihad]] Timbuktu was serving as a coordination hub for anti-pirate activity and trading missions into the nearby Rim Collection.<ref name=OB:LAp10/> 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/> ===Military Deployment=== {{columns-start|num=3}} ====2581–2588==== * 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> ====2588–2591==== * SLDF [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> :* [[Eleventh Royal Division]] * Draconis Auxiliary corps<ref name="H:RWp153"/> :* [[Second Sword of Light]] (until 2590) :* [[Seventh Sword of Light]] (until 2590) :* [[Fourth Proserpina Hussars]] (until 2589) :* [[First Arkab Legion]] (until 2589) ====2765==== * [[Imperial Division Hector Rowe]]<ref name=FR:2765Pp18>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 18: "Imperial Divisions - Divisional Status"</ref> ====2786==== * [[Fifth Lyran Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref> ====2821==== * Fifth Lyran Regulars<ref name="FSWp139"/> ====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"/> ====3038==== * Eleventh Arcturan Guards<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137: "Deployment Table"</ref> ====3050==== * Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT<ref name=20YU28>''20 Year Update'', p. 28: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref> ====3054==== * Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT<ref name=OR20>''Objective Raids'', p. 20: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref> ====3061==== * Eleventh Arcturan Guards RCT<ref name=SS50>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 50: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref> ====3067==== * [[Gabhardt's Carabineers]]<ref name=MSII65>''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 65: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref> ====3079==== * [[Fifth Alliance Guards]]<ref name="FR:LAAFp8">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8: "Regimental Status"</ref> ====3085==== * [[Twenty-fifth Arcturan Guards]] [[LCT]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 108: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> {{columns-end}} ===Geography=== The planet has two continents: Saharius, where the capital city Greene is located, and Hades.<ref name=OB:LAp10/> The planet is a trading hub and a source of germanium.<ref name=HB:HSp75/> {{ApocryphalContentStart}} 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}} ===Companies and Industries=== * [[Diplass BattleMechs]]<ref name="FR2765:Pp10+">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', pp. 10–11: "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref> ==Map Gallery== <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> ==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 --> {|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: |- | class="lessthan30" | [[All Dawn]] | class="lessthan30" | 12.7 | class="lessthan30" | [[Wiltshire]] | class="lessthan30" | 13.8 | class="lessthan30" | [[Janina]] | class="lessthan30" | 19.1 | class="lessthan30" | [[Parvan]] | class="lessthan30" | 22.0 |- | class="lessthan30" | [[Halifax]] | class="lessthan30" | 26.4 | class="lessthan30" | [[Pocologan]] | class="lessthan30" | 27.0 | class="lessthan30" | [[Sapienza]] | class="lessthan30" | 29.7 | class="over30" | [[Wingzar]] | class="over30" | 31.1 |- | class="over30" | [[Stirling]] | class="over30" | 33.2 | class="over30" | [[Sidon]] | class="over30" | 34.5 | class="over30" | [[Coldbrook]] | class="over30" | 37.7 | class="over30" | [[Ormstown]] | class="over30" | 39.6 |- | class="over30" | [[Solor]] | class="over30" | 40.1 | class="over30" | [[Apinzel]] | class="over30" | 41.1 | class="over30" | [[Kladnitsa]] | class="over30" | 41.7 | class="over30" | [[Moroney]] | class="over30" | 46.5 |- | class="over30" | [[Malacca]] | class="over30" | 47.3 | class="over30" | [[Firenze]] | class="over30" | 49.3 | class="over30" | [[Otisberg]] | class="over30" | 49.7 | class="over30" | [[Kerman]] | class="over30" | 50.0 |- | class="over30" | [[Gillfillan's Gold]] | class="over30" | 50.5 | class="over30" | [[Waypoint]] | class="over30" | 51.1 | class="over30" | [[Alekseyevka]] | class="over30" | 52.0 | class="over30" | [[Marisura]] | class="over30" | 53.9 |- | class="over30" | [[Stanley]] | class="over30" | 54.8 | class="over30" | [[Hinckley]] | class="over30" | 56.4 | class="over30" | [[Ferihegy]] | class="over30" | 56.9 | class="over30" | [[Amminadav]] | class="over30" | 57.1 |- | class="over30" | [[Kitopler]] | class="over30" | 57.8 | class="over30" | [[Kaumberg]] | class="over30" | 59.7 | class="over60" | [[Harlez]] | class="over60" | 64.2 | class="over60" | [[Merlynpede]] | class="over60" | 64.8 |- |} ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' * ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]'' * ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]'' * ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' * ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' * ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' * ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)]]'' * ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]'' * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]'' * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' * ''[[Objectives: Lyran Alliance]]'' * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' * ''[[Shattered Sphere]]'' {{div col end}} [[Category:Systems|Timbuktu]] [[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]] [[Category: Lyran Alliance Systems]] [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]] [[Category: Rim Worlds Republic Systems]]

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