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+ | The '''New Canton''' system was home to at least one habitable world and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Tikonov Commonality]] within the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name=SFp102-103/> | ||
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+ | ==System Description== | ||
+ | New Canton is located near the [[Saiph]] and [[Menkalinan]] systems. | ||
==Political Affiliation== | ==Political Affiliation== | ||
− | * [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16 | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
− | * [[2366]] - Inhabited world within the [[Capellan Zone]]<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17 | + | * [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref> |
− | * [[2367]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13 | + | * [[2366]] - Inhabited world within the [[Capellan Zone]]<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref> |
− | * [[2571]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25 | + | * [[2367]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13</ref> |
− | * [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159 | + | * [[2571]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25</ref> |
− | * [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37 | + | * [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref> |
− | * [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. | + | * [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref> |
− | * [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11 | + | * [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> |
− | * [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138 | + | * [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref> |
− | * [[2772]] - | + | * [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138</ref> |
+ | * [[2772]] - Amaris Empire (until September)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/> | ||
* [[2783]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTv2p118"/> | * [[2783]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTv2p118"/> | ||
− | * [[2784]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTv2p118">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume | + | * [[2784]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTv2p118">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 118</ref> |
− | * [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: " | + | * [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref> |
− | * [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31 | + | * [[2797]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref> |
− | * [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39 | + | * [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31</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> |
− | * [[3025]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HL(TCC)pvii">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', | + | * [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39</ref> |
− | * [[3030]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49 | + | * [[3025]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HL(TCC)pvii">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', foldout: "Capellan Confederation Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40</ref> |
− | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132 | + | * [[3030]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49</ref> |
− | * [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10 | + | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref> |
− | * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22 | + | * [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10</ref> |
+ | * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref> | ||
* [[3054]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name=OR17/> | * [[3054]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name=OR17/> | ||
− | * [[3057]] - [[Saiph Triumvirate]]<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10 | + | * [[3057]] - [[Saiph Triumvirate]]<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10</ref> |
− | * [[3058]] - Saiph Triumvirate<ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60 | + | * [[3058]] - Saiph Triumvirate<ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60</ref> |
− | * [[3063]] - Saiph Triumvirate<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29 | + | * [[3063]] - Saiph Triumvirate<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref> |
− | * [[3067]] - [[Chaos March]]<ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68 | + | * [[3067]] - [[Chaos March]]<ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref> |
− | * [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64 | + | * [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref> |
− | * [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="FM:Cp29">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 29 | + | * [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="FM:Cp29">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 29</ref> |
− | * [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63 | + | * [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref> |
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> | * [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> | ||
− | * [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 11 | + | * [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 11</ref> |
− | * [[3135]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11 | + | * [[3135]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref> |
− | * [[3145]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39 | + | * [[3145]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> |
− | + | * [[3151]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103</ref> | |
− | + | {{div col end}} | |
+ | ------------------------------------- | ||
==New Canton== | ==New Canton== | ||
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+ | ===Planetary History=== | ||
+ | ====Amaris Civil War==== | ||
+ | New Canton served as a military nexus along the [[Terran Hegemony]]–Capellan frontier. During [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]], the [[Star League Defense Force]] entered the system in [[2772]] with a fifty-ship attack fleet, quickly eliminating the [[Amaris Empire]] task force of twenty-four [[WarShip]]s and additional transports. The [[7th Army (Star League)|Seventh Army]]'s [[LIII Corps (Star League)|LIII Corps]] then landed on-planet, splitting its focus between securing the Amaris supply depots garrisoned by two overstrength [[Rim Worlds Army#Hegemony Patriots|Patriot]] [[battalions]], and a largely conventional campaign to neutralize the remaining forces consisting of a [[regiment]] of [[Amaris Regulars]] and another two Patriot battalions based within the world's lone [[Castle Brian]]. The defenders were able to destroy large stockpiles of the supplies before the SLDF could capture them, though the great majority of their WMD were secured or destroyed safely.<ref name=H:LoTV1p131>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 131</ref> | ||
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====First Succession War==== | ====First Succession War==== | ||
− | The Capellan Confederation annexed | + | The Capellan Confederation annexed New Canton in [[2784]], part of a series of annexations that added fifteen former Terran Hegemony worlds to the Confederation while the Hegemony was collapsing immediately before the [[First Succession War]] erupted.<ref name="H:LoTv2p118"/><ref name="FSWp27">''First Succession War'', p. 27: "Capellan Confederation Gains"</ref> In late [[2787]], [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Kenyon Marik]] launched an invasion of the Confederation, intent on capturing a corridor of worlds leading to [[Sarna]]. Having quickly seized [[Corey]] and [[Wazan]], the Free Worlds League faced a two-year struggle to hold both worlds as the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] attempted to get reinforcements to both worlds. [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Barbara Liao]] ordered an attack on [[New Delos]], a major [[Free Worlds League Military]] staging ground, which disrupted supply lines, communications and repair facilities and killed twenty thousand civilians.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p28">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', pp. 28–29: "The Collapse of Terra"</ref> |
− | In | + | In retaliation—and in an attempt to disrupt the flow of reinforcements to Corey and Wazan—Kenyon Marik ordered attacks on a number of Capellan worlds including New Canton that saw the planets firebombed.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p28"/><ref name="FSWp58"/> In the case of New Canton, the firebombing was conducted between April and August [[2789]]<ref name="FSWp114">''First Succession War'', p. 114: "Timeline of the First Succession War"</ref> using a task force that consisted of two ''[[Carrack]]''-class transports that had been converted into [[aerospace fighter]] carriers, escorted by a pair of ''[[Atreus (WarShip class)|Atreus]]''-class [[battleship]]s, the [[Kanata (Individual Atreus-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Kanata'']] and [[Majestic (Individual Atreus-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Majestic'']], and a pair of ''[[League (WarShip class)|League]]''-class [[destroyer]]s, the [[Andria (Individual League-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Andria'']] and [[Avellino (Individual League-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Avellino'']].<ref name="FSWp58"/> The attacks continued until the Capellans were forced on the defensive following a failed attack on [[Calloway VI]] in 2789.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p28"/><ref name="FSWp58">''First Succession War'', pp. 58–59: "Fallout"</ref> |
+ | |||
+ | ====Fourth Succession War==== | ||
+ | New Canton was targeted in the third wave of [[Operation RAT]], with both regiments of the [[Screaming Eagles]] mercenaries and ten garrison regiments landed to deal with two CCAF battalions—the first battalion of the [[Fourth Confederation Reserve Cavalry]] and the third battalion of [[Trimaldi's Secutors]]—as well as the local militia.<ref name=NAIS4SWMAv1p34>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 34</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Capellans put up a strong resistance, inflicting significant losses before they could be finished off. Two particular incidents were very damaging to the reputation of the Screaming Eagles. After capturing the remains of the Fourth Confederation Cavalry battalion when a bridge trapped them with their backs to the Canton River, Colonel [[Opson Mathis]] of the First Screaming Eagles ordered the Capellan cockpits welded closed and pushed the [['Mechs]], [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] inside, into the river to drown. Colonel [[Robert Garcia]] of the [[Third Almach Foot Soldiers]] demanded Mathis' surrender, which he received after the other Screaming Eagles abandoned Mathis.<ref name=NAIS4SWMAv1p34/> | ||
+ | |||
+ | On the other continent, two regiments of Almach infantry were airlifted to close a key pass in the Blue Dragon Mountains to prevent the retreat of the Secutors for six hours, long enough for the Screaming Eagles' second regiment to finish off the Capellans. Due to suicide attacks by Capellan tanks, it took six days for the Eagles to relieve the infantry, who suffered heavy losses.<ref name=NAIS4SWMAv1p35>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 35</ref> | ||
====Clan Invasion Era==== | ====Clan Invasion Era==== | ||
− | * | + | * [[Battle of New Canton (3057)]]<ref name=AGT>''All Good Things''</ref> |
====The Jihad==== | ====The Jihad==== | ||
− | The [[Word of Blake]] annexed New Canton early in the [[Jihad]] and declared the planet to be a part of the Word of Blake Protectorate under their total control in August [[3071]]. Data recovered late in the Jihad showed that the Blakist proclamation was somewhat precipitous; [[Stalwart Support]], a conventional infantry regiment under the command of [[Colonel]] Sanders, went to ground on New Canton and offered stiff and continued resistance for two years until the last of the unit was destroyed in [[3073]]. The infantry platoons within Stalwart Support were particularly fond of using [[TAG | + | The [[Word of Blake]] annexed New Canton early in the [[Jihad]] and declared the planet to be a part of the Word of Blake Protectorate under their total control in August [[3071]]. Data recovered late in the Jihad showed that the Blakist proclamation was somewhat precipitous; [[Stalwart Support]], a conventional infantry regiment under the command of [[Colonel]] Sanders, went to ground on New Canton and offered stiff and continued resistance for two years until the last of the unit was destroyed in [[3073]]. The infantry platoons within Stalwart Support were particularly fond of using [[TAG spotter infantry]] and [[heavy foot LRM infantry]] in combination with heavy cover to inflict disproportionate amounts of damage on the Blakist units garrisoning the world.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp6">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 6: "Key Infantry"</ref> |
====Dark Age==== | ====Dark Age==== | ||
− | After the [[Republic of the Sphere]] was established, New Canton served as capital of [[Prefecture VI]].<ref name=DARSp5>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 5: "Atlas of the Republic"</ref> During the first [[Capellan-Republic War]] in the 3080s, New Canton was briefly reclaimed by the Capellan Confederation. The world was subsequently retaken by three [[Hastati Sentinels]] regiments, in a battle which saw the [[ | + | After the [[Republic of the Sphere]] was established, New Canton served as capital of [[Prefecture VI]].<ref name=DARSp5>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 5: "Atlas of the Republic"</ref> During the first [[Capellan-Republic War]] in the 3080s, New Canton was briefly reclaimed by the Capellan Confederation. The world was subsequently retaken by three [[Hastati Sentinels]] regiments, in a battle which saw the [[Fourth McCarron's Armored Cavalry|Fourth MAC]] almost wiped out and its commander [[Faith McCarron]] slain.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 26</ref> |
− | Following the [[Blackout]] of [[3132]] New Canton rejoined the Capellan Confederation during [[Operation GREAT FLOOD]], when the [[ | + | Following the [[Blackout]] of [[3132]] New Canton rejoined the Capellan Confederation during [[Operation GREAT FLOOD]], when the [[Third Liao Guards]] dislodged the RAF defenders.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 35: "Third Liao Guards"</ref> |
New Canton was one of several Capellan worlds hit by [[Julian Davion|Julian Davion's]] [[Task Force Navarre]] in [[3146]], with the raiders easily beating its [[Home Guard (Capellan Confederation)|Home Guard]] and making off with supplies. The attackers avoided civilian targets, except for various monuments dedicated to Chanceller [[Daoshen Liao]].<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 16</ref><ref>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 17–18: "Capellan Mystery"</ref> | New Canton was one of several Capellan worlds hit by [[Julian Davion|Julian Davion's]] [[Task Force Navarre]] in [[3146]], with the raiders easily beating its [[Home Guard (Capellan Confederation)|Home Guard]] and making off with supplies. The attackers avoided civilian targets, except for various monuments dedicated to Chanceller [[Daoshen Liao]].<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 16</ref><ref>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 17–18: "Capellan Mystery"</ref> | ||
===Military Deployment=== | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
+ | {{columns-start|num=3}} | ||
+ | ====2772==== | ||
+ | * [[Amaris Regulars]] (1 regiment)<ref name=H:LoTV1p131/> | ||
+ | * [[Rim Worlds Army#Hegemony Patriots|Hegemony Patriots]] (4 batallions)<ref name=H:LoTV1p131/> | ||
+ | |||
====3025==== | ====3025==== | ||
− | * [[Trimaldi's Secutors]] ( | + | * [[Trimaldi's Secutors]] (Third Battalion)<ref name=HL105>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 105: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> |
− | * [[ | + | * [[Fourth Confederation Reserve Cavalry]] (First Battalion)<ref name=HL105>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 105: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> |
* [[New Canton Militia]]<ref name="4SWv1p34">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 34: "New Canton Jungles of the Canton River"</ref> | * [[New Canton Militia]]<ref name="4SWv1p34">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 34: "New Canton Jungles of the Canton River"</ref> | ||
====3050==== | ====3050==== | ||
− | * [[ | + | * [[First Kestrel Grenadiers]]<ref name=20YU24>''20 Year Update'', p. 24: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref> |
− | + | {{column}} | |
====3054==== | ====3054==== | ||
* First Kestrel Grenadiers<ref name=OR17>''Objective Raids'', p. 17: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref> | * First Kestrel Grenadiers<ref name=OR17>''Objective Raids'', p. 17: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
====3058==== | ====3058==== | ||
− | * [[Balantine Guard]] ( | + | * [[Balantine Guard]] ([[Company]])<ref name=CM16>''Chaos March'', p. 16: "Unit Note"</ref> |
− | * [[Stalwart Support]] ( | + | * [[Stalwart Support]] (Regiment Conventional)<ref name=CM16/> |
====3067==== | ====3067==== | ||
− | * [[Stalwart Support]] ( | + | * [[Stalwart Support]] (Infantry Regiment)<ref name=MS66>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 66: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref> |
− | * [[ | + | * [[First Dismal Disinherited]]<ref name=MSII69>''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 69: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref> |
− | + | {{column}} | |
====3071==== | ====3071==== | ||
* [[Stalwart Support]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp6">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 6: "Key Infantry"</ref> | * [[Stalwart Support]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp6">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 6: "Key Infantry"</ref> | ||
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====3085==== | ====3085==== | ||
* [[VI Principes Guards]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 187: "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> | * [[VI Principes Guards]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 187: "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> | ||
− | :- | + | :- The unit was at 55% strength, with 71% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology. |
+ | {{columns-end}} | ||
===Planetary Locations=== | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
− | * Barosa Island | + | * Barosa Island<ref name=FoLc4>''Fortress of Lies'', ch. 4</ref> |
− | ** Barosa Island Spaceport | + | ** Barosa Island Spaceport<ref name=FoLc4/> |
− | * Gulf of Emeralds | + | * Gulf of Emeralds<ref name=FoLc4/> |
* He Min Desert<ref Name=AGT>''All Good Things''</ref> | * He Min Desert<ref Name=AGT>''All Good Things''</ref> | ||
− | ** He Min City: capital city | + | ** He Min City: capital city<ref Name=AGT/> |
− | * Merrick City | + | * Merrick City<ref name=FoLc3/> |
− | ** Capital Spaceport | + | ** Capital Spaceport<ref name=FoLc3/> |
− | == Map Gallery == | + | ==Map Gallery== |
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− | == Nearby Systems == | + | ==Nearby Systems== |
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− | == References == | + | ==References== |
<references /> | <references /> | ||
− | == Bibliography == | + | ==Bibliography== |
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
* ''[[All Good Things]]'' (short story) | * ''[[All Good Things]]'' (short story) | ||
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* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]'' | * ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]'' | ||
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]'' | * ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]'' | ||
+ | * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]'' | ||
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | ||
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Systems|New Canton]] | [[Category:Systems|New Canton]] |
Latest revision as of 03:52, 26 April 2024
New Canton | |
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System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 8.269 : -72.946[e] |
The New Canton system was home to at least one habitable world and as of 3151 was located in the Tikonov Commonality within the Capellan Confederation.[1]
Contents
System Description[edit]
New Canton is located near the Saiph and Menkalinan systems.
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2271 - Inhabited world[2]
- 2366 - Inhabited world within the Capellan Zone[3]
- 2367 - Capellan Confederation[4]
- 2571 - Terran Hegemony[5]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony[6]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony[7]
- 2764 - Terran Hegemony[8]
- 2765 - Terran Hegemony[9]
- 2771 - Amaris Empire[10]
- 2772 - Amaris Empire (until September)[10]
- 2783 - Terran Hegemony[11]
- 2784 - Capellan Confederation[11]
- 2786 - Capellan Confederation[12]
- 2797 - Capellan Confederation[13]
- 2822 - Capellan Confederation[14][15][16]
- 2864 - Capellan Confederation[17]
- 3025 - Capellan Confederation[18][19]
- 3030 - Federated Suns[20]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[21]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth[22]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[23]
- 3054 - Federated Commonwealth[24]
- 3057 - Saiph Triumvirate[25]
- 3058 - Saiph Triumvirate[26]
- 3063 - Saiph Triumvirate[27]
- 3067 - Chaos March[28][29]
- 3075 - Word of Blake Protectorate[30]
- 3079 - Word of Blake Protectorate[31]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere[32]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[33]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere[34]
- 3135 - Independent world[35]
- 3145 - Capellan Confederation[36][37]
- 3151 - Capellan Confederation[1]
New Canton[edit]
New Canton | |
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Astrophysical | |
Moons | Three[38] |
Geophysical | |
Atmospheric pressure | (Breathable)[39] |
Government and Infrastructure | |
Capital | He Min[40] |
Planetary History[edit]
Amaris Civil War[edit]
New Canton served as a military nexus along the Terran Hegemony–Capellan frontier. During Operation CHIEFTAIN, the Star League Defense Force entered the system in 2772 with a fifty-ship attack fleet, quickly eliminating the Amaris Empire task force of twenty-four WarShips and additional transports. The Seventh Army's LIII Corps then landed on-planet, splitting its focus between securing the Amaris supply depots garrisoned by two overstrength Patriot battalions, and a largely conventional campaign to neutralize the remaining forces consisting of a regiment of Amaris Regulars and another two Patriot battalions based within the world's lone Castle Brian. The defenders were able to destroy large stockpiles of the supplies before the SLDF could capture them, though the great majority of their WMD were secured or destroyed safely.[41]
First Succession War[edit]
The Capellan Confederation annexed New Canton in 2784, part of a series of annexations that added fifteen former Terran Hegemony worlds to the Confederation while the Hegemony was collapsing immediately before the First Succession War erupted.[11][42] In late 2787, Captain-General Kenyon Marik launched an invasion of the Confederation, intent on capturing a corridor of worlds leading to Sarna. Having quickly seized Corey and Wazan, the Free Worlds League faced a two-year struggle to hold both worlds as the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces attempted to get reinforcements to both worlds. Chancellor Barbara Liao ordered an attack on New Delos, a major Free Worlds League Military staging ground, which disrupted supply lines, communications and repair facilities and killed twenty thousand civilians.[43]
In retaliation—and in an attempt to disrupt the flow of reinforcements to Corey and Wazan—Kenyon Marik ordered attacks on a number of Capellan worlds including New Canton that saw the planets firebombed.[43][44] In the case of New Canton, the firebombing was conducted between April and August 2789[45] using a task force that consisted of two Carrack-class transports that had been converted into aerospace fighter carriers, escorted by a pair of Atreus-class battleships, the FWLS Kanata and FWLS Majestic, and a pair of League-class destroyers, the FWLS Andria and FWLS Avellino.[44] The attacks continued until the Capellans were forced on the defensive following a failed attack on Calloway VI in 2789.[43][44]
Fourth Succession War[edit]
New Canton was targeted in the third wave of Operation RAT, with both regiments of the Screaming Eagles mercenaries and ten garrison regiments landed to deal with two CCAF battalions—the first battalion of the Fourth Confederation Reserve Cavalry and the third battalion of Trimaldi's Secutors—as well as the local militia.[46]
The Capellans put up a strong resistance, inflicting significant losses before they could be finished off. Two particular incidents were very damaging to the reputation of the Screaming Eagles. After capturing the remains of the Fourth Confederation Cavalry battalion when a bridge trapped them with their backs to the Canton River, Colonel Opson Mathis of the First Screaming Eagles ordered the Capellan cockpits welded closed and pushed the 'Mechs, MechWarriors inside, into the river to drown. Colonel Robert Garcia of the Third Almach Foot Soldiers demanded Mathis' surrender, which he received after the other Screaming Eagles abandoned Mathis.[46]
On the other continent, two regiments of Almach infantry were airlifted to close a key pass in the Blue Dragon Mountains to prevent the retreat of the Secutors for six hours, long enough for the Screaming Eagles' second regiment to finish off the Capellans. Due to suicide attacks by Capellan tanks, it took six days for the Eagles to relieve the infantry, who suffered heavy losses.[47]
Clan Invasion Era[edit]
The Jihad[edit]
The Word of Blake annexed New Canton early in the Jihad and declared the planet to be a part of the Word of Blake Protectorate under their total control in August 3071. Data recovered late in the Jihad showed that the Blakist proclamation was somewhat precipitous; Stalwart Support, a conventional infantry regiment under the command of Colonel Sanders, went to ground on New Canton and offered stiff and continued resistance for two years until the last of the unit was destroyed in 3073. The infantry platoons within Stalwart Support were particularly fond of using TAG spotter infantry and heavy foot LRM infantry in combination with heavy cover to inflict disproportionate amounts of damage on the Blakist units garrisoning the world.[48]
Dark Age[edit]
After the Republic of the Sphere was established, New Canton served as capital of Prefecture VI.[49] During the first Capellan-Republic War in the 3080s, New Canton was briefly reclaimed by the Capellan Confederation. The world was subsequently retaken by three Hastati Sentinels regiments, in a battle which saw the Fourth MAC almost wiped out and its commander Faith McCarron slain.[50]
Following the Blackout of 3132 New Canton rejoined the Capellan Confederation during Operation GREAT FLOOD, when the Third Liao Guards dislodged the RAF defenders.[51]
New Canton was one of several Capellan worlds hit by Julian Davion's Task Force Navarre in 3146, with the raiders easily beating its Home Guard and making off with supplies. The attackers avoided civilian targets, except for various monuments dedicated to Chanceller Daoshen Liao.[52][53]
Military Deployment[edit]
2772[edit]
- Amaris Regulars (1 regiment)[41]
- Hegemony Patriots (4 batallions)[41]
3025[edit]
- Trimaldi's Secutors (Third Battalion)[54]
- Fourth Confederation Reserve Cavalry (First Battalion)[54]
- New Canton Militia[55]
3050[edit]
3054[edit]
- First Kestrel Grenadiers[24]
3058[edit]
- Balantine Guard (Company)[57]
- Stalwart Support (Regiment Conventional)[57]
3067[edit]
- Stalwart Support (Infantry Regiment)[58]
- First Dismal Disinherited[59]
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Barosa Island[61]
- Barosa Island Spaceport[61]
- Gulf of Emeralds[61]
- He Min Desert[40]
- He Min City: capital city[40]
- Merrick City[39]
- Capital Spaceport[39]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
Closest 68 systems (66 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
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Saiph | 6.1 | Menkalinan | 8.6 | Tall Trees | 9.7 | Belluevue | 10.8 |
Zion | 12.5 | Zurich | 15.4 | Bhaktapur | 17.1 | Aldebaran | 18.6 |
Hsien | 18.8 | Kristiandsund | 20.4 | Kyrkbacken | 21.9 | Berenson | 22.0 |
Chisholm | 23.0 | Mandal | 24.0 | Manennaia | 25.5 | Nanking | 25.7 |
Cynthiana | 26.4 | Asuncion | 28.9 | Myrvoll | 30.3 | Snailzar | 31.2 |
Capolla | 31.5 | Genoa | 33.5 | Wasat | 33.6 | Gan Singh | 34.0 |
Bex | 36.0 | Hall | 36.3 | Bernardo | 36.6 | Ilmachna | 37.4 |
Outreach | 39.9 | Arboris | 41.0 | Ibstock | 41.2 | Suzano | 41.7 |
Terra Firma | 41.8 | Styk | 41.8 | Blue Sava | 42.0 | Brownsville | 43.2 |
Pleione | 43.7 | Jilin | 44.4 | Sichuan | 44.7 | Hamilton | 44.7 |
Ningpo | 46.4 | Acamar | 46.5 | Shensi | 49.5 | Second Try | 50.2 |
Azha | 50.3 | Ventabren | 50.6 | Woodstock | 51.0 | Van Diemen | 51.6 |
Augustine | 52.1 | Epsilon Eridani | 52.7 | Hechnar | 53.2 | Park Place | 53.6 |
Carver | 54.0 | Slocum | 54.0 | Ohrensen | 54.6 | Poznan | 54.9 |
Elnath | 55.2 | Tsitsang | 56.4 | Algol | 56.8 | Pliska | 57.1 |
Talitha | 57.1 | Irian | 57.2 | Yunnah | 57.3 | Bonaire | 57.3 |
Bharat | 59.5 | Bryant | 59.9 | New Home | 60.2 | Tabit | 60.9 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 13
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 118
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), foldout: "Capellan Confederation Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Objective Raids, p. 17: "FedCom Deployment Table"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 29
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Fortress of Lies, ch. 6
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 Fortress of Lies, ch. 3
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 All Good Things
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 131
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 27: "Capellan Confederation Gains"
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), pp. 28–29: "The Collapse of Terra"
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 First Succession War, pp. 58–59: "Fallout"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 114: "Timeline of the First Succession War"
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 34
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 35
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 6: "Key Infantry"
- ↑ Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 5: "Atlas of the Republic"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 26
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 35: "Third Liao Guards"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 16
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, pp. 17–18: "Capellan Mystery"
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 105: "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 34: "New Canton Jungles of the Canton River"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 24: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 Chaos March, p. 16: "Unit Note"
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 66: "Mercenary Deployment Table"
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 69: "Mercenary Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 187: "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ 61.0 61.1 61.2 Fortress of Lies, ch. 4
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