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| image = Algol_3151.svg | | image = Algol_3151.svg | ||
− | | caption = Algol [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] | + | | caption = Algol [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] |
| name = Algol | | name = Algol | ||
| coord = 64.875 : -67.773{{e}} | | coord = 64.875 : -67.773{{e}} | ||
− | | stars = Belial, Bael, Ahriman, Asmoday | + | | stars = Belial, Bael, Ahriman, Asmoday (see [[#Notes|Notes]]) |
− | | class = G5V<ref name=FC:CWp187>''FedCom Civil War | + | | class = G5V<ref name=FC:CWp187>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 187: "Algol Planet Profile"</ref><ref name=DARWp96>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 96: "Algol"</ref> |
| recharge = 186 hours<ref name=FC:CWp187/> | | recharge = 186 hours<ref name=FC:CWp187/> | ||
| recharge stations = Zenith<ref name=FC:CWp187/> | | recharge stations = Zenith<ref name=FC:CWp187/> | ||
− | | planets = 9<ref name= | + | | planets = 9<ref name="DARWp96"/> |
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− | The '''Algol''' system contains four suns and at least two inhabited worlds, '''Algol IV''' and '''Kali''' | + | The '''Algol''' system contains four suns and at least two inhabited worlds, '''Algol IV''' and '''Kali''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Tikonov Commonality]] of the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name=SFp102-103/> |
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− | == System Description == | + | ==System Description== |
− | The Algol system consists of | + | The Algol system consists of four suns "collectively known as Algol": Belial and Bael ("blue-white pinheads", close together and presumably forming a binary), Ahriman ("a red dot"), and Asmoday ("yellowish"). [[LinkNet]] describes Algol as a G5V star system with nine planets, without mentioning additional suns. This does not technically rule out four suns, however. G5V class indicates a yellow star and it can thus be assumed that the "yellowish" sun (Asmoday), incidentally the only one in the system that isn't explicitly described as relatively small, is the primary star and is of G5V class.<ref name=TlaL/> |
Algol had at least one active recharge station in the [[thirty-first century]], which was located at the system's zenith [[jump point]].<ref name=FC:CWp187/> | Algol had at least one active recharge station in the [[thirty-first century]], which was located at the system's zenith [[jump point]].<ref name=FC:CWp187/> | ||
− | == System History == | + | ==System History== |
− | The Algol system was colonized during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name= | + | The Algol system was colonized during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name=DARWp88/> |
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+ | ==Political Affiliation== | ||
+ | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} | ||
+ | * ca. [[2227]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name=DARWp88>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 88: "Ruchbah"</ref> | ||
+ | * ca. [[2228]]–[[2243]] - [[Tikonov Union]]<ref name=DARWp88/><ref name="HL(TCC)p20"/> | ||
+ | * [[2243]] - [[Tikonov Grand Union]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p23">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 23: "Friends and Other Enemies"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[2351]]–[[2352]] - Tikonov Grand Union (occupied by the Sarna Supremacy)<ref name="HL(TCC)p23"/> | ||
+ | * [[2358]] - [[Sarna Supremacy]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p24"/> | ||
+ | * [[2366]] - Tikonov Grand Union<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[2367]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13: "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[2571]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25: "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[2596]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[2750]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[2764]] - Capellan Confederation<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: Inner Sphere - [2764]</ref> | ||
+ | * [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[2797]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - 2822"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War [2864] Map"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3025]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=HL105/><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp80">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War [2864] Map"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3030]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49: "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War [2864] Map"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of [3039] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 3050"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - 3052"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3059]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name=FMM108/> | ||
+ | * [[3061]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name=SS30/> | ||
+ | * [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3067]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68: "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3069]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from November)<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="JS:TBDp65">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: "Inner Sphere - 3075"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3079]] - Federated Suns<ref>''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21: "Federated Suns Region Deployment Map [3079]"</ref><ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 21: "Capellan Confederation Region Deployment Map [3079]"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3081]] - Federated Suns<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3085]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3135]] - Independent world<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3145]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3151]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref> | ||
+ | {{div col end}} | ||
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==Algol IV== | ==Algol IV== | ||
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| image = Algol.jpg | | image = Algol.jpg | ||
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| name = Algol IV | | name = Algol IV | ||
− | | position = | + | | othernames = |
+ | | position = Fourth<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name=DARWp96/> | ||
| distance = 7.47 days<ref name=FC:CWp187/> | | distance = 7.47 days<ref name=FC:CWp187/> | ||
− | | moons = 2 (Hargrove, Sung)<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name= | + | | moons = 2 (Hargrove, Sung)<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name=DARWp96/> |
− | + | | gravity = 1.1<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name=DARWp96/> | |
− | | gravity = 1.1<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name= | + | | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name=DARWp96/> |
− | | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name= | + | | temperature = 30°C (Warm-Temperate)<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name=DARWp96/> |
− | | temperature = 30°C (Warm-Temperate)<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name= | ||
| water = 50%<ref name=FC:CWp187/> | | water = 50%<ref name=FC:CWp187/> | ||
− | | life = Fish<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name= | + | | life = Fish<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name=DARWp96/> |
− | | | + | | continents = 2 (Shalom, Durant)<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name=DARWp96/> |
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− | | | + | | population = 3,354,000,000 (3067),<ref name=FC:CWp187/><br>1,354,000,000 (3130)<ref name=DARoSp10>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 10: "Prefecture IV"</ref> |
− | | hpg = B<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name= | + | | ruler = [[Count of Algol]] |
+ | | political = [[Planetary Governor of Algol|Planetary Governor]] | ||
+ | | commander = [[Hanz Patchell]], Legate (3130)<ref name=DARoSp10/><ref name=DARWp96/> | ||
+ | | capital = Algol City<ref name=DARWp96/> | ||
+ | | hpg = B<ref name=FC:CWp187/><ref name=DARWp96/> | ||
+ | | hpgrep = | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | Algol | + | Algol IV, more commonly referred to simply as Algol, and implicitly the primary settled world in the system—is the fourth planet in the Algol system and has two moons named Hargrove and Sung.<ref name=DARWp96/> |
===Planetary History=== | ===Planetary History=== | ||
− | When the first settlers colonized Algol they built their capital city, Algol City, on the coast of Shalom to take advantage of the rich supply of fish there. The discovery that the continent of Durant was covered in rich fertile soil led to it being developed for agricultural concerns, and Algol would go on to be an exporter to every planet within a jump of itself.<ref name= | + | When the first settlers colonized Algol they built their capital city, Algol City, on the coast of Shalom to take advantage of the rich supply of fish there. The discovery that the continent of Durant was covered in rich fertile soil led to it being developed for agricultural concerns, and Algol would go on to be an exporter to every planet within a jump of itself.<ref name=DARWp96/><ref name=FC:CWp187/> During the early part of the [[twenty-third century]] the power of the [[Terran Alliance]] was waning, and the [[Tikonov Union]] launched a military campaign that captured Algol as well as the worlds of [[Rio]], [[Mirach]], [[Tybalt]] and [[Ruchbah]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p20">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 20</ref> Algol would continue to be a member of the Union after the Tikonov Union became the [[Tikonov Grand Union]] in 2243.<ref name="HB:HLp12">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12: "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref> |
− | By the 2350s the Tikonov Grand Union was experiencing severe turmoil due to internal economic problems and external conflicts. Having lost a war with the [[Terran Hegemony]] over the worlds of the [[Chisholm Protectorate]] in the late 2330s,<ref name="HL(TCC)p19">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 19 | + | By the 2350s, the Tikonov Grand Union was experiencing severe turmoil due to internal economic problems and external conflicts. Having lost a war with the [[Terran Hegemony]] over the worlds of the [[Chisholm Protectorate]] in the late 2330s,<ref name="HL(TCC)p19">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 19: "Terra Resurgent"</ref> the Grand Union then found itself battling the [[Federated Suns]] in the 2340s.<ref name="HL(TCC)p23"/> The nearby [[Sarna Supremacy]] looked to capitalize on the Grand Union's problems by annexing various Grand Union worlds, and elements of the [[141st Sarna Shock Brigade|141st]] and [[173rd Sarna Shock Brigade|173rd Sarna Shock Brigades]] landed on Algol and the nearby world of [[Slocum]] in [[2351]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p23"/> In [[2358]], the new president of the [[Capellan Commonality]], [[Seluk Tucas]], declared himself the arbitrator of the dispute between the Supremacy and the Grand Union and awarded ownership of Algol, Slocum and [[Azha]] to the Supremacy;<ref name="HL(TCC)p24">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 24: "Tucas Takes Over"</ref> despite this, by [[2366]] Algol would be a member of the Tikonov Grand Union again.<ref name="HB:HLp17"/> |
====Fourth Succession War==== | ====Fourth Succession War==== | ||
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====Jihad==== | ====Jihad==== | ||
− | During the last two weeks of October [[3069]] the [[Word of Blake]] launched a fresh wave of planetary assaults, further expanding the borders of the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]. The assaults saw a number of new planets incorporated into the Protectorate, often after the threat - or use - of orbital bombardment or biological, chemical or nuclear weapons to destroy local defenses; Algol was one of the worlds brought into the Protectorate in this fashion.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47 | + | During the last two weeks of October [[3069]] the [[Word of Blake]] launched a fresh wave of planetary assaults, further expanding the borders of the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]. The assaults saw a number of new planets incorporated into the Protectorate, often after the threat - or use - of orbital bombardment or biological, chemical or nuclear weapons to destroy local defenses; Algol was one of the worlds brought into the Protectorate in this fashion.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> |
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+ | After the Federated Suns took control of the world, the [[AFFS]] created a massive munitions plant and storage depot in the city of Groffer's Toll. The Blakist commander used the storage depot as a prison for the AFFS members who had surrendered. They tried to break out, and the Blakists destroyed the prison, killing nearly everyone.<ref name=DARWp96/> | ||
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+ | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
+ | ====3025==== | ||
+ | * [[First Ariana Fusiliers]]<ref name=HL105>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 105: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp11">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 11: "Operation RAT"</ref> | ||
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+ | ====3028==== | ||
+ | * First Ariana Fusiliers<ref name="NAIS4SWp11"/> | ||
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+ | ====3038==== | ||
+ | * [[Hansen's Roughriders]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p141">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141: "Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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+ | ====3040==== | ||
+ | * Hansen's Roughriders<ref name="H:Wo3039p141"/> | ||
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+ | ====3059==== | ||
+ | * [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]]<ref name=FMM108/> | ||
+ | :* [[Gamma Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Gamma Regiment]]<ref name=FMM108>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 108: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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+ | ====3061==== | ||
+ | * [[Second Republican]]<ref name=SS30>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 30: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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+ | ====3067==== | ||
+ | * [[First Ceti Hussars]] [[RCT]]<ref name=FMU137>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 137: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
− | + | ===Geography=== | |
+ | Algol IV has two large continents named Shalom and Durant; in addition to the two main continents there are a number of islands scattered around the surface of the planet. The Durant continent is home to rich, fertile soil.<ref name=DARWp96/> | ||
− | === | + | ===Planetary Locations=== |
− | Algol | + | * Algol City: planetary capital<ref name=DARWp96/> |
+ | * Gorst: a city<ref name=FC:CWp81>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 81</ref> | ||
+ | * Gregan: a city<ref name=FC:CWp81/> | ||
+ | * Groffer's Toll: a city<ref name=DARWp96/><ref name=NAIS1p18>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 18</ref> | ||
+ | * Hellen: a city<ref name=FC:CWp81/> | ||
+ | * Kollasa: the largest city on the planet<ref name=NAIS1p18/> | ||
+ | * Schan: a city<ref name=NAIS1p18/> | ||
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− | === | + | ===Companies and Industries=== |
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+ | ===Local Flora and Fauna=== | ||
− | === Image gallery === | + | ===Image gallery=== |
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− | + | ==Kali== | |
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− | == Kali == | ||
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| name = Kali | | name = Kali | ||
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− | | moons = 1 (Ratra), possibly more<ref name=TlaL>''Think | + | | distance = |
− | + | | moons = 1 (Ratra), possibly more<ref name=TlaL>''Think Like a Liao''</ref> | |
| gravity = | | gravity = | ||
− | | pressure = | + | | pressure = Unknown (not breathable)<ref name=TlaL/> |
− | | temperature = | + | | temperature = Unknown (implicitly very cold)<ref name=TlaL/> |
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Kali is a barren, cold and inhospitable planet in the Algol system. Its atmosphere is not breathable. Since its description cannot be reconciled with the information given about Algol IV, Kali must be one of the other eight planets in the system. It was mentioned to possess at least one "great moon", Ratra; unclear wording leaves it open if Kali features additional moons.<ref name=TlaL/> | Kali is a barren, cold and inhospitable planet in the Algol system. Its atmosphere is not breathable. Since its description cannot be reconciled with the information given about Algol IV, Kali must be one of the other eight planets in the system. It was mentioned to possess at least one "great moon", Ratra; unclear wording leaves it open if Kali features additional moons.<ref name=TlaL/> | ||
− | The only named installation on Kali is Warex Base, a Capellan military installation as of 3026. In January of that year, [[Tormano Liao]] encountered and bested a | + | The only named installation on Kali is Warex Base, a Capellan military installation as of 3026. In January of that year, [[Tormano Liao]] encountered and bested a doppelgänger who had been sent by his father concurrently with a [[BattleMech]] strike force from the Federated Suns attacking Warex Base. Context indicates that Warex Base was the only habitable installation within reach, and possibly on the entire planet, for the Liao defenders. Although the survival of Tormano Liao implies that the base was ultimately successfully defended, there is no information regarding the outcome of the battle, nor any later information about (or mentioning of) Warex Base or the planet Kali. This could be taken to mean the base was destroyed or otherwise abandoned.<ref name=TlaL/> |
+ | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
+ | * Warex Base: domed Capellan military base situated in a volcanic cliffed valley pierced by canyons.<ref name=TlaL/> | ||
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===Planetary History=== | ===Planetary History=== | ||
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+ | ==Notes== | ||
+ | * The system's four suns are described and named in the short story ''Think Like a Liao''. LinkNet meanwhile, and the ''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'' document that was compiled from LinkNet, describes a standard G5V system and provides much of the additional data on Algol IV and the system as a whole. While the former source was apparently overlooked when the latter data was generated, both sources are fully canonical and their data is not technically incompatible | ||
+ | * The real-world [[w:Algol|Algol]] star system, also known as Beta Persei or, in a translation of the star's original Arabic name ''ra's al-ghūl'' (head of the ogre), the "Demon Star", is a system with three suns, as opposed to the four-sun system its BattleTech counterpart is described as. | ||
− | == | + | ==Map Gallery== |
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− | == Nearby Systems == | + | ==Nearby Systems== |
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<references/> | <references/> | ||
− | == Bibliography == | + | ==Bibliography== |
− | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
+ | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]'' | ||
+ | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | ||
− | * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]'' | + | * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]'' |
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
+ | * ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]'' | ||
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Revision as of 05:44, 29 April 2024
Algol | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 64.875 : -67.773[e] |
Star names | Belial, Bael, Ahriman, Asmoday (see Notes) |
Spectral class | G5V[1][2] |
Recharge time | 186 hours[1] |
Recharge station(s) | Zenith[1] |
Planet(s) | 9[2] |
The Algol system contains four suns and at least two inhabited worlds, Algol IV and Kali, and as of 3151 was located in the Tikonov Commonality of the Capellan Confederation.[3]
Contents
System Description
The Algol system consists of four suns "collectively known as Algol": Belial and Bael ("blue-white pinheads", close together and presumably forming a binary), Ahriman ("a red dot"), and Asmoday ("yellowish"). LinkNet describes Algol as a G5V star system with nine planets, without mentioning additional suns. This does not technically rule out four suns, however. G5V class indicates a yellow star and it can thus be assumed that the "yellowish" sun (Asmoday), incidentally the only one in the system that isn't explicitly described as relatively small, is the primary star and is of G5V class.[4]
Algol had at least one active recharge station in the thirty-first century, which was located at the system's zenith jump point.[1]
System History
The Algol system was colonized during the First Exodus from Terra.[5]
Political Affiliation
- ca. 2227 - Terran Alliance[5]
- ca. 2228–2243 - Tikonov Union[5][6]
- 2243 - Tikonov Grand Union[7]
- 2351–2352 - Tikonov Grand Union (occupied by the Sarna Supremacy)[7]
- 2358 - Sarna Supremacy[8]
- 2366 - Tikonov Grand Union[9]
- 2367 - Capellan Confederation[10]
- 2571 - Capellan Confederation[11]
- 2596 - Capellan Confederation[12]
- 2750 - Capellan Confederation[13]
- 2764 - Capellan Confederation[14]
- 2765 - Capellan Confederation[15]
- 2797 - Capellan Confederation[16]
- 2822 - Capellan Confederation[17][18]
- 2864 - Capellan Confederation[19][20]
- 3025 - Capellan Confederation[21][22][23]
- 3030 - Federated Suns[24][25]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[26][27]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth[28]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[29]
- 3057 - Federated Commonwealth[30]
- 3058 - Federated Commonwealth[31][32]
- 3059 - Federated Commonwealth[33]
- 3061 - Federated Commonwealth[34]
- 3063 - Federated Commonwealth[35]
- 3067 - Federated Suns[36][37]
- 3069 - Word of Blake Protectorate (from November)[38]
- 3075 - Word of Blake Protectorate[39]
- 3079 - Federated Suns[40][41]
- 3081 - Federated Suns[42]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[43]
- 3135 - Independent world[44]
- 3145 - Capellan Confederation[45][46]
- 3151 - Capellan Confederation[3]
Algol IV
Algol IV | |
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Astrophysical | |
System position | Fourth[1][2] |
Jump Point distance | 7.47 days[1] |
Moons | 2 (Hargrove, Sung)[1][2] |
Geophysical | |
Surface gravity | 1.1[1][2] |
Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Breathable)[1][2] |
Equatorial temperature | 30°C (Warm-Temperate)[1][2] |
Surface water | 50%[1] |
Highest native life | Fish[1][2] |
Landmasses | 2 (Shalom, Durant)[1][2] |
History and Culture | |
Population | 3,354,000,000 (3067),[1] 1,354,000,000 (3130)[47] |
Government and Infrastructure | |
Noble Ruler | Count of Algol |
Political Leader | Planetary Governor |
Military Commander | Hanz Patchell, Legate (3130)[47][2] |
Capital | Algol City[2] |
HPG Class | B[1][2] |
Algol IV, more commonly referred to simply as Algol, and implicitly the primary settled world in the system—is the fourth planet in the Algol system and has two moons named Hargrove and Sung.[2]
Planetary History
When the first settlers colonized Algol they built their capital city, Algol City, on the coast of Shalom to take advantage of the rich supply of fish there. The discovery that the continent of Durant was covered in rich fertile soil led to it being developed for agricultural concerns, and Algol would go on to be an exporter to every planet within a jump of itself.[2][1] During the early part of the twenty-third century the power of the Terran Alliance was waning, and the Tikonov Union launched a military campaign that captured Algol as well as the worlds of Rio, Mirach, Tybalt and Ruchbah.[6] Algol would continue to be a member of the Union after the Tikonov Union became the Tikonov Grand Union in 2243.[48]
By the 2350s, the Tikonov Grand Union was experiencing severe turmoil due to internal economic problems and external conflicts. Having lost a war with the Terran Hegemony over the worlds of the Chisholm Protectorate in the late 2330s,[49] the Grand Union then found itself battling the Federated Suns in the 2340s.[7] The nearby Sarna Supremacy looked to capitalize on the Grand Union's problems by annexing various Grand Union worlds, and elements of the 141st and 173rd Sarna Shock Brigades landed on Algol and the nearby world of Slocum in 2351.[7] In 2358, the new president of the Capellan Commonality, Seluk Tucas, declared himself the arbitrator of the dispute between the Supremacy and the Grand Union and awarded ownership of Algol, Slocum and Azha to the Supremacy;[8] despite this, by 2366 Algol would be a member of the Tikonov Grand Union again.[9]
Fourth Succession War
The Ariana Fusiliers were defeated on this world during the Fourth Succession War. The ruler of the world at that time, Count Wayne Hargrove-Sung negotiated with the AFFS to surrender the world. Doing so prevented further damage to the planet's agricultural base.[1]
Jihad
During the last two weeks of October 3069 the Word of Blake launched a fresh wave of planetary assaults, further expanding the borders of the Word of Blake Protectorate. The assaults saw a number of new planets incorporated into the Protectorate, often after the threat - or use - of orbital bombardment or biological, chemical or nuclear weapons to destroy local defenses; Algol was one of the worlds brought into the Protectorate in this fashion.[38]
After the Federated Suns took control of the world, the AFFS created a massive munitions plant and storage depot in the city of Groffer's Toll. The Blakist commander used the storage depot as a prison for the AFFS members who had surrendered. They tried to break out, and the Blakists destroyed the prison, killing nearly everyone.[2]
Military Deployment
3025
3028
- First Ariana Fusiliers[50]
3038
3040
- Hansen's Roughriders[51]
3059
3061
3067
Geography
Algol IV has two large continents named Shalom and Durant; in addition to the two main continents there are a number of islands scattered around the surface of the planet. The Durant continent is home to rich, fertile soil.[2]
Planetary Locations
- Algol City: planetary capital[2]
- Gorst: a city[53]
- Gregan: a city[53]
- Groffer's Toll: a city[2][54]
- Hellen: a city[53]
- Kollasa: the largest city on the planet[54]
- Schan: a city[54]
Kali
Kali | |
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Astrophysical | |
Moons | 1 (Ratra), possibly more[4] |
Geophysical | |
Atmospheric pressure | Unknown (not breathable)[4] |
Equatorial temperature | Unknown (implicitly very cold)[4] |
Kali is a barren, cold and inhospitable planet in the Algol system. Its atmosphere is not breathable. Since its description cannot be reconciled with the information given about Algol IV, Kali must be one of the other eight planets in the system. It was mentioned to possess at least one "great moon", Ratra; unclear wording leaves it open if Kali features additional moons.[4]
The only named installation on Kali is Warex Base, a Capellan military installation as of 3026. In January of that year, Tormano Liao encountered and bested a doppelgänger who had been sent by his father concurrently with a BattleMech strike force from the Federated Suns attacking Warex Base. Context indicates that Warex Base was the only habitable installation within reach, and possibly on the entire planet, for the Liao defenders. Although the survival of Tormano Liao implies that the base was ultimately successfully defended, there is no information regarding the outcome of the battle, nor any later information about (or mentioning of) Warex Base or the planet Kali. This could be taken to mean the base was destroyed or otherwise abandoned.[4]
Planetary Locations
- Warex Base: domed Capellan military base situated in a volcanic cliffed valley pierced by canyons.[4]
Notes
- The system's four suns are described and named in the short story Think Like a Liao. LinkNet meanwhile, and the Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130) document that was compiled from LinkNet, describes a standard G5V system and provides much of the additional data on Algol IV and the system as a whole. While the former source was apparently overlooked when the latter data was generated, both sources are fully canonical and their data is not technically incompatible
- The real-world Algol star system, also known as Beta Persei or, in a translation of the star's original Arabic name ra's al-ghūl (head of the ogre), the "Demon Star", is a system with three suns, as opposed to the four-sun system its BattleTech counterpart is described as.
Map Gallery
Nearby Systems
Closest 76 systems (74 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
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Buchlau | 5.3 | Kansu | 8.5 | Ningpo | 10.6 | Halloran | 12.2 |
Conwy | 13.3 | Poznan | 13.6 | Slocum | 16.9 | Pleione | 17.9 |
Azha | 19.7 | New Aragon | 20.9 | New Hessen | 21.9 | Hamal | 24.3 |
Algot | 25.8 | Yangtze | 26.1 | Gan Singh | 26.1 | Demeter | 26.7 |
Bharat | 26.8 | Alrescha | 26.9 | Genoa | 27.1 | Shensi | 27.1 |
Arboris | 27.1 | Hunan | 28.9 | Cynthiana | 30.6 | St. Andre | 32.9 |
Nopah | 35.0 | Menkar | 35.5 | Almach | 36.5 | Angol | 37.0 |
Woodstock | 37.3 | Tianamon | 37.4 | Styk | 37.4 | Alpha Eridani | 37.5 |
Foochow | 38.2 | Acamar | 38.7 | Basalt | 38.8 | Bex | 39.2 |
Tigress | 39.5 | Kawich | 39.8 | Aldebaran | 40.2 | Mesartim | 40.2 |
Mira | 41.6 | Bhaktapur | 41.8 | Tsitsang | 42.8 | Manennaia | 43.1 |
Jonathan | 43.8 | Zurich | 45.0 | Nanking | 45.1 | Shipka | 45.5 |
Ruchbah | 45.6 | Tikonov | 45.8 | Fletcher | 47.8 | Rio | 49.5 |
Sichuan | 50.1 | Chesterton | 50.8 | Wei | 51.4 | Ingress | 51.4 |
Foot Fall | 51.5 | Zion | 52.0 | Sheratan | 52.1 | Valexa | 52.5 |
Tybalt | 53.5 | Hean | 54.2 | Terra Firma | 54.4 | Deneb Kaitos | 54.8 |
Snailzar | 55.3 | New Macao | 56.0 | Zaurak | 56.1 | New Canton | 56.8 |
Second Try | 56.9 | Bell | 57.6 | Ashkum | 57.7 | Palos | 58.7 |
Ankaa | 59.2 | Mirach | 60.0 | Tedibyhr | 60.1 | Saiph | 60.2 |
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 FedCom Civil War, p. 187: "Algol Planet Profile"
- ↑ 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 2.16 2.17 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 96: "Algol"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Think Like a Liao
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 88: "Ruchbah"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 20
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 23: "Friends and Other Enemies"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 24: "Tucas Takes Over"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 13: "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25: "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - 2596"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: Inner Sphere - [2764]
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - 2822"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War [2864] Map"
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 105: "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War [2864] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49: "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War [2864] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of [3039] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 3050"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - 3052"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 108: "Mercenary Deployment Table"
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Shattered Sphere, p. 30: "FedCom Deployment Table"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68: "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: "Inner Sphere - 3075"
- ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21: "Federated Suns Region Deployment Map [3079]"
- ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 21: "Capellan Confederation Region Deployment Map [3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 10: "Prefecture IV"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 12: "Timeline: Capellan Zone"
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 19: "Terra Resurgent"
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 11: "Operation RAT"
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141: "Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 137: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 FedCom Civil War, p. 81
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 18
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