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* [[2366]] - [[Sian Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"</ref> | * [[2366]] - [[Sian Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"</ref> | ||
| − | * [[2367]] - | + | * [[2367]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"</ref> |
| − | * [[2571]] - | + | * [[2571]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"</ref> |
| − | * [[2596]] - | + | * [[2596]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref> |
| − | * [[2750]] - | + | * [[2750]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref> |
| − | * [[2765]] - | + | * [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref> |
| − | * [[2822]] - | + | * [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"</ref> |
| − | * [[2864]] - | + | * [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref> |
| − | * [[3025]] - | + | * [[3025]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HL(TCC)p122"/><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref> |
| − | * [[3030]] - | + | * [[3030]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref> |
| − | * [[3050]] - | + | * [[3050]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name=20YU70/> |
| − | * [[3054]] - | + | * [[3054]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="ORp145"/> |
| − | * [[3058]] - | + | * [[3058]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"</ref> |
| − | * [[3063]] - | + | * [[3063]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name=FMCC119/> |
| − | * [[3067]] - | + | * [[3067]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref> |
| − | * [[3079]] - | + | * [[3079]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="FR:CCAFp12"/> |
| − | * [[3130]] - | + | * [[3130]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="MOTIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref> |
| − | * [[3135]] - | + | * [[3135]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref> |
| − | * [[3145]] - | + | * [[3145]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref> |
==Nearby Planets== | ==Nearby Planets== | ||
Revision as of 01:50, 6 August 2013
(References to Sian)
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: 7.15 Y: -231.29 [e]
Contents
Planetary Data
- Star Type (Recharge Time): G0III (181 hours)
- Position in System: 2
- Time to Jump Point: 10.43 days
- Number of Satellites: 3 (Fu Hsi, Nüwa, Shennong)
- Surface Gravity: 1.00
- Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
- Surface Water: 70%
- Equatorial Temperature: 30°C (Warm-Temperate)
- Highest Native Life: Plant
- Recharging Station: Zenith and Nadir
- HPG Class Type: A
Planetary Description
Sian is the modern capital world of the Capellan Confederation, noted be the best defended planet of the House Liao.[1] It home of many of House Liao's major industries and political leadership.
Geography
Sian has four major landmasses; Liaoning "The Walrus", Wuhan, Imarra, and South Home. The planet's environment consist of lush jungle and tropical environments, which have been placed under strictive developmental protection.[2]
Notable Landmarks
- Zi-Jin Cheng (“Forbidden City”) - The city is the capital city of both the planet and the Confederation. Located on the Wuhan continent, the city lies in the center of of Wuhan with Golden Water River running to its south. It the home of the home of the Chancellor, the Celestial Palace.
- Sian University - Located on Liaoning, this a major education center for the Confederation and the planet. In 3025, Sian University was the Confederation's only major college or university.[3]
- Summer Palace
- Atlantis Undersea Resort - Famous Irenna Islands underwater resort for the ultra rich.
- Sian Center for Martial Disciplines - The school is listed as the Confederation's finest military academy by 3076.
Other Noted Cities, Towns and Regions
Wuhan
Imarra
Liaoning
South Home
- Montauk
- Gandaki
Planetary History
Capital of Confederation
In 2367, in Age of War, the Confederation's capital was transferred to Sian after Capella was devastated by a planetary bombardment.[4][5]
Jihad
The Bombardment of the Forbidden City
During Duke George Hasek's war against the Confederation in 3068 Warships believed to belong to Haesk's Davion forces raided Sian space and bombarded the Forbidden City from orbit on the 7th of October. The bombardment resulted in the disappearance of Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao, believed to have been killed. Also lost in the bombardment was the "captive" Duchess of St. Ives, Candace Liao. These events led to Sang-jiang-jun Talon Zahn declaring himself Military Regent of the Confederation whilst Liao forces rallied and began a counter-strike against Hasek's forces.[6] It took until the first week of December for Magestrix Naomi Centrella to successfully rally the troops from the Magistracy Armed Forces on Sian after the bombardment and resulting chaos, but on the 20th of December the Chancellor was found within the remains of the Forbidden City and recovered alive and well from the rubble.[7]
The First Battle of Sian
In mid-September 3070, a Word of Blake invasion force assaulted Sian in an attempt to occupy the planet. The assault force was led by the the WoB's 24th and 17th Divisions, aided by several mercenary commands, including the Dragon's Breath. However, House Liao forces prevented the majority of the lead elements of the invasion force from landing.[8] As ground troops landed on Sian, Blakist WarShips were engaging Capellan WarShips in the Sian system,[9] and the Aegis-class WoBS Herald of Retribution was destroyed during the conflict.[10]
Despite the Blakist's attempt to lure the defenders out of position at the city of Beilin, the defenders refused the bait. Instead the 3rd Canopian Fusiliers and elements of the Death Commandos were able to smash the attackers.[11]
The invasion forces finally managed to land and push into the ruins of the Forbidden City. They engaged the Red Lancers and Warrior House Imarra. This grinding combat was favoring the Blakists until something unexpected happened:[12] Colonel Warner Doles of the Blackwind Lancers arrived with his regiment to rescue the Chancellor from the Blakists at the cost of his own life. The final result of the battle was a victory for the Capellan forces.[13]
Cease-Fire And Attempted Assassinations
On the 21st of August 3073, the former Captain-General of the Free Worlds League, the "false" Thomas Marik arrived on Sian; his goal was to negotiate a cease-fire between the League and the Confederation. Word of Blake operatives attempted to disrupt the negotiations by attempting to assassinate the former Captain-General, but Capellan security forces thwarted the Blakists efforts. Word of Blake assassins would attempt to strike on Sian again in October the same year; as Magestrix Naomi Centrella-Liao prepared to board her DropShip back to the Magistracy of Canopus a freak fuel explosion at the Forbidden City spaceport destroyed the DropShip. It was some time before the freak explosion was ultimately attributed to the Word of Blake, however,[14][15] and Naomi wouldn't actually leave Sian for Magistracy space until February 3075.[16][17] Naomi would return to Sian over a year later, returning on the 30th of March 3076 under a joint escort from the Capellan and Duchy of Andurien armed forces.[18][19]
Trials
On the 30th of November 3073 Death Commandoes arrested Duchess Kali Liao on Highspire, and transported her to Sian to be presented to the Chancellor. Kali Liao was presented to Sun-Tzu Liao on the 28th of December, and formally charged with collaborating with the enemy and treason.[15][20]
The Second Battle of Sian
Over the course of the years since the first battle, the Word of Blake seeded troops covertly onto Sian. These forces secretly built up for a second attempt at seizing the planet from the Capellan forces, while conducting a low-key guerrilla campaign against Capellan forces on the planet prior to the second battle. Death Commandos finally discovered a series of hidden Blakist bases in 3074; Liao forces began to try and eliminate these staging bases, but ultimately failed. The Blakist commanders, fed up with House Liao's continued resistance, activated their allied special forces in the form of Kali Liao's Thuggee Warrior Houses, dispatching the cultists to augment the Blakist troops on Sian. The rogue Warrior Houses combined with two Divisions of Word forces moved to take the Palace, and nearly succeeded; however, one of Kali Liao's Warrior Houses, the White Tigers, unexpectedly and inexplicably turned on its fellow cybernetically-enhanced allies and annihilated them. This turned the tide of battle for Sian's defenders, ending the struggle to take Sian.[15][21][22][23]
Era Specific Data
3025[24]
- Planetary Diem: Lord Johann deMorissey
- ComStar Representative: His Most Exalted Ambassador, Villius Tejh, Precentor of Sian Station
- Population: 4,796,000,000
3067[25]
- Population: 7,200,000,000
- Tech Levels / Socio-Industrial Levels: A-A-C-A-C
3076[26]
- Noble Ruler: Chancellor Sun Tzu Liao[26]
- Population: 7,200,000,000[26]
- Tech Level USIIR: A-A-C-A-C[26]
Planetary Garrison
3050
3050 to 3054
3050 to 3054 to 3063
3055 to 3062
3063
3054 to 3063 to 3067
3070
3079
- - At this point in time the 1st is operating at 100% of full strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
- - At this point in time the 5th is operating at 40% of full strength, with 80% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
3085
- Death Commandos[40]
- - At this point in time the unit is operating at 25% of full strength, with 100% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
Manufacturing Centers
- Hellespont Industrials
- Hellespont 'Mech Works
- Saroyan Special Projects - Aerospace manufacturing facilities located on the Imarra continent.[41] Its only production site for the Transgressor Heavy Aerospace Fighter.[42]
- Ceres Metals[43]
Owner History
- 2366 - Sian Commonwealth [44]
- 2367 - Capellan Confederation [45]
- 2571 - Capellan Confederation [46]
- 2596 - Capellan Confederation [47]
- 2750 - Capellan Confederation [48]
- 2765 - Capellan Confederation [49]
- 2822 - Capellan Confederation [50]
- 2864 - Capellan Confederation [51]
- 3025 - Capellan Confederation [24][52]
- 3030 - Capellan Confederation [53]
- 3050 - Capellan Confederation [27]
- 3054 - Capellan Confederation [31]
- 3058 - Capellan Confederation [54]
- 3063 - Capellan Confederation [32]
- 3067 - Capellan Confederation [55]
- 3079 - Capellan Confederation [56]
- 3130 - Capellan Confederation [57]
- 3135 - Capellan Confederation [58]
- 3145 - Capellan Confederation [59]
Nearby Planets
Notes
The original House Liao sourcebook listed the year 2468 as year Sian became capital of the Confederation. This was changed by later publications.[60]
References
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 133, "Atlas give brief note of history of Sian".
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Sian, p. 5, "Sian" - Planetary environment based on maps and fluff regarding Sian's environmental protection.
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 113, "Sian University" - School noted for being only college/university.
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Sian, p. 5, "Sian" - Updated history reinforces info from the original House Book.
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 59, "Sian planetary profile".
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 18, "Beyond Sian & Operation Thunderstrike" - AFFS allieged attack triggers House Liao to rally and strike back at Hasek's Capellan March invasion forces.
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Sian, p. 8, "Signs of things to Come" - scenario fluff includes info on units involved in the Blakist 3070 assault.
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 128, "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"
- ↑ Total Chaos, pp. 91, 131
- ↑ Total Chaos, pp. 94, 132-133
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Sian, p. 9, "Final Stand" - Scenario gives details what became first battle for Sian during the Jihad.
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 34, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 52, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 14, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 53, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 21, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 55, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 38, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Sian, pp. 11-12, "The last two scenarios depict Blake's second attempt to to take Sian".
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 48, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 133
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 133, "Planet Guide"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Sian, p. 3, "Sian's World Atlas" - Shows 3067 era stats.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 58, "Capellan Confederation Key Worlds"
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 20 Year Updage, p. 70, "Com Guards Deployment Tabel"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 63, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Objective Raids, p. 42, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 62, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Objective Raids, p. 145, "Unit Note"
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Field Manual: Capellan Confederation, p. 119, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"
- ↑ ComStar (sourcebook), p. 85, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 126, "ComGuard Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Capellan Confederation, p. 120, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 32, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 110, "Word of Blake Mercenary Deployments"
- ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 12, "Capellan Defense Regimental Status"
- ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 15, "McCarron's Armored Cavalry Profile"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 33, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Sian, pp. 3-5, "Atlas shows location of Saroyan and fluff shows purpose of the site".
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 59, "Saroyan Special Projects named as the manufacture of the Transgressor".
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Sian, p. 3, "Atlas of Sian shows Ceres Metals facilities located on the Imarra continent".
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedFR:CCAFp12 - ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 133 - Sian - Original year of Sian became capital of the confederation.
Bibliography
- 20 Year Update
- ComStar
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: Capellan Confederation
- Field Manual: ComStar
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report: CCAF
- Handbook: House Liao
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Reunification War
- House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3076
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Jihad Turning Points: Sian
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers
- Objective Raids
- Total Chaos