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* [[2750]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:MPSp147"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> | * [[2750]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:MPSp147"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> | ||
* [[2764]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> | * [[2764]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> | ||
− | * [[2765]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR:2765DCp25>''Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine'', p. 25, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref> | + | * [[2765]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR:2765DCp25>''Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine'', p. 25, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref> |
+ | * [[2805]] - No Record (Removed from maps)<ref name=TtSBp4/> | ||
* [[2822]] - No record <ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref> | * [[2822]] - No record <ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref> | ||
* [[2864]] - No record <ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> | * [[2864]] - No record <ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:02, 17 July 2018
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Bob
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
Bob | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 440.69 : 243.84[e] |
Spectral class | M1IV[1] |
Recharge time | 202 hours[1] |
Recharge station(s) | none[1] |
Planet(s) | 4[1] |
The Bob system was home to at least one habitable world and as at 2765 was located in the New Samarkand Prefecture of the Galedon Military District within the Draconis Combine.[2]
Contents
System Description
The Bob system is located near the Kazanka and Suianheer systems.[3]
System History
The Bob system was colonized during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War.[4][3] Originally named Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt, the system was depopulated during the First Succession War[2][5][6] due to an unfortunate combination of bureaucracy and the widespread effects of the war. The awkward name originally given to the planet led to the government setting a name change in motion from the planet's original name to "Bob", but due to the chaos of the First Succession War, the change failed to gain wide recognition and essential supplies of terraforming equipment failed to arrive as a result, dooming the colonies on the planet.
Political Affiliation
- 2319 - No record [7]
- 2571 - No record [8][9]
- 2596 - No record [4]
- 2689 - Draconis Combine (First Colony)[1]
- 2750 - Draconis Combine [8][3]
- 2764 - Draconis Combine [10]
- 2765 - Draconis Combine [2][5]
- 2805 - No Record (Removed from maps)[1]
- 2822 - No record [6][11]
- 2864 - No record [12]
- 3025 - No record [13][14]
- 3030 - No record [15]
- 3040 - No record [16][17]
- 3050 - No record [18]
- 3052 - No record [19][20]
- 3054 - No record [21]
- 3057 - No record [22]
- 3063 - No record [23][24]
- 3067 - No record [25][26]
- 3075 - No record [27]
- 3079 - No record [28]
- 3081 - No record [29]
- 3085 - No record [30]
- 3130 - No record [31]
- 3135 - No record [32]
- 3145 - No record [33][34]
Nearby Systems
Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years) Closest systems first: | |||||||
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Kazanka | 14.6 | Suianheer | 21.3 | Osset | 23.8 | Dneiper | 24.3 |
Zlatousi | 27.6 | Milligan's World | 28.2 | Prinis Prime | 34.1 | Tabayama | 34.8 |
Pondicherry | 39.2 | Quantraine | 41.4 | Nexus Ri | 42.9 | Antallos (Port Krin) | 43.8 |
Enif | 46.3 | Risin | 46.4 | Rushaven | 46.4 | Brasha | 49.1 |
Helland | 49.2 | Old Canton | 50.0 | Bad News | 51.9 | Ramgarh | 52.3 |
Chirala | 55.1 |
Notes
- The name "Bob" for a world arose from a conversation between BattleTech Line Developer Herbert A. Beas and Øystein Tvedten, who is Catalyst Game Labs' resident BattleTech mapping expert. The description of Bob's creation was given on the Catalyst Game Labs forum shortly after the release of Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1. The description is as follows:
“ | The name came about in a funny way. I was bantering with Herb over Instant Message, and we were discussing something, and I make an offhand comment that X should visit the planet "Bob". To which Herb replies "We have a planet named Bob?!". Which of course, at the time, we did not. So I made up one of my usual yarns about "It is a dead planet that was named something horrible, but decided to change it's name. But unfortunately in the chaos of the 1st Succession War, the name change got misfiled and all necessary goods they ordered to be sent to the planet "Bob" went nowhere, because records didn't show such a planet existing. It was not until the end of the 1st Succession War the error was discovered, but then the vital terraforming equipment had failed and the planet was uninhabited. Such a sad sad fate." To which Herb about fell over with laughter and decided to make it canon, and he came up with the original name. Cheers, Øystein |
” |
— Øystein Tvedten, 09 Mar 2012 |
- Bob was canonized through an offhand remark in Part VIII of the BattleCorps story Forgotten Worlds (Finding Jardine), written by Herbert A. Beas and published on 21 January 2009.
- "Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt" is grammatically incorrect German by current linguistic standards, translating literally as "Dark Forests - Darker (of) Rivers - Shadow World", and the correct name would be "Dunklewälderdunkleflüsseschattenwelt".
- This was acknowledged by the author:
- This was acknowledged by the author:
“ | Well, hey, I asked for help with the name, and my German friends deserted me, so I used Google Translate and rammed every world I found together.... Thank you, - Herbert Beas |
” |
— Herbert Beas, 09 Mar 2012 |
- However, the in-universe explanation for the name was later clarified:
- However, the in-universe explanation for the name was later clarified:
“ | We blame the German-illiterate Draconis Combine clerk at the Ministry of Colonization who took down the name from the charter. They demanded an explanation what the name meant, and it got translated back again to German via the Ministry's own internal translation software. Which wasn't too good at German :) With regards, Øystein |
” |
— Øystein Tvedten, 09 Mar 2012 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Touring the Stars: Bob, p. 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765]"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine, p. 25, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18, "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 147, "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 24, "Map of the Draconis Combine"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere [3063] Map"
- ↑ Inner Sphere (sourcebook), p. 21, "Draconis Combine Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, Inner Sphere - [3075] Map
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
Bibliography
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Manual: Periphery
- Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine
- Field Report: DCMS
- Handbook: House Kurita
- Handbook: Major Periphery States
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
- Inner Sphere (sourcebook)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3076
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- Objective Raids
- The Periphery, First Edition
- The Periphery, Second Edition