Novy Moscva

Novy Moskva (New Moscow in russian) was the intended capital for the Star League-in-Exile, was the largest and sophisticated city on all the Pentagon Worlds.

Geographycal Location

Located in the planet Eden, on the equatorial band of the continent of Noruff, the narrow band of vegetation of the continent.

History

Ironically, Eden became the Star League in Exile's capital almost by accident: general Aleksandr Kerensky refused to establish a home for himself and his family until the settlement of the other exiles was done, and he choose to stablish in Eden because it was the last planet to be settled. The city was intended to give the Star League-in-Exile a capital worthy of its society. Arranged like a great wheel around the government hub with broad boulevards at the cardinal points, at its centerpiece was the government district, with massive structures designed inspired in Terra's late 19th and 20th century. Anyway, like the dream of the Star League-in-Exile, Novy Moscva never realized: the city was still incomplete when the Pentagon Civil War began. A bunker served as Alekasndr's command post prior to its death. After the Second Exodus, the city became a battlefield between the main factions of the planet: the Sarvat Khanate and the Levic Ascendancy, along with minor factions. The still in construction capital was heavily damaged, and with the time, only the Khanate and the Ascendance remained in its control.

Operation Klondike

Twenty years after the civil war began, it came to an end when The Clans founded by Aleksandr's son, Nicholas Kerensky launched Operation Klondike. Their objectives were to retake the Pentagon Worlds and crush any minor faction. They liberated planet after planet surprisingly easily. Eden was one of the last battlefields. The planet was attacked by four clans: Clan Wolf, Clan Jade Falcon, Clan Hell's Horses and Clan Smoke Jaguar. They successfully took most of the planet, leaving Novy Moscva for the end. Then, the Ascendancy Martial Foundation, or AMF, leaders, had retreated all their forces into the city. Unwilling to raze his father's capital, as the Jaguar Khan, Franklin Osis suggested, Nicholas ordered all four Clans to assault the city at once: the Falcons were charged of the northeastern thrust, securing the industrial sector, the Jaguars the southeastern approaches, the city's former business sector, now a slum area. The Wolves go to the Eden Military Academy. In each case, they made a series of lightning strikes to secure advanced bases. All the Clans found immersed in a guerrilla war, against a numerical superior enemy, reacting differently: the Jaguars, as example, razed entire buildings from where they were attacked, killing much more civilians than AMF troopers. Nicholas took his father's old command post, using it to direct the battle. The Wolves located and took the AMF high command, decapitating their enemy. One of the Clans key casualties was Andery Kerensky, which 'Mech, an Exterminator was surprised and downed alone by a lance of AMF in the Cameron Park the 1 of December. The Wolves went into a frenzy and slaughtered Andery's killers. Two days later, after the fall of the Palace of Justice, Nicholas declared the end of Eden's campaign. Klondike still hadn't finished, but for Novy Moscva, the Exodus Civil War was over.

After Klondike

After the end of Klondike, Nicholas didn't allowed Novy Moscva to be rebuilt or finished: he ordered the city to be abandoned and left in its present state, turning it into a memorial to the achievements of the man and his weaknesses. The exact reasons for this are unknown: maybe it was because the city was too damaged, because he needed a memorial to remember everybody the devastation of the Civil War, for being the place of its only brother's death, or because he, as his father, had already built a new capital for all the Clans: Katyusha City, in Strana Mechty.

Notable Locations

• Cameron Park, a great park in the center of the city.
• Cameron Most (Cameron bridge), key location in the center of the city.
• Novy Moscva Bourse.
• Ploshchad Kerensky (Kerensky Square)
• Eden Military Academy.
• Aleksandr Kerensky command post.
• Unity Station: terminus maglev station (unfinished)
• Palace of Justice.

Bibliography

• Historical: Operation Klondike