Difference between revisions of "Timbuktu Theater"
Line 1: Line 1:
−
{{Update Needed|[[Objectives: Lyran Alliance]], [[Handbook: House Steiner]], [[Empire Alone]]}}
+
==History & Description==
−
{{refimprove}}
+
 
−
{{stub}}
+
The '''Timbuktu Theater''' was originally part of the [[Protectorate of Donegal]], though many of its current worlds were once part of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref> Following [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]'s reorganization of the Alliance's internal borders, the theater was founded as the exterior region of the [[Alarion Province]] within the [[Lyran Alliance]]. Local forces were primarily concerned with repelling attacks from bandits and nearby Periphery states like the [[Circinus Federation]].<ref>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 119-120</ref>. The region continued to be a low priority for defense in the wake of the Jihad,<ref>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 6</ref> but gained greater prominence during the Dark Age. Following the disastrous repercussions of [[Operation Hammerfall]], when the Buena Province became the last "safe interior" part of the Commonwealth.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 121</ref>
  
−
==History & Description==
+
In 3146, Timbuku's [[Margrave]], General [[Diego Widmer]] declared himself the leader of a new breakaway state, the [[Buena Collective]].<ref name=SFp25>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 25, "Antisocial General"</ref> The state grew to ten worlds, and while Archon [[Trillian Steiner]] initially refused to acknowledge Widmer, she eventually mustered the forces to shatter his nascent state. In 3147, Steiner announced her intention to destroy the Buena Collective, commencing her campaign in mid-3147. [[Valloire]] and [[Ayacucho]] fell quickly, but Widmer concentrated all his remaining forces on his homeworld of Buena, determined to stage a final stand there<ref name=SFp42-44>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 42-44, "Challenging the Archon"</ref> By January 3148, the LCAF's [[Task Force Kingbreaker]] began landing on Buena to put an end to Widmer and his government. The fighting lasted for several days, but the Collective fell and Widmer executed.<ref name=SFp47-49>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 47-49, "Excising the Cancer"</ref>
  
−
The '''Timbuktu Theater''' was a region of the [[Buena Province]] within the [[Lyran Alliance]]. In 3151 it was renamed to the Florida Theater due to Timbuktu's secession from the Commonwealth.<ref name>''Empire Alone'', p. 23</ref>
+
Timbuktu itself seceded from the Commonwealth that same year, believing they had a better chance of safety by merging with the Rim Collective to form the [[Timbuktu Collective]].<ref name=SFp48>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 48: "Timbuktu Collective, Florida TTM Formed"</ref> The planet [[Florida]] became headquarters to the redesignated '''Florida Theater''' following the promotion of [[Ludwig Steiner]] to Margrave on 27 March, 3151. However, the newly-minted General Steiner planned a greater reorganization of the region, and after redrawing the theater's borders to include all Lyran worlds bordering the [[Free Worlds League]], theater headquarters was relocated again to Buena, renaming the theater once again to the '''Buena Theater'''.<ref name=ic112>''ilClan (sourcebook)'', p. 112</ref> [[Finsterwalde]] was then used as a staging area for Steiner's first major offense, the recapture of [[Bolan]].<ref name=EA33>''Empire Alone'', p. 33-34 - "A Goodwill Gesture"</ref>
  
 
==Systems of Note==
 
==Systems of Note==
Line 12: Line 12:
 
===Capital===
 
===Capital===
 
* [[Timbuktu]] (until 3148)<ref name=SFp48>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 48: "Timbuktu Collective, Florida TTM Formed"</ref>
 
* [[Timbuktu]] (until 3148)<ref name=SFp48>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 48: "Timbuktu Collective, Florida TTM Formed"</ref>
−
* [[Florida]] (3151)<ref name=ic112>''ilClan (sourcebook)'', p. 112</ref>
+
* [[Florida]] (3151)<ref name=ic112/>
 
* [[Buena]] (3151-)<ref name=ic112/>
 
* [[Buena]] (3151-)<ref name=ic112/>
  
Line 28: Line 28:
  
 
==Military Deployment==
 
==Military Deployment==
 +
 +
===3062===
 +
:*[[11th Arcturan Guards]] - [[Timbuktu]]<ref name=SS50>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 50</ref>
 +
:*[[42nd Avalon Hussars]] - [[Poulsbo]]<ref name=SS50/>
 +
:*[[6th Crucis Lancers]] - [[Langhorne]]<ref name=SS50/>
 +
:*[[8th Lyran Regulars]] - [[New India]]<ref name=SS50/>
 +
:*[[Alekseyevka TTM]] - [[Alekseyevka]]<ref name=SS50/>
 +
:*[[Florida TTM]] - [[Florida]]<ref name=SS50/>
 +
:*[[Teyvareb TTM]] - [[Teyvareb]]<ref name=SS50/>
 +
 +
===3067===
 +
:*8th Lyran Regulars - New India<ref name=FMU178>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 178</ref>
 +
:*Teyvareb TTM - Teyvareb<ref name=FMU178/>
 +
:*Alekseyevka TTM - Alekseyevka<ref name=FMU178/>
 +
:*Florida TTM - Florida<ref name=FMU178/>
  
 
===3085===
 
===3085===
−
:*[[Alekseyevka TTM]] - [[Alekseyevka]]<ref name=FM3085p107>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 107: Deployment Table. Alekseyekva is misspelled Alekseyvka here but correctly elsewhere in the book.</ref>
+
:*[[1st Buena Jaegers]] - New India<ref name=FM3085p107/>
−
:*[[Florida TTM]] - [[Florida]]<ref name=FM3085p107/>
 
−
:*[[1st Buena Jaegers]] - [[New India]]<ref name=FM3085p107/>
 
 
:*[[2nd Buena Guards]] - [[Son Hoa]]<ref name=FM3085p107/>
 
:*[[2nd Buena Guards]] - [[Son Hoa]]<ref name=FM3085p107/>
−
:*[[Teyvareb TTM]] - [[Teyvareb]]<ref name=FM3085p107/>
+
:*[[25th Arcturan Guards]] - Timbuktu<ref name=FM3085p107/>
−
:*[[25th Arcturan Guards]] - [[Timbuktu]]<ref name=FM3085p107/>
+
:*Alekseyevka TTM - Alekseyevka<ref name=FM3085p107>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 107: Deployment Table. Alekseyekva is misspelled Alekseyvka here but correctly elsewhere in the book.</ref>
 +
:*Florida TTM - Florida<ref name=FM3085p107/>
 +
:*Teyvareb TTM - Teyvareb<ref name=FM3085p107/>
 +
 
 +
===3145===
 +
:*[[1st Hesperus Guards]] - Alekseyevka<ref name=FM45p132>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 132</ref>
 +
:*2nd Buena Guards - [[Rajkot]]<ref name=FM45p132/>
 +
:*8th Lyran Regulars - [[Abramkovo]] / [[Zdice]]<ref name=FM45p132/>
 +
:*Florida TTM - Halifax<ref name=FM45p132/>
 +
 
 +
==Leaders==
 +
 
 +
===3062===
 +
*Margrave: General [[Mils Steiner-Davis]]<ref name=SS50/>
 +
*Aide: General [[Olaf Dinesen]]<ref name=SS50/>
 +
 
 +
===3067===
 +
*Margrave: General Mils Steiner-Davis<ref name=FMU178>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 178</ref>
 +
*Aide:General Olaf Dinesen<ref name=FMU178/>
 +
 
 +
===3085===
 +
*Margrave: General [[Victor Steiner-Klinsmann]]<ref name=FM85p107>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 107</ref>
 +
*Aide: Kommandant-General [[Ernesto Valitrides]]<ref name=FM85p107/>
  
 
===3145===
 
===3145===
−
*Executive Officer: [[Fitzroy Lestrade-Steiner]]<ref name=FM3145p132>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 132</ref>
+
*Margrave: General [[Diego Widmer]]<ref name=FM3145p132>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 132</ref>
 +
*Aide: Kommandant-General [[Fitzroy Lestrade-Steiner]]<ref name=FM3145p132/>
 +
 
 +
===3148===
 +
*Margrave: None<ref name=EA23>''Empire Alone'', p. 23-24 - "A New Margrave"</ref>
 +
 
 +
===3151===
 +
*Margrave: General [[Ludwig Steiner]] (after 27 March)<ref name=EA23/>
  
 
==Maps of the Theater==
 
==Maps of the Theater==

Revision as of 21:41, 20 March 2023

History & Description

The Timbuktu Theater was originally part of the Protectorate of Donegal, though many of its current worlds were once part of the Rim Worlds Republic.[1] Following Katherine Steiner-Davion's reorganization of the Alliance's internal borders, the theater was founded as the exterior region of the Alarion Province within the Lyran Alliance. Local forces were primarily concerned with repelling attacks from bandits and nearby Periphery states like the Circinus Federation.[2]. The region continued to be a low priority for defense in the wake of the Jihad,[3] but gained greater prominence during the Dark Age. Following the disastrous repercussions of Operation Hammerfall, when the Buena Province became the last "safe interior" part of the Commonwealth.[4]

In 3146, Timbuku's Margrave, General Diego Widmer declared himself the leader of a new breakaway state, the Buena Collective.[5] The state grew to ten worlds, and while Archon Trillian Steiner initially refused to acknowledge Widmer, she eventually mustered the forces to shatter his nascent state. In 3147, Steiner announced her intention to destroy the Buena Collective, commencing her campaign in mid-3147. Valloire and Ayacucho fell quickly, but Widmer concentrated all his remaining forces on his homeworld of Buena, determined to stage a final stand there[6] By January 3148, the LCAF's Task Force Kingbreaker began landing on Buena to put an end to Widmer and his government. The fighting lasted for several days, but the Collective fell and Widmer executed.[7]

Timbuktu itself seceded from the Commonwealth that same year, believing they had a better chance of safety by merging with the Rim Collective to form the Timbuktu Collective.[8] The planet Florida became headquarters to the redesignated Florida Theater following the promotion of Ludwig Steiner to Margrave on 27 March, 3151. However, the newly-minted General Steiner planned a greater reorganization of the region, and after redrawing the theater's borders to include all Lyran worlds bordering the Free Worlds League, theater headquarters was relocated again to Buena, renaming the theater once again to the Buena Theater.[9] Finsterwalde was then used as a staging area for Steiner's first major offense, the recapture of Bolan.[10]

Systems of Note

Capital

Industrial

Strategic

Military Deployment

3062

3067

  • 8th Lyran Regulars - New India[12]
  • Teyvareb TTM - Teyvareb[12]
  • Alekseyevka TTM - Alekseyevka[12]
  • Florida TTM - Florida[12]

3085

3145

Leaders

3062

3067

  • Margrave: General Mils Steiner-Davis[12]
  • Aide:General Olaf Dinesen[12]

3085

3145

3148

3151

Maps of the Theater

  • Timbuktu Theater in 3067

  • Timbuktu Theater in 3130

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
  2. ↑ Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 119-120
  3. ↑ Objectives: Lyran Alliance, p. 6
  4. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 121
  5. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 25, "Antisocial General"
  6. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 42-44, "Challenging the Archon"
  7. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 47-49, "Excising the Cancer"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Shattered Fortress, p. 48: "Timbuktu Collective, Florida TTM Formed"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 ilClan (sourcebook), p. 112
  10. ↑ Empire Alone, p. 33-34 - "A Goodwill Gesture"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 Shattered Sphere, p. 50
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Field Manual: Update, p. 178
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Field Manual: 3085, p. 107: Deployment Table. Alekseyekva is misspelled Alekseyvka here but correctly elsewhere in the book.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. 132
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 107
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 132
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Empire Alone, p. 23-24 - "A New Margrave"

Bibliography

Retrieved from "https://www.sarna.net/wiki/index.php?title=Timbuktu_Theater&oldid=944296"