Talitha
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Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: -34.11 Y: -34.93[e]
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Planetary Description
There are four stars in the system.[citation needed]
Additional names for the Talitha system are Iota, Ursae, Majoris, and Dnoces.[citation needed]
Primary star: A7IV (1.7*solar mass, 9*terran luminosity) Closest M1V companion orbits at 5-6 AU every 4028 days. More distant M1V companions at 132 AU every 39.7 years. Distant companions also orbit each other at about 10 AU, interchanging places.
Talitha is governed by a military dictatorship from the capital city of Charity Heights. The planet's main HPG compound is located in Tagus Metropolis.[citation needed]
Planetary Locations
Monetary Gain
Established in 2621 on Talitha, Monetary Gain was one of the Star League's commerce cities, intended to help bond together the economies of the Star League's six member states. One of the three such commerce cities and mints to print Star League Dollars for the Free Worlds League, like all such cities, Monetary Gain was also located close by a major SLDF base to ensure its protection. Monetary Gain did not survive the Amaris Coup. [1]
College of Talitha
One of the Golden Ten Universities of the Terran Hegemony, the College of Talitha specialised in design studies of a wide range of civilian and military products, maintaining close ties with the Hegemony Research and Development Centers. This saw the College quickly ransacked and stripped during the Amaris Coup, with nothing left behind, the virtually empty college was abandoned. [2]
Planetary History
Amaris Civil War
During the Star League era Talitha became the site of the Army Headquarters for the Star League Defense Force's 8th Army.[3] It also was the administrative headquarters of the first region of the Free Worlds League and a series of training bases, many of them major. It was also the site of one of the Star League mints and a major security exchange.[4] With the eruption of the Periphery Uprising in 2766, the 8th Army found itself responsible for the entire Free Worlds League, and even though the 8th Army received some reinforcements drawn from the 1st Army[3] this greater astrogeographical area of responsibility naturally led to the 8th Army being stretched thin.[4]
When Stefan Amaris launched his coup on the 27th of December 2766 on Terra, his forces also swung into action on all other worlds within the Terran Hegemony and a number of jointly-administered worlds, which included Talitha.[5] Despite the 8th Army being deployed across the Free Worlds League, there were still a large number of personnel from the 8th Army on Talitha, as well as a substantial number of SLDF personnel within the support and training organizations. These people, primarily administrative, support and logistics personnel, posed a risk to the Rim Worlds Republic forces, which had already managed to occupy at least one Castle Brian on Talitha prior to the Coup's beginning.[4]
The Republican forces hadn't been able to establish a foothold within any of the training facilities or the Military Region administrative headquarters, and as a result when they launched their campaign to take control of Talitha, they bombarded the Castle Brian with multiple nuclear weapons while also hitting various training bases with a combination of nuclear and biological attacks. While these attacks were largely effective, the Republicans didn't manage to hit every training base, nor were they able to track down and hit every location where SLDF equipment was stored; they also failed to capture or destroy all of the war materiel stored across Talitha awaiting shipping to the Periphery front. Talitha subsequently became a hotbed for resistance against the Republican forces and Stefan Amaris, as the SLDF personnel who survived the initial attacks made use of the remaining equipment to form and lead resistance groups across the planet.[4]
Prior to the SLDF invasion of the Hegemony, Amaris-held Talitha would be the site of an ill-fated reconnaissance raid by the Eridani Light Horse's 19th Striker Regiment as part of Operation INTRUDER in May of 2771. Thanks to an Amaris agent secretly operating within the Light Horse, the 19th Striker dropped onto the city of Amity and right into the teeth of three Republican regiments. Within two hours the 19th Striker were killed to the last man. [6]
Succession War Era
Following the SLDF Exodus, Talitha fell to the Free Worlds League in 2785 prior to the First Succession War. [7] [8]
The Jihad
On the 8th of December 3069, Talitha was raided by the 13th Stalking Horse, one of the few surviving members of the Allied Mercenary Command.[9]
Talitha was liberated by forces from the Free Worlds League front in a brief campaign in May 3077. Backed up by the Clan Nova Cat Aegis-class WarShip CNC Blade, Group IV of the Free Worlds League task force rolled over the defenders; with Beta Galaxy of Clan Wolf in Exile working closely with the 3rd Lyran Guards and the Marlette Crucis March Militia on the ground, Group IV quickly achieved dominance in the air before crushing the Blakist ground forces.[10]
In October 3077 the Free Worlds League task force responsible for the initial assault on Chara retreated after the disastrous battle there, falling back to Talitha to rebuild and await additional support.[11]
Garrisoning Military Force
3050
3050 to 3054
3055
3059 to 3067
Manufacturing Centers
Owner History
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony [18]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony [19]
- 2765 - Terran Hegemony [20]
- 2767 - Amaris Empire [4]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3030 - Tikonov Free Republic[citation needed]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[citation needed]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[citation needed]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3062 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3067 - Free Worlds League [17]
- 3071 - Word of Blake Protectorate[citation needed]
- 3077 - Word of Blake Protectorate (until May)[10]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere [21]
Nearby Planets
References
- ↑ The Star League, p. 160 "Socioeconomics - Star League Economy - Currency - Exchanges and Mints"
- ↑ The Star League, p. 167 "Society - Education - Golden Ten Universities"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 43, "8th Army"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 84-85, "Atrocities And Excesses"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 80, "Cometh Hell's Legions"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra, p. 117, "Return to the Hegemony - Standing at the Crossroads - Never Give Up"
- ↑ The Star League, p. 179 "Atlas of the Terran Hegemony - Other Hegemony Worlds"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 118 "Aftermath - Digesting the Hegemony"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 45-46, "Talitha, Berenson Capitulate"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 48-49, "Chara Operational Report"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 71, "Com Guards Deployment Tabel"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 24, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 18, "FedCom Deployment Table"
- ↑ ComStar (sourcebook), p. 85, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 110, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 159, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130