Sackville
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| Sackville | |
|---|---|
← 3135 3151 | |
| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -391.123 : -128.993[e] |
Contents
Planetary Garrison
2764
Owner History
- 2596 - No record [2]
- 2750 - Free Worlds League [3]
- 2765 - Free Worlds League [4]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3030 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3040 - Free Worlds League [5]
- 3052 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3062 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3067 - Free Worlds League [6]
- 3081 - Independent planet [7]
- 3130 - Independent planet [8]
- 3135 - Independent world [9]
- 3145 - Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey [10]
Planetary History
The Jihad
Left independent in the wake of the dissolution of the Free Worlds League on 28 January 3079, Sackville was soon under pressure from external forces. While the Principality of Regulus destroyed the heart of the Circinus Federation with nuclear fire, survivors from the numerous pirates in the region plagued nearby worlds, and Sackville was one of their targets. One particular band, known as Lincoln's Rotting Corpse, raided Sackville so frequently in 3082 that the government was left desperately calling for help while betting houses on the planet took bets on when the raiders would arrive again.[11]
The nearby Duchy of Tamarind declined to assist Sackville, feeling that the world had nothing to offer the Duchy; however, help came from an unexpected source, when Colonel Yoshio Kawamura led a combined-arms force from the First Marik Protectors - the former Tenth Marik Militia - to hunt the pirates. Accurately predicting a strike against the warehouses in the city of Tighfield, Kawamura established an executed a hugely successful ambush. Kawamura's tactics were so successful that many of the pirates were killed, the Protectors captured a Mule-class pirate DropShip, leading the other pirate DropShips to abandon those on the ground, and as the surviving pirates went to ground a grateful planetary government declared Kawamura an honorary citizen and paid the Protectors a hefty enough bonus for them to expand their ranks with a new company of hovertanks.[11]
Planetary Locations
- Tighfield: a city on Sackville, and site of a notable battle in 3082.[11]
Nearby Planets
Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:
References
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 254, "SLDF - Free Worlds League Military Command Map"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ ' Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62-63, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Spotlight On: First Marik Protectors, p. 2-3, "Unit History and Description"