Hall
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Astrophysical | |
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System position | 3 |
Government and Infrastructure | |
Capital | Harney |
(References to Hall)
X: -13.95 Y: -44.56[e]
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
Contents
Overview
Hall is an arid world divided into two continents - Urra on north and Wass on south with the capital city. The surface of planet is known to be one of the most spectacular - with various strange rock formations including rock walls over two hundred meters long and 5 meters wide and of various heights.
The planet itself was located deeply within Terran Hegemony and was secure until the Amaris Civil War began and the later Succession Wars. The planet changed ownership several times, being a member of the Tikonov Free Republic during the 4th Succession War and eventually becoming part of the Federated Commonwealth. Sarna March helped rebuild the planet's industry, but when it collapsed the Chaos March took control over the planet.
Hall joined the Free Worlds League on the 10th of October 3067 despite efforts from the Allied Mercenary Command to persuade the government otherwise; the decision to join the League was suspected to be a result of machinations by the Word of Blake,[1] and Hall would soon find itself a member of the Word of Blake Protectorate during the opening stages of the Jihad.
It was on Hall on the 3rd of April 3073 that the mercenary unit the Martian Cuirassiers were destroyed by their own employers, the Word of Blake, as a result of a contract dispute. The unusually harsh response to the contract dispute was performed by the 52nd Shadow Division.[2][3]
On the 20th of November 3077 Hall was attacked by Coalition forces led by Stone's Lament and Stone's Stalwart. Unlike most of the worlds of the Word of Blake Protectorate, the governor installed by the Word of Blake simply surrendered the world to the Coalition troops and meekly accepted arrest. The defending Protectorate Militia forces also surrendered to the Coalition troops. The surrender was negotiated by Private Bethany Barratt; who under her own initiative contacted the Blakist governor and found him willing to discuss a cease fire. After years trapped within the Chaos March the people of Hall were war-weary, and by negotiating a peace Barratt and the governor arranged a surrender and disarmament that would avoid the bloodshed that would have otherwise occured as a result of a full military invasion. The campaign for Hall wasn't completely free of bloodshed - Precentor Hedwig Verona, the head of the Spiritual Enlightnment agency, was shot while attempting to evade capture and Precentor Andrew McFadden, commanding officer of the Hall Protectorate Militia, killed himself rather than be taken into captivity - but Barratt's initiative received praise from both Devlin Stone and General Belle Lee.[4][5]
Planetary Data
- Star Type (Recharge Time): K1V (192 hours)
- Position in System: 3
- Time to Jump Point: 5.18 days
- Number of Satellites: 1 (Luanda)
- Surface Gravity: 1.06
- Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
- Equatorial Temperature: 35°C (Arid)
- Surface Water: 40%
- Resarching Station: Zenith
- HPG Class Type: B
- Highest Native Life: Reptiles
Era Specific Data
3073
- Population: 2,365,000,000
3077
- Planetary Governor: Franco Reynolds[4]
Garrisoning Military Force
3050 to 3054
3055
3062 to 3067
3067
3067 to 3071
3073
- Martian Cuirassiers[12] (until April)[2][3]
Owner History
- 2366 - Terran Hegemony [13]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony [14]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony
- 3025 - Capellan Confederation
- 3030 - Tikonov Free Republic
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth
- 3057 - Chaos March
- 3062 - Chaos March
- 3067 - Free Worlds League (from October)[15][1]
- 3071 - Word of Blake
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere [16]
Nearby Planets
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 44, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 26, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 51, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 54, "Hall Surrenders Without A Shot"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ 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: ComStar, p. 126, "ComGuard Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 98, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 65, "Mercenary Deployment Table"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 110, "Word of Blake Mercenary Deployments"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 13, "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3070, p. 11 & Blake Ascending, p. 171, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
Bibliography
- 20 Year Update
- BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction
- Blake Ascending
- ComStar (sourcebook)
- Field Manual: ComStar
- Field Manual: Updates
- Handbook: House Liao
- Historical: Reunification War
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3070
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3076
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- Mercenaries Supplemental II
- Objective Raids