Sarna News: Bad 'Mechs - Icestorm

Editing Jansen's Hold

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision Your text
Line 13: Line 13:
  
 
==System Description==
 
==System Description==
Janen's Hold is located near the [[Parian]] and [[New Vallis]] systems and is [[Rimward]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HB:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 121: "Taurian Condordat after the Age of War (2571) Map, Fall of the Star League (2750) Map and End of the 3rd Succession War (3025) Maps"</ref>  It is know to have at least three planets with one of those being inhabited.<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
+
The Janen's Hold system is located near the [[Parian]] and [[New Vallis]] systems and is [[Rimward]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HB:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 121: "Taurian Condordat after the Age of War (2571) Map, Fall of the Star League (2750) Map and End of the 3rd Succession War (3025) Maps"</ref>  It is know to have at least three planets with one of those being inhabited.<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
  
 
==System History==
 
==System History==
Line 19: Line 19:
  
 
==Political Affiliation==
 
==Political Affiliation==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
+
<div class="desktop-3-col">
 
* [[2366]] - No record<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref>
 
* [[2366]] - No record<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - No record<ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 121</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - No record<ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 121</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25</ref>
Line 51: Line 51:
 
* [[3145]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name=SFp103/>
 
* [[3151]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name=SFp103/>
{{div col end}}
+
</div>
  
-------------------------------------
+
---------
 
==Jansen's Hold III==
 
==Jansen's Hold III==
 
{{InfoBoxPlanet
 
{{InfoBoxPlanet
Line 59: Line 59:
 
| name                = Jansen's Hold III
 
| name                = Jansen's Hold III
 
| othernames          =  
 
| othernames          =  
| position            = Third<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
+
| position            = 3rd<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
 
| distance            = 7.96 days<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
 
| distance            = 7.96 days<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
 
| moons              = 2 (Dak, Rogue)<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
 
| moons              = 2 (Dak, Rogue)<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
Line 67: Line 67:
 
| water              = 45%<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
 
| water              = 45%<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
 
| life                = Mammal<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
 
| life                = Mammal<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
| continents          = 3 (Glacia, Puttaaq, Massak)<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
+
| continents          =  
 
| colonized          =  
 
| colonized          =  
 
| demonym            =  
 
| demonym            =  
Line 80: Line 80:
 
| hpgrep              =  
 
| hpgrep              =  
 
}}
 
}}
'''Jansen's Hold III''', or simply Jansen's Hold, is a cool to temperate world located along the Taurian Concordat border with the [[Federated Suns]]. It was colonized at some point during the reign of the Star League and has been under uninterrupted Taurian control for over 400 years. It is orbited by two moons: Dak and Rogue.<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
+
===Planetary Description===
 +
Jansen's Hold III, or simply Jansen's Hold, is a cool to temperate world located along the Taurian Concordat border with the [[Federated Suns]]. It was colonized at some point during the reign of the Star League and has been under uninterrupted Taurian control for over 400 years. It's surface is mostly land area divided among three continents: Glacia, Puttaaq, and Massak.  It is orbited by two moons: Dak and Rogue.<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
  
 
===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
 
====Raids of 3071====
 
====Raids of 3071====
Over [[3071]], Jansen's Hold was attacked three times by a sophisticated band of unmarked bandits.  Their attacks always coincided with the end of a production run of armor segments at a nearby factory. Their first attack was small and easily repulsed by [[Longwood's Bluecoats]]. However, when the mercenaries approached a bandit ''[[Scorpion (BattleMech)|Scorpion]]'' [[BattleMech]] they had disabled, the bandit pilot detonated his own SRM stores thus destroying himself and the 'Mech before it could be salvaged.
+
Over [[3071]], Jansen's Hold was attacked three times by a sophisticated band of unmarked bandits.  Their attacks always coincided with the end of a production run of armor segments at a nearby factory. Their first attack was small and easily repulsed by [[Longwood's Bluecoats]]. However, when the mercenaries approached a bandit [[Scorpion (BattleMech)|Scorpion]] [[BattleMech]] they had disabled, the bandit pilot detonated his own SRM stores thus destroying himself and the 'Mech before it could be salvaged.
  
The second attack had the bandits feint to the factory again only to then raid the nearby starport that had several warehouses of completed armor segments ready for shipment.  The Bluecoats did not take any losses, but were only to recover 25% of the armor shipment before the bandits escaped with the rest. At this time, the defenders began to suspect that an insider was feeding information to the bandits.
+
The second attack had the bandits feint to the factory again only to then raid the nearby starport that had several warehouses of completed armor segments ready for shipment.  The Bluecoats did not take any losses, but were only to recover 25% of the armor shipment before the bandits escaped with the rest. At this time, the defenders began to suspect that an insider was feeding information to the bandits.
  
Anticipating a third attack, Longwood's Bluecoats set a trap by stationing troops within the warehouses of the next completed armor shipment. When the raiders dropped directly onto the warehouses, they were engaged by the mercenaries and took heavy damage while another Bluecoat force moved in to close the trap.  However, at this time a new bandit force, numbering a battalion in strength, arrived to engage the initial Bluecoat force. The mercenary forces who had hoped to spring a trap on the bandits were now fighting for their lives.  The bandits were able to break off just before the Bluecoat reinforcements arrived.
+
Anticipating a third attack, Longwood's Bluecoats set a trap by stationing troops within the warehouses of the next completed armor shipment. When the raiders dropped directly onto the warehouses, they were engaged by the mercenaries and took heavy damage while another Bluecoat force moved in to close the trap.  However, at this time a new bandit force, numbering a battalion in strength, arrived to engage the initial Bluecoat force. The mercenary forces who had hoped to spring a trap on the bandits were now fighting for their lives.  The bandits were able to break off just before the Bluecoat reinforcements arrived.
  
Longwood's Bluecoats immediately called for reinforcements from their Taurian employers, but those calls went unanswered. This led the group to start considering leaving the employ of the Concordat and join the Federated Suns.<ref name=FM:MSU89>''Field Manual: Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 89:"Longwood's Bluecoats"</ref>
+
Longwood's Bluecoats immediately called for reinforcements from their Taurian employers, but those calls went unanswered. This led the group to start considering leaving the employ of the Concordat and join the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=FM:MSU89>''Field Manual: Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 89:"Longwood's Bluecoats"</ref>
  
 
====Raid of 3072====
 
====Raid of 3072====
On 12 June [[3072]], the Longwood's Bluecoats were attacked by troops sporting [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] colors. The mercenaries suffered heavy losses and the armor factory they were defending was completely plundered of materials.<ref name="JHS3076p22">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp50">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 50: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
+
On 12 June [[3072]], the Longwood's Bluecoats were attacked by troops sporting [[AFFS]] colors. The mercenaries suffered heavy losses and the armor factory they were defending was completely plundered of materials.<ref name="JHS3076p22">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp50">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 50: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
  
After the end of the Jihad, Taurus Territorial Industries built a factory on Jansen's Hold as part of the Concordat's military production recovery efforts. The manufacturing plant built primitive tech level ''[[Griffin]]''s and ''[[Phoenix (BattleMech)|Phoenixes]]''.<ref name=O:P3>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 3: "Industrial Update"</ref>
+
After the end of the Jihad, Taurus Territorial Industries built a factory on Jansen's Hold as part of the Concordat's military production recovery efforts. The manufacturing plant builds primitive tech level [[Griffin]]s and [[Phoenix (BattleMech)|Phoenix]]es.<ref name=O:P3>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 3: "Industrial Update"</ref>
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
{{columns-start|num=3}}
 
 
====3050====
 
====3050====
 
* [[Second Taurian Lancers]] (Third Battalion only)<ref name=20YU78>''20 Year Update'', p. 78:"IV Corps"</ref>
 
* [[Second Taurian Lancers]] (Third Battalion only)<ref name=20YU78>''20 Year Update'', p. 78:"IV Corps"</ref>
Line 107: Line 107:
 
====3059====
 
====3059====
 
* [[Clean Kill]] (one Battalion)<ref name=FM:M113>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 113:"Taurian Concordat"</ref>
 
* [[Clean Kill]] (one Battalion)<ref name=FM:M113>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 113:"Taurian Concordat"</ref>
{{column}}
+
 
 
====3061====
 
====3061====
 
* Clean Kill (transferred offworld in 3062)<ref name=FM:MR57>''Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised'', p. 57:"Clean Kill: Mistakes Were Made"</ref>
 
* Clean Kill (transferred offworld in 3062)<ref name=FM:MR57>''Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised'', p. 57:"Clean Kill: Mistakes Were Made"</ref>
Line 116: Line 116:
 
====3067====
 
====3067====
 
* [[Longwood's Bluecoats]]<ref name=MS69>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 69: "Mercenary Employment Table"</ref>
 
* [[Longwood's Bluecoats]]<ref name=MS69>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 69: "Mercenary Employment Table"</ref>
{{column}}
+
 
 
====3071====
 
====3071====
 
* Longwood's Bluecoats<ref name=FM:MSU89/>
 
* Longwood's Bluecoats<ref name=FM:MSU89/>
Line 122: Line 122:
 
====3145====
 
====3145====
 
* [[Concordat Jaegers]] (shared with [[Midale]])<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201: "I Corps"</ref>
 
* [[Concordat Jaegers]] (shared with [[Midale]])<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201: "I Corps"</ref>
{{columns-end}}
 
 
===Geography===
 
Jansen's Hold's surface is mostly land area divided among three continents: Glacia, Puttaaq, and Massak.<ref name=OB:Pp6/>
 
  
 
===Planetary Locations===
 
===Planetary Locations===
* Gnome: a city and military training facility for infantry and combat vehicles on the continent of Massak<ref name=OPp6>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 6</ref>
+
* Gnome - City and military training facility for infantry and combat vehicles on the continent of Massak.<ref name=OPp6>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 6</ref>
* Masaaraq: a city and home to Taurus Territorial Industries on the continent of Glacia<ref name=OPp6/>
+
* Masaaraq - City and home to Taurus Territorial Industries on the continent of Glacia.<ref name=OPp6/>
* Theo: planetary capital city on the continent of Glacia<ref name=OPp6/>
+
* Theo - Planetary capital city on the continent of Glacia.<ref name=OPp6/>
  
 
===Industrial Centers===
 
===Industrial Centers===
Line 267: Line 263:
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
+
<div class="desktop-3-col">
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
Line 301: Line 297:
 
* ''[[Objectives: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Objectives: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
+
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
 
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
{{div col end}}
+
</div>
  
 
[[Category:Planets|Jansen's Hold]]
 
[[Category:Planets|Jansen's Hold]]
 
[[Category:Taurian Concordat Systems]]
 
[[Category:Taurian Concordat Systems]]

Please note that all contributions to BattleTechWiki are considered to be released under the GNU FDL 1.2 (see BattleTechWiki:Copyrights for details). If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To edit this page, please answer the question that appears below (more info):

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)

Advanced templates:

Editing: {{Merge}}   {{Moratorium}}   {{Otheruses| | | }}

Notices: {{NoEdit}}   {{Sign}}   {{Unsigned|name}}   {{Welcome}}

Administration: {{Essay}}   {{Policy}}   {{Procedure}}

This page is a member of 1 hidden category: