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Line 8: }} }} ==History== ==History== − The '''''St. Peter''''' and her sister ships ''[[Adrian IV]]'' and ''[[Pius XIV]]'' were the last three [[JumpShip]]s to survive in service to the Holy See of the Catholic Church based out of Vatican City on [[Terra]] and the Ducal Palace on [[Alarion]] in the wake of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2765]] to seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp59">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', pp. 59–60: "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> + The '''''St. Peter''''' and her sister ships ''[[Adrian IV]]'' and ''[[Pius XIV]]'' were the last three [[JumpShip]]s to survive in service to the Holy See of the Catholic Church based out of Vatican City on [[Terra]] and the Ducal Palace on [[Alarion]] in the wake of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2765]] to seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp59">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 59-60, "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> Stefan Amaris worked to directly subsume the authority and influence of the major religions based on Terra, destroying holy sites such as the Wailing Wall and torturing and executing senior religious figures, despoiling sites such as Mecca in the process. The Catholic Church knew that it would be a target for Amaris and his regime, and ''[[w:Oberst|Oberst]]'' [[Andreas Kosovskaia]], head of the Pontifical Swiss Guards, was entrusted by the Pope with an important mission - hiding the various treasures of the Vatican, particularly the contents of the ''Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana'' and the ''Archivum Secretum Vaticanum'' - the Vatican Library and the Vatican Secret Archives, respectively.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> Stefan Amaris worked to directly subsume the authority and influence of the major religions based on Terra, destroying holy sites such as the Wailing Wall and torturing and executing senior religious figures, despoiling sites such as Mecca in the process. The Catholic Church knew that it would be a target for Amaris and his regime, and ''[[w:Oberst|Oberst]]'' [[Andreas Kosovskaia]], head of the Pontifical Swiss Guards, was entrusted by the Pope with an important mission - hiding the various treasures of the Vatican, particularly the contents of the ''Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana'' and the ''Archivum Secretum Vaticanum'' - the Vatican Library and the Vatican Secret Archives, respectively.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> Line 20:
Line 20: What Interstellar Expeditions had confirmed was that the Swiss Guard left the Inner Sphere via a series of uninhabited systems, in which they recharged their [[K-F Drive]]s and topped up their supplies of food and water. Evidence from trash heaps discovered on worlds in two separate systems in the [[Free Worlds League]] and definitively identified as being from the Swiss Guard fleet gave indications of the route taken; the evidence included a document torn from one of the pages of a logbook belonging to a DropShip attached to the ''St. Peter'', among other items. These findings showed that the Swiss Guard had charted a course that took them rimward and anti-spinward.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> What Interstellar Expeditions had confirmed was that the Swiss Guard left the Inner Sphere via a series of uninhabited systems, in which they recharged their [[K-F Drive]]s and topped up their supplies of food and water. Evidence from trash heaps discovered on worlds in two separate systems in the [[Free Worlds League]] and definitively identified as being from the Swiss Guard fleet gave indications of the route taken; the evidence included a document torn from one of the pages of a logbook belonging to a DropShip attached to the ''St. Peter'', among other items. These findings showed that the Swiss Guard had charted a course that took them rimward and anti-spinward.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> − Interstellar Expeditions were able to investigate remains discovered on the world of [[Algenib]] in [[3014]] that were also tied to the Swiss Guard. Algenib had only recently been colonized by the [[Marian Hegemony]], and the settlers had discovered manmade artifacts; Interstellar Expeditions mounted a survey that discovered a mass grave, in which was found a large [[Ferro-Aluminum]] cross. The survey team exhumed and autopsied the bodies, one of which was still dressed in the uniform of a member of the Swiss Guard. The autopsies determined that the bodies were those of people who had all died as a result of smoke inhalation, severe burns or rapid decompression, indicating that they were probably the victims of an accident aboard a DropShip. The body in uniform was determined to be that of ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg by genetic testing.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> + Interstellar Expeditions were able to investigate remains discovered on the world of [[Algenib]] in [[3014]] that were also tied to the Swiss Guard. Algenib had only recently been colonized by the [[Marian Hegemony]], and the settlers had discovered man-made artifacts; Interstellar Expeditions mounted a survey that discovered a mass grave, in which was found a large [[Ferro-Aluminum]] cross. The survey team exhumed and autopsied the bodies, one of which was still dressed in the uniform of a member of the Swiss Guard. The autopsies determined that the bodies were those of people who had all died as a result of smoke inhalation, severe burns or rapid decompression, indicating that they were probably the victims of an accident aboard a DropShip. The body in uniform was determined to be that of ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg by genetic testing.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> Eighteen years later in [[3032]] Interstellar Expeditions stumbled across the human colonies in the system discovered to be named [[St. Andreas]] by accident. Located a hundred and fifty light years further out into the Deep Periphery than Algenib, the system consisted of a red giant star with a single planet in orbit; light emissions observed by accident led to the discovery of a city on the single planet and small settlements on both moons, and further investigation revealed the inhabitants to be the descendants of the Swiss Guard. The planet had been named St. Tomalin, while the two moons were named St. Chearyl and St. Daniel; the two moon settlements were built around underground complexes and domes linked to permanently grounded and partially cannibalized DropShips, while the city on St. Tomalin had at its heart the Priory, a large keep occupied by the planetary ruler, the Prior General, which was in turn built around the remains of a grounded ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip still emblazoned with the coat of arms of the Holy See.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> Eighteen years later in [[3032]] Interstellar Expeditions stumbled across the human colonies in the system discovered to be named [[St. Andreas]] by accident. Located a hundred and fifty light years further out into the Deep Periphery than Algenib, the system consisted of a red giant star with a single planet in orbit; light emissions observed by accident led to the discovery of a city on the single planet and small settlements on both moons, and further investigation revealed the inhabitants to be the descendants of the Swiss Guard. The planet had been named St. Tomalin, while the two moons were named St. Chearyl and St. Daniel; the two moon settlements were built around underground complexes and domes linked to permanently grounded and partially cannibalized DropShips, while the city on St. Tomalin had at its heart the Priory, a large keep occupied by the planetary ruler, the Prior General, which was in turn built around the remains of a grounded ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip still emblazoned with the coat of arms of the Holy See.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> Line 33:
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| − | The '''''St. Peter''''' and her sister ships ''[[Adrian IV]]'' and ''[[Pius XIV]]'' were the last three [[JumpShip]]s to survive in service to the Holy See of the Catholic Church based out of Vatican City on [[Terra]] and the Ducal Palace on [[Alarion]] in the wake of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2765]] to seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp59">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', | + | The '''''St. Peter''''' and her sister ships ''[[Adrian IV]]'' and ''[[Pius XIV]]'' were the last three [[JumpShip]]s to survive in service to the Holy See of the Catholic Church based out of Vatican City on [[Terra]] and the Ducal Palace on [[Alarion]] in the wake of the coup launched by [[Stefan Amaris]] in [[2765]] to seize control of the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2765]].<ref name="ISP3:IEp59">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 59-60, "Society of St. Andreas"</ref> |
Stefan Amaris worked to directly subsume the authority and influence of the major religions based on Terra, destroying holy sites such as the Wailing Wall and torturing and executing senior religious figures, despoiling sites such as Mecca in the process. The Catholic Church knew that it would be a target for Amaris and his regime, and ''[[w:Oberst|Oberst]]'' [[Andreas Kosovskaia]], head of the Pontifical Swiss Guards, was entrusted by the Pope with an important mission - hiding the various treasures of the Vatican, particularly the contents of the ''Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana'' and the ''Archivum Secretum Vaticanum'' - the Vatican Library and the Vatican Secret Archives, respectively.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | Stefan Amaris worked to directly subsume the authority and influence of the major religions based on Terra, destroying holy sites such as the Wailing Wall and torturing and executing senior religious figures, despoiling sites such as Mecca in the process. The Catholic Church knew that it would be a target for Amaris and his regime, and ''[[w:Oberst|Oberst]]'' [[Andreas Kosovskaia]], head of the Pontifical Swiss Guards, was entrusted by the Pope with an important mission - hiding the various treasures of the Vatican, particularly the contents of the ''Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana'' and the ''Archivum Secretum Vaticanum'' - the Vatican Library and the Vatican Secret Archives, respectively.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | ||
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What Interstellar Expeditions had confirmed was that the Swiss Guard left the Inner Sphere via a series of uninhabited systems, in which they recharged their [[K-F Drive]]s and topped up their supplies of food and water. Evidence from trash heaps discovered on worlds in two separate systems in the [[Free Worlds League]] and definitively identified as being from the Swiss Guard fleet gave indications of the route taken; the evidence included a document torn from one of the pages of a logbook belonging to a DropShip attached to the ''St. Peter'', among other items. These findings showed that the Swiss Guard had charted a course that took them rimward and anti-spinward.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | What Interstellar Expeditions had confirmed was that the Swiss Guard left the Inner Sphere via a series of uninhabited systems, in which they recharged their [[K-F Drive]]s and topped up their supplies of food and water. Evidence from trash heaps discovered on worlds in two separate systems in the [[Free Worlds League]] and definitively identified as being from the Swiss Guard fleet gave indications of the route taken; the evidence included a document torn from one of the pages of a logbook belonging to a DropShip attached to the ''St. Peter'', among other items. These findings showed that the Swiss Guard had charted a course that took them rimward and anti-spinward.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | ||
| − | Interstellar Expeditions were able to investigate remains discovered on the world of [[Algenib]] in [[3014]] that were also tied to the Swiss Guard. Algenib had only recently been colonized by the [[Marian Hegemony]], and the settlers had discovered | + | Interstellar Expeditions were able to investigate remains discovered on the world of [[Algenib]] in [[3014]] that were also tied to the Swiss Guard. Algenib had only recently been colonized by the [[Marian Hegemony]], and the settlers had discovered man-made artifacts; Interstellar Expeditions mounted a survey that discovered a mass grave, in which was found a large [[Ferro-Aluminum]] cross. The survey team exhumed and autopsied the bodies, one of which was still dressed in the uniform of a member of the Swiss Guard. The autopsies determined that the bodies were those of people who had all died as a result of smoke inhalation, severe burns or rapid decompression, indicating that they were probably the victims of an accident aboard a DropShip. The body in uniform was determined to be that of ''Oberstleutnant'' Brunegg by genetic testing.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> |
Eighteen years later in [[3032]] Interstellar Expeditions stumbled across the human colonies in the system discovered to be named [[St. Andreas]] by accident. Located a hundred and fifty light years further out into the Deep Periphery than Algenib, the system consisted of a red giant star with a single planet in orbit; light emissions observed by accident led to the discovery of a city on the single planet and small settlements on both moons, and further investigation revealed the inhabitants to be the descendants of the Swiss Guard. The planet had been named St. Tomalin, while the two moons were named St. Chearyl and St. Daniel; the two moon settlements were built around underground complexes and domes linked to permanently grounded and partially cannibalized DropShips, while the city on St. Tomalin had at its heart the Priory, a large keep occupied by the planetary ruler, the Prior General, which was in turn built around the remains of a grounded ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip still emblazoned with the coat of arms of the Holy See.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | Eighteen years later in [[3032]] Interstellar Expeditions stumbled across the human colonies in the system discovered to be named [[St. Andreas]] by accident. Located a hundred and fifty light years further out into the Deep Periphery than Algenib, the system consisted of a red giant star with a single planet in orbit; light emissions observed by accident led to the discovery of a city on the single planet and small settlements on both moons, and further investigation revealed the inhabitants to be the descendants of the Swiss Guard. The planet had been named St. Tomalin, while the two moons were named St. Chearyl and St. Daniel; the two moon settlements were built around underground complexes and domes linked to permanently grounded and partially cannibalized DropShips, while the city on St. Tomalin had at its heart the Priory, a large keep occupied by the planetary ruler, the Prior General, which was in turn built around the remains of a grounded ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip still emblazoned with the coat of arms of the Holy See.<ref name="ISP3:IEp59"/> | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''[[Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3]]'' | * ''[[Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3]]'' | ||
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[[Category: Individual JumpShips]] | [[Category: Individual JumpShips]] | ||