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Line 76: | hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Barbara Kooper]] (3025)<ref name=TP1Ep84/> | hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Barbara Kooper]] (3025)<ref name=TP1Ep84/> }} }} − Taurus is the political and cultural capital of the [[Taurian Concordat]]. The planet is named for the second husband of [[Samantha Calderon]], [[Victor Taurens]], who died while attempting to navigate the system's asteroid field. Taurus is also one of the industrial centers of the Concordat; thus, units stationed on Taurus tend to be elite and well-equipped. Taurus is also home to one of the largest [[Periphery]] populations, estimated at greater than two billion inhabitants as of the early [[thirty-first century]]. + '''Taurus''' is the political and cultural capital of the [[Taurian Concordat]]. The planet is named for the second husband of [[Samantha Calderon]], [[Victor Taurens]], who died while attempting to navigate the system's asteroid field. Taurus is also one of the industrial centers of the Concordat; thus, units stationed on Taurus tend to be elite and well-equipped. Taurus is also home to one of the largest [[Periphery]] populations, estimated at greater than two billion inhabitants as of the early [[thirty-first century]]. Transit in-system is difficult. The Taurus system is cluttered with a natural barrier of asteroids, which have been mined and laced with Taurian [[Special Asteroid Support Force]] laser and missile batteries. Transit in-system is difficult. The Taurus system is cluttered with a natural barrier of asteroids, which have been mined and laced with Taurian [[Special Asteroid Support Force]] laser and missile batteries. Line 103:
Line 100: On 1 May [[3074]], several asteroids struck Taurus, killing Protector [[Grover Shraplen]] and destroying the capital city, Samantha. Evidence recovered from the Taurian asteroid field and the remains of the asteroids that struck Taurus implicated espionage on the part of the [[Federated Suns]], a charge vehemently denied by [[House Davion]].<ref name="JHS3076p52">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 52: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Later intel pointed to the [[Word of Blake]] weaponized yardship ''[[Erinyes (Individual WarShip)|Erinyes]]'' as the likely culprit for Taurus' destruction.<ref name=IEISP3p24>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 24: "Hunting the Word - Other Blakist Bases - Mundo Nublar"</ref> On 1 May [[3074]], several asteroids struck Taurus, killing Protector [[Grover Shraplen]] and destroying the capital city, Samantha. Evidence recovered from the Taurian asteroid field and the remains of the asteroids that struck Taurus implicated espionage on the part of the [[Federated Suns]], a charge vehemently denied by [[House Davion]].<ref name="JHS3076p52">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 52: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Later intel pointed to the [[Word of Blake]] weaponized yardship ''[[Erinyes (Individual WarShip)|Erinyes]]'' as the likely culprit for Taurus' destruction.<ref name=IEISP3p24>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 24: "Hunting the Word - Other Blakist Bases - Mundo Nublar"</ref> − Emissaries from the [[Calderon Protectorate]] arrived on both Taurus and [[New Avalon]] on 15 March [[3080]], appealing to both states for an end to the conflict between the Concordat and the Suns. The Protectorate successfully brokered a treaty between the two states on the 2nd of July, a week after [[Baron (noble title)|Baron]] [[Cham Kithrong]] stepped down as [[Protector of the Calderon Protectorate|Regent-Protector]] so that [[Erik Martens-Calderon]] could assume the Protectorship. The treaty called for the Federated Suns to cede the Pleiades worlds to the Concordat, while the Concordat effectively surrendered the ''[[Quixote]]''-class [[TCS Vendetta|TCS ''Vendetta'']] to the Calderon Protectorate, where it would be crewed by personnel from all three realms. While the treaty ended the war, the ''Vendetta'' wouldn't be officially transferred to the Protectorate until 19 April [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> + Emissaries from the [[Calderon Protectorate]] arrived on both Taurus and [[New Avalon]] on 15 March [[3080]], appealing to both states for an end to the conflict between the Concordat and the Suns. The Protectorate successfully brokered a treaty between the two states on the 2nd of July, a week after [[Baron]] [[Cham Kithrong]] stepped down as [[Protector of the Calderon Protectorate|Regent-Protector]] so that [[Erik Martens-Calderon]] could assume the Protectorship. The treaty called for the Federated Suns to cede the Pleiades worlds to the Concordat, while the Concordat effectively surrendered the ''[[Quixote]]''-class [[TCS Vendetta|TCS ''Vendetta'']] to the Calderon Protectorate, where it would be crewed by personnel from all three realms. While the treaty ended the war, the ''Vendetta'' wouldn't be officially transferred to the Protectorate until 19 April [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> ===Military Deployment=== ===Military Deployment===
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| − | Taurus is the political and cultural capital of the [[Taurian Concordat]]. The planet is named for the second husband of [[Samantha Calderon]], [[Victor Taurens]], who died while attempting to navigate the system's asteroid field. Taurus is also one of the industrial centers of the Concordat; thus, units stationed on Taurus tend to be elite and well-equipped. Taurus is also home to one of the largest [[Periphery]] populations, estimated at greater than two billion inhabitants as of the early [[thirty-first century]]. | + | '''Taurus''' is the political and cultural capital of the [[Taurian Concordat]]. The planet is named for the second husband of [[Samantha Calderon]], [[Victor Taurens]], who died while attempting to navigate the system's asteroid field. Taurus is also one of the industrial centers of the Concordat; thus, units stationed on Taurus tend to be elite and well-equipped. Taurus is also home to one of the largest [[Periphery]] populations, estimated at greater than two billion inhabitants as of the early [[thirty-first century]]. |
Transit in-system is difficult. The Taurus system is cluttered with a natural barrier of asteroids, which have been mined and laced with Taurian [[Special Asteroid Support Force]] laser and missile batteries. | Transit in-system is difficult. The Taurus system is cluttered with a natural barrier of asteroids, which have been mined and laced with Taurian [[Special Asteroid Support Force]] laser and missile batteries. | ||
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On 1 May [[3074]], several asteroids struck Taurus, killing Protector [[Grover Shraplen]] and destroying the capital city, Samantha. Evidence recovered from the Taurian asteroid field and the remains of the asteroids that struck Taurus implicated espionage on the part of the [[Federated Suns]], a charge vehemently denied by [[House Davion]].<ref name="JHS3076p52">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 52: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Later intel pointed to the [[Word of Blake]] weaponized yardship ''[[Erinyes (Individual WarShip)|Erinyes]]'' as the likely culprit for Taurus' destruction.<ref name=IEISP3p24>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 24: "Hunting the Word - Other Blakist Bases - Mundo Nublar"</ref> | On 1 May [[3074]], several asteroids struck Taurus, killing Protector [[Grover Shraplen]] and destroying the capital city, Samantha. Evidence recovered from the Taurian asteroid field and the remains of the asteroids that struck Taurus implicated espionage on the part of the [[Federated Suns]], a charge vehemently denied by [[House Davion]].<ref name="JHS3076p52">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 52: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Later intel pointed to the [[Word of Blake]] weaponized yardship ''[[Erinyes (Individual WarShip)|Erinyes]]'' as the likely culprit for Taurus' destruction.<ref name=IEISP3p24>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 24: "Hunting the Word - Other Blakist Bases - Mundo Nublar"</ref> | ||
| − | Emissaries from the [[Calderon Protectorate]] arrived on both Taurus and [[New Avalon]] on 15 March [[3080]], appealing to both states for an end to the conflict between the Concordat and the Suns. The Protectorate successfully brokered a treaty between the two states on the 2nd of July, a week after [[ | + | Emissaries from the [[Calderon Protectorate]] arrived on both Taurus and [[New Avalon]] on 15 March [[3080]], appealing to both states for an end to the conflict between the Concordat and the Suns. The Protectorate successfully brokered a treaty between the two states on the 2nd of July, a week after [[Baron]] [[Cham Kithrong]] stepped down as [[Protector of the Calderon Protectorate|Regent-Protector]] so that [[Erik Martens-Calderon]] could assume the Protectorship. The treaty called for the Federated Suns to cede the Pleiades worlds to the Concordat, while the Concordat effectively surrendered the ''[[Quixote]]''-class [[TCS Vendetta|TCS ''Vendetta'']] to the Calderon Protectorate, where it would be crewed by personnel from all three realms. While the treaty ended the war, the ''Vendetta'' wouldn't be officially transferred to the Protectorate until 19 April [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> |
===Military Deployment=== | ===Military Deployment=== | ||