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{{System
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{{System v2
|description = The Manchester system since it's colonisation has served to protect the route linking the houses of [[Liberty]] and [[Bretonia]]. Being the first two houses to reunite after the colonisation of [[Sirius]], the Bretonians' paranoia of communist terrorism forced them to closely protect it's new found connection to [[Liberty]]. Although vessels with piratical intent did not become a problem for another 100 years, the [[Kingdom of Bretonia]] have keenly policed Manchester space ever since and have thus kept a keen grip upon the system as a result.
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| name = Manchester
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| nickname =
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| image = Manchester.jpg
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| government = {{House Link | Bretonia}}
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| region = Bretonia
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| neighbors = [[Coronado]]<br/>[[Cortez]]<br/>[[Leeds]]<br/>[[Magellan]]<br/>[[Newcastle]]<br/>[[New London]]<br/>
  
[[Kingston Border Station]] was the first of the police bases to be constructed in the system; fortifying the trade routes headed through the newly constructed [[Cortez]] jump gate. After the establishment of a second route through the [[Magellan]] system, it was not long before Bretonian forces installed [[Liverpool Border Station]] at the [[Magellan]] jump gate too.
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|description =
  
It was only when the Bretonian industry began to flourish that Manchester caught the attention of mining and manufacturing corporations across the house. Manchester had few extractable resources worth pursuing but the system offered a discreet location for undesirable industrial operations. The [[BMM]] base [[Birmingham Station]] was erected soon after as a [[Toxic Waste]] reprocessing plant, producing [[MOX]] as a fuel for large vessels and interplanetary installations. Seeing the advantage of a discreet location away from the public eye, the Bretonian government soon began the construction of [[BPA Newgate]]. The largest prison station in existence at the time of it's completion, [[BPA Newgate]] was installed some way away from the trade routes passing through the system and is still believed to be one of the securest locations in all of [[Sirius]].
 
  
In recent years the Manchester system has been made host to an array of piratical factions picking off the occasional trade vessel at weaker points along the route. Although many unlawful pilots will tell you it is much easier to wait until such vessels enter the border worlds to mount a raid. This brought on the attention of the [[Bounty Hunters Guild]] seeking to place base of operations for the contracts in and around [[Bretonia]]. [[Sheffield Station]] is the latest addition to the system's many bases and stands to reinforce the [[Liberty]] trade route further. The system is now believed to be host to a collective of [[Gaians]] that are said to originate from a depot somewhere in the Birmingham Asteroid Field. They are likely refugees from the Gallic conflict in [[Edinburgh]] which is said to have been hard on the eco-terrorist faction.
 
  
|region = [[Bretonia]]
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| suns =  
|owner = [[Kingdom of Bretonia]]
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'''Medium White'''
|settledplanets =  
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* TYPE: G8
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* LUMINOSITY: IV
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* COLOR: White
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* TEMPERATURE: 5K
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* MASS: 2.00 x 10e30 kg
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* DIAMETER: 1.85 x 10e7 km
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| fields =
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* Birmingham Ice Field
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* Newgate Minefield
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* Sheffield North Ice Field
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* Sheffield South Ice Field
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| lawful-factions =
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* [[Bretonia Armed Forces]]
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* [[Bretonia Police Authority]]
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* [[Bretonia Intelligence Service]]
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| trade-factions =
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* [[Bounty Hunters Guild]]
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* [[Border World Exports]]
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* [[Cryer Pharmaceuticals]]
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* [[Gateway Shipping]]
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* [[Independent Miners Guild]]
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* [[Planetform, Inc.]]
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* [[Deep Space Engineering]]
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| unlawful-factions =  
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* [[Gaians]]
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* [[Corsairs]]
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* [[Mollys]]
  
|planets =
 
{{Planet|Planet Wight|Uninhabited|Wight.jpg}}
 
{{Planet|Planet Jersey|Uninhabited|Jersey.jpg}}
 
  
 
|stations=
 
|stations=
*'''[[Battleship Embrun]]''' -- ''[[Gallic Royal Intelligence]]''
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* '''[[Birmingham Station]]''' -- ''[[Planetform, Inc.]]''  
*'''[[Battleship Harlow]]''' -- ''[[Bretonian Intelligence Service]]''
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* '''[[BPA Newgate]]''' -- ''[[Bretonia Police]]''
*'''[[Birmingham Station]]''' -- ''[[BMM]]''  
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* '''[[Fort Winchester ]]''' -- ''[[Bretonia Armed Forces Guard]]''
*'''[[BPA Newgate]]''' -- ''[[Bretonia Police]]''  
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* '''[[Holmfirth Base]]''' -- ''[[Gaians]]''  
*'''[[Holmfirth Base]]''' -- ''[[Gaians]]''  
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* '''[[Liverpool Border Station]]''' -- ''[[Bretonia Police]]''  
*'''[[Liverpool Border Station]]''' -- ''[[Bretonia Police]]''  
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* '''[[Kingston Border Station]]''' -- ''[[Bretonia Police]]''
*'''[[Kingston Border Station]]''' -- ''[[Bretonia Police]]''
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* '''[[Sheffield Station]]''' -- ''[[Bounty Hunters Guild]]''  
*'''[[Winchester Station]]''' -- ''[[Bretonian Intelligence Service]]''  
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* '''[[Newcastle Gate Construction Site]]''' -- ''[[Deep Space Engineering]]''  
*'''[[Sheffield Station]]''' -- ''[[Bounty Hunters Guild]]''  
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* '''[[Destroyer Shillelagh]]''' -- ''[[Mollies]]''  
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|AltStation = 1
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|planets=
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{{Planet|Planet Wight|Uninhabited|Planet Wight.jpg}}
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{{Planet|Planet Jersey|Uninhabited|Planet Jersey.jpg}}<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
  
|unsettledplanets =
 
|lawfulnpcs =
 
*[[Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing]]
 
*[[Bounty Hunters Guild]]
 
*[[Bretonia Armed Forces]]
 
*[[Colonial Republic]]
 
*[[Liberty Navy]]
 
*[[Bretonia Police Authority]]
 
|semi-lawfulnpcs =
 
|unlawfulnpcs =
 
*[[Mollys]]
 
*[[Gaians]]
 
*[[Lane Hackers]]
 
*[[Gallic Royal Navy]]
 
*[[Outcasts]]
 
  
|commodities =
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| mining-zones =  
*[[Polymers]]
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* [[Water]]
*[[Hydrocarbons]]
 
*[[Terraforming Gases]]
 
*[[Oxygen]]
 
*[[Water]]
 
|mineable =
 
 
}}
 
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=System Map=
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{{Spoiler|[[File:Manchester Navmap.png|700px|]]|Spoiler: Navmap 4.91}}
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=Notable events=
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=Areas of Interest=
 
=Areas of Interest=
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==Asteroid Fields==
 
==Asteroid Fields==
===Birmingham Ice Field===
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'''Birmingham Ice Field'''
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The Birmingham Ice Field contains large quantities of frozen Terraforming Gases and Hydrocarbons. The Hydrocarbons are processed into Polymers by the facilities aboard the Birmingham Station, owned and operated by Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing (BMM).
 
The Birmingham Ice Field contains large quantities of frozen Terraforming Gases and Hydrocarbons. The Hydrocarbons are processed into Polymers by the facilities aboard the Birmingham Station, owned and operated by Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing (BMM).
===Sheffield North Ice Field===
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'''Sheffield North Ice Field'''
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A large field of ice asteroids. The North Sheffield Field has been a favorite haunt of Lane Hackers who find it a convenient location to lurk prior to attacking any of the several nearby Trade Lanes.
 
A large field of ice asteroids. The North Sheffield Field has been a favorite haunt of Lane Hackers who find it a convenient location to lurk prior to attacking any of the several nearby Trade Lanes.
===Sheffield South Ice Field===
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'''Sheffield South Ice Field'''
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A large field of ice asteroids. As the crackdown on Molly terrorists has continued and the population of nearby Newgate Prison swells with their numbers, the South Sheffield Field has been used by the Mollys as cover from which to stage prison breaks.
 
A large field of ice asteroids. As the crackdown on Molly terrorists has continued and the population of nearby Newgate Prison swells with their numbers, the South Sheffield Field has been used by the Mollys as cover from which to stage prison breaks.
==Artificial Formations==  
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===Newgate Minefield===
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>>>CAUTION<<<
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==Others==  
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'''Newgate Minefield'''
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<b><font color=red> >>>CAUTION<<< </font></b>
  
 
There is only one safe route through the Newgate minefield, protected by automated defense platforms. Ships are advised to follow the navigational buoys and not to stray from the indicated course. Any ships that deviate from these directives will be considered hostile and fired upon immediately.
 
There is only one safe route through the Newgate minefield, protected by automated defense platforms. Ships are advised to follow the navigational buoys and not to stray from the indicated course. Any ships that deviate from these directives will be considered hostile and fired upon immediately.
=Notable events=
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'''[[Birmingham Wreck]]'''
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Once, one of the newest [[BMM]] installaitions that minded several [[Hydrocarbons|Hydrocarbon]] deposits in the Manchester System, [[Birmingham Station]] was selected as a target of opportunity by the GRI during the Blitz on [[New London]], not for its mining Operations but also for its [[MOX]] Feul production center.
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Using the cover of the Sheffield North Ice Field, the [[Battleship Embrun|Embrun]] Battlegroup lay in wait as the defense Wings present at the Base were called to New London to support the defense effort. In a swift attack, the Embrun and it support wings decimated the Station with several bombing runs, disappearing into the Sheffield North Ice Field as the [[Battleship Harlow|Harlow]] Battlegeoup arrived on site to defend the Base, only to find it a smoldering Wreck.
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[[image:Birmingham Wreck.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The Wreck of Birmingham Station]]
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==See also==
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==See Also==
*[[Kingdom of Bretonia]]
 
  
[[Category: Systems]]
 
 
[[Category: Bretonia]]
 
[[Category: Bretonia]]

Latest revision as of 18:08, 28 May 2020

Manchester
Manchester.jpg
System
Governing House Flag-bretonia.png Bretonia
Region Bretonia
Connected
Systems
Coronado
Cortez
Leeds
Magellan
Newcastle
New London

No description available.

System Overview

Astronomical Bodies
Stellar Objects

Medium White

  • TYPE: G8
  • LUMINOSITY: IV
  • COLOR: White
  • TEMPERATURE: 5K
  • MASS: 2.00 x 10e30 kg
  • DIAMETER: 1.85 x 10e7 km
Planet Wight.jpg
Planet Wight
Uninhabited
Planet Jersey.jpg
Planet Jersey
Uninhabited










  • None
  • Birmingham Ice Field
  • Newgate Minefield
  • Sheffield North Ice Field
  • Sheffield South Ice Field
Industrial Development
Faction Presence
Lawful Factions
Corporations & Guilds
Unlawful Factions



System Map


Notable events

Areas of Interest

Asteroid Fields

Birmingham Ice Field

The Birmingham Ice Field contains large quantities of frozen Terraforming Gases and Hydrocarbons. The Hydrocarbons are processed into Polymers by the facilities aboard the Birmingham Station, owned and operated by Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing (BMM).


Sheffield North Ice Field

A large field of ice asteroids. The North Sheffield Field has been a favorite haunt of Lane Hackers who find it a convenient location to lurk prior to attacking any of the several nearby Trade Lanes.


Sheffield South Ice Field

A large field of ice asteroids. As the crackdown on Molly terrorists has continued and the population of nearby Newgate Prison swells with their numbers, the South Sheffield Field has been used by the Mollys as cover from which to stage prison breaks.


Others

Newgate Minefield

>>>CAUTION<<<

There is only one safe route through the Newgate minefield, protected by automated defense platforms. Ships are advised to follow the navigational buoys and not to stray from the indicated course. Any ships that deviate from these directives will be considered hostile and fired upon immediately.


Birmingham Wreck

Once, one of the newest BMM installaitions that minded several Hydrocarbon deposits in the Manchester System, Birmingham Station was selected as a target of opportunity by the GRI during the Blitz on New London, not for its mining Operations but also for its MOX Feul production center.

Using the cover of the Sheffield North Ice Field, the Embrun Battlegroup lay in wait as the defense Wings present at the Base were called to New London to support the defense effort. In a swift attack, the Embrun and it support wings decimated the Station with several bombing runs, disappearing into the Sheffield North Ice Field as the Harlow Battlegeoup arrived on site to defend the Base, only to find it a smoldering Wreck.

The Wreck of Birmingham Station



Jump Gates/Holes

See Also