World Name: Von Strang's World
Star Type: F5111
Position In System: 4
Time to Jump Point: 14.93 days
Recharging Station: None
Noble Ruler: Baron Otto Von Strang
ComStar Facility Class: None
ComStar Representative: None
Population: 18,000-20,000 (estimated)
Percentage and Level of Native Life: 20%,
Mammal
Description:
A temperate world lying along the edge of the defunct Rim Worlds
Republic, Von Strang's World is home to descendants of Stefan
Amaris's supporters. The present population consists of literate
artisans and feudal laborers devoted to the construction and
maintenance of hundreds of fortifications. What once may have
been a necessary defensive measure has devolved into an archaic
social imperative used to justify the continued subordination of
the majority to the wishes of the Von Strang family. At present,
the planet is believed to hold over 18,000 inhabi- tants. Outside
contact is discouraged, and few who visit Von Strang's World have
returned. Those who have report the planet poor in natural
resources and its populace poor in individual freedoms.
Located outside of the Lyran Commonwealth, the Barony of
Strang (sometimes referred to as the Barony of Lost Hope) is a
small planet ruled by the self-proclaimed Baron Otto Von Strang.
The Baron is a descendant of Colonel Gunthar Strang, commander of
the 18th Amaris Chasseurs, one of the last 'Mech forces that
General Aleksandr Kerensky defeated in the Civil War. The current
Baron Von Strang dreams of gathering enough MechWarriors to
launch a Holy War of Redemption to reclaim the lost Rim Worlds
Republic planets once ruled by the Amarises. While few seriously
believe him capable of carrying out such a threat (most consider
him a glorified crackpot), his family fortune, augmented by local
diamond mines, is sufficient to lure the occasional MechWarrior
into his service. Von Strang heartily despises anything
pertaining to the old Star League government, and he extends this
prejudice to all things originating from the Inner Sphere. Any
material (or persons) arriving on his holdfast from the Inner
Sphere is subject to immediate seizure and imprisonment.
Von Strang has turned his planet into a gigantic fortified
camp to repel the "inevitable" invasion from the Inner
Sphere. That is also how he justifies keeping the planet's
civilians in a feudal bond to local Wardens, providing labor and
related services for sustenance. In recent years, Von Strang's
forces, estimated at over a full battalion of BattleMechs with
two DropShips and a JumpShip, have begun raiding Lyran
Commonwealth outposts along the border. Though the Lyrans have
ignored the attacks to date, at some point, they may decide to
confront Von Strang head to head.
[Prepared by Major C.G. Toho, Periphery expert for Wolfnet, Military Intelligence Division, Seventh Kommando]
With the arrival of the Clans in 3049, Von Strang's World was one of the first to fall to Clan Jade Falcon forces. It is now a part of the Jade Falcon Clan occupation zone.
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