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El Dorado

This article is about the planetary system. For the Shrapnel story, see El Dorado (short story).


El Dorado
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3151
El Dorado 3151.svg
El Dorado nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates266.495 : -145.054[e]
Spectral classG0V[1][2]
Recharge time193 hours[1][2]
Recharge station(s)Zenith, Nadir[1][2]

The El Dorado system was the location of at least one habitable world, El Dorado II, and as of 3151 was located in the Markesan Operational Area of the Crucis March within the Federated Suns.[3]

System Description[edit]

El Dorado is located close to the Remagen and Vecchio systems[4][5] and consists of a class G0V primary orbited by at least two worlds. During the thirty-first century recharge stations were in place at both the nadir and zenith jump points.[1][2]

System History[edit]

The El Dorado system was colonized during the First Exodus from Terra[6] and was one of the founding members of the Federated Suns.[7]

Political Affiliation[edit]

El Dorado II[edit]

El Dorado II
El Dorado in orbit.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionSecond[1][2]
Jump Point distance10.43 days[1][2]
Moons1 (Boulder)[1][2]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.25[1][2]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1][2]
Equatorial temperature27°C (Mild Temperate)[1][2]
Surface water77%[1][2]
Highest native lifeMammal[1][2]
Landmasses6 (San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Monterrey, Durango)[1][2]
History and Culture
Demonym(s)El Doradan[1]
Population4,313,000,000 (3076–3079)[1][2]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of El Dorado
CapitalOro[2]
HPG ClassA[1][2]

El Dorado II, more commonly known simply as El Dorado, is the second planet in the El Dorado system and has a single moon named Boulder.[1][2]

Planetary History[edit]

Early Years[edit]

El Dorado was first surveyed in 2236[1] and during the late twenty-third and early twenty-fourth centuries became an important enough trading partner to nearby New Avalon that Jerome Davion, son of Adam Davion, served as the New Avalon ambassador to El Dorado from 2297 to 2306. El Dorado was vital to the commercial empire being built by Adam Davion and Nathan DuVall and which laid much of the groundwork for the future Federated Suns.[6]

Succession Wars[edit]

During the First Succession War, a raid by the Draconis Combine left El Dorado's JumpShip yards in ruin. Similar actions against merchant fleets stifled interstellar trade across the Inner Sphere, harming El Dorado's export-oriented economy. Businesses immediately began cropping up to supply these vital components which had been imported previously, giving El Dorado the ability to be nearly self-sufficient. However, the trauma of the Kuritan raid led El Dorado to minimize its involvement in industries targeted by the early Succession Wars, like JumpShip and BattleMech production, in order to make the world less of a target. That policy continued until the mid-thirty-first century, when El Dorado began manufacturing the Warlord.[36]

El Dorado was largely untouched and unaffected by the Second Succession War and became a key technological player for the Federated Suns throughout the Third Succession War by supplying key components of twenty-fifth century technology to factories throughout the realm.

El Dorado also has some of the Federated Suns' renowned universities known as the "Gilded Halls," which have allowed El Dorado to maintain its role as a front-runner in technology and manufacturing.[1]

Military Deployment[edit]

Geography[edit]

El Dorado has six continents named San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Monterrey, and Durango.[1][2] Roughly fifteen percent larger than Terra and with higher surface gravity, El Dorado has a lot of arable land thanks to the "Super Lakes," large freshwater lakes found on Los Angeles and San Diego. Due to life cycle of the planet, El Dorado’s core temperature is slightly hotter than that of Earth’s which causes increased tectonic action. Over the many centuries of colonization, the populace has steered clear of the worst volcano and quake zones. El Dorado has one moon, known as Boulder, which appears silver and sapphire due to a dense nitrogen-carbon dioxide atmosphere and a global ocean[1]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Casino City:[37]
  • City of Industry: a heavily urbanized location on San Diego with a mild climate; home of the General Motors El Camino Facility[2]
  • Oro: the planetary capital city, located on Los Angeles[2]

Companies and Industries[edit]

Local Flora and Fauna[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 40 systems (37 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Remagen 14.5 Vecchio 20.4 Belladonna 20.7 Ferrara 25.0
Steeles 25.3 Galax 26.7 Torrence 27.0 Montcoal 29.8
Bastian 34.2 New Avalon 34.2 Waxell 37.2 Dol 37.3
Argyle 37.6 Dirk's Gulf 37.6 Ipava 40.0 Freisland 41.1
Numenor 41.3 Quimper 42.4 Nis 46.1 Gravensteen 48.2
Augusta 48.6 Chakachamna 49.2 Reisterstown 49.3 Delavan 50.0
Odell 50.2 Meglan 51.8 Dunkerque 52.1 Manassas 53.9
Susulatna 56.0 Notwina 56.5 Nahoni 57.4 Arcadia 57.9
Leipsic 58.3 Paulding 58.4 Chebanse 59.0 Saginaw 59.4
Fincastle 59.4 Coloma 60.1 Salem 61.8 New Damascus 62.0

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 A Time of War, p. 374: "El Dorado Planet Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 Objectives: Federated Suns, p. 14: "El Dorado"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 20: "Hidden Counselor"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 18: "Federated Suns at their Founding - 2317 Map"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  9. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  10. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  11. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  13. ↑ Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 29: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  15. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  17. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), foldout: "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of [3039] - [3040] Map"
  21. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3050] Map
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: Inner Sphere - [3052] Map
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  26. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111: "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  28. ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 33: "Federated Suns Map"
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  30. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  31. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  32. ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  33. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  34. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  35. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 88: "Melissa Sanromea-Davion Profile"
  37. ↑ A Time of War, p. 375: "El Dorado Planet Profile"
  38. ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles, p. 11: "MUSE Ironhorse"
  39. ↑ Touring the Stars: Inglesmond, p. 11: "Cibolan Whale"

Bibliography[edit]

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