Key world in the rimward end of the Tamar Pact (that being Lyran region bordering the Combine). Although technically outside the borders of the Trellshire district, Sudenten is the de facto command post for this region. As part of the Archon’s “Doktrin der Umverteilung von Mech-Kerneinheiten auf entscheidende Schlachtfelder” (oft derided as “Concentrated Weakness”), Sudeten became a garrison planet for the Lancers (specifically the Wolf and Satan’s battalion).

Sudeten is a world of contrasts. Humans can live unprotected on the surface. The local flora and fauna are largely imported Terran stock. It has ample surface water (care should be taken to filter it before drinking as it contains some mildly toxic compounds), pleasant temperatures and a perfect gravity match. It’s also perpetually cloudy and windy, with little seasonal variation, and the ruddy glow of the distant K5V star isn’t enough to sustain standard crops (almost everything is greenhouse grown). Only a potent greenhouse effect keeps the planet warm enough to be generally habitable.

Time-to-jump is short, only a little over 4 days, making Sudenten very accessible – to trade and military activity alike. Almost two and a half billion people live on Sudenten, the majority of them across the heavily urbanizes east and west coast of the main continent, but almost all areas of the planet has some habitation.