Editing Bucklands

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The '''Bucklands''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Bucklands IV''', and as of [[3145]] was the administrative capital of the [[Bucklands Theater]] within the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]'s [[Coventry Province]].<ref name="ER:3145p38"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>

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==System Description==
The Bucklands system is located near the [[Neerabup]] and [[Willunga]] systems<ref name="ER:3145p38"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class K3V primary orbited by at least four planets.<ref name=OTP:FIp5/>

==System History==
The Bucklands system was at some point during or prior to the [[Age of War]] and was a member of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] prior to the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/>

==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref>
* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref>
* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36</ref>
* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25</ref>
* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref>
* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:MPSp37"/>
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref>
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref>
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref>
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref>
* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10</ref>
* [[3063]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere'', p. 75</ref>
* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref name="J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42</ref>
* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="FR:LAAF">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref>
* [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62</ref>
* [[3085]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=ER:3145p10>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10</ref>
* [[3145]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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==Bucklands IV==
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Bucklands IV - more commonly known simply as Bucklands - is the fourth planet in the Bucklands system.<ref name=OTP:FIp5/>

===Planetary History===
====Reunification War====
Already a part of the [[Finmark Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic, Bucklands was targeted by [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] during the [[Reunification War#Campaign Against the Rim Worlds Republic|Reunification War]], the [[Star League Defense Force]] task force created to intervene in the civil war raging within the Republic. By [[2582]], the Rim Worlds Republic had been in a state of civil war for seven years, and Bucklands was garrisoned by the [[Second Amaris Fusiliers]], a formation that had remained loyal to [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]]. The [[Star League]] had initiated [[Operation MAILED FIST]] in mid-[[2581]], but the SLDF plans had been forced to change after a deep raid by the one of the Second's sister regiments, the [[Fourth Amaris Fusiliers]], had managed to strike at the Lyran Commonwealth interior world of [[Alarion]].<ref name="H:RWp132+">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 132–133: "Alarion (December 2581)"</ref>

The result was the reorganization of the SLDF forces and their auxiliaries into three battlegroups, each responsible for the pacification of one of the three provinces that made up the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="H:RWp133a">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582-2590)"</ref> Bucklands and the Second Fusiliers were the first targets of the battlegroup assigned to pacifying the Finmark Province, and the SLDF deployed [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]] - which actually consisted of two [[division]]s, the [[Thirty-first Armor Division]] and the [[32nd Division (Star League)|Thirty-second Division]] at the time, but was still predominantly an infantry corps - to the battle for Bucklands.<ref name="H:RWp132+">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 132–133: "Alarion (December 2581)"</ref>

VIII Corps planners thought that Buckland's broad plains would give them an advantage over the Rim Worlds Republic military forces stationed on the world. This proved incorrect, as the light armor forces within the Second Fusiliers proved very adept at evading SLDF patrols, repeatedly slipping past patrols and pickets to strike at weak points within the SLDF positions. The sheer tenacity displayed by the Rim Worlds defenders - a unit the SLDF was notionally supporting with their campaign to restore Gregory Amaris to power - was a shock for VIII Corps, whose infantry-heavy forces frequently found themselves on the retreat despite the numerical advantage the SLDF enjoyed on paper. The net result was an indication of what the SLDF would find happening on numerous other worlds within the Republic - an extended seven month campaign before Bucklands was pacified and the defending forces finally broken.<ref name="H:RWp133c">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133: "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"</ref>

====Amaris Civil War====
After the SLDF left the Rim Worlds Republic in early [[2772]] on its quest to [[Operation LIBERATION|liberate Terra]], pro-[[House Amaris|Amaris]] supporters who had been largely in the shadows, biding their time during the occupation, now came out of hiding with a vengeance. The [[Rift Republican Army]]-affiliated governor of Bucklands was assassinated by infiltrators in his own guard detail.<ref name=HB:MPSp36-37>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', pp. 36–37</ref>

In the closing years of the Star League, Bucklands was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the [[2773]]–[[2775]] [[Republic-Commonwealth War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>

====Succession Wars era====
After it was absorbed by the Lyran Commonwealth, Bucklands became an important agricultural world. The farms and agricultural businesses on the planet exported food to many surrounding systems. The downside of this was that most farms were owned by families organized into small clans that constantly bickered over the best land, water rights, and harvests. These arguments could often be negotiated peacefully, but in several cases negotiations broke down. In order to prevent damage to the farmlands, the two parties in the dispute would take their security teams and fight to solve the problem. Taking place in designated free-fire zones, these conflicts often involved converted [[AgroMech]]s. Though many people in the Inner Sphere though these duels were far too much like [[Clan]] behavior, the duels were used to settle issues on Bucklands since [[2900]]. Unlike [[Solaris]], there wasn't really any market for [[holovid]]s of these fights.<ref name=OTP:FIp5/>

Bucklands was also noteworthy for its other major export: soldiers. Looking at the back end of an AgroMech or horse and plowing fields wasn't exactly a thrilling life, so many young people joined the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] to see the rest of the universe. After serving their enrollment terms, many of these retired soldiers returned to Bucklands and joined one of the many retirement clubs on the world.<ref name=OTP:FIp5/>

====Clan Invasion Era====
When word of the [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3068)|Falcon Incursion]] reached Bucklands, many of those retired soldiers welded armor plate onto their IndustrialMechs and announced their intention to face the [[Clan Jade Falcon|Falcons]]. Unfortunately an upgunned ''[[Uni#Variants|Uni]]'' or ''[[AgroMech]]'' was no match for a ''[[Summoner (Thor)|Summoner]]'' or ''[[Hellbringer (Loki)|Hellbringer]]'' and the volunteers were destroyed by the [[3rd Falcon Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|Third Falcon Talon Cluster]].<ref>''Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion'', p. 20</ref>

===Planetary Rulers===
====3058====
* Duke Nicole Thompson<ref name=OTP:FIp5/>

===Military Deployment===
====2581====
* [[Second Amaris Fusiliers]] (Amaris loyalists)<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128: "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref>

====2582–2585====
* [[SLDF]] [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp152">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 152: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"</ref>

====2765====
* [[4th Republican Guards|Fourth Republican Guards]] (shared with [[Port Vail]], [[Engadine]], and [[Nyasa]])<ref name=FR:2765Pp19>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 19: "Republican Guards - Divisional Status"</ref>
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== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Neerabup]]
| class="lessthan30" | 13.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Willunga]]
| class="lessthan30" | 16.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Baggville]]
| class="lessthan30" | 18.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Trentham]]
| class="lessthan30" | 19.8
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Howick]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Jerangle]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.1
| class="lessthan30" | [[Strandfontein]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.0
| class="over30" | [[Mandaoaaru]]
| class="over30" | 31.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Inarcs]]
| class="over30" | 31.8
| class="over30" | [[Winter]]
| class="over30" | 33.4
| class="over30" | [[Swartklip]]
| class="over30" | 33.6
| class="over30" | [[Engadine]]
| class="over30" | 34.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Tsarahavana]]
| class="over30" | 39.6
| class="over30" | [[Wypoute]]
| class="over30" | 39.7
| class="over30" | [[Anembo]]
| class="over30" | 40.6
| class="over30" | [[Ewanrigg]]
| class="over30" | 43.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Arluna]]
| class="over30" | 44.8
| class="over30" | [[Elume]]
| class="over30" | 46.3
| class="over30" | [[Australia]]
| class="over30" | 46.6
| class="over30" | [[Millerton]]
| class="over30" | 48.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kowloon]]
| class="over30" | 49.6
| class="over30" | [[Miquelon]]
| class="over30" | 50.1
| class="over30" | [[Sweet Water]]
| class="over30" | 50.9
| class="over30" | [[Main Street]]
| class="over30" | 55.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Moriguchi]]
| class="over30" | 56.1
| class="over30" | [[Arlanda]]
| class="over30" | 56.3
| class="over30" | [[Canal]]
| class="over30" | 56.5
| class="over30" | [[Khartoum]]
| class="over30" | 56.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Luanda]]
| class="over30" | 58.1
| class="over30" | [[Abushiri]]
| class="over30" | 58.8
| class="over60" | [[Tangua]]
| class="over60" | 61.6
| class="over60" | [[Jesenice]]
| class="over60" | 61.7
|-
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion]]''
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