Editing Great Gorge

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===Political Affiliation===
* [[2317]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18: "Federated Suns at their Founding [2317] Map"</ref>
* [[2571]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Federated Suns<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'': "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765AAFSp29>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'': "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of [3039] - [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3050] Map</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: Inner Sphere - [3052] Map</ref>
* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
* [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref>
* [[3067]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3072]] - [[Malagrotta Cooperative]]<ref name="jhs7294">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 94</ref>
* [[3075]] - Malagrotta Cooperative<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "[Inner Sphere] - [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FR:FSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:Pp22">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 22: "Filtvelt Coalition Region Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Federated Suns<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Independent world<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
* [[3145]] - Independent world<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref>

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==Great Gorge V==
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| population          = 1,988,000,000 (apocryphal)<ref>''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)]]'' ([[apocryphal]])</ref>
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===Planetary Info===
Originally the only feature of note was a large canyon that gave the world its name. A religious group from [[Terra]] settled on '''Great Gorge''' just before the first [[Star League]] was formed. This religious group scattered seeds from airplanes and fish eggs into the seas. The resulting oxygen generated by the plants allowed the fish to survive as they consumed the native algae. Originally a marginally habitable world with minor amounts of arable land, by the fall of the Star League the world was packed with settlers enjoying the plentiful air, water, and food. In addition, several mining companies found that the Great Gorge itself provided easy access to minerals and precious metals. As a result the standard of living rose.<ref name="hd202"/>

===Planetary History===
===Early Years===
In the thirty-first century, Great Gorge was still a contrast in extremes; the planet’s surface was dominated by mountain ranges and some of the largest valleys and canyons to be found anywhere within the boundaries of the Inner Sphere. Located close to both the [[Mica Majority]] and the [[Tortuga Dominions]], Great Gorge sees many groups of varying reputation travel through, headed either for the gold-rush environment of the Majority or traveling for more nefarious purposes. Great Gorge itself was a world rich in minerals and supported the population at a much higher standard of living than the typical Periphery world, but this in turn made Great Gorge a tempting target for pirates like [[Fuchida's Fusiliers]].<ref name="HS:Cp2"/>

====Clan Invasion====
In the wake of the [[Clan Invasion]] the Federated Commonwealth redeployed the garrison forces which had been protecting Great Gorge and the surrounding area. In [[3055]] Marquis Lawrence Ulitock, the planetary ruler, was actively recruiting mercenaries to defend Great Gorge, as the planet had been struck repeatedly by pirates in a series of fierce raids.<ref name="HS:Cp2"/> The raids largely concentrated on attacking the mining areas and companies, although some attacks were launched against the various cities on Great Gorge to obtain slaves for trade; complicating the defense of Great Gorge were issues in obtaining supplies and ammunition for hired mercenary units, with supplies often arriving late or incomplete due to a lack of influence on the part of the Marquis.<ref name="HSp35">''Hot Spots Contracts'', p. 35: "Contract FC 56601-002-2: Behind The Scenes"</ref>

====Jihad====
During the early years of the [[Jihad]], Great Gorge left the Federated Suns and joined with several other worlds to form the Malagrotta Cooperative.<ref name="jhs7294"/>

====Dark Age====
Elements of the [[1st Periphery Guard|First Periphery Guard]] deployed to Great Gorge in [[3139]] on a humanitarian relief mission despite Great Gorge having left the Federated Suns many years before. Tens of thousands of people had been left homeless after atypical spring rains led to flooding across large areas of New Stockton, and the Periphery Guard deployed almost twenty assorted [[VTOL]]s including a number of [[Bishop (Combat Vehicle)|Bishop Transport VTOLs]] to deliver clean water to relief centers and to rescue survivors.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp22">''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 22: "Bishop Transport VTOL"</ref>

With the planetary militia in shambles a pirate group took advantage of the chaos by staging a raid, targeting the gold storehouses located near Great Gorge's planetary spaceport. With only a single lance of [[BattleMech]]s and few ground combat vehicles from the Periphery Guard on Great Gorge, some of the VTOL crews improvised; taking shipping containers of munitions that had been intended to be a goodwill gift to the planetary militia from the [[AFFS]], the crews rigged the munitions with detonators and proceeded to drop the containers on top of the pirate force and their ''[[Union]]''-class [[DropShip]] at the spaceport. The explosions caused by the crates containing tons of munitions surprised the pirates, and when the loads carried by the four Bishops had been dropped, the bulk of the pirate forces had been destroyed along with their DropShip.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp22"/>

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The database of the ([[apocryphal]]) 1989 video game [[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]], set around the year [[3025]], gives a population of 1.988 billion for Great Gorge and describes the environment as "desert" (out of only three broad impressions of planetary environments given in the game, these being "desert": "ice", or "tropical"). The description one-liner reads "Nice world rich in minerals on the edge of nowhere."
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===Military Deployment===
====3050====
* Pollux<ref name=20yup22>''20 Year Update'', p. 22</ref>

===Planetary Locations===
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* New Stockton: planetary capital<ref name="HS:Cp2"/>
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== Map Gallery ==
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== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 20 systems (11 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Gronholt]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Adelson]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.3
| class="over30" | [[Sodertalje]]
| class="over30" | 31.6
| class="over30" | [[Hoonaar]]
| class="over30" | 32.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Vackisujfalu]]
| class="over30" | 32.9
| class="over30" | [[Olindo]]
| class="over30" | 43.6
| class="over30" | [[Baranda]]
| class="over30" | 44.1
| class="over30" | [[Fetsund]]
| class="over30" | 52.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Jaboatao]]
| class="over30" | 56.0
| class="over30" | [[Gillingham]]
| class="over30" | 56.0
| class="over30" | [[Mararn]]
| class="over30" | 57.8
| class="over60" | [[Fuveau]]
| class="over60" | 62.4
|-
| class="over60" | [[Malagrotta]]
| class="over60" | 64.8
| class="over60" | [[Redondo]]
| class="over60" | 65.4
| class="over60" | [[Rennes]]
| class="over60" | 67.9
| class="over60" | [[Csomad]]
| class="over60" | 70.1
|-
| class="over60" | [[Gurrnazovo]]
| class="over60" | 74.1
| class="over60" | [[Cooperland]]
| class="over60" | 75.0
| class="over60" | [[Eustatius]]
| class="over60" | 76.6
| class="over60" | [[Hawktor]]
| class="over60" | 78.4
|-
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[Hot Spots]]''
* ''[[Hot Spots Contracts]]''
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries]]''


[[Category:Systems|Great Gorge]]
[[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]]
[[Category: Federated Suns Systems]]
[[Category: Independent Systems]]
[[Category: Malagrotta Cooperative Systems]]