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| image = Handbook - Major Periphery States.jpg
 
| image = Handbook - Major Periphery States.jpg
 
| name = Handbook: Major Periphery States
 
| name = Handbook: Major Periphery States
| development = [[Herbert A. Beas II]]<br>[[Randall N. Bills]]
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| product development = [[Herbert A. Beas II]]<br>[[Randall N. Bills]]
| primarywriting = [[Diane Piron-Gelman]]<br>[[Herbert A. Beas II]]
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| primary writing = [[Diane Piron-Gelman]]<br>[[Herbert A. Beas II]]
 
| cover = [[Alex Iglesias]]
 
| cover = [[Alex Iglesias]]
 
| illustrations = [[Doug Chaffee]]<br>[[Chris Lewis]]<br>[[Klaus Scherwinski]]
 
| illustrations = [[Doug Chaffee]]<br>[[Chris Lewis]]<br>[[Klaus Scherwinski]]
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| era = [[Star League era]] <br /> [[Succession Wars era]] <br /> [[Clan Invasion era]] <br /> [[Civil War era]]
 
| type = Sourcebook
 
| type = Sourcebook
 
| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
 
| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
 
| year = 2009
 
| year = 2009
 
| pages = 233
 
| pages = 233
| productioncode = 35203
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| production code = [http://classicbattletech.com/index.php?action=products&mode=full&id=240 35203]
| ISBN13 = 9781934857366
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| ISBN = 9781934857366
| MSRP                =
 
| content            =
 
| era                = [[Star League era]]<br>[[BattleTech eras|Succession Wars era]]<br>[[Clan Invasion era]]<br>[[Civil War era]]
 
| agency              = [[InterStellar Associated Press]]
 
| universedate        = 17 November [[3067]]
 
| timeline            =  
 
| series              = [[:Category:Handbooks|Handbook]]
 
| precededby          = ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
| followedby          = ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
 
 
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}}
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==Description==
 
==Description==
'''''Handbook: Major Periphery States''''' is a [[:Category:Sourcebooks|sourcebook]] released electronically in June 2009.
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'''''Handbook: Major Periphery States''''' is a sourcebook released electronically in June 2009.
 
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==From the back cover==
 
==From the back cover==
 
{{quote|''The peoples of the [[Inner Sphere]] often consider themselves the epitome of technology and culture and relegate the denizens of the frontiers of known space to second-class citizenry, or worse. And yet it took the combined armies of the Inner Sphere more than twenty years to [[Reunification War|subjugate]] them during the forming of the first [[Star League]] half millennia ago.''
 
{{quote|''The peoples of the [[Inner Sphere]] often consider themselves the epitome of technology and culture and relegate the denizens of the frontiers of known space to second-class citizenry, or worse. And yet it took the combined armies of the Inner Sphere more than twenty years to [[Reunification War|subjugate]] them during the forming of the first [[Star League]] half millennia ago.''
  
''[[Magistracy of Canopus]], [[Taurian Concordat]], [[Marian Hegemony]], [[Outworlds Alliance]] and [[Circinus Federation]]. Each is a unique star-spanning empire whose hardy people have carved out their freedom with bare hands: an identity they will not give up without a fight. Even the [[Great House]]s have begun to learn that underestimating these [[:Category:Factions|Periphery States]] is dangerous indeed.''
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''[[Magistracy of Canopus]], [[Taurian Concordat]], [[Marian Hegemony]], [[Outworlds Alliance]] and [[Circinus Federation]]. Each is a unique star-spanning empire whose hardy-people have carved out their freedom with bare hands: an identity they will not give up without a fight. Even the [[Great House]]s have begun to learn that underestimating these [[:Category:Periphery realms|Periphery States]] is dangerous indeed.''
  
 
Handbook: Major Periphery States ''collates the essential history, politics and culture of the Major Periphery States into a single volume. More than a mere sourcebook, ''Handbook: Major Periphery States'' provides rules for both BattleTech and ''[[A Time of War|A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG]]'' game play, including new support vehicles, creatures and more!''}}
 
Handbook: Major Periphery States ''collates the essential history, politics and culture of the Major Periphery States into a single volume. More than a mere sourcebook, ''Handbook: Major Periphery States'' provides rules for both BattleTech and ''[[A Time of War|A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG]]'' game play, including new support vehicles, creatures and more!''}}
  
 
==Contents==
 
==Contents==
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*''Local Color''
*''[[Local Color]]'' (short story)
 
 
*Introduction
 
*Introduction
 
*Good Night and Good Luck
 
*Good Night and Good Luck
 
:*War is Hell: The [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
 
:*War is Hell: The [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
::The [[151st Fusiliers|Lucianca Incident]]
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::The [[Lucianca Incident]]
 
:*Strange New Worlds
 
:*Strange New Worlds
 
:*The [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
:*The [[Taurian Concordat]]
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::[[Santiago Massacre|Santiago]] and Aftermath
 
::[[Santiago Massacre|Santiago]] and Aftermath
 
:*Crossing The Rubicon
 
:*Crossing The Rubicon
::[[Reunification War#Campaign Against the Rim Worlds Republic|Rim Worlds Rebellion]]
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::[[Rim Worlds Rebellion]]
 
::Quagmire
 
::Quagmire
 
::Sowing and Reaping
 
::Sowing and Reaping
:*Reconstruction
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:*Reconstruction  
 
::Brave New Worlds?
 
::Brave New Worlds?
 
*Decline and Fall
 
*Decline and Fall
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::Amaris the Liberator
 
::Amaris the Liberator
 
::Rim Worlds Ascendant
 
::Rim Worlds Ascendant
::"The Revolution Will Be on [[Holovid]]"
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::"The Revolution Will Be on Holovid"
 
::Final Preparations
 
::Final Preparations
:*[[New Vandenberg Uprising]]s
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:*[[New Vandenberg Uprisings]]
 
:*"The End of the Beginning"
 
:*"The End of the Beginning"
 
::Checkmate
 
::Checkmate
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::One Brief, Shining Moment
 
::One Brief, Shining Moment
 
::The [[Republic-Commonwealth War]]
 
::The [[Republic-Commonwealth War]]
*[[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] and [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]
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*[[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] and [[Succession Wars]]
 
:*The Star League Disbands
 
:*The Star League Disbands
 
:*Into Exile
 
:*Into Exile
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:*Adventures in Conquest - [[Andurien]] and [[Canopus]]
 
:*Adventures in Conquest - [[Andurien]] and [[Canopus]]
 
::[[Emma Centrella|Emma]] Rising
 
::[[Emma Centrella|Emma]] Rising
:*Politics of Fear - The Taurian Concordat
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:*Politics of Fear - The Taurian Condordat
 
::Years of Misfortune
 
::Years of Misfortune
 
::"Phony War"
 
::"Phony War"
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::Sound and Fury
 
::Sound and Fury
 
:*Outworlds Alliance - The [[ComStar Schism]]
 
:*Outworlds Alliance - The [[ComStar Schism]]
::Resurrection
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::Resuurection
 
:*Star League Redux?
 
:*Star League Redux?
 
*Storm Warnings
 
*Storm Warnings
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::Armor
 
::Armor
 
::Infantry
 
::Infantry
:* Magistracy Navy
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:*Magistracy Navy
:: [[Aerospace fighter]]s
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::[[Aerospace Fighter]]s
:: [[DropShip]]s and [[JumpShip]]s
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::[[DropShip]]s and [[JumpShip]]s
:: [[WarShip]]s
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::[[WarShip]]s
 
:*Militia Defense Forces
 
:*Militia Defense Forces
 
:*Magistracy Medical Corps
 
:*Magistracy Medical Corps
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:*Ranks and Insignia
 
:*Ranks and Insignia
 
:*Awards and Decorations
 
:*Awards and Decorations
::[[Canopus Cluster]]
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::Canopus Cluster
::[[Fist of Raventhir]]
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::Fist of Raventhir
::[[Ribbon of the Magestrix]]
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::Ribbon of the Magistrix
 
:*Military Academies
 
:*Military Academies
 
::Canopian Institute of War
 
::Canopian Institute of War
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:*Religion
 
:*Religion
 
::Goddess Religions
 
::Goddess Religions
::[[Magdalene Church]]
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::Magdalene Church
 
::Millennialists
 
::Millennialists
 
*The [[Fronc Reaches]]
 
*The [[Fronc Reaches]]
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:*The Politics of Trade
 
:*The Politics of Trade
 
::Irons in the Fire
 
::Irons in the Fire
:*Marshals and Mercs: The Fronc Reaches Military
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:*Living in the Reaches
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*Winter Of Discontent
 
:*Rumors in the Shadows
 
*Government And Politics
 
:*Protector
 
:*Privy Council
 
:*Ministry of Defense
 
:*Exchequer
 
:*Ministry of the Interior
 
:*Ministry of Trade and Colonization
 
:*Ministry of Education
 
:*Concordat Courts
 
:*Functionaries
 
:*Conditions for Citizenship
 
:*Taurian Nobility
 
:*Law Enforcement
 
:*Changing Times: Politics in the Concordat
 
::"No Foreign Entanglements": Relations with [[House Liao]]
 
::Fair-Weather Friends: Relations with the Magistracy
 
::"A Protector, Not a King" - Domestic Dissident in Perilous Times
 
::Outside Factions: The [[Word of Blake]]
 
*Concordat Military
 
:*Ranks and Insignia
 
::[[Recruit]]
 
::[[Corporal]]
 
::[[Corporal#Taurian Defense Force|Section Leader]]
 
::[[Force Sergeant]]
 
::[[Lance Sergeant]]
 
::[[Battalion Chief-Sergeant]]/Air Chief
 
::[[Cornet]]/Ensign
 
::[[Subaltern]]/Air Master, Junior Grade
 
::[[Brigadier]]/Air Master, Senior Grade
 
::[[Colonel]]/Space Master
 
::[[Comptroller]]/[[Commodore]]
 
::[[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]]
 
:*Concordat Army
 
::[[BattleMech]] Forces
 
::[[Combat Vehicle|Armor]] and [[Infantry]]
 
::Special Forces
 
::Concordat Constabulary
 
:*Concordat Navy
 
:*Aerospace Arm
 
:*Support and Administrative Divisions
 
::Administrative Corps
 
::Medical Division
 
::Propaganda Division
 
::Transport and Service Division
 
:*Uniforms
 
::[[Battle Gear]]
 
:*Awards and Decorations
 
::[[Taurian Brand]]
 
::[[Hyades Heart]]
 
::[[Standard of Taurus]]
 
::[[Concordat Sunburst]]
 
:*Military Academies
 
::[[École Militaire]]
 
*Economics
 
:*National Economy
 
::A Delicate Balance: The Government and the Market
 
:*Cash and Credit
 
:*Major Industries
 
*Society and Culture
 
:*Talkin' 'Bout my Generation: Politics and Media
 
:*Toward the Stars: The Far Lookers' Legacy
 
:*Education
 
:*Religion
 
::Deism
 
:*Arts and Recreation
 
::Other Amusements
 
*Calderon Protectorate
 
:*Exile Nation: Government and Politics
 
:*Under Siege: Economics in a Breakaway Nation
 
:*Protectorate Military
 
*Government and Politics
 
:*Rights of Citizens
 
:*Democracy in Action: The Workings of Government
 
::Executive Parliament
 
::Planetary Parliament
 
::Courts of Appeal
 
::Military Review Board
 
:*Comes the Raven
 
::"Prelude to Takeover"
 
:*Alliance Military
 
::Alliance Aerospace Arm
 
::Alliance Ground Defense Arm
 
::Alliance Service Arm
 
:*Ranks and Insignia
 
::[[Recruit#Outworlds_Alliance|Defender]]
 
::[[Corporal#Outworlds Alliance|Protector]]
 
::[[Sergeant#Outworlds_Alliance|Guardian]]
 
::[[Preceptor]]
 
::[[Supervisor]]
 
::[[Captain#Outworlds Alliance|Section Leader]]
 
::[[Director]]
 
::[[Chairman]]
 
:*Uniforms
 
:*Awards
 
::[[Awards#Pitcairn_Star|Pitcairn Star]]
 
::[[Awards#Gallucci_Cross|Gallucci Cross]]
 
::[[Awards#Cerberus_Cluster|Cerberus Cluster]]
 
:*Columbia Academy
 
:*The Constant Enemy: Pirates in the Outworlds
 
::Enter the Raven
 
::Other Threats
 
*Economics
 
:*Good Neighbors: Trade with the Inner Sphere
 
:*Home Front: Trade with [[Periphery]] States
 
:*Cash, Credit and Barter
 
:*Major Industries
 
::Military Industries
 
::Non-Military Industries
 
*Society and Culture
 
:*Simple Gifts: Technology and its effects
 
::Emergence of the Omniss
 
::Prosperity and Change
 
::New Money, Old Values
 
:: Resistance: The Omniss Under Siege
 
::Back to the Future?
 
:*Brave New Era: Everyday life in [[3067]]
 
::Attitudes Toward Outsiders
 
::Education
 
::Arts, Media and Recreation
 
::Religion
 
*Government and Politics
 
:*How Government Works
 
::Spotlight: The Senate
 
::Spotlight: The [[Caesar of the Marian Hegemony|Caesar]]
 
::Spotlight: Citizens and Slaves
 
:*Hegemony Politics in 3067
 
::Julius the Former
 
::Bad Break: The Caesar and the Word of Blake
 
*Marian Legions
 
:*Collegium Bellorum Imperium
 
:*Force Strength
 
:*And Organization
 
:: BattleMech Forces
 
::Aerospace and Conventional Forces
 
:*Rank
 
:*Uniforms and Insignia
 
:*Decorations and Medals
 
::[[Corona Graminea]]
 
::[[Corona Aurea]]
 
::[[Corona Civica]]
 
::[[Aquilifer]]
 
::[[Order of Scipio]]
 
:*The Circinus Campaign: Aftermath
 
*Economy
 
:*Costs of Conquest
 
:*Major Industries
 
::Mining and Ore Refining
 
::Petrochemicals
 
::Agriculture
 
::Tourism and Entertainment
 
::Military Industries
 
:*Cash and Credit
 
*Society and Culture
 
:*Slavery in the Hegemony
 
:*When In Rome: Lothians, Illyrians and their Conquerors
 
::Religion: A Roman Revival
 
:*Building A Nation: Education Reform
 
*[[Circinus Federation]]
 
:*Government
 
::"Mister Dictator"
 
:*Military
 
::[[Mercenaries]]
 
::Organization, Rank and Tactics
 
::Uniforms and Insignia
 
::Training
 
:*Economy
 
::Major Industries
 
:*Society and Culture
 
::Modern Machismo: Circinians Today
 
*[[Rim Collection]]
 
::Beginnings
 
::Aces in the Hole
 
:*Coming of Age
 
:*Military
 
::Battlefield Assets
 
:*Economy
 
::Hunter's Paradise
 
:*Society and Culture
 
* A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG
 
:* Creatures
 
:: [[Aphard Mudskipper]] (Amphibius Aphardis)
 
:: [[Blue Raptor]] (Raptorus Azurus Vandenburgii)
 
:: [[Cygnus Caribou]] (Taurinus Tarandus Cygnusii)
 
:: [[Hipposaur]] (Hipposaurus Amphibius Vixenis)
 
:: [[Khog]] (Khogus Canisous Circinusii)
 
:: [[Leech Locust]] (Locusta Canibalus Marknickis)
 
:: [[Selkie]] (Phocidae Arcticus Lothianus)
 
:: [[Solvent Vine]] (Vinea Dissolverus Milliganis)
 
:: [[Tariq]] (Taurus Tariqus Brashae)
 
:: [[Thraxan Devourer]] (Serpens Mares Thraxis)
 
:: [[Vetchin]] (Avianus Alae Quaderis Slewesii)
 
:: [[Water Horse]] (Equus Oceanus Hardiseusi)
 
*Personal Equipment
 
:*Pequod MkI/MkII Harpoon Guns
 
:*Vibro-Mace
 
:*Breaching Frame
 
:*Patchwork Enviro-Suit
 
:*[[Stasis Tube]]
 
:*New Weapon Trait:
 
:*Amphibious (Amph.)
 
:*CBT Infantry Platoon Construction Data
 
*Support Vehicles
 
:*''[[Majestic]]''-class Pleasure Cruiser
 
:*[[Rock Hound|AM-PRM-RH7 ''Prospector "Rock Hound"'']] [[IndustrialMech|WorkMech]]
 
::Overview
 
::Capabilities
 
::Deployment
 
::Variants
 
*Cost of Living in the near Periphery
 
:*The Black Market
 
*Roleplaying in the near Periphery
 
:*Frontier Values: Similarities and Differences
 
:*Nationalities
 
::Nationality and the Newborn Realms
 
::Crossing Borders
 
::The Periphery Border Crossing Roll Results Table
 
*Periphery States Adventure Hooks
 
:*All Politics Is Local
 
:*Encounter Types
 
:*Cutthroat Competition
 
:*Jolly Rogers
 
:*Enemy Within
 
*[[BattleTech]] Rules
 
:*New Unit Types
 
::[[Beast Mounted Infantry|Tariq-Mounted Infantry]]
 
*Game Rules
 
:*''[[Bluehawk (Conventional Fighter)|MSF-42 Bluehawk]]'' / ''[[Protector (Conventional Fighter)|ASF-23 Protector]]'' Combat Support Fighter
 
:*Taurian [[Tigress (Small Craft class)|TIG-15 "Tigress"]]
 
:*Close Patrol Craft (Gunboat)
 
:*''[[Princess (DropShip Class)|Princess]]''-class Luxury Liner
 
:*''[[Aqueduct]]''-class Liquid Carrier
 
:*''[[Snowden (Space Station class)|Snowden]]'' Mining Facility
 
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