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* [[2750]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:MPSp93"/><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
 
* [[2750]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:MPSp93"/><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - No record <ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:MPSp96">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus after Third Succession War [3025] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - No record <ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:MPSp96">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus after Third Succession War [3025] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref>
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* [[3130]] - No record <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - No record <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - No record <ref name=ER:3145p10>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - No record <ref name=ER:3145p10>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - No record <ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - No record <ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
  
 
==Planetary History==
 
==Planetary History==
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War between the [[Star League]] and the Magistracy of Canopus was inevitable after the Magistracy joined the other [[Periphery]] nations in rejecting the [[Pollux Proclamation]]; Cranston was an early target in the initial [[Star League Defense Force]] campaign against the Magistracy. Tasked with capturing Cranston was the [[58th Brigade]], one of three brigades that made up the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[20th Mechanized Infantry Division|20th Division]], supported by an auxiliary regiment from the [[Free Worlds League Military]] - either the [[1st Marik Militia]] or the [[2nd Orloff Grenadiers]] and under the command of General [[Michael Martinnson]].<ref name="H:RWp97"/><ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref>
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War between the [[Star League]] and the Magistracy of Canopus was inevitable after the Magistracy joined the other [[Periphery]] nations in rejecting the [[Pollux Proclamation]]; Cranston was an early target in the initial [[Star League Defense Force]] campaign against the Magistracy. Tasked with capturing Cranston was the [[58th Brigade|Fifty-eighth Brigade]], one of three brigades that made up the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[20th Mechanized Infantry Division|Twentieth Division]], supported by an auxiliary regiment from the [[Free Worlds League Military]] - either the [[First Marik Militia]] or the [[Second Orloff Grenadiers]] and under the command of General [[Michael Martinnson]].<ref name="H:RWp97"/><ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref>
  
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The 58th Brigade was formed entirely from [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and all of the 58th's AeroSpace support bar a single mixed AeroSpace [[company]] had been reassigned to support the [[57th Brigade]] attack on the nearby world of [[Restitution]]. The 58th expected a hard fight despite outnumbering the [[1st Canopian Grenadiers]] three-to-one; the Grenadiers gave them that hard fight, using maneuverability and speed to conduct hit-and-run attacks on the [[SLDF]] forces, fading back into the terrain after each strike. The Grenadiers were better equipped and armed than SLDF intelligence expected, having sourced equipment from arms traders in neighbouring states, and that combined with the lack of aerospace assets for reconnaissance and scouting dragged out what had originally been planned to be a week long campaign.<ref name="H:RWp97"/>
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The Fifty-eighth Brigade was formed entirely from [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and all of the Fifty-eighth's AeroSpace support bar a single mixed AeroSpace [[company]] had been reassigned to support the [[57th Brigade|Fifty-seventh Brigade]] attack on the nearby world of [[Restitution]]. The Fifty-seventh expected a hard fight despite outnumbering the [[First Canopian Grenadiers]] three-to-one; the Grenadiers gave them that hard fight, using maneuverability and speed to conduct hit-and-run attacks on the [[SLDF]] forces, fading back into the terrain after each strike. The Grenadiers were better equipped and armed than SLDF intelligence expected, having sourced equipment from arms traders in neighbouring states, and that combined with the lack of aerospace assets for reconnaissance and scouting dragged out what had originally been planned to be a week long campaign.<ref name="H:RWp97"/>
  
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Task force [[WarShip|WarShips]] orbitting Cranston reported the arrival of a vessel at a nearby pirate point on the 9th of November; appearing near Cranston's moon, the new arrival was inside the task force picket lines and was able to avoid the task force patrol vessels and successfully launch [[DropShip|DropShips]] which landed on Cranston's northern continent. Satellite imagery revealed the identity of these new arrivals - the [[3rd Canopian Light Horse]], originally expected to be on [[Restitution]]. In what would become a typical tactic for the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]], the 3rd Canopian Light Horse had been used as part of a shell game, tying the 57th Brigade up on Restitution while moving forces around for a heavy counterstrike on Cranston. While the SLDF still had the benefit of numbers, the Canopian forces now had a three-to-one advantage in the air, which they used aggressively.<ref name="H:RWp97"/>
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Task force [[WarShip]]s orbitting Cranston reported the arrival of a vessel at a nearby pirate point on the 9th of November; appearing near Cranston's moon, the new arrival was inside the task force picket lines and was able to avoid the task force patrol vessels and successfully launch [[DropShip|DropShips]] which landed on Cranston's northern continent. Satellite imagery revealed the identity of these new arrivals - the [[Third Canopian Light Horse]], originally expected to be on [[Restitution]]. In what would become a typical tactic for the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]], the Third Canopian Light Horse had been used as part of a shell game, tying the Fifty-seventh Brigade up on Restitution while moving forces around for a heavy counterstrike on Cranston. While the SLDF still had the benefit of numbers, the Canopian forces now had a three-to-one advantage in the air, which they used aggressively.<ref name="H:RWp97"/>
  
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Martinnson redeployed his forces, tasking six regiments from the 58th to continue to grind down the Grenadiers while the other three regiments from the 58th and the auxiliary [[FWLM]] forces fought to prevent the Light Horse from linking up with the Grenadiers. While the SLDF campaign for Cranston was ultimately successful, the Grenadiers and the Light Horse didn't leave the planet until the 29th of November, by which time they had extensively bloodied the SLDF forces. The battle for control of the air was brutal enough that the surviving members of the 58th Brigade's AeroSpace forces were the recipients of the first [[Awards#Star_League|Star League Medals of Honor]] to be issued for the Magistracy campaign, and earned the nickname "The Bloody Few".<ref name="H:RWp97"/>
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Martinnson redeployed his forces, tasking six regiments from the Fifty-eighth to continue to grind down the Grenadiers while the other three regiments from the Fifty-eighth and the auxiliary [[FWLM]] forces fought to prevent the Light Horse from linking up with the Grenadiers. While the SLDF campaign for Cranston was ultimately successful, the Grenadiers and the Light Horse didn't leave the planet until the 29th of November, by which time they had extensively bloodied the SLDF forces. The battle for control of the air was brutal enough that the surviving members of the Fifty-eighth Brigade's AeroSpace forces were the recipients of the first [[Awards#Star_League|Star League Medals of Honor]] to be issued for the Magistracy campaign, and earned the nickname "The Bloody Few".<ref name="H:RWp97"/>
  
 
Although the Magistracy lost control of Cranston to the SLDF in 2577, the MAF would stage a company-level raid on Cranston at least once during [[2581]], one of a number of raids designed to sting the garrison forces, pulling resources away from the SLDF active combat operations to keep the garrison well-equipped.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp101">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 101, "Gallis, Aspropirgos, Fanardir and Borgan's Rift (January 2580-October 2581)"</ref>
 
Although the Magistracy lost control of Cranston to the SLDF in 2577, the MAF would stage a company-level raid on Cranston at least once during [[2581]], one of a number of raids designed to sting the garrison forces, pulling resources away from the SLDF active combat operations to keep the garrison well-equipped.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp101">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 101, "Gallis, Aspropirgos, Fanardir and Borgan's Rift (January 2580-October 2581)"</ref>
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==Garrisoning Military Force==
 
==Garrisoning Military Force==
 
===2577===
 
===2577===
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* [[1st Canopian Grenadiers]] <ref name="H:RWp150">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 150, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off-2582)"</ref>
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* [[First Canopian Grenadiers]] <ref name="H:RWp150">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 150, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off-2582)"</ref>
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== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
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|-
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| [[Restitution]]
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| 10.5
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| [[Ceará]]
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| 17.0
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| [[Bass]]
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| 18.3
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| [[Payvand]]
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| 21.5
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| [[Obrenovac]]
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| 24.1
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| [[Bethonolog]]
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| 31.7
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| [[Glevakha]]
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| 33.3
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| [[Afarsin]]
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| 33.5
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|-
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| [[Booker]]
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| 33.6
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| [[Ildlandet]]
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| 33.7
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| [[Ruschegg]]
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| 39.5
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| [[Rohinjan]]
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| 39.5
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|-
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| [[Tellman's Mistake]]
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| 41.3
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| [[Eleusis]]
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| 45.3
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| [[Sharqah]]
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| 45.5
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| [[Saonara]]
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| 46.6
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|-
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| [[Lindenmarle]]
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| 47.9
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| [[Marantha]]
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| 49.1
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| [[Bayindir]]
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| 51.1
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| [[Ayn Tarma]]
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| 51.7
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|-
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| [[Gallis]]
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| 57.8
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| [[Howrah]]
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| 58.1
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==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''

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Cranston
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-211.47:-336.73[e]


Owner History

Planetary History

War between the Star League and the Magistracy of Canopus was inevitable after the Magistracy joined the other Periphery nations in rejecting the Pollux Proclamation; Cranston was an early target in the initial Star League Defense Force campaign against the Magistracy. Tasked with capturing Cranston was the Fifty-eighth Brigade, one of three brigades that made up the Star League Defense Force Twentieth Division, supported by an auxiliary regiment from the Free Worlds League Military - either the First Marik Militia or the Second Orloff Grenadiers and under the command of General Michael Martinnson.[4][29]

The Fifty-eighth Brigade was formed entirely from BattleMech regiments and all of the Fifty-eighth's AeroSpace support bar a single mixed AeroSpace company had been reassigned to support the Fifty-seventh Brigade attack on the nearby world of Restitution. The Fifty-seventh expected a hard fight despite outnumbering the First Canopian Grenadiers three-to-one; the Grenadiers gave them that hard fight, using maneuverability and speed to conduct hit-and-run attacks on the SLDF forces, fading back into the terrain after each strike. The Grenadiers were better equipped and armed than SLDF intelligence expected, having sourced equipment from arms traders in neighbouring states, and that combined with the lack of aerospace assets for reconnaissance and scouting dragged out what had originally been planned to be a week long campaign.[4]

Task force WarShips orbitting Cranston reported the arrival of a vessel at a nearby pirate point on the 9th of November; appearing near Cranston's moon, the new arrival was inside the task force picket lines and was able to avoid the task force patrol vessels and successfully launch DropShips which landed on Cranston's northern continent. Satellite imagery revealed the identity of these new arrivals - the Third Canopian Light Horse, originally expected to be on Restitution. In what would become a typical tactic for the Magistracy Armed Forces, the Third Canopian Light Horse had been used as part of a shell game, tying the Fifty-seventh Brigade up on Restitution while moving forces around for a heavy counterstrike on Cranston. While the SLDF still had the benefit of numbers, the Canopian forces now had a three-to-one advantage in the air, which they used aggressively.[4]

Martinnson redeployed his forces, tasking six regiments from the Fifty-eighth to continue to grind down the Grenadiers while the other three regiments from the Fifty-eighth and the auxiliary FWLM forces fought to prevent the Light Horse from linking up with the Grenadiers. While the SLDF campaign for Cranston was ultimately successful, the Grenadiers and the Light Horse didn't leave the planet until the 29th of November, by which time they had extensively bloodied the SLDF forces. The battle for control of the air was brutal enough that the surviving members of the Fifty-eighth Brigade's AeroSpace forces were the recipients of the first Star League Medals of Honor to be issued for the Magistracy campaign, and earned the nickname "The Bloody Few".[4]

Although the Magistracy lost control of Cranston to the SLDF in 2577, the MAF would stage a company-level raid on Cranston at least once during 2581, one of a number of raids designed to sting the garrison forces, pulling resources away from the SLDF active combat operations to keep the garrison well-equipped.[30][31]

The Magistracy of Canopus had 13 worlds annexed by the Free Worlds League, either during the Reunification War[5] or by Star League decree in 2602,[32] and Cranston was one of these worlds. Cranston was one of a number of former Canopian worlds lost during the Succession Wars.[4][10][11]

Garrisoning Military Force

2577

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Restitution 10.5 Ceará 17.0 Bass 18.3 Payvand 21.5
Obrenovac 24.1 Bethonolog 31.7 Glevakha 33.3 Afarsin 33.5
Booker 33.6 Ildlandet 33.7 Ruschegg 39.5 Rohinjan 39.5
Tellman's Mistake 41.3 Eleusis 45.3 Sharqah 45.5 Saonara 46.6
Lindenmarle 47.9 Marantha 49.1 Bayindir 51.1 Ayn Tarma 51.7
Gallis 57.8 Howrah 58.1

References

  1. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War", p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War [2571] and fall of the Star League [2750]"
  3. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 94, "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Historical: Reunification War, p. 97-98, "Restitution and Cranston (October-November 2577)"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  6. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  7. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:HMp38" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus after Third Succession War [3025] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:HMp51" defined multiple times with different content
  13. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  14. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere [3050] Map"
  15. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere [3052] Map"
  16. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  17. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 112, "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"
  18. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  20. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"
  21. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075]"
  22. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - August 3079"
  23. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  24. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  25. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  28. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  29. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 150, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off-2582)"
  31. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 101, "Gallis, Aspropirgos, Fanardir and Borgan's Rift (January 2580-October 2581)"
  32. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 161, "Good Neighbours To The Magistracy"

Bibliography

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