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== Planetary History ==
 
== Planetary History ==
 
=== The Dark Age ===
 
=== The Dark Age ===
The combination of formally laying claim to Hunter's Paradise, incorporating it into the Collection and settling the Able's Glory system plunged the small state into debt, prompting the worlds of [[Caldarium]] and [[Slewis]] to secede from the Collection. Despite the loss of these two systems the development of both Hunter's Paradise and Able's Glory proved to be an economic boon in the longer term. Able's Glory was named after [[Colonel]] [[Frank Able]], the commanding officer of [[Able's Aces]] and a beloved figure in the Rim Collection at that point, and proved to have immense reserves of germanium - germanium that the Collection went on to trade extensively with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name="FM:3145p187"/> Following the colonization of Able's Glory Able's Aces went on to open a manufacturing company producing military-grade equipment on the planet; the company was named [[Able's Hunting Arms, Limited]] - abbreviated simply to AHA - and produced various grades of arms and ammunition ranging from personal weapons to [[BattleMech]]-grade [[autocannon]]s and [[machine gun]]s. While the products made by AHA were allegedly produced for self-defense purposes for those visiting Hunter's Paradise, the majority of the output produced by AHA was purchased by the Collection's only BattleMech-manufacturing company, [[Rim Motors]].<ref name="FM:3145p190"/>
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The combination of formally laying claim to Hunter's Paradise, incorporating it into the Collection and settling the Able's Glory system plunged the small state into debt, prompting the worlds of [[Caldarium]] and [[Slewis]] to secede from the Collection. Despite the loss of these two systems the development of both Hunter's Paradise and Able's Glory proved to be an economic boon in the longer term. Able's Glory was named after [[Colonel]] [[Frank Able]], the commanding officer of [[Able's Aces]] and a beloved figure in the Rim Collection at that point, and proved to have immense reserves of germanium - germanium that the Collection went on to trade extensively with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name="FM:3145p187"/> Following the colonization of Able's Glory Able's Aces went on to open a manufacturing company producing military-grade equipment on the planet; the company was named [[Able's Hunting Arms, Ltd]] - abbreviated simply to AHA - and produced various grades of arms and ammunition ranging from personal weapons to [[BattleMech]]-grade [[autocannon]]s and [[machine gun]]s. While the products made by AHA were allegedly produced for self-defense purposes for those visiting Hunter's Paradise, the majority of the output produced by AHA was purchased by the Collection's only BattleMech-manufacturing company, [[Rim Motors]].<ref name="FM:3145p190"/>
  
 
== Political Affiliation ==
 
== Political Affiliation ==

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