Editing Alshain

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The '''Alshain''' system is the location of at least one inhabited world, '''Alshain V''', as well as a substantial number of orbital installations above Alshain V and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Alshain Province]] of the [[Rasalhague Dominion]].<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>

==System Description==
The Alshain system has at least five planets and by [[3067]] had recharge stations in place at both the nadir and zenith [[jump point]]s.<ref name=MMp110/><ref name=O:TCp33/>

==System History==
The Alshain system was settled during the [[Star League era]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>

==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2319]] - No record<ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18</ref>
* [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31</ref>
* [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
* [[2750]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
* [[2764]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref>
* [[2786]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25</ref>
* [[2822]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113</ref>
* [[2864]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp43"/>
* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64</ref>
* [[3030]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66</ref>
* [[3040]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
* [[3050]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3052]] - [[Clan Ghost Bear]]<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71</ref>
* [[3057]] - Clan Ghost Bear<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3063]] - [[Ghost Bear Dominion]]<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
* [[3067]] - Ghost Bear Dominion<ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref>
* [[3075]] - Ghost Bear Dominion<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref>
* [[3079]] - Ghost Bear Dominion<ref>''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21</ref><ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 25</ref>
* [[3081]] - [[Rasalhague Dominion]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
* [[3085]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127</ref>
* [[3130]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name=DATtSXXIV>''Dark Age: Touring the Stars (3130)'', pp. 47–48: "Volume XXIV: Symbiosis—The Rasalhague Dominion Today"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3145]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
* [[3150]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name=DDp114/>
* [[3151]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
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==Alshain V==
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Alshain V, more commonly referred to simply as Alshain, was the fifth planet in the Alshain system and had served as a provincial capital for the Draconis Combine. While the majority of the industry on Alshain was light industry the surface of the planet was home to a number of major manufacturing facilities operated by major defense companies and the orbital space above Alshain had a number of shipyards and facilities in place, particularly from the mid-[[thirty-first century]] onward following the conquest of the system by [[Clan Ghost Bear]].<ref name=MMp110/>

===Planetary History===
====The Star League====
During the [[Star League]] era, the [[BattleMech]] factories on Alshain earned the approval of [[Chancellor]] [[Takiro Kurita]] by producing ''[[Panther]]'' and ''[[Dragon]]'' BattleMechs for the regiments of the [[DCMS]]; by manufacturing 'Mechs manufactured solely from [[Draconis Combine]] resources, the Alshain factories were meeting his desire to free the military industries of the Combine from dependence on external resources.<ref name="HK(TDC)p51">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 51: "Takiro Kurita"</ref>

This large concentration of industrial power earned the planet a garrison of two Divisions of [[Star League Defense Force]] troops.<ref name=FMSLDFp256>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 256: "SLDF - Draconis Combine Military Command Map"</ref>

====The Succession Wars====
Although the military industries of the Combine took heavy damage in the [[First Succession War]], the major 'Mech factories of Alshain survived, along with the factories on Luthien; these two major industrial sites fared far better than many small 'Mech manufacturing facilities. Luckily, many of the subcontractors to the Alshain factories had also survived.<ref name="HK(TDC)p61">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 61: "Blown Back to the Stone Age"</ref>

In or around [[2975]], the [[Alshain Weapons]] plant on Alshain was the subject of a hostile takeover by [[Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises]]; the struggle for control of the company nearly bankrupted both companies, but having completed the takeover Gorton, Kingsley and Thorpe steadily increased ''Panther'' production and by [[3025]] was looking to open three more factories producing ''Panthers'' by [[3030]].<ref name="HK(TDC)p138">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 138: "Weapons Industries"</ref>

By the end of the [[Third Succession War]] Alshain was a world possessed of large pine forests - a legacy of the original settlers, who started the forests - but only capable of supporting light industry beyond the major 'Mech plants on the planet. Silverdale, the capital city of Alshain, was a large city clustered around the planetary spaceport, and was also known for the large ''ukiyo'' within the city, complete with red lights and beer halls.<ref name=HKp189/>

Of more concern to the [[ISF]] than the presence of the ''ukiyo'' was the growing resistance movement on the planet, headed up by a mysterious individual referred to as the [[Haakon Magnusson|Silver Fox]]. This underground movement was known as the [[Alshain People's Movement]] and was responsible for a number of terrorist attacks, including an attack that killed twenty factory workers at one of the BattleMech plants. The ''Metsuke'' had attempted to quell the movement by executing suspected members of the group, but by [[3025]] this apparently had achieved little.<ref name=HKp189/>

====Clan Invasion====
During the fifth wave of [[Operation REVIVAL]], the [[Clan]] invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]], Alshain was attacked by forces of [[Clan Ghost Bear]] in December [[3051]].  The fight for the capital of the [[Alshain Military District]] was destined to be tough though, as the entire [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Alpha Galaxy]] squared off against two experienced DCMS regiments, the [[6th Alshain Regulars|Sixth Alshain Regulars]] joined by the [[2nd Sword of Light|Second Sword of Light]] under orders from ''[[Kanrei]]'' [[Theodore Kurita]]. ''[[Tai-sa]]'' [[Kelly Dok To]] answered [[saKhan]] [[Aletha Kabrinski]]'s ''[[batchall]]'' directly, truthfully telling her which units defended Alshain but refusing to disclose their location.  In response saKhan Kabrinski decided to split Alpha Galaxy up to pin down as many Kurita troops as quickly as possible, assigning the [[1st Bear Guards|First Bear Guards]] to attack the Alshain Regulars while the [[3rd Bear Guards (Clan Ghost Bear)|Third Bear Guards]] and [[50th Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)|Fiftieth Striker Cluster]] attacked the Sword of Light regiment.<ref name=IC27>''Invading Clans'', p. 27</ref>

The First Bear Guards located the Alshain Regulars in the Ptolomy Mountains, where they had dug in among the majestic peaks to their advantage.  During their initial assault on the Alshain positions, repeated aerial attacks failed to even faze the defenders, while the defenders used their height advantage and natural sniper cover to deny the First Bear from gaining any ground.  Meanwhile, in the Fareer Canyons, the Third Bear Guards and Fiftieth Striker were mired in an inconclusive struggle with the Second Sword of Light, having been initially lured to the floor of the canyon by a tempting bait of light 'Mechs.  When the Ghost Bears pounced, the light 'Mechs used their jump jets to sail up and out of the canyon, just as battalions of Kurita 'Mechs unleashed their fire down on the Third Bear Guards below.  Their advantage was short-lived though, as the Clan 'Mechs quickly followed suit by using their own jump jets to escape the trap.  In the shooting match that followed, the rocky ground and natural crevices of the canyons provided ideal cover, and neither side was able to achieve air superiority; though individual Kuritan warriors sometimes answered Ghost Bear challenges to [[zellbrigen|honorable single combat]], the practice was quickly ended by ''Tai-sa'' Dok To's orders when it became clear the Clan warriors always won.  Eventually, the Third Bear Guards discovered a steep path leading out of the canyon which would allow them to flank their opponents; having learned from prior experiences of Inner Sphere deception though, [[Star Colonel]] Tseng ordered his [[Elemental]]s to sweep it of booby traps first.  The Elementals ended up revealing and defusing enough explosives hidden within the pass to have obliterated the entire Bear Guards.  Quickly the Star Colonel and his Bear Guards advanced upwards to flank the Sword of Light regiment, though in the confusion they did not know that the Fiftieth Striker were doing the same from the opposite direction.  For a few seconds both mistakenly fired upon each other, allowing the Sword of Light to withdraw and launch a devastating counterattack on the Ghost Bear's weak left flank, an act which destroyed an isolated Trinary.<ref name=IC27/><ref name=IC28>''Invading Clans'', p. 28</ref>

By the time the rest of the Ghost Bear forced turned on them the Sword of Light were in full retreat towards the city of Silverdale, using tactics developed by ''Kanrei'' Kurita - staying mobile, hiding when confronted, and combining fire - to inflict massive damage.  Convinced that the tide of battle had turned, the saKhan ordered the Fiftieth Striker to the Ptolomy Mountains to assist the First Bear Guard while the Third continued their pursuit.  Unfortunately, the Third Bear Guards ran straight into a trap when the Sword of Light brought all four [[battalion]]s to bear at once on them, forcing a now-desperate Star Colonel Tseng to punch through at any cost.  Only by a heavy expenditure of 'Mechs and ammunition were the Third Bear Guards able to extricate themselves, though the Second Sword of Light did not pursue them and instead continued towards Silverdale and their waiting [[DropShip]]s.<ref name=IC28/>

As the Second Sword seemed to make their escape off-world, the Fiftieth Striker had managed to get in behind the Sixth Alshain's defensive position and in a matter of hours swept them down towards the First Bear Guard's waiting guns.  Desperate to escape, the Alshain Regulars managed to punch a hole through the Ghost Bear lines, which was immediately closed in behind them.  Destruction was averted as the Second Sword of Light made a daring combat drop directly on top of the First Bear Guards, and in the resulting chaos the Sixth Alshain were able to reach their DropShips while the Second Sword made a fighting withdrawal.  The assembled Ghost Bear forces attacked ''en masse'', throwing units at the Second Sword from every angle, but failed to break the defenders' lines.<ref name=IC28/>

When the remainder of the Third Bear Guards made their own combat drop an hour after the Second's, it was already too late.  The planetary militia, held in reserve up to that point, suddenly attacked and provided enough of a distraction to allow the remnants of both regiments to evacuate.  Despite the two regiments' escape and the losses they suffered, the Ghost Bears had nevertheless succeeded in taking Alshain and delivering a stunning blow to the Draconis Combine.<ref name=IC28/>

Since the Ghost Bears' conquest of the planet and the immigration to the Inner Sphere resulted in the founding of the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] in 3060, ''Alshain'' was picked as their new capitol.<ref name=fmu_10>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 10: "Golden Road to Paradise"</ref>

====Civil War Era====
Created from the surviving remnants of the [[Alshain Regulars]], the [[Alshain Avengers]] were formed with their sole objective to retake their homeworld and drive the invaders from Combine space. They would eventually [[Operation BATU|stage an unauthorized invasion]] of ''Alshain'' on 18 October [[3062]], not knowing that the world had become the heavily defended capital of the Ghost Bear Dominion.<ref name=fmu_13>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 13: "Dragons, Dark and Dangerous"</ref> The result was disastrous; far from being the invulnerable bastion of strength the Avengers believed, the ''[[Dragon's Last Tear]]'' was easily destroyed by the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship [[Ursa Major|CGB ''Ursa Major'']], along with a regiment of the Avengers; the surviving two regiments of Avengers made a hasty planetfall to escape the ''Ursa Major''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s guns, only to be quickly wiped out by enraged Ghost Bear forces. The effects echoed beyond the destruction of the ''Dragon's Last Tear'' and three regiments of rebellious troops, however; it precipitated the [[1st Dominion-Combine War|First Dominion/Combine War]].<ref name="ER:3062p25">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 25: "The Combine-Dominion War"</ref>

The resulting war had impacted half the planets under [[Clan Nova Cat]] control. Even though a year later both sides would reach a settlement that would end the war, the Nova Cats were devastated. The war had cost them [[Omega Provisional Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Omega]] and [[Chi Provisional Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Chi]] Galaxies and twice that in wounded. Worse, the Ghost Bears treated them as an [[Trial of Abjuration|Abjured Clan]] during the war and never once giving the Nova Cats honorable battles. The other Clans in the [[Clan Homeworlds|Homeworlds]] had ejected the Cats from Clan space, but it was thought that the Ghost Bears with their strong Warden stance, along with their attempts to fully integrate with the peoples of the former [[Free Rasalhague Republic]], would create a different expectation. The Nova Cats could not accept this and vowed that they would never forget or forgive this perceived transgression.<ref name=tors_intro>''Trial of Retribution Scenario 4.1'': "The Second Naval Battle of Alshain"</ref>

Resentment against the Ghost Bears would culminate in the Nova Cats learning that the Ghost Bears were constructing a third ''Leviathan''-class WarShip aptly named: "''CGB Rasalhague''" in the ''Alshain'' shipyards. Not only would an attack on ''Alshain'' seek retribution for the dishonor the Ghost Bears brought on the Nova Cats, but it also provided a chance to take this new ''Leviathan II''-class ship and badly maul the Ghost Bear's naval fleet in the process.<ref name=tors_intro/> This would result in what was called a ''[[Trial of Retribution]]'', a massive naval [[Trial of Possession]] conducted against [[Clan Ghost Bear]] by [[Clan Nova Cat]] in early May of [[3067]]. The battle was devastating for both sides, with half the Ghost Bear fleet destroyed and similar losses on the part of the Nova Cats. While the Ghost Bears were ultimately victorious, the victory was "hollow victory" at best.<ref name="FM:Up81+">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 81: "The Second Naval Battle of Alshain"</ref>

====The Jihad====
By [[3076]], the buildings and urban networks on Alshain were markedly different to those on most other worlds. The urban networks are marked by the lack of trees or poles blocking or interfering with the skyline, and the buildings were heavily EMP shielded and grounded because of the flash storms. For similar reasons there were very few power lines, transits or tubes aboveground; those buildings that existed had become works of art, a practice encouraged by the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]] since their conquest of the planet and its subsequent incorporation into the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]]. Many of the architects in the laborer caste had begun to use the local aesthetic as inspiration to build their own Great Works, those Works manifesting as buildings that benefit the local areas around them.<ref name=MMp110/>

The artistic aesthetic that dominated buildings on the ground was echoed in the new construction undertaken in space; with new space docks and orbital facilities incorporating some minimal artistic flair into their basic construction, and the carefully orchestrated orbits of these facilities as well as the movement of civilian and military traffic formed what had become known as the "Alshain Star Dance", an intricate pattern said to have moved Ghost Bear naval commanders to tears when viewed.<ref name=MMp110/>

Alshain became a focal point for the Ghost Bears, who held the world up as an example of how the integration of both the Clan and Inner Sphere societies and cultures could work. Industrial production on Alshain had increased dramatically under the Ghost Bears, with ten slips in equatorial orbit, manufacturing and repairing civilian vessels, while three massive WarShip dockyards were in geosynchronous orbit over the planetary north pole,<ref name=MMp110/> having repaired the damage inflicted during the [[Trial Of Retribution]] between the Ghost Bears and [[Clan Nova Cat]]. The [[Tseng Facility]], constructed over the southern pole, manufactured prodigious quantities of small craft and [[aerospace fighter]]s and resembled a giant glass spider; in addition to these new industrial facilities, the long-standing [[Alshain MechWorks]] had undergone a dramatic resurgence under the Ghost Bear Merchant Factor, becoming a vocal - even dominant - presence in issues affecting the Labor, Merchant and Technician castes as well as a driving force in the Ghost Bear's attempts to merge the two societies together.<ref name=MMp110/>

Despite the progress made, Alshain was not free from issues. The Scientist caste were concerned over the amount of atmospheric pollution Alshain was suffering from, a result of the increasing demands for resources and the fact that many of the mining and power facilities on the planet were antiquated by Clan standards. The Warrior Caste placed a higher priority on military production than efforts to refurbish these old production facilities, making it unlikely that anything would be done about the atmospheric contamination.<ref name=MMp110/>

Another problem was the ongoing resistance from deep cells of protestors and terrorists, a legacy of Alshain's turbulent past; while terrorist attacks were declining, the Watch was having little success digging out the various cells, and the agitators were making use of the new [[Chatterweb]] facilities on the planet and various underground newsnets to launch barrages of propaganda on a regular basis. With other problems demanding greater attention from the Watch, this problem was also likely to continue.<ref name=MMp110/>

[[Clan Hell's Horses]] sent a trade envoy to Alshain in the mid 3070s; the first overtures made by the Horses towards the Bears, the result of which was some tenuous agreements that had the potential to make possible a strong economic partnership between the two Clans in the future.<ref name=MMp110/>

On 31 December [[3078]], Alshain was subject to a terrorist attack, claimed by the [[Motstånd]] group. A massive bomb was detonated, claiming several hundred people from both [[Clan Ghost Bear]] and the Rasalhagian population as victims; casualties included several members of the Unity Council and [[Christian Månsdottir]], the former Prince.<ref name="J:FRp60">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 60: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

====Republic Era====
After the [[Second Combine-Dominion War]] and with the official naming of the Rasalhague Dominion, Alshain was made the site of the Dominion Council Hall.<ref name=DATtSXXIV/>

===Military Deployment===
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====2764====
* [[Twenty-first Infantry Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp256 />
* [[59th Jump Infantry Division|Fifty-ninth Jump Infantry Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp256 />

====2765====
* [[Second Rasalhague Regulars]]<ref>Field Report 2765: DCMS, p. 16: "Rasalhague Regulars"</ref>

====2786====
* Second Rasalhague Regulars<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War'', p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>

====3038====
* [[Sixth Alshain Regulars]]<ref name=H:Wo3039>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138: "Deployment Table"</ref>

====3040====
* Sixth Alshain Regulars<ref name=H:Wo3039/>
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====3050====
* Sixth Alshain Regulars<ref name=20YU43>''20 Year Update'', p. 43: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[312th Division (ComStar)]]<ref name=20YU71>''20 Year Update'', p. 71: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>

====3061====
:* [[Ourse Keshik (Clan Ghost Bear)|Ourse Keshik]]<ref name=FMWC163>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 163</ref>
:* [[Silveroot Keshik (Clan Ghost Bear)|Silveroot Keshik]]<ref name=FMWC163/>
:* [[243rd Battle (Clan Ghost Bear)|243rd Battle Cluster]]<ref name=FMWC163/>
:* [[50th Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)|Fiftieth Striker Cluster]]<ref name=FMWC163/>
:* [[300th Battle (Clan Ghost Bear)|300th Battle Cluster]]<ref name=FMWC163/>
:* [[1st Claw (Clan Ghost Bear)|First Claw]]<ref name=FMWC163/>

====3079====
* [[1st Bear Guards (Clan Ghost Bear)|First Bear Guards]]<ref name=O:TCp33/>
* [[3rd Bear Guards (Clan Ghost Bear)|Third Bear Guards]]<ref name=O:TCp33/>
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====3085====
* First Bear Guards<ref name=FM:3085p127>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
* Third Bear Guards<ref name=FM:3085p127/>

====3145====
* [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Alpha Galaxy]]<ref name=FM:3145p172>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 172: "Clan Force Deployments - Rasalhague Dominion"</ref>
:* Command Supernova
:* Trinary Galaxy Command
* First Bear Guards<ref name=FM:3145p172/>
* [[6th Valkyrie (Clan Ghost Bear)|Sixth Valkyrie Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p172/>
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===Geography===
Alshain has four continents named Aquilae, Bunjil, Swan, and Corvi.<ref name=O:TCp33/> Two major continents dominate the northern hemisphere of Alshain; the abundant mineral resources of these continents would drive Alshain's development as a heavy manufacturing center. The planet has a heavy crust dotted with deep crevices and thin, sparse forests—the latter a result of the planting efforts of the founding colonists—and much of the water in the planetary seas and oceans is fresh water; there are a number of reservoirs found underground, near rich ore veins and large natural gas pockets. The main continent on the planet features an inland sea known as the Oresund Sea.<ref name=MMp110/>

Alshain's atmosphere is turbulent, and creates sudden flash storms that are common along the coastal areas. The storms are extremely dangerous, but also beautiful, and have shaped the development of the various settlements on the planet.<ref name=MMp110/>

===Planetary Locations===
* Aquilae (continent)
:* Bergan City: site of the Bergan Industrial Complex<ref name=DDp59>''Dominions Divided'', p. 59</ref>
:* Cowherd: site of the BA Annex<ref name=DDp60>''Dominions Divided'', p. 60</ref>
:* Cowley: site of Oden Manufacturing<ref name=O:TCp33/>
:* Silverdale: the planetary capital city<ref name=HKp189/>
::* Alshain Interstellar Spaceport<ref name=DATtSXXIV/>
::* Dominion Council Hall: home of the [[Rasalhague Dominion]]'s Dominion Council<ref name=DATtSXXIV/>
:* Upsilla: site of the JES facility<ref name=O:TCp33/><ref name=DDp60/>

* Bear's Den Training Field<ref name=RoHc5>''Roar of Honor'', ch. 5</ref>
* Elizabeth: a rainy, coastal location on Swan; home to the planetary militia<ref name=O:TCp33/>
* Tseng-Jorgensson Nature Reserve: a wildlife preserve where Clan Ghost Bear introduced their totem animal, the Ghost Bear
* Wooddale: a woodlands location on Bunjil; home to the Jorgensson Combat School<ref name=O:TCp33/>

===Companies and Industries===
* [[Alshain BattleWorx]]
* [[Alshain Naval Yards]]<ref name=O:TCp33/>
* [[Alshain Weapons]]<ref name=TRO3039>''Technical Readout: 3039''</ref><ref name=TRO:3145TCp50>''Technical Readout: 3145 The Clans'', p. 50: "Kodiak II"</ref><ref name=TRO:3145TCp40>''Technical Readout: 3145 The Clans'', p. 40: "Vulture Mk III"</ref> (facility seized by Ghost Bears in 3051)
* [[Bergan Industries]]<ref name=O:TCp33/>
* [[Joint Equipment Systems]]<ref name=O:TCp33/>
* [[Odin Manufacturing]]<ref name=O:TCp33/>
* [[Tseng Facility]]<ref name=O:TCp33/>

===Local Flora and Fauna===
* [[Ghost Bear (species)|Ghost Bear]]: the species was introduced by Clan Ghost Bear a few years after occupying Alshain<ref name=TC>''The Clawing''</ref>

===Sports Teams===
* [[Alshain Claws]]<ref name=DA:LNp19>''Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)'', p. 19: "3135 Inner Sphere Football League Playoffs"</ref>

==Notes==
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' indicates that Alshain was a major Principality world within the Kingdom of Rasalhague prior to becoming a District capital in the Draconis Combine. Alshain doesn't appear on maps prior to the Star League era, and it was [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,26041.0.html confirmed by one of the Developers that this sourcebook is in error].
* ''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'' also names Ydre as the main continent,<ref name=MMp110/> contradicting the newer publication ''[[Objectives: The Clans]]'' that doesn't include it among the four listed in this article.

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==Nearby Systems==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 40 systems (39 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Sheliak]]
| class="lessthan30" | 12.7
| class="lessthan30" | [[Tinaca]]
| class="lessthan30" | 13.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Marawi]]
| class="lessthan30" | 14.5
| class="lessthan30" | [[Kaesong]]
| class="lessthan30" | 17.9
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Oyevaina]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Muswell]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.5
| class="over30" | [[Thessalonika]]
| class="over30" | 30.3
| class="over30" | [[Sternwerde]]
| class="over30" | 30.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kempten]]
| class="over30" | 32.0
| class="over30" | [[Halesowen]]
| class="over30" | 34.9
| class="over30" | [[Ardoz]]
| class="over30" | 35.2
| class="over30" | [[Mualang]]
| class="over30" | 40.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kiamba]]
| class="over30" | 41.0
| class="over30" | [[Radstadt]]
| class="over30" | 41.4
| class="over30" | [[Vorarlberg]]
| class="over30" | 42.1
| class="over30" | [[Maule]]
| class="over30" | 42.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Setubal]]
| class="over30" | 43.7
| class="over30" | [[Corfu]]
| class="over30" | 43.7
| class="over30" | [[Skandia]]
| class="over30" | 44.9
| class="over30" | [[Lamar]]
| class="over30" | 45.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kanowit]]
| class="over30" | 47.2
| class="over30" | [[Gunzburg]]
| class="over30" | 47.3
| class="over30" | [[Soverzene]]
| class="over30" | 47.9
| class="over30" | [[Krenice]]
| class="over30" | 48.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Eguilles]]
| class="over30" | 50.4
| class="over30" | [[Mannedorf]]
| class="over30" | 52.8
| class="over30" | [[Yamarovka]]
| class="over30" | 53.5
| class="over30" | [[Utrecht]]
| class="over30" | 54.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Heiligendreuz]]
| class="over30" | 55.0
| class="over30" | [[Satalice]]
| class="over30" | 55.4
| class="over30" | [[Goito]]
| class="over30" | 55.7
| class="over30" | [[Tuat]]
| class="over30" | 56.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Tanh Linh]]
| class="over30" | 56.4
| class="over30" | [[Stanzach]]
| class="over30" | 57.4
| class="over30" | [[Meilen]]
| class="over30" | 59.2
| class="over30" | [[Dumaring]]
| class="over30" | 59.5
|-
| class="over30" | [[Toffen]]
| class="over30" | 59.5
| class="over30" | [[Nox]]
| class="over30" | 59.7
| class="over30" | [[Memmingen]]
| class="over30" | 59.8
| class="over60" | [[Shardayne]]
| class="over60" | 62.4
|-
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[The Clawing]]'' (short story)
* ''[[Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: Touring the Stars (3130)]]''
* ''[[Dominions Divided]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
* ''[[Objectives: The Clans]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145]]''
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[[Category:Systems|Alshain]]
[[Category: Draconis Combine Systems]]
[[Category: Clan Ghost Bear Systems]]
[[Category: Rasalhague Dominion Systems]]