Editing Apollo (system)

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The '''Apollo''' system is the location of a single habitable world, '''Apollo I''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Clan Hell's Horses]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=TRp72/>

==System Description==
Apollo is located near the [[Bensinger]] and [[Toland]] systems<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/> and consists of a single small G5 class star orbited by a single habitable world.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/>

==System History==
The Apollo system was colonized in [[2250]].<ref name="TP1Ep16"/>

==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2250]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="TP1Ep16">''The Periphery'', pp. 15–16</ref>
* [[2571]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref>
* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref>
* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25</ref><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', Map: Inner Sphere 2764</ref>
* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name=HBHS13>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', Map: Inner Sphere 2765</ref>
* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] (from September)<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37</ref><ref name=HLOTV1p111>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 111</ref>
* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref>
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref>
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref>
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10</ref>
* [[3052]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref>
* [[3057]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3063]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
* [[3067]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref>
* [[3071]] - [[Clan Ice Hellion]]<ref name="JS:TBDp29"/> (from September), [[Clan Hell's Horses]] (from November)<ref name="JS:TBDp29"/><ref name="JHS3076p20"/><ref name="J:FRp50"/>
* [[3075]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
* [[3079]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 25</ref>
* [[3081]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62</ref>
* [[3085]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3145]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
* [[3151]] - Clan Hell Horse<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103</ref>
* [[3152]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref name=TRpm/><ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72</ref>
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==Apollo I==
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Apollo I, more commonly referred to simply as Apollo, is the first and only planet in the Apollo system,<ref name="TP1Ep16"/> and for several centuries was the capital world of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/> Apollo has been home to a number of significant manufacturing facilities operated by companies such as [[Diplass Technologies]] as well as at least one military academy.<ref name="FR2765:Pp8"/>

===Planetary History===
====Founding====
Apollo was settled on 8 September [[2250]] by the [[Theban Legion]], an anti-[[Terran Alliance|Alliance]] [[pirate]] squadron led by [[Hector Rowe]]. Rowe and some five hundred followers had captured a number of [[JumpShip]]s belonging to [[Skye Freight and Goods]] on [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]] and forced them to travel to [[Lucianca]], where Rowe and his followers captured, tortured and murdered a 350-man garrison from the [[151st Altairian Fusiliers]], a Terran Alliance reserve unit stationed on the world and awaiting transport home. After two weeks of kangaroo courts and brutal executions, Rowe and his followers had to abandon Lucianca when one of the captured merchant vessels escaped. Transported by the remaining Skye merchantmen—who had been given a choice between joining the Legion or dying alongside the Fusiliers—they left Lucianca in [[2244]] and raided various fringe worlds for food, livestock, spare parts, and women before heading into deep space. The impromptu flotilla traveled through the heart of the [[Dark Nebula]] and managed to arrive safely on the other side, discovering a small G5 star with a single habitable world orbiting it. Howe named the planet Apollo and proclaimed the founding of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/><ref name=H:MPSp14>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 14</ref>

====Reunification War====
Events on Apollo in the early 2570s became the flashpoint for the Rim Worlds Republic Civil War. The primary instigators of the conflict were the [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and an organization known as the [[Rift Republican Army]], formerly an operational military formation but by this point a society similar to a veteran's association through which like-minded individuals could socialize. While the RRA hadn't previously been known to be particularly political or militant in its outlook, in [[2573]] members of a militant fringe of the RRA whipped the citizens of the city of Eleazor into a frenzy over taxation imposed by Amaris. The result was a riot severe enough that it saw the [[Eighth Amaris Dragoons]] deployed to disperse the rioters. While the Eighth was occupied by the rioters, several hundred people in RRA uniforms stormed the Eighth's headquarters at the Efrimal Long barracks, which was co-located alongside a high-security prison within which Amaris had imprisoned dissidents against his regime.<ref name="H:RWp127">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 127: "Descent into Madness (2571-2580)"</ref>

The RRA force quickly captured the headquarters, executing captured personnel including the regimental command staff, and the RRA commander, [[Colonel]] [[Janisssa DeCoe]], used the Eighth's communications equipment to broadcast their own demands for foreign troops on Republic soil to be withdrawn, for the sovereignty of the Republic to be accepted, and for Amaris to cease imprisoning his political opponents. Amaris reacted in a typically brutal fashion, ordering the [[Fifth Amaris Fusiliers]] and the [[Republican Guards (Rim Worlds Republic)|Republican Guards]] into the city to suppress the RRA forces. The Fusiliers and the Guards expected a quick victory, as both were favored units well-equipped with [[BattleMech]]s; instead, the two units faced stiff resistance from RRA personnel proficient in anti-'Mech tactics who quickly crippled a number of 'Mechs. The resulting setback drove a furious Amaris to order that the Efrimal Long site be bombarded by both artillery and air strikes, killing a third of the RRA personnel, with many more dying as they came into contact with the loyalist units encircling the site. In the wake of the battle, Amaris imposed the [[Universal Act of Loyalty]] on the Republic, forcing citizens to swear loyalty to the Amaris family and through them, the [[Star League]].<ref name="H:RWp127"/>

=====Civil War=====
In [[2575]], Gregory Amaris issued the [[Manchester Directive]], which outlawed the RRA. This, combined with the various high-handed tax measures and property seizures, was enough to push the Republic towards civil war. Despite the actions of the radicals at Efrimal Long in 2573, the vast majority of the RRA were ex-servicemen, and membership of the RRA was widely considered to be an honor. The declaration that the RRA was an illegal body alienated large segments of the population, and Amaris' use of troops to seize RRA members, suppress RRA groups and seize the property owned by them further inflamed the situation.<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Manchester Directive"</ref>

On 23 April 2575, the situation became so bad that workers at the [[Diplass Technologies]] BattleMech plant on Apollo went on strike, demanding legal reforms to protect the rights and wages of Republican workers ahead of foreigners, directly citing those technical and management staff brought into the plant from outside the Republic. Amaris' reaction was swift: declaring the strike to be the act of traitors and insurgents, he ordered the [[Fourth Amaris Dragoons]] to seize the facility immediately, yet the Fourth underestimated the strikers and their small detachment was quickly overwhelmed; worse than that, ordering the military to use force against unarmed workers played directly into the hands of the RRA, who were more than willing to enter into a conflict with Amaris. RRA workers at Diplass declared that Amaris' actions showed he had lost the moral authority to rule, claimed that the government was corrupt, and announced formation of the new [[Rim Provisional Government]]. True to past behavior, Amaris responded by ordering the military into action, dispatching [[Colonel]] [[Catherine Dormax]] and the [[Seventh Amaris Legionnaires]] to seize the plant and announcing martial law across Apollo. The Seventh Legionnaires refused to fire on the workers and instead joined the RPG, and the [[Eighth Amaris Fusiliers]] that Amaris sent in after them subsequently declared their support for the RRA and RPG as well.<ref name="H:RWp130A">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 130–131: "The Spark"</ref>

With the unpleasant realization that fully half of the [[Rim Worlds Army]] forces on Apollo had sided with the RPG and with the Fourth Dragoons' loyalties unclear, Amaris felt he had no choice but to retreat to his island estate under the protection of his loyal Republican Guards. Conceding control of the capital and the spaceport to the RPG, Amaris dispatched a courier to [[Terra]] requesting support from the Star League; he would continue to issue directives and orders, though Amaris' actual direct influence and control extended little further than the waters around his estate. News of the formation of the RPG was a massive shock to the Republic; as the news rippled out from Apollo, the populations and local governments of other planets within the Republic began to split along partisan lines. Some chose to remain loyal to Amaris as First Consul, others sided with the RPG, some planets declared their independence, and some military units fractured internally with soldiers supporting different sides. That the factions would come into conflict was never in question, and by July 2575 a de facto civil war was being waged within the Republic.<ref name="H:RWp130A"/>

=====Camp Cameron=====
When the civil war erupted, Camp Cameron, the site of a small [[Star League Defense Force]] presence on Apollo since 2573, came under siege. Rebel forces attempted to starve them out, but [[Major]] [[Bruce Langmuir]]'s cadre was well stocked with supplies and their engineers were able to drill wells to pump water from the local aquifers. The stalemate continued for almost three years as each side tried to gain the upper hand. The siege was finally broken in April [[2578]], when RRA commandos used a heavy storm as cover to infiltrate Camp Cameron and cripple the sensor net that was a part of the SLDF security measures. The SLDF began repairs on the sensor net, but while they were working Major Langmuir was assassinated and the RRA launched another attack. Suddenly bereft of leadership and blind, the SLDF cadre was unable to resist the RRA, who overran the camp. The commander of the RRA forces, Catherine Dormax, declared the nine surviving SLDF MechWarriors—from the original forty when the siege began—as prisoners of war, but were instead executed by RRA extremists who then went on to mutilate the bodies. The massacre proved the deciding factor that prompted [[First Lord of the Star League|First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]] and the SLDF Commanding General to accept that they finally had to act on the civil war, prompting the beginning of [[Operation MAILED FIST]]—the SLDF intervention in the Republic Civil War.<ref name="H:RWp130A"/>

=====Operation MAILED FIST=====
In [[2579]], the SLDF assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the Star League Defense Force, Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing Operation MAILED FIST. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near Apollo<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132: "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by the [[Fourth Amaris Fusiliers]] in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, at which point the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"</ref>

In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Arlina to Viborg (December 2584 - September 2588)"</ref>

Progress for Task Force MAILED FIST continued to slow following the withdrawal of the Draconis Auxiliary Corps in [[2592]] by the District Warlords of the [[Draconis Combine]] in response the debauched and incoherent rule of [[Leonard Kurita]]<ref name="H:RWp138">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 138: "Leonard the Debauched"</ref> and the [[Day of Rage]] on [[Barcelona]] that saw an enraged [[Archon]] [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]] attack forces under her own command in response to rumors around the abduction of her son and heir, [[Kevin Dinesen]].<ref name="H:RWp137">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 137: "Barcelona: The Day of Rage (19 June 2591)"</ref> Missing all of the Draconis Auxiliary Corps and all of the [[Lyran Auxiliary Corps]] save for the [[Fourth Royal Guards]], it took Task Force MAILED FIST until mid-[[2595]] to pacify the bulk of the Rim Worlds Republic, neutralize the bulk of the Rim Worlds Army and secure the approach routes to Apollo. It would be [[2596]] before units from Task Force MAILED FIST actually began landing on Apollo.<ref name="H:RWp139">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 139: "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"</ref>

[[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]] planned the operation to secure Apollo; Isaacson took command of the naval elements of the operation, while operational command of the ground operation was passed to Archon Steiner-Dinesen, who led the landings and the assault on Terra Prime, whilst [[Duke]] [[Narinder Selaj]], commander of the [[Second Marik Auxiliary Corps]], was made her second in command and given responsibility for the military strike to secure the island estates within which Gregory Amaris had sheltered for the better part of twenty years.<ref name="H:RWp139"/>

The Archon's force made slow progress in their assault, landing on 21 March 2596, having to deal with conducting an assault in the midst of the monsoon season against the combined forces of the Seventh Amaris Legionnaires and Eighth Amaris Dragoons bolstered by well-prepared defenses that included bunker complexes and gun emplacements. The weather heavily favored the outnumbered defenders, while the various battles turned the ground outside the city into a quagmire, bogging down the SLDF units and sapping morale. The weather also prevented the SLDF from making use of aerospace forces much of the time, and it was only with the addition of those forces commanded by Duke Selaj that real progress began to be made.<ref name="H:RWp139"/>

Duke Selaj had managed to easily defeat the forces besieging the Amaris' estates, only to find Amaris himself to be unpleasant, hostile, and thoroughly ungrateful for his rescue; Amaris regarded Selaj as a provincial minor lordling from the [[Free Worlds League]], despite the far greater wealth and population of the [[Principality of Regulus]], and bitterly resented the time taken to rescue him and the poor conditions he considered himself to have lived in – conditions far more opulent than most of his citizens or the soldiers of the Task Force had endured. Despite the difficulties in dealing with Amaris, Duke Selaj was able to send his troops and liberated Amaris loyalists to join the forces outside Terra Prime.<ref name="H:RWp139"/>

On March 24th, the Archon initiated a plan to draw the RRA defenders out; making sure that she was highly visible, she led the Fourth Royal Guards on a sweep around the city, in the hope that she would prove a significant enough target to tempt the defenders into an attack. The plan was that when the RRA attacked, the Free Worlds, Amaris Loyalist and SLDF units nearby would arrive to reinforce the Fourth, trapping the defenders in a three-jawed trap. The Seventh Legionnaires and Eighth Fusiliers responded as hoped, moving out to attack the Archon's forces, but a communications glitch meant that the other units didn't receive the signal to spring into action, leaving the Fourth in locked combat with both rebel units.<ref name="H:RWp139"/>

SLDF units did eventually arrive and drove off the rebel forces, but by that point the Fourth Royal Guards had been mauled; the Archon's 'Mech was one of those destroyed in the fighting, and while the Archon survived the battle, she had suffered mortal injuries and was swiftly repatriated to [[Tharkad]], where she died on the 28th of April.<ref name="H:RWp139"/>

General Isaacson wasn't entirely surprised to learn of the Archon's injuries; he perceived the Archon's behavior since the Day of Rage on Barcelona to have been reckless to the point of nihilism, and her actions had given him cause for concern. With the Archon no longer able to command the ground forces, General Isaacson took direct command of the ground forces for the remainder of the operation. Gregory Amaris remained true to his nature, demanding that Isaacson end the conflict by bombing the RPG forces into submission; Isaacson refused, and conducted a more cautious campaign, intended to reduce the loss of life on both parts as much as possible. Isaacson's strategy was proven effective, and the siege of Terra Prime finally ended on the 3rd of September when the RPG surrendered, ending the civil war.<ref name="H:RWp139"/>

====Star League====
Apollo served as the headquarters world of the [[XLVII Corps (Star League)|XLVII Corps]] of the [[Star League Defense Force]] prior to the "[[Birthday Proclamations]]" of 2755.  While the SLDF forces complied with the order to leave the world, they took every effort to delay their departure.<ref name=FMSLDFp232>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 232: "XLVII Corps"</ref>

=====Amaris Crisis=====
Effectively abandoned by [[Stefan Amaris]] when he [[Operation APOTHEOSIS|mounted his coup]] on Terra in [[2766]], Apollo was isolated by General [[Aleksandr Kerensky|Kerensky's]] forces when he invaded the Republic and opposition to Regent [[Mohammed Selim]] from Apollo's population grew. Wracked by dissension, the RWA garrison became divided into pro- and anti-government factions with the latter requesting Star League aid. An advance force from the SLDF established a beachhead on Apollo in the face of limited resistance, numerous Rim Worlders defected or surrendered to the Star League, and Kerensky's main assault easily secured the capital.<ref name=HLOTV1p108-109>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', pp. 108–109</ref>

Apollo remained occupied by the SLDF until early [[2772]], leaving a bitterly divided nation sliding into civil war. A conference scheduled for 5 May on Apollo was organized by [[Lucien Dormax]], the new head of state, and his efforts might have reconciled the main factions, but the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] ensured otherwise. The [[LCAF]] mounted an [[Republic-Commonwealth War|opportunistic invasion]] of the broken Republic in 2773, with the disordered government on Apollo taken completely by surprise and struggling to mount an effective defense. Eventually, in September [[2775]], Apollo itself fell after three months of fierce fighting.<ref name="HB:MPSp37"/><ref name=HLOTV1p109-110>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', pp. 109–110</ref><ref name=HLOTV1p111/>

====Clan Invasion====
During the [[Operation Revival|Clan Invasion]] of Inner Sphere, Apollo was targeted by [[Clan Jade Falcon]] with keen interest during the Second Wave. This was due to its former status as capital of the old Rim World Republic, and thus its conquest would mark the beginning of rebuilding the [[Star League]] to the Falcons. The invasion began in May of 3050, when [[Turkina Keshik (Clan Jade Falcon)|Turkina Keshik]] arrived with [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gamma Galaxy]] in escort.  The planet was defended by the Second Regiment of the [[Grave Walkers]] and the Apollo Militia.<ref name="CJFSBp27,38">''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', pp. 27, 38: "Details of Jade Falcon's invasion of Apollo in 3050"</ref>

Initial landings on the planet were hampered by the bad weather of the monsoon season. The Grave Walkers and Militia Troops put up a heavy resistance to the Falcon's invasion, but ultimately had to fall back to the planet's ancient fortifications.  Built by [[Stefan Amaris]] himself, they were modeled after the Star League's [[Castle Brian]] fortresses. Several [[Star (Formation)|Stars]] of [[Elemental (Battle Armor)|Elemental Battle Armor]] managed to overrun one of the forts by using ancient plans found in their Star League-era files of Apollo to discover secret entrances.  However the second fort could not be overcome the same way and the Second Grave Walkers' resistance to the Falcon's efforts was incredibly frustrating. In response, [[Khan|Khans]] [[Timur Malthus]] and [[Elias Crichell]] ordered the [[305th Assault (Clan Jade Falcon)|305th Assault]] [[Cluster]] to reconfigure their OmniMechs to fire [[Arrow IV Homing Missile]]s into the remaining fortification.  Using the homing-rounds had the added benefit of keeping the Falcon's bombardment from destroying villages that were next to the Walker's position. The bombardment finally opened up a number of spots in the fort's defenses to allow Falcon 'Mechs and Elementals entry. Shortly after the Grave Walkers surrendered, ending the battle for Apollo.<ref name="CJFSBp27,38"/>

====Rhonda's Irregulars====
In August of [[3051]], [[Rhonda's Irregulars]] made a deep raid into the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone to the planet Apollo.  Their goal was to recover a forgotten Star League data cache in the Tinkler Forst that could reveal the location of a legendary naval base, [[Camelot Command]], located in the [[Dark Nebula]].  The Irregulars recovered the data, defeated a Star from the Dark Wing, or [[Jade Solahma (Clan Jade Falcon)]] Cluster and then jumped into the Dark Nebula.  However, the Irregulars had accidentally left behind a crate of data chips with enough info for the Falcons to reconstruct the location of the naval base.  [[Star Colonel]] [[Damon]], commander of the Dark Wing Cluster, boarded their [[DropShip]]s and jumped into the Nebula to pursue the Irregulars.<ref name=JFS30>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 30: "Clan Snord"</ref>

====Jihad====
In July [[3071]], [[Clan Ice Hellion]] [[Operation: Ice Storm|invaded]] Clan Jade Falcon's [[Occupation Zone]]. Apollo was invaded by elements of the Hellion's [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Ice Hellion)|Beta Galaxy]] in September. Hellion's [[WarShip]] [[Cold Hunter|CIH ''Cold Hunter'']] is damaged in course of the battle in orbit with Jade Falcon WarShips [[Blue Talon|CJF ''Blue Talon'']] and [[Falcon's Nest (Individual Texas-class WarShip)|CJF ''Falcon's Nest'']].<ref name="JS:TBDp29">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 29: "Apollo exchanges hands during the fighting in Ice Hellion invasion"</ref> In November, the Ice Hellion forces were forced to withdraw from Apollo, as elements of [[Clan Hell's Horses]] forces took the planet for their Clan.<ref name="JHS3076p20">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 20: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp50">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 50: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

===Military Deployment===
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====2573====
* [[Amaris Republican Guard]]<ref name="H:RWp127"/>
* [[Fifth Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name="H:RWp127"/>
* [[Eighth Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name="H:RWp127"/>

====2581====
* [[Amaris Republican Guard]] (Amaris loyalists)<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128: "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref>
* [[Fourth Amaris Dragoons]] (Amaris loyalists)<ref name="H:RWp128"/>
* [[Eighth Amaris Fusiliers]] (Republican rebels)<ref name="H:RWp128"/>
* [[Seventh Amaris Legionnaires]] (Republican rebels)<ref name="H:RWp128"/>

====2754====
* Elements of the [[XLVII Corps (Star League)]] - exact units unknown at this time<ref name=FMSLDFp232 />

====2765====
* [[Rim Worlds Army#Imperial Divisions|Imperial Division Stefan Amaris]]<ref name=FR:2765Pp18>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 18: "Imperial Divisions - Divisional Status"</ref>
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====2786====
* [[Third Lyran Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>

====2821====
* Third Lyran Regulars<ref name="FSWp139"/>

====3028====
* [[Grave Walkers]]<ref name="NAIS4SWp45">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
:* Second Grave Walkers<ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>

====3038====
* Grave Walkers<ref name="H:Wo3039p140">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 140: "Deployment Table"</ref>
:* Second Grave Walkers<ref name="H:Wo3039p140"/>

====3040====
* Grave Walkers<ref name="H:Wo3039p140"/>
:* Second Grave Walkers<ref name="H:Wo3039p140"/>
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====3050====
* Grave Walkers<ref name=20YU25>''20 Year Update'', p. 25: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
:* Second Grave Walkers<ref name=20YU25/>
* [[Apollo Militia]]<ref name=JFCS036>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 38</ref>

====3051====
* [[Jade Solahma (Clan Jade Falcon)|The Dark Wing Cluster]]

====3079====
* [[42nd BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)|Forty-second BattleMech Cluster]]<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 13: "Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Status"</ref>

====3085====
* [[412th Mechanized Striker (Clan Hell's Horses)|412th Mechanized Striker]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 125: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>

====3145====
*[[91st BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)|Ninety-first BattleMech Cluster]]<ref name="FM:3145p168">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 168: "Omega Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)"</ref>
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===Planetary Locations===
* Andrew Jackson Academy<ref name=FM:SLDF>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 157</ref>
* [[Apollo Military Academy]]: the premiere Rim Worlds Republic military academy<ref name="FR2765:Pp8">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 8: "Academies and Command Centers"</ref>
* Camp Cameron: located in the Rhodes province, this was the site of the SLDF contingent on Apollo prior to and during the Reunification War
* Double Fortress of Stefan Amaris: This pair of Republican-built Fortresses was patterned after the construction methods used to build the [[Castle Brian|Castles Brian]] of the Star League. Stefan Amaris ordered their construction prior to his [[Amaris Coup]]. They survived through the centuries from the Succession Wars and well on past the later Clan Invasion.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 27: "Second Wave: The Falcon Strikes" - Rim Worlds Republican built Fortresses targeted by Jade Falcons in their invasion of Apollo in 3050. These fortress were unnamed</ref>
* Eleazor: a city on Apollo subject to rioting and protests in the lead-up to the Rim Worlds Republic civil war in the [[twenty-sixth century]]<ref name="H:RWp127"/>
* Terra Prime: the planetary capital city<ref name="H:RWp139"/>
* Tinkler Forest: forest area and site of an important battle during the Clan Invasion.<ref name=RI55>''Rhonda's Irregulars'', p. 55: "Situation: Apollo, Tinkler Forest, 1134 hours, 14 August 3051"</ref>
** An unnamed abandoned Star League era astrological survey station within the Tinkler Forest.<ref name=RI10>''Rhonda's Irregulars'', p. 10: "Invasion of the Clans"</ref>

===Companies and Industries===
* [[Diplass Technologies]]: destroyed in [[2599]]<ref name="H:RWp205">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 205–206: "Hipparch Cavalry Tank"</ref>
* [[Roe Weapon Systems]]: discontinued in [[2767]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 302: "Vulcan Aerospace Fighter Profile"</ref>
* [[United Mechanics, LLC]]
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==Nearby Systems==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 36 systems (33 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Bensinger]]
| class="lessthan30" | 12.1
| class="lessthan30" | [[Toland]]
| class="lessthan30" | 13.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[New Ålborg]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Here]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.0
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Steelton]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Wotan]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.1
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zertarum]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.3
| class="over30" | [[Somerset]]
| class="over30" | 30.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Winfield (LC)|Treeline]]
| class="over30" | 32.6
| class="over30" | [[Persistence]]
| class="over30" | 35.1
| class="over30" | [[Anywhere]]
| class="over30" | 37.7
| class="over30" | [[Derf]]
| class="over30" | 37.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Lackhove]]
| class="over30" | 38.4
| class="over30" | [[Blackstone]]
| class="over30" | 41.5
| class="over30" | [[Butte Hold]]
| class="over30" | 41.6
| class="over30" | [[Iron Land]]
| class="over30" | 43.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Golandrinas]]
| class="over30" | 43.8
| class="over30" | [[Oberon]]
| class="over30" | 44.7
| class="over30" | [[Star's End]]
| class="over30" | 46.4
| class="over30" | [[Trell]]
| class="over30" | 48.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Icar]]
| class="over30" | 49.8
| class="over30" | [[Sigurd]]
| class="over30" | 53.8
| class="over30" | [[Last Chance]]
| class="over30" | 53.9
| class="over30" | [[Renren]]
| class="over30" | 54.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Maxie's Planet]]
| class="over30" | 54.3
| class="over30" | [[Beta]]
| class="over30" | 54.3
| class="over30" | [[Bone-Norman]]
| class="over30" | 56.2
| class="over30" | [[Malibu]]
| class="over30" | 56.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Butler]]
| class="over30" | 57.3
| class="over30" | [[Erewhon]]
| class="over30" | 57.8
| class="over30" | [[Placida]]
| class="over30" | 59.5
| class="over30" | [[Crellacor]]
| class="over30" | 59.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Götterdämmerung (system)|Götterdämmerung]]
| class="over30" | 60.0
| class="over60" | [[Black Earth]]
| class="over60" | 63.9
| class="over60" | [[Chateau]]
| class="over60" | 65.4
| class="over60" | [[Cryfder]]
| class="over60" | 65.8
|-
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
* ''[[Rhonda's Irregulars (scenario pack)|Rhonda's Irregulars]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
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