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| language            = German<ref name=DtD/><br/>Irish Gaelic<ref name=DtD/><br/>English<ref name=DtD/>
 
| language            = German<ref name=DtD/><br/>Irish Gaelic<ref name=DtD/><br/>English<ref name=DtD/>
 
| religion            =  
 
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| population          = 2,096,000,000 (3055),<ref name="OTP:RCp5">''Operational Turning Points: The Red Corsair'', p. 5: "Planet Atlas"</ref><br>2,098,000,000 (3067),<ref name=H:HSp84/><br>1,823,000,000 (3079),<ref name=O:TCp30/><ref name="O:LAp22"/><br>2,118,000,000 (3150)<ref name=TRp99>''Tamar Rising'', p. 99</ref>
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| population          = 2,096,000,000 (3055),<ref name="OTP:RCp5"/><br>2,098,000,000 (3067),<ref name=H:HSp84/><br>1,823,000,000 (3079),<ref name=O:TCp30/><ref name="O:LAp22"/><br>2,118,000,000 (3150)<ref name=TRp99>''Tamar Rising'', p. 99</ref>
| ruler              = [[Grand Duke of Arc-Royal]]
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====Red Corsair Campaign====
 
====Red Corsair Campaign====
In September [[3055]], the [[Kell Hounds]] lured the pirate band of the [[Red Corsair]] to their homeworld of Arc-Royal. While the Red Corsair expected only light resistance, a combination of both traps and a hidden force of Kell Hounds and [[Clan Wolf]] warriors two regiments strong shattered the attackers and ended the raiding days of the Red Corsair. In the end, only a few 'Mechs along with the Red Corsair herself managed to escape.<ref>''Operational Turning Points: The Red Corsair'', p. 8</ref>
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In September of [[3055]], the [[Kell Hounds]] lured the pirate band of the [[Red Corsair]] to their homeworld of Arc-Royal. While the Red Corsair expected only light resistance, a combination of both traps and a hidden force of Kell Hounds and [[Clan Wolf]] warriors two regiments strong shattered the attackers and ended the raiding days of the Red Corsair. In the end, only a few 'Mechs along with the Red Corsair herself managed to escape.<ref>''Operational Turning Points: The Red Corsair'', p. 8</ref>
  
 
====Clan Invasion====
 
====Clan Invasion====
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====Civil War====
 
====Civil War====
Morgan Kell declared the formation of the [[Arc Royal Defense Cordon]] on 31 December 3057, in the wake of the [[Lyran Alliance]] secession. Publicly a check on Falcon aggression and a commitment by House Kell to protect neighboring worlds,<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 44</ref> in reality it offered Kell and other opponents of [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] the ability to operate autonomously from her government.<ref>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 13</ref> Though the [[FedCom Civil War]] raged around it for years, no enemy dared attack Arc-Royal itself.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 181–186</ref>  
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Morgan Kell declared the formation of the [[Arc Royal Defense Cordon]] on December 31, 3057, in the wake of the [[Lyran Alliance]] secession. Publicly a check on Falcon aggression and a commitment by House Kell to protect neighboring worlds,<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 44</ref> in reality it offered Kell and other opponents of [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] the ability to operate autonomously from her government.<ref>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 13</ref> Though the [[FedCom Civil War]] raged around it for years, no enemy dared attack Arc-Royal itself.<ref>''FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)'', pp. 181–186</ref>  
  
 
Following the fall of [[Pandora]] to the Falcons during their [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3064)|latest incursion]], [[Peter Steiner-Davion]] designated the world as the new theater headquarters as he reorganized the LAAF. Morgan Kell briefly served as [[Margrave]] of the theater<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 180</ref> before being replaced by [[Thanom Hammerskjold]].<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177</ref>
 
Following the fall of [[Pandora]] to the Falcons during their [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3064)|latest incursion]], [[Peter Steiner-Davion]] designated the world as the new theater headquarters as he reorganized the LAAF. Morgan Kell briefly served as [[Margrave]] of the theater<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 180</ref> before being replaced by [[Thanom Hammerskjold]].<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177</ref>
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The [[Word of Blake]] launched attacks on both Arc-Royal and the [[Clan Wolf]] capital of [[Tamar]] on the 28th of December [[3070]]. Both attacks revolved around nuclear strikes against the planet, although the Wolf-in-Exile forces managed to meet and defeat the attacks in space, before the planet could be hit.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
 
The [[Word of Blake]] launched attacks on both Arc-Royal and the [[Clan Wolf]] capital of [[Tamar]] on the 28th of December [[3070]]. Both attacks revolved around nuclear strikes against the planet, although the Wolf-in-Exile forces managed to meet and defeat the attacks in space, before the planet could be hit.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
  
In January [[3071]], Arc-Royal was host to [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] as he met with [[General]] [[Adam Steiner]] and [[Khan]] [[Phelan Kell]]. This meeting was a part of growing efforts to coordinate a mutual defense strategy and to try and contain the various border conflicts that had erupted in the early stages of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="JHS3076p12">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 12: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> This was followed on the 12th of April by the dispatch of a small [[Clan Jade Falcon]] force to Arc-Royal under a flag of truce.<ref name="JHS3076p15">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 15: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
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In January [[3071]] Arc-Royal was host to [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] as he met with [[General]] [[Adam Steiner]] and [[Khan]] [[Phelan Kell]]. This meeting was a part of growing efforts to coordinate a mutual defense strategy and to try and contain the various border conflicts that had erupted in the early stages of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="JHS3076p12">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 12: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> This was followed on the 12th of April by the dispatch of a small [[Clan Jade Falcon]] force to Arc-Royal under a flag of truce.<ref name="JHS3076p15">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 15: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
  
 
Arc-Royal attracted the attentions of the Word of Blake in March [[3072]]; the attack force sent to assault Arc-Royal was defeated in battles on the surface of the planet and in space by the system's defenders,<ref name="JHS3076p22">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp50">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 50: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> costing the Word of Blake two heavy cruisers from their [[WarShip]] fleet, the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class [[Olympic|WBS ''Olympic'']] and the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class [[Troy (Individual Agamemnon-class WarShip)|WBS ''Troy'']], both ships suborned from the secret [[Free Worlds League]] fleet.<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Captured Ships"</ref> A third suborned heavy cruiser under Blakist control, the ''Agamemnon'' class [[Aineas|WBS ''Aineas'']], escaped the battle but two defending Wolf-in-Exile WarShips, the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 42]]''-class corvette [[Valiant (Individual Vincent-class WarShip)|CWS ''Valiant'']] and the ''Aegis''-class [[Jade Wolf (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|CWS ''Jade Wolf'']] were lost in the defense.<ref name="FR:Cp22">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 22: "Fleet Assets"</ref>
 
Arc-Royal attracted the attentions of the Word of Blake in March [[3072]]; the attack force sent to assault Arc-Royal was defeated in battles on the surface of the planet and in space by the system's defenders,<ref name="JHS3076p22">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp50">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 50: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> costing the Word of Blake two heavy cruisers from their [[WarShip]] fleet, the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class [[Olympic|WBS ''Olympic'']] and the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class [[Troy (Individual Agamemnon-class WarShip)|WBS ''Troy'']], both ships suborned from the secret [[Free Worlds League]] fleet.<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Captured Ships"</ref> A third suborned heavy cruiser under Blakist control, the ''Agamemnon'' class [[Aineas|WBS ''Aineas'']], escaped the battle but two defending Wolf-in-Exile WarShips, the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 42]]''-class corvette [[Valiant (Individual Vincent-class WarShip)|CWS ''Valiant'']] and the ''Aegis''-class [[Jade Wolf (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|CWS ''Jade Wolf'']] were lost in the defense.<ref name="FR:Cp22">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 22: "Fleet Assets"</ref>
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====Dark Age Era====
 
====Dark Age Era====
Arc-Royal was the home planet of the Kell Hounds and Wolves in Exile until 3146. On 5 September [[3146]], [[Clan Jade Falcon]] launched a renewed [[Battle of Arc-Royal (3146)|attack]] on the planet, personally led by [[Malvina Hazen]]. Arc-Royal's defenses initially held, until the Falcon Khan dispatched a unit of [[Elementals]] to attack the Wolf-in-Exile facilities for training ''[[sibko]]s'' and gestating new warriors. The Falcons killed everyone they found, regardless of age or affiliation. Though the Elemental unit was eventually eliminated, five entire ''sibkos'' had been wiped out.<ref name=SFp26>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 26</ref> Genetic repositories were also attacked and destroyed.<ref>''Protector of the Blood''</ref>
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Arc-Royal was the home planet of the Kell Hounds and Wolves in Exile until 3146. The 5 September [[3146]], [[Clan Jade Falcon]] launched a renewed [[Battle of Arc-Royal (3146)|attack]] on the planet, personally led by [[Malvina Hazen]]. Arc-Royal's defenses initially held, until the Falcon Khan dispatched a unit of [[Elementals]] to attack the Wolf-in-Exile facilities for training ''[[sibko]]s'' and gestating new warriors. The Falcons killed everyone they found, regardless of age or affiliation. Though the Elemental unit was eventually eliminated, five entire ''sibkos'' had been wiped out.<ref name=SFp26>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 26</ref> Genetic repositories were also attacked and destroyed.<ref>''Protector of the Blood''</ref>
  
 
Infuriated, Khan [[Patrik Fetladral]] challenged Hazen to single combat three days later. Seeing no reason to honor the challenge from an Abjured Clan warrior, Hazen responded by ordering her command Star to focus all fire on the Elemental. Rather than seek revenge, saKhan [[Miriam Shaw]] ordered the [[1st Wolf Legion (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|First Wolf Legion Cluster]] to buy time for the Clan to evacuate its remaining personnel and assets to [[Donegal]] at the same time the Kell Hounds withdrew, leaving Arc-Royal in Falcon hands. Among the casualties was the Duke of Arc-Royal, [[Martin Kell]].<ref name=SFp26/>
 
Infuriated, Khan [[Patrik Fetladral]] challenged Hazen to single combat three days later. Seeing no reason to honor the challenge from an Abjured Clan warrior, Hazen responded by ordering her command Star to focus all fire on the Elemental. Rather than seek revenge, saKhan [[Miriam Shaw]] ordered the [[1st Wolf Legion (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|First Wolf Legion Cluster]] to buy time for the Clan to evacuate its remaining personnel and assets to [[Donegal]] at the same time the Kell Hounds withdrew, leaving Arc-Royal in Falcon hands. Among the casualties was the Duke of Arc-Royal, [[Martin Kell]].<ref name=SFp26/>
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Callandre soon announced the formation of the [[Arc-Royal Liberty Coalition]], with Arc-Royal as its capital.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 38</ref>
 
Callandre soon announced the formation of the [[Arc-Royal Liberty Coalition]], with Arc-Royal as its capital.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 38</ref>
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===Planetary Rulers===
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====3055====
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* Noble Ruler: [[Archon]] [[Melissa Steiner-Davion]]<ref name="OTP:RCp5">''Operational Turning Points: The Red Corsair'', p. 5: "Planet Atlas"</ref>
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* Appointed Ruler: [[Grand Duke]] [[Morgan Kell]]<ref name="OTP:RCp5"/>
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====3067====
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* Noble Ruler: Grand Duke Morgan Kell<ref name=H:HSp84/>
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====3083====
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* Noble Ruler: Grand Duchess [[Caitlin Kell]]<ref name=FM3085p157>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 157</ref>
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====3145====
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* Noble Ruler: Grand Duke [[Martin Kell]]<ref name=FM3145p177>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 177</ref>
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====3145====
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* Noble Ruler: Grand Duchess [[Callandre Kell]]<ref name=FM3145p177>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 177</ref>
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
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***[[Old Connaught]]: planetary capital on the shores of Lachan Lake<ref name=H:HSp84/><ref name=O:TCp30/><ref name="O:LAp22"/><ref name=TRp37>''Tamar Rising'', p. 37: "Old Connaught: Blood and Fury"</ref>
 
***[[Old Connaught]]: planetary capital on the shores of Lachan Lake<ref name=H:HSp84/><ref name=O:TCp30/><ref name="O:LAp22"/><ref name=TRp37>''Tamar Rising'', p. 37: "Old Connaught: Blood and Fury"</ref>
 
****Ducal Palace<ref name=TRO3150p16>''Technical Readout: 3150'', p. 16: "Cuchulainn Support Armor"</ref>
 
****Ducal Palace<ref name=TRO3150p16>''Technical Readout: 3150'', p. 16: "Cuchulainn Support Armor"</ref>
****Van Der Waals district<ref name=SFp27B>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 25–26: "A Hero Falls"</ref>
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****Van Der Waals district<ref name=SFp27B>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 25-26: "A Hero Falls"</ref>
 
****Fred T. Barry Naval Base<ref name=SFp27B/>
 
****Fred T. Barry Naval Base<ref name=SFp27B/>
 
**Clonarf Mountains: south of Old Connaught<ref name=NSc35>"Natural Selection", ch. 35</ref>
 
**Clonarf Mountains: south of Old Connaught<ref name=NSc35>"Natural Selection", ch. 35</ref>
***Denton: surrounded on three sides by the Clonarf Mountains, 40km south of Old Connaught<ref name=NSc35/>
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***Denton: surrounded on three sides by the Clonarf Mountains. 40km south of Old Connaught.<ref name=NSc35/>
 
**New Hannover<ref name=ObjLAp22>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 22-23: "Arc-Royal</ref><ref name=TRp36>''Tamar Rising'', p. 36: "Gerechtland: First Blood for the Hounds"</ref>
 
**New Hannover<ref name=ObjLAp22>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 22-23: "Arc-Royal</ref><ref name=TRp36>''Tamar Rising'', p. 36: "Gerechtland: First Blood for the Hounds"</ref>
 
***Arc-Royal MechWorks<ref name=ObjLAp22/><ref name=TRp36/>
 
***Arc-Royal MechWorks<ref name=ObjLAp22/><ref name=TRp36/>

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