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===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
 
====Early History====
 
====Early History====
Originally, Asgard was a [[Terran Alliance]] colony<ref name=BT25YoAaFp177/> and was one of the colonies abandoned as a result of the Demarcation Declaration of 2240. When [[Director of Alliance of Galedon|Director]] [[Shiro Kurita]] of the Alliance of Galedon conducted a year-long tour of worlds near the Alliance in 2309–[[2310]], he included both independent worlds such as Asgard and worlds controlling small states. Director Kurita brought with him evidence purporting to show that one or more of the small states nearby had designs on conquering Asgard, and offered to mediate between Asgard and its opponents. He also offered to protect Asgard by allowing Asgard to join the Alliance, thereby allying itself with a stronger power.<ref name="HKp23">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 23: "Political Maneuvers"</ref>
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Originally, Asgard was a [[Terran Alliance]] colony<ref name=BT25YoAaFp177/> and was one of the colonies abandoned as a result of the Demarcation Declaration of 2240. When [[Director of Alliance of Galedon|Director]] [[Shiro Kurita]] of the Alliance of Galedon conducted a year-long tour of worlds near the Alliance in 2309-[[2310]], he included both independent worlds such as Asgard and worlds controlling small states. Director Kurita brought with him evidence purporting to show that one or more of the small states nearby had designs on conquering Asgard, and offered to mediate between Asgard and its opponents. He also offered to protect Asgard by allowing Asgard to join the Alliance, thereby allying itself with a stronger power.<ref name="HKp23">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 23: "Political Maneuvers"</ref>
  
 
Asgard accepted this proposal in 2309,<ref name=BT25YoAaFp177/> not realizing that Director Kurita had invented the evidence and deliberately played a number of small states and worlds off against each other to dramatically expand the size of the Alliance.<ref name="HKp23"/> The worlds of [[Dieron]] and [[Altair]] were responsible for Director Kurita's subterfuge coming to light, when in June [[2311]] a dispute broke out between the two; each called on its great ally only to discover that they were ''both'' allied with Director Shiro Kurita. Each planetary ruler discovered that they had been promised the same things, and word soon spread to the other planets seduced by Director Kurita's diplomatic campaign.<ref name="HKp24"/>
 
Asgard accepted this proposal in 2309,<ref name=BT25YoAaFp177/> not realizing that Director Kurita had invented the evidence and deliberately played a number of small states and worlds off against each other to dramatically expand the size of the Alliance.<ref name="HKp23"/> The worlds of [[Dieron]] and [[Altair]] were responsible for Director Kurita's subterfuge coming to light, when in June [[2311]] a dispute broke out between the two; each called on its great ally only to discover that they were ''both'' allied with Director Shiro Kurita. Each planetary ruler discovered that they had been promised the same things, and word soon spread to the other planets seduced by Director Kurita's diplomatic campaign.<ref name="HKp24"/>
  
Of all the worlds that had been tricked, those that took the greatest offense were the rulers of Asgard, [[Benjamin]], and [[Telos IV]]. Furious at having been manipulated and feeling betrayed, the three became increasingly hostile; Director Kurita responded by gathering together a thousand or more dignitaries and ruling lords from the northeast quadrant of the [[Inner Sphere]] to the [[Council of One]] summit in September 2311. He spoke passionately to those present of the need for cooperation between the worlds of the region for the betterment of all, and then called for a vote on his proposal of alliance. Those dignitaries who voted in favor departed safely; those who didn't were executed by the two companies of crack troops assembled around the summit by Shiro's brother [[Urizen Kurita (24th c.)|Urizen Kurita]] before being shipped back to their next of kin.<ref name="HKp24"/><ref name="HB:HKp17"/>
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Of all the worlds that had been tricked, those that took the greatest offense were the rulers of Asgard, [[Benjamin]] and [[Telos IV]]. Furious at having been manipulated and feeling betrayed, the three became increasingly hostile; Director Kurita responded by gathering together a thousand or more dignitaries and ruling lords from the northeast quadrant of the [[Inner Sphere]] to the [[Council of One]] summit in September 2311. He spoke passionately to those present of the need for cooperation between the worlds of the region for the betterment of all, and then called for a vote on his proposal of alliance. Those dignitaries who voted in favor departed safely; those who didn't were executed by the two companies of crack troops assembled around the summit by Shiro's brother [[Urizen Kurita (24th c.)|Urizen Kurita]] before being shipped back to their next of kin.<ref name="HKp24"/><ref name="HB:HKp17"/>
  
 
With the Council of One dispensed with, Director Kurita deployed both the Alliance of Galedon fleet and his land forces to the conquest of Asgard, Benjamin and Telos IV. The troops landed that same September and began attempts to subdue the population. The inhabitants of Asgard were determined to retain their freedom and resisted bitterly, adopting the same guerrilla tactics used effectively by various worlds during the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] a century before. Director Kurita used every method at his disposal short of weapons of mass destruction, and the casualties on both sides were enormous, but eventually the three worlds were forced to capitulate, with Asgard surrendering in August 2312.<ref name=BT25YoAaFp177/><ref name="HKp24"/><ref name="HB:HKp17"/>
 
With the Council of One dispensed with, Director Kurita deployed both the Alliance of Galedon fleet and his land forces to the conquest of Asgard, Benjamin and Telos IV. The troops landed that same September and began attempts to subdue the population. The inhabitants of Asgard were determined to retain their freedom and resisted bitterly, adopting the same guerrilla tactics used effectively by various worlds during the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] a century before. Director Kurita used every method at his disposal short of weapons of mass destruction, and the casualties on both sides were enormous, but eventually the three worlds were forced to capitulate, with Asgard surrendering in August 2312.<ref name=BT25YoAaFp177/><ref name="HKp24"/><ref name="HB:HKp17"/>

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