Editing Benjamin

{{otheruses|the planetary system|other uses|Benjamin (disambiguation)}}

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The '''Benjamin''' system was the location of at least one habitable world, '''Benjamin III''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Benjamin Prefecture]] of the [[Benjamin Military District]] within the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>

===System Description===
Benjamin is located close to the [[Cadiz (DC)|Cadiz]] and [[Fukuroi]] systems<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class M1V primary orbited by at least three planets.<ref name=O:DCp23/> During the [[thirty-first century]] there were recharge stations deployed at both the nadir and zenith [[jump point]]s within the Benjamin system.<ref name=HKp184/>

===System History===
The Benjamin system was colonized during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HKp23"/>

==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2310]] - [[Alliance of Galedon]]<ref name="HKp23">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 23: "Political Maneuvers"</ref>
* [[2311]] - Independent world<ref name="HKp24">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 24: "Conquest of Resistance"</ref>
* [[2312]] - Alliance of Galedon (From October)<ref name="HKp23">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 23: "Political Maneuvers"</ref>
* [[2319]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"</ref>
* [[2571]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2743]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HKp51">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 49: "Takiro Kurita"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</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: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2794]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HKp57">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 57: "Military Realities"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - 2822"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns After Second Succession War [2864]"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp71">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 71: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3057]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
* [[3058]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
* [[3067]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3072]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from mid-May)<ref name="JHS3076p22"/><ref name="J:FRp50"/>
* [[3073]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="JHS3076p26"/><ref name="J:FRp51"/>
* [[3075]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: Inner Sphere - [3075] Map</ref>
* [[3079]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[3136]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=DRc20>''Dragon Rising'', ch. 20</ref>
* [[3137]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=DRc65>''Dragon Rising'', ch. 65</ref>
* [[3145]] - Draconis Combine<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>
* [[3151]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103: "Inner sphere - 3151 Map"</ref>
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==Benjamin III==
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| position            = Third<ref name=HKp184/><ref name="HB:HKp84"/><ref name=O:DCp23/>
| distance            = 2.96 days<ref name="HB:HKp84"/><ref name=O:DCp23/>
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| gravity             = 1.08<ref name="HB:HKp84"/><ref name=O:DCp23/>
| pressure            = Standard (Tainted)<ref name="HB:HKp84"/><ref name=O:DCp23/>
| temperature         = 30°C (Temperate)<ref name="HB:HKp84"/><ref name=O:DCp23/>
| water               = 51%<ref name="HB:HKp84"/><ref name=O:DCp23/>
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| ruler               = [[Duke of Benjamin]]
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Benjamin III, more commonly referred to simply as Benjamin, is a large planet orbiting a dim Star. The world was made habitable through the deployment of twenty orbital "semi-suns," which were similar to a JumpShip's Solar Sails. These semi-suns provided up to a twenty percent boost in the amount of sunlight received by the surface of the planet, and as a result, Benjamin enjoyed a pleasant climate and plenty of petroleum resources. The planet boasted a strong mix of agricultural and manufacturing businesses and for much of its history served as the capital and namesake of the Benjamin Military District of the Draconis Combine.<ref name=HKp184/>

===Planetary History===
====Early History====
By the early twenty-fourth century, in the absence of central control from the [[Terran Alliance]] the world of Benjamin had not only survived as an independent world, but had also managed to put itself in a position to exercise control over several neighboring worlds. When [[Director]] [[Shiro Kurita]] of the Alliance of Galedon conducted a year-long tour of worlds near the Alliance in 2309–2310, he included Benjamin on his tour; he brought with him evidence purporting to show that one or more of the other small states nearby had designs on conquering Benjamin, and offered to mediate between Benjamin and its opponents. He also offered to protect Benjamin by allowing Benjamin and its client worlds to join the Alliance, thereby allying itself with a stronger power.<ref name="HKp23">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 23: "Political Maneuvers"</ref>

The rulers of Benjamin accepted this proposal, not realizing that Director Kurita had invented the evidence and deliberately played a number of small states based around the worlds of [[Dieron]], [[Junction]], [[Luthien]], [[Pesht]], and [[Worrell]] against each other, dramatically expanding the Alliance's size.<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"/>

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 Benjamin 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; Benjamin was the last to surrender, holding out until October 2312.<ref name="HKp24"/>

====Star League====
The [[First Hidden War]] between the [[Star League Defense Force]] and the Combine began on Benjamin in [[2681]] when [[Amanda Kazutoyo]] killed [[Bradley Grebbers]].<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 8</ref>

During the final years of the [[Star League]], Benjamin was the host to an SLDF garrison, the [[160th BattleMech Division]] and [[22nd Royal CAAN Marine Regiment|Twenty-second Royal CAAN Marine Regiment]].<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 171</ref><ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 172</ref> It also served as the homeport of the [[14th Fleet (Star League)|Fourteenth Fleet]] of the [[SLDF]].<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 178: "Homeport"</ref>

====First Succession War====
In [[2794]] the Draconis Combine was able to ambush and destroy the [[Tamar Tigers]] at Benjamin, putting an end to their raids.<ref name="HKp57"/>

====Third Succession War====
By [[3025]] the major heavy industry of Benjamin was parts manufacture for wheeled vehicles.<ref name=HKDCp184>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 184: "Benjamin"</ref>

Outside the planet's capital, home to the huge Political Park of administrative buildings, was where the headquarters of [[Tai-shu|Warlord]] [[Hirushi Shotugama]] was located.<ref name=HKDCp184/>

====Post–Third Succession War====
On Benjamin in early [[3026]], [[Coordinator]] [[Takashi Kurita]] would present [[Jaime Wolf]], commander of [[Wolf's Dragoons]], the Order of the [[Bushido Blade]] in honor of the actions his unit had carried out for the Combine.  This ceremony was broadcast throughout the entire Draconis Combine.<ref name=WDSp35>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 35: "Turning Point"</ref>

====Jihad====
Renegade [[AFFS]] forces from the [[Draconis March]]—the [[Second Robinson Rangers]] and the [[Sakhara Academy Training Battalion]]<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 115</ref> with mercenary support from [[Gannon's Cannons]],<ref name=TCp70>''Total Chaos'', pp. 70–71: "Graveyard Shift"</ref> [[Beowulf Rangers]], [[Donnel's Commandos]], [[Piotrs Privateers]], and [[227th David Hunters]]<ref name="TCp115"/>—launched an attack on Benjamin during the first week of December [[3068]]. Rather than simply striking at the planet and leaving, the rogue units remained in place; the initial assault decimated the defending [[Sixth Ghost]],<ref name=Benjamin/> and reports indicated that [[Ninyu Kerai]], Chief of the Combine's [[ISF]], had also been claimed as a victim during the attack. The [[DCMS]] deployed additional troops to Benjamin during the first week of February [[3069]] when the [[Second Benjamin Regulars]] and the [[Fifteenth Benjamin Regulars]]<ref name="TCp115">''Total Chaos'', pp. 115–116: "Benjamin"</ref> were sent home with the intention to drive out the rogue Draconis March units, but beginning on the 14th of February the [[Word of Blake]] launched raids intended to disrupt the command structure of the DCMS, attacking both Benjamin and [[Pesht]]. A Word attack on the 20th of February shattered both the AFFS and DCMS units on Benjamin, with the [[Federated Suns]] units retreating off-world on the 25th; even as they left, Blakist aerospace assets were waiting them in space and Pocket WarShips destroyed some of the retreating AFFS forces, with less than thirty percent being able to escape.<ref name="TCp115"/> The WoB raid ended with the retreat of their forces and the heavily damaged remaining DCMS units in control of the planet.<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46: "The Jihad In Review"</ref><ref name="TCp115"/>

In [[3072]], [[Word of Blake]] forces arrived in-system and assaulted the planet.  These forces, led by the [[28th Division (Word of Blake)|Twenty-eighth Militia Division]] with support from the [[45th Shadow Division|Forty-fifth Shadow Division]]<ref name="JHS3072p76"/> seized the planet on the 12th of May.<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>  Nine of the planet's semi-suns were destroyed during the initial invasion. Benjamin's defending [[DCMS]] forces were overwhelmed by the Blakist forces, who secured the planet with the surrender of the Sixth Ghost. However, a guerrilla resistance force fought on after the occupation of the planet.<ref name="JHS3072p76">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 76: "Benjamin Falls"</ref> After the conquest of planet was completed, the Twenty-eighth Division left Benjamin, while the Forty-fifth Shadow Division was left in control of the planet.<ref name="TCp115"/>

The Combine attempted unsuccessfully to break the siege of Benjamin in a campaign fought during the first two weeks of November [[3072]].<ref name="JHS3076p23">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 23: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp51">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 51: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The battle cost the Combine three of their [[WarShips]], the ''[[Kyushu]]''-class frigate [[Luthien (Individual Kyushu-class WarShip)|DCS ''Luthien'']] and the ''[[Inazuma]]''-class corvettes [[Night of Agony|DCS ''Night of Agony'']] and [[Swiping Claw| DCS ''Swiping Claw'']].<ref name="JHS:Tp30">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 30: "DCA Readiness Report"</ref>

The various battles in the Benjamin system in 3072 would claim a total of five Blakist [[WarShip]]s. From their original fleet salvaged from the [[Ruins of Gabriel]] and elsewhere, the Word of Blake lost the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Faith's End|WoBS ''Faith's End'']] and the ''[[Vincent|Vincent Mk. 39]]''-class [[Blade of Holiness|WoBS ''Blade of Holiness'']]. The Blakists also lost the [[Fox (WarShip class)|''Fox'']]-class corvettes [[Robinson (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|FSS ''Robinson'']] and [[Robert Kelswa (Individual Fox-class WarShip)|LAS ''Robert Kelswa'']], captured earlier from the [[Federated Suns]] and [[Lyran Alliance]] respectively, as well as the [[Eagle (WarShip class)|''Eagle'']]-class [[Bors|FWLS ''Bors'']], one of the WarShips from the [[Free Worlds League]] navy the Blakists had suborned in the opening stages of the Jihad.<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Original Word Of Blake Fleet"</ref><ref name="J:FRp128A">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Captured Ships"</ref>

Just a few weeks later, the DCMS were presented with the opportunity needed to free Benjamin; a naval flotilla from [[Clan Nova Cat]] backed up with ground forces attacked the defending Word of Blake forces in a sudden assault on the 16th of December 3072. The Nova Cat forces overwhelmed the majority of the defending Blakist forces before moving on, allowing the surviving DCMS forces still on Benjamin to reclaim the planet. The survivors from the Forty-fifth went to ground no launch a guerrilla campaign.<ref name="TCp115"/><ref name="J:FRp51"/><ref name="JHS3076p26">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 26: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>

At the end of June 3073, after weeks of negotiations and wrangling, the Azami worlds agreed to send delegates to Benjamin to meet with elements of the Combine leadership to discuss the crisis between the two. The Azami delegation was subsequently ambushed en route to Benjamin on the 21st of July by a small Word of Blake [[aerospace fighter]] force. This exacerbated the tensions in the Arkab-Combine relationship, as the Azami accused the Combine government of failing to protect the Azami delegates intentionally.<ref name="J:FRp51"/><ref name="JHS3076p33">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 33: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>

When the Blakists were eventually driven off of Benjamin, the Dragon's propaganda machine kicked into overdrive; the events of the Benjamin assault were trumpeted across the Combine, and the number of recruits applying to join the [[Benjamin Regulars]] skyrocketed. To provide the best recruits to the Regulars the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] established the [[Osaka Fields Proving Grounds]] on the continent of the same name. This training facility took in recruits and provided basic training before sending the most promising recruits on to other academies.<ref name=O:DCp23/>

On 17 October 3073, Coordinator [[Hohiro Kurita II|Hohiro Kurita]] agreed to meet with [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] and [[Devlin Stone]] on [[Tukayyid]], and began preparations to travel as soon as possible from Benjamin. Just a few weeks later on the 19th of November rogue operatives from the Combine [[Internal Security Force]] attempted to assassinate the ''[[Gunji-no-Kanrei]]'', [[Kiyomori Minamoto]], on Benjamin, although the attempt failed.<ref name="JHS3076p34">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 34: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>

As a result of the assassination attempt a purge of local ISF and DCMS forces was ordered, and on the 10th of December 3073 ''Kanrei'' Minamoto declared that the [[Black Dragon Society]] elements had been successfully removed; he then invited the Azami worlds to send delegates to Benjamin for a second time to resume negotiations.<ref name="J:FRp52"/><ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> A month later on the 21st of January [[3074]] a second delegation of Arkab leaders agreed to make one more effort to meet with the ''Kanrei''; the Word of Blake again launched an attack at the delegation, this time on the 17th of February, but this time aerospace forces from the DCMS and the Azami successfully repelled the attack. The delegation arrived safely on Benjamin on the 25th of March, and began ten days of negotiation that ultimately failed to bring the Arkab worlds back into the Combine, but which did generate an agreement to concentrate all military energies on the common enemy - the Word of Blake. The Combine also promised to direct relief efforts to the stricken Arkab worlds.<ref name="J:FRp52"/><ref name="JHS3076p48">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 48: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>

The last elements left on planet of the Forty-fifth's were eliminated in [[3079]].<ref name="TCp115"/>

The "semi-suns" destroyed by the WoB assault of 3070 hadn't been repaired by [[3079]], and the resulting loss in received sunlight seriously reduced the agricultural output and forced Benjamin to import food.<ref name=O:DCp23/>

===Military Deployment===
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====2764====
* [[160th BattleMech Division]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 256: "SLDF - Draconis Combine Military Command Map"</ref>

====2765====
* [[Fourth Sun Zhang Academy Cadre]]<ref>Field Report 2765: DCMS, p. 17: "Sun Zhang Cadre"</ref>

====2786====
* [[Fourth Benjamin Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War'', p. 136: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>
* [[Sixth Benjamin Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp136"/>
* [[Fourth Sun Zhang Academy Cadre]]<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War'', p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>

====2821====
* Sixth Benjamin Regulars<ref name="FSWp136"/>

====3025====
* [[Seventeenth Benjamin Regulars]]<ref name=HKDCp184/>

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

====3040====
* [[First Ghost]]<ref name=H:Wo3039p139>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 139: "Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[Second Ghost]]<ref name=H:Wo3039p139/>
* Seventeenth Benjamin Regulars<ref name=H:Wo3039/>
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====3050====
* Seventeenth Benjamin Regulars<ref name=20YU41>''20 Year Update'', p. 41: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>
* First Ghost<ref name=20YU41/>
* Second Ghost<ref name=20YU41/>
* [[308th Division (ComStar)]]<ref name=20YU70>''20 Year Update'', p. 70: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>

====3055====
* [[211th Division (ComStar)]]<ref name=CS84>''ComStar'', p. 84: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=FMCS125>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 125: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=FMU97>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 97: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>

====3062====
* 211th Division (ComStar)

====3067====
* [[Second Genyosha]]<ref name=FMU116>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 116: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[Sixth Ghost]]<ref name=FMU116/>
* 211th Division (ComStar)<ref name=FMU97/>

====3068====
* Sixth Ghost<ref name="J:FRp46"/>
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====3079====
* [[Second Benjamin Regulars]]<ref name=O:DCp23/><ref>''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 8: "Benjamin Regulars Regimental Status"</ref>
:- The unit was operating at 25% strength, with 80% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
* [[Ryuken-roku]]<ref name=O:DCp23/><ref>''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 17: "Ryuken Profile"</ref>
:- The Ryuken-roku operating at 20% strength, with 60% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
* [[Onryō of Benjamin]] Resistance group that fought the Word of Blake from 3072–3079.<ref name=TRO:Ip32>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 32: "''Pacifier'' SecurityMech"</ref>

====3085====
* [[Forty-third Benjamin Regulars]]<ref name=FM:3085p49>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 49: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Table"</ref>
:- At this time the Forty-third was at 35% of full strength, with 100% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
* [[Ryuken-roku]]<ref name=FM:3085p49/>
:- At this time the Ryuken-roku was at 60% of full strength, with 74% of their equipment being upgraded technology.

====3145====
* Seventeenth Benjamin Regulars (2 Battalions)<ref name=FM3145p63>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 63: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
* [[Sixteenth Sun Zhang Cadre]] (2 Battalions)<ref name=FM3145p63/>
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===Planetary Locations===
* Castano: continent<ref name=O:DCp23/>
** Deber City: the planetary capital city,<ref name=HKp184/> located on Castano<ref name=O:DCp23/>
* [[Fort Shandra]]: an SLDF fortification<ref name=SLp58>''The Star League'', p. 58</ref>
* Kyoto City: a city heavily damaged during the AFFS attack during the Jihad<ref name=Benjamin>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [11/12/3068]: "Benjamin Under Attack!"''</ref>
** The Pillar of Wisdom Clinic, the Gorman Medical Facility, and the Chrysanthemum Sanctuary of the Order of the Five Pillars: all hospitals in Kyoto City<ref name=Benjamin/>
** Friendly Persuader: a civic center in Kyoto City<ref name=Benjamin/>
* Gojjam: continent<ref name=O:DCp23/>
* Osaka: continent<ref name=O:DCp23/>
** [[Osaka Fields Proving Grounds]]: military training facility<ref>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 149: "Major Training Centers"</ref>

===Companies and Industries===
* [[Whitworth Specialty Manufacturing]]<ref name=TRO:3039p126>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 126: "WTH-1 Whitworth"</ref>

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==Nearby Systems==
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{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
! colspan="8" | Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Fukuroi]]
| class="lessthan30" | 13.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Cadiz (DC)|Cadiz]]
| class="lessthan30" | 14.7
| class="lessthan30" | [[Saaremaa]]
| class="lessthan30" | 15.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Hagiwawa]]
| class="lessthan30" | 22.4
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Vaajakoski]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Helsingfors]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Umijiri]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.1
| class="over30" | [[Sutama]]
| class="over30" | 34.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Mersa Matruh]]
| class="over30" | 35.0
| class="over30" | [[Vanern]]
| class="over30" | 35.9
| class="over30" | [[Kajikazawa]]
| class="over30" | 36.5
| class="over30" | [[Monistrol]]
| class="over30" | 37.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Awano]]
| class="over30" | 38.6
| class="over30" | [[Kitalpha]]
| class="over30" | 39.7
| class="over30" | [[Grootfontein]]
| class="over30" | 39.7
| class="over30" | [[Annapolis]]
| class="over30" | 40.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Mayadi|Tangerz]]
| class="over30" | 44.2
| class="over30" | [[Osmus Saar]]
| class="over30" | 46.9
| class="over30" | [[Falsterbo (DC)|Falsterbo]]
| class="over30" | 48.7
| class="over30" | [[Shibukawa]]
| class="over30" | 49.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Waddesdon]]
| class="over30" | 49.8
| class="over30" | [[Osumi]]
| class="over30" | 50.1
| class="over30" | [[Apriki]]
| class="over30" | 50.9
| class="over30" | [[Peacock]]
| class="over30" | 51.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Tamsalu]]
| class="over30" | 52.8
| class="over30" | [[Tok Do]]
| class="over30" | 53.2
| class="over30" | [[Aldrecht]]
| class="over30" | 53.6
| class="over30" | [[Aix-la-Chapelle]]
| class="over30" | 55.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Junction]]
| class="over30" | 56.8
| class="over30" | [[Celebes]]
| class="over30" | 59.0
| class="over60" | [[Koping Chian]]
| class="over60" | 60.1
| class="over60" | [[Shimonita]]
| class="over60" | 60.2
|-
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Benjamin Under Attack.21|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 11/12/3068: "Benjamin Under Attack!"]]''
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Objectives: Draconis Combine]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
* ''[[The Star League]]''
* ''[[Total Chaos]]''
* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''
{{div col end}}

[[Category:Systems|Benjamin]]
[[Category: Alliance of Galedon Systems]]
[[Category: Draconis Combine Systems]]
[[Category: Independent Systems]]
[[Category: Terran Alliance Systems]] <!-- To have resisted the Alliance during the Outer Reaches Rebellion, Benjamin had to have been a Terran Alliance world beforehand -->
[[Category: Word of Blake Systems]]