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Line 1: − {{Otheruses|the planetary system|other uses|Freedom (disambiguation)}} + {{Otheruses|the planet|the ''[[Vengeance]]''-class carrier [[DropShip]]|Freedom (Vengeance)}} − {{InfoBoxSystem {{InfoBoxSystem | image = Freedom_3151.svg | image = Freedom_3151.svg Line 12:
Line 11: | planets = | planets = }} }} + The '''Freedom''' system was the location of at least one inhabited world, '''Freedom VI''', and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone.<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> The '''Freedom''' system was the location of at least one inhabited world, '''Freedom VI''', and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone.<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> __TOC__ __TOC__ − ==System Description== + == System Description == − Freedom is located near the [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]] and [[Izar]] systems<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class M5V primary orbited by at least six planets.<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> + The Freedom system is located near the [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]] and [[Izar]] systems<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class M5V primary orbited by at least six planets.<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> − ==System History== + == System History == The Freedom system was colonized by the [[Terran Alliance]] at some point during or before the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HKp16"/> The Freedom system was colonized by the [[Terran Alliance]] at some point during or before the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HKp16"/> − ==Political Affiliation== ==Political Affiliation== − {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [[2234]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name="HKp16">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 16: "Declaration of Independence"</ref> * [[2234]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name="HKp16">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 16: "Declaration of Independence"</ref> * [[2235]] - Independent world (From May 27th)<ref name="HKp16"/> * [[2235]] - Independent world (From May 27th)<ref name="HKp16"/> Line 56:
Line 54: * [[3145]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<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> * [[3145]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<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]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref> * [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref> − {{div col end}} − ------------------------------------- ==Freedom VI== ==Freedom VI== {{InfoBoxPlanet {{InfoBoxPlanet Line 64:
Line 60: | name = Freedom VI | name = Freedom VI | othernames = | othernames = − | position = Sixth<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> + | position = 6<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | distance = 2.45 days<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | distance = 2.45 days<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | moons = 1 (Vigil's Light)<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | moons = 1 (Vigil's Light)<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> Line 72:
Line 68: | water = 70%<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | water = 70%<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | life = Mammals<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | life = Mammals<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> − | continents = 2 (Independence, Republic)<ref Name=FCCW198/> + | continents = | colonized = | colonized = | demonym = | demonym = | language = | language = | religion = | religion = − | population = 1,235,000,000 (3067),<ref Name=FCCW198/><br>1,280,000,000 (3079)<ref name="O:LAp30"/> + | population = 1,235,000,000 (3067)<ref Name=FCCW198/><br>1,280,000,000 (3079)<ref name="O:LAp30"/> | ruler = [[Duke of Freedom]] | ruler = [[Duke of Freedom]] − | political = [[President of Freedom|President]] + | political = [[President of Freedom]] | commander = | commander = | capital = Jefferson City<ref name="O:LAp30"/> | capital = Jefferson City<ref name="O:LAp30"/> Line 85:
Line 81: | hpgrep = | hpgrep = }} }} − Freedom VI, more commonly known simply as Freedom, is a hospitable world with a single moon named Vigil's Light. Freedom is famous for its part in the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]].<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> + Freedom VI - more commonly known simply as Freedom - is a hospitable world with a single moon named Vigil's Light. Freedom is famous for its part in the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]].<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== ====Outer Reaches Rebellion==== ====Outer Reaches Rebellion==== − Freedom was directly involved in the events that led to the eventual collapse of the Terran Alliance in the twenty-third century. Originally a Terran Alliance colony, in January 2236 Freedom declared itself independent from Terran authority. The rebellion was originally peaceful, and was driven by opposition to both high taxes and the social constraints imposed on the planetary population by various high-handed Terran planetary governors and other administrative officials.<ref name="TP1ep13">''The Periphery'', p. 13: "First Exodus"</ref> + Freedom was directly involved in the events that led to the eventual collapse of the Terran Alliance in the twenty-third century. Originally a Terran Alliance colony, in January 2236 Freedom declared itself independent from Terran authority. The rebellion was originally peaceful, and was driven by opposition to both high taxes and the social constraints imposed on the planetary population by various high-handed Terran planetary governors and other administrative officials.<ref name="TP1ep13">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 13: "First Exodus"</ref> − Freedom's declaration of independence was swiftly followed by similar declarations from the worlds of [[Sevren]], [[Morningside]], and [[Summit]], and the news of the rebellion provoked an immediate military response from the Alliance Parliament. The Alliance Parliament dispatched a military force—the [[2nd Interstellar Strategic Combined Assault Force|Second Interstellar Strategic Combined Assault Force]] under the command of [[Major General]] [[Gunther Stein]]—to quell the rebellion and bring the worlds back into line.<ref name="TP1ep13"/> + Freedom's declaration of independence was swiftly followed by similar declarations from the worlds of [[Sevren]], [[Morningside]] and [[Summit]], and the news of the rebellion provoked an immediate military response from the Alliance Parliament. The Alliance Parliament dispatched a military force - the [[2nd Interstellar Strategic Combined Assault Force|Second Interstellar Strategic Combined Assault Force]], under the command of [[Major General]] [[Gunther Stein]] - to quell the rebellion and bring the worlds back into line.<ref name="TP1ep13"/> − Stein believed that the resulting military campaign would take a little over four months at most to complete; computer projections, double-checked against every available contingency, agreed with Stein, citing a maximum campaign length of just eighteen weeks.<ref name="TP1ep13"/> The calculations were wrong, and the resulting military campaign escalated, lasting eighteen months and involve more than a million soldiers.<ref name="TP1ep13A">''The Periphery'', pp. 13–14: "Outer Reaches Rebellion"</ref> + Stein believed that the resulting military campaign would take a little over four months at most to complete; computer projections, double-checked against every available contingency, agreed with Stein, citing a maximum campaign length of just eighteen weeks.<ref name="TP1ep13"/> The calculations were wrong, and the resulting military campaign escalated, lasting eighteen months and involve more than a million soldiers.<ref name="TP1ep13A">''The Periphery, First Edition'', pp. 13–14: "Outer Reaches Rebellion"</ref> Composed of several squadrons of strike cruisers, assault carriers and transports, the Second Interstellar Combined Assault Force was planned to be reinforced by troops from other Alliance worlds, and the military campaign was to be partly funded by loans from various financial concerns. Almost immediately the Alliance faced problems on both fronts; the Alliance militia battalions on some worlds, such as [[Lipton]], refused to participate in the campaign, while major financial firms on planets like [[Kaus Australis]] refused to float the Alliance government loans to pay for the campaign. Without realizing it, Stein's military campaign was already cut off from many of its anticipated sources of supply before the Second Interstellar Combined Assault Force arrived in the Freedom system.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> Composed of several squadrons of strike cruisers, assault carriers and transports, the Second Interstellar Combined Assault Force was planned to be reinforced by troops from other Alliance worlds, and the military campaign was to be partly funded by loans from various financial concerns. Almost immediately the Alliance faced problems on both fronts; the Alliance militia battalions on some worlds, such as [[Lipton]], refused to participate in the campaign, while major financial firms on planets like [[Kaus Australis]] refused to float the Alliance government loans to pay for the campaign. Without realizing it, Stein's military campaign was already cut off from many of its anticipated sources of supply before the Second Interstellar Combined Assault Force arrived in the Freedom system.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> Line 99:
Line 95: When the Second arrived in the Freedom system, he discovered that the rebel forces had placed armed merchant ships at the main jump points in the system. None of those involved in planning the campaign had anticipated that the rebels would contest control of the jump points, and while the merchant ships were more lightly armed than the alliance's armed cruisers, they were also more maneuverable. The rebel ships avoided a slugging match with the more powerful Alliance ships, but many of rebel ships launched ramming attacks against the various Alliance transports and supply ships, hoping that their suicide tactics would take as many of the Terran marines with them as possible. More than ten percent of Stein's ground forces had been lost before his troops managed to make groundfall on Freedom.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> When the Second arrived in the Freedom system, he discovered that the rebel forces had placed armed merchant ships at the main jump points in the system. None of those involved in planning the campaign had anticipated that the rebels would contest control of the jump points, and while the merchant ships were more lightly armed than the alliance's armed cruisers, they were also more maneuverable. The rebel ships avoided a slugging match with the more powerful Alliance ships, but many of rebel ships launched ramming attacks against the various Alliance transports and supply ships, hoping that their suicide tactics would take as many of the Terran marines with them as possible. More than ten percent of Stein's ground forces had been lost before his troops managed to make groundfall on Freedom.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> − The Second was attempting to launch campaigns in more than one system at the same time; troops first landed on [[Izar]], only to discover that capital city was deserted, with the population having decamped into the thickly forested hills around the capital, terrain they knew well but which hampered the efforts of the Alliance troopers to deploy their high-tech but cumbersome weaponry. The rebels on Freedom took a different course; anticipating the worst, the city fathers of Jefferson City had spent months preparing a vast array of fortifications before the first Alliance landings in June 2236. Having constructed fortifications capable of withstanding anything short of orbital bombardment, President [[Tudella Dupont]] was determined to resist the Terran Alliance, despite having just fifteen hundred men available to defend the entire planet. Vowing to burn the city down before letting it be captured, Dupont responded to the first attack from Stein's forces—an assault against the weak southern gate of the fortifications conducted by the six-thousand-strong [[Fourth Para-Cavalry Division]], led by General Desmond—by leading a sortie out against the attackers. Dupont had predicted the attack against the southern gate and planned accordingly, and his sortie captured several mobile artillery batteries that he quickly pressed into service against the Alliance, forcing Desmond to put a siege in place and call for reinforcements.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> + The Second was attempting to launch campaigns in more than one system at the same time; troops first landed on [[Izar]], only to discover that capital city was deserted, with the population having decamped into the thickly forested hills around the capital, terrain they knew well but which hampered the efforts of the Alliance troopers to deploy their high-tech but cumbersome weaponry. The rebels on Freedom took a different course; anticipating the worst, the city fathers of Jefferson City had spent months preparing a vast array of fortifications before the first Alliance landings in June 2236. Having constructed fortifications capable of withstanding anything short of orbital bombardment, President [[Tudella Dupont]] was determined to resist the Terran Alliance, despite having just fifteen hundred men available to defend the entire planet. Vowing to burn the city down before letting it be captured, Dupont responded to the first attack from Stein's forces - an assault against the weak southern gate of the fortifications conducted by the six-thousand-strong [[Fourth Para-Cavalry Division]], led by General Desmond - by leading a sortie out against the attackers. Dupont had predicted the attack against the southern gate and planned accordingly, and his sortie captured several mobile artillery batteries that he quickly pressed into service against the Alliance, forcing Desmond to put a siege in place and call for reinforcements.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> − According to accounts from individuals on Freedom after the end of the conflict, during the siege the Alliance forces killed anyone found outside the city walls after dark, regardless of age or gender, and Desmond ordered the bodies of the dead - many of which had been horribly mutilated - dropped over the city. In retaliation, insurgents frequently slipped into the Alliance camps after dark to kill Terran soldiers and steal weapons.<ref name="TP1ep14">''The Periphery'', p. 14: "Siege to the Death"</ref> Alliance reinforcements finally arrived on the 25th of August, in the form of General [[Seth Van Dome]] and the [[Twenty-third Alliance Striker Regiment]]. Van Dome and the Twenty-third had spent four months engaged in a battle to recapture [[Summit]] that was described as a holocaust that killed more than ten thousand civilians, and his freshly blooded forces—equipped with heavy laser cannon—were enough to turn the battle for Freedom in favor of the Alliance.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> + According to accounts from individuals on Freedom after the end of the conflict, during the siege the Alliance forces killed anyone found outside the city walls after dark, regardless of age or gender, and Desmond ordered the bodies of the dead - many of which had been horribly mutilated - dropped over the city. In retaliation, insurgents frequently slipped into the Alliance camps after dark to kill Terran soldiers and steal weapons.<ref name="TP1ep14">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 14: "Siege to the Death"</ref> Alliance reinforcements finally arrived on the 25th of August, in the form of General [[Seth Van Dome]] and the [[Twenty-third Alliance Striker Regiment]]. Van Dome and the Twenty-third had spent four months engaged in a battle to recapture [[Summit]] that was described as a holocaust that killed more than ten thousand civilians, and his freshly blooded forces - equipped with heavy laser cannon - were enough to turn the battle for Freedom in favor of the Alliance.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> The Twenty-third bombarded Jefferson City for hours; when three-quarters of the city was on fire, Desmond ordered his assault. The result was a twelve-hour marathon that saw Dupont and the people of Jefferson City fight a brutal, desperate defensive action; men, women and children all fought against the Alliance forces, making Desmond's troops fight for every meter they took; Dupont finally fled the city with just seventy surviving supporters, taking shelter in the hills to the north of the city. Desmond was left with a city in ashes and combat losses totaling more than two thousand Alliance personnel.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> The Twenty-third bombarded Jefferson City for hours; when three-quarters of the city was on fire, Desmond ordered his assault. The result was a twelve-hour marathon that saw Dupont and the people of Jefferson City fight a brutal, desperate defensive action; men, women and children all fought against the Alliance forces, making Desmond's troops fight for every meter they took; Dupont finally fled the city with just seventy surviving supporters, taking shelter in the hills to the north of the city. Desmond was left with a city in ashes and combat losses totaling more than two thousand Alliance personnel.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> − In the autumn of [[2237]], short on supplies and manpower and subject to growing criticism on Terra, the Terran Alliance withdrew the bulk of its forces from Freedom and the other worlds involved in the Outer Reaches Rebellion; while the Alliance never officially declared the conflict over, the Alliance military effectively gave up and went home, effectively ending the Outer Reaches Rebellion.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> A sea-change in Alliance politics saw the Expansionist Party ousted from power in the Alliance Parliament in [[2242]], ending more than a century of rule by the Expansionists; that same year, the Liberal Party issued the [[Demarcation Declaration]], removing Alliance control and authority from worlds more than thirty light years from Terra, and leaving worlds like Freedom truly independent.<ref name="TP1ep14A">''The Periphery'', p. 14: "Beyond the Farthest Star"</ref> + In the autumn of [[2237]], short on supplies and manpower and subject to growing criticism on Terra, the Terran Alliance withdrew the bulk of its forces from Freedom and the other worlds involved in the Outer Reaches Rebellion; while the Alliance never officially declared the conflict over, the Alliance military effectively gave up and went home, effectively ending the Outer Reaches Rebellion.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> A sea-change in Alliance politics saw the Expansionist Party ousted from power in the Alliance Parliament in [[2242]], ending more than a century of rule by the Expansionists; that same year, the Liberal Party issued the [[Demarcation Declaration]], removing Alliance control and authority from worlds more than thirty light years from Terra, and leaving worlds like Freedom truly independent.<ref name="TP1ep14A">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 14: "Beyond the Farthest Star"</ref> ====Succession Wars==== ====Succession Wars==== − Freedom spent some time under the control of the Draconis Combine, but the arrival of the [[Third Royal Guards]] in [[2913]]<ref name="HKp79">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 79: "Operation Freedom"</ref> changed that. After fighting across both continents, the [[Sixth Sword of Light]] regiment was destroyed and the world fell into the Lyran Commonwealth's hands.<ref name=FCCW198/> The victory cost [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Eric Steiner]] his life, however; during the final attack on the Sixth Sword of Light, his ''[[Zeus]]'' fell victim to multiple [[Vibrabomb]]s.<ref name=HSLC71>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 71</ref><ref name=HHS4849>''Handbook: House Steiner'', pp. 48–49</ref><ref name=hktdc81>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 81</ref> + Freedom spent some time under the control of the Draconis Combine, but the arrival of the [[Third Royal Guards]] in [[2913]]<ref name="HKp79">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 79: "Operation Freedom"</ref> changed that. After fighting across both continents, the [[Sixth Sword of Light]] regiment was destroyed and the world fell into the Lyran Commonwealth's hands.<ref name=FCCW198/> The victory cost [[Archon]] [[Eric Steiner]] his life, however; during the final attack on the Sixth Sword of Light, his ''[[Zeus]]'' fell victim to multiple [[Vibrabomb|vibrabombs]].<ref name=HSLC71>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 71</ref><ref name=HHS4849>''Handbook: House Steiner'', pp. 48–49</ref><ref name=hktdc81>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 81</ref> ====FedCom Civil War==== ====FedCom Civil War==== − While he was [[First Lord of the Star League|First Lord]] of the [[Second Star League]], [[Theodore Kurita]] visited Freedom to dedicate a memorial to the fallen warriors of both realms. At that time he promised that no Kuritans would attack the world again.<ref name=FCCW198/> + While he was [[First Lord]] of the [[Second Star League]], [[Theodore Kurita]] visited Freedom to dedicate a memorial to the fallen warriors of both realms. At that time he promised that no Kuritans would attack the world again.<ref name=FCCW198/> The world was a breadbasket for the Freedom Theater of the Lyran Alliance, growing crops that were exported to many of the worlds in the Theater. Industry on Freedom at the time focused on producing parts and filters for the [[Water Pure Industries]] plants on [[Corridan IV]].<ref name=FCCW198/> The world was a breadbasket for the Freedom Theater of the Lyran Alliance, growing crops that were exported to many of the worlds in the Theater. Industry on Freedom at the time focused on producing parts and filters for the [[Water Pure Industries]] plants on [[Corridan IV]].<ref name=FCCW198/> ====The Jihad==== ====The Jihad==== − In the wake of the [[Jihad]], the planetary government on Freedom passed a law stating that any war matériel manufactured or used by the [[Word of Blake]] had to be destroyed by disposal in a stellar body, one of the strictest examples of the anti-salvage laws becoming common within the worlds of the former [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] and, to a lesser extent, other worlds. By destroying any such items in this manner, there was no chance that items could reenter the manufacturing chain even as smelted metal and thereby become even the most mundane of items.<ref name="J:FRp36">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 36: "Swords To Slag: Anti-Salvage Trend Gains Ground"</ref> + In the wake of the [[Jihad]] the planetary government on Freedom passed a law stating that any war matériel manufactured or used by the [[Word of Blake]] had to be destroyed by disposal in a stellar body, one of the strictest examples of the anti-salvage laws becoming common within the worlds of the former [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] and, to a lesser extent, other worlds. By destroying any such items in this manner, there was no chance that items could reenter the manufacturing chain even as smelted metal and thereby become even the most mundane of items.<ref name="J:FRp36">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 36: "Swords To Slag: Anti-Salvage Trend Gains Ground"</ref> A large part of the population of Freedom felt, that despite the efforts made by the leadership of Freedom to coordinate a defense against the Word of Blake as the Blakists encroached into the Lyran Alliance, the world had somehow failed the Alliance. The Lyran government lacked the resources needed to stop the Blakists capturing world after world, and for some reason much of the population of Freedom felt somehow responsible for this, a possible legacy of Freedom's long-term role as a command hub for the outer edges of the Skye Province.<ref name="O:LAp30"/> A large part of the population of Freedom felt, that despite the efforts made by the leadership of Freedom to coordinate a defense against the Word of Blake as the Blakists encroached into the Lyran Alliance, the world had somehow failed the Alliance. The Lyran government lacked the resources needed to stop the Blakists capturing world after world, and for some reason much of the population of Freedom felt somehow responsible for this, a possible legacy of Freedom's long-term role as a command hub for the outer edges of the Skye Province.<ref name="O:LAp30"/> + + ===Planetary Rulers=== + ====2246==== + * President [[Tudella Dupont]]<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> + + ====3063==== + * Duke [[Nicole Simons-Steiner]]<ref Name=FCCW198/> ===Military Deployment=== ===Military Deployment=== − {{columns-start|num=3}} ====2913==== ====2913==== * [[Sixth Sword of Light]]<ref name="HKp79"/><ref name=HHS4849/><ref Name=FCCW198/> * [[Sixth Sword of Light]]<ref name="HKp79"/><ref name=HHS4849/><ref Name=FCCW198/> Line 133:
Line 135: ====3067==== ====3067==== * [[Alexandria FTM]]<ref name=FMU177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref> * [[Alexandria FTM]]<ref name=FMU177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref> − {{column}}+ ====3079==== ====3079==== * Alexandria FTM<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 17: "Regional Militias Regimental Status"</ref> * Alexandria FTM<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 17: "Regional Militias Regimental Status"</ref> − :- The unit was operating at 40% strength, with 50% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology. + :- In 3079 the Alexandria FTM operating at 40% of full strength, with 50% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology. * Planetary Militia<ref name="O:LAp30"/> * Planetary Militia<ref name="O:LAp30"/> − :- The planetary militia's training programs focused on vehicles and unarmored infantry. + :- The planetary militia's training programs focus on Vehicles and unarmored infantry. − {{columns-end}} ===Geography=== ===Geography=== Line 146:
Line 147: ===Planetary Locations=== ===Planetary Locations=== − * Horseshoe Valley: site of a major battle during Operation FREEDOM<ref Name=FCCW198/> + * Horseshoe Valley: site of a major battle during Operation FREEDOM.<ref Name=FCCW198/> − * Jefferson City: the planetary capital city, located east of Horseshoe Valley<ref Name=FCCW198/> on Republic<ref name="O:LAp30"/> + * Jefferson City: The planetary capital city, located east of Horseshoe Valley<ref Name=FCCW198/> on Republic.<ref name="O:LAp30"/> ===Companies and Industries=== ===Companies and Industries=== * [[Water Pure Industries]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 141: "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"</ref> * [[Water Pure Industries]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 141: "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"</ref> − ==Map Gallery== + == Map Gallery == <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> − ==Nearby Systems== + == Nearby Systems == <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" Line 274:
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The '''Freedom''' system was the location of at least one inhabited world, '''Freedom VI''', and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone.<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> | The '''Freedom''' system was the location of at least one inhabited world, '''Freedom VI''', and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone.<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> | ||
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| − | Freedom is located near the [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]] and [[Izar]] systems<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class M5V primary orbited by at least six planets.<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | + | The Freedom system is located near the [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]] and [[Izar]] systems<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class M5V primary orbited by at least six planets.<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> |
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The Freedom system was colonized by the [[Terran Alliance]] at some point during or before the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HKp16"/> | The Freedom system was colonized by the [[Terran Alliance]] at some point during or before the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HKp16"/> | ||
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* [[2234]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name="HKp16">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 16: "Declaration of Independence"</ref> | * [[2234]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name="HKp16">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 16: "Declaration of Independence"</ref> | ||
* [[2235]] - Independent world (From May 27th)<ref name="HKp16"/> | * [[2235]] - Independent world (From May 27th)<ref name="HKp16"/> | ||
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* [[3145]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<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> | * [[3145]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<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]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref> | * [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref> | ||
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==Freedom VI== | ==Freedom VI== | ||
{{InfoBoxPlanet | {{InfoBoxPlanet | ||
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| name = Freedom VI | | name = Freedom VI | ||
| othernames = | | othernames = | ||
| − | | position = | + | | position = 6<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> |
| distance = 2.45 days<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | | distance = 2.45 days<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | ||
| moons = 1 (Vigil's Light)<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | | moons = 1 (Vigil's Light)<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | ||
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| water = 70%<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | | water = 70%<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | ||
| life = Mammals<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | | life = Mammals<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> | ||
| − | | continents = | + | | continents = |
| colonized = | | colonized = | ||
| demonym = | | demonym = | ||
| language = | | language = | ||
| religion = | | religion = | ||
| − | | population = 1,235,000,000 (3067) | + | | population = 1,235,000,000 (3067)<ref Name=FCCW198/><br>1,280,000,000 (3079)<ref name="O:LAp30"/> |
| ruler = [[Duke of Freedom]] | | ruler = [[Duke of Freedom]] | ||
| − | | political = [[President of Freedom | + | | political = [[President of Freedom]] |
| commander = | | commander = | ||
| capital = Jefferson City<ref name="O:LAp30"/> | | capital = Jefferson City<ref name="O:LAp30"/> | ||
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}} | }} | ||
| − | Freedom VI | + | Freedom VI - more commonly known simply as Freedom - is a hospitable world with a single moon named Vigil's Light. Freedom is famous for its part in the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]].<ref Name=FCCW198/><ref name="O:LAp30"/> |
===Planetary History=== | ===Planetary History=== | ||
====Outer Reaches Rebellion==== | ====Outer Reaches Rebellion==== | ||
| − | Freedom was directly involved in the events that led to the eventual collapse of the Terran Alliance in the twenty-third century. Originally a Terran Alliance colony, in January 2236 Freedom declared itself independent from Terran authority. The rebellion was originally peaceful, and was driven by opposition to both high taxes and the social constraints imposed on the planetary population by various high-handed Terran planetary governors and other administrative officials.<ref name="TP1ep13">''The Periphery'', p. 13: "First Exodus"</ref> | + | Freedom was directly involved in the events that led to the eventual collapse of the Terran Alliance in the twenty-third century. Originally a Terran Alliance colony, in January 2236 Freedom declared itself independent from Terran authority. The rebellion was originally peaceful, and was driven by opposition to both high taxes and the social constraints imposed on the planetary population by various high-handed Terran planetary governors and other administrative officials.<ref name="TP1ep13">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 13: "First Exodus"</ref> |
| − | Freedom's declaration of independence was swiftly followed by similar declarations from the worlds of [[Sevren]], [[Morningside]] | + | Freedom's declaration of independence was swiftly followed by similar declarations from the worlds of [[Sevren]], [[Morningside]] and [[Summit]], and the news of the rebellion provoked an immediate military response from the Alliance Parliament. The Alliance Parliament dispatched a military force - the [[2nd Interstellar Strategic Combined Assault Force|Second Interstellar Strategic Combined Assault Force]], under the command of [[Major General]] [[Gunther Stein]] - to quell the rebellion and bring the worlds back into line.<ref name="TP1ep13"/> |
| − | Stein believed that the resulting military campaign would take a little over four months at most to complete; computer projections, double-checked against every available contingency, agreed with Stein, citing a maximum campaign length of just eighteen weeks.<ref name="TP1ep13"/> The calculations were wrong, and the resulting military campaign escalated, lasting eighteen months and involve more than a million soldiers.<ref name="TP1ep13A">''The Periphery'', pp. 13–14: "Outer Reaches Rebellion"</ref> | + | Stein believed that the resulting military campaign would take a little over four months at most to complete; computer projections, double-checked against every available contingency, agreed with Stein, citing a maximum campaign length of just eighteen weeks.<ref name="TP1ep13"/> The calculations were wrong, and the resulting military campaign escalated, lasting eighteen months and involve more than a million soldiers.<ref name="TP1ep13A">''The Periphery, First Edition'', pp. 13–14: "Outer Reaches Rebellion"</ref> |
Composed of several squadrons of strike cruisers, assault carriers and transports, the Second Interstellar Combined Assault Force was planned to be reinforced by troops from other Alliance worlds, and the military campaign was to be partly funded by loans from various financial concerns. Almost immediately the Alliance faced problems on both fronts; the Alliance militia battalions on some worlds, such as [[Lipton]], refused to participate in the campaign, while major financial firms on planets like [[Kaus Australis]] refused to float the Alliance government loans to pay for the campaign. Without realizing it, Stein's military campaign was already cut off from many of its anticipated sources of supply before the Second Interstellar Combined Assault Force arrived in the Freedom system.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> | Composed of several squadrons of strike cruisers, assault carriers and transports, the Second Interstellar Combined Assault Force was planned to be reinforced by troops from other Alliance worlds, and the military campaign was to be partly funded by loans from various financial concerns. Almost immediately the Alliance faced problems on both fronts; the Alliance militia battalions on some worlds, such as [[Lipton]], refused to participate in the campaign, while major financial firms on planets like [[Kaus Australis]] refused to float the Alliance government loans to pay for the campaign. Without realizing it, Stein's military campaign was already cut off from many of its anticipated sources of supply before the Second Interstellar Combined Assault Force arrived in the Freedom system.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> | ||
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When the Second arrived in the Freedom system, he discovered that the rebel forces had placed armed merchant ships at the main jump points in the system. None of those involved in planning the campaign had anticipated that the rebels would contest control of the jump points, and while the merchant ships were more lightly armed than the alliance's armed cruisers, they were also more maneuverable. The rebel ships avoided a slugging match with the more powerful Alliance ships, but many of rebel ships launched ramming attacks against the various Alliance transports and supply ships, hoping that their suicide tactics would take as many of the Terran marines with them as possible. More than ten percent of Stein's ground forces had been lost before his troops managed to make groundfall on Freedom.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> | When the Second arrived in the Freedom system, he discovered that the rebel forces had placed armed merchant ships at the main jump points in the system. None of those involved in planning the campaign had anticipated that the rebels would contest control of the jump points, and while the merchant ships were more lightly armed than the alliance's armed cruisers, they were also more maneuverable. The rebel ships avoided a slugging match with the more powerful Alliance ships, but many of rebel ships launched ramming attacks against the various Alliance transports and supply ships, hoping that their suicide tactics would take as many of the Terran marines with them as possible. More than ten percent of Stein's ground forces had been lost before his troops managed to make groundfall on Freedom.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> | ||
| − | The Second was attempting to launch campaigns in more than one system at the same time; troops first landed on [[Izar]], only to discover that capital city was deserted, with the population having decamped into the thickly forested hills around the capital, terrain they knew well but which hampered the efforts of the Alliance troopers to deploy their high-tech but cumbersome weaponry. The rebels on Freedom took a different course; anticipating the worst, the city fathers of Jefferson City had spent months preparing a vast array of fortifications before the first Alliance landings in June 2236. Having constructed fortifications capable of withstanding anything short of orbital bombardment, President [[Tudella Dupont]] was determined to resist the Terran Alliance, despite having just fifteen hundred men available to defend the entire planet. Vowing to burn the city down before letting it be captured, Dupont responded to the first attack from Stein's | + | The Second was attempting to launch campaigns in more than one system at the same time; troops first landed on [[Izar]], only to discover that capital city was deserted, with the population having decamped into the thickly forested hills around the capital, terrain they knew well but which hampered the efforts of the Alliance troopers to deploy their high-tech but cumbersome weaponry. The rebels on Freedom took a different course; anticipating the worst, the city fathers of Jefferson City had spent months preparing a vast array of fortifications before the first Alliance landings in June 2236. Having constructed fortifications capable of withstanding anything short of orbital bombardment, President [[Tudella Dupont]] was determined to resist the Terran Alliance, despite having just fifteen hundred men available to defend the entire planet. Vowing to burn the city down before letting it be captured, Dupont responded to the first attack from Stein's forces - an assault against the weak southern gate of the fortifications conducted by the six-thousand-strong [[Fourth Para-Cavalry Division]], led by General Desmond - by leading a sortie out against the attackers. Dupont had predicted the attack against the southern gate and planned accordingly, and his sortie captured several mobile artillery batteries that he quickly pressed into service against the Alliance, forcing Desmond to put a siege in place and call for reinforcements.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> |
| − | According to accounts from individuals on Freedom after the end of the conflict, during the siege the Alliance forces killed anyone found outside the city walls after dark, regardless of age or gender, and Desmond ordered the bodies of the dead - many of which had been horribly mutilated - dropped over the city. In retaliation, insurgents frequently slipped into the Alliance camps after dark to kill Terran soldiers and steal weapons.<ref name="TP1ep14">''The Periphery'', p. 14: "Siege to the Death"</ref> Alliance reinforcements finally arrived on the 25th of August, in the form of General [[Seth Van Dome]] and the [[Twenty-third Alliance Striker Regiment]]. Van Dome and the Twenty-third had spent four months engaged in a battle to recapture [[Summit]] that was described as a holocaust that killed more than ten thousand civilians, and his freshly blooded | + | According to accounts from individuals on Freedom after the end of the conflict, during the siege the Alliance forces killed anyone found outside the city walls after dark, regardless of age or gender, and Desmond ordered the bodies of the dead - many of which had been horribly mutilated - dropped over the city. In retaliation, insurgents frequently slipped into the Alliance camps after dark to kill Terran soldiers and steal weapons.<ref name="TP1ep14">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 14: "Siege to the Death"</ref> Alliance reinforcements finally arrived on the 25th of August, in the form of General [[Seth Van Dome]] and the [[Twenty-third Alliance Striker Regiment]]. Van Dome and the Twenty-third had spent four months engaged in a battle to recapture [[Summit]] that was described as a holocaust that killed more than ten thousand civilians, and his freshly blooded forces - equipped with heavy laser cannon - were enough to turn the battle for Freedom in favor of the Alliance.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> |
The Twenty-third bombarded Jefferson City for hours; when three-quarters of the city was on fire, Desmond ordered his assault. The result was a twelve-hour marathon that saw Dupont and the people of Jefferson City fight a brutal, desperate defensive action; men, women and children all fought against the Alliance forces, making Desmond's troops fight for every meter they took; Dupont finally fled the city with just seventy surviving supporters, taking shelter in the hills to the north of the city. Desmond was left with a city in ashes and combat losses totaling more than two thousand Alliance personnel.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> | The Twenty-third bombarded Jefferson City for hours; when three-quarters of the city was on fire, Desmond ordered his assault. The result was a twelve-hour marathon that saw Dupont and the people of Jefferson City fight a brutal, desperate defensive action; men, women and children all fought against the Alliance forces, making Desmond's troops fight for every meter they took; Dupont finally fled the city with just seventy surviving supporters, taking shelter in the hills to the north of the city. Desmond was left with a city in ashes and combat losses totaling more than two thousand Alliance personnel.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> | ||
| − | In the autumn of [[2237]], short on supplies and manpower and subject to growing criticism on Terra, the Terran Alliance withdrew the bulk of its forces from Freedom and the other worlds involved in the Outer Reaches Rebellion; while the Alliance never officially declared the conflict over, the Alliance military effectively gave up and went home, effectively ending the Outer Reaches Rebellion.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> A sea-change in Alliance politics saw the Expansionist Party ousted from power in the Alliance Parliament in [[2242]], ending more than a century of rule by the Expansionists; that same year, the Liberal Party issued the [[Demarcation Declaration]], removing Alliance control and authority from worlds more than thirty light years from Terra, and leaving worlds like Freedom truly independent.<ref name="TP1ep14A">''The Periphery'', p. 14: "Beyond the Farthest Star"</ref> | + | In the autumn of [[2237]], short on supplies and manpower and subject to growing criticism on Terra, the Terran Alliance withdrew the bulk of its forces from Freedom and the other worlds involved in the Outer Reaches Rebellion; while the Alliance never officially declared the conflict over, the Alliance military effectively gave up and went home, effectively ending the Outer Reaches Rebellion.<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> A sea-change in Alliance politics saw the Expansionist Party ousted from power in the Alliance Parliament in [[2242]], ending more than a century of rule by the Expansionists; that same year, the Liberal Party issued the [[Demarcation Declaration]], removing Alliance control and authority from worlds more than thirty light years from Terra, and leaving worlds like Freedom truly independent.<ref name="TP1ep14A">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 14: "Beyond the Farthest Star"</ref> |
====Succession Wars==== | ====Succession Wars==== | ||
| − | Freedom spent some time under the control of the Draconis Combine, but the arrival of the [[Third Royal Guards]] in [[2913]]<ref name="HKp79">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 79: "Operation Freedom"</ref> changed that. After fighting across both continents, the [[Sixth Sword of Light]] regiment was destroyed and the world fell into the Lyran Commonwealth's hands.<ref name=FCCW198/> The victory cost [[ | + | Freedom spent some time under the control of the Draconis Combine, but the arrival of the [[Third Royal Guards]] in [[2913]]<ref name="HKp79">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 79: "Operation Freedom"</ref> changed that. After fighting across both continents, the [[Sixth Sword of Light]] regiment was destroyed and the world fell into the Lyran Commonwealth's hands.<ref name=FCCW198/> The victory cost [[Archon]] [[Eric Steiner]] his life, however; during the final attack on the Sixth Sword of Light, his ''[[Zeus]]'' fell victim to multiple [[Vibrabomb|vibrabombs]].<ref name=HSLC71>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 71</ref><ref name=HHS4849>''Handbook: House Steiner'', pp. 48–49</ref><ref name=hktdc81>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 81</ref> |
====FedCom Civil War==== | ====FedCom Civil War==== | ||
| − | While he was [[ | + | While he was [[First Lord]] of the [[Second Star League]], [[Theodore Kurita]] visited Freedom to dedicate a memorial to the fallen warriors of both realms. At that time he promised that no Kuritans would attack the world again.<ref name=FCCW198/> |
The world was a breadbasket for the Freedom Theater of the Lyran Alliance, growing crops that were exported to many of the worlds in the Theater. Industry on Freedom at the time focused on producing parts and filters for the [[Water Pure Industries]] plants on [[Corridan IV]].<ref name=FCCW198/> | The world was a breadbasket for the Freedom Theater of the Lyran Alliance, growing crops that were exported to many of the worlds in the Theater. Industry on Freedom at the time focused on producing parts and filters for the [[Water Pure Industries]] plants on [[Corridan IV]].<ref name=FCCW198/> | ||
====The Jihad==== | ====The Jihad==== | ||
| − | In the wake of the [[Jihad]] | + | In the wake of the [[Jihad]] the planetary government on Freedom passed a law stating that any war matériel manufactured or used by the [[Word of Blake]] had to be destroyed by disposal in a stellar body, one of the strictest examples of the anti-salvage laws becoming common within the worlds of the former [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] and, to a lesser extent, other worlds. By destroying any such items in this manner, there was no chance that items could reenter the manufacturing chain even as smelted metal and thereby become even the most mundane of items.<ref name="J:FRp36">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 36: "Swords To Slag: Anti-Salvage Trend Gains Ground"</ref> |
A large part of the population of Freedom felt, that despite the efforts made by the leadership of Freedom to coordinate a defense against the Word of Blake as the Blakists encroached into the Lyran Alliance, the world had somehow failed the Alliance. The Lyran government lacked the resources needed to stop the Blakists capturing world after world, and for some reason much of the population of Freedom felt somehow responsible for this, a possible legacy of Freedom's long-term role as a command hub for the outer edges of the Skye Province.<ref name="O:LAp30"/> | A large part of the population of Freedom felt, that despite the efforts made by the leadership of Freedom to coordinate a defense against the Word of Blake as the Blakists encroached into the Lyran Alliance, the world had somehow failed the Alliance. The Lyran government lacked the resources needed to stop the Blakists capturing world after world, and for some reason much of the population of Freedom felt somehow responsible for this, a possible legacy of Freedom's long-term role as a command hub for the outer edges of the Skye Province.<ref name="O:LAp30"/> | ||
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| + | ===Planetary Rulers=== | ||
| + | ====2246==== | ||
| + | * President [[Tudella Dupont]]<ref name="TP1ep13A"/> | ||
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| + | ====3063==== | ||
| + | * Duke [[Nicole Simons-Steiner]]<ref Name=FCCW198/> | ||
===Military Deployment=== | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
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====2913==== | ====2913==== | ||
* [[Sixth Sword of Light]]<ref name="HKp79"/><ref name=HHS4849/><ref Name=FCCW198/> | * [[Sixth Sword of Light]]<ref name="HKp79"/><ref name=HHS4849/><ref Name=FCCW198/> | ||
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====3067==== | ====3067==== | ||
* [[Alexandria FTM]]<ref name=FMU177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref> | * [[Alexandria FTM]]<ref name=FMU177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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====3079==== | ====3079==== | ||
* Alexandria FTM<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 17: "Regional Militias Regimental Status"</ref> | * Alexandria FTM<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 17: "Regional Militias Regimental Status"</ref> | ||
| − | :- | + | :- In 3079 the Alexandria FTM operating at 40% of full strength, with 50% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology. |
* Planetary Militia<ref name="O:LAp30"/> | * Planetary Militia<ref name="O:LAp30"/> | ||
| − | :- The planetary militia's training programs | + | :- The planetary militia's training programs focus on Vehicles and unarmored infantry. |
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===Geography=== | ===Geography=== | ||
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===Planetary Locations=== | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
| − | * Horseshoe Valley: site of a major battle during Operation FREEDOM<ref Name=FCCW198/> | + | * Horseshoe Valley: site of a major battle during Operation FREEDOM.<ref Name=FCCW198/> |
| − | * Jefferson City: | + | * Jefferson City: The planetary capital city, located east of Horseshoe Valley<ref Name=FCCW198/> on Republic.<ref name="O:LAp30"/> |
===Companies and Industries=== | ===Companies and Industries=== | ||
* [[Water Pure Industries]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 141: "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"</ref> | * [[Water Pure Industries]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 141: "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"</ref> | ||
| − | ==Map Gallery== | + | == Map Gallery == |
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| − | ==Nearby Systems== | + | == Nearby Systems == |
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
* ''[[Objectives: Lyran Alliance]]'' | * ''[[Objectives: Lyran Alliance]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]'' | + | * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]'' |
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | ||
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]'' | * ''[[Shattered Sphere]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Systems|Freedom]] | [[Category:Systems|Freedom]] | ||