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===Succession Wars===
 
===Succession Wars===
The cost of running entire worlds as prisons mounted during the chaos of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], and the Draconis Combine began pulling out of their various forced mining concerns; this included the Micanos system, which found itself suddenly independent. The remoteness of the Micanos system and the harsh environment actually served as viable forms of defense and protection for the inhabitants, and the population continued to survive where many of their contemporaries across the [[Inner Sphere]] died.<ref name="FM:Pp108+"/>
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The cost of running entire worlds as prisons mounted during the chaos of the [[Succession Wars]], and the Draconis Combine began pulling out of their various forced mining concerns; this included the Micanos system, which found itself suddenly independent. The remoteness of the Micanos system and the harsh environment actually served as viable forms of defense and protection for the inhabitants, and the population continued to survive where many of their contemporaries across the [[Inner Sphere]] died.<ref name="FM:Pp108+"/>
  
 
With so many political prisoners and protestors among the workforce, the various planets found themselves possessed of a largely well-educated workforce who had established a functioning social order, and the newly formed Mica Majority returned to operating the mines, with the huge station located at the system zenith jump point continuing to serve as a hub for the trade convoys that continued to move in and out of the system. The mining operations would become steadily more difficult and dangerous over time, as the more easily worked lodes and veins had already been exhausted during the Combine administration; while the mining operations were still viable, the inhabitants were paying an ever-increasing cost in terms of both resources and lives to keep up their trading operations.<ref name="FM:Pp108+"/>
 
With so many political prisoners and protestors among the workforce, the various planets found themselves possessed of a largely well-educated workforce who had established a functioning social order, and the newly formed Mica Majority returned to operating the mines, with the huge station located at the system zenith jump point continuing to serve as a hub for the trade convoys that continued to move in and out of the system. The mining operations would become steadily more difficult and dangerous over time, as the more easily worked lodes and veins had already been exhausted during the Combine administration; while the mining operations were still viable, the inhabitants were paying an ever-increasing cost in terms of both resources and lives to keep up their trading operations.<ref name="FM:Pp108+"/>

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