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By the time of the [[Dark Age]] era, the Collection had grown to seven worlds,<ref>Touring the Stars website (defunct), [[WizKids]]</ref> although the worlds of [[Caldarium]] and [[Slewis]] had become independent periphery worlds again; having claimed [[Hunter's Paradise]], the newly settled worlds of [[Able's Glory]] and [[Moroney]] were counted as members of the Collection.<ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
By the time of the [[Dark Age]] era, the Collection had grown to seven worlds,<ref>Touring the Stars website (defunct), [[WizKids]]</ref> although the worlds of [[Caldarium]] and [[Slewis]] had become independent periphery worlds again; having claimed [[Hunter's Paradise]], the newly settled worlds of [[Able's Glory]] and [[Moroney]] were counted as members of the Collection.<ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
  
The Collection formally claimed Hunter's Paradise in [[3099]] - backing the claim with the posting of a [[company]] of Able's Aces, and proceeded to open a recharge station at the system zenith jump point. To make access to Hunter's Paradise easier, the Rim Collection went further into debt to establish the Able's Glory system, originally as a way station for [[JumpShip]] servicing and as a site from which to provide greater security for traveling researchers. The cost of the two efforts was the driving reason in the decision to break away from the Collective made by Caldarium and Slewis, but Able's Glory - named for Colonel Frank Able, now a beloved figure in the Collection - proved to be a source of immense quantities of germanium. That germanium proved an economic boom, with the Collection actively trading the germanium to the Lyran Commonwealth, while the increased accessibility to Hunter's Paradise and the additional security available to those traveling there prompted increasing amounts of interstellar investment in the Collection.<ref name="FM:3145p187">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 187: "Rim Collection"</ref>
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The Collection claimed Hunter's Paradise formally in [[3099]] - backing the claim with the posting of a [[company]] of Able's Aces, and proceeded to open a recharge station at the system zenith jump point. To make access to Hunter's Paradise easier, the Rim Collection went further into debt to establish the Able's Glory system, originally as a way station for [[JumpShip]] servicing and as a site from which to provide greater security for traveling researchers. The cost of the two efforts was the driving reason in the decision to break away from the Collective made by Caldarium and Slewis, but Able's Glory - named for Colonel Frank Able, now a beloved figure in the Collection - proved to be a source of immense quantities of germanium. That germanium proved an economic boom, with the Collection actively trading the germanium to the Lyran Commonwealth, while the increased accessibility to Hunter's Paradise and the additional security available to those traveling there prompted increasing amounts of interstellar investment in the Collection.<ref name="FM:3145p187">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 187: "Rim Collection"</ref>
  
 
During the Dark Age the Rim Collection's military industrial base expanded slightly; [[Rim Motors]] of Otisberg began producing quantities of [[BattleMech#Light|light BattleMechs]], drawing in part on weapons produced by the main manufacturer of military hardware within the Collection, the newly formed [[Able's Hunting Arms, Limited]]. AHA - which was owned and operated by Able's Aces - was ostensibly the manufacturer of personal weapons and 'Mech-grade [[machine gun]]s and [[autocannon]] for the personal security of those intending to visit Hunter's Paradise, but continued to provide the greater part of its production directly to Rim Motors.<ref name="FM:3145p190">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 190: "Rim Collection"</ref>
 
During the Dark Age the Rim Collection's military industrial base expanded slightly; [[Rim Motors]] of Otisberg began producing quantities of [[BattleMech#Light|light BattleMechs]], drawing in part on weapons produced by the main manufacturer of military hardware within the Collection, the newly formed [[Able's Hunting Arms, Limited]]. AHA - which was owned and operated by Able's Aces - was ostensibly the manufacturer of personal weapons and 'Mech-grade [[machine gun]]s and [[autocannon]] for the personal security of those intending to visit Hunter's Paradise, but continued to provide the greater part of its production directly to Rim Motors.<ref name="FM:3145p190">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 190: "Rim Collection"</ref>
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==Military==
 
==Military==
 
===Able's Aces===
 
===Able's Aces===
By the Jihad, while still officially listed as mercenaries, the Aces had been employed so long by the Collection that many viewed them as a formal part of the nation's military.
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By the Jihad, while still formally listed as mercenaries, the Aces had been employed so long by the Collection that many viewed them as a formal part of the nation's military.
  
 
===Rim Collection Militia===
 
===Rim Collection Militia===

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