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The '''Tau Ceti''' system famously was the destination of humanity's first manned mission to another star system when the ''[[TAS Pathfinder]]'' under Captain [[Norm McKenna]] jumped to Tau Ceti and back in [[2108]], subsequently leading to the founding of the first human colony in another star system on '''Tau Ceti IV''', which was renamed '''New Earth'''.

Since star systems are often referred to by the name of their (primary) habitable world,<ref>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47: ([[Rosetta]] system write-up going with the short story ''[[Starfire (short story)|Starfire]]''</ref> the Tau Ceti system also became known as New Earth, though apparently not exclusively so (it was referred to as the Tau Ceti system in 2775).<ref name=BCOI/>
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==System Description==
Tau Ceti is located near the [[Rigil Kentarus]] and [[Thorin]] systems. Another planet in the Tau Ceti system is the gas giant Zeus, which has an ice moon named Ganymede.<ref name=BCOI>''Organic Ice''</ref>

==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2116]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref>MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition'', p. 107: "Exodus 2102-2313"</ref>
* [[2271]] - Terran Alliance<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref>
* [[2319]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name=HB:HK>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18</ref>
* [[2341]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref>
* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24</ref>
* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref>
* [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref>
* [[2771]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138: "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref>
* [[2774]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref>
* [[2789]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=FSWp114>''First Succession War'', p. 114: "Timeline of the First Succession War"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref>
* [[2830]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=SSWp18>''Second Succession War'', pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
* [[2991]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=TCotV>"The Calm of the Void"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref><ref name=HS117/><ref name="HKp132">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 132: "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="ER3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref>
* [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3063]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref>
* [[3068]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from October)<ref name="J:FRp46"/>
* [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref>
* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62</ref>
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3145]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
* [[3151]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
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==Tau Ceti II==
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Besides New Earth, by the late [[Succession Wars era]] the planet Tau Ceti II was apparently colonized as well to some degree, as it is consistently named as the homeworld of [[Charles Bear]], of the late [[Gray Death Legion]].<ref>''Gray Death Legion'', p. 16</ref><ref>''Day of Heroes'', p. 20</ref><ref>''Tactics of Duty'', p. 15 (PDF edition)</ref><ref name=PoG/>

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==Tau Ceti IV (New Earth)==
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===Planetary History===
====Early History====
[[File:TAS Arc_New Earth.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The colonization of New Earth as seen in the intro video of ''[[BattleTech (Video Game)|BattleTech]]'' (video game, apocryphal)<ref name=BTVG_Intro>''BattleTech'' (video game) - Intro</ref>]]
New Earth, formerly known as Tau Ceti IV, has the distinction of being the first colonized planet outside of Terra's solar system. Colonization was inaugurated on 8 March [[2116]] with [[Martin Cabot]] appointed as first governor of the colony.<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 14 (PDF version)</ref>

On 15 December [[2108]], Tau Ceti was the first world outside the Sol system to be walked on by human feet, when Engineer [[Michelle Land]] walked on the surface of the world. The TAS ''Pathfinder'' had entered the Tau Ceti system on the 5th of December, the beginning of a series of voyages of exploration to many worlds around the Sol system.<ref name="JHS:Tp137">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 137: "Touring Terra"</ref> Tau Ceti IV would prove to be the first garden colony world.<ref name="JHS:Tp143">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 137: "Science"</ref> The abundant resources and benign environment of Tau Ceti IV led to colonists and corporations flocking to the world.<ref name=DA:RWp245/>

The TAS ''Pathfinder'' wasn't the first vessel from Terra to make it to the Tau Ceti system, however; the [[Magellan Program]] had launched missions to systems around Terra in [[2029]], with probes known to have successfully reached Tau Ceti, [[Epsilon Eridani]] and [[Epsilon Indi]].<ref name="JHS:Tp142">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 142: "Science!"</ref>

The first humans to settle the planet were a team of 35 civilian scientists in February [[2110]]. In [[2116]], the [[TAS Ark]] arrived to New Earth with the first 500 human colonists to officially leave Earth to colonize a new world under the authority of [[Martin Cabot]].<ref name=D&Jp10-12>''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', pp. 10–12: "To Reach Tau Ceti"</ref>

For political reasons New Earth was controlled directly by the Terran Alliance rather than by any individual Terran nations (unlike humanity's second colonized world, [[Rigil Kentarus]], and numerous settlements after it). Being the very first planet settled by human outside of Sol, the Alliance had to balance the competing needs for 'living space' of Terra's two hundred member-nations.<ref>''Touring the Stars: Rigil Kentarus'', p. 5</ref>

Circa the [[twenty-second century|mid-twenty-second century]], one of the [[Slowboat Colonization]] ships that had left [[Terra]] prior to the FTL first ships creation arrived to New Earth to find a burgeoning colony already established by [[Terran Alliance]] [[JumpShip|JumpShips]]. The Alliance, who had a long memory for dissidents, turned those missions into laughingstocks and not the historical achievements they were.<ref name="JCIP2p66>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'', p. 66: "Terrelibre"</ref> It is not known what happened to those colonists.{{cn}}

Situated less than one jump from Terra, New Earth remained under Terran Alliance control following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the [[Demarcation Declaration]] of [[2242]],<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> and later became one of the worlds within the [[Alliance Core]] region of the [[Terran Hegemony]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/>

====Reign of the Star League====
By the height of the [[Star League]] era, New Earth was one of the most heavily developed and industrialized worlds in the Terran Hegemony, home to five major [[Star League Defense Force]] contractors in addition to local companies such as the [[New Earth Trading Company]]. Every continent on the planet was home to a mix of major cities and heavy industry, including the polar continent of Arctiqua. In addition to the noted SLDF academy known as the [[Combat College of New Earth]], which the SLDF constructed on McKenna just outside the planetary capital, Foundation Point, the SLDF also constructed dozens of [[Castles Brian]] across the planet.<ref name=DA:RWp245/>

After its creation, the SLDF [[20th Fleet (Star League)|Twentieth Fleet]] was stationed within the New Earth system while they trained with the [[3rd Fleet (Star League)|Third Fleet]] before deployment.<ref name=FMSLDFp238>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 238: "Twentieth Fleet"</ref>

====The Amaris Crisis====
When [[Stefan Amaris]] launched [[Operation APOTHEOSIS]], his usurpation of the Terran Hegemony, one of the initial stages of his campaign was to secure naval domination of the systems within the Hegemony. [[Rim Worlds Republic]] naval forces consisting of [[WarShip]]s, [[DropShip]]s, and [[aerospace fighter]]s attempted to secure the two major jump points in every inhabited system, including New Earth.<ref name="H:LoTV1p72">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 72: "Command of the Stars"</ref>

There were eighteen assorted SLDF WarShips in the New Earth system when a task force of twenty RWR WarShips jumped into the system, intending to interdict New Earth and destroy any SLDF ships present. New Earth was a vital supply world for the SLDF, and [[Commodore]] [[Altran Serdamba]] was responsible for the security of a major SLDF supply convoy assembling in the system at the time, intended to transport supplies and reinforcements to the war effort in the [[Periphery]]. Commodore Serdamba commanded a convoy protection flotilla of four destroyers and nine corvettes from his command ship, the ''[[Luxor (WarShip class)|Luxor]]''-class cruiser [[Van der Bergh|SLS ''Van der Bergh'']]; also in the system at the time was [[Vice Admiral]] [[Dmitrios Rummolo]] and his flagship, the ''[[Texas]]''-class battleship [[Wales|SLS ''Wales'']], along with a squadron consisting of a ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate and two ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyers. Vice Admiral Rummolo was due to take command of the [[9th Fleet (Star League)|Ninth Fleet]] on promotion, and had only been in the system a few days when the Rim Worlds vessels arrived.<ref name="H:LoTV1p72"/>

The Rim Worlds vessels targeted the two SLDF command vessels, striking at the SLS ''Wales'' and the SLS ''Van der Bergh''. The SLS ''Wales'' was caught by surprise, but the SLS ''Van der Bergh'' and her flotilla had been engaged in combat drills in preparation for their return to the Periphery, and had remained at combat stations as the Rim Worlds vessels approached. When the Rim Worlds ships fired, they scored several significant hits against the SLS ''Wales'', but found the convoy protection group immediately returning fire and launching Fighters. Commodore Serdamba's group screened Vice Admiral Rummolo's squadron for several vital minutes as the crew of the SLS ''Wales'' and the other vessels raced to battle stations.<ref name="H:LoTV1p72"/>

When the heavyweight SLS ''Wales'' and the other ships of Rummolo's squadron joined the fight, the greater combat experience of the SLDF troops began to tell; the battle lasted more than half an hour before the Rim Worlds fleet retreated, having lost fourteen vessels. The combined SLDF forces had lost eight of their own ships in the battle, and still didn't know anything more beyond the fact that they had been attacked by a Rim Worlds Republic fleet.<ref name="H:LoTV1p72"/>

Vice Admiral Rummolo ordered Commodore Serdamba to take the remains of the convoy escort group and jump to the Lagrange point near Tau Ceti V to defend the [[Apollo-Four shipyards]] there. With Serdamba's ships defending the Nicholas Spacecraft's facilities, the SLS ''Wales'' and the two destroyers from his squadron which had survived the attack fought a holding action at the jump point for the next twenty four hours, while quick charging their drives. Rummolo then had the two destroyers jump to the Apollo-Four shipyards; Rummolo and the SLS ''Wales'' then led thirteen assorted government and military [[JumpShip]]s to a secret SLDF naval base designated [[Freedom Station]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p72"/>

During the SLDF liberation of New Earth the [[Amaris Empire Armed Forces]] units on New Earth began destroying the cities and infrastructure of New Earth when it became clear they couldn't hold the planet. The AEAF destroyed the Combat College, all of the major factories and the majority of the Castles Brian, gutting the planetary infrastructure and ravaging the environment in the process. The population was left victim to widespread famine and disease in addition to the shock and demoralization that went hand in hand with the damage inflicted on their world.<ref name=DA:RWp245/>

====ComStar====
In the first week of July [[2788]] [[Jerome Blake]] launched a military strike against New Earth. The [[ComStar]] forces - comprised of former SLDF personnel who had elected to remain in the Inner Sphere - moved to secure the former SLDF headquarters on New Earth, with the intention of securing the valuable data and equipment there. The raid inflicted minimal damage, as ComStar's forces were welcomed by the local militia, a remnant of the rapidly fading Terran Hegemony. The militia went so far as to help the ComStar forces dismantle the SLDF facilities for transport, and Blake's forces left New Earth on the 11th of July. Blake had originally intended to follow the raid on New Earth with an operation similar to that conducted on Terra a few days before, dubbed [[Operation SILVER SHIELD]], aimed at annexing all of the surviving Hegemony worlds that hadn't already been taken by the Great Houses. Blake hadn't predicted just how quickly the various Houses would go to war, however, and this planned third phase of Operation SILVER SHIELD died stillborn.<ref name="FSWp51">''First Succession War'', pp. 51–52: "Aftermath"</ref> The ComStar forces all extensively looted the [[Bergan Industries]] facilities, removing advanced equipment.<ref name="FSWp154">''First Succession War'', p. 154: "LCT-1E Locust"</ref>

====Succession Wars====
Under Lyran rule for the majority of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] New Earth was unable to make a significant recovery because of the constant raids and battles being fought in the region between the Lyrans and their enemies. Only one major corporation from the Star League era managed to continue operating - the New Earth Trading Company. Operating out of its headquarters in the city of Meredith on Neoasia was a major trade and transport facilitator for several centuries.<ref name=DA:RWp245/>

By the late [[Succession Wars era]], descendants of the eight surviving Amerindian tribes of North America had established the [[Amerindian Federation]] dedicated to saving their culture and preserving the way of life of their ancestors on Tau Ceti's II's southern continent.<ref name=PoG>''The Price of Glory'', p. 80 (PDF edition)</ref><ref>''Gray Death Legion'', p. 16</ref>

====First Succession War====
The Free Worlds League struck at New Earth in [[2789]], crippling the Dassault-Shimmon shipyards in orbit above the planet. Months later, the surviving [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] forces from [[Operation BRASS RING]] appeared in the New Earth system and sacrificed four DropShips and their last two [[squadron]]s of aerospace fighters to destroy what was left of the shipyards.<ref name="FSWp61">''First Succession War'', p. 61: "The War of Raids: House Steiner's Succession War"</ref>

====Third Succession War====
In [[2967]], archeologist-turned-treasure hunter [[Harold Jones (30th c.)|Harold Jones]] stole nearly a million [[C-bill]]s' worth of jewels from the burial crypt of the noble rulers of the planet.<ref name="ISP3:IEp10+">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 10: "The Past"</ref>

In [[3024]] the planet saw the first training exercises between one [[battalion]] from [[infantry]], [[combat vehicle|armor]] and [[BattleMechs]] from the [[Tenth Lyran Guards]] and similar forces from the [[Federated Suns]], with the Suns forces consistently outmaneuvering and outfighting the Lyran forces.<ref name="N4thSWMAV1p8">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 8: "Military Matters"</ref>

====Operation SCORPION====
During [[Operation SCORPION]] in May of 3052, a number of ComStar BattleMechs, led by [[Precentor]] [[Hasegawa (ComStar)|Hasegawa]] in his ''[[Lancelot]]'', obliterated the Delaware people's town hall, killing the tribal elders.<ref>''Feral''</ref>

====FedCom Civil War====
In [[3066]] [[Grumman Industries]] established a subsidiary factory on New Earth as a result of massive investment in the company by the [[Word of Blake]] to produce [[Zephyr (Combat Vehicle)|Zephyr]] hovertanks for the expanding [[Word of Blake Militia]] and [[Protectorate Militia]].<ref name="TRO:3050Up162"/>

====The Jihad====
New Earth was incorporated into the Word of Blake Protectorate by conquest on 7 October [[3068]];<ref>''Total Chaos'', pp. 68–69</ref> the [[Word of Blake]] forces responsible for conquering New Earth allegedly used tactical nuclear weapons to secure their hold on the planet.<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46: "The Jihad In Review"</ref><ref name=tc229>''Total Chaos'', p. 229</ref> Subsequently, one of the garrison units on New Earth, [[Pinky's Irregulars]], attempted to break contract with the Word of Blake in [[3073]]; the Blakists responded by destroying the Irregulars. The remains of the Irregulars would remain trapped under the north polar ice cap of New Earth until [[Skibinski's Salvage]] recovered ten of the eleven [['Mech]]s belonging to Pinky's Irregulars in the mid 3080s, along with the bodies of eight of the Irregulars.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp36"/>

Dissidents within the Grumman-New Earth branch began to harbor doubts about the actions being taken by the Word of Blake outside of the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]], and in [[3071]] those dissidents began smuggling Zephyrs to enemies of the Protectorate, with figures as high up as Vice President [[Rudolph Brice]] assisting in the smuggling efforts. More than two hundred Zephyrs were smuggled out from the New Earth facility before the dissidents departed on a long "retreat" at Grumman's headquarters on Terra, and when the smuggling operations were uncovered the entire New Earth facility was placed under lockdown pending detailed investigations. Brice was targeted by a Word of Blake detainment team that raided Grumman's offices in the early 3070s; having been identified as being responsible for diverting Zephyrs to both black marketeers within the Word of Blake Protectorate and agents within the Skye region of the [[Lyran Alliance]], Brice narrowly escaped the detainment team and went on the run, with the Word of Blake placing a bounty of 75 million C-bills on his head.<ref name="TRO:3050Up162"/>

Later in the Jihad as resistance to the Blakists became more organized under the auspices of [[Devlin Stone|Devlin Stone's]] allied coalition New Earth was subject to a heavy raid, intended to test the interior defenses of the Protectorate. The raiding party was spearheaded by [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] troops and hit New Earth in late July [[3076]] and engaged the [[10th Division (Word of Blake)|Tenth Division]] and the [[12th Division (Word of Blake)|Twelfth Division]] but failed in destroying the [[NETC]] plant.<ref name="TCp229">''Total Chaos'', pp. 229–231: "New Earth"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 230</ref> December same year saw the [[Devil's Brigade]] failing to destroy the targeted NETC headquarters.<ref name="TCp229"/>

It would be almost two years before New Earth was targeted for liberation by the allied coalition as a part of [[Operation SCOUR]]; a contingent of roughly four [[Galaxy|Galaxies]] of mixed [[Clan]] forces drawn from the Lyran front of the Operation struck at New Earth on 8 February [[3078]], meeting heavy resistance.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref>''Total Chaos'', pp. 182–183</ref>

The initial attack was rebuffed, with the Clan forces having retreated by mid February; while the media reported that the [[SDS]] in the New Earth system had been destroyed or at least heavily damaged, it also reported that up to four Clan WarShips had been destroyed, and that the Clan forces had been forced to retreat due to the presence of not just the anticipated Protectorate Militia Divisions and Militia Division, but also at least one [[Shadow Division]]. There were also unsubstantiated rumors that the forces from [[Clan Ghost Bear]], [[Clan Jade Falcon]] and [[Clan Wolf]] had arrived at different times, with the Ghost Bears arriving early, and then failed to work together.<ref name="JHS:Tp66">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 66: "Failed Gambit?"</ref> One of the destroyed WarShips was subsequently identified as the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Frost Falcon|CJF ''Frost Falcon'']];<ref name="FR:Cp15">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 15: "Fleet Assets"</ref> another was the ''[[Volga]]''-class transport [[Ursine Boatman|CGB ''Ursine Boatman'']],<ref name="FR:Cp11">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 11: "Fleet Assets"</ref> and the third the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Huninn|CSR ''Huninn'']], a vessel from the [[Clan Snow Raven]] [[Ice Storm Star (Clan Snow Raven)|Ice Storm Naval Star]] assigned to support the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] during the Jihad.<ref name=FR:Cp18">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 18: "Fleet Assets"</ref> During the campaign for New Earth the allied forces destroyed a WarShip the Blakists had suborned in the opening stages of the Jihad, the ''[[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]]''-class [[Percival|FWLS ''Percival'']].<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Captured Ships"</ref>

The Ghost Bear ground forces, drawn from [[Omicron Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Omicron]] and [[Xi Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Xi Galaxies]], were lucky to escape from the trap, and the damage taken made New Earth the last campaign of the Jihad for both Galaxies.<ref name="FR:Cp10">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 10: "Omicron Galaxy"</ref> and Clan Jade Falcon [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Alpha Galaxy]] and Clan Wolf [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Delta Galaxy]] were also mauled by the WoB forces composed of the Tenth Division, the Twelfth Division, the First New Earth Protectorate Militia Division and the recently assigned [[Fiftieth Shadow Division]], which forced the Clan forces to retreat.<ref name="TCp229"/>

The Coalition bypassed New Earth but returned in April [[3079]] after the fall of [[Terra]]. At that time only the New Earth Protectorate Militia remained to defend the world, and surrendered after a brief encounter with what was left of the Ghost Bear Dominion's Xi and Omicron Galaxies.<ref name="TCp229"/><ref name="JHS:Tp66+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 66–67: "Rest And Refit"</ref>

The Jihad cost New Earth heavily; by the time New Earth was free once more, the Blakists had destroyed the planetary capital, New Foundation, along with a host of other major cities including Meredith. Much of the industry on New Earth that had managed to survive the Succession Wars was destroyed during the Jihad, and the air, earth and water were all poisoned to varying degrees.<ref name=DA:RWp245/>

In the wake of the [[Jihad]] the planetary government on New Earth was one of many to pass a law stating that any war matériel manufactured or used by the [[Word of Blake]] had to be destroyed; the law was more liberal than that passed on many worlds, in that it allowed components from Blakist machines to be sold, but items such as chassis were retired to bone yards for later scrapping.<ref name="J:FRp36">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 36: "Swords to Slag: Anti-Salvage Trend Gains Ground"</ref> As it was, the liberation of New Earth saw the industries on the planet take heavy levels of damage, both as a result of combat on the surface of the planet and as a result of orbital bombardment by the defending [[Word of Blake]] ships and [[SDS]] network.<ref name="J:FRp107">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 107: "Blake/Terran Protectorate"</ref>

====The Dark Age====
The damage inflicted on New Earth during the Jihad was so heavy that the planet would likely have been abandoned, if not for the resettlement program driven by Devlin Stone. New Earth remained a deeply scarred planet at least as late as 3130, but industry had begun to return to the planet in the first stages of what promised to be a recovery for New Earth, albeit a long and slow one. With New Foundation destroyed during the Jihad the city of Wiedergeburt became the new planetary capital; located on the southernmost tip of Arctiqua, Wiederegeburt suffered minimal effects from fallout from the devastation inflicted in both the Jihad and the Amaris Coup.<ref name=DA:RWp245/>

===Military Deployment===
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====2764====
* [[Twenty-ninth BattleMech Division]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp251>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 251: "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"</ref>
* [[Seventieth Infantry Division]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp251/>
* [[20th Fleet (Star League)|Twentieth Fleet]]<ref name=FMSLDFp238 />

====2821====
* [[Fifteenth Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>

====2991====
* [[Twelfth Star Guards]]<ref name=TCotV/>
:* [[1st Regiment (12th Star Guards)|First Regiment]]<ref name=TCotV/>

====3025–3028====
* Twelfth Star Guards<ref name=HS117>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 117: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp45">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
:* First Regiment<ref name=HS117/><ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>
{{column}}
====3039====
* [[Hsien Hotheads]] (from March)<ref name="H:Wo3039p141">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141: "Deployment Table"</ref>

====3050====
* [[198th Division (ComStar)|198th Division]]<ref name=20YU71>''20 Year Update'', p. 71: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>

====3054====
* [[Third NAIS Cadet Cadre]]<ref name=OR19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
:* Third Battalion<ref name=OR19/>

====3055====
* [[34th Division (ComStar)|Thirty-fourth Division]]<ref name=CS85>''ComStar'', p. 85: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>

====3061====
* [[Fifteenth Arcturan Guards]]<ref name=SS47>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 47: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>

====3062====
* Thirty-fourth Division<ref name=FMCS126>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 126: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
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====3067====
* Thirty-fourth Division<ref name=FMU98>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 98: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[Mobile Fire]]<ref name=MS68>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 68: "Mercenary Employment Table"</ref>

====3068====
* Mobile Fire<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 110: "Word of Blake Mercenary Deployment"</ref>

====3073====
* [[Pinky's Irregulars]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp36">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 36: "Deployment"</ref>

====3130====
* The [[Fidelis]]<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', pp. 12–17</ref>

====3145====
* [[X Triarii Protectors]]<ref name=FM:3145p144>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 144: "Republic Armed Forces - Triarii Protectors"</ref>
{{columns-end}}

===Geography===
New Earth is a world blessed with an abundant water supply and significant reserves of minerals, metals and chemicals. New Earth has five continents; the largest of these is the massive continent of Neoasia located in the southern hemisphere. The continent of Arctiqua is located at the north pole, and the continent of McKenna is in the northwest. East of McKenna is the continent of Lanhold; the fifth continent is the island continent of Kellargo.<ref name=DA:RWp245/>

===Planetary Locations===
* Boone: a city<ref name=BlakeBoys>''Blake's Boys Blessings in Boone Borough''</ref>
:* Renwick Medical Center: a medical center built by the Word of Blake during the Jihad<ref name=BlakeBoys/>
:* Kilzer Memorial Education Center: one of the reeducation camps built by the Word of Blake<ref name=BlakeBoys/>
* Canton<ref name=H:HSp147>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 147: "Yankee Weapons Systems (Not Trading)"</ref>
* Colonization Park: a memorial park situated on Neoasia<ref name=TCotV/>
* [[Combat College of New Earth]]<ref name=H:LoT2p18>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 18</ref>
* [[Fort Noruff]]
* Foundation Point: planetary capital during the Star League era, on McKenna<ref name=DA:RWp245/>
* Meredith: a city on Neoasia<ref name=DA:RWp245/>
* New Foundation: planetary capital during the Jihad<ref name=DA:RWp245/>
* Secaucus Plains: site of a battle during the Jihad<ref name=ToO-B2>''Target of Opportunity'', Book 2</ref>
* Southport: a city hosting some of the militia's barracks<ref name=BlakeBoys/>
* Wiedergeburt: planetary capital during the Dark Age<ref name=DA:RWp245/>

===Companies and Industries===
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
* [[Altheon Ballistic Dynamics]]<ref name=XTRO:PV5p9>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 5'', p. 9: "Dunning Mobile Tactical Command Post"</ref>
* [[Bergan Industries]] (destroyed 3078)<ref name="J:FRp107"/>
* [[Boeing Interstellar]]<ref name=HBHD165>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 165: "Federated-Boeing Interstellar Profile"</ref><ref name="FSWp125"/> (destroyed during the First Succession War)<ref name="FSWp125">''First Succession War'', p. 125: "Shipbuilding Casualties of the First Succession War"</ref>
* [[Blow/Hookson Technologies]] (destroyed 2775)<ref name=TRO:3050Up230>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 230: "ZRO-114 Zero"</ref>
* [[Cyclops Incorporated]] (destroyed 3078)<ref name="J:FRp107"/>
* [[Daussault-Shimmon Enterprises]] (destroyed 2789)<ref name="FSWp61"/>
* [[Di Tron Heavy Industries]] (destroyed during the First Succession War)<ref name="FSWp125"/>
* [[Grumman Industries]] (from 3066)<ref name="TRO:3050Up162">''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 162: "Zephyr"</ref>
* [[Hegemony Research and Development Department, Weapons Division]] (destroyed 2767)
* [[J.B. BattleMechs Incorporated]] (destroyed 3078)<ref name="J:FRp107"/>
* [[Mitchell Vehicles Interstellar]]<ref name=SLp163>''The Star League'', p. 163: "Top Ten Hegemony Companies - [Mitchell Vehicles Interstellar]"</ref>
* [[New Earth Trading Company]] (destroyed 3078)<ref name="J:FRp107"/>
* [[Newhart Industries]] (destroyed 2776)
* [[Nicholas Spacecraft]] (located near Tau Ceti V)<ref name="H:LoTV1p72"/>
* [[Nirasaki Computers Collective]]<ref name=SLp165>''The Star League'', p. 165: "Top Ten Hegemony Companies - [Nirasaki Computers Collective]"</ref>
* [[Terex-Schaeff]]
* [[Yankee Weapons Systems]] (destroyed 3078)<ref name="J:FRp107"/>
{{div col end}}

===Image gallery===
<gallery>
File:New Earth_before.jpg|A planet before its colonization, implied to be New Earth, from the intro video of [[BattleTech (Video Game)|''BattleTech'']]<ref name=BTVG_Intro/>
File:New Earth_after.jpg|The same planet after colonization<ref name=BTVG_Intro />
</gallery>

==Map Gallery==
<div class="system-map-gallery"></div>

==Nearby Systems==
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{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
! colspan="8" | Closest 84 systems (83 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Rigil Kentarus]]
| class="lessthan30" | 9.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Thorin]]
| class="lessthan30" | 12.1
| class="lessthan30" | [[Killbourn]]
| class="lessthan30" | 12.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Terra|Sol]]
| class="lessthan30" | 12.8
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Xi Ursae_Majoris|Xi Ursae Majoris]]
| class="lessthan30" | 14.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Sirius]]
| class="lessthan30" | 14.7
| class="lessthan30" | [[Procyon]]
| class="lessthan30" | 15.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Chara]]
| class="lessthan30" | 17.1
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Graham]]
| class="lessthan30" | 17.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Yorii]]
| class="lessthan30" | 18.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Muphrid]]
| class="lessthan30" | 19.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zavijava]]
| class="lessthan30" | 19.7
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Keid]]
| class="lessthan30" | 20.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Lipton]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.7
| class="lessthan30" | [[Oliver]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Rocky]]
| class="lessthan30" | 22.1
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zollikofen]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Altair]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Carver]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[New Home]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.2
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Caph]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Denebola]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Pollux]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.7
| class="lessthan30" | [[Dieron]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.3
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Asta]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Hechnar]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.5
| class="over30" | [[Devil's Rock]]
| class="over30" | 30.0
| class="over30" | [[Bryant]]
| class="over30" | 30.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Menkent]]
| class="over30" | 32.6
| class="over30" | [[Imbros]]
| class="over30" | 32.7
| class="over30" | [[Fomalhaut]]
| class="over30" | 33.4
| class="over30" | [[Haddings]]
| class="over30" | 33.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Castor]]
| class="over30" | 34.3
| class="over30" | [[New Stevens]]
| class="over30" | 35.9
| class="over30" | [[Lyons]]
| class="over30" | 37.2
| class="over30" | [[Tyrfing|Tabit]]
| class="over30" | 37.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Brownsville]]
| class="over30" | 37.9
| class="over30" | [[Outreach]]
| class="over30" | 38.9
| class="over30" | [[Saffel]]
| class="over30" | 39.0
| class="over30" | [[Epsilon Eridani]]
| class="over30" | 39.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Afleir]]
| class="over30" | 39.3
| class="over30" | [[Summer]]
| class="over30" | 39.5
| class="over30" | [[Zosma]]
| class="over30" | 40.1
| class="over30" | [[Athenry]]
| class="over30" | 41.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Ko]]
| class="over30" | 41.2
| class="over30" | [[Dyev]]
| class="over30" | 41.9
| class="over30" | [[Talitha]]
| class="over30" | 43.5
| class="over30" | [[Styx]]
| class="over30" | 44.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Epsilon Indi]]
| class="over30" | 45.6
| class="over30" | [[Mizar]]
| class="over30" | 45.7
| class="over30" | [[Nusakan]]
| class="over30" | 46.0
| class="over30" | [[Northwind]]
| class="over30" | 46.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Hall]]
| class="over30" | 47.3
| class="over30" | [[Alioth]]
| class="over30" | 47.8
| class="over30" | [[Lone Star]]
| class="over30" | 48.0
| class="over30" | [[Alkalurops]]
| class="over30" | 48.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Pike (system)|Pike]]
| class="over30" | 48.7
| class="over30" | [[Atria]]
| class="over30" | 48.7
| class="over30" | [[Capolla]]
| class="over30" | 48.9
| class="over30" | [[Van Diemen]]
| class="over30" | 49.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Nirasaki]]
| class="over30" | 49.5
| class="over30" | [[Marcus]]
| class="over30" | 50.1
| class="over30" | [[Terra Firma]]
| class="over30" | 50.6
| class="over30" | [[New Dallas]]
| class="over30" | 51.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Cor Caroli]]
| class="over30" | 51.4
| class="over30" | [[Galatea]]
| class="over30" | 51.7
| class="over30" | [[Milton]]
| class="over30" | 52.0
| class="over30" | [[Lockdale]]
| class="over30" | 52.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Chaville]]
| class="over30" | 53.0
| class="over30" | [[Callison]]
| class="over30" | 53.3
| class="over30" | [[Sabik]]
| class="over30" | 54.0
| class="over30" | [[Alchiba]]
| class="over30" | 55.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Inglesmond|New Britain]]
| class="over30" | 55.7
| class="over30" | [[Elgin|Chisholm]]
| class="over30" | 55.8
| class="over30" | [[Skondia]]
| class="over30" | 55.9
| class="over30" | [[Wyatt]]
| class="over30" | 56.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Syrma]]
| class="over30" | 58.1
| class="over30" | [[Wasat]]
| class="over30" | 58.1
| class="over30" | [[Deneb Algedi]]
| class="over30" | 58.2
| class="over30" | [[Sheratan]]
| class="over30" | 58.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Mandal]]
| class="over30" | 59.1
| class="over30" | [[Quentin]]
| class="over30" | 59.2
| class="over30" | [[Zebebelgenubi]]
| class="over30" | 59.7
| class="over60" | [[Hsien]]
| class="over60" | 60.2
|-
|}

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Blake.E2.80.99s Boys Blessings in Boone Borough|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 12/09/3068: "Blake's Boys Blessings in Boone Borough"]]''
* ''[[BattleTech (Video Game)|BattleTech]]'' (video game)
* ''[[The Calm of the Void]]''
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
* ''[[Day of Heroes]]''
* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Feral]]'' (short story)
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Gray Death Legion (scenario pack)|Gray Death Legion]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Organic Ice|Organic Ice]]'' (scenario)
* ''[[The Price of Glory]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
* ''[[The Star League]]''
* ''[[Tactics of Duty]]''
* ''[[Target of Opportunity]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental]]''
* ''[[Total Chaos]]''
* ''[[Touring the Stars: Rigil Kentarus]]''
{{div col end}}

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[[Category: Amaris Empire Systems]]
[[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]]
[[Category: Lyran Alliance Systems]]
[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]]
[[Category: Republic of the Sphere Systems]]
[[Category: Terran Alliance Systems]]
[[Category: Terran Hegemony Systems]]
[[Category: Word of Blake Systems]]