Editing The Edge

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:''In the German edition of BattleTech, this system is called '''Rand''', a literal translation of "edge."''

'''The Edge''' system was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Clan Hell's Horses]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=TRp72/>

==System Description==
The Edge is located near the [[Lovinac]] and [[St. John]] systems.

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==System History==
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2319]] - No record<ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"</ref>
* [[2341]] - No record<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth at their Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
* [[2571]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2807]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="FSW(SB)p139">''First Succession War'', p. 139</ref>
* [[2822]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'': "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'': "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3028]] - Lyran Commonwealth (from October)<ref name="NAIS4SWp59"/> / Contested (Draconis Combine/Lyran Commonwealth) from December<ref name="NAIS4SWp61"/>
* [[3029]] - Lyran Commonwealth (from August)<ref name="FSWMAv2p68"/>
* [[3030]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]<ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Free Rasalhague Republic<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - [[Clan Wolf]]<ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3057]] - Clan Wolf<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Clan Wolf<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
* [[3067]] - Clan Wolf<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70: "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3071]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref name="JHS3076p15">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 15: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
* [[3072]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 31: "Clan Occupation Zones - [3072] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref>''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 79: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 27: "Clan Wolf /Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3086]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=IE:IP3p43>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 43: "Formation of the Barrens: A Timeline"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
* [[3145]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
* [[3151]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref>
* [[3152]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72, "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)</ref>
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==The Edge==
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===Planetary History===
====Star League Era====
The Edge was perhaps the first world to be struck by the [[Third Hidden War]] when in [[2741]] a band of extremely well-equipped brigands raided the planet, stealing huge quantities of raw materials and killing hundreds of civilians. It would later be determined that the raiders had been funded by the [[Draconis Combine]], information that would prompt direct confrontations within the [[Star League]] High Council and a dramatic escalation in "bandit" raids—active raiding by House forces from all of the various Great Houses operating without official acknowledgement.<ref name="H:LoTV1p20">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 20: "Decline, Revolution and Fall"</ref> During the 2760s, the [[Second Lyran Guards]] were involved in fighting bandits on The Edge.<ref name="FR2765p12">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 12: "Lyran Guards"</ref>

====First Sucession War====
After the Star League Exodus, the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] took full control of The Edge, which was a co-managed world with the [[Terran Hegemony]].<ref name="FSW(SB)p29">''First Succession War'', p. 29</ref> At some point in the first twenty years of the First Succession War (after 2788), the [[DCMS]] captured The Edge and [[Nox]] in small-scale military actions, driving off the [[Fourth Lyran Guards]].<ref name="FSW(SB)p139"></ref> By [[2800]], the Lyran Commonwealth had lost a dozen worlds in the Tamar Pact Region including The Edge.<ref name="FSW(SB)p73">''First Succession War'', p. 73</ref> By [[2821]], The Edge war garrisoned by a battalion of the [[Red Eagles]] Mercenary Combat Command,<ref name="FSW(SB)p137">''First Succession War'', p. 137</ref> who would continue to hold the world through the Second Succession War.<ref name="SSW(SB)p97">''Second Succession War'', p. 97</ref>
 
====Fourth Succession War====
The Edge was one of the worlds invaded by the Lyran Commonwealth during [[Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG]], the major [[Lyran Commonwealth]] offensive of the [[Fourth Succession War]]. The Edge was considered a significant target due to its economic or political importance, and was a target of the followup exploitation phase that followed the first wave of attacks. The exploitation phase was initiated following orders from [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] on 21 October [[3028]],<ref name="NAIS4SWp59">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 59: "Follow-up Invasions"</ref> and The Edge was invaded by the [[Tenth Donegal Guards]].<ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', pp. 44–45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp61">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 61: "End of the Offensive"</ref> Having captured The Edge, the Tenth Donegal Guards suddenly found themselves under attack when the [[DCMS]] launched a counteroffensive in December 3028 and January 3029. The DCMS deployed the [[Twenty-fifth Rasalhague Regulars]] to The Edge; while less experienced than the veterans of the Tenth Donegal Guards, the troops of the Twenty-fifth were fresh.<ref name="NAIS4SWp61"/>

When the lull in major operations settled across the Lyran Commonwealth front in early [[3029]], [[Colonel]] [[George Donaldson]] found his Donegal Guards stalemated a few kilometers away from Bono, the planetary capital city. With Bono being both the capital city and the industrial heart of the planet the Twenty-fifth Rasalhague Regulars had fought a stubborn campaign of resistance, leaving the Donegal Guards with secure positions south and east of the city on high ground, facing pits, trenches and large minefields that the Regulars continued to expand. Unable to push into the city without destroying it and unable to launch a flanking attack without giving up the high ground, Donaldson's forces resorted to daily artillery bombardments and waited.<ref name="FSWMAv2p68">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', pp. 68–69: "The Edge"</ref>

In May 3029, reinforcements for the Tenth arrived, in the form of the [[First Lyran Regulars]]. Having conquered [[Harvest]] in the first wave of GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, the First had moved to [[Verthandi]] during the exploitation phase and rested and rearmed for several months.<ref name="FSWMAv2p68"/><ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/> The First dropped northwest of Bono and began advancing on the city, quickly clashing with the planetary militia. The militia responded with booby traps and suicide charges that caused a breakdown in cooperation between the [[BattleMech]] and conventional elements of the First, but which were insufficient to stop the First from pushing forward through superior numbers. By mid-July, the First had reached the outskirts of Bono, giving the Tenth an opportunity to make their own attack. Coordinating their attacks, the two Lyran [[RCT]]s pressed forward, with the Tenth crossing the minefields as the First broke through the defensive fortifications ahead of them before moving into Bono's industrial park.<ref name="FSWMAv2p68"/>

With a dominating victory in sight, the First Lyran Regulars 'Mech forces slipped, changing course to chase down a 'Mech company from the Twenty-fifth and leaving the [[2nd Vulcan Mechanized Infantry Regiment|Second Vulcan Mechanized Infantry Regiment]] exposed. The Twenty-fifth capitalized on that error, throwing forces at the Second Vulcan and using the opportunity to break for their [[DropShip]]s. Even as the Twenty-fifth abandoned The Edge, a botched recognition sign between the Lyran regiments on the ground led to a blue-on-blue incident that cost them a 'Mech and twenty dead infantry, but the Commonwealth had secured The Edge.<ref name="FSWMAv2p68"/>

[[Coordinator of Worlds|Coordinator]] [[Takashi Kurita]] ordered the DCMS to halt all but the most promising counterattacks and assume a defensive posture in late 3029; by the time the war officially ended via a peace treaty mediated by [[ComStar]],<ref name="FSWMAv1p92">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 92: "Conclusion"</ref> The Edge had been returned to Combine control,<ref name="FSWMAv2p93">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', pp. 93–94: "End of the War"</ref> most likely either via a counterattack or as a part of the peace negotiations.

====The Clan Invasion====
In March [[3050]], The Edge was targeted by Clan Wolf forces as a part of [[Operation REVIVAL]] and invaded by [[Supernova (unit)|Supernova Command]], Supernova First, Alpha, and Bravo Fighter [[Star]]s of the [[16th Battle (Clan Wolf)|Sixteenth Battle Cluster]]. The defending mercenary unit, the [[Black Outlaws|Outlaws]], faced off against the Clan invaders on the Plains of Torneträsk in what the Outlaws intended to be a set-piece battle, but which instead turned into a rout that saw just two [[companies]] of Outlaw forces escape.<ref name="FM:MRp44"/><ref>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 57: "First Wave"</ref>

====Jihad====
During the Jihad, Clan Hell's Horses launched an invasion of Clan Wolf holdings in the [[Inner Sphere]], acquiring holdings for their own relocation to Spheroid space. The first wave of attacks captured four worlds; the second wave captured another four, of which The Edge was one. The first wave was launched between 21 and 28 February [[3071]], with the second wave falling somewhere between the end of the first wave and the 7th of April.<ref name="JHS3076p15">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 15: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>

===Military Deployment===
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====2765====
* [[Fourth Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FR2765p12"/>

====2786====
* Fourth Lyran Guards<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>

====2821====
* [[Red Eagles]]<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War'', p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>

====2264====
* Red Eagles<ref name="SSWp137">''Second Succession War'', p. 97: "Second Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>
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====3029====
* [[Twenty-fifth Rasalhague Regulars]] (until August)<ref name="FSWMAv2p68"/>
* [[The Edge Militia]]<ref name="4SWv2p68">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 68: "The Edge"</ref>

====3039–3050====
* The [[Black Outlaws#Clan Invasion|Outlaws]]<ref name="FM:MRp44">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 44: "The Black Outlaws: Dark Phoenix"</ref>
* [[First Mechanized Brigade]]<ref name=WCS057>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 57</ref>
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====3079====
* [[412th Mechanized Strike (Clan Hell's Horses)|412th Mechanized Strike]]<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 13: "Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Status"</ref>

====3085====
* [[Epsilon Galaxy Command (Clan Hell's Horses)|Epsilon Galaxy Command]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 125: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>

====3145====
* [[61st BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)|Sixty-first BattleMech Cluster]]<ref name="FM:3145p167">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 167: "Iota Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)"</ref>
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===Planetary Locations===
* Torneträsk: the site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]]<ref name=WCS057>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 57</ref>

==Map Gallery==
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==Nearby Systems==
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Lovinac]]
| class="lessthan30" | 17.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[St. John]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.1
| class="lessthan30" | [[Rodigo|Alsace]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alleghe]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.8
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Norn]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Kirchbach]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[New Caledonia]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Liezen]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Bruben]]
| class="over30" | 33.5
| class="over30" | [[Csesztreg]]
| class="over30" | 39.0
| class="over30" | [[Harvest]]
| class="over30" | 42.7
| class="over30" | [[Chateau]]
| class="over30" | 43.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Mozirje]]
| class="over30" | 45.3
| class="over30" | [[Feltre]]
| class="over30" | 46.9
| class="over30" | [[Planting]]
| class="over30" | 46.9
| class="over30" | [[Icar]]
| class="over30" | 50.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Svelvik]]
| class="over30" | 51.1
| class="over30" | [[Outpost (system)|Outpost]]
| class="over30" | 52.6
| class="over30" | [[New Oslo]]
| class="over30" | 53.1
| class="over30" | [[New Bergen]]
| class="over30" | 53.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Unzmarkt]]
| class="over30" | 53.9
| class="over30" | [[Star's End]]
| class="over30" | 55.6
| class="over30" | [[Ridderkerk]]
| class="over30" | 57.3
| class="over60" | [[Hermagor]]
| class="over60" | 60.2
|-
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
* ''[[Tamar Rising]]''
* ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]''
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