Editing Blantleff

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The '''Blantleff''' system was home to at least one habitable world and (as of [[3145]]) was located in the [[Marian Hegemony]].<ref name=ER:3145p38/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> It is located approximately 481 light-years anti-spinward/rimward of [[Terra]].{{e}}

== System Description ==
The Blantleff system was located near the [[Maximillian]] and [[Thadora's Land]] systems.<ref name=ER:3145p38/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>

== System History ==
The Blantleff system was settled in [[2992]] by colonists from both the [[Circinus Federation]] and the [[Lothian League]].<ref name="TP1Ep65+"/>

== Political Affiliation ==
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* [[2596]] - No record <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - No record <ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - No record <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - No record <ref name="H:LoTv1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38, "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
* [[2822]] - No record <ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2930]] - [[Lothian League]] <ref name="HB:MPSp163">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 163, "Marian Hegemony at various stages Founding (2930), Post–Lothian Invasion (3055), Post–Illyrian invasion (3063), Current (3067)"</ref>
* [[2992]] - [[Circinus Federation]] / Lothian League (simultaneous colonization)<ref name="TP1Ep65+"/>
* [[3003]] - Lothian League <ref name="TP1Ep65+"/>
* [[3025]] - Lothian League <ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Circinus Federation <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3034]] - Circinus Federation <ref name="TP2Ep64"/>
* [[3036]] - Independent world <ref name="TP2Ep64A"/>
* [[3040]] - Circinus Federation <ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Circinus Federation <ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Circinus Federation <ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3055]] - Circinus Federation <ref name="HB:MPSp163"/>
* [[3057]] - Circinus Federation <ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
* [[3059]] - Circinus Federation <ref name="TPE2p110">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 110, "Rim Collection & Circinus Federation"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Circinus Federation <ref name="HB:MPSp163"/><ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp98">''Inner Sphere (sourcebook)'', p. 98, "Near Periphery Kingdoms"</ref>
* [[3066]] - [[Marian Hegemony]] <ref name="FM:Up194"/>
* [[3067]] - Marian Hegemony <ref name="HB:MPSp163"/><ref name="HB:MPSp169">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 169, "Circinus Federation - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">' Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map</ref><ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - Marian Hegemony <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Marian Hegemony <ref name="FR:Pp23">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 23, "Marian Hegemony Region Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Independent world <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Marian Hegemony <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Marian Hegemony <ref name=ER:3145p10>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
* [[3145]] - Marian Hegemony <ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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== Planetary History ==
=== Succession Wars ===
Blantleff was settled in 2992 by settlers from both the Circinus Federation and the Lothian League. The colonies were small - a few hundred settlers from each nation, co-existing peacefully - and there is some evidence that the Lothians, who referred to the planet as '''Dersidatz''', were unaware of the presence of the Circinians. The two groups were largely pastoral, herding animals and located hundreds of kilometers away from each other, and up until [[3003]] there were no problems between them.<ref name="TP1Ep65+">''The Periphery, 1st Edition'', p. 65-66, "Tactical Developments"</ref>

In 3003, someone within the Circinian government decided that Blantleff should be a solely Circinian holding, and troops from the Federation attacked the Lothian settlements, determined to kill the Lothian colonists. Within the Lothian population was a man named Blantz, the only Lothian colonist with the benefit of a higher education, and fortunately for the Lothians Blantz was familiar with the history of [[Kentares IV]] and the massacre perpetrated there by the [[Draconis Combine]]. The nomadic Lothian population knew when to expect a [[DropShip]] to arrive, making a regularly scheduled supply run and collecting livestock for sale elsewhere; under Blantz's direction, the Lothians who survived the first raid sent out a distress call and then powered down all their equipment. Then, using Blantz's memory of the tactics used by the survivors on Kentares, the Lothian nomads survived by following behind the Circinian troops. By staying in the wake of the search parties but staying out of sight, the Lothians managed to survive until the supply DropShip arrived. Learning of the colonist's plight from the distress call, the DropShip was able to trace the call to the Circinian rear areas. Having not bothered to secure the area while they hunted, the Federation forces were surprised and decisively defeated by the Lothians.<ref name="TP1Ep65+"/>

Following this defeat in 3003, the Circinians abandoned Blantleff to the Lothians, and it would remain a Lothian possession for at least two decades without being contested by the Federation.<ref name="TP1Ep65+"/> In [[3034]] the Federation moved against Dersidatz again. President H. R. "Little Bob" Mcintyre turned his sights on conquest, but the [[Illyrian Palatinate]] proved to be far better prepared than he anticipated, and the Circanian forces were forced to retreat. In an effort to avoid public condemnation and empowering his political rivals, McIntrye ordered a new target to be selected for invasion, and his advisers selected Dersidatz. Dersidatz was unprepared for the invasion, having never anticipated that a world of such little strategic value would be the target of conquest. The planet surrendered within days of the invasion, and McIntyre's reputation improved as a result of the victory... but small groups of resistance fighters continued to cause problems on the planet, despite the Federation establishing a number of small garrisons on the planet.<ref name="TP2Ep64">''The Periphery, Second Edition'', p. 64, "Palatinate Invasion"</ref>

McIntyre was planning another attempt to invade the Palatinate in [[3036]], but his plans were interrupted by a revolt on Dersidatz. The garrison had been reduced to just a single [[company]], which the resistance swiftly overwhelmed, and an enraged McIntyre ordered the [[Black Warriors]] to crush the rebellion... only to withdraw his orders when he received reports that both the Federated Commonwealth and Free Worlds League had begun large scale troop movements near the borders of the Federation. McIntyre ordered his troops to reinforce all of the border worlds, leaving the rebellion on Dersidatz unopposed for a year.<ref name="TP2Ep64A">''The Periphery, Second Edition'', p. 64, "On The Defensive"</ref>

Federation troops returned to Dersidatz in [[3037]], but the rebels had spent their time fortifying, preparing and arming themselves; it took until the end of [[3040]] for the Federation to regain control of the majority of the planet in the face of grueling guerrilla tactics, but small groups of rebels continued to fight even after McIntyre had declared victory and withdrawn most of the garrison.<ref name="TP2Ep64A"/>

=== Marian Hegemony Invasion ===
In January [[3066]], Blantleff was invaded by the [[Marian Hegemony]],<ref name="FM:Up194"/> with [[VI Legio]]<ref name="FM:Up195">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 195, "The Marian Legions"</ref> landing on the world as a part of the first wave of the invasion of the Circinus Federation led by [[Caesar]] [[Julius O'Reilly]]. Blantleff was captured within weeks, with the Marian invaders being greeted as liberators in many ways by the population of the planet.<ref name="FM:Up194">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 194-195, "Historical Brief"</ref>

VI Legio expected to act in support of the next stage of the invasion, but the Circanian President, H. R. "Little Bob" McIntyre had been aware of the likelihood of an invasion and had sought aid from neighboring states. The assistance provided by the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and the [[Rim Collection]] within the [[Free Worlds League]] was deliberately covert, and consisted of them hiring small mercenary concerns as proxies for the Federation. Some of those mercenaries were deployed to Blantleff, where they tied down the forces of VI Legio with repeated small-scale hit-and-run attacks. This was then followed up by an attack on VI Legio by forces disguised as reinforcements from [[IV Legio]], but which were actually elements of the [[McIntyre House Guard]] and the [[Black Warriors]], equipped with new [[BattleMech]]s provided by the [[Word of Blake]].<ref name="FM:Up197">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 197, "The Caesar's War"</ref> Although similar tactics had been used on [[Maximillian]], the ruse had been discovered, and VI Legio counterattacked the infiltrators with surprising ferocity, despite the Legion being understrength at the time. The attack kept VI Legio out of the attempted conquest of [[Circinus]] itself, but within two weeks the Federation forces on Blantleff had been defeated;<ref name="FM:Up195"/> the invasion was subsequently halted by Caesar O'Reilly,<ref name="FM:Up194"/> but VI Legio rebuilt using the salvage from the Federation forces and remained in place on Blantleff in anticipation of Circanian attacks.<ref name="FM:Up195"/>

=== The Jihad ===
A task force of Word of Blake troops attacked Blantleff on the 18th of March [[3070]], striking at the Marian world from staging bases inside the Circinus Federation.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Blantleff would be attacked again on the 17th of March [[3075]] when both Blantleff and Maximillian were attacked by forces of cybernetically-augmented troops from the Circinus Federation. Although the attackers were unable to conquer Blantleff or Maximillian, they did capture the nearby worlds of [[Khon Kaen]] and [[Poulsbo]].<ref name="JHS:Tp15">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 15, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp53">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> During the 3075 attack on Blantleff, a team of mercenaries led by [[Cabot Dayne]] raided a Marian research facility near the town of Rostrum, stealing records and samples. However, while trying to deliver the material to their employer, they learned that they were working for the Word of Blake, and rapidly turned on their liaison, destroying what records they could.<ref name=SoJ>''Sons of Janus''</ref>

The [[Green Ghosts]] raided Blantleff at some point prior to April [[3087]].<ref>''Dig, Defend, or Die'', pp. 5-6, "Ted" Konow joined the unit during a raid on Blantleff and scenario date is 08 April 3087.</ref>

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== Military Deployment ==
=== 3066 ===
* [[VI Legio]]<ref name="FM:Up194"/><ref name="FM:Up195"/>

===3067===
* VI Legio<ref name="FM:Up202">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 202-203, "Marian Hegemony Armed Forces"</ref>
:* Secunda Cohors
:* Tertia Cohors
* [[Winfield's Regiment]]<ref name=MS69>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 69, "Mercenary Employment Table"</ref>

===3145===
* [[I Legio]] (Shared with [[Maximillian]] and [[Valerius]])<ref name=FM3145p202>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 202, "Marian Hegemony Armed Forces"</ref>
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* Rostrum: A settlement. As of [[3075]], it featured a Marian Hegemony research facility.<ref name=SoJ:MvB>''Sons of Janus'' - ''Man Vs. Boy''</ref>
* Keane Foothills: A region near Rostrum, featuring a spaceport.<ref name=SoJ:ADO>''Sons of Janus'' - ''...Another Door Opens''</ref>
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== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 20 systems (8 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Maximillian]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.9
| class="over30" | [[Thadora's Land]]
| class="over30" | 35.0
| class="over30" | [[Zorn's Keep]]
| class="over30" | 38.9
| class="over30" | [[Valerius]]
| class="over30" | 41.2
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| class="over30" | [[New St._Andrews|New St. Andrews]]
| class="over30" | 46.1
| class="over30" | [[Sierra]]
| class="over30" | 56.5
| class="over30" | [[Lordinax]]
| class="over30" | 57.2
| class="over30" | [[Hardisey's Haven]]
| class="over30" | 58.2
|-
| class="over60" | [[Baltazar|Himmels]]
| class="over60" | 62.6
| class="over60" | [[Illyria]]
| class="over60" | 68.5
| class="over60" | [[Lothario]]
| class="over60" | 70.3
| class="over60" | [[Clayborne|Green Stone]]
| class="over60" | 71.3
|-
| class="over60" | [[Choex]]
| class="over60" | 72.3
| class="over60" | [[Diedre's Den|Iolas]]
| class="over60" | 73.0
| class="over60" | [[Merton]]
| class="over60" | 75.1
| class="over60" | [[Hazeldean]]
| class="over60" | 76.6
|-
| class="over60" | [[Sackville]]
| class="over60" | 77.6
| class="over60" | [[Andiron|Helbrent]]
| class="over60" | 80.8
| class="over60" | [[Aylmer]]
| class="over60" | 81.1
| class="over60" | [[Trasjkis]]
| class="over60" | 83.1
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
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* ''[[Dig, Defend, or Die]]'' (World Wide Event 2018)
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, 1st Edition]]''
* ''[[The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
* ''[[Sons of Janus]]'' (in: ''[[A Time of War Companion]]'')
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[[Category:Systems|Blantleff]]
[[Category:Planets|Blantleff]]
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[[Category: Independent Planets]]
[[Category: Lothian League Planets]]
[[Category: Marian Hegemony Planets]]