3073
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Contents
Battles
- February 4th: Word of Blake Precentor Avitue kills Marshal of the Armies Jackson Davion on New Avalon. Avitue is seriously injured during the battle.
- April 3rd: The Martian Cuirassiers mercenary unit are destroyed on Hall by the 52nd Shadow Division for breach of contract.
- May: The Word of Blake's 40th Shadow Division & elements of the 2nd Division inflict heavy damage to Chandrasekhar Kurita's coalition forces on Arcturus.
- June 28th: A Regulan task force assaults the Blakist Gibson in Operation Vijay.
- August 28th: The Word of Blake's 50th Shadow Division strikes New Exford, devastating the Kell Hounds' 1st Regiment.
- September: The Word of Blake's 40th Shadow Division, with the 52nd Shadow Division, strikes the 22nd Skye Rangers on Caledonia.
- November 28th: The Word of Blake's 32nd Division pushes the Kokurya-kai out of the Takashi Memorial Spaceport and into local Luthien neighborhoods.
- November: The Word of Blake's 40th Shadow Division engages Devlin's Stone Coalition force on Hesperus II.
- December: The Word of Blake’s 50th Shadow Division sustains heavy damage while raiding Bountiful Harvest.
- Forces from Clan Ice Hellion unsuccessfully attempt to raid the Hanseatic League world of Antwerp.
Events
- January 22nd: Mutli-national anti-Blakist conference Arc-Royal rocked by Donner Bombing
- August: The Word of Blake's 40th Shadow Division return to Hesperus II.
- The Potemkin-class WarShip Titanic is rumored to be lost in Clan Space.
- Sorenson's Sabres are spotted on Arcturus under contact with Chandrasekhar Kurita.
- Stone's Lament formed.
- Sathen's Snipers withdraws from Luthien.
Characters
- January 22nd: Fritz Donner is killed by implanted suicide bomb at Arc-Royal Conference, claiming the lives of:
- August 28th: Christian Kell is killed on New Exford by the 50th Shadow Division.
- September: Buda Weapons Chief Researcher Hideoshi Yamika smuggles his complete team and prototypes of the Large X-Pulse Laser onto Luthien.
- November: Etienne (Balzac) is killed on Etienne's Sanctuary by Kael Pershaw.
- Kael Pershaw dies after slaying Etienne, ending the threat posed by the rebel scientist.
- December 20th: Peter Steiner-Davion is killed by a suspected Word of Blake assassin.
Technology
- Clan Blood Spirit develops the Crimson Hawk BattleMech.
- The Word of Blake introduced Sub-Capital Cannon and Lasers:
- Word of Blake developed for Battle Armor the Detachable Weapon Pack.
- Federated Suns developed the C3 Boosted Master.
- Federated Suns developed the C3 Boosted Slave.
- Draconis Combine developed the Battle Armor C3 System.
- Clan Blood Spirit introduce the ProtoMech Autocannon/2.
- Clan Blood Spirit introduce the ProtoMech Autocannon/4.
- Clan Blood Spirit introduce the ProtoMech Autocannon/8.
- Clan Ghost Bear developed the Rogue Bear Battle Armor.
- Earthwerks Incorporated of Tiber introduce the Merkava Mk. IX Heavy Tank.