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(References to Bad News)

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

X: 421.80 Y: 196.77[e]


Planetary Garrison

2572-2577

Star League Defense Force garrison[1] VI Corps detachment consisting of:

2578-2580

Star League Defense Force garrison[1] VI Corps detachment consisting of:

2581

Star League Defense Force garrison[1] VI Corps detachment consisting of:

Star League Outworlds Alliance Task Force[2] VI Corps detachment consisting of:

2582-2585

3rd Dieron Regulars (detachment)[3][4]

3025 to 3050 to 3054 to 3067

3079

- At this point in time the 5th operating at 80% of full strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

Owner History

Planetary History

Originally a world within the Outworlds Alliance, Bad News was occupied by forces from the Star League in November 2572 under the terms of Directive 21.[11] Originally, these forces consisted of a battalion of infantry and a battalion of BattleMechs drawn from VI Corps on a rotating basis, with different battalions assigned each year. When General Amos Forlough was put in command of the forces that would be used to conduct Operation UNION HOLD, the Star League invasion of the Outworlds Alliance, he increased the garrison on Bad News by adding another infantry battalion and reducing the rotation time for garrison forces to once every two years[1]

By early to mid 2581, preparations for an invasion of the Alliance had reached the point where Star League Defense Force troops were actively being marshalled on the border, and two full divisions of Star League troops from V Corps, the 13th Royal Division and the 14th Division, were deployed onto Bad News. Aided by the local knowledge gained by the garrison forces from VI Corps, the V Corps divisions rapidly disarmed the local militia and the Star League assumed actual control of Bad News.[1]

Bad News remained quiet during the first year of the war, but in 2582 the redeployment of Star League forces led to the auxilliary Draconis Combine forces which were supporting the SLDF task force taking over responsibility for Bad News from the Star League forces. In 2583, the Bad News DCMS garrison force was the 3rd Dieron Regulars, who were designated as the reserve force for those Combine forces deployed to invade the nearby worlds of Nexus Ri, Kazanka and Zlatousi.[12]

Although individual battalions of the 3rd Dieron Regulars were moved forward as garrisons to Nexus Ri, Kazanka and Zlatousi in 2583[12] a battalion of BattleMechs supported by two regiments each of infantry and armor remained as the garrison on Bad News, and had been terrorizing the population since becoming the de facto garrison. Following the battles on Haynesville, the Outworlds Alliance Militia had been able to add two new BattleMech regiments to it's strength using salvaged material, and this allowed the Pitcairn Legion to raid into territory occupied by Star League and Draconis Combine forces. Bad News was selected as a target for one of these raids, and the 2nd Regiment of the Pitcairn Legion under the command of Colonel Samantha Milton-Jones made planetfall on Bad News on the 13th of March 2583.[3]

Milton-Jones immediately focussed her attention on the 3rd Dieron forces, despite a counter-attack on the 14th of March by a scratch force of Kurita 'Mechs and armor which had been undergoing work in a makeshift depot the Combine forces had established on Bad News. The Pitcairn Legion forces not only saw off this counter-attack and every subsequent attack, but also spent the next three weeks all but destroying the 3rd Dieron Regulars' Mech battalion and inflicting heavy damage on the supporting armor regiments. The Legion troops only retreated off-world when a Combine WarShip appeared in-system.[3]

On the 1st of August 2585 Bad News was formally ceded to the Draconis Combine along with 13 other worlds as a part of the terms laid out within the Treaty of Cerberus.[13]

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Brasha 14.31 1 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Dante 21.20 1 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Zlatousi 25.07 1 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Morthac 29.51 1 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Quantraine 34.94 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Milligan's World 36.02 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Zalaf 38.15 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Dindatari 39.54 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Sinope 39.91 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Tabayama 40.79 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Kazanka 41.45 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Ramgarh 42.61 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Pondicherry 48.66 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Calish II 49.42 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Jordan 50.61 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Suianheer 51.71 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Alegro 51.76 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Calish III 51.88 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Budingen 52.40 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Rushaven 53.98 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Cerberus 54.47 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Chirala 58.83 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Valentina 59.52 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Historical: Reunification War, p. 110-111, "Fait Accompli(shed)"
  2. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 140, "Outworlds Alliance Front"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 123, "Pitcairn's Raids"
  4. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 141, "Outworlds Alliance Front"
  5. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 134, "Unit Deployment Table"
  6. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 41, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  7. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 26, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 118, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  9. ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 10, "Galedon Regulars Regimental Status"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 147, "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 108, "Something From Nothing"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 121, "Kazanka, Nexus Ri and Zlatousi"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 126, "Year Five: Peace In Our Time"
  14. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  15. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  16. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of [3039] Map"
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Spher Map [3057]"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  24. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 110, "Outworlds Alliance"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  26. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 150, "Outworlds Alliance (3067)
  27. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075]"
  28. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FR:DCMSp21
  29. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 30, "Clan Snow Raven & Outworlds Alliance Deployment Map [3079]"
  30. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  32. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"

Bibliography

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