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The '''Dell''' system was the location of at least one habitable world and as at [[3145]] was located in the [[Clan Hell's Horses]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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The '''Bensinger''' system was the location of at least one habitable world and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Clan Hell's Horses]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
  
 
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== System Description ==
 
== System Description ==
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The Dell system is located close to the [[Svarstaad]] and [[Vulcan]] systems<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> and consists of at least four planets orbiting a class K3V primary; at least one of the planets, '''Dell IV''', has been inhabited, and during the [[thirty-first century]] a recharge station was in place at the zenith [[jump point]].<ref name=O:TCp27/>
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The Bensinger system is located close to the [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]] and [[New Ålborg]] systems.<ref name="H:LoTV1p10"/>
  
 
== System History ==
 
== System History ==
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The Bensinger system was colonised during the [[Star League era]] at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]].<ref name=HRWp159/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
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The Bensinger system was colonized at some point during or shortly after the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="TP1Ep17"/>
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= Dell IV =
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* ca. [[2330]] - Independent world<ref name="TP1Ep17"/>
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* ca. [[2334]]-[[2338]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="TP1Ep18"/>
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* [[2571]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158: "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', Map: Inner Sphere 2764</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
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* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name=20YU25/><ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - [[Clan Steel Viper]]<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref>
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* [[3061]] - Clan Steel Viper<ref name=FMWC166/>
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* [[3063]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70: "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War Map [3067]"</ref>
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* [[3071]] - [[Clan Ice Hellion]]<ref name="JHS3076p20"/><ref name="J:FRp50"/>
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* [[3072]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 31: "Clan Occupation Zones Map [3072]"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 26: "Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Table [3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
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* [[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"</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Clan Hell Horse  <ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102-103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref>  
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* [[3152]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref name=TRpm/>
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==Bensinger IV==
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Dell IV - more commonly referred to simply as Dell - is the fourth planet in the Dell system and has two moons named Ai Kanaka and Lona.<ref name=O:TCp27/>
 
  
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== Planetary History ==
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===Planetary History===
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In early September [[3050]] Dell was conquered by [[Clan Wolf]] as part of the fourth wave of [[Operation REVIVAL]]. [[Khan]] [[Ulric Kerensky]] had a personal hand in the planet's conquest, leading his [[Golden Keshik (Clan Wolf)|Golden Keshik]] alongside most of the [[4th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf)|Fourth Wolf Guards]] minus [[Trinary]] ''Rogue'' against the [[Twenty-fourth Arcturan Guards]] [[RCT]].  The Twenty-fourth's commanding officer, [[Marshal]] [[Grace Shremp]], assumed that Clan Wolf would conduct a surgical strike at the heart of the planet's megacomplex of Cosmopolis and so constructed a strong line of fortifications.  These assumptions were proved incorrect when Khan Ulric Kerensky kept his forces just outside the defensive perimeter and instead skirmished with the Guards at Issel, Bainbridge and Cossin.  These attacks caused little material damage but were psychologically devastating.  The end came when Marshal Shremp made the decision to abandon the fortifications and meet the Wolves in Mercer Valley.  In one of the few instances during the invasion in which Clan forces used such weapons, the valley had been mined with [[Vibrabomb]]s.  These mines, in combination with interlocking fields of fire, produced a killing field from which very few Lyran Guards survived.<ref name="CWSBp62">''Clan Wolf Sourcebook'', p. 62</ref>
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Bensinger was settled by a mixture of artists and craftsmen from [[Kufstein]] and [[Predlitz]], technicians from [[St. John]] and engineers from [[New Bergen]]. This eclectic mix of settlers were refugees fleeing from the [[Rasalhague Principality]] as a result of [[Shiro Kurita|Shiro Kurita's]] campaign to try and annex this nation during the 2330s-2340s.<ref name="TP1Ep17">''The Periphery, 1st Edition'', p. 17: "Inner Sphere Politics"</ref>
  
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====Rim Worlds Republic====
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* [[2341]] - No record <ref name=HBHS13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth at their founding in [2341]"</ref>
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Bensinger was one of the worlds targeted by [[Maxwell Rowe]] during his efforts to build up the Rim Worlds Republic, beginning in [[2330]]; Rowe began by negotiating a series of trade and barter pacts with worlds like Bensinger, carefully avoiding any suggestions of a military alliance, defensive or otherwise. Rowe added offers of social and technological favors including access to new Rim Worlds Republic university facilities over time, and through guile and slow but steady progress persuaded the natives of Bensinger to join the Republic.<ref name="TP1Ep18">''The Periphery, 1st Edition'', p. 18: "From Rim to Tamar"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - No record <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - No record <ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
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====Reunification War====
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* [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
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By the end of the [[Age of War]] Bensinger was a member of the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Spark"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"</ref>
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The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132: "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by the [[4th Amaris Fusiliers]] in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"</ref>
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In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Arlina to Viborg (December 2584 - September 2588)"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 36039 [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
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[[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]] assigned a [[division]] from [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]], the [[17th Royal Division|Seventeenth Royal Division]], along with three regiments from the [[2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps]] - the [[2nd Marik Militia|Second]] and [[6th Marik Militia|Sixth Marik Militias]] and the [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente|First Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] - to the conquest of Bensinger in [[2594]]. The Star League forces successfully took control of Bensinger,<ref name="H:RWp139">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 139: "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"</ref> defeating the local militia forces, and remained in place as the local garrison until the Seventeenth and the [[FWLM]] regiments were redeployed for the invasions of [[Taran's World]] and [[Crellacor]] in [[2595]].<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Clan Wolf <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"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Clan Wolf <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref>
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Bensinger was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the [[2773]]-[[2775]] Republic-Commonwealth war.<ref name="HB:MPSp37"/>
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* [[3063]] - Clan Wolf <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Clan Wolf <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42-43, "Inner Sphere - October 3067"</ref>
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====Clan Invasion====
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* [[3075]] - Clan Wolf <ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075]"</ref>
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Clan Jade Falcon assaulted Bensinger during [[Operation REVIVAL]]. The system was defended by the [[7th Regiment (12th Star Guards)|Seventh Regiment]] of the [[Twelfth Star Guards]]. The mercenaries were engaged in wargames and were unable to participate in the main defense of the world. The Falcons eventually hunted down all the mercenaries and killed them.<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 41</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Clan Wolf {{cn}}
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* [[3081]] - Clan Wolf <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
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On April [[3055]] Bensinger was invaded by forces from Clan Steel Viper, but the landing was terrible for the [[Viper Fusiliers (Clan Steel Viper)|Viper Fusiliers]]. Disorganized and in the crosshairs of the awaiting [[305th Assault (Clan Jade Falcon)|305th Assault Cluster]], the Vipers were on the edge of the collapse, but managed to turn the fight in their favor, even with nearly 25% losses. The Jade Falcon force was so badly positioned that they had to fire on their on comrades before reaching the enemy.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 91</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Clan Wolf <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
 
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* [[3130]] - Clan Wolf <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
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* [[3135]] - Clan Wolf <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
 
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* [[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"</ref>
 
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===2765===
 
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* [[Twenty-third York Regulars]]<ref name=FR:2765LCAFp20>''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 20, "York Regulars" - Regimental Status</ref>
 
  
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===3025===
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====Jihad====
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* [[Twenty-fourth Arcturan Guards]]<ref name=HS116>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 116, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p.44, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
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In [[3071]] Clan Ice Hellion launched an invasion of the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone, and Bensinger was one of the worlds captured during 3071 by the Hellions. The Hellions wouldn't hold Bensinger for long, however; in early November, forces from Clan Hell's Horses attacked several worlds that had been captured by the Hellions, including Bensinger, forcing the Hellions to give up some of their conquests.<ref name="JHS3076p20">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 17: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp50">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 50: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
  
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* Twenty-fourth Arcturan Guards<ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>
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====2594====
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* [[SLDF]] [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
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:* [[17th Royal Division|Seventeenth Royal Division]]
  
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* [[2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps|Second Marik Auxiliary Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
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* Twenty-fourth Arcturan Guards RCT<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137, "Deployment Table"</ref>
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:* [[2nd Marik Militia|Second Marik Militia]]
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:* [[6th Marik Militia|Sixth Marik Militia]]
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:* [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente|First Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]]
  
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* Twenty-fourth Arcturan Guards [[RCT]]<ref name=20YU25>''20 Year Update'', p. 25, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[12th Star Guards|Twelfth Star Guards]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p141">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141: "Deployment Table"</ref>
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:* [[7th Regiment (12th Star Guards)|Seventh Regiment]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p141"/>
  
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* [[20th Wolf Regulars (Clan Wolf)|Twentieth Wolf Regulars]]<ref name=ORp32>''Objective Raids'', p.32 </ref>
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* Twelfth Star Guards<ref name="H:Wo3039p141"/>
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:* Seventh Regiment<ref name="H:Wo3039p141"/>
  
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===3079===
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* [[4th Striker (Clan Wolf)|Fourth Striker]]<ref name=O:TCp27/><ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 21, "Clan Wolf Deployment Status"</ref>
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* Twelfth Star Guards<ref name=20YU25/>
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:* Seventh Regiment<ref name=20YU25>''20 Year Update'', p. 25: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
  
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===3145===
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====3061====
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* [[Delta Galaxy Command (Clan Hell's Horses)|Delta Galaxy Command]]<ref name=FM:3145p167>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 167, "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Hell's Horses"</ref>
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* [[83rd Fang (Clan Steel Viper)|Eighty-third Fang]]<ref name=FMWC166>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 166: "Warden Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[65th Mechanized Strike (Clan Hell's Horses)|Sixty-fifth Mechanized Strike]]<ref name=FM:3145p167/>
 
  
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== Geography ==  
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Dell has six major continents named Hawaii, Honolulu, Kalawao, Kauai, Maui and Sandwich.<ref name=O:TCp27/>
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* [[49th BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)|Forty-ninth BattleMech Cluster]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 125: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
  
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* Bainbridge: site of a notable battle during the Clan invasion.<ref name="CWSBp62"/>
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* Cossin: site of a notable battle during the Clan invasion.<ref name="CWSBp62"/>
 
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* Issel: site of a notable battle during the Clan invasion.<ref name="CWSBp62"/>
 
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* Mercer Valley: site of a notable battle during the Clan invasion.<ref name="CWSBp62"/>
 
  
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* [[Dell Aerospace Industriplex]]<ref>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 27, "Dell Aerospace Industriplex"</ref>
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* Caracas: Domed capital city<ref name="ACCp2">''A Cold Collaboration'', p. 2</ref>
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Bensinger
← 3135
3151
Bensinger 3151.svg
Bensinger nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-128.757 : 444.564[e]
Recharge time175 hours[1]

The Bensinger system was the location of at least one habitable world and as of 3145 was located in the Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone.[2][3]

System Description[edit]

The Bensinger system is located close to the Apollo and New Ålborg systems.[4]

System History[edit]

The Bensinger system was colonized at some point during or shortly after the First Exodus from Terra.[5]

Political Affiliation[edit]

Bensinger IV[edit]

Bensinger IV
Astrophysical
System positionFourth[citation needed]
Government and Infrastructure
CapitalCaracas[citation needed]

Planetary History[edit]

Bensinger was settled by a mixture of artists and craftsmen from Kufstein and Predlitz, technicians from St. John and engineers from New Bergen. This eclectic mix of settlers were refugees fleeing from the Rasalhague Principality as a result of Shiro Kurita's campaign to try and annex this nation during the 2330s-2340s.[5]

Rim Worlds Republic[edit]

Bensinger was one of the worlds targeted by Maxwell Rowe during his efforts to build up the Rim Worlds Republic, beginning in 2330; Rowe began by negotiating a series of trade and barter pacts with worlds like Bensinger, carefully avoiding any suggestions of a military alliance, defensive or otherwise. Rowe added offers of social and technological favors including access to new Rim Worlds Republic university facilities over time, and through guile and slow but steady progress persuaded the natives of Bensinger to join the Republic.[6]

Reunification War[edit]

By the end of the Age of War Bensinger was a member of the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic.[7] Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in 2575, with the factions polarized around those loyal to First Consul Gregory Amaris and those loyal to the Rift Republican Army and the Rim Provisional Government.[36]

The Star League eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in 2579 assembled Task Force MAILED FIST to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the Star League Defense Force, Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing Operation MAILED FIST, the name given to the military intervention. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near Apollo,[37] until a destructive raid on Alarion by the 4th Amaris Fusiliers in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing Rim Worlds Army concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.[38]

In late 2584 the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the Draconis Auxiliary Corps when they captured Nightwish in mid-2584.[39]

General Nathan Isaacson assigned a division from VI Corps, the Seventeenth Royal Division, along with three regiments from the 2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps - the Second and Sixth Marik Militias and the First Brigade of the Fusiliers of Oriente - to the conquest of Bensinger in 2594. The Star League forces successfully took control of Bensinger,[40] defeating the local militia forces, and remained in place as the local garrison until the Seventeenth and the FWLM regiments were redeployed for the invasions of Taran's World and Crellacor in 2595.[41]

Star League Era[edit]

Bensinger was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773-2775 Republic-Commonwealth war.[13]

Clan Invasion[edit]

Clan Jade Falcon assaulted Bensinger during Operation REVIVAL. The system was defended by the Seventh Regiment of the Twelfth Star Guards. The mercenaries were engaged in wargames and were unable to participate in the main defense of the world. The Falcons eventually hunted down all the mercenaries and killed them.[42]

On April 3055 Bensinger was invaded by forces from Clan Steel Viper, but the landing was terrible for the Viper Fusiliers. Disorganized and in the crosshairs of the awaiting 305th Assault Cluster, the Vipers were on the edge of the collapse, but managed to turn the fight in their favor, even with nearly 25% losses. The Jade Falcon force was so badly positioned that they had to fire on their on comrades before reaching the enemy.[43]

Jihad[edit]

In 3071 Clan Ice Hellion launched an invasion of the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone, and Bensinger was one of the worlds captured during 3071 by the Hellions. The Hellions wouldn't hold Bensinger for long, however; in early November, forces from Clan Hell's Horses attacked several worlds that had been captured by the Hellions, including Bensinger, forcing the Hellions to give up some of their conquests.[28][29]

Military Deployment[edit]

2594[edit]

3038[edit]

3040[edit]

  • Twelfth Star Guards[44]
  • Seventh Regiment[44]

3050[edit]

  • Twelfth Star Guards[20]
  • Seventh Regiment[20]

3061[edit]

3085[edit]


Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Caracas: Domed capital city[46]
  • Cartwright: Domed city[47]
  • Déline: town[46]
  • Gander: Domed city[47]
  • Wekweti: town[46]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 32 systems (29 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Apollo 12.1 New Ålborg 16.8 Zertarum 17.0 Toland 18.5
Here 21.4 Blackstone 29.4 Steelton 32.0 Butte Hold 33.1
Oberon 33.5 Somerset 36.1 Lackhove 37.5 Wotan 38.6
Anywhere 39.4 Iron Land 40.5 Treeline 42.8 Sigurd 43.1
Persistence 44.4 Last Chance 45.0 Star's End 47.2 Placida 47.5
Derf 49.9 Crellacor 52.4 Golandrinas 53.8 Icar 54.7
Götterdämmerung 55.0 Cryfder 55.1 Erewhon 57.1 Trell 59.5
Bone-Norman 59.9 Renren 61.4 Drask's Den 61.4 Botany Bay 62.4

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tamar Rising, poster map
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Periphery, 1st Edition, p. 17: "Inner Sphere Politics"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Periphery, 1st Edition, p. 18: "From Rim to Tamar"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  9. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158: "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  10. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  11. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  12. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, Map: Inner Sphere 2764
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"
  19. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20 Year Update, p. 25: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10: "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 166: "Warden Clans Deployment Table"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War Map [3067]"
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 17: "Timeline of the Jihad"
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 50: "The Jihad In Review"
  30. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 31: "Clan Occupation Zones Map [3072]"
  31. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 26: "Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Table [3079]"
  32. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  33. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  35. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 102-103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"
  36. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 130: "The Spark"
  37. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 132: "Case Apollo"
  38. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"
  39. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 134: "Arlina to Viborg (December 2584 - September 2588)"
  40. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 139: "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 153: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"
  42. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 41
  43. ↑ Invading Clans, p. 91
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141: "Deployment Table"
  45. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 125: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 A Cold Collaboration, p. 2
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 A Cold Collaboration, p. 4

Bibliography[edit]

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