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− | == System Description == | + | ==System Description== |
− | + | Berenson is located close to the [[Kristiandsund]] and [[Menkalinan]] systems.<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> | |
− | == System History == | + | ==System History== |
The Berenson system was colonized during the late [[twenty-third century]].<ref name=HBHM16/><ref name="HL(TCC)p16"/> | The Berenson system was colonized during the late [[twenty-third century]].<ref name=HBHM16/><ref name="HL(TCC)p16"/> | ||
− | == Political Affiliation == | + | ==Political Affiliation== |
− | * [[2271]] - No record<ref name=HBHM16>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
− | * [[2307]] - [[Capellan Hegemony]] (occupied by the Free Worlds League)<ref name="HL(TCC)p16">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 16 | + | * [[2271]] - No record<ref name=HBHM16>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref> |
− | * | + | * [[2307]] - [[Capellan Hegemony]] (occupied by the Free Worlds League)<ref name="HL(TCC)p16">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 16</ref> |
− | * [[2365]] - Capellan world (specific affiliation not known)<ref name="HL(TCC)p29">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 29 | + | * ca. [[2316]]–[[2335]] - [[Free Worlds League]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p19">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 19</ref> |
− | * [[2366]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17 | + | * [[2365]] - Capellan world (specific affiliation not known)<ref name="HL(TCC)p29">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 29</ref> |
− | * [[2367]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13 | + | * [[2366]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref> |
+ | * [[2367]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13</ref> | ||
* [[2368]]-[[2378]] - Disputed world ([[Capellan Confederation]]/Free Worlds League)<ref name="HL(TCC)p29"/> | * [[2368]]-[[2378]] - Disputed world ([[Capellan Confederation]]/Free Worlds League)<ref name="HL(TCC)p29"/> | ||
− | * [[2571]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25 | + | * [[2571]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25</ref><ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24</ref> |
− | * [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159 | + | * [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref> |
− | * [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37 | + | * [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref> |
− | * [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11 | + | * [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref> |
− | * [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104 | + | * [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref> |
− | * [[2771]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138 | + | * [[2771]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138</ref> |
* [[2772]] - Terran Hegemony (from September)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/> | * [[2772]] - Terran Hegemony (from September)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/> | ||
− | * [[2783]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV2p118">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 118 | + | * [[2783]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV2p118">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 118</ref> |
* [[2784]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/> | * [[2784]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/> | ||
− | * [[2786]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: " | + | * [[2786]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25</ref> |
− | * [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31 | + | * [[2797]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref> |
− | * [[ | + | * [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31</ref><ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113</ref> |
− | * [[2840]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HM(TFWL)p92">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 92 | + | * [[2830]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=SSWp18>''Second Succession War'', pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref> |
− | * [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39 | + | * [[2832]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HM(TFWL)p32">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 32: "At War with ComStar"</ref> |
− | * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40 | + | * [[2840]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HM(TFWL)p92">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 92</ref> |
− | * [[3030]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49 | + | * [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39</ref><ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38</ref> |
− | * [[3040]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133 | + | * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42</ref> |
− | * [[3050]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11 | + | * [[3030]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49</ref><ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51</ref> |
− | * [[3052]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23 | + | * [[3040]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref> |
− | * [[3054]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=OR37/> | + | * [[3050]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref> |
− | * [[3057]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11 | + | * [[3052]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref> |
− | * [[3058]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60 | + | * [[3054]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=NSp8>''Null Set'', p. 8</ref><ref name=OR37/> |
+ | * [[3057]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref> | ||
+ | * [[3058]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60</ref> | ||
* [[3059]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=FMFWL112/> | * [[3059]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=FMFWL112/> | ||
− | * [[3063]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29 | + | * [[3063]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref> |
− | * [[3067]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68 | + | * [[3067]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68</ref><ref name="HB:HMp56">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 56</ref><ref name=JFRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 41</ref> |
− | * [[3075]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65 | + | * [[3075]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref> |
* [[3077]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (until May)<ref name=jht46>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 46</ref> | * [[3077]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (until May)<ref name=jht46>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 46</ref> | ||
− | * [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17 | + | * [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17</ref> |
− | * [[3081]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63 | + | * [[3081]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref> |
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref> | * [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref> | ||
− | * [[3135]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10 | + | * [[3135]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10</ref> |
* [[3139]] - [[Augustine Alliance]]<ref>''Map of the Augustine Alliance depicted along with Free Worlds League map as of [3139]''</ref> | * [[3139]] - [[Augustine Alliance]]<ref>''Map of the Augustine Alliance depicted along with Free Worlds League map as of [3139]''</ref> | ||
− | * [[3145]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38 | + | * [[3145]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref> |
+ | {{div col end}} | ||
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− | + | ==Berenson== | |
− | = Berenson = | + | {{InfoBoxPlanet |
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− | | capital = Buena Vista<ref name=NSp8 | + | | political = |
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− | + | | capital = Buena Vista<ref name=NSp8/> | |
| hpg = B<ref name=NSp8/> | | hpg = B<ref name=NSp8/> | ||
+ | | hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Garth Hansen]] (3054)<ref name=NSp6>''Null Set'', p. 6</ref> | ||
}} | }} | ||
+ | ===Planetary History=== | ||
+ | ====Early History==== | ||
+ | Berenson was notionally a client state of the Capellan Hegemony prior to the war between the Hegemony and the [[Sarna Supremacy]] in the early [[twenty-fourth century]], but in [[2306]], [[Prime Magnate]] [[Paula Aris]] of the Hegemony negotiated with the Free Worlds League to obtain military support for the war against the Supremacy in exchange for Capellan support for various League territorial campaigns. Much to the embarrassment of Aris and the Hegemony, the military aid provided by the League turned out to be little more than newly trained militia units, and the League also proceeded to occupy both Berenson and the nearby world of [[Wasat]] with the intention of reclaiming both.<ref name="HL(TCC)p16"/> | ||
− | + | Within a few years, the newly created Terran Hegemony negotiated the [[Treaty of Geneva]] with the Free Worlds League, an agreement which saw the Terran Hegemony's military attentions focused elsewhere, and which also saw [[Director-General of the Terran Hegemony|Director-General]] [[James McKenna]] repeatedly side with Free Worlds League claims over those of the various Capellan states. One of the first of these acts was the confirmation of the Free Worlds League's possession of Berenson.<ref name="HL(TCC)p19"/> | |
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− | + | At some point after McKenna's declaration in the 2330s, Berenson returned to Capellan control; however, as Federated Suns troops contested numerous worlds along the spinward border of the newly formed Capellan Confederation troops from the Free Worlds League were deployed to take control of Berenson yet again, along with the nearby [[Zion]] system. [[Franco Liao]] was forced to trade worlds for time as he unified the various disparate Capellan Zone nations into the Capellan Confederation, but despite this Berenson and several other worlds on the anti-spinward border of the Confederation would be contested for a decade, changing hands numerous times.<ref name="HL(TCC)p29"/> | |
− | + | ====Succession Wars==== | |
+ | Berenson was captured along with the worlds of [[Kyrkbacken]] and [[Zion]] by a hugely successful Free Worlds League Military offensive led by the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] that struck the Sarna Commonality of the Capellan Confederation in [[2832]].<ref name="HM(TFWL)p32"/> While the Free Worlds League was engaged in the [[ComStar War]] it was subject to predation at the hands of both of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and the Capellan Confederation, and in [[2840]] the Confederation was besieging Berenson when the [[Fourth Marik Militia]] led a heroic counterattack against the Capellan forces. Despite their heroics the Fourth fell in battle, and wouldn't be rebuilt until the 3020s.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p92"/> | ||
− | + | {{ApocryphalContentStart}} | |
− | + | In early [[3024]], [[Bowen Kincaid]] contracted out the [[Waco Rangers]]' reserve battalion under the command of [[C.H.G. Keller]] on a short-term basis while he searched for his family's famed [[Archer#Apocryphal Variants|''Archer'']], ''Agincourt'', which he wanted to destroy before it could be found by [[Jake Mason]] and his [[Nik's Cavaliers|Cavaliers]] mercenary unit, to whom his father had bequeathed it to after he died.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', "Bow and Arrow"</ref> | |
− | + | Major Keller's forces were late arriving at a decommissioned base on [[Bernardo]] where the ''Agincourt'' was once stored, encountering strong resistance from the Cavaliers and forced to withdraw. Luckily for them, it was actually hidden in a city on Berenson and Keller was able to set up a forward operating base and dig in before the Cavaliers arrived. It mattered little, as the Cavaliers overran their defenses and found the 'Mech, killing Bowen Kincaid in the process. With his death, the Waco Rangers withdrew from the field.<ref name=MW5M/> | |
− | + | {{ApocryphalContentEnd}} | |
− | === | + | ====Operation GUERRERO==== |
− | + | In June [[3054]], the [[Word of Blake]]-controlled Berenson [[HPG]] station was entangled in a complex scheme. As part of a [[Word of Blake#Toyamas|Toyama]] plot to remove [[ComStar]] from the [[Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission]], mercenaries were hired by [[Precentor]] [[Garth Hansen]], a Toyama [[ROM]] agent disguised as a ComStar representative, to investigate the HPG. Upon arrival, they were attacked with the HPG itself, weaponized to fire a powerful electromagnetic pulse. As a result, the HPG was destroyed in the clash, leading to MRBC charges against the mercenaries.<ref>''Null Set'', pp. 6–13</ref> Rebuilding began shortly afterwards.<ref>''Null Set'', p. 19</ref> Blakist [[Adept]] [[Ford Eisner]], present for and shocked by the attack, revealed what he knew of the plot a few days later, unraveling the scheme.<ref>''Null Set'', p. 20</ref> | |
− | The [[Word of Blake]] held the world during the [[Jihad]], but forces assigned to [[Duke|Duchess]] [[Alys Rousset-Marik]] during [[Operation SCOUR]] removed them from the world. Berenson was initially targeted by Group I under the direct command of Rousset-Marik, but discovered that the defenses on the planet were tougher than had initially been expected. Rather than be drawn into a damaging conflict, as had happened elsewhere on the Free Worlds League front, Rousset-Marik withdrew until Group II reinforced Group I, and then the combined forces of both Groups assaulted Berenson, conquering the planet quickly.<ref name=jht46/> | + | ====Jihad==== |
− | + | During the third week of June [[3069]], the worlds of Berenson, [[Irian]], [[Procyon]], and [[Sirius]] were rocked by internal conflict as Free Worlds League Loyalists clashed with local government forces as a result of the local governments and their forces turning against the false [[Thomas Marik]] and the government on [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]].<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> | |
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+ | The [[Word of Blake]] held the world during the [[Jihad]], but forces assigned to [[Duke of Augustine|Duchess]] [[Alys Rousset-Marik]] during [[Operation SCOUR]] removed them from the world. Berenson was initially targeted by Group I under the direct command of Rousset-Marik, but discovered that the defenses on the planet were tougher than had initially been expected. Rather than be drawn into a damaging conflict, as had happened elsewhere on the Free Worlds League front, Rousset-Marik withdrew until Group II reinforced Group I, and then the combined forces of both Groups assaulted Berenson, conquering the planet quickly.<ref name=jht46/> | ||
− | == | + | ===Military Deployment=== |
− | - | + | {{columns-start|num=3}} |
− | == | + | ====2786==== |
− | |||
* [[Fourth Marik Militia]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref> | * [[Fourth Marik Militia]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref> | ||
− | === 2821 === | + | ====2821==== |
− | * [[ | + | * [[Thirds Liao Guards]]<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War'', p. 136: "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"</ref> |
− | * [[ | + | * [[Thirteenth Tikonov Lancers]]<ref name="FSWp136"/> |
− | === 3025 === | + | ====3025==== |
* [[First Free Worlds Guards]]<ref name=HM108>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> | * [[First Free Worlds Guards]]<ref name=HM108>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
− | + | {{column}} | |
− | === 3050 === | + | ====3050==== |
* [[First Free Worlds Guards]]<ref name=20YU56>''20 Year Update'', p. 56: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | * [[First Free Worlds Guards]]<ref name=20YU56>''20 Year Update'', p. 56: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
* [[Fifteenth Marik Militia]]<ref name=20YU56/> | * [[Fifteenth Marik Militia]]<ref name=20YU56/> | ||
− | === 3054 === | + | ====3054==== |
* First Free Worlds Guards<ref name=OR37>''Objective Raids'', p. 37: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | * First Free Worlds Guards<ref name=OR37>''Objective Raids'', p. 37: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
* Fifteenth Marik Militia<ref name=OR38>''Objective Raids'', p. 38: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=NSp8/> | * Fifteenth Marik Militia<ref name=OR38>''Objective Raids'', p. 38: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=NSp8/> | ||
− | === 3059 === | + | ====3059==== |
* Fifteenth Marik Militia<ref name=FMFWL112>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 112: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | * Fifteenth Marik Militia<ref name=FMFWL112>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 112: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
− | + | {{column}} | |
− | === 3067 === | + | ====3067==== |
* Fifteenth Marik Militia<ref name=FMU160>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 160: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | * Fifteenth Marik Militia<ref name=FMU160>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 160: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
− | === | + | ====3070–3077==== |
− | * [[ | + | * [[First Berenson Protectorate Militia]]<ref name="JS:BDp103">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 103: "protectorate militia deployment"</ref> |
− | * [[ | + | * [[Second Berenson Protectorate Militia]]<ref name="JS:BDp103"/> |
− | * [[ | + | * [[Third Berenson Protectorate Militia]]<ref name="JS:BDp103"/> |
− | === 3145 === | + | ====3145==== |
* [[Sixth Free Worlds Guards]] (shared with [[Irian]])<ref name="FM:3145p115">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 115: "Free Worlds League Military"</ref> | * [[Sixth Free Worlds Guards]] (shared with [[Irian]])<ref name="FM:3145p115">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 115: "Free Worlds League Military"</ref> | ||
+ | {{columns-end}} | ||
− | == Geography == | + | ===Geography=== |
Berenson is a water-rich world.{{cn}} | Berenson is a water-rich world.{{cn}} | ||
− | == Planetary Locations == | + | |
− | + | {{ApocryphalContentStart}} | |
− | * Buena Vista: the only major city on Berenson | + | In the ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/High Reward Quests|High Reward Quest]] "Bow and Arrow," Berenson is depicted as a mountainous summer forest biome with good visibility. The map also appears to have a G-type star.<ref name=MW5M/> |
− | + | {{ApocryphalContentEnd}} | |
+ | |||
+ | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
+ | * Buena Vista: the only major city on Berenson<ref name=NSp8/> | ||
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− | == References == | + | ==References== |
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− | == Bibliography == | + | ==Bibliography== |
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]'' | ||
− | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' | + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' |
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
− | * ''[http://cf.sarna.net/data/planets/free_worlds_league_3139.pdf Map showing | + | * ''[http://cf.sarna.net/data/planets/free_worlds_league_3139.pdf Map showing Augustine Alliance in 3139]'' |
− | * ''[[Null Set]]'' | + | * ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game) |
+ | * ''[[Null Set]]'' | ||
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Systems|Berenson]] | [[Category:Systems|Berenson]] |
Latest revision as of 13:20, 28 April 2024
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X:Y Coordinates | -13.703 : -71.133[e] |
The Berenson system was the location of at least one habitable world or construct and as of 3145 was located in the Augustine Alliance province of the Free Worlds League.[1][2]
Contents
System Description[edit]
Berenson is located close to the Kristiandsund and Menkalinan systems.[3]
System History[edit]
The Berenson system was colonized during the late twenty-third century.[4][5]
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2271 - No record[4]
- 2307 - Capellan Hegemony (occupied by the Free Worlds League)[5]
- ca. 2316–2335 - Free Worlds League[6]
- 2365 - Capellan world (specific affiliation not known)[7]
- 2366 - Free Worlds League[8]
- 2367 - Free Worlds League[9]
- 2368-2378 - Disputed world (Capellan Confederation/Free Worlds League)[7]
- 2571 - Terran Hegemony[10][11]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony[12]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony[3]
- 2765 - Terran Hegemony[13]
- 2767 - Amaris Empire[14]
- 2771 - Amaris Empire[15]
- 2772 - Terran Hegemony (from September)[15]
- 2783 - Terran Hegemony[16]
- 2784 - Free Worlds League[16]
- 2786 - Free Worlds League[17]
- 2797 - Free Worlds League[18]
- 2822 - Capellan Confederation[19][20][21]
- 2830 - Capellan Confederation[22]
- 2832 - Free Worlds League[23]
- 2840 - Free Worlds League[24]
- 2864 - Capellan Confederation[25][26]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League[27][28]
- 3030 - Free Worlds League[29][30]
- 3040 - Free Worlds League[31]
- 3050 - Free Worlds League[32]
- 3052 - Free Worlds League[33]
- 3054 - Free Worlds League[34][35]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League[36]
- 3058 - Free Worlds League[37]
- 3059 - Free Worlds League[38]
- 3063 - Free Worlds League[39]
- 3067 - Free Worlds League[40][41][42]
- 3075 - Free Worlds League[43]
- 3077 - Word of Blake Protectorate (until May)[44]
- 3079 - Word of Blake Protectorate[45]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere[46]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[47]
- 3135 - Independent world[48]
- 3139 - Augustine Alliance[49]
- 3145 - Free Worlds League[1][2]
Berenson[edit]
Berenson | |
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Government and Infrastructure | |
Capital | Buena Vista[34] |
HPG Class | B[34] |
HPG Representative | Precentor Garth Hansen (3054)[50] |
Planetary History[edit]
Early History[edit]
Berenson was notionally a client state of the Capellan Hegemony prior to the war between the Hegemony and the Sarna Supremacy in the early twenty-fourth century, but in 2306, Prime Magnate Paula Aris of the Hegemony negotiated with the Free Worlds League to obtain military support for the war against the Supremacy in exchange for Capellan support for various League territorial campaigns. Much to the embarrassment of Aris and the Hegemony, the military aid provided by the League turned out to be little more than newly trained militia units, and the League also proceeded to occupy both Berenson and the nearby world of Wasat with the intention of reclaiming both.[5]
Within a few years, the newly created Terran Hegemony negotiated the Treaty of Geneva with the Free Worlds League, an agreement which saw the Terran Hegemony's military attentions focused elsewhere, and which also saw Director-General James McKenna repeatedly side with Free Worlds League claims over those of the various Capellan states. One of the first of these acts was the confirmation of the Free Worlds League's possession of Berenson.[6]
At some point after McKenna's declaration in the 2330s, Berenson returned to Capellan control; however, as Federated Suns troops contested numerous worlds along the spinward border of the newly formed Capellan Confederation troops from the Free Worlds League were deployed to take control of Berenson yet again, along with the nearby Zion system. Franco Liao was forced to trade worlds for time as he unified the various disparate Capellan Zone nations into the Capellan Confederation, but despite this Berenson and several other worlds on the anti-spinward border of the Confederation would be contested for a decade, changing hands numerous times.[7]
Succession Wars[edit]
Berenson was captured along with the worlds of Kyrkbacken and Zion by a hugely successful Free Worlds League Military offensive led by the Fusiliers of Oriente that struck the Sarna Commonality of the Capellan Confederation in 2832.[23] While the Free Worlds League was engaged in the ComStar War it was subject to predation at the hands of both of the Lyran Commonwealth and the Capellan Confederation, and in 2840 the Confederation was besieging Berenson when the Fourth Marik Militia led a heroic counterattack against the Capellan forces. Despite their heroics the Fourth fell in battle, and wouldn't be rebuilt until the 3020s.[24]
In early 3024, Bowen Kincaid contracted out the Waco Rangers' reserve battalion under the command of C.H.G. Keller on a short-term basis while he searched for his family's famed Archer, Agincourt, which he wanted to destroy before it could be found by Jake Mason and his Cavaliers mercenary unit, to whom his father had bequeathed it to after he died.[51]
Major Keller's forces were late arriving at a decommissioned base on Bernardo where the Agincourt was once stored, encountering strong resistance from the Cavaliers and forced to withdraw. Luckily for them, it was actually hidden in a city on Berenson and Keller was able to set up a forward operating base and dig in before the Cavaliers arrived. It mattered little, as the Cavaliers overran their defenses and found the 'Mech, killing Bowen Kincaid in the process. With his death, the Waco Rangers withdrew from the field.[51]
Operation GUERRERO[edit]
In June 3054, the Word of Blake-controlled Berenson HPG station was entangled in a complex scheme. As part of a Toyama plot to remove ComStar from the Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission, mercenaries were hired by Precentor Garth Hansen, a Toyama ROM agent disguised as a ComStar representative, to investigate the HPG. Upon arrival, they were attacked with the HPG itself, weaponized to fire a powerful electromagnetic pulse. As a result, the HPG was destroyed in the clash, leading to MRBC charges against the mercenaries.[52] Rebuilding began shortly afterwards.[53] Blakist Adept Ford Eisner, present for and shocked by the attack, revealed what he knew of the plot a few days later, unraveling the scheme.[54]
Jihad[edit]
During the third week of June 3069, the worlds of Berenson, Irian, Procyon, and Sirius were rocked by internal conflict as Free Worlds League Loyalists clashed with local government forces as a result of the local governments and their forces turning against the false Thomas Marik and the government on Atreus.[55]
The Word of Blake held the world during the Jihad, but forces assigned to Duchess Alys Rousset-Marik during Operation SCOUR removed them from the world. Berenson was initially targeted by Group I under the direct command of Rousset-Marik, but discovered that the defenses on the planet were tougher than had initially been expected. Rather than be drawn into a damaging conflict, as had happened elsewhere on the Free Worlds League front, Rousset-Marik withdrew until Group II reinforced Group I, and then the combined forces of both Groups assaulted Berenson, conquering the planet quickly.[44]
Military Deployment[edit]
3067[edit]
- Fifteenth Marik Militia[61]
3070–3077[edit]
- First Berenson Protectorate Militia[62]
- Second Berenson Protectorate Militia[62]
- Third Berenson Protectorate Militia[62]
3145[edit]
- Sixth Free Worlds Guards (shared with Irian)[63]
Geography[edit]
Berenson is a water-rich world.[citation needed]
In the MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries High Reward Quest "Bow and Arrow," Berenson is depicted as a mountainous summer forest biome with good visibility. The map also appears to have a G-type star.[51]
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Buena Vista: the only major city on Berenson[34]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
Closest 60 systems (60 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kristiandsund | 13.2 | Menkalinan | 13.7 | Tall Trees | 15.1 | Mandal | 15.9 |
Belluevue | 16.2 | Wasat | 17.7 | Myrvoll | 17.9 | Saiph | 18.6 |
Blue Sava | 20.1 | New Canton | 22.0 | Hamilton | 24.2 | Bernardo | 24.6 |
Chisholm | 25.3 | Hsien | 25.7 | Hall | 26.9 | Kyrkbacken | 28.8 |
Augustine | 30.5 | Zion | 31.4 | Ibstock | 31.6 | Zurich | 34.8 |
Pliska | 35.1 | Van Diemen | 35.1 | Asuncion | 35.9 | Irian | 36.0 |
Capolla | 36.8 | Outreach | 38.0 | Ilmachna | 38.7 | Bhaktapur | 38.9 |
Aldebaran | 39.1 | Bonaire | 39.5 | Nanking | 41.3 | Talitha | 41.8 |
Park Place | 42.8 | Acubens | 43.6 | Jilin | 44.4 | Hechnar | 45.2 |
Manennaia | 45.3 | Avellaneda | 45.3 | Brownsville | 46.0 | Snailzar | 46.1 |
Tabit | 47.0 | Holt | 47.8 | Cynthiana | 48.1 | Ohrensen | 50.7 |
Miaplacidus | 50.9 | Connaught | 50.9 | Carver | 51.1 | Elbing | 51.8 |
Suzano | 52.0 | Terra Firma | 52.1 | Bex | 52.3 | Genoa | 53.9 |
Ventabren | 54.9 | Alphard | 55.1 | Gan Singh | 56.0 | Nathan | 57.9 |
Pollux | 58.4 | Ling | 58.4 | Epsilon Eridani | 59.3 | Second Chance | 59.3 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 38
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 16
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 19
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 13
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 118
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 25
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 113
- ↑ Second Succession War, pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 32: "At War with ComStar"
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 92
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 Null Set, p. 8
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Objective Raids, p. 37: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 112: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 41
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 46
- ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10
- ↑ Map of the Augustine Alliance depicted along with Free Worlds League map as of [3139]
- ↑ Null Set, p. 6
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, "Bow and Arrow"
- ↑ Null Set, pp. 6–13
- ↑ Null Set, p. 19
- ↑ Null Set, p. 20
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 First Succession War, p. 136: "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 108: "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 20 Year Update, p. 56: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 38: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 160: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ 62.0 62.1 62.2 Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103: "protectorate militia deployment"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 115: "Free Worlds League Military"
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