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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>
 
* [[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>
 
* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
 
* [[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>
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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:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'',Map: Inner Sphere 2764</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'',Map: Inner Sphere 2764</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <ref name=HBHS13>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', Map: Inner Sphere 2765  </ref>
 
* [[2765]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <ref name=HBHS13>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', Map: Inner Sphere 2765  </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>
 
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
 
* [[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. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
 
* [[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. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <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]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Commonwealth Deployment Map [3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref>
  
 
==Planetary Info==
 
==Planetary Info==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
 
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
 
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion]]''
 
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion]]''

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Bucklands
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Bucklands nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-325.95:332.92[e]
Spectral classK3V[1]
Recharge time194 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)None[1]

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

Planetary Garrison

2581

2582-2585

Owner History

Planetary Info

Reunification War

Already a part of the Finmark Province of the Rim Worlds Republic, during the Reunification War Bucklands was targetted by Task Force MAILED FIST, the Star League Defense Force task force created to intervene in the civil war raging within the Republic. By 2582 the Rim Worlds Republic had been in a state of civil war for seven years, and Bucklands was garrisoned by the Second Amaris Fusiliers, a formation that had remained loyal to First Consul Gregory Amaris. The Star League had initiated Operation MAILED FIST in mid-2581, but the SLDF plans had been forced to change after a deep raid by the one of the Second's sister regiments, the Fourth Amaris Fusiliers, had managed to strike at the Lyran Commonwealth interior world of Alarion.[32][32]

The result was the reorganisation of the SLDF forces and their auxiliaries into three battlegroups, each responsible for the pacification of one of the three provinces that made up the Rim Worlds Republic.[33] Bucklands and the Second Fusiliers were the first targets of the battlegroup assigned to pacifying the Finmark Province, and the SLDF deployed VIII Corps - which actually consisted of two divisions, the Thirty-First Armor Division and the Thirty-Second Division at the time, but was still predominantly an infantry corps - to the battle for Bucklands.[34]

VIII Corps planners thought that Buckland's broad plains would give them an advantage over the Rim Worlds Republic military forces stationed on the world. This proved incorrect, as the light armor forces within the Second Fusiliers proved very adept at evading SLDF patrols, repeatedly slipping past patrols and pickets to strike at weak points within the SLDF positions. The sheer tenacity displayed by the Rim Worlds defenders - a unit the SLDF was notionally supporting with their campaign to restore Gregory Amaris to power - was a shock for VIII Corps, whose infantry-heavy forces frequently found themselves on the retreat despite the numerical advantage the SLDF enjoyed on paper. The net result was an indication of what the SLDF would find happening on numerous other worlds within the Republic - an extended seven month campaign before Bucklands was pacified and the defending forces finally broken.[33]

Star League

In the closing years of the Star League Bucklands was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773-2775 Republic-Commonwealth war.[11] After it was absorbed by the Lyran Commonwealth, Bucklands became an important agricultural world. The farms and agricultural businesses on the planet export food to many surrounding systems. The downside of this is that most farms are owned by families organized into small clans that constantly bicker over the best land, water rights, and harvest. These arguments can often be negotiated peacefully, but in several cases negotiations have broken down. In order to prevent damage to the farmlands, the two parties in the dispute will take their security teams and fight to solve the problem. Taking place in designated free-fire zones, these conflicts often involve converted ArgoMechs. Though many people in the Inner Sphere think these duels are far too much like Clan behavior, the duels have been used to settle issues on Bucklands since 2900. Unlike Solaris, there isn't really any market for holovids of these fights.[1]

Bucklands is also noteworthy for its other major export: soldiers. Looking at the back end of an ArgoMech or horse and plowing fields isn't exactly a thrilling life, so many young people join the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces to see the rest of the universe. After serving their enrollment terms, many of these retired soldiers return to Bucklands and join one of the many retirement clubs on the world.[1]

When word of the Falcon Incursion reached Bucklands, many of these retired soldiers welded armor plate onto their IndustrialMechs and announced their intention to face the Falcons. Unfortunately an up-gunned Uni or AgroMech is no match for a Summoner or Hellbringer and these volunteers were destroyed by the 3rd Falcon Talon Cluster.[35]

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Neerabup 13.41 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Willunga 16.68 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Trentham 20.04 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Howick 23.13 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Jerangle 26.31 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Strandfontein 29.28 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Mandaoaaru 31.56 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Inarcs 32.08 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Winter 33.74 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Swartklip 33.94 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Engadine 35.23 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Tsarahavana 39.86 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Anembo 41.03 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Ewanrigg 43.80 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Arluna 45.25 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Elume 46.68 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Australia 47.02 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Millerton 48.78 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Kowloon 50.02 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Miquelon 50.55 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Main Street 56.28 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Moriguchi 56.62 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Canal 56.96 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Khartoum 57.17 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion, p. 5, "Planet Profile"
  2. ↑ Historical: Reunifcation War, p. 128, "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"
  3. ↑ Historical: Reunifcation War, p. 152, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"
  4. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  6. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  7. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  8. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  9. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF,Map: Inner Sphere 2764
  10. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, Map: Inner Sphere 2765
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"
  17. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  18. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  24. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"
  25. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  26. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Commonwealth Deployment Map [3079]"
  27. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  28. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  29. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 132-133, "Alarion (December 2581)"
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 133, "Island Hopping (2582-2590)" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "H:RWp133" defined multiple times with different content
  34. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 132-133, "Alarion (December 2581)"
  35. ↑ Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion, p. 20

Bibliography

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