Editing Cavanaugh

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The '''Cavanaugh''' system is home to at least one habitable world, '''Cavanaugh II''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] province of the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name=SFp102/>

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==System Description==
Cavanaugh is located near the [[Epsilon]] and [[Nockatunga]] systems<ref name=ER:3145p38/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class M9II primary orbited by at least two planets. During the [[thirty-first century]] a recharge station was in place at the system zenith [[jump point]].<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>

==System History==
The Cavanaugh system was colonized at some point during or shortly after the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]] and was a member of the Free Worlds League by the end of the [[Age of War]].<ref name=HBHS13/><ref name="HM(TFWL)p16"/>

==Political Affiliation== 
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* [[2341]] - Independent world <ref name=HBHS13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, </ref>
* [[2467]] - [[Free Worlds League]] <ref name="HM(TFWL)p16">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 16</ref> 
* [[2468]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HM(TFWL)p16"/> 
* [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref>
* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref>
* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36</ref>
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10</ref>
* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24-25</ref>
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112-113</ref>
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
* [[2952]] - Free Worlds League (captured from House Steiner in this year)<ref name=HS71>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 71</ref>
* [[2991]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name=TCotV>"The Calm of the Void"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref>
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref>
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref>
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref>
* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3063]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref>
* [[3068]] - Free Worlds League (from October)<ref name="J:FRp46"/>
* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref>
* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref>
* [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
* [[3085]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127</ref>
* [[3135]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10</ref>
* [[3143]] - Lyran Commonwealth, then Free Worlds League <ref name=FM:3145p105>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 105</ref>
* [[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>
* [[3151]] - Free Worlds League <ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102</ref>
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==Cavanaugh II==
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| distance            = 1.96 days<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
| moons               = 4 (Cambriae, Gododin, Nennius, Tennyson)<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
| gravity             = 0.99<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
| temperature         = 40°C (Warm-Temperate)<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
| water               = 80%<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
| life                = Amphibians<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
| continents          = 5 (Bedivere, Gareth, Gawain, Mordred, Tristram)<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
| colonized           = 
| demonym             = 
| language            = 
| religion            = 
| population          = 932,827,000 (3067),<ref name=HB:HSp77/><br>935,130,000 (3079)<ref name=O:LAp15/>
| ruler               = [[Duke of Cavanaugh]]
| political           = 
| commander           = 
| capital             = Caerleon<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
| hpg                 = B<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
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===Planetary History===
Cavanaugh was discovered in [[2290]] and then sold in [[2325]] to a member of the former English court, [[Duke of Cavanaugh|Duke]] [[Alvin Windsor-Moon]]. Among the first settlers were the Arthurian Actors Guild, and many of the locations on the world take their names from Arthurian legends.<ref name=HB:HSp77/>

====The Age of War====
Cavanaugh II was one of the worlds the Lyran Commonwealth managed to recapture from the Free Worlds League in [[2468]] thanks to the use of [[BattleMech]]s, a military asset that the League wouldn't be able to field until [[2470]].<ref name="HM(TFWL)p16"/>

====First Succession War====
Cavanaugh II was one of a number of Lyran Commonwealth border worlds to be struck by a devastating cross-border raids by the Free Worlds League between [[2786]] and [[2790]], as the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] began to crack under the pressure of continuing efforts to annex the [[Bolan Thumb]] while also attempting to maintain a defensive posture against both the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] and the [[Free Worlds League Military]].<ref name="FSWp62">''First Succession War'', p. 62: "The War of Raids: House Steiner's Succession War"</ref>

====Third Succession War====
In [[2952]], Free Worlds League forces spearheaded by the [[Third Marik Militia]] successfully invaded Cavanaugh II. Suspicious of the Third's abilities, the Commonwealth prioritized a headhunting mission against the Third's commander over retaking the planet. The [[Eridani Light Horse]] succeeded in killing him and confirmed him as the Commonwealth traitor [[Mikhail Tertren]].<ref name=HS71/>

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Looking to exact revenge on [[Nik's Cavaliers]] for disrupting their attack on [[Cole Harbour]], the [[Black Inferno]] [[mercenary]] group attempted to ambush them on Cavanaugh by replicating the conditions, going so far as to sacrifice a few tanks and 'Mechs on the ground to sell the deception and lure the Cavaliers into the port city, where Inferno had been waiting. Though the Cavaliers were able to fight through the trap, it was only part of their operation. Knowing their ''[[Leopard]]''-class [[DropShip]] would have to eventually come down to the planet—either to extract their lance or rescue them—two Inferno [[aerospace fighter]]s attempted to cripple the ''Leopard'' while it was in low orbit. Cavaliers CO [[Ryana Campbell]] threw up a screen and took evasive action, and thanks to the modifications Chief Tech [[Fahad Arazad]] made on the engines, they were able to outrun the ASFs long enough for their team to clean up the Inferno forces on the planet. Now at a disadvantage, Black Inferno retreated.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Campaign Mission 10: "Lock n' Load"</ref>
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====The Jihad====
Following the invasion of the Free Worlds League by the Skye and Bolan Provinces of the Lyran Alliance in what was termed [[Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN]], Marshall [[Jeremy Brett]] took command of the local [[FWLM]] and launched a counteroffensive, under the name [[Operation BROKEN FIST]]. BROKEN FIST went beyond simply attempting to recapture worlds that the Lyrans had seized, striking into Lyran space across numerous worlds. Cavanaugh II was one of the worlds hit and was assaulted by the League forces on 28 September [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>

====Dark Age====
Cavanaugh was conquered by the [[Seventh Tamarind Regulars]] and annexed to the reborn Free Worlds League in [[3143]].<ref name=FM:3145p105/>

===Military Deployment===
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====2786====
* [[Twelfth Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>

====2821====
* [[Thirty-third Marik Militia]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>

====2991====
* [[Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards]]<ref name=TCotV/>
* [[Ninth Lyran Regulars]]<ref name=TCotV/>

====3025====
* Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards<ref name=HS117>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 117: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p.44, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
* Ninth Lyran Regulars<ref name=HS117/><ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>

====3027====
* Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards<ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>
* Ninth Lyran Regulars<ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>
* [[425th Planetary Defense Brigade]]<ref name="RT">''Rolling Thunder'', pp. 36–37: "Luck of the Draw"</ref>
* [[187th Infantry Regiment]]<ref name="RT"/>
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====3028====
* Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards<ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>
* Ninth Lyran Regulars<ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>

====3038====
* Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards [[RCT]]<ref name=H:Wo3039>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137: "Deployment Table"</ref>
* Ninth Lyran Regulars<ref name=H:Wo3039/>

====3050====
* [[Sixth Donegal Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref name=20YU28>''20 Year Update'', p. 28: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>

====3054====
* Sixth Donegal Guards RCT<ref name=OR20>''Objective Raids'', p. 20: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>

====3061====
* [[Tenth Lyran Regulars]]<ref name=SS51>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 51: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>

====3062====
* [[182nd Division (ComStar)|182nd Division]]<ref name=FMCS126>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 126: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
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====3067====
* [[Seventh Lyran Regulars]]<ref name=FMU179>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 179: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
* Tenth Lyran Regulars<ref name=FMU179/>
* 182nd Division<ref name=FMU98>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 98: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>

====3079====
* [[Fourth Alliance Guards]]<ref name=O:LAp15/><ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8: "Alliance Guards Regimental Status"</ref>
:- The unit was operating at 40% strength, with 80% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

====3085====
* [[First Bolan Guards]] [[LCT]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 107: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>

====3145====
* [[First Tamarind Regulars]]<ref name="FM:3145p116">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 116: "Free Worlds League Military"</ref>
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===Geography=== 
Cavanaugh II has five continents named Bedivere, Gareth, Gawain, Mordred, and Tristram.<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/> Mordred is largely uninhabited due to volcanoes and earthquakes.<ref name=HB:HSp77/>

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In the ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/Campaign Missions|Campaign Mission]] "Lock n' Load," Cavanaugh is depicted as an autumn forest biome with unlimited visibility.<ref name=MW5M/>
{{ApocryphalContentEnd}}

===Planetary Locations===
* Bronsons Pass<ref name=RTp36>''Rolling Thunder'' p. 36: "Luck of the Draw"</ref>
* Caerleon: the planetary capital on a small island off Gawain<ref name=O:LAp15/>

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==Notes==
Naming conventions on Cavanaugh II appear to have been strongly influenced by the tales and legends of King Arthur; the continents are named various for knights of the Round Table (Bedivere, Gareth, Gawain and Tristram) and the illegitimate son of King Arthur and his half-sister Morgaine (also referred to as Morgan or Morgana), Mordred. The capital city of Cavanaugh II, Caerleon, has the same name as the birthplace of Mordred and was the site of a large Roman settlement in Wales during the era of the Roman Empire, one of the three largest garrisons in Britain (the two contemporaries to Caerleon being York and Chester). The noted author Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote at length about Caerleon, making it one of the most important cities in Britain in his work and the capital city of King Arthur.

The four moons of Cavanaugh II, Cambriae, Gododin, Nennius and Tennyson are all names also associated with the legends around King Arthur; Nennius was a Welsh monk from the ninth century often accredited with authorship of the ''Historia Brittonum'', which was the first historical text to portray King Arthur - although Arthur is depicted variously as a military leader, soldier and warrior but not a king. Cambriae is likely to be a references to the ''Annales Cambriae'', or "The Annals of Wales", a collection of Cambro-Latin chronicles dating from approximately the twelfth and thirteenth century (although some works within the Annales Cambriae are purportedly copies of earlier tenth century texts) and which have been argued to contain two entries referencing King Arthur, one entry referencing Medraut (Mordred) and one on Merlin. The various entries cover the Battle of Badon, the Battle of Armterid and the Strife of Camlann.

The moon Gododin is most likely a reference to ''Y Gododdin'', a Welsh medieval poem that recounts the elegies of Gododdin, an ancient Brittonic kingdom; Y Gododdin makes what may be the earliest known reference to what might also be King Arthur in the form of a comparison between one of the warriors recounted in the battle of Catraeth and Arthur. Lastly, Tennyson is likely a reference to Alfred Tennyson, a noted poet whose works include the most famous Victorian-era adaptation of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, ''Morte d'Arthur''.

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==Nearby Systems==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 36 systems (35 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Epsilon]]
| class="lessthan30" | 11.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Nockatunga]]
| class="lessthan30" | 18.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Hell's Paradise]]
| class="lessthan30" | 18.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Promised Land]]
| class="lessthan30" | 20.1
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Malazan]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Penobscot]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.7
| class="lessthan30" | [[Timbiqui]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zdice]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Saltillo]]
| class="over30" | 30.2
| class="over30" | [[Millungera]]
| class="over30" | 31.4
| class="over30" | [[Ilion]]
| class="over30" | 32.2
| class="over30" | [[Abramkovo]]
| class="over30" | 33.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Griffith]]
| class="over30" | 35.8
| class="over30" | [[Tylarzka]]
| class="over30" | 37.9
| class="over30" | [[Kosciusko]]
| class="over30" | 38.7
| class="over30" | [[Pencader]]
| class="over30" | 43.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Rochers]]
| class="over30" | 46.5
| class="over30" | [[Zuhbehr]]
| class="over30" | 47.0
| class="over30" | [[Bobruisk]]
| class="over30" | 47.1
| class="over30" | [[Schererville]]
| class="over30" | 47.5
|-
| class="over30" | [[Diamantina]]
| class="over30" | 47.6
| class="over30" | [[Alula Borealis]]
| class="over30" | 48.2
| class="over30" | [[Kamenz]]
| class="over30" | 48.4
| class="over30" | [[Bella]]
| class="over30" | 48.5
|-
| class="over30" | [[Tamarind]]
| class="over30" | 49.0
| class="over30" | [[Zebrenaski]]
| class="over30" | 51.2
| class="over30" | [[Hornir's Keep]]
| class="over30" | 52.3
| class="over30" | [[Galisteo]]
| class="over30" | 52.5
|-
| class="over30" | [[Trellisane]]
| class="over30" | 55.9
| class="over30" | [[Alorton]]
| class="over30" | 57.2
| class="over30" | [[Labouchere]]
| class="over30" | 58.1
| class="over30" | [[Loongana]]
| class="over30" | 58.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Simpson Desert]]
| class="over30" | 58.7
| class="over30" | [[Edmondson]]
| class="over30" | 59.4
| class="over30" | [[Biloela]]
| class="over30" | 59.5
| class="over60" | [[Dixie]]
| class="over60" | 61.8
|-
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[The Calm of the Void]]'' (short story)
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game)
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Objectives: Lyran Alliance]]''
* ''[[Rolling Thunder (scenario pack)|Rolling Thunder]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
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