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''(References to [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Cavanaugh II | Cavanaugh II]])''
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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)''
 
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= Cavanaugh =
 
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| image              = Cavanaugh II_Neighbors.png
 
| image              = Cavanaugh II_Neighbors.png
| caption            = Cavanaugh II neighbouring systems
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| caption            = Cavanaugh II neighboring systems
 
| name                = Cavanaugh II
 
| name                = Cavanaugh II
| coord              = -306.90:-52.93{{e}}
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| coord              = -307.125 : -52.558{{e}}
 
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| class              = M9II<ref name=HB:HSp77>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 77, "Cavanaugh II Planet Profile"</ref><ref name=O:LAp15>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 15, "Cavanaugh II"</ref>
 
| class              = M9II<ref name=HB:HSp77>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 77, "Cavanaugh II Planet Profile"</ref><ref name=O:LAp15>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 15, "Cavanaugh II"</ref>
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The '''Cavanaugh''' system is home to at least one habitable world, '''Cavanaugh II''', and as at [[3145]] was located in the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] province of the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name=ER:3145p38/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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== System Description ==
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The Cavanaugh system 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/>
  
''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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== System History ==
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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"/>
  
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== Political Affiliation ==
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= Cavanaugh II =
 
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| image              = Cavanaugh II Flag.jpg
 
| image              = Cavanaugh II Flag.jpg
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| hpg                = B<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
 
| hpg                = B<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
 
}}
 
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Cavanaugh II is the second planet in the system and has four moons named Cambriae, Gododin, Nennius and Tennyson.<ref name=HB:HSp77/><ref name=O:LAp15/>
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== Planetary History ==
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===The Age of War===
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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"/>
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=== First Succession War ===
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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>
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===Third Succession War ===
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In [[2952]] Free Worlds League forces spearheaded by the [[3rd Marik Militia]] successfully invaded Cavanaugh II. Suspicious of the 3rd's abilities, the Commonwealth prioritized a headhunting mission against the 3rd'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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===The Jihad===
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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 the 28th of September [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
  
==Owner History==
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== Political Affiliation ==  
 
* [[2341]] - Independent world <ref name=HBHS13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, </ref>
 
* [[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, "Tenure of Geralk Marik"</ref>  
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* [[2467]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HM(TFWL)p16">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 16, "Tenure of Geralk Marik"</ref>  
* [[2468]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HM(TFWL)p16"/>  
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* [[2468]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HM(TFWL)p16"/>  
 
* [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
 
* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
 
* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</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><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[2952]] - [[Free Worlds League]] (captured from House Steiner in this year)<ref name=HS71>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 71</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
 
* [[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>
* [[3135]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3135"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3135"</ref>
* [[3145]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
  
==Planetary History==
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== Planetary Rulers ==
===The Age of War===
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=== 3067 ===
'''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"/>
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* Duke Alan Lamar Moon<ref name=HB:HSp77/>
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== Military Deployment ==
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===2786===
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* [[Twelfth Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 139, "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>
  
===The Jihad===
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===2821===
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 the 28th of September [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
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*[[33rd Marik Militia|Thirty-third Marik Militia]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>
  
==Planetary Garrison==
 
 
===3025===
 
===3025===
* [[36th Lyran Guards|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>
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* [[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>
* [[9th Lyran Regulars|Ninth Lyran Regulars]]<ref name=HS117/><ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>
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* [[Ninth Lyran Regulars]]<ref name=HS117/><ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>
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===3027===
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* Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards<ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>
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* Ninth Lyran Regulars<ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/>
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* [[425th Planetary Defense Brigade]]<ref name="RT">''Rolling Thunder (SourceBook)'', p. 36-37, "Luck of the Draw"</ref>
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* [[187th Infantry Regiment]]<ref name="RT">''Rolling Thunder (SourceBook)'', p. 36-37, "Luck of the Draw"</ref>
  
 
===3028===
 
===3028===
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===3050===
 
===3050===
* [[6th Donegal Guards|Sixth Donegal Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref name=20YU28>''20 Year Update'', p. 28, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[Sixth Donegal Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref name=20YU28>''20 Year Update'', p. 28, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
===3054===
 
===3054===
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===3061===
 
===3061===
* [[10th Lyran Regulars|Tenth Lyran Regulars]]<ref name=SS51>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 51, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[Tenth Lyran Regulars]]<ref name=SS51>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 51, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
===3062===
 
===3062===
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===3067===
 
===3067===
* [[7th Lyran Regulars|Seventh Lyran Regulars]]<ref name=FMU179>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 179, "Lyran Alliance Deploment Table"</ref>
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* [[Seventh Lyran Regulars]]<ref name=FMU179>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 179, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
 
* Tenth Lyran Regulars<ref name=FMU179/>
 
* Tenth Lyran Regulars<ref name=FMU179/>
 
* 182nd Division<ref name=FMU98>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 98, "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
 
* 182nd Division<ref name=FMU98>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 98, "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
===3079===
 
===3079===
* [[4th Alliance Guards|Fourth Alliance Guards]]<ref name=O:LAp15/><ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8, "Alliance Guards Regimental Status"</ref>
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* [[Fourth Alliance Guards]]<ref name=O:LAp15/><ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8, "Alliance Guards Regimental Status"</ref>
:- At this point in time the 4th operating at 40% of full strength, with 80% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
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:- At this point in time the Fourth operating at 40% of full strength, with 80% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
  
 
===3085===
 
===3085===
* [[1st Bolan Guards|First Bolan Guards]] [[LCT]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 107, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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* [[First Bolan Guards]] [[LCT]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 107, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
  
 
===3145===
 
===3145===
* [[1st Tamarind Regulars|First Tamarind Regulars]]<ref name="FM:3145p116">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 116, "Free Worlds League Military"</ref>
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* [[First Tamarind Regulars]]<ref name="FM:3145p116">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 116, "Free Worlds League Military"</ref>
  
==Nearby Planets==
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== Geography ==
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Cavanaugh II has five continents named Bedivere, Gareth, Gawain, Mordred and Tristram.<ref name=O:LAp15/>
! colspan="10" | Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years) <br />Closest planets first:
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== Planetary Locations ==
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* Caerleon: the planetary capital city, located on Gawain.<ref name=O:LAp15/>
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== Industrial Centers ==
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== Image gallery ==
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== Notes ==
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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.
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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.
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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" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
 
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|-
 
| [[Epsilon]]
 
| [[Epsilon]]
| 11.44
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| 11.4
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Nockatunga]]
 
| [[Nockatunga]]
| 19.18
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| 18.2
| 1
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| [[Hell's Paradise]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
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| 18.9
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Promised Land]]
 
| [[Promised Land]]
| 21.18
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| 20.1
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Malazan]]
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| 25.9
 
| [[Penobscot]]
 
| [[Penobscot]]
| 26.00
+
| 26.7
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Timbiqui]]
 
| [[Timbiqui]]
| 27.15
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| 27.4
| 1
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| [[Zdice]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
+
| 28.6
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Saltillo]]
 
| [[Saltillo]]
| 31.17
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| 30.2
| 2
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| [[Millungera]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
+
| 31.4
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
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| [[Ilion]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
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| 32.2
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Abramkovo]]
 
| [[Abramkovo]]
| 32.82
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| 33.6
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Millungera]]
 
| 32.83
 
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Griffith]]
 
| [[Griffith]]
| 36.15
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| 35.8
| 2
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| [[Tylarzka]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
+
| 37.9
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Kosciusko]]
 
| [[Kosciusko]]
| 39.98
+
| 38.7
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Pencader]]
 
| [[Pencader]]
| 43.04
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| 43.4
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Rochers]]
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| 46.5
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| [[Zuhbehr]]
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| 47
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| [[Bobruisk]]
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| 47.1
 
| [[Schererville]]
 
| [[Schererville]]
| 48.04
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| 47.5
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Diamantina]]
 
| [[Diamantina]]
| 48.76
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| 47.6
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Alula Borealis]]
 
| [[Alula Borealis]]
| 49.35
+
| 48.2
| 2
+
| [[Kamenz]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
+
| 48.4
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Bella I]]
 
| [[Bella I]]
| 49.61
+
| 48.6
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Tamarind]]
 
| [[Tamarind]]
| 50.63
+
| 49
| 2
+
| [[Zebrenaski]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
+
| 51.2
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
+
| [[Hornir's Keep]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
+
| 52.3
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Galisteo]]
 
| [[Galisteo]]
| 52.60
+
| 52.5
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
| [[Maderas]]
 
| 54.32
 
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
| [[Kamenz]]
 
| 56.72
 
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Trellisane]]
 
| [[Trellisane]]
| 57.21
+
| 55.9
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Alorton]]
 
| [[Alorton]]
| 57.59
+
| 57.2
| 2
+
| [[Labouchere]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
+
| 58.1
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
+
| [[Loongana]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
+
| 58.2
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Simpson Desert]]
 +
| 58.7
 +
| [[Edmondson]]
 +
| 59.4
 
| [[Biloela]]
 
| [[Biloela]]
| 58.92
+
| 59.5
| 2
+
|
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
+
|
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Labouchere]]
 
| 59.62
 
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
| [[Loongana]]
 
| 59.66
 
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''  
 
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
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* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''

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Cavanaugh

Cavanaugh II
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-307.125 : -52.558[e]
Spectral classM9II[1][2]
Recharge time210 hours[1][2]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[1][2]

The Cavanaugh system is home to at least one habitable world, Cavanaugh II, and as at 3145 was located in the Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey province of the Free Worlds League.[3][4]

System Description

The Cavanaugh system is located near the Epsilon and Nockatunga systems[3][4] 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.[1][2]

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.[5][6]

Cavanaugh II

Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Cavanaugh II is the second planet in the system and has four moons named Cambriae, Gododin, Nennius and Tennyson.[1][2]

Planetary History

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 BattleMechs, a military asset that the League wouldn't be able to field until 2470.[6]

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.[7]

Third Succession War

In 2952 Free Worlds League forces spearheaded by the 3rd Marik Militia successfully invaded Cavanaugh II. Suspicious of the 3rd's abilities, the Commonwealth prioritized a headhunting mission against the 3rd's commander over retaking the planet. The Eridani Light Horse succeeded in killing him and confirmed him as the Commonwealth traitor Mikhail Tertren.[8]

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 the 28th of September 3068.[9]

Political Affiliation

Planetary Rulers

3067

  • Duke Alan Lamar Moon[1]

Military Deployment

2786

2821

3025

3027

3028

  • Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards[41]
  • Ninth Lyran Regulars[41]

3038

  • Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards RCT[43]
  • Ninth Lyran Regulars[43]

3050

3054

  • Sixth Donegal Guards RCT[45]

3061

3062

3067

3079

- At this point in time the Fourth operating at 40% of full strength, with 80% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3085

3145

Geography

Cavanaugh II has five continents named Bedivere, Gareth, Gawain, Mordred and Tristram.[2]

Planetary Locations

  • Caerleon: the planetary capital city, located on Gawain.[2]

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.

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Epsilon 11.4 Nockatunga 18.2 Hell's Paradise 18.9 Promised Land 20.1
Malazan 25.9 Penobscot 26.7 Timbiqui 27.4 Zdice 28.6
Saltillo 30.2 Millungera 31.4 Ilion 32.2 Abramkovo 33.6
Griffith 35.8 Tylarzka 37.9 Kosciusko 38.7 Pencader 43.4
Rochers 46.5 Zuhbehr 47 Bobruisk 47.1 Schererville 47.5
Diamantina 47.6 Alula Borealis 48.2 Kamenz 48.4 Bella I 48.6
Tamarind 49 Zebrenaski 51.2 Hornir's Keep 52.3 Galisteo 52.5
Trellisane 55.9 Alorton 57.2 Labouchere 58.1 Loongana 58.2
Simpson Desert 58.7 Edmondson 59.4 Biloela 59.5

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 77, "Cavanaugh II Planet Profile"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Objectives: Lyran Alliance, p. 15, "Cavanaugh II"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13,
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 16, "Tenure of Geralk Marik"
  7. First Succession War, p. 62, "The War of Raids: House Steiner's Succession War"
  8. 8.0 8.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 71
  9. 9.0 9.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"
  10. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571] Map"
  11. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  12. Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  13. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  14. First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  15. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822] Map"
  16. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  17. First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  18. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864] Map"
  19. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  20. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  21. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  22. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  23. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"
  24. Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  25. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
  26. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
  27. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
  28. Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  29. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  30. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  31. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"
  32. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  33. Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - August 3079"
  34. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  35. Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  36. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  37. Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3135"
  38. First Succession War (Source Book), p. 139, "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
  39. First Succession War (Source Book), p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
  40. 40.0 40.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 117, "Unit Deployment Table"
  41. 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 41.4 41.5 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p.44, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
  42. 42.0 42.1 Rolling Thunder (SourceBook), p. 36-37, "Luck of the Draw"
  43. 43.0 43.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 137, "Deployment Table"
  44. 20 Year Update, p. 28, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  45. Objective Raids, p. 20, "FedCom Deployment Table"
  46. Shattered Sphere, p. 51, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  47. Field Manual: ComStar, p. 126, "ComGuard Deployment Table"
  48. 48.0 48.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 179, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  49. Field Manual: Updates, p. 98, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
  50. Field Report: LAAF, p. 8, "Alliance Guards Regimental Status"
  51. Field Manual: 3085, p. 107, "Deployment Table - 3085"
  52. Field Manual: 3145, p. 116, "Free Worlds League Military"

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