Eden

Eden is one of the five Pentagon Worlds, one of the earliest Clan colonies, and the site of the DeChevilier Massacre, an event that would spark a bloody civil war and eventually lead to the founding of the modern Clans.

History

Settlement and unrest

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The rebels, heeding neither strength nor sense, Cowardly ambushed noble DeChevilier. Although he fought like a lion, he died And with his death came the clouds, and reason fled Like a winter sun's feeble evening light Above hopeless Eden and wicked Babylon. - The Remembrance, Passage 8, Verse 36, Lines 51-56

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Settled mostly by colonists raised in the Federated Suns and Capellan Confederation (two societies not known to cooperate well), Eden quickly developed advanced industry and large population centers but developed tension between the colonists just as quickly. This tension came to head roughly 15 years after their arrival.

After months of sporadic riots and minor clashes, full-scale rebellion broke out, with some groups declaring complete independence and raiding caches for weaponry and BattleMechs. In response to this development, General Aleksandr Kerensky sent a detachment of troops, commanded by his closest aide and friend, General DeChevilier, to put down the rebellion. DeChevilier was killed by a lucky shot from a rebel's hand-held missle launcher, and Kerensky's response was brutal.

The DeChevilier Massacre

All rebels were executed, regardless of legal concerns, and entire settlements were razed and their population dispersed. This was the beginning of what would later be known as the Exodus Civil Wars.