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== Political Affiliation ==
 
== Political Affiliation ==
* Late 22nd century - [[Terran Alliance]] <ref name=TPOGchap4>''The Price of Glory'', Chapter 4 (PDF version)</ref>
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* Late 22nd century - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name=TPOGchap4>''The Price of Glory'', ch. 4 (PDF version)</ref>
* [[2271]] - [[Stewart Confederation]] <ref name="HB:HMp16"/>
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* [[2271]] - [[Stewart Confederation]]<ref name="HB:HMp16"/>
* [[2293]] - [[Free Worlds League]] <ref name="HM(TFWL)p11"/>
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* [[2293]] - [[Free Worlds League]]<ref name="HM(TFWL)p11"/>
* [[2571]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24: "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158: "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 25, "Inner Sphere [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3057]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere [3057] Map"</ref>
* [[3058]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54: "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere [3063] Map"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere [3063] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17, "Free Worlds League Deployment Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17: "Free Worlds League Deployment Map"</ref>
* [[3081]] - [[Stewart Commonality]] <ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Stewart Commonality]]<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - March 3081"</ref>
* [[3085]] - [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]] <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
* [[3130]] - Marik-Stewart Commonwealth <ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 12, "Map of the Inner Sphere 3130"</ref>
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* [[3130]] - Marik-Stewart Commonwealth<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 12: "Map of the Inner Sphere 3130"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Marik-Stewart Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3135"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Marik-Stewart Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - 3135"</ref>
* [[3138]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] / [[Clan Wolf]] (from April) <ref>''The Last Charge'', Chapter 15 (PDF version)</ref>
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* [[3138]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] / [[Clan Wolf]] (from April)<ref>''The Last Charge'', ch. 15 (PDF version)</ref>
* [[3140]] - Clan Wolf (from May) <ref name=ER:3145p69>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 69, "Wolf Empire - Birth and Growth [3140-3142]"</ref> <ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 21, "Timeline of Events (cont.)"</ref>
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* [[3140]] - Clan Wolf (from May)<ref name=ER:3145p69>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 69: "Wolf Empire - Birth and Growth [3140-3142]"</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 21: "Timeline of Events (cont.)"</ref>
* [[3142]] - [[Wolf Empire]] (from January) <ref name=ER:3145p69/>
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* [[3142]] - [[Wolf Empire]] (from January)<ref name=ER:3145p69/>
* [[3145]] - Wolf Empire <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Wolf Empire<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
* [[3151]] - Wolf Empire <ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103, "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Wolf Empire<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref>
  
 
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Helm was discovered and colonized during the late 22nd century by explorers operating from [[New Hope]] and [[Tania Borealis]].<ref name=TPOGchap4/>
 
Helm was discovered and colonized during the late 22nd century by explorers operating from [[New Hope]] and [[Tania Borealis]].<ref name=TPOGchap4/>
  
One of five worlds to be a part of the Stewart Confederation in 2271,<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref> '''Helm''' was suffering alongside the other worlds following the withdrawal of Terran authority, and by [[2288]] the Stewart Confederation was barely able to organize itself to order basic replacement parts for factories. The rise to power of [[David Genovese]] in [[2288]] marked a significant improvement in productivity across the Confederation, with his five-year rule as dictator making the state work more efficiently.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p10">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 10, "A Fool And His Kingdom"</ref> Genovese was overthrown when forces from the Free Worlds League led by [[Juliano Marik]] invaded in [[2293]], following Genovese's rebuffing offers to join the League.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p11">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 11, "The Rule of 75"</ref> Helm and the other worlds of the Stewart Confederation were inducted into the League Parliament in [[2295]] when the Parliament declared the former Confederation to be a Province of the Free Worlds League.<ref name=PM>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 59, "Parliamentary Membership"</ref>
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One of five worlds to be a part of the Stewart Confederation in 2271,<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref> '''Helm''' was suffering alongside the other worlds following the withdrawal of Terran authority, and by [[2288]] the Stewart Confederation was barely able to organize itself to order basic replacement parts for factories. The rise to power of [[David Genovese]] in [[2288]] marked a significant improvement in productivity across the Confederation, with his five-year rule as dictator making the state work more efficiently.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p10">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 10: "A Fool And His Kingdom"</ref> Genovese was overthrown when forces from the Free Worlds League led by [[Juliano Marik]] invaded in [[2293]], following Genovese's rebuffing offers to join the League.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p11">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 11: "The Rule of 75"</ref> Helm and the other worlds of the Stewart Confederation were inducted into the League Parliament in [[2295]] when the Parliament declared the former Confederation to be a Province of the Free Worlds League.<ref name=PM>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 59: "Parliamentary Membership"</ref>
  
 
====Star League====
 
====Star League====
In [[2532]], littoral pirates infesting the Yehuda Sea shorelines around Durandel were finally routed by a blue water squadron flagged by the ''Acero'', a [[Mauna Kea|Mauna Kea Command Vessel]]. Though successful, the pirates managed to sink the ''Acero'' in the final engagement.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 256, "Mauna Kea Command Vessel"</ref>
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In [[2532]], littoral pirates infesting the Yehuda Sea shorelines around Durandel were finally routed by a blue water squadron flagged by the ''Acero'', a [[Mauna Kea|Mauna Kea Command Vessel]]. Though successful, the pirates managed to sink the ''Acero'' in the final engagement.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 256: "Mauna Kea Command Vessel"</ref>
  
 
In [[2743]], the [[SLDF]] [[42nd Engineering Brigade]] began construction on the [[Nagayan Mountain Castle Brian]] which would become one of the largest munitions dumps ever funded by the SLDF, boasting not only conventional weapons but also one of the Star League's biggest single-site concentrations of tactical nuclear weapons. The stockpile was eventually joined by "Star League Field Library Facility, Helm, DE890-2699".<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 58</ref><ref>''The Price of Glory'', p. 233</ref>
 
In [[2743]], the [[SLDF]] [[42nd Engineering Brigade]] began construction on the [[Nagayan Mountain Castle Brian]] which would become one of the largest munitions dumps ever funded by the SLDF, boasting not only conventional weapons but also one of the Star League's biggest single-site concentrations of tactical nuclear weapons. The stockpile was eventually joined by "Star League Field Library Facility, Helm, DE890-2699".<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 58</ref><ref>''The Price of Glory'', p. 233</ref>
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====Succession Wars====
 
====Succession Wars====
 
=====First Succession War=====
 
=====First Succession War=====
At the dawn of the [[First Succession War]], [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]] sent troops to raid Helm and commandeer the SLDF stockpile. Unable to find the matériel left behind by the SLDF, Kurita flew into a rage and ordered his forces to punish the people of Helm. Nuclear weapons rained down on the world, killing over 80% of the population and leaving huge swathes of the planet radioactive deserts. A few AeroSpace Fighter bays located in some asteroids are the only remaining parts of the SLDF fleet base.<ref name=HB:HMp68/><ref>''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', pp. 5-8, "Ghost Rain"</ref>
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At the dawn of the [[First Succession War]], [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]] sent troops to raid Helm and commandeer the SLDF stockpile. Unable to find the matériel left behind by the SLDF, Kurita flew into a rage and ordered his forces to punish the people of Helm. Nuclear weapons rained down on the world, killing over 80% of the population and leaving huge swathes of the planet radioactive deserts. A few aerospace fighter bays located in some asteroids are the only remaining parts of the SLDF fleet base.<ref name=HB:HMp68/><ref>''First Succession War'', pp. 5–8: "Ghost Rain"</ref>
  
 
=====Fourth Succession War=====
 
=====Fourth Succession War=====
The planet was best known for being the site of the discovery of the [[Helm Memory Core]] in [[3028]]. Helm was granted to the [[Gray Death Legion]] as their landhold. Fearing he discovered the Star League cache, Preceptor [[Emilio Rachan]] of ComStar mounted a conspiration to destroy the Legion's reputation and the unit.  
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The planet was best known for being the site of the discovery of the [[Helm Memory Core]] in [[3028]]. Helm was granted to the [[Gray Death Legion]] as their landhold. Fearing he discovered the Star League cache, Precentor [[Emilio Rachan]] of ComStar plotted to destroy the Legion's reputation and the unit.
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Rogue elements from the Free Worlds League and [[ComStar]] attempted to manipulate the mercenaries into destroying the Memory Core, but were unsuccessful.<ref name=HB:HMp68/> Copies of the Helm Memory Core were taken to many universities across the [[Inner Sphere]], triggering the technological renaissance of the mid-31st century.
 
Rogue elements from the Free Worlds League and [[ComStar]] attempted to manipulate the mercenaries into destroying the Memory Core, but were unsuccessful.<ref name=HB:HMp68/> Copies of the Helm Memory Core were taken to many universities across the [[Inner Sphere]], triggering the technological renaissance of the mid-31st century.
  
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====Dark Age====
 
====Dark Age====
Helm become a key battlefield during [[Operation HAMMERFALL]], the [[Clan Wolf]] and Lyran Commonwealth forces invading the [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]]. In May of 3138, the [[Silver Hawk Irregulars]] after defending the world against the Wolf and Lyran forces, were finally defeated in the capital city, Helmsdown. Most of the Hawks attempt to surrender, but Wolf forces, lead by [[Alaric Wolf]] slaughtered them to a man.<ref>''The last charge'' p. 135</ref>  
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Helm become a key battlefield during [[Operation HAMMERFALL]], the [[Clan Wolf]] and Lyran Commonwealth forces invading the [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]]. In May of 3138, the [[Silver Hawk Irregulars]] after defending the world against the Wolf and Lyran forces, were finally defeated in the capital city, Helmsdown. Most of the Hawks attempt to surrender, but Wolf forces, led by [[Alaric Wolf]] slaughtered them to a man.<ref>''The Last Charge'', p. 135</ref>
Helm's victory was one of the last battles of the war. Most of the planet survived the battle undamaged, but Helmsdown not: the Wolf clan forces bombarded and razed a portion of the capital.<ref>''The last charge'' p. 115</ref>
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Helm's victory was one of the last battles of the war. Most of the planet survived the battle undamaged, but Helmsdown not: the Wolf Clan forces bombarded and razed a portion of the capital.<ref>''The Last Charge'', p. 115</ref>
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
 
====2765====
 
====2765====
* [[Juggernaut (Stewart Dragoons)|Juggernaut]]<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17A">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 17, "Regimental Status"</ref>
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* [[Juggernaut (Stewart Dragoons)|Juggernaut]]<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17A">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 17: "Regimental Status"</ref>
  
 
====2786====
 
====2786====
* Juggernaut<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>
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* Juggernaut<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>
  
 
====3145====
 
====3145====
* [[Light Keshik (Clan Wolf)|Light Keshik]]<ref name=FM:3145p171>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 171, "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"</ref>
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* [[Light Keshik (Clan Wolf)|Light Keshik]]<ref name=FM:3145p171>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 171: "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"</ref>
  
=== Geography ===  
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=== Geography ===
  
 
Helm is a cold world on the outer edge of the habitable zone. More than half its surface is locked beneath glaciers kilometers deep. Vast stretches of what had once been ocean floor were dry and bare, with much of the world's water now locked in Helm's icecaps. Much of the land that remained is either mountainous or arid desert. Between the relentless, endless seas of ice to north and south, ice-capped mountains thousands of meters high girdled Helm at the equator.
 
Helm is a cold world on the outer edge of the habitable zone. More than half its surface is locked beneath glaciers kilometers deep. Vast stretches of what had once been ocean floor were dry and bare, with much of the world's water now locked in Helm's icecaps. Much of the land that remained is either mountainous or arid desert. Between the relentless, endless seas of ice to north and south, ice-capped mountains thousands of meters high girdled Helm at the equator.
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===Industrial Centers===
 
===Industrial Centers===
 
* [[Freeport Armorworks]]{{cn}}
 
* [[Freeport Armorworks]]{{cn}}
 
  
 
== Map Gallery ==
 
== Map Gallery ==
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* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
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[[Category:Systems|Helm]]
 
[[Category:Systems|Helm]]

Revision as of 22:04, 28 September 2022

Helm
Helm 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-133.614 : -58.208[e]
Spectral classK4IV[1]
Recharge time195 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)None[1]

Political Affiliation


Helm IV

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Planetary History

Early History

Helm was discovered and colonized during the late 22nd century by explorers operating from New Hope and Tania Borealis.[2]

One of five worlds to be a part of the Stewart Confederation in 2271,[3] Helm was suffering alongside the other worlds following the withdrawal of Terran authority, and by 2288 the Stewart Confederation was barely able to organize itself to order basic replacement parts for factories. The rise to power of David Genovese in 2288 marked a significant improvement in productivity across the Confederation, with his five-year rule as dictator making the state work more efficiently.[32] Genovese was overthrown when forces from the Free Worlds League led by Juliano Marik invaded in 2293, following Genovese's rebuffing offers to join the League.[4] Helm and the other worlds of the Stewart Confederation were inducted into the League Parliament in 2295 when the Parliament declared the former Confederation to be a Province of the Free Worlds League.[33]

Star League

In 2532, littoral pirates infesting the Yehuda Sea shorelines around Durandel were finally routed by a blue water squadron flagged by the Acero, a Mauna Kea Command Vessel. Though successful, the pirates managed to sink the Acero in the final engagement.[34]

In 2743, the SLDF 42nd Engineering Brigade began construction on the Nagayan Mountain Castle Brian which would become one of the largest munitions dumps ever funded by the SLDF, boasting not only conventional weapons but also one of the Star League's biggest single-site concentrations of tactical nuclear weapons. The stockpile was eventually joined by "Star League Field Library Facility, Helm, DE890-2699".[35][36]

Succession Wars

First Succession War

At the dawn of the First Succession War, Minoru Kurita sent troops to raid Helm and commandeer the SLDF stockpile. Unable to find the matériel left behind by the SLDF, Kurita flew into a rage and ordered his forces to punish the people of Helm. Nuclear weapons rained down on the world, killing over 80% of the population and leaving huge swathes of the planet radioactive deserts. A few aerospace fighter bays located in some asteroids are the only remaining parts of the SLDF fleet base.[1][37]

Fourth Succession War

The planet was best known for being the site of the discovery of the Helm Memory Core in 3028. Helm was granted to the Gray Death Legion as their landhold. Fearing he discovered the Star League cache, Precentor Emilio Rachan of ComStar plotted to destroy the Legion's reputation and the unit.

Rogue elements from the Free Worlds League and ComStar attempted to manipulate the mercenaries into destroying the Memory Core, but were unsuccessful.[1] Copies of the Helm Memory Core were taken to many universities across the Inner Sphere, triggering the technological renaissance of the mid-31st century.

Helm remains a largely agrarian world. Enough of the land has been decontaminated to grow food, and the events of 3028 returned the Yehudan Sea to its place on the surface. (The SLDF had locked the seawaters underground for some reason.)[1]

Dark Age

Helm become a key battlefield during Operation HAMMERFALL, the Clan Wolf and Lyran Commonwealth forces invading the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth. In May of 3138, the Silver Hawk Irregulars after defending the world against the Wolf and Lyran forces, were finally defeated in the capital city, Helmsdown. Most of the Hawks attempt to surrender, but Wolf forces, led by Alaric Wolf slaughtered them to a man.[38]

Helm's victory was one of the last battles of the war. Most of the planet survived the battle undamaged, but Helmsdown not: the Wolf Clan forces bombarded and razed a portion of the capital.[39]

Military Deployment

2765

2786

3145

Geography

Helm is a cold world on the outer edge of the habitable zone. More than half its surface is locked beneath glaciers kilometers deep. Vast stretches of what had once been ocean floor were dry and bare, with much of the world's water now locked in Helm's icecaps. Much of the land that remained is either mountainous or arid desert. Between the relentless, endless seas of ice to north and south, ice-capped mountains thousands of meters high girdled Helm at the equator.

The capital city of the planet is Helmsdown. Other notable locations include the ruins of the former capital city of Freeport, which was an SLDF logistical depot, and the SLDF weapons depot that it eventually became. This weapons depot was combined with a Castle Brian complex under Nagayan Mountain.[1]

Planetary Locations

Industrial Centers

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 44 systems (43 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Tania Australis 9.6 Kolobrzeg 13.1 Merak 14.8 Stewart 15.7
Bedeque 21.2 Danais 23.0 Bainsville 26.3 Tania Borealis 27.5
Amity 27.8 Adhafera 29.2 Gallatin 31.7 Gannett 31.9
Bondurant 32.0 New Hope 32.5 Concord 32.9 Alkes 33.2
Lancaster 34.9 Grobin 36.3 Gniezno 36.7 Rasalas 39.6
Angell 43.8 Ariel 44.1 Autumn Wind 44.7 Kalidasa 44.9
Sheridan 45.3 Uhuru 46.1 Rochelle 46.8 Catroxx 48.0
Keystone 48.1 Nestor 49.1 McAffe 49.3 Washburn 50.4
Solaris 52.4 Aquileia 54.4 Szombathely 55.1 Savannah 55.2
Pardeau 55.4 Dickinson 56.1 Marik 56.6 Launam 56.8
August 58.2 Sarkel 59.2 Sterling 59.3 Oceana 62.2

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Handbook: House Marik, p. 68: "Helm"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Price of Glory, ch. 4 (PDF version)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
  4. 4.0 4.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 11: "The Rule of 75"
  5. Handbook: House Marik, p. 24: "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571] Map"
  6. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158: "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  7. Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  8. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  9. First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  10. Handbook: House Marik, p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822] Map"
  11. First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  12. Handbook: House Marik, p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864] Map"
  13. Handbook: House Marik, p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  14. Handbook: House Marik, p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  15. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  16. Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere [3050] Map"
  17. Era Report: 3052, p. 25: "Inner Sphere [3052] Map"
  18. Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere [3057] Map"
  19. Handbook: House Marik, p. 54: "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"
  20. Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere [3063] Map"
  21. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  22. Field Report: FWLM, p. 17: "Free Worlds League Deployment Map"
  23. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
  24. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  25. Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 12: "Map of the Inner Sphere 3130"
  26. Era Report: 3145, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - 3135"
  27. The Last Charge, ch. 15 (PDF version)
  28. 28.0 28.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 69: "Wolf Empire - Birth and Growth [3140-3142]"
  29. Era Report: 3145, p. 21: "Timeline of Events (cont.)"
  30. Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  31. Shattered Fortress, p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
  32. Handbook: House Marik, p. 10: "A Fool And His Kingdom"
  33. House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 59: "Parliamentary Membership"
  34. Technical Readout: 3075, p. 256: "Mauna Kea Command Vessel"
  35. Era Report: 2750, p. 58
  36. The Price of Glory, p. 233
  37. First Succession War, pp. 5–8: "Ghost Rain"
  38. The Last Charge, p. 135
  39. The Last Charge, p. 115
  40. Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 17: "Regimental Status"
  41. First Succession War, p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
  42. Field Manual: 3145, p. 171: "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"
  43. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 108

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