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= Herotitus =
 
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| caption            = Herotitus [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]]
 
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| class              = G3IV<ref name="TPp132">''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p. 132, "Herotitus"</ref>
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| class              = G3IV<ref name="TPp132">''The Periphery'', p. 132: "Herotitus"</ref>
 
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The '''Herotitus''' system is home to at least one habitable planet, '''Herotitus II''', and as of [[3145]] is located in the [[Fronc Reaches]].<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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The '''Herotitus''' system was home to at least one habitable planet, '''Herotitus II''', and (as of [[3145]]) located in the [[Fronc Reaches]].<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> It was approximately 434 light-years from [[Terra]] in the rimward direction.
  
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===System Description===
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Herotitus was located near the [[Lyreton]] and [[Mandalas]] systems<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/> and consisted of a class G3IV primary orbited by at least two planets. During the [[thirty-first century]], a [[recharge station]] was operating at the system's nadir [[jump point]].<ref name="TPp132"/>
  
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===System History===
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The Herotitus system is located near the [[Lyreton]] and [[Mandalas]] systems<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/> and consists of a class G3IV primary orbited by at least two planets. During the [[thirty-first century]], a [[recharge station]] was in place at the system nadir [[jump point]].<ref name="TPp132"/>
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The Herotitus system was either settled during the [[Star League era]], at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]],<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/> or was an already-inhabited system that became significant enough during this era that [[Inner Sphere]] nations began recording its location on maps.
  
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== System History ==
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==Political Affiliation==
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The Herotitus system was either settled during the [[Star League era]] at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]],<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/> of was an already-inhabited system that became significant enough during this era that [[Inner Sphere]] nations began recording its location on maps.
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* [[2366]] - No record<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Foundation - [2366] Map"</ref>
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== Political Affiliation ==
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* [[2571]] - No record<ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 121: "Taurian Concordat after Age of War [2571], Fall of the Star League [2750] and End of the Third Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25: "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Independent world<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Independent world<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Independent world<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765Pp37>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 37: "Taurian Defense Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=HAtACp10>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 10: "The Aurigan Reach, circa 2765"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Independent world<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Independent world<ref name="H:LOTv2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation After First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Independent world<ref name=HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[2890]] - Independent world<ref name=HAtACp12>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 12: "The Rimward Periphery - Map Placed on File 21-07-2890"</ref>
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* [[3022]] - Independent world<ref name=HAtACp1s4-15>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', pp. 14–15: "3022 Interstellar Expeditions. IAAS-349-SIFNM97-MMMXXII"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Independent world<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TP1Ep152">''The Periphery'', pp. 156–157: "Maps of the Periphery"</ref><ref name=HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Independent world<ref name=HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49: "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - Independent world<ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 127: "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Independent world<ref name=HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
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* [[3059]] - Independent world<ref name="TP2Ep112">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 112: "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Independent world<ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68: "Capellan Confederation After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Independent world<ref name="JS:TBDp63">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Independent world<ref name="FR:Pp20">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 20: "Magistracy of Canopus Region Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Independent world<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Independent world<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085]"</ref>
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* [[3096]] - [[Fronc Reaches]]<ref>''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', p. 48</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Fronc Reaches<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Fronc Reaches<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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= Herotitus II =
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==Herotitus II==
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| continents          = 4 (Pomona, Marpessa, Baccali, Weissholz)<ref name=TTS:Hp12>''Touring the Stars: Herotitus'', p. 12</ref>
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| ruler              = Gabriel Fur' Seng-Gang, President of the Council of Herotitus Libertines<ref name="TPp132"/>
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| demonym            = Herotitan<ref name="TTS:Hp5">''Touring the Stars: Herotitus'', p. 5</ref>
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| capital            = New Hedron (3090)<ref name=TMW2p6>''The Marshal Way - Part 2'', p. 6</ref>.
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| population          = 240,000<ref name="TPp132"/>
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| population          = 240,000 (3025),<ref name="TPp132"/> 16,631,000 (3067),<ref name="TTS:Hp4"/> 29,450,000 (3145)<ref name="TTS:Hp4"/>
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| capital            = New Hedron (2997~3090),<ref name=TMW2p6>''The Marshal Way - Part 2'', p. 6</ref> Bodrum,<ref name="TTS:Hp5"/> Fundament (3096)<ref name="TTS:Hp5"/>
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Herotitus II - more commonly known simply as Herotitus - is the second planet in the system.<ref name="TPp132"/>
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Herotitus II, more commonly known simply as Herotitus, is the second planet in the system.<ref name="TPp132"/>
  
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== Planetary History ==
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===Planetary History===
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=== Early History ===
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====Early History====
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Settled jointly by the [[Taurian Concordat|Taurians]] and [[Magistracy of Canopus|Canopians]] in the late [[twenty-sixth century]] just prior to the Reunification War, Herotitus was an agrarian world that prospered due of its proximity to Periphery trade routes, and escaped being engulfed in a full-scale war during the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]].<ref name="TPp132"/>
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Settled jointly by the [[Taurian Concordat|Taurians]] and [[Magistracy of Canopus|Canopians]] in the late [[twenty-sixth century]] just prior to the Reunification War, Herotitus was an agrarian world that prospered due to its proximity to [[Periphery]] trade routes, and escaped being engulfed in a full-scale war during the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]].<ref name="TPp132"/>
  
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=== First Succession War ===
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====First Succession War====
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Herotitus held the dubious distinction of being involved in the only full-scale conflict to be fought between Periphery states during the [[First Succession War]] - or, for that matter, any of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. The [[Taurian-Canopian War]] - also referred to as the Herotitus Crisis or the 200-Hour War - was a brief and largely pointless campaign fought between the Magistracy of Canopus and the Taurian Concordat. The war was launched by [[Protector]] [[Semyon Calderon]], who managed to convince the Privy Council that the acquisition of Herotitus and [[Detroit]] would expand the Concordat's resource base and help stave off an anticipated invasion by the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="FSWp101">''First Succession War'', p. 101-102, "The Taurian-Canopian War (2813-2814)"</ref>
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Herotitus held the dubious distinction of being involved in the only full-scale conflict to be fought between Periphery states during the [[First Succession War]] - or, for that matter, any of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. The [[Taurian-Canopian War]] - also referred to as the Herotitus Crisis or the 200-Hour War - was a brief and largely pointless campaign fought between the Magistracy of Canopus and the Taurian Concordat. The war was launched by [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] [[Semyon Calderon]], who managed to convince the [[Privy Council]] that the acquisition of Herotitus and [[Detroit]] would expand the Concordat's resource base and help stave off an anticipated invasion by the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="FSWp101">''First Succession War'', pp. 101–102: "The Taurian-Canopian War (2813-2814)"</ref>
  
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Given the distances involved, Semyon's claims bordered on the farcical, but held the promise of recapturing systems that the hated Star League had removed from the Concordat. Herotitus was a resource-rich and self-sufficient world with a relatively low population at the time, and like Detroit and [[Spencer]] had been assigned a kind of protectorate status by the Star League, which was largely indifferent to the system other than making efforts to monitor development activity that might produce additional resources. While the Star League existed, Herotitus had been administered by the Magistracy, but the military forces on the planet had been limited to simple paramilitary forces. With the collapse of the Star League, the Magistracy Armed Forces had quietly bolstered their presence on the planet. In June 2813, Semyon launched his ill-fated offensive, and a [[Taurian Defense Force]] departed Concordat space, bound for Herotitus.<ref name="FSWp101"/>
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Given the distances involved, Semyon's claims bordered on the farcical, but held the promise of recapturing systems that the hated Star League had removed from the Concordat. Herotitus was a resource-rich and self-sufficient world with a relatively low population at the time, and like Detroit and [[Spencer]], had been assigned a kind of protectorate status by the Star League, which was largely indifferent to the system other than making efforts to monitor development activity that might produce additional resources. While the Star League existed, Herotitus had been administered by the Magistracy, but the military forces on the planet had been limited to simple paramilitary forces. With the collapse of the Star League, the Magistracy Armed Forces had quietly bolstered their presence on the planet. In June [[2813]], Semyon launched his ill-fated offensive, and a [[Taurian Defense Force]] departed Concordat space, bound for Herotitus.<ref name="FSWp101"/>
  
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The [[Second Pleiades Hussars]] were assigned to the invasion of Herotitus, supported by conventional forces and under the overall command of [[Comptroller]] [[Augustin Shapiro]]. From the outset, the invasion was marred by Shapiro's arrogance; the TDF task force arrived at the system zenith jump point and seized the recharge station there. Shapiro didn't bother to interdict or disrupt the station's communications, possibly in the belief that the arrival of his force represented an overwhelming display of strength that would intimidate the defenders. Whatever Shapiro's intentions, the results were deadly for the task force.<ref name="FSWp102">''First Succession War'', p. 102, "Herotitus"</ref>
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The [[Second Pleiades Hussars]] were assigned to the invasion of Herotitus, supported by conventional forces and under the overall command of [[Comptroller]] [[Augustin Shapiro]]. From the outset, the invasion was marred by Shapiro's arrogance; the TDF task force arrived at the system zenith jump point and seized the recharge station there. Shapiro didn't bother to interdict or disrupt the station's communications, possibly in the belief that the arrival of his force represented an overwhelming display of strength that would intimidate the defenders. Whatever Shapiro's intentions, the results were deadly for the task force.<ref name="FSWp102">''First Succession War'', p. 102: "Herotitus"</ref>
  
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Given ample time to prepare for the arrival of the Hussars on the ground, the defenders launched [[aerospace fighter]]s at the invaders as they entered the planetary atmosphere - fighters that the TDF's advance scouts had evidently completely failed to detect. Backed up by [[small craft]] and low-flying [[DropShip]]s, the aerospace fighters savaged the inbound forces, destroying some and forcing others to crash land. The aerial interdiction was so effective that barely two companies of Hussar 'Mechs made it to the surface, along with half a mixed regiment of conventional forces. Shapiro was one of those killed during the approach to the planet, and the highest-ranking officer to survive the landing was [[Subaltern]] [[Josiah Brandamas]] of the [[19th New Vandenberg BattleMech Company|Nineteenth New Vandenberg BatteMech Company]]. The catastrophic losses suffered during the approach rendered Brandamas' situation hopeless, and the surviving TDF personnel surrendered to the local garrison.<ref name="FSWp102"/>
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Given ample time to prepare for the arrival of the Hussars on the ground, the defenders launched [[aerospace fighter]]s at the invaders as they entered the planetary atmosphere - fighters that the TDF's advance scouts had evidently completely failed to detect. Backed up by [[small craft]] and low-flying [[DropShip]]s, the aerospace fighters savaged the inbound forces, destroying some and forcing others to crash land. The aerial interdiction was so effective that barely two companies of Hussar [['Mechs]] made it to the surface, along with half a mixed regiment of conventional forces. Shapiro was one of those killed during the approach to the planet, and the highest-ranking officer to survive the landing was [[Subaltern]] [[Josiah Brandamas]] of the [[19th New Vandenberg BattleMech Company|Nineteenth New Vandenberg BattleMech Company]]. The catastrophic losses suffered during the approach rendered Brandamas' situation hopeless, and the surviving TDF personnel surrendered to the local garrison.<ref name="FSWp102"/>
  
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The swift Canopian retaliation for the invasion, along with news of the disastrous battle for Herotitus, resulted in a quickly-negotiated truce and an agreement that Detroit, Herotitus and Spencer should all be reaffirmed as demilitarized system. The prisoners captured on the various worlds involved were repatriated, and Semyon was widely scorned by the media of both nations.<ref name="FSWp103">''First Succession War'', p. 103, "Aftermath"</ref>
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The swift Canopian retaliation for the invasion, along with news of the disastrous battle for Herotitus, resulted in a quickly negotiated truce and an agreement that Detroit, Herotitus, and Spencer should all be reaffirmed as demilitarized systems. The prisoners captured on the various worlds involved were repatriated and Semyon was widely scorned by the media of both nations.<ref name="FSWp103">''First Succession War'', p. 103: "Aftermath"</ref>
  
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In [[2997]], a hedonistic group from the [[Taurian Concordat]], the [[New Hedons]], arrived on planet and overthrew the government. Without touching the agrarian settlements, the Hedons established a large "pleasure industry", providing customers with physical and/or spiritual indulgence, to the point of excess.  Taxation from the pleasure industry was reinvested to allow Herotitus to support increased traffic and demand.  Concurrently, profits from export of foodstuffs also remained lucrative.  The planet maintained these two distinct industries in strict isolation, and achieved economic success as a result.<ref name="TPp132"/>
 
In [[2997]], a hedonistic group from the [[Taurian Concordat]], the [[New Hedons]], arrived on planet and overthrew the government. Without touching the agrarian settlements, the Hedons established a large "pleasure industry", providing customers with physical and/or spiritual indulgence, to the point of excess.  Taxation from the pleasure industry was reinvested to allow Herotitus to support increased traffic and demand.  Concurrently, profits from export of foodstuffs also remained lucrative.  The planet maintained these two distinct industries in strict isolation, and achieved economic success as a result.<ref name="TPp132"/>
  
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====FedCom Civil War====
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The 3060s saw a decline in prosperity on Herotitus, due to nascent hostilities between puritanical groups within the agrarian culture of Herotitus and the New Hedons.  Though not wide-spread or intense, these hostilities had started to hurt the economies of both the pleasure industry and agricultural trade.<ref>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 11</ref>
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The 3060s saw a decline in prosperity on Herotitus, due to nascent hostilities between puritanical groups within the agrarian culture of Herotitus and the New Hedons.  Though not widespread or intense, these hostilities had started to hurt the economies of both the pleasure industry and agricultural trade.<ref>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 11</ref>
  
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The 3060s were also marked by a new wave of morality that grew on Herotitus as a result of the work performed by Dr Meschach Bronson, a former priest of the New Avalon Catholic Church. Bronson had left the NACC in the 3030s due to a doctrinal dispute arising during the Argyle Diet; on Herotitus, he led the Church of the Living Christ, a movement that made considerable headway in taming the excesses of the population and with them the planet's reputation. In [[3067]] the Church of the Living Christ was responsible for "taking back" three major cities on the world, successfully having laws passed that banned a number of the more seedier activities that had been permissible in the past.<ref name="FM:Up198">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 198, "Lesser Periphery States"</ref>
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The 3060s were also marked by a new wave of morality that grew on Herotitus as a result of the work performed by Dr. [[Meschach Bronson]], a former priest of the [[New Avalon Catholic Church]]. Bronson had left the NACC in the 3030s due to a doctrinal dispute arising during the [[Argyle Diet]]; on Herotitus, he led the [[Church of the Living Christ]], a movement that made considerable headway in taming the excesses of the population and with them the planet's reputation. In [[3067]], the church was responsible for "taking back" three major cities on the world, successfully having laws passed that banned a number of the seedier activities that had been permissible in the past.<ref name="FM:Up198">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 198: "Lesser Periphery States"</ref>
  
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====The Jihad====
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On the 9th of December [[3070]] the President of Herotitus, [[Allison Carver]], was assassinated by an unknown party. No group ever claimed responsibility for the assassination.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
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On 9 December [[3070]], the [[President of the Council of Herotitus|President of Herotitus]], [[Allison Carver]], was assassinated by an unknown party. No group ever claimed responsibility for the assassination.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
  
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In the wake of the [[Jihad]] a number of large and small Periphery nations established hiring halls on Herotitus, including the [[Magistracy of Canopus]], [[Marian Hegemony]], [[Calderon Protectorate]], [[Filtvelt Coalition]] and Fronc Reaches. The Fronc Reaches went so far as to guard their hiring hall with a permanent detachment from the [[Colonial Marshals]], something that had a noticeable effect on the local black market. The Taurian Concordat was also going to some lengths to snatch up reliable mercenaries from Herotitus due to the poor standard of those looking for work in the Concordat itself, a legacy of the governing military junta's poor treatment of mercenaries during the Concordat's war with the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="FM:3085p156">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 156, "State Halls"</ref>
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In the wake of the [[Jihad]], a number of large and small Periphery nations established hiring halls on Herotitus, including the [[Magistracy of Canopus]], [[Marian Hegemony]], [[Calderon Protectorate]], [[Filtvelt Coalition]], and Fronc Reaches. The Fronc Reaches went so far as to guard their hiring hall with a permanent detachment from the [[Colonial Marshals]], something that had a noticeable effect on the local black market. The Taurian Concordat was also going to some lengths to snatch up reliable mercenaries from Herotitus, due to the poor standard of those looking for work in the Concordat itself, a legacy of the governing military junta's poor treatment of mercenaries during the Concordat's war with the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="FM:3085p156">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 156: "State Halls"</ref>
  
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== Political Affiliation ==
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===Military Deployment===
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* [[2366]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation - [2366] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 121, "Taurian Concordat after Age of War [2571], Fall of the Star League [2750] and End of the 3rd Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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====3057====
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* [[2596]] - No record <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[First Herotitus Defense Garrison]]<ref name=SLnc10>''Star Lord'', ch. 10</ref>
−
* [[2750]] - Independent world <ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2764]] - Independent world <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[2765]] - Independent world <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765Pp37>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 37, "Taurian Defense Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
 
−
* [[2786]] - Independent world <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2822]] - Independent world <ref name="H:LOTv2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation After First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2864]] - Independent world <ref name=HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War -  [2864] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3025]] - Independent world <ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TP1Ep152">''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p. 157, "Map of the Periphery"</ref><ref name=HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3030]] - Independent world <ref name=HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
 
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* [[3040]] - Independent world <ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 127, "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3050]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3052]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3057]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3058]] - Independent world <ref name=HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3059]] - Independent world <ref name="TP2Ep112">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 112, "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"</ref>
 
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* [[3063]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3067]] - Independent world <ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68, "Capellan Confederation After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3075]] - Independent world <ref name="JS:TBDp63">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3079]] - Independent world <ref name="FR:Pp20">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 20, "Magistracy of Canopus Region Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
 
−
* [[3081]] - Independent world <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3085]] - Independent world <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085]"</ref>
 
−
* [[3130]] - Fronc Reaches <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
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* [[3135]] - Fronc Reaches <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
−
* [[3145]] - Fronc Reaches <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
 
  
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== Planetary Rulers ==
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====3067====
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=== 3025 ===
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* [[Golden Boys]] (2 [[Company|companies]])<ref name=MSII66>''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 66: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>
−
* Gabriel Fur' Seng-Gang, President of the Council of Herotitus Libertines<ref name="TPp132"/>
 
  
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=== 3070 ===
+
====3085====
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* President: [[Allison Carver]]<ref name="J:FRp48"/>
+
* [[Green Machine]] (1 [[battalion]])<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 161: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
 +
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====3145====
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* [[Second Fronc Cuirassiers]] (shared with [[Rockwellawan]])<ref name="FM:3145p203">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 203: "Fronc Reaches"</ref>
 +
:* Second Fronc Air Wing
 +
:* Second Fronc Armor
 +
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===Geography===
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=== 3067 ===
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[[File:Herotitus Planetary Map.png|450px|thumb|right|Herotitus World Map]]
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* [[Golden Boys]] (2 [[Company|companies]])<ref name=MSII66>''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 66, "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>
+
Herotitus has four continents named Pomona, Marpessa, Baccali, and Weissholz.<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
  
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=== 3085 ===
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===Planetary Locations===
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* [[Green Machine]] (1 [[battalion]])<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 161, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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* Baccali (continent)
 +
:* Goodmansis: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
* Marpessa (continent)
 +
:* Astroposia: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Cromwellia: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Evenusia: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Fundament: planetary capital; previous known as New Hedron and Bodrum<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Maiasia: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Mercensis: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Myrmos: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Pisgah: a mountain peak<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Planelogia: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Sinceria: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* The Godly Peak: a mountain peak<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
* Pomona (continent)
 +
:* Josensis: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Merrymount: a mountain peak<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Weston: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
* Weissholz (continent)
 +
:* Greenwalk Outlook: a mountain peak<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
 +
:* Safe Landing: a city<ref name=TTS:Hp12/>
  
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=== 3145 ===
 
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* [[Second Fronc Cuirassiers]] (shared with [[Rockwellawan]])<ref name="FM:3145p203">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 203, "Fronc Reaches"</ref>
 
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:* Second Fronc Air Wing
 
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:* Second Fronc Armor
 
 
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==Nearby Systems==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 40 systems (39 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
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 +
| class="lessthan30" | [[Lyreton]]
 +
| class="lessthan30" | 9.4
 +
| class="lessthan30" | [[Mandalas]]
 +
| class="lessthan30" | 15.9
 +
| class="lessthan30" | [[Tincalunas|Huanghuadian]]
 +
| class="lessthan30" | 16.5
 +
| class="lessthan30" | [[Achtur|Untran]]
 +
| class="lessthan30" | 17.4
 
|-
 
|-
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|[[Lyreton]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Weldry]]
−
|9.5
+
| class="lessthan30" | 19.9
−
|[[Mandalas]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Kimi]]
−
|15.9
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| class="lessthan30" | 20.6
−
|[[Huanghuadian]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Nuncavoy]]
−
|16.5
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| class="lessthan30" | 21.4
−
|[[Untran]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Ward]]
−
|17.4
+
| class="lessthan30" | 25.7
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[Ward]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Panzyr]]
−
|25.8
+
| class="lessthan30" | 28.0
−
|[[Sunnywood]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Sacromonte]]
−
|29.7
+
| class="lessthan30" | 28.7
−
|[[Payia]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Sunnywood]]
−
|33.5
+
| class="lessthan30" | 29.4
−
|[[Ryans Fate]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Payia]]
−
|34.2
+
| class="over30" | 33.3
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[Itrom]]
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| class="over30" | [[Ryans Fate]]
−
|36.0
+
| class="over30" | 34.3
−
|[[Renown]]
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| class="over30" | [[Itrom]]
−
|36.7
+
| class="over30" | 36.0
−
|[[Thamel]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Polybius]]
−
|37.4
+
| class="over30" | 36.3
−
|[[Hurik]]
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| class="over30" | [[Renown]]
−
|39.0
+
| class="over30" | 36.5
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[Fjaldr]]
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| class="over30" | [[Wyeth's Glory|Thamel]]
−
|39.2
+
| class="over30" | 37.4
−
|[[Appian]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Hurik]]
−
|39.6
+
| class="over30" | 38.8
−
|[[Cavalor]]
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| class="over30" | [[Fjaldr]]
−
|42.7
+
| class="over30" | 39.1
−
|[[Linhauiguan]]
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| class="over30" | [[Appian]]
−
|43.2
+
| class="over30" | 39.4
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[Detroit]]
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| class="over30" | [[Cavalor]]
−
|45.6
+
| class="over30" | 42.4
−
|[[Bringdam]]
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| class="over30" | [[Linhauiguan]]
−
|47.6
+
| class="over30" | 43.2
−
|[[Coromodir]]
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| class="over30" | [[Detroit]]
−
|49.6
+
| class="over30" | 45.5
−
|[[Gunthar]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Bringdam]]
−
|51.2
+
| class="over30" | 47.6
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[Kalindam]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Midthun]]
−
|51.6
+
| class="over30" | 48.7
−
|[[Repulse]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Coromodir]]
−
|53.9
+
| class="over30" | 49.4
−
|[[Ghorepani]]
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| class="over30" | [[Gunthar]]
−
|54.1
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| class="over30" | 50.9
−
|[[Rockwellawan]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Murris]]
−
|54.3
+
| class="over30" | 51.2
 
|-
 
|-
−
|[[Zhaomaon]]
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| class="over30" | [[Merdal]]
−
|57.3
+
| class="over30" | 51.5
−
|[[Tyrlon]]
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| class="over30" | [[Ichlangis]]
−
|59.3
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| class="over30" | 51.7
−
|[[Pojos]]
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| class="over30" | [[Mangzhangdian]]
−
|59.4
+
| class="over30" | 53.3
−
|
+
| class="over30" | [[Repulse]]
−
|
+
| class="over30" | 53.8
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Rockwellawan]]
 +
| class="over30" | 53.9
 +
| class="over30" | [[Ghorepani]]
 +
| class="over30" | 54.1
 +
| class="over30" | [[Mechdur]]
 +
| class="over30" | 54.1
 +
| class="over30" | [[Cluff's Stand|Zhaomaon]]
 +
| class="over30" | 57.4
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Pojos]]
 +
| class="over30" | 59.1
 +
| class="over30" | [[Tyrlon]]
 +
| class="over30" | 59.3
 +
| class="over30" | [[Borden]]
 +
| class="over30" | 59.8
 +
| class="over60" | [[Egress]]
 +
| class="over60" | 60.6
 
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==References==
 
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Wars of the Republic Era]]''
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* ''[[House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
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* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
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* ''[[The Marshal Way]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]''
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* ''[[The Marshal Way]]''
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* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
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* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]''
 
 
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
 
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
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* ''[[Star Lord (novel)|Star Lord]]''
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Herotitus
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3151
Herotitus 3151.svg
Herotitus nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates58.729 : −430.11[e]
Spectral classG3IV[1]
Recharge time184 hours[2]
Recharge station(s)Nadir (3025)[1]
Zenith (2813)[3]
Planet(s)4[citation needed]

The Herotitus system was home to at least one habitable planet, Herotitus II, and (as of 3145) located in the Fronc Reaches.[4][5] It was approximately 434 light-years from Terra in the rimward direction.

System Description[edit]

Herotitus was located near the Lyreton and Mandalas systems[6][7] and consisted of a class G3IV primary orbited by at least two planets. During the thirty-first century, a recharge station was operating at the system's nadir jump point.[1]

System History[edit]

The Herotitus system was either settled during the Star League era, at some point after the end of the Reunification War,[8][6][7] or was an already-inhabited system that became significant enough during this era that Inner Sphere nations began recording its location on maps.

Political Affiliation[edit]

Herotitus II[edit]

Herotitus II
Herotitus Orbital View.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionSecond[1]
Jump Point distance8.52 Days[1]
MoonsNone[2]
Geophysical
Surface gravity0.98[2]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[2]
Equatorial temperature36°C[2]
Surface water72%[2]
Highest native lifeMammals[2]
Landmasses4 (Pomona, Marpessa, Baccali, Weissholz)[41]
History and Culture
Demonym(s)Herotitan[42]
Population240,000 (3025),[1] 16,631,000 (3067),[2] 29,450,000 (3145)[2]
Government and Infrastructure
Political LeaderPresident of Herotitus
CapitalNew Hedron (2997~3090),[43] Bodrum,[42] Fundament (3096)[42]
HPG ClassB[1][2]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Maxwell Klanis (3025)[1]

Herotitus II, more commonly known simply as Herotitus, is the second planet in the system.[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Early History[edit]

Settled jointly by the Taurians and Canopians in the late twenty-sixth century just prior to the Reunification War, Herotitus was an agrarian world that prospered due to its proximity to Periphery trade routes, and escaped being engulfed in a full-scale war during the Succession Wars.[1]

First Succession War[edit]

Herotitus held the dubious distinction of being involved in the only full-scale conflict to be fought between Periphery states during the First Succession War - or, for that matter, any of the Succession Wars. The Taurian-Canopian War - also referred to as the Herotitus Crisis or the 200-Hour War - was a brief and largely pointless campaign fought between the Magistracy of Canopus and the Taurian Concordat. The war was launched by Protector Semyon Calderon, who managed to convince the Privy Council that the acquisition of Herotitus and Detroit would expand the Concordat's resource base and help stave off an anticipated invasion by the Federated Suns.[44]

Given the distances involved, Semyon's claims bordered on the farcical, but held the promise of recapturing systems that the hated Star League had removed from the Concordat. Herotitus was a resource-rich and self-sufficient world with a relatively low population at the time, and like Detroit and Spencer, had been assigned a kind of protectorate status by the Star League, which was largely indifferent to the system other than making efforts to monitor development activity that might produce additional resources. While the Star League existed, Herotitus had been administered by the Magistracy, but the military forces on the planet had been limited to simple paramilitary forces. With the collapse of the Star League, the Magistracy Armed Forces had quietly bolstered their presence on the planet. In June 2813, Semyon launched his ill-fated offensive, and a Taurian Defense Force departed Concordat space, bound for Herotitus.[44]

The Second Pleiades Hussars were assigned to the invasion of Herotitus, supported by conventional forces and under the overall command of Comptroller Augustin Shapiro. From the outset, the invasion was marred by Shapiro's arrogance; the TDF task force arrived at the system zenith jump point and seized the recharge station there. Shapiro didn't bother to interdict or disrupt the station's communications, possibly in the belief that the arrival of his force represented an overwhelming display of strength that would intimidate the defenders. Whatever Shapiro's intentions, the results were deadly for the task force.[3]

Given ample time to prepare for the arrival of the Hussars on the ground, the defenders launched aerospace fighters at the invaders as they entered the planetary atmosphere - fighters that the TDF's advance scouts had evidently completely failed to detect. Backed up by small craft and low-flying DropShips, the aerospace fighters savaged the inbound forces, destroying some and forcing others to crash land. The aerial interdiction was so effective that barely two companies of Hussar 'Mechs made it to the surface, along with half a mixed regiment of conventional forces. Shapiro was one of those killed during the approach to the planet, and the highest-ranking officer to survive the landing was Subaltern Josiah Brandamas of the Nineteenth New Vandenberg BattleMech Company. The catastrophic losses suffered during the approach rendered Brandamas' situation hopeless, and the surviving TDF personnel surrendered to the local garrison.[3]

The swift Canopian retaliation for the invasion, along with news of the disastrous battle for Herotitus, resulted in a quickly negotiated truce and an agreement that Detroit, Herotitus, and Spencer should all be reaffirmed as demilitarized systems. The prisoners captured on the various worlds involved were repatriated and Semyon was widely scorned by the media of both nations.[45]

Third Succession War[edit]

In 2997, a hedonistic group from the Taurian Concordat, the New Hedons, arrived on planet and overthrew the government. Without touching the agrarian settlements, the Hedons established a large "pleasure industry", providing customers with physical and/or spiritual indulgence, to the point of excess. Taxation from the pleasure industry was reinvested to allow Herotitus to support increased traffic and demand. Concurrently, profits from export of foodstuffs also remained lucrative. The planet maintained these two distinct industries in strict isolation, and achieved economic success as a result.[1]

FedCom Civil War[edit]

The 3060s saw a decline in prosperity on Herotitus, due to nascent hostilities between puritanical groups within the agrarian culture of Herotitus and the New Hedons. Though not widespread or intense, these hostilities had started to hurt the economies of both the pleasure industry and agricultural trade.[46]

The 3060s were also marked by a new wave of morality that grew on Herotitus as a result of the work performed by Dr. Meschach Bronson, a former priest of the New Avalon Catholic Church. Bronson had left the NACC in the 3030s due to a doctrinal dispute arising during the Argyle Diet; on Herotitus, he led the Church of the Living Christ, a movement that made considerable headway in taming the excesses of the population and with them the planet's reputation. In 3067, the church was responsible for "taking back" three major cities on the world, successfully having laws passed that banned a number of the seedier activities that had been permissible in the past.[47]

The Jihad[edit]

On 9 December 3070, the President of Herotitus, Allison Carver, was assassinated by an unknown party. No group ever claimed responsibility for the assassination.[48]

In the wake of the Jihad, a number of large and small Periphery nations established hiring halls on Herotitus, including the Magistracy of Canopus, Marian Hegemony, Calderon Protectorate, Filtvelt Coalition, and Fronc Reaches. The Fronc Reaches went so far as to guard their hiring hall with a permanent detachment from the Colonial Marshals, something that had a noticeable effect on the local black market. The Taurian Concordat was also going to some lengths to snatch up reliable mercenaries from Herotitus, due to the poor standard of those looking for work in the Concordat itself, a legacy of the governing military junta's poor treatment of mercenaries during the Concordat's war with the Federated Suns.[49]

Military Deployment[edit]

3057[edit]

3067[edit]

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

  • Second Fronc Air Wing
  • Second Fronc Armor

Geography[edit]

Herotitus World Map

Herotitus has four continents named Pomona, Marpessa, Baccali, and Weissholz.[41]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Baccali (continent)
  • Goodmansis: a city[41]
  • Marpessa (continent)
  • Astroposia: a city[41]
  • Cromwellia: a city[41]
  • Evenusia: a city[41]
  • Fundament: planetary capital; previous known as New Hedron and Bodrum[41]
  • Maiasia: a city[41]
  • Mercensis: a city[41]
  • Myrmos: a city[41]
  • Pisgah: a mountain peak[41]
  • Planelogia: a city[41]
  • Sinceria: a city[41]
  • The Godly Peak: a mountain peak[41]
  • Pomona (continent)
  • Josensis: a city[41]
  • Merrymount: a mountain peak[41]
  • Weston: a city[41]
  • Weissholz (continent)
  • Greenwalk Outlook: a mountain peak[41]
  • Safe Landing: a city[41]

Image gallery[edit]

  • Planetary flag of Herotitus, ca. 3025

  • Planetary flag of Herotitus, ca. 3130

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 40 systems (39 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Lyreton 9.4 Mandalas 15.9 Huanghuadian 16.5 Untran 17.4
Weldry 19.9 Kimi 20.6 Nuncavoy 21.4 Ward 25.7
Panzyr 28.0 Sacromonte 28.7 Sunnywood 29.4 Payia 33.3
Ryans Fate 34.3 Itrom 36.0 Polybius 36.3 Renown 36.5
Thamel 37.4 Hurik 38.8 Fjaldr 39.1 Appian 39.4
Cavalor 42.4 Linhauiguan 43.2 Detroit 45.5 Bringdam 47.6
Midthun 48.7 Coromodir 49.4 Gunthar 50.9 Murris 51.2
Merdal 51.5 Ichlangis 51.7 Mangzhangdian 53.3 Repulse 53.8
Rockwellawan 53.9 Ghorepani 54.1 Mechdur 54.1 Zhaomaon 57.4
Pojos 59.1 Tyrlon 59.3 Borden 59.8 Egress 60.6

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 The Periphery, p. 132: "Herotitus"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Touring the Stars: Herotitus, p. 4
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 First Succession War, p. 102: "Herotitus"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 121: "Taurian Concordat after Age of War [2571], Fall of the Star League [2750] and End of the Third Succession War [3025]"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  9. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Foundation - [2366] Map"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25: "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  11. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  13. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 37: "Taurian Defense Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  14. ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), p. 10: "The Aurigan Reach, circa 2765"
  15. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  16. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31: "Capellan Confederation After First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  18. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  20. ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), p. 12: "The Rimward Periphery - Map Placed on File 21-07-2890"
  21. ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), pp. 14–15: "3022 Interstellar Expeditions. IAAS-349-SIFNM97-MMMXXII"
  22. ↑ The Periphery, pp. 156–157: "Maps of the Periphery"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49: "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 127: "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  26. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  29. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  31. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 112: "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"
  32. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  33. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  34. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68: "Capellan Confederation After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  35. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  36. ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 20: "Magistracy of Canopus Region Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  37. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  38. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085]"
  39. ↑ Historical: Wars of the Republic Era, p. 48
  40. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  41. ↑ 41.00 41.01 41.02 41.03 41.04 41.05 41.06 41.07 41.08 41.09 41.10 41.11 41.12 41.13 41.14 41.15 41.16 41.17 41.18 Touring the Stars: Herotitus, p. 12
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 Touring the Stars: Herotitus, p. 5
  43. ↑ The Marshal Way - Part 2, p. 6
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 First Succession War, pp. 101–102: "The Taurian-Canopian War (2813-2814)"
  45. ↑ First Succession War, p. 103: "Aftermath"
  46. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 11
  47. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 198: "Lesser Periphery States"
  48. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48: "The Jihad in Review"
  49. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 156: "State Halls"
  50. ↑ Star Lord, ch. 10
  51. ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 66: "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  52. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 161: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  53. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 203: "Fronc Reaches"

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