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''(References to [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Lyons | Lyons]])''
 
 
 
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__TOC__
  
''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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==System Description==
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'''Lyons''' is located near the [[Ko]] and [[Nusakan]] systems.
  
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==System History==
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref>
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* [[2319]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name=HB:HK>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18</ref>
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* [[2341]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref>
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* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref>
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* [[2771]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138</ref>
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* [[2772]] - Terran Hegemony (from September)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
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* [[2784]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV2p118">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 118</ref>
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* [[2785]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2822]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref><ref name="H:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42</ref><ref name="HKp132">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 132</ref>
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* [[3027]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=ARaaHPp>''A Rock and a Hard Place'', prologue</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref>
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* [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54</ref>
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* [[3062]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 69</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54</ref>
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* [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref name=JFRp63>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Independent world (from October)<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref><ref name=ER:3145p19>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 19</ref>
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* [[3145]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] (from September)<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name=ER:3145p25>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[3149]] - Republic of the Sphere (from January)<ref name=SFp62>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 62</ref>
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* [[3150]] - Clan Jade Falcon (from November)<ref name=SFp92>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 92</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
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==Lyons II==
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===Planetary History===
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Lyons was settled early in humanity's expansion across the stars. It featured a warm climate and arable land that readily supported crops imported from [[Terra]]. Lyons greatest claim to fame was the large number of volcanoes and volcanic activity that rocked the surface periodically. To avoid the problems presented by volcanoes, the inhabitants originally settled on the edges of the Fedkirk continent, leaving the center of the continent largely abandoned. The other continents (Glastone, Leuben, and Pairse) were settled the same way. Shortly after the immigrants arrived, the local mining industry produced enough for other industries to function. This let Lyons achieve self-sufficiency in short order.<ref name=DARWp220/>
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====Early History====
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Lyons was one of the worlds that was abandoned by the [[Terran Alliance]] following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the [[Demarcation Declaration]] of [[2242]].<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> Having become independent as a result of the Demarcation Declaration, Lyons was subsequently added to the resurgent [[Terran Hegemony]]; whilst some worlds joined the Hegemony during its early years as a result of diplomatic and trade incentives, many more were conquered in "campaigns of persuasion" launched by [[Director-General of the Terran Hegemony|Director-General]] [[James McKenna]], the first of which began in [[2316]] and ended with the capture of [[Towne]] in [[2317]]. Lyons was one of the worlds added to the Hegemony during or around the time of this first military campaign.<ref name="TSLp16">''The Star League'', p. 16: "Terra's Errant Flock"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp16"/><ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding [2319]"</ref> By the end of the [[Reunification War]] Lyons had become one of the worlds within the [[Lone Star Province]] of the Terran Hegemony.<ref name="H:RWp159"/>
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====Amaris Civil War====
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In [[2772]], the [[Star League Defense Force]]'s [[16th Army (Star League)|Sixteenth Army]] was assigned to retake Lyons from the [[Amaris Empire]] during [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]]. Defended by a combination of Patriot forces and the [[Twenty-fifth Amaris Dragoons]], the SLDF would encounter horrific conditions that would typify the kind of resistance faced all across the [[Terran Hegemony]]. The Dragoons used chemical and biological weapons against the Sixteenth Army without compunction, in the process affecting over a hundred thousand civilians living in three of the world's largest cities. The Patriot battalions swelled their ranks by rounding up and forcing thousands of civilians to man defensive turrets and barricades, under the threat of torture or death if they refused. SLDF troops had to exercise extreme care and use non-lethal weapons where possible, and the siege on the planet's lone [[Castle Brian]] lasted more than two months.<ref name=H:LOTV1p122-124>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', pp. 122, 124</ref>
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====Succession Wars====
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In [[2966]], the [[Draconis Combine]] conducted a raid on Lyons.  However, a [[Lyran]] aerospace force was hidden on Lyon's moon, Bier.  Once the Kuritan forces were committed, the Steiner forces dove through the attacking force causing tremendous damage and chaos.  Only one Kuritan ship escaped the attack.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 162</ref>
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In [[3025]], Lyons was the primary base for the [[Twelfth Star Guards]], though they had moved off-world during the [[Fourth Succession War]]. In [[3029]], the [[Kell Hounds]] mercenary unit established a base there, including the town of New Freedom. The town was home to numerous members of the underground [[Heimdall (organization)|Heimdall]] movement. The town was destroyed in a raid by the [[Third Dieron Regulars]] and most of the population was murdered by the Kuritan unit. The Kell Hounds returned to New Freedom and completely routed the Kurita forces, returning the planet to relative peace.{{cn}}
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====Jihad====
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Lyons was captured by the Word of Blake during the [[Jihad]]. In September [[3076]], however, a [[Clan Ghost Bear]]/[[Clan Snow Raven]] task force liberated the world,<ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> with the Ghost Bear's [[Xi Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Xi Galaxy]] conducting the ground campaign.<ref name="FR:Cp10">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 10: "Xi Galaxy"</ref> The Clan troops in November, left shortly after liberating the world, leaving two [[Inner Sphere]] units to help rebuild.<ref name="J:FRp56"/><ref name="JHS:Tp23">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 23: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
  
==Owner History==
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Unfortunately tensions between the [[Sixth Pesht Regulars]] and [[Seventh Donegal Guards]] boiled over, and the traditional enemies fought with each other, inflicting damage on both units. Eventually [[General]] [[Belle Lee]] arrived on the world and transferred both the House units off-world. The Thirty-first Battalion of the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[Sixth Army (ComStar)|Sixth Army]] was transferred in to replace them.<ref name="J:FRp56"/><ref name="JHS:Tp23"/><ref name="JHS:Tp20+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21: "Cracks In The Façade"</ref>
* [[2271]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [[2271]"</ref>
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* [[2319]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] <ref name=HB:HK>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding - 2319"</ref>
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The clashes between the Seventh Donegal Guards and Sixth Pesht Regulars began with the Donegal Guards launching an air raid followed by an airborne infantry assault on the primary base used by the Pesht Regulars on 12 December 3076; the bulk of the Pesht Regulars were conducting war games on the Alterland continent, and the Donegal Guards' forces took less than an hour to capture the facility. The Pesht Regulars retaliated the next day, assaulting the Donegal Guards forces at the Federated-Boeing International DropPort, the beginning of a series of skirmishes throughout the day. [[Ernestine Chiery]], an aide to Governor [[Michael Bloomsworth]], confirmed later the same day that the planetary authorities had requested assistance from the allied coalition command to try and defuse the situation even as they evacuated civilians from the affected areas. General Lee and her forces arrived in early January, and by the 5th of January had stopped the fratricidal combat, removed both units from their posts and replaced them with the Com Guard forces.<ref name="JHS:Tp20+"/>
* [[2341]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding [2341]"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
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====Dark Age====
* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
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Following the Jihad Lyons became part of the new [[Republic of the Sphere]] when that state arose in [[3081]].<ref name=JFRp63/>
* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
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A false-flag operation run by the [[RAF]] was used to deal with a Republic-loyal militia that in actuality was run by a separatist faction.<ref name=TRO3145p18>''Technical Readout: 3145'', p. 18: "Deployment"</ref>
* [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]] <ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
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* [[2771]] - Amaris Empire <ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref>
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Following the raising of [[Fortress Republic]] in October [[3135]] Lyons was cut off from the Republic government. Lyons quickly tried to shore up their defenses with mercenaries, with mixed results. The infamous [[Lyons Incident]] in August [[3136]] did little to lessen the world's resolve. Despite their efforts, their independence was lost when the world fell to [[Clan Jade Falcon]] in September [[3145]].<ref name=ER:3145p11/><ref name=ER:3145p19/><ref name=ER:3145p25/>
* [[2772]] - Terran Hegemony (from September)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
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* [[2784]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:LoTV2p118">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 118, "Digesting The Hegemony"</ref>
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Lyons was one of the target worlds when the Republic mounted [[Operation SHOFAR]]. In January [[3149]] the [[Third Falcon Velites (Clan Jade Falcon)|Third Falcon Velites]] garrisoning Lyons were surprised by the arrival of a new RAF unit, the [[XI Hastati Sentinels|Eleventh Hastati Sentinels]]. After three days of resistance the Velites evacuated Lyons to inform [[Khan]] [[Malvina Hazen]] of the Republic's reemergence on the galactic scene.<ref name=SFp62/>
* [[2785]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"</ref> <ref name="H:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"</ref>
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In November [[3150]], Lyons was taken once more by the Jade Falcons during their final drive towards [[Terra]]. Using scorched-earth tactics, the Falcons drew the Republic defenders into making headstrong attacks, which the Clan warriors exploited to defeat them.<ref name=SFp92/>
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref> <ref name="H:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"</ref> <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succesion War [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HKp132">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"</ref>
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===Military Deployment===
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"</ref> <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succesion War [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
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====2764====
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"</ref>
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* [[164th BattleMech Division]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 251: "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"</ref> <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"</ref>
 
* [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref>
 
* [[3058]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3062]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
 
* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 69, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"</ref> <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"</ref>
 
* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"</ref>
 
* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name=DARWp217/><ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Independent world <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref>
 
  
==Era Specific Data==
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====2772====
===3077===
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* [[Twenty-fifth Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=H:LOTV1p122>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 122</ref>
* Governor: [[Michael Bloomsworth]]<ref name="JHS:Tp20+"/>
 
  
==Planetary Garrison==
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====2821====
===2764===
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* [[Thirty-first Dieron Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War'', p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>
* [[164th BattleMech Division]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 251, "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"</ref>
 
  
===3025===
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====3025====
* [[12th Star Guards|Twelfth Star Guards]]<ref name=HS117>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 117, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp45">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p.45, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
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* [[Twelfth Star Guards]]<ref name=HS117>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 117: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp45">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
:* [[3rd Regiment (12th Star Guards)|Third Regiment]]<ref name=HS117/><ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>
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:* [[Third Regiment (12th Star Guards)|Third Regiment]]<ref name=HS117/><ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>
:* [[7th Regiment (12th Star Guards)|Seventh Regiment]]<ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>
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:* [[Seventh Regiment (12th Star Guards)|Seventh Regiment]]<ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>
  
===3028===
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====3028====
 
* Twelfth Star Guards<ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>
 
* Twelfth Star Guards<ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>
 
:* Third Regiment<ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>
 
:* Third Regiment<ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>
 
:* Seventh Regiment<ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>
 
:* Seventh Regiment<ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/>
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====3029====
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* [[Kell Hounds]]{{cn}}
  
===3038===
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====3038====
* [[17th Donegal Guards|Seventeenth Donegal Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137, "Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[Seventeenth Donegal Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137: "Deployment Table"</ref>
  
===3054===
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====3050====
* [[Lyons Freedom Theater Militia]]<ref name=OR19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19, "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[Lyons SMM]]<ref name=20yup26>''20 Year Update'', p. 26</ref>
  
===3055===
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====3054====
* [[388th Division (ComStar)|388th Division]]{{cn}}
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* [[Lyons Freedom Theater Militia]]<ref name=OR19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
  
===3061===
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====3055====
* Lyons FTM<ref name=SS47>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 47, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* [[388th Division (ComStar)|388th Division]]<ref name=CSSp85">''ComStar'', p. 85</ref>
  
===3067===
+
====3061====
* Lyons FTM<ref name=FMU177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177, "Lyran Alliance Deploment Table"</ref>
+
* Lyons Freedom Theater Militia<ref name=SS47>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 47: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
 +
{{column}}
 +
====3067====
 +
* Lyons Freedom Theater Militia<ref name=FMU177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
  
===3076===
+
====3076====
* [[6th Pesht Regulars|Sixth Pesht Regulars]] (from liberation onwards)<ref name="JHS:Tp20+"/>
+
* [[Sixth Pesht Regulars]] (from liberation onwards)<ref name="JHS:Tp20+"/>
* [[7th Donegal Guards|Seventh Donegal Guards]] (from liberation onwards)<ref name="JHS:Tp20+"/>
+
* [[Seventh Donegal Guards]] (from liberation onwards)<ref name="JHS:Tp20+"/>
  
===3077===
+
====3077====
* [[ComGuard]] [[6th Army (ComStar)|Sixth Army]]<ref name="JHS:Tp20+"/>
+
* [[Com Guard]] [[Sixth Army (ComStar)|Sixth Army]]<ref name="JHS:Tp20+"/>
 
:* Thirty-first Battalion<ref name="JHS:Tp20+"/>
 
:* Thirty-first Battalion<ref name="JHS:Tp20+"/>
  
===3145===
+
====3145====
* [[3rd Falcon Velites (Clan Jade Falcon)|Third Falcon Velites]]<ref name=FM:3145p168>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 168, "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref>
+
* [[Third Falcon Velites (Clan Jade Falcon)|Third Falcon Velites]]<ref name=FM:3145p168>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 168: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref>
 +
{{columns-end}}
  
==Planetary History==
+
===Geography===  
'''Lyons''' was settled early in humanity's expansion across the stars. It featured a warm climate and arable land that readily supported crops imported from [[Terra]]. Lyons greatest claim to fame was the large number of volcanoes and volcanic activity that rocked the surface periodically. To avoid the problems presented by volcanoes, the inhabitants originally settled on the edges of the Fedkirk continent, leaving the center of the continent largely abandoned. The other continents (Glastone, Leuben, and Pairse) were settled the same way. Shortly after the immigrants arrived, the local mining industry produced enough for other industries to function. This let Lyons achieve self-sufficiency in short order.<ref name=DARWp217/>
+
Lyons has four continents name Fedkirk, Glastone, Leuben, and Pairse.<ref name=DARWp220/>
  
=== Early History ===
+
===Planetary Locations===
Lyons was one of the worlds that was abandoned by the [[Terran Alliance]] following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the [[Demarcation Declaration]] of [[2242]].<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> Having become independent as a result of the Demarcation Declaration, Lyons was subsequently added to the resurgent [[Terran Hegemony]]; whilst some worlds joined the Hegemony during its early years as a result of diplomatic and trade incentives, many more were conquered in "campaigns of persuasion" launched by [[Director-General]] [[James McKenna]], the first of which began in [[2316]] and ended with the capture of [[Towne]] in [[2317]]. Lyons was one of the worlds added to the Hegemony during or around the time of this first military campaign.<ref name="TSLp16">''The Star League'', p. 16, "Terra's Errant Flock"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding [2319]"</ref> By the end of the [[Reunification War]] Lyons had become one of the worlds within the [[Lone Star Province]] of the Terran Hegemony.<ref name="H:RWp159"/>  
+
* Bellerive: a small town in the Bellerive Valley<ref name=AoRc20>''Assumption of Risk'', ch. 20</ref>
 +
* Bellerive Valley<ref name=AoRc20/>
 +
* Clovis' Point: the planetary capital<ref name=DARWp220/>
 +
* [[Givens Hollow Castle Brian]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp43>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 43</ref>
 +
* Montplier<ref name=WCc15>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 15</ref>
 +
* New Freedom<ref name=WCc15/>
 +
* St. John<ref name=WCc15/>
  
===Succession Wars===
+
<!-- Commented out due to lack of information
In [[2966]], the [[Draconis Combine]] conducted a raid on Lyons.  However, a [[Lyran]] aerospace force was hidden on Lyon's moon, Bier.  Once the Kuritan forces were committed, the Steiner forces dove through the attacking force causing tremendous damage and chaos.  Only one Kuritan ship escaped the attack.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 162</ref>
+
===Industrial Centers===
  
In [[3025]], Lyons was the primary base for the [[12th Star Guards]], a [[mercenary unit]] with a lineage dating to the collapse of the [[Star League]]. Two regiments were based on the planet - the 3rd Regiment, commanded by Hauptmann-General Mitch DeChavilier, and the 7th Regiment, commanded by Colonel Thomas Scovy.
+
===Local Flora and Fauna===
  
During the [[Fourth Succession War]], the 12th Star Guards had moved off-world, participating in attacks on [[Kurita]] space and in 3029, the [[Kell Hounds]] mercenary unit, commanded by Colonel [[Morgan Kell]] established a base there, including the town of [[New Freedom]]. The town was home to numerous members of the underground [[Heimdall (organization)|Heimdall]] movement. The town was destroyed in a raid by the [[3rd Dieron Regulars]] and most of the population was murdered by the Kuritan unit. The Kell Hounds returned to New Freedom and completely routed the Kurita forces, returning the planet to relative peace.
+
===Image gallery===
 
+
-->
===Jihad===
+
==Map Gallery==
Lyons was captured by the Word of Blake during the Jihad. In September [[3076]], however, a [[Clan Ghost Bear]]/[[Clan Snow Raven]] task force liberated the world,<ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> with the Ghost Bear's [[Xi Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Xi Galaxy]] conducting the ground campaign.<ref name="FR:Cp10">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 10, "Xi Galaxy"</ref> The Clan troops in November, left shortly after liberating the world, leaving two [[Inner Sphere]] units to help rebuild.<ref name="J:FRp56"/><ref name="JHS:Tp23">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 23, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
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<div class="system-map-gallery"></div>
 
 
Unfortunately tensions between the [[6th Pesht Regulars]] and [[7th Donegal Guards]] boiled over, and the traditional enemies fought with each other, inflicting damage on both units. Eventually [[General]] [[Belle Lee]] arrived on the world and transferred both the House units off-world. The 31st Battalion of the [[ComGuard]] [[6th Army (ComStar)|Sixth Army]] was transferred in to replace them.<ref name="J:FRp56"/><ref name="JHS:Tp23"/><ref name="JHS:Tp20+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21, "Cracks In The Facade"</ref>
 
 
 
The clashes between the 7th Donegal Guards and 6th Pesht Regulars began with the Donegal Guards launching an air raid followed by an airborne infantry assault on the primary base used by the Pesht Regulars on the 12th of December 3076; the bulk of the Pesht Regulars were conducting war games on the Alterland continent, and the Donegal Guards' forces took less than an hour to capture the facility. The Pesht Regulars retaliated the next day, assaulting the Donegal Guards forces at the Federated-Boeing International DropPort, the beginning of a series of skirmishes throughout the day. [[Ernestine Chiery]], an aide to Governor [[Michael Bloomsworth]], confirmed later the same day that the planetary authorities had requested assistance from the allied coalition command to try and defuse the situation even as they evacuated civilians from the effected areas. General Lee and her forces arrived in early January, and by the 5th of January had stopped the fratricidal combat, removed both units from their posts and replaced them with the ComGuard forces.<ref name="JHS:Tp20+"/>
 
  
 
==Nearby Systems==
 
==Nearby Systems==
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! colspan="10" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
+
{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
 +
! colspan="8" | Closest 80 systems (78 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Ko]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Ko]]
| 10.08
+
| class="lessthan30" | 7.1
| [[Nusakan]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Nusakan]]
| 16.32
+
| class="lessthan30" | 12.6
| [[Alkalurops]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alkalurops]]
| 19.39
+
| class="lessthan30" | 14.5
| [[Atria]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Atria]]
| 19.90
+
| class="lessthan30" | 14.7
| [[Rocky]]
 
| 20.27
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Zollikofen]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Rocky]]
| 25.33
+
| class="lessthan30" | 15.4
| [[Imbros III]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Skondia]]
| 25.58
+
| class="lessthan30" | 19.0
| [[Skondia]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zollikofen]]
| 25.59
+
| class="lessthan30" | 20.3
| [[Muphrid]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Sabik]]
| 27.91
+
| class="lessthan30" | 21.1
| [[Sabik]]
 
| 28.69
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Dromini VI]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Imbros]]
| 29.47
+
| class="lessthan30" | 21.4
| [[Lone Star]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Lone Star]]
| 30.17
+
| class="lessthan30" | 21.8
| [[Dyev]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Menkent]]
| 30.77
+
| class="lessthan30" | 22.0
| [[Menkent]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Yorii]]
| 31.06
+
| class="lessthan30" | 23.1
| [[Thorin]]
 
| 31.28
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Yorii]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Muphrid]]
| 32.57
+
| class="lessthan30" | 23.9
| [[Summer]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Summer]]
| 34.13
+
| class="lessthan30" | 24.9
| [[Syrma]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Dromini]]
| 35.33
+
| class="lessthan30" | 27.5
| [[Galatea]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Dyev]]
| 35.41
+
| class="lessthan30" | 28.8
| [[Zebebelgenubi]]
 
| 38.00
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Chara]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Asta]]
| 38.51
+
| class="over30" | 30.2
| [[Asta]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Zebebelgenubi]]
| 40.32
+
| class="over30" | 30.5
| [[La Blon]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Thorin]]
| 42.92
+
| class="over30" | 30.8
| [[Lipton]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Galatea]]
| 43.16
+
| class="over30" | 31.1
| [[Killbourn]]
 
| 43.51
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Pike IV]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Killbourn]]
| 43.68
+
| class="over30" | 31.3
| [[Alula Australis]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Haddings]]
| 44.72
+
| class="over30" | 32.5
| [[Haddings]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Chara]]
| 45.78
+
| class="over30" | 32.9
| [[New Earth]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alphecca]]
| 46.266
+
| class="over30" | 33.3
| [[Alrakis]]
 
| 46.266
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Skye]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Lipton]]
| 46.68
+
| class="over30" | 34.1
| [[Alphecca]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Syrma]]
| 47.04
+
| class="over30" | 34.9
| [[Zavijava]]
+
| class="over30" | [[La Blon]]
| 47.82
+
| class="over30" | 35.2
| [[Athenry]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Skye]]
| 48.33
+
| class="over30" | 36.3
| [[Chaville]]
 
| 48.73
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Graham IV]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Mizar]]
| 49.63
+
| class="over30" | 36.4
| [[Mizar]]
+
| class="over30" | [[New Earth|Tau Ceti]]
| 49.64
+
| class="over30" | 37.2
| [[Moore]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Moore]]
| 54.03
+
| class="over30" | 38.3
| [[Unukalhai]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Unukalhai]]
| 54.29
+
| class="over30" | 38.8
| [[Oliver]]
 
| 54.54
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Kessel]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Zavijava]]
| 54.86
+
| class="over30" | 40.0
| [[Denebola]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Altair]]
| 55.18
+
| class="over30" | 40.5
| [[Lambrecht]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Lambrecht]]
| 55.32
+
| class="over30" | 41.0
| [[Rigil Kentarus]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Chaville]]
| 56.35
+
| class="over30" | 41.2
| [[Balkan]]
+
|-
| 56.36
+
| class="over30" | [[Athenry]]
 +
| class="over30" | 41.3
 +
| class="over30" | [[Rigil Kentarus]]
 +
| class="over30" | 41.4
 +
| class="over30" | [[Nai-Stohl]]
 +
| class="over30" | 41.6
 +
| class="over30" | [[Dieron]]
 +
| class="over30" | 42.5
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Denebola]]
 +
| class="over30" | 43.0
 +
| class="over30" | [[Pike (system)|Pike]]
 +
| class="over30" | 43.2
 +
| class="over30" | [[Alrakis]]
 +
| class="over30" | 43.3
 +
| class="over30" | [[Xi Ursae_Majoris|Xi Ursae Majoris]]
 +
| class="over30" | 43.4
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Alioth]]
 +
| class="over30" | 43.7
 +
| class="over30" | [[Terra|Sol]]
 +
| class="over30" | 45.0
 +
| class="over30" | [[Cor Caroli]]
 +
| class="over30" | 45.7
 +
| class="over30" | [[Kessel]]
 +
| class="over30" | 46.1
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Oliver]]
 +
| class="over30" | 46.6
 +
| class="over30" | [[Balkan]]
 +
| class="over30" | 47.3
 +
| class="over30" | [[Graham]]
 +
| class="over30" | 49.1
 +
| class="over30" | [[Afleir]]
 +
| class="over30" | 50.4
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Styx]]
 +
| class="over30" | 50.6
 +
| class="over30" | [[Sirius]]
 +
| class="over30" | 50.9
 +
| class="over30" | [[Kochab]]
 +
| class="over30" | 51.1
 +
| class="over30" | [[Kaus Media]]
 +
| class="over30" | 51.5
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Alcor]]
 +
| class="over30" | 52.6
 +
| class="over30" | [[Procyon]]
 +
| class="over30" | 52.9
 +
| class="over30" | [[Kaus Australis]]
 +
| class="over30" | 53.1
 +
| class="over30" | [[Caph]]
 +
| class="over30" | 53.2
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Kuzuu]]
 +
| class="over30" | 53.8
 +
| class="over30" | [[Komephoros]]
 +
| class="over30" | 54.4
 +
| class="over30" | [[Milton]]
 +
| class="over30" | 54.8
 +
| class="over30" | [[Pollux]]
 +
| class="over30" | 55.0
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Fomalhaut]]
 +
| class="over30" | 55.2
 +
| class="over30" | [[Keid]]
 +
| class="over30" | 55.4
 +
| class="over30" | [[Saffel]]
 +
| class="over30" | 55.5
 +
| class="over30" | [[Devil's Rock]]
 +
| class="over30" | 55.6
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Zosma]]
 +
| class="over30" | 56.1
 +
| class="over30" | [[Ascella]]
 +
| class="over30" | 56.6
 +
| class="over30" | [[Inglesmond|New Britain]]
 +
| class="over30" | 57.1
 +
| class="over30" | [[Ryde]]
 +
| class="over30" | 57.5
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Kervil]]
 +
| class="over30" | 57.6
 +
| class="over30" | [[Konstance]]
 +
| class="over30" | 57.7
 +
| class="over30" | [[Alchiba]]
 +
| class="over30" | 58.0
 +
| class="over30" | [[Castor]]
 +
| class="over30" | 58.1
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Carnwath]]
 +
| class="over30" | 59.3
 +
| class="over30" | [[New Home]]
 +
| class="over30" | 59.7
 +
| class="over60" | [[Nirasaki]]
 +
| class="over60" | 60.6
 +
| class="over60" | [[Marfik]]
 +
| class="over60" | 61.5
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Altair]]
 
| 56.82
 
| [[Nai-Stohl]]
 
| 58.18
 
| [[Dieron]]
 
| 59.03
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[Assumption of Risk]]'' (novel)
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* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]''
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* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
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* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
 
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
 
 
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
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* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Warrior: Coupé]]'' (novel)
 
* ''[[Warrior: Coupé]]'' (novel)
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[[Category:Planets|Lyons]]
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[[Category: Amaris Empire Planets]]
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[[Category: Amaris Empire Systems]]
[[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Planets]]
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[[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Systems]]
[[Category: Federated Commonwealth Planets]]
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[[Category: Independent Planets]]
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[[Category: Independent Systems]]
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Latest revision as of 14:07, 23 March 2024

Lyons
Lyons 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-23.01 : 38.727[e]
Spectral classF8V[1]
Planet(s)4[1]

System Description[edit]

Lyons is located near the Ko and Nusakan systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]


Lyons II[edit]

Lyons II
Lyons.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionSecond[1]
Jump Point distance12 days[1]
Moons1 (Bier)[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity0.99[1]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1]
Equatorial temperature46°C[1]
Surface water77%[1]
Highest native lifeReptiles[1]
Landmasses4 (Fedkirk, Glastone, Leuben, Pairse)[1]
History and Culture
Population957,000,000 (3130)[1][44]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Lyons
Political LeaderPlanetary Governor
Military CommanderLegate Ulga Jarmann (3130)[1][44]
CapitalClovis' Point[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Lyons was settled early in humanity's expansion across the stars. It featured a warm climate and arable land that readily supported crops imported from Terra. Lyons greatest claim to fame was the large number of volcanoes and volcanic activity that rocked the surface periodically. To avoid the problems presented by volcanoes, the inhabitants originally settled on the edges of the Fedkirk continent, leaving the center of the continent largely abandoned. The other continents (Glastone, Leuben, and Pairse) were settled the same way. Shortly after the immigrants arrived, the local mining industry produced enough for other industries to function. This let Lyons achieve self-sufficiency in short order.[1]

Early History[edit]

Lyons was one of the worlds that was abandoned by the Terran Alliance following the Outer Reaches Rebellion and the Demarcation Declaration of 2242.[2] Having become independent as a result of the Demarcation Declaration, Lyons was subsequently added to the resurgent Terran Hegemony; whilst some worlds joined the Hegemony during its early years as a result of diplomatic and trade incentives, many more were conquered in "campaigns of persuasion" launched by Director-General James McKenna, the first of which began in 2316 and ended with the capture of Towne in 2317. Lyons was one of the worlds added to the Hegemony during or around the time of this first military campaign.[45][2][46] By the end of the Reunification War Lyons had become one of the worlds within the Lone Star Province of the Terran Hegemony.[6]

Amaris Civil War[edit]

In 2772, the Star League Defense Force's Sixteenth Army was assigned to retake Lyons from the Amaris Empire during Operation CHIEFTAIN. Defended by a combination of Patriot forces and the Twenty-fifth Amaris Dragoons, the SLDF would encounter horrific conditions that would typify the kind of resistance faced all across the Terran Hegemony. The Dragoons used chemical and biological weapons against the Sixteenth Army without compunction, in the process affecting over a hundred thousand civilians living in three of the world's largest cities. The Patriot battalions swelled their ranks by rounding up and forcing thousands of civilians to man defensive turrets and barricades, under the threat of torture or death if they refused. SLDF troops had to exercise extreme care and use non-lethal weapons where possible, and the siege on the planet's lone Castle Brian lasted more than two months.[47]

Succession Wars[edit]

In 2966, the Draconis Combine conducted a raid on Lyons. However, a Lyran aerospace force was hidden on Lyon's moon, Bier. Once the Kuritan forces were committed, the Steiner forces dove through the attacking force causing tremendous damage and chaos. Only one Kuritan ship escaped the attack.[48]

In 3025, Lyons was the primary base for the Twelfth Star Guards, though they had moved off-world during the Fourth Succession War. In 3029, the Kell Hounds mercenary unit established a base there, including the town of New Freedom. The town was home to numerous members of the underground Heimdall movement. The town was destroyed in a raid by the Third Dieron Regulars and most of the population was murdered by the Kuritan unit. The Kell Hounds returned to New Freedom and completely routed the Kurita forces, returning the planet to relative peace.[citation needed]

Jihad[edit]

Lyons was captured by the Word of Blake during the Jihad. In September 3076, however, a Clan Ghost Bear/Clan Snow Raven task force liberated the world,[49][50] with the Ghost Bear's Xi Galaxy conducting the ground campaign.[51] The Clan troops in November, left shortly after liberating the world, leaving two Inner Sphere units to help rebuild.[50][52]

Unfortunately tensions between the Sixth Pesht Regulars and Seventh Donegal Guards boiled over, and the traditional enemies fought with each other, inflicting damage on both units. Eventually General Belle Lee arrived on the world and transferred both the House units off-world. The Thirty-first Battalion of the Com Guard Sixth Army was transferred in to replace them.[50][52][53]

The clashes between the Seventh Donegal Guards and Sixth Pesht Regulars began with the Donegal Guards launching an air raid followed by an airborne infantry assault on the primary base used by the Pesht Regulars on 12 December 3076; the bulk of the Pesht Regulars were conducting war games on the Alterland continent, and the Donegal Guards' forces took less than an hour to capture the facility. The Pesht Regulars retaliated the next day, assaulting the Donegal Guards forces at the Federated-Boeing International DropPort, the beginning of a series of skirmishes throughout the day. Ernestine Chiery, an aide to Governor Michael Bloomsworth, confirmed later the same day that the planetary authorities had requested assistance from the allied coalition command to try and defuse the situation even as they evacuated civilians from the affected areas. General Lee and her forces arrived in early January, and by the 5th of January had stopped the fratricidal combat, removed both units from their posts and replaced them with the Com Guard forces.[53]

Dark Age[edit]

Following the Jihad Lyons became part of the new Republic of the Sphere when that state arose in 3081.[35]

A false-flag operation run by the RAF was used to deal with a Republic-loyal militia that in actuality was run by a separatist faction.[54]

Following the raising of Fortress Republic in October 3135 Lyons was cut off from the Republic government. Lyons quickly tried to shore up their defenses with mercenaries, with mixed results. The infamous Lyons Incident in August 3136 did little to lessen the world's resolve. Despite their efforts, their independence was lost when the world fell to Clan Jade Falcon in September 3145.[37][38][40]

Lyons was one of the target worlds when the Republic mounted Operation SHOFAR. In January 3149 the Third Falcon Velites garrisoning Lyons were surprised by the arrival of a new RAF unit, the Eleventh Hastati Sentinels. After three days of resistance the Velites evacuated Lyons to inform Khan Malvina Hazen of the Republic's reemergence on the galactic scene.[41]

In November 3150, Lyons was taken once more by the Jade Falcons during their final drive towards Terra. Using scorched-earth tactics, the Falcons drew the Republic defenders into making headstrong attacks, which the Clan warriors exploited to defeat them.[42]

Military Deployment[edit]

3067[edit]

  • Lyons Freedom Theater Militia[65]

3076[edit]

3077[edit]

  • Thirty-first Battalion[53]

3145[edit]

Geography[edit]

Lyons has four continents name Fedkirk, Glastone, Leuben, and Pairse.[1]

Planetary Locations[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 80 systems (78 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Ko 7.1 Nusakan 12.6 Alkalurops 14.5 Atria 14.7
Rocky 15.4 Skondia 19.0 Zollikofen 20.3 Sabik 21.1
Imbros 21.4 Lone Star 21.8 Menkent 22.0 Yorii 23.1
Muphrid 23.9 Summer 24.9 Dromini 27.5 Dyev 28.8
Asta 30.2 Zebebelgenubi 30.5 Thorin 30.8 Galatea 31.1
Killbourn 31.3 Haddings 32.5 Chara 32.9 Alphecca 33.3
Lipton 34.1 Syrma 34.9 La Blon 35.2 Skye 36.3
Mizar 36.4 Tau Ceti 37.2 Moore 38.3 Unukalhai 38.8
Zavijava 40.0 Altair 40.5 Lambrecht 41.0 Chaville 41.2
Athenry 41.3 Rigil Kentarus 41.4 Nai-Stohl 41.6 Dieron 42.5
Denebola 43.0 Pike 43.2 Alrakis 43.3 Xi Ursae Majoris 43.4
Alioth 43.7 Sol 45.0 Cor Caroli 45.7 Kessel 46.1
Oliver 46.6 Balkan 47.3 Graham 49.1 Afleir 50.4
Styx 50.6 Sirius 50.9 Kochab 51.1 Kaus Media 51.5
Alcor 52.6 Procyon 52.9 Kaus Australis 53.1 Caph 53.2
Kuzuu 53.8 Komephoros 54.4 Milton 54.8 Pollux 55.0
Fomalhaut 55.2 Keid 55.4 Saffel 55.5 Devil's Rock 55.6
Zosma 56.1 Ascella 56.6 New Britain 57.1 Ryde 57.5
Kervil 57.6 Konstance 57.7 Alchiba 58.0 Castor 58.1
Carnwath 59.3 New Home 59.7 Nirasaki 60.6 Marfik 61.5

References[edit]

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