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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/Conflict Zones
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 1.1 Mercenary Row (Reputation 3)
- 1.2 Inferno's Wake (Reputation 4)
- 1.3 Davion/Kurita Frontline (Reputation 5)
- 1.4 Apex Mining Syndicate (Reputation 5)
- 1.5 Kurita/Davion Frontline (Reputation 6)
- 1.6 Davion Borderlands (Reputation 6)
- 1.7 Refugee Hideout (Reputation 6)
- 1.8 Shipping Route (Reputation 6)
- 1.9 Rashpur-Owens Manufacturing Worlds (Reputation 7)
- 1.10 Refinery Systems (Reputation 7)
- 1.11 Liao/Davion Border (Reputation 8)
- 1.12 Sian Commonality (Reputation 8)
- 1.13 Backwater Region (Reputation 8)
- 1.14 Duchy of Tsitsang
- 1.15 Duchy of Andurien (Reputation 8)
- 1.16 Vacant Worlds (Reputation 9)
- 1.17 Free Worlds Commerce Hub (Reputation 9)
- 1.18 Marik/Liao Border (Reputation 9)
- 1.19 Free Worlds Interior (Reputation 9)
- 1.20 Stewart Commonality (Reputation 11)
- 1.21 Marik/Steiner Border (Reputation 10)
- 1.22 Duchy of Tamarind (Reputation 10)
- 1.23 Free Worlds League Shipping Lane (Reputation 10)
- 1.24 Rebellious Lyran Province (Reputation 11)
- 1.25 Lyran Military Strongholds (Reputation 11)
- 1.26 Farm Territories (Reputation 12)
- 1.27 Steiner/Kurita Border (Reputation 12)
- 1.28 Lower Class Kuritan Worlds (Reputation 12)
- 1.29 Rogue Cluster (Reputation 12)
- 1.30 Drought Worlds (Reputation 13)
- 1.31 The Graveyard (Reputation 13)
- 1.32 Draconis Badlands (Reputation 13)
Overview
Overlaid on the Starmap of the Inner Sphere, red-outlined Conflict Zones are regions where MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries' various missions can be found. Conflict Zones are more prevalent on and in immediate proximity to the borders of the Great Houses. Available contracts are listed above the name of each world within a Conflict Zone where Campaign Missions and High Reward Quests are highlighted in yellow.
Repairs and modifications both take longer and are more costly in these regions, with Conflict Zones also having greatly reduced selection of badly damaged 'Mechs and equipment to purchase and no pilots are available to hire. Conflict Zones do occasionally have Black Markets, which are marked in purple, which feature rare or more pristine options than usual for the region - at a price.
Each Conflict Zone has an indicated Reputation level as a sign of the level of reward and difficulty for the contracts within, the Reputation Level of the various zone increasing in a clockwise progression around the Inner Sphere - the lowest Reputation zones in the Federated Suns, the highest in the Draconis Combine. The difficulty level of the Conflict Zones are static, leaving and returning will reset the available contracts but will remain at the same difficulty and tonnage levels.
A list of Conflict Zones follows broken down by Reputation Level/
Mercenary Row (Reputation 3)
A cluster of systems known for housing various mercenary units such as Nik's Cavaliers and other freelancers, a shaky and informal alliance to leave each other alone shattered with the arrival of Black Inferno, resulting in everybody turning on each other.
Mercenary Row is the game's starting zone once the once the initial Campaign Tutorial missions have been completed.
- Anguilla
- Bremond
- Brookeland - Campaign Mission 5: "Last Man Standing" - Obligated to Sebastian Spears for his assistance, the Cavaliers must reinforce the depleted mercenaries defending an Interstellar Expeditions dig site from pirate raiders.
- Brundage
- De Berry - Campaign Missions 1-4: "Tutorial", "Smash and Grab", "Imminent Threat" and "Takedown" - Nik's Cavaliers are attacked by the Black Inferno, the shattered remains of the Cavaliers fighting to survive and escape the system to seek vengeance.
- Greeley
- Latexo
- Mayetta
- Morrill
- Ottumwa
- Pascagoula - High Reward Quest: "Armed Robbery" (Interstellar Expeditions) - Spears offers the Cavaliers a contract to strike the withdrawing Harlock's Warriors for much needed supplies.
- Princton
- Sturgis
Inferno's Wake (Reputation 4)
A Davion interior region battered by the march of Black Inferno, leaving the sparsely populated agricultural and industrial worlds easy prey for pirates and causing an uptick in mercenary contracts.
- Fairfax
- Keytesville - High Reward Quests "Picking at the Scraps" (Interstellar Expeditions) or "Picking up the Pieces" (Coalition of Farmers) - The player has the choice of accepting a contract to defend farmers from pirate Vogel's Vandals raids, or accepting a more lucrative contract from Spears to raid those same farmers for urgently needed supplies for IE contractors.
- Lexington
- Macomb
- Melcher
- Necedah
- Parma
- Pattonsbrug
- Peabody
- Quincy
- Ramona
- Sun Prairie
- Tarkio
- Verde
Davion/Kurita Frontline (Reputation 5)
House Davion is launching an invasion of Kurita space to retake long-lost worlds, leading to a variety of contracts with both parties.
- Arlington
- Barlow's End
- Benet
- Bergman's Planet
- Cassias
- Crossing
- Deshler
- Donenac
- Elidere
- Galtor
- Gandy's Luck
- Harpster
- Harrow's Sun
- Huan
- Lima
- Marlowe's Rift - High Reward Quests "Frontline Support - Davion" or "Frontline Support - Kurita" - The player has the choice of assisting the Davion invasion or Kurita defensive efforts.
- McComb
- Misery
- New Aberdeen
- Thestria
- Udibi
- Wapakoneta
Apex Mining Syndicate (Reputation 5)
Ore and gas-rich systems largely under the control of the Apex Mining Syndicate, the region draws those seeking to protect or take those resources as well as those seeking to take advantage of the growing opposition to AMS's iron-fisted control of its employees.
- Sakhara
- Bettendorf
- Dahar
- Le Blanc
- Doneval
- Lucerne
- Franklin
- Allerton - Campaign Mission 6: "Noble Causes" - The Cavaliers are hired by indentured Interstellar Mining Corp employees to damage vital AMS facilities to drive them to the negotiating table.
- Rochester
- Exeter
- Robinson
- Sauk City
- Emporia
- Layover
Kurita/Davion Frontline (Reputation 6)
House Kurita is launching an invasion of Davion space in response Davion efforts elsewhere along the border, seeking to expand its territory.
Davion Borderlands (Reputation 6)
Draconis March region representing the forefront of the conflict between the Federated Suns and Draconis Combine.
- Mallory's World
- Ozawa
- Ronel - High Reward Quest "The Traitor" (Draconis Combine) - The Cavaliers are hired track down defectors who have crossed into Federated Suns space.
- Addicks
- Ankaa
- Hean
- New Rhodes
- Mirach
- Tybalt
- Rio
- Angol
- Basalt
- Tigress
- Achernar
- Hamal
- Yangtze
Refugee Hideout (Reputation 6)
House Liao region filled with Free Worlds League refugees driven out of their homes by Black Inferno raiders, now unable to return home due to the machinations of the region's governor.
- Terra Firma
- Capolla - Campaign Mission 8: "Collateral Damage" - As Liao-Marik tension escalate, the Cavaliers are hired to destroy an urban Logistics Center to weaken the CCAF enough to allow the refugees to escape.
- Hsien - Campaign Mission 7: "Target of Opportunity" - The Cavaliers are hired to assassinate a House Liao governor who is blocking Black Inferno refugees trying to return home to the Free World League.
- Nanking
- Saiph
Shipping Route (Reputation 6)
One of the most heavily trafficked trade routes in Davion space, while deep enough to avoid DCMS assault the sheer volume of goods results in significant pirate and mercenary activity.
- Barstow - High Reward Quest "A Cunning Decoy" (Avalon Shipping) - The Cavaliers are hired as bait to garrison insignificant targets to lure pirates away from the real ones.
- Beecher
- Bristol
- Goshen
- Listowel
- Manteno
- Sanilac
- Sonnia
- Tawas
- Ulan Batar
- Wroxeter
Rashpur-Owens Manufacturing Worlds (Reputation 7)
Region centered around Rashpur-Owens Incorporated and the last JumpShip and DropShip manufacturers remaining in the Capellan Confederation, now much depleted as the Succession Wars drag on.
Refinery Systems (Reputation 7)
Region of space filled with various refinery and industrial plants, including rumors of chemical weapon plants in violation of the Ares Conventions.
- Valexa
- Ashkum
- Foot Fall - Campaign Mission 9: "First Strike" - Investigation into the refugee movements and Black Inferno attacks results in the discovery that the Black Inferno have seized control of a fuel refinery to power their offensive, with Spears giving the Cavaliers funding to strike the first blow against their hated foe.
- Hunan
- Shipka
- Highspire
- New Macao
- Zaurak
- Mandate
- Moravian
Liao/Davion Border (Reputation 8)
While tensions persist all along the Davion/Liao, the border raids in this region are exceedingly frequent with the CCAF pushing hard while the AFFS is more focused on the more volatile Combine border.
- Abruzzi
- Ambergrist
- Aucara
- Avigait
- Bacum
- Beid
- Corella
- Cotocallao
- Haappajarvi
- Hadnall
- Jaipur
- Maladar
- Mentasta
- Narellan
- Safe Port
- Spica
- St. Loris
- Tallin
- Tantara
- Teng - High Reward Quests "Invasion Defense - Davion" or "Frontline Invasion - Liao" - The player has the choice of assisting the Liao invasion or Davion defensive efforts.
- Texlos
Sian Commonality (Reputation 8)
The largest, most affluent and most prestigious commonality in the Capellan Confederation, with considerable infrastructure to defend and noble intrigue to navigate.
- Carmen
- Castrovia
- Claxton
- Decus
- Denbar
- Grand Base
- Harloc
- Housekarle
- Hustaing
- Imalda
- Milos
- New Westin - High Reward Quest "The Cerberus Hounds" (House Liao) - The Confederation employs the Cavaliers to defend descendants of Davion defectors from AFFS reprisals.
- Nihal
- Overton
- Primus
- Sendalor
- Wright
Backwater Region (Reputation 8)
Rimward section of Sian Commonality barely one-step removed from the Periphery and treated as such. Rumors of LosTech do little but lure the hopeful into the hands of pirates.
- Borden
- Cavalor
- Egress - High Reward Quest "Errant Signal" (House Liao) - The Cavaliers are hired to investigate unusual signals on the Liao Periphery border from a suspected pirate or wildcatter colony.
- Gunthar
- Hurik
- Jacomarle
- Quimberton
- Pojos
- New Roland
- Repulse
Duchy of Tsitsang
The Duchy of Tsitsang is a collection of five system in the Sarna Commonality harshly rulled with an iron fist by Duchess Karis So, more interested in the House of Scions than the complaints of her citizens.
- Kaifeng
- Sarna
- Truth
- Sarmaxa
- Raballa
- Capella
- Geifer
- Aldertaine
- Ovan
- Glasgow
- Bora - High Reward Quest "Uprising Quelled" (House Liao) - The Cavaliers are hired to put down civilian rebellion against Duchess So.
Duchy of Andurien (Reputation 8)
An independent province of the Free Worlds League, ownership of the Andurien worlds have being long disputed by the Capellan Confederation. The Anduriens themselves want independence from both nations, leading to frequent conflicts in the region.
- Andurien
- Cursa
- Deschenes
- El Giza
- Granera
- Hudeiba
- Ingonish
- Kanata
- Kwamashu
- Leyda
- Lopez - High Reward Quest "No Pilot Left Behind" (House Liao) - Pavel Shenzeng hires the Cavaliers to rescue his captured son from pirates.
- Lurgatan
- Mosiro
- Ryerson
- Sadurni
- Villanueva
- Xanthe
Vacant Worlds (Reputation 9)
Rimward fringe of the League, the disappearance of numerous JumpShips and DropShips over the years in this cluster have made many of the inhabitants superstitious, leading many to suspect either heavy bandit elements in the region or something more inexplicable as the cause.
- Aspropirgos
- Butzfleth
- Gouderak
- Umka
- Vakarel
- Watermael - High Reward Quest "Chasing Ghosts" (House Marik) - The Cavaliers are hired to assist a last ditch attempt of a father locate his son, missing for over a decade.
Free Worlds Commerce Hub (Reputation 9)
A region near the heart of the League renowned as a major commerical hub, made up of Principality of Regulus and Gibson worlds rife with underlying tensions between the haves and the have-nots.
- Ayn Tarma
- Barlaston
- Camlann
- Cap Rouge
- Cirebon
- Cole Harbour - Campaign Mission 9: "Distress Call" - Deducing the Black Inferno are after LosTech, the Cavaliers race to defend a Coalition of Farmers site nearby a rumored hidden SLDF base from a Black Inferno attack.
- Diass
- Fieferana
- Kearny - High Reward Quest "Defending the Honor" (House Marik) - The Cavaliers find themselves drawn into tensions between Gibson-born and Muscida-born elements of the Fourth Regulan Hussars when they are hired to assist the honor guard for Count Derrick Cameron-Jones during a good will tour of the region.
- Mauripur
- Nullarbor
- Olafsvik
- Ruschegg
- Saonara
- Skvorec
- Wisconsin
- Yanchep
Marik/Liao Border (Reputation 9)
The border between Free Worlds League and Capellan Confederation has always been a hotbed of conflict, but with House Liao's focus on the Federated Suns, the conflict is more defensive than offensive at present with multiple opportunities for mercenary units to be hired for intelligence gathering raids.
- Anegasaki - High Reward Quest "The Enemy of my Enemy" (House Marik) - SAFE hires the player to fend off deep raids from Federated Suns employed Lexington Combat Group in League space seeking to inflame tensions in the region.
- Calloway
- Carbonis
- Daneshmand
- Fletcher
- Fujidera
- Kiyev
- Les Halles
- Loeches
- Matheran
- Milnerton
- Oriente
- Salur
- Semenyih
- Shenwan
- Shuen Wan
- Vanra
Free Worlds Interior (Reputation 9)
Interior region of the League, closer to the Magistracy of Canopus than the Steiner or Liao borders, made up of worlds that do not belong to any specific province and thus represening a diverse melting pot of cultures.
- Ankolika
- Atsugi
- Cajamarca
- Faleolo
- Futuna
- Gibson
- Hellos Minor
- Hongqiao
- Ibarra
- Keeling
- Manihiki
- Newcastle
- Ngake - High Reward Quest "Destabilization" (Anonymous) - A group of concerned citizens seek to hire the Cavaliers to strike at manufacturers in the area to prove that the Captain-General must devote more resources to the defense of the region.
- Norfolk
- Trinidad
- Tuamotu
- Wallis
Stewart Commonality (Reputation 11)
A founding member of the Free Worlds League, the Stewart Commonality has long been vocal supporters of House Marik and boasts a prosperous economy and a rich and diverse ethic background, marred only by the region's exceedingly intolerant hatred of bionic enhancements.
BattleMech repairs cost 95% more and take 120% longer in this region.
- Bainsville
- Bedeque
- Bondurant
- Danais
- Gallatin
- Gannett
- Helm
- McAffe
- Merak
- Sheridan - High Reward Quest "Defend the Enhanced" (Enhancements Diversified): The Cavaliers are hired by a Free Worlds League Bionics manufacturer whose clinics and facilities are under attack by anti-bionic fanatics.
- Sterling
- Stewart
- Tania Australis
- Togwotee
Marik/Steiner Border (Reputation 10)
While all the Great Houses harbor deep resentment of each other, the present relationship between the Free Worlds League and Lyran Commonwealth is more civil. Though intelligence and probing raids still occur, they at a much lower level thanks to the great economic and business benefits of their current good relations.
- Arcadia
- Bella
- Cascade
- Colfax - High Reward Quest "The False Flag" (House Steiner): The Lyrans hire the Cavaliers to investigate who is using false flag attacks to provoke a war along the Marik/Steiner border.
- Concord
- Ford
- Giausar
- Gienah
- Hyde
- Launam
- Loric
- Megrez
- Nestor
- Rahne
- Thermopolis
- Uhuru
Duchy of Tamarind (Reputation 10)
The Duchy of Tamarind and neighboring systems suffered heavy damage during the Succession Wars, and by the Third Succession War much of the duchy's industrial strength had been destroyed. The impoverished people received a lifeline when valuable radioactive minerals were found on Kosciusko in 3013, resulting in a dramatic jump in the region's political and military significance.
BattleMech repairs cost 60% more and take 90% longer in this region.
- Alula Borealis
- Kosciusko
- Labouchere - High Reward Quest "Forceful Negotiation" (Tamarind Mining Corporation) - The Cavaliers are hired to eject local civilians from lands rumored to be the site of Star League era ruins above the location of radioactive mineral deposit TMC seeks to mine.
- Millungera
- Mundrabilla
- Niihau
- Nockatunga
- Promised Land
- Saltillo
- Tamarind
- Trellisane
Free Worlds League Shipping Lane (Reputation 10)
Sandwiched between the Duchy of Tamarind and the Abbey District, this region is an important hot spot of interstellar shipping trade thanks to its proximity to the borders of both the Lyran Commonwealth and the Circinus Federation. The extreme prosperity for those with an entrepreneurial spirit is offset by an considerably discontented lower class, leading to unrest.
BattleMech repairs cost 75% more and take 115% longer in this region.
- Alorton
- Cerillos
- Conakry
- Curaumilla
- Diamantina
- Edmondson
- Galisteo
- Griffith
- Kilarney - High Reward Quest "Shipping Disruption" (Gienah Automotive) - The Cavaliers are hired by Gienah executives seeking to strike DuraPaq Solutions facilities to "rebalance" the flow of profits for the joint venture between both companies in Gienah's favour.
- Loongana
- Schererville
- Schiedam
Rebellious Lyran Province (Reputation 11)
The tensions within the Lyran Commonwealth's Isle of Skye are beginning to build, complicating efforts at defense from external as well as internal parties.
BattleMech repairs cost 105% more and take 125% longer in this region.
- Arganda
- Aristotle
- Bjornlunda
- Canonbie
- Chukchi
- Ciotat
- Clinton
- Eidsfoss
- Eilenburg
- Furillo
- Hollabrunn
- Jaumegarde
- Mariefred - High Reward Quests "Lyran Rebellion" (House Steiner) or "Lyran Independence" (Isle of Skye) - The player has the choice of assisting or putting down Skye rebels.
- Soilihull
- Trent
- Uzhgorod
- Zwenkau
Lyran Military Strongholds (Reputation 11)
A region in the Lyran Commonwealth that is a hub for LCAF facilities, strongholds and command-base planets. Given the volume of such command facilities, the region is also bloated with "Social Generals", hampering the effectiveness of the units in the area.
BattleMech repairs cost 100% more and take 130% longer in this region.
- Apostica
- Arcturus
- Auldhouse
- Aur
- Breukelen
- Callisto
- Carstairs
- Colinas
- Crevedia
- Cumbres
- Eaton - High Reward Quest "The Shadow Coup" (House Steiner): Elements of the Lyran Guards secretly hire the Cavaliers to assassinate inept command staff.
- Edasich
- Ganshoren
- Ginestra
- Hillerod
- Kirkcaldy
- Kockengen
- Leganes
- Lucianca
- Lyndon
- Mesa Verde
- Porrima
- Pherkad
- Veckholm
Farm Territories (Reputation 12)
A counterpoint to more wealthy and technologically advanced worlds in the Commonwealth, the citizens of this Lyran agricultural belt have more simple if honest lives, albeit weathering frequent Combine attack.
- Alkalurops
- Alphecca
- Chaffee
- Galatea
- Gladius
- Glengarry
- Kochab
- Menkent
- Muphrid
- Nusakan
- Skye
- Summer
- Syrma
- Unukalhai
- Zebebelgenubi
- Zollikofen
Steiner/Kurita Border (Reputation 12)
The region home to the fiercest fighting between the Lyran Commonwealth and Draconis Combine.
BattleMech repairs cost 115% more and take 140% longer in this region.
- Benfled
- Bessarabia
- Biota
- Borghese
- Carse
- Colmar
- Crimond
- Cusset
- Domain
- Kobe
- La Grave
- Laurent
- Maestu
- Montmarault
- Orkney
- Rasalgethi
- Rastaban
- Shaula
- Suk
- Tomans - High Reward Quest "A Dragon in Sheeps Clothing" (Draconis Combine): With the ISF learning of rumors of an alliance between Houses Steiner and Davion, the Cavaliers are hired to raid a Steiner outpost masquerading as a Davion unit to spoil any such relations.
- Wheel
Lower Class Kuritan Worlds (Reputation 12)
Consisting of the worlds of the Rasalhague Military District, the former worlds of the Principality of Rasalhague are among the less well-respected in the Combine leading to frequent bad treatment.
BattleMech repairs cost 115% more and take 135% longer in this region.
- Altenmarkt - High Reward Quest "Rise of the Black Dragon" (House Kurita) - The ISF hire the Cavaliers to prevent the Kokuryu-kai escalating tension in the region.
- Ardoz
- Caldrea
- Diosd
- Eguilles
- Halesowen
- Kaesong
- Krenice
- Lothan
- Mannedorf
- Marawi
- Maule
- Najha
- Nox
- Pilkhua
- Ramsau
- Rubigen
- Setubal
- Sheliak
- Sternwerde
- Thessalonika
- Tinaca
- Toffen
- Ueda
- Utrecht
Rogue Cluster (Reputation 12)
A group of Planetary Chairman have banded together to enhance their standing and power, leading them to start to openly rebel against the dictates of those below the Coordinator.
- Kaus Media - High Reward Quest "Shadow War: Dragons Breath" (House Kurita) - The Cavaliers find themselved drawn into internal Combine intrigue when they are offered a contract from the Internal Security Force to remove a Order of Five Pillars backed politician.
Drought Worlds (Reputation 13)
- Predlitz - "Charity Case" (Inter-system Advocacy) - A humanitarian-aide-mission has gone missing with local bandits suspected, the Cavaliers hired to strike back and find the mission.
The Graveyard (Reputation 13)
Nicknamed the Graveyard by superstitious locals, the region is the location of numerous Star League era ruins and ancient battle sites. Though mostly home to agricultural and industrial concerns now, LosTech hunters still frequent these systems.
BattleMech repairs cost 120% more and take 150% longer in this region.
- Balsta
- Dawn
- Hermagor - "The Strength of Tradition" (Lagom-Gumi)
- Holmsbu
- Leoben
- New Bergen
- Outpost
- Pinnacle
- Rasalhague
- Skallevoll
- Susquehanna
- Svelvik
Draconis Badlands (Reputation 13)
- Irece - "Pirate Hunt" (House Kurita}