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{{Update Needed|[[House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)]]}}
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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
  
 
{{InfoBoxSystem
 
{{InfoBoxSystem
 
| image              = Mechdur_3151.svg
 
| image              = Mechdur_3151.svg
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| caption            = Mechdur [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]]
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| caption            = Mechdur [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] (3151)
 
| name                = Mechdur
 
| name                = Mechdur
 
| coord              = 112.42 : -423.345{{e}}
 
| coord              = 112.42 : -423.345{{e}}
 
| stars              =  
 
| stars              =  
 
| class              = K0V<ref name=HA:TACp33>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 33, Mechdur profile</ref>
 
| class              = K0V<ref name=HA:TACp33>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 33, Mechdur profile</ref>
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| recharge            = 191 hours<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| recharge            = 191 hours
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| recharge stations  = Nadir<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| recharge stations  =  
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| planets            = 7<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| planets            =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Political Affiliation==
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== Political Affiliation ==
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<div class="desktop-3-col">
 
 
* [[2366]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2366]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822 Map]"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822 Map]"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2890]] - Independent world<ref name=HAtACp12m>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 12 "THE RIMWARD PERIPHERY - MAP PLACED ON FILE 21-07-2890"</ref>
 
* [[2890]] - Independent world<ref name=HAtACp12m>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 12 "THE RIMWARD PERIPHERY - MAP PLACED ON FILE 21-07-2890"</ref>
 
* [[3022]] - [[Aurigan Coalition]] <ref name=HA:TACp14-15>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', pp. 14-15, Aurigan Coalition map (3022)</ref>
 
* [[3022]] - [[Aurigan Coalition]] <ref name=HA:TACp14-15>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', pp. 14-15, Aurigan Coalition map (3022)</ref>
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* [[3025]] - [[Aurigan Coalition]]<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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* [[3025]] - No record <ref name="HL(TCC)pvii">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. vii, "Capellan Confederation Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - No record <ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - No record <ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - No record <ref name="H:Wo3039p"132>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3050]] - No record <ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map</ref>
 
* [[3050]] - No record <ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map</ref>
 
* [[3052]] - No record <ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22, Inner Sphere - [3052] Map</ref>
 
* [[3052]] - No record <ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22, Inner Sphere - [3052] Map</ref>
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* [[3135]] - No record <ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - No record <ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - No record <ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - No record <ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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= Mechdur II =
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==Mechdur II==
 
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{{InfoBoxPlanet
 
 
| image              = Mechdur flag.png
 
| image              = Mechdur flag.png
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| name                = Mechdur II
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| caption            = Planetary Flag of Mechdur
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| othernames          =  
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| name                =  
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| position            = Second<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| position            =  
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| distance            = 5.48<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| distance            =  
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| moons              = 2 (Duramajor, Duraminor)<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| moons              =  
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| gravity            = 1.2<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| day                =  
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| gravity            =  
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| temperature        = 31°C (Temperate)<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| pressure            =  
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| water              = 67%<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| temperature        =  
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| life                = Mammals<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| water              =  
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| continents          =
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| life                =  
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| colonized          =
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| date                =  
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| demonym            =
 
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| language            =
 
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| religion            =
 
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| population          = 1,409,000,000 (3026)<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
 
 
| ruler              =  
 
| ruler              =  
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| political          = [[Counselor of the Oligarchy|Counselor]]
 
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| commander          =
 
 
| capital            =  
 
| capital            =  
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| hpg                = B<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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| population          = One billion inhabitants
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| hpgrep              =  
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| USIIR              =  
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| hpg                =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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===Planetary History===
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== Planetary Info ==
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Mechdur, along with [[Coromodir VI]], [[Guldra]], and [[Itrom]], was originally settled by the [[Free Worlds League]] as part of a privately funded expedition that followed in the wake of the settlement of [[Taurus]].<ref name=HAtACp21>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 21</ref>  However, significant growth did not come until after the [[Reunification War]], when Mechdur was located in the [[Sian Commonality]] of the Capellan Confederation, close to the border with the [[Taurian Concordat]] and near the worlds of [[Mangzhangdian]] and [[Umgard]].<ref name="HB:HLp25"/> After the Reunification War the Capellan confederation built several industrial complexes there.<ref name=HAtACp12>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 11 "HISTORY"</ref> The colony was judged a failure due to an inefficient bureaucracy, and the Capellans withdrew, leaving the local hereditary oligarchy in control.<ref name=HA:TACp33/> The system vanished from the maps used by the Inner Sphere during the [[1st Succession War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp121"/><ref name="HB:HLp31"/>
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'''Mechdur''' appears on maps in the Star League era, and at the time was located in the [[Sian Commonality]] of the Capellan Confederation, close to the border with the [[Taurian Concordat]] and near the worlds of [[Mangzhangdian]] and [[Umgard]].<ref name="HB:HLp25"/> After the [[Reunification War]] the Capellan confederation built several industrial complexes there.<ref name=HAtACp12>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 12 "HISTORY"</ref>
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In truth, the Capellan governors had left the running of affairs to the local oligarchs, who conspired to make the Confederation believe that the world was an economic lost cause, resulting in Mechdur's independence.<ref name=HAtACp22>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 22</ref>
 
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Mechdur was the first system to join the [[Aurigan Coalition]] after its formation in [[2910]]. Its location — within one jump of most Coalition systems<ref name=HA:TACp33/> — as well as its wealth and technology, were invaluable to the burgeoning nation. The Aurigan Coalition made trade concessions and provided the oligarchs with market access in exchange for the oligarch's agreement to join the Coalition. <ref name=HAtACp12/>
 
  
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By [[3026]], Mechdur was a hub for major industry in the region, turning out consumer goods as well as [[BattleMech]] weapons. Each of the world's three continents had its own major starport. Space stations served passenger and cargo traffic around the recharge station, and there are small settlements supporting manufacturing and the sciences elsewhere in the system.<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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Mechdur vanished from maps during the [[1st Succession War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp121"/><ref name="HB:HLp31"/>
  
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===Geography===
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The industrial system of Mechdur was the first to join the new [[Aurigan Coalition]] after its formation in [[2910]]. Its wealth and technology, both legacies of Capellan occupation and development, were critical to the continued growth of the Coalition government. The Coalition offered trade concessions along with access to their burgeoning markets to sweeten the deal, which were enough to bring the
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The planet has three continents.<ref name=HA:TACp33/>
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oligarchs of Mechdur to the negotiating table and to add them to the new country.<ref name=HAtACp12/>
  
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==Map Gallery==
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{{ApocryphalContentStart}}
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<div class="system-map-gallery"></div>
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The apocryphal [[BattleTech (video game)]] has Mechdur as a system of the [[Aurigan Coalition]]. As of [[3025]], the system is described as a thriving manufacturing center and travel hub with three spaceports. The planet was populated by one billion inhabitants.<ref name=BTVG>"BattleTech Video Game"</ref>
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{{ApocryphalContentEnd}}
  
 
== Nearby Systems ==
 
== Nearby Systems ==
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==References==
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== References ==
 
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==Bibliography==
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== Bibliography ==
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* ''[[BattleTech (Video Game)|BattleTech]]'' (video game)
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* ''[[BattleTech (video game)]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''  
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''  
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|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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* ''[[House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)]]''
 
 
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
 
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
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* ''[[House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)]]''
  
 
[[Category:Systems|Mechdur]]
 
[[Category:Systems|Mechdur]]
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[[Category:Aurigan Coalition Systems]]
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[[Category:Aurigan Coalition Planets]]
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[[Category:Capellan Confederation Systems]]
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[[Category: Capellan Confederation Planets]]

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