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The '''Niops''' system is the location of at least three habitable worlds, '''Niops V''', '''Niops VI''', and '''Niops VII''', and as of [[3145]] was an independent system located close to the borders of the [[Free Worlds League]] and [[Marian Hegemony]].<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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The '''Niops''' system is the location of at least three habitable worlds, '''Niops V''', '''Niops VI''' and '''Niops VII''', and as of [[3145]] was an independent system located close to the borders of the [[Free Worlds League]] and [[Marian Hegemony]].<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
  
 
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==System Description==
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== System Description ==
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Niops is located near the [[Izmir]] and [[Romita]] systems.<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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The Niops system is located near the [[Izmir]] and [[Romita]] systems.<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
  
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==System History==
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== System History ==
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===Early History===
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=== Early History ===
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The Niops system was colonized by the Star League to conduct the first study of stellar evolution based on generations of direct observation. The first research teams settled the three habitable planets in the system—Niops V, VI, and VII—in mid-[[2700]] intent on studying stellar evolution, but found themselves cut off from the [[Inner Sphere]] when [[Stefan Amaris]] launched his takeover of the [[Terran Hegemony]]. The first contact that the isolated scientists had with the Inner Sphere was through the arrival of refugees from the [[Capellan Confederation]], desperately fleeing the ravages of the [[First Succession War]].<ref name=P139/>
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The Niops system was colonized by the Star League to conduct the first study of stellar evolution based on generations of direct observation. The first research teams settled the three habitable planets in the system, Niops V, VI and VII, in mid-[[2700]] intent on studying stellar evolution, but found themselves cut off from the [[Inner Sphere]] when [[Stefan Amaris]] launched his takeover of the [[Terran Hegemony]]. The first contact that the isolated scientists had with the Inner Sphere was through the arrival of refugees from the [[Capellan Confederation]], desperately fleeing the ravages of the [[First Succession War]].<ref name=P139/>
  
 
The tales the refugees brought of massive loss of life and destruction convinced the local population of the Niops system that they would be better off remaining forgotten by the Inner Sphere; the scientific communities within the system continued their elaborate research, while the Confederation refugees were slowly absorbed into a new social order as agricultural specialists and skilled laborers.<ref name=P139/>
 
The tales the refugees brought of massive loss of life and destruction convinced the local population of the Niops system that they would be better off remaining forgotten by the Inner Sphere; the scientific communities within the system continued their elaborate research, while the Confederation refugees were slowly absorbed into a new social order as agricultural specialists and skilled laborers.<ref name=P139/>
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Over time, the descendants of the original scientific research teams became increasingly influential within Niopian society, forming a technocratic society with the scientists at the top, and the majority of the planetary populations trapped in an underclass after generations of bartering away freedoms in exchange for economic survival and education for their children. Education became the key means for allowing the scientists to keep the bulk of the population in check, whilst the scientific class enjoyed continued access to Star League level technology, becoming a cold-blooded, privileged elite loyal only to themselves. By the early [[thirty-first century]] the scientist caste had developed a "Master Purpose" that bordered on being a religion.<ref name=P139/>
 
Over time, the descendants of the original scientific research teams became increasingly influential within Niopian society, forming a technocratic society with the scientists at the top, and the majority of the planetary populations trapped in an underclass after generations of bartering away freedoms in exchange for economic survival and education for their children. Education became the key means for allowing the scientists to keep the bulk of the population in check, whilst the scientific class enjoyed continued access to Star League level technology, becoming a cold-blooded, privileged elite loyal only to themselves. By the early [[thirty-first century]] the scientist caste had developed a "Master Purpose" that bordered on being a religion.<ref name=P139/>
  
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===Third Succession War===
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=== Third Succession War ===
 
Possessed of abundant geothermal energy and with access to fusion technologies, the technocrats running the Niops association were still able to guarantee a comfortable standard of living for their subjects at the end of the [[Third Succession War]], but the price the bulk of the population paid for that standard of living was complete subservience to the authority of their rulers.<ref name=P139/>
 
Possessed of abundant geothermal energy and with access to fusion technologies, the technocrats running the Niops association were still able to guarantee a comfortable standard of living for their subjects at the end of the [[Third Succession War]], but the price the bulk of the population paid for that standard of living was complete subservience to the authority of their rulers.<ref name=P139/>
  
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===Jihad===
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=== The Jihad ===
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After an election campaign lasting three months and which was heavily contested throughout, [[Rayanne Nellis]] was elected to the post of Director of the Niops Association's ruling government on 2 April [[3075]].<ref name="JHS:Tp15">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 15: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name=J:FRp53>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The election campaign had proved to be markedly different to previous campaigns, which had focused on social and economic issues and debate; the 3075 campaign didn't even focus on finding solutions for the various issues plaguing the association at the time, but instead involved little other than mudslinging between the political machines of Rayanne Nellis and her various opponents; at least one candidate, Chairperson [[Gary Tran]], alleged that there was widespread voter fraud involving fake citizenship paperwork going on amongst the uncounted refugees in the Association. Despite the tenor of the campaign and confusion on the part of the voters on what exactly the various candidates stood for, the voter turnout for the election was the highest ever observed in the Association.<ref name="JHS3076p37">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 37: "Nellis Wins Heated Election"</ref>
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After an election campaign lasting three months and which was heavily contested throughout, [[Rayanne Nellis]] was elected to the post of Director of the Niops Association's ruling government on the 2nd of April [[3075]].<ref name="JHS:Tp15">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 15: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp53">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The election campaign had proved to be markedly different to previous campaigns, which had focused on social and economic issues and debate; the 3075 campaign didn't even focus on finding solutions for the various issues plaguing the association at the time, but instead involved little other than mudslinging between the political machines of Rayanne Nellis and her various opponents; at least one candidate, Chairperson [[Gary Tran]], alleged that there was widespread voter fraud involving fake citizenship paperwork going on amongst the uncounted refugees in the Association. Despite the tenor of the campaign and confusion on the part of the voters on what exactly the various candidates stood for, the voter turnout for the election was the highest ever observed in the Association.<ref name="JHS3076p37">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 37: "Nellis Wins Heated Election"</ref>
  
 
Nellis' term as Director was short-lived; a terrorist bomb was detonated within the Association Council's chambers on the 12th of November, killing more than a third of those gathered there, including both Director Nellis and Chairperson Tran. Chairperson Olsen was left critically injured and comatose in hospital, and with both Chairpersons and the Director dead or incapacitated [[Brigadier]] [[L. Jamison Fallon]] of the Niops Association Militia declared a state of emergency. Fallon dissolved the council, effectively placing the Niops Association under martial law.<ref name="JHS:Tp19">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 19: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp55">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 55: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Chairperson Olson would remain in a coma for over a year before waking on the 16th of December [[3076]].<ref name="JHS:Tp23">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 23: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The initial reports indicated that the device — which was hidden beneath the speaker's rostrum — was a low-technology device, incorporating unregulated items such as black powder, thereby escaping the detection systems put in place to identify high-tech explosives. Considerable planning evidently went into the placement of the device and its construction.<ref name="JHS:3076p53p">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 53: "Association Council Bombed!"</ref>
 
Nellis' term as Director was short-lived; a terrorist bomb was detonated within the Association Council's chambers on the 12th of November, killing more than a third of those gathered there, including both Director Nellis and Chairperson Tran. Chairperson Olsen was left critically injured and comatose in hospital, and with both Chairpersons and the Director dead or incapacitated [[Brigadier]] [[L. Jamison Fallon]] of the Niops Association Militia declared a state of emergency. Fallon dissolved the council, effectively placing the Niops Association under martial law.<ref name="JHS:Tp19">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 19: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp55">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 55: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Chairperson Olson would remain in a coma for over a year before waking on the 16th of December [[3076]].<ref name="JHS:Tp23">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 23: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The initial reports indicated that the device — which was hidden beneath the speaker's rostrum — was a low-technology device, incorporating unregulated items such as black powder, thereby escaping the detection systems put in place to identify high-tech explosives. Considerable planning evidently went into the placement of the device and its construction.<ref name="JHS:3076p53p">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 53: "Association Council Bombed!"</ref>
  
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On 14 January 3076, [[Captain]] [[Alicia Carmichael]] of the NAM was arrested in connection with the bombing of the association council, and charged with treason. Two weeks after being arrested, Carmichael was broken out of prison by the [[Black Heart Roses]], a mercenary unit in the employ of the Niops Association; the prison breakout prompted a battle between the mercenaries and the NAM, with fighting between the two factions continuing until the end of February. The Black Heart Roses were exiled from the Association by way of punishment, but as the mercenaries were leaving Niops VII a mysterious explosion was seen that holed their [[DropShip]]. There were no known survivors.<ref name="J:FRp55"/><ref name="JHS:Tp20">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 20: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
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On the 14th of January 3076 [[Captain]] [[Alicia Carmichael]] of the NAM was arrested in connection with the bombing of the association council, and charged with treason. Two weeks after being arrested, Carmichael was broken out of prison by the [[Black Heart Roses]], a mercenary unit in the employ of the Niops Association; the prison breakout prompted a battle between the mercenaries and the NAM, with fighting between the two factions continuing until the end of February. The Black Heart Roses were exiled from the Association by way of punishment, but as the mercenaries were leaving Niops VII a mysterious explosion was seen that holed their [[DropShip]]. There were no known survivors.<ref name="J:FRp55"/><ref name="JHS:Tp20">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 20: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
  
 
The Niops Association was rocked by internal controversy and external assaults during [[3077]]; with Chairperson Olson awake, tensions increased within the Association during the first half of the year as the pressure on Brigadier Fallon to repeal the state of emergency increased, culminating in Niops VI placing the other Niopian worlds under an embargo in July in an attempt to force the issue, only for Fallon to respond by ordering troops to break the embargo. Then, on the 20th of August Fallon was forced to redeploy his troops after a devastating raid from the [[Marian Hegemony]] saw the raiders sack Niops V while shattering the defending NAM forces. A month later, forces from Niops VI launched an invasion of Niops VII using supplementary mercenary forces to increase their strength, intending to depose Fallon; instead, the combat ground to a stalemate that inflicted increasing levels of damage on Niops VII.<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
 
The Niops Association was rocked by internal controversy and external assaults during [[3077]]; with Chairperson Olson awake, tensions increased within the Association during the first half of the year as the pressure on Brigadier Fallon to repeal the state of emergency increased, culminating in Niops VI placing the other Niopian worlds under an embargo in July in an attempt to force the issue, only for Fallon to respond by ordering troops to break the embargo. Then, on the 20th of August Fallon was forced to redeploy his troops after a devastating raid from the [[Marian Hegemony]] saw the raiders sack Niops V while shattering the defending NAM forces. A month later, forces from Niops VI launched an invasion of Niops VII using supplementary mercenary forces to increase their strength, intending to depose Fallon; instead, the combat ground to a stalemate that inflicted increasing levels of damage on Niops VII.<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
  
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A rescue force from the [[Free Worlds League]] left the nearby [[Romita]] system on 20 February [[3078]], tasked with recovering League delegates in the Association at the time; however, both the rescue force and delegates failed to return to the league.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> This led to much speculation on nearby worlds like [[Goth Khakar]] as to what was going on inside the Association; with the League rescue force apparently lost despite media assertions that it included anything up to a full 'Mech regiment plus support assets, rumors began circulating that either the Niops Association had a far larger and more capable military than had originally been believed, or that an external force had taken control of the Association and destroyed the League expedition. Some fingers were pointed at the nearby Marian Hegemony as a possible conquering faction.<ref name="JHS:Tp79">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 79: "Rescue Gone Awry"</ref>
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A rescue force from the [[Free Worlds League]] left the nearby [[Romita]] system on the 20th of February [[3078]], tasked with recovering League delegates in the Association at the time; however, both the rescue force and delegates failed to return to the league.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> This led to much speculation on nearby worlds like [[Goth Khakar]] as to what was going on inside the Association; with the League rescue force apparently lost despite media assertions that it included anything up to a full 'Mech regiment plus support assets, rumors began circulating that either the Niops Association had a far larger and more capable military than had originally been believed, or that an external force had taken control of the Association and destroyed the League expedition. Some fingers were pointed at the nearby Marian Hegemony as a possible conquering faction.<ref name="JHS:Tp79">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 79: "Rescue Gone Awry"</ref>
  
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In May 3078, local media in the [[Rim Commonality]] began reporting news from the Niops Association which claimed that both Brigadier Fallon and Chairperson Olson had been killed when a nuclear weapon of some kind had been detonated on Niops VII, leaving the Association without any surviving senior members of the government. The media also reported unsubstantiated rumors of subsequent additional nuclear strikes against Niopian worlds, as well as reports of invading forces from outside the Association. Media sources within the Commonality openly speculated that the Association was falling victim to either the Marian Hegemony, the Word of Blake or another unknown Periphery faction and called upon the Commonality government to send military forces and humanitarian aid into the Association.<ref name="JHS:Tp80">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 80: "Nukes on Niops"</ref>
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In May 3078 local media in the [[Rim Commonality]] began reporting news from the Niops Association which claimed that both Brigadier Fallon and Chairperson Olson had been killed when a nuclear weapon of some kind had been detonated on Niops VII, leaving the Association without any surviving senior members of the government. The media also reported unsubstantiated rumors of subsequent additional nuclear strikes against Niopian worlds, as well as reports of invading forces from outside the Association. Media sources within the Commonality openly speculated that the Association was falling victim to either the Marian Hegemony, the Word of Blake or another unknown Periphery faction and called upon the Commonality government to send military forces and humanitarian aid into the Association.<ref name="JHS:Tp80">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 80: "Nukes on Niops"</ref>
  
 
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These assaults also resulted in the destabilization of the Association's government. The Association was in a state of anarchy until a new government formed in [[3097]] with the help of [[Interstellar Expeditions]] and the [[Republic of the Sphere]]. As of 3145, only archeology expeditions are tolerated, and those must come from some realm other than the Free Worlds League.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 187</ref> After the Jihad ended, the Association's plans to build its own military equipment were scrapped, but they did create the Central Military School in [[3133]]. This academy trains infantry and armor officers, but has a small (underfunded) MechWarrior program.<ref name="FM:3145p190">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 190</ref> The Niops Association Militia lost many of its most experienced officers during raids from the [[Marian Hegemony]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 199</ref>
 
These assaults also resulted in the destabilization of the Association's government. The Association was in a state of anarchy until a new government formed in [[3097]] with the help of [[Interstellar Expeditions]] and the [[Republic of the Sphere]]. As of 3145, only archeology expeditions are tolerated, and those must come from some realm other than the Free Worlds League.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 187</ref> After the Jihad ended, the Association's plans to build its own military equipment were scrapped, but they did create the Central Military School in [[3133]]. This academy trains infantry and armor officers, but has a small (underfunded) MechWarrior program.<ref name="FM:3145p190">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 190</ref> The Niops Association Militia lost many of its most experienced officers during raids from the [[Marian Hegemony]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 199</ref>
  
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* [[2271]] - No record<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref>
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* [[2271]] - No record<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League at their Founding - [2271] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - No record<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24</ref>
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* [[2571]] - No record<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24: "Free Worlds League after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
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* [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2700]] - [[Star League]]<ref name=P139/>
 
* [[2700]] - [[Star League]]<ref name=P139/>
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* [[2750]] - Star League<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Star League<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Star League<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Star League<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Star League<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref><ref name=FR:2765FWLMp25>''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Star League<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765FWLMp25>''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 25: "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - [[Niops Association]]<ref name="H:LOTv2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34</ref>
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* [[2822]] - [[Niops Association]]<ref name="H:LOTv2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Niops Association<ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Niops Association<ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Niops Association<ref name="TPpvii">''The Periphery'', pp. 156–157</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Niops Association<ref name="TPpvii">''The Periphery, First Edition'', pp. 156–157: "Maps of the Periphery - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Niops Association<ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Niops Association<ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - Niops Association<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
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* [[3040]] - Niops Association<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Niops Association<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Niops Association<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Niops Association<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Niops Association<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Niops Association<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Niops Association<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Niops Association<ref name="HB:HMp54">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Niops Association<ref name="HB:HMp54">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54: "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
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* [[3059]] - Niops Association<ref name="TP2Ep112">''The Periphery, Second Edition'', p. 112</ref>
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* [[3059]] - Niops Association<ref name="TP2Ep112">''The Periphery, Second Edition'', p. 112: "Illyrian Palatinate & Marian Hegemony Region Map - [3025]"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Niops Association<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Niops Association<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Niops Association<ref name="HB:HMp56">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 56</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Niops Association<ref name="HB:HMp56">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 56: "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Niops Association<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Niops Association<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Niops Association<ref name="FR:FWLMp17">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17</ref><ref name="FR:Pp20">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 20</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Niops Association<ref name="FR:FWLMp17">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17: "Free Worlds League Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:Pp20">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 20: "Magistracy of Canopus Region Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Niops Association<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Niops Association<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Niops Association<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Niops Association<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Niops Association<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Niops Association<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Niops Association<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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* [[3145]] - Niops Association<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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Niops V is the fifth planet in the Niops system and was home to a small workshop producing advanced military equipment.
 
Niops V is the fifth planet in the Niops system and was home to a small workshop producing advanced military equipment.
  
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In early February [[3071]],<ref name="WTM">''Whatever the Mess You Are, You're Mine''</ref> the Black Heart Roses were deployed against elements of the [[VI Legio|VI Legio ''Ripariensis'']], who came to [[Niops V]] to plunder the world's Star League-era technology. As the Legio approached the warehouses they discovered that it was defended by two companies of [[NAM]] troops.  The Legio's commander, ''[[Legatus]]'' Onufry Sopaczak, attempted to marshal his troops. However Colonel Sara Hart-Rose launched a surprise attack with her battalion of BattleMechs into the rear of his formation. Rose's Briar Patch Guards, newly equipped with Mk XXII [[Nighthawk]] [[power armor]], attacked the spread-out Marian troops. The Nighthawks of the Guard were noted for their takedown of VI Legio commander's ''[[Starslayer]]''.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 33: "Black Heart Roses" - Unit's Infantry/Battle Armor forces involved in repelling Marian Hegemony raid in 3071</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 12: "Nighthawk Mk. XXII" - unit's not named but actual armor used noted</ref> The Marian forces included [[battle armor]] troops, and the Black Heart Roses and Briar Patch Guards couldn't track all of the Marian forces; however, the identical appearances of the various warehouses worked in favor of the Niopian forces, and the expert knowledge of the local terrain in and around Chapterhouse provided by Captain Alicia Carmichael allowed the Briar Patch Guards to ambush the Marian forces repeatedly, keeping them off balance.<ref name="WTM"/>
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In early February [[3071]]<ref name="WTM">''Whatever the Mess You Are, You're Mine''</ref> the Black Heart Roses were deployed against elements of the [[VI Legio|VI Legio ''Ripariensis'']] who came to [[Niops V]] to plunder the world's Star League-era technology. As the Legio approached the warehouses they discovered that it was defended by two companies of [[NAM]] troops.  The Legio's commander, ''[[Legatus]]'' Onufry Sopaczak, attempted to marshal his troops. However Colonel Sara Hart-Rose launched a surprise attack with her battalion of BattleMechs into the rear of his formation. Rose's Briar Patch Guards, newly equipped with Mk XXII [[Nighthawk]] [[power armor]], attacked the spread-out Marian troops. The Nighthawks of the Guard were noted for their takedown of VI Legio commander's ''[[Starslayer]]''.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 33: "Black Heart Roses" - Unit's Infantry/Battle Armor forces involved in repelling Marian Hegemony raid in 3071</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 12: "Nighthawk Mk. XXII" - unit's not named but actual armor used noted</ref> The Marian forces included [[battle armor]] troops, and the Black Heart Roses and Briar Patch Guards couldn't track all of the Marian forces; however, the identical appearances of the various warehouses worked in favor of the Niopian forces, and the expert knowledge of the local terrain in and around Chapterhouse provided by Captain Alicia Carmichael allowed the Briar Patch Guards to ambush the Marian forces repeatedly, keeping them off balance.<ref name="WTM"/>
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====3067====
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===3067===
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* [[Black Heart Roses]] ([[Battalion]])<ref name=MSII65>''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 65: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[Black Heart Roses]] (1 [[Battalion]])<ref name=MSII65>''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 65: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>
  
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===3145===
 
* [[Niops Association Militia]]<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
 
* [[Niops Association Militia]]<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
 
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* Chapterhouse: the location of the industrial facilities on Niops V<ref name="WTM"/>
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* Chapterhouse: the location of the industrial facilities on Niops V.<ref name="WTM"/>
  
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* [[Niops Project Workshop III]]<ref name="TRO:3075p13">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 13: "Battle Armor Profile"</ref>
 
* [[Niops Project Workshop III]]<ref name="TRO:3075p13">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 13: "Battle Armor Profile"</ref>
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= Niops VI =
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==Niops VI==
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Niops VI is the sixth planet in the Niops system.
 
Niops VI is the sixth planet in the Niops system.
 
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* Niops Association Militia<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
 
* Niops Association Militia<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
 
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= Niops VII =
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Niops VII is the seventh planet in the Niops system and the seat of government for the Niops Association.
 
Niops VII is the seventh planet in the Niops system and the seat of government for the Niops Association.
 
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* Director Rayanne Nellis<ref name="JHS:Tp15"/><ref name="J:FRp53"/>
  
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===3145===
 
* Niops Association Militia<ref name="FM:3145p203">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 203: "Periphery Military Forces Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
 
* Niops Association Militia<ref name="FM:3145p203">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 203: "Periphery Military Forces Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
  
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Niops VII is a cool world with a lot of temperate regions.<ref name=P139/>
 
Niops VII is a cool world with a lot of temperate regions.<ref name=P139/>
  
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* [[Central Military School]]<ref name="FM:3145p190"/>
 
* [[Central Military School]]<ref name="FM:3145p190"/>
 
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]''
 
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* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]''
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* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
 
* ''[[Whatever the Mess You Are, You're Mine]]''
 
* ''[[Whatever the Mess You Are, You're Mine]]''
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[[Category:Systems|Niops]]
 
[[Category:Systems|Niops]]
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[[Category:Niops Association Systems]]
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[[Category: Independent Systems]]

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