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''(References to [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Otisberg | Otisberg]])''
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| caption            = Otisberg [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]]
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| caption            = Otisberg neighbouring systems
 
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| name                = Otisberg
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| class              = F9V<ref name=OB:Pp28>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 28, "Otisberg"</ref>
 
| recharge            = 180 hours<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| recharge            = 180 hours<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| recharge stations  = None<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| recharge stations  = None<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
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The '''Otisberg''' system was the location of at least one habitable world, '''Otisberg IV''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Timbuktu Collective]].<ref name=SF102/>
 
 
__TOC__
 
 
==System Description==
 
Otisberg is located close to the [[Gillfillan's Gold]] and [[Wingzar]] systems<ref name=ER:3145p38/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class F9V primary orbited by at least four planets.<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
 
==System History==
 
The Otisberg system was either colonized by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] during the [[Star League era]] at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]] or was an already-inhabited system that became significant enough during this era for the nations of the [[Inner Sphere]] to begin recording its location on maps.<ref name="H:RWp158"/><ref name="ER:2750p36"/>
 
  
==Political Affiliation==
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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
 
* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - No record <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map - [2596] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2750]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:LoTv1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38, "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
 
* [[2767]] - No record <ref name="H:LoTv1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2822]] - Independent world <ref name="H:LoTv2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3040]] - Independent world <ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3048]] - [[Rim Collection]] <ref name="HB:MPSp173">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 173-174, "Beginnings"</ref>
 
* [[3050]] - Rim Collection <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3052]] - Rim Collection <ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3057]] - Rim Collection <ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3059]] - Rim Collection <ref name="TPE2p110">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 110, "Rim Collection & Circinus Federation"</ref>
 
* [[3063]] - Rim Collection <ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp97"> ''Inner Sphere (sourcebook)'', p. 97, "Near Periphery Kingdoms Map"</ref>
 
* [[3067]] - Rim Collection <ref name=H:MPSp174>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 174, "Rim Collection - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"</ref>
 
* [[3079]] - Rim Collection <ref name=FR:LAAFp19>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
 
* [[3081]] - Rim Collection <ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Rim Collection <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Rim Collection <ref name=ER:3145p10>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Rim Collection <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>
 
* [[3148]] - [[Timbuktu Collective]] (from June)<ref name=SFp48>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 48, "Timbuktu Collective, Florida TTM Formed"</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - [[Timbuktu Collective]] <ref name=SF102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102, "Inner Sphere - 3151"</ref>
 
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==Otisberg IV==
 
{{InfoBoxPlanet
 
 
| image              =  
 
| image              =  
| name                = Otisberg IV
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| caption            =
| position            = Fourth<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
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| name                = Otisberg
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| position            = 4th<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| distance            = 11.19 days<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| distance            = 11.19 days<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Miloe)<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Miloe)<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
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| day                =
 
| gravity            = 1.03<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| gravity            = 1.03<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
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| water              = 47%<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| water              = 47%<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| life                = Avian<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| life                = Avian<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
| continents          = 3 (Ashland, Purgatory, Salvation)<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
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| date                =  
| colonized          =
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| year                = 3079<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
| demonym            =
 
| language            =
 
| religion            =  
 
| population          = 35,000,000 (3079)<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
 
| ruler              =  
 
| ruler              =  
| political          =
 
| commander          =
 
 
| capital            = Troy<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| capital            = Troy<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
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| population          = 35,000,000<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
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| USIIR              = C-C-C-C-A<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| hpg                = B<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
| hpg                = B<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
| hpgrep              =
 
 
}}
 
}}
Otisberg IV, commonly referred to simply as Otisberg, is the fourth planet in the system and has a single moon named Miloe.<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
  
===Planetary History===
 
====Clan Invasion====
 
Otisberg was one of six former Rim Worlds Republic worlds to be involved in discussions in the 3040s about possibly forming a new nation as a result of the rising popularity of the Unification Movement. While the Movement had been steadily gaining popularity in the first half of the 3040s as a result of the lectures and speeches given by [[James Moroney]] in support of the cause, many were still very concerned that unifying would simply make them a more popular target for the pirates and bandits that already periodically raided the various worlds. A devastating pirate attack on Otisberg in November [[3046]] underscored this and nearly derailed the process completely, but with the arrival and support of the [[Able's Aces]] mercenary unit, led by an officer born on Otisberg, the collective populations of the six worlds agreed to form the Rim Collection in [[3048]].<ref name="HB:MPSp173"/>
 
  
====The Jihad====
 
During the [[Jihad]] Otisberg devoted huge amounts of effort to excavating the buried remains of factories from the Star League era, and then repairing those assembly lines that could be repaired.<ref name=OB:Pp28/> [[Rim Motors]] subsequently took advantage of the educated refugees who were fleeing the battles being fought in the nearby [[Circinus Federation]], using their knowledge and skills to aid in the renovation of the ancient factory ruins.<ref name="O:Pp28">''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 28, "Industrial Update"</ref> As a result of these assorted efforts, by the closing stages of the Jihad Rim Motors had managed to operate a production line in Amarison on Salvation for several years, producing [[RetroTech]] ''[[Commando]]'' [[BattleMech]]s.<ref name=OB:Pp28/> The quality of these ''Commandos'' was considered to be remarkably high, given the speed with which they were being constructed.<ref name="O:Pp28"/> The production of RetroTech 'Mechs continued even after the end of the Jihad.<ref name="J:FRp117">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 117: "Lesser Periphery States"</ref>
 
  
===Geography===
 
Otisberg has three continents named Ashland, Purgatory, and Salvation. Otisberg is a volcanically active planet, and while the volcanic soil is fertile, working the soil was relatively dangerous because of the ongoing volcanic activity.<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
 
  
===Planetary Locations===
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==Owner History==
* Amariston: the location on Salvation of the Rim Motors manufacturing facilities<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
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* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
* Troy: the planetary capital city, located on Salvation<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
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* [[2750]] - No record <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - [[Periphery]]
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* [[3030]] - [[Periphery]]
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* [[3040]] - [[Periphery]]
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* [[3052]] - [[Periphery]]
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* [[3057]] - [[Rim Collection]]
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* [[3062]] - [[Rim Collection]]
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* [[3067]] - [[Rim Collection]]
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* [[3079]] - [[Rim Collection]]
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* [[3081]] - [[Rim Collection]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere Map  - [March 3081]"</ref>
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* [[3130]] - [[Rim Collection]] <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
  
===Companies and Industries===
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==Planetary History==
* [[Rim Motors]]<ref>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 28: "Rim Motors"</ref>
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===Jihad===
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By [[3081]] local industry on '''Otisberg''' was producing [[RetroTech]] [[BattleMech]]s for the [[Rim Collection]].<ref name="J:FRp117">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 117, "Lesser Periphery States"</ref> They used former [[Star League]] factories that were located on the world.
  
==Notes==
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Otisberg has many volcanoes located on its three continents. Salvation, Ashland, and Purgatory are the names of these continents, and the capital city (Troy) is located on Salvation. The volcanic soil is fertile, but working it is comparatively dangerous due to the volcanic activity.<ref name=OB:Pp28/>
The Otisberg system does not appear on maps in ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'', ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'', pp. 18 & 25, and ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'', p. 104, but does appear on maps of the same time period contained in other sources.
 
  
==Map Gallery==
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==Manufacturing Center==
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* [[Rim Motors]]<ref>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 28, "Rim Motors"</ref>
  
 
==Nearby Systems==
 
==Nearby Systems==
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! colspan="10" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
! colspan="8" | Closest 28 systems (25 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
 
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Gillfillan's Gold]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 16.3
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Wingzar]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 21.3
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Beckars]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 23.9
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Malacca]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 26.9
 
|-
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Parvan]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 27.8
 
| class="over30" | [[Merlynpede]]
 
| class="over30" | 30.4
 
| class="over30" | [[Moroney]]
 
| class="over30" | 31.4
 
| class="over30" | [[Zinal]]
 
| class="over30" | 32.7
 
|-
 
| class="over30" | [[Harlez]]
 
| class="over30" | 32.9
 
| class="over30" | [[All Dawn]]
 
| class="over30" | 39.7
 
| class="over30" | [[Apinzel]]
 
| class="over30" | 40.2
 
| class="over30" | [[Heathville]]
 
| class="over30" | 40.6
 
|-
 
| class="over30" | [[Solor]]
 
| class="over30" | 41.1
 
| class="over30" | [[Shalaine]]
 
| class="over30" | 43.0
 
| class="over30" | [[Hinckley]]
 
| class="over30" | 43.1
 
| class="over30" | [[Vortalcoy]]
 
| class="over30" | 43.3
 
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Meghy]]
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| [[Gillfillan's Gold]]
| class="over30" | 45.2
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| 22.99
| class="over30" | [[Halifax]]
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| [[Wingzar]]
| class="over30" | 45.7
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| 26.17
| class="over30" | [[Timbuktu]]
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| [[Beckars]]
| class="over30" | 49.7
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| 27.58
| class="over30" | [[Viborg]]
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| [[Malacca]]
| class="over30" | 49.7
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| 33.23
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| [[Moroney]]
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| 37.29
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Wiltshire]]
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| [[Parvan]]
| class="over30" | 50.6
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| 39.07
| class="over30" | [[Able's Glory]]
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| [[Merlynpede]]
| class="over30" | 52.8
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| 39.29
| class="over30" | [[Lande]]
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| [[Solor]]
| class="over30" | 54.1
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| 42.39
| class="over30" | [[Ceram]]
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| [[Zinal]]
| class="over30" | 56.1
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| 44.13
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| [[Vortalcoy]]
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| 44.65
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Waypoint]]
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| [[Harlez]]
| class="over30" | 58.0
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| 46.53
| class="over60" | [[Pasemah]]
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| [[Shalaine]]
| class="over60" | 61.8
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| 47.03
| class="over60" | [[Sidon]]
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| [[Halifax]]
| class="over60" | 62.5
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| 49.37
| class="over60" | [[Karkkila]]
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| [[Apinzel]]
| class="over60" | 62.9
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| 49.64
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| [[Able's Glory]]
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| 53.20
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[All Dawn]]
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| 56.11
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| [[Heathville]]
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| 56.65
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==References==
 
==References==
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<references />
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]''
 
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
 
 
* ''[[Objectives: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Objectives: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
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