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[[File:Skye Flag.jpg|right|thumb|Planetary Flag from Skye]]
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[[File:Skye.jpg|right|thumb|Orbital view]]
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| name                = Skye
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| stars              = Two
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| class              = G8V, M0V<ref name=HS167>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 167: "Skye" planet profile</ref><ref name="HB:HSp87">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 87: "Skye"</ref>
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The '''Skye''' system was the location of at least one habitable world, '''Skye IV''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Wolf Empire]].<ref name="SFp103"/>
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==System Description==
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Skye is located near the [[Zebebelgenubi]] and [[Syrma]] systems.
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==System History==
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2244]] - Inhabited world<ref name=TPp15>''The Periphery'', p. 15: "Birth of the Rim Worlds Republic"</ref>
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref>
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* [[2282]] - Independent world<ref name="HS(TLC)p10">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 10</ref>
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* [[2299]] - [[Federation of Skye]]<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/>
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* [[2340]] - Federation of Skye<ref name=HBHS13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref>
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* [[2341]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=HBHS13/>
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* [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp25>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
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* [[2891]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HKp77">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 77</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref><ref name=HS167/><ref name="HKp132">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 132</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref>
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* [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 30</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 42–43</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 21</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
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* [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 12</ref>
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* [[3134]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] (from November)<ref name="ED:DAp10"/>
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* [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref><ref name=ARoFc5>''A Rending of Falcons'', ch. 5</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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* [[3150]] - [[Clan Wolf|Wolf Empire]] (from March)<ref name=SFp101>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 101</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Wolf Empire<ref name="SFp103">''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
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==Skye IV==
 
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| image = [[Image:Skye_Neighbors.png|Planets within 2 jumps|right|thumb|225px]]
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| image               = Skye.jpg
| startype = G8V, M0V
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| name                = Skye IV
| position = 4 (6)
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| othernames          =
| time = 4 Days
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| position            = Fourth<ref name=HS167/><ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
| recharge = Zenith and Nadir
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| distance            = 4.48 days<ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
| facility = A
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| moons              = 1 (Luna)<ref name="HB:HSp87"/><ref name=MM94>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 94: "House Steiner Key Worlds"</ref>
| lifeinfo = 30%, Mammals
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| gravity            = 1.03<ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name="HB:HSp87"/><ref name=MM94/>
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| temperature        = 30°C (Warm-Temperate)<ref name="HB:HSp87"/><ref name=MM94/>
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| water              = 70%<ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
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| life                = Mammals (30%)<ref name=HS167/><ref name="HB:HSp87"/>/Birds<ref name=MM94/>
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| continents          = 1 (New Scotland)<ref name=DARW226>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 226: "Skye"</ref>
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| demonym            =
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| population          = 4,351,000,000 (3067),<ref name="HB:HSp87"/> 4,347,780,000 (3076),<ref name=MM94/> 3,012,000,000 (3130)<ref name=DARW226/><ref name=DARoSp20>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 20: "Prefecture IX"</ref>
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| ruler              = [[Duke of Skye]]
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| political          = [[President of Skye]]<br>[[Planetary Governor of Skye|Planetary Governor]]<br>[[Chief Minister of Skye|Chief Minister]]
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| commander          = Legate [[Stanford Eckard]] (3130)<ref name=DARW226/><ref name=DARoSp20/>
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| capital            = New Glasgow (3067),<ref name="HB:HSp87"/> New London (3134)<ref name=ARoFc5/>
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| hpg                = A<ref name=HS167/>
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| hpgrep              = [[Precentor]] [[Dane Alknaur]] (3025)<ref name=HS167/>
 
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===Planetary History===
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====Exodus====
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Skye was originally colonized by settlers predominantly from the region of Terra known as the British Isles, who were drawn both by the mineral and metal wealth and by the similarity between the climate of New Scotland and their native homes. These settlers were predominantly of Irish and Scottish descent and were keen to not only make a new start on Skye but also to ensure that Skye escaped the devastation and damage that rampant industrialization could inflict. Strict zoning laws were put in place, limiting both commercial development and heavy industry in the interests of preserving Skye's unspoiled beauty; less than fifty percent of New Scotland's landmass was opened up to commercial and industrial exploitation, and while this left vast resources untapped, Skye was such a rich world that industry and trade on Skye grew dramatically.<ref name=DARW226/>
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With the exploitable land on Skye strictly limited by law, those regions that could be exploited were swiftly bought up by various corporate concerns and wealthy individuals and families. This soon gave rise to a class of planetary nobility that became locked in geopolitical stasis that lasted for centuries.<ref name=DARW226/>
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During the [[Exodus (2242)|Exodus]] from [[Terra]] in the years following the [[Demarcation Declaration]], many of Terra's best and brightest left the strife and intolerance present on Terra behind and took passage on [[JumpShip]]s destined for colonies outside the boundaries of the diminished [[Terran Alliance]]. One such person was [[Ian McQuiston (23rd c.)|Ian McQuiston]], the son of a man who owned a merchant-shipping company based in Great Britain. Forced to leave because of a combination of his outspoken nature and his aggressive trade dealings, McQuiston made for Skye because he heard that Skye of all the colonies most resembled his homeland, Scotland. After arriving on Skye McQuiston began his own trading company, acquiring three of the largest trading companies on the planet; in 2282, the population of Skye elected him President of Skye, despite him not having sought political office.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/>
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McQuiston continued to expand his trade empire until he had managed to combine and consolidate several disparate interplanetary merchant fleets into a single company, [[Skye Traders]], which went on to become the dominant trade company in the region of space demarcated by the border of the Terran Alliance and the worlds of [[Ford]], [[Clinton]] and [[Sakhalin (LC)|Sakhalin]] by [[2296]]. McQuiston continued to build on his political and mercantile success by announcing his intention to form an interstellar government in 2299, a nation known as the Federation of Skye.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/>
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Following the coup launched by [[Robert Marsden]] in [[2375]] that saw him installed as sole ruler of the Lyran Commonwealth, 22 worlds including Skye were still opposed to his rule in [[2378]] and had withdrawn their support of both him and his new government. Many of these worlds were cowed into line through naval blockades that starved them into submission, but eight self-sufficient worlds - again, including Skye - continued to hold out, and as a result were subject to full and bloody military invasions by Marsden's forces.<ref name="HS(TLC)p13">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 13: "Marsden in Power"</ref>
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Skye remained the heart and soul of the Federation of Skye long after the creation of the Lyran Commonwealth; the Federation had been a proud nation possessed of prosperity and influence, and that pride continued to remain a part of the psyche of the population of Skye for centuries.<ref name=DARW226/>
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====Star League Era====
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The era of the [[Star League]] saw Skye reach perhaps the most glorious period in its history, in terms of commercial and industrial significance; a major hub within the Commonwealth, Skye was a source for everything from native produce and raw materials to advanced industrial products including [[DropShip]]s, [[WarShip]]s and both civilian and military aerospace craft. It was also the chosen home of Sanglamore Academy, one of the very few [[Star League Defense Force]] military academies to be built outside of the [[Terran Hegemony]].<ref name=DARW226/>
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This concentration of economic wealth and defense oriented infrastructure was protected by a Star League Defense Force garrison during the final years of the Star League.<ref name=FMSLDFp255>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 255: "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Command Map"</ref>
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====Raid of 2895====
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Skye's metaphorical star began to wane with the passing of the Star League. Her people remained fiercely proud, despite the gradual decline in prosperity, however.<ref name=DARW226/> In [[2895]], [[DCMS]] forces attacked Skye in some strength. The Skye Militia was mobilized, with one particular militia unit—the [[348th Reserve Detachment]], a unit equipped with a dozen ''[[Sea Skimmer]]'' hydrofoils—was charged with reinforcing the Lyran forces defending the city of Inverness and securing the Manty River Delta. The 348th hadn't faced a serious threat or exercise in some time, training largely consisted of once-a-week sailing parties thinly disguised as exercises, and acquitted themselves surprisingly well during the initial stages of the defense.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp28">''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 28: "Sea Skimmer Hydrofoil"</ref>
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When a [[battalion]] of Kuritan [['Mechs]] broke through the defending lines and moved directly towards the city of Inverness, the 348th were the only mobile unit left to engage them, and the 348th was down to just two operational ''Sea Skimmers''. The commander of the Inverness defenses initiated a desperate plan to defend the city; each ''Sea Skimmer'' was equipped with a 1-kiloton nuclear demolition charge and ordered to destroy a dam located ten kilometers behind the Combine front lines. With the Manty River in full flood, the dam held back water that would otherwise have inundated local farmland. Both ''Sea Skimmers'' made a full-speed charge for the dam, attempting to avoid the Kuritan forces through sheer speed. When the ''Sea Skimmers'' met enemy 'Mech forces, one was destroyed but the second manage to escape, and despite being heavily engaged by defending Kuritan infantry at the dam, initiated the nuclear device, destroying the dam and causing widespread flooding.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp28"/>
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The Kuritan forces were finally routed after being defeated in battle in the Bannockburn Bogs outside the capital city, New Glasgow, but Skye had taken heavy damage during the attack. The 2895 raid was far from the only raid to be launched against Skye, and both the Shipil shipyards and the manufacturing facilities of [[Cyclops Incorporated]] were common targets due to their prominent role in military manufacturing. Both suffered a dramatic loss of production capacity as a result of the repeated attacks, becoming mere shadows of their former selves.<ref name=DARW226/>
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Perhaps more damaging to Skye than the attacks made by hostile powers was the separatist movement that waxed and waned on Skye over the centuries. Several rebellions against Lyran rule were made, resulting in damaging upheavals; the last of these was launched during the chaos of the [[FedCom Civil War]].<ref name=DARW226/>
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====The Jihad====
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The ''[[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]]''-class [[WarShip]] [[Percival|FWLS ''Percival'']] went rogue in early February [[3068]], and on the 4th of February the ''Percival'' launched a raid on Skye. Accompanying the ''Percival'' were troops in the colors of the [[Second Sirian Lancers]] from the [[Sirian Lancers]] who launched a ground assault on the planet, battling the local Skye forces for two days before withdrawing. This prompted the Duke of Skye, [[Robert Kelswa-Steiner]] to call on all [[Lyran Alliance]] units loyal to the Isle of Skye to come to the defense of the Isle, and to declare war on the [[Free Worlds League]] in retaliation for the raid.<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref name=Skye_War_FWL>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [13/02/3068]: "Skye Declares War on League"''</ref>
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On 4 October [[3069]], a [[Word of Blake]] strike force last seen assaulting [[Summer]] the week before appeared in the Skye system and assaulted the planet. In contrast with the attack on Summer, the Blakist task force of [[Pocket WarShip]]s and [[aerospace fighter]]s found their attack contested by the [[LAAF]] [[WarShip]] [[Fylgia|LAS ''Fylgia'']], the ''[[Mjolnir (WarShip class)|Mjolnir]]''-class ship having traveled to Skye after the bombing of [[Alarion]]. Despite being hit by a nuclear attack, the ''Fylgia'' and an accompanying group of Skye [[DropShip]]s and fighters were able to rout the Blakist forces.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
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On 20 July [[3071]], the ''Fylgia'' received orders [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]] to leave Skye along with its escort. Its direction was towards [[Tharkad]]. The office of Duke Robert Kelswa-Steiner called the Fylgia's withdrawal "a criminal weakening of Skye's defenses in light of continual threat by Marik and Word of Blake forces".<ref name="LAAFFylgia">''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [20/07/3071]: "LAAF Seizes Fylgia, Strikes Skye Defenses"''</ref>
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On 26 December [[3073]], after the assassination of [[Archon]] [[Peter Steiner-Davion]], the resistance leader [[Devlin Stone]] managed to convince the government of Skye to accept assistance from the allied forces which had met at [[Tukayyid]] earlier.<ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> As a result, three regiments of allied troops landed on Skye on 25 March [[3074]].<ref name="J:FRp52"/><ref name="JHS3076p48">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 48: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> The inevitable Word of Blake invasion came a few months later, on 27 June 3074 when Word's [[3rd Division (Word of Blake)|Third]] and the [[18th Division (Word of Blake)|Eighteenth Divisions]] supported by two regiments of mercenaries, four WarShips, and a score of nuclear weapons.<ref name="TCp54">''Total Chaos'', pp. 54–55: "Skye"</ref> The conflict soon ground into a stalemate that lasted weeks. In space Coalition WarShips moved to drive the Blakists from orbit, and the Word retaliated by deploying several WMDs with deadly result. [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]'s ''[[Cameron]]''-class flagship [[Ulric Kerensky (Individual Cameron-class WarShip)|Ulric Kerensky]] and [[Clan Wolf]]'s ''[[Texas]]''-class [[Nicholas Kerensky (Individual Texas-class WarShip)|Nicholas Kerensky]] fell to nuclear assaults. On the ground, the stalemate was finally broken when [[Devlin Stone]] led an ad hoc battalion of allied forces in a flanking action that struck at the command center of the Blakist [[3rd Division (Word of Blake)|Third Division]], capturing the Third's Commanding Officer, [[Precentor]] [[Craig Callen]], and forcing the suddenly leaderless and thinly stretched Word of Blake forces to withdraw. Of the two Word of Blake divisions that invaded Skye, only two [[Level III]]s escaped, and the Blakists lost multiple DropShips and other naval assets before abandoning the system.<ref name="TCp54"/>
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The success on Skye led Stone to declare that the next target for liberation would be [[Hesperus II]].<ref name="JHS3076p52">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 52: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp53">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
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====The Dark Age====
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Skye joined the Republic of the Sphere after the signing of the [[Republic Formation Treaty]], and brought the bulk of the former Skye Province with it. This was in large part due to the lobbying performed by [[Robert Kelswa-Steiner|Robert]] and [[Gregory Kelswa-Steiner]], and was a significant boon to the Republic given the highly industrialized nature of the Skye worlds. The military industries on Skye itself survived the Jihad with only minor damage, making them major producers for the Republic in the years after the Jihad, although as a part of the conditions for releasing the worlds of the Skye Province to the Republic, the Lyran Alliance insisted that a share of the production from the Skye plants go back to the Alliance.<ref name="J:FRp107">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 107: "Lyran Alliance"</ref> Under the Republic—and thanks in part to aid that had been received from the Lyran state, in addition to that which came later from the Republic—Skye rebuilt from the damage inflicted during the Jihad, but many amongst the population chafed at having finally escaped rule by [[House Steiner]] only to fall under the flag of another nation. The resettlement directives issued by [[Devlin Stone]] saw an influx of new inhabitants that helped to mute somewhat the "Free Skye" fever that had been endemic to Skye over the centuries, but the population largely remained as traditionally rebellious as it had ever been.<ref name=DARW226/>
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=====Falcon and Sphere=====
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{{Main|Battle of Skye (3134)}}
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In August 3134,<ref name="ED:DAp10">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10: "Dark Age Timeline"</ref> [[Clan Jade Falcon]] dispatched three Galaxies to seize several worlds from the disintegrating Republic. This ''desant'' saw several systems around Skye fall to the Falcons, and only the combined efforts of [[Tara Campbell]], Skye's native defenders, and the [[Steel Wolves]] of [[Anastasia Kerensky]] blunted the first Falcon assault upon Skye itself.<ref>''Flight of the Falcon''</ref><ref name="ED:DAp9">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 9: "Important Military Actions of 3134"</ref> The Republic Armed Forces had dispatched Tara Campbell and [[Paladin of the Republic|Paladin]] [[David McKinnon]] to assist with the defense, but Campbell's decision to pardon Anastasia Kerensky and the Steel Wolves in exchange for their assistance was controversial.<ref name="ED:DAp9A">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 9: "3134: Breaking Point"</ref> The death of her ''sibmate'' Aleksandr in this battle spurred Galaxy Commander [[Malvina Hazen]] to make a second assault upon Skye; this time the Falcons were successful in conquering the world,<ref>''Blood of the Isle''</ref> defeating the defenders in November<ref name="ED:DAp10"/> despite efforts by the [[Stormhammers]] to prevent Skye's capture<ref name="ED:DAp9"/> and the deployment of an LCAF WarShip to assist the Stormhammers.<ref name="ED:DAp19">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 19: "Stormhammers"</ref> Hazen and the Jade Falcons tolerated no threats to their control over Skye, but otherwise ruled the population with a light hand.<ref>''A Rending of Falcons''</ref>
  
''(References to [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Skye | Skye]])''
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After an extract mission by RAF forces that took Base Shetland in early June [[3135]], refresh troops were sent by the Republic led by [[Knight of the Republic|Knight]] [[Castor Hobbes]]. All the wins done by the previous assault were lost, and all their forces had to retreat.<ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 190: "01 June 3135"</ref><ref name=DA3135PDAJp192>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 192: "06 June 3135"</ref><ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 204: "13 July 3135"</ref>
  
''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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=====Wolf and Falcon=====
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{{Main|Battle of Skye (3150)}}
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On 2 March [[3150]], [[Clan Wolf]] assaulted Skye with three Clusters of [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Beta Galaxy]].  [[Khan]] [[Alaric Ward]] issued a ''batchall'' to [[saKhan]] [[Ryan Pryde]], who defended with [[Turkina Keshik]] and the [[124th Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|124th Falcon Striker Cluster]]. After nearly two weeks of brutal fighting the Falcon forces retreated off world, discovering too late that Khan Ward's ''batchall'' had been a recording designed to make the Jade Falcon's overcommit. Following the defeat of the Jade Falcons, envoys from the Republic of the Sphere requested that Skye be returned to them.  Khan Ward replied "if the Republic wishes to reclaim Skye from the Wolf Empire, they are welcome to challenge me."  This battle also saw the capture of [[Noritomo Helmer]].<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 84: "The Assault of Skye"</ref><ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 85: "The Skye is Falling"</ref><ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 117: "Touchpoint: Skye"</ref>
  
'''X''': -57.01
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===Military Deployment===
'''Y''': 51.74{{e}}
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====2764====
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* [[Twenty-seventh Royal Mechanized Infantry Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp255 />
  
==Planetary Data<ref name=MM94>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 94, "House Steiner Key Worlds"</ref>==
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====2765====
* Number of Moons: 1 (Luna)
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* [[Third Skye Rangers]]<ref name=FR:2765LCAFpp18-19>''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', pp. 18–19: "Skye Rangers" - Regimental Status</ref>
* Surface Water: 70%
 
* Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
 
* Surface Gravity: 1.0
 
* Equatorial Temp: 30°C
 
* Highest Native Life: Birds
 
  
==Era Specific Data==
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====2786====
===3025<ref name=HS169>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 169, "Planet Guide"</ref>===
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* Third Skye Rangers<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>
* Noble Ruler: Margaret Aten, Duchess of Sky
 
* Political Leader: President Anson McConnaughey
 
* [[ComStar]] Representative: [[Precentor]] Dane Alknaur
 
  
===3067===
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====2821====
* Noble Ruler: Duke [[Robert Kelswa-Steiner]]
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* Third Skye Rangers<ref name="FSWp139"/>
* Population: 4,350,795,000
 
* Socio-Industrial Levels: A-A-A-B-B
 
  
===3076<ref name=MM94/>===
+
====3028====
* Noble Ruler: Duke Robert Kelswa-Steiner
+
* [[First Royal Guards]]<ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 44: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
* Population: 4,347,780,000
+
* [[Seventeenth Donegal Guards]]<ref name="NAIS4SWp45">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
* Tech Level [[USIIR]]: A-A-A-B-B
 
  
===3130<ref name=DARW223>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 223, "Planet Profile"</ref>===
+
====3038====
* Governor: [[Gregory Kelswa-Steiner]]
+
* [[Fifth Lyran Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137: "Deployment Table"</ref>
* Planetary Legate: Stanford Eckard
 
* Population: 3,012,000,000
 
  
==Planetary Garrison==
+
====3050====
===3050 to 3054===
+
* [[11th FedCom RCT|Eleventh FedCom RCT]] ('[[Mech]] and [[Infantry]])<ref name=20YU27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[11th FedCom RCT]] ('[[Mech]] and [[Infantry]])<ref name=20YU27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref><ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 86, "Unit Note"</ref>
+
{{column}}
 +
====3054====
 +
* Eleventh FedCom [[RCT]]<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 86: "Unit Note"</ref>
  
===3061 to 3067===
+
====3061====
* [[1st Skye Jaegers]]<ref name=SS48>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 48, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=FMU177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177, "Lyran Alliance Deploment Table"</ref>
+
* [[First Skye Jaegers]]<ref name=SS48>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 48: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
  
===3067===
+
====3067====
* [[4th Skye Rangers|4th Skye Rangers RCT]]<ref name=FMU177/>
+
* First Skye Jaegers<ref name=FMU177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[17th Skye Rangers]]<ref name=FMU177/>
+
* [[Fourth Skye Rangers]] RCT<ref name=FMU177/>
* [[22nd Skye Rangers]]<ref name=FMU177/>
+
* [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]]<ref name=FMU177/>
 +
* [[Twenty-second Skye Rangers]]<ref name=FMU177/>
 
* [[Skye Guards]]<ref name=FMU177/>
 
* [[Skye Guards]]<ref name=FMU177/>
  
===3079===
+
====3079====
* [[Skye Guard]]<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 15, "Skye Rangers Regimental Status"</ref>
+
* Skye Guards<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 15: "Skye Rangers Regimental Status"</ref>
:- At this point in time the Skye Guard operating at 40% of full strength, with 70% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
+
:- The unit was operating at 40% strength, with 70% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
 +
{{column}}
 +
====3085====
 +
* [[VIII Hastati Sentinels]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 187: "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
 +
:- The unit was at 80% strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
 +
 
 +
====3134====
 +
* [[Republic Skye Militia]]
 +
** Ducal Guard<ref name=FotFc15>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 15</ref>
 +
** Seventh Skye Militia<ref name=FotFc15/>
  
===3085===
+
====3145====
* [[VIII Hastati Sentinels]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 187, "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
+
* [[Turkina Keshik (Clan Jade Falcon)|Turkina Keshik]]<ref name=FM:3145p168>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 168: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref>
:- At this point in time, the VIII Hastati was at 80% of full strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
+
* [[124th Falcon Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|124th Falcon Striker Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p168/>
 +
{{columns-end}}
  
==Manufacturing Centers==
+
===Geography===
* [[Avanti Industries]]
+
The planet Skye is dominated by a single supercontinent that reaches into more than one hemisphere. Skye is a rarity, in that it is a habitable planet within a Binary star system; when Skye was discovered by explorers it was an unspoiled world; the supercontinent—which was named New Scotland—had cool climates in its northern and southern reaches and combined deep green valleys, fog-wreathed hills and moody rain. Skye was also discovered to have vast mineral and metallurgical reserves buried under the surface.<ref name=DARW226/>
* [[Cyclops Incorporated]]
 
* [[Shipil Company]]
 
* [[Skye Pleasure Craft Limited]]
 
* [[Argile Technologies]] - Destroyed
 
  
==Companies==
+
===Planetary Locations===
* [[SeraVideo Entertainments Incorporated]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 141, "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"</ref>
+
* Dublin Heights<ref name=H:HSp146>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 146: "Shipil Company (ShipCo) - Skye Pleasure Craft Ltd. (SPCLim)"</ref>
 +
* Ear Candy City<ref name=H:HSp136>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 136: "Ear Candy Company (EaCaCo)"</ref>
 +
* Edinburgh<ref name=H:HSp146/>
 +
* New Aberdeen<ref name=H:HSp143>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 143: "Cyclops, Incorporated (CycInc)"</ref>
 +
* New Glasgow: capital city in 3067
 +
* New London: capital city in 3134<ref name=ARoFc5/><ref name=SH:I2p154>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 154</ref><ref name=SFp84>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 84</ref>
 +
** New London Capital House<ref name=SFp84/>
 +
** New London Spaceport<ref name=SFp84/>
 +
** [[Sanglamore Military Academy]]<ref name=SFp84/>
 +
** Weston suburbs<ref name=SH:I2p155>''Shrapnel'', Issue 2, p. 155</ref>
 +
* Portmeirion<ref name=ARoFp>''A Rending of Falcons'', prologue</ref>
 +
* Raina: a city on the northern coast of New Scotland that houses [[Raina University on Skye]]<ref name="HB:HSp118">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 118: "Raina University on Skye"</ref>
 +
* The Desolation<ref name=ARoFc1>''A Rending of Falcons'', ch. 1</ref>
 +
* The Forest Primeval: a forest near New London<ref name=FotFc9>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 9</ref>
 +
* University of Skye<ref name=FM:SLDFp80>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 80: "Fifth Army - Command"</ref>
 +
* Weston Heights<ref name=SH:I2p156>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 156</ref>
  
==Owner History==
+
===Industrial Centers===
* [[2340]] - [[Federation of Skye]]<ref name=HBHS13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth befor [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"</ref>
+
* [[Avanti Industries]]<ref name=H:HSp135>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 135: "Avanti Industries (AvantInd)"</ref>
* [[2341]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=HBHS13/>
+
* [[Cyclops Incorporated]]<ref name=H:HSp143/>
* [[2596]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
+
* [[Drago, Ltd.]]<ref name=HLoTv2p141>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 141: "LB-X Carrier"</ref>
* [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
+
* [[Ear Candy Company]]<ref name=H:HSp136/>
* [[3025]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=HS169/>
+
* [[Shipil Company]]<ref name=H:HSp146/>
* [[3030]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
+
* [[Skye Pleasure Craft Limited]]<ref name=H:HSp146/>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]
+
* [[Argile Technologies]] - destroyed
* [[3052]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]
+
* [[SeraVideo Entertainments Incorporated]]<ref name=HS:TLCp141>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 141: "SeraVideo Entertainments Incorporated" profile</ref>
* [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]
 
* [[3062]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]
 
* [[3067]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref name=FMU177/>
 
* [[3079]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref name=DARW223/>
 
  
==Planetary History==
+
<!-- Commented out due to lack of information
===The Jihad===
+
===Local Fauna===
The ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]]''-class [[WarShip]] [[Eagle (WarShip)#Named Vessels|FWLS ''Percival'']] went rogue in early February [[3068]], and on the 4th of February the ''Percival'' launched a raid on '''Skye'''. Accompanying the ''Percival'' were troops in the colours of the [[Sirian Lancers]] who launched a ground assault on the planet, battling the local Skye forces for two days before withdrawing. This prompted the Duke of Skye, [[Robert Kelswa-Steiner]] to call on all [[Lyran Alliance]] units loyal to the Isle of Skye to come to the defence of the Isle, and to declare war on the [[Free Worlds League]] in retaliation for the raid.<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
+
-->
 +
===Image gallery===
 +
<gallery>
 +
File:Skye Flag.jpg|Planetary Flag from Skye
 +
</gallery>
  
On the 26th of December [[3073]], after the assassination of [[Archon]] [[Peter Steiner-Davion]], the resistance leader [[Devlin Stone]] managed to convince the government of Skye to accept assistance from the allied forces which had met at [[Tukayyid]] earlier.<ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> As a result, three regiments of allied troops landed on Skye on the 25th of March [[3074]].<ref name="J:FRp52"/><ref name="JHS3076p48">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 48, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> The inevitable [[Word of Blake]] invasion came a few months later, on the 27th of June 3074, and the conflict soon ground into a stalemate that lasted weeks. The stalemate was finally broken when [[Devlin Stone]] led an ad hoc battalion of allied forces in a flanking action that struck at the command centre of the Blakist [[3rd Division (Word of Blake)|3rd Division]], capturing the 3rd's Commanding Officer, [[Precentor]] [[Craig Callen]], and forcing the suddenly leaderless and thinly-stretched Word of Blake forces to withdraw. The success on Skye led Stone to declare that the next target for liberation would be [[Hesperus II]].<ref name="JHS3076p52">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 52, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp53">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
+
==Map Gallery==
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<div class="system-map-gallery"></div>
  
==Nearby Planets==
+
==Nearby Systems==
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{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
|-
+
! colspan="8" | Closest 60 systems (59 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
! Planet
 
! Distance (LY)
 
! Jumps
 
! 2750
 
! 3025
 
! 3030
 
! 3040
 
! 3052
 
! 3057
 
! 3062
 
|-
 
| [[Zebebelgenubi]]
 
| 6.68
 
| 1
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Syrma]]
 
| 12.07
 
| 1
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Alphecca]]
 
| 14.94
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Kochab]]
 
| 15.49
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Galatea]]
 
| 18.10
 
| 1
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Unukalhai]]
 
| 21.43
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Alkalurops]]
 
| 22.61
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Skondia]]
 
| 26.11
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Seginus]]
 
| 27.76
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Alcor]]
 
| 28.84
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Summer]]
 
| 28.93
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Mizar]]
 
| 31.43
 
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Carnwath]]
 
| 31.57
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Glengarry]]
 
| 32.19
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[La Blon]]
 
| 33.53
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Menkent]]
 
| 36.64
 
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Cor Caroli]]
 
| 36.84
 
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Lyons]]
 
| 37.06
 
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Alkaid]]
 
| 37.33
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Alioth]]
 
| 38.11
 
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Dromini VI]]
 
| 39.57
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Ko]]
 
| 40.40
 
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Combine Peacekeepers | CP]]
 
| [[Combine Peacekeepers | CP]]
 
|-
 
| [[Chertan]]
 
| 40.47
 
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
| [[Carsphairn]]
 
| 41.15
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Atria]]
 
| 41.73
 
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Combine Peacekeepers | CP]]
 
| [[Combine Peacekeepers | CP]]
 
|-
 
| [[Ryde]]
 
| 43.24
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Zollikofen]]
 
| 43.43
 
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Laiaka]]
 
| 43.63
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Gladius]]
 
| 43.86
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Zebeneschamali]]
 
| 43.98
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Sabik]]
 
| 45.45
 
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Combine Peacekeepers | CP]]
 
| [[Combine Peacekeepers | CP]]
 
|-
 
| [[Izar]]
 
| 46.23
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Komephoros]]
 
| 46.96
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Muphrid]]
 
| 47.62
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Alrakis]]
 
| 48.59
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Nusakan]]
 
| 49.14
 
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Chaffee]]
 
| 49.33
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Marfik]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zebebelgenubi]]
| 49.42
+
| class="lessthan30" | 6.1
| 2
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Syrma]]
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 12.3
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alphecca]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 14.7
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Kochab]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 15.8
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Vindemiatrix]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Galatea]]
| 49.56
+
| class="lessthan30" | 17.6
| 2
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Unukalhai]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 21.3
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alkalurops]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 22.0
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Nusakan]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 23.7
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Milton]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Skondia]]
| 49.79
+
| class="lessthan30" | 25.5
| 2
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Seginus]]
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 27.8
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Summer]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 28.3
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alcor]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 28.6
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Gacrux]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Mizar]]
| 50.00
+
| class="over30" | 30.8
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Carnwath]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 31.6
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Glengarry]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 32.4
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[La Blon]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 33.1
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Alchiba]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Menkent]]
| 51.40
+
| class="over30" | 34.0
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Lyons]]
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
+
| class="over30" | 36.3
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Cor Caroli]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 36.3
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alkaid]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 37.3
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Lipton]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alioth]]
| 51.45
+
| class="over30" | 37.5
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Dromini]]
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
+
| class="over30" | 39.0
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Ko]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 39.6
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Haddings]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 39.6
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Kimball II]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Atria]]
| 53.23
+
| class="over30" | 41.0
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Carsphairn]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 41.1
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Balkan]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 41.4
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Ryde]]
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
+
| class="over30" | 42.0
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Chara]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Zollikofen]]
| 53.77
+
| class="over30" | 42.6
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Laiaka]]
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
+
| class="over30" | 43.7
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Gladius (system)|Gladius]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 43.9
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Zebeneschamali]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 44.0
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Kessel]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Sabik]]
| 54.94
+
| class="over30" | 44.7
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Izar]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 46.1
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Komephoros]]
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
+
| class="over30" | 46.6
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Muphrid]]
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
+
| class="over30" | 46.7
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Thorin]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alrakis]]
| 55.77
+
| class="over30" | 48.0
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Rocky]]
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
+
| class="over30" | 48.3
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Marfik]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 49.1
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Milton]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 49.1
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Freedom]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Chaffee (LC)|Chaffee]]
| 57.03
+
| class="over30" | 49.4
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Vindemiatrix]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 50.1
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Gacrux]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 50.2
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Lipton]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 50.6
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Zavijava]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alchiba]]
| 57.97
+
| class="over30" | 50.8
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Lone Star]]
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
+
| class="over30" | 52.4
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Kimball]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 52.9
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Chara]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 52.9
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Nekkar]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Kessel]]
| 58.04
+
| class="over30" | 54.5
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Afleir]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 54.7
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Thorin]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 54.8
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Phecda]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 55.8
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Yorii]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Denebola]]
| 58.56
+
| class="over30" | 56.4
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Freedom]]
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
+
| class="over30" | 56.8
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Zavijava]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 57.5
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Yorii]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 57.6
| [[Combine Peacekeepers | CP]]
 
| [[Combine Peacekeepers | CP]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Imbros III]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Imbros]]
| 58.56
+
| class="over30" | 57.6
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Nekkar]]
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
+
| class="over30" | 58.0
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Konstance]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 58.2
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over60" | [[Wyatt]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over60" | 60.6
| [[Combine Peacekeepers | CP]]
 
| [[Combine Peacekeepers | CP]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Konstance]]
 
| 58.71
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
 
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Skye
Skye 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-57.009 : 51.376[e]
Star namesTwo
Spectral classG8V, M0V[1][2]
Recharge time191 hours[2]
Recharge station(s)Nadir, Zenith (3025–3067)[1][2]
Planet(s)6[citation needed]

The Skye system was the location of at least one habitable world, Skye IV, and as of 3151 was located in the Wolf Empire.[3]

System Description[edit]

Skye is located near the Zebebelgenubi and Syrma systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]


Skye IV[edit]

Skye IV
Skye.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionFourth[1][2]
Jump Point distance4.48 days[2]
Moons1 (Luna)[2][42]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.03[2]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[2][42]
Equatorial temperature30°C (Warm-Temperate)[2][42]
Surface water70%[2]
Highest native lifeMammals (30%)[1][2]/Birds[42]
Landmasses1 (New Scotland)[43]
History and Culture
Population4,351,000,000 (3067),[2] 4,347,780,000 (3076),[42] 3,012,000,000 (3130)[43][44]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Skye
Political LeaderPresident of Skye
Planetary Governor
Chief Minister
Military CommanderLegate Stanford Eckard (3130)[43][44]
CapitalNew Glasgow (3067),[2] New London (3134)[38]
HPG ClassA[1]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Dane Alknaur (3025)[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Exodus[edit]

Skye was originally colonized by settlers predominantly from the region of Terra known as the British Isles, who were drawn both by the mineral and metal wealth and by the similarity between the climate of New Scotland and their native homes. These settlers were predominantly of Irish and Scottish descent and were keen to not only make a new start on Skye but also to ensure that Skye escaped the devastation and damage that rampant industrialization could inflict. Strict zoning laws were put in place, limiting both commercial development and heavy industry in the interests of preserving Skye's unspoiled beauty; less than fifty percent of New Scotland's landmass was opened up to commercial and industrial exploitation, and while this left vast resources untapped, Skye was such a rich world that industry and trade on Skye grew dramatically.[43]

With the exploitable land on Skye strictly limited by law, those regions that could be exploited were swiftly bought up by various corporate concerns and wealthy individuals and families. This soon gave rise to a class of planetary nobility that became locked in geopolitical stasis that lasted for centuries.[43]

During the Exodus from Terra in the years following the Demarcation Declaration, many of Terra's best and brightest left the strife and intolerance present on Terra behind and took passage on JumpShips destined for colonies outside the boundaries of the diminished Terran Alliance. One such person was Ian McQuiston, the son of a man who owned a merchant-shipping company based in Great Britain. Forced to leave because of a combination of his outspoken nature and his aggressive trade dealings, McQuiston made for Skye because he heard that Skye of all the colonies most resembled his homeland, Scotland. After arriving on Skye McQuiston began his own trading company, acquiring three of the largest trading companies on the planet; in 2282, the population of Skye elected him President of Skye, despite him not having sought political office.[6]

McQuiston continued to expand his trade empire until he had managed to combine and consolidate several disparate interplanetary merchant fleets into a single company, Skye Traders, which went on to become the dominant trade company in the region of space demarcated by the border of the Terran Alliance and the worlds of Ford, Clinton and Sakhalin by 2296. McQuiston continued to build on his political and mercantile success by announcing his intention to form an interstellar government in 2299, a nation known as the Federation of Skye.[6]

Following the coup launched by Robert Marsden in 2375 that saw him installed as sole ruler of the Lyran Commonwealth, 22 worlds including Skye were still opposed to his rule in 2378 and had withdrawn their support of both him and his new government. Many of these worlds were cowed into line through naval blockades that starved them into submission, but eight self-sufficient worlds - again, including Skye - continued to hold out, and as a result were subject to full and bloody military invasions by Marsden's forces.[45]

Skye remained the heart and soul of the Federation of Skye long after the creation of the Lyran Commonwealth; the Federation had been a proud nation possessed of prosperity and influence, and that pride continued to remain a part of the psyche of the population of Skye for centuries.[43]

Star League Era[edit]

The era of the Star League saw Skye reach perhaps the most glorious period in its history, in terms of commercial and industrial significance; a major hub within the Commonwealth, Skye was a source for everything from native produce and raw materials to advanced industrial products including DropShips, WarShips and both civilian and military aerospace craft. It was also the chosen home of Sanglamore Academy, one of the very few Star League Defense Force military academies to be built outside of the Terran Hegemony.[43]

This concentration of economic wealth and defense oriented infrastructure was protected by a Star League Defense Force garrison during the final years of the Star League.[46]

Raid of 2895[edit]

Skye's metaphorical star began to wane with the passing of the Star League. Her people remained fiercely proud, despite the gradual decline in prosperity, however.[43] In 2895, DCMS forces attacked Skye in some strength. The Skye Militia was mobilized, with one particular militia unit—the 348th Reserve Detachment, a unit equipped with a dozen Sea Skimmer hydrofoils—was charged with reinforcing the Lyran forces defending the city of Inverness and securing the Manty River Delta. The 348th hadn't faced a serious threat or exercise in some time, training largely consisted of once-a-week sailing parties thinly disguised as exercises, and acquitted themselves surprisingly well during the initial stages of the defense.[47]

When a battalion of Kuritan 'Mechs broke through the defending lines and moved directly towards the city of Inverness, the 348th were the only mobile unit left to engage them, and the 348th was down to just two operational Sea Skimmers. The commander of the Inverness defenses initiated a desperate plan to defend the city; each Sea Skimmer was equipped with a 1-kiloton nuclear demolition charge and ordered to destroy a dam located ten kilometers behind the Combine front lines. With the Manty River in full flood, the dam held back water that would otherwise have inundated local farmland. Both Sea Skimmers made a full-speed charge for the dam, attempting to avoid the Kuritan forces through sheer speed. When the Sea Skimmers met enemy 'Mech forces, one was destroyed but the second manage to escape, and despite being heavily engaged by defending Kuritan infantry at the dam, initiated the nuclear device, destroying the dam and causing widespread flooding.[47]

The Kuritan forces were finally routed after being defeated in battle in the Bannockburn Bogs outside the capital city, New Glasgow, but Skye had taken heavy damage during the attack. The 2895 raid was far from the only raid to be launched against Skye, and both the Shipil shipyards and the manufacturing facilities of Cyclops Incorporated were common targets due to their prominent role in military manufacturing. Both suffered a dramatic loss of production capacity as a result of the repeated attacks, becoming mere shadows of their former selves.[43]

Perhaps more damaging to Skye than the attacks made by hostile powers was the separatist movement that waxed and waned on Skye over the centuries. Several rebellions against Lyran rule were made, resulting in damaging upheavals; the last of these was launched during the chaos of the FedCom Civil War.[43]

The Jihad[edit]

The Eagle-class WarShip FWLS Percival went rogue in early February 3068, and on the 4th of February the Percival launched a raid on Skye. Accompanying the Percival were troops in the colors of the Second Sirian Lancers from the Sirian Lancers who launched a ground assault on the planet, battling the local Skye forces for two days before withdrawing. This prompted the Duke of Skye, Robert Kelswa-Steiner to call on all Lyran Alliance units loyal to the Isle of Skye to come to the defense of the Isle, and to declare war on the Free Worlds League in retaliation for the raid.[48][49]

On 4 October 3069, a Word of Blake strike force last seen assaulting Summer the week before appeared in the Skye system and assaulted the planet. In contrast with the attack on Summer, the Blakist task force of Pocket WarShips and aerospace fighters found their attack contested by the LAAF WarShip LAS Fylgia, the Mjolnir-class ship having traveled to Skye after the bombing of Alarion. Despite being hit by a nuclear attack, the Fylgia and an accompanying group of Skye DropShips and fighters were able to rout the Blakist forces.[50]

On 20 July 3071, the Fylgia received orders Lyran Alliance Armed Forces to leave Skye along with its escort. Its direction was towards Tharkad. The office of Duke Robert Kelswa-Steiner called the Fylgia's withdrawal "a criminal weakening of Skye's defenses in light of continual threat by Marik and Word of Blake forces".[51]

On 26 December 3073, after the assassination of Archon Peter Steiner-Davion, the resistance leader Devlin Stone managed to convince the government of Skye to accept assistance from the allied forces which had met at Tukayyid earlier.[52][53] As a result, three regiments of allied troops landed on Skye on 25 March 3074.[53][54] The inevitable Word of Blake invasion came a few months later, on 27 June 3074 when Word's Third and the Eighteenth Divisions supported by two regiments of mercenaries, four WarShips, and a score of nuclear weapons.[55] The conflict soon ground into a stalemate that lasted weeks. In space Coalition WarShips moved to drive the Blakists from orbit, and the Word retaliated by deploying several WMDs with deadly result. Clan Wolf-in-Exile's Cameron-class flagship Ulric Kerensky and Clan Wolf's Texas-class Nicholas Kerensky fell to nuclear assaults. On the ground, the stalemate was finally broken when Devlin Stone led an ad hoc battalion of allied forces in a flanking action that struck at the command center of the Blakist Third Division, capturing the Third's Commanding Officer, Precentor Craig Callen, and forcing the suddenly leaderless and thinly stretched Word of Blake forces to withdraw. Of the two Word of Blake divisions that invaded Skye, only two Level IIIs escaped, and the Blakists lost multiple DropShips and other naval assets before abandoning the system.[55]

The success on Skye led Stone to declare that the next target for liberation would be Hesperus II.[56][57]

The Dark Age[edit]

Skye joined the Republic of the Sphere after the signing of the Republic Formation Treaty, and brought the bulk of the former Skye Province with it. This was in large part due to the lobbying performed by Robert and Gregory Kelswa-Steiner, and was a significant boon to the Republic given the highly industrialized nature of the Skye worlds. The military industries on Skye itself survived the Jihad with only minor damage, making them major producers for the Republic in the years after the Jihad, although as a part of the conditions for releasing the worlds of the Skye Province to the Republic, the Lyran Alliance insisted that a share of the production from the Skye plants go back to the Alliance.[58] Under the Republic—and thanks in part to aid that had been received from the Lyran state, in addition to that which came later from the Republic—Skye rebuilt from the damage inflicted during the Jihad, but many amongst the population chafed at having finally escaped rule by House Steiner only to fall under the flag of another nation. The resettlement directives issued by Devlin Stone saw an influx of new inhabitants that helped to mute somewhat the "Free Skye" fever that had been endemic to Skye over the centuries, but the population largely remained as traditionally rebellious as it had ever been.[43]

Falcon and Sphere[edit]

In August 3134,[36] Clan Jade Falcon dispatched three Galaxies to seize several worlds from the disintegrating Republic. This desant saw several systems around Skye fall to the Falcons, and only the combined efforts of Tara Campbell, Skye's native defenders, and the Steel Wolves of Anastasia Kerensky blunted the first Falcon assault upon Skye itself.[59][60] The Republic Armed Forces had dispatched Tara Campbell and Paladin David McKinnon to assist with the defense, but Campbell's decision to pardon Anastasia Kerensky and the Steel Wolves in exchange for their assistance was controversial.[61] The death of her sibmate Aleksandr in this battle spurred Galaxy Commander Malvina Hazen to make a second assault upon Skye; this time the Falcons were successful in conquering the world,[62] defeating the defenders in November[36] despite efforts by the Stormhammers to prevent Skye's capture[60] and the deployment of an LCAF WarShip to assist the Stormhammers.[63] Hazen and the Jade Falcons tolerated no threats to their control over Skye, but otherwise ruled the population with a light hand.[64]

After an extract mission by RAF forces that took Base Shetland in early June 3135, refresh troops were sent by the Republic led by Knight Castor Hobbes. All the wins done by the previous assault were lost, and all their forces had to retreat.[65][66][67]

Wolf and Falcon[edit]

On 2 March 3150, Clan Wolf assaulted Skye with three Clusters of Beta Galaxy. Khan Alaric Ward issued a batchall to saKhan Ryan Pryde, who defended with Turkina Keshik and the 124th Falcon Striker Cluster. After nearly two weeks of brutal fighting the Falcon forces retreated off world, discovering too late that Khan Ward's batchall had been a recording designed to make the Jade Falcon's overcommit. Following the defeat of the Jade Falcons, envoys from the Republic of the Sphere requested that Skye be returned to them. Khan Ward replied "if the Republic wishes to reclaim Skye from the Wolf Empire, they are welcome to challenge me." This battle also saw the capture of Noritomo Helmer.[68][69][70]

Military Deployment[edit]

3054[edit]

3061[edit]

3067[edit]

3079[edit]

- The unit was operating at 40% strength, with 70% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3085[edit]

- The unit was at 80% strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3134[edit]

3145[edit]

Geography[edit]

The planet Skye is dominated by a single supercontinent that reaches into more than one hemisphere. Skye is a rarity, in that it is a habitable planet within a Binary star system; when Skye was discovered by explorers it was an unspoiled world; the supercontinent—which was named New Scotland—had cool climates in its northern and southern reaches and combined deep green valleys, fog-wreathed hills and moody rain. Skye was also discovered to have vast mineral and metallurgical reserves buried under the surface.[43]

Planetary Locations[edit]

Industrial Centers[edit]

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Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 60 systems (59 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Zebebelgenubi 6.1 Syrma 12.3 Alphecca 14.7 Kochab 15.8
Galatea 17.6 Unukalhai 21.3 Alkalurops 22.0 Nusakan 23.7
Skondia 25.5 Seginus 27.8 Summer 28.3 Alcor 28.6
Mizar 30.8 Carnwath 31.6 Glengarry 32.4 La Blon 33.1
Menkent 34.0 Lyons 36.3 Cor Caroli 36.3 Alkaid 37.3
Alioth 37.5 Dromini 39.0 Ko 39.6 Haddings 39.6
Atria 41.0 Carsphairn 41.1 Balkan 41.4 Ryde 42.0
Zollikofen 42.6 Laiaka 43.7 Gladius 43.9 Zebeneschamali 44.0
Sabik 44.7 Izar 46.1 Komephoros 46.6 Muphrid 46.7
Alrakis 48.0 Rocky 48.3 Marfik 49.1 Milton 49.1
Chaffee 49.4 Vindemiatrix 50.1 Gacrux 50.2 Lipton 50.6
Alchiba 50.8 Lone Star 52.4 Kimball 52.9 Chara 52.9
Kessel 54.5 Afleir 54.7 Thorin 54.8 Phecda 55.8
Denebola 56.4 Freedom 56.8 Zavijava 57.5 Yorii 57.6
Imbros 57.6 Nekkar 58.0 Konstance 58.2 Wyatt 60.6

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