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== Political Affilation ==
 
== Political Affilation ==
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* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <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>
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* [[2341]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth at their Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
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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>
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'',Map: Inner Sphere 2764</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name=HBHS13>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', Map: Inner Sphere 2765 </ref>
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[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><ref name=FR2765LCAFp25>''Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
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* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:LoTv1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>
 
* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - No record <ref name="HS(TLC)"pvii>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - [[Periphery]] <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Periphery <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref> <ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Periphery <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Periphery <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
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* [[3059]] - Independent world<ref name="TPE2p110">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 110, "Rim Collection & Circinus Federation"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Periphery <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere (sourcebook)'', p. 75, "Lyran Alliance Map"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Periphery <ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere [3075]"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Periphery <ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Independent world <ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Periphery <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Independent world <ref name="FR:LAAF"p19>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Periphery <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Independent world <ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Independent world <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - [[Rim Territories]] <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - [[Rim Territories]] <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Rim Territories <ref name=ER:3145p10>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Rim Territories <ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Rim Territories <ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Rim Territories <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>
  
 
==Planet History==
 
==Planet History==
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It was confirmed that Port Vail and The Rack were one and the same by the [http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,9040.0.html Catalyst Game Labs writing staff.]
 
It was confirmed that Port Vail and The Rack were one and the same by the [http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,9040.0.html Catalyst Game Labs writing staff.]
  
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== References ==
 
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
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* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
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* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
 
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
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* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition]]''
  
 
[[Category: Planets|The Rack]]
 
[[Category: Planets|The Rack]]

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The Rack (Port Vail)
← 3135
3151
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The Rack (Port Vail) nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-400.86 : 370.98[e]

Political Affilation

invalid names, e.g. too many[16]

invalid names, e.g. too many

Planet History

Originally named Port Vail,[5] this world was a part of the Finmark Province of the Rim Worlds Republic before being conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773-2775 Republic-Commonwealth war, and vanished from maps during the 2nd Succession War,[13][15] reappearing later as The Rack.[21]

Military Deployment

2765

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Pain 29.1 Luanda 33.4 Nyasa 36.2 Delagoa 40.4 Finmark 41.8
Main Street 42.4 Torgvei 46.6 Mogabouti 48.9 Lushun 55.5 Ubangi 58.8

Notes

It was confirmed that Port Vail and The Rack were one and the same by the Catalyst Game Labs writing staff.

References

  1. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth at their Founding - [2341] Map"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:MPSp18" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:HSp25" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map - [2596] Map"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  6. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  7. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  8. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  9. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38, "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  10. ↑ Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  11. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  12. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  14. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  19. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  24. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 110, "Rim Collection & Circinus Federation"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  26. ↑ Inner Sphere (sourcebook), p. 75, "Lyran Alliance Map"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  28. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  29. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  30. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  31. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  32. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  35. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  36. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 19, "Republican Guards - Divisional Status"

Bibliography

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