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| class              = F0IV<ref name=HSp170>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 170, "Twycross Planet Guide"</ref><ref name=MMp153>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 153, "Clan Diamond Shark Key Worlds - Twycross"</ref><ref name=O:TCp5>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 5, "Twycross"</ref>
 
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==Planetary Garrison==
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== Political Affiliation ==
===3050===
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* [[2341]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
* [[Twycross Tamar March Militia]]<ref name=TBoT07>''The Battle of Twycross, p. 7</ref>
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* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2596]] - No record <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
===3054 to 3061===
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* [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <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:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[423rd Assault (Clan Steel Viper)|423rd Assault]]<ref name=OR114>''Objective Raids'', p. 114, "Unit Note"</ref><ref name=FMWC165>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 165, "Warden Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[57th Striker (Clan Steel Viper)|Fifty-seventh Striker|]]<ref name=OR114/><ref name=FMWC165/>
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* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
* 94th Battle Cluster  <ref name=OR30>''Objective Raids'', p. 30</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* 57th Striker Cluster <ref name=OR30/>
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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><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
===3061===
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <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>
* [[428th Assault (Clan Steel Viper)|428th Assault]]<ref name=FMWC165/>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
===3079===
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[8th Assault (Clan Diamond Shark)|Eighth Assault Cluster]]<ref name=O:TCp5/><ref name=FRC8>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 8, "Clan Diamond Shark Deployment Status"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - [[Clan Steel Viper]] <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[21st Strike (Clan Diamond Shark)|Twenty-first Strike Cluster]]<ref name=O:TCp5/><ref name=FRC8/>
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* [[3057]] - Clan Steel Viper <ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
* [[28th Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)|Twenty-eighth Cuiser Cluster]]<ref name=O:TCp5/><ref name=FRC8/>
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* [[3063]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3065]] - [[Clan Diamond Shark]]<ref name=ocp5>''Objectives: Clans'', p. 5, "Twycross"</ref>
===3085===
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* [[3067]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[Diamond Skate (Clan Diamond Shark)|Diamond Skate)]]<ref name=FM:3085p124>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 124, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="FR:Cp26">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 26, "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - August 3079"</ref>
* [[21st Combined Assault (Clan Diamond Shark)|Twenty-first Combined Assault]]<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
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* [[3081]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[27th Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)|Twenty-seventh Cruiser Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
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* [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii , "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[83rd Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)|Eighty-third Cruiser Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
 
 
 
==Manufacturing Centers==
 
* [[DS Aero Assembly Site Rho]]<ref>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 5, "DS Aero Assembly Site Rho"</ref>
 
* [[Trellshire Heavy Industries]]<ref>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 6, "Trellshire Heavy Industries"</ref> ''(destroyed in late [[3080]])''
 
 
 
==Owner History==
 
* [[2596]] - No record <ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
 
* [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>  
 
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth {{cn}}
 
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth {{cn}}
 
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
 
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"</ref>
 
* [[3052]] - [[Clan Steel Viper]] <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"</ref>
 
* [[3057]] - Clan Steel Viper {{cn}}
 
* [[3062]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] {{cn}}
 
* [[3065]] - [[Clan Diamond Shark]]<ref name=ocp5>''Objectives: Clans'', p. 5</ref>
 
* [[3067]] - Clan Diamond Shark<ref name=ocp5/>
 
* [[3079]] - Clan Diamond Shark<ref name=ocp5/>
 
 
* [[3130]] - [[Clan Sea Fox]] <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - [[Clan Sea Fox]] <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<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>
  
==Planetary Info==
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== Planetary Info ==
 
'''Twycross''' is a weather-wild desert planet that orbits a large and hot sun, where cataclysmic events and powerful wind storms are common, and its people are used to this. Due to these storms and events the population placed their cities and towns underground or made surface structures squat and flat. Twycross has a massive and continuous storm known as the [[Diabolis]], which spawns never ending destructive weather.<ref name=HSp170/><ref name=ocp5/>
 
'''Twycross''' is a weather-wild desert planet that orbits a large and hot sun, where cataclysmic events and powerful wind storms are common, and its people are used to this. Due to these storms and events the population placed their cities and towns underground or made surface structures squat and flat. Twycross has a massive and continuous storm known as the [[Diabolis]], which spawns never ending destructive weather.<ref name=HSp170/><ref name=ocp5/>
  
 
In the outer reaches of the Twycross system lies the world known as [[Jonah’s Reach]]. This uninhabitable planet became the Inner Sphere's major source of [[HarJel]] when Clan Diamond Shark acquired the system.<ref name=MMp153/><ref name=ocp6>''Objectives: Clans'', p. 6</ref>
 
In the outer reaches of the Twycross system lies the world known as [[Jonah’s Reach]]. This uninhabitable planet became the Inner Sphere's major source of [[HarJel]] when Clan Diamond Shark acquired the system.<ref name=MMp153/><ref name=ocp6>''Objectives: Clans'', p. 6</ref>
  
==Notable Planetary Locations==
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== Notable Locations ==
 
* Camora - capital of Twycross.
 
* Camora - capital of Twycross.
 
* Great Gash - Series of deep canyons which became the site of major battles in the 31st century.  
 
* Great Gash - Series of deep canyons which became the site of major battles in the 31st century.  
 
* Plain of Curtains.
 
* Plain of Curtains.
  
===Minor Cities and Locations on Twycross===
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=== Minor Cities and Locations on Twycross ===
 
* Hawkroost - Settlement
 
* Hawkroost - Settlement
 
* Auburn Depot
 
* Auburn Depot
 
* Camora Space Port
 
* Camora Space Port
 
   
 
   
==Planetary History==
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== Planetary History ==
===Early History===
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=== Early History ===
 
Twycross was settled during the height of the [[Star League era]].<ref name=HRWp159/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
 
Twycross was settled during the height of the [[Star League era]].<ref name=HRWp159/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
  
===Late Succession Wars===
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=== Late Succession Wars ===
 
By [[3025]], Twycross had become part of the Lyran Commonwealth's [[Tamar Pact]], but it had a low population and was the most undeveloped world within the province. Due to the nature of the planet, its government had become politically sly and subtle in how it conducted business. The justice inflicted on its people was rough even for a world living on edge civilization.<ref name=HSp170/>
 
By [[3025]], Twycross had become part of the Lyran Commonwealth's [[Tamar Pact]], but it had a low population and was the most undeveloped world within the province. Due to the nature of the planet, its government had become politically sly and subtle in how it conducted business. The justice inflicted on its people was rough even for a world living on edge civilization.<ref name=HSp170/>
  
===Clan Invasion===
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=== Clan Invasion ===
====Twycross Invasion of Clan Jade Falcon====
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==== Twycross Invasion of Clan Jade Falcon ====
 
In June of [[3050]], Clan Jade Falcon invaded Twycross as a part of the [[Clan Invasion|Clans Invasion's]] Second Wave of attacks. The planet's defenders, the [[Twycross TMM]], faced off against the [[Jade Falcon Guards (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Guards]]. The militia unit put up a fanatical struggle against the Clan invaders but after three weeks of fighting, the survivors of the Twycross TMM withdrew from the planet. However, though losing the planet, they brought intelligence that aided the [[FedCom]] High Command in developing a strategy to overcome the [[Clans]].<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 39, "Second Wave Twycross" - Invasion of Twycross, and its impact on the war.</ref> It was here the [[1st Somerset Strikers]] stole equipment from Jade Falcon to help close the Inner Sphere's technological disadvantage from the Clans.
 
In June of [[3050]], Clan Jade Falcon invaded Twycross as a part of the [[Clan Invasion|Clans Invasion's]] Second Wave of attacks. The planet's defenders, the [[Twycross TMM]], faced off against the [[Jade Falcon Guards (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Guards]]. The militia unit put up a fanatical struggle against the Clan invaders but after three weeks of fighting, the survivors of the Twycross TMM withdrew from the planet. However, though losing the planet, they brought intelligence that aided the [[FedCom]] High Command in developing a strategy to overcome the [[Clans]].<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 39, "Second Wave Twycross" - Invasion of Twycross, and its impact on the war.</ref> It was here the [[1st Somerset Strikers]] stole equipment from Jade Falcon to help close the Inner Sphere's technological disadvantage from the Clans.
  
====Second Battle of Twycross====
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==== Second Battle of Twycross ====
 
{{main|Battle of Twycross}}
 
{{main|Battle of Twycross}}
 
In September 3050, during the Fourth Wave of the invasion, a FedCom Task Force of several frontline combat units was deployed to Twycross. The task force consisted of [[10th Lyran Guards]], [[9th FedCom RCT|9th FedCom]] [[RCT]], and first two [[battalion]]s of the [[Kell Hounds]]. The Jade Falcon defenders only consisted of the Jade Falcon Guards and elements of the [[Jade Falcon Eyrie (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Eyrie]], which engaged the FedCom forces on the Plain of Curtains and in the Great Gash canyon region. The battle turned in favor of the FedCom forces when Clan forces were lured into the Gash where [[Kai Allard-Liao]] detonated pre-planted powerful explosives in the walls of the Gash, resulting in the Jade Falcon Guards' destruction through being buried under tons of rock and rubble. The destruction and defeat of the Guards triggered the resignation of the Falcon's [[Khan]], [[Timur Malthus]].<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 28, 42, "Fourth Wave: The Falcon Falter" - History and background of fight for FedCom counterassault on Twycross.</ref>
 
In September 3050, during the Fourth Wave of the invasion, a FedCom Task Force of several frontline combat units was deployed to Twycross. The task force consisted of [[10th Lyran Guards]], [[9th FedCom RCT|9th FedCom]] [[RCT]], and first two [[battalion]]s of the [[Kell Hounds]]. The Jade Falcon defenders only consisted of the Jade Falcon Guards and elements of the [[Jade Falcon Eyrie (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Eyrie]], which engaged the FedCom forces on the Plain of Curtains and in the Great Gash canyon region. The battle turned in favor of the FedCom forces when Clan forces were lured into the Gash where [[Kai Allard-Liao]] detonated pre-planted powerful explosives in the walls of the Gash, resulting in the Jade Falcon Guards' destruction through being buried under tons of rock and rubble. The destruction and defeat of the Guards triggered the resignation of the Falcon's [[Khan]], [[Timur Malthus]].<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 28, 42, "Fourth Wave: The Falcon Falter" - History and background of fight for FedCom counterassault on Twycross.</ref>
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Control of the planet was short-lived, as in November 3051, Gamma Galaxy of the Steel Vipers used the Diabolis Sandstorms against the defending Tenth Lyran and Ninth Federated Commonwealth RCTs. The 423rd and 428th Assault Clusters met the Tenth Lyran on the Plain of Curtains while the 94th Battle Cluster drove the Ninth FC from their defensive positions in Schreuder Heights back to the spaceport at Camora. A few hours later,  the FedCom forces lifted off planet.
 
Control of the planet was short-lived, as in November 3051, Gamma Galaxy of the Steel Vipers used the Diabolis Sandstorms against the defending Tenth Lyran and Ninth Federated Commonwealth RCTs. The 423rd and 428th Assault Clusters met the Tenth Lyran on the Plain of Curtains while the 94th Battle Cluster drove the Ninth FC from their defensive positions in Schreuder Heights back to the spaceport at Camora. A few hours later,  the FedCom forces lifted off planet.
  
===Refusal War===
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=== Refusal War ===
 
In November [[3057]] [[Clan Wolf]]'s Khan [[Natasha Kerensky]] led Clan Wolf forces to Twycross where they battled with the Falcon Guard as part of a massive [[Refusal War|Trial of Refusal]]. In the the ensuing Combat Trial, Khan Kerensky initiated personal ''[[zellbrigen]]'' with Falcon Guard Mechwarrior [[Joanna]]; the two battled in the Great Gash canyon, where the battle for Twycross was won for the Falcons when Joanna felled Kerensky in a last-ditch act of defiance.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 84, "Twycross and Wotan" - Bit piece of Outcome of Trial of Refusal on Twycross.</ref><ref name=MMp153/>
 
In November [[3057]] [[Clan Wolf]]'s Khan [[Natasha Kerensky]] led Clan Wolf forces to Twycross where they battled with the Falcon Guard as part of a massive [[Refusal War|Trial of Refusal]]. In the the ensuing Combat Trial, Khan Kerensky initiated personal ''[[zellbrigen]]'' with Falcon Guard Mechwarrior [[Joanna]]; the two battled in the Great Gash canyon, where the battle for Twycross was won for the Falcons when Joanna felled Kerensky in a last-ditch act of defiance.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 84, "Twycross and Wotan" - Bit piece of Outcome of Trial of Refusal on Twycross.</ref><ref name=MMp153/>
  
===Falcon Incursion and Diamond Shark Conquest===
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=== Falcon Incursion and Diamond Shark Conquest ===
 
In [[3064]], the Jade Falcon [[Occupation Zone]] became the target of [[Operation AUDACITY]], the [[Lyran Alliance]] [[Operation Audacity|counter-offensive]] against the [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3064)|Jade Falcon Incursion]]. In Late October to early November, a Lyran Alliance task force lead by [[General]] [[Archer Christifori]] challenged the garrison commander, [[Star Colonel]] [[Ravill Pryde]], to a [[Trial of Possession]] for control of Twycross. On the 24th of November [[Archer's Avengers]] were in process of landing when Ravill Pryde's ''[[Timber Wolf]]'' fired on the incoming DropShips. Seen as a breach of ''zellbrigen'', the Avengers attacked the Jade Falcon Guards with full force, winning the ensuing battle. Captured and briefly made into a [[Bondsman]], [[Diana Pryde]] was used to relay a message to Khan [[Marthe Pryde]] to end her conflict in Lyran space.<ref>''Operation Audacity'', p.??{{cn}}, Twycross is invaded by Archer Christifori during Falcon Incursion of 3064 and used to catch attention of the Falcons.</ref>
 
In [[3064]], the Jade Falcon [[Occupation Zone]] became the target of [[Operation AUDACITY]], the [[Lyran Alliance]] [[Operation Audacity|counter-offensive]] against the [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3064)|Jade Falcon Incursion]]. In Late October to early November, a Lyran Alliance task force lead by [[General]] [[Archer Christifori]] challenged the garrison commander, [[Star Colonel]] [[Ravill Pryde]], to a [[Trial of Possession]] for control of Twycross. On the 24th of November [[Archer's Avengers]] were in process of landing when Ravill Pryde's ''[[Timber Wolf]]'' fired on the incoming DropShips. Seen as a breach of ''zellbrigen'', the Avengers attacked the Jade Falcon Guards with full force, winning the ensuing battle. Captured and briefly made into a [[Bondsman]], [[Diana Pryde]] was used to relay a message to Khan [[Marthe Pryde]] to end her conflict in Lyran space.<ref>''Operation Audacity'', p.??{{cn}}, Twycross is invaded by Archer Christifori during Falcon Incursion of 3064 and used to catch attention of the Falcons.</ref>
  
 
The Avengers detached their [[Combat Vehicle|Armor assets]] and other miscellaneous forces to garrison Twycross, while the resolved never return to Twycross. However, in April [[3065]], [[Clan Diamond Shark]] issued a ''[[batchall]]'' for control of the planet. After five days of fighting the garrison force was dispatched and Twycross became a possession of Clan Diamond Shark. The Sharks had originally wanted the planet for its disabled [[BattleMech]] factory, but later scouts from the Clan discovered that a nearby orbiting planetoid in the system - Jonah's Reach - possessed a large deposit of HarJel.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 120, "Falcon Incursion" - Events of the Lyran Alliance invasion of Falcon's OZ leads them to Twycross and its falling to the Diamond Sharks.</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 58, "Diamond Sharks" - Debt Consoldidation - Reaffirming planet takeover and what happened to the Avengers on planet.</ref><ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 19</ref>
 
The Avengers detached their [[Combat Vehicle|Armor assets]] and other miscellaneous forces to garrison Twycross, while the resolved never return to Twycross. However, in April [[3065]], [[Clan Diamond Shark]] issued a ''[[batchall]]'' for control of the planet. After five days of fighting the garrison force was dispatched and Twycross became a possession of Clan Diamond Shark. The Sharks had originally wanted the planet for its disabled [[BattleMech]] factory, but later scouts from the Clan discovered that a nearby orbiting planetoid in the system - Jonah's Reach - possessed a large deposit of HarJel.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 120, "Falcon Incursion" - Events of the Lyran Alliance invasion of Falcon's OZ leads them to Twycross and its falling to the Diamond Sharks.</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 58, "Diamond Sharks" - Debt Consoldidation - Reaffirming planet takeover and what happened to the Avengers on planet.</ref><ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 19</ref>
  
===Jihad Era===
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=== Jihad Era===
By [[3077]], Twycross's old [[Trellshire Heavy Industries]] facility had been restored and re-configured to produce Diamond Shark designs for sale and Twycross had become the most prized Diamond Shark possession in the Inner Sphere. The Clan's flagship, the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship [[Terror of the Deep|DCS ''Terror of the Deep'']], and a [[Galaxy]] of troops had been assigned permanently to defend Twycross and the HarJel mining complex on Jonah’s Reach.<ref name=MMp153/>
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By [[3077]], Twycross's old [[Trellshire Heavy Industries]] facility had been restored and re-configured to produce Diamond Shark designs for sale and Twycross had become the most prized Diamond Shark possession in the Inner Sphere. The Clan's flagship, the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship [[Terror of the Deep|DCS ''Terror of the Deep'']], and a [[Galaxy]] of troops had been assigned permanently to defend Twycross and the [[HarJel]] mining complex on Jonah's Reach.<ref name=MMp153/>
  
 
During the [[Bloody Tricentennial]] attacks the Trellshire Heavy Industries plant was destroyed in a nuclear explosion intended to both destroy the factory and the garrisoning Diamond Shark forces from [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Diamond Shark)|Gamma Galaxy]], who had been lured to the plant by a series of earlier explosions.<ref name="FM:3085p115">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 115, "Gamma Galaxy"</ref> The plant was initially described as having been heavily damaged.<ref name="J:FRp113">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 113, "Clan Industry"</ref>
 
During the [[Bloody Tricentennial]] attacks the Trellshire Heavy Industries plant was destroyed in a nuclear explosion intended to both destroy the factory and the garrisoning Diamond Shark forces from [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Diamond Shark)|Gamma Galaxy]], who had been lured to the plant by a series of earlier explosions.<ref name="FM:3085p115">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 115, "Gamma Galaxy"</ref> The plant was initially described as having been heavily damaged.<ref name="J:FRp113">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 113, "Clan Industry"</ref>
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== Military Deployment ==
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=== 3050 ===
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* [[Twycross Tamar March Militia]]<ref name=TBoT07>''The Battle of Twycross, p. 7</ref>
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=== 3054 to 3061 ===
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* [[423rd Assault (Clan Steel Viper)|423rd Assault]]<ref name=OR114>''Objective Raids'', p. 114, "Unit Note"</ref><ref name=FMWC165>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 165, "Warden Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[57th Striker (Clan Steel Viper)|Fifty-seventh Striker|]]<ref name=OR114/><ref name=FMWC165/>
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* 94th Battle Cluster  <ref name=OR30>''Objective Raids'', p. 30</ref>
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* 57th Striker Cluster <ref name=OR30/>
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=== 3061 ===
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* [[428th Assault (Clan Steel Viper)|428th Assault]]<ref name=FMWC165/>
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=== 3079 ===
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* [[8th Assault (Clan Diamond Shark)|Eighth Assault Cluster]]<ref name=O:TCp5/><ref name=FRC8>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 8, "Clan Diamond Shark Deployment Status"</ref>
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* [[21st Strike (Clan Diamond Shark)|Twenty-first Strike Cluster]]<ref name=O:TCp5/><ref name=FRC8/>
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* [[28th Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)|Twenty-eighth Cuiser Cluster]]<ref name=O:TCp5/><ref name=FRC8/>
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=== 3085 ===
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* [[Diamond Skate (Clan Diamond Shark)|Diamond Skate)]]<ref name=FM:3085p124>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 124, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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* [[21st Combined Assault (Clan Diamond Shark)|Twenty-first Combined Assault]]<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
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* [[27th Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)|Twenty-seventh Cruiser Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
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* [[83rd Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)|Eighty-third Cruiser Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
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* [[DS Aero Assembly Site Rho]]<ref>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 5, "DS Aero Assembly Site Rho"</ref>
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* [[Trellshire Heavy Industries]]<ref>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 6, "Trellshire Heavy Industries"</ref> ''(destroyed in late [[3080]])''
  
 
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''  
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''  
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]''
 
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Update]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Update]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[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]]''
 
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
 
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
 
* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
 
* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
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* ''[[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]''
 
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
 
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''

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Twycross
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-108.34 : 365.24[e]
Spectral classF0IV[1][2][3]
Recharge time171 hours[2][3]
Recharge station(s)Zenith, Nadir[1][2][3]

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard

Political Affiliation

Planetary Info

Twycross is a weather-wild desert planet that orbits a large and hot sun, where cataclysmic events and powerful wind storms are common, and its people are used to this. Due to these storms and events the population placed their cities and towns underground or made surface structures squat and flat. Twycross has a massive and continuous storm known as the Diabolis, which spawns never ending destructive weather.[1][25]

In the outer reaches of the Twycross system lies the world known as Jonah’s Reach. This uninhabitable planet became the Inner Sphere's major source of HarJel when Clan Diamond Shark acquired the system.[2][34]

Notable Locations

  • Camora - capital of Twycross.
  • Great Gash - Series of deep canyons which became the site of major battles in the 31st century.
  • Plain of Curtains.

Minor Cities and Locations on Twycross

  • Hawkroost - Settlement
  • Auburn Depot
  • Camora Space Port

Planetary History

Early History

Twycross was settled during the height of the Star League era.[35][36]

Late Succession Wars

By 3025, Twycross had become part of the Lyran Commonwealth's Tamar Pact, but it had a low population and was the most undeveloped world within the province. Due to the nature of the planet, its government had become politically sly and subtle in how it conducted business. The justice inflicted on its people was rough even for a world living on edge civilization.[1]

Clan Invasion

Twycross Invasion of Clan Jade Falcon

In June of 3050, Clan Jade Falcon invaded Twycross as a part of the Clans Invasion's Second Wave of attacks. The planet's defenders, the Twycross TMM, faced off against the Jade Falcon Guards. The militia unit put up a fanatical struggle against the Clan invaders but after three weeks of fighting, the survivors of the Twycross TMM withdrew from the planet. However, though losing the planet, they brought intelligence that aided the FedCom High Command in developing a strategy to overcome the Clans.[37] It was here the 1st Somerset Strikers stole equipment from Jade Falcon to help close the Inner Sphere's technological disadvantage from the Clans.

Second Battle of Twycross

In September 3050, during the Fourth Wave of the invasion, a FedCom Task Force of several frontline combat units was deployed to Twycross. The task force consisted of 10th Lyran Guards, 9th FedCom RCT, and first two battalions of the Kell Hounds. The Jade Falcon defenders only consisted of the Jade Falcon Guards and elements of the Jade Falcon Eyrie, which engaged the FedCom forces on the Plain of Curtains and in the Great Gash canyon region. The battle turned in favor of the FedCom forces when Clan forces were lured into the Gash where Kai Allard-Liao detonated pre-planted powerful explosives in the walls of the Gash, resulting in the Jade Falcon Guards' destruction through being buried under tons of rock and rubble. The destruction and defeat of the Guards triggered the resignation of the Falcon's Khan, Timur Malthus.[38]

Control of the planet was short-lived, as in November 3051, Gamma Galaxy of the Steel Vipers used the Diabolis Sandstorms against the defending Tenth Lyran and Ninth Federated Commonwealth RCTs. The 423rd and 428th Assault Clusters met the Tenth Lyran on the Plain of Curtains while the 94th Battle Cluster drove the Ninth FC from their defensive positions in Schreuder Heights back to the spaceport at Camora. A few hours later, the FedCom forces lifted off planet.

Refusal War

In November 3057 Clan Wolf's Khan Natasha Kerensky led Clan Wolf forces to Twycross where they battled with the Falcon Guard as part of a massive Trial of Refusal. In the the ensuing Combat Trial, Khan Kerensky initiated personal zellbrigen with Falcon Guard Mechwarrior Joanna; the two battled in the Great Gash canyon, where the battle for Twycross was won for the Falcons when Joanna felled Kerensky in a last-ditch act of defiance.[39][2]

Falcon Incursion and Diamond Shark Conquest

In 3064, the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone became the target of Operation AUDACITY, the Lyran Alliance counter-offensive against the Jade Falcon Incursion. In Late October to early November, a Lyran Alliance task force lead by General Archer Christifori challenged the garrison commander, Star Colonel Ravill Pryde, to a Trial of Possession for control of Twycross. On the 24th of November Archer's Avengers were in process of landing when Ravill Pryde's Timber Wolf fired on the incoming DropShips. Seen as a breach of zellbrigen, the Avengers attacked the Jade Falcon Guards with full force, winning the ensuing battle. Captured and briefly made into a Bondsman, Diana Pryde was used to relay a message to Khan Marthe Pryde to end her conflict in Lyran space.[40]

The Avengers detached their Armor assets and other miscellaneous forces to garrison Twycross, while the resolved never return to Twycross. However, in April 3065, Clan Diamond Shark issued a batchall for control of the planet. After five days of fighting the garrison force was dispatched and Twycross became a possession of Clan Diamond Shark. The Sharks had originally wanted the planet for its disabled BattleMech factory, but later scouts from the Clan discovered that a nearby orbiting planetoid in the system - Jonah's Reach - possessed a large deposit of HarJel.[41][42][43]

Jihad Era

By 3077, Twycross's old Trellshire Heavy Industries facility had been restored and re-configured to produce Diamond Shark designs for sale and Twycross had become the most prized Diamond Shark possession in the Inner Sphere. The Clan's flagship, the Nightlord-class battleship DCS Terror of the Deep, and a Galaxy of troops had been assigned permanently to defend Twycross and the HarJel mining complex on Jonah's Reach.[2]

During the Bloody Tricentennial attacks the Trellshire Heavy Industries plant was destroyed in a nuclear explosion intended to both destroy the factory and the garrisoning Diamond Shark forces from Gamma Galaxy, who had been lured to the plant by a series of earlier explosions.[44] The plant was initially described as having been heavily damaged.[45]

Military Deployment

3050

3054 to 3061

3061

3079

3085

Industrial Centers

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062 3067
Evciler 15.87 1 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Denizli 18.63 1 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Butler 20.65 1 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Trell I 22.61 1 LC LC LC FC CJF CSV CJF CJF
Romulus 23.60 1 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Waldorff 24.62 1 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF CJF
Apolakkia 26.35 1 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Seiduts 26.86 1 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CW
Maxie's Planet 27.26 1 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Devin 31.69 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Alyina 36.39 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Leskovik 37.05 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Derf 37.36 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Vantaa 38.58 2 LC LC LC FC CW CW CW CJF
Malibu 39.41 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Winfield 40.52 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Persistence 41.48 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CSV CJF CJF
Baker 3 41.69 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Chateau 44.82 2 LC LC LC FC CW CW CW CW
Zoetermeer 46.43 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CW
Csesztreg 47.36 2 LC DC LC FRR CW CW CW CW
Harvest 47.78 2 LC DC LC FRR CW CW CW CW
Goat Path 47.89 2 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF CJF
Blackjack 49.04 2 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF LA
Parakoila 49.20 2 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF CJF
Beta VII 50.74 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Svarstaad 53.88 2 LC LC LC FC CW CW CW CW
Icar 55.02 2 RWR LC LC FC CW CW CW CW
Planting 55.03 2 LC LC LC FC CW CW CW CW
Wotan 55.32 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Steelton 57.66 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Dell 58.82 2 LC LC LC FC CW CW CW CW

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 170, "Twycross Planet Guide"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 153, "Clan Diamond Shark Key Worlds - Twycross"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Objectives: The Clans, p. 5, "Twycross"
  4. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"
  5. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  6. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  7. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  8. Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  9. Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  10. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  11. First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  12. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  13. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  14. First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  15. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  16. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  17. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  18. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  19. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  20. Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  21. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  22. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  23. Era Report: 3062, p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  24. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  25. 25.0 25.1 Objectives: Clans, p. 5, "Twycross"
  26. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  27. Field Report: Clans, p. 26, "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - August 3079"
  28. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  29. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii , "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  30. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  31. Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  32. Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  33. Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  34. Objectives: Clans, p. 6
  35. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HRWp159
  36. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ER:2750p37
  37. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 39, "Second Wave Twycross" - Invasion of Twycross, and its impact on the war.
  38. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 28, 42, "Fourth Wave: The Falcon Falter" - History and background of fight for FedCom counterassault on Twycross.
  39. Shattered Sphere, p. 84, "Twycross and Wotan" - Bit piece of Outcome of Trial of Refusal on Twycross.
  40. Operation Audacity, p.??[citation needed], Twycross is invaded by Archer Christifori during Falcon Incursion of 3064 and used to catch attention of the Falcons.
  41. FedCom Civil War, p. 120, "Falcon Incursion" - Events of the Lyran Alliance invasion of Falcon's OZ leads them to Twycross and its falling to the Diamond Sharks.
  42. Field Manual: Update, p. 58, "Diamond Sharks" - Debt Consoldidation - Reaffirming planet takeover and what happened to the Avengers on planet.
  43. The Wars of Reaving, p. 19
  44. Field Manual: 3085, p. 115, "Gamma Galaxy"
  45. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 113, "Clan Industry"
  46. The Battle of Twycross, p. 7
  47. 47.0 47.1 Objective Raids, p. 114, "Unit Note"
  48. 48.0 48.1 48.2 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 165, "Warden Clans Deployment Table"
  49. 49.0 49.1 Objective Raids, p. 30
  50. 50.0 50.1 50.2 Field Report: Clans, p. 8, "Clan Diamond Shark Deployment Status"
  51. 51.0 51.1 51.2 51.3 Field Manual: 3085, p. 124, "Deployment Table - 3085"
  52. Objectives: The Clans, p. 5, "DS Aero Assembly Site Rho"
  53. Objectives: The Clans, p. 6, "Trellshire Heavy Industries"

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