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The '''Versailles''' system was the location of at least one habitable world or construct and as of [[2765]] was located in the [[Markesan Operational Area]] of the [[Crucis March]] within the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
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==System Description==
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Versailles is located near the [[Markesan]] and [[Tiskilwa]] systems.<ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
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==System History==
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The Versailles system was settled during the [[Star League era]] at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="ER:2750p37"/><ref name="H:RWp159"/> Versailles vanished from maps during the [[First Succession War]],<ref name="H:LoTv1p11"/><ref name="HB:HDp54"/><ref name="H:LOTV2p122"/> which suggests that the system had been abandoned or depopulated, there is evidence that the system was removed from maps by [[ComStar]] and was in fact the location of one of the infamous five [[Hidden Worlds]],<ref name="HBSS">[[:File:Hidden Worlds-HABeas2 Comment.png|Former Catalyst Game Labs Developer divulges the location of the Hidden Worlds, 29 Nov 2013]]</ref> though an expedition from [[IE]] in [[3090]] led by Jiminez turned out that Versailles was devoid of habitable planets.<ref name="ISP3:IEp21+">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 21: "Taussen"</ref>
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2317]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18: "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - No Record<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'': "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765AAFSp29>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2796]] - [[Draconis Combine]] (dead or dying world)<ref name="FSWp44">''First Succession War'', p. 44: "Draconis Combine-Federated Suns Front 2786-2796"</ref>
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* [[2818]] - Dead or dying world<ref name="FSWp98a">''First Succession War'', p. 98: "Federated Suns Counter-Offensives 2801-2818"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54: "Federated Suns 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'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - No record<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'': "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - No record<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - No record<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - No record<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
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* [[3058]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - No record<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref>
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* [[3067]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - No record<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - No record<ref name="FR:FSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - No record<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - No record<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - No record<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - No record<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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==Versailles==
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===Planetary History===
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====First Succession War====
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Versailles was invaded during the second half of the major invasion into the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in [[2791]].<ref name="FSWp44">''First Succession War'', p. 44: "Draconis Combine-Federated Suns Front 2786-2796"</ref> Like other minor worlds such as [[Acoma]], [[Nouveau Toulouse]] and [[Tallassee]], by the end of 2795 Versailles was dying, either as a result of the damage taken during the assault or as a result of starvation and disease following the collapse of local trade and infrastructure in the region after the invasion.<ref name="FSWp44"/><ref name="FSWp44A">''First Succession War'', p. 44: "On the Brink"</ref> Versailles wasn't liberated by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] during the three massive counteroffensives launched between [[2801]] and [[2818]],<ref name="FSWp98b">''First Succession War'', p. 98: "The Davion Counter-Offensives"</ref> indicating that the system wasn't worth attacking or defending by that point.
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====The Dark Age====
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[[Interstellar Expeditions]] launched an exploration mission called the Jiminez Mission to explore the Versailles system in [[3090]], looking for evidence that the [[Word of Blake]] [[Hidden Worlds|Hidden World]] known as '''Taussen''' was located in the system. This was the first mission for the Jiminez team since their expedition to [[Arcadia (FS)|Arcadia]] in [[3088]] failed to turn up any evidence of the location of Taussen; the Versailles expedition was equally fruitless, and proved that the Versailles system was devoid of any habitable planets.<ref name="ISP3p22">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 22: "Taussen"</ref>
  
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== Political Affiliation ==
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====The Hidden World====
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* [[2317]] - No record <ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18, "Federated Suns Map at their founding [2317]"</ref>
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According to information provided by captured Blakist [[Jarvis Bolarugu]], Taussen was known informally as the "Bone Yard" for the pale and fair nature of its human population. Jarvis Bolarugu also indicated that [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] troops jumped into the system during the [[Jihad]] on their way to liberate some other world, but they recharged and jumped out again without a second thought, indicating it may exist on some charts as a dead world. Aside from great skiing, Bolarugu also claimed that Taussen played host to duels in the mold of [[Solaris Games]], and that its capital Toyama City had silver oaks along all of its streets.<ref name=ISP3-22>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', pp. 22–23: "Hunting the Word - The Hidden Five - Taussen"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War [2571] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2596]] - No record <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
 
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* [[2750]] - [[Federated Suns]] <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
 
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* [[2764]] - Federated Suns <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', Inner Sphere - [2764]</ref>
 
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* [[2765]] - Federated Suns <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
 
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* [[2822]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succesion War [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"</ref>
 
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* [[2864]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succesion War [2864] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3025]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succesion War [3025] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3030]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succesion War [3030] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3040]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of [3039] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
 
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* [[3050]] - No record <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"</ref>
 
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* [[3052]] - No record <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"</ref>
 
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* [[3057]] - No record <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref>
 
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* [[3058]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3063]] - No record <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
 
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* [[3067]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"</ref><ref name=JFRp42>' Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 41, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067] </ref>
 
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* [[3075]] - No record <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"</ref>
 
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* [[3079]] - No record <ref>''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21, "Federated Suns Region Deployment Map [3079]"</ref>
 
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* [[3081]] - No record <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
 
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* [[3085]] - No record <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
 
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* [[3130]] - No record <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
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* [[3135]] - No record <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
 
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* [[3145]] - No record <ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 
  
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==Planetary History==
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Taussen appears to be the only one of the Five credited with [[BattleMech]] construction and would seem to have sizable volume of the trace elements required for self-sufficient 'Mech manufacturing given the low likelihood of imported parts and the claims of production greater any other world in the Federated Suns. Attempts to track down the serial numbers of Blakist 'Mechs to locate and confirm any manufactured on Taussen have dead-ended after the destruction of [[Gibson]], but the assumption is that rather than the [[Celestial series]] that the 'Mechs manufactured here would either be among the earliest Blakist or ComStar designs such as the ''[[Tessen]]'' and [[Buccaneer (BattleMech)|''Buccaneer'']] or staples from the [[Star League era]].<ref name=ISP3-22/>
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'''Versailles''' (also known by its [[The Five|Hidden World]] name of '''Taussen''') was a [[Star League]]-era inhabited system in the [[Markesan Operational Area]] of the [[Crucis March]] within the Federated Suns, located close to [[Tiskilwa]] and [[Markesan]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/><ref name="H:LoTv1p11"/> [[Interstellar Expeditions]] launched an exploration mission called the Jiminez Mission to explore the Versailles system in [[3090]], looking for evidence that the [[Word of Blake]] [[Hidden Worlds|Hidden World]] known as Taussen was located in the Versailles system. This was the first mission for the Jiminez team since their expedition to [[Arcadia (FS)|Arcadia]] in [[3088]] failed to turn up any evidence of the location of Taussen; the Versailles expedition was equally fruitless, and proved that the Versailles system was devoid of any habitable planets.<ref name="ISP3p22">''Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions'', p. 22, "Taussen"</ref>
 
  
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Known informally as the "Bone Yard" for the pale and fair nature of its human population. [[Jarvis Bolarugu]] would also indicate that [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] troops jumped into the system during the [[Jihad]] on their way to liberate some other world, but they recharged and jumped out again without a second thought, indicating it may exist on some charts as a dead world.  Aside from great skiing, Bolarugu also claimed that Taussen played host to duels in the mold of [[Solaris Games]], and that its capital Toyama City had silver oaks along all of its streets. <ref name=ISP3-22>''Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions'', pp. 22-23 "Hunting the Word - The Hidden Five - Taussen"</ref>
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While arguably the most potent asset that the Word retained after the Jihad, unlike the considerable aid Interstellar Expeditions received from the [[Capellan Confederation]] to try and locate [[Obeedah]], both the [[Republic of the Sphere]] and Federated Suns steadily wound back their support for IE's attempts to track down Taussen.<ref name=ISP3-22/>
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===Military Deployment===
  
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Taussen appears to be the only one of the Five credited with [[BattleMech]] construction and would seem to have sizable volume of the trace elements required for self-sufficient 'Mech manufacturing given the low likelihood of imported parts and the claims of production greater any other world in the Federated Suns. Attempts to track down the serial numbers of Blakist 'Mechs to locate and confirm any manufactured on Taussen have dead-ended after the destruction of [[Gibson]], but the assumption is that rather than the [[Celestial series]] that the 'Mechs manufactured here would either be among the earliest Blakist or ComStar designs such as the ''[[Tessen]]'' and [[Buccaneer (BattleMech)|''Buccaneer'']]  or staples from the [[Star League era]].<ref name=ISP3-22/>
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===Geography===
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While arguably the most potent asset that the Word retained after the Jihad, unlike the considerable aid [[Interstellar Expeditions]] received from the [[Capellan Confederation]] to try and locate [[Obeedah]], both the [[Republic of the Sphere]] and Federated Suns steadily wound back their support for IE's attempts to track down Taussen. <ref name=ISP3-22/>
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===Planetary Locations===
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* Toyama City: the planetary capital city<ref name=ISP3-22/>
  
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==Nearby Systems==
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Tiskilwa]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 10.9
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Markesan]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 16.1
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Scudder]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 17.8
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Manteno]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 20.3
 
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|-
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| [[Tiskilwa]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Flushing]]
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| 10.9
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| class="lessthan30" | 20.6
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| [[Markesan]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Acoma]]
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| 16.1
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| class="lessthan30" | 26.2
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| [[Scudder]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Batavia]]
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| 17.8
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| class="lessthan30" | 27.0
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| [[Manteno]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[McHenry]]
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| 20.2
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| class="lessthan30" | 27.7
 
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|-
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| [[Flushing]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Chebanse]]
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| 20.5
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| class="lessthan30" | 27.9
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| [[Acoma]]
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| class="over30" | [[Strawn]]
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| 26.1
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| class="over30" | 30.4
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| [[Batavia]]
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| class="over30" | [[Bristol]]
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| 27.0
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| class="over30" | 32.0
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| [[McHenry]]
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| class="over30" | [[Reinhardstein]]
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| 27.6
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| class="over30" | 33.0
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Chebanse]]
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| class="over30" | [[New Valencia]]
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| 27.9
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| class="over30" | 34.3
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| [[Strawn]]
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| class="over30" | [[Beecher]]
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| 30.3
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| class="over30" | 39.1
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| [[Bristol]]
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| class="over30" | [[Amiga]]
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| 31.9
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| class="over30" | 41.9
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| [[Reinhardstein]]
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| class="over30" | [[Talcott]]
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| 33.0
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| class="over30" | 42.7
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[New Valencia]]
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| class="over30" | [[Corydon]]
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| 34.2
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| class="over30" | 44.0
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| [[Beecher]]
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| class="over30" | [[Muskegon]]
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| 39.1
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| class="over30" | 45.9
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| [[Amiga]]
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| class="over30" | [[Odell]]
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| 41.8
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| class="over30" | 46.3
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| [[Talcott]]
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| class="over30" | [[Freisland]]
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| 42.7
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| class="over30" | 46.4
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Corydon]]
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| class="over30" | [[Wroxeter]]
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| 43.9
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| class="over30" | 46.4
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| [[Muskegon]]
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| class="over30" | [[Saunemin]]
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| 45.8
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| class="over30" | 46.6
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| [[Freisland]]
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| class="over30" | [[Arcadia (FS)|Arcadia]]
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| 46.3
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| class="over30" | 47.3
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| [[Odell]]
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| class="over30" | [[Streator]]
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| 46.3
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| class="over30" | 47.5
 
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|-
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| [[Wroxeter]]
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| class="over30" | [[Emerson]]
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| 46.4
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| class="over30" | 49.0
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| [[Saunemin]]
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| class="over30" | [[Beten Kaitos]]
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| 46.6
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| class="over30" | 50.5
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| [[Arcadia (FS)|Arcadia]]
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| class="over30" | [[Cholame]]
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| 47.3
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| class="over30" | 50.6
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| [[Streator]]
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| class="over30" | [[Blandinsville]]
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| 47.5
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| class="over30" | 53.2
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Emerson]]
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| class="over30" | [[Gravensteen]]
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| 48.9
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| class="over30" | 53.7
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| [[Beten Kaitos]]
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| class="over30" | [[Barstow]]
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| 50.5
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| class="over30" | 54.7
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| [[Cholame]]
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| class="over30" | [[Argyle]]
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| 50.6
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| class="over30" | 55.7
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| [[Blandinsville]]
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| class="over30" | [[Rosamond]]
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| 53.1
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| class="over30" | 55.8
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Gravensteen]]
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| class="over30" | [[Smolensk]]
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| 53.7
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| class="over30" | 55.9
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| [[Barstow]]
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| class="over30" | [[Ipava]]
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| 54.6
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| class="over30" | 57.4
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| [[Argyle]]
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| class="over30" | [[Everett]]
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| 55.6
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| class="over30" | 58.0
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Revision as of 11:37, 28 October 2023

Versailles
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3151
Versailles 3151.svg
Versailles nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates206.934 : -81.726[e]

The Versailles system was the location of at least one habitable world or construct and as of 2765 was located in the Markesan Operational Area of the Crucis March within the Federated Suns.[1]

System Description

Versailles is located near the Markesan and Tiskilwa systems.[1]

System History

The Versailles system was settled during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War.[1][2] Versailles vanished from maps during the First Succession War,[3][4][5] which suggests that the system had been abandoned or depopulated, there is evidence that the system was removed from maps by ComStar and was in fact the location of one of the infamous five Hidden Worlds,[6] though an expedition from IE in 3090 led by Jiminez turned out that Versailles was devoid of habitable planets.[7]

Political Affiliation

Versailles

Versailles
Government and Infrastructure
CapitalToyama City[36]

Planetary History

First Succession War

Versailles was invaded during the second half of the major invasion into the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in 2791.[13] Like other minor worlds such as Acoma, Nouveau Toulouse and Tallassee, by the end of 2795 Versailles was dying, either as a result of the damage taken during the assault or as a result of starvation and disease following the collapse of local trade and infrastructure in the region after the invasion.[13][37] Versailles wasn't liberated by the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns during the three massive counteroffensives launched between 2801 and 2818,[38] indicating that the system wasn't worth attacking or defending by that point.

The Dark Age

Interstellar Expeditions launched an exploration mission called the Jiminez Mission to explore the Versailles system in 3090, looking for evidence that the Word of Blake Hidden World known as Taussen was located in the system. This was the first mission for the Jiminez team since their expedition to Arcadia in 3088 failed to turn up any evidence of the location of Taussen; the Versailles expedition was equally fruitless, and proved that the Versailles system was devoid of any habitable planets.[39]

The Hidden World

According to information provided by captured Blakist Jarvis Bolarugu, Taussen was known informally as the "Bone Yard" for the pale and fair nature of its human population. Jarvis Bolarugu also indicated that Armed Forces of the Federated Suns troops jumped into the system during the Jihad on their way to liberate some other world, but they recharged and jumped out again without a second thought, indicating it may exist on some charts as a dead world. Aside from great skiing, Bolarugu also claimed that Taussen played host to duels in the mold of Solaris Games, and that its capital Toyama City had silver oaks along all of its streets.[36]

Taussen appears to be the only one of the Five credited with BattleMech construction and would seem to have sizable volume of the trace elements required for self-sufficient 'Mech manufacturing given the low likelihood of imported parts and the claims of production greater any other world in the Federated Suns. Attempts to track down the serial numbers of Blakist 'Mechs to locate and confirm any manufactured on Taussen have dead-ended after the destruction of Gibson, but the assumption is that rather than the Celestial series that the 'Mechs manufactured here would either be among the earliest Blakist or ComStar designs such as the Tessen and Buccaneer or staples from the Star League era.[36]

While arguably the most potent asset that the Word retained after the Jihad, unlike the considerable aid Interstellar Expeditions received from the Capellan Confederation to try and locate Obeedah, both the Republic of the Sphere and Federated Suns steadily wound back their support for IE's attempts to track down Taussen.[36]

Planetary Locations

  • Toyama City: the planetary capital city[36]


Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 40 systems (37 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Tiskilwa 10.9 Markesan 16.1 Scudder 17.8 Manteno 20.3
Flushing 20.6 Acoma 26.2 Batavia 27.0 McHenry 27.7
Chebanse 27.9 Strawn 30.4 Bristol 32.0 Reinhardstein 33.0
New Valencia 34.3 Beecher 39.1 Amiga 41.9 Talcott 42.7
Corydon 44.0 Muskegon 45.9 Odell 46.3 Freisland 46.4
Wroxeter 46.4 Saunemin 46.6 Arcadia 47.3 Streator 47.5
Emerson 49.0 Beten Kaitos 50.5 Cholame 50.6 Blandinsville 53.2
Gravensteen 53.7 Barstow 54.7 Argyle 55.7 Rosamond 55.8
Smolensk 55.9 Ipava 57.4 Everett 58.0 Listowel 58.5
Saltural 59.6 Layover 61.8 Chota 63.1 Carnac 63.7

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  6. ↑ Former Catalyst Game Labs Developer divulges the location of the Hidden Worlds, 29 Nov 2013
  7. ↑ Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 21: "Taussen"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 18: "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"
  9. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  10. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  11. ↑ Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 29: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  12. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 First Succession War, p. 44: "Draconis Combine-Federated Suns Front 2786-2796"
  14. ↑ First Succession War, p. 98: "Federated Suns Counter-Offensives 2801-2818"
  15. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  17. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns): "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  21. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  28. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  29. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  30. ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  31. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  32. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  35. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, pp. 22–23: "Hunting the Word - The Hidden Five - Taussen"
  37. ↑ First Succession War, p. 44: "On the Brink"
  38. ↑ First Succession War, p. 98: "The Davion Counter-Offensives"
  39. ↑ Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 22: "Taussen"

Bibliography

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