Benfled

Benfled
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Benfled nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-72.905 : 260.773[e]
Recharge time185 hours[1]
Planet(s)1[2]

The Benfled system was the location of at least one habitable world and as of June 3152 was located in the Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone.[2]

System Description[edit]

The Benfled system is located close to the Ballynure and Montmarault systems.[3][4]

System History[edit]

The Benfled system was colonized at some point during or shortly before the Age of War.[5][6]

Political Affiliation[edit]

Benfled[edit]

Benfled

Planetary History[edit]

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When distribution began of the newly designed Hatchetman, the Independent People of Skye, fighting off constant attacks from Draconis Combine raiders, took offense that the Social General-heavy Nineteenth Arcturan Guards were one of the first to receive shipments of the 'Mech, rather than units that were in need. The IPS hired a mercenary company in early 3025 to reappropriate as many of them as possible for their cause, while at the same time send a message that the Nineteenth was undeserving of the preferential treatment.[29]

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Clan Invasion[edit]

On 21 November 3051, Clan Steel Viper's 400th Assault Cluster attacked the planet Benfled as part of the Fifth Wave of Operation REVIVAL. The seasoned mercenary unit Narhal's Raiders met the Steel Vipers at Monument Hill but found themselves unprepared for the swiftness and firepower of the invading Cluster. After just four hours of combat fully two-thirds of the Raiders' forces had been destroyed and the mercenaries abandoned the planet. Seeing no further opposition the Steel Vipers declared victory.[30]

It was at this point the Clan received a transmission from Rene Duchesne of the Benfled 10th Cadet Corps, informing the Steel Vipers his forces still stood in opposition to their rule, and that he wished to bid against them in Clan fashion in a Trial of Possession over the planet. The Steel Vipers agreed and for several hours bargained with Rene, eventually reducing their bids down to a single unarmed and unarmored warrior. For their champion Rene presented Tony Bernson, a massive cadet standing just over two meters in height weighing almost 114kg of solid muscle. The Steel Viper champion, Star Commander Janine, was unfazed by her opponent's build. In a short but brutal contest which earned a mention in the Steel Viper Remembrance, Janine defeated Tony and took both him and Rene as bondsmen.[30]

During the Hegira War Benfled evidently saw no fighting between the Vipers and the Jade Falcons, and like the rest of Steel Viper Occupation Zone was annexed by the Falcons in 3061.[31]

IlClan Era[edit]

After nearly a century of Jade Falcon rule, Benfled was attacked by Clan Hell's Horses in late 3151 during Operation STAMPEDE. The First Horde Cluster easily smashed the Falcon paramilitary garrison defending the capital of Hadfield, though ristar Star Captain Peter Cobb privately questioned the value of this one-sided slaughter given Benfled's lack of military resources.[32] [33]

Military Deployment[edit]

3051[edit]

3054[edit]

3054–3061[edit]

3079[edit]

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

Geography[edit]

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In the MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries High Reward Quest "Those in Need," Benfled features a number of environments including lush canyon and hoodoo desert biomes with good visibility, as well as tourmaline desert and scrapyard biomes with poor visibility.[29]

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Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 40 systems (38 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Montmarault 13.9 Ballynure 17.2 Koniz 19.7 La Grave 25.7
Blair Atholl 27.8 Pandora 28.5 Biota 30.2 Crimond 30.5
Graceland 31.4 Dustball 32.0 Cusset 32.9 Sudeten 33.0
Orkney 35.5 Colmar 39.1 Dompaire 39.3 Rastaban 39.3
Deweidewd 41.1 Domain 42.0 Wheel 42.6 Perrot 43.2
Suk 43.9 Tomans 44.3 Graus 45.8 Maestu 46.9
Bessarabia 49.9 Borghese 50.6 Quarell 50.9 Laurent 51.0
A Place 52.1 Thun 55.1 Stonarboi 55.5 Hyperion 55.9
Rasalgethi 57.7 Volders 57.9 Matahari 58.0 Galuzzo 58.2
Sevren 59.7 Hainfeld 60.0 Vulcan 60.0 Jabuka 60.7

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tamar Rising, poster map
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tamar Rising, p. 72, "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
  7. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
  8. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
  13. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
  16. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
  17. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61
  19. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
  23. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
  24. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19
  25. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
  26. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  28. ↑ Shattered Fortress, pp. 102-103
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, "Those in Need"
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 Invading Clans, p. 88
  31. ↑ The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky, p. 29, "Steel Viper Targets" - Benfled not listed as a world where fighting took place.
  32. ↑ Tamar Rising, p. 58 & 60, "Vengeance upon the dezgra"
  33. ↑ Tamar Rising, p. 60, "Prophecy fulfilled - identities in question"
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Objective Raids, p. 58, "Unit Note"
  35. ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 166, "Warden Clans Deployment Table"
  36. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 15, "Clan Jade Falcon Deployment Status"
  37. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 125, "Deployment Table - 3085"
  38. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 169, "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"

Bibliography[edit]

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