Editing Versailles

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The '''Versailles''' system was the location of at least one habitable world or construct and as at [[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 ==
The Versailles system is located near the [[Markesan]] and [[Tiskilwa]] systems.<ref name="ER:2750p37"/>

== System History ==
The Versailles system was settled during the [[Star League era]] at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/> 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">[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/general-discussion/hidden-worlds/msg822252/?PHPSESSID=t86atl85nnmgq2dcfk7f53eah0#msg822252 Catalyst Game Labs Developer divulges the location of the Hidden Worlds, 30 Nov 2013]</ref>

== Political Affiliation ==
* [[2317]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18, "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"</ref>
* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2596]] - No Record <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - [[Federated Suns]] <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Federated Suns <ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[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: Federated Suns'', p. 29, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Federated Suns <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2796]] - [[Draconis Combine]] (dead or dying world) <ref name="FSWp44">''First Succession War'', p. 44, "Draconis Combine-Federated Suns Front 2786-2796"</ref>
* [[2818]] - Dead or dying world <ref name="FSWp98a">''First Succession War'', p. 98, "Federated Suns Counter-Offensives 2801-2818"</ref>
* [[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'', p. 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> 
* [[2864]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[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>
* [[3030]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[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>
* [[3050]] - No record <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - No record <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3057]] - No record <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
* [[3058]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
* [[3063]] - No record <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref>
* [[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>
* [[3075]] - No record <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - No record <ref name="FR:FSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - No record <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - No record <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. Vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
* [[3130]] - No record <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
* [[3135]] - No record <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[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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== 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]].<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="FSWp44A">''First Succession War'', p. 44, "On The Brink"</ref><ref name="FSWp44"/> 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.

=== 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 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 Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions'', p. 22, "Taussen"</ref>

=== 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.<ref name=ISP3-22>''Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions'', pp. 22-23 "Hunting the Word - The Hidden Five - Taussen"</ref>

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/>

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 ==
* Toyama City: the planetary capital city.<ref name=ISP3-22/>
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== Notes ==
The location of Versailles system as home to one of the Hidden Worlds was confirmed by former BattleTech Line Developer Herbert Beas on 30 Nov 2013:

{{quote|Hi,<br>
<br>
Real Name vs. Shown Name<br>
Ruins of Gabriel  is Odessa (LC)<br>
Jardine is Heraklion (FWL)<br>
Obeedah is Sharpe (CC) <br>
Taussen is Versailles (FS)<br>
Mayadi is Tangerz (DC)<br>
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By 3100, Jardine, Gabriel, and Mayadi were found (and all destroyed: Jardine by traps volcano, Gabriel was shattered completely, and Mayadai had poisoned itself at least a century prior). The others were never found.
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
- Herb|[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/general-discussion/hidden-worlds/msg822252/?PHPSESSID=t86atl85nnmgq2dcfk7f53eah0#msg822252 Catalyst Game Labs Developer divulges the location of the Hidden Worlds, 30 Nov 2013]}}

* While the location of Taussen was confirmed on the Catalyst Game Labs forum, it wasn't confirmed in either the Ask The Writers or Ask the Developers sub-forms, making the information apocryphal; it was further noted by Herbert Beas that as he wasn't the Lead Developer at the time of the revelation, and as the information hadn't been printed in a canon source, it was liable to being overtaken/retconned in a future product by a future Line Developer.

== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
|-
| [[Tiskilwa]]
| 10.9
| [[Markesan]]
| 16.1
| [[Scudder]]
| 17.8
| [[Manteno]]
| 20.2
|-
| [[Flushing]]
| 20.5
| [[Acoma]]
| 26.1
| [[Batavia]]
| 27.0
| [[McHenry]]
| 27.6
|-
| [[Chebanse]]
| 27.9
| [[Strawn]]
| 30.3
| [[Bristol]]
| 31.9
| [[Reinhardstein]]
| 33.0
|-
| [[New Valencia]]
| 34.2
| [[Beecher]]
| 39.1
| [[Amiga]]
| 41.8
| [[Talcott]]
| 42.7
|-
| [[Corydon]]
| 43.9
| [[Muskegon]]
| 45.8
| [[Freisland]]
| 46.3
| [[Odell]]
| 46.3
|-
| [[Wroxeter]]
| 46.4
| [[Saunemin]]
| 46.6
| [[Arcadia (FS)|Arcadia]]
| 47.3
| [[Streator]]
| 47.5
|-
| [[Emerson]]
| 48.9
| [[Beten Kaitos]]
| 50.5
| [[Cholame]]
| 50.6
| [[Blandinsville]]
| 53.1
|-
| [[Gravensteen]]
| 53.7
| [[Barstow]]
| 54.6
| [[Argyle]]
| 55.6
| [[Rosamond]]
| 55.8
|-
| [[Smolensk]]
| 55.9
| [[Ipava]]
| 57.3
| [[Everett]]
| 57.9
| [[Listowel]]
| 58.5
|-
| [[Saltural]]
| 59.6
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Federated Suns]]''
* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
* ''[[Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''

[[Category:Planets|Versailles]]
[[Category: Draconis Combine Planets]]
[[Category: Federated Suns Planets]]