3069

	Jihad era
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Battles

• January: The third wave of Operation: Thunderstrike begins.
• January: The Fredasa-class WarShip Kerensky's Blues is destroyed battling Clan Jade Falcon forces during the invasion of Black Earth.
• January 5th: A Blakist ambush destroys the Swift Wing Naval Assault Star over Ramona.
• April: FCS Intrepid is destroyed over Galax.
• April: The Word of Blake's 23rd Division resumes its campaign of conquering.
• April: The 45th Dieron Regulars are destroyed following a devastating & accidental explosion resulting from fighting with the Word of Blake's 23rd Division.
• April: The Word of Blake launches a campaign to conquer the world of Sabik.
• May: The 8th Donegal Guards engage three Capellan Confederation regiments.
• July 18: The Kokuryu-kai first engage Word of Blake forces and then their intended Loyalist targets in the Battle of the LAW City Ruins.
• August: The 35th Division takes Liberty & Genoa for the Word of Blake Protectorate.
• September: The Word of Blake conquers Mirach and Schedar.
• September: Mercenaries in the employ of the Word of Blake make the first of several unsuccessful attempts to conquer Caselton.
• October: The Word of Blake conquers Menkar during the last two weeks of this month.
• November: Clan Steel Viper's Alpha Galaxy attacks Ironhold, destroying both defending Clan Jade Falcon units after declaring them dezgra.
• December: The Word of Blake conquers Pleione.
• The Order of the Faithful pirate army destroys the Nimakachi BattleMech factories on Tematagi.
• Avalon class cruiser FSS Melissa Davion is captured by the Word of Blake.
• The Kathil Shipworks shipyards are destroyed by the Word of Blake.
• The Word of Blake's 19th Division makes its first combat appearance in support of Operation: Thunderstrike.
• The Word of Blake's 22nd Division captures the planets Azha and New Aragon.
• The Word of Blake's 15th Division engages the 3rd Oriente Hussars and captures the planet Van Diemen IV.
• The Word of Blake's 1st Division captures the planet Tikonov.
• The Word of Blake's 23rd Division captures the planet Sabik and the devastated world of Moore.
• Capellan forces destroy the HNT-171 Hornet production facilities on Wernke-Talon.
• The 25th Arcturan Guards are destroyed in combat against Clan Jade Falcon forces invading the Lyran Alliance.

Events

• February 28: The Magistracy Intelligence Ministry launches an operation to topple the local government on Thraxa.
• November: Clan Steel Viper invades Ironhold and ejects Clan Jade Falcon from the planet.
• Interstellar Expeditions first encounters the Star League astronomical observation station known as Shady Palms and the refugees living aboard it in the Deep Periphery.

Characters

• January 4th: Hohiro Kurita is liberated from a Word of Blake prison camp on Dieron.
• February: Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao announces his engagement to Naomi Centrella and intention to adopt her daughter, Ilsa.
• June 15th: Duke Kai Allard-Liao returns to the Capellan Confederation with a Death Commando escort.
• Dan Allard killed in combat by Clan Jade Falcon on Graceland.
• August: Corinne Marik is installed as Captain-General.
• August 7th: Prince Kirc Cameron-Jones declares himself Captain-General of the Free Worlds League, citing House Marik's support of the impostor of Thomas Marik.
• Amanda Hasek, future Duchess of New Syrtis is born.
• President William Roberts dies unexpectedly, leading to bitter political infighting in the Rim Collection.
• Thomas DeLon dies from a congestive heart failure.

Technology

• The Aurora-class DropShip enters full production.
• The JAB-66B Jabberwocky EngineerMech is re-introduced to the market by Jalastar Aerospace.
• Clan Diamond Shark introduces the Plasma Cannon.
• Clan Jade Falcon scientists create the Anti-Personnel Gauss Rifle.
• Scientists from Clan Wolf-in-Exile create the Improved Jump Jets.
• The Federated Suns developed for the SRMs and LRMs Mine Clearance Missile.
• The B-Pod are developed by the Lyran Alliance.
• Lyran Alliance discovered the Chaff Pod.
• Clan Goliath Scorpion introduce the Improved Heavy Laser.
• The Matador 2 variant is introduced.
• The Great Wyrm 2 variant is introduced.
• The AXM-3Sr Axman BattleMech variant is introduced.
• The main factory of the Fire Falcon on Ironhold is destroyed.
• The Word of Blake begins production of the Archangel.
• The Salvage variant of the Aerie is introduced.