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{{year sections | battles }}
* '''January 13th:''' The Jade Falcons attack [[Great X]].
* '''January 21st:''' The Word of Blake attacks [[Robinson]].
* '''January 28th:''' Word of Blake forces on [[Wasat]] detonate a nuclear weapon in the capital city.
* '''February''': The Word of Blake's [[29th Division (Word of Blake)|Twenty-ninth Division]] and Forty-second Shadow Division assault Pesht with biological and nuclear weapons.
* '''May''': The Second Regulan Hussars are destroyed by the [[Forty-ninth Shadow Division]] on Wallis.
* '''May''': The [[Forty-second Shadow Division]] arrives on Luthien to support the Word's Ninth Division.
* '''June''':  Clan Ice Hellion launches [[Operation ICE STORM]] against the worlds of the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone.<!----Article indicates official in the JUNE---->
* '''June''': [[Winfield (LC)|Winfield]] is captured by Clan Ice Hellion.
* The Word of Blake's [[14th Division (Word of Blake)|Fourteenth Division]] attacks the Draconis Combine worlds of Echo V and Qandahar.
* Word of Blake forces destroy the [[Pesht Motors]] facility on Pesht.
* The re-formed [[Twenty-fifth Arcturan Guards]] stop an attack on the Lyran Alliance by Delta Galaxy of Clan Jade Falcon dead in its tracks.
* The Forty-eighth Shadow Division raids the planet [[Necromo]].
* [[Sathen's Snipers]] are captured by the Word of Blake's Ninth Division on Luthien.
* The pirate band known as the [[Tortugan Phalanx]] conduct a flawless raid on Lackland.
* The [[Fourth Pesht Regulars]] are destroyed on Pesht by the Blakist Twenty-ninth Militia and Forty-ninth Shadow Divisions.

{{year sections | events }}
* '''March''': [[Hansen's Roughriders]] are deployed to Electra.
* '''August 9th''': The Free Worlds League cedes Gibson to Precentor [[Apollyon]].
* '''August''': [[Vermezzo]] is struck by pro-Democracy Now rioting.
* '''October 7th''': [[Richard Steiner (31st c.)|Richard Steiner]], as a pawn of the Blakists, assassinates Jeremy Brett. Both men die in the explosion.
* '''October 12th''': Clan Nova Cat allegedly conducts a council meeting to discuss aligning with Devlin Stone (in a video transmitted by Belial).
* ''' November 1st''': An HPG intercept released by ComStar purports to have [[Belial (Manei Domini)|Belial]] reporting on a confidential Clan Nova Cat council meeting.
* '''November 19th''': [[Therese Brett-Marik]] declares the Duchy of Tamarind independent of the FWL and names herself the Duchess of Tamarind.
* '''November 19th''': [[Therese Brett-Marik]] places her son, Photon Brett-Marik, in command of all FWLM forces. 
* Peter Steiner-Davion abdicates the Archonship in favor of [[Adam Steiner]].<!----Article indicates it happened in "late" 3071.---->
* The decimated [[21st Centauri Lancers]] attempt to rebuild on Tukayyid, opening membership to any other surviving military units willing to join.
* The Word of Blake's [[19th Division (Word of Blake)|Nineteenth Division]] abandons Algot and Yangtze, due to rebellions.
* The [[Sorenson's Sabres]] depart from Luthien.
* The [[Ronin (Mercenary Unit)|Ronin]] mercenary unit is formed from survivors of the 10th Ghost Regiment.
* Dissidents within the [[Grumman Industries]] branch on New Earth begin smuggling more than two hundred Zephyr hovertanks to anti-Blakist forces.

{{year sections | characters }}
* '''January 27th''': Magestrix Naomi Centrella gives birth to [[Daoshen Liao-Centrella]].
* '''March/April''': saKhan [[Nelson Elam]] of Clan Goliath Scorpion is killed in battle.
:* Star Colonel [[Kelton Myers]] is elected saKhan of Clan Goliath Scorpion.
* '''September''': Galaxy Commander [[Damon Hawkins]] is killed in battle on Steelton.
* [[Emma Centrella]] is killed by Word of Blake forces on Canopus.

{{year sections | technology }}
* The Federated Suns develop the [[Anti-Ship Missile]].
* The [[Transgressor#Variants|''Transgressor'' TR-15 variant]] is fielded.
* Kali Yama Weapons Industries Incorporated begins production of the [[Trebuchet#Variants|''Trebuchet'' TBT-8B variant]].
* Johnston Industries phases out production of the AXM-1N ''Axman'' in favor of the [[Axman#Variants|AXM-4D variant]].
* The Draconis Combine begins production of the [[MRM "Apollo" Fire Control System]]. 
* The [[Small Variable Speed Laser]] is developed by the Free Worlds League.
* The Draconis Combine develops the [[C3 Emergency Master]]. 
* The [[Bombardier|BMB-12 ''Bombardier'']] BattleMech and new BMB-05 variant reintroduced into service in the Outworld Alliance.
* The [[Canis#Variants|''Canis'' 2]] 'Mech variant is introduced.
* The [[Fire Scorpion#Variants|''Fire Scorpion'' 3]] BattleMech variant is introduced.
* The [[Wyvern IIC#Variants|''Wyvern IIC'' 2]] BattleMech variant is introduced.
* The [[Axman#Variants|AXM-4D ''Axman'']] BattleMech variant is introduced.
* Novis AT-H, Inc. fields the [[Tamerlane|''Tamerlane'' Strike Sled]] Hover vehicle.
* The ''[[Crimson Hawk]]'' BattleMech is introduced by Clan Blood Spirit.
* The STG-3P variant of the ''[[Stinger]]'' BattleMech is introduced.