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''(References to [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Alexandria | Alexandria]])''
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= Alexandria =
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| caption            = Alexandria [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] (3151)
 
| name                = Alexandria
 
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The '''Alexandria''' system was host to at least one habitable world, '''Alexandria III''', and as at [[3145]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone.<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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== System Description ==
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The Alexandria system had at least one functioning recharge station during the [[thirty-first century]], located at the zenith [[jump point]].<ref name=HS169/><ref name=HBS88/>
  
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== System History ==
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The Alexandria system was settled during or shortly after the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]] and was a member of the [[Federation of Skye]] when the Federation became one of the founding nations of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name=HBHS13/>
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== Political Affiliation ==
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= Alexandria III =
 
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| name                = Alexandria
 
| name                = Alexandria
 
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| year                = 3025<ref name=HS169/> - 3067<ref name=HBS88/>
 
| year                = 3025<ref name=HS169/> - 3067<ref name=HBS88/>
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| ruler              = Edward James, Duke of Alexandria (3025)<ref name=HS169/><br>Duchess Carina James (3067)<ref name=HBS88/>
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| ruler              = [[Duke of Alexandria]]
 
| capital            = Alexandretta<ref name=HBS88/>
 
| capital            = Alexandretta<ref name=HBS88/>
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| population          = 2,001,000,000<ref name=HBS88/>
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| population          = 2,001,000,000 (3067)<ref name=HBS88/>
 
| USIIR              = D-D-C-D-B<ref name=HBS88/>
 
| USIIR              = D-D-C-D-B<ref name=HBS88/>
 
| hpg                = B<ref name=HS169/><ref name=HBS88/> ([[Precentor]] Melyvn Gaska)<ref name=HS169/>
 
| hpg                = B<ref name=HS169/><ref name=HBS88/> ([[Precentor]] Melyvn Gaska)<ref name=HS169/>
 
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Alexandria III - more commonly referred to simply as Alexandria - is the third planet in the Alexandria system and has a single moon named Sinai.<ref name=HBS88/>
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== Planetary History ==
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===Early History===
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When first settled, Alexandria was a world rich in natural resources and blessed with pastoral beauty.<ref name=HS169/><ref name=HBS88/> Alexandria would grow to become a thriving commercial and agricultural center, and during the [[Star League]] years Alexandra was known to be a cultural haven. The cities of Alexandria were dotted with museums, theatres<ref name=HBS88/> and art collections<ref name=HS169/> that drew visitors from across the [[Inner Sphere]] and the world exuded a sense of elegance and grace that everyone could appreciate.<ref name=HBS88/>
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===The Succession Wars===
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In [[2819]] the [[Draconis Combine]] began a heavy raiding campaign that targeted key Lyran worlds including Alexandria, as well as [[Kessel]] and [[Tamar]].<ref name="HB:HSp37">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 37, "Timeline: The Commonwealth and the First Succession War"</ref> This was far from the last time that Alexandria would be touched by the Succession Wars; in [[2913]] the Lyran Commonwealth launched [[Operation Freedom]] in two thrusts from Alexandria and [[Skye]],<ref name="HS(TLC)p71">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 71, "The Cost of Freedom"</ref> and in [[2953]] a two-year battle for the world began, with [[DCMS]] and [[LCAF]] forces locked in an escalating battle that would ultimately consume seven [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s and four times as many [[infantry]] and conventional armor regiments and go down in history as one of the largest battles of the [[Third Succession War]] and a sign of the increasing tenacity with which the Commonwealth fought.<ref name="HB:HSp49">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 49, "Operation Freedom"</ref> The campaign for Alexandria began with [[McGee's Cutthroats]] landing to loot and destroy supply bases on the planet in the face of the defending [[Twentieth Arcturan Guards]].<ref name="HKp84">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 84, "Decline and Fall"</ref> A wing of fighters from an orbital [[AeroSpace Fighter|fighter]] base promptly destroyed one of the Combine [[DropShip]]s after the Cutthroats had landed and drove the other DropShips back to their [[JumpShip]], prompting the Cutthroats to call for reinforcements. A few days later, two more [[BattleMech]] battalions with fighter support arrived by JumpShip to reinforce the Cutthroats, leading the Twentieth Arcturan Guards to call for reinforcements in turn and what had begun as a simple skirmish escalated rapidly from there.<ref name="HS(TLC)p74"/>
  
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In late [[3020]] the Lyran Commonwealth launched what would become an extended campaign to recapture Alexandria from the Draconis Combine. The [[LCAF]] deployed a substantial force in the effort to liberate the planet, including several regiments of the [[Twelfth Star Guards]] leading a mercenary task force that consisted of a number of other units including [[Snord's Irregulars]]. Well-known for being treasure hunters, the Irregulars were keen to recover some of the Star League era artifacts and artworks rumoured to be hidden on Alexandria, but soon discovered that the majority of the artworks had already been destroyed. During a disappointing seven-month campaign the Irregulars only managed to identify a single cache containing statues, located close to their posting on the shore of Lake Meede at the time, but during the course of excavating the cache the Irregulars were ambushed by a contingent from the [[Rasalhague Regulars]]. The Regulars deliberately fired on and destroyed the cache, and would likely have destroyed the Irregulars or inflicted heavy damage on them, if not for the discovery that their ''[[Archer]]s'' had been supplied with defective ammunition.<ref name=CSI6>''Cranston Snord's Irregulars'', p. 6</ref><ref name="CSIp24">''Cranston Snord's Irregulars'', pp. 24-25 (Scenario "Up in Smoke")</ref>
  
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As the Third Succession War drew to a close in the 3020s Alexandria was serving as the capital of the Virginia Shire region of the Federation of Skye under Duke [[Edward James]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p92">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 92, "The Federation of Skye"</ref> A [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] named [[Mitchell Simmons]] from the [[17th Skye Rangers]] would subsequently be awarded the [[Honor of Skye]] for his actions in defending civilians against a Kuritan 'Mech lance during the 3024 battle for Alexandria.<ref name="HS(TLC)p126">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 126, "The Honor of Skye"</ref>
  
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==Planetary Garrison==
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By the end of the Succession Wars the cultured elegance of Alexandria was largely a memory; a small number of cities such as the northern cities of Lam Pole and Cherboug<ref name=HS169/> on the Cairusia continent still hinted at the Alexandria of the Star League years, but the remainder of the planet showed Alexandria's legacy as one of the most war-ravaged worlds to survive into the thirty-first century. The modern planetary capital of Alexandretta, located on the southern continent of Jeddasia, was a collection of practical, utilitarian structures intermixed with bunkers and other defensive features to be used during times of emergency.<ref name=HBS88/>
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===2953===
 
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* [[20th Arcturan Guards]] (2 battalions)<ref name="HS(TLC)p74">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 74, "Campaign for Alexandria"</ref>
 
  
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===3054 to 3061===
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===Clan Invasion===
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* [[Alexandria FTM]]<ref name=OR18>''Objective Raids'', p. 18, "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=SS47>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 47, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
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In late [[3059]], the planet suffered what was later known as the '''Briggs Armored Car robbery'''. A gang of criminals stole a shipment of gems even though the [[Knox Armored Car]] had been provided with an escort of a pair of ''[[Commando]]'' [[BattleMechs]] by the [[Alexandria Freedom Theater Militia]]. The criminals (rumored to have strong ties with the [[Mafia]]) possessed several suits of [[Gray Death Standard|Grey Death Legion Battle Armor]].<ref name=TROVAp16>''Technical Readout Vehicle Annex'', p. 16 "KNOX / BAILEY ARMORED CARS"</ref>
  
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==Owner History==
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== Political Affiliation ==  
 
* [[2340]] - [[Federation of Skye]] <ref name=HBHS13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth befor [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"</ref>
 
* [[2340]] - [[Federation of Skye]] <ref name=HBHS13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth befor [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"</ref>
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* [[2341]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name=HBHS13/>
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* [[2341]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]h <ref name=HBHS13/>
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* [[2571]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>  
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* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>  
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* [[2765]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>  
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* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', Inner Sphere - [2764]</ref>
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* [[2822]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>  
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* [[2864]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
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* [[2953]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HKp84">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 84, "Decline and Fall"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"</ref>  
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* [[3020]] - [[Draconis Combine]] <ref name=CSI6/><ref name="CSIp24"/>
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* [[3050]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"</ref>
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* [[3021]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name=CSI6/><ref name="CSIp24"/>
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* [[3052]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"</ref><ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HKp132">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>  
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"</ref><ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"</ref>
 
* [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref>
 
* [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref name=JFRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 41, "Inner Sphere Map" - [October 3067]</ref>
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* [[3075]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
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* [[3130]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="MotIS3130">Map of the Inner Sphere 3130</ref>
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* [[3130]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="MotIS3130">Map of the Inner Sphere 3130</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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== Military Deployment ==
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===2953===
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* [[Twentieth Arcturan Guards]] (2 battalions)<ref name="HS(TLC)p74">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 74, "Campaign for Alexandria"</ref>
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===3050===
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* [[Alexandria SMM]] <ref name=20yup26>''20-Year Update'', p. 26</ref>
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===3054===
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* [[Alexandria FTM]]<ref name=OR18>''Objective Raids'', p. 18, "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
  
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==Planetary History==
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===3061===
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===Early History===
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* Alexandria FTM<ref name=SS47>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 47, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
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When first settled, '''Alexandria''' was a world rich in natural resources and blessed with pastoral beauty.<ref name=HS169/><ref name=HBS88/> Alexandria would grow to become a thriving commercial and agricultural center, and during the [[Star League]] years Alexandra was known to be a cultural haven. The cities of Alexandria were dotted with museums, theatres<ref name=HBS88/> and art collections<ref name=HS169/> that drew visitors from across the [[Inner Sphere]] and the world exuded a sense of elegance and grace that everyone could appreciate.<ref name=HBS88/>
 
  
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===The Succession Wars===
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== Geography ==  
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In [[2819]] the [[Draconis Combine]] began a heavy raiding campaign that targeted key Lyran worlds including Alexandria, as well as [[Kessel]] and [[Tamar]].<ref name="HB:HSp37">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 37, "Timeline: The Commonwealth and the First Succession War"</ref> This was far from the last time that Alexandria would be touched by the Succession Wars; in [[2913]] the Lyran Commonwealth launched [[Operation Freedom]] in two thrusts from Alexandria and [[Skye]],<ref name="HS(TLC)p71">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 71, "The Cost of Freedom"</ref> and in [[2953]] a two-year battle for the world began, with [[DCMS]] and [[LCAF]] forces locked in an escalating battle that would ultimately consume seven [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s and four times as many [[infantry]] and conventional armor regiments and go down in history as one of the largest battles of the [[Third Succession War]] and a sign of the increasing tenacity with which the Commonwealth fought.<ref name="HB:HSp49">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 49, "Operation Freedom"</ref> The campaign for Alexandria began with [[McGee's Cutthroats]] landing to loot and destroy supply bases on the planet in the face of the defending [[20th Arcturan Guards]]. A wing of fighters from an orbital [[AeroSpace Fighter|fighter]] base promptly destroyed one of the Combine [[DropShip]]s after the Cutthroats had landed and drove the other DropShips back to their [[JumpShip]], prompting the Cutthroats to call for reinforcements. A few days later, two more [[BattleMech]] battalions with fighter support arrived by JumpShip to reinforce the Cutthroats, leading the 20th Arcturan Guards to call for reinforcements in turn and what had begun as a simple skirmish escalated rapidly from there.<ref name="HS(TLC)p74"/>
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Alexandria has at least two continents, a northern continent named Cairusia and a southern continent named Jeddasia.<ref name=HS169/>
  
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As the Third Succession War drew to a close in the 3020s Alexandria was serving as the capital of the Virginia Shire region of the Federation of Skye under Duke [[Edward James]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p92">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 92, "The Federation of Skye"</ref> A [[MechWarrior]] named [[Mitchell Simmons]] from the [[17th Skye Rangers]] would subsequently be awarded the [[Honor of Skye]] for his actions in defending civilians against a Kuritan 'Mech lance during the 3024 battle for Alexandria.<ref name="HS(TLC)p126">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 126, "The Honor of Skye"</ref>
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== Planetary Locations ==
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* Alexandretta: Planetary capital city, which was located on Jeddasia<ref name=HBS88/>
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* Cherboug: City on Cairusia<ref name=HS169/>
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* Lam Pole: City on Cairusia<ref name=HS169/>
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* Shull: City<ref name=TRO3025p8>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 8</ref>
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* Vrance: A small city where [[Snord's Irregulars]] met and defeated [[DCMS]] forces<ref>''Cranston Snord's Irregulars (scenario pack)'', p. 6 "The Battles of Alexandria""</ref>
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== Industrial Centers ==
  
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By the end of the Succession Wars the cultured elegance of Alexandria was largely a memory; a small number of cities such as the northern cities of Lam Pole and Cherboug<ref name=HS169/> on the Cairusia continent still hinted at the Alexandria of the Star League years, but the remainder of the planet showed Alexandria's legacy as one of the most war-ravaged worlds to survive into the thirty-first century. The modern planetary capital of Alexandretta, located on the southern continent of Jeddasia, was a collection of practical, utilitarian structures intermixed with bunkers and other defensive features to be used during times of emergency.<ref name=HBS88/>
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== Image gallery ==
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==Nearby Systems==
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== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 52 systems (50 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Yed Prior]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 9.2
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Freedom]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 10.6
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Yed Posterior]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 13.8
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Izar]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 18.7
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|-
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Corridan]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 20.4
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Eaton]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 23.5
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Auldhouse]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 24.1
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Marfik]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 25.0
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|-
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Baxter]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 26.6
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Ryde]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 27.2
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Kimball]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 27.3
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| class="over30" | [[Carstairs]]
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| class="over30" | 30.3
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Yed Prior]]
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| class="over30" | [[Eaglesham]]
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| 12.4
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| class="over30" | 30.6
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| [[Freedom]]
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| class="over30" | [[Zebeneschamali]]
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| 14.9
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| class="over30" | 32.8
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| [[Yed Posterior]]
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| class="over30" | [[Komephoros]]
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| 16.5
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| class="over30" | 33.6
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| [[Izar]]
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| class="over30" | [[Carnwath]]
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| 20.9
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| class="over30" | 34.0
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Corridan IV]]
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| class="over30" | [[Symington]]
−
| 25.1
+
| class="over30" | 37.1
−
| [[Eaton]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Edasich]]
−
| 26.6
+
| class="over30" | 39.1
−
| [[Baxter]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Apostica]]
−
| 29.7
+
| class="over30" | 39.4
−
| [[Auldhouse]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Balkan]]
−
| 29.8
+
| class="over30" | 39.7
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Marfik]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Breukelen]]
−
| 35.4
+
| class="over30" | 39.7
−
| [[Ryde]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Kirkcaldy]]
−
| 36.6
+
| class="over30" | 40.4
−
| [[Kimball II]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Nekkar]]
−
| 38.3
+
| class="over30" | 40.9
−
| [[Carnwath]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Phalan]]
−
| 39.0
+
| class="over30" | 42.0
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Apostica]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Konstance]]
−
| 41.4
+
| class="over30" | 42.3
−
| [[Carstairs]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Glengarry]]
−
| 42.7
+
| class="over30" | 43.5
−
| [[Eaglesham]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Ganshoren]]
−
| 42.9
+
| class="over30" | 44.5
−
| [[Edasich]]
+
| class="over30" | [[New Wessex]]
−
| 43.4
+
| class="over30" | 45.3
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Zebeneschamali]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Kannon]]
−
| 46.0
+
| class="over30" | 46.5
−
| [[Komephoros]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Unukalhai]]
−
| 47.6
+
| class="over30" | 47.6
−
| [[New Wessex]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Leganes]]
−
| 47.8
+
| class="over30" | 48.6
−
| [[Kirkcaldy]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Sakhalin (LC)|Sakhalin]]
−
| 49.9
+
| class="over30" | 49.0
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Symington]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Cebalrai]]
−
| 50.9
+
| class="over30" | 49.5
−
| [[Cebalrai]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Whittington]]
−
| 52.7
+
| class="over30" | 49.6
−
| [[Kannon]]
+
| class="over30" | [[La Blon]]
−
| 54.5
+
| class="over30" | 50.3
−
| [[Nekkar]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Chaffee (LC)|Chaffee]]
−
| 55.57
+
| class="over30" | 50.5
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Balkan]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alrakis]]
−
| 55.6
+
| class="over30" | 50.9
−
| [[Breukelen]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Dalkeith]]
−
| 55.8
+
| class="over30" | 52.1
−
| [[Phalan]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Laurieston]]
−
| 56.1
+
| class="over30" | 53.8
−
| [[Ganshoren]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Kochab]]
−
| 56.4
+
| class="over30" | 54.5
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Vega]]
 +
| class="over30" | 54.8
 +
| class="over30" | [[Kessel]]
 +
| class="over30" | 55.0
 +
| class="over30" | [[Alphecca]]
 +
| class="over30" | 55.1
 +
| class="over30" | [[Shionoha]]
 +
| class="over30" | 55.1
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Accrington]]
 +
| class="over30" | 55.7
 +
| class="over30" | [[Morningside]]
 +
| class="over30" | 56.4
 +
| class="over30" | [[Eltanin]]
 +
| class="over30" | 58.2
 +
| class="over30" | [[Gladius (system)|Gladius]]
 +
| class="over30" | 58.5
 +
|-
 +
| class="over30" | [[Seginus]]
 +
| class="over30" | 58.7
 +
| class="over30" | [[Veckholm]]
 +
| class="over30" | 59.0
 +
| class="over60" | [[Orestes]]
 +
| class="over60" | 60.5
 +
| class="over60" | [[Alnasl|Alnasi]]
 +
| class="over60" | 60.5
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Konstance]]
 
−
| 57.1
 
−
| [[Unukalhai]]
 
−
| 57.7
 
−
| [[Whittington]]
 
−
| 58.17
 
−
| [[Glengarry]]
 
−
| 58.2
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
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* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
 
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This article is about the Lyran Commonwealth world. For the Capellan Confederation world, see Alexandria (CC).

Alexandria

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

Alexandria
← 3135
3151
Alexandria (LC) 3151.svg
Alexandria nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-57.639 : 115.993[e]
Spectral classM4V[1][2]
Recharge time205 hours[2]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[1][2]

The Alexandria system was host to at least one habitable world, Alexandria III, and as at 3145 was located in the Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone.[3][4]

System Description

The Alexandria system had at least one functioning recharge station during the thirty-first century, located at the zenith jump point.[1][2]

System History

The Alexandria system was settled during or shortly after the First Exodus from Terra and was a member of the Federation of Skye when the Federation became one of the founding nations of the Lyran Commonwealth.[5]

Alexandria III

Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Alexandria III - more commonly referred to simply as Alexandria - is the third planet in the Alexandria system and has a single moon named Sinai.[2]

Planetary History

Early History

When first settled, Alexandria was a world rich in natural resources and blessed with pastoral beauty.[1][2] Alexandria would grow to become a thriving commercial and agricultural center, and during the Star League years Alexandra was known to be a cultural haven. The cities of Alexandria were dotted with museums, theatres[2] and art collections[1] that drew visitors from across the Inner Sphere and the world exuded a sense of elegance and grace that everyone could appreciate.[2]

The Succession Wars

In 2819 the Draconis Combine began a heavy raiding campaign that targeted key Lyran worlds including Alexandria, as well as Kessel and Tamar.[6] This was far from the last time that Alexandria would be touched by the Succession Wars; in 2913 the Lyran Commonwealth launched Operation Freedom in two thrusts from Alexandria and Skye,[7] and in 2953 a two-year battle for the world began, with DCMS and LCAF forces locked in an escalating battle that would ultimately consume seven BattleMech regiments and four times as many infantry and conventional armor regiments and go down in history as one of the largest battles of the Third Succession War and a sign of the increasing tenacity with which the Commonwealth fought.[8] The campaign for Alexandria began with McGee's Cutthroats landing to loot and destroy supply bases on the planet in the face of the defending Twentieth Arcturan Guards.[9] A wing of fighters from an orbital fighter base promptly destroyed one of the Combine DropShips after the Cutthroats had landed and drove the other DropShips back to their JumpShip, prompting the Cutthroats to call for reinforcements. A few days later, two more BattleMech battalions with fighter support arrived by JumpShip to reinforce the Cutthroats, leading the Twentieth Arcturan Guards to call for reinforcements in turn and what had begun as a simple skirmish escalated rapidly from there.[10]

In late 3020 the Lyran Commonwealth launched what would become an extended campaign to recapture Alexandria from the Draconis Combine. The LCAF deployed a substantial force in the effort to liberate the planet, including several regiments of the Twelfth Star Guards leading a mercenary task force that consisted of a number of other units including Snord's Irregulars. Well-known for being treasure hunters, the Irregulars were keen to recover some of the Star League era artifacts and artworks rumoured to be hidden on Alexandria, but soon discovered that the majority of the artworks had already been destroyed. During a disappointing seven-month campaign the Irregulars only managed to identify a single cache containing statues, located close to their posting on the shore of Lake Meede at the time, but during the course of excavating the cache the Irregulars were ambushed by a contingent from the Rasalhague Regulars. The Regulars deliberately fired on and destroyed the cache, and would likely have destroyed the Irregulars or inflicted heavy damage on them, if not for the discovery that their Archers had been supplied with defective ammunition.[11][12]

As the Third Succession War drew to a close in the 3020s Alexandria was serving as the capital of the Virginia Shire region of the Federation of Skye under Duke Edward James.[13] A MechWarrior named Mitchell Simmons from the 17th Skye Rangers would subsequently be awarded the Honor of Skye for his actions in defending civilians against a Kuritan 'Mech lance during the 3024 battle for Alexandria.[14]

By the end of the Succession Wars the cultured elegance of Alexandria was largely a memory; a small number of cities such as the northern cities of Lam Pole and Cherboug[1] on the Cairusia continent still hinted at the Alexandria of the Star League years, but the remainder of the planet showed Alexandria's legacy as one of the most war-ravaged worlds to survive into the thirty-first century. The modern planetary capital of Alexandretta, located on the southern continent of Jeddasia, was a collection of practical, utilitarian structures intermixed with bunkers and other defensive features to be used during times of emergency.[2]

Clan Invasion

In late 3059, the planet suffered what was later known as the Briggs Armored Car robbery. A gang of criminals stole a shipment of gems even though the Knox Armored Car had been provided with an escort of a pair of Commando BattleMechs by the Alexandria Freedom Theater Militia. The criminals (rumored to have strong ties with the Mafia) possessed several suits of Grey Death Legion Battle Armor.[15]

Political Affiliation

Military Deployment

2953

3050

3054

3061

Geography

Alexandria has at least two continents, a northern continent named Cairusia and a southern continent named Jeddasia.[1]

Planetary Locations

  • Alexandretta: Planetary capital city, which was located on Jeddasia[2]
  • Cherboug: City on Cairusia[1]
  • Lam Pole: City on Cairusia[1]
  • Shull: City[45]
  • Vrance: A small city where Snord's Irregulars met and defeated DCMS forces[46]

Nearby Systems

Closest 52 systems (50 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Yed Prior 9.2 Freedom 10.6 Yed Posterior 13.8 Izar 18.7
Corridan 20.4 Eaton 23.5 Auldhouse 24.1 Marfik 25.0
Baxter 26.6 Ryde 27.2 Kimball 27.3 Carstairs 30.3
Eaglesham 30.6 Zebeneschamali 32.8 Komephoros 33.6 Carnwath 34.0
Symington 37.1 Edasich 39.1 Apostica 39.4 Balkan 39.7
Breukelen 39.7 Kirkcaldy 40.4 Nekkar 40.9 Phalan 42.0
Konstance 42.3 Glengarry 43.5 Ganshoren 44.5 New Wessex 45.3
Kannon 46.5 Unukalhai 47.6 Leganes 48.6 Sakhalin 49.0
Cebalrai 49.5 Whittington 49.6 La Blon 50.3 Chaffee 50.5
Alrakis 50.9 Dalkeith 52.1 Laurieston 53.8 Kochab 54.5
Vega 54.8 Kessel 55.0 Alphecca 55.1 Shionoha 55.1
Accrington 55.7 Morningside 56.4 Eltanin 58.2 Gladius 58.5
Seginus 58.7 Veckholm 59.0 Orestes 60.5 Alnasi 60.5

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 169, "Planet Guide"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 88, "Planet Profile"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth befor [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 37, "Timeline: The Commonwealth and the First Succession War"
  7. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 71, "The Cost of Freedom"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 49, "Operation Freedom"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 84, "Decline and Fall"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth, p. 74, "Campaign for Alexandria"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Cranston Snord's Irregulars, p. 6
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Cranston Snord's Irregulars, pp. 24-25 (Scenario "Up in Smoke")
  13. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth, p. 92, "The Federation of Skye"
  14. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth, p. 126, "The Honor of Skye"
  15. ↑ Technical Readout Vehicle Annex, p. 16 "KNOX / BAILEY ARMORED CARS"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  17. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  18. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  19. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, Inner Sphere - [2764]
  20. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
  22. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
  25. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"
  28. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  29. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  32. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  34. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  35. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 41, "Inner Sphere Map" - [October 3067]
  36. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  37. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"
  38. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  39. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  40. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  41. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  42. ↑ 20-Year Update, p. 26
  43. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 18, "FedCom Deployment Table"
  44. ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 47, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
  45. ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 8
  46. ↑ Cranston Snord's Irregulars (scenario pack), p. 6 "The Battles of Alexandria""

Bibliography

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