Editing Bad News

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The '''Bad News''' system was home to at least one habitable world and a large orbital habitat<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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== System Description ==
The Bad News system lies near the [[Brasha]] and [[Nexus Ri]] systems.<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>

== System History ==
The Bad News system had been colonized by the end of the [[Age of War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp147"/>

== Political Affiliation ==
* [[2319]] - No record <ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"</ref>
* [[2571]] - [[Outworlds Alliance]] <ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:MPSp147">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 147, "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns After Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2572]] - Outworlds Alliance (Occupied by Star League forces) <ref name="H:RWp108">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 108, "Something From Nothing"</ref>
* [[2581]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="H:RWp106">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 106, "Reunification War: Outworlds Alliance Front Deployments (2581) "</ref>
* [[2582]] - Outworlds Alliance (under Draconis Combine occupation) <ref name="H:RWp121">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 121, "Kazanka, Nexus Ri and Zlatousi"</ref>
* [[2585]] - [[Draconis Combine]] (from August)<ref name="H:RWp126">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126, "Year Five: Peace In Our Time"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:MPSp147"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> 
* [[2765]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp36">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 36, "Outworlds Alliance Militia Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR2765:DCMSp25>''Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine'', p. 25, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref> 
* [[2767]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="H:LoTv1p98">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 98, "Outworlds Alliance - [2767] Map"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54, "Federated Suns After First Succession War - [2822]"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> 
* [[2830]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="SSWp18">''Second Succession War'', p. 18-19, "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="SSWp78">''Second Succession War'', p. 78-79, "Inner Sphere - 2864"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70, "Federated Suns After Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72, "Federated Suns After Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''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]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3054]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ORp24">''Objective Raids'', p.24, "Map of the Draconis Combine"</ref>
* [[3057]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
* [[3058]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
* [[3059]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="TPE2p110">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 110, "Outworlds Alliance"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp21"> ''Inner Sphere'', p. 21, "Draconis Combine Map - [3063]"</ref> 
* [[3067]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:MPSp150">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 150, "Outworlds Alliance (3067)</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21</ref><ref name="FR:Cp28">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 28, "Clan Snow Raven & Outworlds Alliance Deployment Map [3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[3145]] - [[Raven Alliance]] <ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>

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===Planetary History===
Originally a world within the Outworlds Alliance, Bad News was occupied by forces from the [[Star League]] in  November [[2572]] under the terms of [[Directive 21]].<ref name="H:RWp108"/> Originally, these forces consisted of a battalion of infantry and a battalion of [[BattleMech|BattleMechs]] drawn from [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] on a rotating basis, with different battalions assigned each year. When [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]] was put in command of the forces that would be used to conduct [[Operation UNION HOLD]], the Star League invasion of the Outworlds Alliance, he increased the garrison on Bad News by adding another infantry battalion and reducing the rotation time for garrison forces to once every two years<ref name="H:RWp110"/>

By early to mid [[2581]], preparations for an invasion of the Alliance had reached the point where [[Star League Defense Force]] troops were actively being marshalled on the border, and two full [[division]]s of Star League troops from [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]], the [[13th Royal Mechanized Infantry Division|Thirteenth Royal Division]] and the Fourteenth Division, were deployed onto Bad News. Aided by the local knowledge gained by the garrison forces from VI Corps, the V Corps divisions rapidly disarmed the local militia and the Star League assumed actual control of Bad News.<ref name="H:RWp110"/>

Bad News remained quiet during the first year of the war, but in [[2582]] the redeployment of Star League forces led to the auxiliary [[Draconis Combine]] forces which were supporting the [[SLDF]] task force taking over responsibility for Bad News from the Star League forces. In [[2583]], the Bad News [[DCMS]] garrison force was the [[Third Dieron Regulars]], who were designated as the reserve force for those Combine forces deployed to invade the nearby worlds of [[Nexus Ri]], [[Kazanka]] and [[Zlatousi]].<ref name="H:RWp121"/>

Although individual battalions of the Third Dieron Regulars were moved forward as garrisons to Nexus Ri, Kazanka and Zlatousi in [[2583]]<ref name="H:RWp121"/> a battalion of BattleMechs supported by two regiments each of infantry and armor remained as the garrison on Bad News, and had been terrorizing the population since becoming the de facto garrison. Following the battles on [[Haynesville]], the [[Outworlds Alliance Militia]] had been able to add two new BattleMech regiments to its strength using salvaged material, and this allowed the [[Pitcairn Legion]] to raid into territory occupied by Star League and Draconis Combine forces. Bad News was selected as a target for one of these raids, and the Second Regiment of the Pitcairn Legion under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Samantha Milton-Jones]] made planetfall on Bad News on the 13th of March 2583.<ref name="H:RWp123"/>

Milton-Jones immediately focused her attention on the Third Dieron forces, despite a counter-attack on the 14th of March by a scratch force of [[Kurita]] 'Mechs and armor which had been undergoing work in a makeshift depot the Combine forces had established on Bad News. The Pitcairn Legion forces not only saw off this counter-attack and every subsequent attack, but also spent the next three weeks all but destroying the Third Dieron Regulars' Mech battalion and inflicting heavy damage on the supporting armor regiments. The Legion troops only retreated off-world when a Combine [[WarShip]] appeared in-system.<ref name="H:RWp123"/>

On the 1st of August [[2585]] Bad News was formally ceded to the Draconis Combine along with 13 other worlds as a part of the terms laid out within the [[Treaty of Cerberus]].<ref name="H:RWp126">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126, "Year Five: Peace In Our Time"</ref>

===Military Deployment===
====2572-2577====
[[Star League Defense Force]] garrison<ref name="H:RWp110">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 110-111, "Fait Accompli(shed)"</ref>
[[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] detachment consisting of:<br />
* 1 [[infantry]] [[battalion]] (from 11 November 2572)
* 1 [[BattleMech]] [[battalion]] (from 24 November 2572)

====2578-2580====
[[Star League Defense Force]] garrison<ref name="H:RWp110"/>
[[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] detachment consisting of:<br />
* 2 infantry [[battalion|battalions]]
* 1 BattleMech battalion

====2581====
'''Star League Defense Force garrison'''<ref name="H:RWp110"/>
[[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] detachment consisting of:<br />
* 2 infantry [[battalion|battalions]]
* 1 BattleMech battalion

'''Star League Outworlds Alliance Task Force'''<ref name="H:RWp140">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 140, "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref>
[[V Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] detachment consisting of:<br />
* [[13th Royal Division|Thirteenth Royal Division]]
* [[14th Division (Star League)|Fourteenth Division]]

====2582-2585====
[[3rd Dieron Regulars|Third Dieron Regulars]] (detachment)<ref name="H:RWp123">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 123, "Pitcairn's Raids"</ref><ref name="H:RWp141">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 141, "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref>
* 1 BattleMech battalion
* 2 [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] [[regiment]]s
* 2 [[infantry]] regiments]]

====2764====
* [[33rd Mechanized Infantry Division]]<ref>Field Manual: SLDF, p. 256, "SLDF - Draconis Combine Military Command Map"</ref>

====2786====
* [[18th Galedon Regulars|Eighteenth Galedon Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 137, "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>

====2821====
* Eighteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name="FSWp137"/>

====3025====
* [[19th Galedon Regulars|Nineteenth Galedon Regulars]]<ref name=HK134>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 134, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref>

====3038====
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=H:Wo3039>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138 "Deployment Table"</ref>

====3040====
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=H:Wo3039/>

====3050====
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=20YU41>''20 Year Update'', p. 41, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>

====3054====
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=OR26>''Objective Raids'', p. 26, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>

====3067====
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=FMU118>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 118, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>

====3079====
* [[5th Galedon Regulars|Fifth Galedon Regulars]]<ref>''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 10, "Galedon Regulars Regimental Status"</ref>
:- At this point in time the 5th was operating at 80% of full strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

====3085====
* [[22nd New Samarkand Regulars|Twenty-second New Samarkand Regulars]]<ref name=FM:3085p51>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 51, "DCMS Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
:- At this point in time the unit was operating at 35% of strength.

====3145====
* [[Corvus Keshik (Clan Snow Raven)|Corvus Keshik]]<ref name=FM:3145p173>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 173, "Clan Force Deployments - Raven Alliance"</ref>
* [[5th Raven Wing (Clan Snow Raven)|Fifth Raven Wing Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p173/>

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==Bad News Station==
Bad News Station is a space station situated at the [[Zenith jump point]] of the system.<ref name=RaRp6/>


== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 28 systems (27 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Nexus Ri]]
| class="lessthan30" | 13.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Brasha]]
| class="lessthan30" | 14.5
| class="lessthan30" | [[Dante (system)|Dante]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zlatousi]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.8
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Morthac]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.4
| class="over30" | [[Santiago]]
| class="over30" | 30.4
| class="over30" | [[Quantraine]]
| class="over30" | 34.9
| class="over30" | [[Milligan's World]]
| class="over30" | 35.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Zalaf]]
| class="over30" | 37.8
| class="over30" | [[Dindatari]]
| class="over30" | 39.3
| class="over30" | [[Sinope]]
| class="over30" | 39.6
| class="over30" | [[Tabayama]]
| class="over30" | 40.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kazanka]]
| class="over30" | 41.1
| class="over30" | [[Ramgarh]]
| class="over30" | 42.2
| class="over30" | [[Belacruz]]
| class="over30" | 47.0
| class="over30" | [[Pondicherry]]
| class="over30" | 48.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Osset]]
| class="over30" | 48.8
| class="over30" | [[Calish]]
| class="over30" | 50.4
| class="over30" | [[Quiberas]]
| class="over30" | 50.4
| class="over30" | [[Suianheer]]
| class="over30" | 51.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Alegro]]
| class="over30" | 51.3
| class="over30" | [[Bob|Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt]]
| class="over30" | 51.9
| class="over30" | [[Budingen]]
| class="over30" | 51.9
| class="over30" | [[Rushaven]]
| class="over30" | 53.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Cerberus (system)|Cerberus]]
| class="over30" | 53.9
| class="over30" | [[Chirala]]
| class="over30" | 58.3
| class="over30" | [[Valentina]]
| class="over30" | 59.0
| class="over60" | [[Koulen]]
| class="over60" | 60.8
|-
|}

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Royalty and Rogues]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''

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