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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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The '''Bad News''' system was home to at least one habitable world and a large orbital habitat. As of [[3151]] it was located in the [[Raven Alliance]].<ref name=SFp103/>
  
 
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The Bad News system had been colonized by the end of the [[Age of War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp147"/>
 
The Bad News system had been colonized by the end of the [[Age of War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp147"/>
  
== Political Affiliation ==
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2319]] - No record <ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"</ref>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>  
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* [[2764]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "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>  
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* [[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: DCMS'', 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>
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* [[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>
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* [[2786]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', 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>  
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* [[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'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2830]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="SSWp18">''Second Succession War'', p. 18-19, "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref>
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* [[2830]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="SSWp18">''Second Succession War'', pp. 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>
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* [[2864]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="SSWp78">''Second Succession War'', pp. 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>
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* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "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>
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* [[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>  
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>  
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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>
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* [[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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* [[3144]] - [[Raven Alliance]] (from July)<ref name=ER:3145p24>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 24: "Timeline of Events (cont.)"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Raven Alliance<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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* [[3151]] - Raven Alliance<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref>
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==Bad News==
 
==Bad News==
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===Planetary History===
 
===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"/>
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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"/>
 
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"/>
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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"/>
 
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"/>
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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 matériel, 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"/>
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Milton-Jones immediately focused her attention on the Third Dieron forces, despite a counterattack 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 counterattack 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"/>
  
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"/>
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On the 1st of August [[2585]] Bad News was ceded to the Draconis Combine along with thirteen other worlds as part of the terms laid out within the [[Treaty of Cerberus]].<ref name="H:RWp126"/>
  
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>
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===Dark Age===
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Following the disastrous defeat of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns|AFFS]] at the [[Operation MANDRAGORA|Battle of Palmyra]] in June [[3144]], Bad News was one of three Draconis Combine worlds which was peacefully transferred to the Raven Alliance's control a month later.<ref name=ER:3145p24/>
  
 
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[[Star League Defense Force]] garrison<ref name="H:RWp110">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 110-111, "Fait Accompli(shed)"</ref>
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[[Star League Defense Force]] garrison<ref name="H:RWp110">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 110–111: "Fait Accompli(shed)"</ref>
 
[[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] detachment consisting of:<br />
 
[[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] detachment consisting of:<br />
 
* 1 [[infantry]] [[battalion]] (from 11 November 2572)
 
* 1 [[infantry]] [[battalion]] (from 11 November 2572)
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* 1 BattleMech battalion
 
* 1 BattleMech battalion
  
'''Star League Outworlds Alliance Task Force'''<ref name="H:RWp140">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 140, "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref>
+
'''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 />
 
[[V Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] detachment consisting of:<br />
 
* [[13th Royal Division|Thirteenth Royal Division]]
 
* [[13th Royal Division|Thirteenth Royal Division]]
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====2582-2585====
 
====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>
+
[[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
 
* 1 BattleMech battalion
 
* 2 [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] [[regiment]]s
 
* 2 [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] [[regiment]]s
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====2764====
 
====2764====
* [[33rd Mechanized Infantry Division]]<ref>Field Manual: SLDF, p. 256, "SLDF - Draconis Combine Military Command Map"</ref>
+
* [[33rd Mechanized Infantry Division]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 256: "SLDF - Draconis Combine Military Command Map"</ref>
  
 
====2786====
 
====2786====
* [[18th Galedon Regulars|Eighteenth Galedon Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 137, "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>
+
* [[18th Galedon Regulars|Eighteenth Galedon Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War'', p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>
  
 
====2821====
 
====2821====
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====3025====
 
====3025====
* [[19th Galedon Regulars|Nineteenth Galedon Regulars]]<ref name=HK134>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 134, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* [[19th Galedon Regulars|Nineteenth Galedon Regulars]]<ref name=HK134>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 134: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3038====
 
====3038====
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=H:Wo3039>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138 "Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=H:Wo3039>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138: "Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3040====
 
====3040====
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====3050====
 
====3050====
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=20YU41>''20 Year Update'', p. 41, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=20YU41>''20 Year Update'', p. 41: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3054====
 
====3054====
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=OR26>''Objective Raids'', p. 26, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=OR26>''Objective Raids'', p. 26: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3067====
 
====3067====
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=FMU118>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 118, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* Nineteenth Galedon Regulars<ref name=FMU118>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 118: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3079====
 
====3079====
* [[5th Galedon Regulars|Fifth Galedon Regulars]]<ref>''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 10, "Galedon Regulars Regimental Status"</ref>
+
* [[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.
 
:- At this point in time the 5th was operating at 80% of full strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
  
 
====3085====
 
====3085====
* [[22nd New Samarkand Regulars|Twenty-second New Samarkand Regulars]]<ref name=FM:3085p51>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 51, "DCMS Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
+
* [[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.
 
:- At this point in time the unit was operating at 35% of strength.
  
 
====3145====
 
====3145====
* [[Corvus Keshik (Clan Snow Raven)|Corvus Keshik]]<ref name=FM:3145p173>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 173, "Clan Force Deployments - Raven Alliance"</ref>
+
* [[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/>
 
* [[5th Raven Wing (Clan Snow Raven)|Fifth Raven Wing Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p173/>
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
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== Geography ==
  
 
== Planetary Locations ==
 
== Planetary Locations ==
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==Bad News Station==
 
==Bad News Station==
 
Bad News Station is a space station situated at the [[Zenith jump point]] of the system.<ref name=RaRp6/>
 
Bad News Station is a space station situated at the [[Zenith jump point]] of the system.<ref name=RaRp6/>
 
 
  
 
== Map Gallery ==
 
== Map Gallery ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 +
<div class="desktop-3-col">
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine]]''
+
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Report 2765: DCMS]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
+
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)]]''
 
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
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* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
 
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)]]''
+
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
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* ''[[Royalty and Rogues]]''
 
* ''[[Royalty and Rogues]]''
 
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
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* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
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[[Category:Systems|Bad News]]
 
[[Category:Systems|Bad News]]
 
[[Category:Planets|Bad News]]
 
[[Category:Planets|Bad News]]
[[Category: Draconis Combine Planets]]
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[[Category: Draconis Combine Systems]]
[[Category: Outworlds Alliance Planets]]
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[[Category: Outworlds Alliance Systems]]
[[Category: Raven Alliance Planets]]
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[[Category: Raven Alliance Systems]]

Revision as of 20:54, 10 January 2024

Bad News
Bad News 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates422.117 : 195.368[e]
Recharge station(s)Zenith (Bad News Station)[1]
Planet(s)1[2]

The Bad News system was home to at least one habitable world and a large orbital habitat. As of 3151 it was located in the Raven Alliance.[2]

System Description

The Bad News system lies near the Brasha and Nexus Ri systems.[3][4]

System History

The Bad News system had been colonized by the end of the Age of War.[5]

Political Affiliation


Bad News

Bad News

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.[9] Originally, these forces consisted of a battalion of infantry and a battalion of BattleMechs drawn from 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[56]

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 divisions of Star League troops from V Corps, the 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.[56]

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.[11]

Although individual battalions of the Third Dieron Regulars were moved forward as garrisons to Nexus Ri, Kazanka and Zlatousi in 2583[11] 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 matériel, 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.[57]

Milton-Jones immediately focused her attention on the Third Dieron forces, despite a counterattack 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 counterattack 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.[57]

On the 1st of August 2585 Bad News was ceded to the Draconis Combine along with thirteen other worlds as part of the terms laid out within the Treaty of Cerberus.[12]

Dark Age

Following the disastrous defeat of the AFFS at the Battle of Palmyra in June 3144, Bad News was one of three Draconis Combine worlds which was peacefully transferred to the Raven Alliance's control a month later.[55]

Military Deployment

2572-2577

Star League Defense Force garrison[56] VI Corps detachment consisting of:

2578-2580

Star League Defense Force garrison[56] VI Corps detachment consisting of:

2581

Star League Defense Force garrison[56] VI Corps detachment consisting of:

Star League Outworlds Alliance Task Force[58] VI Corps detachment consisting of:

2582-2585

Third Dieron Regulars (detachment)[57][59]

2764

2786

2821

  • Eighteenth Galedon Regulars[61]

3025

3038

  • Nineteenth Galedon Regulars[63]

3040

  • Nineteenth Galedon Regulars[63]

3050

  • Nineteenth Galedon Regulars[64]

3054

  • Nineteenth Galedon Regulars[65]

3067

  • Nineteenth Galedon Regulars[66]

3079

- At this point in time the 5th was operating at 80% of full strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3085

- At this point in time the unit was operating at 35% of strength.

3145

Bad News Station

Bad News Station is a space station situated at the Zenith jump point of the system.[1]

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 28 systems (27 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Nexus Ri 13.4 Brasha 14.5 Dante 21.0 Zlatousi 24.8
Morthac 29.4 Santiago 30.4 Quantraine 34.9 Milligan's World 35.9
Zalaf 37.8 Dindatari 39.3 Sinope 39.6 Tabayama 40.4
Kazanka 41.1 Ramgarh 42.2 Belacruz 47.0 Pondicherry 48.2
Osset 48.8 Calish 50.4 Quiberas 50.4 Suianheer 51.2
Alegro 51.3 Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt 51.9 Budingen 51.9 Rushaven 53.8
Cerberus 53.9 Chirala 58.3 Valentina 59.0 Koulen 60.8

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  3. 3.0 3.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
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  25. Second Succession War, pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"
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  31. Handbook: House Davion, p. 70: "Federated Suns After Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  32. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  33. Handbook: House Davion, p. 72: "Federated Suns After Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
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  49. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  50. Field Report: DCMS, p. 21
  51. Field Report: Clans, p. 28: "Clan Snow Raven & Outworlds Alliance Deployment Map [3079]"
  52. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
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  55. 55.0 55.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 24: "Timeline of Events (cont.)"
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