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The '''Bethel''' system was the location of at least one habitable world and as at [[3145]] was located in the [[Kathil Operational Area]] of the [[Capellan March]] within the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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The '''Bethel''' system was the location of at least one habitable world and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Kathil Operational Area]] of the [[Capellan March]] within the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
  
 
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The Bethel system is located close to the [[Andro]] and [[Knutdor]] systems.<ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
 
The Bethel system is located close to the [[Andro]] and [[Knutdor]] systems.<ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
  
The system's third planet is a gas giant.<ref>''Warrior: Coupé'', chapter 12</ref>
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The system's third planet is a gas giant.<ref name=WCc12>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 12</ref>
  
 
The inhabited planet in the Bethel system is an open-environment world.
 
The inhabited planet in the Bethel system is an open-environment world.
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== Political Affiliation ==
 
== Political Affiliation ==
* [[2366]] - Independent World within the [[Capellan Zone]] <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"</ref>
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* [[2366]] - Independent World within the [[Capellan Zone]]<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"</ref>
* [[2367]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] <ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"</ref>
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* [[2367]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13: "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"</ref>
* [[2571]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25: "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succession War [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - [[Federated Suns]] <ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succession War [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[2940]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp89">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 89, "Justinia's Cuirassiers"</ref>
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* [[2940]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp89">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 89: "Justinia's Cuirassiers"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succession War [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49: "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, Inner Sphere [3050] Map</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: Inner Sphere [3050] Map</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, Inner Sphere [3052] Map</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: Inner Sphere [3052] Map</ref>
* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, Inner Sphere [3057] Map</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: Inner Sphere [3057] Map</ref>
* [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, Inner Sphere [3063] Map</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: Inner Sphere [3063] Map</ref>
* [[3067]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68: "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - Federated Suns <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, Inner Sphere [3075] Map</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Federated Suns<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: Inner Sphere [3075] Map</ref>
* [[3079]] - Federated Suns <ref>''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21, "Federated Suns Deployment Table [3079]"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Federated Suns<ref>''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21: "Federated Suns Deployment Table [3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Federated Suns <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Federated Suns<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Federated Suns <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Federated Suns<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Federated Suns <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Federated Suns<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
* [[3145]] - Federated Suns <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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* [[3145]] - Federated Suns<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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===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
 
====Fourth Succession War====
 
====Fourth Succession War====
On April 14th [[3029]], a strike force led by [[Justin Xiang]] and several [[Maskirovka]] agents hit Bethel Lab while the [[4th Tau Ceti Rangers]] distracted [[Davion Light Guards]]'s Delta Company on another side of the planet.<ref name=WCp72>''Warrior: Coupé'', p. 72 - Justin given word that the 4th Tau Ceti Rangers successfully distracted Captain Redburn's forces.</ref> Justin and his team manage to penetrate the facility's security, sedate the researchers, and obtain experimental myomer fibers.<ref name=WCp75>''Warrior: Coupé'', p. 75 - Romano's agent strikes and fails.</ref>
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On April 14th [[3029]], a strike force led by [[Justin Xiang]] and several [[Maskirovka]] agents hit Bethel Lab while the [[4th Tau Ceti Rangers]] distracted [[Davion Light Guards]]'s Delta Company on another side of the planet.<ref name=WCp72>''Warrior: Coupé'', p. 72: Justin given word that the 4th Tau Ceti Rangers successfully distracted Captain Redburn's forces.</ref> Justin and his team manage to penetrate the facility's security, sedate the researchers, and obtain experimental myomer fibers.<ref name=WCp75>''Warrior: Coupé'', p. 75: Romano's agent strikes and fails.</ref>
  
 
====Jihad====
 
====Jihad====
During the [[Jihad]], Bethel was the site of one of the more ignoble [[Word of Blake]] defeats; while conducting a heavy raid against Bethel on the 22nd of November [[3070]], the Blakist raiders miscalled a nuclear strike, bringing the nuclear attack down on their own position and effectively destroying themselves.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
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During the [[Jihad]], Bethel was the site of one of the more ignoble [[Word of Blake]] defeats; while conducting a heavy raid against Bethel on the 22nd of November [[3070]], the Blakist raiders miscalled a nuclear strike, bringing the nuclear attack down on their own position and effectively destroying themselves.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
 
====2765====
 
====2765====
* [[1st Redfield Regulars|First Redfield Regulars]]<ref>''Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation'', p. 14, "Regimental Status"</ref>
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* [[1st Redfield Regulars|First Redfield Regulars]]<ref>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 14: "Regimental Status"</ref>
  
 
====2786====
 
====2786====
* First Redfield Regulars<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', p. 136, "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"</ref>
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* First Redfield Regulars<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War'', p. 136: "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"</ref>
  
 
====2821====
 
====2821====
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====3067====
 
====3067====
* [[DropShip Irregulars]]<ref name=MS70>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 70, "Mercenary Employment Table"</ref>
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* [[DropShip Irregulars]]<ref name=MS70>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 70: "Mercenary Employment Table"</ref>
  
===Geography===  
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===Geography===
 
Unknown.
 
Unknown.
  
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===Industrial Centers===
 
===Industrial Centers===
* [[TerraDyne Corporation]]: Ostensibly an electronics factory, it held a secret research facility associated with the [[NAIS]].<ref name=WCc12>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch 12</ref>
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* [[TerraDyne Corporation]]: Ostensibly an electronics factory, it held a secret research facility associated with the [[NAIS]].<ref name=WCc12 />
  
 
== Map Gallery ==
 
== Map Gallery ==
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: CCAF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (Sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''

Revision as of 23:05, 13 June 2022

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

Bethel
Bethel 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates140.619 : -184.105[e]

The Bethel system was the location of at least one habitable world and as of 3145 was located in the Kathil Operational Area of the Capellan March within the Federated Suns.[1][2]

System Description

The Bethel system is located close to the Andro and Knutdor systems.[3]

The system's third planet is a gas giant.[4]

The inhabited planet in the Bethel system is an open-environment world.

System History

The Bethel system was colonized during or shortly after the First Exodus from Terra and was an independent system within the Capellan Zone prior to joining the Capellan Confederation when the Confederation formed.[5]

Political Affiliation


Bethel

Planetary History

Fourth Succession War

On April 14th 3029, a strike force led by Justin Xiang and several Maskirovka agents hit Bethel Lab while the 4th Tau Ceti Rangers distracted Davion Light Guards's Delta Company on another side of the planet.[35] Justin and his team manage to penetrate the facility's security, sedate the researchers, and obtain experimental myomer fibers.[36]

Jihad

During the Jihad, Bethel was the site of one of the more ignoble Word of Blake defeats; while conducting a heavy raid against Bethel on the 22nd of November 3070, the Blakist raiders miscalled a nuclear strike, bringing the nuclear attack down on their own position and effectively destroying themselves.[37]

Military Deployment

2765

2786

  • First Redfield Regulars[39]

2821

  • First Redfield Regulars[39]

=3029

3067

Geography

Unknown.

Planetary Locations

Unknown.

Industrial Centers

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 60 systems (58 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Knutdor 11.5 Andro 11.8 Noh-wan Hohm 15.5 Alcyone 17.3
Hurgh 17.5 Daniels 20.3 Turko 20.4 Gahral 21.3
Bahl's Retreat 22.5 Gallitzin 22.6 Khi 22.8 Monhegan 24.6
Stein's Folly 25.1 Redfield 28.6 Adler 30.3 Monongahela 30.4
Orbisonia 30.5 Oli 33.1 Dowles 33.2 Brabent 34.5
Vintru 34.6 Cammal 34.9 Staffin 35.3 Alto 35.6
Shoreham 37.6 Necromo 38.0 Quittacas 39.7 Helixmar 39.8
Novaya Zemlya 40.1 Royalston 40.2 Armaxa 40.4 Perkasie 41.5
Lee 43.1 St. Ives 43.3 Paches 43.6 Namen 44.5
Ares 46.4 Nashuar 46.6 Laong 46.9 Kathil 47.0
Kek 47.1 Lacadon 49.0 Stockpoll 49.3 Mytilene 49.6
Maharet 50.9 Aosia 51.2 Boeotia 52.0 Lhasa 52.4
Weekapaug 52.8 Capricorn 53.1 Fable 53.4 Tsingtao 55.5
Haappajarvi 56.7 Taga 56.7 Kluane 57.6 Wappingers 58.4
Mentasta 59.4 Herat 59.5 Acala 60.1 Moravian 60.6

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Warrior: Coupé, ch. 12
  5. 5.0 5.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 13: "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"
  6. Handbook: House Liao, p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"
  7. Handbook: House Liao, p. 25: "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"
  8. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  9. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  10. First Succession War, p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  11. Handbook: House Liao, p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"
  12. Handbook: House Davion, p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War [2822] Map"
  13. First Succession War, p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  14. Handbook: House Liao, p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
  15. Handbook: House Davion, p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War [2864] Map"
  16. Handbook: House Liao, p. 89: "Justinia's Cuirassiers"
  17. Handbook: House Liao, p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"
  18. Handbook: House Davion, p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  19. Handbook: House Liao, p. 49: "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  20. Handbook: House Davion, p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  21. Handbook: House Davion, p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"
  22. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  23. Era Report: 3052, p. 11: Inner Sphere [3050] Map
  24. Era Report: 3052, p. 23: Inner Sphere [3052] Map
  25. Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere [3057] Map
  26. Handbook: House Liao, p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  27. Era Report: 3062, p. 29: Inner Sphere [3063] Map
  28. Handbook: House Liao, p. 68: "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  29. Handbook: House Davion, p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  30. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: Inner Sphere [3075] Map
  31. Field Report: AFFS, p. 21: "Federated Suns Deployment Table [3079]"
  32. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  33. Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  34. Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  35. 35.0 35.1 Warrior: Coupé, p. 72: Justin given word that the 4th Tau Ceti Rangers successfully distracted Captain Redburn's forces.
  36. Warrior: Coupé, p. 75: Romano's agent strikes and fails.
  37. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48: "The Jihad In Review"
  38. Field Report 2765: CCAF, p. 14: "Regimental Status"
  39. 39.0 39.1 First Succession War, p. 136: "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"
  40. Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 70: "Mercenary Employment Table"

Bibliography