Editing Blackstone

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The '''Blackstone''' system was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as at [[3145]] was located in the [[Periphery]] region known as [[The Barrens]].<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>

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== System Description ==
The Blackstone system was located near the [[Oberon VI]] and [[Zertarum]] systems.<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="ER:2750p36"/>

== System History ==
Blackstone was either settled during the [[Star League era]]  by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] or was an already-settled system that became significant enough during this era for [[Inner Sphere]] nations to record it's location on maps.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/><ref name="HB:HSp25"/><ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="ER:2750p36"/>

== Political Affiliation ==
* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2596]] - No record <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38, "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Independent world <ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[3025]] - [[Oberon Confederation]] <ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="TP1E">''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p. 157, "Map of the Periphery"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Oberon Confederation <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - Oberon Confederation <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Oberon Confederation <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - [[Clan Wolf]] <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3057]] - Clan Wolf <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
* [[3059]] - Clan Wolf <ref name="TP2Ep115">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 115, "Greater Valkyrate, Oberon Confederation & Elysian Fields"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Clan Wolf <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
* [[3067]] - Clan Wolf <ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]] <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Clan Hell's Horses <ref name="FR:p27">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 27, "Clan Wolf/Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Clan Hell's Horses <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Clan Hell's Horses <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3095]] - [[New Oberon Confederation]] <ref>''Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions'', p. 43</ref>
* [[3130]] - The Barrens <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
* [[3135]] - The Barrens <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[3145]] - The Barrens <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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== Planetary History ==
Blackstone was a part of the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:HSp36"/> By [[3025]] it was a part of the Oberon Confederation and was subsequently annexed by Clan Wolf during [[Operation REVIVAL]].<ref name="HB:HSp47"/><ref name="TP1E"/><ref name="TP2Ep115"/>

===Clan Invasion===
Following the declaration by [[ilKhan]] [[Leo Showers]] that the Periphery worlds were open territory for attacks during the opening stages of [[Operation REVIVAL]], [[Khan]] [[Ian Hawker]] of [[Clan Diamond Shark]] immediately submitted a bid to conquer Blackstone using the [[Diamond Keshik (Clan Diamond Shark)|Diamond Keshik]], the only Diamond Shark unit involved in REVIVAL at that point. Hawker's request was rebuffed by Showers, who subsequently limited the attacks to only the four primary invading Clans, although Showers did condescendingly offered a spot to Hawker in a [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] raid during the first wave of REVIVAL - an offer Hawker rejected. The exchange of insults between Hawker and Showers went a long way towards reviving traditional loathing between the Diamond Sharks and Smoke Jaguars and would subsequently prompt a number of damaging battles between the two Clans.<ref name="ICp138">''Invading Clans'', p. 138, "Periphery Action"</ref> On August [[3049]] Clan Wolf's [[Silver Keshik (Clan Wolf)|Silver Keshik]] and [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Beta Galaxy]] attacked the planet Blackstone. The defending [[Blackstone Guards]] [[company]] in their aging machines were destroyed by the superior Clan troops.<ref name="WCSp56">''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 56, "Wolf Clan Occupation Zone - The Periphery - Blackstone"</ref>

===Jihad===
The Clan Wolf troops withdrew from Blackstone after the [[Jihad]], but several Clan merchants arranged for technical support to be sent to Blackstone. These technicians helped to rebuild several fortresses on the world, creating a modern [[Castle Brian]].<ref>''Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions'', p. 42</ref>
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== Planetary Locations ==
* Darnin Hills: The site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL.<ref name="WCSp56"/>
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== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
|-
| [[Oberon VI]]
| 12.5
| [[Zertarum]]
| 17.7
| [[Placida]]
| 18.3
| [[Sigurd]]
| 20.9
|-
| [[Butte Hold]]
| 25.6
| [[New Ålborg]]
| 28.5
| [[Bensinger]]
| 29.4
| [[Beowulf (planet)|Beowulf]]
| 33.7
|-
| [[Cryfder]]
| 35.8
| [[Last Chance]]
| 36.1
| [[Here]]
| 38.9
| [[Drask's Den]]
| 40.5
|-
| [[Crellacor]]
| 41.2
| [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]]
| 41.5
| [[Toland]]
| 42.9
| [[Iron Land]]
| 45.2
|-
| [[The Rock]]
| 49.6
| [[Dirkel]]
| 50.8
| [[Paulus Prime]]
| 51.3
| [[Lackhove]]
| 51.5
|-
| [[Steelton]]
| 54.3
| [[Botany Bay]]
| 54.8
| [[Von Strang's World]]
| 55.7
| [[Gotterdammerung]]
| 56.3
|-
| [[Anywhere]]
| 57.3
| [[Gustrell]]
| 57.7
| [[Star's End]]
| 58.0
| [[Somerset]]
| 59.6
|-
|}

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions]]''
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition]]''
* ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]''

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