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==System Description==
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== System Description ==
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Chesterton is located near the [[Tedibyhr]] and [[Ulan Batar]] systems<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> and consists of a class G9V primary orbited by at least five planets. During the [[thirty-first century]] recharge stations were in place at both of the system [[jump point]]s.<ref name=HL152/><ref name=HBD87/>
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The Chesterton system is located near the [[Tedibyhr]] and [[Ulan Batar]] systems<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> and consists of a class G9V primary orbited by at least five planets. During the [[thirty-first century]] recharge stations were in place at both of the system [[jump point]]s.<ref name=HL152/><ref name=HBD87/>
  
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==System History==
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== System History ==
 
The Chesterton system was colonized during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HB:HLp12"/> Chesterton was the capital of one of the earliest interstellar states to form in the [[Inner Sphere]], and remained an administrative capital within several larger states at various points in time.<ref name="HL(TCC)p9"/><ref name="HL(TCC)p20"/>
 
The Chesterton system was colonized during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HB:HLp12"/> Chesterton was the capital of one of the earliest interstellar states to form in the [[Inner Sphere]], and remained an administrative capital within several larger states at various points in time.<ref name="HL(TCC)p9"/><ref name="HL(TCC)p20"/>
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==Chesterton V==
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| caption            = Planetary flag of Chesterton
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| name                = Chesterton V
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| position            = 5th<ref name=HL152/><ref name=HBD87/>
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| distance            = 5.82 days<ref name=HBD87/>
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| moons              = 5 (Angela, Iannius, Moira, Nochus, Willus)<ref name=HBD87/>
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| gravity            = 1.13<ref name=HBD87/>
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HBD87/>
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| temperature        = 31° C (Temperate)<ref name=HBD87/>
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| water              = 75%<ref name=HBD87/>
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| life                = Mammals<ref name=HL152/><ref name=HBD87/>
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| year                = 3025<ref name=HL152/> - 3067<ref name=HBD87/>
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| ruler              = Duke [[Errol Fenlon]] (3067)<ref name=HBD87/><br/>Duke [[Basil Hargreaves]] (3145)<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 42: "Fourth St. Ives Sentinels"</ref>
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| population          = 1,684,000,000 (3025)<ref name=HL152/><br>2,607,760,000 (3067)<ref name=HBD87/>
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| USIIR              = B-B-A-B-B<ref name=HBD87/>
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| hpg                = A<ref name=HL152/><ref name=HBD87/> ([[Precentor]] [[Li Sho Ken]])<ref name=HL152/>
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Chesterton V - more commonly referred to simply as Chesterton - is the fifth planet in the Chesterton system and has five moons named Angela, Iannius, Moira, Nochus and Willus.<ref name=HBD87/>
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== Planetary History ==
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===Early History===
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The Chesterton colony was founded by Welsh explorer and wealthy trading fleet magnate [[Tristam Chesterton]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p9"/> - also known as Ian Tristram Chesterton<ref name=HBD87/> - owner of one of the largest trading fleets of the era<ref name="HL(TCC)p9"/> and a man generally considered to have been the last of the great Welsh space explorers.<ref name=HBD87/> Chesterton occupied a strategic location close to several systems that were already being developed and had abundant water with which to support colonization efforts; this helped the system become a natural trade crossroads,<ref name=HBD87/> and by [[2193]] Chesterton was the center of the newly-founded [[Chesterton Trade League]],<ref name="HB:HLp12">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12: "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref> a mutual protection pact that began with the worlds of Chesterton and [[Demeter]] and which gained new worlds with every passing year. When the Terran Alliance commissioned the [[Alliance Grand Survey|Grand Alliance Survey of Populated Worlds]] in [[2235]] it was noted that Chesterton didn't consider itself to be even nominally under the authority of the [[Terran Alliance]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p9"/> At some point prior to [[2243]] Chesterton and the remaining worlds of the Chesterton nation - variously referred to as the Chesterton Trade League, [[Chesterton Trade Federation]] and [[Chesterton Trade Worlds]] - joined their sister nation to become one of three provinces in the [[Tikonov Union]], and later the [[Tikonov Grand Union]]. Under the Union and then the Grand Union Chesterton served as the capital world of the Chesterton Province.<ref name="HL(TCC)p20">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 20: "The Tikonov Connection"</ref> Despite the existence of the Tikonov Grand Union, the former Chesterton nation continued to exist as an independent or semi-independent nation, using the Chesterton Trade Federation name. It was the Chesterton Trade Federation that fought a war with the [[Federated Suns]] over the worlds of [[Beten Kaitos]] and [[Emerson]] between [[2318]] and [[2321]].<ref name="HB:HDp19">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 19: "Muskegon and Chesterton"</ref>
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By [[2357]] the [[Sarna Supremacy]] had absorbed the Trade Federation, including the former capital world of Chesterton. In July 2357 a large force from the [[Federated Peacekeeping Forces]] - the armed forces of the Federated Suns - landed on the former Chesterton world of [[Bell]] and claimed it in the name of the Federated Suns, with Prime Minister [[Reynard Davion]] also demanding that the Supremacy cede the worlds of Chesterton and [[Highspire]] to the Federated Suns.<ref name="HB:HDp22"/><ref name="HD(TFS)p27">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 27: "The War Leader"</ref> The Supremacy had no choice but to comply;<ref name="HB:HDp22"/> Federated Suns troops went on to capture and hold Chesterton in the face of ineffective counterattacks.<ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13: "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref>
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Chesterton would remain a Federated Suns world during the era of the [[Star League]], despite a concerted effort by the Capellan Confederation to seize the planet during the [[Border War (28th c.)|border war]] fought between the two nations from [[2760]] to [[2762]]. Capellan forces occupied Chesterton, only to find their control of the world hotly contested by the [[Syrtis Fusiliers]]; the Capellans were also rejected by the civilian population of the world.<ref name="FR2765:FSp3">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 3: "Fractures Revealed"</ref>
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===Succession Wars===
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Given the long history of tensions over its ownership, Chesterton was the site and trigger for numerous conflicts during the brutal [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]].
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==== First Succession War ====
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In [[2795]], following the appointment of [[Sandol Quinn]] as regent to [[Ilsa Liao]], the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] launched an invasion of the Federated Suns intended to capture the politically-significant Chesterton system. Planned by Quinn, the operation was intended to take advantage of the AFFS' continuing focus on trying to resist the massive [[Draconis Combine]] invasion of the Federated Suns, which stood poised to capture [[New Avalon]] itself. Quinn's plan involved encircling Chesterton by taking the systems around it, using mercenary units for the initial invasions - predominantly or exclusively former [[Star League Defense Force]] commands that had been recruited by the Confederation - and following up with CCAF line regiments to reinforce the assault and then secure the captured worlds. Whilst launching one or two planetary invasions aimed at systems around Chesterton, Quinn also had the CCAF copy tactics used by the Combine so effectively, leapfrogging over border systems to capture a number of systems further inside the Federated Suns to add pressure to the AFFS. Quinn's strategy worked well for several years; by [[2797]] the CCAF had occupied Ogilvie, as well the [[Branzoll]], [[Carmacks]], [[Salem]], [[Sekulmun]] and [[Victoria (FS)|Victoria]], creating Capellan "islands" within the borders of the Federated Suns that forced the AFFS to spread its already-stretched border forces even more thinly at a critical time.<ref name="FSWp81">''First Succession War'', pp. 81–82: "Quinn's War: The Confederation-Suns Front"</ref>
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By [[2799]] The CCAF had seized every world within jump distance of Chesterton, isolating the system, in what had been a remarkably cleanly-fought campaign for the era. Despite isolating the system, Chesterton remained free; although the CCAF had captured or destroyed all of the local jump-capable ships, it lacked the [[WarShip]] resources to blockade the system, and Chesterton was a self-sustaining world. Intelligence gathered by the [[Maskirovka]] indicated that the AFFS forces on Chesterton were well-fortified and remarkably well-stocked, having been heavily reinforced by the survivors of other units engaged in the area that had fallen back to Chesterton. Quinn decided to attempt to secure control of the system via diplomacy, sending emissaries to stress how isolated the system was, and the focus the AFFS retained on driving back the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] throughout the Federated Suns, making rescue unlikely, and finally the likely level of slaughter that would be involved if the CCAF was forced to invade the world and breach the planetary defenses.<ref name="FSWp81"/>
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The AFFS response to Quinn's proposals was emphatic, and blunt. The local senior Commanding Officer, [[Leftenant General]] [[Thomas J. King]], informed the emissaries sent by Quinn that he had at his disposal a stockpile of cobalt-jacketed nuclear weapons, and that he was entirely intent on unleashing them as soon as any Capellan units began landing on Chesterton. When the emissaries reacted by questioning King's sanity, his reply was succinct: "I know how much your Chancellor loves surprises." Maskirovka investigations were unable to confirm if King actually had the nuclear weapons at his disposal, but those investigations did confirm that the AFFS forces on Chesterton were fanatical in their intention to hold the world, particularly following the news they had received of the massacre on [[Kentares IV]] unleashed by [[Jinjiro Kurita]]. In isolating Chesterton and destroying or capturing those vessels that the defenders could have used to escape, Quinn hadn't weakened the AFFS' resolve - he had instead convinced them that they had nothing left to lose, and the defenders were both well-disciplined and heavily dug-in. Faced with the certain knowledge that any campaign to capture the world by force would force his own troops to resort to weapons of mass destruction in turn, Quinn ordered his forces around Chesterton to instead maintain a defensive posture while he attempted to come up with an alternative plan of action.<ref name="FSWp81"/>
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As the [[First Succession War]] had dragged on for two decades with the Confederation's military neared exhaustion, [[Chancellor]] [[Ilsa Liao]] extended a public peace proposal to [[First Prince]] [[Paul Davion (29th c.)|Paul Davion]], making the startling offer to renounce her claim to [[First Lord]]ship of the [[Star League]] and back him for the position in return for the Federated Suns ceding all claim to Chesterton and the other Chesterton Commonality worlds to the Confederation. With the title of First Lord all but meaningless by this point and embittered by Confederation having profited from the Federated Suns weakness at the start of the war, the First Prince instead immediately and angrily responded by sending the [[3rd Crucis Lancers|Third]] and [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], among the most rabidly anti-Capellan units in the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], to strike the Confederation, retaking those Chesterton worlds the Capellans had won in the past decade.<ref name=HHL-28>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 28: "Sandol Quinn - Ilsa the Peacemaker - Debacle at Chesterton"</ref><ref name=HL-47>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 47: "History - The Succession Wars - Sandol Quinn Recoups - A Proffered Hand - Second Succession War"</ref>
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Unable to acquire Chesterton via diplomatic means, Ilsa sent a top secret strike force consisting of four of the CCAF's best [[regiment]]s to regain the lost Commonality capital in [[2811]]. Unfortunately a [[MIIO]] mole in the [[Maskirovka]] leaked word of the plan to the AFFS and instead of surprising the Davion troop, the Capellan units were ambushed shortly after landing. While emboldened by fighting on Chesterton's near sacred soil, the outnumbered Capellan troops suffered extremely heavy losses before they reluctantly withdrew, barely two [[battalion]]s' worth of survivors reaching their [[DropShip]]s to flee. The debacle on Chesterton would be the last major conflict fought by Confederation before the First Succession War finally drew to a inconclusive close in [[2821]].<ref name=HHL-28/><ref name=HL-47/>
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[[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] was raised by Lord Gamala McCarron on Chesterton in [[2930]].
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In [[3005]], elements of the [[Blackwind Lancers]] and [[Marion's Highlanders]], based on [[Halloran]], raided Chesterton.  This attack, as well as others, would trigger the Federated Suns to attack the Lancers and Highlanders base of operations on Halloran with [[Wolf's Dragoons]].<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', pp. 7–8</ref>
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The near constant attempts by the Capellan Confederation to reclaim the world damaged the planet's infrastructure and made it difficult for the citizens to live there. During the 3030's and 3040's however the peaceful climate in the Inner Sphere and the technology boom made possible by the [[Helm Memory Core]] allowed Chesterton to rebuild much of its infrastructure and industrial capacity. By [[3067]] the mining and pharmaceutical industries on the world had recovered, as had the ranches that produced meat animals.<ref name=HBD87/>
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During the Jihad, Chesterton was attacked yet again; invaded on the 20th of May [[3071]], the attackers this time were a group of cybernetically-augmented Thuggee fanatics, operating under the name "[[Warrior House Rakshasa]]". The cybernetic enhancements led to speculation that there was a link between [[Kali Liao]] and the [[Manei Domini]], and [[Chancellor]] [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] later denied authorizing an attack on Chesterton. Warrior House Rakshasa then left Chesterton as unexpectedly as they'd arrived, lifting off on the 17th of June.<ref name="JHS3076p16">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 16: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
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===The Dark Age===
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In December of 3144, [[Operation CELESTIAL REWARD]] saw the capture of Chesterton by the [[Fifth McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] and [[Second Tikonov Guards]] from the [[Federated Suns]]. The defending [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] retreated to [[Ulan Batar]] rather than face destruction.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 32: "Fifth McCarron's Armored Cavalry"</ref> The capture of Chesterton and surrounding worlds has resulted in the re-formation of the [[Chesterton Commonality]] and the reinstatement of the [[House Hargreaves|Hargreaves Family]] as hereditary rulers.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 42: "Fourth St. Ives Sentinels"</ref>
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== Political Affiliation ==
 
* [[2193]] - [[Chesterton Trade League]]<ref name="HB:HLp12"/>
 
* [[2193]] - [[Chesterton Trade League]]<ref name="HB:HLp12"/>
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* [[2235]] - Chesterton Trade League<ref name="HL(TCC)p9">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 9: "Liao and Its Neighbors"</ref>
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* [[2235]] - Chesterton Trade League<ref name="HL(TCC)p9">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 9: "Liao And Its Neighbors"</ref>
 
* ca. [[2236]] - [[2243]] - [[Tikonov Union]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p20"/>
 
* ca. [[2236]] - [[2243]] - [[Tikonov Union]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p20"/>
 
* [[2243]] - [[Tikonov Grand Union]]<ref name=HL10>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 10: "The Other Shoe"</ref>
 
* [[2243]] - [[Tikonov Grand Union]]<ref name=HL10>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 10: "The Other Shoe"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<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>
 
* [[3145]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<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>
 
* [[3151]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref>
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==Chesterton V==
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* Duke Errol Fenlon<ref name=HBD87/>
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| image              = Chesterton Flag.jpg
 
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| name                = Chesterton V
 
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| position            = Fifth<ref name=HL152/><ref name=HBD87/>
 
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| distance            = 5.82 days<ref name=HBD87/>
 
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| moons              = 5 (Angela, Iannius, Moira, Nochus, Willus)<ref name=HBD87/>
 
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| gravity            = 1.13<ref name=HBD87/>
 
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HBD87/>
 
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| temperature        = 31° C (Temperate)<ref name=HBD87/>
 
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| water              = 75%<ref name=HL152/><ref name=HBD87/>
 
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| life                = Mammals<ref name=HL152/><ref name=HBD87/>
 
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| continents          = 9 small continents<ref name=HBD87/>
 
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| colonized          = [[2412]]<ref name=HL152/>
 
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| population          = 1,684,000,000 (3025),<ref name=HL152/><br>2,607,760,000 (3067)<ref name=HBD87/>
 
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| ruler              = [[Duke of Chesterton]]
 
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Chesterton V, more commonly referred to simply as Chesterton, is the fifth planet in the Chesterton system and has five moons named Angela, Iannius, Moira, Nochus and Willus.<ref name=HBD87/>
 
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===Planetary History===
 
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The Chesterton colony was founded by Welsh explorer and wealthy trading fleet magnate [[Tristam Chesterton]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p9"/>—also known as Ian Tristram Chesterton<ref name=HBD87/>—owner of one of the largest trading fleets of the era<ref name="HL(TCC)p9"/> and a man generally considered to have been the last of the great Welsh space explorers.<ref name=HBD87/> Chesterton occupied a strategic location close to several systems that were already being developed and had abundant water with which to support colonization efforts; this helped the system become a natural trade crossroads,<ref name=HBD87/> and by [[2193]] Chesterton was the center of the newly founded [[Chesterton Trade League]],<ref name="HB:HLp12">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12: "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref> a mutual protection pact that began with the worlds of Chesterton and [[Demeter]] and which gained new worlds with every passing year. When the Terran Alliance commissioned the [[Alliance Grand Survey|Grand Alliance Survey of Populated Worlds]] in [[2235]] it was noted that Chesterton didn't consider itself to be even nominally under the authority of the [[Terran Alliance]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p9"/> At some point prior to [[2243]] Chesterton and the remaining worlds of the Chesterton nation - variously referred to as the Chesterton Trade League, [[Chesterton Trade Federation]] and [[Chesterton Trade Worlds]] - joined their sister nation to become one of three provinces in the [[Tikonov Union]], and later the [[Tikonov Grand Union]]. Under the Union and then the Grand Union Chesterton served as the capital world of the Chesterton Province.<ref name="HL(TCC)p20">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 20: "The Tikonov Connection"</ref> Despite the existence of the Tikonov Grand Union, the former Chesterton nation continued to exist as an independent or semi-independent nation, using the Chesterton Trade Federation name. It was the Chesterton Trade Federation that fought a war with the [[Federated Suns]] over the worlds of [[Beten Kaitos]] and [[Emerson]] between [[2318]] and [[2321]].<ref name="HB:HDp19">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 19: "Muskegon and Chesterton"</ref>
 
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By [[2357]], the [[Sarna Supremacy]] had absorbed the Trade Federation, including the former capital world of Chesterton. In July 2357, a large force from the [[Federated Peacekeeping Forces]]—the armed forces of the Federated Suns—landed on the former Chesterton world of [[Bell]] and claimed it in the name of the Federated Suns, with Prime Minister [[Reynard Davion]] also demanding that the Supremacy cede the worlds of Chesterton and [[Highspire]] to the Federated Suns.<ref name="HB:HDp22"/><ref name="HD(TFS)p27">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 27: "The War Leader"</ref> The Supremacy had no choice but to comply;<ref name="HB:HDp22"/> Federated Suns troops went on to capture and hold Chesterton in the face of ineffective counterattacks.<ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13: "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref>
 
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Chesterton would remain a Federated Suns world during the era of the [[Star League]], despite a concerted effort by the Capellan Confederation to seize the planet during the [[Border War (28th c.)|border war]] fought between the two nations from [[2760]] to [[2762]]. Capellan forces occupied Chesterton, only to find their control of the world hotly contested by the [[Syrtis Fusiliers]]; the Capellans were also rejected by the civilian population of the world.<ref name="FR2765:FSp3">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 3: "Fractures Revealed"</ref>
 
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Given the long history of tensions over its ownership, Chesterton was the site and trigger for numerous conflicts during the brutal [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]].
 
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In [[2795]], following the appointment of [[Sandol Quinn]] as regent to [[Ilsa Liao]], the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] launched an invasion of the Federated Suns intended to capture the politically significant Chesterton system. Planned by Quinn, the operation was intended to take advantage of the AFFS' continuing focus on trying to resist the massive [[Draconis Combine]] invasion of the Federated Suns, which stood poised to capture [[New Avalon]] itself. Quinn's plan involved encircling Chesterton by taking the systems around it, using mercenary units for the initial invasions—predominantly or exclusively former [[Star League Defense Force]] commands that had been recruited by the Confederation—and following up with CCAF line regiments to reinforce the assault and then secure the captured worlds. Whilst launching one or two planetary invasions aimed at systems around Chesterton, Quinn also had the CCAF copy tactics used by the Combine so effectively, leapfrogging over border systems to capture a number of systems further inside the Federated Suns to add pressure to the AFFS. Quinn's strategy worked well for several years; by [[2797]] the CCAF had occupied Ogilvie, as well the [[Branzoll]], [[Carmacks]], [[Salem]], [[Sekulmun]], and [[Victoria (FS)|Victoria]], creating Capellan "islands" within the borders of the Federated Suns that forced the AFFS to spread its already-stretched border forces even more thinly at a critical time.<ref name="FSWp81">''First Succession War'', pp. 81–82: "Quinn's War: The Confederation-Suns Front"</ref>
 
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By [[2799]], The CCAF had seized every world within jump distance of Chesterton, isolating the system, in what had been a remarkably cleanly fought campaign for the era. Despite isolating the system, Chesterton remained free; although the CCAF had captured or destroyed all of the local jump-capable ships, it lacked the [[WarShip]] resources to blockade the system, and Chesterton was a self-sustaining world. Intelligence gathered by the [[Maskirovka]] indicated that the AFFS forces on Chesterton were well-fortified and remarkably well-stocked, having been heavily reinforced by the survivors of other units engaged in the area that had fallen back to Chesterton. Quinn decided to attempt to secure control of the system via diplomacy, sending emissaries to stress how isolated the system was, and the focus the AFFS retained on driving back the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] throughout the Federated Suns, making rescue unlikely, and finally the likely level of slaughter that would be involved if the CCAF was forced to invade the world and breach the planetary defenses.<ref name="FSWp81"/>
 
  
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The AFFS response to Quinn's proposals was emphatic, and blunt. The local senior Commanding Officer, [[Leftenant General]] [[Thomas King (29th c.)|Thomas J. King]], informed the emissaries sent by Quinn that he had at his disposal a stockpile of cobalt-jacketed nuclear weapons, and that he was entirely intent on unleashing them as soon as any Capellan units began landing on Chesterton. When the emissaries reacted by questioning King's sanity, his reply was succinct: "I know how much your Chancellor loves surprises." Maskirovka investigations were unable to confirm if King actually had the nuclear weapons at his disposal, but those investigations did confirm that the AFFS forces on Chesterton were fanatical in their intention to hold the world, particularly following the news they had received of the massacre on [[Kentares IV]] unleashed by [[Jinjiro Kurita]]. In isolating Chesterton and destroying or capturing those vessels that the defenders could have used to escape, Quinn hadn't weakened the AFFS' resolve—he had instead convinced them that they had nothing left to lose, and the defenders were both well-disciplined and heavily dug-in. Faced with the certain knowledge that any campaign to capture the world by force would force his own troops to resort to weapons of mass destruction in turn, Quinn ordered his forces around Chesterton to instead maintain a defensive posture while he attempted to come up with an alternative plan of action.<ref name="FSWp81"/>
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=== 3145 ===
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* Duke Basil Hargreaves<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 42: "Fourth St. Ives Sentinels"</ref>
  
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As the [[First Succession War]] had dragged on for two decades with the Confederation's military neared exhaustion, [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Ilsa Liao]] extended a public peace proposal to [[First Prince]] [[Paul Davion (29th c.)|Paul Davion]], making the startling offer to renounce her claim to [[First Lord]]ship of the [[Star League]] and back him for the position in return for the Federated Suns ceding all claim to Chesterton and the other Chesterton Commonality worlds to the Confederation. With the title of First Lord all but meaningless by this point and embittered by Confederation having profited from the Federated Suns weakness at the start of the war, the First Prince instead immediately and angrily responded by sending the [[Third Crucis Lancers|Third]] and [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], among the most rabidly anti-Capellan units in the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], to strike the Confederation, retaking those Chesterton worlds the Capellans had won in the past decade.<ref name=HHL-28>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 28: "Sandol Quinn - Ilsa the Peacemaker - Debacle at Chesterton"</ref><ref name=HL-47>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 47: "History - The Succession Wars - Sandol Quinn Recoups - A Proffered Hand - Second Succession War"</ref>
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== Military Deployment ==
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===2764===
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Unable to acquire Chesterton via diplomatic means, Ilsa sent a top secret strike force consisting of four of the CCAF's best [[regiment]]s to regain the lost Commonality capital in [[2811]]. Unfortunately a [[MIIO]] mole in the [[Maskirovka]] leaked word of the plan to the AFFS and instead of surprising the Davion troop, the Capellan units were ambushed shortly after landing. While emboldened by fighting on Chesterton's near sacred soil, the outnumbered Capellan troops suffered extremely heavy losses before they reluctantly withdrew, barely two [[battalion]]s' worth of survivors reaching their [[DropShip]]s to flee. The debacle on Chesterton would be the last major conflict fought by Confederation before the First Succession War finally drew to an inconclusive close in [[2821]].<ref name=HHL-28/><ref name=HL-47/>
 
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[[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] was raised by Lord Gamala McCarron on Chesterton in [[2930]].
 
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In [[3005]], elements of the [[Blackwind Lancers]] and [[Marion's Highlanders]], based on [[Halloran]], raided Chesterton.  This attack, as well as others, would trigger the Federated Suns to attack the Lancers and Highlanders base of operations on Halloran with [[Wolf's Dragoons]].<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', pp. 7–8</ref>
 
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The near constant attempts by the Capellan Confederation to reclaim the world damaged the planet's infrastructure and made it difficult for the citizens to live there. During the 3030s and 3040s however the peaceful climate in the Inner Sphere and the technology boom made possible by the [[Helm Memory Core]] allowed Chesterton to rebuild much of its infrastructure and industrial capacity. By [[3067]] the mining and pharmaceutical industries on the world had recovered, as had the ranches that produced meat animals.<ref name=HBD87/>
 
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During the Jihad, Chesterton was attacked yet again; invaded on 20 May [[3071]], the attackers this time were a group of cybernetically augmented Thuggee fanatics, operating under the name "[[Warrior House Rakshasa]]." The cybernetic enhancements led to speculation that there was a link between [[Kali Liao]] and the [[Manei Domini]], and Chancellor [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] later denied authorizing an attack on Chesterton. Warrior House Rakshasa then left Chesterton as unexpectedly as they'd arrived, lifting off on the 17th of June.<ref name="JHS3076p16">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 16: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
 
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====The Dark Age====
 
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In December of 3144, [[Operation CELESTIAL REWARD]] saw the capture of Chesterton by the [[Fifth McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] and [[Second Tikonov Guards]] from the [[Federated Suns]]. The defending [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] retreated to [[Ulan Batar]] rather than face destruction.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 32: "Fifth McCarron's Armored Cavalry"</ref> The capture of Chesterton and surrounding worlds has resulted in the re-formation of the [[Chesterton Commonality]] and the reinstatement of the [[House Hargreaves|Hargreaves Family]] as hereditary rulers.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 42: "Fourth St. Ives Sentinels"</ref>
 
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===Military Deployment===
 
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====2764====
 
 
* [[159th BattleMech Division]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 252: "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"</ref>
 
* [[159th BattleMech Division]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 252: "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"</ref>
  
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====2765====
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=== 2765 ===
 
* [[Eighth Syrtis Fusiliers]]<ref name="FR2765:FSp29">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29: "Armed Forces Federated Suns Deployment Map 2765"</ref>
 
* [[Eighth Syrtis Fusiliers]]<ref name="FR2765:FSp29">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29: "Armed Forces Federated Suns Deployment Map 2765"</ref>
 
* [[Chesterton CMM]]<ref name="FR2765:FSp29"/>
 
* [[Chesterton CMM]]<ref name="FR2765:FSp29"/>
  
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====2786====
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=== 2786 ===
 
* Chesterton CMM<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134: "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"</ref>
 
* Chesterton CMM<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134: "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"</ref>
 
* Eighth Syrtis Fusiliers<ref name="FSWp135">''First Succession War'', p. 135: "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"</ref>
 
* Eighth Syrtis Fusiliers<ref name="FSWp135">''First Succession War'', p. 135: "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"</ref>
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====2821====
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=== 2821 ===
 
* [[Third Deneb Light Cavalry]]<ref name="FSWp134"/>
 
* [[Third Deneb Light Cavalry]]<ref name="FSWp134"/>
 
* [[Fourth Crucis Lancers]]<ref name="FSWp134"/>
 
* [[Fourth Crucis Lancers]]<ref name="FSWp134"/>
 
* Chesterton CMM<ref name="FSWp134"/>
 
* Chesterton CMM<ref name="FSWp134"/>
  
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====3050====
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===3050===
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* [[Ninetieth Division (ComStar)|Ninetieth Division]]<ref name=20YU70>''20 Year Update'', p. 70: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[90th Division (ComStar)|Ninetieth Division]]<ref name=20YU70>''20 Year Update'', p. 70: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
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===3061===
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* [[5th FedCom RCT|Fifth FedCom]] [[RCT]]<ref name=SS30>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 30: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
  
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====3061====
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===3067===
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* [[Fifth FedCom RCT|Fifth FedCom]] [[RCT]]<ref name=SS30>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 30: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[Khorsakov's Cossacks]]<ref name=MS67>''Mercenaries Supplemental '', p. 67: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>
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====3067====
 
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* [[Khorsakov's Cossacks]]<ref name=MS67>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 67: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>
 
  
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====3145====
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===3145===
 
* [[Fifth McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]<ref name=FM:3145p44>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 44: "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
 
* [[Fifth McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]<ref name=FM:3145p44>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 44: "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
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:- At this time the unit operating at 80% of full strength.
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:- At this point in time the unit operating at 80% of full strength.
  
 
* [[Fourth St. Ives Sentinels]]<ref name=FM:3145p44/>
 
* [[Fourth St. Ives Sentinels]]<ref name=FM:3145p44/>
 
: - The unit operating at 65% of full strength.
 
: - The unit operating at 65% of full strength.
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
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* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
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