Editing Cranston

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The '''Cranston''' system was home to at least one habitable world and as of [[2750]], was located in the [[Principality of Regulus]] within the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name="HB:MPSp93"/><ref name="ER:2750p36"/>

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== System Description ==
The Cranston system is located near the [[Ceará]] and [[Restitution]] 	systems.<ref name="HB:MPSp93"/><ref name="ER:2750p36"/>

== System History ==
The Cranston system was colonized or absorbed by the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] at some point prior to the end of the [[Age of War]].<ref name="HB:HMp24"/><ref name="HB:MPSp93"/> Cranston vanished from maps during the [[Third Succession War]],<ref name="HB:HMp38"/><ref name="HB:MPSp96"/> indicating that the system had been abandoned or depopulated.

== Political Affiliation ==
* [[2271]] - No record <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"</ref>
* [[2571]] - Magistracy of Canopus <ref name="HB:MPSp93">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War", p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War [2571] and fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
* [[2577]] - Magistracy of Canopus<ref name="H:RWp94">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 94, "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"</ref> (occupied by [[SLDF]] troops from November)<ref name="H:RWp97">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 97-98, "Restitution and Cranston (October-November 2577)"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:MPSp93"/><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:FWLp25">''Field Report 2765: Free Worlds League'', p. 25, "Free Worlds League Militia Deployment Map 2765"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp35">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 35, "Magistracy Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
* [[2767]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:LOTV1p96">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus - [2767] Map"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2830]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="SSWp18">''Second Succession War'', p. 18-19, "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="SSWp78">''Second Succession War'', p. 78-79, "Inner Sphere - 2864"</ref>
* [[3025]] - No record <ref name="HB:MPSp96">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 96, ''Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War'', p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus after Third Succession War [3025] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - No record <ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - No record <ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
* [[3050]] - No record <ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3050]" Map</ref>
* [[3052]] - No record <ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052]" Map</ref>
* [[3054]] - No record <ref name="ORp36">''Objective Raids'', p. 36, "Map of the Free Worlds League"</ref>
* [[3057]] - No record <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
* [[3058]] - No record <ref name="HB:HMp54">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
* [[3059]] - No record <ref name="TP2Ep112">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 112, "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"</ref>
* [[3063]] - No record <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp97">''Inner Sphere (sourcebook)'', p. 97, "Near Periphery Kingdoms"</ref><ref name="ISp61">''Inner Sphere (sourcebook)'', p. 61, "Free Worlds League Map"</ref>
* [[3067]] - No record <ref name="HB:MPSp96"/><ref name="HB:HMp56">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - No record <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075]"</ref>
* [[3079]] - No record <ref name="FR:FWLMp17">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:Pp20">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 20, "Magistracy of Canopus Region Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - No record <ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - No record <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3130]] - No record <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
* [[3135]] - No record <ref name=ER:3145p10>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[3145]] - No record <ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38, "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 ==
War between the [[Star League]] and the Magistracy of Canopus was inevitable after the Magistracy joined the other [[Periphery]] nations in rejecting the [[Pollux Proclamation]]; Cranston was an early target in the initial [[Star League Defense Force]] campaign against the Magistracy. Tasked with capturing Cranston was the [[58th Brigade|Fifty-eighth Brigade]], one of three brigades that made up the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[20th Mechanized Infantry Division|Twentieth Division]], supported by an auxiliary regiment from the [[Free Worlds League Military]] - either the [[First Marik Militia]] or the [[Second Orloff Grenadiers]] and under the command of General [[Michael Martinnson]].<ref name="H:RWp97"/><ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref>

The Fifty-eighth Brigade was formed entirely from [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and all of the Fifty-eighth's AeroSpace support bar a single mixed AeroSpace [[company]] had been reassigned to support the [[57th Brigade|Fifty-seventh Brigade]] attack on the nearby world of [[Restitution]]. The Fifty-seventh expected a hard fight despite outnumbering the [[First Canopian Grenadiers]] three-to-one; the Grenadiers gave them that hard fight, using maneuverability and speed to conduct hit-and-run attacks on the [[SLDF]] forces, fading back into the terrain after each strike. The Grenadiers were better equipped and armed than SLDF intelligence expected, having sourced equipment from arms traders in neighboring states and that combined with the lack of aerospace assets for reconnaissance and scouting, dragged out what had originally been planned to be a week long campaign.<ref name="H:RWp97"/>

Task force [[WarShip]]s orbiting Cranston reported the arrival of a vessel at a nearby pirate point on the 9th of November; appearing near Cranston's moon, the new arrival was inside the task force picket lines and was able to avoid the task force patrol vessels and successfully launch [[DropShip|DropShips]] which landed on Cranston's northern continent. Satellite imagery revealed the identity of these new arrivals - the [[Third Canopian Light Horse]], originally expected to be on [[Restitution]]. In what would become a typical tactic for the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]], the Third Canopian Light Horse had been used as part of a shell game, tying the Fifty-seventh Brigade up on Restitution while moving forces around for a heavy counterstrike on Cranston. While the SLDF still had the benefit of numbers, the Canopian forces now had a three-to-one advantage in the air, which they used aggressively.<ref name="H:RWp97"/>

Martinnson redeployed his forces, tasking six regiments from the Fifty-eighth to continue to grind down the Grenadiers while the other three regiments from the Fifty-eighth and the auxiliary [[FWLM]] forces fought to prevent the Light Horse from linking up with the Grenadiers. While the SLDF campaign for Cranston was ultimately successful, the Grenadiers and the Light Horse didn't leave the planet until the 29th of November, by which time they had extensively bloodied the SLDF forces. The battle for control of the air was brutal enough that the surviving members of the Fifty-eighth Brigade's AeroSpace forces were the recipients of the first [[Awards#Star_League|Star League Medals of Honor]] to be issued for the Magistracy campaign, and earned the nickname, "The Bloody Few".<ref name="H:RWp97"/>

Although the Magistracy lost control of Cranston to the SLDF in 2577, the MAF would stage a company-level raid on Cranston at least once during [[2581]], one of a number of raids designed to sting the garrison forces, pulling resources away from the SLDF active combat operations to keep the garrison well-equipped.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp101">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 101, "Gallis, Aspropirgos, Fanardir and Borgan's Rift (January 2580-October 2581)"</ref>

The Magistracy of Canopus had 13 worlds annexed by the [[Free Worlds League]], either during the [[Reunification War]]<ref name="H:RWp158"/> or by Star League decree in [[2602]],<ref name="H:RWp161">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 161, "Good Neighbors To The Magistracy"</ref> and Cranston was one of these worlds. Cranston was one of a number of former Canopian worlds lost during the Succession Wars.<ref name="H:RWp97"/><ref name="HB:HMp38"/><ref name="HB:MPSp96"/>
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== Military Deployment ==
=== 2577 ===
* [[First Canopian Grenadiers]] <ref name="H:RWp150">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 150, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off-2582)"</ref>

=== 2786 ===
* [[Ninth Marik Militia]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>

=== 2821 ===
* Ninth Marik Militia<ref name="FSWp138"/>
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== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 24 systems (22 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Restitution]]
| class="lessthan30" | 10.5
| class="lessthan30" | [[Ceará]]
| class="lessthan30" | 17.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Bass]]
| class="lessthan30" | 18.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Payvand]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.5
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Obrenovac]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.1
| class="over30" | [[Bethonolog]]
| class="over30" | 31.7
| class="over30" | [[Glevakha]]
| class="over30" | 33.3
| class="over30" | [[Afarsin]]
| class="over30" | 33.5
|-
| class="over30" | [[Booker]]
| class="over30" | 33.6
| class="over30" | [[Ildlandet]]
| class="over30" | 33.7
| class="over30" | [[Ruschegg]]
| class="over30" | 39.5
| class="over30" | [[Rohinjan]]
| class="over30" | 39.5
|-
| class="over30" | [[Tellman's Mistake]]
| class="over30" | 41.3
| class="over30" | [[Eleusis]]
| class="over30" | 45.3
| class="over30" | [[Sharqah]]
| class="over30" | 45.5
| class="over30" | [[Saonara]]
| class="over30" | 46.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Lindenmarle]]
| class="over30" | 47.9
| class="over30" | [[Marantha]]
| class="over30" | 49.0
| class="over30" | [[Bayindir]]
| class="over30" | 51.1
| class="over30" | [[Ayn Tarma]]
| class="over30" | 51.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Gallis]]
| class="over30" | 57.8
| class="over30" | [[Howrah]]
| class="over30" | 58.1
| class="over60" | [[Royal Foxx]]
| class="over60" | 60.6
| class="over60" | [[Skvorec]]
| class="over60" | 60.7
|-
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== 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: Free Worlds League]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]''
* ''[[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]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]''
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''

[[Category:Planets|Cranston]]
[[Category: Free Worlds League Planets]]
[[Category: Magistracy of Canopus Planets]]