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= Dustball =
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The '''Dustball''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Dustball VI''', and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]].<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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The '''Dustball''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Dustball VI''', and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone.<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
  
 
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The Dustball system was colonized by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[Star League era]] at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
 
The Dustball system was colonized by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[Star League era]] at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
  
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==Political Affiliation==  
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2341]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
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<div class="desktop-3-col">
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* [[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>
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* [[2341]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - No record <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[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>
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* [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <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:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<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:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38, "Rim Worlds Republic Army Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2767]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38: "Rim Worlds Republic Army Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122-123">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2767]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122-123">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <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>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - [[Arc Royal Defense Cordon]] <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<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>
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* [[3063]] - Arc Royal Defense Cordon <ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere (sourcebook)'', p. 75, "Lyran Alliance Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - [[Arc Royal Defense Cordon]]<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Arc Royal Defense Cordon<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere'', p. 75: "Lyran Alliance Map"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="JS:TBDp63">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:Cp26">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 26, "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="JS:TBDp63">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:Cp26">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 26: "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Disputed world <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3142]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name=WW>''Waylon's War''</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Disputed world<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon <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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* [[3142]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=WW>''Waylon's War''</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<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]] - Clan Jade Falcon  <ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102-103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref>
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* [[3152]] - [[Malthus Confederation]]<ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref>
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==Dustball VI==
 
==Dustball VI==
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| image              = Dustball Flag.jpg
 
| image              = Dustball Flag.jpg
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| caption            = Planetary flag
 
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| imagewidth          = 150px
 
 
| name                = Dustball VI
 
| name                = Dustball VI
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| position            = 6th<ref name=HSp172/><ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
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| othernames          =
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| position            = Sixth<ref name=HSp172/><ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
| distance            = 21.44 days<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
| distance            = 21.44 days<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Mirage)<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Mirage)<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
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| gravity            = 0.96<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
| gravity            = 0.96<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
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| water              = 20%<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
| water              = 20%<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
| life                = None<ref name=HSp172/><ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
| life                = None<ref name=HSp172/><ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
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| continents          =  
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| year                = 3025<ref name=HSp172/> - 3067<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
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| religion            =
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| population          = 833,000,000 (3067)<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
| ruler              = [[Duke of Dustball]]
 
| ruler              = [[Duke of Dustball]]
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| population          = 833,000,000 (3067)<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
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| USIIR              = D-D-C-C-F<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
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| hpgrep              = [[Precentor]] [[Lawrence Micone]] (3025)<ref name=HSp172/>
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| hpg                = B<ref name=HSp172/><ref name=HB:HSp85-86/> ([[Precentor]] [[Lawrence Micone]]) (3025)<ref name=HSp172/>
 
 
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Dustball VI - more commonly known simply as Dustball - is the sixth planet in the system and is orbitedby a single moon named Mirage.<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
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Dustball VI - more commonly known simply as Dustball - is the sixth planet in the system and is orbited by a single moon named Mirage.<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
  
 
===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
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Dustball was originally colonized because geographic surveys indicated the presence of large deposits of gemstones. When the surveys ended up being incorrect, many of the miners left, but a large, wealthy, and cunning family - the [[House Malthus|Malthus family]] - remained on the planet. Willing to work outside of legal bounds, the Malthus family started a series of casinos, nightclubs and hotels around the spaceport. As a result, the planet has the slogan ''"Where the elite meet, greet, and satisfy their most wicked desires''".  
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Dustball was originally colonized because geographic surveys indicated the presence of large deposits of gemstones. When the surveys ended up being incorrect, many of the miners left, but a large, wealthy, and cunning family - the [[House Malthus|Malthus family]] - remained on the planet. Willing to work outside of legal bounds, the Malthus family started a series of casinos, nightclubs and hotels around the spaceport. As a result, the planet has the slogan ''"Where the elite meet, greet, and satisfy their most wicked desires''".
  
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There are five domed cities on the planet. Each one specializes in a separate variety of pleasure. The Malthus family has made a great deal of illicit money through their establishments on Dustball, and has been able to protect their investment due to a pervasive and complex campaign of blackmail against many high Lyran Commonwealth officials who have visited Dustball to sample the planet's manifold pleasures. Such abuses had become so pervasive that in [[3005]], [[Archon]] [[Alessandro Steiner]] established legalized and heavily-regulated "pleasure industries" on the model of Dustball on [[Kooken's Pleasure Pit]] in an attempt to break the Malthus family's stranglehold through direct competition. As of [[3025]], it was unclear if it had had any appreciable effect.<ref name=HSp172/>  
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There are five domed cities on the planet. Each one specializes in a separate variety of pleasure. The Malthus family has made a great deal of illicit money through their establishments on Dustball, and has been able to protect their investment due to a pervasive and complex campaign of blackmail against many high Lyran Commonwealth officials who have visited Dustball to sample the planet's manifold pleasures. Such abuses had become so pervasive that in [[3005]], [[Archon]] [[Alessandro Steiner]] established legalized and heavily-regulated "pleasure industries" on the model of Dustball on [[Kooken's Pleasure Pit]] in an attempt to break the Malthus family's stranglehold through direct competition. As of [[3025]], it was unclear if it had had any appreciable effect.<ref name=HSp172/>
  
 
The establishment of competing gambling concerns on the planet didn't have any effect on the Malthus family. The arrival of the [[Clans]] however, put a permanent end to the gambling industry on Dustball. Finding itself on the front lines of the Clan front, Dustball was frequently raided by Clan Jade Falcon and [[Clan Steel Viper]].<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
 
The establishment of competing gambling concerns on the planet didn't have any effect on the Malthus family. The arrival of the [[Clans]] however, put a permanent end to the gambling industry on Dustball. Finding itself on the front lines of the Clan front, Dustball was frequently raided by Clan Jade Falcon and [[Clan Steel Viper]].<ref name=HB:HSp85-86/>
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===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
 
====3054====
 
====3054====
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* [[Gray Death Legion]]<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 54, "Note of Unit"</ref>
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* [[Gray Death Legion]]<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 54: "Note of Unit"</ref>
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* [[Eleventh Avalon Hussars]] [[RCT]]<ref name="ORp22">''Objective Raids'', p. 22, "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>  
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* [[Eleventh Avalon Hussars]] [[RCT]]<ref name="ORp22">''Objective Raids'', p. 22: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3079====
 
====3079====
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* [[6th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Sixth Wolf Guards]]<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 22, "Clan Wolf-in-Exile Deployment Status"</ref>
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* [[6th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Sixth Wolf Guards]]<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 22: "Clan Wolf-in-Exile Deployment Status"</ref>
  
 
====3085====
 
====3085====
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* [[Greenburg's Godzillas]] (2 [[Battalion]]s)<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 160, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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* [[Greenburg's Godzillas]] (2 [[Battalion]]s)<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 160: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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* Sixth Wolf Guards<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 129, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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* Sixth Wolf Guards<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 129: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
  
 
====3145====
 
====3145====
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* [[8th Provisional Garrison Cluster (Clan Jade Falcon)|Eighth Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p169>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 169, "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref>
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* [[8th Provisional Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Eighth Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p169>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 169: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref>
  
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===Geography===  
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===Geography===
  
 
===Planetary Locations===
 
===Planetary Locations===
 
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* Kanda: a domed city<ref name=WW/>
 
* Kanda: a domed city<ref name=WW/>
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* New Monaco: a domed city<ref name=1SS-14>''1st Sommerset Strikers'', p. 14 "Episode 2: Well Bargained and Done"</ref>
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* New Monaco: a domed city<ref name=1SS-14>''1st Somerset Strikers'', p. 14: "Episode 2: Well Bargained and Done"</ref>
 
* Tristin:<ref name=WW/>
 
* Tristin:<ref name=WW/>
 
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===Industrial Centers===
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===Companies and Industries===
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* [[Malthus Gambling Unlimited]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 144, "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"</ref>
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* [[Malthus Gambling Unlimited]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 144: "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"</ref>
 
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| class="over30" | [[Morges]]
 
| class="over30" | [[Morges]]
 
| class="over30" | 40.7
 
| class="over30" | 40.7
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| class="over30" | [[Kandersteg]]
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| class="over30" | [[Kandersteg|Matahari]]
 
| class="over30" | 41.6
 
| class="over30" | 41.6
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| class="over30" | [[Stonarboi]]
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| class="over30" | [[Almotacen|Stonarboi]]
 
| class="over30" | 43.9
 
| class="over30" | 43.9
 
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| class="over30" | [[Montmarault]]
 
| class="over30" | 45.4
 
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| class="over30" | [[Canon#Non-Canon|Matteo]]
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| class="over30" | [[Matteo]]
 
| class="over30" | 49.7
 
| class="over30" | 49.7
 
| class="over30" | [[Crimond]]
 
| class="over30" | [[Crimond]]
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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<div class="desktop-3-col">
 
* ''[[1st Somerset Strikers (sourcebook)]]''
 
* ''[[1st Somerset Strikers (sourcebook)]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
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Dustball
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3151
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Dustball nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-104.483 : 266.199[e]
Spectral classA9V[1][2]
Recharge time170 hours[2]
Recharge station(s)None[1][2]

The Dustball system was home to at least one habitable world, Dustball VI, and as of 3145 was located in the Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone.[3][4]

System Description[edit]

The Dustball system is located near the Blair Atholl and Koniz systems.[5] The Dustball system consists of a class A9V primary orbited by at least six planets.[1][2]

System History[edit]

The Dustball system was colonized by the Lyran Commonwealth during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War.[6][7][5]

Political Affiliation[edit]

Dustball VI[edit]

Dustball VI
Dustball Flag.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionSixth[1][2]
Jump Point distance21.44 days[2]
Moons1 (Mirage)[2]
Geophysical
Surface gravity0.96[2]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[2]
Equatorial temperature71°C (Desert)[2]
Surface water20%[2]
Highest native lifeNone[1][2]
History and Culture
Population833,000,000 (3067)[2]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Dustball
HPG ClassB[1][2]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Lawrence Micone (3025)[1]

Dustball VI - more commonly known simply as Dustball - is the sixth planet in the system and is orbited by a single moon named Mirage.[2]

Planetary History[edit]

Dustball was originally colonized because geographic surveys indicated the presence of large deposits of gemstones. When the surveys ended up being incorrect, many of the miners left, but a large, wealthy, and cunning family - the Malthus family - remained on the planet. Willing to work outside of legal bounds, the Malthus family started a series of casinos, nightclubs and hotels around the spaceport. As a result, the planet has the slogan "Where the elite meet, greet, and satisfy their most wicked desires".

There are five domed cities on the planet. Each one specializes in a separate variety of pleasure. The Malthus family has made a great deal of illicit money through their establishments on Dustball, and has been able to protect their investment due to a pervasive and complex campaign of blackmail against many high Lyran Commonwealth officials who have visited Dustball to sample the planet's manifold pleasures. Such abuses had become so pervasive that in 3005, Archon Alessandro Steiner established legalized and heavily-regulated "pleasure industries" on the model of Dustball on Kooken's Pleasure Pit in an attempt to break the Malthus family's stranglehold through direct competition. As of 3025, it was unclear if it had had any appreciable effect.[1]

The establishment of competing gambling concerns on the planet didn't have any effect on the Malthus family. The arrival of the Clans however, put a permanent end to the gambling industry on Dustball. Finding itself on the front lines of the Clan front, Dustball was frequently raided by Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Steel Viper.[2]

Military Deployment[edit]

3054[edit]

3079[edit]

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

Geography[edit]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Kanda: a domed city[38]
  • New Monaco: a domed city[47]
  • Tristin:[38]

Companies and Industries[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 32 systems (29 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Blair Atholl 7.5 Koniz 13.6 Deweidewd 17.3 A Place 20.2
Graceland 20.5 Ballynure 29.9 Graus 31.3 Benfled 32.0
Bountiful Harvest 33.2 Sudeten 33.3 Pandora 37.2 Antares 37.6
New Exford 40.1 Morges 40.7 Matahari 41.6 Stonarboi 43.9
Dompaire 45.1 Montmarault 45.4 Matteo 49.7 Crimond 50.6
Colmar 50.6 Babaeski 53.2 Esteros 53.2 La Grave 56.6
Cusset 57.8 Baker 3 57.9 Summit 57.9 Yeguas 58.3
Biota 60.0 Borghese 61.1 Parakoila 63.1 Grunwald 63.5

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 172: "Dustball Planet Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Handbook: House Steiner, pp. 85–86: "Dustball"
  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"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"
  9. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  11. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  13. ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  14. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38: "Rim Worlds Republic Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  15. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  17. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  19. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  22. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  29. ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 75: "Lyran Alliance Map"
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  31. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map
  32. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  33. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  34. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 26: "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  35. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  36. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  37. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 Waylon's War
  39. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 102-103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"
  40. ↑ Tamar Rising, poster map
  41. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 54: "Note of Unit"
  42. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 22: "FedCom Deployment Table"
  43. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 22: "Clan Wolf-in-Exile Deployment Status"
  44. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 160: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  45. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 129: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  46. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 169: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"
  47. ↑ 1st Somerset Strikers, p. 14: "Episode 2: Well Bargained and Done"
  48. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 144: "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"

Bibliography[edit]

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