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The [[BattleTech]] universe is a diverse place, spanning more than a millennium of history and several thousand light years of space. From the nation states of the [[twentieth century]] up to the [[Republic of the Sphere]] of the [[thirty-second century]], BattleTech spans myriads of places and trillions of people. Interstellar, succession, and civil wars, as well as fragmentation and infighting gave birth to countless factions, of which most are noted below.
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{{Underconstruction}}
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The [[Battletech]] universe is a diverse place, spanning more than a millenium of history and several thousand light years of space. From the nation states of the 20th century up to the [[Republic of the Sphere]] of the 32nd century, Battletech spans myriads of places and trillions of people. Interstellar, succession and civil wars, fragmentation and infighting gave birth to countless factions, of which most are noted below.
  
 
== Regions of Space ==
 
== Regions of Space ==
 
=== Inner Sphere ===
 
=== Inner Sphere ===
 
{{Main|Inner Sphere}}
 
{{Main|Inner Sphere}}
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The Inner Sphere is the heart of the BattleTech universe. Centered on [[Terra]], it stretches across roughly 500 light years in all directions. The most consolidated of all interstellar regions, the Inner Sphere is dominated by five [[Great Houses]].<ref name=TP26>''The Periphery, Second Edition'', p. 6</ref>
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The Inner Sphere is the heart of the Battletech Universe. Centered around [[Terra]], it stretches across roughly 500 light years in all directions. The most consolidated of all interstellar regions, the Inner Sphere is dominated by five [[Great Houses]]: Davion, Liao, Marik, Steiner, and Kurita.
  
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=== Periphery ===
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! colspan="4" | Factions in the Inner Sphere
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=== Deep Periphery ===
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=== Clan Space ===
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== Historical Factions ==
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=== Pre-Spaceflight Terra ===
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{{Main|Pre-Spaceflight}}
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{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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! colspan="3" | Factions on Pre-Spaceflight Terra
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|-
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| width="33%" | [[Western Alliance]]
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| width="34%" | [[Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere]]
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| width="33%" | [[Terran Alliance]]
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|}
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 +
=== First Exodus ===
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{{Main|First Exodus}}
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After the success of the [[Deimos Project]], the era of the First Exodus was one of rapid expansion and colonisation - both sanctioned settlers and dissidents fleeing the increasingly repressive Terran Alliance had established 600 known colonies by [[2235]]. The [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] ended the First Exodus, as the Terran Alliance completely withdrew from its colonies. <ref name=TPS12>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', pp. 12-14</ref>
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{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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! colspan="3" | Factions during the First Exodus
 
|-
 
|-
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! Inner Sphere States
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| width="33%" | [[Terran Alliance]]
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! Republican Splinter States
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| width="34%" | [[Tikonov Union]]
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! FWL Splinter States
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| width="33%" | [[Chesterton Trade League]]
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! Inner Sphere Clans
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|}
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=== Second Exodus ===
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{{Main|Exodus (2242)}}
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Due to the power vacuum of the Alliance's withdrawal, chaos and warfare broke out. Many colony worlds were no longer sustainable or subject to prolonged conflicts, their inhabitants again took to the stars, spreading even beyond the settlement boundary of the First Exodus. Meanwhile, the first true interstellar states formed, fought and absorbed each other until the Inner Sphere consolidated into an armed standoff between the six Great Houses.<ref name=TPS14>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', pp. 14-19</ref>
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{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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! colspan="4" | Factions during the Second Exodus
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|-
 +
! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
 +
! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
 +
! width="25%" | Periphery
 +
! width="25%" | Mercenaries
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
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| [[Bannson's Raiders]]
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| [[Terran Alliance]]
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| [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]
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| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
−
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
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| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
−
|-
 
−
| [[ComStar]]
 
−
| [[Dragon's Fury]]
 
−
| [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]]
 
−
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
| [[Spirit Cats]]
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| [[Principality of Rasalhague]]  
−
| [[Oriente Protectorate]]
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| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
−
| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
−
| [[Steel Wolves]]
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| [[Tikonov Grand Union]]
−
| [[Regulan Fiefs]]
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| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
−
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
−
| [[Stormhammers]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League]]
−
| [[Tall Trees Union]]
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| [[Muskegon Empire]]
 +
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Raven Alliance]]
 
−
|}
 
−
 
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=== Periphery ===
 
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{{Main|Periphery}}
 
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The Periphery refers to the region of space immediately surrounding the Inner Sphere. The border between Periphery and Inner Sphere is generally 450 - 550 light years away from Terra. The Periphery is surrounded by the Deep Periphery, though the borders for this region of space are more nebulous. The Periphery is littered with small colonies and a handful of interstellar nations.<ref name=TP26/>
 
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{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
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! colspan="4" | Factions in the Periphery
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| width="25%" | [[Calderon Protectorate]]
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| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
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| width="25%" | [[Lothian League]]
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| [[United Hindu Collective]]
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| width="25%" | [[Rim Collection]]
 
−
| width="25%" | [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]
 
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
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| [[Rim Territories]]
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|
−
| [[The Barrens]]
 
−
|  
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
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| [[Terran Hegemony]]  
−
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
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| [[Marik Republic]]
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| [[Taurian Concordat]]
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|
 
|
 
|
−
|}
 
−
 
−
=== Deep Periphery ===
 
−
{{Main|Deep Periphery}}
 
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The Deep Periphery refers to the depths of unexplored space and/or human colonized space located beyond the (known) coherent human sphere of influence, namely the Inner Sphere and the adjacent Periphery realms. Due to the vague nature of the term "Deep Periphery", there is no clearly defined beginning nor are there any boundaries.<ref name=EC13>''Explorer Corps'', p. 13</ref>
 
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! colspan="3" | Factions in the Deep Periphery
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| width="33%" | [[Alfirk]]
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|
−
| width="34%" | [[JàrnFòlk]]
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| [[Federation of Oriente]]
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| width="33%" | [[Nueva Castile]]
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|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
+
|
−
| [[Hanseatic League]]
+
| [[Regulan Principality]]
−
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
+
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Scorpion Empire]]
+
|
 +
| [[Stewart Commonality]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|}
 
−
 
−
=== Clan Homeworlds ===
 
−
{{Main|Clans}}
 
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The Clans were originally the self-exiled remnants of the [[Star League Defense Force]]. Traveling 2000 light years corewards, they colonized several worlds in the [[Kerensky Cluster]]. The exiles evolved into a warrior-based civilization that would sweep through the Inner Sphere like a whirlwind 250 years later.<ref name=IC16>''Invading Clans'', pp. 16, 84, 108, 133–134</ref>
 
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The late 3050s saw the Absorption of Clan Burrock, Abjuration of Clan Nova Cat and the Annihilation of Clan Smoke Jaguar. After the [[Wars of Reaving]], the division between the old Crusader-Warden views had died out and were replaced between Home and Invader Clans permanently. From this aftermath of that war, seven Clans were abjured, two were absorbed, three were destroyed, and three remain with one being created. As of [[3085]], this is the status of the remaining Clans.
 
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{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
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! colspan="5" | Factions of the Clans
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Inner Sphere Clans
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|
−
! Home Clans
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| [[Tamar Pact]]
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! Absorbed Clans
+
|
−
! Annihilated Clans
+
|
−
! Bandit Clans/Deep Periphery Clans
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
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|
−
| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
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| [[Federation of Skye]]
−
| [[Clan Burrock]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Coyote]]
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| [[Protectorate of Donegal]]
−
| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
+
|
−
| [[Escorpión Imperio]]/[[Scorpion Empire]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Star Adder]]
+
| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
−
|  
+
|
−
| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Wolf]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Stone Lion]]
+
| [[Capellan Hegemony]]
−
|  
+
|
−
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
+
|
−
|  
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Rasalhague Dominion|Ghost Bear Dominion]]
+
|
−
|
+
| [[St. Ives Mercantile League]]
−
|
+
|
−
|  
 
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Raven Alliance]]
+
|
−
|
+
| [[Ingersol Concordium]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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== Historical Factions ==
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=== Age of War ===
−
 
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{{Main|Age of War}}
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=== Early Spaceflight ===
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{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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{{Main|Early Spaceflight}}
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! colspan="5" | Factions during the Age of War
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Between the mid-twentieth and the early [[twenty-second century]], [[Terra]] began a long process of political unification, first into the Western, then the Terran Alliance. At the same time, development of a practical Fusion Engine allowed for the first off-world colonies, on Luna, Mars, and Venus.<ref name=DSJS5>''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', pp. 5–8</ref>
 
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−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="3" | Factions during the Early Spaceflight Era
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| width="33%" | [[Western Alliance]]
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! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
−
| width="34%" | [[Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere]]
+
! width="25%" | Periphery
−
| width="33%" | [[Terran Alliance]]
+
! width="25%" | Deep Periphery
−
|}
+
! width="25%" | Mercenaries
−
 
 
−
=== First Exodus ===
 
−
{{Main|First Exodus}}
 
−
After the success of the [[Deimos Project]], the era of the First Exodus was one of rapid expansion and colonization - both sanctioned settlers and dissidents fleeing the increasingly repressive [[Terran Alliance]] had established 600 known colonies by [[2235]]. The [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] ended the First Exodus, as the Terran Alliance completely withdrew from its colonies.<ref name=TPS12>''The Periphery, First Edition'', pp. 12–14</ref>
 
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{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="2" | Factions during the First Exodus
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="50%" | Inner Sphere
+
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
! width="50%" | Deep Periphery
+
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
 +
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
 +
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Terran Alliance]]
+
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
| [[Alfirk]]
+
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 +
| [[Nueva Castile]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Capellan Holdfast]]
+
| [[Federated Suns]]
 +
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
 +
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Capellan Republic]]
+
| [[Free Worlds League]]  
 +
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 +
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Chesterton Trade League]]
+
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 +
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 +
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
+
| [[Terran Hegemony]]
 +
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
|
 
|
−
|-
 
−
| [[Tikonov Union]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
|}
  
−
=== Second Exodus ===
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=== Star League Era ===
−
{{Main|Exodus (2242)}}
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{{Main|Star League Era}}
−
Due to the power vacuum of the Alliance's withdrawal, chaos and warfare broke out. Many colony worlds were no longer sustainable or subject to prolonged conflicts, their inhabitants again took to the stars, spreading even beyond the settlement boundary of the First Exodus. Meanwhile, the first true interstellar states formed, fought and absorbed each other until the Inner Sphere consolidated into an armed standoff between the six Great Houses.<ref name=TPS14>''The Periphery, First Edition'', pp. 14–19</ref>
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{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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+
! colspan="4" | Factions during the Star League Era
−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="4" | Factions during the Second Exodus
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
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! width="25%" | Inner Sphere
−
! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
 
 
! width="25%" | Periphery
 
! width="25%" | Periphery
 
! width="25%" | Deep Periphery
 
! width="25%" | Deep Periphery
 +
! width="25%" | Mercenaries
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
| [[Alliance of Galedon]]
+
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
−
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−
| [[Alfirk]]
+
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Draconis Combine]]
+
| [[Draconis Combine]]  
−
| [[Capellan Commonality]]
+
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
−
| [[Intendancy of New New Spain]]
+
| [[Nueva Castile]]
−
| [[Autocracy of New Virginia]]
+
| [[Illician Lancers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
−
| [[Capellan Hegemony]]
+
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
−
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
+
|
−
| [[Axumite Providence]]
+
| [[Redfield Renegades]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Free Worlds League]]
+
| [[Free Worlds League]]  
−
| [[Chesterton Trade League]]
 
 
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 +
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
−
| [[Chisholm Protectorate]]
+
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
| [[Taurian Homeworlds]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| [[Star League]]
 +
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 +
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Terran Hegemony]]
 
| [[Terran Hegemony]]
−
| [[Dieron Federation]]
+
| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Federation of Oriente]]
+
| [[Circinus Federation]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 +
|}
 +
 +
=== Golden Century ===
 +
{{Main|Golden Century}}
 +
{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 +
! colspan="4" | Factions during the Golden Century
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|-
 +
! width="20%" | Clan Space
 +
! width="20%" | Pentagon Powers
 +
! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
 +
! width="20%" | Mercenaries
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Federation of Skye]]
+
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
−
|
+
| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
−
|
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Burrock]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Ingersoll Concordium]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Marik Commonwealth]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Coyote]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Marlette Association]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Muskegon Empire]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Nanking Collective]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Ozawa Mercantile Association]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Principality of Rasalhague]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Hells Horses]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Principality of Regulus]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Protectorate of Donegal]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Rasalhague Consortium]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Republic of Marik]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Star Adder]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Sian Commonwealth]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[St. Ives Mercantile League]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Mongoose]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Stewart Commonality]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Tamar Pact]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Terran Alliance]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Widowmaker]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Tikonov Union]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Tikonov Grand Union]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Wolverine]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[United Hindu Collective]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
|}
  
−
=== Age of War ===
+
=== Succession Wars ===
−
{{Main|Age of War}}
+
{{Main|Succession Wars (History)}}
−
The Age of War began in [[2398]], when the Houses Liao and Marik fought over [[Andurien]]. Initial savagery was eventually followed by the ratification of the [[Ares Convention]], a set of guidelines which made war much less brutal, but guaranteed it would become a near constant occurrence. Thanks to the Terran Hegemony's ''Strategy of Aggressive Peacemaking'', the Age of War ended with the signing of the Star League treaties by the six Great Houses.<ref name=SL28>''The Star League'', pp. 28–35</ref>
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{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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+
! colspan="5" | Factions during the Succession Wars
−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="4" | Factions during the Age of War
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
+
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
−
! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
+
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
−
! width="25%" | Periphery
+
! width="20%" | Periphery
−
! width="25%" | Deep Periphery
+
! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
 +
! width="20%" | Mercenaries
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
| [[Principality of Rasalhague]]
+
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
−
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
+
| [[Circinus Federation]]
−
| [[Alfirk]]
+
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
 +
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
| [[United Hindu Collective]]
+
| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
| [[Axumite Providence]]
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
 +
| [[Illician Lancers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 +
| [[St. Ives Compact]]
 +
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 +
| [[Elysian Fields]]
 +
| [[Redfield Renegades]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 +
| [[Tikonov Free Republic]]
 +
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
 +
| [[Nueva Castile]]
 +
| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
+
| [[Lothian League]]
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 +
| [[Team Banzai]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[ComStar]]
 +
|
 +
| [[Oberon Confederation]]
 +
| [[Hanseatic League]]
 +
| [[Waco Rangers]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
+
|
−
| [[Nueva Castile]]
+
| [[Greater Valkyrate]]  
 +
|
 +
| [[12th Star Guards]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
+
|
−
| [[Virginian Union]]
+
| [[Rim Collection]]
 +
|
 +
| [[12th Vegan Rangers]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Terran Hegemony]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
−
|}
+
| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
−
 
+
|
−
=== Star League Era ===
+
| [[21st Centauri Lancers]]
−
{{Main|Star League Era}}
 
−
Formally unifying the Member States of the Inner Sphere in [[2571]] and [[Reunification War|officially subjugating]] the Territorial States of the Periphery in [[2597]], the Star League Era was one of overt peace and [[First Hidden War|hidden wars]]. Later called a Golden Age by many, the Star League allowed for peace, prosperity, and significant technological progress. Weakened by a string of bad rulers, hidden wars, and unrest in the Territorial States, the Star League eventually collapsed after the [[Amaris Civil War]].<ref name=SL37>''The Star League'', pp. 37–98</ref>
 
−
 
 
−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="3" | Factions during the Star League Era
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="33%" | Inner Sphere
+
|
−
! width="34%" | Periphery
+
|
−
! width="33%" | Deep Periphery
+
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
 +
|
 +
| [[Bad Dream]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
+
|
−
| [[Circinus Federation]]
+
|
−
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Blue Star Irregulars]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Brion's Legion]]  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Draconis Combine]]
+
|
−
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
+
|
−
| [[Alfirk]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Camacho's Caballeros]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Federated Suns]]
+
|
−
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
+
|
−
| [[Axumite Providence]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Free Worlds League]]
+
|
−
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
+
|
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[The Dioscuri]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
+
|
−
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
+
|
−
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Dismal Disinherited]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Star League]]
+
|
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
+
|
−
| [[Nueva Castile]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Dragon's Breath]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Terran Hegemony]]
 
−
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
|}
+
|
−
 
+
|
−
=== Golden Century ===
+
|
−
{{Main|Golden Century}}
+
| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
−
After the fall of the Star League, [[Operation Exodus]] of the Star League Defense Force led them into the Kerensky Cluster, where they settled down. After falling into civil war and a second Operation Exodus, the remaining loyalist SLDF forces reorganized themselves into the [[Clans]] and retook their war-stricken worlds. The Golden Century was the following period filled with unprecedented growth, technological progress, and a maturation of each Clan's individual self-identity.<ref name=IC16/>
 
−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="3" | Factions during the Golden Century
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="33%" | Crusader Clans
+
|
−
! width="34%" | Warden Clans
+
|
−
! width="33%" | Abolished Clans
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Grave Walkers]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Mongoose]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Gray Death Legion]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Coyote]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Widowmaker]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Greenburg's Godzillas]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Wolverine]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Gregg's Long Striders]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
+
|
−
|
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Group W]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
−
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Hansen's Roughriders]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
 
−
| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Harlock's Warriors]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Star Adder]]
 
−
| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Hell's Black Aces]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Burrock]]
 
−
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Kell Hounds]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
|}
+
|
−
 
+
|
−
=== Succession Wars ===
+
|
−
{{Main|History of the Succession Wars}}
+
| [[Kristen's Krushers]]
−
 
 
−
After the collapse of the Star League and the [[Operation Exodus|exodus of the SLDF]], the five remaining Great Houses - after dividing the remaining Terran Hegemony among each other - began a series of brutal wars to claim the position of [[First Lord]]. The first two Succession Wars, apocalyptic conflicts encompassing the entire Inner Sphere, brought technological knowledge down to levels last seen on pre-spaceflight Terra, and only the establishment of ComStar on independent [[Terra]] prevented a total collapse of interstellar communication. The Third Succession War became an endless downward grind, led by neo-feudalistic MechWarrior families and covertly helped along by the increasingly corrupt ComStar. It was only the Fourth Succession War that brought a fragile peace and a new status quo to the Inner Sphere - the victorious powers of the [[Federated Commonwealth]] (at the time merely an alliance between Federated Suns and Lyran Commonwealth) against the [[Concord of Kapteyn]] of Free Worlds League, Capellan Confederation, and Draconis Combine.<ref name=SS7>''Shattered Sphere'', pp. 7–8</ref>
 
−
 
 
−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="4" | Factions during the Succession Wars
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
+
|
−
! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
+
|
−
! width="25%" | Periphery
+
|
−
! width="25%" | Deep Periphery
+
|
 +
| [[Lexington Combat Group]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
+
|
−
| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
+
|
−
| [[Aurigan Coalition]]
+
|
−
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
+
|
 +
| [[Little Richard's Panzer Brigade]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[ComStar]]
+
|
−
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
+
|
−
| [[Circinus Federation]]
+
|
−
| [[Alfirk]]
+
|
 +
| [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Draconis Combine]]
+
|
−
| [[St. Ives Compact]]
+
|
−
| [[Elysian Fields]]
+
|
−
| [[Axumite Providence]]
+
|
 +
| [[Miller's Marauders]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Federated Suns]]
+
|
−
| [[Tikonov Free Republic]]
+
|
−
| [[Greater Valkyrate]]
+
|
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
+
|
 +
| [[Rubinsky's Light Horse]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
+
|
−
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Screaming Eagles]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
+
|
−
|  
+
|
−
| [[Lothian League]]
+
|
−
| [[Hanseatic League]]
+
|
 +
| [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
+
|
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
|
 +
| [[Snord's Irregulars]]  
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
+
|
−
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
+
|
 +
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Niops Association]]
+
|
−
| [[Nueva Castile]]
+
|
 +
| [[Stealthy Tigers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Oberon Confederation]]
+
|
−
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
+
|
 +
| [[Storm's Metal Thunder]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
+
|
−
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
+
|
 +
| [[Swann's Cavaliers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Rim Collection]]
+
|
−
| [[Virginian Union]]
+
|
 +
| [[Fighting Urukhai|The Fighting Urukhai]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Vanguard Legion]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Wolverton's Highlanders]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== Clan Invasion ===
 
=== Clan Invasion ===
 
{{Main|Clan Invasion}}
 
{{Main|Clan Invasion}}
−
After almost three centuries in exile, the [[Clans]] returned to the Inner Sphere in a coordinated drive towards [[Terra]] until losing a Trial on the planet [[Tukayyid]], agreeing to a fifteen-year [[Truce of Tukayyid|truce]]. With the Clan threat temporarily eliminated, the Great Houses went back to fighting each other - the barely established Federated Commonwealth broke apart again, the Word of Blake led an Exodus out of ComStar, and an entire region of space descended into [[Chaos March|anarchy]]. When the hastily established Second Star League managed to destroy Clan Smoke Jaguar during the [[Refusal War]], the Clan invasion was finally over, but the problems in the Inner Sphere were only beginning to escalate.<ref name=FCCW13>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 13–16</ref>
+
{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
−
 
+
! colspan="6" | Factions during the Clan Invasion
−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="5" | Factions during the Clan Invasion
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
+
! width="17%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
+
! width="16%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
−
! width="20%" | Periphery
+
! width="16%" | Periphery
−
! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
+
! width="16%" | Deep Periphery
−
! width="20%" | Invading Clans
+
! width="16%" | Clan Space
 +
! width="16%" | Mercenaries
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 +
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
 +
| [[Circinus Federation]]
 +
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
 +
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
 +
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]]
 
| [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]]
−
| [[Circinus Federation]]
+
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
+
| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
 +
| [[Illician Lancers]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Federated Suns]]
 +
| [[St. Ives Compact]]
 +
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 +
| [[Elysian Fields]]
 +
| [[Clan Coyote]]
 +
| [[Redfield Renegades]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[ComStar]]
+
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
 
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
 
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
−
| [[Alfirk]]
+
| [[Nueva Castile]]
−
| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
+
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
 +
| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Draconis Combine]]
+
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
| [[Duchy of Small]]
 
| [[Duchy of Small]]
 
| [[Lothian League]]
 
| [[Lothian League]]
−
| [[Axumite Providence]]
+
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 +
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
 +
| [[Team Banzai]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[ComStar]]
 +
| [[Styk Commonality]]
 +
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
 +
| [[Hanseatic League]]
 +
| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
 +
| [[Waco Rangers]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Word of Blake]]
 +
| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
 +
| [[Rim Collection]]
 +
|
 +
| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
 +
| [[12th Star Guards]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Second Star League]]
 +
| [[Saiph Triumvirate]]
 +
| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
 +
|
 +
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
 +
| [[12th Vegan Rangers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
| [[Terracap Confederation]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
 +
| [[21st Centauri Lancers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
| [[Sirian Holds]]
 +
|
 +
|
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 +
| [[Bad Dream]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth]]
+
|
−
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
+
|
−
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
+
|
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
+
|
 +
| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
 +
| [[Blue Star Irregulars]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Clan Star Adder]]
 +
| [[Brion's Legion]]  
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
 +
| [[Camacho's Caballeros]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 +
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Free Worlds League]]
+
|
−
| [[Saiph Triumvirate]]
+
|
−
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
+
|
−
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
+
|
 
| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
 
| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
 +
| [[The Dioscuri]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Lyran Alliance]]
+
|
−
| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
+
|
−
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
+
|
−
| [[Hanseatic League]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
+
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 +
| [[Dismal Disinherited]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Dragon's Breath]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Grave Walkers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Gray Death Legion]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Greenburg's Godzillas]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Gregg's Long Striders]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Group W]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Hansen's Roughriders]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Harlock's Warriors]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Hell's Black Aces]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Kell Hounds]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Kristen's Krushers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Lexington Combat Group]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Little Richard's Panzer Brigade]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Rubinsky's Light Horse]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Screaming Eagles]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Snord's Irregulars]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Stealthy Tigers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Storm's Metal Thunder]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Swann's Cavaliers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Fighting Urukhai|The Fighting Urukhai]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Vanguard Legion]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Second Star League]]
+
|
−
| [[St. Ives Compact]]
+
|
−
| [[Rim Collection]]
+
|
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Wolf]]
+
|
 +
| [[Wolverton's Highlanders]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Word of Blake]]
+
|
−
| [[Sirian Holds]]
+
|
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
+
|
−
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
+
|
−
|
+
|
 +
| [[Avanti's Angels]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Styk Commonality]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Nueva Castile]]
+
|
−
|
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Black Omen]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Terracap Confederation]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
+
|
−
|
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Barber's Marauder IIs]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Romanov's Crusaders]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== Civil War Era ===
 
=== Civil War Era ===
 
{{Main|FedCom Civil War}}
 
{{Main|FedCom Civil War}}
−
Nominally a civil war between the two halves of the sundered Federated Commonwealth, the Civil War quickly degenerated into a conflict involving all major Inner Sphere powers, an innumerable amount of mercenary units, and several of the relocated Clans. At the end of the conflict, the Federated Commonwealth was gone forever, with the Federated Suns and the Lyran Commonwealth being recreated by their new rulers.<ref name=FCCW180>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 180</ref>
+
{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
−
 
+
! colspan="6" | Factions during the Civil War Era
−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="5" | Factions during the Civil War Era
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
+
! width="17%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
+
! width="16%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
−
! width="20%" | Periphery
+
! width="16%" | Periphery
−
! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
+
! width="16%" | Deep Periphery
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere Clans
+
! width="16%" | Clan Space
 +
! width="16%" | Mercenaries
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
| [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]]
+
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
 
| [[Circinus Federation]]
 
| [[Circinus Federation]]
−
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
+
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
−
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
+
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
−
|-
+
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
−
| [[ComStar]]
 
−
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
 
−
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
 
−
| [[Alfirk]]
 
−
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
| [[Duchy of Small]]
+
| [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]]
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
| [[Axumite Providence]]
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
+
| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
 +
| [[Illician Lancers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth]]
−
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
+
| [[St. Ives Compact]]
 +
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 +
| [[Elysian Fields]]
 +
| [[Clan Coyote]]
 +
| [[Redfield Renegades]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Lyran Alliance]]
 +
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
 
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
 
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
+
| [[Nueva Castile]]
−
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
+
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
 +
| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League]]
−
| [[Saiph Triumvirate]]
+
| [[Duchy of Small]]
−
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
+
| [[Rim Collection]]
−
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
+
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
−
| [[Clan Wolf]]
+
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
 +
| [[Team Banzai]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[ComStar]]
 +
| [[Styk Commonality]]
 +
| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
 +
| [[Hanseatic League]]
 +
| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
 +
| [[Waco Rangers]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Lyran Alliance]]
+
| [[Word of Blake]]
 
| [[Sirian Holds]]
 
| [[Sirian Holds]]
−
| [[Rim Collection]]
+
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
−
| [[Hanseatic League]]
+
|
−
| [[Ghost Bear Dominion]]
+
| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
 +
| [[12th Star Guards]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Second Star League]]
 
| [[Second Star League]]
−
| [[Styk Commonality]]
+
| [[Saiph Triumvirate]]
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
+
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
|
 +
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
 +
| [[12th Vegan Rangers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
| [[Terracap Confederation]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|
 +
| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
 +
| [[21st Centauri Lancers]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Word of Blake]]
+
|
−
| [[Terracap Confederation]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|
 +
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 +
| [[Bad Dream]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Nueva Castile]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
 +
| [[Blue Star Irregulars]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Clan Star Adder]]
 +
| [[Brion's Legion]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
|}
+
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
−
 
+
| [[Camacho's Caballeros]]
−
=== Jihad ===
 
−
{{Main|Jihad}}
 
−
The Word of Blake Jihad began as an impulsive reaction by the Word of Blake after the fall of the Second Star League in [[3067]]. It eventually escalated into a series of conflicts between most major Inner Sphere and Periphery factions, leaving several realms (last among them the Word of Blake itself) utterly destroyed. United in a fragile coalition, the Anti-Word of Blake forces eventually forced the Word back unto Terra itself, which was finally reclaimed in 3078.<ref name=JHST130>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 130</ref>
 
−
 
 
−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="5" | Factions during the Jihad
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
+
|
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
+
|
−
! width="20%" | Periphery
+
|
−
! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
+
|
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere Clans
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
−
| [[Abbey District]]
 
−
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
 
−
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
 
−
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[ComStar]]
 
−
| [[Azami Brotherhood]]
 
−
| [[Circinus Federation]]
 
−
| [[Alfirk]]
 
−
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
−
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
 
−
| [[Fiefdom of Randis]]
 
−
| [[Axumite Providence]]
 
−
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
−
| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
 
−
| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]
 
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
 
 
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 +
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Free Worlds League]]
+
|
−
| [[Duchy of Graham-Marik]]
+
|
−
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
+
|
−
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance]]
 
−
| [[Duchy of Oriente]]
 
−
| [[Malagrotta Cooperative]]
 
−
| [[Hanseatic League]]
 
 
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 +
| [[The Dioscuri]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Word of Blake]]
+
|
−
| [[Duchy of Orloff]]
+
|
−
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
+
|
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
|
−
| [[Ghost Bear Dominion]]
+
|
 +
| [[Dismal Disinherited]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Duchy of Tamarind]]
 
−
| [[Niops Association]]
 
−
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Dragon's Breath]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
 
−
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 
−
| [[Nueva Castile]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Kittery Prefecture]]
 
−
| [[Rim Collection]]
 
−
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Grave Walkers]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Marik Commonwealth]]
 
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
−
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Gray Death Legion]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Mosiro Archipelago]]
 
−
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Greenburg's Godzillas]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Ohrenson-Zion Province]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Gregg's Long Striders]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Principality of Gibson]]
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Group W]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Principality of Regulus]]
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Hansen's Roughriders]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[The Protectorate]]
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Harlock's Warriors]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Regulan Free States]]
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Hell's Black Aces]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Silver Hawks Coalition]]
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Kell Hounds]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Stewart Commonality]]
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
−
|}
+
|
−
 
+
|
−
=== Republic Era ===
+
|
−
The Republic era began with the birth of the nation known as the [[Republic of the Sphere]], and ended with the widespread collapse of the bulk of the [[HPG]] network across human space in [[3130]].<ref name=CGLRuling>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100306030220/http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,53918.msg1293019.html Catalyst Game Labs' forum: "Topic: The Republic era?"] (archived)</ref>
+
|
−
 
+
| [[Kristen's Krushers]]
−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="5" | Factions during the Republic Era
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
+
|
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
+
|
−
! width="20%" | Periphery
+
|
−
! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
+
|
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere Clans
+
|
 +
| [[Lexington Combat Group]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
+
|
−
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
+
|
−
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
+
|
 +
| [[Little Richard's Panzer Brigade]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Draconis Combine]]
+
|
−
| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
+
|
−
| [[Ferris Collective]]
+
|
−
| [[Alfirk]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
+
|
 +
| [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Federated Suns]]
+
|
−
| [[Duchy of Graham-Marik]]
+
|
−
| [[Fiefdom of Randis]]
+
|
−
| [[Axumite Providence]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
+
|
 +
| [[Rubinsky's Light Horse]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Lyran Alliance]]
+
|
−
| [[Duchy of Oriente]]
+
|
−
| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]
+
|
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
+
|
 +
| [[Screaming Eagles]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
+
|
−
| [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]
+
|
−
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
+
|
−
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
+
|
 +
| [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Republic of the Sphere]]
+
|
−
| [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]]
+
|
−
| [[Lothian League]]
+
|
−
| [[Escorpión Imperio]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
+
|
 +
| [[Snord's Irregulars]]  
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Mosiro Archipelago]]
+
|
−
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
+
|
−
| [[Hanseatic League]]
+
|
−
| [[Clan Wolf]]
+
|
 +
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|  
+
|
−
| [[Principality of Regulus]]
+
|
−
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
+
|
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
|
−
| [[Ghost Bear Dominion]]
+
|
 +
| [[Stealthy Tigers]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[The Protectorate]]
 
−
| [[New Oberon Confederation]]
 
−
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Storm's Metal Thunder]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
 
−
| [[Niops Association]]
 
−
| [[Nueva Castile]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Swann's Cavaliers]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Regulan Free States]]
 
−
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 
−
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Fighting Urukhai|The Fighting Urukhai]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Regulan Fiefs]]
 
−
| [[Ragnarök Union]]
 
−
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Vanguard Legion]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Rim Commonality]]
 
−
| [[Raven Alliance]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Wolverton's Highlanders]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Silver Hawks Coalition]]
 
−
| [[Republic of the Barrens]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Avanti's Angels]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Rim Collection]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Black Omen]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Barber's Marauder IIs]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Romanov's Crusaders]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
−
=== Dark Age Era ===
+
=== Jihad ===
−
The Dark Age era began with the widespread collapse of the bulk of the [[HPG]] network across human space in [[3130]].<ref name=CGLRuling />
+
{{Main|Jihad}}
−
 
+
{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
+
! colspan="6" | Factions during the Jihad
−
! colspan="5" | Factions during the Dark age Era
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
+
! width="17%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
+
! width="16%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
−
! width="20%" | Periphery
+
! width="16%" | Periphery
−
! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
+
! width="16%" | Deep Periphery
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere Clans
+
! width="16%" | Clan Space
 +
! width="16%" | Mercenaries
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
+
| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
−
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
+
| [[Circinus Federation]]
−
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
+
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
−
| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
+
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
 +
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
+
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
−
| [[Ferris Collective]]
+
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
| [[Alfirk]]
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
+
| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
 +
| [[Illician Lancers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
−
| [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]
+
|  
−
| [[Fiefdom of Randis]]
+
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−
| [[Axumite Providence]]
+
| [[Hanseatic League]]
−
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
+
| [[Clan Coyote]]
−
|-
+
| [[Redfield Renegades]]
−
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
−
| [[Galatean League]]
 
−
| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]
 
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
 
−
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
−
| [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]]
 
−
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
 
−
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
 +
| [[Nueva Castile]]
 +
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
 +
| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Republic of the Sphere]]
+
| [[Free Worlds League]]
−
| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
 
−
| [[Lothian League]]
 
−
| [[Escorpión Imperio]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| [[Rim Collection]]
 +
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 +
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
 +
| [[Team Banzai]]
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[ComStar]]
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Regulan Fiefs]]
+
| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
−
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
−
| [[Hanseatic League]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 +
| [[Waco Rangers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Word of Blake]]
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Republic Remnant]]
+
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
−
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
+
|
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
 +
| [[12th Star Guards]]
 +
|-
 
|  
 
|  
−
|-
 
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Rim Commonality]]
+
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
−
| [[New Oberon Confederation]]
 
−
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
 +
| [[12th Vegan Rangers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Wolf Empire]]
 
−
| [[Niops Association]]
 
−
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
 +
| [[21st Centauri Lancers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 +
| [[Bad Dream]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
 +
| [[Blue Star Irregulars]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Clan Star Adder]]
 +
| [[Brion's Legion]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
 +
| [[Camacho's Caballeros]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 +
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 
|-
 
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| [[The Dioscuri]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Ragnarök Union]]
+
| [[Dismal Disinherited]]
−
|  
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 +
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 +
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 +
| [[Dragon's Breath]]
 +
|-
 +
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 +
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 +
|
 +
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 +
|
 +
| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
 +
|-
 +
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 +
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 +
|
 +
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 +
|
 +
| [[Grave Walkers]]
 +
|-
 +
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 +
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 +
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 +
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 +
|
 +
| [[Greenburg's Godzillas]]
 +
|-
 +
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 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Gregg's Long Striders]]
 +
|-
 +
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 +
|
 +
|
 +
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 +
|
 +
| [[Group W]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Hansen's Roughriders]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Harlock's Warriors]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
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 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Hell's Black Aces]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Kell Hounds]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Kristen's Krushers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Lexington Combat Group]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Little Richard's Panzer Brigade]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Rubinsky's Light Horse]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Screaming Eagles]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Snord's Irregulars]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Stealthy Tigers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Storm's Metal Thunder]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Swann's Cavaliers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Fighting Urukhai|The Fighting Urukhai]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Raven Alliance]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Vanguard Legion]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Republic of the Barrens]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Wolverton's Highlanders]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Rim Collection]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Avanti's Angels]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Rim Territories]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Black Omen]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Barber's Marauder IIs]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Romanov's Crusaders]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
−
=== ilClan Era ===
+
=== Dark Age ===
−
Following the the [[ilClan Trial]] between Clan Wolf and Jade Falcon, a new era emerged in [[3151]].
+
{{Main|Dark Age}}
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+
{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
+
! colspan="6" | Factions during the Dark Age
−
! colspan="5" | Factions during the ilClan Era
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
 
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
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! width="20%" | Periphery
 
! width="20%" | Periphery
 
! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
 
! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
−
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere Clans
+
! width="20%" | Mercenaries
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
| [[Tamar Pact]]
+
| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
−
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
+
| [[Lothian League]]
−
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
+
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
−
| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
+
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
+
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
−
| [[Ferris Collective]]
+
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
| [[Alfirk]]
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
+
| [[Illician Lancers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
−
| [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]
+
| [[ComStar]]
−
| [[Fiefdom of Randis]]
+
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−
| [[Axumite Providence]]
+
| [[Hanseatic League]]
−
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
+
| [[Redfield Renegades]]
−
|-
 
−
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
−
| [[Galatean League]]
 
−
| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]
 
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
 
−
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
−
| [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]]
+
| [[Bannson's Raiders]]
−
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
+
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
−
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
+
| [[Nueva Castile]]
−
|  
+
| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Star_League_(3151–)|Star League]]
+
| [[Republic of the Sphere]]
−
| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
+
| [[Dragon's Fury]]
−
| [[Lothian League]]
+
| [[Rim Collection]]
−
| [[Scorpion Empire]]
+
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
−
|  
+
| [[Team Banzai]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Regulan Fiefs]]
+
| [[Spirit Cats]]
−
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
+
| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
−
| [[Home Clans]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| [[Waco Rangers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Tamar Pact]]
+
| [[Steel Wolves]]
−
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
+
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
|
−
|
+
| [[12th Star Guards]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Rim Commonality]]
+
| [[Stormhammers]]
−
| [[New Oberon Confederation]]
+
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
−
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[12th Vegan Rangers]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Wolf Empire]]
 
−
| [[Niops Association]]
 
−
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
 
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Swordsworn]]
 +
| [[Rim Collection]]
 +
|
 +
| [[21st Centauri Lancers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Vesper Marches]]
 
−
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Bad Dream]]
 
|-
 
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Blue Star Irregulars]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Brion's Legion]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Camacho's Caballeros]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Alyina Mercantile League]]
+
| [[The Dioscuri]]
−
| [[Ragnarök Union]]
+
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| [[Dismal Disinherited]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Dragon's Breath]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Arc-Royal Liberty Coalition]]
 
−
| [[Raven Alliance]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
| [[Clan Jade Falcon Remnants]]
 
−
| [[Republic of the Barrens]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Grave Walkers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Timbuktu Collective]]
 
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Greenburg's Godzillas]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Rim Territories]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Gregg's Long Striders]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Group W]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
−
|}
+
|
−
 
+
|
−
== Mercenaries ==
+
|
−
{{Main|Mercenary Commands}}
+
| [[Hansen's Roughriders]]
−
Modern mercenaries have their root in the chaos of the Second Exodus, when they were commonly used in the hundreds of border conflicts between the emerging statelets. In use during the hidden wars of the Star League members, mercenary units began to multiply both in numbers and power since the beginning of the Succession Wars. Even in later eras, mercenaries retained their prominent role in military conflicts.<ref name=FMM7>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', pp. 7–9</ref>
 
−
 
 
−
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−
! colspan="4" | Notable Mercenary Units
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| width="25%" | [[21st Centauri Lancers]]
+
|
−
| width="25%" | [[Hansen's Roughriders]]
+
|
−
| width="25%" | [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]
+
|
−
| width="25%" | [[Team Banzai]]
+
|
 +
| [[Harlock's Warriors]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Black Thorns]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 
| [[Hell's Black Aces]]
 
| [[Hell's Black Aces]]
−
| [[Miller's Marauders]]
 
−
| [[Waco Rangers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
+
|
−
| [[Illician Lancers]]
+
|
−
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
+
|
−
| [[Wannamaker's Widowmakers]]
+
|
 +
| [[Kell Hounds]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Kristen's Krushers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Little Richard's Panzer Brigade]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Rubinsky's Light Horse]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Screaming Eagles]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Snord's Irregulars]]  
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Stealthy Tigers]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Storm's Metal Thunder]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Swann's Cavaliers]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Gray Death Legion]]
+
|
−
| [[Kell Hounds]]
+
|
−
| [[Snord's Irregulars]]
+
|
−
| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
+
|
 +
| [[Fighting Urukhai|The Fighting Urukhai]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Ronin (Mercenary Command)]]
+
|
−
|  
+
|
−
|  
+
|
−
|  
+
|
−
|}
+
| [[Vanguard Legion]]
−
 
 
−
== Others ==
 
−
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
−
! colspan="3" | Other notable factions
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="33%" | Philosophies
+
|
−
! width="34%" | Corporations
+
|
−
! width="33%" | Conspiracies
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Wolverton's Highlanders]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Cult of the Saints Cameron]]
+
|
−
| [[Interstellar Expeditions]]
+
|
−
| [[Brotherhood of Cincinnatus]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Avanti's Angels]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Far Lookers]]
+
|
−
| [[Irian Technologies]]
+
|
−
| [[Davion Warriors' Cabal]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Black Omen]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Inheritors]]
+
|
−
|  
+
|
−
| [[Sixth of June]]
+
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Barber's Marauder IIs]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[One Star Faith]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
|  
+
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Wolf Hunters]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
−
 
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
−
* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
+
*''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]''
−
* ''[[Explorer Corps (sourcebook)|Explorer Corps]]''
 
−
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]''
 
−
* ''[[Interstellar Players]]''
 
−
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
 
−
* ''[[Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2]]''
 
−
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]''
 
−
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
 
−
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
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