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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.	+	{{Underconstruction}}
		+	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}}
−	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>	+	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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−	{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
−	! colspan="4" | Factions in the Inner Sphere
−	|-
−	! Inner Sphere States
−	! Republican Splinter States
−	! FWL Splinter States
−	! Inner Sphere Clans
−	|-
−	| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−	| [[Bannson's Raiders]]
−	| [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]
−	| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
−	|-
−	| [[ComStar]]
−	| [[Dragon's Fury]]
−	| [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]]
−	| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
−	|-
−	| [[Draconis Combine]]
−	| [[Spirit Cats]]
−	| [[Oriente Protectorate]]
−	| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
−	|-
−	| [[Federated Suns]]
−	| [[Steel Wolves]]
−	| [[Regulan Fiefs]]
−	| [[Clan Wolf]]
−	|-
−	| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
−	| [[Stormhammers]]
−	|
−	| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
−	|-
−	| [[Free Worlds League]]
−	| [[Tall Trees Union]]
−	|
−	| [[Raven Alliance]]
−	|}
	=== Periphery ===		=== Periphery ===
−	{{Main|Periphery}}
−	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/>
−	{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
−	! colspan="4" | Factions in the Periphery
−	|-
−	| width="25%" | [[Calderon Protectorate]]
−	| width="25%" | [[Lothian League]]
−	| width="25%" | [[Rim Collection]]
−	| width="25%" | [[Tortuga Dominions]]
−	|-
−	| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]
−	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−	| [[Rim Territories]]
−	| [[The Barrens]]
−	|
−	|-
−	| [[Fronc Reaches]]
−	| [[Marian Hegemony]]
−	| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−	|
−	|}
	=== Deep Periphery ===		=== Deep Periphery ===
−	{{Main|Deep Periphery}}
−	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>
−	{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"	+	=== Clan Space ===
−	! colspan="3" | Factions in the Deep Periphery
−	|-
−	| width="33%" | [[Alfirk]]
−	| width="34%" | [[JàrnFòlk]]
−	| width="33%" | [[Nueva Castile]]
−	|-
−	| [[Chainelane Isles]]
−	| [[Hanseatic League]]
−	| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
−	|-
−	| [[Scorpion Empire]]
−	|
−	|
−	|}
−	=== Clan Homeworlds ===
−	{{Main|Clans}}
−	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>
−	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;"
−	! colspan="5" | Factions of the Clans
−	|-
−	! Inner Sphere Clans
−	! Home Clans
−	! Absorbed Clans
−	! Annihilated Clans
−	! Bandit Clans/Deep Periphery Clans
−	|-
−	| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
−	| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
−	| [[Clan Burrock]]
−	| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
−	| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
−	|-
−	| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
−	| [[Clan Coyote]]
−	| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
−	| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
−	| [[Escorpión Imperio]]/[[Scorpion Empire]]
−	|-
−	| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
−	| [[Clan Star Adder]]
−	|
−	| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
−	| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
−	|-
−	| [[Clan Wolf]]
−	| [[Clan Stone Lion]]
−	|
−	| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
−	|
−	|-
−	| [[Rasalhague Dominion|Ghost Bear Dominion]]
−	|
−	|
−	|
−	|
−	|-
−	| [[Raven Alliance]]
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−	|
−	|}
	== Historical Factions ==		== Historical Factions ==
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	=== Early Spaceflight ===		=== Early Spaceflight ===
	{{Main|Early Spaceflight}}		{{Main|Early Spaceflight}}
−	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>	+	{|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="3" | Factions during the Early Spaceflight Era		! colspan="3" | Factions during the Early Spaceflight Era
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	=== First Exodus ===		=== First Exodus ===
	{{Main|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>	+	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>
−	{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"	+	{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
	! colspan="2" | Factions during the First Exodus		! colspan="2" | Factions during the First Exodus
	|-		|-
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	| [[Alfirk]]		| [[Alfirk]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Capellan Holdfast]]	+	| [[Tikonov Union]]
−	|
−	|-
−	| [[Capellan Republic]]
	|		|
	|-		|-
	| [[Chesterton Trade League]]		| [[Chesterton Trade League]]
−	|
−	|-
−	| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
−	|
−	|-
−	| [[Tikonov Union]]
	|		|
	|}		|}
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	=== Second Exodus ===		=== Second Exodus ===
	{{Main|Exodus (2242)}}		{{Main|Exodus (2242)}}
−	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>	+	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>
−	{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"	+	{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
	! colspan="4" | Factions during the Second Exodus		! colspan="4" | Factions during the Second Exodus
	|-		|-
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	|-		|-
	| [[Capellan Confederation]]		| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−	| [[Alliance of Galedon]]	+	| [[Capellan Hegemony]]
	| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]		| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
	| [[Alfirk]]		| [[Alfirk]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Draconis Combine]]		| [[Draconis Combine]]
−	| [[Capellan Commonality]]	+	| [[Federation of Oriente]]
−	| [[Intendancy of New New Spain]]
−	| [[Autocracy of New Virginia]]
−	|-
−	| [[Federated Suns]]
−	| [[Capellan Hegemony]]
	| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]		| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
−	| [[Axumite Providence]]
−	|-
−	| [[Free Worlds League]]
−	| [[Chesterton Trade League]]
−	| [[Taurian Concordat]]
	|		|
	|-		|-
−	| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]	+	| [[Federated Suns]]
−	| [[Chisholm Protectorate]]
−	| [[Taurian Homeworlds]]
−	|
−	|-
−	| [[Terran Hegemony]]
−	| [[Dieron Federation]]
−	|
−	|
−	|-
−	|
−	| [[Federation of Oriente]]
−	|
−	|
−	|-
−	|
	| [[Federation of Skye]]		| [[Federation of Skye]]
−	|	+	| [[Taurian Concordat]]
	|		|
	|-		|-
−	|	+	| [[Free Worlds League]]
−	| [[Ingersoll Concordium]]	+	| [[Ingersol Concordium]]
−	|	+	|
	|		|
	|-		|-
−	|	+	| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
−	| [[Marik Commonwealth]]	+	| [[Marik Republic]]
−	|	+	|
	|		|
	|-		|-
−	|	+	| [[Terran Hegemony]]
−	| [[Marlette Association]]
−	|
−	|
−	|-
−	|
	| [[Muskegon Empire]]		| [[Muskegon Empire]]
−	|
−	|
−	|-
−	|
−	| [[Nanking Collective]]
−	|
−	|
−	|-
−	|
−	| [[Ozawa Mercantile Association]]
	|		|
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	| [[Principality of Rasalhague]]		| [[Principality of Rasalhague]]
−	|
−	|
−	|-
−	|
−	| [[Principality of Regulus]]
	|		|
	|		|
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	|-		|-
	|		|
−	| [[Rasalhague Consortium]]	+	| [[Regulan Principality]]
−	|
−	|
−	|-
−	|
−	| [[Republic of Marik]]
	|		|
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	| [[Sarna Supremacy]]		| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
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−	|
−	|-
−	|
−	| [[Sian Commonwealth]]
	|		|
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	| [[Terran Alliance]]		| [[Terran Alliance]]
−	|
−	|
−	|-
−	|
−	| [[Tikonov Union]]
	|		|
	|		|
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	=== Age of War ===		=== Age of War ===
	{{Main|Age of War}}		{{Main|Age of War}}
−	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>	+	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 also a near constant occurrence. Thanks to the Terran Hegemony's ''Strategy of Aggressive Peacemaking'', the Age of War ended with the signation of the Star League treaties by the six Great Houses.<ref name=SL28>''Star League'', pp. 28-35</ref>
−	{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"	+	{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
−	! colspan="4" | Factions during the Age of War	+	! colspan="5" | Factions during the Age of War
	|-		|-
−	! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Major)	+	! width="33%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
−	! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)	+	! width="34%" | Periphery
−	! width="25%" | Periphery	+	! width="33%" | Deep Periphery
−	! width="25%" | Deep Periphery
	|-		|-
	| [[Capellan Confederation]]		| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−	| [[Principality of Rasalhague]]
	| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]		| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
	| [[Alfirk]]		| [[Alfirk]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Draconis Combine]]		| [[Draconis Combine]]
−	| [[United Hindu Collective]]
	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]		| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−	| [[Axumite Providence]]	+	| [[JàrnFòlk]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Federated Suns]]		| [[Federated Suns]]
−	|	+	| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
−	| [[Outworlds Alliance]]	+	| [[Nueva Castile]]
−	| [[JàrnFòlk]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Free Worlds League]]	+	| [[Free Worlds League]]
		+	| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
	|		|
−	| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
−	| [[Nueva Castile]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]		| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
		+	| [[Taurian Concordat]]
	|		|
−	| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−	| [[Virginian Union]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Terran Hegemony]]		| [[Terran Hegemony]]
−	|	+	| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
−	|
	|		|
	|}		|}
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	=== Star League Era ===		=== Star League Era ===
	{{Main|Star League Era}}		{{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>	+	Formally unifying the Member States of the Inner Sphere in [[2751]] 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, prosperty, and significant technology 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>''Star League'', pp. 37-98</ref>
−	{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"	+	{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
	! colspan="3" | Factions during the Star League Era		! colspan="3" | Factions during the Star League Era
	|-		|-
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	| [[Capellan Confederation]]		| [[Capellan Confederation]]
	| [[Circinus Federation]]		| [[Circinus Federation]]
−	| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]	+	| [[Alfirk]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Draconis Combine]]	+	| [[Draconis Combine]]
	| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]		| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
−	| [[Alfirk]]	+	| [[JàrnFòlk]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Federated Suns]]		| [[Federated Suns]]
	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]		| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−	| [[Axumite Providence]]	+	| [[Nueva Castile]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Free Worlds League]]	+	| [[Free Worlds League]]
	| [[Outworlds Alliance]]		| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
−	| [[JàrnFòlk]]	+	|
	|-		|-
	| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]		| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
	| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]		| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
−	| [[New Delphi Compact]]	+	|
	|-		|-
	| [[Star League]]		| [[Star League]]
	| [[Taurian Concordat]]		| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−	| [[Nueva Castile]]	+	|
	|-		|-
	| [[Terran Hegemony]]		| [[Terran Hegemony]]
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	=== Golden Century ===		=== Golden Century ===
	{{Main|Golden Century}}		{{Main|Golden Century}}
−	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/>	+	After the fall of the Star League, [[Operation Exodus]] of the Star League Defense Forces 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 reorganised themselves into [[the Clans]] and retook the 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>''Invading Clans'', pp. 16, 84, 108, 133-134</ref>
−	{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"	+	{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
−	! colspan="3" | Factions during the Golden Century	+	! colspan="4" | Factions during the Golden Century
	|-		|-
	! width="33%" | Crusader Clans		! width="33%" | Crusader Clans
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	| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]		| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
	| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]		| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
−	| [[Clan Mongoose]]	+	| [[Clan Burrock]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]		| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
	| [[Clan Coyote]]		| [[Clan Coyote]]
−	| [[Clan Widowmaker]]	+	| [[Clan Mongoose]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]		| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
	| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]		| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
−	| [[Clan Wolverine]]	+	| [[Clan Widowmaker]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]		| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
	| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]		| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
−	|	+	| [[Clan Wolverine]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]		| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
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	|-		|-
−	| [[Clan Burrock]]	+	|
	| [[Clan Steel Viper]]		| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
	|		|
	|-		|-
−	|	+	|
	| [[Clan Wolf]]		| [[Clan Wolf]]
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	=== Succession Wars ===		=== Succession Wars ===
−	{{Main|History of the Succession Wars}}	+	{{Main|Succession Wars (History)}}
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−	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>
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	! colspan="4" | Factions during the Succession Wars		! colspan="4" | Factions during the Succession Wars
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	| [[Capellan Confederation]]		| [[Capellan Confederation]]
	| [[Duchy of Andurien]]		| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
−	| [[Aurigan Coalition]]	+	| [[Circinus Federation]]
−	| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]	+	| [[Alfirk]]
	|-		|-
	| [[ComStar]]		| [[ComStar]]
	| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]		| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
−	| [[Circinus Federation]]	+	| [[Elysian Fields]]
−	| [[Alfirk]]	+	| [[Chainelane Isles]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Draconis Combine]]		| [[Draconis Combine]]
	| [[St. Ives Compact]]		| [[St. Ives Compact]]
−	| [[Elysian Fields]]	+	| [[Greater Valkyrate]]
−	| [[Axumite Providence]]	+	| [[JàrnFòlk]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Federated Suns]]		| [[Federated Suns]]
	| [[Tikonov Free Republic]]		| [[Tikonov Free Republic]]
−	| [[Greater Valkyrate]]	+	| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
−	| [[Chainelane Isles]]	+	| [[Hanseatic League]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Free Worlds League]]		| [[Free Worlds League]]
	|		|
−	| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]	+	| [[Lothian League]]
−	| [[Coreward Confederacy]]	+	| [[Nueva Castile]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]		| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
	|		|
−	| [[Lothian League]]
−	| [[Hanseatic League]]
−	|-
−	|
−	|
	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]		| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−	| [[JàrnFòlk]]	+	| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
	| [[Marian Hegemony]]		| [[Marian Hegemony]]
−	| [[New Delphi Compact]]	+	|
−	|-
−	|
−	|
−	| [[Niops Association]]
−	| [[Nueva Castile]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
	| [[Oberon Confederation]]		| [[Oberon Confederation]]
−	| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
−	|-
	|		|
−	|
−	| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
−	| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
	| [[Rim Collection]]		| [[Rim Collection]]
−	| [[Virginian Union]]	+	|
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
	| [[Taurian Concordat]]		| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−	|
−	|-
−	|
−	|
−	| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
	|		|
	|}		|}
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	=== 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" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"	+	{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
	! colspan="5" | Factions during the Clan Invasion		! colspan="5" | Factions during the Clan Invasion
	|-		|-
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	| [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]]		| [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]]
	| [[Circinus Federation]]		| [[Circinus Federation]]
−	| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]	+	| [[Chainelane Isles]]
−	| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]	+	| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
	|-		|-
	| [[ComStar]]		| [[ComStar]]
	| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]		| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
−	| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]	+	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−	| [[Alfirk]]	+	| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−	| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]	+	| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Draconis Combine]]		| [[Draconis Combine]]
−	| [[Duchy of Small]]	+	| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
−	| [[Lothian League]]	+	| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−	| [[Axumite Providence]]	+	| [[Elysian Fields]]
−	| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]	+	| [[Clan Coyote]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Federated Commonwealth]]		| [[Federated Commonwealth]]
−	| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]	+	| [[St. Ives Compact]]
−	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]	+	| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
−	| [[Chainelane Isles]]	+	| [[Nueva Castile]]
−	| [[Clan Nova Cat]]	+	| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Free Worlds League]]		| [[Free Worlds League]]
−	| [[Saiph Triumvirate]]	+	| [[Duchy of Small]]
−	| [[Marian Hegemony]]	+	| [[Lothian League]]
−	| [[Coreward Confederacy]]	+	| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
−	| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]	+	| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Lyran Alliance]]		| [[Lyran Alliance]]
−	| [[Sarna Supremacy]]	+	| [[Styk Commonality]]
−	| [[Outworlds Alliance]]	+	| [[Marian Hegemony]]
	| [[Hanseatic League]]		| [[Hanseatic League]]
−	| [[Clan Steel Viper]]	+	| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Second Star League]]		| [[Second Star League]]
−	| [[St. Ives Compact]]	+	| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
	| [[Rim Collection]]		| [[Rim Collection]]
−	| [[JàrnFòlk]]	+	|
−	| [[Clan Wolf]]	+	| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Word of Blake]]		| [[Word of Blake]]
		+	| [[Saiph Triumvirate]]
		+	| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
		+	|
		+	| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	| [[Terracap Confederation]]
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
		+	|-
		+	|
	| [[Sirian Holds]]		| [[Sirian Holds]]
−	| [[Taurian Concordat]]	+	|
−	| [[New Delphi Compact]]	+	|
−	|	+	| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Clan Star Adder]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
−	| [[Styk Commonality]]
	|		|
−	| [[Nueva Castile]]	+	|
−	|	+	|
		+	| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
−	| [[Terracap Confederation]]
	|		|
−	| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]	+	|
−	|	+	|
		+	| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
	|		|
−	| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
	|		|
		+	| [[Clan Wolf]]
	|}		|}
	=== 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]]		| [[ComStar]]
−	| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]	+	| [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]]
−	| [[Fronc Reaches]]	+	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−	| [[Alfirk]]	+	| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−	| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]	+	| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
		+	| [[Illician Lancers]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Draconis Combine]]		| [[Draconis Combine]]
−	| [[Duchy of Small]]	+	| [[St. Ives Compact]]
−	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]	+	| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−	| [[Axumite Providence]]	+	| [[Elysian Fields]]
−	| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]	+	| [[Clan Coyote]]
		+	| [[Redfield Renegades]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Federated Commonwealth]]		| [[Federated Commonwealth]]
−	| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]	+	| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
	| [[Marian Hegemony]]		| [[Marian Hegemony]]
−	| [[Chainelane Isles]]	+	| [[Nueva Castile]]
−	| [[Clan Nova Cat]]	+	| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
−	|-	+	| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
−	| [[Free Worlds League]]
−	| [[Saiph Triumvirate]]
−	| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
−	| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
−	| [[Clan Wolf]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Lyran Alliance]]		| [[Lyran Alliance]]
−	| [[Sirian Holds]]	+	| [[Duchy of Small]]
	| [[Rim Collection]]		| [[Rim Collection]]
		+	| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
		+	| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
		+	| [[Team Banzai]]
		+	|-
		+	| [[Free Worlds League]]
		+	| [[Styk Commonality]]
		+	| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
	| [[Hanseatic League]]		| [[Hanseatic League]]
−	| [[Ghost Bear Dominion]]	+	| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
		+	| [[Waco Rangers]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Second Star League]]		| [[Second Star League]]
−	| [[Styk Commonality]]	+	| [[Sirian Holds]]
−	| [[Taurian Concordat]]	+	| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
−	| [[JàrnFòlk]]	+	|
−	|	+	| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
		+	| [[12th Star Guards]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Word of Blake]]		| [[Word of Blake]]
		+	| [[Saiph Triumvirate]]
		+	| [[Fronc Reaches]]
		+	|
		+	| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
		+	| [[12th Vegan Rangers]]
		+	|-
		+	|
	| [[Terracap Confederation]]		| [[Terracap Confederation]]
	|		|
−	| [[New Delphi Compact]]	+	|
		+	| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
		+	| [[21st Centauri Lancers]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[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]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Clan Wolf]]
		+	| [[The Dioscuri]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
	|		|
		+	| [[Dismal Disinherited]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Dragon's Breath]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
	|		|
−	| [[Nueva Castile]]
	|		|
		+	|
		+	| [[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]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Wolverton's Highlanders]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Avanti's Angels]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Black Omen]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
	|		|
−	| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
	|		|
		+	|
		+	| [[Barber's Marauder IIs]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
	|		|
−	| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
	|		|
		+	|
		+	| [[Romanov's Crusaders]]
	|}		|}
	=== Jihad ===		=== Jihad ===
	{{Main|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 center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
−		+	! colspan="6" | Factions during the Jihad
−	{|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="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]]
−	| [[Abbey District]]	+	| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
−	| [[Calderon Protectorate]]	+	| [[Circinus Federation]]
−	| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]	+	| [[Chainelane Isles]]
−	| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]	+	| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
		+	| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
	|-		|-
	| [[ComStar]]		| [[ComStar]]
−	| [[Azami Brotherhood]]	+	| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
−	| [[Circinus Federation]]	+	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−	| [[Alfirk]]	+	| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−	| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]	+	| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
		+	| [[Illician Lancers]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Draconis Combine]]		| [[Draconis Combine]]
−	| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]	+	|
−	| [[Fiefdom of Randis]]	+	| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−	| [[Axumite Providence]]	+	| [[Hanseatic League]]
−	| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]	+	| [[Clan Coyote]]
		+	| [[Redfield Renegades]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Federated Suns]]		| [[Federated Suns]]
−	| [[Duchy of Andurien]]	+	|
−	| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]	+	| [[Marian Hegemony]]
−	| [[Chainelane Isles]]	+	| [[Nueva Castile]]
−	| [[Clan Nova Cat]]	+	| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
		+	| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Free Worlds League]]		| [[Free Worlds League]]
−	| [[Duchy of Graham-Marik]]	+	|
−	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]	+	| [[Rim Collection]]
−	| [[Coreward Confederacy]]	+	| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
−	| [[Clan Snow Raven]]	+	| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
		+	| [[Team Banzai]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Lyran Alliance]]	+	| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
−	| [[Duchy of Oriente]]	+	|
−	| [[Malagrotta Cooperative]]	+	| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
−	| [[Hanseatic League]]	+	|
	| [[Clan Wolf]]		| [[Clan Wolf]]
		+	| [[Waco Rangers]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Word of Blake]]		| [[Word of Blake]]
−	| [[Duchy of Orloff]]	+	|
−	| [[Marian Hegemony]]	+	| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
−	| [[JàrnFòlk]]	+	|
−	| [[Ghost Bear Dominion]]	+	| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
		+	| [[12th Star Guards]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
−	| [[Duchy of Tamarind]]	+	|
−	| [[Niops Association]]	+	| [[Fronc Reaches]]
−	| [[New Delphi Compact]]
	|		|
		+	| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
		+	| [[12th Vegan Rangers]]
	|-		|-
		+	|
		+	|
	|		|
−	| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
−	| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
−	| [[Nueva Castile]]
	|		|
		+	| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
		+	| [[21st Centauri Lancers]]
	|-		|-
		+	|
	|		|
−	| [[Kittery Prefecture]]	+	|
−	| [[Rim Collection]]	+	|
−	| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]	+	| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
		+	| [[Bad Dream]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
		+	| [[Blue Star Irregulars]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Clan Star Adder]]
		+	| [[Brion's Legion]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
	|		|
		+	| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
		+	| [[Camacho's Caballeros]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Marik Commonwealth]]
−	| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−	| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
		+	| [[Crater Cobras]]
	|-		|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
	|		|
−	| [[Mosiro Archipelago]]	+	| [[The Dioscuri]]
−	| [[Tortuga Dominions]]	+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
	|		|
		+	| [[Dismal Disinherited]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Dragon's Breath]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
		+	|-
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Grave Walkers]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Ohrenson-Zion Province]]
	|		|
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Greenburg's Godzillas]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Principality of Gibson]]
−	|
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Gregg's Long Striders]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Principality of Regulus]]
−	|
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Group W]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[The Protectorate]]
−	|
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Hansen's Roughriders]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Regulan Free States]]
−	|
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Harlock's Warriors]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Silver Hawks Coalition]]
−	|
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Hell's Black Aces]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[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>	+	|
−		+	| [[Kell Hounds]]
−	{|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	+	|
		+	| [[Kristen's Krushers]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Capellan Confederation]]	+	|
−	| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]	+	|
−	| [[Calderon Protectorate]]	+	|
−	| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]	+	|
−	| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]	+	|
		+	| [[Lexington Combat Group]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Draconis Combine]]	+	|
−	| [[Duchy of Andurien]]	+	|
−	| [[Ferris Collective]]	+	|
−	| [[Alfirk]]	+	|
−	| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]	+	|
		+	| [[Little Richard's Panzer Brigade]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[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 ===	+	=== Dark Age ===
−	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|Dark Age}}
−		+	{|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 Dark Age
−	! colspan="5" | Factions during the Dark age 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]]
−	| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]	+	| [[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]]
	|-		|-
	| [[Republic of the Sphere]]		| [[Republic of the Sphere]]
−	| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]	+	| [[Dragon's Fury]]
−	| [[Lothian League]]	+	| [[Rim Collection]]
−	| [[Escorpión Imperio]]	+	| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
−	|	+	| [[Team Banzai]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
−	| [[Regulan Fiefs]]	+	| [[Spirit Cats]]
−	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]	+	| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
−	| [[Hanseatic League]]
	|		|
		+	| [[Waco Rangers]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
−	| [[Republic Remnant]]	+	| [[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]]
	|-		|-
		+	|
	|		|
	|		|
−	| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
−	|
	|		|
		+	| [[Bad Dream]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Blue Star Irregulars]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Brion's Legion]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Camacho's Caballeros]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Crater Cobras]]
	|-		|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
	|		|
		+	| [[The Dioscuri]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
	|		|
−	| [[Ragnarök Union]]	+	| [[Dismal Disinherited]]
−	|	+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Dragon's Breath]]
		+	|-
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
	|		|
		+	| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	|
−	| [[Raven Alliance]]
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Grave Walkers]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	|
−	| [[Republic of the Barrens]]
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Greenburg's Godzillas]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
−	| [[Rim Collection]]
	|		|
	|		|
		+	| [[Gregg's Long Striders]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
−	| [[Rim Territories]]
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	| [[Group W]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	|
−	| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Hansen's Roughriders]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	|
−	|
−	|
	|		|
−	|}	+	|
−		+	|
−	=== ilClan Era ===	+	|
−	Following the the [[ilClan Trial]] between Clan Wolf and Jade Falcon, a new era emerged in [[3151]].	+	| [[Harlock's Warriors]]
−
−	{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
−	! colspan="5" | Factions during the ilClan Era
	|-		|-
−	! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)	+	|
−	! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)	+	|
−	! width="20%" | Periphery	+	|
−	! width="20%" | Deep Periphery	+	|
−	! width="20%" | Inner Sphere Clans	+	| [[Hell's Black Aces]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Capellan Confederation]]	+	|
−	| [[Tamar Pact]]	+	|
−	| [[Calderon Protectorate]]	+	|
−	| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]	+	|
−	| [[Clan Sea Fox]]	+	| [[Kell Hounds]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Draconis Combine]]	+	|
−	| [[Duchy of Andurien]]	+	|
−	| [[Ferris Collective]]	+	|
−	| [[Alfirk]]	+	|
−	| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]	+	| [[Kristen's Krushers]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Federated Suns]]	+	|
−	| [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]	+	|
−	| [[Fiefdom of Randis]]	+	|
−	| [[Axumite Providence]]	+	|
−	| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]	+	| [[Little Richard's Panzer Brigade]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Free Worlds League]]	+	|
−	| [[Galatean League]]	+	|
−	| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]	+	|
−	| [[Chainelane Isles]]	+	|
−	| [[Clan Nova Cat]]	+	| [[Rubinsky's Light Horse]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]	+	|
−	| [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]]	+	|
−	| [[Fronc Reaches]]	+	|
−	| [[Coreward Confederacy]]	+	|
−	|	+	| [[Screaming Eagles]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Star_League_(3151–)|Star League]]	+	|
−	| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]	+	|
−	| [[Lothian League]]	+	|
−	| [[Scorpion Empire]]	+	|
−	|	+	| [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]]
	|-		|-
−	|	+	|
−	| [[Regulan Fiefs]]	+	|
−	| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]	+	|
−	| [[Home Clans]]	+	|
−	|	+	| [[Snord's Irregulars]]
	|-		|-
−	|	+	|
−	| [[Tamar Pact]]	+	|
−	| [[Marian Hegemony]]	+	|
−	| [[JàrnFòlk]]	+	|
−	|	+	| [[Crater Cobras]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Rim Commonality]]
−	| [[New Oberon Confederation]]
−	| [[New Delphi Compact]]
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Stealthy Tigers]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Wolf Empire]]
−	| [[Niops Association]]
−	| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Storm's Metal Thunder]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Vesper Marches]]
−	| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Swann's Cavaliers]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Alyina Mercantile League]]
−	| [[Ragnarök Union]]
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Fighting Urukhai|The Fighting Urukhai]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Arc-Royal Liberty Coalition]]
−	| [[Raven Alliance]]
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Vanguard Legion]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	| [[Clan Jade Falcon Remnants]]
−	| [[Republic of the Barrens]]
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Wolverton's Highlanders]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
−	| [[Timbuktu Collective]]
	|		|
	|		|
		+	| [[Avanti's Angels]]
	|-		|-
	|		|
	|		|
−	| [[Rim Territories]]
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	| [[Black Omen]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	|
−	| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Barber's Marauder IIs]]
	|-		|-
−	|
−	|
−	|
−	|
	|		|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	|
		+	| [[Wolf Hunters]]
	|}		|}
	== Mercenaries ==		== Mercenaries ==
−	{{Main|Mercenary Commands}}	+	{{Main|Mercenary Units}}
−	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>	+	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 in numbers and power since the beginning of the Succession Wars. Even in later eras, mercenaries retain their prominent role in military conflicts.<ref name=FMM7>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', pp. 7-9</ref>
−	{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"	+	{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
	! colspan="4" | Notable Mercenary Units		! colspan="4" | Notable Mercenary Units
	|-		|-
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	| width="25%" | [[Team Banzai]]		| width="25%" | [[Team Banzai]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Black Thorns]]	+	| [[Black Thorns]]
	| [[Hell's Black Aces]]		| [[Hell's Black Aces]]
−	| [[Miller's Marauders]]	+	| [[Miller's Marauders]]
	| [[Waco Rangers]]		| [[Waco Rangers]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Eridani Light Horse]]	+	| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
−	| [[Illician Lancers]]	+	| [[Illician Lancers]]
	| [[Northwind Highlanders]]		| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
	| [[Wannamaker's Widowmakers]]		| [[Wannamaker's Widowmakers]]
	|-		|-
−	| [[Gray Death Legion]]	+	| [[Gray Death Legion]]
	| [[Kell Hounds]]		| [[Kell Hounds]]
	| [[Snord's Irregulars]]		| [[Snord's Irregulars]]
	| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]		| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
−	|-
−	| [[Ronin (Mercenary Command)]]
−	|
−	|
−	|
	|}		|}
	== Others ==		== Others ==
−	{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"	+	{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
−	! colspan="3" | Other notable factions	+	! colspan="4" | Other notable factions
−	|-
−	! width="33%" | Philosophies
−	! width="34%" | Corporations
−	! width="33%" | Conspiracies
	|-		|-
−	| [[Cult of the Saints Cameron]]	+	! width="25%" | Philosophies
−	| [[Interstellar Expeditions]]	+	! width="25%" | Corporations
−	| [[Brotherhood of Cincinnatus]]	+	! width="25%" | Conspiracies
		+	! width="25%" | ???
	|-		|-
	| [[Far Lookers]]		| [[Far Lookers]]
	| [[Irian Technologies]]		| [[Irian Technologies]]
−	| [[Davion Warriors' Cabal]]	+	| [[Davion Warrior Cabal]]
		+	|
	|-		|-
	| [[Inheritors]]		| [[Inheritors]]
−	|	+	|
−	| [[Sixth of June]]	+	|
		+	|
	|-		|-
	| [[One Star Faith]]		| [[One Star Faith]]
	|		|
−	|	+	|
		+	|
	|}		|}
	==References==		==References==
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	==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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{{Underconstruction}} 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 == === Inner Sphere === {{Main|Inner Sphere}} 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. === Periphery === === Deep Periphery === === Clan Space === == Historical Factions == === Early Spaceflight === {{Main|Early Spaceflight}} {|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" ! colspan="3" | Factions during the Early Spaceflight Era |- | width="33%" | [[Western Alliance]] | width="34%" | [[Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere]] | width="33%" | [[Terran Alliance]] |} === First Exodus === {{Main|First Exodus}} 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> {|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" ! colspan="2" | Factions during the First Exodus |- ! width="50%" | Inner Sphere ! width="50%" | Deep Periphery |- | [[Terran Alliance]] | [[Alfirk]] |- | [[Tikonov Union]] | |- | [[Chesterton Trade League]] | |} === Second Exodus === {{Main|Exodus (2242)}} 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> {|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" ! colspan="4" | Factions during the Second Exodus |- ! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Major) ! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Minor) ! width="25%" | Periphery ! width="25%" | Deep Periphery |- | [[Capellan Confederation]] | [[Capellan Hegemony]] | [[Illyrian Palatinate]] | [[Alfirk]] |- | [[Draconis Combine]] | [[Federation of Oriente]] | [[Rim Worlds Republic]] | |- | [[Federated Suns]] | [[Federation of Skye]] | [[Taurian Concordat]] | |- | [[Free Worlds League]] | [[Ingersol Concordium]] | | |- | [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | [[Marik Republic]] | | |- | [[Terran Hegemony]] | [[Muskegon Empire]] | | |- | | [[Principality of Rasalhague]] | | |- | | [[Protectorate of Donegal]] | | |- | | [[Regulan Principality]] | | |- | | [[Sarna Supremacy]] | | |- | | [[St. Ives Mercantile League]] | | |- | | [[Stewart Commonality]] | | |- | | [[Tamar Pact]] | | |- | | [[Terran Alliance]] | | |- | | [[Tikonov Grand Union]] | | |- | | [[United Hindu Collective]] | | |} === Age of War === {{Main|Age of War}} 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 also a near constant occurrence. Thanks to the Terran Hegemony's ''Strategy of Aggressive Peacemaking'', the Age of War ended with the signation of the Star League treaties by the six Great Houses.<ref name=SL28>''Star League'', pp. 28-35</ref> {|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" ! colspan="5" | Factions during the Age of War |- ! width="33%" | Inner Sphere (Major) ! width="34%" | Periphery ! width="33%" | Deep Periphery |- | [[Capellan Confederation]] | [[Illyrian Palatinate]] | [[Alfirk]] |- | [[Draconis Combine]] | [[Magistracy of Canopus]] | [[JàrnFòlk]] |- | [[Federated Suns]] | [[Outworlds Alliance]] | [[Nueva Castile]] |- | [[Free Worlds League]] | [[Rim Worlds Republic]] | |- | [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | [[Taurian Concordat]] | |- | [[Terran Hegemony]] | [[Tortuga Dominions]] | |} === Star League Era === {{Main|Star League Era}} Formally unifying the Member States of the Inner Sphere in [[2751]] 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, prosperty, and significant technology 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>''Star League'', pp. 37-98</ref> {|class="wikitable center" style="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 |- | [[Capellan Confederation]] | [[Circinus Federation]] | [[Alfirk]] |- | [[Draconis Combine]] | [[Illyrian Palatinate]] | [[JàrnFòlk]] |- | [[Federated Suns]] | [[Magistracy of Canopus]] | [[Nueva Castile]] |- | [[Free Worlds League]] | [[Outworlds Alliance]] | |- | [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | [[Rim Worlds Republic]] | |- | [[Star League]] | [[Taurian Concordat]] | |- | [[Terran Hegemony]] | [[Tortuga Dominions]] | |} === Golden Century === {{Main|Golden Century}} After the fall of the Star League, [[Operation Exodus]] of the Star League Defense Forces 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 reorganised themselves into [[the Clans]] and retook the 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>''Invading Clans'', pp. 16, 84, 108, 133-134</ref> {|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" ! colspan="4" | Factions during the Golden Century |- ! width="33%" | Crusader Clans ! width="34%" | Warden Clans ! width="33%" | Abolished Clans |- | [[Clan Blood Spirit]] | [[Clan Cloud Cobra]] | [[Clan Burrock]] |- | [[Clan Fire Mandrill]] | [[Clan Coyote]] | [[Clan Mongoose]] |- | [[Clan Hell's Horses]] | [[Clan Ghost Bear]] | [[Clan Widowmaker]] |- | [[Clan Ice Hellion]] | [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] | [[Clan Wolverine]] |- | [[Clan Jade Falcon]] | [[Clan Nova Cat]] | |- | [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] | [[Clan Sea Fox]] | |- | [[Clan Star Adder]] | [[Clan Snow Raven]] | |- | | [[Clan Steel Viper]] | |- | | [[Clan Wolf]] | |} === Succession Wars === {{Main|Succession Wars (History)}} {|class="wikitable center" style="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 |- | [[Capellan Confederation]] | [[Duchy of Andurien]] | [[Circinus Federation]] | [[Alfirk]] |- | [[ComStar]] | [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] | [[Elysian Fields]] | [[Chainelane Isles]] |- | [[Draconis Combine]] | [[St. Ives Compact]] | [[Greater Valkyrate]] | [[JàrnFòlk]] |- | [[Federated Suns]] | [[Tikonov Free Republic]] | [[Illyrian Palatinate]] | [[Hanseatic League]] |- | [[Free Worlds League]] | | [[Lothian League]] | [[Nueva Castile]] |- | [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | | [[Magistracy of Canopus]] | [[Umayyad Caliphate]] |- | | | [[Marian Hegemony]] | |- | | | [[Oberon Confederation]] | |- | | | [[Rim Collection]] | |- | | | [[Taurian Concordat]] | |} === Clan Invasion === {{Main|Clan Invasion}} {|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" ! colspan="5" | Factions during the Clan Invasion |- ! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major) ! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor) ! width="20%" | Periphery ! width="20%" | Deep Periphery ! width="20%" | Invading Clans |- | [[Capellan Confederation]] | [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]] | [[Circinus Federation]] | [[Chainelane Isles]] | [[Clan Blood Spirit]] |- | [[ComStar]] | [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] | [[Magistracy of Canopus]] | [[JàrnFòlk]] | [[Clan Cloud Cobra]] |- | [[Draconis Combine]] | [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] | [[Taurian Concordat]] | [[Elysian Fields]] | [[Clan Coyote]] |- | [[Federated Commonwealth]] | [[St. Ives Compact]] | [[Illyrian Palatinate]] | [[Nueva Castile]] | [[Clan Diamond Shark]] |- | [[Free Worlds League]] | [[Duchy of Small]] | [[Lothian League]] | [[Umayyad Caliphate]] | [[Clan Fire Mandrill]] |- | [[Lyran Alliance]] | [[Styk Commonality]] | [[Marian Hegemony]] | [[Hanseatic League]] | [[Clan Ghost Bear]] |- | [[Second Star League]] | [[Sarna Supremacy]] | [[Rim Collection]] | | [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] |- | [[Word of Blake]] | [[Saiph Triumvirate]] | [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]] | | [[Clan Hell's Horses]] |- | | [[Terracap Confederation]] | | | [[Clan Ice Hellion]] |- | | [[Sirian Holds]] | | | [[Clan Jade Falcon]] |- | | | | | [[Clan Snow Raven]] |- | | | | | [[Clan Star Adder]] |- | | | | | [[Clan Steel Viper]] |- | | | | | [[Clan Nova Cat]] |- | | | | | [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] |- | | | | | [[Clan Wolf]] |} === Civil War Era === {{Main|FedCom Civil War}} {|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" ! colspan="6" | Factions during the Civil War Era |- ! width="17%" | Inner Sphere (Major) ! width="16%" | Inner Sphere (Minor) ! width="16%" | Periphery ! width="16%" | Deep Periphery ! width="16%" | Clan Space ! width="16%" | Mercenaries |- | [[Capellan Confederation]] | [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] | [[Circinus Federation]] | [[Chainelane Isles]] | [[Clan Blood Spirit]] | [[Northwind Highlanders]] |- | [[ComStar]] | [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]] | [[Magistracy of Canopus]] | [[JàrnFòlk]] | [[Clan Cloud Cobra]] | [[Illician Lancers]] |- | [[Draconis Combine]] | [[St. Ives Compact]] | [[Taurian Concordat]] | [[Elysian Fields]] | [[Clan Coyote]] | [[Redfield Renegades]] |- | [[Federated Commonwealth]] | [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] | [[Marian Hegemony]] | [[Nueva Castile]] | [[Clan Diamond Shark]] | [[Wolf's Dragoons]] |- | [[Lyran Alliance]] | [[Duchy of Small]] | [[Rim Collection]] | [[Umayyad Caliphate]] | [[Clan Fire Mandrill]] | [[Team Banzai]] |- | [[Free Worlds League]] | [[Styk Commonality]] | [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]] | [[Hanseatic League]] | [[Clan Ghost Bear]] | [[Waco Rangers]] |- | [[Second Star League]] | [[Sirian Holds]] | [[Calderon Protectorate]] | | [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] | [[12th Star Guards]] |- | [[Word of Blake]] | [[Saiph Triumvirate]] | [[Fronc Reaches]] | | [[Clan Hell's Horses]] | [[12th Vegan Rangers]] |- | | [[Terracap Confederation]] | | | [[Clan Ice Hellion]] | [[21st Centauri Lancers]] |- | | | | | [[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]] |- | | | | | [[Clan Wolf]] | [[The Dioscuri]] |- | | | | | | [[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]] |- | | | | | | [[Wolverton's Highlanders]] |- | | | | | | [[Avanti's Angels]] |- | | | | | | [[Black Omen]] |- | | | | | | [[Barber's Marauder IIs]] |- | | | | | | [[Romanov's Crusaders]] |} === Jihad === {{Main|Jihad}} {|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" ! colspan="6" | Factions during the Jihad |- ! width="17%" | Inner Sphere (Major) ! width="16%" | Inner Sphere (Minor) ! width="16%" | Periphery ! width="16%" | Deep Periphery ! width="16%" | Clan Space ! width="16%" | Mercenaries |- | [[Capellan Confederation]] | [[Rasalhague Dominion]] | [[Circinus Federation]] | [[Chainelane Isles]] | [[Clan Blood Spirit]] | [[Northwind Highlanders]] |- | [[ComStar]] | [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] | [[Magistracy of Canopus]] | [[JàrnFòlk]] | [[Clan Cloud Cobra]] | [[Illician Lancers]] |- | [[Draconis Combine]] | | [[Taurian Concordat]] | [[Hanseatic League]] | [[Clan Coyote]] | [[Redfield Renegades]] |- | [[Federated Suns]] | | [[Marian Hegemony]] | [[Nueva Castile]] | [[Clan Diamond Shark]] | [[Wolf's Dragoons]] |- | [[Free Worlds League]] | | [[Rim Collection]] | [[Umayyad Caliphate]] | [[Clan Fire Mandrill]] | [[Team Banzai]] |- | [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | | [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]] | | [[Clan Wolf]] | [[Waco Rangers]] |- | [[Word of Blake]] | | [[Calderon Protectorate]] | | [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] | [[12th Star Guards]] |- | | | [[Fronc Reaches]] | | [[Clan Hell's Horses]] | [[12th Vegan Rangers]] |- | | | | | [[Clan Ice Hellion]] | [[21st Centauri Lancers]] |- | | | | | [[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]] |- | | | | | | [[Dismal Disinherited]] |- | | | | | | [[Dragon's Breath]] |- | | | | | | [[Eridani Light Horse]] |- | | | | | | [[Grave Walkers]] |- | | | | | | [[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]] |- | | | | | | [[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]] |- | | | | | | [[Wolverton's Highlanders]] |- | | | | | | [[Avanti's Angels]] |- | | | | | | [[Black Omen]] |- | | | | | | [[Barber's Marauder IIs]] |- | | | | | | [[Romanov's Crusaders]] |} === Dark Age === {{Main|Dark Age}} {|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" ! colspan="6" | Factions during the Dark Age |- ! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major) ! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor) ! width="20%" | Periphery ! width="20%" | Deep Periphery ! width="20%" | Mercenaries |- | [[Capellan Confederation]] | [[Rasalhague Dominion]] | [[Lothian League]] | [[Chainelane Isles]] | [[Northwind Highlanders]] |- | [[Draconis Combine]] | [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] | [[Magistracy of Canopus]] | [[JàrnFòlk]] | [[Illician Lancers]] |- | [[Federated Suns]] | [[ComStar]] | [[Taurian Concordat]] | [[Hanseatic League]] | [[Redfield Renegades]] |- | [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | [[Bannson's Raiders]] | [[Marian Hegemony]] | [[Nueva Castile]] | [[Wolf's Dragoons]] |- | [[Republic of the Sphere]] | [[Dragon's Fury]] | [[Rim Collection]] | [[Umayyad Caliphate]] | [[Team Banzai]] |- | | [[Spirit Cats]] | [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]] | | [[Waco Rangers]] |- | | [[Steel Wolves]] | [[Calderon Protectorate]] | | [[12th Star Guards]] |- | | [[Stormhammers]] | [[Fronc Reaches]] | | [[12th Vegan Rangers]] |- | | [[Swordsworn]] | [[Rim Collection]] | | [[21st Centauri Lancers]] |- | | | | | [[Bad Dream]] |- | | | | | [[Blue Star Irregulars]] |- | | | | | [[Brion's Legion]] |- | | | | | [[Camacho's Caballeros]] |- | | | | | [[Crater Cobras]] |- | | | | | [[The Dioscuri]] |- | | | | | [[Dismal Disinherited]] |- | | | | | [[Dragon's Breath]] |- | | | | | [[Eridani Light Horse]] |- | | | | | [[Grave Walkers]] |- | | | | | [[Greenburg's Godzillas]] |- | | | | | [[Gregg's Long Striders]] |- | | | | | [[Group W]] |- | | | | | [[Hansen's Roughriders]] |- | | | | | [[Harlock's Warriors]] |- | | | | | [[Hell's Black Aces]] |- | | | | | [[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]] |- | | | | | [[Fighting Urukhai|The Fighting Urukhai]] |- | | | | | [[Vanguard Legion]] |- | | | | | [[Wolverton's Highlanders]] |- | | | | | [[Avanti's Angels]] |- | | | | | [[Black Omen]] |- | | | | | [[Barber's Marauder IIs]] |- | | | | | [[Wolf Hunters]] |} == Mercenaries == {{Main|Mercenary Units}} 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 in numbers and power since the beginning of the Succession Wars. Even in later eras, mercenaries retain their prominent role in military conflicts.<ref name=FMM7>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', pp. 7-9</ref> {|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" ! 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]] |- | [[Black Thorns]] | [[Hell's Black Aces]] | [[Miller's Marauders]] | [[Waco Rangers]] |- | [[Eridani Light Horse]] | [[Illician Lancers]] | [[Northwind Highlanders]] | [[Wannamaker's Widowmakers]] |- | [[Gray Death Legion]] | [[Kell Hounds]] | [[Snord's Irregulars]] | [[Wolf's Dragoons]] |} == Others == {|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" ! colspan="4" | Other notable factions |- ! width="25%" | Philosophies ! width="25%" | Corporations ! width="25%" | Conspiracies ! width="25%" | ??? |- | [[Far Lookers]] | [[Irian Technologies]] | [[Davion Warrior Cabal]] | |- | [[Inheritors]] | | | |- | [[One Star Faith]] | | | |} ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== *''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]''

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