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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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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 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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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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=== 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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! colspan="3" | Factions on Pre-Spaceflight Terra
 
 
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| width="33%" | [[Western Alliance]]
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! Inner Sphere States
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| width="34%" | [[Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere]]
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! Republican Splinter States
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| width="33%" | [[Terran Alliance]]
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! FWL Splinter States
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! Inner Sphere Clans
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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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! colspan="3" | Factions during the First Exodus
 
 
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| width="33%" | [[Terran Alliance]]
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| [[Capellan Confederation]]
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| width="34%" | [[Tikonov Union]]
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| [[Bannson's Raiders]]
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| width="33%" | [[Chesterton Trade League]]
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| [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]
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| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
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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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! colspan="4" | Factions during the Second Exodus
 
 
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! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
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| [[ComStar]]
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! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
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| [[Dragon's Fury]]
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! width="25%" | Periphery
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| [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]]
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! width="25%" | Mercenaries
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| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
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| [[Terran Hegemony]]
 
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| [[Terran Alliance]]
 
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| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
 
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| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 
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| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
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| [[Principality of Rasalhague]]  
 
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| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 
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| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
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| [[Tikonov Grand Union]]
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| [[Spirit Cats]]
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| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
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| [[Oriente Protectorate]]
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| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
 
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| [[Federated Suns]]  
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| [[Federated Suns]]
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| [[Muskegon Empire]]
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| [[Steel Wolves]]
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| [[Taurian Concordat]]
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| [[Regulan Fiefs]]
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| [[Clan Wolf]]
 
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| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
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| [[United Hindu Collective]]
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| [[Stormhammers]]
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| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
 
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| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
 
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| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League]]
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| [[Marik Republic]]
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| [[Tall Trees Union]]
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| [[Federation of Oriente]]
 
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| [[Regulan Principality]]
 
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| [[Stewart Commonality]]
 
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| [[Tamar Pact]]
 
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| [[Federation of Skye]]
 
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| [[Protectorate of Donegal]]
 
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| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
 
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| [[Capellan Hegemony]]
 
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| [[St. Ives Mercantile League]]
 
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| [[Ingersol Concordium]]
 
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| [[Raven Alliance]]
 
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=== Age of War ===
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=== Periphery ===
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{{Main|Age of War}}
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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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! colspan="5" | Factions during the Age of War
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! colspan="4" | Factions in the Periphery
 
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! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
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| width="25%" | [[Calderon Protectorate]]
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! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
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| width="25%" | [[Lothian League]]
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! width="20%" | Periphery
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| width="25%" | [[Rim Collection]]
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! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
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| width="25%" | [[Tortuga Dominions]]
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! width="20%" | Mercenaries
 
 
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|-
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| [[Terran Hegemony]]
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| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]
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| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
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| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
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| [[Rim Territories]]
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| [[JàrnFòlk]]
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| [[The Barrens]]
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| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 
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| [[Capellan Confederation]]  
 
 
|  
 
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| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 
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| [[Nueva Castile]]
 
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| [[Draconis Combine]]
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| [[Fronc Reaches]]
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| [[Marian Hegemony]]
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| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
 
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| [[Federated Suns]]  
 
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| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
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|-
 
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| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
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| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
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|-
 
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| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
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| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
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|}
 
|}
  
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=== Star League Era ===
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=== Deep Periphery ===
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{{Main|Star League Era}}
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{{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="4" | Factions during the Star League Era
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! colspan="3" | Factions in the Deep Periphery
 
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! width="25%" | Inner Sphere
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| width="33%" | [[Alfirk]]
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! width="25%" | Periphery
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| width="34%" | [[JàrnFòlk]]
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! width="25%" | Deep Periphery
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| width="33%" | [[Nueva Castile]]
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! width="25%" | Mercenaries
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Star League]]
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| [[Chainelane Isles]]
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| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
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| [[Hanseatic League]]
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| [[Nueva Castile]]
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| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
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| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 
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|-
 
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| [[Terran Hegemony]]
 
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| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 
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| [[JàrnFòlk]]
 
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| [[Illician Lancers]]
 
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|-
 
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| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
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| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
 
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|
 
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| [[Redfield Renegades]]
 
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|-
 
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| [[Federated Suns]] 
 
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| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
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|-
 
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| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
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| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
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| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
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|-
 
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| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
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| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
 
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| [[Scorpion Empire]]
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| [[Circinus Federation]]
 
 
|
 
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|
 
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|}
 
|}
  
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=== Golden Century ===
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=== Clan Homeworlds ===
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{{Main|Golden Century}}
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{{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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! colspan="4" | Factions during the Golden Century
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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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! colspan="5" | Factions of the Clans
 
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|-
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! width="20%" | Clan Space
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! Inner Sphere Clans
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! width="20%" | Pentagon Powers
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! Home Clans
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! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
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! Absorbed Clans
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! width="20%" | Mercenaries
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! Annihilated Clans
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! Bandit Clans/Deep Periphery Clans
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
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| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
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| [[Clan Burrock]]
 
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
 
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
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|
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| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
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| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 
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| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 
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|-
 
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| [[Clan Burrock]]
 
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|-
 
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| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
 
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|-
 
|-
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| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
| [[Clan Coyote]]
 
| [[Clan Coyote]]
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|
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| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
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|
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| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
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|
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| [[Escorpión Imperio]]/[[Scorpion Empire]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
 
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
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|
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| [[Clan Star Adder]]
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|  
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| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
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| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
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| [[Clan Wolf]]
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|
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| [[Clan Stone Lion]]
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|
+
|  
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| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
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| [[Rasalhague Dominion|Ghost Bear Dominion]]
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|  
 +
|  
 
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|-
 
|-
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| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
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| [[Raven Alliance]]
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|}
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== Historical Factions ==
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=== Early Spaceflight ===
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{{Main|Early Spaceflight}}
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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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! colspan="3" | Factions during the Early Spaceflight Era
 
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|-
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| [[Clan Hells Horses]]
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| width="33%" | [[Western Alliance]]
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| width="34%" | [[Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere]]
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|
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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 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;"
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! colspan="2" | Factions during the First Exodus
 
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|-
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| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
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! width="50%" | Inner Sphere
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! width="50%" | Deep Periphery
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|
 
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|-
 
|-
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| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
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| [[Terran Alliance]]
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|
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| [[Alfirk]]
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|
 
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|
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
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| [[Capellan Holdfast]]
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|
 
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|
 
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
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| [[Capellan Republic]]
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|
 
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|
 
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Clan Star Adder]]
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| [[Chesterton Trade League]]
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|
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
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| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Clan Mongoose]]
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
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| [[Tikonov Union]]
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
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| [[Clan Widowmaker]]
 
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|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
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| [[Clan Wolf]]
 
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|
 
−
|
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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| [[Clan Wolverine]]
 
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|
 
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|
 
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
|}
  
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=== Succession Wars ===
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=== Second Exodus ===
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{{Main|Succession Wars (History)}}
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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, First Edition'', pp. 14–19</ref>
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! colspan="5" | Factions during the Succession Wars
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! colspan="4" | Factions during the Second Exodus
 
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|-
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! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
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! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
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! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
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! width="25%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
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! width="20%" | Periphery
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! width="25%" | Periphery
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! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
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! width="25%" | Deep Periphery
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! width="20%" | Mercenaries
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
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| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
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| [[Alliance of Galedon]]
−
| [[Circinus Federation]]
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| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
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| [[Alfirk]]
−
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
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| [[Capellan Commonality]]
−
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
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| [[Intendancy of New New Spain]]
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
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| [[Autocracy of New Virginia]]
−
| [[Illician Lancers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
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| [[St. Ives Compact]]
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| [[Capellan Hegemony]]
 +
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
 +
| [[Axumite Providence]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 +
| [[Chesterton Trade League]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−
| [[Elysian Fields]]
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|
−
| [[Redfield Renegades]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
−
| [[Tikonov Free Republic]]
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| [[Chisholm Protectorate]]
−
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
+
| [[Taurian Homeworlds]]
−
| [[Nueva Castile]]
 
−
| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Lothian League]]
 
−
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 
−
| [[Team Banzai]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[ComStar]]
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Oberon Confederation]]
 
−
| [[Hanseatic League]]
 
−
| [[Waco Rangers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Terran Hegemony]]
 +
| [[Dieron Federation]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Greater Valkyrate]]
 
−
|
 
−
| [[12th Star Guards]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Federation of Oriente]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Rim Collection]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[12th Vegan Rangers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Federation of Skye]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[21st Centauri Lancers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Ingersoll Concordium]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Bad Dream]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Marik Commonwealth]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Blue Star Irregulars]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Marlette Association]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Brion's Legion]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Muskegon Empire]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Camacho's Caballeros]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Nanking Collective]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Ozawa Mercantile Association]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[The Dioscuri]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Principality of Rasalhague]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Dismal Disinherited]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Principality of Regulus]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Dragon's Breath]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Protectorate of Donegal]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Rasalhague Consortium]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Grave Walkers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Republic of Marik]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Gray Death Legion]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Greenburg's Godzillas]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Sian Commonwealth]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Gregg's Long Striders]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[St. Ives Mercantile League]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Group W]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Stewart Commonality]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Hansen's Roughriders]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Tamar Pact]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Harlock's Warriors]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Terran Alliance]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Hell's Black Aces]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Tikonov Union]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Kell Hounds]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Tikonov Grand Union]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Kristen's Krushers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[United Hindu Collective]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
|}
−
| [[Lexington Combat Group]]
+
 
 +
=== 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>
 +
 
 +
{|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="25%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
 +
! width="25%" | Periphery
 +
! width="25%" | Deep Periphery
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
|
+
| [[Principality of Rasalhague]]
−
|
+
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
−
|
+
| [[Alfirk]]
−
| [[Little Richard's Panzer Brigade]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
|
+
| [[United Hindu Collective]]
−
|
+
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
|
+
| [[Axumite Providence]]
−
| [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
−
|
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Miller's Marauders]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
−
|
+
| [[Nueva Castile]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Rubinsky's Light Horse]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−
|
+
| [[Virginian Union]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Screaming Eagles]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Terran Hegemony]]
 
|
 
|
 +
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
|}
−
|
+
 
−
| [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]]
+
=== 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>
 +
 
 +
{|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
−
|
 
−
| [[Snord's Irregulars]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
|
+
| [[Circinus Federation]]
−
|
+
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
|
+
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
−
|
+
| [[Alfirk]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Stealthy Tigers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Federated Suns]]
−
|
+
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
|
+
| [[Axumite Providence]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Storm's Metal Thunder]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Free Worlds League]]
−
|
+
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
−
|
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Swann's Cavaliers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
−
|
+
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
−
|
+
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Fighting Urukhai|The Fighting Urukhai]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Star League]]
−
|
+
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−
|
+
| [[Nueva Castile]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Vanguard Legion]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Terran Hegemony]]
 +
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Wolverton's Highlanders]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
−
=== Clan Invasion ===
+
=== Golden Century ===
−
{{Main|Clan Invasion}}
+
{{Main|Golden Century}}
−
{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
+
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/>
−
! colspan="6" | Factions during the Clan Invasion
+
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 +
! colspan="3" | Factions during the Golden Century
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="17%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
+
! width="33%" | Crusader Clans
−
! width="16%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
+
! width="34%" | Warden Clans
−
! width="16%" | Periphery
+
! width="33%" | Abolished Clans
−
! width="16%" | Deep Periphery
 
−
! width="16%" | Clan Space
 
−
! width="16%" | Mercenaries
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
−
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
 
−
| [[Circinus Federation]]
 
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
 
 
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
 
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
−
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
−
| [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]]
 
−
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
 
 
| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
 
| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
−
| [[Illician Lancers]]
+
| [[Clan Mongoose]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Federated Suns]]
+
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
−
| [[St. Ives Compact]]
 
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
−
| [[Elysian Fields]]
 
 
| [[Clan Coyote]]
 
| [[Clan Coyote]]
−
| [[Redfield Renegades]]
+
| [[Clan Widowmaker]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
+
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
−
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
 
−
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
 
−
| [[Nueva Castile]]
 
−
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
 
−
| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
−
| [[Duchy of Small]]
 
−
| [[Lothian League]]
 
−
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 
−
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
 
−
| [[Team Banzai]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[ComStar]]
 
−
| [[Styk Commonality]]
 
−
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
 
−
| [[Hanseatic League]]
 
 
| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
 
| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
−
| [[Waco Rangers]]
+
| [[Clan Wolverine]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Word of Blake]]
+
| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
−
| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
 
−
| [[Rim Collection]]
 
−
|
 
 
| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
 
| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
−
| [[12th Star Guards]]
+
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Second Star League]]
+
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
−
| [[Saiph Triumvirate]]
+
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
−
| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
 
−
| [[12th Vegan Rangers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
 +
| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Terracap Confederation]]
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
 
−
| [[21st Centauri Lancers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Clan Star Adder]]
−
| [[Sirian Holds]]
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
−
| [[Bad Dream]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
 
| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
−
| [[Blue Star Irregulars]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Clan Star Adder]]
 
−
| [[Brion's Legion]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Clan Burrock]]
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
 
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
−
| [[Camacho's Caballeros]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|
 
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
−
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
|  
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
 
−
| [[The Dioscuri]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf]]
−
| [[Dismal Disinherited]]
 
−
|-
 
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
|}
−
|
+
 
−
|
+
=== Succession Wars ===
−
|
+
{{Main|History of the Succession Wars}}
−
| [[Dragon's Breath]]
+
 
 +
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
−
|
 
−
| [[Eridani Light Horse]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
|
+
| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
−
|
+
| [[Aurigan Coalition]]
−
|
+
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Grave Walkers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[ComStar]]
−
|
+
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
−
|
+
| [[Circinus Federation]]
−
|
+
| [[Alfirk]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Gray Death Legion]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
|
+
| [[St. Ives Compact]]
−
|
+
| [[Elysian Fields]]
−
|
+
| [[Axumite Providence]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Greenburg's Godzillas]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Federated Suns]]
−
|
+
| [[Tikonov Free Republic]]
−
|
+
| [[Greater Valkyrate]]
−
|
+
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Gregg's Long Striders]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
−
|
+
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Group W]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
−
|
+
|  
−
|
+
| [[Lothian League]]
−
|
+
| [[Hanseatic League]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Hansen's Roughriders]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
|
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Harlock's Warriors]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
−
|
+
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Hell's Black Aces]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Niops Association]]
−
|
+
| [[Nueva Castile]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Kell Hounds]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Oberon Confederation]]
−
|
+
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Kristen's Krushers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
−
|
+
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Lexington Combat Group]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Rim Collection]]
−
|
+
| [[Virginian Union]]
−
|
 
−
| [[Little Richard's Panzer Brigade]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
|}
−
|
+
 
−
| [[Rubinsky's Light Horse]]
+
=== 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;"
 +
! 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
−
| [[Screaming Eagles]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
|
+
| [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]]
−
|
+
| [[Circinus Federation]]
−
|
+
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
−
|
+
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
−
| [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[ComStar]]
−
|
+
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
−
|
+
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
−
|
+
| [[Alfirk]]
−
|
+
| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
−
| [[Snord's Irregulars]]  
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
|
+
| [[Duchy of Small]]
−
|
+
| [[Lothian League]]
−
|
+
| [[Axumite Providence]]
−
|
+
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
−
| [[Crater Cobras]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Federated Commonwealth]]
−
|
+
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
−
|
+
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
|
+
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
−
|
+
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
−
| [[Stealthy Tigers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Free Worlds League]]
−
|
+
| [[Saiph Triumvirate]]
−
|
+
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
−
|
+
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
−
|
+
| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
−
| [[Storm's Metal Thunder]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Lyran Alliance]]
−
|
+
| [[Sarna Supremacy]]
−
|
+
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
−
|
+
| [[Hanseatic League]]
−
|
+
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
−
| [[Swann's Cavaliers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Second Star League]]
−
|
+
| [[St. Ives Compact]]
−
|
+
| [[Rim Collection]]
−
|
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−
|
+
| [[Clan Wolf]]
−
| [[Fighting Urukhai|The Fighting Urukhai]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
+
| [[Word of Blake]]
−
|
+
| [[Sirian Holds]]
−
|
+
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−
|
+
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
−
|
+
|
−
| [[Vanguard Legion]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Styk Commonality]]
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Nueva Castile]]
−
|
+
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Wolverton's Highlanders]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Terracap Confederation]]
 
|
 
|
−
|
+
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
−
|
+
|  
−
|
 
−
| [[Avanti's Angels]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Black Omen]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[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}}
−
{|class="wikitable center" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
+
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>
−
! 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="17%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
+
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
−
! width="16%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
+
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
−
! width="16%" | Periphery
+
! width="20%" | Periphery
−
! width="16%" | Deep Periphery
+
! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
−
! width="16%" | Clan Space
+
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere Clans
−
! width="16%" | Mercenaries
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
+
| [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]]
 
| [[Circinus Federation]]
 
| [[Circinus Federation]]
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
+
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
−
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
+
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
−
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
+
|-
 +
| [[ComStar]]
 +
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
 +
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
 +
| [[Alfirk]]
 +
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
| [[Arc-Royal Defense Cordon]]
+
| [[Duchy of Small]]
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
| [[Axumite Providence]]
−
| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
+
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
−
| [[Illician Lancers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth]]
−
| [[St. Ives Compact]]
+
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
−
| [[Elysian Fields]]
 
−
| [[Clan Coyote]]
 
−
| [[Redfield Renegades]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Lyran Alliance]]
 
−
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
 
 
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
 
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
−
| [[Nueva Castile]]
+
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
−
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
+
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
−
| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League]]
−
| [[Duchy of Small]]
+
| [[Saiph Triumvirate]]
 +
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 +
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
 +
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Lyran Alliance]]
 +
| [[Sirian Holds]]
 
| [[Rim Collection]]
 
| [[Rim Collection]]
−
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
+
| [[Hanseatic League]]
−
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
+
| [[Ghost Bear Dominion]]
−
| [[Team Banzai]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[ComStar]]
+
| [[Second Star League]]
 
| [[Styk Commonality]]
 
| [[Styk Commonality]]
−
| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
+
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
−
| [[Hanseatic League]]
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
−
| [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
+
|  
−
| [[Waco Rangers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Word of Blake]]
 
| [[Word of Blake]]
−
| [[Sirian Holds]]
 
−
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
 
−
| [[12th Star Guards]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Second Star League]]
 
−
| [[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]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[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]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
−
=== Jihad ===
+
=== Dark Age Era ===
−
{{Main|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 />
−
{|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 Dark age Era
 
|-
 
|-
−
! width="17%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
+
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Major)
−
! width="16%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
+
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere (Minor)
−
! width="16%" | Periphery
+
! width="20%" | Periphery
−
! width="16%" | Deep Periphery
+
! width="20%" | Deep Periphery
−
! width="16%" | Clan Space
+
! width="20%" | Inner Sphere Clans
−
! width="16%" | Mercenaries
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
−
| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
+
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
−
| [[Circinus Federation]]
+
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
−
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
+
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
−
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
+
| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
−
| [[Northwind Highlanders]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
−
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
+
| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
−
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
+
| [[Ferris Collective]]
−
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
| [[Alfirk]]
−
| [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]
+
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
−
| [[Illician Lancers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 +
| [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]
 +
| [[Fiefdom of Randis]]
 +
| [[Axumite Providence]]
 +
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 +
| [[Galatean League]]
 +
| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]
 +
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
 +
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 +
| [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]]
 +
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
 +
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
−
| [[Hanseatic League]]
 
−
| [[Clan Coyote]]
 
−
| [[Redfield Renegades]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
+
| [[Republic of the Sphere]]
 +
| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
 +
| [[Lothian League]]
 +
| [[Escorpión Imperio]]
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
 
−
| [[Nueva Castile]]
 
−
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
 
−
| [[Wolf's Dragoons]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Rim Collection]]
+
| [[Regulan Fiefs]]
−
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
+
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
−
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
+
| [[Hanseatic League]]
−
| [[Team Banzai]]
+
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[ComStar]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Antallos_(Port_Krin)|Antallos]]
+
| [[Republic Remnant]]
 +
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
 +
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 
−
| [[Waco Rangers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Word of Blake]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
−
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
+
| [[Rim Commonality]]
 +
| [[New Oberon Confederation]]
 +
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
 
−
| [[12th Star Guards]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|  
 
|  
−
|  
+
| [[Wolf Empire]]
−
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
+
| [[Niops Association]]
 +
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
 
−
| [[12th Vegan Rangers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|
 +
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
 
−
| [[21st Centauri Lancers]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|
 
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|
 +
| [[Ragnarök Union]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
−
| [[Bad Dream]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Raven Alliance]]
 +
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
 
−
| [[Blue Star Irregulars]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| [[Republic of the Barrens]]
 +
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[Clan Star Adder]]
 
−
| [[Brion's Legion]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Rim Collection]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
−
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
 
−
| [[Camacho's Caballeros]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 +
| [[Rim Territories]]
 +
|
 
|
 
|
−
|
 
−
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
−
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Following the the [[ilClan Trial]] between Clan Wolf and Jade Falcon, a new era emerged in [[3151]].
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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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==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
 +
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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*''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]''
+
* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
 +
* ''[[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]]''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
[[Category:BattleTech Universe]]

Latest revision as of 00:29, 30 January 2024

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.

Regions of Space[edit]

Inner Sphere[edit]

Main article: 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.[1]

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[edit]

Main article: 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.[1]

Factions in the Periphery
Calderon Protectorate Lothian League Rim Collection Tortuga Dominions
Filtvelt Coalition Magistracy of Canopus Rim Territories The Barrens
Fronc Reaches Marian Hegemony Taurian Concordat

Deep Periphery[edit]

Main article: 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.[2]

Factions in the Deep Periphery
Alfirk JàrnFòlk Nueva Castile
Chainelane Isles Hanseatic League Umayyad Caliphate
Scorpion Empire

Clan Homeworlds[edit]

Main article: 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.[3] 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.

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
Ghost Bear Dominion
Raven Alliance

Historical Factions[edit]

Early Spaceflight[edit]

Main article: 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.[4]

Factions during the Early Spaceflight Era
Western Alliance Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere Terran Alliance

First Exodus[edit]

Main article: 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.[5]

Factions during the First Exodus
Inner Sphere Deep Periphery
Terran Alliance Alfirk
Capellan Holdfast
Capellan Republic
Chesterton Trade League
Sarna Supremacy
Tikonov Union

Second Exodus[edit]

Main article: 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.[6]

Factions during the Second Exodus
Inner Sphere (Major) Inner Sphere (Minor) Periphery Deep Periphery
Capellan Confederation Alliance of Galedon Illyrian Palatinate Alfirk
Draconis Combine Capellan Commonality Intendancy of New New Spain Autocracy of New Virginia
Federated Suns Capellan Hegemony Rim Worlds Republic Axumite Providence
Free Worlds League Chesterton Trade League Taurian Concordat
Lyran Commonwealth Chisholm Protectorate Taurian Homeworlds
Terran Hegemony Dieron Federation
Federation of Oriente
Federation of Skye
Ingersoll Concordium
Marik Commonwealth
Marlette Association
Muskegon Empire
Nanking Collective
Ozawa Mercantile Association
Principality of Rasalhague
Principality of Regulus
Protectorate of Donegal
Rasalhague Consortium
Republic of Marik
Sarna Supremacy
Sian Commonwealth
St. Ives Mercantile League
Stewart Commonality
Tamar Pact
Terran Alliance
Tikonov Union
Tikonov Grand Union
United Hindu Collective

Age of War[edit]

Main article: 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.[7]

Factions during the Age of War
Inner Sphere (Major) Inner Sphere (Minor) Periphery Deep Periphery
Capellan Confederation Principality of Rasalhague Illyrian Palatinate Alfirk
Draconis Combine United Hindu Collective Magistracy of Canopus Axumite Providence
Federated Suns Outworlds Alliance JàrnFòlk
Free Worlds League Rim Worlds Republic Nueva Castile
Lyran Commonwealth Taurian Concordat Virginian Union
Terran Hegemony

Star League Era[edit]

Main article: Star League Era

Formally unifying the Member States of the Inner Sphere in 2571 and officially subjugating the Territorial States of the Periphery in 2597, the Star League Era was one of overt peace and 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.[8]

Factions during the Star League Era
Inner Sphere Periphery Deep Periphery
Capellan Confederation Circinus Federation Alexandrian Covenant
Draconis Combine Illyrian Palatinate Alfirk
Federated Suns Magistracy of Canopus Axumite Providence
Free Worlds League Outworlds Alliance JàrnFòlk
Lyran Commonwealth Rim Worlds Republic New Delphi Compact
Star League Taurian Concordat Nueva Castile
Terran Hegemony Tortuga Dominions

Golden Century[edit]

Main article: 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.[3]

Factions during the Golden Century
Crusader Clans Warden Clans Abolished Clans
Clan Blood Spirit Clan Cloud Cobra Clan Mongoose
Clan Fire Mandrill Clan Coyote Clan Widowmaker
Clan Hell's Horses Clan Ghost Bear Clan Wolverine
Clan Ice Hellion Clan Goliath Scorpion
Clan Jade Falcon Clan Nova Cat
Clan Smoke Jaguar Clan Sea Fox
Clan Star Adder Clan Snow Raven
Clan Burrock Clan Steel Viper
Clan Wolf

Succession Wars[edit]

Main article: History of the Succession Wars

After the collapse of the Star League and the 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.[9]

Factions during the Succession Wars
Inner Sphere (Major) Inner Sphere (Minor) Periphery Deep Periphery
Capellan Confederation Duchy of Andurien Aurigan Coalition Alexandrian Covenant
ComStar Free Rasalhague Republic Circinus Federation Alfirk
Draconis Combine St. Ives Compact Elysian Fields Axumite Providence
Federated Suns Tikonov Free Republic Greater Valkyrate Chainelane Isles
Free Worlds League Illyrian Palatinate Coreward Confederacy
Lyran Commonwealth Lothian League Hanseatic League
Magistracy of Canopus JàrnFòlk
Marian Hegemony New Delphi Compact
Niops Association Nueva Castile
Oberon Confederation Umayyad Caliphate
Outworlds Alliance Union of Samoyedic Colonies
Rim Collection Virginian Union
Taurian Concordat
Tortuga Dominions

Clan Invasion[edit]

Main article: 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. 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 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.[10]

Factions during the Clan Invasion
Inner Sphere (Major) Inner Sphere (Minor) Periphery Deep Periphery Invading Clans
Capellan Confederation Arc-Royal Defense Cordon Circinus Federation Alexandrian Covenant Clan Diamond Shark
ComStar Clan Wolf-in-Exile Illyrian Palatinate Alfirk Clan Ghost Bear
Draconis Combine Duchy of Small Lothian League Axumite Providence Clan Jade Falcon
Federated Commonwealth Free Rasalhague Republic Magistracy of Canopus Chainelane Isles Clan Nova Cat
Free Worlds League Saiph Triumvirate Marian Hegemony Coreward Confederacy Clan Smoke Jaguar
Lyran Alliance Sarna Supremacy Outworlds Alliance Hanseatic League Clan Steel Viper
Second Star League St. Ives Compact Rim Collection JàrnFòlk Clan Wolf
Word of Blake Sirian Holds Taurian Concordat New Delphi Compact
Styk Commonality Nueva Castile
Terracap Confederation Umayyad Caliphate
Union of Samoyedic Colonies

Civil War Era[edit]

Main article: 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.[11]

Factions during the Civil War Era
Inner Sphere (Major) Inner Sphere (Minor) Periphery Deep Periphery Inner Sphere Clans
Capellan Confederation Arc-Royal Defense Cordon Circinus Federation Alexandrian Covenant Clan Diamond Shark
ComStar Clan Wolf-in-Exile Fronc Reaches Alfirk Clan Jade Falcon
Draconis Combine Duchy of Small Magistracy of Canopus Axumite Providence Clan Hell's Horses
Federated Commonwealth Free Rasalhague Republic Marian Hegemony Chainelane Isles Clan Nova Cat
Free Worlds League Saiph Triumvirate Outworlds Alliance Coreward Confederacy Clan Wolf
Lyran Alliance Sirian Holds Rim Collection Hanseatic League Ghost Bear Dominion
Second Star League Styk Commonality Taurian Concordat JàrnFòlk
Word of Blake Terracap Confederation New Delphi Compact
Nueva Castile
Umayyad Caliphate
Union of Samoyedic Colonies

Jihad[edit]

Main article: 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.[12]

Factions during the Jihad
Inner Sphere (Major) Inner Sphere (Minor) Periphery Deep Periphery 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
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
Word of Blake Duchy of Orloff Marian Hegemony JàrnFòlk Ghost Bear Dominion
Duchy of Tamarind Niops Association New Delphi Compact
Free Rasalhague Republic Outworlds Alliance Nueva Castile
Kittery Prefecture Rim Collection Umayyad Caliphate
Marik Commonwealth Taurian Concordat Union of Samoyedic Colonies
Mosiro Archipelago Tortuga Dominions
Ohrenson-Zion Province
Principality of Gibson
Principality of Regulus
The Protectorate
Regulan Free States
Silver Hawks Coalition
Stewart Commonality

Republic Era[edit]

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.[13]

Factions during the Republic Era
Inner Sphere (Major) Inner Sphere (Minor) Periphery Deep Periphery Inner Sphere Clans
Capellan Confederation Clan Wolf-in-Exile Calderon Protectorate Alexandrian Covenant Clan Diamond Shark
Draconis Combine Duchy of Andurien Ferris Collective Alfirk Clan Hell's Horses
Federated Suns Duchy of Graham-Marik Fiefdom of Randis Axumite Providence Clan Jade Falcon
Lyran Alliance Duchy of Oriente Filtvelt Coalition Chainelane Isles Clan Nova Cat
Lyran Commonwealth Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey Fronc Reaches Coreward Confederacy Clan Sea Fox
Republic of the Sphere Marik-Stewart Commonwealth Lothian League Escorpión Imperio Clan Snow Raven
Mosiro Archipelago Magistracy of Canopus Hanseatic League Clan Wolf
Principality of Regulus Marian Hegemony JàrnFòlk Ghost Bear Dominion
The Protectorate New Oberon Confederation New Delphi Compact
Rasalhague Dominion Niops Association Nueva Castile
Regulan Free States Outworlds Alliance Umayyad Caliphate
Regulan Fiefs Ragnarök Union Union of Samoyedic Colonies
Rim Commonality Raven Alliance
Silver Hawks Coalition Republic of the Barrens
Rim Collection
Taurian Concordat
Tortuga Dominions

Dark Age Era[edit]

The Dark Age era began with the widespread collapse of the bulk of the HPG network across human space in 3130.[13]

Factions during the Dark age Era
Inner Sphere (Major) Inner Sphere (Minor) Periphery Deep Periphery Inner Sphere Clans
Capellan Confederation Clan Wolf-in-Exile Calderon Protectorate Alexandrian Covenant Clan Sea Fox
Draconis Combine Duchy of Andurien Ferris Collective Alfirk Clan Hell's Horses
Federated Suns Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey Fiefdom of Randis Axumite Providence Clan Jade Falcon
Free Worlds League Galatean League Filtvelt Coalition Chainelane Isles Clan Nova Cat
Lyran Commonwealth Marik-Stewart Commonwealth Fronc Reaches Coreward Confederacy
Republic of the Sphere Rasalhague Dominion Lothian League Escorpión Imperio
Regulan Fiefs Magistracy of Canopus Hanseatic League
Republic Remnant Marian Hegemony JàrnFòlk
Rim Commonality New Oberon Confederation New Delphi Compact
Wolf Empire Niops Association Union of Samoyedic Colonies
Tortuga Dominions
Ragnarök Union
Raven Alliance
Republic of the Barrens
Rim Collection
Rim Territories
Taurian Concordat

ilClan Era[edit]

Following the the ilClan Trial between Clan Wolf and Jade Falcon, a new era emerged in 3151.

Factions during the ilClan Era
Inner Sphere (Major) Inner Sphere (Minor) Periphery Deep Periphery Inner Sphere Clans
Capellan Confederation Tamar Pact Calderon Protectorate Alexandrian Covenant Clan Sea Fox
Draconis Combine Duchy of Andurien Ferris Collective Alfirk Clan Hell's Horses
Federated Suns Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey Fiefdom of Randis Axumite Providence Clan Jade Falcon
Free Worlds League Galatean League Filtvelt Coalition Chainelane Isles Clan Nova Cat
Lyran Commonwealth Marik-Stewart Commonwealth Fronc Reaches Coreward Confederacy
Star League Rasalhague Dominion Lothian League Scorpion Empire
Regulan Fiefs Magistracy of Canopus Home Clans
Tamar Pact Marian Hegemony JàrnFòlk
Rim Commonality New Oberon Confederation New Delphi Compact
Wolf Empire Niops Association Union of Samoyedic Colonies
Vesper Marches Tortuga Dominions
Alyina Mercantile League Ragnarök Union
Arc-Royal Liberty Coalition Raven Alliance
Clan Jade Falcon Remnants Republic of the Barrens
Timbuktu Collective
Rim Territories
Taurian Concordat

Mercenaries[edit]

Main article: Mercenary Commands

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.[14]

Notable Mercenary Units
21st Centauri Lancers Hansen's Roughriders McCarron's Armored Cavalry 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
Ronin (Mercenary Command)

Others[edit]

Other notable factions
Philosophies Corporations Conspiracies
Cult of the Saints Cameron Interstellar Expeditions Brotherhood of Cincinnatus
Far Lookers Irian Technologies Davion Warriors' Cabal
Inheritors Sixth of June
One Star Faith

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Periphery, Second Edition, p. 6
  2. ↑ Explorer Corps, p. 13
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Invading Clans, pp. 16, 84, 108, 133–134
  4. ↑ DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary, pp. 5–8
  5. ↑ The Periphery, First Edition, pp. 12–14
  6. ↑ The Periphery, First Edition, pp. 14–19
  7. ↑ The Star League, pp. 28–35
  8. ↑ The Star League, pp. 37–98
  9. ↑ Shattered Sphere, pp. 7–8
  10. ↑ FedCom Civil War, pp. 13–16
  11. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 180
  12. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 130
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Catalyst Game Labs' forum: "Topic: The Republic era?" (archived)
  14. ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, pp. 7–9

Bibliography[edit]

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