Difference between revisions of "Factions"

(26 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown)
Line 4: Line 4:
 
=== Inner Sphere ===
 
=== Inner Sphere ===
 
{{Main|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]].<ref name=TP26>''The Periphery (2nd edition)'', p. 6</ref>
+
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>
  
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 47: Line 47:
 
=== Periphery ===
 
=== Periphery ===
 
{{Main|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/>
+
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;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
! colspan="4" | Factions in the Periphery
 
! colspan="4" | Factions in the Periphery
Line 57: Line 57:
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]
 
| [[Filtvelt Coalition]]
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]  
+
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
| [[Rim Territories]]
 
| [[Rim Territories]]
 +
| [[The Barrens]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
 
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
| [[Marian Hegemony]]  
+
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
| [[The Barrens]]
+
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
|}
Line 69: Line 70:
 
=== Deep Periphery ===
 
=== Deep Periphery ===
 
{{Main|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>
+
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;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 79: Line 80:
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
 
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
| [[Hanseatic League]]  
+
| [[Hanseatic League]]
 
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Scorpion Empire]]
 +
|
 +
|
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== Clan Homeworlds ===
 
=== Clan Homeworlds ===
 
{{Main|The Clans}}
 
{{Main|The 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 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>
After the [[Wars of Reaving]], the divide between the old Crusader-Warden views had died out were replaced between Home and Invader Clans permanently.
+
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.
  
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="4" | Factions in the Inner Sphere
+
! colspan="5" | Factions of the Clans
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Inner Sphere Clans
 
! Inner Sphere Clans
! Homeworld Clans
+
! Home Clans
 
! Absorbed Clans
 
! Absorbed Clans
 
! Annihilated Clans
 
! Annihilated Clans
 +
! Bandit Clans/Deep Periphery Clans
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
 
| [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
Line 100: Line 106:
 
| [[Clan Burrock]]
 
| [[Clan Burrock]]
 
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
 
| [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
 +
| [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
Line 105: Line 112:
 
| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
 
| [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
 
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
 
| [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
 +
| [[Escorpión Imperio]]/[[Scorpion Empire]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
+
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
 
| [[Clan Star Adder]]
 
| [[Clan Star Adder]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
 
| [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
 +
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf]]
 
| [[Clan Stone Lion]]
 
| [[Clan Stone Lion]]
 
|  
 
|  
| [[Clan Nova Cat]]
+
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Rasalhague Dominion]]
+
| [[Rasalhague Dominion|Ghost Bear Dominion]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
| [[Clan Steel Viper]]
+
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Raven Alliance]]
 
| [[Raven Alliance]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|
 
|
 
|
 
|  
 
|  
Line 131: Line 143:
 
=== 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'', pp. 5-8</ref>
+
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" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 143: Line 155:
 
=== 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 (sourcebook)'', pp. 12-14</ref>
+
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>
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
! colspan="2" | Factions during the First Exodus
 
! colspan="2" | Factions during the First Exodus
Line 171: Line 183:
 
=== 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 (sourcebook)'', 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, First Edition'', pp. 14–19</ref>
  
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 192: Line 204:
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
| [[Capellan Hegemony]]  
+
| [[Capellan Hegemony]]
 
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
 
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
 
| [[Axumite Providence]]
 
| [[Axumite Providence]]
Line 206: Line 218:
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Terran Hegemony]]  
+
| [[Terran Hegemony]]
 
| [[Dieron Federation]]
 
| [[Dieron Federation]]
 
|
 
|
Line 324: Line 336:
 
=== 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>''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 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;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 346: Line 358:
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
|
 
|
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]  
+
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
 
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Free Worlds League]]  
+
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
 
| [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
Line 367: Line 379:
 
=== 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>''Star League'', pp. 37-98</ref>
+
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;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 380: Line 392:
 
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
 
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Draconis Combine]]  
+
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
 
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
 
| [[Alfirk]]
 
| [[Alfirk]]
Line 388: Line 400:
 
| [[Axumite Providence]]
 
| [[Axumite Providence]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Free Worlds League]]  
+
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
 
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
Line 407: Line 419:
 
=== 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 Force led them into the Kerensky Cluster, where they settled down. After falling into civil war and a second Operation Exodus, the remaining loyalist SLDF forces reorganized themselves into [[the Clans]] and retook their war-stricken worlds. The Golden Century was the following period filled with unprecedented growth, technological progress, and a maturation of each Clan's individual self-identity.<ref name=IC16/>
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
! colspan="3" | Factions during the Golden Century
 
! colspan="3" | Factions during the Golden Century
Line 455: Line 467:
 
{{Main|History of the Succession Wars}}
 
{{Main|History of the Succession Wars}}
  
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>
+
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;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 467: Line 479:
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
 
| [[Duchy of Andurien]]
| [[Circinus Federation]]
+
| [[Aurigan Coalition]]
 
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
 
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[ComStar]]
 
| [[ComStar]]
 
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
 
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
| [[Elysian Fields]]
+
| [[Circinus Federation]]
 
| [[Alfirk]]
 
| [[Alfirk]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[St. Ives Compact]]
 
| [[St. Ives Compact]]
| [[Greater Valkyrate]]
+
| [[Elysian Fields]]
 
| [[Axumite Providence]]
 
| [[Axumite Providence]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
| [[Federated Suns]]
 
| [[Tikonov Free Republic]]
 
| [[Tikonov Free Republic]]
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
+
| [[Greater Valkyrate]]
 
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
 
| [[Chainelane Isles]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League]]
 
|
 
|
| [[Lothian League]]
+
| [[Illyrian Palatinate]]
 
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
 
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| [[Lothian League]]
 +
| [[Hanseatic League]]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
|
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
| [[Hanseatic League]]
+
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
 
| [[Marian Hegemony]]
| [[JàrnFòlk]]
+
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Niops Association]]
 
| [[Niops Association]]
| [[New Delphi Compact]]
+
| [[Nueva Castile]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Oberon Confederation]]
 
| [[Oberon Confederation]]
| [[Nueva Castile]]
+
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
+
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Rim Collection]]
 
| [[Rim Collection]]
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
+
| [[Virginian Union]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
| [[Virginian Union]]
+
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|
 
|
Line 533: Line 550:
 
=== 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 long [[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>
+
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" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 613: Line 630:
 
=== 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'', pp. 180</ref>
+
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" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 693: Line 710:
 
=== 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>
+
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;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 760: Line 777:
 
|  
 
|  
 
| [[Kittery Prefecture]]
 
| [[Kittery Prefecture]]
| [[Rim Collection]]  
+
| [[Rim Collection]]
 
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 
| [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
 
|
 
|
Line 766: Line 783:
 
|  
 
|  
 
| [[Marik Commonwealth]]
 
| [[Marik Commonwealth]]
| [[Taurian Concordat]]  
+
| [[Taurian Concordat]]
 
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
 
| [[Union of Samoyedic Colonies]]
 
|
 
|
Line 807: Line 824:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|  
 
|  
| [[Silver Hawk Coalition]]
+
| [[Silver Hawks Coalition]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
Line 820: Line 837:
  
 
=== Republic Era ===
 
=== 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>[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?"]</ref>
+
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>
  
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 910: Line 927:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|  
 
|  
| [[Silver Hawk Coalition]]
+
| [[Silver Hawks Coalition]]
 
| [[Republic of the Barrens]]
 
| [[Republic of the Barrens]]
 
|  
 
|  
Line 935: Line 952:
  
 
=== Dark Age Era ===
 
=== Dark Age Era ===
The Dark Age era began with the widespread collapse of the bulk of the [[HPG]] network across human space in [[3130]].<ref>[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?"]</ref>
+
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" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 950: Line 967:
 
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
 
| [[Calderon Protectorate]]
 
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
 
| [[Alexandrian Covenant]]
| [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
+
| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine]]
Line 974: Line 991:
 
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
 
| [[Fronc Reaches]]
 
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
 
| [[Coreward Confederacy]]
| [[Clan Sea Fox]]
+
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Republic of the Sphere]]
 
| [[Republic of the Sphere]]
Line 980: Line 997:
 
| [[Lothian League]]
 
| [[Lothian League]]
 
| [[Escorpión Imperio]]
 
| [[Escorpión Imperio]]
| [[Clan Snow Raven]]
+
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
|  
 
|  
Line 986: Line 1,003:
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
| [[Magistracy of Canopus]]
 
| [[Hanseatic League]]
 
| [[Hanseatic League]]
| [[Clan Wolf]]
+
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
|  
 
|  
Line 1,008: Line 1,025:
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
| [[Outworlds Alliance]]
+
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|
 
|
Line 1,050: Line 1,067:
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
| [[Tortuga Dominions]]
+
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|
 
|
Line 1,056: Line 1,073:
  
 
== Mercenaries ==
 
== Mercenaries ==
{{Main|Mercenary Units}}
+
{{Main|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.<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 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>
  
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:800px; background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
Line 1,067: Line 1,084:
 
| 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]]
Line 1,115: Line 1,132:
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
 +
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
 
* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
* ''[[Explorer Corps (sourcebook)]]''
+
* ''[[Explorer Corps (sourcebook)|Explorer Corps]]''
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]''
+
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]''
 
* ''[[Interstellar Players]]''
 
* ''[[Interstellar Players]]''
 
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2]]''
 +
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]''
 
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
[[Category: Factions]]
+
 
 +
[[Category:BattleTechWiki]]

Revision as of 05:59, 19 March 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mercenaries

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 Unit)

Others

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

  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