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==System Description==
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== Political Affiliation ==
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'''Illium''' is located near the [[Ambrose]] and [[Erewhon]] systems.
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* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38, "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
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* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p"132>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040]"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - No record <ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10, Inner Sphere [3050] Map</ref>
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* [[3052]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:3062p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22, Inner Sphere [3052] Map</ref>
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* [[3057]] - No record <ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
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* [[3063]] - No record <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Nao"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - No record <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - No record <ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Table - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - No record <ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - No record <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3130]] - No record <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
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* [[3135]] - No record <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - No record <ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
  
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==System History==
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== Planetary History ==
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By the end of the [[Age of War]], Illium was a member of the [[Apollo Province]] of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> The system vanished from maps during the [[First Succession War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="HB:HSp36"/>
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=== Reunification War ===
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By the end of the [[Age of War]] '''Illium''' was a member of the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> and a personal holding of the Amaris family, famed for the ornate "topless towers" built in the capital city, Troy.<ref name="H:RWp136"/> In [[2575]], one of the closing years of the Age of War, civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic, with the factions polarised around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130, "The Spark"</ref> Befitting its status Illium was garrisoned by the [[Tartan Brigade]], a contingent of troops originally of [[Free Worlds League]] origin but now household troops of the Amaris family. The Tartan Brigade and their commanding officer, [[Colonel]] Gordon,<ref name="H:RWp136"/> remained loyal to Amaris throughout the civil war, and the Brigade spent the next decade in place on Illium.<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128, "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp154">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 154, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp155">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 155, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
  
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==Political Affiliation==
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The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132, "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by the [[4th Amaris Fusiliers]] in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133, "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref>
 
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref>
 
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36</ref>
 
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* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25</ref>
 
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* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref>
 
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* [[2822]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref>
 
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* [[2864]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
 
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* [[3025]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref>
 
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* [[3030]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
 
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* [[3040]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref>
 
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* [[3050]] - No record<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10</ref>
 
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* [[3052]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="ER:3062p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref>
 
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* [[3057]] - No record<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10</ref>
 
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* [[3063]] - No record<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
 
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* [[3067]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42</ref>
 
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* [[3075]] - No record<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
 
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* [[3079]] - No record<ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref>
 
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* [[3081]] - No record<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62</ref>
 
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* [[3085]] - No record<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3135]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
 
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* [[3145]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
 
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In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134, "Arlina to Viborg (December 2584 - September 2588)"</ref>
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==Illium==
 
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===Planetary History===
 
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====Reunification War====
 
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Illium was a personal holding of the [[House Amaris|Amaris family]], famed for the ornate "topless towers" built in the capital city, Troy.<ref name="H:RWp136"/>
 
  
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Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Spark"</ref> Befitting its status, Illium was garrisoned by the [[Tartan Brigade]]: a contingent of troops originally of [[Free Worlds League]] origin but now household troops of the Amaris family. The Tartan Brigade and their commanding officer, [[Colonel]] [[Angus Graham]],<ref name="H:RWp136"/> remained loyal to Amaris throughout the civil war, and the Brigade spent the next decade in place on Illium.<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128</ref><ref name="H:RWp154">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 154</ref><ref name="H:RWp155">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 155</ref>
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[[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]] of Battle Group Apollo assigned the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] to the conquest of Illium in [[2589]].<ref name="H:RWp153"/> The Sixteenth was one of three [[division]]s that made up [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] and landed on Illium in March 2589, meeting immediate resistance from the Tartan Brigade. However, when faced with the prospect of bitter battles in the very streets of Troy itself, Gordon made the pragmatic decision to surrender his forces to the Sixteenth, rather than risk damaging the city; Gregory Amaris subsequently approved of the decision, personally decorating Gordon after the war.<ref name="H:RWp136">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 136, "Illium to Barcelona (March 2589 - August 2591)"</ref>
  
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The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled a multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name=H:RWp129>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 129</ref> Assigned to the conquest of Illium in [[2589]] was the [[Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]].<ref name="H:RWp153"/> The Sixteenth was one of three [[divisions]] that made up [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] and landed on Illium in March 2589, meeting immediate resistance from the Tartan Brigade. However, when faced with the prospect of bitter battles in the very streets of Troy itself, Graham made the pragmatic decision to surrender his forces to the Sixteenth, rather than risk damaging the city; Gregory Amaris subsequently approved of the decision, personally decorating Graham after the war.<ref name="H:RWp136"/>
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=== Succession Wars ===
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Illium vanished from maps during the [[1st Succession War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="HB:HSp36"/>
  
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== Military Deployment ==
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====2581–2589====
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=== 2581-2589 ===
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* [[Tartan Brigade]]<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128</ref><ref name="H:RWp154"/><ref name="H:RWp155"/>
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* [[Tartan Brigade]] (Amaris loyalists)<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128, "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp154"/><ref name="H:RWp155"/>
  
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====2589====
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=== 2589 ===
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* [[SLDF]] [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153</ref>
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* [[SLDF]] [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
 
:* [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]]
 
:* [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]]
  
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== References ==
 
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== Bibliography ==
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
 
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
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* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
  
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[[Category:Planets|Illium]]
 
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