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'''Mercenary's Star''' is a popular term referring to the premier center of [[mercenary unit|mercenary]] hiring in the [[Inner Sphere]]. It was originally associated with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] world of [[Galatea]]<ref>''Combat Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 16</ref>, the supposed "homeworld" of mercenaries until the 3030s. The moniker is most frequently used in advertising for the planet and for the flowery books and [[holovid]]s with romanticized views of mercenaries.
 
  
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Due to the efforts of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] to draw the mercenary trade to their own homeworld following the opening of a provisional [[Hiring Hall]] in March of [[3032]],<ref name=MHB55-34>''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 34</ref> the center of the mercenary trade gradually shifted to [[Outreach]] and the meaning of the term "Mercenary's Star" shifted with it. After hiring hall operations on Outreach were moved to the renovated Olympiad Stadium in [[3037]], the mercenary business virtually exploded on Outreach.<ref name=MHB55-34/>
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* [[Mercenary's Star (hiring hall)]], the premier center of mercenary hiring in the Inner Sphere
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* [[Mercenary's Star (novel)|''Mercenary's Star'' (novel)]], the second book of the Saga of the Gray Death Legion by [[William H. Keith, Jr.]]
  
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When the [[Mercenary Review Board]] was replaced by the [[Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission]] in [[3052]], the MRBC set up on Outreach and only returned to set up a satellite office on Galatea in [[3067]]. Outreach became the (premier) Mercenary's Star until [[3067]], when it was devastated during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]]. Afterwards, Galatea regained its place as the so-called "Mercenary's Star" once again.
 
  
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In a more general sense, any world with a major hiring hall or otherwise known to be a center of the mercenary trade could be referred to as a "Mercenary's Star".
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The following worlds were notable hubs of the mercenary business for a time at least:
 
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*[[Antallos]]
 
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*[[Arc-Royal]]
 
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*[[Astrokaszy]]
 
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*[[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]]
 
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*[[Galatea]]
 
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*[[Herotitus]]
 
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*[[Noisiel]]
 
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*[[Northwind]]
 
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*[[Outreach]]
 
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*[[Solaris VII]]
 
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*[[Westerhand]]
 
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= References =
 
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= Bibliography =
 
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* ''[[Combat Manual: Mercenaries]]''
 
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*''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]''
 
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[[Category:Mercenaries Related Categories]]
 

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