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=== Origin of Conflict ===
Tensions between the Fiefdom of Randis and the Tortuga Dominions had always been high, with the Brotherhood fighting pirates from the Dominions in systems as far away as [[Ddraig]] in the [[Outlands Wastes]].<ref name="BCSLS">''Lost Souls''</ref> These tensions reached a boiling point in [[3128]], when a pirate force from the Dominions roughly a [[battalion]] in size launched a raid on [[Randis IV]], heavily damaging the [[Hope Industrial Works]] (HIW), the [[BattleMech]] construction plant located on the planet. The raid severely limited the production of 'Mechs, and led to the head of the Brotherhood of Randis, Grand Knight William Dirac, to call upon those nations allied with the Fiefdom to launch a retaliatory strike on the Dominions.<ref name="FM:3145p185">''Field Manual: 3145'', pp. 185–186: "Fiefdom of Randis"</ref>