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==Political Affiliation==  
 
==Political Affiliation==  
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* [[2341]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2341]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon  <ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102-103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon  <ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102-103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3152]] - [[Alyina Mercantile League]] <ref name=TRpm/>
 
* [[3152]] - [[Alyina Mercantile League]] <ref name=TRpm/>
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==Parakoila==
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== Planetary Info ==
===Planetary Info===
 
 
'''''Parakoila''''' is a mineral rich world, known for its gold and heavy metals.  The planet's capital is the city of Mainstrike.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 42 - Parakoila - Falcon's invasion of the planet gives brief description and its capital city.</ref> During the middle of the [[thirty-first century]], the planet had a small 'Mech component manufacturing complex.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 90 Parakoila - 'Mech component planet noted.</ref>  
 
'''''Parakoila''''' is a mineral rich world, known for its gold and heavy metals.  The planet's capital is the city of Mainstrike.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 42 - Parakoila - Falcon's invasion of the planet gives brief description and its capital city.</ref> During the middle of the [[thirty-first century]], the planet had a small 'Mech component manufacturing complex.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 90 Parakoila - 'Mech component planet noted.</ref>  
  
===Planetary History===
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== Planetary History ==
====Star League====
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===Star League===
 
After the "[[Birthday Proclamations]]" of 2755, Parakoila became the host to a [[Star League Defense Force]] garrison.<ref name=FMSLDFp255>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 255: "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Region Command map"</ref>
 
After the "[[Birthday Proclamations]]" of 2755, Parakoila became the host to a [[Star League Defense Force]] garrison.<ref name=FMSLDFp255>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 255: "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Region Command map"</ref>
  
====Operation REVIVAL====
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=== Clan Invasion===
In September of [[3050]], the planet became the target of Clan Jade Falcon's [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gyrfalcon Galaxy]] during the [[Operation Revival]]'s Wave Four. The planet's garrison force, the Parakoila 'Mech Battalion, converted a number of the planet's gold and heavy metal mines into defensive fortifications comparable to the [[Star League Defense Force|SLDF's]] [[Castle Brian|Castles Brian]]. The Gyrfalcons were forbidden by their Khans from using orbital bombardment because they wished to take the mines intact.  Thus the Galaxy was forced to take the battle to the enemy themselves, fighting major confrontations at the Forty-Niner Mine and Mainstrike. In the end it took six weeks to root out the enemy, making the conquest of Parakoila the longest ever during the Clan Invasion, and even after the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]] these same tunnels would be used by guerrillas to launch raids.<ref name=JFS42>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 42: "Parakoila"</ref>
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====Clan Jade Falcon Invasion====
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In September of [[3050]], the planet became the target of Clan Jade Falcon's [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gyrfalcon Galaxy]] during the [[Operation Revival|Clans' Invasion]] of the Inner Sphere. The planet's garrison force, the Parakoila 'Mech Battalion, converted a number of the planet's gold and heavy metal mines into defensive fortifications comparable to the [[Star League Defense Force|SLDF's]] [[Castle Brian|Castles Brian]]. The Gyrfalcons were forbidden by their Khans from using orbital bombardment because they wished to take the mines intact.  Thus the Galaxy was forced to take the battle to the enemy themselves, fighting major confrontations at the Forty-Niner Mine and Mainstrike. In the end it took six weeks to root out the enemy, making the conquest of Parakoila the longest ever during the Clan Invasion, and even after the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]] these same tunnels would be used by guerrillas to launch raids.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 42 - Parakoila - Delta Galaxy's prolong campaign to take the mines of Parkoila intact.</ref>
  
 
====The Steel Vipers Trial of Possession====
 
====The Steel Vipers Trial of Possession====
 
In July of [[3052]], Clan Steel Viper launched a [[Trial of Possession]] campaign to extend their territories in Occupation Zones which included Parakoila. Faced with a frontline unit, Jade Falcon's garrison commander deemed planet strategically unimportant due to the lack of worthwhile resources.  The 5th Provisional Garrison Cluster evacuated the planet in face of the Vipers, surrendering it to the Vipers' [[57th Striker (Clan Steel Viper)|57th Striker]] [[Cluster]] without a fight.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 90 Parakoila - Falcons surrender the planet without a fight due to lack of worth in eyes of its garrison commander.</ref>
 
In July of [[3052]], Clan Steel Viper launched a [[Trial of Possession]] campaign to extend their territories in Occupation Zones which included Parakoila. Faced with a frontline unit, Jade Falcon's garrison commander deemed planet strategically unimportant due to the lack of worthwhile resources.  The 5th Provisional Garrison Cluster evacuated the planet in face of the Vipers, surrendering it to the Vipers' [[57th Striker (Clan Steel Viper)|57th Striker]] [[Cluster]] without a fight.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 90 Parakoila - Falcons surrender the planet without a fight due to lack of worth in eyes of its garrison commander.</ref>
  
During the Viper's garrison period, elements of the planet's old Lyran 'Mech Battalion would attack patrols and hit their supply depots once in awhile from the planet's extensive mines.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 42 - Parakoila - Invasion of planet notes during Viper's control of the planet, 'Mech battalion would arise and hit their assets before fading into the planet's tunnels system.</ref>
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During the Viper's garrison period, elements of the planet's old Lyran 'Mech Battalion would attack patrols and hit their supply depots once in awhile from planet's extensive mines.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 42 - Parakoila - Invasion of planet notes during Viper's control of the planet, 'Mech battalion would arise and hit their assets before fading into the planet's tunnels system.</ref>
  
====Falcon-Viper War====
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=== Falcon-Viper War ===
 
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====The Jihad====
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=== The Jihad ===
 
In mid-3072 as the uprising launched by the faction known as [[The Society]] gripped the [[Clan Homeworlds]], elements of the Jade Falcon scientist class engaged in a similar uprising within the Clan Jade Falcon occupation zone. Headed up by Scientist [[Etienne Balzac]], the scientists used their forces to secure various Jade Falcon resources they considered critical, such as the Jade Falcon backup genetic repository.<ref name="WORp99">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 99, "Ultimatum"</ref> Parakoila was one of the worlds the rogue scientists targeted; a Cluster of scientist-affiliated forces surrounded New Petra in the middle of the year, demanding that the ''[[solahma]]'' warriors of the [[5th Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|Fifth Talon Cluster]] surrender. Predictably, the Jade Falcon warriors refused, and began building fortifications close to the dome airlocks.<ref name="WORp99A">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 99-100, "Scraping the Falcon"</ref> Balzac had focused on Parakoila because of the significant role the world played in the industrial network the Jade Falcons had established, as key components for the majority of the Clans laser weapons were manufactured on the planet.<ref name="WORp99"/>
 
In mid-3072 as the uprising launched by the faction known as [[The Society]] gripped the [[Clan Homeworlds]], elements of the Jade Falcon scientist class engaged in a similar uprising within the Clan Jade Falcon occupation zone. Headed up by Scientist [[Etienne Balzac]], the scientists used their forces to secure various Jade Falcon resources they considered critical, such as the Jade Falcon backup genetic repository.<ref name="WORp99">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 99, "Ultimatum"</ref> Parakoila was one of the worlds the rogue scientists targeted; a Cluster of scientist-affiliated forces surrounded New Petra in the middle of the year, demanding that the ''[[solahma]]'' warriors of the [[5th Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|Fifth Talon Cluster]] surrender. Predictably, the Jade Falcon warriors refused, and began building fortifications close to the dome airlocks.<ref name="WORp99A">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 99-100, "Scraping the Falcon"</ref> Balzac had focused on Parakoila because of the significant role the world played in the industrial network the Jade Falcons had established, as key components for the majority of the Clans laser weapons were manufactured on the planet.<ref name="WORp99"/>
  
 
[[Khan]] [[Marthe Pryde]]'s response to the Society actions on Parakoila was swift and unequivocal; the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Hawk Eye|CJF ''Hawk Eye'']] was ordered to deploy to the system, under the command of [[Star Admiral]] [[Yvic Fetladral]]. Fetladral issued an ultimatum to the occupying forces, demanding that they withdraw immediately and surrender. When they refused, Fetladral subjected New Petra to orbital bombardment, destroying both the city and the enemy forces. Fetladral claimed to be acting under orders from Pryde to destroy the city because of evidence obtained by the Jade Falcon Watch indicating that the rogue scientists had developed a genetic virus of some kind that was decimating the ranks of the Clan's warriors, and that the possibility that the citizens of New Petra had been deliberately poisoned so as to spread the virus amongst the Jade Falcons was too great to allow the city to survive.<ref name="WORp99A"/>
 
[[Khan]] [[Marthe Pryde]]'s response to the Society actions on Parakoila was swift and unequivocal; the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Hawk Eye|CJF ''Hawk Eye'']] was ordered to deploy to the system, under the command of [[Star Admiral]] [[Yvic Fetladral]]. Fetladral issued an ultimatum to the occupying forces, demanding that they withdraw immediately and surrender. When they refused, Fetladral subjected New Petra to orbital bombardment, destroying both the city and the enemy forces. Fetladral claimed to be acting under orders from Pryde to destroy the city because of evidence obtained by the Jade Falcon Watch indicating that the rogue scientists had developed a genetic virus of some kind that was decimating the ranks of the Clan's warriors, and that the possibility that the citizens of New Petra had been deliberately poisoned so as to spread the virus amongst the Jade Falcons was too great to allow the city to survive.<ref name="WORp99A"/>
  
====HPG Crash====
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==== HPG Crash ====
 
During the [[Jihad]] in [[3073]] the planet's [[HPG|HPG Station]] was knocked out of service mysteriously.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 59 Falcon Analysis - Parakoila's HPG among other Falcon controlled worlds are knocked out.</ref>
 
During the [[Jihad]] in [[3073]] the planet's [[HPG|HPG Station]] was knocked out of service mysteriously.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 59 Falcon Analysis - Parakoila's HPG among other Falcon controlled worlds are knocked out.</ref>
  
===Military Deployment===
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== Military Deployment ==
====2764====
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===2764===
 
* [[200th Jump Infantry Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp255 />
 
* [[200th Jump Infantry Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp255 />
  
====3050====
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=== 3050 ===
 
* [[Parakoila Militia|Parakoila 'Mech Battalion]]<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 42, "Defending force in 3050 listed."</ref>
 
* [[Parakoila Militia|Parakoila 'Mech Battalion]]<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 42, "Defending force in 3050 listed."</ref>
  
====3052====
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=== 3052 ===
* [[5th Provisional Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|5th Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 90, "Parakoila" - 5th PGC noted as being Falcon's Garrison force as of 3052, prior to Vipers.</ref>  
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* [[5th Provisional Garrison Cluster (Clan Jade Falcon)|5th Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 90, "Parakoila" - 5th PGC noted as being Falcon's Garrison force as of 3052, prior to Vipers.</ref>  
  
====3054 - 3061====
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=== 3054 - 3061 ===
* [[1st Fang (Clan Steel Viper)|1st Fang]]<ref name=OR59>''Objective Raids'', p. 59, "Unit Note"</ref><ref name=FMWC166>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 166, "Warden Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[1st Fang (Clan Steel Viper)]]<ref name=OR59>''Objective Raids'', p. 59, "Unit Note"</ref><ref name=FMWC166>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 166, "Warden Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[2nd Fang (Clan Steel Viper)|2nd Fang]]<ref name=OR59/><ref name=FMWC166/>
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* [[2nd Fang (Clan Steel Viper)]]<ref name=OR59/><ref name=FMWC166/>
  
====3072====
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=== 3072 ===
 
* [[5th Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|Fifth Talon Cluster]]<ref name="WORp99A"/>
 
* [[5th Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|Fifth Talon Cluster]]<ref name="WORp99A"/>
  
===Planetary Locations===
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== Planetary Locations ==
* Forty-Niner Mine: large mine and site of an important battle during Operation REVIVAL.<ref name=JFS42>
 
* Mainstrike: large mine and site of an important battle during Operation REVIVAL.<ref name=JFS42>
 
 
* New Petra: the largest domed city on Parakoila and industrial hub; destroyed by orbital bombardment in mid-3072.<ref name="WORp99A"/>
 
* New Petra: the largest domed city on Parakoila and industrial hub; destroyed by orbital bombardment in mid-3072.<ref name="WORp99A"/>
  
==Map Gallery==
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==Nearby Systems==
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==References==
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== References ==
 
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==Bibliography==
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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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* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
 
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
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