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= Pirate's Haven =
 
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The '''Pirates Haven''' stellar cluster is home to at least one habitable world and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Periphery]] between the borders of the [[Calderon Protectorate]] and the [[Periphery March (Federated Suns)|Periphery March]] of the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
  
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The '''Pirate's Haven''' stellar cluster is home to at least one habitable world and as at [[3145]] was located in the [[Periphery]] between the borders of the [[Calderon Protectorate]] and the [[Periphery March (Federated Suns)|Periphery March]] of the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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==Description==
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The Pirates Haven stellar cluster is located near the [[Dumassas]] and [[Hawktor]] systems<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a dense cluster of stars, within which are located some fifty assorted planets. The nature of existence within a stellar cluster means that some of these fifty planets have wild, erratic orbits, while some others are held awkwardly in the gravitational fields of multiple stars. At the heart of the cluster lies a protostar, torn apart before it could form and kept from forming by intense gravitational forces; those same gravitational forces make it hazardous in the extreme for [[JumpShip]]s to attempt to approach the cluster.<ref name="FM:Pp126"/>
  
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==History==
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===Reunification War===
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A single planet within the cluster, '''[[Badlands]]''', had been colonized by the [[Taurian Concordat]] prior to the [[Reunification War]]; at that point, the Pirates Haven Star Cluster was known as the '''Badlands Cluster'''.<ref name="H:MPSp121"/> The [[Star League Defense Force]] largely ignored the Badlands Cluster during the Reunification War; Badlands was a minor world, and for a decade, SLDF monitoring ships watched the cluster closely, without being able to determine much of anything about Badlands itself or whatever was on the planet. None of the Taurian ships captured by the SLDF during the course of the Reunification War had ever traveled to badlands, and the most that the intelligence agencies of both the SLDF and the Federated Suns could determine about Badlands was that it was a hot, desolate planet—and one that was almost never visited. Faced with the prospect of having to spend years surveying and mapping the cluster before they had any chance of finding Badlands—or any safe jump points to use within the cluster — the SLDF ignored it. The Calderons largely ignored the cluster as well, and as a result Badlands became a haven for refugees, dissidents and outlaws throughout the war, and the first SLDF garrison wouldn't be placed on Badlands until after the war ended.<ref name="H:LOTv1p86">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 86: "Ignoring the Badlands"</ref>
  
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== System Description ==
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===Star League Era===
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The Pirate's Haven stellar cluster is located near the [[Dumassas]] and [[Hawktor]] systems<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a dense cluster of stars, within which are located some fifty assorted planets. The nature of existence within a stellar cluster means that some of these fifty planets have wild, erratic orbits, while some others are held awkwardly in the gravitational fields of multiple stars. At the heart of the cluster lies a protostar, torn apart before it could form and kept from forming by intense gravitational forces; those same gravitational forces make it hazardous in the extreme for [[JumpShip]]s to attempt to approach the cluster.<ref name="FM:Pp126"/>
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A second planet within the cluster, '''[[Lorkdal]]''', was colonized by the Concordat during the [[Star League era]].<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
  
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== System History ==
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===Succession Wars===
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=== Reunification War ===
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The Concordat abandoned the Badlands Cluster during the [[Third Succession War]],<ref name="HB:HDp60"/><ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151"/><ref name="HB:HDp70"/> and the cluster — which had already been home to outlaws for centuries<ref name="H:LOTv1p86"/>—became known as Pirates Haven.<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151"/><ref name="HB:HDp70"/><ref name="H:MPSp127"/>
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A single planet within the cluster, '''[[Badlands]]''', had been colonized by the [[Taurian Concordat]] prior to the [[Reunification War]]; at that point, the Pirate's Haven star cluster was known as the '''Badlands Cluster'''.<ref name="H:MPSp121"/> The [[Star League Defense Force]] largely ignored the Badlands Cluster during the Reunification War; Badlands was a minor world, and for a decade, [[SLDF]] monitoring ships watched the cluster closely, without being able to determine much of anything about Badlands itself or whatever was on the planet. None of the Taurian ships captured by the SLDF during the course of the Reunification War had ever traveled to badlands, and the most that the intelligence agencies of both the SLDF and the Federated Suns could determine about Badlands was that it was a hot, desolate planet - and one that was almost never visited. Faced with the prospect of having to spend years surveying and mapping the cluster before they had any chance of finding Badlands - or any safe jump points to use within the cluster - the SLDF ignored it. The Calderons largely ignored the Cluster as well, and as a result Badlands became a haven for refugees, dissidents and outlaws throughout the war, and the first SLDF garrison wouldn't be placed on Badlands until after the war ended.<ref name="H:LOTv1p86">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 86, "Ignoring the Badlands"</ref>
 
  
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=== Star League Era ===
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A second planet within the Cluster, '''[[Lorkdal]]''', was colonized by the Concordat during the [[Star League era]].<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
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In [[3025]], pirates disguised as a [[House Davion|Davion]] scouting party raided [[Cyrton]] from the nearby system of [[Montour]], hoping to coax the Taurians into war with the [[Federated Suns]] in attempt to make Taurian worlds easier targets for plunder. The [[Taurian Defense Force]] tracked them to a planet in Pirates Haven, where [[Marshal (rank)#Taurian Defense Force|Marshal]] [[Morton Grenadine]] led the [[Taurian Guard]] in neutralizing this band of pirates. Some of them had retreated into an area known as the "Black Cliffs," a labyrinthine network of tall canyons that was impossible to scout with [[aerospace]] assets, and had to be flushed out by [[BattleMech]] forces.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', "Dire Circumstances"</ref>
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=== Succession Wars ===
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===FedCom Civil War===
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The Concordat ceded control over the Badlands Cluster during the [[Third Succession War]]<ref name="HB:HDp60"/><ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151"/><ref name="HB:HDp70"/> and the cluster, which had already been home to outlaws for centuries,<ref name="H:LOTv1p86"/> became known as Pirate's Haven.<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151"/><ref name="HB:HDp70"/><ref name="H:MPSp127"/>
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By [[3064]], a single planet inside the cluster was known to be habitable, and that planet was ruled over by the bandit king "Bloody" [[James Kaiten]]. Kaiten maintained control of the planet—albeit barely—until the arrival of the infamous Lady Death [[Paula Trevaline]] and her [[Death's Consorts]]. Trevaline battled Kaiten for control of Haven, and Kaiten fought hard—finally dying "kicking, thrashing and finally choking on his own tongue" and Trevaline became Dame of Haven, with the rest of the cluster accepting her control by acclamation.<ref name="FM:Pp126">''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 126: "Death's Consorts"</ref> A small 'Mech factory was created in the cluster, which allowed the pirates to produce a [[BattleMech#Light|light]] [[BattleMech|'Mech]] for the first time, the ''[[Brigand (BattleMech)|Brigand]]''.<ref name="TRO:3067p46">''Technical Readout: 3067'', p. 46: "Brigand"</ref>
  
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=== FedCom Civil War ===
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==Political Affiliation==
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By [[3064]] a single planet inside the cluster was known to be habitable, and that planet was ruled over by the bandit king Bloody James Kaiten. Kaiten maintained control of the planet - albeit barely - until the arrival of [[Paula Trevaline]], the infamous Lady Death, and her reformed [[Death's Consorts]]. Trevaline battled Kaiten for control of Haven, and Kaiten fought hard - finally dying "kicking, thrashing and finally choking on his own tongue" and Trevaline became Dame of Haven, with the rest of the cluster accepting her control by acclamation.<ref name="FM:Pp126">''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 126, "Death's Consorts"</ref> A small 'Mech factory was created in the Cluster, which allowed the pirates to produce a light [[BattleMech|'Mech]] for the first time, the ''[[Brigand]]''.<ref name="TRO:3067p46">''Technical Readout: 3067'', p. 46, "Brigand"</ref>
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* [[2317]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18</ref>
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* [[2571]] - [[Taurian Concordat]]<ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 121</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Taurian Concordat<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref><ref name=FR:2765Pp37>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 37</ref><ref name=FR:2765FSp29>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29</ref>
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* [[2767]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:LoTv1p96">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 96</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Independent world<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151">''The Periphery, p. 151</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Independent world<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72</ref>
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* [[3040]] - Independent world<ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 127</ref><ref name="H:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Independent world<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Independent world<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Independent world<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78</ref>
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* [[3059]] - Independent world<ref name="TP2ep111">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 111</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Independent world<ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Independent world<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Independent world<ref name="FR:p23">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 23</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Independent world<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Independent world<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Independent world<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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== Political Affiliation ==
 
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* [[2317]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18, "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2571]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 121, "Taurian Concordat after Age of War [2571], Fall of the Star League [2750] and End of the 3rd Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2596]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2750]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2764]] - Taurian Concordat <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2765]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765Pp37>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 37, "Taurian Defense Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR:2765FSp29>''Field Report 2765: Federated Suns'', p. 29, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
 
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* [[2767]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:LoTv1p96">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 96, "Taurian Concordat - [2767] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2822]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succesion War - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2864]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3025]] - Independent world <ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151">''The Periphery (Sourcebook)'', p. 151, "Maps of the Periphery"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70, "Federated Suns After Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3030]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72, "Federated Suns After Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3040]] - Independent world <ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 127, "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref name="H:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040]"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3050]] - Independent world <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3052]] - Independent world <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3057]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
 
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* [[3058]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3059]] - Independent world <ref name="TP2ep111">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 111, "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"</ref>
 
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* [[3063]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref>
 
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* [[3067]] - Independent world <ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3075]] - Independent world <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3079]] - Independent world <ref name="FR:p23">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 23, "Taurian Concordat Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
 
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* [[3081]] - Independent world <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3085]] - Independent world <ref name="FM:3085pVii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. Vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3130]] - Independent world <ref name="MotIS3130">Map of the Inner Sphere 3130</ref>
 
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* [[3135]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3145]] - Independent world <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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* Sometimes the cluster's name appears as "Pirates' Haven" in sourcebook texts but it seems to be consistently written without the apostrophe on maps.<ref name="H:MPSp111,129">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', pp. 111, 129</ref>
  
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| class="over30" | 46.8
 
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| class="over30" | 55.6
 
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Revision as of 05:03, 27 September 2023

Pirates Haven Cluster
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3151
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Pirates Haven Cluster nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates424.959 : -349.827[e]

The Pirates Haven stellar cluster is home to at least one habitable world and as of 3145 was located in the Periphery between the borders of the Calderon Protectorate and the Periphery March of the Federated Suns.[1][2]

Description

The Pirates Haven stellar cluster is located near the Dumassas and Hawktor systems[1][2] and consists of a dense cluster of stars, within which are located some fifty assorted planets. The nature of existence within a stellar cluster means that some of these fifty planets have wild, erratic orbits, while some others are held awkwardly in the gravitational fields of multiple stars. At the heart of the cluster lies a protostar, torn apart before it could form and kept from forming by intense gravitational forces; those same gravitational forces make it hazardous in the extreme for JumpShips to attempt to approach the cluster.[3]

History

Reunification War

A single planet within the cluster, Badlands, had been colonized by the Taurian Concordat prior to the Reunification War; at that point, the Pirates Haven Star Cluster was known as the Badlands Cluster.[4] The Star League Defense Force largely ignored the Badlands Cluster during the Reunification War; Badlands was a minor world, and for a decade, SLDF monitoring ships watched the cluster closely, without being able to determine much of anything about Badlands itself or whatever was on the planet. None of the Taurian ships captured by the SLDF during the course of the Reunification War had ever traveled to badlands, and the most that the intelligence agencies of both the SLDF and the Federated Suns could determine about Badlands was that it was a hot, desolate planet—and one that was almost never visited. Faced with the prospect of having to spend years surveying and mapping the cluster before they had any chance of finding Badlands—or any safe jump points to use within the cluster — the SLDF ignored it. The Calderons largely ignored the cluster as well, and as a result Badlands became a haven for refugees, dissidents and outlaws throughout the war, and the first SLDF garrison wouldn't be placed on Badlands until after the war ended.[5]

Star League Era

A second planet within the cluster, Lorkdal, was colonized by the Concordat during the Star League era.[4][6]

Succession Wars

The Concordat abandoned the Badlands Cluster during the Third Succession War,[7][4][8][9] and the cluster — which had already been home to outlaws for centuries[5]—became known as Pirates Haven.[4][8][9][10]

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In 3025, pirates disguised as a Davion scouting party raided Cyrton from the nearby system of Montour, hoping to coax the Taurians into war with the Federated Suns in attempt to make Taurian worlds easier targets for plunder. The Taurian Defense Force tracked them to a planet in Pirates Haven, where Marshal Morton Grenadine led the Taurian Guard in neutralizing this band of pirates. Some of them had retreated into an area known as the "Black Cliffs," a labyrinthine network of tall canyons that was impossible to scout with aerospace assets, and had to be flushed out by BattleMech forces.[11]

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FedCom Civil War

By 3064, a single planet inside the cluster was known to be habitable, and that planet was ruled over by the bandit king "Bloody" James Kaiten. Kaiten maintained control of the planet—albeit barely—until the arrival of the infamous Lady Death Paula Trevaline and her Death's Consorts. Trevaline battled Kaiten for control of Haven, and Kaiten fought hard—finally dying "kicking, thrashing and finally choking on his own tongue" and Trevaline became Dame of Haven, with the rest of the cluster accepting her control by acclamation.[3] A small 'Mech factory was created in the cluster, which allowed the pirates to produce a light 'Mech for the first time, the Brigand.[12]

Political Affiliation

Pirates Haven

Geography

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In the MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries High Reward Quest "Dire Circumstances," Pirates Haven is first depicted as a volcanic biome with reduced visibility, and later features a tourmaline desert biome with excellent visibility.[11]

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Notes

  • Sometimes the cluster's name appears as "Pirates' Haven" in sourcebook texts but it seems to be consistently written without the apostrophe on maps.[39]

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 20 systems (18 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Badlands 5.5 Lorkdal 7.2 Dumassas 28.4 Hawktor 30.7
Leh 31.0 Klenkar 31.6 Angra 36.2 Cadela 41.1
Charleston 42.5 Althea's Choice 45.8 Armington 46.3 Simone 46.8
Famdo 48.7 Estuan 51.6 San Carlos 53.5 Verdigreis 55.6
Csomad 57.7 Serenity 58.0 Cyrton 61.2 Cohagen 62.5

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: Periphery, p. 126: "Death's Consorts"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 121
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 86: "Ignoring the Badlands"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 60
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 The Periphery, p. 151
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Handbook: House Davion, p. 70
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 127
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, "Dire Circumstances"
  12. ↑ Technical Readout: 3067, p. 46: "Brigand"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 18
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48
  15. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
  16. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  17. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
  18. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 37
  19. ↑ Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 29
  20. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 96
  21. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76
  25. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78
  30. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
  32. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
  33. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82
  34. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
  35. ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 23
  36. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
  37. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  38. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  39. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, pp. 111, 129

Bibliography

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