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[[File:Ruchbah Flag.jpg|right|thumb|Planetary Flag of Ruchbah]]
 
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The '''Ruchbah''' system is home to at least one habitable world, '''Ruchbah I''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Tikonov Commonality]] if the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name=SFp102-103/>
 
  
==System Description==
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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
Ruchbah is located near the [[Kawich]] and [[Ingress]] systems.
 
  
==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2227]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name=DARWp88/>
 
* [[2228]] - [[Tikonov Union]]<ref name=DARWp88/>
 
* [[2243]] - [[Tikonov Grand Union]]<ref name=DARWp88/>
 
* [[2319]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map</ref>
 
* [[2366]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name=DARWp88/><ref name="HL(TCC)p26">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 26: "Tucas Is Removed"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25: "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138: "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref>
 
* [[2773]] - Terran Hegemony (from March)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
 
* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2797]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref>
 
* [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns After Second Succession War [2864]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="HD(TFS)pvii">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', foldout: "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HL(TCC)pvii">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', foldout: "Capellan Confederation - 3025 Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp71">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 71: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49: "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
 
* [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref>
 
* [[3067]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68: "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3069]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from July)<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
 
* [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="JS:TBDp65">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: Inner Sphere - [3075] Map</ref>
 
* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name=FR:Cp29>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 29: "Terran Corridor Clans Deployment Map [August 3079]"</ref>
 
* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Man: 3085'', foldout: "Inner Sphere Map - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Capellan Confederation<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>
 
* [[3151]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref>
 
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==Ruchbah I==
 
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| image              = Ruchbah.jpg
| name                = Ruchbah I
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| name                = Ruchbah
| position            = First<ref name=DARWp88/>
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| position            = 1<ref name=DARWp85/>
| distance            = 22 days<ref name=DARWp88/>
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| distance            = 22 days<ref name=DARWp85/>
| moons              = {{ref label|geo|See Notes}}
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| moons              = Unclear; see text
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| gravity            = 1.1<ref name=DARWp85/>
| temperature        = 25°C<ref name=DARWp88/>
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARWp85/>
| water              = 40%<ref name=DARWp88/>
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| temperature        = 25°C<ref name=DARWp85/>
| life                = Mammals<ref name=DARWp88/>
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| water              = 40%<ref name=DARWp85/>
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| year                = 3130<ref name=DARWp85/>
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| ruler              = Marcella Slayton (Governor)<ref name=DARWp85/><br>Garry Janetzke (Planetary Legate)<ref name=DARWp85/>
| religion            =
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| capital            = Rook<ref name=DARWp85/>  
| population          = 148,000,000 (3130)<ref name=DARWp88/><ref name=DARoSp10>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 10: "Prefecture IV"</ref>
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===Planetary History===
 
====Early Years====
 
When first settled, the colony of Ruchbah had a homegrown military consisting of little more than horse-mounted cavalry troopers, which after easily defeated, allowed the neighboring Tikonov Union to take over the planet in [[2228]].<ref name=DARWp88/> With the Terran Alliance weakening, Ruchbah was one of several worlds captured by the Tikonov Union during this era; also conquered were the nearby worlds of [[Algol]], [[Mirach]], [[Rio]], and [[Tybalt]], all conquered prior to the formation of the Tikonov Grand Union in 2243.<ref name="HL(TCC)p20">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 20</ref>
 
  
Although part of the Tikonov Grand Union, Ruchbah chose to join the Terran Hegemony instead of the Capellan Confederation. During the [[First Succession War]] the Federated Suns took control of the world. For most of the next three hundred years, Ruchbah was a well-known backwater that provided animal products to the Federated Suns.<ref name=DARWp88/>
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== Political Affiliation ==
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* [[2227]] - [[Terran Alliance]] <ref name=DARWp85/>
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* [[2228]] - [[Tikonov Union]] <ref name=DARWp85/>
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* [[2243]] - [[Tikonov Grand Union]] <ref name=DARWp85/>
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* [[2319]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map</ref>
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* [[2366]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] <ref name=DARWp85/><ref name="HL(TCC)p26">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 26, "Tucas Is Removed"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
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* [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]] <ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref>
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* [[2773]] - Terran Hegemony (from March)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
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* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] <ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43, "Draconis Combine 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><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War [2864]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - [[Federated Suns]] <ref name="HD(TFS)pvii">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. vii, "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succesion War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HL(TCC)pvii">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. vii, "Capellan Confederation - 3025 Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HDp71">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 71, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succesion War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3069]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from July) <ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name="JS:TBDp65">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, Inner Sphere - [3075] Map</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name=FR:Cp29>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 29, "Terran Corridor Clans Deployment Map [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] <,sü"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Man: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name=DARWp85/><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]] - Capellan Confederation <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>
  
====Clan Invasion====
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== Planetary Info ==
During the [[Clan Invasion]], military spending reached an all-time high. Michaelson Heavy Industries expanded their factories. As a result, during the [[Jihad]] when the [[Word of Blake]] tried to integrate the world into their Protectorate, they faced a constant low-level guerrilla war. The traditional horse-mounted cavalry units were augmented by the swift VTOLs of Michaelson Industries.<ref name=FMU137/>
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There are two canonical sources offering contradictory information about Ruchbah that cannot be reconciled:
  
====The Jihad====
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The [[BattleCorps]] story ''[[Eclipse]]'', which is set on Ruchbah, establishes that [[Michaelson Heavy Industries]] is situated on the southern continent and that the planet has several moons (implicitly, at least three judging from one moon being described as the "smallest").<ref>''Eclipse''</ref>
The [[Word of Blake]] launched a wave of attacks during the first two weeks of July [[3069]] that targeted the worlds of [[Bharat]], [[Deneb Kaitos]], [[Ingress]], [[Kawich]], and Ruchbah. Ruchbah's armed forces were quickly overwhelmed during the conventional assault, but the population resisted incorporation into the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]], shifting from conventional warfare to a campaign of guerrilla resistance.<ref name=DARWp88/><ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"</ref><ref name=WoBJihadAssault>''Deneb Kaitos, Ruchbah Fall''</ref>
 
  
====Dark Age====
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By contrast, Ruchbah is depicted as having one continent dotted with several inland seas in the ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' document. Michaelson Heavy Industries is shown on the shore of an inland sea on the northern hemisphere.<ref name=DARWp85/>  
After the Jihad, [[Clan Hell's Horses]] expatriates established their sole enclave in the [[Republic of the Sphere]] on Ruchbah's northern grasslands.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 115: "Dragan Fletcher"</ref>  
 
  
[[Star Colonel]] Ulan<ref name="ASitHp92>''A Silence in the Heavens'', pp. 92–94</ref> led the [[Shiva Keshik]]<ref name="ED:DAp7">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 7: "Important Military Actions of 3133"</ref> of the [[Spirit Cats]] in an operation to capture the Michaelson Heavy Industries plant on Ruchbah<ref name="ASitHp92/><ref name="ED:DAp7"/> at the end of June [[3133]].<ref name="ED:DAp7"/><ref name="ED:DAp10">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10: "Dark Age Timeline"</ref> Ulan's forces arrived on Ruchbah as the same time as forces from the [[Steel Wolves]], leading to a battle for control of the factories. The Shiva Keshik captured the plant first, and used it as a base from which to battle the Steel Wolves. The Wolves manage to briefly drive the Spirit Cats back long enough to make off with a significant amount of matériel, but the Shiva Keshik managed to recapture and hold the factories.<ref name="ED:DAp7"/> While the Steel Wolves were looking for resources, the Spirit Cats' assault on Ruchbah was an attempt to find the haven predicted in the visions of [[Kev Rosse]].<ref name="ED:DAp16">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 16: "Spirit Cats"</ref>
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The plains and tundra of this landmass make Ruchbah one of the most effective livestock producing planets in the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name=DARWp85/>
  
===Military Deployment===
+
BattleTech developer [[Ray Arrastia]] commented that the fiction (i.e. the description in ''Eclipse'') "is more likely correct" but clarified that there would not be a definitive answer until Ruchbah is revisited in an official canonical product.<ref>Answer given in [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=52905.0 this thread] in the "Ask the Writers" section of the official [[BattleTech Forum]]</ref>
====3067====
 
* [[Third Davion Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref name=FMU137>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 137: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>
 
  
====3085====
+
== Planetary History ==
* [[IV Principes Guards]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 186: "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
+
=== Early Years ===
:- The unit was at 80% of full strength, with 81% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
+
When first settled, the colony of Ruchbah had a home-grown military consisting of little more than horse-mounted cavalry troopers, which after easily defeated, allowed the neighboring Tikonov Union to take over the planet in 2228.<ref name=DARWp85/> With the Terran Alliance weakening, Ruchbah was one of several worlds captured by the Tikonov Union during this era; also conquered were the nearby worlds of [[Algol]], [[Mirach]], [[Rio]] and [[Tybalt]], all conquered prior to the formation of the Tikonov Grand Union in 2243.<ref name="HL(TCC)p20">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 20</ref>
  
====3145====
+
Although part of the Tikonov Grand Union, Ruchbah chose to join the Terran Hegemony instead of the Capellan Confederation. During the [[First Succession War]] the Federated Suns took control of the world. For most of the next three hundred years, Ruchbah was a well-known backwater that provided animal products to the Federated Suns.<ref name=DARWp85/>
* [[First Liao Guards]]<ref name=FM3145p47>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 47: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
 
:- Deployed across the [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]] and Ruchbah systems, the unit was at 85% of full strength.
 
  
===Planetary Locations===
+
===Clan Invasion===
* Bharat Ur<ref name=Ec3>''Eclipse'', ch. 3</ref>
+
During the [[Clan Invasion]] military spending reached an all-time high. Michaelson Heavy Industries expanded their factories. As a result, during the [[Jihad]] when the [[Word of Blake]] tried to integrate the world into their Protectorate, they faced a constant low-level guerrilla war. The traditional horse-mounted cavalry units were augmented by the swift VTOLs of Michaelson Industries.<ref name=FMU137/>
* Jericho: a town<ref name=Ec4>''Eclipse'', ch. 4</ref>
 
* Michaelson: a city<ref name=HB:HDp167>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 167: "Michaelson Heavy Industries (MicHvyIn)"</ref>
 
* Rook: capital city<ref name=DARWp88/>
 
* Sand Gnat Cove<ref name=Ec1>''Eclipse'', ch. 1</ref>
 
  
===Companies and Industries===
+
=== The Jihad ===
* [[Michaelson Heavy Industries]]<ref name=HB:HDp167/><ref name=Eclipse>''Eclipse''</ref>
+
The [[Word of Blake]] launched a wave of attacks during the first two weeks of July [[3069]] that targeted the worlds of [[Bharat]], [[Deneb Kaitos]], [[Ingress]], [[Kawich]] and Ruchbah. Ruchbah's armed forces were quickly overwhelmed during the conventional assault, but the population resisted incorporation into the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]], shifting from conventional warfare to a campaign of guerrilla resistance.<ref name=DARWp85/><ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
  
===Image gallery===
+
=== Dark Age ===
<gallery>
+
[[Star Colonel]] Ulan<ref name="ASitHp92>''A Silence In The Heavens'' p. 92-94</ref> led the [[Shiva Keshik]]<ref name="ED:DAp7">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 7, "Important Military Actions of 3133"</ref> of the [[Spirit Cats]] in an operation to capture the [[Michaelson Heavy Industries]] plant on Ruchbah<ref name="ASitHp92/><ref name="ED:DAp7"/> at the end of June<ref name="ED:DAp10">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10, "Dark Age Timeline"</ref> [[3133]].<ref name="ED:DAp7"/><ref name="ED:DAp10"/> Ulan's forces arrived on Ruchbah as the same time as forces from the [[Steel Wolves]], leading to a battle for control of the factories. The Shiva Keshik captured the plant first, and used it as a base from which to battle the Steel Wolves. The Wolves manage to briefly drive the Spirit Cats back long enough to make off with a significant amount of material, but the Shiva Keshik managed to recapture and hold the factories.<ref name="ED:DAp7"/> While the Steel Wolves were looking for resources, the Spirit Cats' assault on Ruchbah was an attempt to find the haven predicted in the visions of [[Kev Rosse]].<ref name="ED:DAp16">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 16, "Spirit Cats"</ref>
File:Ruchbah Flag.jpg|[[Republic of the Sphere|Republic]]-era Planetary Logo of Ruchbah
 
File:Ruchbah Planetary Map.png|Planetary Map of Ruchbah, ca. [[3130]]
 
</gallery>
 
  
==Notes==
+
== Military Deployment ==
{{note|geo}} There are two canonical sources offering contradictory information about Ruchbah that cannot be reconciled:
+
=== 3067 ===
 +
* [[3rd Davion Guards|Third Davion Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref name=FMU137>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 137, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref>
  
The short story ''[[Eclipse]]'', which is set on Ruchbah, establishes that [[Michaelson Heavy Industries]] is situated on the southern continent and that the planet has several moons (implicitly, at least three judging from one moon being described as the "smallest").<ref name=Eclipse/>
+
=== 3085 ===
 +
* [[IV Principes Guards]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 186, "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
 +
:- At this point in time, the IV Principes was at 80% of full strength, with 81% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
  
By contrast, Ruchbah is depicted as having one continent dotted with several inland seas in the ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' document. Michaelson Heavy Industries is shown on the shore of an inland sea on the northern hemisphere.<ref name=DARWp88/>
+
===3145===
 +
* [[1st Liao Guards|First Liao Guards]]<ref name=FM3145p47>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 47, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
 +
:- At this point in time, the unit was at 85% of full strength with a "A" equipment rating.  The garrison was deployed across the [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]] and Ruchbah systems.
  
The plains and tundra of this landmass make Ruchbah one of the most effective livestock producing planets in the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name=DARWp88/>
+
== Planetary Locations ==
 +
{{scrollbox|
 +
* Sand Gnat Cove:<ref name=Ec1>''Eclipse'', Ch. 1</ref>
 +
}}
  
BattleTech developer [[Ray Arrastia]] commented that the fiction (i.e. the description in ''Eclipse'') "is more likely correct" but clarified that there would not be a definitive answer until Ruchbah is revisited in an official canonical product.<ref>Answer given in [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=52905.0 this thread] in the "Ask the Writers" section of the official [[BattleTech Forum]]</ref>
+
== Industrial Centers ==
 +
* [[Michaelson Heavy Industries]].<ref>''Eclipse''</ref>  This company produced attack helicopters during the Jihad.  When it became part of the Republic it converted to civilian models.<ref>''Republic Worlds'' p. 88</ref>  In 3093 Michaelson Heavy Industries began producing the [[Bishop|Bishop Transport VTOL]].<ref>''Technical Readout:  3150'' p. 110</ref>
  
==Map Gallery==
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== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
==Nearby Systems==
 
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{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
 
! colspan="8" | Closest 80 systems (79 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
 
|-
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Kawich]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 7.6
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Ingress]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 8.8
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 10.6
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Basalt]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 10.8
 
|-
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Nopah]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 10.9
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Deneb Kaitos]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 12.2
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Sheratan]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 16.6
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Small World]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 16.8
 
|-
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Tigress]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 18.6
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Bharat]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 18.9
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Hean]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 19.2
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Woodstock]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 19.2
 
 
|-
 
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Ankaa]]
+
| [[Kawich]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.9
+
| 7.70
| class="lessthan30" | [[Hamal]]
+
| [[Ingress]]
| class="lessthan30" | 22.0
+
| 8.87
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alpha Eridani]]
+
| [[Fletcher (FWL)|Fetcher]]
| class="lessthan30" | 22.1
+
| 10.73
| class="lessthan30" | [[Acamar]]
+
| [[Basalt]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.8
+
| 10.85
 
|-
 
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Addicks]]
+
| [[Nopah]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.2
+
| 10.95
| class="lessthan30" | [[Errai]]
+
| [[Deneb Kaitos]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.7
+
| 12.31
| class="lessthan30" | [[Yangtze]]
+
| [[Sheratan]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.8
+
| 16.74
| class="lessthan30" | [[Azha]]
+
| [[Small World]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.9
+
| 16.91
 
|-
 
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Epsilon Indi]]
+
| [[Tigress]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.1
+
| 18.74
| class="lessthan30" | [[Slocum]]
+
| [[Bharat]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.5
+
| 19.10
| class="over30" | [[Lockdale]]
+
| [[Hean]]
| class="over30" | 30.6
+
| 19.36
| class="over30" | [[Northwind]]
+
| [[Woodstock]]
| class="over30" | 30.6
+
| 19.37
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Arboris]]
+
| [[Ankaa]]
| class="over30" | 32.0
+
| 22.12
| class="over30" | [[Tybalt]]
+
| [[Hamal]]
| class="over30" | 32.7
+
| 22.19
| class="over30" | [[Helen]]
+
| [[Achernar]]
| class="over30" | 32.8
+
| 22.28
| class="over30" | [[Towne]]
+
| [[Acamar]]
| class="over30" | 33.0
+
| 24.02
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Bex]]
+
| [[Addicks]]
| class="over30" | 34.3
+
| 27.28
| class="over30" | [[Angol]]
+
| [[Yangtze]]
| class="over30" | 34.5
+
| 27.72
| class="over30" | [[New Florence]]
+
| [[Errai]]
| class="over30" | 35.1
+
| 27.87
| class="over30" | [[Terra Firma]]
+
| [[Azha]]
| class="over30" | 36.5
+
| 29.18
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Quentin]]
+
| [[Epsilon Indi]]
| class="over30" | 37.0
+
| 29.35
| class="over30" | [[Ozawa]]
+
| [[Slocum]]
| class="over30" | 37.5
+
| 29.74
| class="over30" | [[Alrescha]]
+
| [[Northwind]]
| class="over30" | 38.0
+
| 30.89
| class="over30" | [[Kansu]]
+
| [[Arboris]]
| class="over30" | 38.4
+
| 32.31
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Rio]]
+
| [[Tybalt]]
| class="over30" | 38.5
+
| 32.94
| class="over30" | [[New Stevens]]
+
| [[Towne]]
| class="over30" | 38.8
+
| 33.27
| class="over30" | [[Epsilon Eridani]]
+
| [[Angol]]
| class="over30" | 39.1
+
| 34.76
| class="over30" | [[Pokhara]]
+
| [[Terra Firma]]
| class="over30" | 39.9
+
| 36.87
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Genoa]]
+
| [[Quentin]]
| class="over30" | 41.3
+
| 37.28
| class="over30" | [[Ronel]]
+
| [[Ozawa]]
| class="over30" | 43.2
+
| 37.82
| class="over30" | [[New Hessen]]
+
| [[Alrescha]]
| class="over30" | 43.4
+
| 38.36
| class="over30" | [[Ningpo]]
+
| [[Kansu]]
| class="over30" | 44.1
+
| 38.72
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Nanking]]
+
| [[Rio]]
| class="over30" | 45.1
+
| 38.81
| class="over30" | [[Bryant]]
+
| [[Epsilon Eridani]]
| class="over30" | 45.2
+
| 39.41
| class="over30" | [[New Rhodes]]
+
| [[Genoa]]
| class="over30" | 45.5
+
| 41.64
| class="over30" | [[Algol]]
+
| [[Helen]]
| class="over30" | 45.6
+
| 42.16
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Murchison]]
+
| [[New Hessen]]
| class="over30" | 46.0
+
| 43.46
| class="over30" | [[Fomalhaut]]
+
| [[Ronel]]
| class="over30" | 46.1
+
| 43.63
| class="over30" | [[Saffel]]
+
| [[Ningpo]]
| class="over30" | 47.0
+
| 44.45
| class="over30" | [[Buchlau]]
+
| [[Nanking]]
| class="over30" | 47.7
+
| 45.55
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Nirasaki]]
+
| [[Bryant]]
| class="over30" | 48.0
+
| 45.63
| class="over30" | [[Tikonov]]
+
| [[New Rhodes III]]
| class="over30" | 49.4
+
| 45.92
| class="over30" | [[Caph]]
+
| [[Algol]]
| class="over30" | 49.7
+
| 46.01
| class="over30" | [[Galatia]]
+
| [[Murchison]]
| class="over30" | 49.8
+
| 46.44
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[New Home]]
+
| [[Fomalhaut]]
| class="over30" | 51.2
+
| 46.49
| class="over30" | [[Liao (system)|Cynthiana]]
+
| [[Saffel]]
| class="over30" | 51.3
+
| 47.44
| class="over30" | [[Brownsville]]
+
| [[Buchlau]]
| class="over30" | 51.4
+
| 48.15
| class="over30" | [[Deneb Algedi]]
+
| [[Nirasaki]]
| class="over30" | 51.5
+
| 48.43
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Mirach]]
+
| [[Tikonov]]
| class="over30" | 51.6
+
| 49.89
| class="over30" | [[Conwy]]
+
| [[Galatia III]]
| class="over30" | 52.6
+
| 50.62
| class="over30" | [[Capolla]]
+
| [[Caph]]
| class="over30" | 52.8
+
| 50.63
| class="over30" | [[Aldebaran]]
+
| [[Liao]]
| class="over30" | 52.8
+
| 50.86
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Al Na'ir]]
+
| [[New Home]]
| class="over30" | 54.1
+
| 51.61
| class="over30" | [[Mira]]
+
| [[Deneb Algedi]]
| class="over30" | 54.5
+
| 51.96
| class="over30" | [[Zurich]]
+
| [[Mirach]]
| class="over30" | 54.9
+
| 52.07
| class="over30" | [[Mesartim]]
+
| [[Capolla]]
| class="over30" | 55.5
+
| 53.24
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Keid]]
+
| [[Aldebaran]]
| class="over30" | 55.7
+
| 53.32
| class="over30" | [[Halloran]]
+
| [[Al Na'ir]]
| class="over30" | 56.4
+
| 54.59
| class="over30" | [[Pleione]]
+
| [[Mira]]
| class="over30" | 57.2
+
| 54.98
| class="over30" | [[Nashira]]
+
| [[Zurich]]
| class="over30" | 57.2
+
| 55.38
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Styx]]
+
| [[Mesartim]]
| class="over30" | 57.7
+
| 56.00
| class="over30" | [[Demeter]]
+
| [[Keid]]
| class="over30" | 57.9
+
| 56.24
| class="over30" | [[Almach]]
+
| [[Halloran V]]
| class="over30" | 58.2
+
| 56.46
| class="over30" | [[Poznan]]
+
| [[Pleione]]
| class="over30" | 58.6
+
| 57.69
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Dieron]]
+
| [[Styx]]
| class="over30" | 58.8
+
| 58.23
| class="over30" | [[Caselton]]
+
| [[Demeter]]
| class="over30" | 58.9
+
| 58.43
| class="over30" | [[Gan Singh]]
+
| [[Almach]]
| class="over30" | 59.0
+
| 58.73
| class="over60" | [[Schedar]]
+
| [[Dieron]]
| class="over60" | 60.5
+
| 59.01
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Poznan]]
 +
| 59.17
 +
| [[Gan Singh]]
 +
| 59.54
 +
| [[Nashira]]
 +
| 59.64
 
|}
 
|}
  
==References==
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== References ==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
  
==Bibliography==
+
== Bibliography ==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
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* ''[[A Silence in the Heavens]]'' (novel)
* ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles|BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [17/07/3069]: "Deneb Kaitos, Ruchbah Fall"]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
 
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
 
* ''[[Eclipse]]'' (novella)
 
* ''[[Eclipse]]'' (novella)
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
+
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[A Silence in the Heavens]]'' (novel)
+
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
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