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The '''Somerset''' system is the location of one habitable world, '''Somerset I''', and as at [[3145]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
  
The '''Somerset''' system is the location of one habitable world, '''Somerset I''', and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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==System Description==
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== System Description ==
Somerset is located near the [[Anywhere]] and [[Lackhove]] systems.<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> It was described as a small orange-red K5 (specifically, K5V<ref name=O:TCp15/>) star with a single world orbiting around it.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/>
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The Somerset system is located near the [[Anywhere]] and [[Lackhove]] systems.<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> It was described as a small orange-red K5 (specifically, K5V<ref name=O:TCp15/>) star with a single world orbiting around it.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/>
  
==System History==
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== System History ==
 
The Somerset system was colonized in the late 2300s by refugees fleeing conflicts in the [[Stewart Confederacy]] and [[Protectorate of Donegal]].<ref name="TP1Ep16"/>
 
The Somerset system was colonized in the late 2300s by refugees fleeing conflicts in the [[Stewart Confederacy]] and [[Protectorate of Donegal]].<ref name="TP1Ep16"/>
  
==Political Affiliation==
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== Political Affiliation ==  
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* ca. [[2376]] - Independent <ref name="TP1Ep16">''The Periphery (1st Edition)'', p. 16, "Inner Sphere Politics"</ref>
* ca. [[2376]] - Independent<ref name="TP1Ep16">''The Periphery'', p. 16</ref>
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* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38, "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref>
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* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:MPSp37"/>
* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:MPSp37"/>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth 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 (Sourcebook)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>/[[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name="JFSBp39"/>
* [[3050]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] (From May)<ref name="JFSBp39"/>
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* [[3052]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref><ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref>
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* [[3054]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="ORp31">''Objective Raids'', p. 31, "Map of the Jade Falcon Territory"</ref>
* [[3054]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="ORp31">''Objective Raids'', p. 31</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3067]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref name="J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42</ref>
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* [[3071]] - Disputed world (Clan Ice Hellion/Clan Jade Falcon) (June-July) <ref name="JS:TBDp29"/><ref name="JHS3076p16"/><ref name="J:FRp49"/>
* [[3071]] - Disputed world (Clan Ice Hellion/Clan Jade Falcon) (June-July)<ref name="JS:TBDp29"/><ref name="JHS3076p16"/><ref name="J:FRp49"/>
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* [[3075]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="FR:Cp26">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 26, "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="JS:TBDp29"/>
* [[3079]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="FR:Cp26">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 26</ref><ref name="JS:TBDp29"/>
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* [[3081]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon <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>
* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<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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* [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon  <ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103</ref>
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* [[3152]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref name=TRpm/>
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==Somerset I==
 
==Somerset I==
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| name                = Somerset I
 
| name                = Somerset I
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| position            = 1st<ref name=O:TCp15/>
| position            = First<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
 
| distance            = 4.12 days<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
| distance            = 4.12 days<ref name=O:TCp15/>
| moons              = 2 (Bull, Hind)<ref name=O:TCp15/>
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| moons              = 2 (Bull, Hint)<ref name=O:TCp15/>
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| gravity            = 1.08<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
| gravity            = 1.08<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=O:TCp15/>
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| water              = 70%<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
| water              = 70%<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
| life                = Mammals<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
| life                = Mammals<ref name=O:TCp15/>
| continents          = 6 (Bridgewater, Bristol, Cheddar, Bath, Wells, Yeovil)<ref name=O:TCp15/>
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| year                = 3079<ref name=O:TCp15/>
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| population          = 750 (2380),<ref name="TP1Ep16"/><br>1,000,000 (3050),<ref name=1SSp47>''1st Somerset Strikers'', p. 47: "Intelligence Secretariat Internal Memo No. 7688 - G</ref> <br>238,000,000 (3079)<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
 
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| capital            = Taunton<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
| capital            = Taunton<ref name=O:TCp15/>
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| population          = 750 (2380)<ref name="TP1Ep16"/><br>238,000,000 (3079)<ref name=O:TCp15/>
| hpgrep              = A<ref name=O:TCp15/>
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Somerset I, more commonly known simply as Somerset, is the innermost planet in the system and has two moons named Bull and Hind. Somerset has been home to a small military academy during its history.<ref name=O:TCp15/>
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Somerset I - more commonly known simply as Somerset - is the innermost planet in the system and has two moons named Bull and Hint. Somerset has been home to a small military academy during its history.<ref name=O:TCp15/>
  
 
===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
 
====Early History====
 
====Early History====
Somerset was settled in the late 2370s by refugees of Scots-Irish descent, who had been forced to flee their original colony worlds three times; leaving the war between the Stewart Confederacy and the [[Free Worlds League]] behind to settle on [[York (LC)|York]] and [[Lancaster]] in [[2305]], the settlers were threatened with invasion or annexation by the Protectorate of Donegal in [[2346]] and chose to leave both worlds behind. The settlers colonized the world of [[Loxley]], further out towards the Periphery than either York or Lancaster, only to be discovered by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] in [[2378]] and attacked when they refused to join the forces of [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Robert Marsden]]. Only one in ten of the colonists escaped Loxley, a bare 1,500 people, and by the time discovered the single world orbiting an orange-red K5 star they named Somerset, half of those 1,500 people were dead of starvation or sickness.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/>
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Somerset was settled in the late 2370s by refugees of Scots-Irish descent, who had been forced to flee their original colony worlds three times; leaving the war between the Stewart Confederacy and the [[Free Worlds League]] behind to settle on [[York (LC)|York]] and [[Lancaster]] in [[2305]], the settlers were threatened with invasion or annexation by the Protectorate of Donegal in [[2346]] and chose to leave both worlds behind. The settlers colonized the world of [[Loxley]], further out towards the Periphery than either York or Lancaster, only to be discovered by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] in [[2378]] and attacked when they refused to join the forces of [[Archon]] [[Robert Marsden]]. Only one in ten of the colonists escaped Loxley, a bare 1,500 people, and by the time discovered the single world orbiting an orange-red K5 star they named Somerset, half of those 1,500 people were dead of starvation or sickness.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/>
  
 
====Rim Worlds Republic====
 
====Rim Worlds Republic====
When [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] implemented his [[Universal Act of Loyalty]] requiring all of the citizens of the Rim Worlds Republic to swear loyalty to the Amaris family and, through the Amaris family, the Star League, there was considerable unrest. The fact that those who objected had their civil rights suspended and their property confiscated fanned the flames of protest, and among the most notable dissenters was the population of Somerset. Amaris responded by having the Somerset system interdicted by a naval blockade in [[2574]] and starved into submission.<ref name="H:RWp127">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 127: "Efrimal Long"</ref>
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When [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] implemented his [[Universal Act of Loyalty]] requiring all of the citizens of the Rim Worlds Republic to swear loyalty to the Amaris family and, through the Amaris family, the Star League, there was considerable unrest. The fact that those who objected had their civil rights suspended and their property confiscated fanned the flames of protest, and among the most notable dissenters was the population of Somerset. Amaris responded by having the Somerset system interdicted by a naval blockade in [[2574]] and starved into submission.<ref name="H:RWp127">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 127, "Efrimal Long"</ref>
  
Gregory Amaris had appealed to the [[Star League]] for support when civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]]. The [[Rift Republican Army]] subverted half of the military forces on [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]] and formed a new government, the [[Rim Provisional Government]]. The Star League eventually decided to intervene on his behalf and assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]], a multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], but atrocities such as the one performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-[[2584]] resulted in the Rim Worlders putting aside their differences to focus on the common enemy.<ref name=H:RWp134>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134</ref>
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Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to Amaris and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130, "The Spark"</ref> The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. the first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132, "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by forces from the [[Fourth Amaris Fusiliers]] in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, and the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133, "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"</ref>
  
[[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]] assigned the [[Seventeenth Royal Division]], one of three [[division]]s within the SLDF [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]], to the conquest of Somerset in [[2588]]. Afterward, the Seventeenth remained on Somerset until they were redeployed to the [[Wotan]] system in [[2591]].<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
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In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584. [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]] of Battle Group Apollo assigned the [[17th Royal Division|Seventeenth Royal Division]] - one of three [[division]]s within the SLDF [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] - to the conquest of Somerset in [[2588]] and having conquered the planet, the Seventeenth remained on Somerset until they were redeployed to conquer the [[Wotan]] system in [[2591]].<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
  
 
====Star League Era====
 
====Star League Era====
Somerset was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the [[2773]]–2775 [[Republic-Commonwealth War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>
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Somerset was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the [[2773]]-2775 [[Republic-Commonwealth War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>
  
In August [[2785]], disguised forces from the [[DCMS]] conducted a number of false-flag raids on Lyran Commonwealth worlds near the Periphery to gauge the readiness—and worthiness—of the LCAF. One of these raids struck [[Barcelona]] and Somerset, where raiders used aerospace forces—some allegedly sporting insignia from the Rim Worlds Army to harass civilian traffic and recharge facilities. This fueled local media reports that remnant Republic forces were preparing to exact vengeance for the Republic-Commonwealth War.<ref name="FSWp21">''First Succession War'', p. 21: "The Commonwealth Incursions"</ref>
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In August [[2785]] disguised forces from the [[DCMS]] conducted a number of false-flag raids on Lyran Commonwealth worlds near the Periphery to gauge the readiness - and worthiness - of the LCAF. One of these raids struck [[Barcelona]] and Somerset, where raiders used aerospace forces - some allegedly sporting insignia from the Rim Worlds Army to harass civilian traffic and recharge facilities. This fueled local media reports that remnant Republic forces were preparing to exact vengeance for the Republic-Commonwealth War.<ref name="FSWp21">''First Succession War'', p. 21, "The Commonwealth Incursions"</ref>
  
 
====Little Kingdom of Somerset====
 
====Little Kingdom of Somerset====
During the [[First Succession War]], Archon [[Richard Steiner (29th c.)|Richard Steiner]] had set up a number of Small Kingdoms inside the Commonwealth.  One of them was Little Kingdom of Somerset, which was one of the last ten kingdoms to remain by end of the [[Third Succession War]]. During this time [[Gregory Uther]], [[Archonette]] of the Somerset Little Kingdom, attempted to assassinate returning Duke of Somerset.  However, this plot was uncovered and Uther was himself killed by [[LIC]] agents on orders from the Archon.<ref name="HS(TLC)p55">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 55: The Little Kingdoms - Somerset Little Kingdom gets a brief description</ref>
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During the [[First Succession War]], [[Archon]] [[Richard Steiner (29th c.)|Richard Steiner]] had set up a number of Small Kingdoms inside the Commonwealth.  One of them was Little Kingdom of Somerset, which was one of the last ten kingdoms to remain by end of the [[Third Succession War]]. During this time [[Gregory Uther]], [[Archonette]] of the Somerset Little Kingdom, attempted to assassinate returning Duke of Somerset.  However, this plot was uncovered and Uther was himself killed by [[LIC]] agents on orders from the Archon.<ref name="HS(TLC)p55">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 55 - The Little Kingdoms - Somerset Little Kingdom gets a brief description.</ref>
  
Prior to the start of the Third Succession War, the descendants of [[Simon Borge-Steiner]] settled on Somerset.<ref name=RA5212s>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 12: "Of Myths and Reality" sidebar</ref>
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Prior to the start of the Third Succession War, the descendants of [[Simon Borge-Steiner]] settled on Somerset.<ref name=RA5212s>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 12, "Of Myths and Reality" sidebar</ref>
  
 
====Clan Invasion====
 
====Clan Invasion====
In May [[3050]], Somerset was targeted by Clan Jade Falcon during the second wave of conquests in [[Operation REVIVAL]]. The spaceport was initially defended by the Somerset Academy Training Battalion which was utterly annihilated by [[Vau Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Vau Galaxy's]] [[94th Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|Ninety-fourth Strike]] [[Cluster]]. Surviving FedCom troops that had retreated to the planet, which included the [[Eighth Arcturan Guards]] [[Regimental Combat Team]] and the [[Second New Ivaarsen Chasseurs]], counterattacked. The FedCom troops and the Falcons fought a 12-hour battle outside the town of Hollyfield. In the end, both FedCom formations were wiped out, leaving the Ninety-fourth the victors.<ref name="JFSBp39">''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 39: Somerset - May 3050, Jade Falcons conquest of Somerset</ref>
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In May of [[3050]], Somerset was targeted by Clan Jade Falcon during the second wave of conquests in [[Operation REVIVAL]]. The space port was initially defended by the Somerset Academy Training Battalion which was utterly annihilated by [[Vau Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Vau Galaxy's]] [[94th Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|Ninety-fourth Strike]] [[Cluster]]. Surviving FedCom troops that had retreated to the planet, which included the [[Eighth Arcturan Guards]] [[Regimental Combat Team]] and the [[Second New Ivaarsen Chasseurs]], counterattacked. The FedCom troops and the Falcons fought a 12-hour battle outside the town of Hollyfield. In the end, both FedCom formations were wiped out, leaving the Ninety-fourth the victors.<ref name="JFSBp39">''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 39 - Somerset - May 3050, Jade Falcons conquest of Somerset.</ref>
  
Somerset was also the site of the second victory of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth]] over Clan forces.<ref name=RA5212s/> Though forced to leave the world, the information gained by this strike proved invaluable for later strikes against [[Barcelona]] and other systems held by the Jade Falcons.<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', pp. 13–14</ref>
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Somerset was also the site of the second victory of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth]] over Clan forces.<ref name=RA5212s/> Though forced to leave the world, the information gained by this strike proved invaluable for later strikes against [[Barcelona]] and other systems held by the Jade Falcons.<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', pp. 13-14</ref>
  
 
The [[First Somerset Strikers]] holovid claimed that the world was depopulated during the Clan invasion, with every inhabitant sent to the [[Clan Homeworlds]]. In reality, the Jade Falcons largely ignored the world for twenty years, only reopening the Military Academy as a training facility for their warriors in the later years of the [[Jihad]].<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
The [[First Somerset Strikers]] holovid claimed that the world was depopulated during the Clan invasion, with every inhabitant sent to the [[Clan Homeworlds]]. In reality, the Jade Falcons largely ignored the world for twenty years, only reopening the Military Academy as a training facility for their warriors in the later years of the [[Jihad]].<ref name=O:TCp15/>
  
 
====Ice Hellion Invasion====
 
====Ice Hellion Invasion====
During June [[3071]], as part of the wider [[Operation ICE STORM|Ice Hellion invasion]], Somerset was invaded by forces from [[Clan Ice Hellion]]. The Ice Hellions dispatched a [[Cluster]] of troops to claim the world, and resulting [[Trial of Possession]] between an Ice Hellion [[Binary]] commanded by [[Star Commander]] Julius and the defending [[452nd Garrison Binary]] commanded by [[Star Captain]] [[Greta Hazen]] was fought on the Grady Plateau on the 13th of June 3071.<ref name="OISP1p4">''Operation ICE STORM Part One: The Frost Advances'', pp. 4–7: "Prologue"</ref> A month after losing the planet, Clan Jade Falcon dispatched its [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gamma Galaxy]] to the world. During the fighting in July, a heavy naval battle between Clan [[WarShips]] occurred in which both Clans lost a ship; the Jade Falcons lost the ''[[Vincent]]''-class [[Lightning Strike|CJF ''Lightning Strike'']] and the Ice Hellions lost the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class [[Taney (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|CIH ''Taney'']]. Gamma Galaxy's efforts resulted in the Falcons reclaiming Somerset.<ref name="JS:TBDp29">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 29, 31: Brief details on fight in June-July for Somerset, Post-Ice Hellion Invasion map shows world still a Jade Falcon world</ref><ref name="JHS3076p16">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 16: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp49">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 49: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
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During the June [[3071]] as part of the wider [[Operation: Ice Storm|Ice Hellion invasion]], Somerset was invaded by forces from [[Clan Ice Hellion]]. The Ice Hellions dispatched a [[Cluster]] of troops to claim the world, and resulting [[Trial of Possession]] between an Ice Hellion [[Binary]] commanded by [[Star Commander]] Julius and the defending [[452nd Garrison Binary]] commanded by [[Star Captain]] [[Greta Hazen]] was fought on the Grady Plateau on the 13th of June 3071.<ref name="OISP1p4">''Operation ICE STORM Part One: The Frost Advances'', p. 4-7, "Prologue"</ref>. A month after losing the planet, Clan Jade Falcon dispatched its [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gamma Galaxy]] to the world. During the fighting in July, a heavy naval battle between Clan [[WarShips]] occured in which both Clans lost a ship; the Jade Falcons lost the ''[[Vincent]]''-class [[Lightning Strike|CJF ''Lightning Strike'']] and the Ice Hellions lost the ''[[Aegis]]''-class [[Taney|CIH ''Taney'']]. Gamma Galaxy's efforts resulted in the Falcons reclaiming Somerset.<ref name="JS:TBDp29">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 29-29, 31 - Brief details on fight in June-July for Somerset, Post-Ice Hellion Invasion map shows world still a Jade Falcon world.</ref><ref name="JHS3076p16">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 16, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp49">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 49, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
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===Planetary Rulers===
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===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
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====2588–2589====
 
 
* [[SLDF]] [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
 
* [[SLDF]] [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
 
:* [[Seventeenth Royal Division]]
 
:* [[Seventeenth Royal Division]]
  
 
====2821====
 
====2821====
* [[Twenty-first Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>
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* [[Twenty-first Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', p. 139, "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>
  
 
====3038====
 
====3038====
* [[Somerset Academy Training Battalion]]<ref name="H:WO3039p138">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138: "Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[Somerset Academy Training Battalion]]<ref name="H:WO3039p138">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138 "Deployment Table"</ref>
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====3050====
 
====3050====
* Somerset Academy Training Battalion<ref name=20YU25>''20 Year Update'', p. 25: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
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* Somerset Academy Training Battalion<ref name=20YU25>''20 Year Update'', p. 25 - "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
* Remnants of the [[Eighth Arcturan Guards]]
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* Remnants of the [[8th Arcturan Guards]]
 
* Remnants of the [[Second New Ivaarsen Chasseurs]]
 
* Remnants of the [[Second New Ivaarsen Chasseurs]]
  
 
====3071====
 
====3071====
* [[452nd Garrison Binary]] (until June)<ref name="OISP1p4"/>
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* [[452nd Garrison Brinary]] (until June)<ref name="OISP1p4"/>
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====3079====
 
====3079====
* [[2nd Falcon Swoop (Clan Jade Falcon)|Second Falcon Swoop]]<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 15: "Clan Jade Falcon Deployment Status"</ref>
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* [[2nd Falcon Swoop (Clan Jade Falcon)|Second Falcon Swoop]]<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 15, "Clan Jade Falcon Deployment Status"</ref>
  
 
====3085====
 
====3085====
* [[Lambda Solahma (Clan Jade Falcon)|Lambda ''Solahma'']]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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* [[Lambda Solahma (Clan Jade Falcon)|Lambda Solahma]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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===Geography===
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===Geography===  
Somerset has six continents named Bridgewater, Bristol, Cheddar, Bath, Wells, and Yeovil.<ref name=O:TCp15/>
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Somerset has six continents named Bath, Bridgewater, Bristol, Cheddar, Wells and Yeovil.<ref name=O:TCp15/>
 
 
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In the ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/High Reward Quests|High Reward Quest]] "X Marks the Spot," Somerset is depicted as an arid canyon biome with restricted visibility.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', "X Marks the Spot"</ref>
 
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===Planetary Locations===
 
===Planetary Locations===
* Haskell: a farming town<ref name=1SSp53>''1st Somerset Strikers'', p. 53: Katiara Kylie profile</ref>
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* Haskell: a farming town.<ref name=1SSp53>''1st Somerset Strikers'', p. 53 - Katiara Kylie profile</ref>
* Hollyfield: a town located close to the main planetary spaceport<ref name="JFSB"/>
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* Hollyfield: a town located close to the main planetary spaceport.<ref name="JFSB"/>
* [[Military Academy of Somerset]]: a small war college dedicated to training Lyran [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] and [[aerospace fighter]] pilots<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 124: "Military Academy of Somerset"</ref><ref name="H:WO3039p138"/>
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* [[Military Academy of Somerset]]: A small war college dedicated to training Lyran [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] and [[AeroSpace Fighter]] Pilots.<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 126 - Somerset Military academy gets a brief description in the original Source book for 3025.</ref><ref name="H:WO3039p138"/>
* Somerport: site of the Military Academy of Somerset on Wells<ref name=O:TCp15/>
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* Somerport: site of the Military Academy of Somerset on Wells.<ref name=O:TCp15/>  
* Somerset Space Port: Located outside the town of Hollyfield, this is the planet's main spaceport for the planet. The port was the site of Clan Jade Falcon's trial of possession against FedCom troops that had retreated to the planet.<ref name="JFSB">''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 39: Somerset Space Port site of Falcons' battle to take the planet</ref>
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* Somerset Space Port: Located outside the town of Hollyfield, this is the planet's main space port for the planet. The port was the site of Clan Jade Falcon's trial of possession against FedCom troops that had retreated to the planet.<ref name="JFSB">''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 39 - Somerset Space Port site of Falcons' battle to take the planet.</ref>  
* Taunton: the planetary capital city, located on Bath<ref name=O:TCp15/>
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* Taunton: the planetary capital city, located on Bath.<ref name=O:TCp15/>
  
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]'' indicates that refugees were forced to leave Loxley in [[2378]] and discovered Somerset in 2376. Given that it's impossible for them to have traveled back in time to discover Somerset, and that [[Robert Marsden]] became Archon in 2378, the 2376 date would appear to be incorrect.<br />As as sourcebook, ''The Periphery'' is known for [[The Periphery (sourcebook)#Canonicity|numerous errors and inaccuracies]], and the current [[line developer]] stance is to consider it "secondary" to other canon sources that offer conflicting information.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/>
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* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, 1st Edition]]'' indicates that the refugees were forced to leave Loxley in [[2378]], and discovered Somerset in 2376. Given that it's impossible for them to have traveled back in time to discover Somerset, and that [[Robert Marsden]] became [[Archon]] in 2378, the 2376 date would appear to be incorrect, but given the age of the 1st Edition Periphery sourcebook and errors quoted anecdotally by current line developers and writers within this book, determining an accurate date for Somerset is unlikely.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/>
  
 
* Although Somerset was settled by colonists of Irish/Scottish descent, Somerset is a country in the West Country region of England close to Wales. The continents on Somerset are all named for villages, towns and cities within the confines of the county of [[w:Somerset|Somerset]].
 
* Although Somerset was settled by colonists of Irish/Scottish descent, Somerset is a country in the West Country region of England close to Wales. The continents on Somerset are all named for villages, towns and cities within the confines of the county of [[w:Somerset|Somerset]].
  
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[1st Somerset Strikers (sourcebook)|1st Somerset Strikers]]'' (sourcebook)
* ''[[1st Somerset Strikers (sourcebook)|1st Somerset Strikers]]''
 
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
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* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Objectives: The Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Objectives: The Clans]]''
* ''[[Operation ICE STORM (novel)|Operation ICE STORM Part One: The Frost Advances]]''
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* ''[[Operation ICE STORM (novel)|Operation ICE STORM Part One: The Frost Advances]]''  
* ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game)
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* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]''
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
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