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| − | == Political Affiliation == | + | ==Political Affiliation== |
| − | * [[2319]] - No record <ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18 | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
| − | * [[2341]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13 | + | * [[2319]] - No record<ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18</ref> |
| − | * [[2571]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25 | + | * [[2341]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref> |
| − | * [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159 | + | * [[2571]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref><ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31</ref> |
| − | * [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37 | + | * [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref> |
| − | * [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> | + | * [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref> |
| − | * [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11 | + | * [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2784]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSWp29"/> | + | * [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref> |
| − | * [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War | + | * [[2784]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSWp29"/> |
| − | * [[2790]] - [[Draconis Combine]] <ref name="FSWp61">''First Succession War'', p. 61 | + | * [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25</ref> |
| − | * [[2822]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43 | + | * [[2790]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="FSWp61">''First Succession War'', p. 61</ref> |
| − | * [[2864]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53 | + | * [[2822]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113</ref> |
| − | * [[3025]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', | + | * [[2864]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref> |
| + | * [[3025]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine - Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64</ref><ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref> | ||
* [[3028]] - Contested (Draconis Combine/Lyran Commonwealth) from October<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> | * [[3028]] - Contested (Draconis Combine/Lyran Commonwealth) from October<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> | ||
* [[3029]] - Lyran Commonwealth (from September)<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> | * [[3029]] - Lyran Commonwealth (from September)<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> | ||
| − | * [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56 | + | * [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66</ref> |
| − | * [[3040]] - | + | * [[3034]] - [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]<ref name=H:BWp103>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 103</ref> |
| − | * [[3050]] - Free Rasalhague Republic <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11 | + | * [[3040]] - Free Rasalhague Republic<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref> |
| − | * [[3052]] - [[Clan Wolf]] <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23 | + | * [[3050]] - Free Rasalhague Republic<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref> |
| − | * [[3057]] - Clan Wolf <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11 | + | * [[3052]] - [[Clan Wolf]]<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71</ref> |
| − | * [[3063]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]] <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29 | + | * [[3057]] - Clan Wolf<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref> |
| − | * [[3067]] - [[Clan Ghost Bear]] <ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74 | + | * [[3063]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref> |
| − | * [[3075]] - [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65 | + | * [[3067]] - [[Clan Ghost Bear]]<ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref> |
| − | * [[3079]] - Ghost Bear Dominion <ref name="J:FRp60"/><ref name="FR:Cp25">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 25 | + | * [[3075]] - [[Ghost Bear Dominion]]<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref> |
| − | * [[3081]] - Clan Wolf <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63 | + | * [[3079]] - Ghost Bear Dominion<ref name="J:FRp60"/><ref name="FR:Cp25">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 25</ref><ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21</ref> |
| − | * [[3085]] - Ghost Bear Dominion <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127 | + | * [[3081]] - Clan Wolf<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref> |
| − | + | * [[3085]] - Ghost Bear Dominion<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127</ref> | |
| − | * [[3135]] - Rasalhague Dominion <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11 | + | * [[3135]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref> |
| − | * [[3145]] - Rasalhague Dominion <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39 | + | * [[3145]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> |
| + | * [[3151]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103</ref> | ||
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| − | == Planetary History == | + | ------------------------------------- |
| − | ===Star League Era=== | + | ==Stanzach== |
| − | By [[2765]] the planet '''Stanzach''' had been suffering a local insurrection and associated terrorism for several years, despite the efforts of the Eighth Arcturan Guards to end the conflict. The insurrection intensified when a series of strikes by employees and lock-outs by employers brought the population into an active class war, simultaneously sending the planetary economy | + | {{InfoBoxPlanet |
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| + | ===Planetary History=== | ||
| + | ====Star League Era==== | ||
| + | By [[2765]], the planet '''Stanzach''' had been suffering a local insurrection and associated terrorism for several years, despite the efforts of the Eighth Arcturan Guards to end the conflict. The insurrection intensified when a series of strikes by employees and lock-outs by employers brought the population into an active class war, simultaneously sending the planetary economy spiraling downhill.<ref name="FM2765:LCp8">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', pp. 8–9: "Arcturan Guards"</ref> | ||
| − | In [[2784]] the Lyran Commonwealth reclaimed the military outposts and administrative centers on Stanzach that had been operated by the [[Star League]]. Stanzach wasn't the only world where this happened; using a similar process on all three worlds, the Lyrans also reclaimed similar facilities on both [[Gram]] and [[Lovinac]]. In all three cases the non-Lyran personnel working within these facilities were offered jobs within the local government bureaucracy, a reflection of [[Archon]] [[Jennifer Steiner]] actively attempting to retaining the expertise possessed by those personnel left within the dwindling, isolated [[Terran Hegemony]] agencies that still existed through treating them with respect.<ref name="FSWp29">''First Succession War'', p. 29 | + | In [[2784]], the Lyran Commonwealth reclaimed the military outposts and administrative centers on Stanzach that had been operated by the [[Star League]]. Stanzach wasn't the only world where this happened; using a similar process on all three worlds, the Lyrans also reclaimed similar facilities on both [[Gram]] and [[Lovinac]]. In all three cases the non-Lyran personnel working within these facilities were offered jobs within the local government bureaucracy, a reflection of [[Archon]] [[Jennifer Steiner]] actively attempting to retaining the expertise possessed by those personnel left within the dwindling, isolated [[Terran Hegemony]] agencies that still existed through treating them with respect.<ref name="FSWp29">''First Succession War'', p. 29: "Lyran Commonwealth Gains"</ref> |
| − | === First Succession War === | + | ====First Succession War==== |
Stanzach was conquered by the Draconis Combine between [[2786]] and [[2790]], one of seven worlds to be captured in attacks that had frequently begun as raids, as the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] began to crack under the pressure of continuing efforts to annex the [[Bolan Thumb]] while also attempting to maintain a defensive posture against both the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] and the [[Free Worlds League Military]].<ref name="FSWp61"/> | Stanzach was conquered by the Draconis Combine between [[2786]] and [[2790]], one of seven worlds to be captured in attacks that had frequently begun as raids, as the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] began to crack under the pressure of continuing efforts to annex the [[Bolan Thumb]] while also attempting to maintain a defensive posture against both the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] and the [[Free Worlds League Military]].<ref name="FSWp61"/> | ||
| − | === Fourth Succession War === | + | ====Fourth Succession War==== |
| − | Stanzach was attacked as part of the wave of attacks launched during [[Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG]] in October [[3028]] to exploit the successes of the first | + | Stanzach was attacked as part of the wave of attacks launched during [[Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG]] in October [[3028]] to exploit the successes of the first wave of attacks,<ref name="NAIS4SWp44"/> with the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces deploying the [[Twelfth Donegal Guards]] to capture the planet.<ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', pp. 44–45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref> The Twelfth were still battling for control of the planet when the [[DCMS]] counterattacked in December, dropping the [[Ninth Pesht Regulars]] and the [[Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars]] on the planet and nearly forcing the Twelfth to retreat offworld; only the arrival of the [[Eighth Donegal Guards]] to reinforce the Twelfth allowed the battle for Stanzach to continue.<ref name="NAIS4SWp61">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 61: "End of the Offensive"</ref> The battle for control of Stanzach bogged down, and the planet was still contested when the lull between operations began in early [[3029]].<ref name="FSWMAv2p61">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 61: "Trellshire and Tamar Theaters"</ref> |
| − | When the LCAF went on the offensive again in [[3029]] Stanzach became the site of the most spectacular events to be seen in either the Tamar or Trellshire sections of the front. With the deployment of the Ninth Pesht Regulars and Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars the LCAF task force found itself fighting both [[BattleMech]] regiments and twenty regiments of conventional forces. The Lyran task force mustered thirty conventional regiments in total, plus the Eighth and Twelfth Donegal Guards augmented by the [[Tyr Regiment|Tyr]] regiment, an assault regiment formed in secret using personnel recruited from the Tyr resistance movement or those with strong links to the ancient [[Principality of Rasalhague]]. The DCMS forces had used the lull in offensive operations to fortify positions along the Lule | + | When the LCAF went on the offensive again in [[3029]], Stanzach became the site of the most spectacular events to be seen in either the Tamar or Trellshire sections of the front. With the deployment of the Ninth Pesht Regulars and Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars the LCAF task force found itself fighting both [[BattleMech]] regiments and twenty regiments of conventional forces. The Lyran task force mustered thirty conventional regiments in total, plus the Eighth and Twelfth Donegal Guards augmented by the [[Tyr Regiment|Tyr]] regiment, an assault regiment formed in secret using personnel recruited from the Tyr resistance movement or those with strong links to the ancient [[Principality of Rasalhague]]. The DCMS forces had used the lull in offensive operations to fortify positions along the Lule River with their forces located to the south and east of the river, but the DCMS front still stretched for some 200 km.<ref name="FSWMAv2p65">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', pp. 65–66: "Stanzach"</ref> |
| − | The Tyr regiment launched an offensive across the Lule on | + | The Tyr regiment launched an offensive across the Lule on 1 June 3029, striking across the river at a point known as Cosognome Crossing, directly into a defending force consisting of two 'Mech [[companies]] from the Ninth, an infantry regiment and a battalion of armor. The Ninth fought bravely, but their poor equipment let them down, with the lead company of the Tyr pushing the Ninth's forces back while Lyran combat engineers frantically constructed a pontoon bridge behind them. Reinforcements for the DCMS forces were slow to move in response, with a battalion of the Pesht regulars leading a relief force to the bridgehead only to discover that the entire Tyr regiment had crossed along with a battalion of armor and two battalions of infantry, leaving the Ninth with little choice but to pull back.<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> |
| − | With the Tyr establishing | + | With the Tyr establishing its position on the other side of the Lule the Eighth and Twelfth Donegal Guards went on the offensive, attempting to seize other crossings; the Eighth attempted to capture the Fosol Bridge, but were rebuffed by the Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars. The Twelfth was more successful, storming through the DCMS armor and infantry forces defending the Cadeska Bridge, losing half a company of 'Mechs but seizing the crossing. The senior DCMS officers on Stanzach met on the 30th of July to evaluate their position and decided that they should continue fighting, as the loss of their defensive positions on the Lule represented the loss of their strongest position, but still left the Lyran forces a long way from being able to capture the capital city, Kirund, or the valuable diamond mines located around Mount Adamant. Their determination to resist was thwarted by the DCMS High Command; even as the DCMS forces were fortifying new positions on the 31st of July [[Brigadier General]] [[Sven Johannsen]], the second in command of the [[Rasalhague Military District]], ordered both 'Mech regiments to withdraw. After requesting confirmation of the order the Ninth and Thirteenth abandoned Stanzach on the 9th of August; wary of a trap, the Lyran task force pressed forward cautiously, capturing Kirund on the 12th of August and the remainder of the planet on the 13th.<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> |
General [[Nondi Steiner]] ordered the Lyran forces on Stanzach to consolidate their positions and await further orders, but by the 20th of August tensions within the Tyr regiment had reached a boiling point; eager to liberate the entire of the Rasalhague worlds the Tyr rebelled and lifted off for [[Radstadt]], the Prefecture capital, in pursuit of the Ninth and Thirteenth.<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> | General [[Nondi Steiner]] ordered the Lyran forces on Stanzach to consolidate their positions and await further orders, but by the 20th of August tensions within the Tyr regiment had reached a boiling point; eager to liberate the entire of the Rasalhague worlds the Tyr rebelled and lifted off for [[Radstadt]], the Prefecture capital, in pursuit of the Ninth and Thirteenth.<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> | ||
| − | ===Clan Invasion=== | + | ====Clan Invasion==== |
| − | In October [[3050]] Stanzach, an important economic center of the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]], was conquered by [[Clan Wolf]] as one of the final legs of [[Operation Revival]]'s Fourth Wave. | + | In October [[3050]], Stanzach, an important economic center of the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]], was conquered by [[Clan Wolf]] as one of the final legs of [[Operation Revival]]'s Fourth Wave. Major battles took place at Cosognome, Lule Valley, Mount Adament and Kirund between the [[11th Battle (Clan Wolf)|Eleventh Battle Cluster]] and the First Stanzach Armored Division. While the Wolf invaders should have had a difficult time subduing the planet, the local populace's fear of the Clans had reawakened old racial prejudices between those of Scandinavian and Asian descent. While the tanks of the First Division were able to give good showings, the occasional "miscommunication" or outright mutiny between the two factions ultimately doomed their efforts.<ref>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 63</ref> |
| − | ===Jihad=== | + | ====Jihad==== |
| − | On | + | On 2 January [[3079]], one of the leaders of the [[Motstånd]] terrorist group, [[Albert Gronvold-Minami]], was killed by [[Clan Ghost Bear]] [[Clan Paramilitary Police|paramilitary police]] on [[Stanzach]] following a terrorist bombing on [[Alshain]] on 31 December [[3078]] that killed hundreds of Ghost Bear and Rasalhagian civilians as well as several Unity Council members and former First Prince [[Christian Månsdottir]].<ref name="J:FRp60">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 60: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref name="J:FRp11+">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 11–12: "Terrorists Die In Firefight"</ref> |
| − | The press coverage of the death of | + | The press coverage of the death of Gronvold-Minami reported that he and a number of other Motstånd members had holed up in a flat in the Hayden Arms estate block of Janetown, and that when the surrounding area had been cordoned off by the Ghost Bear paramilitary police the terrorists decided to try and fight their way out rather than surrender. The resulting combat devastated the block itself and damaged two other nearby blocks, with a total of fourteen terrorists and six paramilitary police killed. Gronvold-Minami was evidently apprehended while trying to escape in a car, and he and eight other terrorists who had attempted to surrender were summarily executed at the scene by the police. It was noted that while the summary execution of the terrorists attracted some criticism from legal activists, polls conducted across the Ghost Bear Dominion supported the action taken, something possibly influenced by Motstånd using explosives identified as being of [[Word of Blake]] origin.<ref name="J:FRp60">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 60: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> |
| − | == Military Deployment == | + | ===Military Deployment=== |
| − | === 2765 === | + | ====2765==== |
| − | * [[Eighth Arcturan Guards]]<ref name="FM2765:LCp9">''Field Report: | + | * [[Eighth Arcturan Guards]]<ref name="FM2765:LCp9">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 9: "Regimental Status"</ref> |
| − | === 2786 === | + | ====2786==== |
| − | * Eighth Arcturan Guards<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War | + | * Eighth Arcturan Guards<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref> |
| − | === 2821 === | + | ====2821==== |
| − | * [[Eighth Sword of Light]]<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War | + | * [[Eighth Sword of Light]]<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War'', p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref> |
| − | === 3029 === | + | ====3029==== |
* [[Ninth Pesht Regulars]] (until August)<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> | * [[Ninth Pesht Regulars]] (until August)<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> | ||
* [[Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars]] (until August)<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> | * [[Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars]] (until August)<ref name="FSWMAv2p65"/> | ||
| − | === 3050 === | + | ====3050==== |
* [[Stanzach Militia|First Stanzach Armored Division]]<ref name=WCS063>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 63</ref> | * [[Stanzach Militia|First Stanzach Armored Division]]<ref name=WCS063>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 63</ref> | ||
| − | == Planetary Locations == | + | ===Planetary Locations=== |
| − | + | * Cosognome: the site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]]<ref name=WCS063>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 63</ref> | |
| − | * Cosognome: | + | * Lule Valley: the site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]]<ref name=WCS063>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 63</ref> |
| − | * Lule Valley: | + | * Mount Adament: the site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]]<ref name=WCS063>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 63</ref> |
| − | * Mount Adament: | + | * Kirund: the site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]]<ref name=WCS063>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 63</ref> |
| − | * Kirund: | + | |
| − | + | ==Map Gallery== | |
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| − | == Nearby Systems == | + | ==Nearby Systems== |
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| − | == References == | + | ==References== |
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| − | == Bibliography == | + | ==Bibliography== |
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Field Report | + | * ''[[Field Report: Clans]]'' |
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Field Report: | + | * ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]'' |
| − | * ''[[First Succession War ( | + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' |
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
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* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]'' | * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]'' | ||
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Systems|Stanzach]] | [[Category:Systems|Stanzach]] | ||
[[Category:Planets|Stanzach]] | [[Category:Planets|Stanzach]] | ||
| − | [[Category: Clan Hell's Horses | + | [[Category: Clan Hell's Horses Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Clan Wolf | + | [[Category: Clan Wolf Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Draconis Combine | + | [[Category: Draconis Combine Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Free Rasalhague Republic | + | [[Category: Free Rasalhague Republic Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Ghost Bear Dominion | + | [[Category: Ghost Bear Dominion Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth | + | [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Rasalhague Dominion | + | [[Category: Rasalhague Dominion Systems]] |
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Contents
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2319 - No record[1]
- 2341 - No record[2]
- 2571 - Lyran Commonwealth[3][4]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth[5]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth[6]
- 2764 - Lyran Commonwealth[7]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth[8]
- 2784 - Lyran Commonwealth[9]
- 2786 - Lyran Commonwealth[10]
- 2790 - Draconis Combine[11]
- 2822 - Draconis Combine[12][13][14][15]
- 2864 - Draconis Combine[16][17]
- 3025 - Draconis Combine[18][19][20][21]
- 3028 - Contested (Draconis Combine/Lyran Commonwealth) from October[22]
- 3029 - Lyran Commonwealth (from September)[22]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[23][24]
- 3034 - Free Rasalhague Republic[25]
- 3040 - Free Rasalhague Republic[26][27][28]
- 3050 - Free Rasalhague Republic[29]
- 3052 - Clan Wolf[30][31][32]
- 3057 - Clan Wolf[33]
- 3063 - Clan Hell's Horses[34]
- 3067 - Clan Ghost Bear[35][36][37]
- 3075 - Ghost Bear Dominion[38]
- 3079 - Ghost Bear Dominion[39][40][41]
- 3081 - Clan Wolf[42]
- 3085 - Ghost Bear Dominion[43]
- 3135 - Rasalhague Dominion[44]
- 3145 - Rasalhague Dominion[45][46]
- 3151 - Rasalhague Dominion[47]
Stanzach[edit]
| Stanzach |
|---|
Planetary History[edit]
Star League Era[edit]
By 2765, the planet Stanzach had been suffering a local insurrection and associated terrorism for several years, despite the efforts of the Eighth Arcturan Guards to end the conflict. The insurrection intensified when a series of strikes by employees and lock-outs by employers brought the population into an active class war, simultaneously sending the planetary economy spiraling downhill.[48]
In 2784, the Lyran Commonwealth reclaimed the military outposts and administrative centers on Stanzach that had been operated by the Star League. Stanzach wasn't the only world where this happened; using a similar process on all three worlds, the Lyrans also reclaimed similar facilities on both Gram and Lovinac. In all three cases the non-Lyran personnel working within these facilities were offered jobs within the local government bureaucracy, a reflection of Archon Jennifer Steiner actively attempting to retaining the expertise possessed by those personnel left within the dwindling, isolated Terran Hegemony agencies that still existed through treating them with respect.[9]
First Succession War[edit]
Stanzach was conquered by the Draconis Combine between 2786 and 2790, one of seven worlds to be captured in attacks that had frequently begun as raids, as the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces began to crack under the pressure of continuing efforts to annex the Bolan Thumb while also attempting to maintain a defensive posture against both the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery and the Free Worlds League Military.[11]
Fourth Succession War[edit]
Stanzach was attacked as part of the wave of attacks launched during Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG in October 3028 to exploit the successes of the first wave of attacks,[49] with the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces deploying the Twelfth Donegal Guards to capture the planet.[49] The Twelfth were still battling for control of the planet when the DCMS counterattacked in December, dropping the Ninth Pesht Regulars and the Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars on the planet and nearly forcing the Twelfth to retreat offworld; only the arrival of the Eighth Donegal Guards to reinforce the Twelfth allowed the battle for Stanzach to continue.[50] The battle for control of Stanzach bogged down, and the planet was still contested when the lull between operations began in early 3029.[51]
When the LCAF went on the offensive again in 3029, Stanzach became the site of the most spectacular events to be seen in either the Tamar or Trellshire sections of the front. With the deployment of the Ninth Pesht Regulars and Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars the LCAF task force found itself fighting both BattleMech regiments and twenty regiments of conventional forces. The Lyran task force mustered thirty conventional regiments in total, plus the Eighth and Twelfth Donegal Guards augmented by the Tyr regiment, an assault regiment formed in secret using personnel recruited from the Tyr resistance movement or those with strong links to the ancient Principality of Rasalhague. The DCMS forces had used the lull in offensive operations to fortify positions along the Lule River with their forces located to the south and east of the river, but the DCMS front still stretched for some 200 km.[22]
The Tyr regiment launched an offensive across the Lule on 1 June 3029, striking across the river at a point known as Cosognome Crossing, directly into a defending force consisting of two 'Mech companies from the Ninth, an infantry regiment and a battalion of armor. The Ninth fought bravely, but their poor equipment let them down, with the lead company of the Tyr pushing the Ninth's forces back while Lyran combat engineers frantically constructed a pontoon bridge behind them. Reinforcements for the DCMS forces were slow to move in response, with a battalion of the Pesht regulars leading a relief force to the bridgehead only to discover that the entire Tyr regiment had crossed along with a battalion of armor and two battalions of infantry, leaving the Ninth with little choice but to pull back.[22]
With the Tyr establishing its position on the other side of the Lule the Eighth and Twelfth Donegal Guards went on the offensive, attempting to seize other crossings; the Eighth attempted to capture the Fosol Bridge, but were rebuffed by the Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars. The Twelfth was more successful, storming through the DCMS armor and infantry forces defending the Cadeska Bridge, losing half a company of 'Mechs but seizing the crossing. The senior DCMS officers on Stanzach met on the 30th of July to evaluate their position and decided that they should continue fighting, as the loss of their defensive positions on the Lule represented the loss of their strongest position, but still left the Lyran forces a long way from being able to capture the capital city, Kirund, or the valuable diamond mines located around Mount Adamant. Their determination to resist was thwarted by the DCMS High Command; even as the DCMS forces were fortifying new positions on the 31st of July Brigadier General Sven Johannsen, the second in command of the Rasalhague Military District, ordered both 'Mech regiments to withdraw. After requesting confirmation of the order the Ninth and Thirteenth abandoned Stanzach on the 9th of August; wary of a trap, the Lyran task force pressed forward cautiously, capturing Kirund on the 12th of August and the remainder of the planet on the 13th.[22]
General Nondi Steiner ordered the Lyran forces on Stanzach to consolidate their positions and await further orders, but by the 20th of August tensions within the Tyr regiment had reached a boiling point; eager to liberate the entire of the Rasalhague worlds the Tyr rebelled and lifted off for Radstadt, the Prefecture capital, in pursuit of the Ninth and Thirteenth.[22]
Clan Invasion[edit]
In October 3050, Stanzach, an important economic center of the Free Rasalhague Republic, was conquered by Clan Wolf as one of the final legs of Operation Revival's Fourth Wave. Major battles took place at Cosognome, Lule Valley, Mount Adament and Kirund between the Eleventh Battle Cluster and the First Stanzach Armored Division. While the Wolf invaders should have had a difficult time subduing the planet, the local populace's fear of the Clans had reawakened old racial prejudices between those of Scandinavian and Asian descent. While the tanks of the First Division were able to give good showings, the occasional "miscommunication" or outright mutiny between the two factions ultimately doomed their efforts.[52]
Jihad[edit]
On 2 January 3079, one of the leaders of the Motstånd terrorist group, Albert Gronvold-Minami, was killed by Clan Ghost Bear paramilitary police on Stanzach following a terrorist bombing on Alshain on 31 December 3078 that killed hundreds of Ghost Bear and Rasalhagian civilians as well as several Unity Council members and former First Prince Christian Månsdottir.[39][53]
The press coverage of the death of Gronvold-Minami reported that he and a number of other Motstånd members had holed up in a flat in the Hayden Arms estate block of Janetown, and that when the surrounding area had been cordoned off by the Ghost Bear paramilitary police the terrorists decided to try and fight their way out rather than surrender. The resulting combat devastated the block itself and damaged two other nearby blocks, with a total of fourteen terrorists and six paramilitary police killed. Gronvold-Minami was evidently apprehended while trying to escape in a car, and he and eight other terrorists who had attempted to surrender were summarily executed at the scene by the police. It was noted that while the summary execution of the terrorists attracted some criticism from legal activists, polls conducted across the Ghost Bear Dominion supported the action taken, something possibly influenced by Motstånd using explosives identified as being of Word of Blake origin.[39]
Military Deployment[edit]
2765[edit]
2786[edit]
- Eighth Arcturan Guards[55]
2821[edit]
3029[edit]
- Ninth Pesht Regulars (until August)[22]
- Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars (until August)[22]
3050[edit]
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Cosognome: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL[57]
- Lule Valley: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL[57]
- Mount Adament: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL[57]
- Kirund: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL[57]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 40 systems (40 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memmingen | 10.8 | Vorarlberg | 15.6 | Bushmill | 17.7 | Engadin | 21.4 |
| Kandis | 21.8 | Gunzburg | 25.7 | Radstadt | 26.9 | Tamar | 29.9 |
| Kempten | 31.7 | Thannhausen | 33.1 | Muswell | 33.4 | Goito | 34.7 |
| Kufstein | 36.2 | Weingarten | 37.2 | Ferleiten | 39.5 | Heiligendreuz | 39.6 |
| Kobe | 45.3 | Volders | 45.4 | Karston | 46.0 | Hohenems | 46.2 |
| Moritz | 46.9 | Predlitz | 48.6 | Kaesong | 49.1 | Lamar | 49.2 |
| Corfu | 49.5 | Christiania | 50.3 | Unzmarkt | 51.2 | Hyperion | 51.5 |
| Spittal | 53.1 | Hainfeld | 54.9 | Satalice | 55.7 | Bessarabia | 55.9 |
| Sheliak | 56.2 | Skokie | 56.5 | Maestu | 56.6 | Oyevaina | 56.7 |
| Alshain | 57.4 | Basiliano | 57.4 | Feltre | 57.8 | Sevren | 59.0 |
References[edit]
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 First Succession War, p. 29: "Lyran Commonwealth Gains"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 25
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 First Succession War, p. 61
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 113
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), foldout: "Draconis Combine - Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, pp. 65–66: "Stanzach"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 103
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 60: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 25
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103
- ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, pp. 8–9: "Arcturan Guards"
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, pp. 44–45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 61: "End of the Offensive"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 61: "Trellshire and Tamar Theaters"
- ↑ Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 63
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, pp. 11–12: "Terrorists Die In Firefight"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 9: "Regimental Status"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 57.3 57.4 Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 63
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