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== System Description ==
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== System History ==
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== Political Affiliation ==
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* [[2259]] - [[Stewart Commonality]] <ref name="HB:HMp92">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 92, "House Stewart"</ref>
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* [[2271]] - [[Stewart Confederation]] <ref name="HB:HMp16"/>
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* [[2293]] - [[Free Worlds League]] <ref name="HM(TFWL)p11"/>
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* [[2571]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds League 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]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HM(TFWL)pvii">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. vii, "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:Wo3039p"133>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp51"/>
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* [[3063]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp56">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name=JFRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map</ref>
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* [[3070]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from August)<ref name="J:FRp48"/>
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* [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Stewart Commonality <ref name="FR:FWLMp17">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [3079 Map]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name="J:FRpvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3130]] – Republic of the Sphere <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3138]] - [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]] {{cn}}
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* [[3139]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] {{cn}}
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* [[3145]] - [[Wolf Empire]] <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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== Planetary History ==
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=== Early History ===
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Stewart was settled by colonists from the British Isles region of Terra, who discovered early on that their seed stocks were incompatible with the local plantlife. This caused the early colonists a lot of problems until substantial environmental engineering efforts were completed, efforts that created a hybrid ecosystem that made Stewart capable of supporting a human population. The environmental engineering work began on Lanarkshire before spreading to the southern continents of Aberdeenshire and Angus, and a byproduct of the engineering work was the discovery of the susbtantial mineral deposits on Highland that would come to play an important part in the economy of Stewart.<ref name=HB:HMp68/>
  
==Owner History==
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With the founding of the Stewart Commonality in 2259 the future [[House Stewart]] began to come to the fore on Stewart.<ref name="HB:HMp92"/> One of five worlds to be a part of the Stewart Confederation in 2271<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref> - also referred to as the Stewart Commonality<ref name="HB:HMp13"/> - Tania Borealis was suffering alongside the other worlds following the withdrawal of Terran authority, and by [[2288]] the Stewart Confederation was barely able to organize itself to order basic replacement parts for factories. The rise to power of [[David Genovese]] in [[2288]] marked a significant improvement in productivity across the Confederation, with his five-year rule as dictator making the state work more efficiently.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p10">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 10, "A Fool And His Kingdom"</ref> Genovese was overthrown when forces from the Free Worlds League led by [[Juliano Marik]] invaded in [[2293]], following Genovese's rebuffing offers to join the League.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p11">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 11, "The Rule of 75"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp13">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 13, "First Blood"</ref>
* [[2271]] - [[Stewart Confederation]] <ref name="HB:HMp16"/>
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* [[2293]] - [[Free Worlds League]] <ref name="HM(TFWL)p11"/>
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The Free Worlds League campaign against the Confederation lasted just four months<ref name="HM(TFWL)p10"/><ref name="HB:HMp13"/> and began inauspiciously for the Confederation; Genovese insisted on commanding the military directly, despite his lack of strategic acumen. This, combined with poor communications as a result of bad weather, led to him ordering his troops to defend land that had been turned into a swamp by monsoon rains; the Confederacy forces were swiftly defeated, and the resulting drop in morale - and faith in Genovese's leadership - resulted in a swift victory for Juliano Marik's forces. Marik captured Genovese in his palace on Stewart and made the dictator apologize in public for inconveniencing Marik's troops, before having Genovese executed.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p10"/>
* [[2571]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
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Stewart and the other worlds of the Stewart Confederation were inducted into the League Parliament in [[2295]] when the Parliament declared the former Confederation to be a Province of the Free Worlds League.<ref name=PM>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 59, "Parliamentary Membership"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
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=== Age of War ===
* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succesion War [2822] Map"</ref>
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The Free Worlds League was an innovative force in the development of modern jump technology, and Stewart played a part in the development or refinement of a number of new and existing technologies. Perhaps the most significant development made by researchers on Stewart was the discovery of the Brandt Recoil effect, generated when a ship generated a K-F field, and which those researchers used to develop a cutout circuit that dramatically reduced the frequency of misjumps and which became standard on all JumpShips. Also developed on Stewart were the first personal escape units, designed and manufactured by [[Venza Engineering]], which offered those involved in accidents a tangible chance of escape and survival in accidents during an era in which interstellar craft rarely had enough escape pods of lifeboats.<ref name="HB:HMp22">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 22, "Salt In Their Blood"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succesion War [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succesion War [3025] Map"</ref>
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=== The Star League ===
* [[3030]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succesion War [3030] Map"</ref>
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Stewart was the headquarters for the [[VII Corps (Star League)]] of the [[Star League Defense Force]].  Prior to the Fall of the Star League, the SLDF garrison was officially on world to preserve the Stewart Confederation's stability. However, many believed the forces there were more concerned about the branch of [[Corean Enterprises]] that was on world.<ref>Field Manual: SLDF, p. 109, "86th Jump Infantry Division"</ref>
* [[3040]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere [3050] Map"</ref>
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=== Third Succession War ===
* [[3052]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 25, "Inner Sphere [3052] Map"</ref>
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Stewart was the target of a Lyran offensive in [[2917]], but the attacking forces failed to reach Stewart after the appointment of [[Samuel Marik]] to the post of Captain-General; Samuel Marik led forces that successfully captured the worlds of [[Callison]], [[Shiloh]] and [[Wing]] and blocked the various Lyran thrusts towards Stewart.<ref name="HB:HMp41">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 41, "Third Succession War"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp43">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 43, "Timeline: Third Succession War"</ref>
* [[3057]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"</ref>
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In [[2929]] the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] again attempted to invade Stewart. The invasion failed,  but also caused damage to the [[LCAF]] well after the event due to a minor nobleman and traitor<ref name="HM(TFWL)p41"/> named [[Mikhail Tertren]].<ref name=hs1>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 73</ref> A [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] and [[Hauptmann]] in the LCAF, Tertren was captured during the abortive invasion and subsequently recruited by the Free Worlds League as a spy. Tertren would supply the Free Worlds League with a number of pieces of key military information before finally being exposed in [[2938]]; Tretren evaded capture, fleeing into the [[Periphery]], and in [[2952]] emerged from the Periphery and was appointed commanding officer of the [[Third Marik Militia]].<ref name="HM(TFWL)p41">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 41, "Reign of Samuel Marik"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Free Worlds League  <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere [3063] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Free Worlds League <ref name=FMU161/>
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Stewart and its ruling family only claimed a permanent place in the top echelons of power within the Free Worlds League with the marriage of [[Ana Stewart]], daughter of Duke [[Androcles Stewart]] to Captain-General [[Janos Marik]], finally claiming the place that Stewart could have claimed a millenium before if David Genovese had co-operated with the original Free Worlds League, rather than defying it. Following the marriage in the early [[thirtieth century]] - Janos' second marriage - the Marik-Stewart descendants of Ana and Janos took up a number of key posts within the League, both military and political.<ref name=HB:HMp68/>
* [[3070]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from August)<ref name="J:FRp48"/>
 
* [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3079]] - [[Stewart Commonality]] <ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17, "FWLM Deployment Map [3079]"</ref>
 
* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
 
* [[3130]] – Republic of the Sphere <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
* [[3132]] - Republic of the Sphere {{cn}}
 
* [[3135]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3135"</ref>
 
* [[3138]] - [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]] {{cn}}
 
* [[3139]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] {{cn}}
 
* [[3145]] - [[Wolf Empire]] <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 
  
==Planetary History==
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During the first half of the [[thirty-first century]] Stewart was well-known for the presence of the substantial [[Corean Enterprises]] plant.<ref name=HB:HMp68/> The fact that Corean Enterpsies was administered from a coporate headquarters located outside the League made expansion difficult. Free to trade as Corean Enterprises from the headquarters on [[New Avalon]], the Corean Enterprises plant on Stewart was incorporated as MacAdams-Suharno of Stewart, and the Stewart clan maintained a minority stake in the company as part of a complicated scheme that prevented the company from falling under the oppressive tax regime that hampered the manufacturing and growth of other companies such as [[Kallon Industries]].<ref name="HB:HMp127">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 127, "Corean Enterprises - MacAdams Suharno (Unlisted)"</ref> Despite the prominance of the [[BattleMech]]-manufacturing facility, Stewart was also home to a substantial and diverse civilian engineering industry that produced a staggering array of products ranging from blue-water naval vessels and groundcars to white goods and consumer electronics.<ref name=HB:HMp68/> Stewart was also home to a massive manufacturing complex operated by [[Magna Metals Inc]] producing drives.<ref name="HB:HMp133">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 133, "Magna Metals Inc (MagMet)"</ref>
=== Early History ===
 
One of five worlds to be a part of the Stewart Confederation in 2271,<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref> Tania Borealis was suffering alongside the other worlds following the withdrawal of Terran authority, and by [[2288]] the Stewart Confederation was barely able to organize itself to order basic replacement parts for factories. The rise to power of [[David Genovese]] in [[2288]] marked a significant improvement in productivity across the Confederation, with his five-year rule as dictator making the state work more efficiently.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p10">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 10, "A Fool And His Kingdom"</ref> Genovese was overthrown when forces from the Free Worlds League led by [[Juliano Marik]] invaded in [[2293]], following Genovese's rebuffing offers to join the League.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p11">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 11, "The Rule of 75"</ref>
 
  
The Free Worlds League campaign against the Confederation lasted just four months and began inauspiciously for the Confederation; Genovese insisted on commanding the military directly, despite his lack of startegic acumen. This, combined with poor communications as a result of bad weather, led to him ordering his troops to defend land that had been turned into a swamp by monsoon rains; the Confederacy forces were swiftly defeated, and the resulting drop in morale - and faith in Genovese's leadership - resulted in a swift victory for Juliano Marik's forces. Marik captured Genovese in his palace on Stewart and made the dictator apologise in public for inconveniencing Marik's troops, before having Genovese executed.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p10"/>
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Stewart had also developed a substantial agriculture sector, making the planet largely self-sufficient. Perhaps less impressive were the kitsch fake clansman found on Highland and Lothian who claimed to be accurately recreating the ancient Scotland from which many of the early settlers originated, but who were the subject of frequent mockery for their efforts.<ref name=HB:HMp68/> Stewart was also notable for the cake festivals held on Shrove Tuesday, one of a swath of festivals linked to the Mardi Gras celebrations found on the vast majority of League worlds.<ref name="HB:HMp116">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 116, "Mardi Gras"</ref>
  
Stewart and the other worlds of the Stewart Confederation were inducted into the League Parliament in [[2295]] when the Parliament declared the former Confederation to be a Province of the Free Worlds League.<ref name=PM>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 59, "Parliamentary Membership"</ref>
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The thirty-first century government of Stewart was a represetnative commonality voted into office via a broadly democratic process and with the local government representation in the Parliament of the Free Worlds League determined by the plebiscite despite the presence of an autocratic chief executive.<ref name="HB:HMp88">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 88, "Representative Commonality"</ref> Although the ruler of Stewart was typically referred to as a Duke the ruling members of House Stewart had retained the title of Earl in practise; while the position of Earl was technically slightly inferior to that of Duke even though the posts were functionally identical, the Earls of Stewart were given the same rights and priviledges. From [[2406]] onwards the various Earls of Stewart also earned the popular title "Gudarno", following the declaration by Earl [[Nathan Stewart]] that the title of Earl was "good enough".<ref name="HB:HMp89">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 89, "League Nobility"</ref>
  
===Jihad===
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=== The Jihad ===
 
In late June [[3070]] the planetary government and military forces on Stewart switched their allegiance to the [[Word of Blake]], bringing the world into the Word of Blake Protectorate; Stewart was one of six worlds to declare for the Blakists in the space of a week, pushing the Protectorate into Free Worlds League space.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
 
In late June [[3070]] the planetary government and military forces on Stewart switched their allegiance to the [[Word of Blake]], bringing the world into the Word of Blake Protectorate; Stewart was one of six worlds to declare for the Blakists in the space of a week, pushing the Protectorate into Free Worlds League space.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
  
Forces from the Free Worlds League front of [[Operation SCOUR]] arrived to liberate Stewart in May [[3077]]. The first forces on the ground were [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Alpha Galaxy]] of [[Clan Nova Cat]], who quickly moved the [[1st Nova Cat Guards (Clan Nova Cat)|1st Nova Cat Guards]] to the city of New Edinburgh; [[Star Colonel]] [[Kalvin Rosse]] then broadcast a demand to the planetary government that all Blakist forces and sympathisers on Stewart surrender within two hours. Under the command of [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Wells]], the local [[Protectorate Militia]] garrison refused to surrender and marched out of New Edinburgh to battle the Nova Cat forces, only to learn that the Nova Cats were not prepared to extend ''[[zellbrigen]]'' to the Word of Blake forces - Rosse declared that the Word of Blake was subject to a [[Trial of Annihilation]]. Over the next two hours the Nova Cats hunted down and killed the Militia forces, executing those who attempted to surrender.<ref name="JHS:Tp46">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 46, "Slaughter On Stewart"</ref>
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Forces from the Free Worlds League front of [[Operation SCOUR]] arrived to liberate Stewart in May [[3077]]. The first forces on the ground were [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Alpha Galaxy]] of [[Clan Nova Cat]], who quickly moved the [[1st Nova Cat Guards (Clan Nova Cat)|1st Nova Cat Guards]] to the city of New Edinburgh; [[Star Colonel]] [[Kalvin Rosse]] then broadcast a demand to the planetary government that all Blakist forces and sympathizers on Stewart surrender within two hours. Under the command of [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Wells]], the local [[Stewart Protectorate Militia]] garrison refused to surrender and marched out of New Edinburgh to battle the Nova Cat forces, only to learn that the Nova Cats were not prepared to extend ''[[zellbrigen]]'' to the Word of Blake forces - Rosse declared that the Word of Blake was subject to a [[Trial of Annihilation]]. Over the next two hours the Nova Cats hunted down and killed the Militia forces, executing those who attempted to surrender.<ref name="JHS:Tp46">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 46, "Slaughter On Stewart"</ref>
  
 
As at the end of May, local news broadcasts issued by [[Kristina Greenberg]], an anchor for a local [[Voice of Truth]] affiliate, declared that the campaign on Stewart was currently an uneasy stalemate. Following the battle around New Edinburgh a number of locals apparently seized a number of ''[[Planetlifter]]'' aircraft and turned them into kamikaze aircraft by packing them with explosives and attempting to fly them into the allied coalition transports gathered around the initial landing zone. Only one such ''Planetlifter'' was believed to have managed to actually hit one of the coalition [[DropShip]]s, but this was enough to pull the Nova Cat forces back into a defensive formation around the target landing zone.<ref name="JHS:Tp46"/>
 
As at the end of May, local news broadcasts issued by [[Kristina Greenberg]], an anchor for a local [[Voice of Truth]] affiliate, declared that the campaign on Stewart was currently an uneasy stalemate. Following the battle around New Edinburgh a number of locals apparently seized a number of ''[[Planetlifter]]'' aircraft and turned them into kamikaze aircraft by packing them with explosives and attempting to fly them into the allied coalition transports gathered around the initial landing zone. Only one such ''Planetlifter'' was believed to have managed to actually hit one of the coalition [[DropShip]]s, but this was enough to pull the Nova Cat forces back into a defensive formation around the target landing zone.<ref name="JHS:Tp46"/>
  
*Capital City is New Endinburgh - former capital of Stewart Commonality and briefly the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth until June of [[3138]]. The capital city also home to ancient New Endinburgh Palace.{{cn}}
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=== The Dark Age ===
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In September [[3134]] Stewart was the site of a four-way battle between factions looking to seize control of the battle. In addition to forces from the [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]] and [[Clan Sea Fox]], local loyalists to the Commonwealth and partisans loyal to the [[Republic of the Sphere]] joined the fight. Clan Sea Fox were the final victors, but having claimed control of Stewart, they proceeded to maintain a very light grip on the planet<ref name="ED:DAp9">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 9, "Important Military Actions of 3134"</ref> after forcing the last Marik-Stewart Commonwealth troops to leave on the 27th of September.<ref name="ED:DAp10">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10, "Dark Age Timeline"</ref>
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Stewart was also targeted by the [[Spirit Cats]] at one point, as the enigmatic splinter faction from [[Clan Nova Cat]] attempted to locate the planet that would become their haven, according to the visions of [[Kev Rosse]].<ref name="ED:DAp16">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 16, "Spirit Cats"</ref>
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== Military Deployment ==
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=== 2764 ===
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* [[86th Jump Infantry Division|Eighty-sixth Jump Infantry Division]]<ref>Field Manual: SLDF, p. 254, "SLDF - Free Worlds League Military Command Map"</ref>
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=== 2765 ===
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* [[Home Guard (Free Worlds League)|Home Guard]]<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17A">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 17, "Regimental Status"</ref>
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=== 2786 ===
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* Home Guard<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>
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=== 2821 ===
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* Home Guard<ref name="FSWp138"/>
  
==Planetary Garrison==
 
 
===3025===
 
===3025===
* [[Home Guard (Free Worlds League)]]<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108</ref>  
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* Home Guard<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108</ref>  
  
===3054 to 3059 to 3067 to 3079===
+
===3050===
* [[Home Guard (Free Worlds League)]] (1st [[Battalion]])<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 135, "Unit Note"</ref><ref name=FMFWL114>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 114, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=FMU161>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 161, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="FRFWLp13">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 13, "Minor Provinces"</ref>
+
* [[Home Guard]] <ref name=20yup57>''20-Year Update'', p. 57</ref>
 +
 
 +
=== 3054 ===
 +
* Home Guard<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 135, "Unit Note"</ref>
 +
:*First Battalion
 +
 
 +
=== 3059 ===
 +
* Home Guard<ref name=FMFWL114>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 114, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
 +
:*First Battalion
 +
 
 +
=== 3067 ===
 +
* Home Guard<ref name=FMU161>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 161, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
 +
:*First Battalion
 +
 
 +
=== 3077 ===
 +
* [[Stewart Protectorate Militia]]<ref name="JHS:Tp46"/>
 +
 
 +
=== 3079 ===
 +
* Home Guard <ref name="FRFWLp13">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 13, "Minor Provinces"</ref>
  
 
===3085===
 
===3085===
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* [[11th Wolf Garrison (Clan Wolf)|Eleventh Wolf Garrison Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p171>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 171, "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"</ref>
 
* [[11th Wolf Garrison (Clan Wolf)|Eleventh Wolf Garrison Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p171>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 171, "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"</ref>
  
==Manufacturing Centers==
+
== Geography ==  
* [[Corean Enterprises]]
+
'''Stewart''' has at least five notable continents; of the five, one is in the northern hemisphere and is named Lanarkshire; two are in the southern hemisphere and are named Aberdeenshire and Angus, the fourth is an island continent named Highland and the fifth continent is named Lothian. The continent of Highland is rich in mineral resources, but the native plant life on each continent is incompatible with seed stocks from [[Terra]].<ref name=HB:HMp68/>
  
==Nearby Planets==
+
== Planetary Locations ==
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+
{{scrollbox|
! colspan="10" | Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years) <br />Closest planets first:
+
* New Endinburgh:Capital City and former capital of Stewart Commonality and briefly the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth until June of [[3138]].
|-
+
**New Endinburgh Palace
! Planet
+
**Stewart DropPort<ref name=PGc10>''Pandora's Gambit'', Ch. 10</ref>
! Distance (LY)
+
}}
! Jumps
+
== Industrial Centers ==
! 2750
+
* [[Allied Technologies]] <ref name=TRO3050U238>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 238, "Produced Gotha Components on Stewart"</ref>
! 3025
+
* [[Corean Enterprises]]{{cn}}
! 3030
+
* [[Magna Metals Inc]]<ref name="HB:HMp133"/>
! 3040
+
 
! 3052
+
== Nearby Systems ==
! 3057
+
{|class="wikitable" width='800' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
! 3062
+
! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Merak]]
 
| [[Merak]]
 
| 10.43
 
| 10.43
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Tania Borealis]]
 
| [[Tania Borealis]]
 
| 12.53
 
| 12.53
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Adhafera]]
 
| [[Adhafera]]
 
| 14.10
 
| 14.10
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Helm]]
 
| [[Helm]]
 
| 15.89
 
| 15.89
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[New Hope]]
 
| [[New Hope]]
 
| 20.21
 
| 20.21
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Alkes]]
 
| [[Alkes]]
 
| 21.83
 
| 21.83
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Amity]]
 
| [[Amity]]
 
| 23.57
 
| 23.57
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Tania Australis]]
 
| [[Tania Australis]]
 
| 25.14
 
| 25.14
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Bedeque]]
 
| [[Bedeque]]
 
| 26.14
 
| 26.14
| 1
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Danais]]
 
| [[Danais]]
 
| 31.48
 
| 31.48
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Kalidasa]]
 
| [[Kalidasa]]
 
| 32.20
 
| 32.20
| 2
+
| [[Lancaster (FWL)|Lancaster]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
| [[Lancaster (FWL)]]
 
 
| 36.67
 
| 36.67
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Concord]]
 
| [[Concord]]
 
| 36.77
 
| 36.77
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Rochelle]]
 
| [[Rochelle]]
 
| 36.92
 
| 36.92
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Angell II]]
 
| [[Angell II]]
 
| 38.63
 
| 38.63
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Bainsville]]
 
| [[Bainsville]]
 
| 38.72
 
| 38.72
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Savannah]]
 
| [[Savannah]]
 
| 40.27
 
| 40.27
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Bondurant]]
 
| [[Bondurant]]
 
| 44.59
 
| 44.59
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Uhuru]]
 
| [[Uhuru]]
 
| 44.67
 
| 44.67
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Solaris]]
 
| [[Solaris]]
 
| 45.49
 
| 45.49
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Marik]]
 
| [[Marik]]
 
| 46.29
 
| 46.29
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Ariel]]
 
| [[Ariel]]
 
| 47.06
 
| 47.06
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Gannett]]
 
| [[Gannett]]
 
| 47.47
 
| 47.47
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Gallatin]]
 
| [[Gallatin]]
 
| 47.73
 
| 47.73
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Remulac]]
 
| [[Remulac]]
 
| 48.15
 
| 48.15
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Dieudonne]]
 
| [[Dieudonne]]
 
| 51.57
 
| 51.57
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Nathan]]
 
| [[Nathan]]
 
| 52.50
 
| 52.50
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Rasalas]]
 
| [[Rasalas]]
 
| 52.89
 
| 52.89
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Alhena]]
 
| [[Alhena]]
 
| 52.93
 
| 52.93
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Regulus]]
 
| [[Regulus]]
 
| 53.68
 
| 53.68
| 2
+
| [[Alphard (FWL)|Alphard]]
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
| [[Alphard]]
 
 
| 54.25
 
| 54.25
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Keystone]]
 
| [[Keystone]]
 
| 54.32
 
| 54.32
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Shiloh]]
 
| [[Shiloh]]
 
| 56.85
 
| 56.85
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Miaplacidus]]
 
| [[Miaplacidus]]
 
| 57.33
 
| 57.33
| 2
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Nestor]]
 
| [[Nestor]]
 
| 58.20
 
| 58.20
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
|-
 
 
| [[Phecda]]
 
| [[Phecda]]
 
| 58.21
 
| 58.21
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Bordon]]
 
| [[Bordon]]
 
| 59.62
 
| 59.62
| 2
 
| [[Terran Hegemony | TH]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
| [[Free Worlds League | FWL]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
==References==
+
== References ==
 
<references />
 
<references />
  
==Bibliography==
+
== Bibliography ==
 +
* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 +
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 +
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
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* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
 
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 +
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
  
 
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Stewart
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-119.184 : -51.936[e]
Spectral classG8V[1]
Recharge time198 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Zenith, Nadir[1]

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

System Description

System History

Political Affiliation

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Planetary History

Early History

Stewart was settled by colonists from the British Isles region of Terra, who discovered early on that their seed stocks were incompatible with the local plantlife. This caused the early colonists a lot of problems until substantial environmental engineering efforts were completed, efforts that created a hybrid ecosystem that made Stewart capable of supporting a human population. The environmental engineering work began on Lanarkshire before spreading to the southern continents of Aberdeenshire and Angus, and a byproduct of the engineering work was the discovery of the susbtantial mineral deposits on Highland that would come to play an important part in the economy of Stewart.[1]

With the founding of the Stewart Commonality in 2259 the future House Stewart began to come to the fore on Stewart.[2] One of five worlds to be a part of the Stewart Confederation in 2271[3] - also referred to as the Stewart Commonality[32] - Tania Borealis was suffering alongside the other worlds following the withdrawal of Terran authority, and by 2288 the Stewart Confederation was barely able to organize itself to order basic replacement parts for factories. The rise to power of David Genovese in 2288 marked a significant improvement in productivity across the Confederation, with his five-year rule as dictator making the state work more efficiently.[33] Genovese was overthrown when forces from the Free Worlds League led by Juliano Marik invaded in 2293, following Genovese's rebuffing offers to join the League.[4][32]

The Free Worlds League campaign against the Confederation lasted just four months[33][32] and began inauspiciously for the Confederation; Genovese insisted on commanding the military directly, despite his lack of strategic acumen. This, combined with poor communications as a result of bad weather, led to him ordering his troops to defend land that had been turned into a swamp by monsoon rains; the Confederacy forces were swiftly defeated, and the resulting drop in morale - and faith in Genovese's leadership - resulted in a swift victory for Juliano Marik's forces. Marik captured Genovese in his palace on Stewart and made the dictator apologize in public for inconveniencing Marik's troops, before having Genovese executed.[33]

Stewart and the other worlds of the Stewart Confederation were inducted into the League Parliament in 2295 when the Parliament declared the former Confederation to be a Province of the Free Worlds League.[34]

Age of War

The Free Worlds League was an innovative force in the development of modern jump technology, and Stewart played a part in the development or refinement of a number of new and existing technologies. Perhaps the most significant development made by researchers on Stewart was the discovery of the Brandt Recoil effect, generated when a ship generated a K-F field, and which those researchers used to develop a cutout circuit that dramatically reduced the frequency of misjumps and which became standard on all JumpShips. Also developed on Stewart were the first personal escape units, designed and manufactured by Venza Engineering, which offered those involved in accidents a tangible chance of escape and survival in accidents during an era in which interstellar craft rarely had enough escape pods of lifeboats.[35]

The Star League

Stewart was the headquarters for the VII Corps (Star League) of the Star League Defense Force. Prior to the Fall of the Star League, the SLDF garrison was officially on world to preserve the Stewart Confederation's stability. However, many believed the forces there were more concerned about the branch of Corean Enterprises that was on world.[36]

Third Succession War

Stewart was the target of a Lyran offensive in 2917, but the attacking forces failed to reach Stewart after the appointment of Samuel Marik to the post of Captain-General; Samuel Marik led forces that successfully captured the worlds of Callison, Shiloh and Wing and blocked the various Lyran thrusts towards Stewart.[37][38]

In 2929 the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces again attempted to invade Stewart. The invasion failed, but also caused damage to the LCAF well after the event due to a minor nobleman and traitor[39] named Mikhail Tertren.[40] A MechWarrior and Hauptmann in the LCAF, Tertren was captured during the abortive invasion and subsequently recruited by the Free Worlds League as a spy. Tertren would supply the Free Worlds League with a number of pieces of key military information before finally being exposed in 2938; Tretren evaded capture, fleeing into the Periphery, and in 2952 emerged from the Periphery and was appointed commanding officer of the Third Marik Militia.[39]

Stewart and its ruling family only claimed a permanent place in the top echelons of power within the Free Worlds League with the marriage of Ana Stewart, daughter of Duke Androcles Stewart to Captain-General Janos Marik, finally claiming the place that Stewart could have claimed a millenium before if David Genovese had co-operated with the original Free Worlds League, rather than defying it. Following the marriage in the early thirtieth century - Janos' second marriage - the Marik-Stewart descendants of Ana and Janos took up a number of key posts within the League, both military and political.[1]

During the first half of the thirty-first century Stewart was well-known for the presence of the substantial Corean Enterprises plant.[1] The fact that Corean Enterpsies was administered from a coporate headquarters located outside the League made expansion difficult. Free to trade as Corean Enterprises from the headquarters on New Avalon, the Corean Enterprises plant on Stewart was incorporated as MacAdams-Suharno of Stewart, and the Stewart clan maintained a minority stake in the company as part of a complicated scheme that prevented the company from falling under the oppressive tax regime that hampered the manufacturing and growth of other companies such as Kallon Industries.[41] Despite the prominance of the BattleMech-manufacturing facility, Stewart was also home to a substantial and diverse civilian engineering industry that produced a staggering array of products ranging from blue-water naval vessels and groundcars to white goods and consumer electronics.[1] Stewart was also home to a massive manufacturing complex operated by Magna Metals Inc producing drives.[42]

Stewart had also developed a substantial agriculture sector, making the planet largely self-sufficient. Perhaps less impressive were the kitsch fake clansman found on Highland and Lothian who claimed to be accurately recreating the ancient Scotland from which many of the early settlers originated, but who were the subject of frequent mockery for their efforts.[1] Stewart was also notable for the cake festivals held on Shrove Tuesday, one of a swath of festivals linked to the Mardi Gras celebrations found on the vast majority of League worlds.[43]

The thirty-first century government of Stewart was a represetnative commonality voted into office via a broadly democratic process and with the local government representation in the Parliament of the Free Worlds League determined by the plebiscite despite the presence of an autocratic chief executive.[44] Although the ruler of Stewart was typically referred to as a Duke the ruling members of House Stewart had retained the title of Earl in practise; while the position of Earl was technically slightly inferior to that of Duke even though the posts were functionally identical, the Earls of Stewart were given the same rights and priviledges. From 2406 onwards the various Earls of Stewart also earned the popular title "Gudarno", following the declaration by Earl Nathan Stewart that the title of Earl was "good enough".[45]

The Jihad

In late June 3070 the planetary government and military forces on Stewart switched their allegiance to the Word of Blake, bringing the world into the Word of Blake Protectorate; Stewart was one of six worlds to declare for the Blakists in the space of a week, pushing the Protectorate into Free Worlds League space.[24]

Forces from the Free Worlds League front of Operation SCOUR arrived to liberate Stewart in May 3077. The first forces on the ground were Alpha Galaxy of Clan Nova Cat, who quickly moved the 1st Nova Cat Guards to the city of New Edinburgh; Star Colonel Kalvin Rosse then broadcast a demand to the planetary government that all Blakist forces and sympathizers on Stewart surrender within two hours. Under the command of Captain Jonathan Wells, the local Stewart Protectorate Militia garrison refused to surrender and marched out of New Edinburgh to battle the Nova Cat forces, only to learn that the Nova Cats were not prepared to extend zellbrigen to the Word of Blake forces - Rosse declared that the Word of Blake was subject to a Trial of Annihilation. Over the next two hours the Nova Cats hunted down and killed the Militia forces, executing those who attempted to surrender.[46]

As at the end of May, local news broadcasts issued by Kristina Greenberg, an anchor for a local Voice of Truth affiliate, declared that the campaign on Stewart was currently an uneasy stalemate. Following the battle around New Edinburgh a number of locals apparently seized a number of Planetlifter aircraft and turned them into kamikaze aircraft by packing them with explosives and attempting to fly them into the allied coalition transports gathered around the initial landing zone. Only one such Planetlifter was believed to have managed to actually hit one of the coalition DropShips, but this was enough to pull the Nova Cat forces back into a defensive formation around the target landing zone.[46]

The Dark Age

In September 3134 Stewart was the site of a four-way battle between factions looking to seize control of the battle. In addition to forces from the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth and Clan Sea Fox, local loyalists to the Commonwealth and partisans loyal to the Republic of the Sphere joined the fight. Clan Sea Fox were the final victors, but having claimed control of Stewart, they proceeded to maintain a very light grip on the planet[47] after forcing the last Marik-Stewart Commonwealth troops to leave on the 27th of September.[48]

Stewart was also targeted by the Spirit Cats at one point, as the enigmatic splinter faction from Clan Nova Cat attempted to locate the planet that would become their haven, according to the visions of Kev Rosse.[49]

Military Deployment

2764

2765

2786

2821

3025

3050

3054

  • First Battalion

3059

  • First Battalion

3067

  • First Battalion

3077

3079

3085

- At this point in time, the VI Hastati was at 82% of full strength, with 93% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3145

Geography

Stewart has at least five notable continents; of the five, one is in the northern hemisphere and is named Lanarkshire; two are in the southern hemisphere and are named Aberdeenshire and Angus, the fourth is an island continent named Highland and the fifth continent is named Lothian. The continent of Highland is rich in mineral resources, but the native plant life on each continent is incompatible with seed stocks from Terra.[1]

Planetary Locations

  • New Endinburgh:Capital City and former capital of Stewart Commonality and briefly the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth until June of 3138.
    • New Endinburgh Palace
    • Stewart DropPort[61]

Industrial Centers

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Merak 10.43 Tania Borealis 12.53 Adhafera 14.10 Helm 15.89
New Hope 20.21 Alkes 21.83 Amity 23.57 Tania Australis 25.14
Bedeque 26.14 Danais 31.48 Kalidasa 32.20 Lancaster 36.67
Concord 36.77 Rochelle 36.92 Angell II 38.63 Bainsville 38.72
Savannah 40.27 Bondurant 44.59 Uhuru 44.67 Solaris 45.49
Marik 46.29 Ariel 47.06 Gannett 47.47 Gallatin 47.73
Remulac 48.15 Dieudonne 51.57 Nathan 52.50 Rasalas 52.89
Alhena 52.93 Regulus 53.68 Alphard 54.25 Keystone 54.32
Shiloh 56.85 Miaplacidus 57.33 Nestor 58.20 Phecda 58.21
Bordon 59.62

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  29. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
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