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{{otheruses|the star system|the in German products renamed medium tank|Stygian}}
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==System Description==
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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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'''Styx''' is located near the [[Athenry]] and [[Nirasaki]] systems.
 
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==System History==
 
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited World<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref>
 
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* [[2319]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18</ref>
 
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* [[2341]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref>
 
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* [[2443]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name=DARWp44/><ref name="ED:AOWp5"/>
 
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* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref><ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31</ref>
 
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* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
 
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* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
 
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* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref>
 
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* [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138</ref>
 
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* [[2775]] - Terran Hegemony (from January)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
 
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* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref>
 
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* [[2787]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="FSWp27">''First Succession War'', p. 27: "Draconis Combine Gains"</ref>
 
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* [[2797]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref>
 
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* [[2822]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref>
 
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* [[2830]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=SSWp18>''Second Succession War'', pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref>
 
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* [[2864]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53</ref><ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
 
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* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HK(TDC)pvii">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64</ref><ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', foldout: Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref>
 
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* [[3030]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66</ref><ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
 
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* [[3040]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68</ref><ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref>
 
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* [[3050]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
 
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* [[3052]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71</ref><ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref>
 
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* [[3057]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
 
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* [[3063]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
 
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* [[3067]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74</ref><ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42</ref>
 
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* [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref>
 
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* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21</ref><ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref>
 
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
 
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3135]] - Independent World<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
 
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* [[3136]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="LNp23">''Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)'', p. 23: "Letters From Home -- Week 03"</ref>
 
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* [[3145]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3150]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Shrapnel'', Issue #3: "Voices of the Sphere: Star League Day"</ref>
 
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* [[3151]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
 
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==Styx I==
 
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| image              = Styx.jpg
 
| image              = Styx.jpg
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| name                = Styx I
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| caption            = Orbital view
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| othernames          =
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| name                = Styx
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| position            = First<ref name=DARWp44/>
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| position            = 1<ref name=DARWp41/>
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| distance            = 12 days<ref name=DARWp44/>
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| distance            = 12 days<ref name=DARWp41/>
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| moons              = 3 (Kronus, Nirvana, Void)<ref name=DARWp44/>
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| moons              = 3 (Kronus, Nirvana, Void)<ref name=DARWp41/>
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| gravity            = 0.83<ref name=DARWp44/>
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| day                =
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARWp44/>
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| gravity            = 0.83<ref name=DARWp41/>
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| temperature        = 29°C<ref name=DARWp44/>
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARWp41/>
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| water              = 79%<ref name=DARWp44/>
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| temperature        = 29°C<ref name=DARWp41/>
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| life                = Mammals<ref name=DARWp44/>
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| water              = 79%<ref name=DARWp41/>
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| continents          = 3 (Epimetheus, Gehenna, Perdition)<ref name=DARWp44/>
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| life                = Mammals<ref name=DARWp41/>
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| colonized          =  
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| demonym            =
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| year                = 3130<ref name=DARWp41/>
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| language            =
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| ruler              = [[Heather Grenistolski]], Governor (3130)<ref name=DARWp41/><ref name=DARoSp7>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 7 "Prefecture II"</ref><br>[[Garret Trelesta]], Legate (3130)<ref name=DARWp41/><ref name=DARoSp7/>
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| capital            = Sunder Falls<ref name=DARWp41/>
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| population          = 2,078,000,000 (3130)<ref name=DARWp44/><ref name=DARoSp7>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 7: "Prefecture II"</ref>
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| population          = 2,078,000,000 (3130)<ref name=DARWp41/><ref name=DARoSp7/>
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| ruler              =
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| political          = [[Planetary Governor of Styx|Planetary Governor]]
 
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| commander          = Legate [[Garret Trelesta]] (3130)<ref name=DARWp44/><ref name=DARoSp7/>
 
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| capital            = Sunder Falls<ref name=DARWp44/>
 
 
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===Planetary History===
 
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The first colonists on Styx established their cities on the open plains of Epimetheus, the main continent, because this area received the weakest storms.<ref name=DARWp44/> Styx was one of the worlds abandoned by the [[Terran Alliance]] following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the [[Demarcation Declaration]] of [[2242]],<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> but Styx was incorporated into the Terran Hegemony within a century, becoming one of the worlds within the [[Lone Star Province]].<ref name="HB:HSp13"/><ref name="H:RWp159"/>
 
  
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A few years after these first cities were established, geologists found extensive radioactive ores and other mineral resources that caused a few mining companies to arrive on-world; the output from these mines contributed significantly to the Terran Hegemony's economy, to the extent that the neighboring Draconis Combine wanted the world. This ongoing tension resulted in the first battle with [[BattleMech]]s.<ref name=DARWp44/>
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== Political Affiliation ==
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited World <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"</ref>
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* [[2319]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding - [2319] Map"</ref>
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* [[2341]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
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* [[2443]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name=DARWp41/><ref name="ED:AOWp5"/>
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* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
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* [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]] <ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref>
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* [[2775]] - Terran Hegemony (from January)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
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* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - [[Draconis Combine]] <ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HK(TDC)pvii">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. vii, "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii, Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] <ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Independent World <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3136]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="LNp23">''Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)'', p. 23, "Letters From Home -- Week 03"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Draconis Combine <ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103, "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref>
  
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In [[2443]], the [[DCMS]] sent a company of tanks to Styx [[Battle of Styx (2443)|to raid the warehouses and refineries]], hopefully capturing them intact for use by the Combine. The defenders, a [[lance]] of Terran Hegemony BattleMechs from the [[801st Heavy Armored Regiment]] led [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Amanda Cunningham]],<ref name=XTROPVp8>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1'', p. 8: "MSK-5S Mackie"</ref> met the company of tanks with infantry support outside the city of Barbados. The muddy plains impeded the Kuritan armor, while the 'Mechs simply strode around with no problem; the net result was the complete destruction of the raiding Draconis unit, and the emergence of the BattleMech as the preeminent combat unit.<ref name=DARWp44/><ref name="ED:AOWp5">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 5: "The New Knights"</ref>
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== Planetary Info ==
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'''Styx''' is a world of storms, flash floods, and mudslides, wild weather patterns caused by the gravitational pull of the planet's three moons. The planet has three continents, Epimethius, Gehenna and Perdition.  
  
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After the fall of the [[Star League]], the Draconis Combine took control of the world and kept it until the [[Word of Blake]] to the [[Jihad]].
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== Planetary History ==
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The first colonists on Styx established their cities on the open plains of Epimetheus, the main continent, because this area received the weakest storms.<ref name=DARWp41/> Styx was one of the worlds abandoned by the [[Terran Alliance]] following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the [[Demarcation Declaration]] of [[2242]],<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> but Styx was incorporated into the Terran Hegemony within a century, becoming one of the worlds within the [[Lone Star Province]].<ref name="HB:HSp13"/><ref name="H:RWp159"/>
  
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On 21 May 3027, the JumpShip ''[[Bifrost]]'' abducted the passenger [[DropShip]] ''[[Silver Eagle]]'' to an asteroid base in the Styx system, precipitating the [[Silver Eagle Incident]]. By this time, the Styx system was mined out after four centuries of intensive mining operations. It was owned by Viscount Robert Monahan, who sold his Styx mining enterprise to one [[Wayland Smith (SMC)|Wayland Smith]] in late [[3025]]. Smith duped investors into believing that the system was in fact not yet mined out, by allowing their spies to access false reports in his computer systems (which they believed they had hacked). He then escaped into the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] with some 25 million [[C-bill]]s. The system had become a refuge for undesirables, which was tolerated by the Draconis Combine.<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', chs. 42–45, 47, 49–50, 54, 56</ref>
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A few years after these first cities were established, geologists found extensive radioactive ores and other mineral resources that caused a few mining companies to arrive on-world; the output from these mines contributed significantly to the Terran Hegemony's economy, to the extent that the neighboring Draconis Combine wanted the world. This ongoing tension resulted in the first battle with [[BattleMech]]s.<ref name=DARWp41/>
  
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====Jihad====
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In [[2443]] the [[DCMS]] sent a company of tanks to Styx to raid the warehouses and refineries, hopefully capturing them intact for use by the Combine. The defenders, a [[lance]] of Terran Hegemony BattleMechs from the [[801st Heavy Armored Regiment]] led [[Lt. Colonel]] [[Amanda Cunningham]]<ref name=XTROPVp8>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1'', p. 8 "MSK-5S Mackie"</ref>, met the company of tanks with infantry support outside the city of Barbados. The muddy plains impeded the Kuritan armor, while the 'Mechs simply strode around with no problem; the net result was the complete destruction of the raiding Draconis unit, and the emergence of the BattleMech as the preeminent combat unit.<ref name=DARWp41/><ref name="ED:AOWp5">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 5, "The New Knights"</ref>
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Forces from the allied coalition assembled by [[Devlin Stone]] were attempting to liberate Styx in May [[3077]] as a part of [[Operation SCOUR]] when a Blakist ambush badly damaged the [[First New Ivaarsen Chasseurs]]. In response, on the 14th of May the commander of the [[Nineteenth Arcturan Guards]] authorized the bombardment of the base complex housing the [[Styx Protectorate Militia]] with tactical nuclear weapons. The resulting bombardment collapsed a number of mines in the area and destroyed the entire of the city in which the base complex lay. When challenged, the Lyran commander of the Nineteenth Arcturan Guards remarked "they're just Dracs, nobody important"—a comment which would become infamous in the annals of the liberation.<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The words spoken by [[Leftenant General]] [[Lucas Hoffman]] attracted outrage in the local media, and most likely elsewhere. Casualties from the two tactical nukes detonated as airbursts over the capital city of Styx amounted to at least 15,000 civilians.<ref name="JHS:Tp31+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 31–32: "Outrage"</ref>
 
  
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====Dark Age====
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After the fall of the [[Star League]], the Draconis Combine took control of the world and kept it until the [[Word of Blake]] to the [[Jihad]].  
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In October [[3135]], forces from the [[DCMS]] and [[Dragon's Fury]] led by [[Katana Tormark]] joined forces to regain the planet for the [[Draconis Combine]]. Though at the beginning they had issues working together, after the deposition of [[Warlord of the Benjamin Military District|Warlord]] [[Mitsura Sakamoto]], they started coordinating better their forces. Their first shared action erupted just outside the spaceport city of Lindon's Folly, on the Gehenna continent. Attempting to breach the [[Republic of the Sphere|Republican]] defenses arrayed along the woodlands north of the city proper, the surprise dawn assault by a combination of DCMS and Dragon's Fury troops was finally beaten back after a three-hour battle. The Republican victory, however, came at tremendous cost.<ref>''3135 PDA Journals'', p. 103: "11 October 3135"</ref>
 
  
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By the 15th of December,<ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 247: "19 December 3135"</ref> RAF pushed a DCMS line back a good ten kilometers, with [[Charisse Perry]] leading the charge the whole way. But the fighting on the planet is back and forth. RAF forces get a ten-kilometer push on one side, DCMS respond by coming into the suburbs on the other. Neither side can get the upper hand for long. But this is one fight RAF won't run from.<ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 248: "23 December 3135"</ref>
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On 21 May 3027 the JumpShip ''[[Bifrost]]'' abducted the passenger [[DropShip]] ''[[Silver Eagle]]'' to an asteroid base in the Styx system, precipitating the [[Silver Eagle Incident]]. By this time, the Styx system was mined out after four centuries of intensive mining operations. It was owned by Viscount Robert Monahan, who sold his Styx mining enterprise to one Wayland Smith in late [[3025]]. Smith duped investors into believing that the system was in fact not yet mined out, by allowing their spies to access false reports in his computer systems (which they believed they had hacked). He then escaped into the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] with some 25 million [[C-Bill]]s. The system had become a refuge for undesirables, which was tolerated by the Draconis Combine.<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', chapters 42-43, 44-45, 47, 49-50, 54, 56</ref>
  
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Forces from the allied coalition assembled by [[Devlin Stone]] were attempting to liberate Styx in May [[3077]] as a part of [[Operation SCOUR]] when a Blakist ambushed badly damaged the [[1st New Ivaarsen Chasseurs]]. In response, on the 14th of May the commander of the [[19th Arcturan Guards]] authorized the bombardment of the base complex housing the [[Styx Protectorate Militia]] with tactical nuclear weapons. The resulting bombardment collapsed a number of mines in the area and destroyed the entire of the city in which the base complex lay. When challenged, the Lyran commander of the 19th Arcturan Guards remarked "they're just Dracs, nobody important" - a comment which would become infamous in the annals of the liberation.<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The words spoken by [[Leftenant General]] [[Lucas Hoffman]] attracted outrage in the local media, and most likely elsewhere. Casualties from the two tactical nukes detonated as airbursts over the capital city of Styx amounted to at least 15,000 civilians.<ref name="JHS:Tp31+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 31-32, "Outrage"</ref>
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In October [[3135]], forces from the [[DCMS]] and [[Dragon's Fury]] led by [[Katana Tormark]] joined forces to regain the planet for the [[Draconis Combine]]. Though at the beginning they had issues working together, after the deposition of [[Tai-shu|Warlord]] [[Mitsura Sakamoto]], they started coordinating better their forces. Their first shared action erupted just outside the spaceport city of Lindon's Folly, on the Gehenna continent. Attempting to breach the Republican defenses arrayed along the woodlands north of the city proper, the surprise dawn assault by a combination of DCMS and Dragon's Fury troops was finally beaten back after a three-hour battle. The Republican victory, however, came at tremendous cost.<ref>''3135 PDA Journals'', p. 103 "11 October 3135"</ref>
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By the 15th of December<ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p.247 "19 December 3135"</ref> RAF pushed a DCMS line back a good 10 kilometers, with [[Charisse Perry]] leading the charge the whole way. But the fighting in the planet is back and forth. RAF forces get a 10-kilometer push on one side, DCMS respond by coming into the suburbs on the other. Neither side can get the upper hand for long. But this is one fight RAF won't run from.<ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p.248 "23 December 3135"</ref>
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Styx is a world of storms, flash floods, and mudslides, wild weather patterns caused by the gravitational pull of the planet's three moons. The planet has three continents, Epimetheus, Gehenna and Perdition.<ref name=DARWp44/>
 
  
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* ''[[Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals|3135 PDA Journals]]''
 
 
* ''[[Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)]]''
 
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