Editing Tellman

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== Political Affiliation ==
* [[2571]] - [[Outworlds Alliance]] <ref name="HB:MPSp147">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 147, "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns After Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2581]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="H:RWp106">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 106, "Reunification War: Outworlds Alliance Front Deployments (2581)"</ref>
* [[2583]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="H:RWp124">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 124, "Day of Vengeance"</ref>
* [[2585]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="H:RWp126">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126, "Year Five: Peace In Our Time"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="HB:MPSp147"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp36">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 36, "Outworlds Alliance Militia Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR2765:DCMSp25>''Fiel Report 2765: Draconis Combine'', p. 25, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
* [[2767]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="H:LOTV1p98">''Historical: Liberation of Terra'', p. 98, "Outworlds Alliance - [2767]] Map</ref>
* [[2786]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="TPE1p156">''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p.156, "The Outworlds Alliance Sector"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70, "Federated Suns After Third Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
* [[3040]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="HB:HDp76">''Hanbook: House Davion'', p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052 Map"</ref>
* [[3054]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="ORp46">''Objective Raids'', p.46, "Map of Periphery States: The Outworlds Alliance Sector"</ref>
* [[3057]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref> 
* [[3058]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="HB:HDp77">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 77, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
* [[3059]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="TPE2p110">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 110, "Outworlds Alliance"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp97"> ''Inner Sphere'', p. 97, "Near Periphery Kingdoms Map"</ref> 
* [[3067]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="HB:MPSp150">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 150, "Outworlds Alliance (3067)</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075]"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:Cp28">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 28, "Clan Snow Raven & Outworlds Alliance Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Outworlds Alliance <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - [[Raven Alliance]] <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3130]] - Raven Alliance <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
* [[3135]] - Raven Alliance <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[3145]] - Raven Alliance <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>

== Planetary History ==
=== The Reunification War ===
Tellman IV was an icy mining world<ref name="H:RWp124"/><ref name="TP1ep24">''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p. 24</ref> within the Outworlds Alliance when [[Operation UNION HOLD]] began in [[2581]]. After the major [[Periphery]] states rejected the [[Pollux Proclamation]] in [[2575]], the [[Star League]] began planning for the forced incorporation of all of the Periphery nations into the Star League. Operation UNION HOLD was the name given to the invasion of the Outworlds Alliance, which saw two corps of [[Star League Defense Force]] troops and a mixed brigade of [[DCMS]] forces begin systematically occupying Alliance worlds. Tellman IV escaped the attentions of the the Star League and Combine forces - collectively referred to as the Outworlds Alliance Task Force - until September [[2583]], when it became the site of one of the most important battles in the course of the five-year invasion of the Alliance.<ref name="H:RWp124"/>

In July of 2853, the Chairman of the [[Outworlds Alliance Militia]], [[Welkens Nordd]], had received a vital piece of intelligence; the operational timetable for the Star League forces.<ref name="H:RWp124"/> The commander of the Outworlds Alliance Task Force, [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]], had begun a campaign to weaken the will and ability of the Alliance population to fight by systematically targetting towns, cities and industrial sites on worlds across the Alliance. By the time Nordd received Forlough's timetable, the [[SLDF]] forces had already raided [[Dindatari]], [[Mitchella]], [[Morthac]], [[Quatre Belle]] and [[Quiberas]] since the beginning of [[2853]], and various other Alliance worlds including the important industrial world of [[Cerberus (planet)|Cerberus]] were under Star League or [[Draconis Combine]] occupation or the subject of ongoing battles and guerilla warfare.<ref name="H:RWp123">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 123, "Cerberus and the Baby Killers"</ref><ref name="H:RWp124+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 124, "Baby Killers Unleashed" & "Battle for Lushann"</ref> Access to the operational timetable for the Outworlds Alliance Task Force gave Nordd a chance at stopping Forlough's rampage through the Alliance.<ref name="H:RWp124"/>

Nordd moved the Alliance [[4th Armored Division]] to [[Lushann]], which allowed him to extract the [[1st Pitcairn Legion]] and [[3rd Pitcairn Legion]] from the ongoing battle with [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]] forces there; they were joined by the [[2nd Pitcairn Legion]], which had raided the occupied worlds of [[Bad News]] and [[Budingen]], and dispatched to Tellman IV to ambush Forlough and the troops due to attack the icy world in September. To assist the assembled [[Pitcairn Legion]], Nordd dispatched the bulk of the troops held in reserve to defend [[Alpheratz]] itself, adding two [[regiment|regiments]] of infantry and the [[Santiago Carabiniers]] [[BattleMech]] regiment to [[Colonel]] [[Elias Pitcairn|Elais Pitcairn's]] forces. Whilst this left Alpheratz largely undefended, Forlough's campaign against the civilian population and infrastructure of the Alliance threatened to topple the Alliance and had to be checked.<ref name="H:RWp124"/><ref name="H:RWp141">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 141, "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref>

Forlough responded to the departure of the Pitcairn Legion forces from Lushann by reinforcing the SLDF attacks on [[Banori]] and [[Loparri]] in August but didn't encounter the Legion as expected. The next action on the SLDF timetable was the attack on Tellman IV, for which Forlough tasked and led a mixed [[division]] of troops consisting of the [[40th Brigade]], [[43rd Brigade]] and [[45th Brigade]], all drawn from [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]]. As with previous attacks on Alliance worlds, scout forces arrived on Tellman IV in mid-September ahead of the main force, tasked with identifying and preparing a suitable landing zone for the bulk of the SLDF forces. 
What the V Corps scout forces failed to detect was that they were under constant observation by scouts from Pitcairn's assembled force, who used their observations to position the entire Alliance force ready for the SLDF landing. <ref name="H:RWp124"/>

=== Day of Vengeance ===
Forlough's [[DropShip|DropShips]] landed on the 17th of September and began setting up a temporary encampment while a heavy scout force was sent out. This was the trigger for Pitcairn's ambush; within 20 minutes, the SLDF scout 'Mechs had been destroyed, and Pitcairn's forces were engaged in battle with the main SLDF force inside the SLDF landing zone.<ref name="H:RWp124"/>

Pitcairn's forces were attempting to destroy tanks and 'Mechs before their crews could finish preparing them for battle, but the battle itself rapidly became a virtual firestorm as three years of Alliance rage and frustration was released against the Star League forces. With the cry "Cerberus Lives!" audible above the noise of battle, the Alliance forces battled the SLDF troops until after nightfall; the battlefield was a swirling maelstrom of chaos which only increased as frantic SLDF DropShip crews began firing at real and imagined targets, and escalated further still as several DropShips lifted off, damaging Alliance and V Corps forces alike with their drive plumes.<ref name="H:RWp124"/>

By the time Forlough ordered a general retreat from Tellman IV, the battle had inflicted a heavy cost on the assembled Alliance forces; more than a hundred Alliance 'Mechs had been lost, and almost another hundred had been badly damaged, losses that could partially be recouped from salvaged SLDF equipment but which would take time to recover from. The material losses for the SLDF forces had been greater, though; the Alliance "Day of Vengeance" had cost V Corps more than 200 'Mechs, 200 vehicles, four DropShips and almost 2,000 men - 800 of whom had been captured and would end up in Alliance POW camps. In a single day-long battle V Corps had lost a third of it's effective combat strength and Forlough's raids on the Alliance had been checked.<ref name="H:RWp124"/><ref name="H:RWp140+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 140-141, "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref>

=== The Jihad ===
[[AFFS]] forces launched a heavy raid on Tellman IV between the 21st and 28th of June [[3072]], attempting to find what they believed to be [[Word of Blake]] command centers on the planet. Despite the quantity of AFFS forces committed to the raid, the Outworlds Alliance and [[Clan Snow Raven]] forces defending Tellman IV were able to quickly defeat and capture the AFFS troops.<ref name="JHS3076p22">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 22, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp50">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 50, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>

== Military Deployment ==
=== 2764 ===
* [[116th Mechanized Infantry Division]] <ref name=FMSLDFp>''Field Manual: SLDF'', Outworlds Alliance Map </ref>

=== 2765 ===
* [[4th Ramora Regulars|Fourth Ramora Regulars]]<ref name=FR:2765Pp17>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 17, "Outworlds Alliance - Regimental Status"</ref>

=== 3058 ===
* [[Thermo Police]]<ref name=p2ndE:p52>''Periphery (2nd Edition)'', pa. 52, Thermo Police</ref>

=== 3079 ===
* [[3rd Alliance Air Wing|Third Alliance Air Wing]] (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name="FR:Cp24">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 24, "Alliance Military Command"</ref>
:- At this point in time, the 3rd Alliance Air Wing were deployed across [[Ferris]], '''Tellman IV''' and [[Valasha]]. The 3rd Alliance Air Wing was at 90% of full strength.

=== 3085 ===
* [[7th Raven Regulars (Clan Snow Raven)|Seventh Raven Regulars]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 128, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>

=== 3145 ===
* [[1st Alliance Air Wing|First Alliance Air Wing]] (shared with [[Praxton]])<ref name=FM:3145p174>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 174, "Clan Force Deployments - Alliance Militia Corps"</ref>
:* Second Regiment
:* Third Regiment

== Nearby Planets ==
Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years).  Closest planets first:
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! Planet
! Distance (LY)
! Jumps
! 2750
! 3025
! 3030
! 3040
! 3052
! 3057
! 3062
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| [[Loparri]]
| 28.72
| 1
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
|-
| [[Mishkadrill]]
| 30.41
| 2
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
|-
| [[Praxton]]
| 35.32
| 2
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
|-
| [[Hazelhurst]]
| 35.59
| 2
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
|-
| [[Bastrop]]
| 46.29
| 2
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
|-
| [[Ramora]]
| 46.51
| 2
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
|-
| [[Sterlington]]
| 46.71
| 2
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
|-
| [[Trimaldix]]
| 48.39
| 2
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
|-
| [[Pitkin]]
| 49.69
| 2
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
|-
| [[Banori]]
| 50.83
| 2
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
|-
| [[Valasha]]
| 52.02
| 2
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
|-
| [[Ferris]]
| 55.16
| 2
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
|-
| [[Inner End]]
| 55.67
| 2
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
|-
| [[Kirbyville]]
| 56.28
| 2
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
|-
| [[Rudolpho]]
| 59.03
| 2
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
| [[Outworlds Alliance | OA]]
|}

== References ==
<references />

== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition]]''

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