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The system named '''The Rack''' was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as of [[3151]] was located in the bandit kingdom known as the [[Rim Territories]].<ref name=SFp102/>
  
''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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'''X''': -404.51
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== System Description ==
'''Y''': -404.51
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The system named The Rack is located near the [[Luanda]] and [[Pain]] systems.<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="ER:2750p36"/>
=== Owner History ===
 
* 2750 - [[Unknown Planet]]
 
* 3025 - [[Periphery]]
 
* 3030 - [[Periphery]]
 
* 3040 - [[Periphery]]
 
* 3052 - [[Periphery]]
 
* 3057 - [[Periphery]]
 
* 3062 - [[Periphery]]
 
  
=== Nearby Planets ===
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== System History ==
Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:
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Originally named '''Port Vail''', The Rack was either colonized by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] during or shortly before the [[Age of War]], or was an already-inhabited system that was incorporated into the Republic's [[Finmark Province]] during this period and which was considered significant enough to have its location recorded by [[Inner Sphere]] nations.<ref name="HB:HSp13"/><ref name="HB:MPSp18"/><ref name="HB:HSp25"/>
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Port Vail was conquered by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[Republic-Commonwealth War]] and vanished from maps during the [[Second Succession War]], indicating that the system had been abandoned, depopulated, or simply rendered too insignificant to merit further recording.<ref name="HB:HSp36"/><ref name="HB:HSp40"/> Port Vail reappeared on maps as an independent system during the [[Clan Invasion]] era, with a new name - The Rack.<ref name="HB:HSp59"/><ref name="H:Wo3039p132"/><ref name="ER:3052p10"/>
! Distance (LY)
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! Jumps
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== Political Affiliation ==
! 2750
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! 3025
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* [[2341]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth at their Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
! 3030
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* [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
! 3040
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158: "Inner Sphere Map - [2596] Map"</ref>
! 3052
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
! 3057
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* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
! 3062
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* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTv1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38: "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR2765LCAFp25>''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
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* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTv1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
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* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Independent world<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - No record<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: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Independent world<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3059]] - Independent world<ref name="TPE2p110">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 110: "Rim Collection & Circinus Federation"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere'', p. 75: "Lyran Alliance Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Independent world<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]] - Independent world<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Independent world<ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Independent world<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Independent world<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Rim Territories<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Rim Territories<ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Rim Territories<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref>
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==The Rack==
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=== Planetary History ===
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=== Planetary Rulers ===
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=== Military Deployment ===
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==== 2765 ====
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* [[Fourth Republican Guards]] (shared with [[Engadine]], [[Bucklands]] and [[Nyasa]])<ref name=FR:2765Pp19>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 19: "Republican Guards - Divisional Status"</ref>
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=== Geography ===
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=== Planetary Locations ===
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===Companies and Industries===
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===Local Flora and Fauna===
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=== Image gallery ===
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== Notes ==
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It was confirmed that Port Vail and The Rack were one and the same by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170628002518/http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,9040.0.html Catalyst Game Labs writing staff.] (archived link)  A transcript of the details is available on this article's Talk page.
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== Map Gallery ==
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== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 20 systems (15 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
 
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| [[Pain]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Pain|Dijonne]]
| 22.91
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| class="lessthan30" | 22.7
| 1
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Nyasa]]
| [[Unknown Planet | N]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 26.6
| [[Periphery | P]]
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| class="over30" | [[Main Street]]
| [[Periphery | P]]
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| class="over30" | 30.1
| [[Periphery | P]]
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| class="over30" | [[Delagoa]]
| [[Periphery | P]]
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| class="over30" | 32.5
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
| [[Periphery | P]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Main Street]]
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| class="over30" | [[Luanda]]
| 30.39
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| class="over30" | 32.7
| 2
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| class="over30" | [[Mogabouti]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
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| class="over30" | 37.8
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
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| class="over30" | [[Finmark]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
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| class="over30" | 38.4
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| class="over30" | [[Torgvei]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| class="over30" | 38.7
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Elume]]
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| class="over30" | [[Viluisk]]
| 49.41
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| class="over30" | 44.7
| 2
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| class="over30" | [[Ubangi]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
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| class="over30" | 45.0
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
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| class="over30" | [[Jibbet|Lushun]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
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| class="over30" | 46.0
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| class="over30" | [[Elume]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| class="over30" | 49.0
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Engadine]]
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| class="over30" | [[Engadine]]
| 52.64
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| class="over30" | 52.1
| 2
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| class="over30" | [[Ferreusvirgo|Lywick]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
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| class="over30" | 52.8
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
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| class="over30" | [[Swartklip]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
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| class="over30" | 58.7
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| class="over60" | [[Sweet Water]]
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| class="over60" | 64.2
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
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| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
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| class="over60" | [[Wypoute]]
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| class="over60" | 65.3
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| class="over60" | [[Gabenstad]]
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| class="over60" | 66.2
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| class="over60" | [[Lokoja]]
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| class="over60" | 66.8
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| class="over60" | [[Canal]]
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| class="over60" | 67.8
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Swartklip]]
 
| 59.24
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
 
|}
 
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==References==
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<references />
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== Bibliography ==
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
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* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
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* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
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* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]''
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
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* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
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* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
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[[Category:Systems|The Rack]]
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[[Category:Planets|The Rack]]
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[[Category: Independent Systems]]
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[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]]
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[[Category: Rim Territories Systems]]
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[[Category: Rim Worlds Republic Systems]]

Latest revision as of 08:42, 23 April 2024

The Rack (Port Vail)
The Rack 3151.svg
The Rack (Port Vail) nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-400.859 : 370.983[e]

The system named The Rack was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as of 3151 was located in the bandit kingdom known as the Rim Territories.[1]

System Description[edit]

The system named The Rack is located near the Luanda and Pain systems.[2][3]

System History[edit]

Originally named Port Vail, The Rack was either colonized by the Rim Worlds Republic during or shortly before the Age of War, or was an already-inhabited system that was incorporated into the Republic's Finmark Province during this period and which was considered significant enough to have its location recorded by Inner Sphere nations.[4][5][6]

Port Vail was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the Republic-Commonwealth War and vanished from maps during the Second Succession War, indicating that the system had been abandoned, depopulated, or simply rendered too insignificant to merit further recording.[7][8] Port Vail reappeared on maps as an independent system during the Clan Invasion era, with a new name - The Rack.[9][10][11]

Political Affiliation[edit]


The Rack[edit]

The Rack
Astrophysical
Also known asPort Vail

Planetary History[edit]

Planetary Rulers[edit]

Military Deployment[edit]

2765[edit]

Geography[edit]

Planetary Locations[edit]

Companies and Industries[edit]

Local Flora and Fauna[edit]

Image gallery[edit]

Notes[edit]

It was confirmed that Port Vail and The Rack were one and the same by the Catalyst Game Labs writing staff. (archived link) A transcript of the details is available on this article's Talk page.

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 20 systems (15 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Dijonne 22.7 Nyasa 26.6 Main Street 30.1 Delagoa 32.5
Luanda 32.7 Mogabouti 37.8 Finmark 38.4 Torgvei 38.7
Viluisk 44.7 Ubangi 45.0 Lushun 46.0 Elume 49.0
Engadine 52.1 Lywick 52.8 Swartklip 58.7 Sweet Water 64.2
Wypoute 65.3 Gabenstad 66.2 Lokoja 66.8 Canal 67.8

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shattered Fortress, p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth at their Founding - [2341] Map"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  6. 6.0 6.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  7. 7.0 7.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  8. 8.0 8.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"
  9. 9.0 9.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  10. 10.0 10.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  11. 11.0 11.1 Era Report: 3052, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  12. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158: "Inner Sphere Map - [2596] Map"
  13. Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  14. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  15. Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38: "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  16. Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  17. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  18. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  19. First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  20. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  21. First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  22. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  23. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  24. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  25. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  26. Era Report: 3052, p. 22: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  27. Era Report: 3062, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  28. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 110: "Rim Collection & Circinus Federation"
  29. Era Report: 3062, p. 28: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  30. Inner Sphere, p. 75: "Lyran Alliance Map"
  31. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  32. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  33. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  34. Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  35. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  36. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  37. Era Report: 3145, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  38. Era Report: 3145, p. 38: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  39. Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  40. Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 19: "Republican Guards - Divisional Status"

Bibliography[edit]