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==System Description==
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'''Twycross''' is located near the [[Evciler]] and [[Denizli]] systems and is [[coreward]] from [[Terra]].  There are at least three planets plus recharge stations at the zenith and nadir [[Jump Point]]s as of 3079.<ref name=O:TCp5/>
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==System History==
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The Twycross system was settled at some time during the reign of the [[Star League]].<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2341]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
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* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</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]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<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]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] (From June)<ref name=JFS39>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 39: "Twycross"</ref>
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* 3050 - Federated Commonwealth (From September)<ref name=TBFT9>''The Battle for Twycross'', p. 9: "Counterstrike"</ref>
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* [[3051]] - [[Clan Steel Viper]] (From November)<ref name=IC88>''Invading Clans'', p. 88: "Twycross (FC)"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Clan Steel Viper<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Clan Steel Viper<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
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* [[3065]] - [[Clan Diamond Shark]]<ref name=ocp5>''Objectives: Clans'', p. 5: "Twycross"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="FR:Cp26">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 26: "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - August 3079"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<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]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref>
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* [[3152]] - [[Alyina Mercantile League]]<ref name=TRpm/>
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==Twycross III==
 
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| image = [[Image:Twycross_Neighbors.png|center|Planets within 2 jumps|thumb|225px]]
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| image               = Twycross Flag.png
| planetname = Twycross
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| name                = Twycross III
| startype = F0IV (171 hours)
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| othernames          = TodescWelt<ref name=FCCWp205>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 205: "Twycross" planet profile</ref>
| position = 3
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| position            = Third<ref name=HSp170/><ref name=MMp153/><ref name=O:TCp5/>
| time = 12 Days
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| distance            = 21.94 days<ref name=MMp153/><ref name=O:TCp5/>
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| moons              = 1 (Twycross III)<ref name=MMp153/><ref name=O:TCp5/>
| facility = B
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| gravity            = 1.0<ref name=MMp153/><ref name=O:TCp5/>
| lifeinfo = 40%, Mammals
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=MMp153/><ref name=O:TCp5/>
| capital = Camora
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| temperature        = 65°C (Desert)<ref name=MMp153/><ref name=O:TCp5/>
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| water              = 40%<ref name=MMp153/><ref name=O:TCp5/>
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| life                = Mammal,<ref name=MMp153/><ref name=O:TCp5/> 40%<ref name=HSp170/>
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| ruler              = [[Duke of Trell]]
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| capital             = Camora<ref name=O:TCp5/>
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| hpg                = B (3025),<ref name=HSp170/><br>A (Clan, 3076)<ref name=MMp153/><ref name=O:TCp5/>
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| hpgrep              = [[Precentor]] [[Briaz Culvertino]] (3025)<ref name=HSp170/>
 
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''(References to [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Twycross | Twycross]])''<br>
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'''Twycross III''' is a weather-wild desert planet that orbits a large and hot sun, where cataclysmic events and powerful wind storms are common, and its people are used to this. Due to these storms and events the population placed their cities and towns underground or made surface structures squat and flat. Twycross has a massive and continuous storm known as the [[Diabolis]], which spawns never-ending destructive weather.<ref name=HSp170/><ref name=ocp5/>
''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
 
  
'''X''': -109.28
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===Planetary History===
'''Y''': 368.33
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====Star League====
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Twycross was settled during the height of the [[Star League era]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
  
== Planetary Data<ref name=MM153>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 153 - "Clan Diamond Shark Key Worlds"</ref> ==
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During the last years of the [[Star League]], Twycross supported a garrison of [[Star League Defense Force]]s.<ref name=FMSLDFp255>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 255: "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Command Map"</ref>
* Time to Jump Point: 21.94 days
 
* Number of Satellites: 1 (Twycross III)
 
* Surface Gravity: 1.0
 
* Atmosphere Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
 
* Equatorial Temperature: 65ºC (Desert)
 
* Surface Water Coverage: 40% percent
 
  
== Planetary Description ==
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====Late Succession Wars====
'''Twyrcross''' is a weather-wild desert planet that orbits large and hot sun. Where cataclysm events to powerful wind storms are common and its people whom settled are used to it. This lead to population placing their cities and town undergound or making surface structures squat and fat.<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'' p. 172 - World Atlas - Twycross - Planetary description and thumbnail of life on planet.</ref> The planet a massive and continus storm known as the Diabolis, which spawns never ending destructive weather.
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By [[3025]], Twycross had become part of the Lyran Commonwealth's [[Tamar Pact]], but it had a low population and was the most undeveloped world within the province. Due to the nature of the planet, its government had become politically sly and subtle in how it conducted business. The justice inflicted on its people was rough even for a world living on the edge of civilization.<ref name=HSp170/>
  
In out part of the Twycross solar system, lies world known as Jonah’s Reach. This unihabitable world became systems became major source of [[HarJel]] when Clan Diamond Shark acquired the system.<ref>''Masters & Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'' p. 153 - Planet description.</ref>
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====Operation REVIVAL====
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=====First Battle of Twycross=====
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In June of [[3050]], Clan Jade Falcon invaded Twycross as a part of the [[Clan Invasion]]'s Second Wave of attacks. The planet's defenders, the [[Twycross TMM]], faced off against the [[Jade Falcon Guards (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Guards]]. The militia unit put up a fanatical struggle against the Clan invaders but after three weeks of fighting, the survivors of the Twycross TMM withdrew from the planet. However, though losing the planet, they brought intelligence that aided the [[FedCom]] High Command in developing a strategy to overcome the [[Clans]].<ref name=JFS39/> It was here the [[First Somerset Strikers]] stole equipment from Jade Falcon to help close the Inner Sphere's technological disadvantage from the Clans.
  
== Notable Planetary Locations ==
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=====Second Battle of Twycross=====
*Camora - capital of Twycross.
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{{main|Battle of Twycross (3050)}}
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In September 3050, during the Fourth Wave of the invasion, a FedCom Task Force of several frontline combat units was deployed to Twycross. The task force consisted of [[Tenth Lyran Guards]], [[Ninth FedCom RCT|Ninth FedCom]] [[RCT]], and first two [[battalion]]s of the [[Kell Hounds]]. The Jade Falcon defenders only consisted of the Jade Falcon Guards and elements of the [[Jade Falcon Eyrie (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Eyrie]], which engaged the FedCom forces on the Plain of Curtains and in the Great Gash canyon region. The battle turned in favor of the FedCom forces when Clan forces were lured into the Gash where [[Kai Allard-Liao]] detonated powerful explosives planted in the walls of the Gash, resulting in the Jade Falcon Guards' destruction through being buried under tons of rock and rubble. The destruction and defeat of the Guards triggered the resignation of the Falcon's [[Khan]], [[Timur Malthus]].<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', pp. 28, 42: "Fourth Wave: The Falcon Falter" - History and background of fight for FedCom counterassault on Twycross</ref>
  
*Great Gash - Series of deep canyons which was became major site between Clans and Inner Sphere forces in 31st Century.  
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=====Third Battle of Twycross=====
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Control of the planet was short-lived, as in November 3051, Gamma Galaxy of the Steel Vipers used the Diabolis Sandstorms against the defending Tenth Lyran and Ninth Federated Commonwealth RCTs. The 423rd and 428th Assault Clusters met the Tenth Lyran on the Plain of Curtains while the Ninety-fourth Battle Cluster drove the Ninth FC from their defensive positions in Schreuder Heights back to the spaceport at Camora. A few hours later, the FedCom forces lifted off planet.
  
*Plain of Curtains
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====Refusal War====
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In November [[3057]], [[Clan Wolf]]'s Khan [[Natasha Kerensky]] led Clan Wolf forces to Twycross where they battled with the Falcon Guard as part of a massive [[Refusal War|Trial of Refusal]]. In the ensuing Combat Trial, Khan Kerensky initiated personal ''[[zellbrigen]]'' with Falcon Guard MechWarrior [[Joanna]]; the two battled in the Great Gash canyon, where the battle for Twycross was won for the Falcons when Joanna felled Kerensky in a last-ditch act of defiance.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 84: "Twycross and Wotan" - Bit piece of Outcome of Trial of Refusal on Twycross</ref><ref name=MMp153/>
  
=== Minor Cities and Locations on Twycross ===
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====Falcon Incursion and Diamond Shark Conquest====
*Hawkroost - Settlement
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In [[3064]], the Jade Falcon [[Occupation Zone]] became the target of [[Operation AUDACITY]], the [[Lyran Alliance]] [[Operation Audacity|counteroffensive]] against the [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3064)|Jade Falcon Incursion]]. In Late October to early November, a Lyran Alliance task force led by [[General]] [[Archer Christifori]] challenged the garrison commander, [[Star Colonel]] [[Ravill Pryde]], to a [[Trial of Possession]] for control of Twycross. On the 24th of November [[Archer's Avengers]] were in the process of landing when Ravill Pryde's ''[[Timber Wolf]]'' fired on the incoming DropShips. Seen as a breach of ''zellbrigen'', the Avengers attacked the Jade Falcon Guards with full force, winning the ensuing battle. Captured and briefly made a [[bondsman]], [[Diana Pryde]] was used to relay a message to Khan [[Marthe Pryde]] to end her conflict in Lyran space.<ref>''Operation Audacity'', p. ??: Twycross is invaded by Archer Christifori during Falcon Incursion of 3064 and used to catch attention of the Falcons.{{cn}}</ref>
  
*Auburn Depot
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The Avengers detached their [[Combat Vehicle|armor assets]] and other miscellaneous forces to garrison Twycross, while the Falcons resolved to never return to Twycross. However, in April [[3065]], [[Clan Diamond Shark]] issued a ''[[batchall]]'' for control of the planet. After five days of fighting the garrison force was dispatched and Twycross became a possession of Clan Diamond Shark. The Sharks had originally wanted the planet for its disabled [[BattleMech]] factory, but later scouts from the Clan discovered that a nearby orbiting planetoid in the system - Jonah's Reach - possessed a large deposit of HarJel.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 120: "Falcon Incursion" - Events of the Lyran Alliance invasion of Falcon's OZ leads them to Twycross and its falling to the Diamond Sharks</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 58: "Diamond Sharks" - Debt Consolidation - Reaffirming planet takeover and what happened to the Avengers on planet</ref><ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 19</ref>
  
*Camora Space Port
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By [[3077]], Twycross's old [[Trellshire Heavy Industries]] facility had been restored and reconfigured to produce Diamond Shark designs for sale and Twycross had become the most prized Diamond Shark possession in the Inner Sphere. The Clan's flagship, the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship [[Terror of the Deep|DCS ''Terror of the Deep'']], and a [[Galaxy]] of troops had been assigned permanently to defend Twycross and the [[HarJel]] mining complex on Jonah's Reach.<ref name=MMp153/>
=== History ===
 
====Early Times====
 
Twycross was settled during the high of the [[Star League era]].
 
  
===Late Succession Wars===
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During the [[Bloody Tricentennial]] attacks, the Trellshire Heavy Industries plant was destroyed in a nuclear explosion intended to both destroy the factory and the garrisoning Diamond Shark forces from [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Diamond Shark)|Gamma Galaxy]], who had been lured to the plant by a series of earlier explosions.<ref name="FM:3085p115">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 115: "Gamma Galaxy"</ref> The plant was initially described as having been heavily damaged.<ref name="J:FRp113">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 113: "Clan Industry"</ref>
By [[3025]], Twycross had become part of the [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran Commonwealth's]] [[Tamar Pact]], it had by that time period a low population and it was most undeveloped world of that province. Due to nature of the planet, its government had politically sly and sutled in how it done business. While justice inflicted on its people rough for world living on edge civilization.<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'' p. 172 - World Atlas - Twycross - Snapshot of planet's people and government in 3025.</ref>  
 
  
===Clan Invasion===
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====Dark Age Era====
====Twycross Invasion of Clan Jade Falcon====
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Twycross' [[HPG]] was one of those few surviving to the [[Blackout]] and had a constant, though limited, Jade Falcon presence that was probably due to that.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 75</ref>
In June of [[3050]], [[Clan Jade Falcon]] invaded Twycross [[Clan Invasion|Clans Invasion's]] Second Wave. The planet's defenders', the [[Twycross TMM]], faced off against the [[Jade Falcon Guards (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Guards]].  The militia unit put up a fanatical struggle against the Clan invaders.  After three weeks of fighting, survivors of the Twycross TMM withdrew from the planet. However, though losing the planet, they brought intelligence that aid the [[FedCom]] High Command to develop a strategy in over come the [[Clans]].<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'' p. 39 - Second Wave - Twycross - Invasion of Twycross, and its impact on the war.</ref>
 
  
====Second Battle of Twycross====
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====ilClan Era====
During the Fourth Wave of the conflict, in September a FedCom Task Forces frontline combat units were deloyed, Twycross.  The task force consisted of [[10th Lyran Guards]], [[9th FedCom RCT|9th FedCom]] [[RCT]], and first two battalions of the [[Kell Hounds]]. Jade Falcons defenders only consisted of Jade Falcon Guards and elements of the [[Jade Falcon Eyrie (Clan Jade Falcon)|Jade Falcon Eyrie]], which engaged FedCom forces in Plain of Curtains and Great Gash canyon region.  Battle turned in favor of the FedCom forces, when Clan forces were lured into the Gash where [[Kai Allard-Liao]] detonated planted powerful explosives in the walls of the Gash.  Resulting in Jade Falcon Guards destruction by being buried under rock and rubble. The destruction & defeat of the Guards triggered resignation of then Falcon's [[Khan]] [[Timus Malthus]].<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'' pp. 28, 42 - Fourth Wave: The Falcon Falter - History and background of fight for FedCom counterassault on Twycross.</ref>
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After Falcon Khan [[Malvina Hazen]] took all the Falcon assets to participate in the [[Battle of Terra (3151)|Battle of Terra]], chaos erupted in the Falcon Occupation Zone, which become [[the Hinterlands]]. The Falcon Merchant Factor, [[Marena]], founded a new mercantile state, the [[Alyina Mercantile League]], and Twycross became its second planet after [[Alyina]]. The local Merchant Factor, [[Geran (Clan Jade Falcon)|Geran]], who had assumed control of all Jade Falcon enclaves on the planet, swiftly agreed to administer the planet in her name. Marena also quickly reached an agreement with the Sea Foxes about the system.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 75</ref>
  
Despite winning control of the planet, FedCom forces abandoned it to the Falcons.
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===Military Deployment===
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====2764====
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* [[Eleventh Royal BattleMech Division]]<ref name=FMSLDFp255 />
  
===Refusal War===
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====3050====
In November [[3057]], [[Clan Wolf]]'s Khan [[Natasha Kerensky]] lead Clan Wolf forces Twycross where they did battle with Falcon Guard as part of massive [[Refusal War|Trial of Refusal]].  In the insuing Combat Trial, Khan Kerensky initiated personal [[Zellbrigen]] with Falcon Guard Mechwarrior, [[Joanna]].  Where two battled in Great Gash, which battle for Twycross was won for Falcon's when Joanna fell Kerensky in last ditch act of defiance.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'' p. 84 - Twycross and Wotan - Bit piece of Outcome of Trial of Refusal on Twycross.</ref><ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'' p. 153 - Twycross profile - includes events of [[Refusal War]].</ref>
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* [[Twycross Tamar March Militia]]<ref name=TBoT07>''The Battle of Twycross, p. 7</ref>
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* [[Twycross Planetary Guards]]<ref name=TBFT44>''The Battle for Twycross'', p. 44: "Kick The Can"</ref>
  
===Falcon Incursion and Diamond Shark Conquest===
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====3051====
In [[3064]], Falcon's [[Occupation Zone]] became target of the [[Lyran Alliance]] [[Operation Audacity|counter-offensive]] against [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3064)|Jade Falcon Incursion]]. In Late October to early November, Lyran Alliance task force lead by [[General]] [[Archer Christifori]].  He callenged garrison commander, [[Star Colonel]] [[Ravill Pryde]] to a [[Trial of Possession]] for control of Twycross. On 24th of November, the [[Archer's Avengers]] were in process of landing, when Ravill Pryde's ''[[Timber Wolf]]'' fired on incoming Dropships. Seen bretch of [[Zellbrigen]], Avengers attacked Jade Falcon Guards with full force, winning the insuing battle. Captured and made briefly [[Bondsman]], Diana Pryde, was used to relay a message to Khan Martha Pryde to end her conflict in the Lyran space.<ref>''Operation Audacity'' - Twycross is invaded by Archer Christifori during Falcon Incursion of 3064 and used to catch attention of the Falcons.</ref>
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* [[Tenth Lyran Guards]] [[RCT]] (until November 3051)
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* [[Ninth FedCom RCT]] (until November 3051)
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* [[423rd Assault (Clan Steel Viper)]]<ref name=OR114>''Objective Raids'', p. 114: "Unit Note"</ref><ref name=FMWC165>''Field Manual: Warden Clans''</ref>
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* [[Fifty-seventh Striker (Clan Steel Viper)]]<ref name=OR114/><ref name=FMWC165/>
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* [[Ninety-fourth Battle (Clan Steel Viper)]]<ref name=OR30>''Objective Raids'', p. 30</ref>
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* Fifty-seventh Striker Cluster<ref name=OR30/>
  
The Avengers detached their [[Combat Vehicle|Armor assets]] and other miselous force to the garrison the planet. While Falcon's had issued their noticed, that they resolve never return to Twycross ever again. However, in April [[3065]], Clan Diamond Sharks issued a [[Batchall|batchcall]] for control of the planet.  After five days of fighting, garrison force was dispatched and planet became possession of Clan Diamond Shark.  The Sharks had wanted the planet for its disabled BattleMech Factory.  Later, scouts from the Clan discover a near by orbiting world in system possession large deposit of HarJel.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'' p. 120 - Falcon Incursion - Events of the Lyran Alliance invasion of Falcon's OZ leads them to Twycross and its falling to the Diamond Sharks.</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Update'' p. 58 - Diamond Sharks - Debt Consoldidation - Refirming planet takecover and what happened to the Avengers on planet.</ref>
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====3061====
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* [[428th Assault (Clan Steel Viper)]]<ref name=FMWC165/>
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* [[57th Striker (Clan Steel Viper)]]<ref name=FMWC165/>
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====3079====
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* [[Eighth Assault (Clan Diamond Shark)]]<ref name=O:TCp5/><ref name=FRC8>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 8: "Clan Diamond Shark Deployment Status"</ref>
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* [[Twenty-first Strike (Clan Diamond Shark)]]<ref name=O:TCp5/><ref name=FRC8/>
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* [[Twenty-eighth Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)]]<ref name=O:TCp5/><ref name=FRC8/>
  
===Jihad Era===
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====3085====
By [[3077]], Twycross's old Trellshire Heavy Industries had been restored and re-configured to produce Diamond Shark designs for sale.  Twycross had become Clan Diamond Shark's most prized possession in the Inner Sphere.  The Clan's flagship, ''[[Nightlord#Named_Vessels|Terror of the Deep]]'' and [[Galaxy]] worth of troops had been assign permenantly to defend Twycross and HarJel mining complex on Jonah’s Reach.<ref>''Masters & Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'' p. 153 - Twycross profile from Masters & Minions which includes some info not mentioned in older sources.</ref>
+
* [[Diamond Skate (Clan Diamond Shark)]]<ref name=FM:3085p124>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 124: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
 +
* [[Twenty-first Combined Assault (Clan Diamond Shark)]]<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
 +
* [[Twenty-seventh Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)]]<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
 +
* [[Eighty-third Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)]]<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
 +
{{columns-end}}
  
==Era Specific Data==
+
===Geography===
===3025<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 172 - "Planet Guide"</ref>===
+
Twycross has three continents named Twycross North, Twycross South, and Big Island.<ref name=O:TCp5/>
* Recharging Station: Zenith & Nadir
 
* Noble Ruler: Yvonne Killa, Duchess of Trell
 
* Political Leader: Kirk Jalson, Speaker of the Assembly
 
* [[HPG]] Class: B (ComStar)
 
* [[ComStar]] Representative: [[Precentor]] Briaz Culvertino
 
  
===3076<ref name=MM153/>===
+
===Planetary Locations===
* [[HPG]] Class: A (Clan)
+
* Auburn Depot: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
* Population: 1,237,735,000
+
* Camora: capital of Twycross, located on the continent of Twycross South<ref name=O:TCp5/>
* Tech Level [[USIIR]]: B-B-C-C-D
+
:* Camora Space Port: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
 +
* Carswell Barrens: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
 +
* Doom Valley: the subterranean location of Trellshire Heavy Industries, on Big Island<ref name=O:TCp5/>
 +
* Great Gash: series of deep canyons which became the site of major battles in the [[thirty-first century]]{{cn}}
 +
* Hawkroost: settlement and site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
 +
* Plain of Curtains: a sandy, windswept desert plain and home to the massive Diabolis sandstorm and site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
  
==Stationed Military==
+
===Companies and Industries===
===3054<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 114 - "Unit Note"</ref>===
+
* [[DS Aero Assembly Site Rho]]<ref name=O:TCp5/>
* [[423rd Assault (Clan Steel Viper)]], [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)]]
+
* [[Trellshire Heavy Industries]]<ref name=O:TCp5/>
* [[57th Striker (Clan Steel Viper)]], Gamma Galaxy, (Clan Steel Viper)
 
  
== Manufacturing Centers ==
+
-------------------------------------
* [[Trellshire Heavy Industries]]
+
==Twycross VIII (Jonah's Reach)==
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In the outer reaches of the Twycross system lies the world known as '''Jonah's Reach'''. This uninhabitable planet became the Inner Sphere's major source of [[HarJel]] when Clan Diamond Shark acquired the system.<ref name=MMp153/><ref name=O:TCp5/>
  
== Owner History ==
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==Map Gallery==
* 2750 - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
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<div class="system-map-gallery"></div>
* 3025 - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
* 3030 - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
 
* 3040 - [[Federated Commonwealth]]
 
* 3052 - [[Clan Steel Viper]]
 
* 3057 - [[Clan Steel Viper]]
 
* 3062 - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
 
* 3065 - [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
 
* 3067 - [[Clan Diamond Shark]]
 
  
== Nearby Planets ==
+
==Nearby Systems==
Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years).  Closest planets first:
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{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
! Planet
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! colspan="8" | Closest 36 systems (34 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
! Distance (LY)
 
! Jumps
 
! 2750
 
! 3025
 
! 3030
 
! 3040
 
! 3052
 
! 3057
 
! 3062
 
! 3067
 
|-
 
| [[Evciler]]
 
| 15.87
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Denizli]]
 
| 18.63
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Butler]]
 
| 20.65
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Trell I]]
 
| 22.61
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Steel Viper | CSV]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Romulus]]
 
| 23.60
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Waldorff]]
 
| 24.62
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Steel Viper | CSV]]
 
| [[Clan Steel Viper | CSV]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Apolakkia]]
 
| 26.35
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Seiduts]]
 
| 26.86
 
| 1
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Maxie's Planet]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Evciler]]
| 27.26
+
| class="lessthan30" | 15.7
| 1
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Denizli]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 18.5
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Butler]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 20.5
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Trell]]
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 22.4
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Devin]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Romulus]]
| 31.69
+
| class="lessthan30" | 23.4
| 2
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Waldorff]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 24.4
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Apolakkia]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 26.1
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Seiduts]]
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 26.7
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Alyina]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Maxie's Planet]]
| 36.39
+
| class="lessthan30" | 27.0
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Devin]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 31.4
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alyina]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 36.0
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Leskovik]]
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
+
| class="over30" | 36.7
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Leskovik]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Derf]]
| 37.05
+
| class="over30" | 37.0
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Vantaa]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 38.3
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Malibu]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 39.1
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Winfield (LC)|Treeline]]
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
+
| class="over30" | 40.2
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Derf]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Persistence]]
| 37.36
+
| class="over30" | 41.1
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Baker 3]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 41.3
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Chateau]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 44.4
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Zoetermeer]]
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
+
| class="over30" | 46.0
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Vantaa]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Csesztreg]]
| 38.58
+
| class="over30" | 47.0
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Harvest]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 47.4
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Goat Path]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 47.4
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Blackjack (system)|Blackjack]]
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
+
| class="over30" | 48.6
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Malibu]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Parakoila]]
| 39.41
+
| class="over30" | 48.7
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Kreller]]
| [[Rim Worlds Republic | RWR]]
+
| class="over30" | 50.1
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Beta]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 50.2
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Svarstaad]]
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
+
| class="over30" | 53.4
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Winfield]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Icar]]
| 40.52
+
| class="over30" | 54.5
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Planting]]
| [[Rim Worlds Republic | RWR]]
+
| class="over30" | 54.6
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Wotan]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over30" | 54.8
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Almotacen|Stonarboi]]
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
+
| class="over30" | 56.3
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Persistence]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Steelton]]
| 41.48
+
| class="over30" | 57.1
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Dell]]
| [[Rim Worlds Republic | RWR]]
+
| class="over30" | 58.3
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over60" | [[Kooken's Pleasure_Pit|Kookens Pleasure Pit]]
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
+
| class="over60" | 60.1
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over60" | [[Vulcan (system)|Vulcan]]
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
+
| class="over60" | 61.1
| [[Clan Steel Viper | CSV]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Baker 3]]
 
| 41.69
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Chateau]]
 
| 44.82
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
|-
 
| [[Zoetermeer]]
 
| 46.43
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
|-
 
| [[Csesztreg]]
 
| 47.36
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic | FRR]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
|-
 
| [[Harvest]]
 
| 47.78
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Draconis Combine | DC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Free Rasalhague Republic | FRR]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
|-
 
| [[Goat Path]]
 
| 47.89
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Steel Viper | CSV]]
 
| [[Clan Steel Viper | CSV]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Blackjack]]
 
| 49.04
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Steel Viper | CSV]]
 
| [[Clan Steel Viper | CSV]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Lyran Alliance | LA]]
 
|-
 
| [[Parakoila]]
 
| 49.20
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Steel Viper | CSV]]
 
| [[Clan Steel Viper | CSV]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Beta VII]]
 
| 50.74
 
| 2
 
| [[Rim Worlds Republic | RWR]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Svarstaad]]
 
| 53.88
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
|-
 
| [[Icar]]
 
| 55.02
 
| 2
 
| [[Rim Worlds Republic | RWR]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
|-
 
| [[Planting]]
 
| 55.03
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
|-
 
| [[Wotan]]
 
| 55.32
 
| 2
 
| [[Rim Worlds Republic | RWR]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Steelton]]
 
| 57.66
 
| 2
 
| [[Rim Worlds Republic | RWR]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
| [[Clan Jade Falcon | CJF]]
 
|-
 
| [[Dell]]
 
| 58.82
 
| 2
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Lyran Commonwealth | LC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
| [[Clan Wolf | CW]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
==Notes==
 
Trellshire was listed as the capital of Twycross in original 3025 House Steiner sourcebook.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
 +
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[Field Manual: Update]]''
+
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]''
+
* ''[[The Battle for Twycross]]''
*''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
+
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
*''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
+
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
*''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
+
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
*''[[Objective Raids]]''
+
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
*''[[Operation Audacity]]''
+
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]''
*''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
+
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 +
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 +
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 +
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 +
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 +
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 +
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 +
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
 +
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
 +
* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
 +
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 +
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 +
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
 +
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 +
* ''[[Objectives: Clans]]''
 +
* ''[[Operation Audacity]]''
 +
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 +
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
 +
* ''[[Tamar Rising]]''
 +
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
 +
{{div col end}}
  
[[Category:Planets|{{PAGENAME}}]]
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[[Category:Systems|Twycross]]
 +
[[Category: Clan Diamond Shark Systems]]
 +
[[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Systems]]
 +
[[Category: Clan Sea Fox Systems]]
 +
[[Category: Clan Steel Viper Systems]]
 +
[[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]]
 +
[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]]

Latest revision as of 11:05, 23 April 2024

This article is about the planet. For the scenario pack, see The Battle for Twycross.
Twycross
Twycross 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-108.349 : 365.246[e]
Spectral classF0IV[1][2][3]
Recharge time171 hours[2][3][4]
Recharge station(s)Zenith, Nadir[1][2][3]

System Description[edit]

Twycross is located near the Evciler and Denizli systems and is coreward from Terra. There are at least three planets plus recharge stations at the zenith and nadir Jump Points as of 3079.[3]

System History[edit]

The Twycross system was settled at some time during the reign of the Star League.[5]

Political Affiliation[edit]


Twycross III[edit]

Twycross III
Twycross Flag.png
Astrophysical
Also known asTodescWelt[37]
System positionThird[1][2][3]
Jump Point distance21.94 days[2][3]
Moons1 (Twycross III)[2][3]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.0[2][3]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[2][3]
Equatorial temperature65°C (Desert)[2][3]
Surface water40%[2][3]
Highest native lifeMammal,[2][3] 40%[1]
Landmasses3 (Twycross North, Twycross South, Big Island)[3]
History and Culture
Population1,237,735,000 (3067–3079)[37][2][3]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Trell
CapitalCamora[3]
HPG ClassB (3025),[1]
A (Clan, 3076)[2][3]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Briaz Culvertino (3025)[1]

Twycross III is a weather-wild desert planet that orbits a large and hot sun, where cataclysmic events and powerful wind storms are common, and its people are used to this. Due to these storms and events the population placed their cities and towns underground or made surface structures squat and flat. Twycross has a massive and continuous storm known as the Diabolis, which spawns never-ending destructive weather.[1][28]

Planetary History[edit]

Star League[edit]

Twycross was settled during the height of the Star League era.[8][5]

During the last years of the Star League, Twycross supported a garrison of Star League Defense Forces.[38]

Late Succession Wars[edit]

By 3025, Twycross had become part of the Lyran Commonwealth's Tamar Pact, but it had a low population and was the most undeveloped world within the province. Due to the nature of the planet, its government had become politically sly and subtle in how it conducted business. The justice inflicted on its people was rough even for a world living on the edge of civilization.[1]

Operation REVIVAL[edit]

First Battle of Twycross[edit]

In June of 3050, Clan Jade Falcon invaded Twycross as a part of the Clan Invasion's Second Wave of attacks. The planet's defenders, the Twycross TMM, faced off against the Jade Falcon Guards. The militia unit put up a fanatical struggle against the Clan invaders but after three weeks of fighting, the survivors of the Twycross TMM withdrew from the planet. However, though losing the planet, they brought intelligence that aided the FedCom High Command in developing a strategy to overcome the Clans.[22] It was here the First Somerset Strikers stole equipment from Jade Falcon to help close the Inner Sphere's technological disadvantage from the Clans.

Second Battle of Twycross[edit]

In September 3050, during the Fourth Wave of the invasion, a FedCom Task Force of several frontline combat units was deployed to Twycross. The task force consisted of Tenth Lyran Guards, Ninth FedCom RCT, and first two battalions of the Kell Hounds. The Jade Falcon defenders only consisted of the Jade Falcon Guards and elements of the Jade Falcon Eyrie, which engaged the FedCom forces on the Plain of Curtains and in the Great Gash canyon region. The battle turned in favor of the FedCom forces when Clan forces were lured into the Gash where Kai Allard-Liao detonated powerful explosives planted in the walls of the Gash, resulting in the Jade Falcon Guards' destruction through being buried under tons of rock and rubble. The destruction and defeat of the Guards triggered the resignation of the Falcon's Khan, Timur Malthus.[39]

Third Battle of Twycross[edit]

Control of the planet was short-lived, as in November 3051, Gamma Galaxy of the Steel Vipers used the Diabolis Sandstorms against the defending Tenth Lyran and Ninth Federated Commonwealth RCTs. The 423rd and 428th Assault Clusters met the Tenth Lyran on the Plain of Curtains while the Ninety-fourth Battle Cluster drove the Ninth FC from their defensive positions in Schreuder Heights back to the spaceport at Camora. A few hours later, the FedCom forces lifted off planet.

Refusal War[edit]

In November 3057, Clan Wolf's Khan Natasha Kerensky led Clan Wolf forces to Twycross where they battled with the Falcon Guard as part of a massive Trial of Refusal. In the ensuing Combat Trial, Khan Kerensky initiated personal zellbrigen with Falcon Guard MechWarrior Joanna; the two battled in the Great Gash canyon, where the battle for Twycross was won for the Falcons when Joanna felled Kerensky in a last-ditch act of defiance.[40][2]

Falcon Incursion and Diamond Shark Conquest[edit]

In 3064, the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone became the target of Operation AUDACITY, the Lyran Alliance counteroffensive against the Jade Falcon Incursion. In Late October to early November, a Lyran Alliance task force led by General Archer Christifori challenged the garrison commander, Star Colonel Ravill Pryde, to a Trial of Possession for control of Twycross. On the 24th of November Archer's Avengers were in the process of landing when Ravill Pryde's Timber Wolf fired on the incoming DropShips. Seen as a breach of zellbrigen, the Avengers attacked the Jade Falcon Guards with full force, winning the ensuing battle. Captured and briefly made a bondsman, Diana Pryde was used to relay a message to Khan Marthe Pryde to end her conflict in Lyran space.[41]

The Avengers detached their armor assets and other miscellaneous forces to garrison Twycross, while the Falcons resolved to never return to Twycross. However, in April 3065, Clan Diamond Shark issued a batchall for control of the planet. After five days of fighting the garrison force was dispatched and Twycross became a possession of Clan Diamond Shark. The Sharks had originally wanted the planet for its disabled BattleMech factory, but later scouts from the Clan discovered that a nearby orbiting planetoid in the system - Jonah's Reach - possessed a large deposit of HarJel.[42][43][44]

Jihad Era[edit]

By 3077, Twycross's old Trellshire Heavy Industries facility had been restored and reconfigured to produce Diamond Shark designs for sale and Twycross had become the most prized Diamond Shark possession in the Inner Sphere. The Clan's flagship, the Nightlord-class battleship DCS Terror of the Deep, and a Galaxy of troops had been assigned permanently to defend Twycross and the HarJel mining complex on Jonah's Reach.[2]

During the Bloody Tricentennial attacks, the Trellshire Heavy Industries plant was destroyed in a nuclear explosion intended to both destroy the factory and the garrisoning Diamond Shark forces from Gamma Galaxy, who had been lured to the plant by a series of earlier explosions.[45] The plant was initially described as having been heavily damaged.[46]

Dark Age Era[edit]

Twycross' HPG was one of those few surviving to the Blackout and had a constant, though limited, Jade Falcon presence that was probably due to that.[47]

ilClan Era[edit]

After Falcon Khan Malvina Hazen took all the Falcon assets to participate in the Battle of Terra, chaos erupted in the Falcon Occupation Zone, which become the Hinterlands. The Falcon Merchant Factor, Marena, founded a new mercantile state, the Alyina Mercantile League, and Twycross became its second planet after Alyina. The local Merchant Factor, Geran, who had assumed control of all Jade Falcon enclaves on the planet, swiftly agreed to administer the planet in her name. Marena also quickly reached an agreement with the Sea Foxes about the system.[48]

Military Deployment[edit]

Geography[edit]

Twycross has three continents named Twycross North, Twycross South, and Big Island.[3]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Auburn Depot: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL[22]
  • Camora: capital of Twycross, located on the continent of Twycross South[3]
  • Camora Space Port: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL[22]
  • Carswell Barrens: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL[22]
  • Doom Valley: the subterranean location of Trellshire Heavy Industries, on Big Island[3]
  • Great Gash: series of deep canyons which became the site of major battles in the thirty-first century[citation needed]
  • Hawkroost: settlement and site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL[22]
  • Plain of Curtains: a sandy, windswept desert plain and home to the massive Diabolis sandstorm and site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL[22]

Companies and Industries[edit]


Twycross VIII (Jonah's Reach)[edit]

Jonah's Reach
Astrophysical
Also known asTwycross VIII
System positionEighth[3]

In the outer reaches of the Twycross system lies the world known as Jonah's Reach. This uninhabitable planet became the Inner Sphere's major source of HarJel when Clan Diamond Shark acquired the system.[2][3]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 36 systems (34 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Evciler 15.7 Denizli 18.5 Butler 20.5 Trell 22.4
Romulus 23.4 Waldorff 24.4 Apolakkia 26.1 Seiduts 26.7
Maxie's Planet 27.0 Devin 31.4 Alyina 36.0 Leskovik 36.7
Derf 37.0 Vantaa 38.3 Malibu 39.1 Treeline 40.2
Persistence 41.1 Baker 3 41.3 Chateau 44.4 Zoetermeer 46.0
Csesztreg 47.0 Harvest 47.4 Goat Path 47.4 Blackjack 48.6
Parakoila 48.7 Kreller 50.1 Beta 50.2 Svarstaad 53.4
Icar 54.5 Planting 54.6 Wotan 54.8 Stonarboi 56.3
Steelton 57.1 Dell 58.3 Kookens Pleasure Pit 60.1 Vulcan 61.1

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 170: "Twycross" planet profile
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 153: "Clan Diamond Shark Key Worlds - Twycross"
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 Objectives: The Clans, pp. 5–6: "Twycross"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Tamar Rising, poster map
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  6. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"
  7. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  8. 8.0 8.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  9. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the fall of the Star League [2750]"
  10. Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  11. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  12. First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  13. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  14. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  15. First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  16. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  17. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  18. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  19. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  20. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  21. Historical: War of 3039, p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 39: "Twycross"
  23. The Battle for Twycross, p. 9: "Counterstrike"
  24. Invading Clans, p. 88: "Twycross (FC)"
  25. Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  26. Era Report: 3062, p. 10: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  27. Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  28. 28.0 28.1 Objectives: Clans, p. 5: "Twycross"
  29. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  30. Field Report: Clans, p. 26: "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - August 3079"
  31. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  32. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  33. Era Report: 3145, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  34. Era Report: 3145, p. 38: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  35. Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  36. Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"
  37. 37.0 37.1 FedCom Civil War, p. 205: "Twycross" planet profile
  38. 38.0 38.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 255: "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Command Map"
  39. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, pp. 28, 42: "Fourth Wave: The Falcon Falter" - History and background of fight for FedCom counterassault on Twycross
  40. Shattered Sphere, p. 84: "Twycross and Wotan" - Bit piece of Outcome of Trial of Refusal on Twycross
  41. Operation Audacity, p. ??: Twycross is invaded by Archer Christifori during Falcon Incursion of 3064 and used to catch attention of the Falcons.[citation needed]
  42. FedCom Civil War, p. 120: "Falcon Incursion" - Events of the Lyran Alliance invasion of Falcon's OZ leads them to Twycross and its falling to the Diamond Sharks
  43. Field Manual: Updates, p. 58: "Diamond Sharks" - Debt Consolidation - Reaffirming planet takeover and what happened to the Avengers on planet
  44. The Wars of Reaving, p. 19
  45. Field Manual: 3085, p. 115: "Gamma Galaxy"
  46. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 113: "Clan Industry"
  47. Tamar Rising, p. 75
  48. Tamar Rising, p. 75
  49. The Battle of Twycross, p. 7
  50. The Battle for Twycross, p. 44: "Kick The Can"
  51. 51.0 51.1 Objective Raids, p. 114: "Unit Note"
  52. 52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3 Field Manual: Warden Clans
  53. 53.0 53.1 Objective Raids, p. 30
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  55. 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 Field Manual: 3085, p. 124: "Deployment Table - 3085"

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