Editing Zertarum

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The '''Zertarum''' system was the location of at least one habitable world or construct and as at [[2571]] was located in the [[Apollo Province]] of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref>

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== System Description ==
The Zertarum system is located near [[Bensinger]] and [[Blackstone]].<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
== System Histroy ==
The Zertarum system was settled before or during the [[Age of War]] <ref name="HB:MPSp18"/><ref name="HB:HSp25"/> and vanished from maps during the [[3rd Succession War]].<ref name="HB:HSp40"/><ref name="HB:HSp47"/>

== Political Affiliation ==
* [[2571]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="HB:MPSp18"/><ref name="HB:HSp25"/>
* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[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>
* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[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="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Inhabited world <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[3025]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p"132>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040]"</ref>
* [[3050]] - No record <ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10, Inner Sphere [3050] Map</ref>
* [[3052]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:3062p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22, Inner Sphere [3052] Map</ref>
* [[3054]] - No record <ref name="ORp12">''Objective Raids'', p. 12, "Major Industrial Worlds of the Federated Commonwealth"</ref>
* [[3057]] - No record <ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
* [[3063]] - No record <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere (sourcebook)'', p. 75, "Lyran Alliance Map"</ref>
* [[3067]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Nao"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - No record <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - No record <ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Table - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - No record <ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - No record <ref name"FM:3085pvii"=>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3130]] - No record <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
* [[3135]] - No record <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[3145]] - No record <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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== Planetary History ==
=== Reunification War ===
When the Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarised around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130, "The Spark"</ref> 

The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132, "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by the [[4th Amaris Fusiliers]] in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133, "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"</ref>

In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134, "Arlina to Viborg (December 2584 - September 2588)"</ref>

[[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]] assigned a complete [[corps]] - [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]] - to the conquest of Zertarum. Although listed as a Corps, VIII Corps at the time consisted of only two [[division]]s, the [[31st Armor Division|Thirty-First Armor Division]] and the [[32nd Division (Star League)|Thirty-Second Division]], although this was enough military strength for the Star League to successfully take control of Zertarum in [[2592]].<ref name="H:RWp139">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 139, "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"</ref> VII Corps remained in place as the local garrison until the Thirty-First was redeployed for the invasion of [[Cryfder]] in [[2593]] and the Thirty-Second was redeployed for the invasion of [[Battaraigi]] a year later.<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>

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== Military Deployment ==
=== 2592-2594 ===
* [[SLDF]] [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
:* [[31st Armor Division|Thirty-First Armor Division]] (until 2593)
:* [[32nd Division (Star League)|Thirty-Second Division]]

=== 2765 ===
* [[7th Amaris Regulars|Seventh Amaris Regulars]] (shared with [[Iron Land]], [[Botany Bay]] and [[Koskenkorva]])<ref name=FR:2765Pp20>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 20, "Amaris Regulars - Divisional Status"</ref>
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== Nearby Systems ==
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! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
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| [[Bensinger]]
| 17.0
| [[Blackstone]]
| 17.7
| [[Here]]
| 21.2
| [[New Ålborg]]
| 26.4
|-
| [[Oberon VI]]
| 27.4
| [[Terra Prime]]
| 28.3
| [[Last Chance]]
| 29.5
| [[Lackhove]]
| 34.5
|-
| [[Butte Hold]]
| 34.7
| [[Toland]]
| 34.9
| [[Placida]]
| 35.4
| [[Sigurd]]
| 37.1
|-
| [[Cryfder]]
| 38.0
| [[Anywhere]]
| 38.8
| [[Somerset]]
| 41.9
| [[Gotterdammerung]]
| 44.3
|-
| [[Botany Bay]]
| 48.0
| [[Steelton]]
| 48.1
| [[Beowulf (planet)|Beowulf]]
| 48.4
| [[Wotan]]
| 52.2
|-
| [[Erewhon]]
| 52.3
| [[Crellacor]]
| 53.5
| [[Drask's Den]]
| 56.9
| [[Star's End]]
| 59.3
|-
| [[Treeline]]
| 59.8
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== References ==
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== 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: Lyran Commonwealth]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[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 Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''

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