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== Political Affiliation == | == Political Affiliation == | ||
* [[2202]] - [[Terran Alliance]] <ref name="HL(TCC)p8">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 8, "New Beginnings"</ref> | * [[2202]] - [[Terran Alliance]] <ref name="HL(TCC)p8">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 8, "New Beginnings"</ref> | ||
− | * [[2271]] - Independent World within the [[Capellan Zone]] <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding | + | * [[2271]] - Independent World within the [[Capellan Zone]] <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"</ref> |
* Ca. [[2280]]-[[2299]] - [[Capellan Hegemony]] <ref name="HL(TCC)p14">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 14, "Seeds of Destruction"</ref> | * Ca. [[2280]]-[[2299]] - [[Capellan Hegemony]] <ref name="HL(TCC)p14">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 14, "Seeds of Destruction"</ref> | ||
− | * [[2366]] - Independent World within the Capellan Zone <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding | + | * [[2366]] - Independent World within the Capellan Zone <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"</ref> |
* [[2367]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] <ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"</ref> | * [[2367]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] <ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"</ref> | ||
* Ca. 2367-[[2369]] - [[Free Worlds League]] <ref name="HB:HMp17"/> | * Ca. 2367-[[2369]] - [[Free Worlds League]] <ref name="HB:HMp17"/> | ||
− | * [[2571]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"</ref> | + | * [[2571]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> |
− | * [[2596]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref> | + | * [[2596]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> |
− | * [[2750]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref> | + | * [[2750]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> |
− | * [[2764]] - Capellan Confederation <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', Inner Sphere - [2764]</ref> | + | * [[2764]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> |
− | * [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref> | + | * [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref> |
* [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]] <ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref> | * [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]] <ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref> | ||
* [[2772]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] (from September)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/> | * [[2772]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] (from September)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/> | ||
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* [[2784]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/> | * [[2784]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/> | ||
* [[2786]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref> | * [[2786]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref> | ||
− | * [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> | + | * [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation 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)p113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> |
* [[2832]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HM(TFWL)p32">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 32, "At War With ComStar"</ref> | * [[2832]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HM(TFWL)p32">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 32, "At War With ComStar"</ref> | ||
− | * [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref> | + | * [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> |
* Ca. [[2901]]-[[2910]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HM(TFWL)p39">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 39, "The Great Compromiser"</ref> | * Ca. [[2901]]-[[2910]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HM(TFWL)p39">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 39, "The Great Compromiser"</ref> | ||
* [[2941]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HM(TFWL)p41"/> | * [[2941]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HM(TFWL)p41"/> | ||
− | * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League | + | * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> |
− | * [[3030]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref> | + | * [[3030]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref> |
− | * [[3040]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. | + | * [[3040]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:Wo3039p"132>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref> |
− | * [[3050]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. | + | * [[3050]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map</ref> |
− | * [[3052]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. | + | * [[3052]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22, Inner Sphere - [3052] Map</ref> |
− | * [[ | + | * [[3057]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref> |
− | + | * [[3058]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref> | |
− | * [[3058]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"</ref> | + | * [[3063]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref> |
− | * [[ | + | * [[3067]] - Free Worlds League <ref name=HBM73/><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref> |
− | |||
− | * [[3067]] - Free Worlds League | ||
* [[3070]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from August)<ref name="J:FRp48"/> | * [[3070]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from August)<ref name="J:FRp48"/> | ||
+ | * [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref> | ||
* [[3077]] - Word of Blake Protectorate (until March)<ref name="JHS:Tp45"/> | * [[3077]] - Word of Blake Protectorate (until March)<ref name="JHS:Tp45"/> | ||
− | * [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17, " | + | * [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name="FR:FWLMp17">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref> |
− | * [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - | + | * [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref> |
− | * [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. | + | * [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii , "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> |
* [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name="MOTIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref> | * [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name="MOTIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref> | ||
− | * [[3135]] - Independent world <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere | + | * [[3135]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> |
− | * [[3145]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere | + | * [[3145]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> |
== Planetary History == | == Planetary History == | ||
− | ===Early History=== | + | === Early History === |
A contemporary of the nearby world of [[Liao]], by 2202 '''Zion''' was importing considerable quantities of cattle, sheep, thoroughbred horses and cattle from Liao, or, as it was known until the death of [[Elias Liao]], [[Cynthiana]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p8"/> As one of the worlds outside the boundary of the [[Terran Alliance]] following the [[Demarcation Declaration]] issued in [[2240]] Zion became an independent world.<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> Zion was one of a number of client states that joined the Capellan Hegemony in the 2280s and 2290s, and along with [[Asuncion]] constituted one of the Capellan Hegemony worlds closest to [[Terra]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p14"/> | A contemporary of the nearby world of [[Liao]], by 2202 '''Zion''' was importing considerable quantities of cattle, sheep, thoroughbred horses and cattle from Liao, or, as it was known until the death of [[Elias Liao]], [[Cynthiana]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p8"/> As one of the worlds outside the boundary of the [[Terran Alliance]] following the [[Demarcation Declaration]] issued in [[2240]] Zion became an independent world.<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> Zion was one of a number of client states that joined the Capellan Hegemony in the 2280s and 2290s, and along with [[Asuncion]] constituted one of the Capellan Hegemony worlds closest to [[Terra]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p14"/> | ||
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The military government had remained in place for so many years because of the ongoing terrorist attacks launched by radicals amongst the population; the radicals lacked popular support, being seen as opportunists rather than as true supporters of Zion's anti-Capellan stance, and the population tolerated the military occupation while the FWLM garrison continued to hunt down terrorist cells. | The military government had remained in place for so many years because of the ongoing terrorist attacks launched by radicals amongst the population; the radicals lacked popular support, being seen as opportunists rather than as true supporters of Zion's anti-Capellan stance, and the population tolerated the military occupation while the FWLM garrison continued to hunt down terrorist cells. | ||
− | ===The Jihad=== | + | === The Jihad === |
In late June [[3070]] the planetary government and military forces on Zion switched their allegiance to the [[Word of Blake]], bringing the world into the Word of Blake Protectorate; Zion was one of six worlds to declare for the Blakists in the space of a week, pushing the Protectorate into Free Worlds League space.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> | In late June [[3070]] the planetary government and military forces on Zion switched their allegiance to the [[Word of Blake]], bringing the world into the Word of Blake Protectorate; Zion was one of six worlds to declare for the Blakists in the space of a week, pushing the Protectorate into Free Worlds League space.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> | ||
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== Military Deployment == | == Military Deployment == | ||
− | ===2765=== | + | === 2765 === |
* [[6th "Zion" Lancers|Sixth "Sarna" Lancers]]<ref>''Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation'', p. 12, "Regimental Status"</ref> | * [[6th "Zion" Lancers|Sixth "Sarna" Lancers]]<ref>''Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation'', p. 12, "Regimental Status"</ref> | ||
− | ===2786=== | + | === 2786 === |
* Sixth "Zion" Lancers<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 136, "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"</ref> | * Sixth "Zion" Lancers<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 136, "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"</ref> | ||
− | ===3025=== | + | === 3025 === |
* [[3rd Free Worlds Guards|Third Free Worlds Guards]]<ref name=HM108>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> | * [[3rd Free Worlds Guards|Third Free Worlds Guards]]<ref name=HM108>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
− | ===3038=== | + | === 3038 === |
* [[13th Marik Militia|Thirteenth Marik Militia]]<ref name=H:Wo3039>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 140, "Deployment Table"</ref> | * [[13th Marik Militia|Thirteenth Marik Militia]]<ref name=H:Wo3039>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 140, "Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
− | ===3050=== | + | === 3050 === |
* Third Free Worlds Guards<ref name=20YU56>''20 Year Update'', p. 56, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | * Third Free Worlds Guards<ref name=20YU56>''20 Year Update'', p. 56, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
− | ===3054=== | + | === 3054 === |
* Third Free Worlds Guards<ref name=OR37>''Objective Raids'', p. 37, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | * Third Free Worlds Guards<ref name=OR37>''Objective Raids'', p. 37, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
− | ===3059=== | + | === 3059 === |
* Third Free Worlds Guards<ref name=FMFWL110>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 110, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | * Third Free Worlds Guards<ref name=FMFWL110>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 110, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
− | ===3067=== | + | === 3067 === |
* Third Free Worlds Guards<ref name=FMU159>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 159, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | * Third Free Worlds Guards<ref name=FMU159>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 159, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
* [[Barrett's Fusiliers]]<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p´. 69, "Mercenary Employment Table"</ref> | * [[Barrett's Fusiliers]]<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p´. 69, "Mercenary Employment Table"</ref> | ||
− | ===3070=== | + | === 3070 === |
* Third Free Worlds Guards<ref name="MSUp29"/> | * Third Free Worlds Guards<ref name="MSUp29"/> | ||
* [[Barrett's Fusiliers]]<ref name="MSUp29"/> | * [[Barrett's Fusiliers]]<ref name="MSUp29"/> | ||
− | ===3079=== | + | === 3079 === |
* [[20th Marik Militia|Twentieth Marik Militia]]<ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 14, "Regimental Status"</ref> | * [[20th Marik Militia|Twentieth Marik Militia]]<ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 14, "Regimental Status"</ref> | ||
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− | ==References== | + | == References == |
<references /> | <references /> | ||
− | ==Bibliography== | + | == Bibliography == |
* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
+ | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | ||
+ | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]'' | * ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]'' | ||
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]'' | * ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]'' |
Revision as of 12:41, 13 December 2016
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
Zion | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 15.24 : -83.28[e] |
Spectral class | F7III[1] |
Recharge time | 178 hours[1] |
Recharge station(s) | Nadir[1] |
Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard
Contents
Political Affiliation
- 2202 - Terran Alliance [2]
- 2271 - Independent World within the Capellan Zone [3]
- Ca. 2280-2299 - Capellan Hegemony [4]
- 2366 - Independent World within the Capellan Zone [5]
- 2367 - Capellan Confederation [6]
- Ca. 2367-2369 - Free Worlds League [7]
- 2571 - Capellan Confederation [8]
- 2596 - Capellan Confederation [9]
- 2750 - Capellan Confederation [10]
- 2764 - Capellan Confederation [11]
- 2765 - Capellan Confederation [12]
- 2771 - Amaris Empire [13]
- 2772 - Terran Hegemony (from September)[13]
- 2783 - Terran Hegemony [14]
- 2784 - Free Worlds League [14]
- 2786 - Free Worlds League [15]
- 2822 - Capellan Confederation [16][17][18]
- 2832 - Free Worlds League [19]
- 2864 - Capellan Confederation [20]
- Ca. 2901-2910 - Capellan Confederation [21]
- 2941 - Free Worlds League [22]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League [23]
- 3030 - Free Worlds League [24]
- 3040 - Free Worlds League Cite error: Invalid
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invalid names, e.g. too many
- 3050 - Free Worlds League [25]
- 3052 - Free Worlds League [26]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League [27]
- 3058 - Free Worlds League [28]
- 3063 - Free Worlds League [29]
- 3067 - Free Worlds League [1][30][31]
- 3070 - Word of Blake Protectorate (from August)[32]
- 3075 - Word of Blake Protectorate [33]
- 3077 - Word of Blake Protectorate (until March)[34]
- 3079 - Word of Blake Protectorate [35]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere [36]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere [37]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere [38]
- 3135 - Independent world [39]
- 3145 - Capellan Confederation [40][41]
Planetary History
Early History
A contemporary of the nearby world of Liao, by 2202 Zion was importing considerable quantities of cattle, sheep, thoroughbred horses and cattle from Liao, or, as it was known until the death of Elias Liao, Cynthiana.[2] As one of the worlds outside the boundary of the Terran Alliance following the Demarcation Declaration issued in 2240 Zion became an independent world.[3] Zion was one of a number of client states that joined the Capellan Hegemony in the 2280s and 2290s, and along with Asuncion constituted one of the Capellan Hegemony worlds closest to Terra.[4]
Age of War
Captain-General Allan Marik fought a four-year war between 2366 and 2369 that conquered a number of worlds controlled by House Liao, including Andurien, Berenson and Zion. Allan Marik's conquests subsequently became the subject of decades of conflict between the Confederation and the League.[7]
Second Succession War
In 2832 the Free Worlds League was already at war with the Lyran Commonwealth at the time, but Captain-General Charles Marik felt confident enough that he was prepared to open a second front and attacked the Capellan Confederation.[42] Zion was captured along with the worlds of Berenson and Kyrkbacken by what proved to be a a hugely successful Free Worlds League Military offensive led by the Fusiliers of Oriente that struck the Sarna Commonality.[19] In addition to capturing the three significant worlds the FWLM forces also heavily damaged several other Capellan worlds[42] but were unable to capture the worlds of Elnath and Ventabren.[43]
Third Succession War
In 2910 Zion was struck by the noted Free Worlds League Military Red Rover task force in the culmination of a series of deep penetration raids conducted against the Capellan Confederation from 2901 onwards. Red Rover contained units from both the Defenders of Andurien and the Orloff Grenadiers and launched a series of raids targetting key Capellan Confederation Armed Forces supply depots, although the strong reserve forces established by Chancellor Otto Liao stopped the FWLM forces from remaining on any of the Capellan worlds.[21] Having already hit the worlds of Aldebaran, Shensi and Nanking[44] the Red Rover forces captured a fully-laden iceship named the Silver Frost[21][45] in the Buenos Aires system,[21] before then attacking Zion with a multi-pronged assault that saw the defenders routed from their fortified bases[21][45] in the Gapston mountain range.[21]
In 2941 agents operating on behalf of Captain-General Samuel Marik convinced Vincente Sian-Marik to sign a treaty with the Free Worlds League transferring his allegiance and those of the worlds he administered to the League. In addition to being the planetary administrator of Kyrkbacken, Ohrensen, Suzano, Ventabren and Zion, Sian-Marik was a distant relative of the Marik line; while the CCAF garrisons on the five worlds didn't try to resist the transfer of worlds, they did engage in widespread scorched-earth operations on each world to inflict as much damage as possible prior to the transfer. As a consequence the acquisition of the five worlds saddled the Free Worlds League with a significant and expensive rebuilding programme.[22][44] Given that Sian-Marik's ancestors had fled the Free Worlds League after a failed campaign of terrorism and atrocities conducted against civilians and House Marik in an attempt to secure what they saw as their birthright in the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth centuries Vincente was never trusted by Samuel Marik, and the worlds Vincente brought with him, which constituted the Sian-Marik family holdings, were instead carved up to form two new League provinces based out of Ohrensen and Zion.[46]
Clan Invasion Era
Having lived under Capellan rule in the past, the population of Zion viewed itself facing the prospect of a dynastic union between House Liao and House Marik following the engagement between Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao and Isis Marik. Resentment at the idea boiled over into open rebellion in the mid-3050s, when both Zion and the other worlds of the Zion province erupted in a violent rebellion, which was promptly put down in a bloody campaign waged by FWLM forces. The effects of the rebellion were particularly profoundly felt in the Negbek Desert, where the water pipeline that transported water from Lake Aleppo to the various outlying settlements around the desert was still sundered in several places.[1]
Zion remained under martial law until at least 3067. Engineers were able to repair the pipeline in the Negbeck Desert during the military occupation, and by 3067 the economy had made a surprising recovery, thanks in part to the hands-off approach taken to commercial matters by the military governor, General Géné Ward. Zion was actively trading with both the Federated Suns and with worlds in the Chaos March, and some merchants from the Confederation also traded on Zion, although they kept a low profile and rarely ventured outside enclaves within Beersheba.[1]
The military government had remained in place for so many years because of the ongoing terrorist attacks launched by radicals amongst the population; the radicals lacked popular support, being seen as opportunists rather than as true supporters of Zion's anti-Capellan stance, and the population tolerated the military occupation while the FWLM garrison continued to hunt down terrorist cells.
The Jihad
In late June 3070 the planetary government and military forces on Zion switched their allegiance to the Word of Blake, bringing the world into the Word of Blake Protectorate; Zion was one of six worlds to declare for the Blakists in the space of a week, pushing the Protectorate into Free Worlds League space.[32]
In 3070 the Third Free Worlds Guards lifted off Zion without orders to launch an attack into Capellan space. As the League dissolved into chaos, Barrett's Fusiliers were told by the planetary government on Zion that as a temporary measure, the Zion government would be assuming control of their contract, and ordered the Fusiliers to secure Asuncion and put down a rebellion on that planet.[47]
The Fusiliers deployed to Asuncion as ordered, and were surprised to find the Sixth Orloff Grenadiers in place and garrisonning the world. The Sixth Fusiliers attempted to block the Fusiliers using their AeroSpace assets, and then walked into an ambush set up by the Fusiliers shortly after the Fusiliers landed. The Fusiliers allowed the suvivors of the Grenadiers to leave Asuncion, but confiscated their equipment. The Fusiliers then imposed martial law on Asuncion in the name of the Zion government and rebuilt using the seized equipment while waiting for new elections to be held on the world.[47]
Following their retreat from Wasat in 3071 the Blackhearts mercenary unit retreated in secret to Zion, foiling any attempts to track their movements. Under the command of Colonel Glen Stryker the Blackhearts rebuilt and began infiltrating the government and strategic facilities and organizations across Zion. The Blackhearts also began recruiting and training a resistance movement on Zion, based around independent insurgent units that could operate against the Word of Blake and their sympathizers. When Operation SCOUR began in early 3077, Stryker had the insurgency rise up, and between the Blackhearts' infiltration of the fabric of Zion's government and the resistance movement it took just two months for the Word of Blake and their sympathizers to be driven from Zion - or executed, in the case of all those captured.[34]
When forces from the Capellan Confederation later arrived to conquer the planet, the local government claimed to have thrown off the Blakist government. The CCAF forces ignored the claims and attacked, only to find themselves facing a partially active SDS network and fierce defenses.[48]
Military Deployment
2765
2786
- Sixth "Zion" Lancers[50]
3025
3038
3050
- Third Free Worlds Guards[53]
3054
- Third Free Worlds Guards[54]
3059
- Third Free Worlds Guards[55]
3067
- Third Free Worlds Guards[56]
- Barrett's Fusiliers[57]
3070
- Third Free Worlds Guards[47]
- Barrett's Fusiliers[47]
3079
Nearby Systems
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Handbook: House Marik, p. 73, "Zion Planet Profile"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 8, "New Beginnings"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 14, "Seeds of Destruction"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 17, "Timeline: Ancient History"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 118, "Digesting The Hegemony"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 32, "At War With ComStar"
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- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 39, "The Great Compromiser"
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 41, "Reign of Samuel Marik"
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- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 45, "Zion Freed"
- ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii , "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 36, "Second Succession War"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 39, "Timeline: Second Succession War"
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 43, "Timeline: Third Succession War"
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 41, "Third Succession War"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 14, "Sian-Marik: Born Killers"
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 29, "Barrett's Fusiliers"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation, p. 12, "Regimental Status"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 136, "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 108, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 140, "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 56, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 37, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 110, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 159, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental, p´. 69, "Mercenary Employment Table"
- ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 14, "Regimental Status"
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