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| caption            = Zosma neighbouring systems
 
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| class              = A4V<ref name=HB:HMp76>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 76: "Zosma Planet Profile"</ref><ref name=DARWp202>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 205: "Zosma"</ref>
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| recharge            = 165 hours<ref name=HB:HMp76/>
 
| recharge stations  = None<ref name=HB:HMp76/>
 
| recharge stations  = None<ref name=HB:HMp76/>
 
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The '''Zosma''' system is the location of the inhabited world '''Zosma III''' and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Wolf Empire]].<ref name=DARWp202/>
 
 
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==System Description==
 
The system primary of the Zosma system, a class A4V star, is a blazing-hot white sun twice the size of [[Sol]] that occasionally pulses in size due to its inherent gravitational instability. Four planets orbit the star, accelerated to breakneck speeds by the gravitational instability of the star.<ref name=DARWp202/> Zosma is located near the [[Afleir]] and [[Marcus]] systems.<ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
 
 
==System History==
 
The Zosma system was settled during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]], having stunned the scientific community with the discovery that the system not only had four planets but that one of those planets was at least marginally capable of supporting human life. Scientists had long assumed that the instability of the star and the effect that instability would have on any bodies in the system made it impossible for planets to form around the star, let alone a life-supporting planet, and the subsequent discovery of four rocky worlds orbiting the star shocked the interstellar community. The system was subsequently colonized during the era of the [[Terran Alliance]].<ref name=DARWp202/>
 
 
The world was though barely habitable and with no relevant industrial capacity.<ref name="TCp88">''Total Chaos'', pp. 88–89: "Zosma"</ref>
 
  
==Political Affiliation==
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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16"/>
 
* [[2319]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding - [2319] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2341]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2366]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]]"</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25: "Capellan Confederation After Age of War [2571]]"</ref><ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24: "Free Worlds League after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<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:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "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: LCAF'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name="FR2765:FWLp25">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 25: "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
 
* [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] 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>
 
* [[2773]] - Terran Hegemony (from March)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
 
* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2791]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=FSWp76>''First Succession War'', p. 76: "Free Worlds League–Lyran Commonwealth Front 2786–2796"</ref>
 
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds 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>
 
* [[2830]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=SSWp18>''Second Succession War'', pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38: "Free Worlds after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - [[Free Worlds League]]<ref name="HM(TFWL)pvii">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', foldout: "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42"/><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp51"/>
 
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3058]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp54">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54: "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3063]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp61">''Inner Sphere'', p. 61: "Free Worlds League Map"</ref>
 
* [[3067]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp56">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 56: "Free Worlds after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3070]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from August)<ref name="J:FRp48"/>
 
* [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="JS:TBDp65">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="FR:Cp29">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 29: "Terran Corridor/Clans Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><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:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - [[Wolf Empire]]<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>
 
* [[3151]] - Wolf Empire<ref name=S5VotS>''Shrapnel'', Issue #5: ''Voices of the Sphere: What Would Have Been and What Is Now''</ref>
 
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==Zosma III==
 
{{InfoBoxPlanet
 
 
| image              = Zosma Flag.jpg
 
| image              = Zosma Flag.jpg
| name                = Zosma III
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| caption            = Planetary flag
| othernames         =  
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| imagewidth         = 150px
| position            = Third<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
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| name                = Zosma
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| position            = 3rd<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
 
| distance            = 36.09 days<ref name=HB:HMp76/>
 
| distance            = 36.09 days<ref name=HB:HMp76/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Brandeis)<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Brandeis)<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
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| day                =
 
| gravity            = 1.21<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
 
| gravity            = 1.21<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
 
| pressure            = Thin (Breathable)<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
 
| pressure            = Thin (Breathable)<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
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| water              = 22%<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
 
| water              = 22%<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
 
| life                = Plant<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
 
| life                = Plant<ref name=HB:HMp76/><ref name=DARWp202/>
| continents          =  
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| date                =  
| colonized          =  
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| year                = 3067<ref name=HB:HMp76/> - 3130<ref name=DARWp202/>
| demonym            =
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| ruler              = Mayor Joshua Catall (3067)<ref name=HB:HMp76/><br>Governor: Chavah Areef & Planetary Legate: Hadassah Sadira (3130)<ref name=DARWp202/>
| language            =
 
| religion            =
 
| population          = 292,135,000 (3067),<ref name=HB:HMp76/><br>404,000,000 (3130)<ref name=DARoSp18>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 18: "Prefecture VIII"</ref><ref name=DARWp202/>
 
| ruler              =
 
| political          = Mayor [[Joshua Catall]] (3067),<ref name=HB:HMp76/><br>[[Planetary Governor of Zosma|Planetary Governor]]
 
| commander          = Legate [[Hadassah Sadira]] (3130)<ref name=DARoSp18/><ref name=DARWp202/>
 
 
| capital            = Duhr Prime<ref name=DARWp202/>
 
| capital            = Duhr Prime<ref name=DARWp202/>
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| population          = 292,135,000 (3067)<ref name=HB:HMp76/><br>404,000,000 (3130)<ref name=DARWp202/>
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| USIIR              = C-B-C-B-D<ref name=HB:HMp76/>
 
| hpg                = B<ref name=HB:HMp76/>
 
| hpg                = B<ref name=HB:HMp76/>
| hpgrep              =
 
 
}}
 
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Zosma III, more commonly referred to simply as Zosma, is the third planet of four in the Zosma system.<ref name=DARWp202/>
 
  
===Planetary History===
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== Political Affilation ==
====Early History====
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* [[2271]] - Independent world <ref name=HBHM16>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 13, "Free Worlds League after at their founding in [2271]"</ref>
The colonists who settled on Zosma were forced to live in sealed habitats to protect them from the solar radiation produced by the system primary, and those habitats provided only limited protection against the planetwide earthquakes that struck periodically when the system primary underwent periods of instability. It was almost impossible for the colonists to grow enough food to support themselves, making the colony heavily dependent on supplies of food from off-world and deliveries from iceships, both of which the colonists obtained by trading with the abundant metallurgical resources they extracted from Zosma's interior.<ref name=DARWp202/>
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* [[2571]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
Life on Zosma was harsh enough thanks to the environment and constrained resources that the colonists imposed harsh laws to both control population numbers and growth and to regulate resources; the severity of these laws increased after the collapse of the Terran Alliance, with the government devolving into a military dictatorship that would remain in place for centuries.<ref name=DARWp202/>
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* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
 
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* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', Inner Sphere - [2764]</ref>
Having become independent as a result of the Demarcation Declaration, Zosma was subsequently added to the resurgent Terran Hegemony; whilst some worlds joined the Hegemony during its early years as a result of diplomatic and trade incentives, many more were conquered in "campaigns of persuasion" launched by [[Director-General]] [[James McKenna]], the first of which began in [[2316]] and ended with the capture of [[Towne]] in [[2317]]. Zosma was one of the worlds added to the Hegemony during or around the time of this first military campaign.<ref name="TSLp16">''The Star League'', p. 16: "Terra's Errant Flock"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp18"/> By the end of the [[Reunification War]], Zosma was a member of the [[Tyrfing Province]] of the [[Terran Hegemony]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/>
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* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
 
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* [[2822]] - [[Free Worlds League]] <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succesion War [2822] Map"</ref>
====Succession Wars====
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* [[2864]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succesion War [2864] Map"</ref>
Zosma became a part of the [[Border Protectorate]] of the [[Free Worlds League]] and spent the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] on constant alert against incursions from the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. The military government was primarily concerned with defense, and attempts at internal dissent brought a swift response, with each instance being considered a sign of potential treachery. This resulted in a reign of terror that lasted until the [[Fourth Succession War]].<ref name=DARWp202/>
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* [[3025]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succesion War [3025] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3030]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succesion War [3030] Map"</ref>
=====Fourth Succession War=====
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
Following the sudden invasions of several League worlds by the [[Tikonov Free Republic]] and a daringly successful invasion of [[Callison]] by mercenaries employed by the Lyran Commonwealth in mid-[[3029]], [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] found himself in the midst of an unanticipated crisis. In addition to the conquest of Callison, [[LCAF]] communications traffic and movements had spiked sharply, creating the impression of an impending offensive against the League. Faced with what he believed to be the plausible threat of a large-scale attack aimed at the region of the League near [[Terra]], Janos was more concerned with saving the six or seven assorted BattleMech regiments present within the region than he was with retaining the worlds, as he believed that the offensive would most likely be aimed at snipping off the corner of the League closest to Terra - and to both the Federated Suns and the Tikonov Free Republic. Zosma was one of the systems abandoned by Janos, who would learn later that he had been deceived by an effective campaign of smoke and mirrors arranged by the Commonwealth General of the Armies, [[Edward Regis]], to deter the League from launching an invasion of the Commonwealth while the LCAF was heavily committed to its invasion of the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref name="4SWp87">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 87: "Conclusion"''</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51: "Free Worlds after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere [3050] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 25, "Inner Sphere [3052] Map"</ref>
The Federated Commonwealth attempted to boost the economy of Zosma and loosen local restrictions after the Fourth Succession War, but these efforts met with only limited success.<ref name=DARWp202/>
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* [[3057]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere [3057] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3058]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"</ref>
====Operation GUERRERO====
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* [[3063]] - Free Worlds League <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere [3063] Map"</ref>
Zosma was invaded in the second wave of [[Operation GUERRERO]] by the [[Ninth Marik Militia]]. The defending Planetary Militia were no match for the invading Marik forces.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 75: "Operation Guerrero, Second Wave"</ref> The reclamation of Zosma by the Free Worlds League saw the minor improvements to life on Zosma made by the Commonwealth vanish.<ref name=DARWp202/>
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* [[3067]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - October 3067"</ref>
 
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* [[3070]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from August)<ref name="J:FRp48"/>
====Jihad====
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* [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"</ref>
In late June 3070, the planetary government and military forces on Zosma switched their allegiance to the [[Word of Blake]], bringing the world into the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]; Zosma 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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* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 17, "FWLM Deployment Map [3079]"</ref>
 
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
In [[3076]], the Word of Blake deployed one [[Level III]] of the [[First Zosma Protectorate Militia Division]] to [[Dyev]] as part of a counterassault against invading forces from [[Clan Ghost Bear]] while the rest of it was assigned to defend [[Chara]]. The apparent destruction of the various Divisions assembled on Dyev by the Word of Blake<ref name="J:FRp126">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 126: "Word Of Blake Militia"</ref> may explain why, when the [[Seventeenth Arcturan Guards]] attempted to raid Zosma in the second half of [[3077]], they found the planet to be almost undefended. As a result, the brief raid turned into an all-out conquest in which the Guards quickly crushed the defending forces, the all-volunteer Corporate Security Protection Force (CSPF),<ref name="TCp88"/> an unanticipated success for the Lyran front of [[Operation SCOUR]].<ref name="JHS:Tp64+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 64–65: "3077: War In Review"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
 
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* [[3130]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref name=DARWp202/><ref name="MotIS3130">Map of the Inner Sphere 3130</ref>
====The Dark Age====
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* [[3135]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3135"</ref>
Little had changed on Zosma from its pre-Blakist status when the system was ceded to the [[Republic of the Sphere]]. Even as late as the mid-[[thirty-second century]] visitors to Zosma were subject to restrictions and a heavy security presence imposed across the population by the planetary government to ensure continued planetary balance and control and sustain the scarce resources available. All offworld visitors had to access the planet through Duhr Prime, the capital city, although the planet had a second suborbital transit hub, located at Fort Amadeus.<ref name=DARWp202/>
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* [[3145]] - [[Wolf Empire]] <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 
 
===Military Deployment===
 
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==== 2821 ====
 
* [[Twenty-third Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>
 
 
 
====3025====
 
* [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]]<ref name=HM109>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 109: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref>
 
  
====3059====
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==Planetary History==
* [[Iron Guard]]<ref name=FMFWL113>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 113: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
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By the end of the [[Reunification War]], '''Zosma''' was a member of the [[Tyrfing Province]] of the [[Terran Hegemony]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/>
  
====3067====
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===Operation Guerrero===
* [[Steel Guard]]<ref name=FMU161>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 161: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
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Zosma was invaded in the second wave of [[Operation Guerrero]] by the [[9th Marik Militia]]. The defending Planetary Militia were no match for the invading Marik forces.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 75, "Operation Guerrero, Second Wave"</ref>
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====3076====
 
* [[Zosma Corporate Security Protection Force|Corporate Security Protection Force (CSPF)]]<ref name="TCp88"/>
 
  
====3145====
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===Jihad===
* [[Golden Keshik (Clan Wolf)|Golden Keshik]]<ref name=FM:3145p170>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 170: "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"</ref>
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In late June 3070, the planetary government and military forces on Zosma switched their allegiance to the [[Word of Blake]], bringing the world into the Word of Blake Protectorate; Zosma 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>
* [[Fourth Wolf Guard (Clan Wolf)|Fourth Wolf Guard Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p170/>
 
* [[Third Wolf Guard Battle (Clan Wolf)|Third Wolf Guard Battle Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p170/>
 
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===Geography===
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In [[3076]] the Word of Blake deployed the [[1st Zosma Protectorate Militia Division]] to [[Dyev]] as part of a counterassault against invading forces from [[Clan Ghost Bear]]. The apparent destruction of the various Divisions assembled on Dyev by the Word of Blake<ref name="J:FRp126">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 126, "Word Of Blake Militia"</ref> may explain why, when the [[17th Arcturan Guards]] attempted to raid Zosma in the second half of [[3077]], they found the planet to be almost undefended. As a result, the brief raid turned into an all-out conquest in which the Guards quickly crushed the defending forces, an unanticipated success for the Lyran front of [[Operation SCOUR]].<ref name="JHS:Tp64+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 64-65, "3077: War In Review"</ref>
Zosma is a rocky, arid world with a thin atmosphere; subject to brutal levels of year-round heat from the system primary and possessing nutrient-poor soil, there are few species of native flora on the planet. The planet is subject to occasional planetwide earthquakes precipitated by contractions in the system primary but possesses abundant metal and mineral resources. There are two micro-oceans on the surface of the planet; the larger of the two is named the Scalding Sea, while the second, smaller micro-ocean is named the Shallow Sea and is located in the southern hemisphere.<ref name=DARWp202/>
 
  
===Planetary Locations===
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== Military Deployment ==
* Duhr Prime: the planetary capital city, located on the shores of the Scalding Sea and the only legal point of entry to Zosma for outworlders in the thirty-second century<ref name=DARWp202/>
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===3025===
* Fort Amadeus: suborbital transit hub located near the Shallow Sea<ref name=DARWp202/>
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* [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]]<ref name=HM109>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 109, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref>
  
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===3059===
===Companies and Industries===
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* [[Iron Guard]]<ref name=FMFWL113>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 113, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
  
===Local Flora and Fauna===
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===3067===
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* [[Steel Guard]]<ref name=FMU161>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 161, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
  
===Image gallery===
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===3145===
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* [[Golden Keshik (Clan Wolf)|Golden Keshik]]<ref name=FM:3145p170>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 170, "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"</ref>
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* [[4th Wolf Guard (Clan Wolf)|Fourth Wolf Guard Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p170/>
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* [[3rd Wolf Guard Battle (Clan Wolf)|Third Wolf Guard Battle Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p170/>
  
==Nearby Systems==
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== Nearby Systems ==
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{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
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! colspan="10" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
! colspan="8" | Closest 76 systems (75 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
 
|-
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Afleir]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 7.5
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Marcus]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 10.2
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Castor]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 11.6
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Callison]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 13.2
 
|-
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Devil's Rock]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 14.8
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Denebola]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 15.1
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[New Dallas]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 15.8
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Wyatt]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 17.2
 
|-
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Oliver]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 18.7
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Pollux]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 19.3
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Milton]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 19.4
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zavijava]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 20.9
 
|-
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Dubhe]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 21.2
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alchiba]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 21.4
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Lipton]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 23.4
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Tyrfing|Tabit]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 24.7
 
|-
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Wing]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 25.1
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Haddings]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 25.1
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Chertan]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 25.1
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alioth]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 25.8
 
|-
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Phecda]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 25.8
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Bordon]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 26.4
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Xi Ursae_Majoris|Xi Ursae Majoris]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 26.5
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Graham]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 26.6
 
|-
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Chara]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 26.8
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Cor Caroli]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 28.6
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Talitha]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 29.1
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Dieudonné]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 29.5
 
|-
 
| class="over30" | [[Connaught]]
 
| class="over30" | 30.3
 
| class="over30" | [[Mizar]]
 
| class="over30" | 31.3
 
| class="over30" | [[Thorin]]
 
| class="over30" | 32.3
 
| class="over30" | [[Alhena]]
 
| class="over30" | 32.6
 
|-
 
| class="over30" | [[Muphrid]]
 
| class="over30" | 34.2
 
| class="over30" | [[Menkent]]
 
| class="over30" | 35.4
 
| class="over30" | [[Van Diemen]]
 
| class="over30" | 35.8
 
| class="over30" | [[Zollikofen]]
 
| class="over30" | 36.5
 
|-
 
| class="over30" | [[Hechnar]]
 
| class="over30" | 36.8
 
| class="over30" | [[Summer]]
 
| class="over30" | 36.9
 
| class="over30" | [[Remulac]]
 
| class="over30" | 37.0
 
| class="over30" | [[Shiloh]]
 
| class="over30" | 38.4
 
|-
 
| class="over30" | [[Tau Ceti#Tau Ceti IV (New Earth)|Tau Ceti]]
 
| class="over30" | 40.1
 
| class="over30" | [[Acubens]]
 
| class="over30" | 40.4
 
| class="over30" | [[Gacrux]]
 
| class="over30" | 42.0
 
| class="over30" | [[Aquileia]]
 
| class="over30" | 42.1
 
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Nathan]]
+
| [[Afleir]]
| class="over30" | 42.4
+
| 7.4
| class="over30" | [[Alphard (FWL)|Alphard]]
+
| [[Castor]]
| class="over30" | 44.3
+
| 11.5
| class="over30" | [[Galatea]]
+
| [[Callison]]
| class="over30" | 44.6
+
| 13.2
| class="over30" | [[Procyon]]
+
| [[Devil's Rock]]
| class="over30" | 45.1
+
| 14.8
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Carver]]
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| [[Denebola]]
| class="over30" | 45.9
+
| 15.1
| class="over30" | [[Irian]]
+
| [[Dubhe]]
| class="over30" | 46.2
+
| 21.1
| class="over30" | [[Alcor]]
+
| [[Alchiba]]
| class="over30" | 46.3
+
| 21.3
| class="over30" | [[Savannah (system)|Savannah]]
+
| [[Chertan]]
| class="over30" | 46.7
+
| 25.0
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Sirius]]
+
| [[Haddings]]
| class="over30" | 47.7
+
| 25.0
| class="over30" | [[Miaplacidus]]
+
| [[Alioth]]
| class="over30" | 48.2
+
| 25.8
| class="over30" | [[Catroxx]]
+
| [[Bordon]]
| class="over30" | 48.3
+
| 26.3
| class="over30" | [[Rocky]]
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| [[Graham IV]]
| class="over30" | 48.5
+
| 26.6
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Rigil Kentarus]]
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| [[Cor Caroli]]
| class="over30" | 49.0
+
| 28.5
| class="over30" | [[Hall]]
+
| [[Dieudonne]]
| class="over30" | 49.6
+
| 29.4
| class="over30" | [[Syrma]]
+
| [[Connaught]]
| class="over30" | 50.1
+
| 30.2
| class="over30" | [[Killbourn]]
+
| [[Alhena]]
| class="over30" | 50.8
+
| 32.5
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Terra|Sol]]
+
| [[Hechnar]]
| class="over30" | 51.2
+
| 36.8
| class="over30" | [[Yorii]]
+
| [[Acubens]]
| class="over30" | 52.6
+
| 40.3
| class="over30" | [[Outreach]]
+
| [[Aquileia]]
| class="over30" | 53.0
+
| 42.0
| class="over30" | [[Keid]]
+
| [[Gacrux]]
| class="over30" | 53.3
+
| 42.0
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Wasat]]
+
| [[Alphard (FWL)|Alphard]]
| class="over30" | 53.6
+
| 44.3
| class="over30" | [[Pliska]]
+
| [[Galatea]]
| class="over30" | 55.2
+
| 44.6
| class="over30" | [[Zaniah]]
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| [[Carver V]]
| class="over30" | 55.5
+
| 45.9
| class="over30" | [[Nusakan]]
+
| [[Irian]]
| class="over30" | 55.8
+
| 46.1
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Lyons]]
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| [[Alcor]]
| class="over30" | 56.1
+
| 46.3
| class="over30" | [[Kalidasa]]
+
| [[Catroxx]]
| class="over30" | 57.0
+
| 48.2
| class="over30" | [[Alkalurops]]
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| [[Hall]]
| class="over30" | 57.4
+
| 49.5
| class="over30" | [[New Home]]
+
| [[Killbourn]]
| class="over30" | 57.4
+
| 50.8
 
|-
 
|-
| class="over30" | [[Zebebelgenubi]]
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| [[Keid]]
| class="over30" | 57.9
+
| 53.2
| class="over30" | [[Blue Sava]]
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| [[Kalidasa]]
| class="over30" | 58.9
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| 57.0
| class="over30" | [[Brownsville]]
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| [[Alkalurops]]
| class="over30" | 59.9
+
| 57.3
| class="over60" | [[Mandal]]
+
| [[Blue Sava]]
| class="over60" | 61.6
+
| 58.8
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [[Brownsville]]
 +
| 59.8
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
<references/>
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<references />
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
 
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
 
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
 
* ''[[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]]''
 
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
 
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]''
 
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
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* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
 
 
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
* [[Shrapnel (magazine)#Issue 5|''Shrapnel'', Issue #5]]
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
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