Editing Kimball

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==Political Affiliation== 
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* [[2319]] - [[Federation of Skye]] <ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"</ref>
* [[2340]] - Federation of Skye <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth befor [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"</ref>
* [[2341]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp13"/>
* [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp25>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> 
* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref> 
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43, "Draconis Combine 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>
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[3021]] - [[Draconis Combine]] <ref name="TRO:3026Rp20"/>
* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3028]] - Lyran Commonwealth (from October)<ref name="NAIS4SWp59"/> / Contested (Draconis Combine/Lyran Commonwealth) from December <ref name="NAIS4SWp61"/>
* [[3029]] - Lyran Commonwealth (from August)<ref name="FSWMAv2p71"/>
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"</ref>
* [[3057]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 30, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
* [[3067]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3075]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3135]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon <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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==Kimball II==
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| date                = 3130<ref name=DARW212/>
| ruler               = [[Ubanda Tomakali]], Governor (3130)<ref name=DARoSp20>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 20 "Prefecture IX"</ref><ref name=DARW212/><br>[[Felix Endarr]], Legate (3130)<ref name=DARoSp20/><ref name=DARW212/>
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===Planetary History===
====Early History====
'''Kimball II''' is the more marginally-habitable world of the Kimball system. First settled by a colonists supported by a wealthy [[twenty-first century]] industrial magnate interested in the mineral resources available on the world and in its asteroid belt, Kimball II offered an ecosystem with abundant free water and support for [[Terra]]n crops.  These advantages made it the primary colonization target, as the friendly atmosphere made colonization efforts both cheaper and more likely to succeed.<ref name=DARW212/>

Kimball II quickly developed into an industrial powerhouse, converting the ores and minerals from Kimball IV into parts for agricultural vehicles, [[IndustrialMech]]s, [[BattleMech]]s, and other combat vehicles. This trade and industrial capability quickly made the Kimball family an economic power in the region. This high profile led to the Kimball family allying with the Ignota family based on [[Thorin]]; this alliance would later give birth to [[Ceres Metals]].<ref name=DARW212/>

====Third Succession War====
The prosperity of the system led to frequent clashes between the Lyran Commonwealth and Draconis Combine after the fall of the [[Star League]].<ref name=DARW212/> One such clash in [[2932]] saw the [[11th Lyran Guards]] involved in the bitter fighting for control of the world, which had already changed hands repeatedly between the Commonwealth and the Combine by this point. In one notable engagement during the 2932 conflict [[Hauptmann]] [[Lisa Morgan]], a ''[[Wolverine (BattleMech)|Wolverine]]'' pilot from the [[Eleventh Lyran Guards]] commanding a recon [[company]], downed a much heavier ''[[BattleMaster]]'' 'Mech belonging to the [[10th Rasalhague Regulars|Tenth Rasalhague Regulars]] during a hazardous night mission. A battalion of the Tenth Rasalhague Regulars had managed to ambush the Guards' recon forces and looked set to encircle the lighter Lyran forces in a tightening cordon, but when Morgan's crippled ''Wolverine'' killed the enemy pilot the sudden loss of the assault 'Mech threw the Regulars into disarray, allowing the Eleventh's recon elements to escape - taking the fallen ''BattleMaster'' as salvage. Hauptmann Morgan was later awarded the ''BattleMaster'' as a replacement for her ''Wolverine''.<ref name="TRO:3039p290">''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 290, "WVR-6R ''Wolverine''"</ref>

====Fourth Succession War====
Kimball II was one of the worlds invaded by the Lyran Commonwealth during [[Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG]], the major Lyran Commonwealth offensive of the [[Fourth Succession War]]. Attacked by the [[Fourth Skye Rangers]] during the exploitation phase of GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG<ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 44-45, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref> following the order by [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] on the 21st of October [[3028]] to launch a second wave of attacks,<ref name="NAIS4SWp59">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 59, "Follow-up Invasions"</ref> Kimball II was one of two worlds to be attacked simultaneously by the Rangers. The Rangers' First and Third Battalions were still busily subduing Kimball II when the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] launched a wave of counterattacks - counterattacks that included dropping the [[Third Dieron Regulars]] on Kimball II. The Rangers' Second Battalion and Lightning Company were on [[Komephoros]] at the time, and were also hit by a counterattack in the form of the [[Seventeenth Benjamin Regulars]]. The Rangers were still holding their own when a lull in Lyran offensive operations began in early [[3029]], but being caught divided had negative effects on both the Rangers' ability to operate effectively and their pride.<ref name="NAIS4SWp61">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 61, "End Of The Offensive"</ref>

The Third Dieron Regulars were still recovering from the loss of almost a [[battalion]] of troops and their commanding officer in a raid on [[Lyons]] when they dropped on Kimball II; the Rangers used the lull in major combat operations well, resting their troops and preparing new plans, and when the orders were issued to restart offensive operations in May [[3029]] the Rangers were ready, well rested and well prepared. Pushing against the Third Dieron Regulars, the Rangers were led on a chase around Kimball II until the Regulars were recalled by the [[DCMS]] in July, despite still having the edge on the Rangers in terms of numbers.<ref name="FSWMAv2p71">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 71, "Ryde Theater"</ref>

====The Dark Age====
Eventually after the Combine drove [[Word of Blake]] forces off the world, it became part of the Republic of the Sphere, but not before the Lyran Commonwealth and Draconis Combine had one more fight over the system. The Republic granted the Combine Favored Nation Trading Partner status to the output of Kimball II, and the Lyran Commonwealth objected. After granting Favored Nation Trading Partner status to the Lyran Commonwealth as well, Kimball II officially became part of the Republic.<ref name=DARW212/>

===Military Deployment===
====3050====
* [[9th FedCom RCT|Ninth FedCom]] [[RCT]]<ref name=20YU26>''20 Year Update'', p. 26, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>

====3085====
* [[IX Principes Guards]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 187, "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
:- At this point in time, the IX Principes was at 50% of full strength, with 75% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

====3145====
* [[12th Falcon Jaegers (Clan Jade Falcon)|Twelfth Falcon Jaegers]]<ref name=FM:3145p168>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 168, "Alpha Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)"</ref>

==Kimball VI==
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== Military Deployment ==
===3021===
* Planetary Militia<ref name="TRO:3026Rp20"/>

=== Third Succession War ===
'''Kimball VI''' was the subject of a bandit raid in [[3021]]; the ruler of [[Butte Hold]], [[Redjack Ryan]], tasked [[Wilson's Hussars]] to raid Kimball VI to obtain mining equipment and ore processing equipment, as Kimball VI appeared to be the perfect target. Kimball VI had only been settled because of the rich bauxite deposits present on the world, which were mined and processed to fuel the industries on the much more heavily populated Kimball II. With a population of only 100,000, Kimball VI had only a small local militia and a hired mercenary unit, the [[Laws Flight]], equipped with helicopters for defense, leading Redjack Ryan to expect the planet to be easy pickings.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp20"/>

The Hussars landed thirty kilometers south of a mountain range with active mines and moved north in [[company]] strength. By the time the Hussars reached the foothills they had been targeted by the mercenary garrison, who proceeded to ambush and harass the Hussars using their [[Warrior (Combat Vehicle)|Warrior H-7 Attack Helicopters]]. The Hussars couldn't close with the fast VTOLs after the initial ambush against the Hussars' Recon Lance, but Wilson insisted on trying, leading his entire company in pursuit of the mercenaries. That pursuit ended in an ambush in Serval Canyon, a box canyon where the waiting planetary militia dropped SRMs and Infernos on the luckless Hussars on 31 May 3021.<ref>''Combat Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 72 (Wilson's Hussars entry, "Escape from Kimball VI" scenario box)</ref> After losing 3 [['Mech]]s Wilson called for a general retreat, and his surviving 'Mechs were harassed constantly by the mercenary helicopters all the way back to their drop zone.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp20"/>

=== Military Deployment ===
====3021====
* [[Laws Flight]]<ref name="TRO:3026Rp20"/>


== Map Gallery ==
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== Nearby Systems ==
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Marfik]]
| class="lessthan30" | 5.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Komephoros]]
| class="lessthan30" | 7.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Ryde]]
| class="lessthan30" | 12.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Baxter]]
| class="lessthan30" | 13.6
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Balkan]]
| class="lessthan30" | 15.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Konstance]]
| class="lessthan30" | 15.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Yed Posterior]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Corridan]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.8
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alrakis]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Izar]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[New Wessex]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[La Blon]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.2
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Kessel]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.7
| class="lessthan30" | [[Freedom]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.7
| class="over30" | [[Unukalhai]]
| class="over30" | 31.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Carnwath]]
| class="over30" | 32.4
| class="over30" | [[Vega]]
| class="over30" | 32.8
| class="over30" | [[Cebalrai]]
| class="over30" | 33.7
| class="over30" | [[Eltanin]]
| class="over30" | 33.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kannon]]
| class="over30" | 34.3
| class="over30" | [[Eaglesham]]
| class="over30" | 35.0
| class="over30" | [[Yed Prior]]
| class="over30" | 35.8
| class="over30" | [[Dromini]]
| class="over30" | 36.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Phalan]]
| class="over30" | 38.1
| class="over30" | [[Alphecca]]
| class="over30" | 39.3
| class="over30" | [[Gamma Sagittarius]]
| class="over30" | 41.8
| class="over30" | [[Auldhouse]]
| class="over30" | 42.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Zebeneschamali]]
| class="over30" | 43.2
| class="over30" | [[Skondia]]
| class="over30" | 44.4
| class="over30" | [[Kaus Australis]]
| class="over30" | 44.5
| class="over30" | [[Shionoha]]
| class="over30" | 45.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Nai-Stohl]]
| class="over30" | 46.1
| class="over30" | [[Glengarry]]
| class="over30" | 47.0
| class="over30" | [[Eaton]]
| class="over30" | 47.0
| class="over30" | [[Kaus Borealis]]
| class="over30" | 47.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kaus Media]]
| class="over30" | 47.7
| class="over30" | [[Symington]]
| class="over30" | 48.2
| class="over30" | [[Sabik]]
| class="over30" | 48.5
| class="over30" | [[Kochab]]
| class="over30" | 49.5
|-
| class="over30" | [[Atria]]
| class="over30" | 51.9
| class="over30" | [[Accrington]]
| class="over30" | 52.0
| class="over30" | [[Skye]]
| class="over30" | 52.9
| class="over30" | [[Sakhalin (LC)|Sakhalin]]
| class="over30" | 53.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Alkalurops]]
| class="over30" | 54.5
| class="over30" | [[Moore]]
| class="over30" | 54.6
| class="over30" | [[Zebebelgenubi]]
| class="over30" | 54.8
| class="over30" | [[Juniper (system)|Juniper]]
| class="over30" | 55.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Nusakan]]
| class="over30" | 56.5
| class="over30" | [[Carstairs]]
| class="over30" | 57.2
| class="over30" | [[Nekkar]]
| class="over30" | 58.0
| class="over30" | [[Lone Star]]
| class="over30" | 58.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Ko]]
| class="over30" | 58.5
| class="over30" | [[Dalkeith]]
| class="over30" | 58.7
| class="over30" | [[Ganshoren]]
| class="over30" | 58.9
| class="over30" | [[Tsukude]]
| class="over30" | 59.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Seginus]]
| class="over30" | 59.5
| class="over60" | [[Apostica]]
| class="over60" | 60.5
| class="over60" | [[Aubisson]]
| class="over60" | 61.6
| class="over60" | [[Ascella]]
| class="over60" | 62.0
|-
|}

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Combat Manual: Mercenaries]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
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* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''

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