Editing La Blon

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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)

= System Description =
The La Blon system was located near the [[Balkan]] and [[Dromini]] systems.  The system was also located Coreward from [[Terra]].<ref name="HB:HSp25a">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Map - Lyran Commonwealth after the Age of War"</ref>  The system contains seven planets around a G2V type star.<ref name=DARW3130p216>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 216, "La Blon"</ref>

= System History =
The La Blon system was colonized at some point prior to 2271.<ref name="HB:HMp16"/>

=Political Affiliation=
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"</ref>
* [[2340]] - [[Federation of Skye]] <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth before [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] Map"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[2970]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name=TRO3025Rp20>''Technical Readout: 3023 Revised'', p. 20, "Deployment"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3029]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="FSWMAv1p61"/> (until June)<ref name="FSWMAv2p76"/>
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "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="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 21, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3134]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref name=FotFc18>''Flight of the Falcon'', c. 18</ref>
* [[3135]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[3145]] - [[Rasalhague Dominion]] <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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=La Blon III=
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| caption             = Orbital view
| name                = La Blon III
| position            = 3<ref name=DARWp216/>
| distance            = 9 days<ref name=DARWp216/>
| moons               = 3 (Gwenhyvar, Ivanov, Tiarra)<ref name=DARWp216/>
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| gravity             = 1.04<ref name=DARWp216/>
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARWp216/>
| temperature         = 59°C<ref name=DARWp216/>
| water               = 96%<ref name=DARWp216/>
| life                = Mammals<ref name=DARWp216/>
| date                = 
| year                = 3130<ref name=DARWp216/>
| ruler               = [[Planetary Governor of La Blon|Governor]] [[Gregor Beatrice]] (3130),<ref name=DARoSp20>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 20 "Prefecture IX"</ref><ref name=DARWp216/><br>[[Legate]] [[Cy Winstead]] (3130)<ref name=DARoSp20/><ref name=DARWp216/>
| capital             = Amadeus<ref name=DARWp216/>
| population          = 1,530,000,000 (3130)<ref name=DARoSp20/><ref name=DARWp216/>
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==Planetary Description==
La Blon III, more commonly known as '''La Blon''', is a water world with a tropical climate. Most of the planetary surface is covered by seas and oceans, and the three main landmasses are less continents and more large islands. The three major landmasses, Elise, Ballay and Renaria have modestly fertile soil and abundant deposits of common metals. Elise lies in the northern hemisphere, while Ballay and Renaria are in the southern hemisphere.  The inhabitants protected large tracts of jungle from exploitation on the land while focusing their expansion on the sea.  The world is dotted with floating cities and aquaculture farms.  Beneath the waves are underwater cities and mining operations. La Blon's tourist industry is quite large and people come from off world to enjoy time above and below the waves.<ref name=DARWp216/><ref name=MOWc19/>

La Blon is also orbited by three moons: Gwenhyvar, Ivanov, Tiarra.  Ivanov is special in that it also hosts a human habitable atmosphere and climate.<ref name=DARWp216/>

==Planetary History==
===Early History===
The first colonists on La Blon were drawn by the natural resources found on La Blon and on Ivanov, La Blon's habitable moon, and developed a subsistence-level economy involving agriculture, light manufacturing and mining. Over time, tourism would become an important part of the planetary economy, benefitting from the warm and generally moderate weather, although tropical storms and hurricanes were common during La Blon's wet seasons.<ref name=DARWp216/>

===Star League Era===
By the height of the [[Star League era]] La Blon was a popular corporate retreat, a place renowned as somewhere that visitors could go to get away from everything, while still remaining connected to the wider world.<ref name=DARWp216/>

===Succession Wars===
La Blon was raided a number of times during the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], as well as being traded back and forth between the Combine's and Commonwealth's control, but these battles did little to damage La Blon's industry, infrastructure or natural beauty.<ref name=DARWp216/>

====Third Succession War====
At some point after the [[Second Succession War]], the Draconis Combine took over La Blon.  House Steiner would respond to this with the [[Raid on La Blon (2970)]] and other military operations.  By the end of the [[Third Succession War]], La Blon was back in Commonwealth hands.<ref name=TRO3025Rp20/><ref name="HB:HSp47"/>

==== Fourth Succession War ====
While the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] were attempting to consolidate the gains made during [[Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG]], the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] launched a wave of counter-attacks. Most of these contested worlds the Commonwealth had captured, but the [[Fourth Proserpina Hussars]] launched the most worrying attack for the Lyran High Command - an invasion of La Blon, executed in the final weeks of [[3028]]. La Blon was defended by twenty assorted regiments of infantry and armor, and a single [[battalion]] of aging militia [[BattleMech]]s. The Fourth was a front-line 'Mech regiment and arrived with eighteen assorted supporting regiments, exploiting a hole in the LCAF's lines, and swiftly defeated the planetary militia.<ref name="FSWMAv1p61">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 61, "End of the Offensive"</ref>

In June [[3029]] the Commonwealth launched [[Operation HOLDUR]], a plan devised by the [[Margrave]] of the Ryde Theater, [[General]] [[Jack Sphire]], to break the deadlock in the region. HOLDUR carried a degree of risk and committed large numbers of troops - including militia forces - in an offensive spearheaded by 'Mech regiments and intended to be swift enough that the DCMS would be unable to counter-attack. [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] approved the plan and mobilized additional 'Mech regiments to support HOLDUR, deploying regiments that had previously been held in reserve. When assigning these additional forces, the Archon dictated that these forces had to be used at the [[Terra]]n end of the Ryde area, so that they could respond to any attacks originating from the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name="FSWMAv2p73">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 73, "Ryde Theater"</ref>

For the Archon, destroying DCMS 'Mech forces was as significant a goal as capturing territory;<ref name="FSWMAv2p73"/> the LCAF was angry at the loss of La Blon, and as a consequence assigned the [[First Royal Guards]] and two companies of 'Mechs from the mercenary unit [[Barrett's Fusiliers]] to land on La Blon and destroy the Fourth Proserpina Hussars. The Hussars were caught by surprise while they were in the process of relocating their headquarters to Fort Taurus from Fort Minotaur. When the elite Royal Guards dropped two kilometers from Fort Minotaur and attacked, they found it occupied by just a battalion of the Fourth's 'Mechs, and within 28 hours had secured the Fort. Meanwhile, the forces from Barrett's Fusiliers landed on Fort Taurus, overwhelming the small garrison there while the Hussars were still almost seventy kilometers away. Deprived of both Forts the Hussars retreated into the countryside, raiding settlements for supplies while the Royal Guards began launching recon operations to try and pin them down.<ref name="FSWMAv2p76">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 76, "La Blon"</ref>

The Hussars attempted to lure the Royal Guards out of Fort Minotaur so that they could sneak back in, without success, but were able to avoid getting trapped by the Royal Guards in turn until the Lyrans used falsified communications to lure the Hussars into a direct attack on Fort Minotaur, convinced that the main Guard force was elsewhere. The Hussars attacked in force, not realizing that they were facing the entire Royal Guards; after four hours of suffering heavy casualties the Hussars retreated, only to fall straight into an ambush prepared by the Fusiliers. With casualties mounting precipitously the surviving [[lance]]s from the Hussars abandoned La Blon.<ref name="FSWMAv2p76"/><ref name="FM:MRp42">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 42, "Barrett's Fusiliers: The Light Musketeers"</ref>

===The Jihad===
La Blon was fortunate during the [[Jihad]], only serving as a jump-off point for [[Word of Blake]] attacks into other regions. This lack of interest in the world from various armies of the Inner Sphere has led to the people of La Blon thinking that war is either never going to find them or it's like in-flight turbulence: Something that's unpleasant at the time, but quickly recovered from after it's gone. This attitude leads others to believe that La Blon's people are rather naïve.<ref name=DARWp216/>

===The Dark Age===
By the 32nd Century, the inhabitants of La Blon had floating farms and cities across their ocean world.  These floating structures hosted a well developed aquaculture industry to farm the planet's native flora and fauna.  In addition, there were domed cities to be found on the ocean floor. The city of Fathnine was a very large metropolis consisting of pressure domes and interconnecting networks of transportation cylinder tubes.  These underwater tubes hosted a transportation system that were called Cylcars by the locals.  These vehicles could convey passengers from the Storm Island Spaceport on the surface through a pressurized, transparent tube beneath the waves to the city.<ref name=MOWc20/>

La Blon's underwater light industry explored and conquered everything from manufacturing items under high-pressures to recovering gold from sea beds.  Tourism washighly profitable for the world, with people traveling from their worlds to enjoy time above and beneath the waves.<ref name=MOWc19>''Masters of War'', chapter 19</ref>

==Military Deployment==
<div style="-moz-column-count:3; column-count:3;">
===3028===
* [[La Blon Militia]]<ref name="4SWMAV1p61">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 61, "End of the Offensive"</ref>

===3050===
* [[8th Deneb Light Cavalry|Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]] [[RCT]]<ref name=20YU26>''20 Year Update'', p. 26 - "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>

===3079===
* [[15th Arcturan Guards|Fifteenth Arcturan Guards]]<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 10, "Arcturan Guards Regimental Status"</ref>
:- At this point in time the 15th Arcturan Guards were deployed across La Blon, and [[Marfik]]. The 15th was at 55% of full strength, with 85% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

===3145===
* [[3rd Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Third Bear Regulars]]<ref name=FM:3145p173>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 173, "Clan Force Deployments - Rasalhague Dominion"</ref>
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==Planetary Locations==
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* Elise: Continent<ref name=DARWp216/>
** Amadeus: the planetary capital city, located at the foot of the Carbondale Mountains. Site of the largest spaceport on La Blon.<ref name=DARWp216/>
** Carbondale Mountains: Mountain Range.<ref name=DARWp216/>
* Ballay: Continent<ref name=DARWp216/>
* Fathnine: underwater city<ref name=MOWc20/>
* Fort Minotaur: a military base on La Blon.<ref name="FSWMAv2p76"/>
* Fort Taurus: a military base on La Blon.<ref name="FSWMAv2p76"/>
* Renaria: Continent<ref name=DARWp216/>
**Listellei: city, largest seaport on La Blon.<ref name=DARWp216/>
***The Diamond Mine: largest casino on La Blon, located in the city Listellei<ref name=DARWp216/>
* Storm Island<ref name=MOWc20>''Masters of War'', chapter 20</ref>
** Storm Island Spaceport<ref name=MOWc20/>
}}

==Industrial Centers==
* [[La Blon Interstellar Entertainment]]<ref name=DARWp216/>

= Map Gallery =
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= Nearby Systems =
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! colspan="8" | Closest 60 systems (60 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Balkan]]
| class="lessthan30" | 12.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Dromini]]
| class="lessthan30" | 12.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Unukalhai]]
| class="lessthan30" | 14.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alrakis]]
| class="lessthan30" | 14.9
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Skondia]]
| class="lessthan30" | 17.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alphecca]]
| class="lessthan30" | 18.5
| class="lessthan30" | [[Komephoros]]
| class="lessthan30" | 19.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Kessel]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.6
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Ryde]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Sabik]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Konstance]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Marfik]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.3
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Atria]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Kimball]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alkalurops]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Nusakan]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Ko]]
| class="over30" | 32.0
| class="over30" | [[Zebebelgenubi]]
| class="over30" | 32.5
| class="over30" | [[Carnwath]]
| class="over30" | 32.7
| class="over30" | [[Skye]]
| class="over30" | 33.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Nai-Stohl]]
| class="over30" | 33.3
| class="over30" | [[Lone Star]]
| class="over30" | 35.2
| class="over30" | [[Lyons]]
| class="over30" | 35.2
| class="over30" | [[Izar]]
| class="over30" | 37.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kochab]]
| class="over30" | 37.9
| class="over30" | [[Moore]]
| class="over30" | 38.5
| class="over30" | [[Kaus Australis]]
| class="over30" | 39.0
| class="over30" | [[Baxter]]
| class="over30" | 39.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Eltanin]]
| class="over30" | 39.9
| class="over30" | [[Kaus Media]]
| class="over30" | 40.2
| class="over30" | [[Syrma]]
| class="over30" | 42.6
| class="over30" | [[Vega]]
| class="over30" | 44.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Galatea]]
| class="over30" | 44.6
| class="over30" | [[New Wessex]]
| class="over30" | 45.0
| class="over30" | [[Glengarry]]
| class="over30" | 45.2
| class="over30" | [[Freedom]]
| class="over30" | 47.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Lambrecht]]
| class="over30" | 47.7
| class="over30" | [[Yed Posterior]]
| class="over30" | 47.9
| class="over30" | [[Summer]]
| class="over30" | 48.5
| class="over30" | [[Imbros]]
| class="over30" | 48.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Corridan]]
| class="over30" | 49.0
| class="over30" | [[Zebeneschamali]]
| class="over30" | 49.2
| class="over30" | [[Kaus Borealis]]
| class="over30" | 49.2
| class="over30" | [[Dyev]]
| class="over30" | 49.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]]
| class="over30" | 50.3
| class="over30" | [[Menkent]]
| class="over30" | 50.3
| class="over30" | [[Rocky]]
| class="over30" | 50.5
| class="over30" | [[Seginus]]
| class="over30" | 51.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Cebalrai]]
| class="over30" | 52.1
| class="over30" | [[Ascella]]
| class="over30" | 52.8
| class="over30" | [[Zollikofen]]
| class="over30" | 53.6
| class="over30" | [[Kuzuu]]
| class="over30" | 55.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kannon]]
| class="over30" | 55.3
| class="over30" | [[Gamma Sagittarius]]
| class="over30" | 55.3
| class="over30" | [[Chaville]]
| class="over30" | 55.6
| class="over30" | [[Yorii]]
| class="over30" | 56.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Mizar]]
| class="over30" | 57.0
| class="over30" | [[Muphrid]]
| class="over30" | 57.8
| class="over30" | [[Asta]]
| class="over30" | 59.4
| class="over30" | [[Yed Prior]]
| class="over30" | 59.4
|-
|}

=References=
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