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Line 1: − '''Mercenary's Star''' may refer to: + {{Otheruses|the mercenary "homeworld"|the novel|Mercenary's Star (novel)}} + '''Mercenary's Star''' is a popular term referring to the premier center of [[mercenary unit|mercenary]] hiring in the [[Inner Sphere]]. It was originally associated with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] world of [[Galatea]]<ref>''Combat Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 16</ref>, the supposed "homeworld" of mercenaries until the 3030s. The moniker is most frequently used in advertising for the planet and for the flowery books and [[holovid]]s with romanticized views of mercenaries. − * [[Mercenary's Star (hiring hall)]], the premier center of mercenary hiring in the Inner Sphere+ Due to the efforts of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] to draw the mercenary trade to their own homeworld following the opening of a provisional [[Hiring Hall]] in March of [[3032]],<ref name=MHB55-34>''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 34</ref> the center of the mercenary trade gradually shifted to [[Outreach]] and the meaning of the term "Mercenary's Star" shifted with it. After hiring hall operations on Outreach were moved to the renovated Olympiad Stadium in [[3037]], the mercenary business virtually exploded on Outreach.<ref name=MHB55-34/> − * [[Mercenary's Star (novel)|''Mercenary's Star'' (novel)]], the second book of the Saga of the Gray Death Legion by [[William H. Keith, Jr.]] + When the [[Mercenary Review Board]] was replaced by the [[Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission]] in [[3052]], the MRBC set up on Outreach and only returned to set up a satellite office on Galatea in [[3067]]. Outreach became the (premier) Mercenary's Star until [[3067]], when it was devastated during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]]. Afterwards, Galatea regained its place as the so-called "Mercenary's Star" once again. − {{disambig}}+ In a more general sense, any world with a major hiring hall or otherwise known to be a center of the mercenary trade could be referred to as a "Mercenary's Star". + + The following worlds were notable hubs of the mercenary business for a time at least: + *[[Antallos]] + *[[Arc-Royal]] + *[[Astrokaszy]] + *[[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]] + *[[Galatea]] + *[[Herotitus]] + *[[Noisiel]] + *[[Northwind]] + *[[Outreach]] + *[[Solaris VII]] + *[[Westerhand]] + + = References = + <references/> + + = Bibliography = + * ''[[Combat Manual: Mercenaries]]'' + *''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]'' + + [[Category:Mercenary Related Categories]]
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| − | '''Mercenary's Star''' | + | {{Otheruses|the mercenary "homeworld"|the novel|Mercenary's Star (novel)}} |
| + | '''Mercenary's Star''' is a popular term referring to the premier center of [[mercenary unit|mercenary]] hiring in the [[Inner Sphere]]. It was originally associated with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] world of [[Galatea]]<ref>''Combat Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 16</ref>, the supposed "homeworld" of mercenaries until the 3030s. The moniker is most frequently used in advertising for the planet and for the flowery books and [[holovid]]s with romanticized views of mercenaries. | ||
| − | + | Due to the efforts of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] to draw the mercenary trade to their own homeworld following the opening of a provisional [[Hiring Hall]] in March of [[3032]],<ref name=MHB55-34>''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 34</ref> the center of the mercenary trade gradually shifted to [[Outreach]] and the meaning of the term "Mercenary's Star" shifted with it. After hiring hall operations on Outreach were moved to the renovated Olympiad Stadium in [[3037]], the mercenary business virtually exploded on Outreach.<ref name=MHB55-34/> | |
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| + | When the [[Mercenary Review Board]] was replaced by the [[Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission]] in [[3052]], the MRBC set up on Outreach and only returned to set up a satellite office on Galatea in [[3067]]. Outreach became the (premier) Mercenary's Star until [[3067]], when it was devastated during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]]. Afterwards, Galatea regained its place as the so-called "Mercenary's Star" once again. | ||
| − | + | In a more general sense, any world with a major hiring hall or otherwise known to be a center of the mercenary trade could be referred to as a "Mercenary's Star". | |
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| + | The following worlds were notable hubs of the mercenary business for a time at least: | ||
| + | *[[Antallos]] | ||
| + | *[[Arc-Royal]] | ||
| + | *[[Astrokaszy]] | ||
| + | *[[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]] | ||
| + | *[[Galatea]] | ||
| + | *[[Herotitus]] | ||
| + | *[[Noisiel]] | ||
| + | *[[Northwind]] | ||
| + | *[[Outreach]] | ||
| + | *[[Solaris VII]] | ||
| + | *[[Westerhand]] | ||
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| + | = References = | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
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| + | = Bibliography = | ||
| + | * ''[[Combat Manual: Mercenaries]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]'' | ||
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| + | [[Category:Mercenary Related Categories]] | ||