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−	The actions of various members of the Fisk family during the [[FedCom Civil War]] resulted in Odessa III being largely stripped of defenses.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/> The planetary ruler when the war erupted was [[Count]] [[Nicholas Fisk]] and the mercenary unit [[Snord's Irregulars]] were deployed on the world under contract to the Alliance; as the terms of the Irregulars contract excluded combat in a civil war, the Irregulars hoped to ride out the conflict without being drawn in, but Count Fisk was determined to manipulate the Irregulars into signing a new contract with the Alliance that would see them fighting in support of the Loyalist cause and [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]].<ref name="FCCWp67">''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 67–68: "Odessa"</ref>	+	The actions of various members of the Fisk family during the [[FedCom Civil War]] resulted in Odessa III being largely stripped of defenses.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/> The planetary ruler when the war erupted was [[Count]] [[Nicholas Fisk]] and the mercenary unit Snord's Irregulars were deployed on the world under contract to the Alliance; as the terms of the Irregulars contract excluded combat in a civil war, the Irregulars hoped to ride out the conflict without being drawn in, but Count Fisk was determined to manipulate the Irregulars into signing a new contract with the Alliance that would see them fighting in support of the Loyalist cause and [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]].<ref name="FCCWp67">''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 67–68: "Odessa"</ref>
	[[Victor Steiner-Davion]] was keen to gain the support of the elite Irregulars and dispatched a trusted officer, [[General]] [[Archer Christifori]] and the [[Thorin FTM]], to negotiate with the Irregulars. The Thorin FTM had been fighting a campaign throughout the core-spinward region of the Lyran Alliance for some time under the command of General Christifori, earning themselves the nickname "Archer's Avengers" as a result, and were dispatched to Odessa from the nearby world of [[Alcor]].<ref name="FCCWp67"/>		[[Victor Steiner-Davion]] was keen to gain the support of the elite Irregulars and dispatched a trusted officer, [[General]] [[Archer Christifori]] and the [[Thorin FTM]], to negotiate with the Irregulars. The Thorin FTM had been fighting a campaign throughout the core-spinward region of the Lyran Alliance for some time under the command of General Christifori, earning themselves the nickname "Archer's Avengers" as a result, and were dispatched to Odessa from the nearby world of [[Alcor]].<ref name="FCCWp67"/>
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	Odessa IV is probably best known for harboring one of the Word of Blake's Hidden Five worlds. The naval base named "The Ruins of Gabriel" was located near this gas giant. Located at the edge of the system, activity around Odessa IV is also obscured by an asteroid belt between Odessa III and IV.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/>		Odessa IV is probably best known for harboring one of the Word of Blake's Hidden Five worlds. The naval base named "The Ruins of Gabriel" was located near this gas giant. Located at the edge of the system, activity around Odessa IV is also obscured by an asteroid belt between Odessa III and IV.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/>
−	It was constructed under the orders of General [[Alexander Kerensky]] by the [[Star League Defense Force]] in secret toward the end of the Rim Worlds campaign, 2769–2772, to act as a re-supply and staging base for the upcoming campaign for Terra. This large complex contained several pressurized and unpressurized repair facilities and an extremely large habitat. By placing it well outside the traditional polar jump points, it was largely safe from detection. Though mostly stripped in the lead-up to the Exodus, some supplies or vessels too crippled for the journey might have been left behind.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057, Revised'', pp. 182–183</ref>	+	It was constructed by the [[Star League Defense Force]] in secret toward the end of the Rim Worlds campaign, in 2769–2772. This large complex contained several pressurized and unpressurized repair facilities and an extremely large habitat. By placing it well outside the traditional polar jump points, it was largely safe from detection. Though mostly stripped in the lead-up to the Exodus, some supplies or vessels too crippled for the journey might have been left behind.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057, Revised'', pp. 182–183</ref>
	Information uncovered during the Jihad indicated that ComStar had discreetly taken effective possession of Odessa IV and the former SLDF naval base concealed nearby when the chaos of the First Succession War was engulfing Odessa III. With the population of the primary world in the system in sharp decline, astronavigational records relating to Odessa IV would easily have been lost, removing pirate points and other such features from common knowledge. Traffic so far away from Odessa III at the time most likely escaped any attention, and ComStar evidently made discrete, subtle changes to the surviving records for the system, increasing the apparent effect of existing hazards such as gravity anomalies in small, difficult to detect ways, all close enough to the true nature of the conditions around the large planet to escape notice.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/>		Information uncovered during the Jihad indicated that ComStar had discreetly taken effective possession of Odessa IV and the former SLDF naval base concealed nearby when the chaos of the First Succession War was engulfing Odessa III. With the population of the primary world in the system in sharp decline, astronavigational records relating to Odessa IV would easily have been lost, removing pirate points and other such features from common knowledge. Traffic so far away from Odessa III at the time most likely escaped any attention, and ComStar evidently made discrete, subtle changes to the surviving records for the system, increasing the apparent effect of existing hazards such as gravity anomalies in small, difficult to detect ways, all close enough to the true nature of the conditions around the large planet to escape notice.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/>

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{{Update Needed|[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]], [[Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3]],[[Shrapnel Issue 9]]}} {{otheruses|the planetary system|other uses|Odessa (disambiguation)}} {{InfoBoxSystem | image = Odessa_3151.svg | caption = Odessa [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] | name = Odessa | coord = -120.727 : 185.545{{e}} | stars = | class = | recharge = | recharge stations = | planets = }} ==System Description== '''Odessa''' is located near the [[Lyndon]] and [[Garrison]] systems. ==System History== Odessa was settled early in humanity's expansion to the stars. A system with four worlds and at least one asteroid belt, most of the inhabitants live on the world of '''Odessa III''', generally simply referred to as "Odessa." The [[Word of Blake]] operated a secret facility referred to by the Word as "'''Ruins of Gabriel'''" in the Odessa system near the fourth planet, Odessa IV, a gas giant. ==Political Affiliation== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [[2340]] - [[Protectorate of Donegal]]<ref name=HBHS13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref> * [[2341]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=HBHS13/> * [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref> * [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref> * [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref> * [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> * [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref> * [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref> * [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref> * [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref> * [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref> * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref> * [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10</ref> * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', pp. 22–23</ref> * [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', pp. 10–11</ref> * [[3063]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', pp. 28–29</ref> * [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 42–43</ref> * [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 64–65</ref> * [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref> * [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 62–63</ref> * [[3085]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="FM:3085pVII">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref> * [[3135]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3145p10">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 9</ref> * [[3145]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref> * [[3152]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref> {{div col end}} ------------------------------------- ==Odessa III== {{InfoBoxPlanet | image = | name = Odessa III | othernames = | position = Third | distance = | moons = | gravity = | pressure = | temperature = | water = | life = | continents = | colonized = | demonym = Odessan<ref name=CoDc4>''Call of Duty'', ch. 4</ref> | language = | religion = | population = | ruler = [[Duke of Odessa]]<br>[[Count of Odessa]] | political = | commander = | capital = New Bealton<ref name=CoDc4/> | hpg = | hpgrep = }} ===Planetary History=== ====Succession Wars==== [[House Fisk]] rose to power on Odessa at some point in the late twenty-seventh or early twenty-eighth century and stayed there; during the [[First Succession War]] Odessa was seriously damaged by heavy fighting and nearly rendered uninhabitable, but a core of determined survivors began rebuilding. Over the next two hundred years, Odessa was able to rebuild itself and form a vital part of the Commonwealth's food supply. Exports of the [[Odessan Raxx]] also helped the planet recover.<ref name="JHS:3076p13">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 13: "Odessa: How?"</ref> ====FedCom Civil War==== The actions of various members of the Fisk family during the [[FedCom Civil War]] resulted in Odessa III being largely stripped of defenses.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/> The planetary ruler when the war erupted was [[Count]] [[Nicholas Fisk]] and the mercenary unit Snord's Irregulars were deployed on the world under contract to the Alliance; as the terms of the Irregulars contract excluded combat in a civil war, the Irregulars hoped to ride out the conflict without being drawn in, but Count Fisk was determined to manipulate the Irregulars into signing a new contract with the Alliance that would see them fighting in support of the Loyalist cause and [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]].<ref name="FCCWp67">''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 67–68: "Odessa"</ref> [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] was keen to gain the support of the elite Irregulars and dispatched a trusted officer, [[General]] [[Archer Christifori]] and the [[Thorin FTM]], to negotiate with the Irregulars. The Thorin FTM had been fighting a campaign throughout the core-spinward region of the Lyran Alliance for some time under the command of General Christifori, earning themselves the nickname "Archer's Avengers" as a result, and were dispatched to Odessa from the nearby world of [[Alcor]].<ref name="FCCWp67"/> Meanwhile, Count Fisk had hired a mercenary unit named [[Wolverton's Highlanders]]—notionally a part of the [[Blackstone Highlanders]]—as a means of influencing the Irregulars. General Christifori and the Thorin FTM landed without incident and began negotiations with [[Colonel]] [[Rhonda Snord]], with both agreeing to meet and conduct negotiations face to face; Fisk arranged to sabotage these talks by having elements of Wolverton's Highlanders disguise themselves as elements of either the Irregulars or the FTM and then used these cat's paws to ambush General Christifori and Colonel Snord en route to their meeting on the 16th of April [[3063]]. Fisk's gambit was successful - led by Colonel [[Robert Feehan]], the Highlanders forces ambushed both leaders, leaving Colonel Snord comatose and [[Natasha Snord]] leading the Irregulars in her mother's place while both the FTM and the Irregulars attacked each other in retaliation for what they perceived as treachery.<ref name="FCCWp67"/> The Irregulars soon found themselves under siege in the ruined remains of the city of Bealton and in need of rescue. At this point, Fisk had the Wolverton Highlanders "arrive" on Odessa and arranged an offer of aid to the Irregulars, dependent upon the Irregulars signing a new contract to follow their old, this time without the codicil that would allow them to sit out the Civil War. Unfortunately for Fisk, his plans were ruined when the Avengers captured the Lyran Alliance agent attached to the Highlanders and discovered the [[BattleMech]]s in false colors that the Highlanders had used to ambush the two leaders. General Christifori made this information freely available to the Irregulars, and with Colonel Rhonda Snord having regained consciousness on the 2nd of May, both units became allies.<ref name="FCCWp67"/> The FTM and the Irregulars soon outmatched the Highlanders; by the time the two allied units had finished their campaign against the Highlanders Count Fisk had been captured and interned in a prisoner of war camp. Colonel Feehan was captured and transported to [[Outreach]], where a trial in front of the MRBC and [[Wolf's Dragoons]] saw him stripped of his command and the Highlanders' rating reduced to such an extent that the unit found itself unemployable.<ref name="FCCWp67"/> ====The Jihad==== After the Civil War Nicholas Fisk received a pardon from Victor Steiner-Davion and was restored to power, although he disinherited his elder son, [[Luther Fisk]]. With the defenses on Odessa sharply reduced following the Civil War and with a poor reputation that made hiring mercenaries unlikely, Odessa was forced to upgrade its planetary defenses. The younger son of Count Nicholas Fisk, [[Leon Fisk]], was installed as commander of the Planetary Guard in [[3072]] on his twenty-third birthday, and would play a key part in rebuilding the planetary defenses.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/> Evidence assembled in [[3075]] after the discovery of the [[Word of Blake|Blakist]] facilities near Odessa IV indicated that Count Nicholas Fisk had actively colluded with the Blakists, but that there was no true Blakist presence on Odessa III itself; instead, the Blakists had exercised influence and control through various shell companies active in the fields of agriculture or heavy machinery. The Count's records indicated numerous meetings and kickbacks associated with these companies, demonstrating that the Word of Blake had effectively ruled Odessa III through its control over the corrupt and greedy Count. It was also revealed that while the [[ComStar]] physical presence on Odessa III had historically been limited to the fortified compound containing the [[HPG]] station within the city of New Bealton, ComStar had effectively been controlling the planetary government through similar means to that of the Blakists since the initial rebuilding efforts in the wake of the First Succession War.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/> An enforced quarantine was established in the Odessa system in February 3075 as a result of the plague outbreaks that continued to erupt after the Word of Blake poisoning of the world the year before.<ref name="JHS:Tp14">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 14: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp53">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Any ships arriving in the system were subject to boarding and search operations. Any ship that landed on the world would be destroyed. The entire population was infected with the virulent contagion released by the Word of Blake, which explains these drastic measures.<ref name="JHS3076p36">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 36: "Notice to Shipping"</ref> In May, [[Clan Ghost Bear]] naval elements, including a ''[[Leviathan (Individual Leviathan-class WarShip)|Leviathan]]'', arrived in the Odessa system and drove the Blakists out of the system.<ref name="JHS:3076p37">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 37</ref> ====Dark Age Era==== The planet was still highly contaminated after the end of the Jihad, but it remained populated. Leadership was given to [[House Carlyle]], which led the cleaning and rebuilding efforts.<ref>''The Price of Duty''</ref> ===Military Deployment=== ====2786==== * [[Second Odessa Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref> ====3038==== * [[Dragonslayers]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p140">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 140: "Deployment Table"</ref> ====3040==== * Dragonslayers<ref name="H:Wo3039p140"/> ====3085==== * [[Bronze Keshik (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 129: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> ===Planetary Locations=== * Bealton: Former planetary capital. Destroyed in the [[First Succession War]] by the Draconis Combine which dropped two nuclear bombs on the city, reducing it to a wasteland of radioactive and toxic rubble. To make sure the city would never be rebuilt, several chemically based, toxic bombs were also deployed, well salting the proverbial earth. "Old" Bealton remained highly contaminated. * Gottfredson: a village<ref name=CoDc20>''Call of Duty'', ch. 20</ref> * New Bealton: planetary capital<ref name=CoDc4/> ** Odessan Royal Palace<ref name=CoDc4/> * Moseby's Crossroads<ref name=CoDc8>''Call of Duty'', ch. 8</ref> ===Local Fauna=== Homeworld of the [[Odessan Raxx]] ------------------------------------- ==Odessa IV== {{InfoBoxPlanet | image = | name = Odessa IV | othernames = | position = Fourth | distance = | moons = Gabriel and 219 others | gravity = | pressure = | temperature = | water = | life = | continents = | colonized = | demonym = | language = | religion = | population = | ruler = | political = | commander = | capital = | hpg = | hpgrep = }} Located at the extreme edge of the Odessa system, Odessa IV is a gas giant with more than 219 assorted orbital bodies trapped in various orbits around itself. The source of many of these small bodies was most likely the same as that which provided the expansive debris and asteroid field that littered the space between the orbits of Odessa IV and the habitable Odessa III; the most commonly accepted theory amongst astronomers studying the system was that two large bodies had collided while the Odessa system was being formed, scattering their remains far and wide. The presence of so much stellar clutter limited exploration of Odessa IV, as did its remote location, so far away from Odessa III.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/> Odessa IV is probably best known for harboring one of the Word of Blake's Hidden Five worlds. The naval base named "The Ruins of Gabriel" was located near this gas giant. Located at the edge of the system, activity around Odessa IV is also obscured by an asteroid belt between Odessa III and IV.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/> It was constructed by the [[Star League Defense Force]] in secret toward the end of the Rim Worlds campaign, in 2769–2772. This large complex contained several pressurized and unpressurized repair facilities and an extremely large habitat. By placing it well outside the traditional polar jump points, it was largely safe from detection. Though mostly stripped in the lead-up to the Exodus, some supplies or vessels too crippled for the journey might have been left behind.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057, Revised'', pp. 182–183</ref> Information uncovered during the Jihad indicated that ComStar had discreetly taken effective possession of Odessa IV and the former SLDF naval base concealed nearby when the chaos of the First Succession War was engulfing Odessa III. With the population of the primary world in the system in sharp decline, astronavigational records relating to Odessa IV would easily have been lost, removing pirate points and other such features from common knowledge. Traffic so far away from Odessa III at the time most likely escaped any attention, and ComStar evidently made discrete, subtle changes to the surviving records for the system, increasing the apparent effect of existing hazards such as gravity anomalies in small, difficult to detect ways, all close enough to the true nature of the conditions around the large planet to escape notice.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/> On 9 November [[3073]], [[Chandrasekhar Kurita]] won naval support from both the Lyran Alliance and [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] for a strike mission he was planning against the Ruins of Gabriel.<ref name="JHS3076p34">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 34: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> In [[3074]], a small task force consisting of elements from the [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]], [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]], and several mercenary units hired by Chandrasekhar Kurita attacked the Ruins. In the fighting the ''[[Mjolnir (WarShip class)|Mjolnir]]''-class battleship [[Yggdrasil (Individual Mjolnir-class WarShip)|LAS ''Yggdrasil'']] was damaged<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/><ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52"/> and the ''[[Baron (WarShip class)|Baron]]''-class [[Light of Faith|WoBS ''Light of Faith'']] was destroyed;<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Original Word of Blake Fleet"</ref> while the Blakists were able to beat the attack off, they poisoned Odessa III. To deny information to their enemies, the Word of Blake stripped the base of all available information, destroyed the [[Naga (WarShip class)|''Naga'']]-class destroyer that was undergoing repairs and restoration within the facility, and programmed all their drone fighters to self-destruct.<ref name="JHS:3076p13"/><ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52"/> On 17 April [[3075]], an unidentified [[Shadow Division]] was reported to have recaptured the Ruins of Gabriel; while details were sketchy, the Shadow Division was believed to have been supported by two Blakist WarShips, an ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer and a ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser.<ref name="JHS:Tp15+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 15–16: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp54">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 54: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The first forces to arrive to contest the renewed Word of Blake presence at the Ruins of Gabriel were a mix of Lyran and Clan Wolf-in-Exile WarShips, which arrived on the 18th of May, a month after the Word of Blake recaptured the facility. The first battles between the allied forces and the Blakists ended in a standoff, a standoff that would be broken four days later when [[Clan Ghost Bear]] forces arrived in the Odessa system. The Ghost Bears emerged at one of the system pirate points, and their first act was to order the combined Lyran and Wolf-in-Exile force to stand down; the Ghost Bears then crippled a Lyran WarShip that attempted to intervene in the impending battle between the Ghost Bears and the Blakists. As the remaining Lyran and Wolf-in-Exile forces stood off, the Ghost Bears attacked the Word of Blake, but proved unable to prevent the Blakist forces scuttling the Ruins of Gabriel facility and escaping from the Odessa system.<ref name="JHS:Tp16">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 16: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp54">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 54: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The various battles did see the Blakist ''[[Essex]]''-class [[Enlightened Spark|WoBS ''Enlightened Spark'']] destroyed, however.<ref name="J:FRp128"/> ==Gallery== <gallery> Ruins of Gabriel shipyard.jpg|An [[Avatar (WarShip class)|''Avatar''-class Heavy Cruiser]] under repair in The Ruins of Gabriel (shipyard) near Odessa IV. </gallery> ==Map Gallery== <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> ==Nearby Systems== <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" ! colspan="8" | Closest 24 systems (24 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: |- | class="lessthan30" | [[Lyndon]] | class="lessthan30" | 12.6 | class="lessthan30" | [[Garrison]] | class="lessthan30" | 18.3 | class="lessthan30" | [[Summit]] | class="lessthan30" | 24.4 | class="lessthan30" | [[Ginestra]] | class="lessthan30" | 24.4 |- | class="lessthan30" | [[Pherkad]] | class="lessthan30" | 26.0 | class="lessthan30" | [[Vaj]] | class="lessthan30" | 26.5 | class="lessthan30" | [[Eschenberg]] | class="lessthan30" | 29.0 | class="lessthan30" | [[Grunwald]] | class="lessthan30" | 29.2 |- | class="over30" | [[Surcin]] | class="over30" | 31.8 | class="over30" | [[Lucianca]] | class="over30" | 32.6 | class="over30" | [[Kockengen]] | class="over30" | 36.3 | class="over30" | [[Cumbres]] | class="over30" | 37.1 |- | class="over30" | [[Kandersteg|Matahari]] | class="over30" | 42.4 | class="over30" | [[Arcturus]] | class="over30" | 44.1 | class="over30" | [[Hillerod]] | class="over30" | 44.3 | class="over30" | [[Porrima]] | class="over30" | 46.8 |- | class="over30" | [[Hamilton (LC)|Hamilton]] | class="over30" | 47.2 | class="over30" | [[Kerensky's Vision|Qualip]] | class="over30" | 48.2 | class="over30" | [[Borghese]] | class="over30" | 48.4 | class="over30" | [[Leganes]] | class="over30" | 49.8 |- | class="over30" | [[Breukelen]] | class="over30" | 54.9 | class="over30" | [[Cameron (LC)|Cameron]] | class="over30" | 55.4 | class="over30" | [[Aur]] | class="over30" | 57.4 | class="over30" | [[New Exford]] | class="over30" | 60.0 |- |} ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[Call of Duty]]'' (novel) * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' * ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]'' {{div col end}} [[Category:Systems|Odessa]] [[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]] [[Category: Lyran Alliance Systems]] [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]] [[Category: Protectorate of Donegal Systems]]

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