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The '''Sheratan''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Sheratan V''', and as of [[3151]], it was located in the [[Tikonov Commonality]] of the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name=SFp103/>
 
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==System Description==
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== Political Affiliation ==
Sheratan is located near the [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]] and [[Ingress]] systems.
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HMp16"/>
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* [[2319]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] <ref name="HB:HKp18"/>
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* [[2366]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation - [2366]] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation 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] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:LoTV1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
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* [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]] <ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref>
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* [[2774]] - Amaris Empire <ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
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* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] <ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation 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 (sourcebook)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HL(TCC)pvii">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. vii, "Capellan Confederation Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3029]] - [[Tikonov Free Republic]] (from March)<ref name="FSWMAv2p16">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 16-17, "Tikonov Free Republic"</ref><ref name="FSWMAv2p16A">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 16, "Tikonov Commonality (Map)"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Tikonov Free Republic <ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="FSWMAv2p94">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 94, "End Of The War"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of [3039] - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, Inner Sphere - [3052] Map</ref>
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* [[3057]] - [[Chaos March]] <ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Chaos March <ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Chaos March <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Chaos March <ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] <ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name="FR:Cp29">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 29, "Terran Corridor/Clans Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii , "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Independent world <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Capellan Confederation <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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==System History==
 
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==Political Affiliation==
 
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16"/>
 
* [[2319]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name="HB:HKp18"/>
 
* [[2366]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
 
* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</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</ref>
 
* [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138</ref>
 
* [[2774]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
 
* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref>
 
* [[2797]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref>
 
* [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31</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>
 
* [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39</ref><ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HL(TCC)pvii">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', foldout: "Capellan Confederation Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70</ref>
 
* [[3029]] - [[Tikonov Free Republic]] (from March)<ref name="FSWMAv2p16">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', pp. 16–17: "Tikonov Free Republic"</ref><ref name="FSWMAv2p16A">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 16</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Tikonov Free Republic<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72</ref><ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49</ref><ref name="FSWMAv2p94">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 94: "End Of The War"</ref>
 
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
 
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
 
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref>
 
* [[3057]] - [[Chaos March]]<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10</ref>
 
* [[3058]] - Chaos March<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78</ref><ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60</ref>
 
* [[3063]] - Chaos March<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
 
* [[3067]] - Chaos March<ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref>
 
* [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
 
* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="FR:Cp29">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 29</ref>
 
* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</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:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
 
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==Sheratan V==
 
==Sheratan V==
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| name                = Sheratan
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARW87/>
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| temperature        = 31°C<ref name=DARW87/>
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===Planetary Info===
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'''Sheratan''' is an agricultural world. The land is arranged in a single continent with several large inland seas. This continent is covered in forests, jungles, and farmland.<ref name=DARW87/> Sheratan is described as being a beautiful world, sparsely populated, with forests and jungles around the equator.<ref>''Chaos March (sourcebook)'', p. 46</ref> The forests created large fertile areas, and agricultural concerns moved in, bought land, cut down the forests and planted fruits and vegetables from across the Inner Sphere..<ref>''Chaos March (sourcebook)'', p. 26</ref>
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===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
 
====Early History====
 
====Early History====
Having become independent as a result of the Demarcation Declaration, Sheratan 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 of the Terran Hegemony|Director-General]] [[James McKenna]], the first of which began in [[2316]] and ended with the capture of [[Towne]] in [[2317]]. Sheratan 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">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding [2319]"</ref>
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Having become independent as a result of the Demarcation Declaration, Sheratan 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]]. Sheratan 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">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding [2319]"</ref>
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====Succession Wars====
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Other than a great deal of farmland, Sheratan had nothing else to recommend it. Therefore it was generally spared the horrific effects of the Succession Wars. During the formation of the Chaos March however, the world was ravaged by [[CCAF]] troops. After the world joined the Republic of the Sphere, its economy and population stabilized.<ref name=DARW87/>
  
====Fourth Succession War====
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=====Fourth Succession War=====
Other than a great deal of farmland, Sheratan had nothing much to offer; therefore, it was generally spared the horrific effects of the [[Succession Wars]].<ref name=DARWp90/>
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Following negotiations between [[Colonel]] [[Pavel Ridzik]], chief military advisor to [[Chancellor]] [[Maximilian Liao]], and [[AFFS]] [[Lieutenant General]] [[Ardan Sortek]], conducted in February [[3029]] Ridzik created a new nation, the Tikonov Free Republic. The Republic was created by incorporating those worlds of the [[Tikonov Commonality]] that hadn't already been conquered during the first half of the [[Fourth Succession War]]. Ridzik returned to [[Elgin]], the new capital of the Tikonov Free Republic, on the 3rd of March 3029 and swiftly began implementing a new government consisting of family members, friends and other appointees loyal to himself, purging dissident elements on the various Republic worlds and taking the opportunity to settle old scores. Sheratan was one of the systems incorporated into the Republic.<ref name="FSWMAv2p16"/>
  
Sheratan was one of the systems incorporated into the [[Tikonov Free Republic]] in [[3029]] as a result of the [[Fourth Succession War]].<ref name="FSWMAv2p16"/> Afterward, the [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan]] secret police established a number of terrorist groups on Sheratan and supplied them with funding, leading to a protracted terrorist campaign across the planet. The primary defensive force on Sheratan was a command known as the [[Sheratan Knights]], a [[regiment]] of conventional forces who were ferociously loyal to the [[Federated Commonwealth]]. Heavily involved in attempting to stop the outbreaks of terrorism, the Knights ended up receiving extensive practical experience in dealing with guerrilla warfare.<ref name=CMp46/>
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====Operation REVIVAL====
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After the Fourth Succession War the Capellan secret police established a number of terrorist groups on Sheratan and supplied them with funding, leading to a protracted terrorist campaign across the planet. The primary defensive force on Sheratan was a command known as the [[Sheratan Knights]], a [[regiment]] of conventional forces who were ferociously loyal to the Federated Commonwealth. Heavily involved in attempting to stop the outbreaks of terrorism, the Knights ended up receiving extensive practical experience of dealing with guerrilla warfare.<ref name="CMp46"/>
  
 
====Operation GUERRERO====
 
====Operation GUERRERO====
Sheratan had relatively few large cities, and when the [[Free Worlds League]] and Capellan Confederation launched [[Operation GUERRERO]] the [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] ordered the terrorist groups on Sheratan into action, leading to bombings and mass shootings in Sheratan's cities. The Sheratan Knights went into action against the terrorist again, and managed to destroy a number of cells, but the wild forests and jungles that covered much of Sheratan made it impossible to stamp all of the terrorist groups out.<ref name=CMp46>''Chaos March'', p. 46: "Sheratan"</ref>
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Sheratan had relatively few large cities, and when the [[Free Worlds League]] and Capellan Confederation launched [[Operation GUERRERO]] the [[Chancellor]] ordered the terrorist groups on Sheratan into action, leading to bombings and mass shootings in Sheratan's cities. The Sheratan Knights went into action against the terrorist again, and managed to destroy a number of cells, but the wild forests and jungles that covered much of Sheratan made it impossible to stamp all of the terrorist groups out.<ref name="CMp46">''Chaos March'', p. 46, "Sheratan"</ref>
  
Life became significantly worse for the population when a [[battalion]] of mercenaries hired by the Free Worlds League landed on Sheratan. The mercenaries in question were the [[Fist of Mokal]], and had arrived to support the Capellan nationalists; quickly seizing Gellen's Heights, the capital city, the Fist declared Sheratan a Capellan holding once more. [[Colonel]] [[Toby Knight]] of the Sheratan Knights had the furious Knights converge on Gellen's Heights and launched an aggressive hit-and-run attack against the Fist that destroyed several [[BattleMech]]s. The Commanding Officer of the Fist, [[Major]] [[William Jeffreys]], was caught out by the ferocity and success of the Knight's attack, and ordered two companies of his troops to hunt down the Knights in Sheratan's forests, leaving the third company to secure the militia fortress in the city.<ref name=CMp46/>
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Life became significantly worse for the population when a [[battalion]] of mercenaries hired by the Free Worlds League landed on Sheratan. The mercenaries in question were the [[Fist of Mokal]], and had arrived to support the Capellan nationalists; quickly seizing Gellen's Heights, the capital city, the Fist declared Sheratan a Capellan holding once more. [[Colonel]] [[Toby Knight]] of the Sheratan Knights had the furious Knights converge on Gellen's Heights and launched an aggressive hit-and-run attack against the Fist that destroyed several [[BattleMech]]s. The Commanding Officer of the Fist, [[Major]] [[William Jeffreys]], was caught out by the ferocity and success of the Knight's attack, and ordered two companies of his troops to hunt down the Knights in Sheratan's forests, leaving the third company to secure the militia fortress in the city.<ref name="CMp46"/>
  
Aided by the Capellan-aligned terrorist groups, the Fist managed to track down and destroy one of the Knights' three battalions, but the Knights responded by setting the forest on fire, trapping the Fist's troops. Faced with a burning maelstrom, Jeffreys ordered his troops to charge through the flames, but only a single company of 'Mechs survived; the company still in Gellen Heights responded to news of the attack by slaughtering thousands of civilians. It wasn't long before word of the Fist's brutal actions led to their contract being voided, but before leaving Sheratan the Fist started several major fires of their own.<ref name=CMp46/>
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Aided by the Capellan-aligned terrorist groups, the Fist managed to track down and destroy one of the Knights' three battalions, but the Knights responded by setting the forest on fire, trapping the Fist's troops. Faced with a burning maelstrom, Jeffreys ordered his troops to charge through the flames, but only a single company of 'Mechs survived; the company still in Gellen Heights responded to news of the attack by slaughtering thousands of civilians. It wasn't long before word of the Fist's brutal actions led to their contract being voided, but before leaving Sheratan the Fist started several major fires of their own.<ref name="CMp46"/>
  
With vast areas of Sheratan on fire, the planetary government was unable to keep control of the situation and collapsed, leading to a leadership vacuum, which various local factions attempted to fill. Resources that could've been spent fighting the fires ended up being consumed in small-scale warfare between competing factions led by members of the local aristocracy or other charismatic figures, and soon there was so much smoke in the atmosphere that Sheratan's days became hazy and the nights particularly dark. The Knights were able to retain control of Gellen's Heights and a few square kilometers of territory around the city, but not much more; without support from the Fist of Mokal, the influence of the Capellan nationalist forces was also heavily reduced, leaving the planet in flux.<ref name=CMp46/>
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With vast areas of Sheratan on fire, the planetary government was unable to keep control of the situation and collapsed, leading to a leadership vacuum, which various local factions attempted to fill. Resources that could've been spent fighting the fires ended up being consumed in small-scale warfare between competing factions led by members of the local aristocracy or other charismatic figures, and soon there was so much smoke in the atmosphere that Sheratan's days became hazy and the nights particularly dark. The Knights were able to retain control of Gellen's Heights and a few square kilometers of territory around the city, but not much more; without support from the Fist of Mokal, the influence of the Capellan nationalist forces was also heavily reduced, leaving the planet in flux.<ref name="CMp46"/>
  
After the formation of the [[Chaos March]], Atticks Enterprises hired several mercenaries to secure the foodstuffs stored on Sheratan at the Hollingsworth Agrifoods warehouse in Daggaknott city.<ref name=CMp26/> Atticks had been taken over by a pirate group known as [[Death's Holiday]], who had found the properties formerly owned by the Shen family of [[Acamar]] abandoned after the family was wiped out and assumed control. The pirates operated under the pretense that the Hollingsworth Agrifoods stores were Atticks Enterprises property to be reclaimed, in an effort to avoid tangling with the major influences in the region such as [[Wolf's Dragoons]], who took a dim view on piracy of any kind. Daggaknott was home to various civilian factions competing for control, and due to the upheaval on Sheratan the board of Directors of Hollingsworth Agrifoods had hired a mixed conventional forces company to secure their compound, who clashed with the hirelings deployed by Death's Holiday.<ref name="CMp94">''Chaos March'', p. 94: "Contract IND 58900-002-3"</ref>
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After the formation of the Chaos March, Atticks Enterprises hired several mercenaries to secure the foodstuffs stored on Sheratan at the Hollingsworth Agrifoods warehouse in Daggaknott city.<ref>''Chaos March (sourcebook)'', p. 26</ref> Atticks had been taken over by a pirate group known as [[Death's Holiday]], who had found the properties formerly owned by the Shen family of [[Acamar]] abandoned after the family was wiped out and assumed control. The pirates operated under the pretense that the Hollingsworth Agrifoods stores were Atticks Enterprises property to be reclaimed, in an effort to avoid tangling with the major influences in the region such as [[Wolf's Dragoons]], who took a dim view on piracy of any kind. Daggaknott was home to various civilian factions competing for control, and due to the upheaval on Sheratan the board of Directors of Hollingsworth Agrifoods had hired a mixed conventional forces company to secure their compound, who clashed with the hirelings deployed by Death's Holiday.<ref name="CMp94">''Chaos March'', p. 94, "Contract IND 58900-002-3"</ref>
  
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====The Jihad====
In [[3070]], Sheratan was garrisoned by [[Grim Determination]].<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 79</ref> The [[Word of Blake]] hired several mercenary units to land on Sheratan and drive the Determination off the world. (The Word agents who hired the units claimed to be from the [[Federated Suns]]). The Determination surrendered when they were informed that the contract called for the destruction of their force. Many of the soldiers from Grim Determination later joined [[Cumberland's Missiliers]].<ref name=TCp95>''Total Chaos'', p. 95: "Grim Death"</ref>
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In [[3070]] Sheratan was garrisoned by [[Grim Determination]].<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 79</ref> The [[Word of Blake]] hired several mercenary units to land on Sheratan and drive the Determination off the world. (The Word agents who hired the units claimed to be from the [[Federated Suns]]). The Determination surrendered when they were informed that the contract called for the destruction of their force. Many of the soldiers from Grim Determination later joined [[Cumberland's Missiliers]].<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 95</ref>
  
Sheratan was used as a baseworld by the [[Fifth Division (Word of Blake)|Fifth Division]]. In 3070, the world was raided by the [[Thirteenth Stalking Horse]] and [[Wild Geese]] mercenary commands. They inflicted serious damage on the Fifth Division, which was on Sheratan to recover.<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 125</ref> After this raid and the removal of Grim Determination, the Fifth Division staged a military coup and took control of the world. [[Precentor]] Garin Latronis conscripted civilians into "volunteer engineering groups" to repair infrastructure and fortifications on the planet. By the end of 3070, the Precentor had created work camps all over the world and deposed the planetary government, establishing himself as a despotic ruler. Labor strikes were put down with lethal force, and a peaceful protest of 100,000 citizens turned into a massacre.
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Sheratan was used as a baseworld by the [[5th Division (Word of Blake)|Fifth Division]]. In 3070 the world was raided by the [[Thirteenth Stalking Horse]] and [[Wild Geese]] mercenary commands. They inflicted serious damage on the Fifth Division, which was on Sheratan to recover.<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 125</ref> After this raid and the removal of Grim Determination, the Fifth Division staged a military coup and took control of the world. [[Precentor]] Garin Latronis conscripted civilians into "volunteer engineering groups" to repair infrastructure and fortifications on the planet. By the end of 3070 the Precentor had created work camps all over the world and deposed the planetary government, establishing himself as a despotic ruler. Labor strikes were put down with lethal force, and a peaceful protest of 100,000 citizens turned into a massacre.
  
In [[3073]], the [[Opacus Venatori]] arrived on Sheratan. They removed Precentor Latronis from power (by killing him) and punished those Word of Blake militia members who had engaged in crimes against humanity. Their job done, they left the world in the hands of the native Sheratanians, who quickly reestablished a junta and tried to get back to normal. They remained in power until the [[Stone's Coalition‏‎|Coalition]] arrived in [[3079]]. In July, the [[Sheratan Protectorate Militia]] was defending Sheratan along stragglers of Fifth Division. They engaged elements from the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[Third Army (ComStar)|Third Army]]. The Militia surrendered after a token fight.<ref name=TCp234>''Total Chaos'', p. 234: "Here Comes the Cavalry"</ref> [[Devlin Stone]] promised that those people guilty of crimes against their fellows would be tried.<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 126</ref>
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In [[3073]], the [[Opacus Venatori]] arrived on Sheratan. They removed Precentor Latronis from power (by killing him) and punished those Word of Blake militia members who had engaged in crimes against humanity. Their job done, they left the world in the hands of the native Sheratanians, who quickly reestablished a junta and tried to get back to normal. They remained in power until the [[Stone's Coalition‏‎|Coalition]] arrived in [[3079]]. In July [[3079]] the [[Sheratan Protectorate Militia]] was defending Sheratan along stragglers of [[5th Division (Word of Blake)|Fifth Division]]. They engaged elements from the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[Third Army (ComStar)|Third Army]]. The Militia surrendered after a token fight.<ref name="TCp234">''Total Chaos'', p. 234, "HERE COMES THE CAVALRY"</ref> [[Devlin Stone]] promised that those people guilty of crimes against their fellows would be tried.<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 126</ref>
  
Some anomalous reports have the [[Clan Nova Cat]] [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Delta Galaxy]] attacking Sheratan in late 3077, where they employed the new ''[[Arbalest]]'' to neutralize the Blakist networks.  Without corroboration this battle cannot be confirmed.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 142: "Arbalest"</ref>
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====The Dark Age====
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On the 16th of December [[3132]] fighting broke out on Sheratan between forces from the [[Republic Armed Forces]] and forces from the local [[Clan Wolf]] enclave.<ref name="ED:DAp10">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10, "Dark Age Timeline"</ref> The call to arms issued by [[Kal Radick]] in June had unnerved the leadership within the Republic, and led to a number of Clan Wolf enclaves within the Republic's borders receiving visits from [[Knight]]s, checking to see if the Wolves were continuing to remain loyal. The fighting in December was between the Malenky Katyusha Clan Wolf enclave located outside Gellen's Heights, the planetary capital, and a force from [[IV Principes]] that had been dispatched under the overall command of a [[Knight-Errant]].<ref name="ED:DAp6">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 6, "Important Military Actions of Late 3132"</ref> At this point, Radick was still trying to create the impression that the [[Steel Wolves]] were a new [[Clan]], and the defeat on Sheratan at the hands of IV Princepes was a high-profile setback for him.<ref name="ED:DAp18">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 18, "Steel Wolves"</ref>
  
====Dark Age====
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In mid-[[3134]] [[Wiremu Telosa]], the leader of the Chosen - an offshoot faction of the [[One Star Faith]] - attempted to merge his followers with the Clan Wolf enclave on Sheratan. The Chosen's beliefs were a mash of syncretic mysticism and articles borrowed from Clan culture - or at least, the Chosen's interpretation of Clan cluture - and the attempt was a disaster.<ref name="ED:DAp22">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 22, "Other Groups"</ref>
On 16 December [[3132]], fighting broke out on Sheratan between forces from the [[Republic Armed Forces]] and forces from the local [[Clan Wolf]] enclave.<ref name="ED:DAp10">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10: "Dark Age Timeline"</ref> The call to arms issued by [[Kal Radick]] in June had unnerved the leadership within the Republic, and led to a number of Clan Wolf enclaves within the Republic's borders receiving visits from [[Knight of the Republic|Knights]], checking to see if the Wolves were continuing to remain loyal. The fighting in December was between the Malenky Katyusha Clan Wolf enclave located outside Gellen's Heights, the planetary capital, and a force from [[IV Principes]] that had been dispatched under the overall command of a [[Knight-Errant of the Republic|Knight-Errant]].<ref name="ED:DAp6">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 6: "Important Military Actions of Late 3132"</ref> At this point, Radick was still trying to create the impression that the [[Steel Wolves]] were a new [[Clan]], and the defeat on Sheratan at the hands of IV Princepes was a high-profile setback for him.<ref name="ED:DAp18">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 18: "Steel Wolves"</ref>
 
 
 
In mid-[[3134]], [[Wiremu Telosa]], the leader of the Chosen—an offshoot faction of the [[One Star Faith]]—attempted to merge his followers with the Clan Wolf enclave on Sheratan. The Chosen's beliefs were a mash of syncretic mysticism and articles borrowed from Clan culture—or at least, the Chosen's interpretation of Clan culture—and the attempt was a disaster.<ref name="ED:DAp22">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 22: "Other Groups"</ref>
 
 
 
Late in [[3135]], prior to the [[Fortress Republic]] protocols being enacted, [[Tara Campbell]] arrived on Sheratan to secure a hidden armaments depot from anti-Republic forces. Campbell then assembled a ragtag force from the remaining loyalists there, including individual soldiers who had flocked to her banner rather than abandon Republic worlds outside [[The Wall|the Wall]]. [[Paladin of the Republic|Paladin]] [[Ariana Zou]] later met with Campbell and aided her in withdrawing the arms cache and her force to the [[Republic Remnant]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 16: "Raising of the Walls"</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 86: Tara Campbell profile</ref> At some point afterwards Sheratan fell to the Capellan Confederation.<ref name="ER:3145p39"/>
 
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
 
====3058====
 
====3058====
* [[Sheratan Knights]]<ref name=CMp46/>
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* [[Sheratan Knights]]<ref name="CMp46"/>
  
 
====3067====
 
====3067====
* [[Fifth Division (Word of Blake)|Fifth Division IV-Eta]]<ref name=FMUp99>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 99</ref>
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* [[Grim Determination]]<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental '', p. 66, "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>
:CO: [[Precentor|Precentor XV]] [[Trenton Endicott]]
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* [[Sheratan Militia]]<ref name=TCp95>''Total Chaos'', pp. 95 "GRIM DEATH"</ref>
:* Sleight of Hand III-gamma
 
:: CO: Precentor XV Trenton Endicott
 
:* True Vision III-lambda
 
:: CO: Demi-Precentor ([[Adept|Adept X]]) [[James Devlin]]
 
:* The Deviants III-theta
 
:: CO: Demi-Precentor (Adept VIII) [[Cori Vong]]
 
:* Angle Wings III-zeta <!-- Angle sic -->
 
:: CO: Precentor XIII [[Josephine Hsia]]
 
* [[Grim Determination]]<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 66: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>
 
* [[Sheratan Militia]]<ref name=TCp95/>
 
 
 
====3075====
 
* [[Sheratan Protectorate Militia]]<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 103: "Protectorate Militia Deployment"</ref><ref name=TCp234/>
 
 
 
===Geography===
 
Sheratan is an agricultural world. The land is arranged in a single continent with several large inland seas. This continent is covered in forests, jungles, and farmland.<ref name=DARWp90/> Sheratan is described as being a beautiful world, sparsely populated, with forests and jungles around the equator.<ref name=CMp46/> The forests created large fertile areas, and agricultural concerns moved in, bought land, cut down the forests and planted fruits and vegetables from across the Inner Sphere.<ref name=CMp26>''Chaos March'', p. 26</ref>
 
  
 
===Planetary Locations===
 
===Planetary Locations===
* Daggaknott: a city and the location of Hollingsworth Agrifoods<ref name=CMp26/>
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* Daggaknot: a city and the location of Hollingsworth Agrifoods.<ref name=CMp26>"Chaos March", p. 26</ref>
* Gellen's Heights: capital city<ref name=CMp46/><ref name=DoA>''Duties and Obligations''</ref>
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* Gellen's Heights: Capital city.<ref name="CMp46"/><ref name=DoA>''Duties and Obligations''</ref>
** The Republic Spire: the seat of government in 3135<ref name=DoA/>
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** The Republic Spire: the seat of government in 3135.<ref name=DoA/>
* Jaynesville: a city<ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 150: "07 February 3135"</ref>
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* Jaynesville: a city.<ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p.150 "07 February 3135"</ref>
* Pittston: a city<ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 145: "21 January 3135"</ref>
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* Pittston: one of the planet's cities.<ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p.145 "21 January 3135"</ref>
  
===Companies and Industries===
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===Industrial Centers===
 
* [[Hollingsworth Agrifoods]]<ref name=CMp26/>
 
* [[Hollingsworth Agrifoods]]<ref name=CMp26/>
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== Map Gallery ==
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File:Sheratan Planetary Map.png|Planetary Map of Sheratan, ca. [[3130]]
 
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==Notes==
 
''[[Chaos March (sourcebook)|Chaos March]]'' gives recharge times in days rather than hours, with nine days for Sheratan. Assuming a standard 24-hour day, this is equivalent to 216 hours.
 
 
 
==Map Gallery==
 
 
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==Nearby Systems==
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== Nearby Systems ==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Chaos March (sourcebook)|Chaos March]]'' (sourcebook)
* ''[[Chaos March (sourcebook)|Chaos March]]''
 
 
* ''[[Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
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* ''[[Duties and Obligations]]'' (short story)
 
* ''[[Duties and Obligations]]'' (short story)
 
* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
 
* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''  
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
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* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
 
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
* ''[[Total Chaos]]''
 
* ''[[Total Chaos]]''
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