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==Spencer==
 
==Spencer==
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===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
 
====First Succession War====
 
====First Succession War====
Spencer held the dubious distinction of being involved in the only full-scale conflict to be fought between Periphery states during the [[First Succession War]]—or, for that matter, any of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. The [[Taurian-Canopian War]]—also referred to as the Herotitus Crisis or the 200-Hour War—was a brief and largely pointless campaign fought between the Magistracy of Canopus and the Taurian Concordat. The war was launched by [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] [[Semyon Calderon]], who managed to convince the Privy Council that the acquisition of [[Herotitus]] and [[Detroit]] would expand the Concordat's resource base and help stave off an anticipated invasion by the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="FSWp101">''First Succession War'', pp. 101–102: "The Taurian-Canopian War (2813-2814)"</ref>
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Spencer held the dubious distinction of being involved in the only full-scale conflict to be fought between Periphery states during the [[First Succession War]] - or, for that matter, any of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. The [[Taurian-Canopian War]] - also referred to as the Herotitus Crisis or the 200-Hour War - was a brief and largely pointless campaign fought between the Magistracy of Canopus and the Taurian Concordat. The war was launched by [[Protector]] [[Semyon Calderon]], who managed to convince the Privy Council that the acquisition of [[Herotitus]] and [[Detroit]] would expand the Concordat's resource base and help stave off an anticipated invasion by the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="FSWp101">''First Succession War'', pp. 101–102: "The Taurian-Canopian War (2813-2814)"</ref>
  
Given the distances involved, Semyon's claims bordered on the farcical, but held the promise of recapturing systems that the hated Star League had removed from the Concordat. Herotitus and Detroit were both resource-rich and self-sufficient worlds with a relatively low populations at the time, and like Spencer had been assigned a kind of protectorate status by the Star League, which was largely indifferent to the systems other than making efforts to monitor development activity that might produce additional resources. While the Star League existed, Spencer had been administered by the Concordat, but the military forces on the planet had been limited to simple paramilitary forces. With the collapse of the Star League, the [[Taurian Defense Force]] had quietly bolstered the garrison on the planet. In June [[2813]], Semyon launched his ill-fated offensive, and a TDF departed Concordat space, bound for Detroit and Herotitus.<ref name="FSWp101"/>
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Given the distances involved, Semyon's claims bordered on the farcical, but held the promise of recapturing systems that the hated Star League had removed from the Concordat. Herotitus and Detroit were both resource-rich and self-sufficient worlds with a relatively low populations at the time, and like Spencer had been assigned a kind of protectorate status by the Star League, which was largely indifferent to the systems other than making efforts to monitor development activity that might produce additional resources. While the Star League existed, Spencer had been administered by the Concordat, but the military forces on the planet had been limited to simple paramilitary forces. With the collapse of the Star League, the [[Taurian Defense Force]] had quietly bolstered the garrison on the planet. In June 2813, Semyon launched his ill-fated offensive, and a TDF departed Concordat space, bound for Detroit and Herotitus.<ref name="FSWp101"/>
  
The attacks went very poorly: the [[Second Pleiades Hussars]] were effectively wiped out on Herotitus, while the [[Red Chasseurs]] ended up in a stalemate on Detroit.<ref name="FSWp102">''First Succession War'', p. 102: "Herotitus"</ref><ref name="FSWp102A">''First Succession War'', p. 102: "Detroit"</ref> When [[Magestrix]] [[Rwannah Centrella]] learned of the attack, she ordered retaliatory attacks to dissuade further attempts by the Taurians—with task forces dispatched to attack both Spencer and the nearby [[Portland]] system, the latter being a Taurian system on the fringes of the Concordat.<ref name="FSWp102AB">''First Succession War'', p. 102: "Spencer"</ref>
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The attacks went very poorly - the [[Second Pleiades Hussars]] were effectively wiped out on Herotitus, while the [[Red Chasseurs]] ended up in a stalemate on Detroit.<ref name="FSWp102">''First Succession War'', p. 102: "Herotitus"</ref><ref name="FSWp102A">''First Succession War'', p. 102: "Detroit"</ref> When [[Magestrix]] [[Rwannah Centrella]] learned of the attack, she ordered retaliatory attacks to dissuade further attempts by the Taurians - with task forces dispatched to attack both Spencer and the nearby [[Portland]] system, the latter being a Taurian system on the fringes of the Concordat.<ref name="FSWp102AB">''First Succession War'', p. 102: "Spencer"</ref>
  
 
Unfortunately for [[Kossondra's Volunteers]], who were assigned to the conquest of Spencer, their invasion went poorly. Supported by a mixed regiment of armor and infantry and two [[aerospace fighter]] [[squadron]]s, the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]] contingent arrived at the zenith [[jump point]] and burned directly for the planet, swiftly identifying the city of Liberty Point as the capital via eavesdropping on local communications using satellites. Defending Spencer was [[Comptroller]] [[Hendras Mohandun]], the commanding officer of the local militia forces, which consisted of a mixed regiment of armor and [[BattleMech]]s. Mohandun had Liberty Point evacuated, and hid the majority of his militia troops among the larger buildings; the Volunteers obligingly grounded near the city and stormed into the capital, falling directly into Mohandun's trap. After an hour of heavy combat that cost the Volunteers half their forces, militia aerospace and [[conventional fighter]]s struck at the MAF [[DropShip]]s, cutting off the Volunteers. With no clear escape path, the remaining MAF troops surrendered.<ref name="FSWp102AB"/>
 
Unfortunately for [[Kossondra's Volunteers]], who were assigned to the conquest of Spencer, their invasion went poorly. Supported by a mixed regiment of armor and infantry and two [[aerospace fighter]] [[squadron]]s, the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]] contingent arrived at the zenith [[jump point]] and burned directly for the planet, swiftly identifying the city of Liberty Point as the capital via eavesdropping on local communications using satellites. Defending Spencer was [[Comptroller]] [[Hendras Mohandun]], the commanding officer of the local militia forces, which consisted of a mixed regiment of armor and [[BattleMech]]s. Mohandun had Liberty Point evacuated, and hid the majority of his militia troops among the larger buildings; the Volunteers obligingly grounded near the city and stormed into the capital, falling directly into Mohandun's trap. After an hour of heavy combat that cost the Volunteers half their forces, militia aerospace and [[conventional fighter]]s struck at the MAF [[DropShip]]s, cutting off the Volunteers. With no clear escape path, the remaining MAF troops surrendered.<ref name="FSWp102AB"/>
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Known during the [[Star League era]] for its fisheries, Spencer was resettled by the [[Taurian Concordat]] and the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] as a part of the [[Treaty of Taurus]] and was incorporated into the New Colony Region. When the New Colony Region declared itself independent in [[3066]] Spencer joined the newly-formed Fronc Reaches. As with the populations of the other Fronc Reaches worlds, the inhabitants of Spencer were hopeful that trade agreements with other states such as the [[Marian Hegemony]], [[Outworlds Alliance]] and Taurian Concordat would lead to prosperity; in the case of Spencer, the major export was expected to be food from the fisheries which had been restarted by Taurian settlers. The various delicacies produced by the fisheries were already being prepared for sale as far away as [[Dneiper]], [[Alphard (MH)|Alphard]] and [[Taurus]].<ref name="H:MPSp100"/>
 
Known during the [[Star League era]] for its fisheries, Spencer was resettled by the [[Taurian Concordat]] and the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] as a part of the [[Treaty of Taurus]] and was incorporated into the New Colony Region. When the New Colony Region declared itself independent in [[3066]] Spencer joined the newly-formed Fronc Reaches. As with the populations of the other Fronc Reaches worlds, the inhabitants of Spencer were hopeful that trade agreements with other states such as the [[Marian Hegemony]], [[Outworlds Alliance]] and Taurian Concordat would lead to prosperity; in the case of Spencer, the major export was expected to be food from the fisheries which had been restarted by Taurian settlers. The various delicacies produced by the fisheries were already being prepared for sale as far away as [[Dneiper]], [[Alphard (MH)|Alphard]] and [[Taurus]].<ref name="H:MPSp100"/>
  
The first settlement to be founded on Spencer during the recolonization of the world was DuMont, located someway south of one of the ruined cities on the planet. The first [[Colonial Marshals|Colonial Marshal]] to arrive on Spencer was dropped off in DuMont on 8 July 3058, and within the first two months had been faced with a riot due to food deliveries not arriving, colonists stealing weapons, the colonists who had stolen the weapons being slaughtered in the forest by an unidentified but evidently hostile form of wildlife, and a pirate raid on the 22nd of July that saw twenty-five colonists killed and twice that many taken as slaves by the pirates while the Marshal was attempting to find the colonists who had stolen the weapons.<ref name="TPE2p26"/>
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The first settlement to be founded on Spencer during the recolonization of the world was DuMont, located someway south of one of the ruined cities on the planet. The first [[Colonial Marshals|Colonial Marshal]] to arrive on Spencer was dropped off in DuMont on the 8th of July 3058, and within the first two months had been faced with a riot due to food deliveries not arriving, colonists stealing weapons, the colonists who had stolen the weapons being slaughtered in the forest by an unidentified but evidently hostile form of wildlife, and a pirate raid on the 22nd of July that saw 25 colonists killed and twice that many taken as slaves by the pirates while the Marshal was attempting to find the colonists who had stolen the weapons.<ref name="TPE2p26"/>
  
 
====The Dark Age====
 
====The Dark Age====
In the years immediately following the Jihad, the Magistracy and the Concordat both concentrated on stamping out pirate activity within their respective borders. This resulted in the various pirate bands looking for easier targets, and pirate raids against the worlds of the [[Fronc Reaches]] spiked, despite the efforts of the Colonial Marshals. The Marshals' policy of executing capture pirates increased the savagery of the encounters between the two, and during this period the worlds of [[Rockwellawan]], Spencer, and [[Cygnus (system)|Cygnus]] all had the misfortune of suffering pirate raids that cost the lives of thousands of civilians.<ref name="OTP:FRp8">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 8: "Periphery Pirate Plague"</ref>
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In the years immediately following the Jihad, the Magistracy and the Concordat both concentrated on stamping out pirate activity within their respective borders. This resulted in the various pirate bands looking for easier targets, and pirate raids against the worlds of the [[Fronc Reaches]] spiked, despite the efforts of the Colonial Marshals. The Marshals' policy of executing capture pirates increased the savagery of the encounters between the two, and during this period the worlds of [[Rockwellawan]], Spencer and [[Cygnus]] all had the misfortune of suffering pirate raids that cost the lives of thousands of civilians.<ref name="OTP:FRp8">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 8: "Periphery Pirate Plague"</ref>
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
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:* Third Fronc Air Wing
 
:* Third Fronc Air Wing
 
:* Third Fronc Armor
 
:* Third Fronc Armor
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===Planetary Locations===
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* Dumont: the first settlement on Spencer to be founded during the recolonization of the world in the 3050s<ref name="TPE2p26"/>
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* Liberty Point: the planetary capital city during the First Succession War<ref name="FSWp102AB"/>
  
 
===Geography===
 
===Geography===
 
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The world was encircled by a vast shallow ocean, teeming with native and Terran aquatic life.<ref name=BT>''BattleTech'' (video game)</ref>
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From ''[[BattleTech (Video Game)]]'':
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The world was encircled by a vast shallow ocean, teeming with native and Terran aquatic life.
 
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===Planetary Locations===
 
* Dumont: the first settlement on Spencer to be founded during the recolonization of the world in the 3050s<ref name="TPE2p26"/>
 
* Liberty Point: the planetary capital city during the First Succession War<ref name="FSWp102AB"/>
 
  
 
==Map Gallery==
 
==Map Gallery==
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Bellerophon (system)|Bellerophon]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Bellerophon (system)|Bellerophon]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 22.0
 
| class="lessthan30" | 22.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Chandan]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Chandan|Chaadan]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | 22.5
 
| class="lessthan30" | 22.5
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Úr Cruinne]]
 
| class="lessthan30" | [[Úr Cruinne]]
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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* ''[[BattleTech (Video Game)|BattleTech]]'' (video game)
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* ''[[BattleTech (Video Game)]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches]]''
 
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches]]''
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
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* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
 
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
 
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[[Category:Systems|Spencer]]
 
[[Category:Systems|Spencer]]

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