3073

	Jihad era
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Battles

• January: Clan Coyote, aided by the Society, launches a devastating invasion of Vinton that lasts until July and leaves the planet stripped of resources and burning.
• February 4th: Word of Blake Precentor Avitue kills Marshal of the Armies Jackson Davion on New Avalon. Avitue is seriously injured during the battle.
• April 3rd: The Martian Cuirassiers mercenary unit are destroyed on Hall by the 52nd Shadow Division for a breach of contract.
• May: The Word of Blake's 40th Shadow Division and elements of the 2nd Division inflict heavy damage on Chandrasekhar Kurita's coalition forces on Arcturus.
• June 28th: A Regulan task force assaults the Blakist-held Gibson in Operation Vijay.
• August 28th: The Word of Blake's 50th Shadow Division strikes New Exford, devastating the First Kell Hounds.
• September: The Word of Blake's 40th Shadow Division, with the 52nd Shadow Division, strikes the 22nd Skye Rangers on Caledonia.
• November 28th: The Word of Blake's 32nd Division pushes the Kokurya-kai out of the Takashi Memorial Spaceport and into local Luthien neighborhoods.
• November: The Word of Blake's 40th Shadow Division engages Devlin's Stone Coalition force on Hesperus II.
• December: The Word of Blake's 50th Shadow Division sustains heavy damage while raiding Bountiful Harvest.
• Forces from Clan Ice Hellion unsuccessfully attempt to raid the Hanseatic League world of Antwerp.
• Forces from the Empire of the Stars invade Far Reach and manage to secure a foothold on the world.

Events

• January 22nd: The multinational anti-Blakist conference on Arc-Royal is rocked by Donner Bombing
• August: The Word of Blake's 40th Shadow Division returns to Hesperus II.
• October: Zeta Galaxy of Clan Blood Spirit rescues the surviving Diamond Shark population from Verne on Vinton.
• The Potemkin-class WarShip Titanic is rumored to be lost in Clan Space.
• Sorenson's Sabres are spotted on Arcturus under contact with Chandrasekhar Kurita.
• Stone's Lament is formed.
• Sathen's Snipers withdraws from Luthien.
• The Fifteenth Benjamin Regulars are disbanded due to losses taken in action.
• The Malagrotta Cooperative forms.

Characters

• January 22nd: Fritz Donner detonates a suicide bomb at Arc-Royal Conference, claiming many lives in the process.
• January 22nd: Michael Bosworth is killed by Fritz Donner's suicide bomb on Arc-Royal.
• January 22nd: SaKhan Marco Hall is killed by Fritz Donner's suicide bomb on Arc-Royal.
• January 22nd: Khan Bjorn Jorgensson is killed by Fritz Donner's suicide bomb on Arc-Royal.
• January 22nd: Star Colonel Diana Pryde is killed by Fritz Donner's suicide bomb on Arc-Royal.
• January 22nd: Colonel Rhonda Snord is killed by Fritz Donner's suicide bomb on Arc-Royal.
• January 22nd: General Caradoc Trevena is killed by Fritz Donner's suicide bomb on Arc-Royal.
• January 22nd: Sho-sho Shin Yodama is killed by Fritz Donner's suicide bomb on Arc-Royal.
• January 22nd: General Maeve Wolf suffers mortal wounds from Fritz Donner's suicide bomb on Arc-Royal and dies shortly after.
• August 28th: Christian Kell is killed on New Exford by the 50th Shadow Division.
• September: Buda Weapons Chief Researcher Hideoshi Yamika smuggles his complete team and prototypes of the Large X-Pulse Laser onto Luthien.
• November: Etienne is killed on Etienne's Sanctuary by Kael Pershaw.
• December 20th: Peter Steiner-Davion is killed by a suspected Word of Blake assassin.
• Kael Pershaw dies after slaying Etienne, ending the threat posed by the rebel scientist.

Technology

• Clan Blood Spirit develops the Crimson Hawk BattleMech.
• The Word of Blake introduces the Light Sub-Capital Cannon.
• The Word of Blake introduces the Medium Sub-Capital Cannon.
• The Word of Blake introduces the Heavy Sub-Capital Cannon.
• The Word of Blake introduces the Light Sub-Capital Laser.
• The Word of Blake introduces the Medium Sub-Capital Laser.
• The Word of Blake introduces the Heavy Sub-Capital Laser.
• The Word of Blake develops the Detachable Weapon Pack for battle armor.
• The Federated Suns develop the C3 Boosted Master.
• The Federated Suns develop the C3 Boosted Slave.
• The Draconis Combine develops the Battle Armor C3 System.
• Clan Blood Spirit introduces the ProtoMech Autocannon/2.
• Clan Blood Spirit introduces the ProtoMech Autocannon/4.
• Clan Blood Spirit introduces the ProtoMech Autocannon/8.
• Clan Ghost Bear develops the Rogue Bear battle armor.
• Earthwerks Incorporated of Tiber introduces the Merkava Mk. IX Heavy Tank.
• The Black Hawk BattleMech is first produced by Clan Hell's Horses.