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The '''Barcelona''' system was home to at least one habitable world, and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Clan Hell's Horses]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=TRp72/>
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The '''Barcelona''' system was home to at least one habitable world, and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=SFp102/>
  
 
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==System Description==
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== System Description ==
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Barcelona lies close to the [[Ambrose]] and [[Bone-Norman]] systems.<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/> The star is a G5V brown dwarf.<ref name=TRp101/>
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The Barcelona system lies close to the [[Ambrose]] and [[Bone-Norman]] systems.<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/>
  
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==System History==
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== System History ==
 
The Barcelona system was settled prior to the [[Age of War]], and possibly during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="TP1Ep19"/>
 
The Barcelona system was settled prior to the [[Age of War]], and possibly during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="TP1Ep19"/>
  
 
==Political Affiliation==
 
==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2250]] - [[Periphery]]{{cn}}
 
* [[2250]] - [[Periphery]]{{cn}}
 
* [[2347]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="TP1Ep19"/>
 
* [[2347]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="TP1Ep19"/>
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* [[2571]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2571]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158: "Inner Sphere Map - [2596]"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25</ref><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750]"</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: Inner Sphere - [2764]</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', Inner Sphere - [2764]</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name=HBHS13>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', Inner Sphere - [2765]</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name=HBHS13>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', Inner Sphere - [2765]</ref>
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* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37</ref>
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* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[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>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"</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'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HS118/><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HS118/><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040]"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] (from March)<ref name="ER3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10</ref>
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* [[3050]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<ref name="ER3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3050]"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="ER3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"</ref><ref name="ER3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22: "Inner Sphere - [3052]"</ref>
 
* [[3054]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name=OR53/>
 
* [[3054]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name=OR53/>
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* [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref>
 
* [[3061]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name=SS50/>
 
* [[3061]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name=SS50/>
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* [[3063]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
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* [[3064]] - Clan Jade Falcon (from June)<ref name=FCCWp114>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 114</ref>
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* [[3064]] - Clan Jade Falcon (from June)<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 114: "Barcelona"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere - 3075"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p10>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10</ref>
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* [[3130]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 12: "Map of the Inner Sphere - 3130"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p10>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102</ref> / [[Turkina Ascendancy]]<ref name=TRp60-61>''Tamar Rising'', pp. 60–61</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p38>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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* [[3152]] - Turkina Ascendancy / [[Clan Hell's Horses]] (from March)<ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref><ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref>
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* [[3152]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref>
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==Barcelona I==
 
==Barcelona I==
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===Planetary History===
 
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====Early History====
 
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Barcelona was one of four worlds acquired by the Rim Worlds Republic between [[2347]] and [[2371]] as an attempt by [[Arabella Rowe]] to expand the capabilities of the Republic armed forces; Barcelona was intended to be a "hedgehog," a giant fortified firebase that Republican forces could use to slow the advance of any invading force.<ref name="TP1Ep19">''The Periphery'', p. 19: "Mishka's Diplomacy"</ref>
 
  
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====Reunification War====
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===Early History===
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By the end of the Age of War, Barcelona was a member of the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Spark"</ref>
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Barcelona was one of four worlds acquired by the Rim Worlds Republic between [[2347]] and [[2371]] as an attempt by [[Arabella Rowe]] to expand the capabilities of the Republic armed forces; Barcelona was intended to be a "hedgehog", a giant fortified firebase that Republican forces could use to slow the advance of any invading force.<ref name="TP1Ep19">''The Periphery, 1st Edition'', p. 19: "Mishka's Diplomacy"</ref>
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===Reunification War===
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By the end of the Age of War Barcelona was a member of the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Spark"</ref>
  
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The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled a multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name=H:RWp129>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 129</ref> Assigned to the conquest of Barcelona in April [[2591]] was the [[Lyran Auxiliary Corps]] and the [[Second Marik Auxiliary Corps]] along with the [[Thirty-first Armor Division]] from the SLDF [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]]; [[Archon]] [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]] led all three regiments from the Lyran Auxiliary Corps to Barcelona (the [[Fourth Royal Guards]], [[Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers]], and the [[Tamar Tigers]]) while [[Duke of Regulus|Duke]] [[Narinder Selaj]] led the [[2nd Marik Militia|Second]] and [[Sixth Marik Militia]]s and the [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente|First Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] to Barcelona. This left a triumvirate of senior officers responsible for the operation—Duke Selaj, Archon Steiner-Dinesen, and [[Lieutenant-General]] [[Margaret Beck]]—and when their forces landed on Barcelona they found the [[Fifth Amaris Legionnaires]] in place on the world under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Franchetta Wong]].<ref name="H:RWp136">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 136: "Barcelona (April-September 2591)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
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The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132: "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by the [[4th Amaris Fusiliers|Fourth Amaris Fusiliers]] in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"</ref>
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In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Arlina to Viborg (December 2584 - September 2588)"</ref>
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[[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]] of Task Force MAILED FIST assigned the conquest of Barcelona to the [[Lyran Auxiliary Corps]] and the [[2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps]] along with the [[31st Armor Division|Thirty-First Armor Division]] from the SLDF [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]]; [[Archon]] [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]] led all three regiments from the Lyran Auxiliary Corps to Barcelona (the [[4th Royal Guards|Fourth Royal Guards]], [[25th Skye Rangers|Twenty-Fifth Skye Rangers]] and the [[Tamar Tigers]]) while [[Duke]] [[Narinder Selaj]] led the [[2nd Marik Militia|Second]] and [[6th Marik Militia|Sixth Marik Militias]] and the [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente|First Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] to Barcelona. This left a triumvirate of senior officers responsible for the operation - Duke Selaj, Archon Steiner-Dinesen and [[Lieutenant-General]] [[Margaret Beck]] - and when the MAILED FIST forces landed on Barcelona they found the [[5th Amaris Legionnaires|Fifth Amaris Legionnaires]] in place on the world under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Franchetta Wong]].<ref name="H:RWp136">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 136: "Barcelona (April-September 2591)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
  
 
Colonel Wong was a distant cousin of First Consul Gregory Amaris, and initially tried to use this familial connection to convince the three senior MAILED FIST officers that she was a representative of the ruling family. These claims were swiftly dismissed, although Duke Selaj recommended using Wong as a figurehead to try and stabilize the world; Selaj's recommendations were dismissed by the Archon, acting in the belief that to countenance such a charade would only create more political problems on Barcelona, and as a result Colonel Wong turned against the Star League forces and began to lead the Fifth Legionnaires in a campaign that proved her to be a skilled commander, using her numerically inferior forces in ways that stretched the Star League forces significantly over the next two months.<ref name="H:RWp136"/>
 
Colonel Wong was a distant cousin of First Consul Gregory Amaris, and initially tried to use this familial connection to convince the three senior MAILED FIST officers that she was a representative of the ruling family. These claims were swiftly dismissed, although Duke Selaj recommended using Wong as a figurehead to try and stabilize the world; Selaj's recommendations were dismissed by the Archon, acting in the belief that to countenance such a charade would only create more political problems on Barcelona, and as a result Colonel Wong turned against the Star League forces and began to lead the Fifth Legionnaires in a campaign that proved her to be a skilled commander, using her numerically inferior forces in ways that stretched the Star League forces significantly over the next two months.<ref name="H:RWp136"/>
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====Day of Rage====
 
====Day of Rage====
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On 19 July 2591, courier ships brought news to Barcelona that the [[Archon-Designate]], Viola Steiner-Dinesen's son [[Kevin Dinesen]] had gone missing in March and was presumed to have been kidnapped. Arriving along with the official news were rumors from the Commonwealth that the [[Duke of Skye]] and the [[Duke of Tamar]]—[[Aldo Lestrade (26th c.)|Aldo Lestrade]] and [[Simon Kelswa]], respectively—were responsible for the abduction. The rumors reached the Archon ahead of the official news, and the rumors combined with the frustration of years of campaigning in the Republic was enough to cause the Archon to snap; she led the Fourth Royal Guards personally to the cantonment within which the Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers and Tamar Tigers were bivouacked where she promptly destroyed the [['Mechs]] performing sentry duty and began a rampage through the camp, attacking the Skye and Tamar forces.<ref name="H:RWp137+">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 137–138: "Barcelona: The Day of Rage (19 June 2591)"</ref>
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On the 19th of July [[2591]] courier ships brought news to Barcelona that the [[Archon-Designate]], Viola Steiner-Dinesen's son [[Kevin Dinesen]] had gone missing in March and was presumed to have been kidnapped. Arriving along with the official news were rumors from the Commonwealth that the [[Duke of Skye]] and the [[Duke of Tamar]] - [[Aldo Lestrade]] and [[Simon Kelswa]], respectively - were responsible for the abduction. The rumors reached the Archon ahead of the official news, and the rumors combined with the frustration of years of campaigning in the Republic was enough to cause the Archon to snap; she led the Fourth Royal Guards personally to the cantonment within which the Twenty-Fifth Skye Rangers and Tamar Tigers were bivouacked where she promptly destroyed the [['Mechs]] performing sentry duty and began a rampage through the camp, attacking the Skye and Tamar forces.<ref name="H:RWp137+">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 137–138: "Barcelona: The Day of Rage (19 June 2591)"</ref>
  
 
The results of the Archon's rampage scarred the psyches of those involved for decades afterwards; the Skye and Tamar regiments had been in the midst of rearming and resupplying when the Archon's rampage began, and faced the horrific dilemma of having to decide whether to defend themselves and their comrades by attacking the Archon. The warriors of the Fourth Royal Guards were equally horrified but attempted to protect the Archon as 'Mechs from the Skye and Tamar units began defending themselves. With many of the Skye and Tamar 'Mechs out of ammo because of the resupply effort going on when the Archon arrived, a large part of the battle was a chaotic and confused melee. Forces from the Thirty-First Armor Division<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> and the Fusiliers of Oriente<ref name="H:RWp38">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 38: "First Fusiliers of Oriente"</ref> arrived to separate the various combatants, but by that point the Archon was unconscious as a result of her cockpit being crushed, and was discovered to have lost her left arm and suffered serious injuries to her head and chest.<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> Of the 117 soldiers that fell to their own leader, many were [[Marsden I]] crewmen.<ref>''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 23: "Marsden I Main Battle Tank"</ref>
 
The results of the Archon's rampage scarred the psyches of those involved for decades afterwards; the Skye and Tamar regiments had been in the midst of rearming and resupplying when the Archon's rampage began, and faced the horrific dilemma of having to decide whether to defend themselves and their comrades by attacking the Archon. The warriors of the Fourth Royal Guards were equally horrified but attempted to protect the Archon as 'Mechs from the Skye and Tamar units began defending themselves. With many of the Skye and Tamar 'Mechs out of ammo because of the resupply effort going on when the Archon arrived, a large part of the battle was a chaotic and confused melee. Forces from the Thirty-First Armor Division<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> and the Fusiliers of Oriente<ref name="H:RWp38">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 38: "First Fusiliers of Oriente"</ref> arrived to separate the various combatants, but by that point the Archon was unconscious as a result of her cockpit being crushed, and was discovered to have lost her left arm and suffered serious injuries to her head and chest.<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> Of the 117 soldiers that fell to their own leader, many were [[Marsden I]] crewmen.<ref>''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 23: "Marsden I Main Battle Tank"</ref>
  
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Following the battle the Rangers and the Tigers both requested and received permission to withdraw from Operation MAILED FIST, as both units were unwilling to continue serving under the Archon. The Archon herself took weeks to heal to the point where she could travel again, having refused to be fitted with a prosthetic limb to replace her missing arm, by which time she had been briefed by both the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] and the [[Hegemony Central Intelligence Directorate]] that evidence pointed to a member of the [[Estates General]], not the Dukes of Tamar or Skye. Faced with a political crisis at home, the Archon also withdrew from Barcelona; the Star League forces had successfully completed the conquest of Barcelona in mid-September, a few weeks prior to the Archon leaving,<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> and the Thirty-first Armor Division would subsequently redeploy to [[Zertarum]] in [[2592]] while the forces from the Second Marik Auxiliary Corps were redeployed to [[Götterdämmerung (system)|Götterdämmerung]].<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
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Following the battle the Rangers and the Tigers both requested and received permission to withdraw from Operation MAILED FIST, as both units were unwilling to continue serving under the Archon. The Archon herself took weeks to heal to the point where she could travel again, having refused to be fitted with a prosthetic limb to replace her missing arm, by which time she had been briefed by both the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] and the [[Hegemony Central Intelligence Directorate]] that evidence pointed to a member of the [[Estates General]], not the Dukes of Tamar or Skye. Faced with a political crisis at home, the Archon also withdrew from Barcelona; the Star League forces had successfully completed the conquest of Barcelona in mid-September, a few weeks prior to the Archon leaving,<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> and the Thirty-First Armor Division would subsequently redeploy to [[Zertarum]] in [[2592]] while the forces from the Second Marik Auxiliary Corps were redeployed to [[Götterdämmerung (system)|Götterdämmerung]].<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
  
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Barcelona was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the [[2773]]–[[2775]] [[Republic-Commonwealth War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp37"/>
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Barcelona was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the [[2773]]-[[2775]] [[Republic-Commonwealth War]].<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>
  
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In August [[2785]], disguised [[Draconis Combine]] forces conducted a number of false-flag raids on Lyran Commonwealth worlds near the Periphery to gauge the readiness—and worthiness—of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]]. One of these raids struck Barcelona and [[Somerset]], where raiders used aerospace forces—some allegedly sporting insignia from the Rim Worlds Army to harass civilian traffic and recharge facilities. This fueled local media reports that remnant Republic forces were preparing to exact vengeance for the [[Republic-Commonwealth War]].<ref name="FSWp21">''First Succession War'', p. 21: "The Commonwealth Incursions"</ref>
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In August [[2785]] disguised forces from the [[DCMS]] conducted a number of false-flag raids on Lyran Commonwealth worlds near the Periphery to gauge the readiness - and worthiness - of the LCAF. One of these raids struck Barcelona and [[Somerset]], where raiders used aerospace forces - some allegedly sporting insignia from the Rim Worlds Army to harass civilian traffic and recharge facilities. This fueled local media reports that remnant Republic forces were preparing to exact vengeance for the [[Republic-Commonwealth War]].<ref name="FSWp21">''First Succession War'', p. 21: "The Commonwealth Incursions"</ref>
  
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===Clan Jade Falcon Invasion===
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{{see|Battle of Barcelona (3050)}}
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Barcelona was one of the first worlds targeted in [[Clan Jade Falcon|Clan Jade Falcon's]] first wave of [[Operation Revival]]. The world was defended by the [[17th Skye Rangers]] and the Barcelona Militia when it was invaded in March [[3050]].
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Barcelona was one of the first worlds targeted in [[Clan Jade Falcon]]'s first wave of [[Operation Revival]]. The world was defended by the [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]] and the Barcelona Militia when it was invaded in March [[3050]].
 
  
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The Rangers were surprised by the Jade Falcon invasion, initially fighting against the [[9th Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|Ninth Talon Cluster]] of the [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gamma Galaxy]]. After overcoming their initial shock, the Rangers retaliated against the Falcons from their defensive positions at Mariah's Pinnacle, Su Filla, and Vacuum Ridge. The Rangers' retaliation was enough to stop the Falcons' advance on the planet's industrial complexes and [[Star Colonel]] [[Devon Hazen]] was forced to call down his reserve force.  The [[Falcon Guards]] helped by breaking through the defensive positions of the Rangers around the planetary capital. In the resulting onslaught the Falcons overcame the Ranger and militia positions and most of the defending units were destroyed with only a few managing to evacuate.<ref name=JFS36>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 36: "Barcelona"</ref>
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The Rangers were surprised by the Jade Falcon invasion, initially fighting against the [[9th Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|9th Talon Cluster]] of the [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gamma Galaxy]]. After overcoming their initial shock, the Rangers retaliated against the Falcons from their defensive positions at Mariah's Pinnacle, Su Filla, and Vacuum Ridge. The Rangers' retaliation was enough to stop the Falcons' advance on the planet's industrial complexes and [[Star Colonel]] Devon Hazen was forced to call down his reserve force.  The [[Falcon Guards]] helped by breaking through the defensive positions of the Rangers around the planetary capital. In the resulting onslaught the Falcons overcame the Ranger and militia positions and most of the defending units were destroyed with only a few managing to evacuate.<ref name="JFSBp26">''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 36: "Barcelona" - Jade Falcon invasion of Barcelona and its details.</ref>
  
 
In April [[3052]], the Federated Commonwealth sent [[Kommandant]] [[Adam Steiner]] to the world to liberate it from the Jade Falcons. Although Barcelona was only defended by Provisional Garrison Clusters the Falcons put up a serious fight; the Federated Commonwealth did eventually retake the world, but the fighting lasted for two weeks.<ref name="ER3052p18">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 18: Sidebar Timeline</ref>
 
In April [[3052]], the Federated Commonwealth sent [[Kommandant]] [[Adam Steiner]] to the world to liberate it from the Jade Falcons. Although Barcelona was only defended by Provisional Garrison Clusters the Falcons put up a serious fight; the Federated Commonwealth did eventually retake the world, but the fighting lasted for two weeks.<ref name="ER3052p18">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 18: Sidebar Timeline</ref>
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== Political Affiliation ==
  
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In June [[3064]], Clan Jade Falcon reclaimed the planet as part of their operations during the [[FedCom Civil War]].<ref name=FCCWp114/>
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After Clan Jade Falcon's ''touman'' was nearly obliterated fighting the [[Battle of Terra (3151)|Battle of Terra]] in [[3151]], some of the Falcon remnants under Star Commander [[M'oko]] established a new proto-state on Barcelona later that year. This [[Turkina Ascendancy]] briefly expanded its control over a couple of neighboring worlds but had no chance to grow into a real power, as [[Clan Hell's Horses]] invaded Barcelona in [[3152]] and crushed the Ascendancy's forces by early March.<ref name=TRp60-61/>
 
  
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===2591===
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====2591====
 
 
* [[5th Amaris Legionnaires|Fifth Amaris Legionnaires]] (until April)<ref name=rw136>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 136</ref>
 
* [[5th Amaris Legionnaires|Fifth Amaris Legionnaires]] (until April)<ref name=rw136>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 136</ref>
  
 
* [[SLDF]] [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]] (from April)<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
 
* [[SLDF]] [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]] (from April)<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
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:* [[Thirty-first Armor Division]]
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:* [[31st Armor Division|Thirty-first Armor Division]]
  
 
* [[Lyran Auxiliary Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
 
* [[Lyran Auxiliary Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
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:* [[Fourth Royal Guards]]
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:* [[4th Royal Guards|Fourth Royal Guards]]
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:* [[Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers]]
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:* [[25th Skye Rangers|Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers]]
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:* [[Tamar Tigers]]
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:* [[Tamar Tigers|Tamar Tigers]]
  
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* [[Second Marik Auxiliary Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
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* [[2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps|Second Marik Auxiliary Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp153"/>
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:* [[Second Marik Militia]]
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:* [[2nd Marik Militia|Second Marik Militia]]
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:* [[Sixth Marik Militia]]
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:* [[6th Marik Militia|Sixth Marik Militia]]
 
:* [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente|First Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]]
 
:* [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente|First Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]]
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====2765====
 
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* [[Sixth Amaris Regulars]] (shared with [[Svalstad]], [[Vulture's Nest]] and [[Black Earth]])<ref name=FR:2765Pp20>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 20: "Amaris Regulars - Divisional Status"</ref>
 
  
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====2821====
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===2765===
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* [[6th Amaris Regulars|Sixth Amaris Regulars]] (shared with [[Svalstad]], [[Vulture's Nest]] and [[Black Earth]])<ref name=FR:2765Pp20>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 20: "Amaris Regulars - Divisional Status"</ref>
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===2821===
 
* [[Second Donegal Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>
 
* [[Second Donegal Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>
  
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====3025====
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===3025===
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* [[Twelfth Donegal Guards]]<ref name=HS118>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 118: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 44: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
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* [[12th Donegal Guards|Twelfth Donegal Guards]]<ref name=HS118>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 118: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 44: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
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===3050===
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* [[17th Skye Rangers|Seventeenth Skye Rangers]]<ref name=JFCS036>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 36</ref>
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* [[Barcelona Militia]]<ref name=JFCS036>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 36</ref>
  
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===3054===
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* [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]]<ref name=JFS36/>
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* [[17th Skye Rangers|Seventeenth Skye Rangers]]<ref name=OR53>''Objective Raids'', p. 53: "Note of Defending Unit"</ref>
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* [[Barcelona Militia]]<ref name=JFS36/>
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* [[24th Arcturan Guards|Twenty-fourth Arcturan Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref name=OR53/>
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* [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]]<ref name=OR53>''Objective Raids'', p. 53: "Note of Defending Unit"</ref>
 
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* [[Twenty-fourth Arcturan Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref name=OR53/>
 
  
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===3061===
 
* [[14th Donegal Guards|Fourteenth Donegal Guards RCT]]<ref name=SS50>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 50: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
 
* [[14th Donegal Guards|Fourteenth Donegal Guards RCT]]<ref name=SS50>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 50: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
  
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===3079===
 
* [[75th Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|Seventy-fifth Striker Cluster]]<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 15: "Clan Jade Falcon Deployment Status"</ref>
 
* [[75th Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|Seventy-fifth Striker Cluster]]<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 15: "Clan Jade Falcon Deployment Status"</ref>
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== Geography ==
  
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== Planetary Locations ==
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* [[Turkina Ascendant Cluster]]<ref name=TRp60-61/>
 
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== Industrial Centers ==
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Barcelona has two continents named Norn and Moira.<ref name=TRp101/>
 
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===Planetary Locations===
 
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* Mariah's Pinnacle: site of an important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS36/>
 
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* Skuld: capital city<ref name=TRp101/>
 
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* Su Filla: site of an important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS36/>
 
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* Vacuum Ridge: site of an important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS36/>
 
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According to the deployment tables on pp. 153–154 of ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' and the map on page 128, the [[Fifth Amaris Legionnaires]] were deployed on Götterdämmerung from 2581 onward until their destruction. This contradicts the text on page 136, which has the Fifth Amaris Legionnaires on Barcelona.<ref>[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/board,82.0.html The writer of ''Historical: Reunification War'' has indicated that Barcelona was the correct deployment for the Fifth Amaris Legionnaires.]</ref>
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According to the deployment tables on pp. 153–154 of ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' and the map on page 128, the [[Fifth Amaris Legionnaires]] were deployed on Götterdämmerung from 2581 onward until their destruction. This contradicts the text on page 136, which has the Fifth Amaris Legionnaires on Barcelona. [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/board,82.0.html The writer of ''Historical: Reunification War'' has indicated that Barcelona was the correct deployment for the Fifth Amaris Legionnaires.]
  
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* ''[[Era Digest: Age of War]]''
 
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
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* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
 
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* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
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