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== Political Affiliation ==
 
== Political Affiliation ==
* [[2317]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18, "Federated Suns at their Founding [2317] Map"</ref>
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* [[2317]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18, "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2319]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map</ref>
 
* [[2319]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2581]] - Federated Suns <ref name="H:RWp106">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 106, "Reunification War: Outworlds Alliance Front Deployments (2581)"</ref>
 
* [[2581]] - Federated Suns <ref name="H:RWp106">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 106, "Reunification War: Outworlds Alliance Front Deployments (2581)"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Federated Suns <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596]" Map</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Federated Suns <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596]" Map</ref>
* [[2750]] - Federated Suns <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Federated Suns <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Federated Suns <ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Federated Suns <ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Federated Suns <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Federated Suns <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765FSp29>''Field Report 2765: Federated Suns'', p. 29, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR:2765DCp25>''Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine'', p. 25, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
 
* [[2822]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succesion War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2822]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succesion War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Federated Suns <ref name=HB:HDp60>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succesion War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Federated Suns <ref name=HB:HDp60>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succesion War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HDp78>">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HDp78>">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref>
 
* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref>
* [[3067]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3075]] - Federated Suns <ref name="JS:TBDp65">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3075]] - Federated Suns <ref name="JS:TBDp65">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3079]] - Federated Suns <ref name="FR:AFFSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
 
* [[3079]] - Federated Suns <ref name="FR:AFFSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Federated Suns <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Federated Suns <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Federated Suns <ref name="FM:3085p127">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Federated Suns <ref name="FM:3085p127">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - Federated Suns <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere, 3130''</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - Federated Suns <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere, 3130''</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Federated Suns <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Federated Suns <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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== Military Deployment ==
 
== Military Deployment ==
 
===2765===
 
===2765===
* [[Sixteenth Avalon Hussars|Sixteenth Avalon Hussars]]<ref name=FR:2765AFFSp10>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 10, "Avalon Hussars - Regimental Status"</ref>
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* [[Sixteenth Avalon Hussars|Sixteenth Avalon Hussars]]<ref name=FR:2765FSp10>''Field Report 2765: Federated Suns'', p. 10, "Avalon Hussars - Regimental Status"</ref>
  
 
===3038===
 
===3038===
* [[Tenth Deneb Light Cavalry]] [[RCT]]<ref name=20YU19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[Tenth Deneb Light Cavalry]] [[RCT]]<ref name=20YUp19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
===3050===
 
===3050===
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Federated Suns]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''

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Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

Crossing

Crossing
System Information
X:Y Coordinates253.13 : 47.26[e]
Spectral classG4V[1]
Recharge time185 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[1]

The Crossing system was home to at least one habitable world, Crossing IV, and as at 3145 was located in the Barlow's End Prefecture of the New Samarkand Military District within the Draconis Combine.[2][3]

System Description

The Crofton system is located near the Benet III and Hoff systems[4] and consists of a class F9V primary orbited by at least three planets. During the thirty-first century a recharge station was in place at the system and zenith jump point.[1]

System History

The Crossing system was colonised during or shortly before the Age of War and was a member of the Federated Suns by the end of the era.[5][6]

Crossing IV

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Crossing IV - more commonly known simply as Crossing - is the fourth planet in the system and has four moons named Journeyman, Scope, Trinket and Wayfarer.[1]

Planetary History

Succession Wars

Two of Crossing's moons were AFFS military reservations. Trinket was home to a hostile environment training center, where infantry units were trained in xenoplanetary, vacuum, and zero-gravity environments. Typically two regiments were present at any time. Wayfarer was used by the Department of the Quartermaster as a regional AeroSpace proving ground. The Quartermaster used the Wayfarer facility to test missile ammunition and seeker systems developed by new military contractors.[1]

Crossing was home to a large civilian population. Many of these civilians were retired AFFS members, and so the MIIO maintained a presence on the world to look for activity that supported the Warrior's Cabal or other anti-Federated Suns movements. By the end of the Third Succession War the designated ruler of Crossing, Baron Caine, was actively pushing for the Draconis March Militia to be expanded via the raising of an additional command from Crossing. It was uncertain whether Duke Sandoval, the ruler of the Draconis March would have been able to obtain the vehicles and BattleMechs needed for such an expansion given the number of commands engaged in combat across the March at any given time, but whereas in the past the suggestion of such an expansion had been fruitless given the combination of strong aerospace defenses on Wayfarer and the constant military traffic through the system, the advent of the Fourth Succession War made the idea more appealing.[1]

Political Affiliation

Planetary Rulers

3028

Military Deployment

2765

3038

3050

  • Tenth Deneb Light Cavalry RCT[47]

Geography

The two major continents on Crossing are named Charon and Ganse; Charon is located in the southern hemisphre, while Ganse is in the western hemisphere. Notable geographical features on Crossing include the Tartarus Caldera, a large bowl-shaped caldera, and a sea known as the Averrant Sea that has crystal-clear water due to an analogue of a monocellular plankton unique to the seas of Crossing and a complete lack of predators.[1]

Planetary Locations

  • Averrant City: the planetary capital and site of the largest non-military spaceport on Crossing; located on Ganse.[1]
  • Crassus: a city on Crossing notable for having an extremely high population of retired military veterans.[1]
  • New Rhodes: a city on Crossing notable for having an extremely high population of retired military veterans.[1]
  • The Shores: a popular tourist destination some fourteen kilometers south of Averrant City.[1]

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Benet III 14.5 Hoff 15.2 Lima 18.8 Tallmadge 23.4
Bettendorf 24.4 Harrow's Sun 25.3 Wapakoneta 26.6 Sakhara V 26.7
New Ivaarsen 29.3 Bergman's Planet 30.4 Ballentine 30.7 Royal 30.9
New Aberdeen 31.2 Glenmora 32.6 McComb 32.7 Nouveau Toulouse 33.8
Fairfield 35.7 Franklin 36.5 Dahar IV 37.7 Elidere IV 39.1
Lucerne 41.0 Allerton 41.3 Misery 43.2 Marlowe's Rift 44.6
Gandy's Luck 45.9 Marduk 46.7 Deshler 46.9 Thestria 49.8
Swales 50.6 Rochester 51.5 Courtney 52.2 Harpster 53.3
Dobson 53.4 Barlow's End 53.6 Emporia 53.9 Tripoli 54.1
Le Blanc 54.6 Turkalia 55.2 Sauk City 55.5 Robinson 57.6
Breed 58.4

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Operational Turning Points: Death to Mercenaries!, p. 4, "Crossing Planetary Data"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145] Map"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 18, "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"
  6. 6.0 6.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  7. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map
  8. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  9. Historical: Reunification War, p. 106, "Reunification War: Outworlds Alliance Front Deployments (2581)"
  10. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596]" Map
  11. Field Manual: SLDF, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  12. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  13. Field Report 2765: Federated Suns, p. 29, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  14. Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine, p. 25, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"
  15. Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succesion War - [2822] Map"
  16. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  17. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  18. Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succesion War - [2864] Map"
  19. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  20. House Davion (The Federated Suns), "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"
  21. Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succesion War - [3025] Map"
  22. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
  23. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  24. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  25. Handbook: House Davion, p. 71, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succesion War - [3030] Map"
  26. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  27. Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"
  28. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  29. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  30. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  31. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
  32. Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  33. ">Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  34. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  35. Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  36. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  37. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  38. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  39. Field Report: AFFS, p. 21, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  40. Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  41. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  42. Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  43. Map of the Inner Sphere, 3130
  44. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  45. Field Report 2765: Federated Suns, p. 10, "Avalon Hussars - Regimental Status"
  46. 20 Year Update, p. 19, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  47. Historical: War of 3039, p. 136, "Deployment Table"

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