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	| water              = 60%<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=TCWOKp112/>		| water              = 60%<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=TCWOKp112/>
	| life                = Mammals<ref name=HOK137/><ref name=TCWOKp112/>		| life                = Mammals<ref name=HOK137/><ref name=TCWOKp112/>
−	| continents          = 6 (Salo, Garda, Tenno, Riva, Dratha, San Biagio)<ref name=H:OKp137>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 137: "Dagda"</ref>	+	| continents          =
	| colonized          = [[2786]]<ref name=H:OKp18/>		| colonized          = [[2786]]<ref name=H:OKp18/>
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−	| population          = 1,250,000 (2801),<ref name=H:OKp137/><br>440,000 (2821),<ref name=HOK137/><br/>115,000 (2834)<ref name=OTP:WAp4>''Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption'', p. 4</ref>	+	| population          = 1,250,000 (2801),<ref name=H:OKp137>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 137: "Dagda"</ref><br>440,000 (2821),<ref name=HOK137/><br/>115,000 (2834)<ref name=OTP:WAp4>''Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption'', p. 4</ref>
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	====Pentagon Civil War and Devastation====		====Pentagon Civil War and Devastation====
−	The [[Exodus Civil War]] in [[2801]] devastated the population, especially those who depended on the sophisticated life support systems.<ref name=H:OKp137/> By [[2821]], there were two dozen factions. The ten most significant political factions or groupings active on the planet were: the [[Hailes Commonwealth]], [[Oriente Dominion]], [[Ryan's Roughnecks]], [[Imbros Collectives]], [[McMillan Collective]], [[The Chosen]], [[Brotherhood of Donegal]], [[The Drakkars]], [[Mimosa Atoll]], and [[Penn Atoll]].<ref name=HOK137/><ref name=HOKp80/>	+	The [[Exodus Civil War]] in [[2801]] devastated the population, especially those who depended on the sophisticated life support systems.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 137: "Dagda" - Info on the planet, and its early settlement</ref> By 2821 there were two dozen factions. The ten most significant political factions or groupings active on the planet were: the [[Hailes Commonwealth]], [[Oriente Dominion]], [[Ryan's Roughnecks]], [[Imbros Collectives]], [[McMillan Collective]], [[The Chosen]], [[Brotherhood of Donegal]], [[The Drakkars]], [[Mimosa Atoll]], and [[Penn Atoll]].<ref name=HOK137/><ref name=HOKp80/>
	====Operation KLONDIKE====		====Operation KLONDIKE====
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	Therefore, Kerensky assigned Clans Jade Falcon and Wolf to the liberation of the Black Brian, with Clans Goliath Scorpion and Fire Mandrill relegated to policing duties, over their strenuous objections.<ref>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 102</ref> Their opponent, the Brotherhood of Donegal, who'd defended the cache since the beginning of the Pentagon Civil War. The Cache occupied the Thorin Pass, one of the few passes crossing San Biaggio, and had not fallen once during the decades of strife.<ref name=KBB/>		Therefore, Kerensky assigned Clans Jade Falcon and Wolf to the liberation of the Black Brian, with Clans Goliath Scorpion and Fire Mandrill relegated to policing duties, over their strenuous objections.<ref>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 102</ref> Their opponent, the Brotherhood of Donegal, who'd defended the cache since the beginning of the Pentagon Civil War. The Cache occupied the Thorin Pass, one of the few passes crossing San Biaggio, and had not fallen once during the decades of strife.<ref name=KBB/>
−	Clan Jade Falcon was given the honor of taking the cache itself, while Clan Wolf would secure passes. Clans Widowmaker and Burrock were tasked with establishing aerospace superiority and claiming secondary objectives. The joint operation began in the first weeks of March [[2822]], with the Widowmakers, Burrocks, and Wolves achieving their objectives. This left the Jade Falcons to complete the conquest. Exterior defenses of the Black Brian were then cleared by MechWarrior [[Lisa Buhallin]], whose Assault Star staged a series of hit-and-run attacks, under cover from the ilKhan's ''[[Atlas II|Atlas]]'' and his unit. With the cache itself disarmed, Clans Burrock, Fire Mandrill, Goliath Scorpion, and Widowmaker would form a cordon around the cache, while Wolf would gain entrance. This would allow fresh Jade Falcon units to enter the complex. Operation FERRET, as it was dubbed, began on 2 April 2822, with three Binaries of Clan Wolf attacking the three entrances of the Black Brian. One of the three entrances breached, with Wolf reserves securing the opening. With their fortress breached, the Brotherhood of Donegal retreated into the cache.<ref name=KBB/>	+	Clan Jade Falcon was given the honor of taking the cache itself, while Clan Wolf would secure passes. Clans Widowmaker and Burrock were tasked with establishing aerospace superiority and claiming secondary objectives. The joint operation began in the first weeks of March 2822, with the Widowmakers, Burrocks, and Wolves achieving their objectives. This left the Jade Falcons to complete the conquest. Exterior defenses of the Black Brian were then cleared by MechWarrior [[Lisa Buhallin]], whose Assault Star staged a series of hit-and-run attacks, under cover from the ilKhan's ''[[Atlas II|Atlas]]'' and his unit. With the cache itself disarmed, Clans Burrock, Fire Mandrill, Goliath Scorpion, and Widowmaker would form a cordon around the cache, while Wolf would gain entrance. This would allow fresh Jade Falcon units to enter the complex. Operation FERRET, as it was dubbed, began on 2 April 2822, with three Binaries of Clan Wolf attacking the three entrances of the Black Brian. One of the three entrances breached, with Wolf reserves securing the opening. With their fortress breached, the Brotherhood of Donegal retreated into the cache.<ref name=KBB/>
	Clan Falcon prosecuted the clearing of the Brotherhood of Donegal unaided, though aid was offered. Fighting an experienced foe, with skill and defensive knowledge of their cache, it took until 12 April before the final BattleMech assets of the Brotherhood had been neutralized, but infantry fighting continued until 26 May 2822. The last prisoner was personally escorted from Black Brian cache by Khan [[Elizabeth Hazen]], who was surprised to find all 19 Khans present for a [[Grand Council]] summoned in secret by the ilKhan to mark the moment. The end of Operation FERRET, the clearing of Black Brian, meant the end of Operation KLONDIKE.<ref name=KBB/>		Clan Falcon prosecuted the clearing of the Brotherhood of Donegal unaided, though aid was offered. Fighting an experienced foe, with skill and defensive knowledge of their cache, it took until 12 April before the final BattleMech assets of the Brotherhood had been neutralized, but infantry fighting continued until 26 May 2822. The last prisoner was personally escorted from Black Brian cache by Khan [[Elizabeth Hazen]], who was surprised to find all 19 Khans present for a [[Grand Council]] summoned in secret by the ilKhan to mark the moment. The end of Operation FERRET, the clearing of Black Brian, meant the end of Operation KLONDIKE.<ref name=KBB/>
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	====Wars of Reaving====		====Wars of Reaving====
−	In early 3067 [[Kindraa Kline (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Kindraa Kline]] found itself in a perilous position; two of [[Kindraa Mick-Kreese]]'s Clusters, the [[11th Battle Force (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Eleventh Battle Force]] and the [[32nd Vanguard Battle (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Thirty-second Vanguard Battle Cluster]] joined [[Iota Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Iota Galaxy]] of [[Clan Blood Spirit]] in a joint attack against a Clan Star Adder holding on [[Tathis]]. Envious of the growing prosperity that Kindraa Mick-Kreese was undergoing as a result of their increasing association with the Blood Spirits, two ad hoc Clusters of troops from [[Kindraa]] Kline, formed from elements of the [[27th Vanguard Assault (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Twenty-seventh]], [[31st Vanguard Striker (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Thirty-first]] and [[42nd Vanguard Battle (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Forty-second Vanguard Clusters]] journeyed from [[Foster]] and [[Shadow]] and dropped into the battle raging between the Star Adders and the Blood Spirit/Mick-Kreese force. This caused all of those involved to suffer some friendly fire, and ultimately left the two ad hoc Kline Clusters at less than a quarter of their prebattle strength when they finally departed. This represented a serious reduction in military capability for Kindraa Kline and left them obviously open to predation from other Clans, particularly the Star Adders, who shared enclaves with Kindraa Kline on Dagda. Faced with the prospect of annihilation, either at the hands of the Star Adders or others, and manipulated by [[Jas Keller]], Kindraa Kline accepted the inevitable and were absorbed by Kindraa Mick-Kreese, forming [[Kindraa Mick-Kreese-Kline]].<ref name="WoRp17">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 17: "Monkey in the Middle"</ref>	+	In early 3067 [[Kindraa Kline]] found itself in a perilous position; two of [[Kindraa Mick-Kreese]]'s Clusters, the [[11th Battle Force (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Eleventh Battle Force]] and the [[32nd Vanguard Battle (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Thirty-second Vanguard Battle Cluster]] joined [[Iota Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Iota Galaxy]] of [[Clan Blood Spirit]] in a joint attack against a Clan Star Adder holding on [[Tathis]]. Envious of the growing prosperity that Kindraa Mick-Kreese was undergoing as a result of their increasing association with the Blood Spirits, two ad hoc Clusters of troops from [[Kindraa]] Kline, formed from elements of the [[27th Vanguard Assault (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Twenty-seventh]], [[31st Vanguard Striker (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Thirty-first]] and [[42nd Vanguard Battle (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Forty-second Vanguard Clusters]] journeyed from [[Foster]] and [[Shadow]] and dropped into the battle raging between the Star Adders and the Blood Spirit/Mick-Kreese force. This caused all of those involved to suffer some friendly fire, and ultimately left the two ad hoc Kline Clusters at less than a quarter of their prebattle strength when they finally departed. This represented a serious reduction in military capability for Kindraa Kline and left them obviously open to predation from other Clans, particularly the Star Adders, who shared enclaves with Kindraa Kline on Dagda. Faced with the prospect of annihilation, either at the hands of the Star Adders or others, and manipulated by [[Jas Keller]], Kindraa Kline accepted the inevitable and were absorbed by Kindraa Mick-Kreese, forming [[Kindraa Mick-Kreese-Kline]].<ref name="WoRp17">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 17: "Monkey in the Middle"</ref>
	In May [[3071]], following the formal [[Trial of Abjuration|Abjurement]] of Clan Wolf by the [[Grand Council]] in April, Clans Coyote, Goliath Scorpion and Steel Viper jockeyed among themselves for position in performing the Abjuration. Clan Coyote was successful in defeating both the Goliath Scorpion and Steel Viper bids, intent on proceeding with a prior agreement struck between [[Khan]] [[Dana Kufahl]]{{cn}} of the Coyotes and Khan [[Vlad Ward]] of the Wolves that would allow the Wolves to extract much of their resources from the Homeworlds with minimal violence. These plans went awry when Clans Blood Spirit, Cloud Cobra and Steel Viper decided that the Coyotes were being too slow in the execution of the Abjurement and forced the issue by attacking the remaining Wolf enclaves across the various Homeworld planets.<ref name="WoRp17">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 17: "Monkey in the Middle"</ref>		In May [[3071]], following the formal [[Trial of Abjuration|Abjurement]] of Clan Wolf by the [[Grand Council]] in April, Clans Coyote, Goliath Scorpion and Steel Viper jockeyed among themselves for position in performing the Abjuration. Clan Coyote was successful in defeating both the Goliath Scorpion and Steel Viper bids, intent on proceeding with a prior agreement struck between [[Khan]] [[Dana Kufahl]]{{cn}} of the Coyotes and Khan [[Vlad Ward]] of the Wolves that would allow the Wolves to extract much of their resources from the Homeworlds with minimal violence. These plans went awry when Clans Blood Spirit, Cloud Cobra and Steel Viper decided that the Coyotes were being too slow in the execution of the Abjurement and forced the issue by attacking the remaining Wolf enclaves across the various Homeworld planets.<ref name="WoRp17">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 17: "Monkey in the Middle"</ref>
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	In [[3072]], the Society moved to take power within the Clan Homeworlds, and Dagda was one of the first worlds targeted by them; unbeknownst to the warrior caste, Dagda was a Society bastion, a world containing various sites where production and research were conducted out of sight of the warriors, utilizing nests that had been forgotten.<ref name="WoRp92">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 92: "The First Strikes"</ref> By the end of January, Dagda had gone dark, with all communications with other worlds stopped.<ref name="WoRp94">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 94: "Death Rides Forth"</ref> This was a pattern being repeated on other worlds; some HPG stations lost their connection to the main grid, while others were sabotaged via internal explosions. On Dagda, the HPG went offline for some four days as a result of technical glitches.<ref name="WoRp95">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 95: "Sandbagging the Breach"</ref>		In [[3072]], the Society moved to take power within the Clan Homeworlds, and Dagda was one of the first worlds targeted by them; unbeknownst to the warrior caste, Dagda was a Society bastion, a world containing various sites where production and research were conducted out of sight of the warriors, utilizing nests that had been forgotten.<ref name="WoRp92">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 92: "The First Strikes"</ref> By the end of January, Dagda had gone dark, with all communications with other worlds stopped.<ref name="WoRp94">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 94: "Death Rides Forth"</ref> This was a pattern being repeated on other worlds; some HPG stations lost their connection to the main grid, while others were sabotaged via internal explosions. On Dagda, the HPG went offline for some four days as a result of technical glitches.<ref name="WoRp95">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 95: "Sandbagging the Breach"</ref>
−	At some point after Dagda went dark, a volcano known as Mount Hades erupted, inflicting substantial damage on the Goliath Scorpion mining operations there. In late November [[3073]], Khan [[Ariel Suvorov]] of the Goliath Scorpions followed up on negotiations with Khan [[Connor Rood]] of [[Clan Ice Hellion]] over the [[Trial of Absorption|Absorption]] of the weaker Clan by leading a small task force consisting of the [[24th Scorpion Cuirassiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Twenty-fourth Scorpion Cuirassiers]] and the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Hephaestus (Individual Cameron-class WarShip)|CGS ''Hephaestus'']] to attempt to negotiate a similar Absorption of Clan Fire Mandrill. Suvorov's forces encountered a Coyote naval Star in the Shadow system, along with no sign of any of Clan Fire Mandrill on what had been their homeworld; unwilling to face down a larger military force that refused to respond to attempts to communicate, Suvorov continued on to Dagda. Suvorov already knew that the eruption of Mount Hades in the Satan's Table region of Dagda had badly affected her Clan's mining operations, but had received no word from the two major undersea manufacturing complexes her Clan operated on the planet.<ref name="WoRp124">''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 124–129: "Scorpion Gambit"</ref>	+	At some point after Dagda went dark, a volcano known as Mount Hades erupted, inflicting substantial damage on the Goliath Scorpion mining operations there. In late November [[3073]], Khan [[Ariel Suvorov]] of the Goliath Scorpions followed up on negotiations with Khan [[Connor Rood]] of [[Clan Ice Hellion]] over the [[Trial of Absorption|Absorption]] of the weaker Clan by leading a small task force consisting of the [[24th Scorpion Cuirassiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Twenty-fourth Scorpion Cuirassiers]] and the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Hephaestus|CGS ''Hephaestus'']] to attempt to negotiate a similar Absorption of Clan Fire Mandrill. Suvorov's forces encountered a Coyote naval Star in the Shadow system, along with no sign of any of Clan Fire Mandrill on what had been their homeworld; unwilling to face down a larger military force that refused to respond to attempts to communicate, Suvorov continued on to Dagda. Suvorov already knew that the eruption of Mount Hades in the Satan's Table region of Dagda had badly affected her Clan's mining operations, but had received no word from the two major undersea manufacturing complexes her Clan operated on the planet.<ref name="WoRp124">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 124–129: "Scorpion Gambit"</ref>
	What Suvorov discovered on arrival was that not only had almost two thirds of the mineral production been lost, but many undersea enclaves had been shattered and the planet had apparently been subjected to prodigious orbital bombardment, leaving the ecosystem unstable and in decline. Some of Clan Fire Mandrill had managed to survive on the planet, but the highest-ranking individual Suvorov could make contact with was Star Colonel [[Hampton Schroeder]], along with a small group of scientists, technicians and warriors at Folke. Suvorov rescued the survivors, packing them in aboard the ''Haphaestus'' and her attendant [[DropShip]]s. Star Colonel Schroeder and the Scorpion Khan then fought a [[Trial of Possession]] to decide the result of an offer of an Absorption into the Goliath Scorpions for the surviving Fire Mandrill personnel; conducted as a boxing match, the Trial was a victory for Suvorov, who downed Schroeder several rounds into the match.<ref name="WoRp124"/>		What Suvorov discovered on arrival was that not only had almost two thirds of the mineral production been lost, but many undersea enclaves had been shattered and the planet had apparently been subjected to prodigious orbital bombardment, leaving the ecosystem unstable and in decline. Some of Clan Fire Mandrill had managed to survive on the planet, but the highest-ranking individual Suvorov could make contact with was Star Colonel [[Hampton Schroeder]], along with a small group of scientists, technicians and warriors at Folke. Suvorov rescued the survivors, packing them in aboard the ''Haphaestus'' and her attendant [[DropShip]]s. Star Colonel Schroeder and the Scorpion Khan then fought a [[Trial of Possession]] to decide the result of an offer of an Absorption into the Goliath Scorpions for the surviving Fire Mandrill personnel; conducted as a boxing match, the Trial was a victory for Suvorov, who downed Schroeder several rounds into the match.<ref name="WoRp124"/>
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	* [[6th Scorpion Hussars (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Sixth Scorpion Hussars]]<ref name=FMWC164>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 164: "Warden Clans Deployment Table"</ref>		* [[6th Scorpion Hussars (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Sixth Scorpion Hussars]]<ref name=FMWC164>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 164: "Warden Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
−	* [[1st Cateran (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|First Cateran Cluster]]<ref name=FMWC164/>	+	* [[1st Cateran Cluster (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|First Cateran Cluster]]<ref name=FMWC164/>
	* [[17th Scorpion Cuirassiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Seventeenth Scorpion Cuirassiers]]<ref name=FMWC164/>		* [[17th Scorpion Cuirassiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Seventeenth Scorpion Cuirassiers]]<ref name=FMWC164/>
	* [[20th Scorpion Cuirassiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Twentieth Scorpion Cuirassiers]]<ref name=FMWC164/>		* [[20th Scorpion Cuirassiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Twentieth Scorpion Cuirassiers]]<ref name=FMWC164/>
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	* [[W-9 Facilities]] (until May 3071)<ref name="WoRp67"/>		* [[W-9 Facilities]] (until May 3071)<ref name="WoRp67"/>
−	===Local Flora and Fauna===	+	===Local Fauna===
	* Homeworld of the [[Dagadar]]		* Homeworld of the [[Dagadar]]
	* Homeworld of the [[Nova Cat (species)]]		* Homeworld of the [[Nova Cat (species)]]

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{{Update Needed|[[Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption]]}} {{otheruses|the Clan planetary system|the Lyran Commonwealth system|Dagda (LC)}} {{InfoBoxSystem | image = Dagda_(Clan_System)_3151.svg | caption = Dagda [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] (3151) | name = Dagda | coord = -132.266 : 1603.856{{e}} | stars = | class = K4V<ref name=TWoRp232>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 232: "Dagda"</ref><ref name=HOK137>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 137: "Dagda"</ref> | recharge = 195 hours<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=HOK137/> | recharge stations = | planets = 8<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=HOK137/> }} The '''Dagda''' system is the location of a habitable world, '''Dagda III''', and as of [[3085]] was located in the [[Deep Periphery]] region known as the [[Clan Homeworlds]]. ==System Description== In relation to the capital of the Clan Homeworlds, [[Strana Mechty]], Dagda is located at the coordinates -164:-181.<ref>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 112: Clan-Space Worlds Table</ref> The Dagda system consists of an F9V class primary named "Tuath" orbited by eight worlds.<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=TCWOKp112>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 112</ref> ==System History== During the [[Star League-in-Exile]] period under [[Aleksandr Kerensky]], Dagda was chosen as the home port for the fleet due to the abundant natural resources available for a shipyard.<ref name=HOKp45>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 45</ref> ===Operations SABLE SUN and KLONDIKE=== Home to the only shipyard in the Pentagon, Dagda's factories and cache had been destroyed in the fighting that ensued during the [[Pentagon Civil War]]. Only two enclaves of spacefarers remained in-system, each stationed at one of the system's [[Jump point]]s. The right to clear [[Zenith|zenith]] jump point was won by Clan Burrock, who assigned [[Star Colonel]] [[Qudi Hutchinson]]. Star Colonel Hutchinson jumped a flotilla of several [[JumpShip]]s and an [[Avatar (WarShip class)|''Avatar'']]-class heavy cruiser, the ''[[Constantineau]]''. Using [[ECM]] to interdict the zenith enclave, the Clan flotilla forced the enclave to surrender, mostly by firing a few warning shots. However, three JumpShip did not surrender, forcing the ''Constantineau'' to fire on and destroy their engineering decks.<ref name=KSystem>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 45–46: "Dagda"</ref> More concerning were three DropShips burning for Dagda III. Having escaped the Clan flotilla, the DropShips attempted to deliver their cargoes to the McMillan Collective. However, the ''Constantineau'' was able to jump to the planet's pirate jump point and intercepting the three ships.<ref name=KSystem/> The engagement for the nadir jump was botched, leading to tremendous loss of ships and spacefarer casualties. Clan Widowmaker won the honor of capturing the enclave stationed at the [[Nadir|nadir]] jump point. [[Star Captain]] [[Cyril Herling]], in command of the nadir-bound Clan flotilla with the [[Lola III|''Lola III''-class destroyer]] ''[[Black Venom]]'', attempted to force the submission of the nadir spacefarer enclave by translating next to the enclave at point-blank range. Though this tactic had worked elsewhere in the Pentagon,<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 44: "Circe Outposts"</ref> the tactic here backfired when several ships from the enclave began to flee. The ''Black Venom'' reacted quickly enough to disable one of the three fleeing JumpShips. Unfortunately for the Clan squadron and the enclave, a second pair of JumpShips, shielded by the flurry of fleeing vessels, attempted a [[simul-jump]]. The resulting released energy wave caused a cascade that detonated a succession of [[Kearny-Fuchida drive]]s, including the drive of the ''Black Venom''. The magnitude of the blast was mistakenly believed to be the result of a thermonuclear device detonated in defense of the enclave, as witnessed from the surface of the Dagda III. Survivors of the blast were rescued over the following week, while it took months to remove debris to allow the nadir point to admit jump traffic again.<ref name=KSystem/> ==Political Affiliation== {{columns-start|num=2}} * 2571 - Unknown Planet{{cn}} * 2750 - Unknown Planet{{cn}} * 2786 - [[Star League-in-Exile]]<ref name=H:OKp18>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 18</ref> * 2801 - Disputed<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 22</ref> * 2821 - [[Clan Burrock]], [[Clan Fire Mandrill]], [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]], [[Clan Widowmaker]], Disputed<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 80–86</ref> * 2822 - Clan Burrock, Clan Fire Mandrill, Clan Goliath Scorpion, [[Clan Jade Falcon]], Clan Widowmaker, [[Clan Wolf]]<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 86–88</ref> * 2833 - Clan Burrock, Clan Fire Mandrill, Clan Goliath Scorpion, Clan Jade Falcon, Clan Widowmaker, Clan Wolf{{cn}} * 2834 - Clan Burrock, Clan Fire Mandrill, Clan Goliath Scorpion, Clan Jade Falcon, Clan Wolf{{cn}} * 3052 - Clan Fire Mandrill - 26%, Clan Goliath Scorpion - 29%, Clan Ice Hellion - 7%, Clan Jade Falcon - 9%, Clan Star Adder - 15%, Clan Wolf, 14%<ref>''Clan Homeworlds 3052 Poster (Kickstarter)''</ref> {{column}} * 3059 - Clan Burrock, Clan Fire Mandrill, Clan Goliath Scorpion, Clan Jade Falcon, Clan Wolf{{cn}} * 3060 - Clan Fire Mandrill, Clan Goliath Scorpion, Clan Jade Falcon, [[Clan Star Adder]], Clan Wolf{{cn}} * 3062 - Clan Fire Mandrill (26%), Clan Goliath Scorpion (29%), Clan Jade Falcon (9%), Clan Star Adder (22%), Clan Wolf (14%)<ref name=WOK104>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 105: "Dagda"</ref> * 3067 - Clan Fire Mandrill (27%), Clan Goliath Scorpion (33%), Clan Jade Falcon (8%), Clan Star Adder (22%), Clan Wolf (10%)<ref name="FM:Up39">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 39</ref><ref name="WoRp228">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 228: "Political balance Table, 3067"</ref> * 3075 - Clan Goliath Scorpion (75%), Clan Star Adder (25%)<ref name="WoRp248">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 248: "Political balance Table, 3075"</ref> * 3085 - Clan Star Adder<ref name="WoRp249">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 249: "Political balance Table, 3085"</ref> {{columns-end}} ------------------------------------- ==Dagda III== {{InfoBoxPlanet | image = | name = Dagda | othernames = Dagda III | position = 3rd<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=HOK137/><ref name=TCWOKp112/> | distance = 4.31 days<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=HOK137/> | moons = 2 (Aine, Medb)<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=HOK137/><ref name=HOKp80>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 80</ref> | gravity = 2.0<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=TCWOKp112/> | pressure = Low (Breathable)<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=HOK137/><ref name=TCWOKp112/> | temperature = 25°C<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=TCWOKp112/> (Cool-Temperate)<ref name=HOK137/> | water = 60%<ref name=TWoRp232/><ref name=TCWOKp112/> | life = Mammals<ref name=HOK137/><ref name=TCWOKp112/> | continents = | colonized = [[2786]]<ref name=H:OKp18/> | demonym = | language = | religion = | population = 1,250,000 (2801),<ref name=H:OKp137>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 137: "Dagda"</ref><br>440,000 (2821),<ref name=HOK137/><br/>115,000 (2834)<ref name=OTP:WAp4>''Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption'', p. 4</ref> | ruler = | political = | commander = | capital = | hpg = | hpgrep = }} Dagda III, more commonly known simply as Dagda, has been held and contested by several Clans at the same time for the majority of its history as a settled world.<ref name=TWoRp232/> ===Planetary History=== ====Discovery and Settlement==== On 24 August [[2786]], the Exodus Fleet of the [[SLDF]] led by [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] discovered Dagda and the rest of the star systems that makes up what they would call the [[Pentagon Worlds]]. Dagda was first settled on the 17th of September by the first of the weary passengers and soldiers of the SLDF.<ref name=H:OKp18/> Dagda was the fourth world of the Pentagon to be settled, it was named by settlers for the Irish pantheon of luck. The planet, due to rich mineral resources, became the principal mining world for what became the [[Star League-In-Exile]]. The Exile settlers used high-tech life support equipment to exploit the uplands where the atmosphere of the planet was very thin. ====Pentagon Civil War and Devastation==== The [[Exodus Civil War]] in [[2801]] devastated the population, especially those who depended on the sophisticated life support systems.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 137: "Dagda" - Info on the planet, and its early settlement</ref> By 2821 there were two dozen factions. The ten most significant political factions or groupings active on the planet were: the [[Hailes Commonwealth]], [[Oriente Dominion]], [[Ryan's Roughnecks]], [[Imbros Collectives]], [[McMillan Collective]], [[The Chosen]], [[Brotherhood of Donegal]], [[The Drakkars]], [[Mimosa Atoll]], and [[Penn Atoll]].<ref name=HOK137/><ref name=HOKp80/> ====Operation KLONDIKE==== The four Clans assigned to liberate Dagda during [[Operation KLONDIKE]] were [[Clan Burrock]], [[Clan Fire Mandrill]], [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]], and [[Clan Widowmaker]]. They were later reinforced by [[Clan Jade Falcon]] and [[Clan Wolf]]. =====Riva===== Surface fighting on Dagda began when Clan Goliath Scorpion, whose specialty was special operations, dropped on the continent Riva into the capital of the McMillan Collective, Firebase Delta, a massive planetary defense facility, in the early morning of 29 July 2821. The Collective was a high priority, due to their ability to defend the eastern hemisphere of Dagda with surface-to-orbit weaponry, as well as their relative abundance of remaining Star League technology. Surprising the Collective, Clan Goliath Scorpion dropped two Stars of BattleMechs, and using a pair of the modified, armored [[Torrent]] bombers, dropped two units of commandos, including saKhan [[Jenna Scott]]. The commandos disabled defense communications, while the Torrents ran supplies and the BattleMech Binary neutralized heavy targets. The Scorpion operation ended the organized defensive capabilities of the McMillan Collective in one night, though at great expense. The BattleMech Binary initially deployed into Firebase Delta was all but wiped out in a booby trap set by the Collective in "Satan's Table." The sole survivor engaged his jump jets before plummeting into the volcano. Thereafter personally managed by Khan [[Cyrus Elam]], the Scorpion forces hunted the rest of the Collective, with saKhan Scott killing their leader, [[James McMillan]]. Khan Elam personally executed the commanding officer who sprang the magma trap, sentencing her to being dropped into the volcano.<ref>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', pp. 101–102: "Reshaping the Pentagon"</ref><ref name=HRiva>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 80–81</ref><ref name=TROVAp120>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 120: "Torrent Heavy Bomber"</ref><ref name=TROVARp120>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex (Revised Edition)'', p. 124: "Torrent Heavy Bomber"</ref> One of the two Torrent bombers survived the operation, the ''[[Torrent#Notable Aircraft & Crews|Venom's Kiss]]'', the aircraft that ferried saKhan Scott to the communications bunker. The ''Venom's Kiss'' is prominently displayed in the antechamber of Clan Goliath Scorpion's genetic repository.<ref name=TROVAp120 /><ref name=TROVARp120 /> After subduing the McMillan Collective, Clan Goliath Scorpion continued its conquest from August through September on Riva against two smaller powers, Graz and Borodino. However, the occupation proved deadly to many Scorpion infantry in Borodino, when rumors began to circulate about Clan atrocities. When the Scorpion hierarchy discovered the rumors originated with The Chosen, a religious faction run by a doomsday cult, Clan Goliath Scorpion quickly moved against The Chosen to stop their agitation. The Chosen maintained a monastery citadel at such altitude it required artificial atmosphere. The citadel was situated in the volcanic uplands with a single pass connecting them to the outside world. Khan Elam led a combined BattleMech and armor assault, drawing out the military and distracting The Chosen sufficiently for saKhan Scott to surprise them with an advance through the high plateaus. The flanking shattered their military, forcing The Chosen leadership to attempt to wait out the Goliath Scorpion siege. With action the directive of the ilKhan, Elam issued a final warning to surrender on 30 September. The warning ignored, Clan Goliath Scorpion invaded the citadel, taking few casualties from the starved and depleted population. Half of the cult had already committed mass suicide, with the cult leader, [[Kaline Escher]], sentenced to death by ejection from a citadel airlock.<ref name=KChosen>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 82–83: "The Chosen"</ref> =====Salò===== With Firebase Delta occupied, Clan Fire Mandrill deployed to the western hemisphere, to the star-shaped continent of Salò on 30 July. The campaign started poorly, with Mandrill ammunition, parts, and supplies scattered broadly across Mt. Lucca, a stratovolcano, along with the Clan MechWarriors. Only able to secure half of their supplies, the ever-competitive Mandrills compounded their misfortune by aggressive bidding, especially between Khan [[Raymond Sainze]] and saKhan [[Laura Payne]]. Unfortunately for the Mandrills, the concept of [[cutdown]] had not been firmly established in the Clan bidding ritual, prolonging each mission and causing undue injuries and damage to their units. Were it not for the desperate condition of their opponents' equipment, Clan Fire Mandrill may have had difficulty achieving its objectives against its numerous and determined opponents.<ref name=HOKp81>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 81: "Bloody Salò"</ref> =====Dratha===== Waiting for the cessation of hostilities between Clan Goliath Scorpion and the McMillan Collective, Clan Burrock and Widowmaker dropped onto Dagda with a joint commando operation in the City of Folke on the eastern continent Dratha on the night of 18 August. Folke was the port capital of the Hailes Commonwealth. Widowmaker paratroopers took the command center for the city, while Burrock paratroopers targeted the cutter ''Fastidious'', taking the ship and sinking it near the mouth of the harbor, thereby trapping the Commonwealth blue navy. The operation effectively eliminated the Hailes Commonwealth, and provided Clans Burrock and Widowmaker a defensible position to prepare to advance into the continent.<ref name=KDratha>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 82: "Investing Dratha"</ref> Response by Hailes' neighbors came quickly. Before Folke was fully pacified, the aggressive Oriente Dominion attempted to strike the city by aerospace assets. However, the poor condition of their fighters and inexperience of the crews allowed Clan Widowmaker to quickly gain air superiority, which they turned into airstrikes against the Oriente Dominion capital, Ciudad Oriente. Clan Burrock joined Widowmaker, splitting air superiority over the region over the Dominion and Ryan's Roughnecks as ground forces bartered a surrender with the Imbros Agricultural Collectives.<ref name=KDratha/> Loosed on the rest of the continent by the beginning of September, Clans Widowmaker and Burrock divided their attentions. The Widowmakers turned north and west, clockwise, around the coast of the continent, while Clan Burrock brought the invasion north and east, counterclockwise, around the coast.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 84–85: "Dratha Redux", says they took opposite turns up the coastlines, however the turn North and West would put both Ciudad Oriente and the mining town of Sunflower in their path, which is where they went</ref> Their initial adversaries, the Oriente Dominion and Ryan's Roughnecks, certainly had manpower, but lacked the advanced weaponry and cohesion of the invaders. The Widowmakers took Ciudad Oriente six days ahead of schedule, and the Burrocks completed their conquest against the Roughnecks with a full day to spare. From the end of September through October, free to prosecute the rest of the campaign on Dratha as they saw fit, both Clans continued north up their coastlines. While many states simply capitulated to the Clans, a few mounted a determined resistance. During the course of this clearance, an assassin fatally shot saKhan [[Mariel Sanders]] during an inspection on 22 October 2821. Though the wounds did not immediately kill Sanders, she was medevaced to Folke, then to the ''[[Condor (DropShip class)|Condor]]''-class medical DropShip SLS ''[[Moorfields]]'', where she died of her wound on 26 October. The assassin was killed in the attempt, an action the ilKhan did not sanction, citing the need to interrogate the assassin. SaKhan Sanders was the highest-ranking Clan officer killed on Dagda.<ref name=HOKp84-45>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 84–85: "Dratha Redux"</ref> After the death of saKhan Sanders, Clan Widowmaker met in an enclave in the mining village of Sunflower. After two days, the Clan elected [[Cal Jorgensson]] the second saKhan of the Clan. Jorgensson was aggressive, abrasive, and outspoken, questioning the difficulty of the Mandrill and Scorpion campaigns and spawning a heated feud with the Goliath Scorpions. After the death of Sanders, the Widowmakers became especially brutal, not offering surrender. The final coastal enclaves suffered more civilian and infrastructure destruction as Clan Widowmaker completed its campaign.<ref name=HOKp85>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 85</ref> =====Garda and Tenno===== With Salò and Riva operations complete, Clans Goliath Scorpion and Fire Mandrill undertook pacification of the two least populous continents on Dagda, Garda and Tenno. Garda, an inhospitable rocky upland, was home to a few city-states that fell to Clan Fire Mandrill, despite their lack of cohesion. Conquest of Tenno was given to Clan Goliath Scorpion, who were capable in operations near the coastline, but cautious about the final operation, the mining concern inland at Black Mesa, controlled by the Drakkar. Defended by nearly two dozen BattleMechs and armed IndustrialMechs, supported by a maze of underground tunnels and armed miners, the Drakkar were on a formidable defensive footing; Scorpion scouting operations had resulted in casualties in two of three Binaries deployed to the continent. Khans Elam and Scott worried their already weakened forces may face significant, determined resistance from the Drakkars; in regions of Dagda so inhospitable, casualties could be worsened by the climate. Again with the ilKhan's blessing, Khan Elam negotiated a surrender with the leader of the Drakkar, Pranay Sawent. The negotiation involved a show of force, an orbital bombardment of a local peak, that Sawent could not ignore. Sawent was later convicted and sentenced to life in the ''[[Prinz Eugen]]'', but released through amnesty after the death of [[Nicholas Kerensky]].<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 83–84: "Secondary Targets: Garda and Tenno"</ref> =====Atolls===== With only three populated atolls present on Dagda, Clans Fire Mandrill and Goliath Scorpion bid for the right to conquer these manmade islands. By continuing their aggressive bidding style, Clan Fire Mandrill won the right to liberate two of the three atolls, Penn and Mimosa Atoll, with infantry assets. Clan Goliath Scorpion won the right to liberate Kepler Atoll.<ref name=KSeaWolf>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 85–86: "Legend of the Ghostly Seawolf"</ref> The aggressive bidding style did not hurt Clan Fire Mandrill. Mimosa Atoll simply surrendered at first request, while Penn Atoll surrendered after being threatened by sinking. However, Clan Goliath Scorpion was not so lucky. Bidding two teams to take Kepler Atoll, Goliath Scorpion infantry [[David Madsen]] and [[Naomi Djerassi]] were welcomed by Kepler's leadership, including potentate [[Marco Wye]], to discuss terms. After terms were agreed upon, and as Madsen and Djerassi prepared their shuttle for launch, Kepler Atoll sprang its trap. The team was ambushed by Kepler soldiers. Madsen killed five assailants but was shot after his pistol jammed. Djerassi killed four, but was captured, beaten and tortured while being taunted by Wye, and then fed to seawolves. However, the seawolves were intelligent cetaceans, and saved Djerassi from drowning. Badly injured but free to conduct a guerrilla campaign on the atoll, Djerassi killed 50 soldiers over the next 15 days, sending Kepler into a panic. On the final day of her guerrilla campaign, she fed Wye to the captive seawolves, then caused an explosion. Djerassi and a dozen Kepler citizens were found alive on life rafts in the aftermath of the explosion.<ref name=KSeaWolf/> =====San Biaggio===== IlKhan Nicholas Kerensky had envisioned the four Dagdan invading Clans completing their combat operations and ready to undertake a final joint operation to liberate San Biaggio, home of the fortress-like Brian Cache Dag-92-906, better known as the [[Black Brian]]. However, the ilKhan had misgivings regarding the effectiveness of the four Clans by the end of the Dagdan campaign. Clan Fire Mandrill had little cohesion and was prone to infighting. Clan Goliath Scorpion had more than 25% of their Clan killed by the end of their operations, while Clan Widowmaker had become overly punitive in their conduct of KLONDIKE, and a potential liability in any future operations.<ref name=KBB>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 86–87: "The Siege of the Black Brian"</ref> Therefore, Kerensky assigned Clans Jade Falcon and Wolf to the liberation of the Black Brian, with Clans Goliath Scorpion and Fire Mandrill relegated to policing duties, over their strenuous objections.<ref>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 102</ref> Their opponent, the Brotherhood of Donegal, who'd defended the cache since the beginning of the Pentagon Civil War. The Cache occupied the Thorin Pass, one of the few passes crossing San Biaggio, and had not fallen once during the decades of strife.<ref name=KBB/> Clan Jade Falcon was given the honor of taking the cache itself, while Clan Wolf would secure passes. Clans Widowmaker and Burrock were tasked with establishing aerospace superiority and claiming secondary objectives. The joint operation began in the first weeks of March 2822, with the Widowmakers, Burrocks, and Wolves achieving their objectives. This left the Jade Falcons to complete the conquest. Exterior defenses of the Black Brian were then cleared by MechWarrior [[Lisa Buhallin]], whose Assault Star staged a series of hit-and-run attacks, under cover from the ilKhan's ''[[Atlas II|Atlas]]'' and his unit. With the cache itself disarmed, Clans Burrock, Fire Mandrill, Goliath Scorpion, and Widowmaker would form a cordon around the cache, while Wolf would gain entrance. This would allow fresh Jade Falcon units to enter the complex. Operation FERRET, as it was dubbed, began on 2 April 2822, with three Binaries of Clan Wolf attacking the three entrances of the Black Brian. One of the three entrances breached, with Wolf reserves securing the opening. With their fortress breached, the Brotherhood of Donegal retreated into the cache.<ref name=KBB/> Clan Falcon prosecuted the clearing of the Brotherhood of Donegal unaided, though aid was offered. Fighting an experienced foe, with skill and defensive knowledge of their cache, it took until 12 April before the final BattleMech assets of the Brotherhood had been neutralized, but infantry fighting continued until 26 May 2822. The last prisoner was personally escorted from Black Brian cache by Khan [[Elizabeth Hazen]], who was surprised to find all 19 Khans present for a [[Grand Council]] summoned in secret by the ilKhan to mark the moment. The end of Operation FERRET, the clearing of Black Brian, meant the end of Operation KLONDIKE.<ref name=KBB/> ====The Golden Century==== Clan Goliath Scorpion's underwater mining operations on Dagda lead to the creation of the [[Water Elemental Mining Suit]] in [[2842]]. This suit would become the basis for all Clan [[battle armor]] in the future. Recognizing its combat potential, visiting Clan Wolf forces attempted to acquire one of these suits in a Trial of Possession from Clan Goliath Scorpion in [[2860]]. While the Wolf forces were defeated in the Trial by Goliath Scorpion [[Point Commander]] [[Sarah (Goliath Scorpion)|Sarah]], Clan Wolf would continue efforts to procure the suits via trade between the Clans. This trade would lead to Clan Goliath Scorpion gaining mineral rights to almost all of Dagda's oceans in exchange for Clan Wolf gaining access to the suits.<ref>''Technical Readout: Golden Century'', p. 4: "Water Elemental Mining Suit"</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 104: "The Golden Time"</ref> ====Wars of Reaving==== In early 3067 [[Kindraa Kline]] found itself in a perilous position; two of [[Kindraa Mick-Kreese]]'s Clusters, the [[11th Battle Force (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Eleventh Battle Force]] and the [[32nd Vanguard Battle (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Thirty-second Vanguard Battle Cluster]] joined [[Iota Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Iota Galaxy]] of [[Clan Blood Spirit]] in a joint attack against a Clan Star Adder holding on [[Tathis]]. Envious of the growing prosperity that Kindraa Mick-Kreese was undergoing as a result of their increasing association with the Blood Spirits, two ad hoc Clusters of troops from [[Kindraa]] Kline, formed from elements of the [[27th Vanguard Assault (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Twenty-seventh]], [[31st Vanguard Striker (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Thirty-first]] and [[42nd Vanguard Battle (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Forty-second Vanguard Clusters]] journeyed from [[Foster]] and [[Shadow]] and dropped into the battle raging between the Star Adders and the Blood Spirit/Mick-Kreese force. This caused all of those involved to suffer some friendly fire, and ultimately left the two ad hoc Kline Clusters at less than a quarter of their prebattle strength when they finally departed. This represented a serious reduction in military capability for Kindraa Kline and left them obviously open to predation from other Clans, particularly the Star Adders, who shared enclaves with Kindraa Kline on Dagda. Faced with the prospect of annihilation, either at the hands of the Star Adders or others, and manipulated by [[Jas Keller]], Kindraa Kline accepted the inevitable and were absorbed by Kindraa Mick-Kreese, forming [[Kindraa Mick-Kreese-Kline]].<ref name="WoRp17">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 17: "Monkey in the Middle"</ref> In May [[3071]], following the formal [[Trial of Abjuration|Abjurement]] of Clan Wolf by the [[Grand Council]] in April, Clans Coyote, Goliath Scorpion and Steel Viper jockeyed among themselves for position in performing the Abjuration. Clan Coyote was successful in defeating both the Goliath Scorpion and Steel Viper bids, intent on proceeding with a prior agreement struck between [[Khan]] [[Dana Kufahl]]{{cn}} of the Coyotes and Khan [[Vlad Ward]] of the Wolves that would allow the Wolves to extract much of their resources from the Homeworlds with minimal violence. These plans went awry when Clans Blood Spirit, Cloud Cobra and Steel Viper decided that the Coyotes were being too slow in the execution of the Abjurement and forced the issue by attacking the remaining Wolf enclaves across the various Homeworld planets.<ref name="WoRp17">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 17: "Monkey in the Middle"</ref> The Clan Wolf forces on Dagda consisted of a [[Star]] of ''[[solahma]]'' warriors defending the [[W-9 Facilities|W-9 industrial complex]]. Clan Cloud Cobra attempted to seize the complex using the [[99th Battle (Clan Cloud Cobra)|Ninety-ninth Battle Cluster]] from [[Omicron Galaxy (Clan Cloud Cobra)|Omicron Galaxy]], but discovered that the labyrinthine structure strongly favored the Wolf warriors, who were intimately familiar with it; under the command of [[Star Captain]] Nobel, the ''solahma'' warriors spent two days stalking the Cloud Cobra warriors and dropping them one at a time. The battle escalated after the second day with Clan Blood Spirit deploying the [[42nd Crimson Vanguard (Clan Blood Spirit)|Forty-second Crimson Vanguard Cluster]] to try and seize the factory, clashing with the Ninety-ninth Battle Cluster as they both tried to kill the last two ''solahma'' warriors. The two Wolf warriors retreated to the heart of the complex before being captured, and fought to the death when cornered; the resulting explosion shattered the industrial complex and gutted both attacking Clusters, reducing the Ninety-ninth to less than a [[Binary]] of survivors.<ref name="WoRp67">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 67: "Merges and Moves"</ref> In [[3072]], the Society moved to take power within the Clan Homeworlds, and Dagda was one of the first worlds targeted by them; unbeknownst to the warrior caste, Dagda was a Society bastion, a world containing various sites where production and research were conducted out of sight of the warriors, utilizing nests that had been forgotten.<ref name="WoRp92">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 92: "The First Strikes"</ref> By the end of January, Dagda had gone dark, with all communications with other worlds stopped.<ref name="WoRp94">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 94: "Death Rides Forth"</ref> This was a pattern being repeated on other worlds; some HPG stations lost their connection to the main grid, while others were sabotaged via internal explosions. On Dagda, the HPG went offline for some four days as a result of technical glitches.<ref name="WoRp95">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 95: "Sandbagging the Breach"</ref> At some point after Dagda went dark, a volcano known as Mount Hades erupted, inflicting substantial damage on the Goliath Scorpion mining operations there. In late November [[3073]], Khan [[Ariel Suvorov]] of the Goliath Scorpions followed up on negotiations with Khan [[Connor Rood]] of [[Clan Ice Hellion]] over the [[Trial of Absorption|Absorption]] of the weaker Clan by leading a small task force consisting of the [[24th Scorpion Cuirassiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Twenty-fourth Scorpion Cuirassiers]] and the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Hephaestus|CGS ''Hephaestus'']] to attempt to negotiate a similar Absorption of Clan Fire Mandrill. Suvorov's forces encountered a Coyote naval Star in the Shadow system, along with no sign of any of Clan Fire Mandrill on what had been their homeworld; unwilling to face down a larger military force that refused to respond to attempts to communicate, Suvorov continued on to Dagda. Suvorov already knew that the eruption of Mount Hades in the Satan's Table region of Dagda had badly affected her Clan's mining operations, but had received no word from the two major undersea manufacturing complexes her Clan operated on the planet.<ref name="WoRp124">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 124–129: "Scorpion Gambit"</ref> What Suvorov discovered on arrival was that not only had almost two thirds of the mineral production been lost, but many undersea enclaves had been shattered and the planet had apparently been subjected to prodigious orbital bombardment, leaving the ecosystem unstable and in decline. Some of Clan Fire Mandrill had managed to survive on the planet, but the highest-ranking individual Suvorov could make contact with was Star Colonel [[Hampton Schroeder]], along with a small group of scientists, technicians and warriors at Folke. Suvorov rescued the survivors, packing them in aboard the ''Haphaestus'' and her attendant [[DropShip]]s. Star Colonel Schroeder and the Scorpion Khan then fought a [[Trial of Possession]] to decide the result of an offer of an Absorption into the Goliath Scorpions for the surviving Fire Mandrill personnel; conducted as a boxing match, the Trial was a victory for Suvorov, who downed Schroeder several rounds into the match.<ref name="WoRp124"/> Suvorov subsequently dispatched three more convoys of vessels to Dagda to remove as many of the Absorbed Fire Mandrill civilians as possible; the last of these convoys, a four-JumpShip fleet, was ambushed in the Dagda system by a force from the [[Bandit Caste]] as the convoy readied for departure in late January 3074. As a result of the ambush more than ten thousand civilians were killed. The revelation of just how catastrophic the damage was at Dagda accelerated the Absorption of the Ice Hellions by the Scorpions, as it was obvious to the Scorpion Clan Council that the remaining Ice Hellion assets—both personnel and matériel—had more value than originally estimated.<ref name="WoRp124"/> The Scorpions continued to maintain a presence on Dagda, including a genetic repository or research site. Bedeviled by Society tampering that left less than ten percent of their Bloodname legacies uncontaminated, Clan Cloud Cobra began systematically targeting other Clans in small Trials to obtain new genetic legacies while researching possible alternatives. By early 3078, the Cloud Cobra scientists had identified that genetic material from a large number of Ice Hellion genetic legacies, now held by the Scorpions, would help rebuild the Cloud Cobra stock. The Cloud Cobras began targeting the Scorpions in earnest, and soon discovered that the Scorpions were experimenting with blending genetic material from the [[Eridani Light Horse]] mercenary unit in with their own legacies. Khan [[Hollyann Kardaan]] denounced the Scorpions to the Grand Council, successfully calling for the Abjurement of the Scorpions; as the other Clans targeted Scorpion material resources, the Cloud Cobras targeted Scorpion [[Blood Chapel]]s and genetic legacies. This included seizing material from the genetic repository on Dagda in early [[3078]].<ref name="WoRp161">''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 161–162: "Clan Cloud Cobra"</ref> ===Military Deployment=== {{columns-start|num=3}} ====3059==== * [[7th Sainze Honor Guard Striker (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Seventh Sainze Honor Guard Striker]]<ref name=FMCRC149>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 149: "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref> * [[19th Sainze Rear Guard Striker (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Nineteenth Sainze Rear Guard Striker]]<ref name=FMCRC149/> * [[3rd Battle (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Third Battle Cluster]]<ref name=FMCRC149/> * [[21st Vanguard Battle (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Twenty-first Vanguard Battle Cluster]]<ref name=FMCRC150>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 150: "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref> * [[42nd Vanguard Battle (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Forty-second Vanguard Battle Cluster]]<ref name=FMCRC150/> * [[42nd Adder Cavaliers (Clan Star Adder)|Forty-second Adder Cavaliers]]<ref name=FMCRC156>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 156: "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref> * [[212th Battle (Clan Star Adder)|212th Battle Cluster]]<ref name=FMCRC156/> * [[471st Adder Guards (Clan Star Adder)|471st Adder Guards]]<ref name=FMCRC156/> * [[504th Adder Sentinels (Clan Star Adder)|504th Adder Sentinels]]<ref name=FMCRC157>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 157: "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref> * [[822nd Gatekeeper (Clan Star Adder)|822nd Gatekeeper Cluster]]<ref name=FMCRC157/> {{column}} ====3061==== * [[6th Scorpion Hussars (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Sixth Scorpion Hussars]]<ref name=FMWC164>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 164: "Warden Clans Deployment Table"</ref> * [[1st Cateran Cluster (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|First Cateran Cluster]]<ref name=FMWC164/> * [[17th Scorpion Cuirassiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Seventeenth Scorpion Cuirassiers]]<ref name=FMWC164/> * [[20th Scorpion Cuirassiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Twentieth Scorpion Cuirassiers]]<ref name=FMWC164/> * [[7th Scorpion Grenadiers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|Seventh Scorpion Grenadiers]]<ref name=FMWC164/> {{columns-end}} <!-- Commented out due to lack of information ===Geography=== --> ===Planetary Locations=== [[File:Dagda (Clan System) Planetary Map.jpg|right|450px|thumb|Dagda World Map]] * Thorin Mountains: mountain range on Dagda<ref name=JFS14>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 14: "Lisa Buhallin"</ref> ===Companies and Industries=== * [[Dagda Battle Armor Production Facility Alpha]] * [[Dagda Industrialplex Zeta]] * [[Hades Industrial Complex]] * [[Manzikert Fabrication & Assembly Plant Gamma]] * [[W-9 Facilities]] (until May 3071)<ref name="WoRp67"/> ===Local Fauna=== * Homeworld of the [[Dagadar]] * Homeworld of the [[Nova Cat (species)]] * Homeworld of the [[Sphinx Raptor]] * Known population of [[Jade Falcon (species)]] * Homeworld of the [[Seawolf]] ===Image gallery=== <gallery> Dagda (Clan System) Planetary Map.jpg|Dagda Orbital View </gallery> ==Map Gallery== <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> ==Nearby Systems== <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" ! colspan="8" | Closest 20 systems (5 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: |- | class="lessthan30" | [[Babylon]] | class="lessthan30" | 9.2 | class="lessthan30" | [[Eden]] | class="lessthan30" | 10.0 | class="lessthan30" | [[Circe]] | class="lessthan30" | 14.6 | class="lessthan30" | [[Arcadia (Clan_System)|Arcadia]] | class="lessthan30" | 17.3 |- | class="lessthan30" | [[Fasa (system)|Fasa]] | class="lessthan30" | 24.8 | class="over60" | [[Tanis|Radulov]] | class="over60" | 74.9 | class="over60" | [[EC821-387D]] | class="over60" | 148.0 | class="over60" | [[Shadow]] | class="over60" | 195.7 |- | class="over60" | [[Brim]] | class="over60" | 196.8 | class="over60" | [[Homer|Zara]] | class="over60" | 202.4 | class="over60" | [[Albion (Clan_System)|Albion]] | class="over60" | 205.4 | class="over60" | [[Lum]] | class="over60" | 206.9 |- | class="over60" | [[Gatekeeper]] | class="over60" | 207.0 | class="over60" | [[York (Clan_System)|York]] | class="over60" | 212.2 | class="over60" | [[Foster]] | class="over60" | 218.8 | class="over60" | [[Ironhold]] | class="over60" | 227.5 |- | class="over60" | [[Delios]] | class="over60" | 231.9 | class="over60" | [[Strana Mechty]] | class="over60" | 232.3 | class="over60" | [[Colleen]] | class="over60" | 234.4 | class="over60" | [[Huntress]] | class="over60" | 238.0 |- |} ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]'' * ''[[Historical: Operation Klondike]]'' * ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]'' * ''[[Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: Golden Century]]'' * ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]'' {{div col end}} [[Category:Systems|Dagda]] [[Category: Clan Systems]] [[Category: Clan Fire Mandrill Systems]] [[Category: Clan Goliath Scorpion Systems]] [[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Systems]] [[Category: Clan Star Adder Systems]] [[Category: Clan Wolf Systems]] [[Category: Pentagon Worlds]] [[Category: Clan Homeworlds]]

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