Editing Hall

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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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== System Description ==

== System History ==

== Political Affiliation ==
* [[2271]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref>
* [[2366]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] <ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13, "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]"</ref>
* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation After Age of War [2571]]"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
* [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]] <ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref> 
* [[2771]] - Amaris Empire <ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref> 
* [[2772]] - Terran Hegemony (from September)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* Ca. [[2787]]-[[2789]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] <ref name="HM(TFWL)p28">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 28-29, "The Collapse of Terra"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Capellan Confederation {{cn}}
* [[3029]] - [[Tikonov Free Republic]] (from March)<ref name="FSWMAv2p16">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 16-17, "Tikonov Free Republic"</ref><ref name="FSWMAv2p16A">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 16, "Tikonov Commonality (Map)"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Tikonov Free Republic <ref name="FSWMAv2p94">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 94, "End Of The War"</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth {{cn}}
* [[3057]] - Independent world {{cn}}
* [[3062]] - Independent world {{cn}}
* [[3067]] - [[Free Worlds League]] (from October)<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 11 & ''Blake Ascending'', p. 171, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
* [[3071]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]
* [[3130]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>

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=Hall III=
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| year                = 3073<ref name=BT25YoAaF/>
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'''Hall''' is an arid world divided into two continents - Urra on north and Wass on south with the capital city. The surface of planet is known to be one of the most spectacular - with various strange rock formations including rock walls over two hundred meters long and 5 meters wide and of various heights.<ref name=BT25YoAaF/>

The planet itself was located deeply within Terran Hegemony and was secure until the [[Amaris Civil War]] began and the later [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. The planet changed ownership several times, being a member of the Tikonov Free Republic during the Fourth Succession War]] and eventually becoming part of the Federated Commonwealth. Investment into the [[Sarna March]] helped rebuild the planet's industry, but when it collapsed the [[Chaos March]] took control over the planet.<ref name=BT25YoAaF/> 

== Planetary History ==
=== First Succession War ===
The Capellan Confederation seized Hall during the [[First Succession War]]; in late [[2787]] [[Captain-General]] [[Kenyon Marik]] launched an invasion of the Confederation, intent on capturing a corridor of worlds leading to [[Sarna]]. Having quickly seized [[Corey]] and [[Wazan]], the Free Worlds League faced a two-year struggle to hold both worlds as the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] attempted to get reinforcements to both worlds. [[Chancellor]] [[Barbara Liao]] ordered an attack on [[New Delos]], a major [[Free Worlds League Military]] staging ground, which disrupted supply lines, communications and repair facilities and killed twenty thousand civilians. In retaliation - and in an attempt to disrupt the flow of reinforcements to Corey and Wazan - Kenyon Marik ordered attacks on a number of Capellan worlds including Hall that saw the planets firebombed, with the attacks continuing until the Capellans were forced on the defensive following a failed attack on [[Calloway VI]] in [[2789]].<ref name="HM(TFWL)p28"/>

=== Fourth Succession War ===
Following negotiations between [[Colonel]] [[Pavel Ridzik]], chief military advisor to [[Chancellor]] [[Maximillian Liao]], and [[AFFS]] [[Lieutenant General]] [[Ardan Sortek]], conducted in February [[3029]] Ridzik created a new nation, the Tikonov Free Republic. The Republic was created by incorporating those worlds of the [[Tikonov Commonality]] that hadn't already been conquered during the first half of the [[Fourth Succession War]]. Ridzik returned to [[Elgin]], the new capital of the Tikonov Free Republic, on the 3rd of March 3029 and swiftly began implementing a new government consisting of family members, friends and other appointees loyal to himself, purging dissident elements on the various Republic worlds and taking the opportunity to settle old scores. Hall was one of the systems incorporated into the Republic.<ref name="FSWMAv2p16"/>

===War of 3039===

=== The Jihad ===
Hall joined the Word of Blake Protectorate on the 10th of October [[3067]] despite efforts from the [[Allied Mercenary Command]] to persuade the government otherwise; the decision to join the League was suspected to be a result of machinations by the [[Word of Blake]],<ref name="J:FRp44">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 44, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> and Hall would soon find itself a member of the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] during the opening stages of the [[Jihad]].

It was on Hall on the 3rd of April [[3073]] that the mercenary unit the [[Martian Cuirassiers]] were destroyed by their own employers, the Word of Blake, as a result of a contract dispute. The unusually harsh response to the contract dispute was performed by the [[52nd Shadow Division]].<ref name="JHS3076p26">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 26, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp51">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 51, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>

On the 20th of November [[3077]] Hall was attacked by Coalition forces led by [[Stone's Lament]] and [[Stone's Stalwart]]. Unlike most of the worlds of the Word of Blake Protectorate, the governor installed by the Word of Blake simply surrendered the world to the Coalition troops and meekly accepted arrest. The defending [[Hall Protectorate Militia]] forces also surrendered to the Coalition troops. The surrender was negotiated by [[Private]] [[Bethany Barratt]]; who under her own initiative contacted the Blakist governor and found him willing to discuss a cease fire. After years trapped within the [[Chaos March]] the people of Hall were war-weary, and by negotiating a peace Barratt and the governor arranged a surrender and disarmament that would avoid the bloodshed that would have otherwise occured as a result of a full military invasion. The campaign for Hall wasn't completely free of bloodshed - [[Precentor]] [[Hedwig Verona]], the head of the Spiritual Enlightnment agency, was shot while attempting to evade capture and Precentor [[Andrew McFadden]], commanding officer of the Hall Protectorate Militia, killed himself rather than be taken into captivity - but Barratt's initiative received praise from both [[Devlin Stone]] and [[General]] [[Belle Lee]].<ref name="JHS:Tp54">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 54, "Hall Surrenders Without A Shot"</ref><ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

== Military Deployment ==
===2821===
* [[Third Tikonov Lancers]]<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 136, "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"</ref>

===3040===
* [[4th Republican Guards|Fourth Republican]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p138">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138, "Deployment Table"</ref>

===3050===
* Fourth Republican<ref name=20YU24>''20 Year Update'', p. 24, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>

===3054===
* Fourth Republican<ref name=OR18>''Objective Raids'', p. 18, "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>

===3055===
* [[1st Division (ComStar)|First Division]]<ref name=CS85>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', p. 85, "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>

===3058===
* [[4th Republican|Fourth Republican]] (1 battalion)<ref name=CMp39>''Chaos March'', p. 39</ref>
* [[Cater's Cohorts]] (1 company)<ref name=CMp39/>
* [[McNally Guard]] (1 company)<ref name=CMp39/>
* [[Burton's Brigade]] (1 company)<ref name=CMp39/>

===3062===
* [[394th Division (ComStar)|394th Division]]<ref name=FMCS126>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 126, "ComGuard Deployment Table"</ref>

===3067===
* 394th Division<ref name=FMU98>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 98, "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[Burton's Brigade]] (1 [[Company]])<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 65, "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>

===3067-3071===
* [[Stealthy Tigers]]<ref name=JSTBD110>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 110, "Word of Blake Mercenary Deployments"</ref>

===3073===
* [[Martian Cuirassiers]]<ref name=JSTBD110/> (until April)<ref name="JHS3076p26"/><ref name="J:FRp51"/>

===3073 - 3077===
* [[Hall Protectorate Militia]] (after April)<ref name="JHS:Tp54"/><ref name="J:FRp58"/>

== Geography == 

== Planetary Locations ==
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== Industrial Centers ==

== Image gallery ==

== Nearby Systems ==
{|class="wikitable" width='800' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
|-
| [[Wasat]]
| 12.03
| [[Outreach]]
| 14.60
| [[Elgin]]
| 17.05
| [[Van Diemen IV]]
| 19.22
|-
| [[Hsien]]
| 22.28
| [[Capolla]]
| 22.35
| [[Talitha]]
| 22.52
| [[Carver V]]
| 25.25
|-
| [[Berenson]]
| 27.12
| [[Tall Trees]]
| 27.12
| [[Menkalinan]]
| 30.10
| [[Saiph]]
| 30.46
|-
| [[Pollux]]
| 33.95
| [[Irian]]
| 35.07
| [[Procyon]]
| 35.37
| [[Graham IV]]
| 35.51
|-
| [[New Canton]]
| 36.62
| [[Devil's Rock]]
| 36.83
| [[Nanking]]
| 37.79
| [[Terra Firma]]
| 38.30
|-
| [[New Home]]
| 38.34
| [[Keid]]
| 38.49
| [[Castor]]
| 38.55
| [[Sirius]]
| 38.85
|-
| [[Acubens]]
| 39.15
| [[Zurich]]
| 39.34
| [[Epsilon Eridani]]
| 40.02
| [[Connaught]]
| 40.88
|-
| [[Alula Australis]]
| 41.25
| [[Bryant]]
| 41.59
| [[Oliver]]
| 41.65
| [[Denebola]]
| 42.78
|-
| [[Hamilton (FWL)]]
| 43.34
| [[Aldebaran]]
| 44.09
| [[Augustine]]
| 44.49
| [[Terra]]
| 46.77
|-
| [[New Earth]]
| 47.76
| [[Zavijava]]
| 48.34
| [[Rigil Kentarus]]
| 48.52
| [[Zion]]
| 49.19
|-
| [[Zosma]]
| 50.01
| [[Miaplacidus]]
| 50.67
| [[Bordon]]
| 50.76
| [[Bernardo]]
| 50.86
|-
| [[Epsilon Indi]]
| 52.29
| [[Alphard (FWL)|Alphard]]
| 52.49
| [[Caph]]
| 52.64
| [[Chara]]
| 53.39
|-
| [[Thorin]]
| 53.56
| [[Marcus]]
| 53.83
| [[Liao]]
| 53.89
| [[Nathan]]
| 53.96
|-
| [[Acamar]]
| 54.28
| [[Lipton]]
| 54.92
| [[Genoa]]
| 55.70
| [[Callison]]
| 57.21
|-
| [[Arboris]]
| 58.09
| [[Avellaneda]]
| 58.41
| [[Woodstock]]
| 59.17
| [[Sheratan]]
| 59.86
|-
| [[Remulac]]
| 59.94
|}

==Notes==
The ''[[More Tales of the Black Widow]]'' scenario book mentions the cities of Ravenskral and Budesburg as being the planetary capital and third largest city on the planet,<ref name=FMTotBWp21>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 21</ref> neither of these cities are mentioned again in other source books, with later books such as ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'', [[Touring the Stars: Hall]] and even the novel ''[[Embers of War]]'' establish Harney as the capital city.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]''
* ''[[Blake Ascending]]''
* ''[[Chaos March (sourcebook)|ChaosMarch]]''
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Embers of War]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3070]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]''
* ''[[More Tales of the Black Widow]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''

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