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Like the vast majority of the worlds within the Terran Hegemony, Helen was occupied by forces loyal to [[Stefan Amaris]] following his coup on 27 December [[2766]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p88"/><ref name="H:LoTV1p80">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 80: "Cometh Hell's Legions"</ref> The subsequent occupation was very harsh for the local population; a planet with a huge artistic community, Helen was assigned the [[Burning Tygers]] [[mercenary unit]] as a part of their garrison. The Burning Tygers proceeded to loot and ransack the artistic community, killing upwards of one hundred thousand innocent civilians during the occupation; with Amaris' government exercising almost complete control over the [[HPG]] network and news channels, the desperate cries for help from the population of Helen went unheard as they suffered at the hands of the Tygers.<ref name="H:LoTV1p88"/>
 
Like the vast majority of the worlds within the Terran Hegemony, Helen was occupied by forces loyal to [[Stefan Amaris]] following his coup on 27 December [[2766]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p88"/><ref name="H:LoTV1p80">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 80: "Cometh Hell's Legions"</ref> The subsequent occupation was very harsh for the local population; a planet with a huge artistic community, Helen was assigned the [[Burning Tygers]] [[mercenary unit]] as a part of their garrison. The Burning Tygers proceeded to loot and ransack the artistic community, killing upwards of one hundred thousand innocent civilians during the occupation; with Amaris' government exercising almost complete control over the [[HPG]] network and news channels, the desperate cries for help from the population of Helen went unheard as they suffered at the hands of the Tygers.<ref name="H:LoTV1p88"/>
  
Helen was targeted for liberation by the [[Star League Defense Force]] during [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]], and was one of three worlds assigned to the [[Ninth Army (Star League)|Ninth Army]], operating as a part of the [[Twenty-first Army Group (SLDF)|Twenty-first Army Group]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p119">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 119: "SLDF Order of Battle Operation CHIEFTAIN 14 July 2772"</ref> Helen was one of [[Commanding General of the Star League Defense Force|Commanding General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]'s favorite spots to visit, which likely played a part in the urgency with which [[XXXIV Corps (Star League)|XXXIV Corps]] moved to liberate the planet in September [[2772]], having already liberated [[Mallory's World]]. XXXIV Corps arrived to find Helen in ruins, thanks the depredations of the Burning Tygers. The Tygers and the garrison forces they led had massacred any of the relatively small local population who dared to try and protest or resist their systematic looting of the world, including razing entire cities. When XXXIV Corps discovered what had happened, they pursued the Tygers and their allies with no offer of quarter or mercy, hunting them down and wiping them out. XXXIV Corps then remained on Helen into the first half of [[2773]], offering assistance and relief to the population while laying the groundwork for an attack on [[Quentin]] and waiting for the arrival of [[XLI Corps (Star League)|XLI Corps]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p136">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 136: "Combine Front"</ref>
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Helen was targeted for liberation by the [[Star League Defense Force]] during [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]], and was one of three worlds assigned to the [[Ninth Army (Star League)|Ninth Army]], operating as a part of the [[Twenty-first Army Group (SLDF)|Twenty-first Army Group]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p119">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 119: "SLDF Order of Battle Operation CHIEFTAIN 14 July 2772"</ref> Helen was one of [[Commanding General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]'s favorite spots to visit, which likely played a part in the urgency with which [[XXXIV Corps (Star League)|XXXIV Corps]] moved to liberate the planet in September [[2772]], having already liberated [[Mallory's World]]. XXXIV Corps arrived to find Helen in ruins, thanks the depredations of the Burning Tygers. The Tygers and the garrison forces they led had massacred any of the relatively small local population who dared to try and protest or resist their systematic looting of the world, including razing entire cities. When XXXIV Corps discovered what had happened, they pursued the Tygers and their allies with no offer of quarter or mercy, hunting them down and wiping them out. XXXIV Corps then remained on Helen into the first half of [[2773]], offering assistance and relief to the population while laying the groundwork for an attack on [[Quentin]] and waiting for the arrival of [[XLI Corps (Star League)|XLI Corps]].<ref name="H:LoTV1p136">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 136: "Combine Front"</ref>
  
 
Helen was annexed by the Draconis Combine in [[2786]], one of two former Hegemony worlds to be annexed that year, and one of the last to be seized before the [[First Succession War]] erupted with full force.<ref name="FSWp27"/>
 
Helen was annexed by the Draconis Combine in [[2786]], one of two former Hegemony worlds to be annexed that year, and one of the last to be seized before the [[First Succession War]] erupted with full force.<ref name="FSWp27"/>

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