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The '''Hoff''' system was the location of at least one habitable world, '''Hoff IV''', and as of [[3152]] was located within the the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/><ref name=DDp75>''Dominions Divided'', p. 75: "Draconis Combine & Federated Suns June 3152" (Map)</ref>
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The '''Hoff''' system was the location of at least one habitable world, '''Hoff IV''', and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Barlow's End Prefecture]] of the [[New Samarkand Military District]] within the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
  
 
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==System Description==
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== System Description ==
Hoff is located near the [[Bettendorf]] and [[Sakhara]] systems<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> and consists of at least four planets orbiting a class G64III primary. As of [[3025]], a [[recharge station]] was in place at the system zenith [[jump point]].  They system lies [[Spinward]] from [[Terra]].<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/><ref name=HDp202/><ref name=DDp75/>
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The Hoff system is located near the [[Bettendorf]] and [[Sakhara V]] systems<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> and consists of at least four planets orbiting a class G64III primary. As of [[3025]], a [[recharge station]] was in place at the system zenith [[jump point]].<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/><ref name=HDp202/>
  
==System History==
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== System History ==
The Hoff system was colonized during the [[First Exodus]] from Terra<ref name="HB:HDp18"/> and had joined or been annexed by the [[Federated Suns]] by the end of the [[Age of War]].<ref name="HB:HDp48"/><ref name="HB:HKp31"/>
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The Hoff system was colonized during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]]<ref name="HB:HDp18"/> and had joined or been annexed by the [[Federated Suns]] by the end of the [[Age of War]].<ref name="HB:HDp48"/><ref name="HB:HKp31"/>
  
==Political Affiliation==
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== Political Affiliation ==
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* [[2317]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18: "Federated Suns at their Founding [2317] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2317]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18: "Federated Suns at their Founding [2317] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2319]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map</ref>
 
* [[2319]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map</ref>
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* [[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>
 
* [[2750]] - Federated Suns<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[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><ref name=FR:2765FSp29>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR:2765DCp25>''Field Report 2765: DCMS'', p. 25: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
 
* [[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: AFFS'', p. 29: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR:2765DCp25>''Field Report 2765: DCMS'', p. 25: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
 
* [[2791]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="FSWp44">''First Succession War'', p. 44: "Draconis Combine-Federated Suns Front 2786-2796"</ref>
 
* [[2791]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="FSWp44">''First Succession War'', p. 44: "Draconis Combine-Federated Suns Front 2786-2796"</ref>
* [[2797]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref>
 
 
* [[2816]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSWp98"/>
 
* [[2816]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSWp98"/>
 
* [[2822]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession 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 Succession 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>
* [[2830]] - Federated Suns<ref name=SSWp18>''Second Succession War'', pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref>
 
 
* [[2864]] - Federated Suns<ref name=HB:HDp60>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession 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 Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3000]] - Federated Suns<ref name=THtF>''The Hand that Feeds''</ref>
 
* [[3000]] - Federated Suns<ref name=THtF>''The Hand that Feeds''</ref>
 
* [[3021]] - Federated Suns<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/>
 
* [[3021]] - Federated Suns<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/>
* [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', foldout: "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'': "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'': "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp71">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 71: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp71">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 71: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="SFp102-103">''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere Map - [3151] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="SFp102-103">''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere Map - [3151] Map"</ref>
* [[3152]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=DDp75/>
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==Hoff IV==
 
==Hoff IV==
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| gravity            = 0.95<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/>
 
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/>
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| population          = 117,438,201 (3021)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/>
 
 
| ruler              = [[Duke of Hoff]]<ref name=HDp202/>
 
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| population          = 117,438,201 (3021)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/><br/>1,263,000,000 (3025, apocryphal)<ref>''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)]]'' ([[apocryphal]])</ref>
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Hoff IV, more commonly known simply as Hoff, is the fourth planet in the system and has a single moon named Spad.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/><ref name=HDp202/> Hoff IV was also home to at least one notable manufacturing complex.<ref name="XTRO:SWp4"/>
 
  
Hoff was an agricultural planet until it developed advanced industry prior to the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. When the wars came, the planetary industry was crippled, leaving it on a level equal to nineteenth century [[Terra]].<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/>
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Hoff IV - more commonly known simply as Hoff - is the fourth planet in the system and has a single moon named Spad.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/><ref name=HDp202/> Hoff IV was also home to at least one notable manufacturing complex.<ref name="XTRO:SWp4"/>
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===Planetary Description===
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Hoff was an agricultural planet until it developed advanced industry prior to the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. When the wars came the planetary industry was crippled, leaving it on a level equal to nineteenth century [[Terra]].<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/>
  
 
===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
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At some time during the reign of the [[Star League]], an unnamed facility would be built on Hoff.  This facility's purpose is unknown, but was the storage place for the plans to the [[Devastator]] [[BattleMech]].  The existence of this site would be lost until its rediscovery in [[3023]].<ref name=TROSWp182>''Technical Readout: Succession Wars'', p. 182: "Overview"</ref>
 
At some time during the reign of the [[Star League]], an unnamed facility would be built on Hoff.  This facility's purpose is unknown, but was the storage place for the plans to the [[Devastator]] [[BattleMech]].  The existence of this site would be lost until its rediscovery in [[3023]].<ref name=TROSWp182>''Technical Readout: Succession Wars'', p. 182: "Overview"</ref>
  
====First Succession War====
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====The Succession Wars====
Hoff was invaded during the first half of the major invasion into the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in May [[2787]].<ref name="FSWp44"/> Hoff was liberated by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] in [[2816]], as part of the third and final major AFFS counteroffensive of the [[First Succession War]] against the Draconis Combine.<ref name="FSWp98">''First Succession War'', p. 98: "The Davion Counter-Offensives"</ref>
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=====First Succession War=====
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Hoff was invaded during the first half of the major invasion into the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in May [[2787]].<ref name="FSWp44"/> Hoff was liberated by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] in [[2816]], as part of the third and final major [[AFFS]] counteroffensive of the [[First Succession War]] against the Draconis Combine.<ref name="FSWp98">''First Succession War'', p. 98: "The Davion Counter-Offensives"</ref>
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=====Third Succession War=====
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In [[3019]] the [[New Avalon Institute of Science]] decided to place several research facilities on Hoff, with one particularly at the [[Friden Aerospace Park]].  The Friden Aerospace Park, a small spaceport on Hoff's northern continent, had been abandoned for a long time prior to the NAIS restoring and refurbishing the facility. The facility would play a crucial role in the rediscovery of several technologies including [[Double Heat Sink]]s and the development of the ''[[Super Wasp]]'' and ''[[Super Griffin]]'' [[BattleMechs]] into prototype stage.  [[Coordinator]] [[Takashi Kurita]] of the Draconis Combine would learn of these developments and was determined to seize these new technologies.  Though the Combine was unsure of the precise location of the facility.
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In [[3023]], the [[17th Galedon Regulars]] would attack Hoff.  Later in April that year, [[Wolf's Dragoons]], now in the employ of the Draconis Combine, would send forces to join the Combine troops.  They sent their [[Epsilon Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Epsilon Regiment]] under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Baxter Arbuthnot]] and the famous [[Black Widow Company]] under the command of [[Natasha Kerensky]].<ref name=WDsp29/>  Defending the world were the [[Eridani Light Horse]] and the [[Dahar Draconis March Militia]].<ref name=WDsp29>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 29: "The Hoff Campaign"</ref>
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The initial fighting on Hoff was characterized by small fights between recon units as the two sides probed each other for weaknesses.  The largest example of these fights was when the Black Widows moved to secure the General Circuits manufacturing complex near Belfast Heights on April 9th.  While the facility had little strategic value as most of the sites resources had been removed already, [[Major]] [[Pierre Bouchard]] took elements of his Wolfhounds Company of the Eridani 7th Battalion to defend the site.  After a battle where neither side took any losses, the Widows withdrew without taking the site.<ref name=WDsp29/><ref name=TBWCp38/>
  
====Third Succession War====
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From there, the battle began to heat up.  The first major engagement occurred at Johnson's Farm in the Clatsop Province.  The Farm was the main source of fresh water for the region due to its artesian wells and water purification facility. [[Jaime Wolf]] once again assigned the Black Widows to secure the site and they caught the defending Eridani Eighth Battalion's Lightning Company somewhat disorganized and outgunned.  However, the Lightning Company had the good fortune to be equipped with several of the experimental Double Heat Sinks. This allowed the defenders to put out a larger volume of fire before risking a shutdown.  While the Widows would secure the Farm, the Eridani forces were able to hold out for several hours and deal a large amount of damage to the Dragoon forces.<ref name=WDsp30/><ref name=TBWCp40-41/>
:''For more information, see [[Battle of Hoff (3023)]].''
 
In [[3019]] the [[New Avalon Institute of Science]] decided to place several research facilities on Hoff, with one particularly at the [[Friden Aerospace Park]].  The Friden Aerospace Park, a small spaceport on Hoff's northern continent, had been abandoned for a long time prior to the NAIS restoring and refurbishing the facility. The facility would play a crucial role in the rediscovery of several technologies including [[Double Heat Sink]]s and the development of the ''[[Super Wasp]]'' and ''[[Super Griffin]]'' [[BattleMechs]] into prototype stage. [[Coordinator of Worlds|Coordinator]] [[Takashi Kurita]] of the Draconis Combine would learn of these developments and was determined to seize these new technologies. Though the Combine was unsure of the precise location of the facility.
 
  
In [[3023]], the [[Seventeenth Galedon Regulars]] would attack Hoff. Later in April that year, [[Wolf's Dragoons]], now in the employ of the Draconis Combine, would send forces to join the Combine troops. They sent their [[Epsilon Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Epsilon Regiment]] under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Baxter Arbuthnot]] and the famous [[Black Widow Company]] under the command of [[Natasha Kerensky]].<ref name=WDsp29/> Defending the world were the [[Eridani Light Horse]] and the [[Dahar Draconis March Militia]].<ref name=WDsp29>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 29: "The Hoff Campaign"</ref>
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As the fighting continued, the Dragoons began pushing the Eridani back at the battles of Aram's Ravine and Proud RidgeIn fact, the Dragoons were wondering if the "Pony Soldiers" — the Dragoon nickname for the Eridani Light Horse troops — had lost their edge.  Also at this time, the invading forces finally discovered the location of the Friden complex.  Things appeared to be going well for the invading forces.<ref name=WDsp30/>
  
While the Dragoons were not successful, Takashi Kurita was pleasedThey had been able to acquire some information from the site and the Federated Suns operations there had been definitely halted which would cause many delays.<ref name=WDsp30a>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 30</ref>
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On May 1st, the main body of Dragoon troops with the 17th Galedon met the Eridani Light Horse and the Dahar Draconis March Militia in battle around the mining town of Flint in the Brand Valley Sector.  A location not far from the Friden Aerospace Park.  The 17th Galedon, led by [[Colonel]] [[Itseo Suribachi]], would hold a strong position and allow the Dragoons to assault the enemy.  However, early the morning of the battle, Suribachi would consult his personal soothsayer who predicted an obscure augurySuribachi interpreted this as an omen to assault the Davion forces and not hold his position.  As the 17th Galedon advanced, it opened up a gap between them and the Dragoons already attacking the enemy.  The Eridani commander, [[Nathan L. Armstrong]], would exploit this gap by commanding the 50th Cavalry Battalion, the Bloody-Half Hundred, to attack and the Dragoons were quickly flanked.  When the Dragoons reacted to the unexpected attack, the remainder of the Eridani forces launched an assault directly into the Dragoon forces.<ref name=WDsp30a>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 30: "Eridani Strikes Back"</ref>
  
At some time in 3023, an excavation team rediscovered the plans for the ''[[Devastator]]'' BattleMech in an uncovered Star League base built centuries before.<ref name=TROSWp182>''Technical Readout: Succession Wars'', p. 182: "Overview"</ref>
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The Dragoons began to retreat under heavy fire while Colonel Suribachi in his [[Marauder]] was killed when a minefield blast threw him down an open mineshaft.  What began as a retreat threatened to become a rout as the Eridani forces continued to advance.  Despite the pressure, the Dragoons were trying to form a new position along the Alonzo Mine region fifty kilometers southeast of Flint.  On May 11th, the Eridani and Dahar March Militia would launch an assault on this position in hopes that it would be the final battle.  However, in advancing on the Dragoons, none other than Natasha Kerensky and her Black Widows moved out to hold up the advance.  Fresh members of Epsilon Regiment soon joined them and the Dragoons were able to stabilize their position.<ref name=WDsp30a/>
  
After the Dragoons' raid, Hoff was heavily reinforced by the AFFS, and the Park was reopened again; [[ComStar]] believed that [[Team Banzai]] were testing a variant of the ''[[Hatchetman]]'' BattleMech at the facility in [[3025]].<ref name=HDp202/>
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What followed next was a vicious 34-hour [['Mech]] vs. 'Mech battle between the two forces.  Once again, it was the Widows that helped break the stalemate with an attack on the northern flank of the Davion forces.  The Eridani forces would fall back and dig in around Friden.  Not long thereafter, the Dragoons would drive off the Eridani and March Militia forces and secure the Friden Aerospace Park, but not before facing the project's ''Super Griffin'' and ''Super Wasp'' in battle.<ref name=TBWCp46-47>''Tales of the Black Widow Company'', pp. 46–47: "Last Line of Defense"</ref>  However, much to their dismay, the Dragoons found that the facility and its staff had been evacuated and the site stripped of most of the materials there.<ref name=WDsp30a/>
  
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While the Dragoons were not successful, Takashi Kurita was pleased.  They had been able to acquire some information from the site and the Federated Suns operations there had been definitely halted which would cause many delays.<ref name=WDsp30a/>
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At some time in 3023, an excavation team rediscovered the plans for the [[Devastator]] BattleMech in an uncovered [[Star League]] base built centuries before.<ref name=TROSWp182>''Technical Readout: Succession Wars'', p. 182: "Overview"</ref>
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After the Dragoons' raid, Hoff was heavily reinforced by the AFFS, and the Park was reopened again; [[ComStar]] believed that [[Team Banzai]] were testing a variant of the ''[[Hatchetman]]'' [[BattleMech]] at the facility in [[3025]].<ref name=HDp202/>
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=====Combine Invasion of 3144=====
 
Hoff would fall to the Draconis Combine in their invasion of the Federated Suns in [[3144]].<ref name=ER3145p38-39>''Era Report: 3145'', pp. 38–39: "Inner Sphere - 3145 Map"</ref>
 
Hoff would fall to the Draconis Combine in their invasion of the Federated Suns in [[3144]].<ref name=ER3145p38-39>''Era Report: 3145'', pp. 38–39: "Inner Sphere - 3145 Map"</ref>
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===Planetary Rulers===
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====3025====
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* [[Duke]] [[Bradley Cheel]]<ref name=HDp202/>
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
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====2864====
 
====2864====
* [[2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre|Second NAMA]]<ref name=SSWp94>''Second Succession War'', p. 94: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref>
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* [[2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre|2nd NAMA]]<ref name=SSWp94>''Second Succession War'', p. 94: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref>
  
 
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====3021====
 
====3021====
* Eridani Light Horse (elements)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/>
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* [[Eridani Light Horse]] (elements)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/>
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====3023====
 
====3023====
 
* [[Dahar Draconis March Militia]]
 
* [[Dahar Draconis March Militia]]
* Eridani Light Horse (elements)<ref name=WDsp29>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 29: "The Hoff Campaign"</ref>
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* [[Eridani Light Horse]] (elements)<ref name=WDsp29>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 29: "The Hoff Campaign"</ref>
 
** [[151st Light Horse Regiment]]
 
** [[151st Light Horse Regiment]]
  
 
====3085====
 
====3085====
* [[Twenty-first Centauri Lancers]] (1 [[Battalion]])<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 160: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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* [[21st Centauri Lancers|Twenty-first Centauri Lancers]] (1 [[Battalion]])<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 160: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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===Planetary Locations===
 
===Planetary Locations===
* Azure Stone Mesa<ref>'"Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 54</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', 54</ref>
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* Brand Valley Sector
 
* Brand Valley Sector
 
** Alonzo Mine Region
 
** Alonzo Mine Region
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** Johnson's Farm: Agricultural center<ref name=TBWCp40-41>''Tales of the Black Widow Company'', pp. 40–41: "The Better Mousetrap"</ref>
 
** Johnson's Farm: Agricultural center<ref name=TBWCp40-41>''Tales of the Black Widow Company'', pp. 40–41: "The Better Mousetrap"</ref>
 
*** Johnson's Waterhole<ref name=TBWCp40-41/>
 
*** Johnson's Waterhole<ref name=TBWCp40-41/>
*** Tarn Hill<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 116</ref>
 
 
** Proud's Ridge
 
** Proud's Ridge
 
* Hiakru-Weller Training Facility:<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/>
 
* Hiakru-Weller Training Facility:<ref name=BT20YoAaFp87/>
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*** Belfast Heights<ref name=TBWCp38/><ref name=THtF/>
 
*Unnamed Star League facility<ref name=TROSWp182>''Technical Readout: Succession Wars'', p. 182: "Overview"</ref>
 
*Unnamed Star League facility<ref name=TROSWp182>''Technical Readout: Succession Wars'', p. 182: "Overview"</ref>
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===Companies and Industries===
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===Industrial Centers===
 
* [[Friden Aerospace Park]]<ref name="XTRO:SWp4">''Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1'', p. 4</ref> (Prototype manufacture)
 
* [[Friden Aerospace Park]]<ref name="XTRO:SWp4">''Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1'', p. 4</ref> (Prototype manufacture)
 
* [[General Circuits]]<ref name=TBWCp38/><ref name=THtF/>
 
* [[General Circuits]]<ref name=TBWCp38/><ref name=THtF/>
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==Notes==
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===Notes===
* The ([[apocryphal]]) 1989 video game ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' gives the population of Hoff as 1,263,000,000 in 3025.
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In ''[[Tales of the Black Widow Company]]'', it is noted that the year is [[3022]] when the Black Widows clash with the Eridani Light Horse on Hoff. However, the later ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]'' states that it is [[3023]] when the Dragoons enter the Draconis Combine's employ and attack Hoff. As the sourcebook came after the ''Tales'' book, this article is written to show that information.
* In ''[[Tales of the Black Widow Company]]'', it is noted that the year is [[3022]] when the Black Widows clash with the Eridani Light Horse on Hoff. However, the later ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]'' states that it is [[3023]] when the Dragoons enter the Draconis Combine's employ and attack Hoff. As the sourcebook came after the ''Tales'' book, this article is written to show that information.
 
  
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==Nearby Systems==
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== Nearby Systems ==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]''
 
* ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]''
* ''[[Dominions Divided]]''
 
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: DCMS]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: DCMS]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
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* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
 
* ''[[Tales of the Black Widow Company]]''
 
* ''[[Tales of the Black Widow Company]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: Succession Wars]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: Succession Wars]]''
 
* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''
 
* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''
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[[Category:Systems|Hoff]]
 
[[Category:Systems|Hoff]]

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