Editing Kathil

{{otheruses|the planetary system|the WarShip|Kathil (Individual Fox-class WarShip)}}

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The '''Kathil''' system is the location of at least one habitable world, '''Kathil III''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Kathil Operational Area]] of the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=SFp102-103/>

==System Description==
Kathil is located near the [[Boeotia]] and [[Paches]] systems.

==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2317]] - Independent world<ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18: "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"</ref>
* [[2366]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366]"</ref>
* [[2571]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25: "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] 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] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "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:2765CCp23>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 23: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] 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:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] 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:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[3000]] - Federated Suns<ref name=MM>''Millennium Marauder''</ref>
* [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', foldout: "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', foldout: "Capellan Confederation Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49: "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040]"</ref>
* [[3050]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
* [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
* [[3067]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68: "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FR:AFFSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map [3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:CCAFp21">''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 21: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Federated Suns<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FM:3085pVii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Federated Suns<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[3145]] - Federated Suns<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
* [[3151]] - Federated Suns<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref>
* [[3152]] - Federated Suns<ref name=S8VotS>''Shrapnel Issue #8'': "Voices of the Sphere: Mixed-Tech 'Mechs"</ref>
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==Kathil III==
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| position            = Third<ref name="HD(TFS)p198"/><ref name=HBD87/><ref name=OBFSp7/>
| distance            = 16.10 days<ref name=HBD87/><ref name=OBFSp7/>
| moons               = 1 (Loren's Folly)<ref name=HBD87/><ref name=OBFSp7/>
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HBD87/><ref name=OBFSp7/>
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| water               = 30%<ref name=HBD87/><ref name=OBFSp7/>
| life                = Insect,<ref name=HBD87/><ref name=OBFSp7/> 30%<ref name="HD(TFS)p198"/>
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| colonized           = 
| demonym             = 
| language            = 
| religion            = 
| population          = 1,567,000,000 (3025, apocryphal),<ref>''MechWarrior (1989 video game)'' (apocryphal)</ref>
2,158,650,000 (3067),<ref name=HBD87/><br>2,129,987,000 (3079)<ref name=OBFSp7/>
| ruler               = [[Duke of Kathil]]
| political           = Chairman [[Dexter Mazon]]<ref name="HD(TFS)p198"/>
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===Planetary History===
====Early History====
Prior to the [[Reunification War]], Kathil was an unremarkable and insignificant world. Possessed of a few deposits of rare metals that attracted a trickle of colonists, Kathil only became a world of import when the [[Star League Defense Force]] identified a clear requirement to have facilities located closer to the front than the borders of the [[Terran Hegemony]] for the repair and refit of naval vessels engaged in the various campaigns against the [[Periphery]] states. Having identified this capability gap, the [[Star League]] constructed a number of major shipyards outside Hegemony space, branding them Star League Naval Repair and Refit Facilities; Kathil was chosen to host one of these facilities, due to the Kathil system being remarkably free of dust and asteroids, reducing the risk of damage, particularly to fragile [[JumpShip]]s. The resulting facilities in the Kathil system were officially christened the James McKenna Shipyards in [[2602]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p198"/> The shipyards were powered by a mix of energy transmitted up from massive solar arrays on the planet via microwave and local fusion reactors, a technology known as [[Power Collector and Microwave Transmitter]], PCMT.<ref name=HBD87/><ref>''Tactical Operations: Advanced Rules and Equipment'', p. 148: "Power Collector and Microwave Transmitter"</ref>

The James McKenna Shipyards consisted of two discrete complexes; the first, a huge complex of repair docks and machine shops used to support JumpShips, was constructed in orbit near the zenith jump point. The second facility was a series of repair bays stationed in orbit and designed to support [[DropShip]]s. The logistical chain supporting these two facilities included a complex of warehouses and repair industries located on the surface of Galax, and during the Star League era the shipyards would service vessels from the navies of the Star League, the Federated Suns navy and the [[Capellan Confederation]] navy as well as ships operated by private trading companies.<ref name="HD(TFS)p198"/>

By the height of the Star League Kathil was the location of a significant percentage of the Federated Suns heavy naval manufacturing industry; by [[2765]] with the massive manufacturing facilities at [[Galax]] yet to come online, Kathil and the worlds of [[Delavan]], [[Layover]], and [[Panpour]] were responsible for ninety percent of all large naval craft manufactured inside the Federated Suns. Kathil was also home to a significant proportion of the defense manufacturing that supplied the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]]. While the overall manufacturing base of the Federated Suns was highly dispersed and diversified, a core group of worlds—[[New Avalon]], [[Crofton]], Kathil, [[Panpour]], [[Salem]], and [[Talcott]]—supplied move than half of all the equipment used by the AFFS.<ref name="FR2765:FSp6">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 6: "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref>

====The Succession Wars====
Kathil was an inevitable target for the [[CCAF]] during the early [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], and despite dogged resistance from Federated Suns [[WarShip]]s the JumpShip yards were crippled by Capellan WarShips. Subsequent Capellan attacks repeatedly reduced the ability of the yards to function, and while repairs had been conducted that allowed the yards to at least perform routine maintenance and a limited number of major overhauls by the end of the [[Third Succession War]] the combination of battle damage and lost technical knowledge had resulted in most of the JumpShip yards remaining empty and unused.<ref name="HD(TFS)p198"/>

The DropShip yards managed to survive the first three Succession Wars in better shape than the JumpShip yards, and by [[3025]] the Galax facilities represented the largest and best-kept DropShip repair facility to be found anywhere in the Federated Suns. The bulk of the warehouses and supporting industries on Galax had long since been destroyed, however, and many of the spare parts that remained in storage on the planet after repeated raids had effectively become [[lostech]], as the knowledge to identify what the parts were and their function had been lost.<ref name="HD(TFS)p198"/>

During the Succession Wars Kathil was the home of the [[Capellan Dragoons]], a private army belonging to the Duke of Kathil; many of the members of the Dragoons were defectors from the CCAF, and their knowledge of the Capellan military often gave the Dragoons a clear advantage in combat. The Dragoons fought valiantly against the CCAF during the [[Second Succession War]], but in the early thirty-first century the Duke of Kathil found himself impoverished by mounting debts. The Duke decided to sell the Dragoons to the [[AFFS]], in exchange for a sizeable amount of money and with the added proviso that should he or his descendants accumulate enough funds to be able to buy back the Dragoons, the AFFS would allow them to do so.<ref name="HD(TFS)p146">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 146: "Capellan Dragoons"</ref>

On 2 June [[2828]], the [[Chesterton Cuirassiers]] landed on Kathil as a part of [[Operation CELT]], a [[CCAF]] offensive intended to recapture Chesterton. The Cuirassiers were led by [[Colonel]] [[Laurelli Liao]], the future Capellan [[Chancellor]] and a canny field commander who had been trained from a young age in warfare. Stationed on Kathil at the time were the [[Twenty-seventh Avalon Hussars]] and the Kathil Capellan March Militia. The defenders outweighed the Cuirassiers, but Laurelli kept them off-balance by launching feints at both the General Motors factories and District City, which made it essential that the militia and the Twenty-seventh couldn't risk relocating to better positions. The conflict turned into an intricate, deadly dance that only ended when the Cuirassiers were ordered to withdraw on the 24th of June, following the news of the death of Chancellor [[Ilsa Liao]]. It was a testament to Laurelli's skills that the bulk of the damage taken by the Cuirassiers during the three weeks of battle was sustained not during her campaigning, but rather during the hasty withdrawal from Kathil.<ref name="SSWp23">''Second Succession War'', p. 23: "The Suns-Confederation Front"</ref>

Despite the damage inflicted on the planet the large [[General Motors]] plant continued to manufacture matériel from its location near District City, the planetary capital.<ref name="HD(TFS)p198"/>

After the [[Fourth Succession War]] General Motors and Universal Air entered into a partnership with [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]] to completely refurbish the McKenna shipyards.<ref name="HB:HDp165">''Handbook: House Davion'', pp. 165–166: "Federated-Boeing Interstellar (FdBoin)"</ref> The three companies created a consortium, [[Kathil Shipworks]], co-owned by the three companies and the Davion family, and extensively refurbished the shipyards; repairing the zenith station alone took several years, while the orbital docks wouldn't be online until [[3039]]. Once back online, the shipyards were capable of constructing K-F Drives for the first time since the beginning of the Third Succession War, and the production capabilities of the shipyards steadily increased in secret until the facility was capable of manufacturing [[WarShip]]s.<ref name="HB:HDp166">''Handbook: House Davion'', pp. 166–167: "Kathil Shipworks (Not Traded)"</ref>

On 2 September [[3039]], three regiments of [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] [[Battle of Kathil (3039)|staged]] a series of objective raids against the world. Though ultimately forced off-world on 10 September due to overwhelming defenses, this raid provided the Confederation with information on [[Freezers]] as well as more than three thousand tons of matériel.<ref name=HaI>''HexPack: Lakes and Rivers'', pp. 5–8: "Hard as Ice (Objective Raid)"</ref><ref name=SWW>''HexPack: Cities and Roads'', pp. 5–8: "Slippery When Wet (Objective Raid)"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 126: "Kathil (September)"</ref>

With the unveiling of the first ''[[Avalon]]''-class WarShip, the secret expansion in production at Kathil effectively became an open secret.<ref name="HB:HDp166"/>

====FedCom Civil War====
{{see|Battle of Kathil (3062)}}
While increasing police actions and escalating raids had been ongoing during 3061 between various factions within the Federated Commonwealth, the Battle for Kathil, which began on 16 November [[3062]],<ref name="HB:HDp83">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 83: "Timeline: Star League and FedCom Civil War"</ref> was generally acknowledged as the flashpoint for the [[FedCom Civil War]].<ref name="HB:HDp81">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 81: "FedCom Civil War"</ref> Fortunately, the spacedocks were left undamaged after the civil war and remained in continuous operation, although civilian vessels faced a wait of twelve to eighteen months for a major service with longer delays for more significant repair work<ref name=HBD87/> due to the large number of ships already waiting for repairs following the War.<ref name="HB:HDp166"/>

Universities on Kathil had a good reputation in the 3050s and presumably the 3060s; a survey conducted by the ''New Avalon'' post in [[3059]] highlighted that the University of Kathil was ranked fourth out of all of the surveyed universities in terms of student satisfaction, and that the Federated Technical College of Kathil was considered the best party school to be found in the Federated Suns.<ref name="HB:HDp81">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 81: "FedCom Civil War"</ref>

====The Jihad====
During the [[Jihad]], as [[Capellan March]] and [[Capellan Confederation]] forces battled as a result of [[Operation SOVEREIGN JUSTICE]] and [[Operation THUNDERSTRIKE]], the Capellans struck at the shipyards in orbit above Kathil, using [[Death Commandos]] to cripple the facility during the first two weeks of May [[3069]]. Regular Capellan forces then struck at Kathil during the last two weeks of May as part of a campaign of raids leapfrogging from world to world en route to [[New Syrtis]].<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

The [[Word of Blake]] took advantage of the Capellan attacks on Kathil to launch their own assault on the system. The Blakist forces launched biological, chemical and nuclear weapons at the planet, but despite the massive casualties inflicted on the population reports indicated that a number of inbound attacks were successfully intercepted by [[AFFS]] aerospace fighters. The Word forces successfully destroyed the shipyards and captured the remaining jump-capable vessels in the system.<ref name="J:FRp47"/> The General Motors industrial factory complex on Kathil also took heavy damage, and as late as [[3081]] was still operating as little more than a single-line tank manufacturing plant.<ref name="J:FRp97">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 97: "Capellan March"</ref>

With the main General Motors facility in District City offline, the smaller GM plant in Nugent on Muran was lucky to escape destruction and was able to produce [[Combat Vehicles]] continuously again by [[3079]], although estimates suggested that the District City would be offline until the 3090s.<ref name=OBFSp7/> GM's survival as a company was heavily dependent on direct funding from the Federated Suns government on [[New Avalon]] at this point, and Princess Regent [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]] used this leverage to redirect the rebuilding efforts undertaken by the company. Where GM had been making the rebuilding of the [[BattleMech]] production lines on Kathil their highest priority, the Princess Regent instead instructed the company to diversify, placing more emphasis on the construction of assault tanks and battle armor.<ref name="O:FSp31">''Objectives: Federated Suns'', p. 31: "General Motors"</ref>

While the McKenna shipyards operated by [[Universal Air]] were completely destroyed by the Blakists, the [[JumpShip]] manufacturing facility at the nadir jump point escaped total destruction. The damage inflicted on the two facilities bankrupted the company, who sold the remaining assets to [[Federated-Boeing]], and by 3079 Federated-Boeing had the Nadir yards capable of repairing ''[[Invader]]''-class JumpShips, although estimates said that it would be years before the shipyards were actually manufacturing ''Invaders'' again.<ref name="O:FSp8">''Objectives: Federated Suns'', p. 8: "Federated-Boeing (Formerly Universal Air)"</ref>

===Military Deployment===
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====2764====
* [[169th Royal Mechanized Infantry Division]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 252: "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"</ref>

====2765====
* [[Twenty-seventh Avalon Hussars]]<ref name=FR:2765FSp10>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 10: "Avalon Hussars - Regimental Status"</ref>
* [[Kathil Capellan March Militia]]<ref name=FR:2765FSp22>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 22</ref>

====2786====
* Twenty-seventh Avalon Hussars<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134: "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"</ref>
* [[Kathil Capellan March Militia]]<ref name="FSWp134"/>

====2821====
* Twenty-seventh Avalon Hussars<ref name="FSWp134"/>
* Kathil Capellan March Militia<ref name="FSWp134"/>

====3025====
* Kathil Capellan March Militia<ref name=HDp134>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 134: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp12"/>
* [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]] [[RCT]]<ref name=HDp134/><ref name="NAIS4SWp11"/>
* [[Second Chisholm's Raiders]] RCT<ref name=HDp134/><ref name="NAIS4SWp11">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 11: "Operation RAT"</ref>
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====3028====
* Kathil Capellan March Militia<ref name="NAIS4SWp12">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 12: "Operation RAT"</ref>

====3038====
* [[First Kathil Uhlans]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 135: "Deployment Table"</ref>
* Fifth Crucis Lancers RCT<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 136: "Deployment Table"</ref>

====3050====
* First Kathil Uhlans<ref name=20YUp21>''20 Year Update'', p. 21: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>

====3054====
* [[Second NAIS Cadet Cadre]]<ref name=ORp14>''Objective Raids'', p. 14: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>

====3061====
* Second NAIS Cadet Cadre<ref name=SSp31>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 31: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[Eighth FedCom RCT]]<ref name=SSp31/><ref>''Flashpoint'', p. 25</ref>

====3062====
* [[First Capellan Dragoons]]<ref name=FM:FSp135>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 135: "Federated Suns Deployment Table"</ref>
* Second NAIS Cadet Cadre
* Eighth FedCom RCT
* Kathil Capellan March Militia
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====3067====
* [[First Kestrel Grenadiers]]<ref name=FM:Up137>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 137: "Federated Suns Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[Eighth Donegal Guards]] RCT<ref name=FM:Up179>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 179: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>

====3085====
* [[Davion Heavy Guards]]<ref name=FM:3085p69>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 69: "AFFS Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
:- At this point in time the Davion Heavy Guards was at 105% of strength, with 100% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
* [[First NAIS Cadet Cadre]]<ref name=FM:3085p69/>
:- The 1st NAIS was at 70% of strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

====3145====
* [[Eighth Avalon Hussars]] LCT<ref name="FM:3145p89">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 89: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref>

====3152====
* Eighth Avalon Hussars<ref name=S8VotS/>
{{columns-end}}

===Geography===
Kathil has three major landmasses: Hurste, Muran, and Thespia. The planetary capital, District City, is located on Muran.<ref name=OBFSp7/> Also spanning the world are a series of oceans. The largest and most important of the continents is Muran, which is a continent with a variable climate; the western reaches of Muran are dominated by mountains and much of the continent is arid plains, with the more temperate regions located to the east and north. The Howell River runs between District City and Radcliffe, heading west before turning south for several hundred kilometers and then heading east towards the ocean. Only the temperate regions on Muran are capable of supporting agriculture, leaving the planet reliant on Hurste for the production of the vast majority of the planet's food. While Hurste is Kathil's breadbasket, there is nowhere on Kathil where agriculture is easy; the arid regions can only be farmed with assistance from widespread irrigation, and the plant life on Kathil is notoriously lacking in chlorophyll. The least hospitable of the three continents, Thespia, is dominated by mountains and deserts and provides ores for use in manufacturing industries around the world.<ref name=HBD87/><ref name=FPc11/>

===Planetary Locations===
* Hurste: a continent<ref name=OBFSp7/>
* Muran: main continent<ref name=OBFSp7/>
** Birkshire Forest<ref name=FCWp77>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 77: "Kathil"</ref><ref name=FCWp95>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 95: "Kathil"</ref>
** Burlington: a city<ref name=FCWp96/>
** Campbellsport: a small town 40 km east of District City<ref name=FCWp57/>
** Caper Valley<ref name=FCWp76>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 76: "Kathil"</ref>
** Carter City: a city<ref name=FCWp96>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 96: "Kathil"</ref>
** Cooperstown: a city<ref name=FCWp57/>
** Coulan: a town near Fredericksville and the Tormad Valley<ref name=FCWp124>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 124: "Kathil"</ref>
** Daytin: resort community along the Howell River<ref name=FPc11>''Flashpoint'', ch. 11</ref>
** Delafield: a town<ref name=FCWp124/>
** Deleven: a city, north of District City<ref name=FCWp56>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 56: "Kathil"</ref>
** District City: Planetary capital<ref name=OBFSp7/><ref name=FPc3>''Flashpoint'', ch. 3</ref>
*** District Military Compound<ref name=FPc7>''Flashpoint'', ch. 7</ref>
*** [[General Motors]]: northern edge of District City<ref name=OBFSp7/><ref name=FCWp25>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 25</ref>
*** Hall of Nobles<ref name=FPc3/>
*** Spaceport: eastern edge of District City<ref name=FPc16>''Flashpoint'', ch. 16</ref>
*** Stihl: a southeast District City suburb, mostly industrial and low-rent commercial<ref name=FPc16/><ref name=FPc17/>
**** Aston-McKinney Geothermal Plant<ref name=FPc16/>
**** [[Kay Bume Munitions Plant]]<ref name=FPc17/>
** Eden: a city<ref name=FCWp57>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 57</ref>
*** [[General Motors]] Engine factory<ref name=FCWp57/>
** Fort Harris: a strategic communication and transportation link<ref name=FCWp57/>
** Fredericksville: a town near Coulman and the Tormad Valley<ref name=FCWp124/><ref name=TLK/>
** Furillo River<ref name=FCWp76/>
** Greenhaven: a city, destroyed in the Civil War<ref name=FCWp96/>
** Hammelberg: site of a large POW camp in the Civil War<ref name=FCWp76/>
** Howell River
** Iron-back Mountains: a mountain range in midwestern Muran<ref name=FPc30>''Flashpoint'', ch. 30</ref>
*** Mount Daffyd: a dormant volcano that erupted when the FCS ''[[Robert Davion (Individual Avalon-class WarShip)|Robert Davion]]'' was destroyed<ref name=FPc30/>
** Kamar: a city, north of District City<ref name=FCWp56/>
** Kelso: a township, across the Howell River from Woodland<ref name=FPc17>''Flashpoint'', ch. 17</ref>
** Menomee: a town<ref name=FCWp124/>
** Nugent City: an urban city with a mild climate<ref name=OBFSp7/><ref name=MM/>
*** [[General Motors|General Motors Annex]]<ref name=OBFSp7/>
** Ostin: a coastal city<ref name=FPc16/>
** Radcliffe: a city<ref name=FPc2>''Flashpoint'', ch. 2</ref>
*** CMM Staging Grounds<ref name=FPc2/>
** Quentin Airbase: a strategic communication and transportation link<ref name=FCWp57/>
** Research station: a Hardened [[Star League]]-era building located in the high mountains<ref name=HaI/>
** Tormad Valley: a valley near the towns of Fredericksville and Coulman<ref name=FCWp124/><ref name=TLK>''The Lance Killers''</ref>
** Tunevia: a city, north of District City<ref name=FCWp56/>
** Vorhaven: a city inland of southeastern coastlands<ref name=FPc6>''Flashpoint'', ch. 6</ref>
** Winstan Ridge National Park<ref name=FPc14>''Flashpoint'', ch. 14</ref>
** Woodland: a township, across the Howell River from Kelso<ref name=FPc17/>
*** Ammunition factory<ref name=FCWp25/>
** Yare: a township, in the vicinity of Woodland<ref name=FPc20>''Flashpoint'', ch. 20</ref>
*** [[Kearny-Fuchida Yare Industries]]<ref name=FPc18>''Flashpoint'', ch. 18</ref>
* Thespia: an island continent<ref name=OBFSp7/>

===Companies and Industries===
* [[Federated-Boeing]] (after early 3070s)<ref name=OBFSp7/>
* [[General Motors]] (District City, Nugent City)<ref name="HD(TFS)p198"/><ref name=OBFSp7/>
* [[Kathil Shipworks]] (Formerly James McKenna Shipyards) (until early 3070s)<ref name=OBFSp7/>
* [[Kay Bume Munitions Plant]]<ref name=FPc17/>
* [[Kearny-Fuchida Yare Industries]]<ref name=FPc18>''Flashpoint'', ch. 18</ref>
* [[Yare Industries]]

==Notes==
''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' gives the distance between Kathil and the jump point as 10 days; ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]'' quotes the distance as being 16.10 days. As ''Handbook: House Davion'' is the more recent publication, the distance given within that text is used in this article.

==Map Gallery==
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==Nearby Systems==
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{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
! colspan="8" | Closest 48 systems (46 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Boeotia]]
| class="lessthan30" | 16.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Paches]]
| class="lessthan30" | 17.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Monongahela]]
| class="lessthan30" | 18.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Smolensk]]
| class="lessthan30" | 20.0
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Orbisonia]]
| class="lessthan30" | 22.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Mytilene]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Meinhof]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Stockpoll]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.4
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Bahl's Retreat]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Caria]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.2
| class="over30" | [[Emerson]]
| class="over30" | 33.0
| class="over30" | [[Noh-wan Hohm]]
| class="over30" | 34.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Oli]]
| class="over30" | 35.0
| class="over30" | [[Genf]]
| class="over30" | 35.2
| class="over30" | [[Beten Kaitos]]
| class="over30" | 35.9
| class="over30" | [[Novaya Zemlya_(system)|Novaya Zemlya]]
| class="over30" | 36.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Andro]]
| class="over30" | 36.1
| class="over30" | [[Salem]]
| class="over30" | 37.6
| class="over30" | [[Talcott]]
| class="over30" | 37.7
| class="over30" | [[Lacadon]]
| class="over30" | 39.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Perkasie]]
| class="over30" | 40.9
| class="over30" | [[Gallitzin]]
| class="over30" | 42.5
| class="over30" | [[Reinhardstein]]
| class="over30" | 42.7
| class="over30" | [[Turko]]
| class="over30" | 43.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Brabent]]
| class="over30" | 44.1
| class="over30" | [[Acala]]
| class="over30" | 44.4
| class="over30" | [[Branzoll]]
| class="over30" | 44.5
| class="over30" | [[Anaea]]
| class="over30" | 44.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Herat (FS)|Herat]]
| class="over30" | 46.9
| class="over30" | [[Bethel]]
| class="over30" | 47.0
| class="over30" | [[Hurgh]]
| class="over30" | 47.9
| class="over30" | [[Fable]]
| class="over30" | 49.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Muskegon]]
| class="over30" | 49.8
| class="over30" | [[Gravensteen]]
| class="over30" | 50.4
| class="over30" | [[Knutdor]]
| class="over30" | 53.0
| class="over30" | [[Stein's Folly]]
| class="over30" | 53.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Tecumseh]]
| class="over30" | 54.1
| class="over30" | [[Lee]]
| class="over30" | 54.5
| class="over30" | [[Helixmar]]
| class="over30" | 54.7
| class="over30" | [[Vintru]]
| class="over30" | 56.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kluane]]
| class="over30" | 56.5
| class="over30" | [[Axton]]
| class="over30" | 56.6
| class="over30" | [[Dirk's Gulf]]
| class="over30" | 57.6
| class="over30" | [[Gahral]]
| class="over30" | 57.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Scudder]]
| class="over30" | 58.2
| class="over30" | [[Aosia]]
| class="over30" | 59.2
| class="over60" | [[Everett]]
| class="over60" | 61.2
| class="over60" | [[Victoria (FS)|Meglan]]
| class="over60" | 61.2
|-
|}

==References==
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* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: CCAF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
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* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
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* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
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