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| image = Marcus_3151.svg | | image = Marcus_3151.svg | ||
| − | | caption = Marcus [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] | + | | caption = Marcus [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] |
| name = Marcus | | name = Marcus | ||
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| − | | class = G1IV<ref name= | + | | class = G1IV<ref name=DARWp189>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 189: "Marcus"</ref> |
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| + | ==System Description== | ||
| + | '''Marcus''' is located near the [[Callison]] and [[Zosma]] systems. | ||
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| + | ==System History== | ||
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| + | ==Political Affiliation== | ||
| + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} | ||
| + | * [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2366]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17: "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"/> | ||
| + | * [[2784]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV2p118">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 118: "Digesting the Hegemony"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2785]] - [[Free Worlds League]]<ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/> | ||
| + | * [[2786]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2822]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2864]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3030]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]{{cn}} | ||
| + | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth{{cn}} | ||
| + | * [[3057]] - Free Worlds League{{cn}} | ||
| + | * [[3062]] - Free Worlds League{{cn}} | ||
| + | * [[3067]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=FMU159/> | ||
| + | * [[3077]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="J:FRp57"/> | ||
| + | * [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - March 3081" (Map)</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - October 3085" (Map</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3135]] - Independent World<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 3135" (Map)</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3145]] - [[Republic Remnant]]<ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3149]] - Republic of the Sphere (from August)<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 71</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3150]] - [[Wolf Empire]] (from March)<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 85: "Collapse of the Remnant"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3151]] - Wolf Empire<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3152]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="EmpAlone">''Empire Alone'', p. 78: "The Free Worlds League - June 3152 (Map)"</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Marcus IV== | ||
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| − | | | + | | name = Marcus IV |
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| − | | position = | + | | position = Fourth<ref name=DARWp189/> |
| − | | distance = 10 days<ref name= | + | | distance = 10 days<ref name=DARWp189/> |
| − | | moons = 4 (Bandi, Cele, Palila | + | | moons = 4 (Bandi, Cele, Palila, Washi)<ref name=DARWp189/> |
| − | + | | gravity = 1.12<ref name=DARWp189/> | |
| − | | gravity = 1.12<ref name= | + | | pressure = High (Breathable)<ref name=DARWp189/> |
| − | | pressure = High (Breathable)<ref name= | + | | temperature = 48°C<ref name=DARWp189/> |
| − | | temperature = 48°C<ref name= | + | | water = 65%<ref name=DARWp189/> |
| − | | water = 65%<ref name= | + | | life = Mammals<ref name=DARWp189/> |
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| − | | capital = Zotikos<ref name= | + | | religion = |
| − | + | | population = 1,078,000,000 (3130)<ref name=DARWp189/><ref name=DARoSp18>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 18: "Prefecture VIII"</ref> | |
| − | + | | ruler = | |
| + | | political = [[Planetary Governor of Marcus|Planetary Governor]] | ||
| + | | commander = Legate [[Diego Corridan III]] (3130)<ref name=DARWp189/><ref name=DARoSp18/> | ||
| + | | capital = Zotikos<ref name=DARWp189/> | ||
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| + | Marcus is a hostile world with an oppressive atmosphere. Settled in the early years of the Terran Hegemony to exploit the abundant radioactive materials, Marcus eventually hosted [[Orguss Industries]].<ref name=DARWp189/> | ||
| − | == | + | ===Planetary History=== |
| − | + | ====Amaris Civil War==== | |
| − | + | During the [[Amaris Civil War]], the [[Rim Worlds Republic|Rim Worlds]] troops garrisoning the world forced the population to work triple shifts at the [[BattleMech]] plant and in the uranium mines. After five years of occupation nearly three million people of the planet's population was killed in mines and factories.<ref name=DARWp189/> | |
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| − | == | + | ====Succession Wars==== |
| − | + | The fall of the [[Star League]] found the Free Worlds League in possession of Marcus. Though the industrial complexes were valuable to the Free Worlds, they also made Marcus a tempting target for raids from the Commonwealth. After centuries of raids and damage, the planet's economy was in decline and Marcus' future looked bleak. This led to a cult that encouraged suicide as a way of reaching "Culmination." The cult was short-lived as its members eventually killed themselves.<ref name=DARWp189/> | |
| − | == | + | ====Fourth Succession War==== |
| − | === | + | Following the sudden invasions of several League worlds by the [[Tikonov Free Republic]] and a daringly successful invasion of [[Callison]] by mercenaries employed by the Lyran Commonwealth in mid-[[3029]], [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] found himself in the midst of an unanticipated crisis. In addition to the conquest of Callison, [[LCAF]] communications traffic and movements had spiked sharply, creating the impression of an impending offensive against the League. Faced with what he believed to be the plausible threat of a large-scale attack aimed at the region of the League near [[Terra]], Janos was more concerned with saving the six or seven assorted BattleMech regiments present within the region than he was with retaining the worlds, as he believed that the offensive would most likely be aimed at snipping off the corner of the League closest to Terra - and to both the Federated Suns and the Tikonov Free Republic. Marcus was one of the systems abandoned by Janos, who would learn later that he had been deceived by an effective campaign of smoke and mirrors arranged by the Commonwealth General of the Armies, [[Edward Regis]], to deter the League from launching an invasion of the Commonwealth while the LCAF was heavily committed to its invasion of the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref name="4SWp87">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 87: "Conclusion"''</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref> |
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| − | ==== | + | ====Operation GUERRERO==== |
| − | + | Marcus was invaded in the Free Worlds League's first wave of [[Operation GUERRERO]] by the [[Seventh Free Worlds Legionnaires]], the [[Fifth Marik Militia]], and the [[Twelfth Atrean Dragoons]]. The defending FedCom troops sacrificed a 'Mech regiment in order to escape.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 74: "Operation Guerrero, First Wave"</ref> | |
| − | === | + | ====The Jihad==== |
| − | Marcus was | + | The [[Word of Blake]] incorporated Marcus into the [[Word of Blake Protectorate|Protectorate]] during the [[Jihad]]. Marcus was liberated by allied coalition forces in July [[3077]] as a part of [[Operation SCOUR]]. In June 3077, the [[First Kell Hounds|First Kell Hounds Regiment]] led by [[Akira Brahe]] raided Marcus as part of [[Operation SCOUR]] and engaged the Marcus Protectorate Militia in several cities. The unit was also able to take and destroy a Word of Blake arsenal hidden under stored grain in three of the buildings of a hidden firebase. Less than a month later, a Coalition assault force formed by the [[Third Lyran Guards]], [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]'s [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Beta Galaxy]], and the [[Marlette Crucis March Militia]] landed as part of the real invasion they shattered the rest of the militia.<ref name=TCp169>''Total Chaos'', pp. 169–170: "Hounds of War"</ref><ref name="TCp164">''Total Chaos'', pp. 164–165: "Marcus"</ref> During the assault by the Coalition troops, several million tons of foodstuffs ready for shipment were destroyed. This led to extreme economic effects as the shipment was critical to their economy.<ref name=tc164>''Total Chaos'', p. 164</ref> |
| − | + | The Word of Blake responded by dispatching a combination of hired mercenary (in the form of the [[Canned Heat]], [[Clifton's Rangers]], [[The Furies]], and the [[Stealthy Tigers]]<ref name="TCp164"/> to retake Marcus on the 11th of August; the coalition forces<ref name="J:FRp57"/> including the [[Twentieth Marik Militia]]<ref name="JHS:Tp59+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 59–60: "Chaos Eternal: Blood and Fury"</ref> had no choice but to retreat to the nearby world of [[Dieudonné]].<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Two teams of ComStar affiliated [[Blake's Wrath]] units destroyed the uranium mines to deny them to the Word of Blake. The mercenaries the Blakists had sent were not concerned with limiting collateral damage, and when word of the Coalition's conquest of [[Terra]] reached them, the natives (aided by ComStar) overthrew their mercenary overseers, though some of them had already escaped when the fall of Terra news had arrived.<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 165</ref><ref name="TCp164"/> | |
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| − | + | After the planet's ejection of the Word of Blake [[Baron (noble title)|Baron]] [[Norman Gibson]] and several other people marked as Word of Blake collaborators were detained. By [[3080]], the Baron was put on trial, accused of war crimes, abuse of power, murder and false imprisonment after evidence indicated that he had allowed over four thousand Marcus citizens to be held without charges, in Word of Blake ''reeducation camps'', and had tied the Baron to the deaths of over three hundred people, either in those camps, or elsewhere on the planet.<ref name=BIoCaWC21053080>''Baron Indicted on Collaboration and War Crimes''</ref> | |
| − | == Military Deployment == | + | ===Military Deployment=== |
| − | === 2786 === | + | {{columns-start|num=3}} |
| − | * [[Iron Guard]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War | + | ====2786==== |
| + | * [[Iron Guard]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref> | ||
| − | === 2821 === | + | ====2821==== |
* Iron Guard<ref name="FSWp138"/> | * Iron Guard<ref name="FSWp138"/> | ||
| − | ===3038=== | + | ====3038==== |
| − | * [[Wylie's Coyotes]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p141">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141, "Deployment Table"</ref> | + | * [[Wylie's Coyotes]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p141">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141: "Deployment Table"</ref> |
| + | {{column}} | ||
| + | ====3040==== | ||
| + | * Wylie's Coyotes<ref name="H:Wo3039p141"/> | ||
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| + | ====3050==== | ||
| + | * [[Twelfth FedCom RCT|Twelfth FedCom]] [[RCT]]<ref name=20YU27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
| − | === | + | ====3054==== |
| − | * | + | * Twelfth FedCom RCT<ref name=OR19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref> |
| + | {{column}} | ||
| + | ====3059==== | ||
| + | * [[Twelfth Atrean Dragoons]]<ref name=FMFWL112>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 112: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
| − | === | + | ====3067==== |
| − | * | + | * Twelfth Atrean Dragoons<ref name=FMU159>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 159: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref> |
| − | === | + | ====3145==== |
| − | * | + | * [[VII Hastati Sentinels]] (shared with [[Callison]])<ref name=FM:3145p145>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 145: "Republic Armed Forces - Republic Remnant"</ref> |
| + | {{columns-end}} | ||
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| − | * | + | ===Geography=== |
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| + | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
| + | * Zotikos: capital city<ref name=SHp85>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 85</ref> | ||
| − | === | + | ===Companies and Industries=== |
| − | * | + | * [[Orguss Industries]]<ref name=DARWp189/> |
| + | <!-- Commented out due to lack of information | ||
| + | ===Local Flora and Fauna=== | ||
| − | === | + | ===Image gallery=== |
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| − | == | + | ==Map Gallery== |
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| − | == Nearby Systems == | + | ==Nearby Systems== |
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[List of Arts and Leisure articles#NobleWatch: Baron Indicted on Collaboration and War Crimes|BattleCorps Arts and Leisure, 21/05/3080: "NobleWatch: Baron Indicted on Collaboration and War Crimes"]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]'' | ||
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Empire Alone]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War ( | + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' |
| + | * ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | ||
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* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | ||
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Shattered Sphere]]'' | ||
* ''[[Total Chaos]]'' | * ''[[Total Chaos]]'' | ||
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| − | [[Category: Amaris Empire | + | [[Category: Amaris Empire Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Federated Commonwealth | + | [[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Free Worlds League | + | [[Category: Free Worlds League Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Independent | + | [[Category: Independent Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth | + | [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Republic of the Sphere | + | [[Category: Republic of the Sphere Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Terran Hegemony | + | [[Category: Terran Hegemony Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Word of Blake | + | [[Category: Wolf Empire Systems]] |
| + | [[Category: Word of Blake Systems]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:29, 23 April 2024
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -58.94 : -15.558[e] |
| Spectral class | G1IV[1] |
| Planet(s) | 10[1] |
Contents
System Description[edit]
Marcus is located near the Callison and Zosma systems.
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2271 - Inhabited world[2]
- 2366 - Terran Hegemony[3]
- 2571 - Terran Hegemony[4]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony[5]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony[6]
- 2765 - Terran Hegemony[7]
- 2767 - Amaris Empire[8]
- 2771 - Amaris Empire[9]
- 2772 - Terran Hegemony (from September)[9]
- 2784 - Terran Hegemony[10]
- 2785 - Free Worlds League[10]
- 2786 - Free Worlds League[11]
- 2822 - Free Worlds League[12][13]
- 2864 - Free Worlds League[14]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League[15]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[citation needed]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[16]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[citation needed]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3062 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3067 - Free Worlds League[17]
- 3077 - Word of Blake Protectorate[18]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere[19]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[20]
- 3135 - Independent World[21]
- 3145 - Republic Remnant[22][23]
- 3149 - Republic of the Sphere (from August)[24]
- 3150 - Wolf Empire (from March)[25]
- 3151 - Wolf Empire[26]
- 3152 - Free Worlds League[27]
Marcus IV[edit]
| Marcus IV | |
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| Astrophysical | |
| System position | Fourth[1] |
| Jump Point distance | 10 days[1] |
| Moons | 4 (Bandi, Cele, Palila, Washi)[1] |
| Geophysical | |
| Surface gravity | 1.12[1] |
| Atmospheric pressure | High (Breathable)[1] |
| Equatorial temperature | 48°C[1] |
| Surface water | 65%[1] |
| Highest native life | Mammals[1] |
| Landmasses | At least 1 (Montezumia)[1] |
| History and Culture | |
| Population | 1,078,000,000 (3130)[1][28] |
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Political Leader | Planetary Governor |
| Military Commander | Legate Diego Corridan III (3130)[1][28] |
| Capital | Zotikos[1] |
Marcus is a hostile world with an oppressive atmosphere. Settled in the early years of the Terran Hegemony to exploit the abundant radioactive materials, Marcus eventually hosted Orguss Industries.[1]
Planetary History[edit]
Amaris Civil War[edit]
During the Amaris Civil War, the Rim Worlds troops garrisoning the world forced the population to work triple shifts at the BattleMech plant and in the uranium mines. After five years of occupation nearly three million people of the planet's population was killed in mines and factories.[1]
Succession Wars[edit]
The fall of the Star League found the Free Worlds League in possession of Marcus. Though the industrial complexes were valuable to the Free Worlds, they also made Marcus a tempting target for raids from the Commonwealth. After centuries of raids and damage, the planet's economy was in decline and Marcus' future looked bleak. This led to a cult that encouraged suicide as a way of reaching "Culmination." The cult was short-lived as its members eventually killed themselves.[1]
Fourth Succession War[edit]
Following the sudden invasions of several League worlds by the Tikonov Free Republic and a daringly successful invasion of Callison by mercenaries employed by the Lyran Commonwealth in mid-3029, Captain-General Janos Marik found himself in the midst of an unanticipated crisis. In addition to the conquest of Callison, LCAF communications traffic and movements had spiked sharply, creating the impression of an impending offensive against the League. Faced with what he believed to be the plausible threat of a large-scale attack aimed at the region of the League near Terra, Janos was more concerned with saving the six or seven assorted BattleMech regiments present within the region than he was with retaining the worlds, as he believed that the offensive would most likely be aimed at snipping off the corner of the League closest to Terra - and to both the Federated Suns and the Tikonov Free Republic. Marcus was one of the systems abandoned by Janos, who would learn later that he had been deceived by an effective campaign of smoke and mirrors arranged by the Commonwealth General of the Armies, Edward Regis, to deter the League from launching an invasion of the Commonwealth while the LCAF was heavily committed to its invasion of the Draconis Combine.[29][15][30]
Operation GUERRERO[edit]
Marcus was invaded in the Free Worlds League's first wave of Operation GUERRERO by the Seventh Free Worlds Legionnaires, the Fifth Marik Militia, and the Twelfth Atrean Dragoons. The defending FedCom troops sacrificed a 'Mech regiment in order to escape.[31]
The Jihad[edit]
The Word of Blake incorporated Marcus into the Protectorate during the Jihad. Marcus was liberated by allied coalition forces in July 3077 as a part of Operation SCOUR. In June 3077, the First Kell Hounds Regiment led by Akira Brahe raided Marcus as part of Operation SCOUR and engaged the Marcus Protectorate Militia in several cities. The unit was also able to take and destroy a Word of Blake arsenal hidden under stored grain in three of the buildings of a hidden firebase. Less than a month later, a Coalition assault force formed by the Third Lyran Guards, Clan Wolf-in-Exile's Beta Galaxy, and the Marlette Crucis March Militia landed as part of the real invasion they shattered the rest of the militia.[32][33] During the assault by the Coalition troops, several million tons of foodstuffs ready for shipment were destroyed. This led to extreme economic effects as the shipment was critical to their economy.[34]
The Word of Blake responded by dispatching a combination of hired mercenary (in the form of the Canned Heat, Clifton's Rangers, The Furies, and the Stealthy Tigers[33] to retake Marcus on the 11th of August; the coalition forces[18] including the Twentieth Marik Militia[35] had no choice but to retreat to the nearby world of Dieudonné.[18] Two teams of ComStar affiliated Blake's Wrath units destroyed the uranium mines to deny them to the Word of Blake. The mercenaries the Blakists had sent were not concerned with limiting collateral damage, and when word of the Coalition's conquest of Terra reached them, the natives (aided by ComStar) overthrew their mercenary overseers, though some of them had already escaped when the fall of Terra news had arrived.[36][33]
After the planet's ejection of the Word of Blake Baron Norman Gibson and several other people marked as Word of Blake collaborators were detained. By 3080, the Baron was put on trial, accused of war crimes, abuse of power, murder and false imprisonment after evidence indicated that he had allowed over four thousand Marcus citizens to be held without charges, in Word of Blake reeducation camps, and had tied the Baron to the deaths of over three hundred people, either in those camps, or elsewhere on the planet.[37]
Military Deployment[edit]
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Zotikos: capital city[44]
Companies and Industries[edit]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 72 systems (71 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callison | 3.7 | Zosma | 10.2 | New Dallas | 10.7 | Wyatt | 11.0 |
| Dubhe | 11.6 | Afleir | 14.7 | Chertan | 15.8 | Wing | 16.9 |
| Bordon | 18.3 | Castor | 18.5 | Milton | 19.1 | Dieudonné | 19.3 |
| Alchiba | 19.4 | Phecda | 20.9 | Devil's Rock | 22.7 | Alhena | 23.6 |
| Connaught | 25.2 | Denebola | 25.3 | Pollux | 27.4 | Remulac | 27.7 |
| Oliver | 28.4 | Tabit | 28.8 | Alioth | 29.5 | Shiloh | 31.1 |
| Zavijava | 31.1 | Cor Caroli | 31.2 | Talitha | 31.3 | Aquileia | 32.0 |
| Haddings | 33.0 | Lipton | 33.3 | Nathan | 34.6 | Graham | 35.8 |
| Acubens | 35.8 | Xi Ursae Majoris | 36.3 | Mizar | 36.5 | Van Diemen | 36.9 |
| Chara | 37.0 | Alphard | 37.0 | Savannah | 37.3 | Gacrux | 38.1 |
| Catroxx | 38.1 | Miaplacidus | 41.5 | Thorin | 42.5 | Irian | 42.7 |
| Hechnar | 43.4 | Menkent | 43.7 | Muphrid | 44.1 | Summer | 44.1 |
| Zollikofen | 46.0 | Alcor | 47.2 | Kalidasa | 47.4 | Zaniah | 49.5 |
| Galatea | 49.9 | Tau Ceti | 50.1 | Pliska | 51.2 | Hall | 53.4 |
| Carver | 53.8 | Procyon | 54.1 | Syrma | 54.7 | Rochelle | 54.9 |
| Wasat | 55.2 | Elbing | 55.5 | Sirius | 56.9 | New Hope | 57.0 |
| Blue Sava | 57.3 | Alkes | 57.9 | Rocky | 58.4 | Adhafera | 58.5 |
| Rigil Kentarus | 58.9 | Vindemiatrix | 59.0 | Outreach | 59.0 | Tania Borealis | 60.4 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 189: "Marcus"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25: "Capellan Confederation After Age of War [2571]]"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - 2596"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138: "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 118: "Digesting the Hegemony"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 159: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 57: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - March 3081" (Map)
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - October 3085" (Map
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 3135" (Map)
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 71
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 85: "Collapse of the Remnant"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
- ↑ Empire Alone, p. 78: "The Free Worlds League - June 3152 (Map)"
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 18: "Prefecture VIII"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 87: "Conclusion"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
- ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 74: "Operation Guerrero, First Wave"
- ↑ Total Chaos, pp. 169–170: "Hounds of War"
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Total Chaos, pp. 164–165: "Marcus"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 164
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, pp. 59–60: "Chaos Eternal: Blood and Fury"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 165
- ↑ Baron Indicted on Collaboration and War Crimes
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 First Succession War, p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141: "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 27: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 19: "FedCom Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 112: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 145: "Republic Armed Forces - Republic Remnant"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 85
Bibliography[edit]
- 20 Year Update
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- Handbook: House Liao
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