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	In late [[2587]], the remaining elements of the [[Taurian Defense Force]] navy fought their final battle of the [[Reunification War]] in the '''Montour''' system. The [[Star League Defense Force]] was rolling over the best elements of the [[TDF]] on various worlds, while millions of Taurian citizens were being killed wantonly and indiscriminately by the SLDF. In desperate need of some kind of victory, [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] [[Mitchell Calderon]] tasked [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[David Santos (26th c.)|David Santos]], the senior naval officer in the TDF and the architect of several successful major fleet actions, to try and bring about the impossible. Santos had reports that the four [[corps]] of SLDF troops were all engaged in systems around the [[Hyades Cluster]], and gathered his remaining naval forces and sortied out to the Montour system, taking the [[VIII Corps (Taurian Concordat)|Eighth Provisional Corps]] with him. The Eighth was a newly-formed formation, based around two [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s, three armored regiments and a half-dozen infantry regiments.<ref name="H:RWp88">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 88–89: "The Final Hurrah"</ref> The two [['Mech]] regiments, the [[94th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-fourth]] and [[99th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-ninth Concordat Chasseurs]], had only mustered in [[2584]] – [[2585]].<ref name="H:RWp146">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 146–147: "Taurian Concordat Front"</ref>		In late [[2587]], the remaining elements of the [[Taurian Defense Force]] navy fought their final battle of the [[Reunification War]] in the '''Montour''' system. The [[Star League Defense Force]] was rolling over the best elements of the [[TDF]] on various worlds, while millions of Taurian citizens were being killed wantonly and indiscriminately by the SLDF. In desperate need of some kind of victory, [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] [[Mitchell Calderon]] tasked [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[David Santos (26th c.)|David Santos]], the senior naval officer in the TDF and the architect of several successful major fleet actions, to try and bring about the impossible. Santos had reports that the four [[corps]] of SLDF troops were all engaged in systems around the [[Hyades Cluster]], and gathered his remaining naval forces and sortied out to the Montour system, taking the [[VIII Corps (Taurian Concordat)|Eighth Provisional Corps]] with him. The Eighth was a newly-formed formation, based around two [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s, three armored regiments and a half-dozen infantry regiments.<ref name="H:RWp88">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 88–89: "The Final Hurrah"</ref> The two [['Mech]] regiments, the [[94th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-fourth]] and [[99th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-ninth Concordat Chasseurs]], had only mustered in [[2584]] – [[2585]].<ref name="H:RWp146">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 146–147: "Taurian Concordat Front"</ref>
−	Montour was only intended to be a first stop on the way to a number of worlds occupied by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], which Santos hoped to inflict heavy casualties on and spark insurgencies and uprisings among the Taurian loyalists on each world. Unfortunately for the TDF, Santos hadn't taken into account the many intelligence-gathering ships that were in place around the Hyades Cluster, monitoring Taurian movements. When reports of Santos' expedition reached [[Admiral]] [[Yukiko Pequeno]], the commander of the SLDF [[4th Fleet (Star League)|Fourth Fleet]], she was supporting SLDF operations in the [[New Ganymede]] system. She set off in pursuit with two-thirds of the Fourth Fleet, sending messages via the political offices established on occupied worlds to [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]] to update him on her plans. As the Taurian intelligence services weren't monitoring the SLDF political offices, her messages went undetected by the Taurians, and she gathered up additional SLDF patrol [[squadron]]s as she pursued Santos' forces.<ref name="H:RWp88"/>	+	Montour was only intended to be a first stop on the way to a number of worlds occupied by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], which Santos hoped to inflict heavy casualties on and spark insurgencies and uprisings among the Taurian loyalists on each world. Unfortunately for the TDF, Santos hadn't taken into account the many intelligence-gathering ships that were in place around the Hyades Cluster, monitoring Taurian movements. When reports of Santos' expedition reached [[Admiral]] [[Yukiko Pequeno]], the commander of the SLDF [[4th Fleet (SLDF)|Fourth Fleet]], she was supporting SLDF operations in the [[New Ganymede]] system. She set off in pursuit with two-thirds of the Fourth Fleet, sending messages via the political offices established on occupied worlds to [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]] to update him on her plans. As the Taurian intelligence services weren't monitoring the SLDF political offices, her messages went undetected by the Taurians, and she gathered up additional SLDF patrol [[squadron]]s as she pursued Santos' forces.<ref name="H:RWp88"/>
	Santos' forces arrived at Montour in October, easily blew through the small [[AFFS]] naval pickets located in the system, and proceeded to blockade the main world. As he was preparing to dispatch the Eighth Provisional Corps to capture the world, Pequeno appeared at a pirate point with her forces. Hot on the heels of Pequeno's SLDF naval forces, an AFFS naval task force under the command of [[Admiral]] [[Helden van der Geest]] arrived at the system zenith [[jump point]], having encountered Pequeno's forces a week before and eagerly accepted her invitation to join the attempt to bring the Taurian navy to heel. Santos knew his forces were outclassed, and attempted to evade the SLDF and AFFS forces within the system while his ships recharged, in the hope that he could lead his forces out of the system. Despite Santos' best efforts, the forces led by Pequeno and van der Geest intercepted the retreating Taurians, and between the 11th and 16th of October there was a flurry of battles around the fifth and seventh planets in the system, as well as around numerous moons, a rogue planetoid and a number of asteroids. Santos tried repeatedly to break contact with his pursuers, but was unable to fend off the attackers for more than brief periods of time. Santos died along with his crew when the [[Samantha Calderon (Individual WarShip)|TCS ''Samantha Calderon'']] was destroyed in battle; the Taurian naval forces were defeated comprehensively by their opponents, and the Eight Provisional Corps died in space without ever making planetfall.<ref name="H:RWp88"/>		Santos' forces arrived at Montour in October, easily blew through the small [[AFFS]] naval pickets located in the system, and proceeded to blockade the main world. As he was preparing to dispatch the Eighth Provisional Corps to capture the world, Pequeno appeared at a pirate point with her forces. Hot on the heels of Pequeno's SLDF naval forces, an AFFS naval task force under the command of [[Admiral]] [[Helden van der Geest]] arrived at the system zenith [[jump point]], having encountered Pequeno's forces a week before and eagerly accepted her invitation to join the attempt to bring the Taurian navy to heel. Santos knew his forces were outclassed, and attempted to evade the SLDF and AFFS forces within the system while his ships recharged, in the hope that he could lead his forces out of the system. Despite Santos' best efforts, the forces led by Pequeno and van der Geest intercepted the retreating Taurians, and between the 11th and 16th of October there was a flurry of battles around the fifth and seventh planets in the system, as well as around numerous moons, a rogue planetoid and a number of asteroids. Santos tried repeatedly to break contact with his pursuers, but was unable to fend off the attackers for more than brief periods of time. Santos died along with his crew when the [[Samantha Calderon (Individual WarShip)|TCS ''Samantha Calderon'']] was destroyed in battle; the Taurian naval forces were defeated comprehensively by their opponents, and the Eight Provisional Corps died in space without ever making planetfall.<ref name="H:RWp88"/>

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{{InfoBoxSystem | image = Montour_3151.svg | caption = Montour [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] | name = Montour | coord = 348.702 : -328.614{{e}} | stars = | class = | recharge = | recharge stations = | planets = }} ==Political Affiliation== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [[2317]] - No record<ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18</ref> * [[2571]] - [[Taurian Concordat]]<ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 121</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48</ref> * [[2578]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:RWp64">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 64</ref> * [[2596]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref> * [[2750]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref> * [[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</ref><ref name=FR:2765AAFSp29>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29</ref> * [[2786]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25</ref> * [[2822]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113</ref> * [[2864]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60</ref> * [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'': "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70</ref> * [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72</ref> * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 127</ref><ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref> * [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref> * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref> * [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref> * [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78</ref> * [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref> * [[3067]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref> * [[3075]] - Federated Suns<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref> * [[3079]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FR:FSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21</ref><ref name="FR:Pp21">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 21</ref> * [[3081]] - Federated Suns<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</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</ref> * [[3145]] - Federated Suns<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> {{div col end}} ------------------------------------- ==Montour== {{InfoBoxPlanet | image = | name = Montour | othernames = | position = | distance = | moons = | gravity = | pressure = | temperature = | water = | life = | continents = | colonized = | demonym = | language = | religion = | population = | ruler = | political = | commander = | capital = | hpg = | hpgrep = }} ===Planetary History=== ====Reunification War==== In late [[2587]], the remaining elements of the [[Taurian Defense Force]] navy fought their final battle of the [[Reunification War]] in the '''Montour''' system. The [[Star League Defense Force]] was rolling over the best elements of the [[TDF]] on various worlds, while millions of Taurian citizens were being killed wantonly and indiscriminately by the SLDF. In desperate need of some kind of victory, [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] [[Mitchell Calderon]] tasked [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[David Santos (26th c.)|David Santos]], the senior naval officer in the TDF and the architect of several successful major fleet actions, to try and bring about the impossible. Santos had reports that the four [[corps]] of SLDF troops were all engaged in systems around the [[Hyades Cluster]], and gathered his remaining naval forces and sortied out to the Montour system, taking the [[VIII Corps (Taurian Concordat)|Eighth Provisional Corps]] with him. The Eighth was a newly-formed formation, based around two [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s, three armored regiments and a half-dozen infantry regiments.<ref name="H:RWp88">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 88–89: "The Final Hurrah"</ref> The two [['Mech]] regiments, the [[94th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-fourth]] and [[99th Concordat Chasseurs|Ninety-ninth Concordat Chasseurs]], had only mustered in [[2584]] – [[2585]].<ref name="H:RWp146">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 146–147: "Taurian Concordat Front"</ref> Montour was only intended to be a first stop on the way to a number of worlds occupied by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], which Santos hoped to inflict heavy casualties on and spark insurgencies and uprisings among the Taurian loyalists on each world. Unfortunately for the TDF, Santos hadn't taken into account the many intelligence-gathering ships that were in place around the Hyades Cluster, monitoring Taurian movements. When reports of Santos' expedition reached [[Admiral]] [[Yukiko Pequeno]], the commander of the SLDF [[4th Fleet (SLDF)|Fourth Fleet]], she was supporting SLDF operations in the [[New Ganymede]] system. She set off in pursuit with two-thirds of the Fourth Fleet, sending messages via the political offices established on occupied worlds to [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]] to update him on her plans. As the Taurian intelligence services weren't monitoring the SLDF political offices, her messages went undetected by the Taurians, and she gathered up additional SLDF patrol [[squadron]]s as she pursued Santos' forces.<ref name="H:RWp88"/> Santos' forces arrived at Montour in October, easily blew through the small [[AFFS]] naval pickets located in the system, and proceeded to blockade the main world. As he was preparing to dispatch the Eighth Provisional Corps to capture the world, Pequeno appeared at a pirate point with her forces. Hot on the heels of Pequeno's SLDF naval forces, an AFFS naval task force under the command of [[Admiral]] [[Helden van der Geest]] arrived at the system zenith [[jump point]], having encountered Pequeno's forces a week before and eagerly accepted her invitation to join the attempt to bring the Taurian navy to heel. Santos knew his forces were outclassed, and attempted to evade the SLDF and AFFS forces within the system while his ships recharged, in the hope that he could lead his forces out of the system. Despite Santos' best efforts, the forces led by Pequeno and van der Geest intercepted the retreating Taurians, and between the 11th and 16th of October there was a flurry of battles around the fifth and seventh planets in the system, as well as around numerous moons, a rogue planetoid and a number of asteroids. Santos tried repeatedly to break contact with his pursuers, but was unable to fend off the attackers for more than brief periods of time. Santos died along with his crew when the [[Samantha Calderon (Individual WarShip)|TCS ''Samantha Calderon'']] was destroyed in battle; the Taurian naval forces were defeated comprehensively by their opponents, and the Eight Provisional Corps died in space without ever making planetfall.<ref name="H:RWp88"/> {{ApocryphalContentStart}} In [[3025]], pirates disguised as a [[House Davion|Davion]] scouting party raided [[Cyrton]] from the nearby system of Montour, hoping to coax the Taurians into war with the [[Federated Suns]] in attempt to make Taurian worlds easier targets for plunder. The [[Taurian Defense Force]] commissioned a [[mercenary]] unit to investigate and destroy the raiding party to determine who was truly responsible.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', "Dire Circumstances"</ref> {{ApocryphalContentEnd}} ===Military Deployment=== {{columns-start|num=3}} ====2765==== * [[Second Dragonlords]]<ref name="FR2765:FSp15">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 15: "Regimental Status"</ref> ====2786==== * Second Dragonlords<ref name="FSWp135">''First Succession War'', p. 135: "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"</ref> ====2821==== * Second Dragonlords<ref name="FSWp135"/> {{column}} ====3038==== * [[Fighting Urukhai]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p140">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 140: "Deployment Table"</ref> :* DeMaestri's Sluggers ====3040==== * Fighting Urukhai<ref name="H:Wo3039p140"/> :* DeMaestri's Sluggers {{column}} ====3079==== * [[Fourth Illician Rangers]]<ref name=FR:AFFSp20>''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 20</ref> ====3085==== * [[Illician Lancers]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 160: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> :* [[Twenty-first Illician Rangers]] {{columns-end}} ===Geography=== {{ApocryphalContentStart}} In the ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/High Reward Quests|High Reward Quest]] "Dire Circumstances," Montour is depicted as a winter forest biome with good visibility.<ref name=MW5M/> {{ApocryphalContentEnd}} ==Map Gallery== <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> ==Nearby Systems== <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" ! colspan="8" | Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: |- | class="lessthan30" | [[Traussin]] | class="lessthan30" | 13.7 | class="lessthan30" | [[Caldwell]] | class="lessthan30" | 16.5 | class="lessthan30" | [[Pierce]] | class="lessthan30" | 19.0 | class="lessthan30" | [[Organo]] | class="lessthan30" | 19.7 |- | class="lessthan30" | [[Cyrton]] | class="lessthan30" | 21.3 | class="lessthan30" | [[Celentaro]] | class="lessthan30" | 22.2 | class="lessthan30" | [[Verdigreis]] | class="lessthan30" | 24.1 | class="lessthan30" | [[Tentativa]] | class="lessthan30" | 26.4 |- | class="lessthan30" | [[Cohagen]] | class="lessthan30" | 26.6 | class="lessthan30" | [[Mavegh]] | class="lessthan30" | 28.7 | class="over30" | [[Norman's World]] | class="over30" | 30.9 | class="over30" | [[Althea's Choice]] | class="over30" | 33.5 |- | class="over30" | [[Songgang]] | class="over30" | 35.7 | class="over30" | [[Panpour]] | class="over30" | 36.7 | class="over30" | [[Logan's Land]] | class="over30" | 37.6 | class="over30" | [[Weippe]] | class="over30" | 38.0 |- | class="over30" | [[As Samik]] | class="over30" | 42.0 | class="over30" | [[Dicallus]] | class="over30" | 45.0 | class="over30" | [[Basantapur]] | class="over30" | 46.9 | class="over30" | [[Naka Pabni]] | class="over30" | 47.1 |- | class="over30" | [[Perdition]] | class="over30" | 50.3 | class="over30" | [[Warren]] | class="over30" | 50.7 | class="over30" | [[Anaheim]] | class="over30" | 52.2 | class="over30" | [[Estuan]] | class="over30" | 52.6 |- | class="over30" | [[Angra]] | class="over30" | 53.1 | class="over30" | [[Sartu]] | class="over30" | 53.4 | class="over30" | [[Grossbach]] | class="over30" | 54.3 | class="over30" | [[Belaire]] | class="over30" | 56.1 |- | class="over30" | [[Agliana]] | class="over30" | 56.7 | class="over30" | [[Gambarare]] | class="over30" | 59.3 | class="over60" | [[Tirabad]] | class="over60" | 62.1 | class="over60" | [[Tegaldanas]] | class="over60" | 62.2 |- |} ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' * ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]'' * ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' * ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]'' * ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' * ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game) {{div col end}} [[Category:Systems|Montour]] [[Category:Planets|Montour]] [[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]] [[Category: Federated Suns Systems]] [[Category: Taurian Concordat Systems]]

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