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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref>
* [[2319]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name=HB:HK>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding - 2319"</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>
* [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138: "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref>
* [[2774]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2841]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name=NHsp-08>''Northwind Highlanders'', p. 8</ref>
* [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref name=HD133/>
* [[3029]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSWv1p78"/>
* [[3030]] - Federated Suns{{cn}}
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 3050" (Map)</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - April 3052" (Map)</ref>
* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', pp. 10–11: "Inner Sphere - August 3057" (Map)</ref>
* [[3058]] - Independent world<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]" (Map)</ref>
* [[3063]] - Independent world<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere - July 3063" (Map)</ref>
* [[3067]] - Independent world<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68: "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]" (Map)</ref>
* [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 64–65: "Inner Sphere - 3075" (Map)</ref>
* [[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>
* [[3132]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name=DAINNp40>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 40: "Travel Profile: The Romance of Northwind"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 3135" (Map)</ref>
* [[3145]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
* [[3151]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - 3151"</ref>
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'''Northwind''' is a planet located two jumps from [[Terra]]. It is the homeworld of the famed [[mercenary unit]] the [[Northwind Highlanders]] and [[Northwind Military Academy]].

==History==
=== Early history ===
Northwind was purchased by Clan Stuart during the [[Exodus (2242)|Exodus]] and named for the Clan's old home in Scotland. The Stuarts were joined by the Highlanders, the last vestiges of Scotland's independent military.<ref>''Northwind Highlanders'', p. 6: "Ancient Origins"</ref> To prove their worth, the Highlanders founded Kearny, a mining town.<ref>''Northwind Highlanders'', p. 7: "A New Beginning"</ref>

Having become independent as a result of the Demarcation Declaration, Northwind was subsequently added to the resurgent Terran Hegemony; whilst some worlds joined the Hegemony during its early years as a result of diplomatic and trade incentives, many more were conquered in "campaigns of persuasion" launched by [[Director-General]] [[James McKenna]], the first of which began in [[2316]] and ended with the capture of [[Towne]] in [[2317]]. Northwind was one of the worlds added to the Hegemony during or around the time of this first military campaign.<ref name="TSLp16">''The Star League'', p. 16: "Terra's Errant Flock"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding [2319]"</ref>

In [[2362]] the Clan Elders that ruled Northwind elected to raise a standing army, the [[Northwind Highlanders]].<ref name="MS:16">''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 16</ref> The Highlanders became an elite [[mercenary unit]]. Because of this, many aspiring mercenaries traveled to Northwind to learn the trade and employers frequented the planet to hire the Highlanders, creating an informal [[hiring hall]].<ref name="MS:16"/>

=== Amaris Civil War ===
[[Stefan Amaris]] forces attacked Northwind during the [[Amaris Coup]], but the Republican forces on planet were only partially successful: as Northwind was a staunchly pro-Cameron world, they were met with derision and hostility by the locals.
However, in their initial attack, the Republicans were more successful than in [[New Dallas]]: they crippled three Highlander regiments the first day, driving the survivors into hiding; a week later, Northwind was effectively under Amaris thumb... but not completely.

The Highlanders quickly formed resistance groups, forming the most united planetary resistance within the Hegemony. Despite the fact Amaris moved more and more forces onto the planet to beat its resistance, he never succeed: the population of the world continued to resist, and with the help of the Secret Fleet, the resistance was always well manned and supplied.<ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra 2'', p. 38</ref>

In 2775, the SLDF finally arrived to liberate the planet: as soon the Third Army arrived on system, the Covenanters (the Northwind resistance movement) struck hard against the Amaris forces and government with every man they could muster. The AEAF was embattled and unable to counterattack due to the landing SLDF forces. Amaris forces were unable to retreat to the planet's [[Castle Brian]] when were surpassed in number. After the first day, Amaris garrison launched nuclear attacks against LXIX Corps and some of largest cities on planet before losing access to their strategic reserves. Later they used civilians to shield their movements, enraging the population even more.

By the end of June, Amaris forces were broken, but at a high cost: the Covenanters ceased to be an effective force. The only remaining Amaris forces were entrenched inside the planet's Castle Brian, but the LXIX Corps begin a campaign to clear it, finishing that labor by New Year.<ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra 2'', p. 39</ref>

=== Succession Wars ===
After the fall of the [[Star League]], Northwind was fought over by the [[Successor States]]. The Highlander regiments became a [[mercenary unit]] in service to the [[Capellan Confederation]], though some regiments were able to continue to garrison Northwind.<ref>''Northwind Highlanders'', p. 8: "Troubled Times"</ref>

==== Second Succession War ====
Northwind was conquered by the [[Federated Suns]] during the [[Second Succession War]]. In [[2841]], [[House Davion]] sent an invasion force that [[Battle of Northwind (2841)|overwhelmed]] the defending [[Stuart's Highlanders]] and [[Third Kearny Highlanders]]. The Highlander regiments fought to the last, but it was not enough.<ref>''Northwind Highlanders'', p. 8: "The Darkest Hour"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60</ref>

==== Fourth Succession War ====
Although [[Coordinator]] [[Takashi Kurita]] had focused his attentions on [[Wolf's Dragoons]] in the early stages of the [[Fourth Succession War]], the pleas for assistance from [[Chancellor]] [[Maximilian Liao]] prompted him to plan two targeted offensives against the Federated Suns. One of these was a strike against Northwind, a world the [[DCMS]] believed it could use as a springboard for attacks against other worlds in the region near [[Terra]] in an effort to isolate the Federated Suns and [[Lyran Commonwealth]] from each other. Assigned to the offensive were the [[Fifth Sword of Light]], [[Thirty-sixth Dieron Regulars]] and the [[Genyosha]]; defending Northwind at the time were the [[Fifth Deneb Light Cavalry]] [[RCT]] and two mercenary units, [[Bradley's Bravos]] — a part of the [[Kell Hounds]] — and [[Team Banzai]].<ref name="FSWv1p78"/>

The DCMS landings concentrated on the region around the Cairngorm Mountains on New Lanark, landing close to the city of Cromarty, which was the largest city on New Lanark and home to Northwind's [[AFFS]] garrison. The garrison initially managed to fight the DCMS forces to a standstill, highlighting that the battle for control of Northwind would be long and hard-fought. After the initial battles DCMS forces poisoned the reservoir supplying Cromarty, in a strategy believed to have been devised by [[General]] [[Palmer Conti]], the commanding officer of the Fifth Sword of Light.<ref name="FSWv1p78"/>

Within a day of the reservoir being poisoned people in Cromarty were being hit by ptomaine poisoning, and while vaccinations and treatment saved some, the city was soon overwhelmed by the number of sick and dying people, with half of the Fifth Deneb Light Cavalry infected. By the time the defenders determined that the reservoir was the source and shut off the water supply, five thousand people were dead; the pressure on the city was intense, with bodies being burned in building furnaces, and the Thirty-sixth Dieron Regulars used the opportunity to launch an attack. While half the Fifth Deneb Light Cavalry had been incapacitated, the other half were still fit for duty, along with both mercenary commands, due to their water being drawn from a well, rather than the city supply; the defenders managed to rebuff the attack, but the senior active officer from the Fifth, [[Major]] Collins, was lured into pursuing the Thirty-sixth as they retreated and led his forces into an ambush in which the Fifth Sword of Light overran the Light Cavalry and scattered the surviving warriors.<ref name="FSWv1p78"/>

Dr. Banzai led Team Banzai in an attempt to save the Light Cavalry, only to be blocked by the Genyosha, who inflicted heavy damage on the mercenaries and incapacitated Dr. Banzai himself as he attempted to fight three assault [['Mech]]s alone. The surviving elements of Team Banzai withdrew into the Rockspires region of the Cairngorm Mountains with all of the surviving members of Bradley's Bravos and the Light Cavalry they could find, preparing to fight a last stand.<ref name="FSWv1p78"/>

The defending forces didn't know that negotiations had been conducted in secret between [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]] and the four regiments of the Northwind Highlanders, using General [[Ardan Sortek]] and the Clan Stuart Elders as proxies. Prince Davion convinced the Northwind Highlanders to leave the service of the Capellan Confederation in exchange for garrisoning Northwind and certain other concessions. The [[Northwind Agreement]] was signed in December [[3028]] and the Highlanders abandoned their positions along the Capellan-Suns border and returned to their ancestral homeworld. They arrived on 12 January [[3029]] and immediately began engaging the DCMS forces on the planet, forcing them to retreat and saving the survivors of the AFFS garrison.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 40: "Overview"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 79: "Timeline: Fourth Succession War through the Clan Invasion"</ref><ref>''Northwind Highlanders'', pp. 9, 24: "Homecoming" and "Situation"</ref>

The presence of four regiments of experienced Highlander regiments on Northwind, all keen to prove their value to their new liege effectively blocked the DCMS campaign in the Terran region stillborn.<ref name="FSWv1p78"/>

=== Operation GUERRERO ===
Northwind remained peaceful until [[3057]]. In conjunction with [[Operation GUERRERO]] and the Capellan offensive against the [[Federated Commonwealth]], [[Chancellor]] [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] dispatched [[Loren Jaffray]] to offer to recognize the independence of Northwind. Jaffray, a [[Death Commando]] and a descendant of a former Highlander who remained with the [[CCAF]], was on a covert operation to destroy the Highlanders, or at least deprive the Federated Commonwealth of their services. Jaffray's mission was helped by the Highlanders' increasing dissatisfaction with the [[AFFC]]. [[MacLeod's Regiment]] was the only Highlander unit on world when Jaffray made his offer. The regiment was split, sparking a civil war within it. The [[Third Royal Guards]] were called in to help the Commonwealth supporters, but the pro-independence faction was able to hold out until [[Stirling's Fusiliers]] returned to help. The combined Highlander force destroyed the Third Royals. Northwind had achieved independence, and it would become a bastion of stability in the [[Chaos March]].<ref>''Northwind Highlanders'', p. 10: "Independence at Last"</ref>

=== Jihad ===
In [[3066]], the Northwind Highlanders joined [[Jaime Wolf]]'s [[Allied Mercenary Command]], putting them in direct opposition to [[Word of Blake]] and the expanding [[Word of Blake Protectorate]].<ref>''Dawn of the Jihad'' and ''Blake Ascending'', p. 24</ref> In September [[3067]], four Clan elders died under mysterious circumstances. The Highlanders who were away from Northwind immediately broke their contracts to return home to vote on new leaders.<ref>''Dawn of the Jihad'' & ''Blake Ascending'', p. 28: "War Strikes Mercenaries!"</ref><ref>''Dawn of the Jihad'' & ''Blake Ascending'', pp. 29–30: "Northwind Highlanders Returning Home"</ref> In December 3067, Word of Blake naval forces jumped into the Northwind system as part of their [[Jihad]]. Blakist naval assets began a blockade while ground assets seized the HPG station.<ref name="DotJp33">''Dawn of the Jihad'' & ''Blake Ascending'', p. 33: "Northwind Blockade"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 11–12, and ''Blake Ascending'', pp. 171–172: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> The HPG station was taken offline on the 9th of November [[3068]] at the same time that rumors of an orbital bombardment of the planet's surface began to circulate.<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 32–33, and ''Blake Ascending'', pp. 192–193: "Northwind Silenced"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 11: "Timeline of the Jihad''</ref> WoB forces destroyed at least two [[JumpShips]] belonging to the [[First Kearny Highlanders]], the ''[[Edinborough Express]]'' and the ''[[Highland Courier]]''. This was seen by the independent JumpShip ''[[Beautiful Harvest]]''.<ref name=WoB_destroy_NH_JumpShip>''Word of Blake Ships Destroy Highlander JumpShips''</ref> At that time the only WoB ship identified was the WBS ''[[Hidden Meaning]]''.<ref name="DotJp33" />

The Word of Blake ceased to exert any control over Northwind in December [[3077]], when liberation forces from the allied coalition arrived to find that the Northwind population had evidently been the victims of an elaborate, long-term deception; the population believed that the Word of Blake had placed their world under an impenetrable blockade, a deception sustained through the Word's destruction of all of Northwind's satellite comms net, aerospace assets and the planetary HPG. Instead of a world nuked from orbit like Outreach, the coalition forces instead found no Word presence in the system. The Highlanders then joined the fight against the Blakists for the remaining of the Jihad.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 56: "The Mysterious Case of Northwind"</ref><ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>

=== Dark Age ===
When the Jihad ended, Northwind joined [[Devlin Stone]]'s [[Republic of the Sphere]], with the bulk of the Highlanders joining the Republic's armed forces.<ref name=DARW57 /> However, by the end of December [[3079]] Northwind was one of more than twenty planets to have suffered an outbreak of the [[Redburn Virus]], and one of eight to suffer from an infection rate of more than 150 out of every 100,000 people, as well as a mortality rate of more than 30 per 100,000 from the virus.<ref name="J:FRp13">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 13: "Plagued by Blake"</ref>

By July [[3132]], Northwind was a significant tourist destination, its capital Tara attracting particular attention.<ref name=DAINNp40/> That month, starting on the 9th, the planet hosted the Borderless Security Conference, also called the Cross-Prefecture Defense Conference. Officials from five prefectures attended, including [[Aaron Sandoval II|Aaron Sandoval]] on his own behalf, the Legate of [[Terra]] on behalf of Exarch [[Damien Redburn]], and [[Tokada Imurra]] on behalf of [[Katana Tormark]].<ref>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 27: "Campbell Welcomes Sandoval to Borderless Security Conference on Northwind"</ref>

On the 7th<ref name="ED:DAp10">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10: "Dark Age Timeline"</ref> of June [[3133]] Northwind was attacked by the [[Steel Wolves]] under the command of their new leader, [[Anastasia Kerensky]]. The [[Northwind Highlanders]] successfully repulsed the attack, despite [[Tara Campbell]]'s forces being distributed throughout the Prefecture.<ref name="ED:DAp7">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 7: "Important Military Actions of 3133"</ref> Although the first major Steel Wolves action launched under the command of the former [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] warrior was a failure, Anastasia Kerensky would return to Northwind.<ref name="ED:DAp8">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 8: "3133: Maneuvers"</ref> Kerensky's second invasion of Northwind, launched on the 17th<ref name="ED:DAp10"/> of February [[3134]], was no more successful than her attack the year before, but did spark a chain of events that led ultimately to the death of [[Ezekiel Crow]], the infamous Black Paladin,<ref name="ED:DAp10"/><ref name="ED:DAp9"/> as well as prompting Kerensky to launch her subsequent attack on [[Terra]].<ref name="ED:DAp9">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 9: "Important Military Actions of 3134"</ref>

The planet's [[HPG]] station is one of the few working inside the [[Republic of the Sphere]] in [[3135]].<ref name=EDDAp4>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 4: "Functional Republic HPGs as of 01 January 3135"</ref> After the establishment of [[Fortress Republic]], Northwind stay inside [[The Wall]], staying safe for most of a decade. However, in [[3149]], [[Devlin Stone]] bring down the Wall, and the Fortress Republic Space was invaded by two Clans and two states, including the [[Capellan Confederation]], and by ends of [[3150]], they targeted Northwind, both to erase the historic stain in his history, and to take her functional HPG.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 101</ref> The [[Battle of Northwind (3150)|Battle of Northwind]] or [[Operation CLARITY]] for the Capellans, was launched in November of 3150. The Capellan forces, three CCAF regiments and [[Warrior House Imarra]] outnumbered the defenders. Even the appearance of a new Highlander unit, the [[Grey Watch]], a secret defense regiment, or the arrival of Tara Campbell and her Highlander battalion, weren't enough to defeat the invaders, especially when they received the assistance of two Kuritan regiments, the [[Fourth Dieron Regulars]] and a new unit, the [[Hikage]], on December.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 96</ref> But both nations units didn't cooperate, and the Republic agents managed to make them fight each other. After the Northwind HPG station was blown, all the invaders retreated, ignoring that only the upper parts of the complex were destroyed, and they can be rebuilt. Soon after, the bulk of the Highlanders departed again, to defend Terra.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 97</ref>

==ilClan Era==
After the [[Battle of Terra (3151)|Battle of Terra]], planet was constantly attacked by Capellan mercenaries, which succeeded in keeping all the Higlanders busy and slowly weaken them. the surviving Highlanders returned to Northwind. There, The Twelfth Hastati were dissolved and re-formed the First Kearny Highlanders. The Grey Watch was reinforced and remained stationed on Northwind, now an independent world.<ref>''Shrapnel'', issue #11, pp. 77–78</ref><ref>''Perception of Victory'' </ref>

== Military Deployment ==
===2786===
* [[Third Kearny Highlanders]]<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War'', p. 136: "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"</ref>
* [[Stuart's Highlanders]]<ref name="FSWp136"/>

===2821===
* Third Kearny Highlanders<ref name="FSWp136"/>
* Stuart's Highlanders<ref name="FSWp136"/>

===2841===
* Third Kearny Highlanders<ref name=NHsp-08/>
* Stuart's Highlanders<ref name=NHsp-08/>

===2865===
* [[First Kearny Highlanders]]<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 81</ref>

===3025===
* [[Fifth Deneb Light Cavalry]] [[RCT]]<ref name=HD133>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 133: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp11">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 11: "Operation RAT"</ref>

===3028===
* Fifth Deneb Light Cavalry RCT<ref name="NAIS4SWp11"/>
* [[Bradley's Bravos]]<ref name="FSWv1p78">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', pp. 78–79: "Northwind"</ref>
* [[Team Banzai]]<ref name="FSWv1p78"/>

===3038–3040===
* [[Northwind Highlanders]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p141">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141: "Deployment Table"</ref>
:* [[MacLeod's Regiment|MacLeod's Highlanders]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p141"/>
:* [[Stirling's Fusiliers]] (until end of [[3039]])<ref name="H:Wo3039p141"/>
:* [[First Kearny Highlanders]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p141"/>
:* [[Second Kearny Highlanders]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p141"/>

===3050===
* Northwind Highlanders<ref name=20YU19/>
:* MacLeod's Highlanders<ref name=20YU19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
:* Stirling's Fusiliers<ref name=20YU19/>
:* Second Kearny Highlanders<ref name=20YU19/>

===3054===
* Second Kearny Highlanders (First and Second [[Battalion]]s)<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 13: "Deployment Table - 3054"</ref>

===3058===
* Northwind Highlanders<ref name=CMp44/>
:* MacLeod's Highlanders (Battalion)<ref name=CMp44/>
:* Stirling's Fusiliers (2 Battalions)<ref name=CMp44/>
:* First Kearny Highlanders<ref name=CMp44/>
:* Second Kearny Highlanders<ref name=CMp44/>

===3067===
* Second Kearny Highlanders<ref name=MS70>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 70: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>

===3085===
* First Kearny Highlanders<ref name="FM:3085p186">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 186: "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
:- At this time, the First Kearny was at 50% of full strength, with 73% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

===3145===
* [[XII Hastati Sentinels]]<ref name=FM:3145p144>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 144: "Republic Armed Forces - Hastati Sentinels"</ref>
* [[Grey Watch]]<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 105: "New unit profiles - The Grey Watch (Republic/Merc)"</ref>

===3151===
* [[First Kearny Highlanders]].<ref>''Shrapnel'', issue #11, pp. 77–78</ref>
* [[Grey Watch]].<ref>''Shrapnel'', issue #11, pp. 78</ref>

==Geography==
Northwind is composed of three continents: New Lanark, Kearny, and Halidon. All three continents have roughly the same level of development.<ref name=MS17>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 17</ref>

New Lanark is the largest landmass, the location of the capital city of Tara and [[Northwind Military Academy]]. Each of those locales is situated near the Tilman River. Tara, formerly Cromarty City, is home for over two million inhabitants in [[3067]]. The Castle, a [[Star League]]-era fort that serves as the command center for the Northwind Highlanders, is also located within Tara. The planetary capital's architecture is inspired by pre-spaceflight Scotland, with cobblestone streets and bountiful taverns. Situated within the city is Peace Park, so dedicated by the [[First Lord]] of the Star League in [[2657]]. Tara is serviced by Kohler Spaceport.<ref name=MS17 />

Kearny, the second largest continent, is home to the world's second most populous city of the same name.<ref name=MS17 />

Halidon is the smallest continent on Northwind. It is home to the aerospace annex of NMA. The planet's secondary spaceport services Halifax City.<ref name=MS17 />

==Planetary Locations==
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*New Lanark (Continent)
**Caithness Woods: A few acres of woods southwest of Tara.<ref name=HGc12>''Highlander Gambit, ch. 12''</ref>
**Liddisdale (Town)
**Rockspire Mountains
***Castle Northwind - SLDF Fortress N001<ref>''Highlander Gambit''</ref>
***Red Ledge Pass
**** Killie Burn: small town along the main road through Red Ledge Pass<ref name=SHp38/>
**** Harlaugh: small town along the main road through Red Ledge Pass<ref name=SHp38/>
**** Liddisdale: small town along the main road through Red Ledge Pass<ref name=SHp38/>
**Strathconnor: A moorland region.<ref name=DAINNp40/>
***Tilman Gorge<ref name=DAINNp40/>
***Willesdon<ref name=DAINNp40/>
****Dunmore Hotel<ref name=DAINNp40/>
****Willesdon Falls<ref name=DAINNp40/>
**Tara: Capital city
***Fairfield, a suburb of Tara that is northwest of the capital.<ref name=SHp139/><ref name=TSp245/>
***The Fort (Military base)
***Hall of the Clans: built in the [[twenty-second century]].<ref name=DAINNp40/>
***Highland Royal Hotel: A 500-room hotel located near the core of Tara.<ref name=DAINNp40/>
****Stuart Restaurant<ref name=DAINNp40/>
***Kohler Spaceport
***Montgomery Institute: A modern art gallery.<ref name=DAINNp40/>
***New Barracks
***Prefectural Assembly: built circa 3102.<ref name=DAINNp40/>
***St. Patrick's Cathedral<ref name=Duffy_Perishes_in_Gale/>
*Kearny (Continent)
**Kearny City
**Oilfield Coast
***Fort Barrett<ref name=SHp110/>
***Benderville (south of Fort Barrett)<ref name=SHp141/>
*Halidon (Continent)
**Argyle Islands: An archipelago surrounding Halidon. Windswept, desolate, and with limited amenities.<ref name=DAINNp40/>
***Loch Kinnis: a holiday village with a shuttle connection to Halidon Port.<ref name=DAINNp40/>
**Camp Jaffray (Military Base)
**Halidon Port<ref name=DAINNp40/>
**Halifax City

===Location not specified===
* Arden: a coastal town<ref name=Duffy_Perishes_in_Gale>''Duffy Perishes in Gale''</ref>
* Port Eldenbury<ref name=accident_or_conspiracy>''Highlander Deaths: Accident or Conspiracy?''</ref>
* [[Republic MechWarrior Academy]]<ref name=DARoSp28>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 28: "Damien Redburn"</ref>
* Jaffray Interplanetary Spaceport<ref name=DARoSp28/>
}}

==Industrial Centers==
* [[Bulldog Enterprises]]{{cn}}
* [[Cosara Weaponries]]{{cn}}
* [[MatherTechno Incorporated]]<ref name=TRO3025p42>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 42</ref>
* [[Tyson and Varney Limited]]<ref name=SHp139/><ref name=TSp245/>

== 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 84 systems (82 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Lockdale]]
| class="lessthan30" | 8.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[New Stevens]]
| class="lessthan30" | 12.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Epsilon Indi]]
| class="lessthan30" | 13.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Fomalhaut]]
| class="lessthan30" | 15.6
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Saffel]]
| class="lessthan30" | 17.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Small World]]
| class="lessthan30" | 18.1
| class="lessthan30" | [[Quentin]]
| class="lessthan30" | 19.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Errai]]
| class="lessthan30" | 19.5
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Sheratan]]
| class="lessthan30" | 19.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Caph]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Ingress]]
| class="lessthan30" | 22.1
| class="lessthan30" | [[Nirasaki]]
| class="lessthan30" | 22.2
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Bryant]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Epsilon Eridani]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Helen]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.7
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Dieron]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[New Home]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Styx]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Deneb Algedi]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Altair]]
| class="over30" | 30.3
| class="over30" | [[Ruchbah]]
| class="over30" | 30.6
| class="over30" | [[Keid]]
| class="over30" | 31.9
| class="over30" | [[Deneb Kaitos]]
| class="over30" | 32.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Terra Firma]]
| class="over30" | 32.9
| class="over30" | [[Kawich]]
| class="over30" | 33.1
| class="over30" | [[Terra|Sol]]
| class="over30" | 34.2
| class="over30" | [[Pokhara]]
| class="over30" | 34.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Woodstock]]
| class="over30" | 35.3
| class="over30" | [[Acamar]]
| class="over30" | 36.1
| class="over30" | [[Towne]]
| class="over30" | 36.8
| class="over30" | [[Inglesmond|New Britain]]
| class="over30" | 36.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Sirius]]
| class="over30" | 37.0
| class="over30" | [[Rigil Kentarus]]
| class="over30" | 37.4
| class="over30" | [[Addicks]]
| class="over30" | 37.4
| class="over30" | [[Athenry]]
| class="over30" | 37.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Nopah]]
| class="over30" | 38.4
| class="over30" | [[Brownsville]]
| class="over30" | 38.6
| class="over30" | [[Nashira]]
| class="over30" | 38.9
| class="over30" | [[Procyon]]
| class="over30" | 40.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Ankaa]]
| class="over30" | 41.1
| class="over30" | [[Asta]]
| class="over30" | 41.3
| class="over30" | [[Basalt]]
| class="over30" | 41.3
| class="over30" | [[Hean]]
| class="over30" | 42.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Killbourn]]
| class="over30" | 42.3
| class="over30" | [[Al Na'ir]]
| class="over30" | 42.9
| class="over30" | [[Bex]]
| class="over30" | 43.2
| class="over30" | [[Carver]]
| class="over30" | 43.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Telos]]
| class="over30" | 44.3
| class="over30" | [[Pike (system)|Pike]]
| class="over30" | 44.4
| class="over30" | [[Bharat]]
| class="over30" | 46.0
| class="over30" | [[Murchison]]
| class="over30" | 46.5
|-
| class="over30" | [[Capolla]]
| class="over30" | 46.5
| class="over30" | [[New Earth|Tau Ceti]]
| class="over30" | 46.9
| class="over30" | [[Yorii]]
| class="over30" | 48.5
| class="over30" | [[Tigress]]
| class="over30" | 48.5
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kervil]]
| class="over30" | 48.9
| class="over30" | [[Outreach]]
| class="over30" | 49.0
| class="over30" | [[Arboris]]
| class="over30" | 49.4
| class="over30" | [[Nanking]]
| class="over30" | 50.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Hamal]]
| class="over30" | 50.9
| class="over30" | [[Ozawa]]
| class="over30" | 51.0
| class="over30" | [[Imbros]]
| class="over30" | 51.7
| class="over30" | [[Dyev]]
| class="over30" | 52.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Alpha Eridani]]
| class="over30" | 52.3
| class="over30" | [[Azha]]
| class="over30" | 52.4
| class="over30" | [[Chaville]]
| class="over30" | 52.6
| class="over30" | [[Biham]]
| class="over30" | 54.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Slocum]]
| class="over30" | 54.9
| class="over30" | [[Hechnar]]
| class="over30" | 56.0
| class="over30" | [[Ancha]]
| class="over30" | 56.9
| class="over30" | [[Genoa]]
| class="over30" | 57.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[New Florence]]
| class="over30" | 57.2
| class="over30" | [[Rocky]]
| class="over30" | 57.8
| class="over30" | [[Elgin|Chisholm]]
| class="over30" | 58.1
| class="over30" | [[Graham]]
| class="over30" | 58.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Yangtze]]
| class="over30" | 58.3
| class="over30" | [[Xi Ursae_Majoris|Xi Ursae Majoris]]
| class="over30" | 58.5
| class="over30" | [[Tybalt]]
| class="over30" | 58.5
| class="over30" | [[Thorin]]
| class="over30" | 58.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Hsien]]
| class="over30" | 58.8
| class="over30" | [[Galatia]]
| class="over30" | 59.1
| class="over60" | [[Sadachbia]]
| class="over60" | 60.5
| class="over60" | [[Ronel]]
| class="over60" | 61.5
|-
|}

==Notes==
* ''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'' states that the Capellan [[Fourth Tau Ceti Rangers]] fought against [[Draconis Combine]] forces in defense of Northwind during the late [[twenty-ninth century]]. Since it has subsequently been established (in the sourcebooks ''Northwind Highlanders'' and ''Handbook: House Davion'') that Northwind fell to the Federated Suns in [[2841]] and that House Liao never made any attempt to reclaim the planet, it is safe to assume this has been [[Canon#Retcon|retconned]].<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 98</ref>

* During the Dark Age era, circa [[3133]], Northwind is home to Tyson and Varney Limited, a manufacturer of Mining and ConstructionMechs.  This company also holds a contract with Northwind to retrofit these and other IndustrialMechs into combat models.  They may also produce ForestryMechs; though this is not clear in the source.  Their main plant is in Fairfield,<ref name=SHp139>''A Silence in the Heavens'', p. 139</ref> a suburb of Tara that is northwest of the capital.<ref name=TSp245>''Truth and Shadows'', p. 245</ref>

* The small towns of Killie Burn, Harlaugh and Liddisdale reside along the main road through Red Ledge Pass in the Rockspire Mountains located on the continent of New Lanark.  All were badly damaged during the battle of Red Ledge Pass.<ref name=SHp38>''A Silence in the Heavens'', p. 38</ref>

* Fort Barrett resides on the Oilfields Coast of the continent of Kearney very close to the equator.<ref name=SHp110>''A Silence in the Heavens'', p. 110</ref>  This fort serves as a post for Highlander forces.  The troops stationed here provide law and order in this remote region of the continent.  A midsize town has developed around the fort and has begun to thrive thanks to the growing offshore oil drilling.<ref name=SHp30>''A Silence in the Heavens'', p. 30</ref>  The smaller villages, including one called Benderville, dot the coast south of Fort Barrett.<ref name=SHp141>''A Silence in the Heavens'', p. 141</ref>

==References==
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