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[[File:Pleiades.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Non-fictional (real-world) Pleiades Cluster]]
 
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The '''Pleiades''' are a star cluster that is 389.31 light years rimward of [[Terra]] in the [[Federated Suns]]' [[Capellan March]]. It contains 100 inhabitated systems, among them [[Maia]], [[Electra]], and [[Merope]].<ref name=real>The high number of populated systems is confirmed by the writers. See [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=17563.msg398918;boardseen#new Political Map vs Jump Map discussion]</ref>
  
The '''Pleiades''' are a star cluster that is 389.31 light years rimward of [[Terra]] in the [[Federated Suns]]' [[Capellan March]]. It contains 100 inhabitated systems, among them [[Maia]], [[Electra]] and [[Merope]].{{cn}}
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2317]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18</ref>
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* [[2571]] - [[Taurian Concordat]]<ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 121</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48</ref>
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* [[2596]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'': "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref><ref name=FR:2765FSp29>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29</ref><ref name=FR:2765Pp37>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 37</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp55">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60</ref><ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 151</ref><ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'': "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72</ref><ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 127</ref><ref name="HB:HDp74">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 74</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78</ref><ref name="HB:HLp59">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 59</ref>
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* [[3059]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="TP2ep111">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 111: "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="JS:TBDp65">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="FR:p23">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 23</ref><ref name="FR:AFFSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21</ref><ref name"FR:CCAFp21">''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 21</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="FM:3085pVii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. vi: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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== Political Affiliation ==
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==Description==
* [[2317]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18, "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"</ref>
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[[File:Pleiades.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Nonfictional (real-world) Pleiades Cluster]]
* [[2571]] - [[Taurian Concordat]] <ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 121, "Taurian Concordat after Age of War [2571], Fall of the Star League [2750] and End of the 3rd Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns 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="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</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, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765FSp29>''Field Report 2765: Federated Suns'', p. 29, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR:2765Pp37>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 37, "Taurian Defense Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
 
* [[2822]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HDp55">''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>
 
* [[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>
 
* [[3025]] - Federated Suns <ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151">''The Periphery (Sourcebook)'', p. 151, "Maps of the Periphery"</ref><ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70, "Federated Suns After Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</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 Commonwealth]] <ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 127, "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp74">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 74, "Federated Suns After War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</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 name="ER:3062p11">''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:HLp59">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 59, "Capellan Confederation After Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3059]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="TP2ep111">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 111, "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"</ref>
 
* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere -  [3063] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3067]] - Federated Suns <ref name="H:MPSp127"/><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>
 
* [[3075]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="JS:TBDp65">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere Map - [3075] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3079]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="FR:p23">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 23, "Taurian Concordat Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:AFFSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name"FR:CCAFp21">''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 21, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
 
* [[3081]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="FM:3085pVii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. Vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="MotIS3130">Map of the Inner Sphere 3130</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Taurian Concordat <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>
 
 
 
== Planetary Info ==
 
 
The Pleiades (or Seven Sisters) contains over 1,000 members and are dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous B-type stars. A dust cloud in the interstellar medium that the stars are currently passing through forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars (hence the alternate name Maia Nebula after the star [[Maia]]). The cluster core radius is about 8 light years and tidal radius is about 43 light years.
 
The Pleiades (or Seven Sisters) contains over 1,000 members and are dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous B-type stars. A dust cloud in the interstellar medium that the stars are currently passing through forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars (hence the alternate name Maia Nebula after the star [[Maia]]). The cluster core radius is about 8 light years and tidal radius is about 43 light years.
  
 
The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, [[Merope]], [[Electra]], [[Maia]], Taygete, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.
 
The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, [[Merope]], [[Electra]], [[Maia]], Taygete, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.
  
One hundred of the Pleiades systems are inhabited.<ref>The high number of populated systems is confirmed by the writers. See [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=17563.msg398918;boardseen#new]</ref> But the worlds of [[Maia]], [[Electra]] and [[Merope]] are the most important and probably have the largest population.<ref name="real">Most of this is "real word" information, so it need not to be correct in the BattleTech universe.</ref>
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One hundred of the Pleiades systems are inhabited, of which the worlds of [[Maia]], [[Electra]], and [[Merope]] are the most important.<ref name=real/>
  
== Planetary History ==
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==History==
Visible with the naked eye at the [[Terra | Terran]] night sky the major systems of the Pleiades were already discovered and named early during the Pre-Spaceflight Era. After its founding the colonies of the star cluster joined the [[Taurian Concordat]] but were attacked in [[2580]] by the [[SLDF]] during the [[Reunification War]] and subsequently annexed by the [[Federated Suns]].  
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Visible with the naked eye at the [[Terra | Terran]] night sky the major systems of the Pleiades were already discovered and named early during the Pre-Spaceflight Era. After its founding the colonies of the star cluster joined the [[Taurian Concordat]] but were attacked in [[2580]] by the [[SLDF]] during the [[Reunification War]] and subsequently annexed by the [[Federated Suns]].
  
 
===Reunification War===
 
===Reunification War===
The Pleiades Cluster had three major habitable worlds in [[2580]], and each was heavily industrialized and well-populated.<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 72</ref> The SLDF deployed their [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] supported by elements of [[I Corps (Star League)|I Corps]] to take these three worlds. The fighting lasted until November, 2580. The defending Taurian units were destroyed, but the attacking SLDF divisions were reduced to below forty percent of their strength.<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 73</ref>
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The Pleiades Cluster had three major habitable worlds in [[2580]], and each was heavily industrialized and well populated.<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 72</ref> The SLDF deployed their [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] supported by elements of [[I Corps (Star League)|I Corps]] to take these three worlds. The fighting lasted until November, 2580. The defending Taurian units were destroyed, but the attacking SLDF divisions were reduced to below forty percent of their strength.<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 73</ref>
  
=== The Pleiades Campaign ===
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===The Pleiades Campaign===
(''For more information see [[History of the Taurian Concordat#The Pleiades Campaign|Pleiades Campaign]].'')
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(''For more information, see [[History of the Taurian Concordat#The Pleiades Campaign|Pleiades Campaign]]'')
  
In the January of [[3067]] the Concordat tried to exploit the weakness of the [[Federated Suns]] in the wake of the [[FedCom Civil War]] and sent troops to reconquer systems lost 500 years ago. The Taurian force, among them the [[Pleiades Hussars]] and the [[Pleiades Lancers]] trying to recapture their ancient homeworlds, initially made remarkable progress and reached the cluster in March. Then came the [[House Davion|Davion]] counter assault that caused great damage among the Taurian forces, only the troops in the cluster could stand their ground.  
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In January [[3067]], the Concordat tried to exploit the weakness of the [[Federated Suns]] in the wake of the [[FedCom Civil War]] and sent troops to reconquer systems lost 500 years ago. The Taurian force, among them the [[Pleiades Hussars]] and the [[Pleiades Lancers]] trying to recapture their ancient homeworlds, initially made remarkable progress and reached the cluster in March. Then came the [[House Davion|Davion]] counterassault that caused great damage among the Taurian forces, only the troops in the cluster could stand their ground.
 
The tide turned again with the outbreak of the [[Jihad]] when the Davion leadership was thrown into chaos due to the occupation of [[New Avalon]]. At the end of the Jihad the Pleiades were under unchallenged control of the [[TDF]].
 
The tide turned again with the outbreak of the [[Jihad]] when the Davion leadership was thrown into chaos due to the occupation of [[New Avalon]]. At the end of the Jihad the Pleiades were under unchallenged control of the [[TDF]].
  
== Military Deployment ==
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==Military Deployment==
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===2578===
 
===2578===
* Eighty-second Concordat Chasseurs<ref name=hrw146>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 146</ref>
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* [[Eighty-second Concordat Chasseurs]]<ref name=hrw146>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 146</ref>
  
 
===2579===
 
===2579===
 
* Eighty-second Concordat Chasseurs<ref name=hrw146/>
 
* Eighty-second Concordat Chasseurs<ref name=hrw146/>
* Eighty-eighth Concordat Chasseurs<ref name=hrw146/>
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* [[Eighty-eighth Concordat Chasseurs]]<ref name=hrw146/>
  
 
===2581===
 
===2581===
* Thirtieth Division, Second Reserve Corps<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 144</ref>
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* [[Thirtieth Division]], Second Reserve Corps<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 144</ref>
 
 
=== 2765 ===
 
* [[Fourteenth Syrtis Fusiliers]]<ref name="FR2765:FSp19">''Field Report 2765: Federated Suns'', p. 19, "Regimental Status"</ref>
 
  
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===2765===
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* [[Fourteenth Syrtis Fusiliers]]<ref name="FR2765:FSp19">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 19: "Regimental Status"</ref>
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===3067===
 
===3067===
* [[2nd Ceti Hussars|Second Ceti Hussars]]<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 138</ref>
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* [[Second Ceti Hussars]]<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 138</ref>
  
 
===3079===
 
===3079===
* [[Pleiades Hussars]]<ref name="FR:Pp12">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 12, "Taurian Concordat Regimental Status"</ref>
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* [[Pleiades Hussars]]<ref name="FR:Pp12">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 12: "Taurian Concordat Regimental Status"</ref>
 
:- At this point in time, the Pleiades Hussars were deployed across [[Merope]] and Pleiades Cluster. The Pleiades Hussars was at 70% of full strength.
 
:- At this point in time, the Pleiades Hussars were deployed across [[Merope]] and Pleiades Cluster. The Pleiades Hussars was at 70% of full strength.
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==Notes==
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The flag of the Pleiades is an eagle backed by a triangular field.<ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 62</ref>
  
== Nearby Systems ==
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==Nearby Systems==
 
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==Notes==
 
The flag of the '''Pleiades''' is an eagle backed by a triangular field.<ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 62</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
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* ''[[Dominions Divided]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Federated Suns]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_%28star_cluster%29 wikipedia.org]
 
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition]]''
 
 
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
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* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
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Latest revision as of 06:09, 8 September 2023

This article is about the star cluster. For other uses, see Pleiades (disambiguation).


Pleiades Cluster
Pleiades Cluster 3151.svg
Pleiades Cluster nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates216.353 : -319.595[e]

The Pleiades are a star cluster that is 389.31 light years rimward of Terra in the Federated Suns' Capellan March. It contains 100 inhabitated systems, among them Maia, Electra, and Merope.[1]

Political Affiliation[edit]

Description[edit]

Nonfictional (real-world) Pleiades Cluster

The Pleiades (or Seven Sisters) contains over 1,000 members and are dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous B-type stars. A dust cloud in the interstellar medium that the stars are currently passing through forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars (hence the alternate name Maia Nebula after the star Maia). The cluster core radius is about 8 light years and tidal radius is about 43 light years.

The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.

One hundred of the Pleiades systems are inhabited, of which the worlds of Maia, Electra, and Merope are the most important.[1]

History[edit]

Visible with the naked eye at the Terran night sky the major systems of the Pleiades were already discovered and named early during the Pre-Spaceflight Era. After its founding the colonies of the star cluster joined the Taurian Concordat but were attacked in 2580 by the SLDF during the Reunification War and subsequently annexed by the Federated Suns.

Reunification War[edit]

The Pleiades Cluster had three major habitable worlds in 2580, and each was heavily industrialized and well populated.[42] The SLDF deployed their IV Corps supported by elements of I Corps to take these three worlds. The fighting lasted until November, 2580. The defending Taurian units were destroyed, but the attacking SLDF divisions were reduced to below forty percent of their strength.[43]

The Pleiades Campaign[edit]

(For more information, see Pleiades Campaign)

In January 3067, the Concordat tried to exploit the weakness of the Federated Suns in the wake of the FedCom Civil War and sent troops to reconquer systems lost 500 years ago. The Taurian force, among them the Pleiades Hussars and the Pleiades Lancers trying to recapture their ancient homeworlds, initially made remarkable progress and reached the cluster in March. Then came the Davion counterassault that caused great damage among the Taurian forces, only the troops in the cluster could stand their ground. The tide turned again with the outbreak of the Jihad when the Davion leadership was thrown into chaos due to the occupation of New Avalon. At the end of the Jihad the Pleiades were under unchallenged control of the TDF.

Military Deployment[edit]

3067[edit]

3079[edit]

- At this point in time, the Pleiades Hussars were deployed across Merope and Pleiades Cluster. The Pleiades Hussars was at 70% of full strength.

Notes[edit]

The flag of the Pleiades is an eagle backed by a triangular field.[49]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 40 systems (40 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Electra 3.0 Maia 4.0 Merope 5.0 Ridgebrook 15.0
Sanurcha 16.8 Kautokeino 26.6 New Syrtis 27.0 Flintoft 28.3
Diefenbaker 28.4 Hè-shì 29.7 Taygeta 29.9 Brusett 30.4
Lindsay 32.0 Werfer 32.2 Carmichael 33.9 Mandaree 35.5
Hobson 35.7 Brockway 36.4 Pietermaritzburg 38.3 Firgrove 39.5
Kaitangata 42.7 Desolate Plains 42.8 Crawford 44.7 Mithron 44.7
Aucara 46.1 Wrentham 46.1 Robsart 49.9 Midale 50.4
Zalzangor 50.7 Lothair 52.9 Ashley 53.2 Atreus Prime 55.1
Cumberland 55.4 Oltepesi 56.1 Mordialloc 56.2 Shaunavon 56.2
Chouli 56.6 Okains 56.7 Jaipur 56.7 Keuterville 60.0

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The high number of populated systems is confirmed by the writers. See Political Map vs Jump Map discussion
  2. Handbook: House Davion, p. 18
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 121
  4. Handbook: House Davion, p. 48
  5. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
  6. Era Report: 2750, p. 37
  7. Field Manual: SLDF: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  8. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
  9. Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 29
  10. Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 37
  11. Handbook: House Davion, p. 54
  12. Handbook: House Liao, p. 31
  13. Handbook: House Davion, p. 60
  14. Handbook: House Liao, p. 39
  15. The Periphery, First Edition, p. 151
  16. House Davion (The Federated Suns): "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"
  17. Handbook: House Davion, p. 70
  18. Handbook: House Liao, p. 40
  19. Handbook: House Davion, p. 72
  20. Handbook: House Liao, p. 49
  21. 21.0 21.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 127
  22. Handbook: House Davion, p. 74
  23. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
  24. Era Report: 3052, p. 11
  25. Era Report: 3052, p. 23
  26. Era Report: 3062, p. 11
  27. Handbook: House Davion, p. 78
  28. Handbook: House Liao, p. 59
  29. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111: "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
  30. Era Report: 3062, p. 29
  31. Handbook: House Davion, p. 82
  32. Handbook: House Liao, p. 68
  33. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
  34. Field Report: Periphery, p. 23
  35. Field Report: AFFS, p. 21
  36. Field Report: CCAF, p. 21
  37. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
  38. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  39. Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  40. Era Report: 3145, p. 39
  41. Field Manual: 3145, p. vi: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  42. Historical: Reunification War, p. 72
  43. Historical: Reunification War, p. 73
  44. 44.0 44.1 44.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 146
  45. Historical: Reunification War, p. 144
  46. Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 19: "Regimental Status"
  47. Field Manual: Updates, p. 138
  48. Field Report: Periphery, p. 12: "Taurian Concordat Regimental Status"
  49. Field Manual: Periphery, p. 62

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