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==System Description==
 
'''Predlitz''' is located near the [[Pomme De Terre]] and [[Ferleiten]] systems.
 
  
 
==Political Affiliation==
 
==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2319]] - Independent world<ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18</ref>
 
* [[2319]] - Independent world<ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18</ref>
* ca. [[2330]][[2340]] - [[Principality of Rasalhague]]<ref name="TP1Ep17">''The Periphery'', p. 17</ref>
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* ca. [[2330]]-[[2340]] - [[Principality of Rasalhague]]<ref name="TP1Ep17">''The Periphery'', p. 17</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name=HB:HKp31>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name=HB:HKp31>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - Rasalhague Dominion<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103</ref>
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==Predlitz==
 
==Predlitz==
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===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
 
====Early History====
 
====Early History====
When [[Shiro Kurita]] launched his invasion of the [[Principality of Rasalhague]] in an attempt to annex the Principality and add it to the [[Draconis Combine]] during the 2330s and 2340s the brutalities inflicted by the Combine forces were such that many of the survivors fled from the Principality. In some instances, survivors from one or more Principality worlds banded together to found new colonies. Craftsmen and artists from both Predlitz and [[Kufstein]] joined with technicians from [[St. John]] and engineers from [[New Bergen]] to settle the worlds of [[Bensinger]], [[Steelton]], and [[Toland]]. All three worlds were on the outer reaches of settled human space, cold and icy worlds that would subsequently be courted by the growing [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name="TP1Ep17"/>
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When [[Shiro Kurita]] launched his invasion of the [[Principality of Rasalhague]] in an attempt to annex the Principality and add it to the [[Draconis Combine]] during the 2330s and 2340s the brutalities inflicted by the Combine forces were such that many of the survivors fled from the Principality. In some instances, survivors from one or more Principality worlds banded together to found new colonies. Craftsmen and artists from both '''Predlitz''' and [[Kufstein]] joined with technicians from [[St. John]] and engineers from [[New Bergen]] to settle the worlds of [[Bensinger]], [[Steelton]] and [[Toland]]. All three worlds were on the outer reaches of settled human space, cold and icy worlds that would subsequently be courted by the growing [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name="TP1Ep17"/>
 
 
In October [[2529]], [[Welkens Nordd]] was born on Predlitz.{{cn}}
 
 
 
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The Draconis Combine's prison camp "Camp 97" was located on Predlitz's moon until the [[twenty-seventh century]]. Later on, a thriving mining colony was established on the moon by Poles who named it "Krakau" after the ancient earth Polish city Kraków, with capital city Neuwarschau (New Warshaw, from the Polish capital city of Warsaw). Neuwarschau was bombed with nuclear weapons during the [[First Succession War]], bringing an end to the commercial operations there. The Combine resumed mining operations on a smaller scale after the war and built an aerospace base to protect the installation.<ref name=Ronin>''Ronin!''</ref>
 
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====Ronin War====
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In October [[2529]] [[Welkens Nordd]] was born on Predlitz.{{cn}}
''[[Tai-shu]]'' [[Marcus Kurita]] refused to accept the establishment of the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] in March [[3034]] and went rogue, traveling to the Predlitz system along with the [[Eighth Rasalhague Regulars]] and [[Twelfth Sun Zhang Academy Cadre]] because it was very pro-Combine.<ref name=H:BWp105>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 105: "Predlitz"</ref> The [[First Tyr]] pursued them to Predlitz, followed by the [[Second Sword of Light]] three weeks later, who assaulted the small militia force stationed at the mining bases of the planet's moon Krakau and established a base of operations there.<ref name=H:BWp111/>
 
  
Kurita was assassinated shortly after arriving on Predlitz by [[Ninyu Kerai Indrahar]],<ref name=HtoDp290>''Heir to the Dragon'', pp. 290–292</ref> but his ''ronin'' forces continued their ferocious stand and at one point broke through the First Tyr line, damaging the Second Sword of Light's DropShip ''[[Osaka]]''. Though there may have been an opportunity to end the battle, [[Christian Månsdottir]] chose to pull his Tyr forces back and defend his allies.<ref name=H:BWp111/> This prolonged the fighting for another month, until a decisive pincer maneuver on August 5 forced the remaining ''ronin'' to surrender.<ref name=H:BWp115>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 115: "Predlitz"</ref>
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====Krakau====
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The Draconis Combine's prison camp "Camp 97" was located on Predlitz's moon until the [[twenty-seventh century]]. Later on a thriving mining colony was established on the moon by Poles who named it "Krakau" after the ancient earth Polish city Kraków, with capital city Neuwarschau (New Warshaw, from the Polish capital city of Warsaw). Neuwarschau was bombed with nuclear weapons during the [[First Succession War]], bringing an end to the commercial operations there. The Combine resumed mining operations on a smaller scale after the war abd built an aerospace base to protect the installation. During the [[Ronin War]] the moon became [[Ronin!#Third campaign: Krakau|occupied]] by ronin forces threatening to crash the moon into Predlitz by means of destroying the gigantic underground reactor core at e heart of the installation. The crisis was ended by intervention of elements from the [[1st Tyr#Predlitz|First Tyr]] regiment, though it is thought that the plan to make the moon fall on the planet never had any real chance of success anyways.{{cn}}
  
About the time the entirety of the First Tyr shipped out for other assignments, it was discovered that the Eighth Regulars' commander ''[[Sho-sho]]'' [[Sven Johannsen]] was able to retreat to Krakau using a hidden DropShip and met up with the remnants of the unit. The newly formed [[2nd Drakøns (Free Rasalhague Republic)|Second Drakøns]] had been brought in to relieve the First Tyr and were rerouted to the moon to confront them, suffering heavy casualties in the process.<ref name=H:BWp121>''Historical: Bush Wars'', p. 121</ref> The battle came to a head in the tunnels of a mining colony, when Johannsen was stopped just short of blowing the mine's main fusion reactor by ''[[Löjtnant]]'' [[Kristof Martens]] of the Drakøns. After destroying the ''ronin'' units on Krakau, the Second Drakøns spent the rest of the war on Predlitz engaged in mop up operations.<ref name=H:BWp115/>
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====Succession Wars====
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Around 3034 [[Eighth Rasalhague Regulars]] escaped to Predlitz. On March [[Marcus Kurita]] was assassinated on planet surface by [[Ninyu Kerai Indrahar]].
  
 
====Operation REVIVAL====
 
====Operation REVIVAL====
 
Predlitz was invaded in September 3050 by [[Clan Ghost Bear]] as a part of [[Operation REVIVAL]], the [[Clan]] invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]]. The [[332nd Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|332nd Assault Cluster]] attacked Predlitz with two [[Trinary|Trinaries]], the 469th Assault and 2133rd Striker Trinaries.  The defenders on Predlitz consisted of the Seventeenth, Twentieth and Thirty-first Rasalhagian Free Divisions, a grand total of two armor [[regiment]]s and a [[battalion]] of [[BattleMech]]s. The two Ghost Bear Trinaries represented an overwhelming force, but the Free Divisions attempted to fight a mobile defense, moving swiftly between supply caches.  In the end though each Free Division was forced to make its own stand and was swiftly overwhelmed, with the first two falling at Warm Line and Durengo.  The final blow came near a region of cliffs known as Billy's Tears. The 2133rd Striker Trinary located a supply cache that none of the Free Divisions had used by that point, and staged an ambush that crushed the last Free Division forces as they attempted to get at their supplies.<ref name="ICp32">''Invading Clans'', pp. 32–33: "Wave Four"</ref>
 
Predlitz was invaded in September 3050 by [[Clan Ghost Bear]] as a part of [[Operation REVIVAL]], the [[Clan]] invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]]. The [[332nd Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|332nd Assault Cluster]] attacked Predlitz with two [[Trinary|Trinaries]], the 469th Assault and 2133rd Striker Trinaries.  The defenders on Predlitz consisted of the Seventeenth, Twentieth and Thirty-first Rasalhagian Free Divisions, a grand total of two armor [[regiment]]s and a [[battalion]] of [[BattleMech]]s. The two Ghost Bear Trinaries represented an overwhelming force, but the Free Divisions attempted to fight a mobile defense, moving swiftly between supply caches.  In the end though each Free Division was forced to make its own stand and was swiftly overwhelmed, with the first two falling at Warm Line and Durengo.  The final blow came near a region of cliffs known as Billy's Tears. The 2133rd Striker Trinary located a supply cache that none of the Free Divisions had used by that point, and staged an ambush that crushed the last Free Division forces as they attempted to get at their supplies.<ref name="ICp32">''Invading Clans'', pp. 32–33: "Wave Four"</ref>
  
In [[3062]], [[Clan Hell's Horses]] raided Predlitz, although exact extend of damage is unknown.{{cn}}
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In 3062 [[Clan Hell's Horses]] raided Predlitz, although exact extend of damage is unknown.{{cn}}
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
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====2764====
 
====2764====
 
* [[179th Mechanized Infantry Division]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 256: "SLDF - Draconis Combine Military Command Map"</ref>
 
* [[179th Mechanized Infantry Division]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 256: "SLDF - Draconis Combine Military Command Map"</ref>
 
====3034====
 
* [[2nd Drakøns (Free Rasalhague Republic)|Second Drakøns]]<ref name=H:BWp115/>
 
  
 
====3050====
 
====3050====
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* [[Twentieth Rasalhagian Free Division]]<ref name="ICp32"/>
 
* [[Twentieth Rasalhagian Free Division]]<ref name="ICp32"/>
 
* [[Thirty-first Rasalhagian Free Division]]<ref name="ICp32"/>
 
* [[Thirty-first Rasalhagian Free Division]]<ref name="ICp32"/>
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====3061====
 
====3061====
 
* [[140th Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)]]<ref name=FMWC163>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 163: "Warden Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
 
* [[140th Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)]]<ref name=FMWC163>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 163: "Warden Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
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====3085====
 
====3085====
 
* [[Sixth Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Sixth Bear Regulars]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
 
* [[Sixth Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Sixth Bear Regulars]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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===Geography===
 
===Geography===
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In the ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/Rasalhague Missions|Rasalhague Missions]], Predlitz is twice depicted as a summer forest biome with good visibility, and also features a jungle swamp biome with good visibility.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Rasalhague Missions</ref>
 
In the ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/Rasalhague Missions|Rasalhague Missions]], Predlitz is twice depicted as a summer forest biome with good visibility, and also features a jungle swamp biome with good visibility.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Rasalhague Missions</ref>
 
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===Planetary Locations===
 
* Kalitz<ref name=H:BWp111/>
 
:* Kalitz Spaceport<ref name=H:BWp111/>
 
* Shiro Mountains<ref name=H:BWp115/>
 
  
 
==Map Gallery==
 
==Map Gallery==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
* ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]''
 
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
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* ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game)
 
* ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game)
 
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
* ''[[Ronin!]]''
 
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
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