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| coord              = -57.009 : 51.376{{e}}
 
| coord              = -57.009 : 51.376{{e}}
 
| stars              = Two
 
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| class              = G8V, M0V<ref name=HS167>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 167: "Skye" planet profile</ref><ref name="HB:HSp87">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 87: "Skye"</ref>
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| class              = G8V, M0V<ref name=HS167>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 167 (PDF p. 169): "A Brief Atlas" – Skye entry</ref><ref name="HB:HSp87">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 87: "Skye"</ref>
 
| recharge            = 191 hours<ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
 
| recharge            = 191 hours<ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
| recharge stations  = Nadir, Zenith<ref name=HS167/><ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
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| recharge stations  = Nadir, Zenith (3025–3067)<ref name=HS167/><ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
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| planets            = Six
 
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The '''Skye''' system was the location of at least one habitable world, '''Skye IV''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Wolf Empire]].<ref name="SFp103"/>
 
The '''Skye''' system was the location of at least one habitable world, '''Skye IV''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Wolf Empire]].<ref name="SFp103"/>
 
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==System Description==
 
==System Description==
Skye is located near the [[Zebebelgenubi]] and [[Syrma]] systems.
 
  
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==System History==
 
==System History==
 
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==Political Affiliation==
 
==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2244]] - Inhabited world<ref name=TPp15>''The Periphery'', p. 15: "Birth of the Rim Worlds Republic"</ref>
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* [[2244]] - Inhabited world<ref name=TPp15>''The Periphery'', p. 15</ref>
 
* [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref>
 
* [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref>
 
* [[2282]] - Independent world<ref name="HS(TLC)p10">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 10</ref>
 
* [[2282]] - Independent world<ref name="HS(TLC)p10">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 10</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 12</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 12</ref>
* [[3134]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] (from November)<ref name="ED:DAp10"/>
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* [[3134]] - Republic of the Sphere / [[Clan Jade Falcon]] (from November)<ref name="ED:DAp10"/>
 
* [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref><ref name=ARoFc5>''A Rending of Falcons'', ch. 5</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref><ref name=ARoFc5>''A Rending of Falcons'', ch. 5</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
* [[3150]] - [[Clan Wolf|Wolf Empire]] (from March)<ref name=SFp101>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 101</ref>
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* [[3150]] - Clan Jade Falcon / [[Clan Wolf|Wolf Empire]] (from March)<ref name=SFp101>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 101</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - Wolf Empire<ref name="SFp103">''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - Wolf Empire<ref name="SFp103">''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
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| image              = Skye.jpg
 
| image              = Skye.jpg
| name                = Skye IV
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| name                = Skye
 
| othernames          =  
 
| othernames          =  
| position            = Fourth<ref name=HS167/><ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
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| position            = 4th<ref name=HS167/><ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
 
| distance            = 4.48 days<ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
 
| distance            = 4.48 days<ref name="HB:HSp87"/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Luna)<ref name="HB:HSp87"/><ref name=MM94>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 94: "House Steiner Key Worlds"</ref>
 
| moons              = 1 (Luna)<ref name="HB:HSp87"/><ref name=MM94>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 94: "House Steiner Key Worlds"</ref>
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With the exploitable land on Skye strictly limited by law, those regions that could be exploited were swiftly bought up by various corporate concerns and wealthy individuals and families. This soon gave rise to a class of planetary nobility that became locked in geopolitical stasis that lasted for centuries.<ref name=DARW226/>
 
With the exploitable land on Skye strictly limited by law, those regions that could be exploited were swiftly bought up by various corporate concerns and wealthy individuals and families. This soon gave rise to a class of planetary nobility that became locked in geopolitical stasis that lasted for centuries.<ref name=DARW226/>
  
During the [[Exodus (2242)|Exodus]] from [[Terra]] in the years following the [[Demarcation Declaration]], many of Terra's best and brightest left the strife and intolerance present on Terra behind and took passage on [[JumpShip]]s destined for colonies outside the boundaries of the diminished [[Terran Alliance]]. One such person was [[Ian McQuiston (23rd c.)|Ian McQuiston]], the son of a man who owned a merchant-shipping company based in Great Britain. Forced to leave because of a combination of his outspoken nature and his aggressive trade dealings, McQuiston made for Skye because he heard that Skye of all the colonies most resembled his homeland, Scotland. After arriving on Skye McQuiston began his own trading company, acquiring three of the largest trading companies on the planet; in 2282, the population of Skye elected him President of Skye, despite him not having sought political office.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/>
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During the [[Exodus]] from [[Terra]] in the years following the [[Demarcation Declaration]], many of Terra's best and brightest left the strife and intolerance present on Terra behind and took passage on [[JumpShip]]s destined for colonies outside the boundaries of the diminished [[Terran Alliance]]. One such person was [[Ian McQuiston]], the son of a man who owned a merchant-shipping company based in Great Britain. Forced to leave because of a combination of his outspoken nature and his aggressive trade dealings, McQuiston made for Skye because he heard that Skye of all the colonies most resembled his homeland, Scotland. After arriving on Skye McQuiston began his own trading company, acquiring three of the largest trading companies on the planet; in 2282, the population of Skye elected him President of Skye, despite him not having sought political office.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/>
  
 
McQuiston continued to expand his trade empire until he had managed to combine and consolidate several disparate interplanetary merchant fleets into a single company, [[Skye Traders]], which went on to become the dominant trade company in the region of space demarcated by the border of the Terran Alliance and the worlds of [[Ford]], [[Clinton]] and [[Sakhalin (LC)|Sakhalin]] by [[2296]]. McQuiston continued to build on his political and mercantile success by announcing his intention to form an interstellar government in 2299, a nation known as the Federation of Skye.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/>
 
McQuiston continued to expand his trade empire until he had managed to combine and consolidate several disparate interplanetary merchant fleets into a single company, [[Skye Traders]], which went on to become the dominant trade company in the region of space demarcated by the border of the Terran Alliance and the worlds of [[Ford]], [[Clinton]] and [[Sakhalin (LC)|Sakhalin]] by [[2296]]. McQuiston continued to build on his political and mercantile success by announcing his intention to form an interstellar government in 2299, a nation known as the Federation of Skye.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/>
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====Raid of 2895====
 
====Raid of 2895====
Skye's metaphorical star began to wane with the passing of the Star League. Her people remained fiercely proud, despite the gradual decline in prosperity, however.<ref name=DARW226/> In [[2895]], [[DCMS]] forces attacked Skye in some strength. The Skye Militia was mobilized, with one particular militia unit—the [[348th Reserve Detachment]], a unit equipped with a dozen ''[[Sea Skimmer]]'' hydrofoils—was charged with reinforcing the Lyran forces defending the city of Inverness and securing the Manty River Delta. The 348th hadn't faced a serious threat or exercise in some time, training largely consisted of once-a-week sailing parties thinly disguised as exercises, and acquitted themselves surprisingly well during the initial stages of the defense.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp28">''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 28: "Sea Skimmer Hydrofoil"</ref>
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Skye's metaphorical star began to wane with the passing of the Star League. Her people remained fiercely proud, despite the gradual decline in prosperity, however.<ref name=DARW226/> In [[2895]], [[DCMS]] forces attacked Skye in some strength. The Skye Militia was mobilized, with one particular militia unit - the [[348th Reserve Detachment]], a unit equipped with a dozen ''[[Sea Skimmer]]'' hydrofoils - was charged with reinforcing the Lyran forces defending the city of Inverness and securing the Manty River Delta. The 348th hadn't faced a serious threat or exercise in some time - training largely consisted of once-a-week sailing parties thinly disguised as exercises - and acquitted themselves surprisingly well during the initial stages of the defense.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp28">''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 28: "Sea Skimmer Hydrofoil"</ref>
  
 
When a [[battalion]] of Kuritan [['Mechs]] broke through the defending lines and moved directly towards the city of Inverness, the 348th were the only mobile unit left to engage them, and the 348th was down to just two operational ''Sea Skimmers''. The commander of the Inverness defenses initiated a desperate plan to defend the city; each ''Sea Skimmer'' was equipped with a 1-kiloton nuclear demolition charge and ordered to destroy a dam located ten kilometers behind the Combine front lines. With the Manty River in full flood, the dam held back water that would otherwise have inundated local farmland. Both ''Sea Skimmers'' made a full-speed charge for the dam, attempting to avoid the Kuritan forces through sheer speed. When the ''Sea Skimmers'' met enemy 'Mech forces, one was destroyed but the second manage to escape, and despite being heavily engaged by defending Kuritan infantry at the dam, initiated the nuclear device, destroying the dam and causing widespread flooding.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp28"/>
 
When a [[battalion]] of Kuritan [['Mechs]] broke through the defending lines and moved directly towards the city of Inverness, the 348th were the only mobile unit left to engage them, and the 348th was down to just two operational ''Sea Skimmers''. The commander of the Inverness defenses initiated a desperate plan to defend the city; each ''Sea Skimmer'' was equipped with a 1-kiloton nuclear demolition charge and ordered to destroy a dam located ten kilometers behind the Combine front lines. With the Manty River in full flood, the dam held back water that would otherwise have inundated local farmland. Both ''Sea Skimmers'' made a full-speed charge for the dam, attempting to avoid the Kuritan forces through sheer speed. When the ''Sea Skimmers'' met enemy 'Mech forces, one was destroyed but the second manage to escape, and despite being heavily engaged by defending Kuritan infantry at the dam, initiated the nuclear device, destroying the dam and causing widespread flooding.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp28"/>
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The ''[[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]]''-class [[WarShip]] [[Percival|FWLS ''Percival'']] went rogue in early February [[3068]], and on the 4th of February the ''Percival'' launched a raid on Skye. Accompanying the ''Percival'' were troops in the colors of the [[Second Sirian Lancers]] from the [[Sirian Lancers]] who launched a ground assault on the planet, battling the local Skye forces for two days before withdrawing. This prompted the Duke of Skye, [[Robert Kelswa-Steiner]] to call on all [[Lyran Alliance]] units loyal to the Isle of Skye to come to the defense of the Isle, and to declare war on the [[Free Worlds League]] in retaliation for the raid.<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref name=Skye_War_FWL>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [13/02/3068]: "Skye Declares War on League"''</ref>
 
The ''[[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]]''-class [[WarShip]] [[Percival|FWLS ''Percival'']] went rogue in early February [[3068]], and on the 4th of February the ''Percival'' launched a raid on Skye. Accompanying the ''Percival'' were troops in the colors of the [[Second Sirian Lancers]] from the [[Sirian Lancers]] who launched a ground assault on the planet, battling the local Skye forces for two days before withdrawing. This prompted the Duke of Skye, [[Robert Kelswa-Steiner]] to call on all [[Lyran Alliance]] units loyal to the Isle of Skye to come to the defense of the Isle, and to declare war on the [[Free Worlds League]] in retaliation for the raid.<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref name=Skye_War_FWL>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [13/02/3068]: "Skye Declares War on League"''</ref>
  
On 4 October [[3069]], a [[Word of Blake]] strike force last seen assaulting [[Summer]] the week before appeared in the Skye system and assaulted the planet. In contrast with the attack on Summer, the Blakist task force of [[Pocket WarShip]]s and [[aerospace fighter]]s found their attack contested by the [[LAAF]] [[WarShip]] [[Fylgia|LAS ''Fylgia'']], the ''[[Mjolnir (WarShip class)|Mjolnir]]''-class ship having traveled to Skye after the bombing of [[Alarion]]. Despite being hit by a nuclear attack, the ''Fylgia'' and an accompanying group of Skye [[DropShip]]s and fighters were able to rout the Blakist forces.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
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On 4 October [[3069]], a [[Word of Blake]] strike force last seen assaulting [[Summer]] the week before appeared in the Skye system and assaulted the planet. In contrast with the attack on Summer, the Blakist task force of [[Pocket WarShip]]s and [[aerospace fighter]]s found their attack contested by the [[LAAF]] [[WarShip]] [[Fylgia|LAS ''Fylgia'']], the ''[[Mjolnir]]''-class ship having traveled to Skye after the bombing of [[Alarion]]. Despite being hit by a nuclear attack, the ''Fylgia'' and an accompanying group of Skye [[DropShip]]s and fighters were able to rout the Blakist forces.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
  
 
On 20 July [[3071]], the ''Fylgia'' received orders [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]] to leave Skye along with its escort. Its direction was towards [[Tharkad]]. The office of Duke Robert Kelswa-Steiner called the Fylgia's withdrawal "a criminal weakening of Skye's defenses in light of continual threat by Marik and Word of Blake forces".<ref name="LAAFFylgia">''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [20/07/3071]: "LAAF Seizes Fylgia, Strikes Skye Defenses"''</ref>
 
On 20 July [[3071]], the ''Fylgia'' received orders [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]] to leave Skye along with its escort. Its direction was towards [[Tharkad]]. The office of Duke Robert Kelswa-Steiner called the Fylgia's withdrawal "a criminal weakening of Skye's defenses in light of continual threat by Marik and Word of Blake forces".<ref name="LAAFFylgia">''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [20/07/3071]: "LAAF Seizes Fylgia, Strikes Skye Defenses"''</ref>
  
On 26 December [[3073]], after the assassination of [[Archon]] [[Peter Steiner-Davion]], the resistance leader [[Devlin Stone]] managed to convince the government of Skye to accept assistance from the allied forces which had met at [[Tukayyid]] earlier.<ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> As a result, three regiments of allied troops landed on Skye on 25 March [[3074]].<ref name="J:FRp52"/><ref name="JHS3076p48">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 48: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> The inevitable Word of Blake invasion came a few months later, on 27 June 3074 when Word's [[3rd Division (Word of Blake)|Third]] and the [[18th Division (Word of Blake)|Eighteenth Divisions]] supported by two regiments of mercenaries, four WarShips, and a score of nuclear weapons.<ref name="TCp54">''Total Chaos'', pp. 54–55: "Skye"</ref> The conflict soon ground into a stalemate that lasted weeks. In space Coalition WarShips moved to drive the Blakists from orbit, and the Word retaliated by deploying several WMDs with deadly result. [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]'s ''[[Cameron]]''-class flagship [[Ulric Kerensky (Individual Cameron-class WarShip)|Ulric Kerensky]] and [[Clan Wolf]]'s ''[[Texas]]''-class [[Nicholas Kerensky (Individual Texas-class WarShip)|Nicholas Kerensky]] fell to nuclear assaults. On the ground, the stalemate was finally broken when [[Devlin Stone]] led an ad hoc battalion of allied forces in a flanking action that struck at the command center of the Blakist [[3rd Division (Word of Blake)|Third Division]], capturing the Third's Commanding Officer, [[Precentor]] [[Craig Callen]], and forcing the suddenly leaderless and thinly stretched Word of Blake forces to withdraw. Of the two Word of Blake divisions that invaded Skye, only two [[Level III]]s escaped, and the Blakists lost multiple DropShips and other naval assets before abandoning the system.<ref name="TCp54"/>
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On 26 December [[3073]], after the assassination of [[Archon]] [[Peter Steiner-Davion]], the resistance leader [[Devlin Stone]] managed to convince the government of Skye to accept assistance from the allied forces which had met at [[Tukayyid]] earlier.<ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> As a result, three regiments of allied troops landed on Skye on 25 March [[3074]].<ref name="J:FRp52"/><ref name="JHS3076p48">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 48: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> The inevitable Word of Blake invasion came a few months later, on the 27th of June 3074 when Word's [[3rd Division (Word of Blake)|Third]] and the [[18th Division (Word of Blake)|Eighteenth Divisions]] supported by two regiments of mercenaries, four WarShips, and a score of nuclear weapons.<ref name="TCp54">''Total Chaos'', pp. 54–55: "Skye"</ref> The conflict soon ground into a stalemate that lasted weeks. In space Coalition WarShips moved to drive the Blakists from orbit, and the Word retaliated by deploying several WMDs with deadly result. [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]'s ''[[Cameron]]''-class flagship [[Ulric Kerensky (Individual Cameron-class WarShip)|Ulric Kerensky]] and [[Clan Wolf]]'s ''[[Texas]]''-class [[Nicholas Kerensky (Individual Texas-class WarShip)|Nicholas Kerensky]] fell to nuclear assaults. On the ground, the stalemate was finally broken when [[Devlin Stone]] led an ad hoc battalion of allied forces in a flanking action that struck at the command center of the Blakist [[3rd Division (Word of Blake)|Third Division]], capturing the Third's Commanding Officer, [[Precentor]] [[Craig Callen]], and forcing the suddenly leaderless and thinly stretched Word of Blake forces to withdraw. Of the two Word of Blake divisions that invaded Skye, only two [[Level III]]s escaped, and the Blakists lost multiple DropShips and other naval assets before abandoning the system.<ref name="TCp54"/>
  
 
The success on Skye led Stone to declare that the next target for liberation would be [[Hesperus II]].<ref name="JHS3076p52">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 52: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp53">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
 
The success on Skye led Stone to declare that the next target for liberation would be [[Hesperus II]].<ref name="JHS3076p52">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 52: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp53">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
  
 
====The Dark Age====
 
====The Dark Age====
Skye joined the Republic of the Sphere after the signing of the [[Republic Formation Treaty]], and brought the bulk of the former Skye Province with it. This was in large part due to the lobbying performed by [[Robert Kelswa-Steiner|Robert]] and [[Gregory Kelswa-Steiner]], and was a significant boon to the Republic given the highly industrialized nature of the Skye worlds. The military industries on Skye itself survived the Jihad with only minor damage, making them major producers for the Republic in the years after the Jihad, although as a part of the conditions for releasing the worlds of the Skye Province to the Republic, the Lyran Alliance insisted that a share of the production from the Skye plants go back to the Alliance.<ref name="J:FRp107">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 107: "Lyran Alliance"</ref> Under the Republic—and thanks in part to aid that had been received from the Lyran state, in addition to that which came later from the Republic—Skye rebuilt from the damage inflicted during the Jihad, but many amongst the population chafed at having finally escaped rule by [[House Steiner]] only to fall under the flag of another nation. The resettlement directives issued by [[Devlin Stone]] saw an influx of new inhabitants that helped to mute somewhat the "Free Skye" fever that had been endemic to Skye over the centuries, but the population largely remained as traditionally rebellious as it had ever been.<ref name=DARW226/>
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Skye joined the Republic of the Sphere after the signing of the [[Republic Formation Treaty]], and brought the bulk of the former Skye Province with it. This was in large part due to the lobbying performed by [[Robert Kelswa-Steiner|Robert]] and [[Gregory Kelswa-Steiner]], and was a significant boon to the Republic given the highly industrialized nature of the Skye worlds. The military industries on Skye itself survived the Jihad with only minor damage, making them major producers for the Republic in the years after the Jihad, although as a part of the conditions for releasing the worlds of the Skye Province to the Republic, the Lyran Alliance insisted that a share of the production from the Skye plants go back to the Alliance.<ref name="J:FRp107">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 107: "Lyran Alliance"</ref> Under the Republic - and thanks in part to aid that had been received from the Lyran state, in addition to that which came later from the Republic - Skye rebuilt from the damage inflicted during the Jihad, but many amongst the population chafed at having finally escaped rule by [[House Steiner]] only to fall under the flag of another nation. The resettlement directives issued by [[Devlin Stone]] saw an influx of new inhabitants that helped to mute somewhat the "Free Skye" fever that had been endemic to Skye over the centuries, but the population largely remained as traditionally rebellious as it had ever been.<ref name=DARW226/>
  
 
=====Falcon and Sphere=====
 
=====Falcon and Sphere=====
 
{{Main|Battle of Skye (3134)}}
 
{{Main|Battle of Skye (3134)}}
In August 3134,<ref name="ED:DAp10">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10: "Dark Age Timeline"</ref> [[Clan Jade Falcon]] dispatched three Galaxies to seize several worlds from the disintegrating Republic. This ''desant'' saw several systems around Skye fall to the Falcons, and only the combined efforts of [[Tara Campbell]], Skye's native defenders, and the [[Steel Wolves]] of [[Anastasia Kerensky]] blunted the first Falcon assault upon Skye itself.<ref>''Flight of the Falcon''</ref><ref name="ED:DAp9">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 9: "Important Military Actions of 3134"</ref> The Republic Armed Forces had dispatched Tara Campbell and [[Paladin of the Republic|Paladin]] [[David McKinnon]] to assist with the defense, but Campbell's decision to pardon Anastasia Kerensky and the Steel Wolves in exchange for their assistance was controversial.<ref name="ED:DAp9A">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 9: "3134: Breaking Point"</ref> The death of her ''sibmate'' Aleksandr in this battle spurred Galaxy Commander [[Malvina Hazen]] to make a second assault upon Skye; this time the Falcons were successful in conquering the world,<ref>''Blood of the Isle''</ref> defeating the defenders in November<ref name="ED:DAp10"/> despite efforts by the [[Stormhammers]] to prevent Skye's capture<ref name="ED:DAp9"/> and the deployment of an LCAF WarShip to assist the Stormhammers.<ref name="ED:DAp19">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 19: "Stormhammers"</ref> Hazen and the Jade Falcons tolerated no threats to their control over Skye, but otherwise ruled the population with a light hand.<ref>''A Rending of Falcons''</ref>
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In August 3134,<ref name="ED:DAp10">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10: "Dark Age Timeline"</ref> [[Clan Jade Falcon]] dispatched three Galaxies to seize several worlds from the disintegrating Republic. This ''desant'' saw several systems around Skye fall to the Falcons, and only the combined efforts of [[Tara Campbell]], Skye's native defenders, and the [[Steel Wolves]] of [[Anastasia Kerensky]] blunted the first Falcon assault upon Skye itself.<ref>''Flight of the Falcon''</ref><ref name="ED:DAp9">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 9: "Important Military Actions of 3134"</ref> The Republic Armed Forces had dispatched Tara Campbell and [[Paladin (rank)|Paladin]] [[David McKinnon]] to assist with the defense, but Campbell's decision to pardon Anastasia Kerensky and the Steel Wolves in exchange for their assistance was controversial.<ref name="ED:DAp9A">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 9: "3134: Breaking Point"</ref> The death of her ''sibmate'' Aleksandr in this battle spurred Galaxy Commander [[Malvina Hazen]] to make a second assault upon Skye; this time the Falcons were successful in conquering the world,<ref>''Blood of the Isle''</ref> defeating the defenders in November<ref name="ED:DAp10"/> despite efforts by the [[Stormhammers]] to prevent Skye's capture<ref name="ED:DAp9"/> and the deployment of an LCAF WarShip to assist the Stormhammers.<ref name="ED:DAp19">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 19: "Stormhammers"</ref> Hazen and the Jade Falcons tolerated no threats to their control over Skye, but otherwise ruled the population with a light hand.<ref>''A Rending of Falcons''</ref>
  
After an extract mission by RAF forces that took Base Shetland in early June [[3135]], refresh troops were sent by the Republic led by [[Knight of the Republic|Knight]] [[Castor Hobbes]]. All the wins done by the previous assault were lost, and all their forces had to retreat.<ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 190: "01 June 3135"</ref><ref name=DA3135PDAJp192>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 192: "06 June 3135"</ref><ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 204: "13 July 3135"</ref>
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After an extract mission by RAF forces that took Base Shetland in early June [[3135]], refresh troops were sent by the Republic led by [[Knight]] [[Castor Hobbes]]. All the wins done by the previous assault were lost, and all their forces had to retreat.<ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 190: "01 June 3135"</ref><ref name=DA3135PDAJp192>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 192: "06 June 3135"</ref><ref>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 204: "13 July 3135"</ref>
  
 
=====Wolf and Falcon=====
 
=====Wolf and Falcon=====
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====3079====
 
====3079====
 
* Skye Guards<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 15: "Skye Rangers Regimental Status"</ref>
 
* Skye Guards<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 15: "Skye Rangers Regimental Status"</ref>
:- The unit was operating at 40% strength, with 70% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
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:- At this time the Skye Guards were operating at 40% of full strength, with 70% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
 
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====3085====
 
====3085====
 
* [[VIII Hastati Sentinels]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 187: "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
 
* [[VIII Hastati Sentinels]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 187: "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
:- The unit was at 80% strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
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:- At this time, the VIII Hastati was at 80% of full strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
  
 
====3134====
 
====3134====
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===Geography===
 
===Geography===
The planet Skye is dominated by a single supercontinent that reaches into more than one hemisphere. Skye is a rarity, in that it is a habitable planet within a Binary star system; when Skye was discovered by explorers it was an unspoiled world; the supercontinent—which was named New Scotland—had cool climates in its northern and southern reaches and combined deep green valleys, fog-wreathed hills and moody rain. Skye was also discovered to have vast mineral and metallurgical reserves buried under the surface.<ref name=DARW226/>
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The planet Skye is dominated by a single supercontinent that reaches into more than one hemisphere. Skye is a rarity, in that it is a habitable planet within a Binary star system; when Skye was discovered by explorers it was an unspoiled world; the supercontinent - which was named New Scotland - had cool climates in its northern and southern reaches and combined deep green valleys, fog-wreathed hills and moody rain. Skye was also discovered to have vast mineral and metallurgical reserves buried under the surface.<ref name=DARW226/>
  
 
===Planetary Locations===
 
===Planetary Locations===
* Dublin Heights<ref name=H:HSp146>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 146: "Shipil Company (ShipCo) - Skye Pleasure Craft Ltd. (SPCLim)"</ref>
 
* Ear Candy City<ref name=H:HSp136>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 136: "Ear Candy Company (EaCaCo)"</ref>
 
* Edinburgh<ref name=H:HSp146/>
 
* New Aberdeen<ref name=H:HSp143>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 143: "Cyclops, Incorporated (CycInc)"</ref>
 
 
* New Glasgow: capital city in 3067
 
* New Glasgow: capital city in 3067
 
* New London: capital city in 3134<ref name=ARoFc5/><ref name=SH:I2p154>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 154</ref><ref name=SFp84>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 84</ref>
 
* New London: capital city in 3134<ref name=ARoFc5/><ref name=SH:I2p154>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 154</ref><ref name=SFp84>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 84</ref>
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* Weston Heights<ref name=SH:I2p156>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 156</ref>
 
* Weston Heights<ref name=SH:I2p156>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 156</ref>
  
===Companies and Industries===
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===Industrial Centers===
* [[Avanti Motors]]<ref name=H:HSp135>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 135: "Avanti Industries (AvantInd)"</ref>
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* [[Avanti Industries]]
* [[Cyclops Incorporated]]<ref name=H:HSp143/>
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* [[Cyclops Incorporated]]
* [[Drago, Ltd.]]<ref name=HLoTv2p141>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 141: "LB-X Carrier"</ref>
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* [[Drago, Ltd.]]
* [[Ear Candy Company]]<ref name=H:HSp136/>
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* [[Shipil Company]]
* [[Shipil Company]]<ref name=H:HSp146/>
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* [[Skye Pleasure Craft Limited]]
* [[Skye Pleasure Craft Limited]]<ref name=H:HSp146/>
 
 
* [[Argile Technologies]] - destroyed
 
* [[Argile Technologies]] - destroyed
* [[SeraVideo Entertainments Incorporated]]<ref name=HS:TLCp141>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 141: "SeraVideo Entertainments Incorporated" profile</ref>
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* [[SeraVideo Entertainments Incorporated]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 141: "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"</ref>
 
 
 
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===Local Flora and Fauna===
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===Local Fauna===
 
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===Image gallery===
 
===Image gallery===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Skye Declares War On League|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 13/02/3068: "Skye Declares War on League"]]''
 
* ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Skye Declares War On League|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 13/02/3068: "Skye Declares War on League"]]''
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* [[Shrapnel Issue 2|''Shrapnel'', Issue 2]] (magazine)
 
* [[Shrapnel Issue 2|''Shrapnel'', Issue 2]] (magazine)
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition]]''
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[[Category:Systems|Skye]]
 
[[Category:Systems|Skye]]

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