Editing Skye

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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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==Owner History==
* [[2271]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref>
* [[2282]] - Independent world <ref name="HS(TLC)p10">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 10, "Founding Fathers"</ref>
* [[2299]] - [[Federation of Skye]] <ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/>
* [[2340]] - Federation of Skye <ref name=HBHS13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth befor [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"</ref>
* [[2341]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name=HBHS13/>
* [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp25>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref>
* [[2891]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HKp77">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 77, "The Battle for Skye"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name=HS169/><ref name="HKp132">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"</ref><ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"</ref>
* [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 30, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42-43, "Inner Sphere - October 3067"</ref>
* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere [3075]"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance <ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 21, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - August 3079"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Lyran Alliance <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
* [[3135]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref><ref name=ARoFc5>''A Rending of Falcons'', ch. 5</ref>
* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
* [[3151]] - [[Clan Wolf|Wolf Empire]] <ref name="SFp103">''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103, "Inner Sphere - [3051] Map"</ref>

==Skye IV==
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===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 reserves of mineral and metallurgical reserves buried under the surface.<ref name=DARW226/>

===Planetary History===
====Exodus====
Skye was originally colonized by settlers predominantly from the region of Terra known as the British Isles, who were drawn both by the mineral and metal wealth and by the similarity between the climate of New Scotland and their native homes. These settlers were predominantly of Irish and Scottish descent and were keen to not only make a new start on Skye but also to ensure that Skye escaped the devastation and damage that rampant industrialization could inflict. Strict zoning laws were put in place, limiting both commercial development and heavy industry in the interests of preserving Skye's unspoiled beauty; less than fifty percent of New Scotland's landmass was opened up to commercial and industrial exploitation, and while this left vast resources untapped, Skye was such a rich world that industry and trade on Skye grew dramatically.<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]] 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"/>

Following the coup launched by [[Robert Marsden]] in [[2375]] that saw him installed as sole ruler of the Lyran Commonwealth, 22 worlds including Skye were still opposed to his rule in [[2378]] and had withdrawn their support of both him and his new government. Many of these worlds were cowed into line through naval blockades that starved them into submission, but eight self-sufficient worlds - again, including Skye - continued to hold out, and as a result were subject to full and bloody military invasions by Marsden's forces.<ref name="HS(TLC)p13">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 13, "Marsden in Power"</ref>

Skye remained the heart and soul of the Federation of Skye long after the creation of the Lyran Commonwealth; the Federation had been a proud nation possessed of prosperity and influence, and that pride continued to remain a part of the psyche of the population of Skye for centuries.<ref name=DARW226/>

====Star League Era====
The era of the [[Star League]] saw Skye reach perhaps the most glorious period in its history, in terms of commercial and industrial significance; a major hub within the Commonwealth, Skye was a source for everything from native produce and raw materials to advanced industrial products including [[DropShip]]s, [[WarShip]]s and both civilian and military aerospace craft. It was also the chosen home of Sanglamore Academy, one of the very few [[Star League Defense Force]] military academies to be built outside of the [[Terran Hegemony]].<ref name=DARW226/>

This concentration of economic wealth and defense oriented infrastructure was protected by a Star League Defense Force garrison during the final years of the Star League.<ref>Field Manual: SLDF, p. 255, "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Command Map"</ref>

====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>

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"/>

The Kuritan forces were finally routed after being defeated in battle in the Bannockburn Bogs outside the capital city, New Glasgow, but Skye had taken heavy damage during the attack. The 2895 raid was far from the only raid to be launched against Skye, and both the Shipil shipyards and the manufacturing facilities of [[Cyclops Incorporated]] were common targets due to their prominent role in military manufacturing. Both suffered a dramatic loss of production capacity as a result of the repeated attacks, becoming mere shadows of their former selves.<ref name=DARW226/>

Perhaps more damaging to Skye than the attacks made by hostile powers was the separatist movement that waxed and waned on Skye over the centuries. Several rebellions against Lyran rule were made, resulting in damaging upheavals; the last of these was launched during the chaos of the [[FedCom Civil War]].<ref name=DARW226/>

====The Jihad====
The ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|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 [[2nd 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 the 4th of 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 the 26th of 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 the 25th of 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'', p. 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. The [[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)|3rd Division]], capturing the 3rd'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 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 somehwhat 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=====
{{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 (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]] [[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=====
{{Main|Battle of Skye (3150)}}
On 2 March [[3150]] [[Clan Wolf]] assaulted Skye with three Clusters of [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Beta Galaxy]].  [[Khan]] [[Alaric Ward]] issued a ''batchall'' to [[saKhan]] [[Ryan Pryde]], who defended with [[Turkina Keshik]] and the [[124th Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|124th Falcon Striker Cluster]]. After nearly two weeks of brutal fighting the Falcon forces retreated off world, discovering too late that Khan Ward's ''batchall'' had been a recording designed to make the Jade Falcon's over commit. Following the defeat of the Jade Falcons, envoys from the Republic of the Sphere requested that Skye be returned to them.  Khan Ward replied "if the Republic wishes to reclaim Skye from the Wolf Empire, they are welcome to challenge me."  This battle also saw the capture of [[Noritomo Helmer]].<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 84, "The Assault of Skye"</ref><ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 85, "The Skye is Falling"</ref><ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 117, "Touchpoint: Skye"</ref>

===Planetary Garrison===
====2764====
* [[27th Royal Mechanized Infantry Division]]<ref>Field Manual: SLDF, p. 255, "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Command Map"</ref>

====2765====
* [[Third Skye Rangers]]<ref name=FR:2765LCAFpp18-19>''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', pp. 18-19, "Skye Rangers" - Regimental Status</ref>

====2786====
* Third Skye Rangers<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', p. 139, "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>

====2821====
* Third Skye Rangers<ref name="FSWp139"/>

====3028====
* [[First Royal Guards]]<ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p.44, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>
* [[Seventeenth Donegal Guards]]<ref name="NAIS4SWp45">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p.45, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref>

====3038====
* [[Fifth Lyran Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137, "Deployment Table"</ref>

====3050====
* [[11th FedCom RCT|Eleventh FedCom RCT]] ('[[Mech]] and [[Infantry]])<ref name=20YU27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>

====3054====
* Eleventh FedCom [[RCT]]<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 86, "Unit Note"</ref>

====3061====
* [[First Skye Jaegers]]<ref name=SS48>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 48, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>

====3067====
* First Skye Jaegers<ref name=FMU177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[Fourth Skye Rangers]] RCT<ref name=FMU177/>
* [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]]<ref name=FMU177/>
* [[Twenty-second Skye Rangers]]<ref name=FMU177/>
* [[Skye Guards]]<ref name=FMU177/>

====3079====
* Skye Guards<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 15, "Skye Rangers Regimental Status"</ref>
:- At this point in time the Skye Guard was operating at 40% of full strength, with 70% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

====3085====
* [[VIII Hastati Sentinels]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 187, "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
:- At this point in time, the VIII Hastati was at 80% of full strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

====3134====
* [[Republic Skye Militia]]
** Ducal Guard<ref name=FotFc15>''Flight of the Falcon'', c. 15</ref>
** 7th Skye Militia<ref name=FotFc15/>

====3145====
* [[Turkina Keshik (Clan Jade Falcon)|Turkina Keshik]]<ref name=FM:3145p168>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 168, "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref>
* [[124th Falcon Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|124th Falcon Striker Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p168/>

===Planetary Locations===
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* New Glasgow: Capital city in 3067.
* New London: Capital city in 3134.<ref name=SH:I2p154>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 154</ref><ref name=SFp84>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 84</ref><ref name=ARoFc5/>
** New London Capital House.<ref name=SFp84/>
** New London Spaceport.<ref name=SFp84/>
** [[Sanglamore Military Academy]]<ref name=SFp84/>
** Weston suburbs: <ref name=SH:I2p155>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 155</ref>
* Portmeirion:<ref name=ARoFp>''A Rending of Falcons'', prologue</ref>
* Raina: A city on the northern coast of New Scotland that houses [[Raina University on Skye]].<ref name="HB:HSp118">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 118, "Raina University on Skye"</ref>
* The Desolation:<ref name=ARoFc1>''A Rending of Falcons'', ch. 1</ref>
* The Forest Primeval: a forest near to New London.<ref name=FotFc9>''Flight of the Falcon'', c. 9</ref>
* Weston Heights:<ref name=SH:I2p156>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 156</ref>
}}

===Industrial Centers===
* [[Avanti Industries]]
* [[Cyclops Incorporated]]
* [[Drago, Ltd.]]
* [[Shipil Company]]
* [[Skye Pleasure Craft Limited]]
* [[Argile Technologies]] - Destroyed
* [[SeraVideo Entertainments Incorporated]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 141, "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"</ref>

===Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Skye Flag.jpg|Planetary Flag from Skye
</gallery>

== Map Gallery ==
<div class="system-map-gallery"></div>

== Nearby Systems ==
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{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
! colspan="8" | Closest 60 systems (59 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zebebelgenubi]]
| class="lessthan30" | 6.1
| class="lessthan30" | [[Syrma]]
| class="lessthan30" | 12.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alphecca]]
| class="lessthan30" | 14.7
| class="lessthan30" | [[Kochab]]
| class="lessthan30" | 15.8
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Galatea]]
| class="lessthan30" | 17.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Unukalhai]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alkalurops]]
| class="lessthan30" | 22.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Nusakan]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.7
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Skondia]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.5
| class="lessthan30" | [[Seginus]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Summer]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Alcor]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Mizar]]
| class="over30" | 30.8
| class="over30" | [[Carnwath]]
| class="over30" | 31.6
| class="over30" | [[Glengarry]]
| class="over30" | 32.4
| class="over30" | [[La Blon]]
| class="over30" | 33.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Menkent]]
| class="over30" | 34.0
| class="over30" | [[Lyons]]
| class="over30" | 36.3
| class="over30" | [[Cor Caroli]]
| class="over30" | 36.3
| class="over30" | [[Alkaid]]
| class="over30" | 37.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Alioth]]
| class="over30" | 37.5
| class="over30" | [[Dromini]]
| class="over30" | 39.0
| class="over30" | [[Ko]]
| class="over30" | 39.6
| class="over30" | [[Haddings]]
| class="over30" | 39.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Atria]]
| class="over30" | 41.0
| class="over30" | [[Carsphairn]]
| class="over30" | 41.1
| class="over30" | [[Balkan]]
| class="over30" | 41.4
| class="over30" | [[Ryde]]
| class="over30" | 42.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Zollikofen]]
| class="over30" | 42.6
| class="over30" | [[Laiaka]]
| class="over30" | 43.7
| class="over30" | [[Gladius (system)|Gladius]]
| class="over30" | 43.9
| class="over30" | [[Zebeneschamali]]
| class="over30" | 44.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Sabik]]
| class="over30" | 44.7
| class="over30" | [[Izar]]
| class="over30" | 46.1
| class="over30" | [[Komephoros]]
| class="over30" | 46.6
| class="over30" | [[Muphrid]]
| class="over30" | 46.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Alrakis]]
| class="over30" | 48.0
| class="over30" | [[Rocky]]
| class="over30" | 48.3
| class="over30" | [[Marfik]]
| class="over30" | 49.1
| class="over30" | [[Milton]]
| class="over30" | 49.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Chaffee (LC)|Chaffee]]
| class="over30" | 49.4
| class="over30" | [[Vindemiatrix]]
| class="over30" | 50.1
| class="over30" | [[Gacrux]]
| class="over30" | 50.2
| class="over30" | [[Lipton]]
| class="over30" | 50.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Alchiba]]
| class="over30" | 50.8
| class="over30" | [[Lone Star]]
| class="over30" | 52.4
| class="over30" | [[Kimball]]
| class="over30" | 52.9
| class="over30" | [[Chara]]
| class="over30" | 52.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kessel]]
| class="over30" | 54.5
| class="over30" | [[Afleir]]
| class="over30" | 54.7
| class="over30" | [[Thorin]]
| class="over30" | 54.8
| class="over30" | [[Phecda]]
| class="over30" | 55.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Denebola]]
| class="over30" | 56.4
| class="over30" | [[Freedom]]
| class="over30" | 56.8
| class="over30" | [[Zavijava]]
| class="over30" | 57.5
| class="over30" | [[Yorii]]
| class="over30" | 57.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Imbros]]
| class="over30" | 57.6
| class="over30" | [[Nekkar]]
| class="over30" | 58.0
| class="over30" | [[Konstance]]
| class="over30" | 58.2
| class="over60" | [[Wyatt]]
| class="over60" | 60.6
|-
|}

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
<div class="desktop-3-col">
* ''[[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"]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (Sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Flight of the Falcon]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
* ''[[Shrapnel Issue 2]]'' (magazine)
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition]]''
</div>

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