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The '''Talitha''' system was home to at least one habitable world and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Augustine Alliance]] province of the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name=EAp78/>
 
 
 
==System Description==
 
==System Description==
 
There are four stars in the system.{{cn}}
 
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* [[3145]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ER3145">''Inner Sphere - 3145''</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ER3145">''Inner Sphere - 3145''</ref>
 
* [[3149]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=SH:I2p163>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 163</ref>
 
* [[3149]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=SH:I2p163>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 163</ref>
* [[3151]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="SFortress">''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref> / Independent world (by June)<ref name=EAp8>''Empire Alone'', p. 8</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="SFortress">''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
* [[3152]] - Free Worlds League<ref name=EAp78>''Empire Alone'', p. 78, "The Free Worlds League June 3152" (Map)</ref>
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* [[3152]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="EmpAlone">''Empire Alone'', p. 78</ref>
 
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==Talitha==
 
==Talitha==
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===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
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Following the [[Operation Exodus|SLDF Exodus]], Talitha fell to the Free Worlds League in [[2785]], prior to the [[First Succession War]].<ref name=SL-179>''The Star League'', p. 179: "Atlas of the Terran Hegemony - Other Hegemony Worlds"</ref><ref name=HLoTV2-118>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 118: "Aftermath - Digesting the Hegemony"</ref>
 
Following the [[Operation Exodus|SLDF Exodus]], Talitha fell to the Free Worlds League in [[2785]], prior to the [[First Succession War]].<ref name=SL-179>''The Star League'', p. 179: "Atlas of the Terran Hegemony - Other Hegemony Worlds"</ref><ref name=HLoTV2-118>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 118: "Aftermath - Digesting the Hegemony"</ref>
  
During the [[Third Succession War]], the planetary government of Talitha was one of the many League worlds to oppose contributing troops to [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Thaddeus Marik (30th c.)|Thaddeus Marik]]'s [[Operation Killing Stroke]] in [[2950]]. Unfortunately, before it was able to invoke the [[Home Defense Act]], the imperious and rash Captain-General sent in [[Marik Militia]] units under the pretext of quelling domestic insurgency to remove and replace the planet's local government with a military dictatorship willing to back Killing Stroke. Talitha would remain a military dictatorship until at least the conclusion of the Third Succession War.<ref name=HMTFWL-42>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 42: "History - The Third Succession War - Operation Killing Stroke"</ref><ref name=HMTFWL-73>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 42: "Sociopolitical Structure - Provincial Governments - Military Dictatorship"</ref>
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During the [[Third Succession War]], the planetary government of Talitha was one of the many League worlds to oppose contributing troops to [[Captain-General]] [[Thaddeus Marik (30th c.)|Thaddeus Marik]]'s [[Operation Killing Stroke]] in [[2950]]. Unfortunately, before it was able to invoke the [[Home Defense Act]], the imperious and rash Captain-General sent in [[Marik Militia]] units under the pretext of quelling domestic insurgency to remove and replace the planet's local government with a military dictatorship willing to back Killing Stroke. Talitha would remain a military dictatorship until at least the conclusion of the Third Succession War.<ref name=HMTFWL-42>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 42: "History - The Third Succession War - Operation Killing Stroke"</ref><ref name=HMTFWL-73>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 42: "Sociopolitical Structure - Provincial Governments - Military Dictatorship"</ref>
  
 
During the [[Fourth Succession War]], Talitha would be captured by the [[Fourth Republican Guards]] regiment of [[Pavel Ridzik]]'s newly formed [[Tikonov Free Republic]]. Accompanied by two armor regiments and two infantry regiments, the Fourth Republican easily outnumbered and outmatched Talitha's defending planetary militia.<ref name=NFSWMAV2-80>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 80: "Free Worlds League Front - Republican Offensive"</ref> After Ridzik's death, Talitha would become part of the [[Federated Commonwealth]]'s newly formed [[Sarna March]] after the absorption of the [[Tikonov Free Republic]] into the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] in [[3031]]. With that act, Talitha ultimately becomes part the newly formed [[Federated Commonwealth]],<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 12: Civil War Timeline - 3031 - Tikonov Free Republic is absorbed by the FedCom's Lyran state</ref> in their [[Sarna March]], Terra Firma Operational Area.<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', pp. 10–11: Inner Sphere Map 3050 - Talitha is now part of the Federated Commonwealth in the Sarna March, Terra Firma Operational Area as of 3050</ref>
 
During the [[Fourth Succession War]], Talitha would be captured by the [[Fourth Republican Guards]] regiment of [[Pavel Ridzik]]'s newly formed [[Tikonov Free Republic]]. Accompanied by two armor regiments and two infantry regiments, the Fourth Republican easily outnumbered and outmatched Talitha's defending planetary militia.<ref name=NFSWMAV2-80>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 80: "Free Worlds League Front - Republican Offensive"</ref> After Ridzik's death, Talitha would become part of the [[Federated Commonwealth]]'s newly formed [[Sarna March]] after the absorption of the [[Tikonov Free Republic]] into the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] in [[3031]]. With that act, Talitha ultimately becomes part the newly formed [[Federated Commonwealth]],<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 12: Civil War Timeline - 3031 - Tikonov Free Republic is absorbed by the FedCom's Lyran state</ref> in their [[Sarna March]], Terra Firma Operational Area.<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', pp. 10–11: Inner Sphere Map 3050 - Talitha is now part of the Federated Commonwealth in the Sarna March, Terra Firma Operational Area as of 3050</ref>
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====The Jihad====
 
====The Jihad====
On 8 December [[3069]], Talitha was raided by the [[Thirteenth Stalking Horse]], one of the few surviving members of the [[Allied Mercenary Command]]. The AMC force attacked the planet's Word of Blake controlled [[hyperpulse generator]] station but were repulsed by Talitha's defenders.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 78–79: Living Dead Men - AMC Mercenary forces raid planet. Scenario shows its goal was to attack the Word of Blake HPG. Also 3rd Dismal Disinherited and the Burton’s Brigade were originally noted as the attackers</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 21: Jihad Timeline December 8th - 13th Stalking Horse officially noted as attackers of the Blakist controlled HPG</ref>
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On 8 December [[3069]], Talitha was raided by the [[Thirteenth Stalking Horse]], one of the few surviving members of the [[Allied Mercenary Command]]. The AMC force attempted to attack the planet's Word of Blake controlled [[hyperpulse generator]] station. However, it is repulsed by Talitha's defenders.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 78–79: Living Dead Men - AMC Mercenary forces raid planet. Scenario shows its goal was to attack the Word of Blake HPG. Also 3rd Dismal Disinherited and the Burton’s Brigade were originally noted as the attackers</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 21: Jihad Timeline December 8th - 13th Stalking Horse officially noted as attackers of the Blakist controlled HPG</ref>
  
By [[3072]], the Word of Blake would bring Talitha into administration of the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]].<ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 13: Inner Sphere Map 3072</ref> The planet's noted small BattleMech manufacturer, Gilmour MilTech, would become the favored supplier of the Blakists' military needs.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: Blake Documents'', pp. 47, 65: Inner Sphere Map 3075, Sharing the Love - Map of IS in 3075 shows the planet within the Protectorate's borders. Talitha acceptance into the WoB Protectorate is noted in a canon/fluff Journal of Mercenary Affairs</ref>
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By [[3072]], the Word of Blake would bring Talitha into administration of [[Word of Blake Protectorate]].<ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 13: Inner Sphere Map 3072, shows Talitha (misspelled in map) as part of the Protectorate</ref> The planet's noted small BattleMech manufacture Gilmour MilTech, would become the favored supplier of the Blakists' military needs.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: Blake Documents'', pp. 47, 65: Inner Sphere Map 3075, Sharing the Love - Map of IS in 3075 shows the planet within the Protectorate's borders. Talitha acceptance into the WoB Protectorate is noted in a canon/fluff Journal of Mercenary Affairs</ref>
  
By [[3075]], two divisions of Protectorate Militia, the [[1st Talitha Protectorate Militia Division|First]] and [[Second Talitha Protectorate Militia Division]]s, would be raised from that world's populous to aid in garrisoning of the planet.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 103: Word of Blake Protectorate - Protectorate Militia Deployment notes the 2 Divisions of Militia are formed on Talitha</ref>
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By [[3075]], two Divisions of Protectorate Militia, the [[1st Talitha Protectorate Militia Division|First]] and [[Second Talitha Protectorate Militia Division]]s, would be raised from that world's populous to aid in garrisoning of the planet.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 103: Word of Blake Protectorate - Protectorate Militia Deployment notes the 2 Divisions of Militia are formed on Talitha</ref>
  
Talitha was liberated by forces from the Free Worlds League front in a brief campaign in May [[3077]]. Backed up by the [[Clan Nova Cat]] ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class [[WarShip]] [[Blade (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|CNC ''Blade'']], Group IV of the Free Worlds League task force rolled over the defenders; with [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Beta Galaxy]] of [[Clan Wolf in Exile]] working closely with the [[Third Lyran Guards]] and the [[Marlette Crucis March Militia]] on the ground, Group IV quickly achieved dominance in the air before crushing the Blakist ground forces.<ref name="JHS:Tp45+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 45–46: "Talitha, Berenson Capitulate"</ref>
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Talitha was liberated by forces from the Free Worlds League front in a brief campaign in May [[3077]]. Backed up by the [[Clan Nova Cat]] ''[[Aegis]]''-class [[WarShip]] [[Aegis#Named Vessels|CNC ''Blade'']], Group IV of the Free Worlds League task force rolled over the defenders; with [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Beta Galaxy]] of [[Clan Wolf in Exile]] working closely with the [[Third Lyran Guards]] and the [[Marlette Crucis March Militia]] on the ground, Group IV quickly achieved dominance in the air before crushing the Blakist ground forces.<ref name="JHS:Tp45+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 45–46: "Talitha, Berenson Capitulate"</ref>
  
 
In October 3077, the Free Worlds League task force responsible for the initial assault on [[Chara]] retreated after the disastrous battle there, falling back to Talitha to rebuild and await additional support.<ref name="JHS:Tp48+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 48–49: "Chara Operational Report"</ref>
 
In October 3077, the Free Worlds League task force responsible for the initial assault on [[Chara]] retreated after the disastrous battle there, falling back to Talitha to rebuild and await additional support.<ref name="JHS:Tp48+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 48–49: "Chara Operational Report"</ref>
  
====Republic Era====
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===Republic Era===
In [[3122]], a kidnapping hoax ended bloodily. The Gilmore family, owners of a timber company, staged a kidnapping of heiress [[Pennilyn Gilmore]] to boost business. When the family requested that the military not intervene, a group of forestry workers took matters into their own hands, modifying their ''[[Crosscut]]''s and going to battle. They were effective against the hired "kidnappers," but Pennilyn died, and in the aftermath, the family found itself in legal trouble.<ref name=TRO:Ip28>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 28: "''Crosscut'' LoggerMech MOD"</ref>
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In [[3122]], a kidnapping hoax ended bloodily. The Gilmore family, owners of a timber company, staged a kidnapping of heiress [[Pennilyn Gilmore]] to boost business. When the family requested that the military not intervene, a group of forestry workers took matters into their own hands, modifying their ''[[Crosscut]]''s and going to battle. They were effective against the hired 'kidnappers', but Pennilyn died, and in the aftermath, the family found itself in legal trouble.<ref name=TRO:Ip28>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 28: "''Crosscut'' LoggerMech MOD"</ref>
 
 
====IlClan Era====
 
By October [[3151]], Talitha had become a mustering hub for ex-[[RAF]] troops after the Republic's downfall, with the League barely tolerating them. On June, after receiving news of the RAF's dissolution, a regiment dissolved, with factions fighting others and some defecting to join a mercenary unit.<ref name=EAp44>''Empire Alone'', p. 44: "Threat Assessment: Silver Hawks"</ref><ref>''Hard Choices''</ref>
 
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
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====2786====
 
====2786====
 
* [[Second Atrean Dragoons]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>
 
* [[Second Atrean Dragoons]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>
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====3055====
 
====3055====
 
* [[9th Division (ComStar)|Ninth Division]]<ref name=CS85>''ComStar'', p. 85: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
 
* [[9th Division (ComStar)|Ninth Division]]<ref name=CS85>''ComStar'', p. 85: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
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====3059–3067====
 
====3059–3067====
 
* [[Atrean Hussars]]<ref name=FMFWL110>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 110: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=FMU159>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 159: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
 
* [[Atrean Hussars]]<ref name=FMFWL110>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 110: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=FMU159>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 159: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
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====3085====
 
====3085====
 
* Republic Standing Guard - [[Combined Arms]] planetary militia unit.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 184–185: Republic Standing Guard - Talitha, being part of the ROTS, has a designated Republic Standing Guard force. Not individual information available</ref>
 
* Republic Standing Guard - [[Combined Arms]] planetary militia unit.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 184–185: Republic Standing Guard - Talitha, being part of the ROTS, has a designated Republic Standing Guard force. Not individual information available</ref>
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===Planetary Locations===
 
===Planetary Locations===
 
* Amity: a city<ref name=HLoTV1-117/>
 
* Amity: a city<ref name=HLoTV1-117/>
* Charity Heights: Talitha is governed by a military dictatorship from the capital city.<ref name=JHS:3070p78/>
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* Charity Heights: Talitha is governed by a military dictatorship from the capital city.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 78–79: Living Dead Men - city of Tagus Metropolis named as location of Allied Mercenary Coalition's attack on HPG station in town</ref>
* [[College of Talitha]]: One of the [[Golden Ten Universities]] of the Terran Hegemony, the College of Talitha specialized in design studies of a wide range of civilian and military products, maintaining close ties with the [[Hegemony Research and Development Center]]s. This saw the College quickly ransacked and stripped during the Amaris Coup, with nothing left behind, the virtually empty college was abandoned.<ref name=SL-167>''The Star League'', p. 167: "Society - Education - Golden Ten Universities"</ref>
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* College of Talitha: One of the [[Golden Ten Universities]] of the Terran Hegemony, the [[College of Talitha]] specialized in design studies of a wide range of civilian and military products, maintaining close ties with the [[Hegemony Research and Development Center]]s. This saw the College quickly ransacked and stripped during the Amaris Coup, with nothing left behind, the virtually empty college was abandoned.<ref name=SL-167>''The Star League'', p. 167: "Society - Education - Golden Ten Universities"</ref>
* Darciford<ref name=SH:I2p163/>
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* Darciford:<ref name=SH:I2p163/>
 
* Monetary Gain: Established in [[2621]] on Talitha, Monetary Gain was one of the [[Star League]]'s commerce cities, intended to help bond together the economies of the Star League's six member states. One of the three such commerce cities and mints to print [[Star League Dollar]]s for the Free Worlds League, like all such cities, Monetary Gain was also located close by a major SLDF base to ensure its protection. Monetary Gain did not survive the Amaris Coup.<ref name=SL-160>''The Star League'', p. 160: "Socioeconomics - Star League Economy - Currency - Exchanges and Mints"</ref>
 
* Monetary Gain: Established in [[2621]] on Talitha, Monetary Gain was one of the [[Star League]]'s commerce cities, intended to help bond together the economies of the Star League's six member states. One of the three such commerce cities and mints to print [[Star League Dollar]]s for the Free Worlds League, like all such cities, Monetary Gain was also located close by a major SLDF base to ensure its protection. Monetary Gain did not survive the Amaris Coup.<ref name=SL-160>''The Star League'', p. 160: "Socioeconomics - Star League Economy - Currency - Exchanges and Mints"</ref>
* Tagus Metropolis: site of the planet's main [[HPG]] compound<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 78–79: Living Dead Men - city of Tagus Metropolis named as location of Allied Mercenary Coalition's attack on HPG station in town</ref><ref name=SH:I2p165>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 165</ref>
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* Tagus Metropolis: Site of the planet's main [[HPG]] compound.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 78–79: Living Dead Men - city of Tagus Metropolis named as location of Allied Mercenary Coalition's attack on HPG station in town</ref><ref name=SH:I2p165>''Shrapnel Issue 2'', p. 165</ref>
  
===Companies and Industries===
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===Industrial Centers===
* [[Gilmour MilTech]]<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 130: "Gilmour MilTech (GMil)"</ref>
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* [[Gilmour MilTech]] - Founded in [[3023]], was originally a military maintenance contracting company, located Charity Heights. During the [[thirty-first century]], evolved into a minor BattleMech manufacture.<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 130: Economics - Gilmour MilTech brief background</ref>
 
* [[Talitha Broadcasting Network]]<ref name=SH:I2p165/>
 
* [[Talitha Broadcasting Network]]<ref name=SH:I2p165/>
  
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* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
* ''[[Hard Choices]] in [[Shrapnel Issue 14]]'' (short story)
 
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''

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