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Tamar
← 3135 3151
Tamar nearby systems (Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates	-15.391 : 314.863
Spectral class	G6V
Recharge time	187 hours
Recharge station(s)	None (3025) Zenith (3076-3079)

The Tamar system was home to at least one habitable world, Tamar III, and as of 3151 was located in the Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone.

Political Affiliation

• 2340 - Tamar Pact
• 2341 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2571 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2764 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2786 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2915 - Draconis Combine
• 2916 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 3040 - Federated Commonwealth
• 3047 - Federated Commonwealth
• 3050 - Federated Commonwealth
• 3052 - Clan Wolf
• 3057 - Clan Wolf
• 3063 - Clan Wolf
• 3067 - Clan Wolf
• 3075 - Clan Wolf
• 3079 - Clan Wolf
• 3081 - Clan Wolf
• 3085 - Clan Wolf
• 3135 - Clan Wolf
• 3140 - Clan Hell's Horses
• 3145 - Clan Hell's Horses
• 3151 - Clan Hell's Horses

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Tamar III

Tamar III
Astrophysical
System position	3rd
Jump Point distance	7.01 days
Moons	2 (Karachi, Islamabad)
Geophysical
Surface gravity	1.2
Atmospheric pressure	Standard (Breathable)
Equatorial temperature	36°C (Temperate)
Surface water	32%
Highest native life	Plants
History and Culture
Population	879,000,000 (3025, apocryphal) 2,194,686,000 (3076-3079)
Government and Infrastructure
Noble Ruler	Duke of Tamar
Capital	Tamar City
HPG Class	A
HPG Representative	Precentor Virginia Hoppe (3025)

Planetary History

Exodus

Following the coup launched by Robert Marsden in 2375 that saw him installed as sole ruler of the Lyran Commonwealth, 22 worlds including Tamar were still opposed to his rule in 2378 and had withdrawn their support of both him and his new government.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 Tamar - continued to hold out, and as a result were subject to full and bloody military invasions by Marsden's forces.

Star League Era

Tamar served as the headquarters world of the XLII Corps of the Star League Defense Force in the final years of the Star League.

Although two regiments of the Lyran Guards were garrisoning Tamar in 2765 - the Forty-first and Forty-fourth Lyran Guards - only the Forty-first was considered a full-time garrison for the planet; the Forty-fourth was expected to do service as a strategic reserve for the local region, deploying as needed.

First Succession War

In late 2790 the Draconis Combine Admiralty raided Tamar, striking with a WarShip group that broke through Tamar's orbital defenses and destroyed the Bolson-Tamar Shipyards.

Attack of 3022

Main article: Battle of Tamar (3022)

Tamar was under attack by forces from the Draconis Combine in 3022, and the LCAF deployed additional units to reinforce the weak defense forces on the planet. Among these additional units was the mercenary unit Snord's Irregulars. The Irregulars' initial deployment went poorly, with the irregulars being dropped into the heart of Vrance, several kilometers away from their planned drop zone. At the time, Vrance was under the control of Combine forces headed by General Askam, but Cranston Snord used various unorthodox tactics to capture and then hold the city. Askam was impressed enough with the Irregulars performance to attempt to sway them to the Combine's service, offering a contract paying twice what the Commonwealth was paying the Irregulars, but balked when Snord's contract demands included being allowed to select his own targets "for collecting purposes". Askam attempted to counter the demand by offering more money, but negotiations ended when Archon Katrina Steiner announced that she would be increasing the Irregulars base pay.

Fourth Succession War

At the start of the Fourth Succession War, the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces launched Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, the largest Lyran invasion of the Draconis Combine in centuries. Overall, this attack was an overwhelming success, as several dozen Combine worlds fell to House Steiner, most of them planets that had formerly been part of the Tamar Pact, decades or even centuries before. The Thirteenth Rasalhague Regulars, however, intended to counterattack rather than wait to be overwhelmed by the Commonwealth's war machine. They struck at Tamar, apparently without orders, knowing that a successful strike could demoralize the entire Commonwealth. They were opposed by the very capable Grave Walkers mercenary unit, with two heavy regiments.

Unfortunately for the Grave Walkers, Duke Kelswa insisted on commanding the defense. When the Duke ordered the Grave Walkers into a death trap, Colonel Dennis Merwin, the Walkers' commanding officer, knocked the Duke unconscious and placed Kelswa and his entourage under arrest. The Walkers proceeded to rout the Regulars completely, with only a handful of the Kuritans surviving to surrender. Duke Kelswa, however, placed Colonel Merwin under arrest for treason, scheduling his execution for the following morning. The Lyran high command, however, pressed the Duke on the issue, pointing out his lack of military background and informing him he would be publicly court-martialed if he continued with his charges against Merwin. The Duke reluctantly released the Grave Walkers commander.

Clan Invasion

Main article: Battle of Tamar (Clan Invasion)

Despite the protests of Duke Selvin Kelswa III, the government of the Federated Commonwealth refused to provide reinforcements to Tamar's defense to meet the coming invaders, citing the need to defend other worlds. Furious, Kelswa returned to Tamar City to prepare his own defenses, refusing to cooperate with any AFFC officials, even those of the Twenty-sixth Guards, despite their years of service as Tamar's principal defenders. On 7 November, 3051, saKhan Natasha Kerensky of Clan Wolf arrived in orbit over Tamar, leading the Wolves' Alpha Galaxy. The former command of Nicholas Kerensky, the Dire Wolves were arguably the premier formation in all the Clans, the elite of the elite. Marshal Joy Corelli accepted Kerensky's batchall, and arranged her defenses between the Clan landing zones and Tamar City. The first major clash between the two forces came at Shonick Dale, where the Wolves attempted to break through the Lyran lines of defense. Although they held for six hours against Kerensky, the Wolves' second attempt came at night and drove the Guards back amidst vicious fighting. Corelli reorganized at Smitton, a village north of the capital, organizing her troops in the thick forests to offset Clan air cover and their superior weapon ranges. Unfortunately, this allowed two Elemental head hunter Stars to easily penetrate their lines, sowing confusion and chaos. When Alpha Galaxy attacked, they were forced to pull back once again. When they attempted to organize again at Tamar City, they were denied entry by Duke Kelswa, who by this point had gone mad. The Twenty-sixth Guards reluctantly set up their defenses outside the city walls, awaiting the coming Wolves. The following day, the assault began with a series of air strikes, followed up with harrying attacks by the Thirteenth Wolf Guards. With nowhere left to run, Corelli decided to preserve the remainder of her forces and retreat offworld. Offering transport to Kelswa, the Duke declined and would ultimately die with his men, but did send his daughter, Morasha Kelswa, along with the Guards. Steiner's Boots retreated to Kobe. Not long thereafter, the Wolves attacked the capital, leading to the destruction of the Kelswa Guard and the Tamar War College Training Battalion, with both units fighting almost to the death. Duke Kelswa himself fell at the controls of his Atlas. Despite the betrayal of Duke Kelswa, one of the Guards' armor units, the 343rd Tamar Heavy Armor Regiment, would serve as Duchess Morasha's honor guard in the years to come, and were permanently detached from the Twenty-sixth.

Jihad

Tamar was the subject of a damaging attack from Word of Blake forces on the 28th of December 3070, the Scouring of Tamar. The Blakists didn't land ground forces; instead, the attack consisted of seventeen nuclear strikes aimed at a number of heavily populated areas, including the Clan Wolf headquarters. Much of Tamar's infrastructure, including its spaceports, was wrecked and thousands of laborer and technician caste civilians were slain along with the Wolf saKhan Marialle Radick and many Alpha Galaxy warriors. The attack on Tamar, capital world of the Clan Wolf Occupation Zone, coincided with an attack on Arc-Royal, the capital world of Clan Wolf-in-Exile.

The Wolves determinedly repaired and rebuilt the damaged portions of the planet, turning Tamar into an armed camp. The War College of Tamar, closed after the Wolf conquest two decades earlier, was reopened to bolster the Clan's depleted MechWarrior ranks and the planet served as a final assembly destination for BattleMechs. On the 1st of April 3080 Tamar was reestablished as the capital world for Clan Wolf in the wake of the Jihad.

Dark Age

After Clan Wolf's warrior caste migrated out of its Occupation Zone in 3137, Clan Hell's Horses' Epsilon Galaxy moved swiftly to annex Tamar. The defenseless world fell without a fight.

Military Deployment

2764

• 259th BattleMech Division

2765

• Forty-first Lyran Guards
• Forty-fourth Lyran Guards

2786

• Forty-first Lyran Guards
• Forty-fourth Lyran Guards
• Tamar Tigers

2821

• Third Arcturan Guards
• Forty-first Lyran Guards
• Forty-fourth Lyran Guards

3025

• Twenty-sixth Lyran Guards

3028

• Twelfth Donegal Guards
• Fifteenth Lyran Regulars

3038

• Tamar War College Training Battalion
• Twenty-sixth Lyran Guards RCT

3050

• Tamar War College Training Battalion
• Kelswa Guard
• Twenty-sixth Lyran Guards RCT
• 223rd Division

3054

• Fourth Wolf Guards Assault
• Thirteenth Wolf Guards, Trinary Charlie

3085

• Golden Keshik
• Fourth Striker Cluster

3145

• Omega Keshik
• Epsilon Galaxy Command
• Sixty-second Mechanized Assault

Geography

The planet has four major landmasses, Dilis, Amirani, Kopala and Zadeni. The capital city, Tamar City, is located on Dilis.

Planetary Locations

• Barbale: Location of the War College of Tamar on Dilis.
• Dali: Location of the OZ-1 and W-8 manufacturing facilities; located on Amirani.
• Red Hook: Birth place of Duke Selvin Kelswa III.
• Tamar City: the planetary capital city, located on Dilis.
  • Boncher Salvage:
• Vrance: a city and site of a notable battle during the Third Succession War.
• University of Tamar
• River Luvon: The "Right Bank" of this river is the historical center for this planet's art community.
• Shonick Dale: site of an important battle during the Clan Invasion.
• Smitten: a small village in a dense forest 20 kilometers north of Tamar City; site of an important battle during the Clan Invasion.

Industrial Centers

• Bolson-Tamar Shipyards (destroyed 2789)
• Clan Wolf Site OZ-1 (destroyed during the Jihad)
• Tamar Arms
• W-8 Facilities

Nearby Systems

Closest 44 systems (44 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Kandis	11.4	Weingarten	15.1	Moritz	17.5	Memmingen	22.7
Bushmill	23.4	Thannhausen	23.8	Volders	24.6	Kufstein	26.9
Skokie	27.3	Sevren	29.1	Stanzach	29.9	Laurent	31.2
Maestu	32.7	Kobe	33.4	Hohenems	33.7	Basiliano	34.2
Gunzburg	37.1	Hyperion	38.0	Karston	38.1	Bessarabia	39.4
Vorarlberg	41.2	Engadin	41.4	Heiligendreuz	41.5	Cusset	46.1
Hainfeld	46.4	Feltre	47.5	Perrot	47.6	Ridderkerk	47.7
Dell	48.6	Vulcan	51.6	Wheel	52.2	Biota	52.2
Svarstaad	52.3	Unzmarkt	52.4	Mozirje	52.7	Colmar	53.1
Rastaban	55.1	Thun	55.2	Ferleiten	56.4	Muswell	56.6
Radstadt	56.8	Lamar	56.8	Satalice	58.1	Kreller	58.5

Bibliography

• 20 Year Update
• Cranston Snord's Irregulars
• Era Report: 2750
• Era Report: 3052
• Era Report: 3062
• Era Report: 3145
• Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4
• Field Manual: 3085
• Field Manual: 3145
• Field Manual: Lyran Alliance
• Field Manual: SLDF
• Field Report: LAAF
• Field Report 2765: LCAF
• First Succession War
• Handbook: House Steiner
• Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
• Historical: Reunification War
• Historical: War of 3039
• House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
• House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)
• Jihad: Final Reckoning
• Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
• Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers
• NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1
• Objectives: The Clans
• Shattered Fortress
• Wolf Clan Sourcebook