Editing Telos

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== Political Affiliation ==
* [[2271]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [[2271] Map"</ref>
* [[2310]] - [[Alliance of Galedon]] <ref name="HKp24">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 24, "Conquest of resistance"</ref>
* [[2311]] - Independent world <ref name="HKp24">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 24, "Conquest of resistance"</ref>
* [[2312]] - Alliance of Galedon (From April) <ref name="HKp23">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 23, "Political Maneuvers"</ref>
* [[2319]] - [[Draconis Combine]] <ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"</ref>
* [[2341]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] <ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref>
* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2596]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> 
* [[2764]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>  
* [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]] <ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref> 
* [[2772]] - Terran Hegemony (from September)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
* [[2782]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV2p118">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 118, "Digesting The Hegemony"</ref>
* [[2783]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/>
* [[2786]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> 
* [[2864]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War [2864]"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp71">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 71, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3057]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
* [[3058]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HDp78>">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
* [[3063]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref>
* [[3067]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, Inner Sphere - [3075] Map</ref>
* [[3076]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name="J:FRp56"/>
* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
* [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name=DARWp42/><ref name=DARWp42/><ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
* [[3135]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* [[3145]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>

== Geography ==
'''Telos IV''' has four continents: Dulles, Rustov, Fellin, and Haranshire. The capital city, Triumph, is located on Dulles.<ref name=DARWp42/>

== Planetary History ==
===Early History===
Telos IV was one of the worlds that was abandoned by the [[Terran Alliance]] following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the [[Demarcation Declaration]] of [[2242]];<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> Telos IV survived as an independent world, and when [[Director]] [[Shiro Kurita]] of the Alliance of Galedon conducted a year-long tour of worlds near the Alliance in [[2309]]-2310, he included both independent worlds such as Telos IV and worlds controlling small states. Director Kurita brought with him evidence purporting to show that one or more of the small states nearby had designs on conquering Telos IV, and offered to mediate between Telos IV and its opponents. He also offered to protect Telos IV by allowing Asgard to join the Alliance, thereby allying itself with a stronger power.<ref name="HKp23">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 23, "Political Maneuvers"</ref>

Telos IV accepted this proposal, not realizing that Director Kurita had invented the evidence and deliberately played a number of small states and worlds off against each other to dramatically expand the size of the Alliance.<ref name="HKp23"/> The worlds of [[Dieron]] and [[Altair]] were responsible for Director Kurita's subterfuge coming to light, when in June 2311 a dispute broke out between the two; each called on its great ally only to discover that they were both allied with Director Shiro Kurita. Each planetary ruler discovered that they had been promised the same things, and word soon spread to the other planets seduced by Director Kurita's diplomatic campaign.<ref name="HKp24"/>

Of all the worlds that had been tricked, those that took the greatest offense were the rulers of [[Asgard]], [[Benjamin]] and Telos IV. Furious at having been manipulated and feeling betrayed, the three became increasingly hostile; Director Kurita responded by gathering together a thousand or more dignitaries and ruling lords from the northeast quadrant of the [[Inner Sphere]] to the [[Council of One]] summit in September 2311. He spoke passionately to those present of the need for cooperation between the worlds of the region for the betterment of all, and then called for a vote on his proposal of alliance. Those dignitaries who voted in favor departed safely; those who didn't were executed by the two companies of crack troops assembled around the summit by Shiro's brother [[Urizen Kurita (24th c.)|Urizen Kurita]] before being shipped back to their next of kin.<ref name="HKp24"/>

With the Council of One dispensed with, Director Kurita deployed both the Alliance of Galedon fleet and his land forces to the conquest of Asgard, Benjamin and Telos IV. The troops landed that same September and began attempts to subdue the population. The inhabitants of Telos IV were determined to retain their freedom and resisted bitterly, adopting the same guerrilla tactics used effectively by various worlds during the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] a century before. Director Kurita used every method at his disposal short of weapons of mass destruction, and the casualties on both sides were enormous, but eventually the three worlds were forced to capitulate, with Telos IV surrendering in April 2312.<ref name="HKp24"/>

The people of Telos IV were known for their stubbornness, a very useful quality to them given that they live on a world that is constantly subject to heavy rainstorms and tornadoes; it was in fact their stubborn nature led the Draconis Combine to cede the world to the Terran Hegemony after the Combine wasted years trying to force the inhabitants to do what was best for the Combine. Initially the relationship with the Terran Hegemony was also marked by passive resistance and work slowdowns, but when the Hegemony installed several storm inhibitor systems and improved their quality of life, the relationship improved dramatically.<ref name=DARWp42/> Telos IV was one of the worlds within the [[Lone Star Province]] of the Terran Hegemony.<ref name="H:RWp159"/>

===Star League Era===
Prior to the [[Amaris Civil War]], the 31st Battle Squadron of [[3rd Fleet (SLDF)]] of the Star League Navy was based around the orbital yards of Telos IV.<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 66, "31st Battle Squadron"</ref>

During the [[Amaris Civil War]], the Telosians returned to their methods of passive resistance, which led Amaris to abandon the world after smashing the storm inhibitors and local defense network. When the [[SLDF]] arrived, they found a world ready to support [[Operation LIBERATION]].<ref name=DARWp42/> The Combine annexed Telos IV in [[2783]].<ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/> The passive resistance to the Dragon's way of life resumed, preventing the Dragon from making full use of the world's resources. Things improved when [[Theodore Kurita]] enacted his reforms however.<ref name=DARWp42/>

=== War of 3039 ===
During the [[War of 3039]] Telos IV was invaded by the [[22nd Avalon Hussars]] and [[12th Vegan Rangers]] Delta Regiment. The population was expected to help the invading [[AFFS]] forces, but the eased restrictions allowed by Theodore Kurita soured the population against the AFFS units. The citizens basically made everything for an AFFS soldier difficult, from using a nearly incomprehensible local dialect when talking to shop owners shortchanging soldiers or providing poor customer service.<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 39</ref> In July the [[2nd Benjamin Regulars]] arrived to take the system back. They landed on the world and moved the AFFS troops more than 200 kilometers away from Triumph, the planet's capital city. Once the AFFS was out of position, the [[41st Dieron Regulars]] landed around Triumph and in five hours had captured the AFFS [[DropShip]]s and logistical system. The Hussars turned and engaged in a series of close range battles with the Dieron Regulars while the Vegan Rangers used a series of hit and run attacks against the Benjamin Regulars. This prevented the DCMS troops from joining forces, but the AFFS troops (particularly the Hussars) also had to deal with a large number of insurgents who would hit them and fade away into the population. Eventually it was too much, and the AFFS troops withdrew.<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', pp. 86-88</ref>

===The Jihad===
Like many worlds, Telos IV was occupied by the [[Word of Blake]] during the [[Jihad]], and would remain an occupied world until the beginning of [[Operation SCOUR]], the allied coalition invasion of the Word of Blake Protectorate. Telos IV was the first world to be targeted for liberation in the Draconis Combine wing of the operation, with troops landing on the 5th of February [[3077]].<ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> However, the liberation of Telos IV caused controversy in its' own right, as the allied coalition chose to garrison Telos IV and the nearby - and also recently liberated - world of [[Deneb Algedi]] with garrison forces from the [[Federated Suns]]. Where the [[DCMS]] had intended to deploy the [[Toguran Military Garrison]] and the [[New Samarkand Militia]] to garrison the worlds, these Combine forces were instead deployed to recently liberated worlds on the Free Worlds League front instead. These acts drew protests from ''[[Gunji-no-Kanrei]]'' [[Kiyomori Minamoto]] to [[General]] [[Belle Lee]] of the allied coalition.<ref name="JHS:Tp30">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 30, "Official Update"</ref>

Telos IV was home to a satellite branch of [[Luthien Armor Works]] which operated manufacturing or refining facilities on the continents of Dulles and Rostov, and internal memos obtained by a new agency on Luthien in April [[3077]] highlighted the damage the LAW interests on Telos IV had taken - and led to questions about the level of damage inflicted on the local industry by the Combine forces, not just the Blakists. The Pembrose facility on the continent of Rostov was the least damaged, and yet it was only capable of operating at 43% of its' original output. The Stanly & Sons facility on Dulles had been sabotaged, and the high-yield nuke used to sabotage the plant had effectively destroyed it; most damning was the damage done to the facility in Triumph due to damage by Blakist nukes and the liberal use of nukes by ''both'' sides in and around Triumph.<ref name="JHS:Tp30A">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 30, "Status: Telos IV"</ref>

== Military Deployment ==
=== 2786 ===
* [[Twenty-seventh Dieron Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 137, "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>

== Nearby Systems ==
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Nashira]]
| class="lessthan30" | 7.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Kervil]]
| class="lessthan30" | 11.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Inglesmond|New Britain]]
| class="lessthan30" | 11.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Deneb Algedi]]
| class="lessthan30" | 14.5
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Al Na'ir]]
| class="lessthan30" | 18.5
| class="lessthan30" | [[Miyazaki]]
| class="lessthan30" | 18.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Nirasaki]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Styx]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.3
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Pike IV|Pike]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Chaville]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Athenry]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Quentin]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.0
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Biham]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.1
| class="lessthan30" | [[Yance I|Agador]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Pokhara]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.8
| class="over30" | [[Elix]]
| class="over30" | 30.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Ancha]]
| class="over30" | 31.8
| class="over30" | [[Helen]]
| class="over30" | 33.1
| class="over30" | [[Kuzuu]]
| class="over30" | 33.7
| class="over30" | [[Saffel]]
| class="over30" | 33.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Halstead Station]]
| class="over30" | 34.3
| class="over30" | [[Lambrecht]]
| class="over30" | 35.1
| class="over30" | [[Murchison]]
| class="over30" | 36.9
| class="over30" | [[Sadachbia]]
| class="over30" | 36.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Errai]]
| class="over30" | 37.8
| class="over30" | [[Lockdale]]
| class="over30" | 37.9
| class="over30" | [[Dyev]]
| class="over30" | 38.3
| class="over30" | [[Shinonoi]]
| class="over30" | 38.5
|-
| class="over30" | [[Ashio]]
| class="over30" | 39.7
| class="over30" | [[Dieron]]
| class="over30" | 40.6
| class="over30" | [[Towne]]
| class="over30" | 41.1
| class="over30" | [[Ascella]]
| class="over30" | 41.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Fomalhaut]]
| class="over30" | 41.8
| class="over30" | [[Asta]]
| class="over30" | 42.5
| class="over30" | [[Altair]]
| class="over30" | 44.0
| class="over30" | [[Northwind]]
| class="over30" | 44.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Moore]]
| class="over30" | 45.1
| class="over30" | [[Dabih]]
| class="over30" | 46.1
| class="over30" | [[Imbros III|Imbros]]
| class="over30" | 46.4
| class="over30" | [[Shitara]]
| class="over30" | 46.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Albalii]]
| class="over30" | 46.9
| class="over30" | [[Small World]]
| class="over30" | 47.9
| class="over30" | [[Addicks]]
| class="over30" | 49.3
| class="over30" | [[Lone Star]]
| class="over30" | 49.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[New Stevens]]
| class="over30" | 51.1
| class="over30" | [[Skat]]
| class="over30" | 51.2
| class="over30" | [[Caph]]
| class="over30" | 51.3
| class="over30" | [[Piedmont]]
| class="over30" | 51.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Nai-Stohl]]
| class="over30" | 53.2
| class="over30" | [[Galatia III|Galatia]]
| class="over30" | 53.5
| class="over30" | [[Kaus Media]]
| class="over30" | 53.8
| class="over30" | [[Yorii]]
| class="over30" | 55.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Ozawa]]
| class="over30" | 55.4
| class="over30" | [[Killbourn]]
| class="over30" | 56.0
| class="over30" | [[Markab]]
| class="over30" | 56.5
| class="over30" | [[Deneb Kaitos]]
| class="over30" | 57.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kaus Australis]]
| class="over30" | 57.7
| class="over30" | [[Epsilon Indi]]
| class="over30" | 57.7
| class="over30" | [[Chichibu]]
| class="over30" | 58.0
| class="over30" | [[Ankaa]]
| class="over30" | 58.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Algedi]]
| class="over30" | 59.0
| class="over30" | [[Alya]]
| class="over30" | 59.0
| class="over30" | [[Sabik]]
| class="over30" | 59.1
| class="over30" | [[Ingress]]
| class="over30" | 59.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Terra|Sol]]
| class="over30" | 59.6
| class="over60" | [[Rigil Kentarus]]
| class="over60" | 60.1
| class="over60" | [[Atria]]
| class="over60" | 61.0
| class="over60" | [[Bryant]]
| class="over60" | 61.7
|-
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==Planetary Data==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
* ''[[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)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''


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[[Category: Terran Alliance Planets]]
[[Category: Terran Hegemony Planets]]
[[Category: Word of Blake Planets]]