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==Description==
 
==Description==
Toland is a a habitable world, on the coreward side of the Inner Sphere.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 37 - Toland's information includes jungles.</ref> The planet is know to have rare minerals as among its resources.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 134 - Toland mentioned in vehicle action in 3085, which world being raided for rare minerals.</ref>
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Toland is a a habitable world on the coreward side of the Inner Sphere.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 37 - Toland's information includes jungles.</ref> The planet is known to have rare minerals among its natural resources.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 134 - Toland mentioned in vehicle action in 3085, which world being raided for rare minerals.</ref>
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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===Rim Worlds Republic===
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Malibu was originally a part of the [[Apollo Province]] of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] and was conquered by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the 2773-2775 Republic-Commonwealth war.<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>
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===Jade Falcon Invasion of 3050===
 
===Jade Falcon Invasion of 3050===
In March of [[3050]], Toland was attack by [[Clan Jade Falcon]] in a [[Trial of Possession]]. The planet was defended by the [[12th Star Guards|2nd Regiment of the 12th Star Guards]] and Toland Defense Force.  The 12th Star Guards would take position in the hollows of the Jadea Jungle.  The Falcon's [[Turkina Keshik (Clan Jade Falcon)|Turkina Keshik]] and [[9th Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|9th Talon]] [[Cluster]] would use their imposing strengths and swiftly rout the 12th Star Guards from their positions. Falcons' would then use its Aerospace Fighters and lighter 'Mech units to swiftly cut down Guard's unit as they retreated through barrens of Cantor Climb. The company of Star Guards were able reach Toland City, where they and the planet's defense forces were wiped out.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 37 First Wave / Toland - Conflict for control of Toland.</ref>
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In March of [[3050]] Toland was attacked by [[Clan Jade Falcon]] in a [[Trial of Possession]]. The planet was defended by the [[12th Star Guards|2nd Regiment of the 12th Star Guards]] and the Toland Defense Force.  The 12th Star Guards took position in the hollows of the Jadea Jungle, but the Jade Falcon's [[Turkina Keshik (Clan Jade Falcon)|Turkina Keshik]] and [[9th Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|9th Talon]] [[Cluster]] used their imposing strengths to swiftly rout the 12th Star Guards from their positions. The Falcons then used Aerospace Fighters and lighter 'Mech units to swiftly cut down the Guards as they retreated through barrens of Cantor Climb. A company of Star Guards 'Mechs were able reach Toland City, where they and the planet's defense forces were wiped out.<ref name="JFSBp37">''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 37 First Wave / Toland - Conflict for control of Toland.</ref>
  
 
===Ice Hellion Invasion===
 
===Ice Hellion Invasion===
During the [[Jihad]], [[Clan Ice Hellion]]'s [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Ice Hellion)|Beta Galaxy]] invaded and captured Toland in August of [[3071]]. Three months later in November, elements of [[Clan Hell's Horses]]' [[Theta Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)|Theta]] and [[Iota Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)|Iota Galaxies]] would arrive to fight for control of the planet. In the successful battle for the planet, Horses Naval forces would destroy, the Ice Hellion Warship, [[Essex#Named_Vessels|CIH ''Moore’s Honor'']].<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 29 Toland - Battle for Toland, Falcons loose the world, while Horses liberate it for themselves.</ref>  
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During the [[Jihad]], [[Clan Ice Hellion]]'s [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Ice Hellion)|Beta Galaxy]] invaded and captured Toland in August of [[3071]]. Three months later in November, elements of [[Clan Hell's Horses]]' [[Theta Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)|Theta]] and [[Iota Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)|Iota Galaxies]] arrived to fight for control of the planet. As a part of their successful battle for the planet, Horses Naval forces destroyed the Ice Hellion Warship, [[Essex#Named_Vessels|CIH ''Moore’s Honor'']].<ref name="JS:TBDp29">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 29 Toland - Battle for Toland, Falcons lose the world, while Horses liberate it for themselves.</ref>  
  
 
===Pirate Raid of 3085===
 
===Pirate Raid of 3085===
In April of [[3085]], the pirate band known as the Gort's Hounds raided the planet. The raid's objective was Toland's rare minerals, however [[Clan Hell's Horses]] defending forces would respond. The [[67th BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)|67th BattleMech]] Cluster's heavy Solahma Infantry trinary to deal with the pirates.  The mostly infantry and Combat vehicle oriented trinary would trap the pirates in a ambush that would destroy them.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 134 - Vehicle profile includes 67th BattleMech Cluster's activities on Toland.</ref>
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In April of [[3085]] the pirate band known as the Gort's Hounds raided the planet. The objective or the raid was Toland's rare minerals; [[Clan Hell's Horses]] defending forces responded with the [[67th BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)|67th BattleMech]] Cluster's heavy Solahma Infantry trinary dealing with the pirates.  The mostly infantry and Combat vehicle oriented trinary trapped the pirates in a ambush that destroyed them.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 134 - Vehicle profile includes 67th BattleMech Cluster's activities on Toland.</ref>
  
 
==Garrisoning Military Force==
 
==Garrisoning Military Force==
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===3085===
 
===3085===
*[[Clan Hell's Horses]]' [[67th BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)|67th BattleMech]] [[Cluster]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 134 - Zephyros - Vehicle notable combat includes pirate raid it repulsed on Toland. Vehicle article notes newly stationed 67th BattleMech Cluster being station on planet.</ref>
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*[[Clan Hell's Horses]]' [[67th BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)|67th BattleMech]] [[Cluster]]<ref name="TRO3085p134">''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 134 - Zephyros - Vehicle notable combat includes pirate raid it repulsed on Toland. Vehicle article notes newly stationed 67th BattleMech Cluster being station on planet.</ref>
  
 
== Owner History ==
 
== Owner History ==
* 2750 - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]
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* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
* 3025 - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
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* [[2750]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref>
* 3030 - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
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* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:MPSp37"/>
* 3040 - [[Federated Commonwealth]]
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* [[2822]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"</ref>
* 3050 - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
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* [[2864]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"</ref>
* 3057 - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
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* [[3025]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref>
* 3062 - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
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* [[3030]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
* 3071 - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 29,31 - Clan Ice Hellions would loose control of world to Clan Hell's Horses and planet shown as of 3072 as part of Horse's Occupation Zone.</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"</ref>
* 3085 - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 139 - Vehicle profile shows Hell's Horses garrison fighting off pirates raiding the planet in 3085.</ref>
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* [[3050]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name=20YU25/>
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* [[3050]] (March) - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name="JFSBp37"/>
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* [[3052]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"</ref>
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* [[3059]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name=FMCRC154/>
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* [[3067]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref>
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* [[3071]] (August) - [[Clan Ice Hellion]]<ref name="JS:TBDp29"/>
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* [[3071]] (November) - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref name="JS:TBDp29"/>
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* [[3085]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]] <ref name="TRO3085p134"/>
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* [[3130]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]] <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
  
 
== Nearby Planets ==
 
== Nearby Planets ==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[20 Year Update]]''
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
*''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
*''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
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* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
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* ''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''
  
 
[[Category:Planets|Toland]]
 
[[Category:Planets|Toland]]
 
[[Category: Clan Hell's Horses Planets]]
 
[[Category: Clan Hell's Horses Planets]]
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[[Category: Clan Ice Hellion Planets]]
 
[[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Planets]]
 
[[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Planets]]
 
[[Category: Federated Commonwealth Planets]]
 
[[Category: Federated Commonwealth Planets]]
 
[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Planets]]
 
[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Planets]]
 
[[Category: Rim Worlds Republic Planets]]
 
[[Category: Rim Worlds Republic Planets]]

Revision as of 03:26, 12 August 2011

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Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

X: -116.84 Y: -116.84


Description

Toland is a a habitable world on the coreward side of the Inner Sphere.[1] The planet is known to have rare minerals among its natural resources.[2]

History

Rim Worlds Republic

Malibu was originally a part of the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic and was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773-2775 Republic-Commonwealth war.[3]

Jade Falcon Invasion of 3050

In March of 3050 Toland was attacked by Clan Jade Falcon in a Trial of Possession. The planet was defended by the 2nd Regiment of the 12th Star Guards and the Toland Defense Force. The 12th Star Guards took position in the hollows of the Jadea Jungle, but the Jade Falcon's Turkina Keshik and 9th Talon Cluster used their imposing strengths to swiftly rout the 12th Star Guards from their positions. The Falcons then used Aerospace Fighters and lighter 'Mech units to swiftly cut down the Guards as they retreated through barrens of Cantor Climb. A company of Star Guards 'Mechs were able reach Toland City, where they and the planet's defense forces were wiped out.[4]

Ice Hellion Invasion

During the Jihad, Clan Ice Hellion's Beta Galaxy invaded and captured Toland in August of 3071. Three months later in November, elements of Clan Hell's Horses' Theta and Iota Galaxies arrived to fight for control of the planet. As a part of their successful battle for the planet, Horses Naval forces destroyed the Ice Hellion Warship, CIH Moore’s Honor.[5]

Pirate Raid of 3085

In April of 3085 the pirate band known as the Gort's Hounds raided the planet. The objective or the raid was Toland's rare minerals; Clan Hell's Horses defending forces responded with the 67th BattleMech Cluster's heavy Solahma Infantry trinary dealing with the pirates. The mostly infantry and Combat vehicle oriented trinary trapped the pirates in a ambush that destroyed them.[6]

Garrisoning Military Force

3050

3059

3085

Owner History

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:

Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062 3072
Steelton 13.67 1 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CHH
Apollo 13.86 1 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CHH
Bensinger 18.63 1 RWR LC LC FC CJF CSV CJF CHH
Winfield 26.68 1 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Persistence 27.08 1 RWR LC LC FC CJF CSV CJF CJF
Star's End 32.87 2 RWR P P P CW CW CW CHH
Butte Hold 34.76 2 N P P P CW CW CW CHH
Wotan 35.31 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Icar 37.11 2 RWR LC LC FC CW CW CW CHH
Here 37.24 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CHH
Derf 40.01 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Oberon VI 42.47 2 RWR P P P CW CW CW CHH
Somerset 44.44 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CHH
Trell I 44.90 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CSV CJF CJF
Maxie's Planet 46.56 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Sigurd 50.21 2 RWR P P P CW CW CW CHH
Anywhere 52.11 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Lackhove 52.47 2 RWR P P P CJF CJF CJF CHH
Golandrinas 54.05 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Chateau 54.31 2 LC LC LC FC CW CW CW CHH
Butler 57.55 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Romulus 58.67 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF

Notes

  • Toland is featured in the short story Unholy Union, where it is mentioned the planet has (at least) three moons. It's the location of an old Rim Worlds Republic supply depot reactivated to serve as a trap for pirate forces in 3028.

References

  1. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 37 - Toland's information includes jungles.
  2. Technical Readout: 3085, p. 134 - Toland mentioned in vehicle action in 3085, which world being raided for rare minerals.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 37 First Wave / Toland - Conflict for control of Toland.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 29 Toland - Battle for Toland, Falcons lose the world, while Horses liberate it for themselves.
  6. Technical Readout: 3085, p. 134 - Vehicle profile includes 67th BattleMech Cluster's activities on Toland.
  7. 7.0 7.1 20 Year Update, p. 25 - "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  8. 8.0 8.1 Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 154 - "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"
  9. 9.0 9.1 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 134 - Zephyros - Vehicle notable combat includes pirate raid it repulsed on Toland. Vehicle article notes newly stationed 67th BattleMech Cluster being station on planet.
  10. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"
  11. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  12. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  13. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
  14. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"
  15. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
  16. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  17. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"
  18. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"
  19. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  20. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130

Bibliography