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===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
====Star League====
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====Early History====
 
Twycross was settled during the height of the [[Star League era]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
 
Twycross was settled during the height of the [[Star League era]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
  
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====Star League====
 
During the last years of the [[Star League]], Twycross supported a garrison of [[Star League Defense Force]]s.<ref name=FMSLDFp255>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 255: "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Command Map"</ref>
 
During the last years of the [[Star League]], Twycross supported a garrison of [[Star League Defense Force]]s.<ref name=FMSLDFp255>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 255: "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Command Map"</ref>
  
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====Refusal War====
 
====Refusal War====
In November [[3057]], [[Clan Wolf]]'s Khan [[Natasha Kerensky]] led Clan Wolf forces to Twycross where they battled with the Falcon Guard as part of a massive [[Refusal War|Trial of Refusal]]. In the ensuing Combat Trial, Khan Kerensky initiated personal ''[[zellbrigen]]'' with Falcon Guard MechWarrior [[Joanna]]; the two battled in the Great Gash canyon, where the battle for Twycross was won for the Falcons when Joanna felled Kerensky in a last-ditch act of defiance.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 84: "Twycross and Wotan" - Bit piece of Outcome of Trial of Refusal on Twycross</ref><ref name=MMp153/>
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In November [[3057]] [[Clan Wolf]]'s Khan [[Natasha Kerensky]] led Clan Wolf forces to Twycross where they battled with the Falcon Guard as part of a massive [[Refusal War|Trial of Refusal]]. In the ensuing Combat Trial, Khan Kerensky initiated personal ''[[zellbrigen]]'' with Falcon Guard MechWarrior [[Joanna]]; the two battled in the Great Gash canyon, where the battle for Twycross was won for the Falcons when Joanna felled Kerensky in a last-ditch act of defiance.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 84: "Twycross and Wotan" - Bit piece of Outcome of Trial of Refusal on Twycross</ref><ref name=MMp153/>
  
 
====Falcon Incursion and Diamond Shark Conquest====
 
====Falcon Incursion and Diamond Shark Conquest====
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By [[3077]], Twycross's old [[Trellshire Heavy Industries]] facility had been restored and reconfigured to produce Diamond Shark designs for sale and Twycross had become the most prized Diamond Shark possession in the Inner Sphere. The Clan's flagship, the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship [[Terror of the Deep|DCS ''Terror of the Deep'']], and a [[Galaxy]] of troops had been assigned permanently to defend Twycross and the [[HarJel]] mining complex on Jonah's Reach.<ref name=MMp153/>
 
By [[3077]], Twycross's old [[Trellshire Heavy Industries]] facility had been restored and reconfigured to produce Diamond Shark designs for sale and Twycross had become the most prized Diamond Shark possession in the Inner Sphere. The Clan's flagship, the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship [[Terror of the Deep|DCS ''Terror of the Deep'']], and a [[Galaxy]] of troops had been assigned permanently to defend Twycross and the [[HarJel]] mining complex on Jonah's Reach.<ref name=MMp153/>
  
During the [[Bloody Tricentennial]] attacks, the Trellshire Heavy Industries plant was destroyed in a nuclear explosion intended to both destroy the factory and the garrisoning Diamond Shark forces from [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Diamond Shark)|Gamma Galaxy]], who had been lured to the plant by a series of earlier explosions.<ref name="FM:3085p115">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 115: "Gamma Galaxy"</ref> The plant was initially described as having been heavily damaged.<ref name="J:FRp113">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 113: "Clan Industry"</ref>
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During the [[Bloody Tricentennial]] attacks the Trellshire Heavy Industries plant was destroyed in a nuclear explosion intended to both destroy the factory and the garrisoning Diamond Shark forces from [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Diamond Shark)|Gamma Galaxy]], who had been lured to the plant by a series of earlier explosions.<ref name="FM:3085p115">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 115: "Gamma Galaxy"</ref> The plant was initially described as having been heavily damaged.<ref name="J:FRp113">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 113: "Clan Industry"</ref>
  
 
====Dark Age Era====
 
====Dark Age Era====
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===Planetary Locations===
 
===Planetary Locations===
* Auburn Depot: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
 
 
* Camora: capital of Twycross, located on the continent of Twycross South<ref name=O:TCp5/>
 
* Camora: capital of Twycross, located on the continent of Twycross South<ref name=O:TCp5/>
:* Camora Space Port: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
 
 
* Carswell Barrens: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
 
* Carswell Barrens: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
 
* Doom Valley: the subterranean location of Trellshire Heavy Industries, on Big Island<ref name=O:TCp5/>
 
* Doom Valley: the subterranean location of Trellshire Heavy Industries, on Big Island<ref name=O:TCp5/>
 
* Great Gash: series of deep canyons which became the site of major battles in the [[thirty-first century]]{{cn}}
 
* Great Gash: series of deep canyons which became the site of major battles in the [[thirty-first century]]{{cn}}
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* Plain of Curtains: a sandy, windswept desert plain and home to the massive Diabolis sandstorm and site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
 
* Hawkroost: settlement and site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
 
* Hawkroost: settlement and site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
* Plain of Curtains: a sandy, windswept desert plain and home to the massive Diabolis sandstorm and site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
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* Auburn Depot: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
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* Camora Space Port: site of important battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=JFS39/>
  
 
===Companies and Industries===
 
===Companies and Industries===

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