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== Political Affiliation ==
 
== Political Affiliation ==
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited world <ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"</ref>
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"</ref>
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* [[2366]] - [[Free Worlds League]] <ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13, "Capellan Confederation Foundation - [2366] Map"</ref>
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* [[2366]] - [[Free Worlds League]]<ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13: "Capellan Confederation Foundation - [2366] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] <ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24: "Free Worlds League after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25: "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
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* [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]] <ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>  
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* [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
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* [[2771]] - Amaris Empire <ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref>  
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* [[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"/>
 
* [[2772]] - Terran Hegemony (from September)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
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* [[2784]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:LoTV2p118">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 118, "Digesting The Hegemony"</ref>
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* [[2784]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV2p118">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 118: "Digesting The Hegemony"</ref>
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* [[2785]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/>
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* [[2785]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/>
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* [[2786]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
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* [[2838]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] (from September)<ref name="HM(TFWL)p33">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 33, "At War With ComStar"</ref>
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* [[2838]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] (from September)<ref name="HM(TFWL)p33">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 33: "At War With ComStar"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HM(TFWL)pvii">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. vii, "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HM(TFWL)pvii">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. vii: "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
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* [[3029]] - [[Tikonov Free Republic]] (from July)<ref name="FSWMAv2p81">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 81, "Republican Offensive"</ref>
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* [[3029]] - [[Tikonov Free Republic]] (from July)<ref name="FSWMAv2p81">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 81: "Republican Offensive"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Tikonov Free Republic <ref name="FSWMAv2p94">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 94, "End Of The War"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Tikonov Free Republic<ref name="FSWMAv2p94">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 94: "End Of The War"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49: "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp54">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp54">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54: "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Free Worlds League <ref name="HB:HMp56">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name=JFRp42>' Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Free Worlds League<ref name="HB:HMp56">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 56: "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68: "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name=JFRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map</ref>
 
* [[3069]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from October)<ref name="J:FRp47"/>
 
* [[3069]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] (from October)<ref name="J:FRp47"/>
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* [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate <ref name="FR:Cp29">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 29, "Terran Corridor/Clans Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="FR:Cp29">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 29: "Terran Corridor/Clans Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Inhabited world <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Inhabited world<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Free Worlds League <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>
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* [[3145]] - Free Worlds League<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>
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* [[3149]] - Republic of the Sphere (from January) <ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 62, "The Curtain Rises" - Van Diemen not explicitly named but appears as Republic territory in 3151 map</ref>
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* [[3149]] - Republic of the Sphere (from January)<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 62: "The Curtain Rises" - Van Diemen not explicitly named but appears as Republic territory in 3151 map</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name="SFortress">''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="SFortress">''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
  
 
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| population          = approx 1B<ref name=DA:3136p99>''Dark Age: 3136 LinkNet'', p. 99, "Throwing in the Towel"</ref>
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| population          = approx 1B<ref name=DA:3136p99>''Dark Age: 3136 LinkNet'', p. 99: "Throwing in the Towel"</ref>
 
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===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
 
====Second Succession War====
 
====Second Succession War====
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'''Van Diemen IV''' was conquered by the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] in September 2838 while the Free Worlds League was under a communications interdiction imposed by [[ComStar]]. The loss of Van Diemen - after a battle that saw five [[battalion]]s of [[House Marik]] troops and a [[regiment]] from the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] destroyed - was one of the defeats that led to [[Captain-General]] [[Charles Marik (29th c.)|Charles Marik]] being forced to capitulate to ComStar's terms for ending the interdiction.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p33">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 33, "At War With ComStar"</ref>
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'''Van Diemen IV''' was conquered by the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] in September 2838 while the Free Worlds League was under a communications interdiction imposed by [[ComStar]]. The loss of Van Diemen - after a battle that saw five [[battalion]]s of [[House Marik]] troops and a [[regiment]] from the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] destroyed - was one of the defeats that led to [[Captain-General]] [[Charles Marik (29th c.)|Charles Marik]] being forced to capitulate to ComStar's terms for ending the interdiction.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p33">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 33: "At War With ComStar"</ref>
  
 
====Fourth Succession War====
 
====Fourth Succession War====
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Goaded by requests from [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] and [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]], and aided by advice from [[General]] [[Ardan Sortek]] of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], Supreme Lord [[Pavel Ridzik]] of the newly-formed Tikonov Free Republic decided to launch an offensive against the Free Worlds League in the second quarter of 3029. Ridzik's offensive targeted four League worlds, one of which was Van Diemen IV. Van Diemen IV became a target when the [[Free Worlds League Military]] redeployed away the [[Marik Guard]] for a planned offensive against the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]; this redeployment prompted Ridzik to send the [[Fifth Republican BattleMech Regiment]] to conquer the world, not anticipating any particular problems. The Fifth was a green regiment formed from survivors and cadets, and had more trouble with the invasion than expected because Ridzik and his advisers were unaware that the FWLM had deployed four front-line armored regiments to Van Diemen IV to replace the Marik Guard. Both the League regiments and the Fifth Republican were unfamiliar with the terrain, but the Republicans eventually overwhelmed the tank regiments and seized the planet for the Republic.<ref name="FSWMAv2p80">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 80, "Free Worlds League Front"</ref>
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Goaded by requests from [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] and [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]], and aided by advice from [[General]] [[Ardan Sortek]] of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], Supreme Lord [[Pavel Ridzik]] of the newly-formed Tikonov Free Republic decided to launch an offensive against the Free Worlds League in the second quarter of 3029. Ridzik's offensive targeted four League worlds, one of which was Van Diemen IV. Van Diemen IV became a target when the [[Free Worlds League Military]] redeployed away the [[Marik Guard]] for a planned offensive against the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]; this redeployment prompted Ridzik to send the [[Fifth Republican BattleMech Regiment]] to conquer the world, not anticipating any particular problems. The Fifth was a green regiment formed from survivors and cadets, and had more trouble with the invasion than expected because Ridzik and his advisers were unaware that the FWLM had deployed four front-line armored regiments to Van Diemen IV to replace the Marik Guard. Both the League regiments and the Fifth Republican were unfamiliar with the terrain, but the Republicans eventually overwhelmed the tank regiments and seized the planet for the Republic.<ref name="FSWMAv2p80">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 80: "Free Worlds League Front"</ref>
  
 
====Operation GUERRERO====
 
====Operation GUERRERO====
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Van Diemen IV was invaded in the Free Worlds League's first wave of [[Operation GUERRERO]] by the [[10th Marik Militia|Tenth]] and [[Twenty-third Marik Militia]], the [[Third Oriente Hussars]] and the [[First Sirian Lancers]]. The defending [[FedCom]] forces held out until [[Free Worlds League Military]] reinforcements arrived.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 74, "Operation Guerrero, First Wave"</ref>
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Van Diemen IV was invaded in the Free Worlds League's first wave of [[Operation GUERRERO]] by the [[10th Marik Militia|Tenth]] and [[Twenty-third Marik Militia]], the [[Third Oriente Hussars]] and the [[First Sirian Lancers]]. The defending [[FedCom]] forces held out until [[Free Worlds League Military]] reinforcements arrived.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 74: "Operation Guerrero, First Wave"</ref>
  
 
====The Jihad====
 
====The Jihad====
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The [[Word of Blake]] attacked Van Diemen IV in September [[3069]], breaking the 3rd Oriente Hussars as they did so.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Having been occupied by the Word of Blake, Van Dieman IV was targeted for liberation by the allied coalition assembled by [[Devlin Stone]]; coalition forces assaulted Van Dieman IV on the 1st of July [[3076]] as one of four planetary assaults on Protectorate worlds that took place simultaneously, with the other strikes targeting the [[Al Na'ir]], [[Rio]], and [[Rochelle]] systems.<ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
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The [[Word of Blake]] attacked Van Diemen IV in September [[3069]], breaking the 3rd Oriente Hussars as they did so.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Having been occupied by the Word of Blake, Van Dieman IV was targeted for liberation by the allied coalition assembled by [[Devlin Stone]]; coalition forces assaulted Van Dieman IV on the 1st of July [[3076]] as one of four planetary assaults on Protectorate worlds that took place simultaneously, with the other strikes targeting the [[Al Na'ir]], [[Rio]], and [[Rochelle]] systems.<ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
 
====2786====
 
====2786====
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* [[Second Marik Militia]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>
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* [[Second Marik Militia]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>
  
 
====2821====
 
====2821====
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* [[First Tania Dragoons]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>
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* [[First Tania Dragoons]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War (Sourcebook)'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref>
  
 
====3025====
 
====3025====
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* [[Marik Guard]]<ref name=HM108>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[Marik Guard]]<ref name=HM108>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3038====
 
====3038====
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* [[3rd Republican|Third Republican]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138 "Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[3rd Republican|Third Republican]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138: "Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3050====
 
====3050====
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* Third Republican<ref name=20YU24>''20 Year Update'', p. 24, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
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* Third Republican<ref name=20YU24>''20 Year Update'', p. 24: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3054====
 
====3054====
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* Third Republican<ref name=OR18>''Objective Raids'', p. 18, "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
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* Third Republican<ref name=OR18>''Objective Raids'', p. 18: "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3059====
 
====3059====
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* [[3rd Oriente Hussars|Third Oriente Hussars]]<ref name=FMFWL114>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 114, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[3rd Oriente Hussars|Third Oriente Hussars]]<ref name=FMFWL114>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 114: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3067====
 
====3067====
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* Third Oriente Hussars<ref name=FMU161>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 161, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
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* Third Oriente Hussars<ref name=FMU161>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 161: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
====3069====
 
====3069====
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====3145====
 
====3145====
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* [[2nd Covenant Guards]]<ref name=FM3145p116>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 116, "Free Worlds League and Non-Affiliates Military Forces"</ref>
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* [[2nd Covenant Guards]]<ref name=FM3145p116>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 116: "Free Worlds League and Non-Affiliates Military Forces"</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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* The Tikonov Free Republic invasion of Van Diemen IV during the Fourth Succession War has been dated to June 3030 based on the detail given of the timings of the Republican offensive against Wasat in ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''<ref name="FSWMAv2p84">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 84, "Wasat"</ref> as the four planetary assaults appear to have been launched concurrently.
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* The Tikonov Free Republic invasion of Van Diemen IV during the Fourth Succession War has been dated to June 3030 based on the detail given of the timings of the Republican offensive against Wasat in ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''<ref name="FSWMAv2p84">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 84: "Wasat"</ref> as the four planetary assaults appear to have been launched concurrently.
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== Map Gallery ==
 
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
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* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
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Revision as of 13:30, 9 May 2022

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

Van Diemen
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3151
Van Diemen 3151.svg
Van Diemen nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-32.831 : -41.666[e]

Political Affiliation

Van Diemen IV

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Planetary History

Second Succession War

Van Diemen IV was conquered by the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces in September 2838 while the Free Worlds League was under a communications interdiction imposed by ComStar. The loss of Van Diemen - after a battle that saw five battalions of House Marik troops and a regiment from the Fusiliers of Oriente destroyed - was one of the defeats that led to Captain-General Charles Marik being forced to capitulate to ComStar's terms for ending the interdiction.[15]

Fourth Succession War

Goaded by requests from Archon Katrina Steiner and First Prince Hanse Davion, and aided by advice from General Ardan Sortek of the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns, Supreme Lord Pavel Ridzik of the newly-formed Tikonov Free Republic decided to launch an offensive against the Free Worlds League in the second quarter of 3029. Ridzik's offensive targeted four League worlds, one of which was Van Diemen IV. Van Diemen IV became a target when the Free Worlds League Military redeployed away the Marik Guard for a planned offensive against the Lyran Commonwealth; this redeployment prompted Ridzik to send the Fifth Republican BattleMech Regiment to conquer the world, not anticipating any particular problems. The Fifth was a green regiment formed from survivors and cadets, and had more trouble with the invasion than expected because Ridzik and his advisers were unaware that the FWLM had deployed four front-line armored regiments to Van Diemen IV to replace the Marik Guard. Both the League regiments and the Fifth Republican were unfamiliar with the terrain, but the Republicans eventually overwhelmed the tank regiments and seized the planet for the Republic.[45]

Operation GUERRERO

Van Diemen IV was invaded in the Free Worlds League's first wave of Operation GUERRERO by the Tenth and Twenty-third Marik Militia, the Third Oriente Hussars and the First Sirian Lancers. The defending FedCom forces held out until Free Worlds League Military reinforcements arrived.[46]

The Jihad

The Word of Blake attacked Van Diemen IV in September 3069, breaking the 3rd Oriente Hussars as they did so.[35] Having been occupied by the Word of Blake, Van Dieman IV was targeted for liberation by the allied coalition assembled by Devlin Stone; coalition forces assaulted Van Dieman IV on the 1st of July 3076 as one of four planetary assaults on Protectorate worlds that took place simultaneously, with the other strikes targeting the Al Na'ir, Rio, and Rochelle systems.[47][48]

Military Deployment

2786

2821

3025

3038

3050

  • Third Republican[52]

3054

  • Third Republican[53]

3059

3067

  • Third Oriente Hussars[55]

3069

  • 3rd Oriente Hussars[35]

3145

Notes

  • The Tikonov Free Republic invasion of Van Diemen IV during the Fourth Succession War has been dated to June 3030 based on the detail given of the timings of the Republican offensive against Wasat in NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2[57] as the four planetary assaults appear to have been launched concurrently.

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 80 systems (79 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Talitha 7.1 Tabit 13.3 Wasat 18.3 Hall 19.0
Irian 20.1 Acubens 21.4 Connaught 21.5 Hechnar 22.3
Blue Sava 25.2 Castor 26.1 Pollux 26.1 Devil's Rock 26.6
New Dallas 27.5 Mandal 28.0 Pliska 28.5 Outreach 30.5
Bordon 31.4 Graham 32.6 Miaplacidus 33.4 Alphard 34.2
Carver 34.5 Oliver 34.7 Berenson 35.1 Nathan 35.2
Chisholm 35.6 Zosma 35.8 Augustine 36.8 Marcus 36.9
Xi Ursae Majoris 37.9 Hamilton 39.7 Callison 39.9 Denebola 40.4
Remulac 40.4 Hsien 40.5 Capolla 40.8 Brownsville 41.1
Procyon 41.3 Zavijava 41.4 Tall Trees 41.9 Afleir 42.9
Elbing 43.7 Menkalinan 43.8 Dieudonné 45.2 Sirius 45.4
Dubhe 45.6 Saiph 45.8 Savannah 47.1 Avellaneda 47.6
Keid 47.8 Wyatt 47.9 Lipton 48.1 Kristiandsund 48.1
Chara 48.2 Tau Ceti 49.2 Myrvoll 49.3 Chertan 49.3
New Home 49.4 Belluevue 50.4 Thorin 50.5 New Canton 51.6
Wing 52.4 Sol 53.0 Rigil Kentarus 53.4 Bryant 54.1
Bernardo 54.2 Milton 54.5 Epsilon Eridani 55.1 Alchiba 55.7
Bonaire 55.9 Terra Firma 55.9 Nanking 56.5 Alhena 56.6
Haddings 56.7 Muphrid 57.1 Zurich 57.2 Aquileia 57.3
Marik 57.6 Phecda 57.8 Catroxx 58.3 Zollikofen 61.1

References

  1. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"
  2. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 13: "Capellan Confederation Foundation - [2366] Map"
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24: "Free Worlds League after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25: "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  6. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  7. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  8. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138: "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 118: "Digesting The Hegemony"
  11. ↑ First Succession War (Sourcebook), pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  14. ↑ First Succession War (Sourcebook), pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 33: "At War With ComStar"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  18. ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. vii: "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  21. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 81: "Republican Offensive"
  22. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 94: "End Of The War"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49: "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  25. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54: "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  32. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56: "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  33. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68: "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  34. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"
  36. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  37. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 29: "Terran Corridor/Clans Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  38. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  39. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  40. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  41. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  42. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. vi: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  43. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 62: "The Curtain Rises" - Van Diemen not explicitly named but appears as Republic territory in 3151 map
  44. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 103
  45. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 80: "Free Worlds League Front"
  46. ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 74: "Operation Guerrero, First Wave"
  47. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"
  48. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 56: "The Jihad In Review"
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 First Succession War (Sourcebook), p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
  50. ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 108: "Unit Deployment Table"
  51. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 138: "Deployment Table"
  52. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 24: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  53. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 18: "FedCom Deployment Table"
  54. ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 114: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  55. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 161: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  56. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 116: "Free Worlds League and Non-Affiliates Military Forces"
  57. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 84: "Wasat"

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