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The '''Wernke''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Wernke III''', and an inhabited moon, '''Talon''', and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Sirdar Operational Area]] of the [[Capellan March]] within the [[Federated Suns]].<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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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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'''X''': 248.22
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==System Description==
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'''Y''': -232.53{{e}}
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Wernke is located near the [[Gruyeres]] and [[Hobbs]] systems<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> and consists of a class G0V primary orbited by at least three planets. During the [[thirty-first century]], recharge stations were in place at the system nadir and zenith [[jump point]]s.<ref name=HBD91/>
  
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==Planetary Data<ref name=HBD91>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 91, "Planet Profile"</ref>==
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==System History==
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* Star Type (Recharge Time): G0V (181 hours)
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The Wernke system was settled during or shortly after the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p14">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 14: "Seeds of Destruction"</ref> Despite the planet Wernke III having been settled first and having the far greater population, Wernke III's importance relative to its moon, Talon, and the convention that star systems are commonly recorded on maps using the name of the most significant colony within that system caused some confusion amidst cartographers and other groups outside the Federated Suns, leading to the system sometimes being marked as the Talon system rather than the Wernke system.<ref name=HBD91/>
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* Position in System: 3rd
 
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* Time to Jump Point: 10.43 days
 
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* Number of Satellites: 1 (Talon)
 
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* Surface Gravity: 0.8
 
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* Atmosphere Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
 
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* Surface Water Coverage: 30 percent
 
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* Equatorial Temperature: 45° C (Arid)
 
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* Highest Native Life: Insects
 
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* Recharging Station: Zenith, Nadir
 
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* [[HPG]] Class Type: A
 
  
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==Era Specific Data==
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==Political Affiliation==
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===3067<ref name=HBD91/>===
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* Noble Ruler: Duke Roderick FaCrimeia II
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* Ca. [[2305]] - [[Capellan Hegemony]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p14"/>
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* Population Size: 135,400
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* [[2317]] - Independent world<ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18</ref>
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* Socio-Industrial Levels/[[USIIR]]: A-A-B-A-F
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* [[2571]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Federated Suns<ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
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* [[2764]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:LoTV1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref><ref name=FR:2765FSp29>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60</ref><ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', foldout: "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70</ref><ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', foldout: "Capellan Confederation Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72</ref><ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49</ref>
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* [[3040]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
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* [[3050]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78</ref><ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82</ref><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FR:AFFSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Federated Suns<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FM:3085pVii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Federated Suns<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Federated Suns<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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===3025===
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==Wernke III==
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* [[1st Capellan Dragoons]]<ref name=HD134>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 134, "Unit Deployment Table"</ref>
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| image              = Wernke-Talon.jpg
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| name                = Wernke III
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| position            = Third<ref name=HBD91/>
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| distance            = 10.43 days<ref name=HBD91/>
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| moons              = 1 (Talon)<ref name=HBD91/>
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| gravity            = 1.0<ref name=HBD91/>
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HBD91/>
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| temperature        = 40° C (Warm-Temperate)<ref name=HBD91/>
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| water              = 60%<ref name=HBD91/>
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| life                = Mammals<ref name=HBD91/>
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| continents          = 4 (Crimeia, Vesper, Jal, Tonkya)<ref name=HBD91/><ref name=FCWp193>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 193: "Atlas - Talon"</ref>
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| religion            =
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| population          = 298,650,000 (3067)<ref name=HBD91/>
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| ruler              = [[Duke of Wernke]]
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| political          = [[Planetary Governor of Wernke|Planetary Governor]]
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| capital            = Hamish<ref name=HBD91/>
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Wernke III, more commonly known simply as Wernke, is the third planet in the Wernke system and has a single inhabited and heavily industrialized moon named Talon.<ref name=HBD91/>
  
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==Manufacturing Centers==
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===Planetary History===
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* [[Kallon Industries]]
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====Early History====
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* [[Mercy Industries of Talon]]
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By [[2305]], Wernke was considered to be a client state of the [[Capellan Hegemony]], but in a sign of events to come the Capellan interests on Wernke were already being contested diplomatically by various mercantile interests backed by the [[House Davion|Davion]] family. This highlighted the biggest internal problem suffered by the Capellan Hegemony—just how far-flung the borders of the Hegemony were, outside of the Hegemony core systems.<ref name="HL(TCC)p14"/>
  
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==Owner History==
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====The Jihad====
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* Ca. [[2305]] - [[Capellan Hegemony]] <ref name="HL(TCC)p14">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 14, "Seeds of Destruction"</ref>
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During the thirty-first century, Wenke's three major continents were dominated by farming and ranching, but by the latter half of the century the island of Tonkya was shrouded in mystery; publicly, it was the site of Kallon Industries mining operations, but the entire continent had been placed off limits, including a 100 km buffer zone around the continent. Despite this, Tonkya bustled with [[DropShip]] activity going to and from Tonkya, [[AFFS]] Fort Samson Wood, the Kallon HQ spaceport at Hamish and Talon, with arrivals and departures occurring at any time of the day or night. The remainder of Wernke remained largely undeveloped in manufacturing terms, with those factories on the planet directly involved in supporting the Kallon facilities on Talon. The Colonel Jamison Hasek Spaceport handled the majority of the world's trade, with the spaceport subject to nearly constant traffic all year-round.<ref name=HBD91/><ref name=FCWp193/>
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* [[2596]] - [[Federated Suns]] <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
 
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* [[2750]] - [[Federated Suns]]
 
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* [[3025]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name=HD134/>
 
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* [[3030]] - [[Federated Suns]]
 
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]
 
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* [[3052]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]
 
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* [[3057]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]
 
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* [[3062]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]
 
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* [[3067]] - [[Federated Suns]]
 
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* [[3130]] - [[Federated Suns]] <ref name="MotIS3130">Map of the Inner Sphere 3130</ref>
 
  
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==Planetary History==
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===Early History===
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===Military Deployment===
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By [[2305]], '''Wernke''' was considered to be a client state of the [[Capellan Hegemony]], but in a sign of events to come the Capellan interests on Wernke were already being contested diplomatically by various mercantile interests backed by the Davion family. This highlighted the biggest internal problem suffered by the Capellan Hegemony - just how far-flung the borders of the Hegemony were, outside of the Hegemony core systems.<ref name="HL(TCC)p14"/>
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===Geography===
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Wernke has three major continents—named Crimeia, Jal, and Vesper—and at least one smaller continent, the island of Tonkya. Wernke is an agricultural world, supplying other worlds throughout the rimward region of the [[Capellan March]] with food. The continents of Crimeia, Jal, and Vesper are all temperate continents, but Tonkya is a mountainous island with no arable land.<ref name=HBD91/>
  
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The [[Kallon Industries]] plant was a large scale producer of [[BattleMech]]s for the [[AFFS]], and was targeted specifically by the [[Word of Blake]] during the [[Jihad]]; the Blakists completely destroyed the plant in [[3069]].<ref name="J:FRp97">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 97, "Capellan March"</ref>
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===Planetary Locations===
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* [[Colonel]] [[Jamison Hasek]] Spaceport: spaceport located on Crimeia near Hamish and connected to the planetary capital by highways and maglev lines<ref name=HBD91/>
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* Hamish: the planetary capital, located on Crimeia<ref name=HBD91/>
  
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==Nearby Planets==
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===Companies and Industries===
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==Wernke IIIa (Talon)==
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! 3025
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! 3040
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! 3057
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! 3062
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| 1
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| temperature        = 45° C (Arid)<ref name=HBD91/>
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| water              = 30%<ref name=HBD91/>
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| life                = Insects<ref name=HBD91/>
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| population          = 135,400 (3067)<ref name=HBD91/>
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Talon is the large, barren but heavily industrialized moon of Wernke III. Talon lacks arable lands and potable water, but the barren and craggy surface of the moon contains significant deposits of various rare metals.<ref name=HBD91/>
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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===Planetary History===
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While opinion is divided on whether Talon is Wernke's moon or Wernke's smaller sister, Talon's importance to the Federated Suns was indisputable for much of its history. The terrain on Wernke is similar to that found on the industrial world of [[Hesperus II]] in the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], and as a result Talon was chosen to be the location of the largest and most prestigious manufacturing facility owned by Kallon Weapon Industries anywhere in the Inner Sphere, located deep in the Kulmen Mountains. Due to the arid nature of Talon, food for the population had to be imported from Wernke, and the population was limited to employees and family of the Kallon factory and various mining concerns.<ref name=HBD91/>
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| 35.60
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Due to the importance of the Kallon Industries plant and its contribution to the AFFS Talon was attacked numerous times during the Succession Wars by both the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Taurian Concordat]].<ref name=HBD91/>
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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====FedCom Civil War====
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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{{see|Battle of Talon (3063)}}
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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During the [[FedCom Civil war]], two [[RCT]]s squared off against each other over control of Talon; the [[Twenty-second Avalon Hussars]] secured the Kallon plants and held them in the face of repeated attacks from the [[Seventh FedCom RCT]], proving the strength of the defenses in place yet again.<ref name=HBD91/>
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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====The Jihad====
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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The Kallon Industries plant was targeted specifically by the [[Word of Blake]] during the [[Jihad]]; the Blakists completely destroyed the plant in [[3069]].<ref name="J:FRp97">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 97: "Capellan March"</ref> It was reported in [[3079]] that the Kallon facilities had been so effectively destroyed<ref name="O:FSp3"/> using nuclear weapons<ref name="O:FSp30">''Objectives: Federated Suns'', p. 30: "Upcoming Projects"</ref> that it would be at least another ten years before salvage teams could even contemplate investigating the remains of the facilities.<ref name="O:FSp3">''Objectives: Federated Suns'', p. 3: "Industrial Update"</ref>
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| [[Sekulmun]]
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===Military Deployment===
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| 38.04
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| 2
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====2765====
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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* [[Tenth Syrtis Fusiliers]]<ref name="FR2765:FSp19">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 19: "Regimental Status"</ref>
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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====2786====
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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* Tenth Syrtis Fusiliers<ref name="FSWp135">''First Succession War'', p. 135: "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"</ref>
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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====3025====
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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* [[First Capellan Dragoons]]<ref name=HD134>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 134: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref>
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|-
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| [[Grosvenor]]
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====3038====
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| 38.32
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* First Capellan Dragoons<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 135: "Deployment Table"</ref>
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| 2
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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===Geography===
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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Talon is a "mountainous K-star world."<ref name=M:BRPGp114>''MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game'', p. 114</ref>
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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===Planetary Locations===
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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* Kulmen Mountains<ref name=HBD91/>
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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===Companies and Industries===
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|-
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* Kallon Industries<ref name=HBD91/>
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| [[Okains]]
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* [[Mercy Industries of Talon]]<ref name=TRO:3025Rp130>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 130: "M.A.S.H Truck Profile"</ref>
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| 38.77
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| 2
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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==Nearby Systems==
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| 43.63
 
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| 2
 
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
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|-
 
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| [[Birqash]]
 
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| 45.17
 
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| 2
 
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
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|-
 
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| [[Hobson]]
 
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| 46.03
 
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| 2
 
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Kigamboni]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Hobbs]]
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| 46.06
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| class="lessthan30" | 14.9
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| 2
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Gruyeres]]
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 18.1
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Pula]]
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 20.8
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Chillon]]
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 23.8
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Oltepesi]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Nogales]]
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| 46.36
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| class="lessthan30" | 24.7
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| 2
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Fathepur]]
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 28.9
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| class="over30" | [[Nahoni]]
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| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
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| class="over30" | 32.4
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| class="over30" | [[New Damascus]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
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| class="over30" | 35.3
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Kaguyak]]
+
| class="over30" | [[El Kerak]]
−
| 49.57
+
| class="over30" | 36.9
−
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Sekulmun]]
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | 37.7
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Grosvenor]]
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | 38.0
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Okains]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 38.4
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Kaitangata]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Aggstein]]
−
| 52.13
+
| class="over30" | 40.0
−
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Dunkerque]]
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | 41.7
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Nis]]
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | 42.9
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Mordialloc]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 43.3
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Ogilvie]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Birqash]]
−
| 52.96
+
| class="over30" | 44.7
−
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Kigamboni]]
−
| [[Capellan Confederation | CC]]
+
| class="over30" | 45.6
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Oltepesi]]
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | 46.0
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Smythe]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 46.8
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Cumberland]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Skaslien]]
−
| 54.10
+
| class="over30" | 47.9
−
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Kaguyak]]
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | 49.1
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Kaitangata]]
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | 51.7
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Ogilvie]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 52.7
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Semichi]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Cumberland]]
−
| 54.11
+
| class="over30" | 53.6
−
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Semichi]]
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | 53.6
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Fortymile]]
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | 57.3
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Victoria (FS)|Meglan]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over30" | 58.6
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Fortymile]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Notwina]]
−
| 57.75
+
| class="over30" | 59.4
−
| 2
+
| class="over30" | [[Waxell]]
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over30" | 59.6
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over60" | [[Kluane]]
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
+
| class="over60" | 61.0
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over60" | [[Kiserian]]
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
+
| class="over60" | 61.2
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Victoria]]
 
−
| 59.14
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Notwina]]
 
−
| 59.95
 
−
| 2
 
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
−
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
−
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
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| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
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* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
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* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
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* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
 
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
 
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
 
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
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* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
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[[Category:Planets|Wernke-Talon]]
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* ''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]''
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[[Category: Capellan Hegemony Planets]]
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Latest revision as of 08:33, 23 April 2024

Wernke
← 3135
3151
Wernke 3151.svg
Wernke nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates248.407 : -230.887[e]
Spectral classG0V[1]
Recharge time181 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Zenith, Nadir[1]
Planet(s)3[citation needed]

The Wernke system was home to at least one habitable world, Wernke III, and an inhabited moon, Talon, and as of 3145 was located in the Sirdar Operational Area of the Capellan March within the Federated Suns.[2][3]

System Description[edit]

Wernke is located near the Gruyeres and Hobbs systems[4] and consists of a class G0V primary orbited by at least three planets. During the thirty-first century, recharge stations were in place at the system nadir and zenith jump points.[1]

System History[edit]

The Wernke system was settled during or shortly after the First Exodus from Terra.[5] Despite the planet Wernke III having been settled first and having the far greater population, Wernke III's importance relative to its moon, Talon, and the convention that star systems are commonly recorded on maps using the name of the most significant colony within that system caused some confusion amidst cartographers and other groups outside the Federated Suns, leading to the system sometimes being marked as the Talon system rather than the Wernke system.[1]

Political Affiliation[edit]

Wernke III[edit]

Wernke III
Wernke-Talon.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionThird[1]
Jump Point distance10.43 days[1]
Moons1 (Talon)[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.0[1]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1]
Equatorial temperature40° C (Warm-Temperate)[1]
Surface water60%[1]
Highest native lifeMammals[1]
Landmasses4 (Crimeia, Vesper, Jal, Tonkya)[1][39]
History and Culture
Population298,650,000 (3067)[1]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Wernke
Political LeaderPlanetary Governor
CapitalHamish[1]
HPG ClassA[1]

Wernke III, more commonly known simply as Wernke, is the third planet in the Wernke system and has a single inhabited and heavily industrialized moon named Talon.[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Early History[edit]

By 2305, Wernke was considered to be a client state of the Capellan Hegemony, but in a sign of events to come the Capellan interests on Wernke were already being contested diplomatically by various mercantile interests backed by the Davion family. This highlighted the biggest internal problem suffered by the Capellan Hegemony—just how far-flung the borders of the Hegemony were, outside of the Hegemony core systems.[5]

The Jihad[edit]

During the thirty-first century, Wenke's three major continents were dominated by farming and ranching, but by the latter half of the century the island of Tonkya was shrouded in mystery; publicly, it was the site of Kallon Industries mining operations, but the entire continent had been placed off limits, including a 100 km buffer zone around the continent. Despite this, Tonkya bustled with DropShip activity going to and from Tonkya, AFFS Fort Samson Wood, the Kallon HQ spaceport at Hamish and Talon, with arrivals and departures occurring at any time of the day or night. The remainder of Wernke remained largely undeveloped in manufacturing terms, with those factories on the planet directly involved in supporting the Kallon facilities on Talon. The Colonel Jamison Hasek Spaceport handled the majority of the world's trade, with the spaceport subject to nearly constant traffic all year-round.[1][39]

Geography[edit]

Wernke has three major continents—named Crimeia, Jal, and Vesper—and at least one smaller continent, the island of Tonkya. Wernke is an agricultural world, supplying other worlds throughout the rimward region of the Capellan March with food. The continents of Crimeia, Jal, and Vesper are all temperate continents, but Tonkya is a mountainous island with no arable land.[1]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Colonel Jamison Hasek Spaceport: spaceport located on Crimeia near Hamish and connected to the planetary capital by highways and maglev lines[1]
  • Hamish: the planetary capital, located on Crimeia[1]

Companies and Industries[edit]

Wernke IIIa (Talon)[edit]

Talon
Astrophysical
Jump Point distance10.43 days[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity0.8[1]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1]
Equatorial temperature45° C (Arid)[1]
Surface water30%[1]
Highest native lifeInsects[1]
History and Culture
Population135,400 (3067)[1]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Wernke
HPG ClassA[1]

Talon is the large, barren but heavily industrialized moon of Wernke III. Talon lacks arable lands and potable water, but the barren and craggy surface of the moon contains significant deposits of various rare metals.[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Succession Wars[edit]

While opinion is divided on whether Talon is Wernke's moon or Wernke's smaller sister, Talon's importance to the Federated Suns was indisputable for much of its history. The terrain on Wernke is similar to that found on the industrial world of Hesperus II in the Lyran Commonwealth, and as a result Talon was chosen to be the location of the largest and most prestigious manufacturing facility owned by Kallon Weapon Industries anywhere in the Inner Sphere, located deep in the Kulmen Mountains. Due to the arid nature of Talon, food for the population had to be imported from Wernke, and the population was limited to employees and family of the Kallon factory and various mining concerns.[1]

Due to the importance of the Kallon Industries plant and its contribution to the AFFS Talon was attacked numerous times during the Succession Wars by both the Capellan Confederation and the Taurian Concordat.[1]

FedCom Civil War[edit]

Further information: Battle of Talon (3063)

During the FedCom Civil war, two RCTs squared off against each other over control of Talon; the Twenty-second Avalon Hussars secured the Kallon plants and held them in the face of repeated attacks from the Seventh FedCom RCT, proving the strength of the defenses in place yet again.[1]

The Jihad[edit]

The Kallon Industries plant was targeted specifically by the Word of Blake during the Jihad; the Blakists completely destroyed the plant in 3069.[40] It was reported in 3079 that the Kallon facilities had been so effectively destroyed[41] using nuclear weapons[42] that it would be at least another ten years before salvage teams could even contemplate investigating the remains of the facilities.[41]

Military Deployment[edit]

2765[edit]

2786[edit]

  • Tenth Syrtis Fusiliers[44]

3025[edit]

3038[edit]

  • First Capellan Dragoons[46]

Geography[edit]

Talon is a "mountainous K-star world."[47]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Kulmen Mountains[1]

Companies and Industries[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Hobbs 14.9 Gruyeres 18.1 Pula 20.8 Chillon 23.8
Nogales 24.7 Fathepur 28.9 Nahoni 32.4 New Damascus 35.3
El Kerak 36.9 Sekulmun 37.7 Grosvenor 38.0 Okains 38.4
Aggstein 40.0 Dunkerque 41.7 Nis 42.9 Mordialloc 43.3
Birqash 44.7 Kigamboni 45.6 Oltepesi 46.0 Smythe 46.8
Skaslien 47.9 Kaguyak 49.1 Kaitangata 51.7 Ogilvie 52.7
Cumberland 53.6 Semichi 53.6 Fortymile 57.3 Meglan 58.6
Notwina 59.4 Waxell 59.6 Kluane 61.0 Kiserian 61.2

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 Handbook: House Davion, p. 91: "Planet Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 14: "Seeds of Destruction"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 18
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48
  8. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
  9. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  10. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
  11. ↑ Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 29
  12. ↑ First Succession War, p. 25
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31
  15. ↑ First Succession War, p. 113
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39
  18. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), foldout: "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70
  20. ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), foldout: "Capellan Confederation Map - [3025]"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76
  25. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
  32. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82
  33. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68
  34. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
  35. ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21
  36. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
  37. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  38. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 FedCom Civil War, p. 193: "Atlas - Talon"
  40. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 97: "Capellan March"
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 Objectives: Federated Suns, p. 3: "Industrial Update"
  42. ↑ Objectives: Federated Suns, p. 30: "Upcoming Projects"
  43. ↑ Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 19: "Regimental Status"
  44. ↑ First Succession War, p. 135: "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"
  45. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 134: "Unit Deployment Table"
  46. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 135: "Deployment Table"
  47. ↑ MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, p. 114
  48. ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 130: "M.A.S.H Truck Profile"

Bibliography[edit]

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