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| class              = F2V<ref name="TC:WoKp113">''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 113</ref>
 
| class              = F2V<ref name="TC:WoKp113">''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 113</ref>
 
| recharge            = 173 hours<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| recharge            = 173 hours<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
| recharge stations  = Zenith, Nadir<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
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| recharge stations  = Nadir and Zenith<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
| planets            = 2{{cn}}
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| planets            =
 
}}
 
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==York II==
 
==York II==
{{InfoBoxPlanet
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{{InfoBoxPlanetStandard
 
| image              = York.jpg
 
| image              = York.jpg
| name                = York II
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| caption            = Orbital view of York
| othernames          =  
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| imagewidth          =
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| name                = York II<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| position            = Second<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| position            = Second<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| distance            = 18.79 days<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| distance            = 18.79 days<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Huntington)<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Huntington)<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
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| day                =
 
| gravity            = 1.3<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| gravity            = 1.3<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
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| water              = 70%<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| water              = 70%<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| life                = Amphibians<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| life                = Amphibians<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
| continents          =  
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| date                =
| colonized          =  
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| year                = 3062-3074
| demonym            =
 
| language            =
 
| religion            =
 
| population          = 56,000,000 (3062),<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/><br>57,100,000 (3074)<ref>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 203: population as of 3074</ref>
 
 
| ruler              =  
 
| ruler              =  
| political          =
 
| commander          =
 
 
| capital            =  
 
| capital            =  
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| population          = 56,000,000 (3062)<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/><br>57,100,000 (3074)<ref>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 203: population as of 3074</ref>
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| USIIR              =
 
| hpg                = A (Clan)<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
 
| hpg                = A (Clan)<ref name="TC:WoKp113"/>
| hpgrep              =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
York was a large and warm planet with relatively intense tectonic activity. The planet had large mountain ranges with several volcanoes reaching the stratosphere. Most of the planet's population was concentrated near the shorelines.<ref>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 203: Planet's environments profile in Art & Fiction book</ref> The '''Horse Plains''' of the Northern Continent were the site of the death of [[Clan Blood Spirit]]'s founding Khan, [[Colleen Schmitt]], during a raid by [[Clan Burrock]].<ref>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 23</ref> York was one of just two planets in the [[Pentagon Worlds]] and the [[Kerensky Cluster]] that was 100% self-sufficient, albeit the harsh lifestyle common to the Clans.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 26: "Life on the Knife Edge"</ref>
 
York was a large and warm planet with relatively intense tectonic activity. The planet had large mountain ranges with several volcanoes reaching the stratosphere. Most of the planet's population was concentrated near the shorelines.<ref>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 203: Planet's environments profile in Art & Fiction book</ref> The '''Horse Plains''' of the Northern Continent were the site of the death of [[Clan Blood Spirit]]'s founding Khan, [[Colleen Schmitt]], during a raid by [[Clan Burrock]].<ref>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 23</ref> York was one of just two planets in the [[Pentagon Worlds]] and the [[Kerensky Cluster]] that was 100% self-sufficient, albeit the harsh lifestyle common to the Clans.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 26: "Life on the Knife Edge"</ref>
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After humiliating the Spirits, the [[Clan Star Adder|Star Adders]] established a small enclave on York for themselves in [[3063]].<ref>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 203: "The Color of Rage" - York (Clan Planet) profile in 3074</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 39: Clan Political Balance Table - York still has small enclave belonging to Star Adders on it</ref><ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 15</ref> During this period the Blood Spirits were slowly isolated, used as means for Star Adders to train their personnel. Merchants were blockaded from traveling to the world until late 3060s. During one these merchant visits to York, emissaries from [[Clan Diamond Shark]] uncovered a partial prototype ''[[Crimson Hawk]]''.  The commander of the emissaries fought and won a Trial of Possession for the 'Mech, its scientists and data in the Morgrave Swamplands.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 134: "Crimson Hawk": 'Mech's fluff reveals a Trial of Possession on York led to development of the Crimson Hawk</ref>
 
After humiliating the Spirits, the [[Clan Star Adder|Star Adders]] established a small enclave on York for themselves in [[3063]].<ref>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 203: "The Color of Rage" - York (Clan Planet) profile in 3074</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 39: Clan Political Balance Table - York still has small enclave belonging to Star Adders on it</ref><ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 15</ref> During this period the Blood Spirits were slowly isolated, used as means for Star Adders to train their personnel. Merchants were blockaded from traveling to the world until late 3060s. During one these merchant visits to York, emissaries from [[Clan Diamond Shark]] uncovered a partial prototype ''[[Crimson Hawk]]''.  The commander of the emissaries fought and won a Trial of Possession for the 'Mech, its scientists and data in the Morgrave Swamplands.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 134: "Crimson Hawk": 'Mech's fluff reveals a Trial of Possession on York led to development of the Crimson Hawk</ref>
  
A slow struggle for possession of York played out over the next few years. Clan Blood Spirit could not commit the resources to liberate York from the Adders, and the Adders could not bring their full attention to York to fortify their holdings. While the stalemate left York largely untouched early in the [[Wars of Reaving]], eventually the Adders sought a more permanent solution to the Spirits. A Star Adder fleet arrived in the York System and made a heavily contested planetfall on 3 August [[3072]], extracting all remaining Adder forces from the planet. Three days later, the Adder fleet in orbit over York began bombarding almost every urban center on the surface. The bombardment took place 6–22 August [[3072]], leaving the resource-poor planet with little to salvage and the beginnings of an anthropogenic ice age. Two Clusters of Blood Spirit survivors and a fraction of the civilian population evacuated the planet.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 15–16, 35, 39, 42, 44, 51, 54 104–105: "The Fall of York"</ref> As of [[3080]], the planet was completely "untenable."<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 155</ref>
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A slow struggle for possession of York played out over the next few years. Clan Blood Spirit could not commit the resources to liberate York from the Adders, and the Adders could not bring their full attention to York to fortify their holdings. While the stalemate left York largely untouched early in the [[Wars of Reaving]], eventually the Adders sought a more permanent solution to the Spirits. A Star Adder fleet arrived in the York System and made a heavily contested planetfall on 3 August [[3072]], extracting all remaining Adder forces from the planet. Three days later, the Adder fleet in orbit over York began bombarding almost every urban center on the surface. The bombardment took place 6–22 August [[3072]], leaving the resource-poor planet with little to salvage and the beginnings of an anthropogenic ice age. Two Clusters of Blood Spirit survivors and a fraction of the civilian population evacuated the planet.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 15–16, 35, 39, 42, 44, 51, 54 104–105: "The Fall of York"</ref> As of [[3080]], the planet is completely "untenable".<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 155</ref>
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
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* ''[[Historical: Operation Klondike]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Operation Klondike]]''
 
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
 
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
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[[Category:Systems|York (Clan system)]]
 
[[Category:Systems|York (Clan system)]]

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