The Other War - Timeline (Katherine-verse AU)

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Timeline of the Other War
*3058 – Battle of Coventry and founding of the Second Star League
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*3059 – Fire Mandrill Ristar Star Commanders Claude Goulet, Nina Tanaga, and Joseph Kline form a friendship while undergoing naval exercises above Hellgate with the Snow Ravens. The ambitious trio form a plan based on a data cache recently found on Shadow. Operations-BULLDOG, SERPENT, and BIRDDOG launch and hammer the Smoke Jaguar Occupation Zones pushing the overextended and off-balance Jaguars out of the Inner Sphere. 
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*3060 – February – Battle of Huntress Begins. 30 March it ends. April 23rd The Great Refusal, Victor Steiner-Davion kills Lincoln Osis, but dies in the process. He is memorialized on Strana Mechdy as a proud Warrior - Clan Nova Cat Abjured, Smoke Jaguar Annihilated, Ghost Bears announce move to their OZ. Alexander Drake becomes Khan of the Ice Hellions and changes their name to (just) Hellions. The Hellions launch attacks on the large Smoke Jaguar holdings of Huntress and Londerholm. - Fire Mandrill Kindraa attack holdings from all three Clans in question (Ghost Bear, Smoke Jaguar, and Nova Cat) coming into conflict with the Star Adders and Steel Vipers doing the same Rogue elements of Fire Mandrill Kindraa Mick-Kreese, Kline, and Faraday-Tanaga salvage 3 former Mongoose Warships from Circe. The Hellions salvage 2 Star Adder Warships damaged during the Nova Cat Withdrawal. - Magistracy of Canopus forces depart with their captured techs and equipment toward their home on the other side of the Galaxy. - The Yggdrasil launches from its berth around Alarion, the battlecruiser dwarfs almost all Warships.
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*3061 – Raina Montrose lands on Wynn's Roost in advance of the Hellion expedition and takes bondsmen back along the Exodus Road to provide intel for Khan Drake's ambitious plan to secretly move his clan into the Inner Sphere. He begins leveraging personal connections. - Second Whitting Conference, Theodore Kurita becomes First Lord, Victor Steiner-Davion is laid to rest. Morgana Fox and her brothers Alaric and Siegfried Ward are decanted on Tranquil. - Steel Vipers launch a bold attack on the Jade Falcon's Occupation Zone. - Clan Nova Cat completes their move to the Irece Prefecture with assistance from the Diamond Sharks who take this opportunity to sell the DCMS on their non-Clan Tech BattleMechs. - Clan Steel Viper completes the Masters’ Shipyard around New Kent in preparation for a large naval buildup to counter the Snow Ravens and Jade Falcons. - Clan Goliath Scorpion contests Diamond Shark enclaves traded by the Snow Ravens. Clan Jade Falcon brings in the Hellions to contest Hell's Horses and Steel Viper attacks on their enclaves. The Hellions trade space for time as they prepare to leave Clanspace with a new infusion of Jade Falcon resources. The rogue Fire Mandrills assist the Newts and Tanite worlds as bargained. Their three new Warships undergo their shakedown and provide training opportunities for the Newts who begin the massive multi-year project to make the Painkiller , a formidable battleship once more. Final showdown between Claude Goulet and Tomin Mick's forces occur aboard the damaged Lola III Class Destroyer, Rancor. The Trial is overseen by Hellion Khan Xander Drake, ally to Star Captain Goulet who becomes Mick-Kreese Kindraa Leader. 
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*3062 – The Mandrills assist the Hellions in their evacuation plans gaining choice Enclaves and excess materiel. Kindraa Leader Goulet’s influence grows more pronounced sparking envy among rivals. The Newgrange-Class YardShip CDS Sea Fox is critically damaged above Strato Domingo by the Liberator Cruiser CCS Spirit in the Sky during a Trial of Possession for the Carrack factory ship CDS Star Swimmer against the CDS Bloodlust, the Aegis-Class cruiser assigned as their escort. Clan Coyote’s dezgra behavior during the Trial results in a trade embargo against them. At a crucial moment in Khan Koga’s reorganization her Merchant caste is thrown into disarray and the Warrior caste is tasked with Trialing the Snakes to maintain momentum and rob it of their rivals. - The Diamond Sharks are in the process of moving to the Chainelaines and use this latest act of aggression and the pressure from the Star Adders to mothball production. They intend to move their factory ships out of Trialing range of the homeworld clans and into the relative safety of the Chainelaine Isles. The Sea Fox is left for the Ravens to repair and offered to the Blood Spirits through a backroom deal brokered by the Ravens in exchange for Ghost Bear’s assistance in rehabbing the old RWR shipyard around Syrstart. The Bears welcome a neutral harbor nearby as the Sphere becomes more crowded with rival Clans. - Clan Steel Viper continue their campaign against the Snow Ravens and their Jade Falcon allies. The Ravens invite Blood Spirits and some Mandrill Kindraa to protect their enclaves offering them very good terms. Initially suspicious of their intentions but eager to match the growing power of Kindraa Mick-Kreese other Kindraa sign up without hesitation. Strain begins to show among the Mandrills however as they are not used to covering so much territory with so few troops. The Jade Falcons hold firm, Khan Marthe Pryde cannot be weak in the Homeworlds if she is to maintain her dream of a two Sphere Empire opening a new Contract on the Star Adders with the Hellions. - Ghost Bear launches retaliatory strikes on the Irece Prefecture against the Nova Cats after Alshain is attacked by the DCMS with a Warship in support. The conflict ends after almost eight weeks in early 3063 with high casualties. - Arthur Steiner-Davion is “murdered” on Robinson.
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*3063 – Regent’s War, Katherine Steiner-Davion becomes Archon-Princess of a strengthening FedCom - Shocked by the Inner Sphere's use of Warships in late 3062 against the Ghost Bear capital of Alshain, and early 3063 with Katherine's bombardment of New Avalon by the Yggdrasil and the deployment of 2 Thera Battle Groups against the Ghost Bears that fought them to standstill during the Nova Cat-Ghost Bear War. The Homeworlds go into an elevated sense of caution as the Inner Sphere continues to make rapid and threatening advances. Calls to bring mothballed Warships back and empty the rest of the Brian Caches ring out throughout the Homeworlds. The Circe Naval Cache becomes hotly contested preventing the Newts from reclaiming the remaining vessels. Ultimately, they choose to deorbit the ships rather than let the Clans reactivate them. - The Jade Falcons, Snow Ravens, and Diamond Sharks continue moving to the Inner Sphere. Clan Cloud Cobra trials for two mothballed Corone-Class destroyers and the assistance of the Snow Ravens in their reactivation. - Clan Goliath Scorpion begin the process of reactivating four Molynia Assault transports mothballed around Tranquil with the blessing of Khan Vladimir Ward who exchanges them, workers, technological aid, for the Potemkin-Class Troop Cruiser, Prometheus. The transports are to be reconditioned at the expanding Kirin Cageworks while Prometheus serves as a Exodus Road transport to be repaired on Tamar after the Blood Moon and Dire Wolf - Snubbed at a Great Council meeting the Steel Vipers increase attacks on every Clan winning them no allies. - The Shandrake Massif Facility, home of the Steel Viper Watch, activates the first of its Pit Viper covert teams. These soldiers are specially trained to fight in space, destroy warships, and sent out to root out 'Tainted' Orbital communities and preferably bring them back as isorla for the Master's Shipyard. These Spacers flee to Newgrange City or join with other clans expanding their naval forces. - Steel Viper Loremaster Arthur Stoklas succeeds Kael Pershaw as Loremaster of the Clans. This motion is opposed by the Viper's enemies but sustained through the surprise vote of the Falcons and Ravens. Both Clans already have plans to leave and expect the home-worlds to erupt into open war. He is replaced by Natalie Breen, former Khan and close adviser to Perigard Zalman. Clan Star Adder carves out an enclave on York to provide live fire training for their Touman. Their touman sharpens up facing down the elite Blood Spirit Warriors. - The Bandit known as “The Jaguar” begins his reign of terror starting with Vinton where he eliminates a Binary of Diamond Shark Warriors executing nine of the ten pilots with his sidearm. - Loremaster Klaus Harper calls for a 'Gathering of the Troops' to invite the Blood Spirits and Fire Mandrills to come to something akin to an alliance. 
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*3064 – Khan Drake departs from Hector heading toward the Outworlds Wastes unaware that the Snow Ravens had already sent out diplomatic envoys to the Outworlds Alliance years ago and begun revitalizing its Quatre Belle Yards. They redirect resources from the Ghost Bear Dominion towards the Alliance. - Clan Jade Falcon attempts to invade the Arc Royal Defense Cordon controlled by the hated Mercenaries the Kell Hounds and the Exiled Wolves. They do serious damage to the area but are repulsed by their combined efforts. - The Third Whitting Conference adds COMSTAR, the Word of Blake, and Taurian Concordat to the Star League.
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*3066 – Naval Battle of Xian (Marshal system), Warships from Jade Falcon and Snow Raven attack those of the Steel Vipers leading to the death of Khan Perigard Zalman and his super-Battleship. The Vipers are incensed at this defeat. His replacement, Khan Brent Andrews grows increasingly unhinged believing all non-Vipers 'tainted.' - A Fire Mandrill and Blood Spirit task force remove Steel Viper from the Marshal system. It is the first of many such operations affecting balance between the Homeworlds. This is the first time the new Shadow Naval Star (Ignition Point, From the Ashes, Trial by Fire, Rancor, and Firetender) is used. 
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*3067 – The Star Adders deal with a series of mysterious biological releases targeting Adder trueborns. They quarantine the worlds while their scientists and those of Cloud Cobra investigate. - The Kindraa launch raids on Goliath Scorpion and Hell's Horses Enclaves. Three small Kindraa are targeted for absorption by the Hell's Horses who win despite high odds. - Archon-Princess Katherine Steiner-Davion reveals her secret dealings with the Wolves during the Fourth Whitting Conference leading to Clan Wolf’s Abjuration and the Word of Blake's First Battle of Tharkad. - The Jade Falcons come under attack in their Occupation Zone by Hell’s Horses, Wolf, and FedCom forces. ilKhan Andrews attempts to Abjure the Horses for their Taint. The Homeland Horse units under Zeta Galaxy Commander Magnus Delvillar and Wolf Omega Galaxy Commander Stavic Hawker modify the motion, the Spheroid Horses are Abjured, but Clan Thunderbird is created under their control with 40 Bloodnames. - Clan Blood Spirit founds new colonies in the Coleen system. Using the Fara Church the resourceful Spirits rapidly develop the colony as a bolthole.
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*3068 - The Society in the Homeworlds lose communication with their counterparts in the Inner Sphere. - The SLOT (Stellar Location Over Time) Virus infects the HPGs of the Kerensky Cluster. This virus affects all Hyper Pulse Generators including those of the Society throwing their carefully coordinated plans into turmoil as inexperienced Leaders must improvise. - The War of Sundering begins with the Battle of Tokasha between the Thunderbirds and desperate Vipers. The Spirits and Mandrills execute the Abjuration of Jade Falcon Enclaves on the planet at the same time. It rapidly escalates as the Coyotes and Star Adders join the fray fighting both on the ground and in orbit. - IlKhan Andrews executes Diamond Shark saKhan Angus Labrov during a Trial of Reaving for 'taint'. He is then trialed for a Grievance by Fire Mandrill Khan Garrett Sainze who leaps over the table and breaks the Snake's neck. - The Council Chambers erupts into violence leading to deaths among the Clan Leadership, each Clan loses at least one of either their Khan, saKhan, or Loremaster. - The Goliath Scorpions execute their evacuation plan limiting their mobility as the touman must guard the vulnerable and heavily laden Potemkins Troop Cruisers. Cloud Cobra forces are sent to stop them and reclaim that material and personnel. The Quarani cloister instead seek sanctuary among the Azami using Free Guild Jumpships, eager to escape the coming conflagration. - Elements of Clan Burrock under Commodus Van Houton take control of the Prinz Eugen prison ship and head to the abandoned Master's Shipyard joining reactivated Burrock vessels (Riga Class Frigate Hetherington, Baron Class Destroyer - Markham, Makos-Class Corvettes Stone Crab & Ingrid Bucharev, and the Whirlwind Class Destroyer Nikola Tesla). - Star Adder and Coyote forces are heavily engaged on many worlds giving them time to reestablish themselves and plan their next big attack. The Jaguar engages in false flag attacks throughout. - The Steel Viper Naval Touman pursues Clan Snow Raven down the Raven Road, but suffers heavy damage costing both Clans most of their Warships. The Ravens make it to Quatre Belle Shipyard only to be brought into the fray by the Word of Blake under ilKhan Santin West. - Clan Star Adder and Clan Coyote engage in total war fighting for dominance in the Homeworlds. Their coalition partners are less enthusiastic; the Thunderbirds deal and receive heavy damage fighting the Vipers while the retreating Scorpions skirmish with the Cloud Cobras. 
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*3069 – Star Adder and Coyote forces use nuclear and other WMDs to destroy and depopulate no less than 12 planets in the Homeworlds including Strana Mechty (but particularly targeting the Coyotes after the Snakes found them responsible for the viral trueborn plagues). The McKenna's Pride comes under control of Kindraa Leader Nina Tanaga with assistance from the 23rd Air Assault Marines. They are opposed by the Pit Vipers. The Battleship McKenna's Pride and the Shadow Naval Star fight together against the reborn Texas Class Battleship Prinz Eugen and Society Naval Star in a cataclysmic battle around Strana Mechty. Both task forces are destroyed and create a Kessler swarm over the planet.
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*3070 – The Spheroid Clans under ilKhan Santin West take Terra from the Word of Blake almost destroying themselves in the process. All the Khans and most of their Loremasters are lost in the fight. - Goliath Scorpion and Cloud Cobra survivors found the Scorpion Empire taking the world of Granada as their own and projecting their Touman on the Umayyid Caliphate and Nueva Castile. - Diamond Sharks consolidate their assets in the Chainelaine Isles. - The War of Sundering concludes. - Many worlds are damaged including most Clan Capital Worlds and the massive Shipyard in orbit of Lum. The Blood Spirit's hidden colonies escape damage allowing them to save most of their Clan and that of their Fire Mandrill allies. Refugees head toward the Sphere but many are lost along the Exodus Road. Some end up in the Escorpio Imperium, Pentagon Confederacy, or picked up by Sharks and resettled in the Chainelaine Islands. - The Diamond Sharks report that most of the Homeworlds are now tombs, all industrial capability is damaged, and the Warship caches were destroyed. Most of Cloud Cobra's touman is destroyed by the Society during an apocalyptic battle within the Tanite worlds. The Steel Vipers die out as a Clan, their civilians are absorbed by the Star Adders. - The surviving Homeworld Clans are Thunderbird and Star Adder. The Coyotes died out due to Society treachery that forever taints their legacy. The Inner Sphere Clans enter into negotiations headed by Katherine Fox to form a new pact between all the Clans (including the Homeworlds) on Terra. 
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*3071 – The New Vision Compact is established and a new Clan Homeworld is founded on Qualip, now renamed Kerensky's Vision. Clan Thunderbird Khan Magnus DelVillar and Star Adder Khan Hannibal Banacek seal a non-aggression pact and send representatives to the Inner Sphere.
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*3070s – The Blood Spirits manage to keep their new colonies secret until a Thunderbird Merchant ship stumbles into the Haven system. The Spirits realized that the other Clans were weak enough to no longer be a threat particularly with the strengthening Inner Sphere Clans to hold them accountable. - The Homeworlds are incapable of being a threat to the Inner Sphere any longer. The Kirin and Brim Cageworks cannot reasonably build a Warship heavier than 350 kilotons. While the Blood Spirits' Newgrange Yardship, the CBS Fara Church can build bigger, but they do not have the resources or inclination to do so lest it set off an arms race. The Newgrange Yardship, SLS Shanghai continues to support the new Pentagon Confederacy that live upon the Pentagon and Tanite Worlds. 
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==Status of Clan Space as of Year 3082==
As of 3082 there are ten recognized Clans [Legend] - (Clan Name, Homeworld, Dominion)
Smoke Jaguar (Tarot, Magistracy of Canopus) Thunderbird (Kirin, Kerensky Cluster) Star Adder (Hoard, Kerensky Cluster) Stone Lion (Cszetreg, Stone Lion Autonomous Zone) Clan Wolf (Weingarten, Wolf Empire) Jade Falcon (Sudeten, Falcon Colonies) Diamond Shark (Far Reach, Chainelaine Islands) Snow Raven (Quatre Belle, Outworlds Alliance) Goliath Scorpion (Granada, Escorpion Imperium - Deep Periphery) Blood Spirits (World of Haven, Kerensky Cluster)
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