Civil War (3062–3067)

The Clan threat is eventually lessened with the complete destruction of a Clan. With that massive external threat apparently neutralized, internal conflicts explode around the Inner Sphere. House Liao conquers its former Commonality, the St. Ives Compact; a rebellion of military units belonging to House Kurita sparks a war with their powerful border enemy, Clan Ghost Bear; the fabulously powerful Federated Commonwealth of House Steiner and House Davion collapses into five long years of bitter civil war.

Recommended Reading

Sourcebooks
  • BattleTech Technical Readout: 3067
  • Classic BattleTech Field Manual: Updates
  • FedCom Civil War
  • Handbook: House Davion
  • Handbook: House Liao
Novels
  • Measure of a Hero
  • Path of Glory
  • Illusions of Victory
  • Flashpoint
  • Test of Vengeance
  • Patriots and Tyrants
  • Call of Duty
BattleCorps Fiction
  • A Guy Walks Into a Bar on Solaris VII…
  • Ants
  • Brothers in Arms
  • Damage Control
  • Freak Show
  • Gravity Poisoning
  • Of War and Peace and Cherry Trees
  • Personal Best
  • The Ghosts of Hesperus
  • The Lance Killer
  • The Longest Road
  • Chaos Irregulars
    • Decision at Acamar
    • Crossroads at Outreach
    • Determination at Wallis
    • Encounter at El Giza
    • Gambit at Noisiel
    • Endgame at Engadine

Timeline

3062
Sun-Tzu Liao expels Isis Marik from Capellan space. Trinity Alliance formed. Riots on Solaris VII. First Babylon Diet. Ghost Bear/Combine War begins. Arthur Steiner-Davion killed. Victor calls for war to depose his sister. FedCom Civil War begins. Draconis March forces invade Combine.
3063
Marian Hegemony conquers Illyrian Palatinate. Julius O’Reilly becomes Caesar. Kristen Marik dies. War between Capellan Confederation and St. Ives Compact ends with the annexation of the latter. End of Ghost Bear/Combine War.
3064
Diplomatic relations opened between Clan Snow Raven and Outworlds Alliance. Omi Kurita assassinated. Jade Falcon Incursion into Lyran Alliance. Clan Hell’s Horses abandons their Inner Sphere possessions. Third Whitting Conference held on Atreus. Christian Mansdottir elected First Lord. ComStar, the Taurian Concordat and Word of Blake admitted to Star League as probationary members.
3065
Clan Wolf assaults Jade Falcons. End of Jade Falcon Incursion. Clan Diamond Shark seizes Twycross. Free Skye revolts. Fighting continues in the former Federated Commonwealth, including battles on Kathil and New Syrtis.
3066
Ceasefire between Draconis March and Combine. Formation of Fronc Reaches and Calderon Protectorate. Fighting continues in the former Federated Commonwealth, including battles on Tikonov, Tharkad and New Avalon.
3067
Peter Steiner-Davion kills Nondi Steiner in combat, ending hostilities on Tharkad. Ardan Sortek dies in the fighting on New Avalon. Katherine Steiner-Davion surrenders. FedCom Civil War ends. Peter named Archon of the Lyran Alliance, Yvonne Steiner-Davion named Regent of the Federated Suns. Alys Marik begins the Great Debate in the Free Worlds League Parliament. Wolf’s Dragoons attacked on Outreach by coalition of mercenaries. Jaime Wolf killed. Fourth Whitting Conference held on Tharkad. Star League dissolved. Word of Blake attacks Tharkad and New Avalon, launching their Jihad. Northwind blockaded by Word of Blake. Wolf’s Dragoons attack Mars. Outreach nuked by Word of Blake.