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In 3050, a
mysterious invading force struck the coreward region of the Inner
Sphere, attacking the Federated Commonwealth, Free Rasalhague
Republic, and Draconis Combine. The invaders called the Clans, were
the descendants of Kerensky's SLDF troops, forged into a warrior
society dedicated to becoming the greatest fighting force in
history; they intended to capture Terra and reestablish the Star League.
With vastly superior technology and fanatical warriors, the Clans conquered
world after world until troops belonging to ComStar, the
quasi-religious organization that controls all communication within
the Inner Sphere, halted their advance in the pivotal Battle of
Tukayyid in 3052. The true signed after that conflict stopped the
clan advance for fifteen years.
In 3057, the Free Worlds League and the Capellan Confederation launched a war of aggression against the Federated Commonwealth's Sarna March, the four worlds taken from then during the Fourth Succession War. Many worlds were conquered once more, whereas others declared their independence from any of the Great Houses. Katherine Steiner-Davion pulled the Lyran half of the Federated Commonwealth out of the union in the "emergency" and formed the Lyran Alliance. On Tharkad in 3058, leaders from throughout the Inner Sphere, in an effort to avoid another war like that of the previous year and to focus on the menace of the Clans, formally declared peace and joined forces to attack the Clans. After centuries of war, the Star League was finally reborn, although to fight Nicholas Kerensky's legacy rather than to honor it. The new Star League decided to attack one Clan first to prove their military might. The combined forces overran the Clan Smoke Jaguar occupation zone, decimated its warrior castle and leveled its homeworld. Prince Victor carried on the fight to Strana Mechty, the cradle of Clan culture and civilization. In the Bloody Trial of Refusal, the Inner Sphere defeated the Crusader Clans. |