Inner Sphere (BattleTech)

The Inner Sphere is a place that features in BattleTech.

History

The Inner Sphere was a region of interstellar space that surrounded the planet Earth.

In 2108, the Terran Alliance launched the first manned faster-than-light mission on-board the TAS Pathfinder. This led to wide-scale colonisation of space by the Terran Alliance between the years 2108 and 2235 with this becoming the Inner Sphere. A centralised interstellar government was headed by the Terran Alliance which came to control of more than 600 colonies.

Shortly after the formation of the Great Houses, the Age of War began. The end of the Age of War accompanied the formation of the Star League, a multinational administrative and peacekeeping treaty, which lasted for ~250 years. During the Star League era, mankind achieved technological marvels, and the relative stability of the age is still viewed as a utopian period by the people of the Inner Sphere - though the stability of the Star League may be more myth than fact. With the collapse of the Star League in 2781 and exodus of the Star League Defense Force from the Inner Sphere, the Great Houses consumed the moribund Hegemony and turned on each other. Only Terra remained independent under the aegis of neutral interstellar communications agency, ComStar.

During the next 250 years, civilization was hammered from its 28th Century peak down to 21st Century technology on many worlds and to more primitive states on others - and hundreds of worlds had their populations exterminated altogether. The cause for this warfare was a matter of feudal succession to the throne of the fallen Star League, hence the four wars of this period were called Succession Wars, while the five Great Houses were said to rule Successor States.

Overview

It was noted for being the region of space that surrounded Earth where it covered a radius of roughly 450 - 550 light-years.

Planets within the Inner Sphere included:

• Luthien :
• Tharkad :
• New Avalon :
• Sian :

The Periphery surrounding the Inner Sphere is home to a few nations of moderate power and many independent worlds cut off from civilization with the collapse of the Star League. The Inner Sphere perceives the Periphery much like modern developed nations perceive the Third World, though some of the major Periphery nations compare well with the weaker Inner Sphere states.

Governments located within the Inner Sphere included:

• Free Worlds League :
• Federated Suns :
• Draconis Combine :
• Lyran Commonwealth :
• Capellan Confederation :
• Terran Hegemony :
• Clans :

Other organizations within the Inner Sphere included:

• ComStar :

Inhabitants

• Richard Cameron :
• Stefan Amaris :
• Aleksandr Kerensky :
• Shiro Kurita :

Notes

• The Inner Sphere was created by the FASA Corporation where it featured as the setting for BattleTech.

In other media

Television

• In BattleTech: The Animated Series, the Inner Sphere featured in the setting of the animated television series.

Video games

• In MechWarrior Online, the Inner Sphere was referenced in the setting of the video game.
• In BattleTech, the Inner Sphere was referenced in the setting of the 2018 mecha turn-based strategy video game.

Appearances

• BattleTech:

External Links

• Sarna.net Entry

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