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The '''Carver''' system is home to at least two habitable planets, '''Carver IV''' and '''Liberty''' (formerly known as '''Carver V'''); in line with the tendency in the [[BattleTech]] universe to refer to systems by the name of the (primary) inhabited world therein, the Carver system is occasionally also referred to as '''Liberty'''.

==System Description==
Carver is located near the [[Hechnar]] and [[Procyon]] systems<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> and consists of eight planets orbiting a class K0V primary.<ref name=DARW243/> During the [[thirty-first century]] a recharge station was in place at the system zenith [[jump point]],<ref name=OCC28/> and for decades—if not centuries—the system was home to a substantial naval yard operated by [[Delhi WarShips]]<ref name="TRO:2750p126"/> located near or above the fourth planet in the system.<ref name="FSWp125">''First Succession War'', p. 125: "Shipbuilding Casualties of the First Succession War"</ref>

==System History==
The Carver system was colonized at some point during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]]. It remained a part of the [[Terran Alliance]] after the proclamation of the [[Demarcation Declaration]].<ref name="HB:HMp16"/>

==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2271]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref>
* [[2319]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name=HB:HK>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18</ref>
* [[2341]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref>
* [[2366]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref>
* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref>
* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
* [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
* [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref>
* [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]] (system)<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/><ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref>
* [[2771]] - Amaris Empire (system)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138</ref>
* [[2774]] - Amaris Empire (system)<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/>
* [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name=FSWp25>''First Succession War'', pp. 25–25: "Inner Sphere - 2786"</ref>
* [[2797]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref>
* [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31</ref>
* [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39</ref>
* [[2953]] - [[Free Worlds League]]<ref name=TRO3039-230>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 230: "CTF-1X ''Cataphract''"</ref>
* [[2956]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=TRO3039-230/>
* [[3013]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=WDsp16>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 16: "The Eagle Fails"</ref>
* [[3018]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=TRO3025p148/>
* [[3025]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40</ref>
* [[3029]] - [[Tikonov Free Republic]] (from March)<ref name="FSWMAv2p16">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', pp. 16–17: "Tikonov Free Republic"</ref><ref name="FSWMAv2p16A">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 16</ref>
* [[3030]] - Tikonov Free Republic<ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49</ref><ref name="FSWMAv2p94">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 94: "End Of The War"</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref>
* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3063]] - [[Chaos March]]<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
* [[3067]] - Chaos March<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref>
* [[3068]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="J:FRp45"/>
* [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref>
* [[3077]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name="J:FRp58"/>
* [[3079]] - Capellan Confederation<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 21</ref><ref name=OCC28/>
* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
* [[3145]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
* [[3149]] - Disputed: Capellan Confederation (from August) / Republic of the Sphere (from October)<ref name=SFp100-101>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 100–101</ref>
* [[3151]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
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==Carver IV==
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===Planetary History===
Little detail is available regarding the fourth planet in the Carver system, except that by the end of the [[Third Succession War]], Carver IV was the fiefdom of [[Elizabeth Jordan (Capellan Confederation)|Elizabeth Jordan]], wife of [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Maximilian Liao]] and [[Mandrissa of Carver IV|''Mandrissa'' of Carver IV]].<ref name=HL:TCPp126/> Carver IV was also home to a major Delhi WarShips shipyard, but the shipyard was destroyed during the [[First Succession War]].<ref name="FSWp125"/>

Elements of the [[Regulan Hussars]] raided the planet to capture the planet's storehouses. [[Colonel]] [[Teresa Keed]], commanding officer of the defense force stationed on Fort Lyons deployed the unit's ''[[UrbanMech]]''s as the first line of defense supported by [[infantry]] and smaller armored vehicles. This forces encountered and stalled a company of ''[[Marauder]]''s enough for reinforcements to arrive and loose a fraction of what was stored.<ref name=TRO3025p20/>

===Military Deployment===
====Unknown====
* Elements of the [[Chesterton Reserves]]<ref name=TRO3025p20/>

===Planetary Locations of Carver IV===
* Fort Lyons: fortified city<ref name=TRO3025p20>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 20 "UM-R60 Urbanmech"</ref>

===Companies and Industries===
* [[Delhi WarShips]]<ref name="FSWp125"/><ref name="TRO:2750p126">''Technical Readout: 2750'', pp. 126–127: "Vincent"</ref> (destroyed during the First Succession War)<ref name="FSWp125"/>

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==Carver V (Liberty)==
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| population          = >100,000,000 (2766),<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/><br>130,000,000 (3025),<br>85,000,000 (3079),<ref name=OCC28/><br>95,000,000 (3130)<ref name=DARW243/><ref name=DARoSp22>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 22: "Prefecture IX"</ref>
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| capital             = Bellacqu (early history),<ref name=DARW243/> Korce (Star League era),<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/> Dronane (3079)<ref name=OCC28/>
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Carver V, more commonly known as Liberty, is the fifth planet of eight in the Carver system and has two moons named Freedom and Justice.<ref name=DARW243/>

===Planetary History===
====Early History====
Carver V, unofficially renamed Liberty around [[3063]] and formally renamed after the [[Jihad]],<ref name=DARW243/> was one of the worlds that remained a part of the Terran Alliance following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the Demarcation Declaration of [[2242]],<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> and became one of the worlds within the [[Alliance Core]] region of the Terran Hegemony.<ref name="H:RWp159"/> Carver V had originally been settled by colonists from the poorest nations of South America and Africa, colonists who styled themselves as pilgrims and who regarded the rich bounty of their new home to be a divine blessing, particularly in comparison to the harsh climes they had left behind.<ref name=DARW243/>

Carver V was dominated by large, deep oceans but the various islands were fertile and largely covered with tropical forests and crystal-clear lakes; there were relatively few desert regions, and the colonists had access to rich deposits of minerals and ores. The colonists named the largest island on the planet Quantico and established their capital city Bellacqu there. Other settlements sprang up swiftly on the planet, beginning with the large settlements of Binsburg and New Cairo; Binsburg was a large mining colony established on the eastern edge of Esperanza—the largest island in the Drasken Chain of islands located in the southern hemisphere—and was the first of these new settlements, while New Cairo was constructed a few years later and was located on the equatorial Kalimbawe chain of islands. Where Binsburg was a mining colony, New Cairo was based around ranching and Crocales hunting. The founding of Binsburg and New Cairo generated renewed interest in the formation of a blue-water navy to enable the various communities to remain connected.<ref name=DARW243/>

Although Carver V has three major landmasses, known as Chone, Dendez, and Klieksa, 87 percent of Carver V's surface is covered in water.<ref name=OCC28/> This caused it to quickly become an important world for the Terran Hegemony as a means to supply drier worlds with water. It was also close to the border of the nascent [[Capellan Confederation]], prompting the government to build fortifications to defend the world. Due to the aquatic nature of Carver V typical facilities weren't feasible, with the end result being a requirement to construct a purpose-built base. In [[2432]], construction on the Quantico Marine Fortification began. Based on one of the planet's largest islands, Quantico consisted of a series of fortified naval bases suitable for launching submarines and other blue-water ships. The island was also home to two spaceports, El Toro and Baku. Connected through a series of underground tunnels was an extensive network of weapons towers completely surrounding the island.<ref name=SL171>''The Star League'', p. 171</ref> The Quantico Marine Fortification incorporated not just areas of Quantico but also the nearby Parris Island and was ideally situated to protect Bellacqu and incorporated a number of fortified bases for both submarines and surface ships; by this point the various seas of the Infinto Ocean were being plied by thousands of merchant marine vessels.<ref name=DARW243/>

With the formation of the [[Star League]], Carver V would become the home of the '''Star League Marine Corps'''. Quantico become the Corps' administrative and training center, with its main headquarters located in Camp Pendleton outside the city of Bellacqu. A small island near Quantico was renamed Parris Island and turned into a boot camp.<ref name=SL171/>

====Amaris Civil War====
During the [[Amaris Civil War]], the three [[CAAN Regiment|CAAN regiments]] based on Carver V became the stuff of legends in their defense against the [[Rim Worlds Army]].  The Marines held off countless Republican assaults for six years, nearly running out of food and ammo until the [[Eridani Light Horse]] fought through the blockade to deliver supplies. They would finally be relieved by General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] in [[2775]].<ref name=HLoTv2_43>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 43: "Additional Operations: Carver V" and ''Danger Zone'' (sidebar)</ref>

====Operation APOTHEOSIS====
The siege of Carver V effectively began in [[2766]], when forces from the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] were deployed onto the planet under the orders of [[First Lord of the Star League|First Lord]] [[Richard Cameron (28th c.)|Richard Cameron II]]. The Republican forces were under the command of [[General]] [[Noriko Milton-Davis]] and were expected to work their way into control of the major military bases and facilities on Carver V, as well as putting themselves in a position to attack the [[Star League Defense Force]] units present both directly and via preplaced booby traps and bombs. However, the Republican deployment was hampered by the senior SLDF officer on Carver V, General [[Saul van der Kolk]], who was both the senior officer on world and the overall commander of all of the SLDF's Combined Armored, aerospace and Naval Regiments, commonly referred to as CAAN Regiments. Van der Kolk ordered the Republicans deployed to Quantico to store all of their nuclear weapons within the main nuclear weapons locker within the facility, as well as only allowing limited numbers of Republican personnel to be deployed within the Quantico facility in the first place; the bulk of Milton-Davis' forces were instead deployed in tiny encampments around the various islands on Carver V.<ref name="H:LoTV1p82">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 82: "The Marines of Carver V"</ref>

Despite the various setbacks to the Republican plans imposed by Van der Kolk, Milton-Davis' forces successfully seized the planetary [[HPG]] on 27 December 2766, beginning their part of [[Operation APOTHEOSIS]]. With no access to the nuclear devices she'd planned to use to decimate the remaining SLDF units on Quantico, Milton-Davis was forced to rely on those nuclear weapons available on more distant squadrons deployed to minor islands. She ordered her [[aerospace fighter]]s on Quantico to launch and engage the SLDF fighters, to buy time for the nuclear-equipped fighters to strike.<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/>

Thanks to the alert operators at Carver V's Space Traffic Control reporting quickly that even as the Republican fighters at Quantico were filing last-minute training flight plans, numerous squadrons deployed on remote islands had launched on suborbital courses that would bring them to Quantico, [[Colonel]] [[Koji Icho]], manager of the STC, ordered all Republican fighters on Quantico grounded. He also ordered the SLDF fighter squadrons to scramble and flagged an alert to Van der Kolk.<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/>

As the SLDF fighters began launching the Republican fighters on Quentin ignored the orders to stay grounded and attempted to launch themselves, while those Republican [[BattleMech]]s that had been allowed into the facility did their best to provide cover for the fighters. The SLDF security forces rapidly responded in kind; not only did the SLDF ground forces engage the Republican 'Mechs, but CAAN fighter crews on the ground used the energy weapons on their fighters to attack the Republican forces, a tactic which had been taught to all of the CAAN fighter pilots but which was rarely ever actually used.<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/>

The SLDF pilots fared far better than their Republican opponents; a few flights of Republican fighters from Quantico managed to make it into the air, but the SLDF pilots had been extensively trained to operate under fire at forward combat areas, equipping them well for the need to launch, land and resupply under heavy fire; the more skilled SLDF pilots quickly downed those Republican fighters that had made it into the air, as well as engaging the Republican squadrons arriving from more distant locations. Only a handful of Republican fighters made it through the defending SLDF forces to launch their nukes, and the damage was far less than it could have been; the Republicans failed to update their plans to reflect events, and each Republican pilot launched at the target he or she had originally been assigned, rather than more important targets of opportunity. Four nuclear weapons actually detonated, damaging a part of the city of Bellacqu as well as local infrastructure and a number of large defensive batteries, but leaving the main SLDF bases on Quantico intact and undamaged.<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/>

Van der Kolk quickly mustered the defending SLDF personnel available to eliminate the remaining Republican forces on Quantico, even as Milton-Davis consolidated her hold over the various other islands on Carver V, including the capital, Korce, and the Reinhardt island chain. Van der Kolk's forces included three full CAAN Regiments, each one of which was a training regiment consisting of personnel working towards their CAAN rating led by experienced veteran CAAN trainers. The large SLDF contingent on Quantico and the lack of any Republican foothold or access to the island left Milton-Davis stymied; lacking the overwhelming numbers or force needed to crack the defenses, the Republicans were forced to resort to probing attacks and waiting for reinforcements, the first of which wouldn't arrive until April, four months after Operation APOTHEOSIS had begun.<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/>

====Liberation====
Carver V remained contested over the next seven years, but it was not until the end of March [[2773]] that SLDF reinforcements, in the form of the [[Eridani Light Horse]], would arrive. Amaris ordered numerous counterattacks but his forces failed to dislodge the SLDF hold on the planet.<ref name="H:LoTV1p133">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 133: "Follow-On Actions"</ref> Carver V's full liberation from the Amaris Empire finally came about in 2775; this, coupled with the tale of the marine garrison's unbroken resistance to Amaris for over eight years, provided the SLDF with a morale boost as they drove closer to Terra.<ref name=HLoTv2_43/><ref name="H:LoTV1p140">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 140</ref>

====Succession Wars====
The various fortifications constructed on Carver V by the Hegemony had been established to secure the world against Capellan encroachment rather than to protect the mining industries and those fashion industries based on Crocales hides, but the collapse of the Star League saw Carver V fall into Capellan hands. During the centuries in which Carver V was ruled by the Confederation it became a vacation spot for wealthy citizens, with the abandoned and empty towers of the Quantico Marine Formation becoming a recognized tourist attraction.<ref name=DARW243/>

====Third Succession War====
Carver V was eventually be captured by the [[Free Worlds League]] in [[2953]]. With the planet the site of the Confederation's last surviving heavy and assault [[BattleMech]] production lines, the [[CCAF]] fought brutally to recapture the world. While ultimately successful by [[2968]],<ref name=HMTFWLp115>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 115</ref> the vital factories had been reduced to rubble.<ref name=TRO3039-230>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 230: "CTF-1X ''Cataphract''"</ref>

In [[3013]], [[Wolf's Dragoons]] were stationed on Carver as a garrison force.  The warm climate and easy lifestyle soon had the Dragoons becoming restless for action.<ref name=WDsp16/>

The arrival of [[Candace Liao]] to Carver in May 3013 would make things more interesting for the Dragoons.  Candace tried to seduce [[Jaime Wolf]] and when that failed she tried to seduce [[Harold Jones]], the Epsilon Regiment's commander.  Both were attempts to bind the Dragoons closer to herself for political power.  When both failed, Candace left for [[Sian]], but then two attempts were made on Jaime Wolf's life before the end of the year.<ref name=WDsp16a>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 16: "Nest of Vipers"</ref>

In [[3018]] the planet was raided by the [[AFFS]]. A four-DropShip Davion strike force was set upon ransacking the planet's 'Mech storehouse. The [[Fifteenth Defense Squadron]], composed mostly of ''[[Transit]]'' medium fighters,  was sent to engange and stop the raid. One of the Davion [[DropShip]]s was a [[Leopard CV]] carrying six Davion headvy fighters. Combined with the rest of the Davion air lances they were a match for the Fifteenth, who nevertheless tried to stop them. It took the Davion forces less than 30 minutes to destroy the Liao forces. Losing only one medium fighter, the Davion forces successfully raided the Liao storehouse for supplies.<ref name=TRO3025p148>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 148 "Transit"</ref><ref name=TRO3025Rp158>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 158: "Transit"</ref>

====Fourth Succession War====
Following negotiations between [[Colonel]] [[Pavel Ridzik]], chief military advisor to Chancellor [[Maximilian Liao]], and [[AFFS]] [[Lieutenant General]] [[Ardan Sortek]], conducted in February [[3029]] Ridzik created a new nation, the [[Tikonov Free Republic]]. The Republic was created by incorporating those worlds of the [[Tikonov Commonality]] that hadn't already been conquered during the first half of the [[Fourth Succession War]]. Ridzik returned to [[Elgin]], the new capital of the Tikonov Free Republic, on 3 March 3029 and swiftly began implementing a new government consisting of family members, friends and other appointees loyal to himself, purging dissident elements on the various Republic worlds and taking the opportunity to settle old scores. Carver V was one of the systems incorporated into the Republic.<ref name="FSWMAv2p16"/>

====FedCom Civil War====
Carver V underwent a dramatic upheaval following the fracturing of the Commonwealth in [[3057]]. The planet was fought over by various factions including the Confederation, the Federated Suns, the Free Worlds League and even the Word of Blake.<ref name=DARW243/>

By [[3058]], the planet's [[Federated Commonwealth]] militia, the [[Carver V Planetary Militia]], had been forced to fight Liao separatists with great effect, so the Free Worlds League sent the [[Angels of No Mercy]], a mercenary heavy aerospace unit that was able to force them out of Korce, the planet's capital, in less than two weeks, mauling severely them in the process.<ref name=CMp32/>

In the mess, Free Worlds League independent fighters fought Liao guerrillas, and no [[Inner Sphere]] power was able to reclaim the planet, which become just part of the [[Chaos March]].<ref name=CMp32/>

{{ApocryphalContentStart}}
In [[3063]], the FedCom Civil War reached Carver V. The conflict began when the FedCom garrison separated into a Steiner command under Colonel David Renard and a Davion command under his former executive officer Major Susan Kelly. The separation was initially peaceful, but on the fifth day of the conflict, bandits seized several Steiner facilities, marking the beginning of a series of bandit attacks. Not wanting to escalate tensions with Davion by sending additional House forces, [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katrina Steiner]] instead hired mercenaries to deal with the bandits.

The mercenaries arrived on Day 21 and quickly began operations against the bandits, identifying their leader as [[Choung Vong (1st Liao Grenadiers)|Choung Vong]], the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] commander who had led the failed invasion of Carver V during [[Operation GUERRERO]] in [[3057]], now turned pirate. Colonel Renard ordered the mercenaries to pursue the bandits into Liao territory, opening up a new front in the conflict. The mercenaries successfully defeated Choung Vong, ending the bandit threat. An increasingly paranoid Colonel Renard sent the mercenaries away, calling instead for reinforcements in the form of the [[4th Alliance Guards]].

Grudgingly impressed by their performance, the terminally ill ''Mandrissa'' Anita Cho of House Liao was the next to hire the mercenaries on Day 38, directing them to instigate a hot conflict between Steiner and Davion forces, as well as cutting HPG communications to the planet in order to prevent further reinforcements for either faction. This time also saw the emergence of an independence movement led by one Baxter. Despite several successful operations by the mercenaries, House Liao's own forces suffered severe losses under Captain Jason Cho, the inexperienced and hotheaded son of the ''Mandrissa'', forcing them to sue for peace and an alliance with Colonel Renard. Renard accepted, on the condition that Jason Cho kill the mercenaries. It was rather Jason Cho who was killed in the ensuing fighting, the mercenaries escaping further Liao reprisals with the timely assistance of Baxter.

By now the conflict had reached Day 46. The mercenaries threw in with Baxter's pro-independence partisans and their Davion allies. While nominally at a disadvantage in materiel, the pro-independence force benefited from popular support, Davion's stocks of Clan technology ([[MechCommander (Video Game)|likely]] spoils of [[Operation BULLDOG]]), and the superlative fighting prowess of the mercenaries, soon turning the tide against the Steiner-Liao alliance. Colonel Renard responded with increasingly harsh actions against civilians suspected of supporting the independence movement. Ultimately, the mercenaries destroyed both the Liao Palace and Steiner High Command, with ''Mandrissa'' Cho committing suicide before the fall of the Palace and Colonel Renard choosing to go down on the battlefield in his customized ''[[Atlas (BattleMech)|Atlas]]''. After 60 days of conflict, Carver V declared independence and was renamed Liberty by its inhabitants. Now President of the planet, Baxter requested that the mercenaries remain as Protector General of Liberty, but the mercenaries elected to depart for the [[Periphery]] in pursuit of yet more C-Bills.<ref name="MC2>''[[MechCommander 2]]''</ref>
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====The Jihad====
Elements of the Third Dismal Disinherited engaged and defeated a pirate attack by the [[Lafayette Legion]] on [[Liberty]] at the end of December [[3067]]. The pirates' main thrust was outside the DropPort, where several pirates and attendant support vehicles attempted to infiltrate and steal two merchant [[DropShip]]s being prepared for liftoff while they also executed a diversionary raid that was repulsed near an abandoned Lyran Alliance military installation that had become the mercenaries' base with the permission of the Liberty government.<ref name=AMCDL>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [11/01/3068]: "AMC Defends Liberty"''</ref>

During the [[Jihad]], Carver V—now known as Liberty—was one of a number of worlds incorporated into the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]. Whereas the [[Word of Blake]] had used nonviolent means to take over the government of neighboring worlds such as [[Capolla]], [[New Home]] and [[Terra Firma]], the Blakists chose to assault and occupy Liberty between 22 and 30 August [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The forces of the [[Opacus Venatori]] were active on Liberty in [[3073]], catching the [[Battle Corps Legion]] on the planet in January and nearly destroying the Legion's second battalion.<ref name="JHS:Tp36">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 36: "S.O.S."</ref>

In late [[3077]], the [[Protectorate Militia Command]] pulled the [[First Liberty Protectorate Militia Division]] from Liberty and deployed them to [[Dieron]] along with numerous other Protectorate Militia Divisions and regular Militia Divisions, supported by a large naval task force.<ref name="J:FRp127">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 127: "Word of Blake Militia Divisions"</ref> The subsequent destruction of the Word of Blake forces on Dieron left Liberty without any major defensive forces for months, until a Blakist mercenary force arrived in early April 3078. During the intervening period Capellan-loyalist guerrillas had waged a covert and overt campaign to reclaim Liberty for the Confederation, executing dozens of Blakist officials in the name of the Chancellor. The Blakist mercenaries landed, expecting to rest and refit following damage sustained elsewhere in the Protectorate, only to suddenly find themselves under attack from the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[5th Army (ComStar)|Fifth Army]] and the [[Home Guard (Free Worlds League)|Home Guard]], as the allied coalition landed Group II of the Free Worlds League front of [[Operation SCOUR]].<ref name="JHS:Tp87+"/>

The liberation of Liberty was perhaps best described as contested; both the allied coalition forces and Capellan forces acted against the Blakists on Liberty, and during the first week of April 3078 the coalition and Capellan forces began clashing with each other. Each side refused to relinquish the world, with the Coalition finally sending for a negotiator to try and resolve the conflict.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Local press on Liberty declared that Liberty had been liberated by the 17th of April,<ref name="JHS:Tp76">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 76: "Liberty Is Ours!"</ref> but at least as late as the end of June 3078 Group II of the Free Worlds League coalition task force - under the command of [[Duke]] [[Leonard Stewart]]<ref name="JHS:Tp44">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 44: "Wasat Falls?"</ref> - were still in place on Liberty awaiting the independent negotiator, even as the rest of the Free Worlds League task force gathered on [[Pollux]] for the strike on [[Terra]].<ref name="JHS:Tp80">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 80: "Terra's Doorstep"</ref> It wouldn't be until after the arrival of [[Lin Murikami]], lead negotiator on behalf of [[Devlin Stone]], that a ceasefire would be brokered between the various factions on Liberty.<ref name="JHS:Tp87+"/>

The political pamphlet ''[[By Our Right and Blood]]'' was published on [[Liberty]] in [[3078]] by an unknown author that supported the claim of the [[Capellan Confederation]] to control of Liberty and not [[Stone's Coalition]].<ref name=JHST>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 76</ref>

Intelligence uncovered after the Jihad revealed that secret [[Martinson Armaments]] factory had been constructed on Liberty during the late 3070s. Built under orders from [[Precentor Martial of the Word of Blake|Precentor Martial]] [[Cameron St. Jamais]] of the [[Word of Blake]] and kept secret even within the Word of Blake, the Martinson Armaments factory was hidden within the abandoned Star League facility on the island of Quantico. From this hidden facility Martinson constructed the ''[[Yao Lien#Variants|Eidolon]]'', a [[FrankenMech]] constructed largely from surplus components manufactured for the [[Celestial series]] of [[OmniMech]]s.<ref name="TRO:3085p30">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 30: "YOL-4C Yao Lien"</ref>

This plant would remain a secret from the forces of the allied coalition during SCOUR, but the Capellans had learned of its existence; the Capellans stole a march over the forces of Free Worlds Task Force II by mounting a lightning campaign to capture Quantico before agreeing to the ceasefire. Then, as negotiations went on, the Capellans dismantled the factory, taking the plans for the design and the critical manufacturing equipment present on Liberty, along with a stockpile of parts to enable them to jump-start production. They then reassembled the facility on [[Capella]] under the auspices of [[Ceres Metals Industries]] and began producing a modified version of the ''Eidolon'' under a new name - the ''[[Yao Lien]]''.<ref name="TRO:3085p30"/>

===Post-Jihad===
Even the end of the Jihad didn't bring an end to conflict for the world. Contested by both the Capellan Confederation and the [[Republic of the Sphere]], the various small islands of Liberty all bore heavy scars and were likely to attract more; Liberty's position made it likely that the world would be a key battle site, as [[Warrior House Imarra]] used the world as the jump-off point for campaigns around various other key systems and planets within the former Protectorate.<ref name=OCC28/>

As of [[3079]], the capital of Liberty was Dronane, located on Klieksa.<ref name=OCC28/> By the end of December 3079 Liberty was one of more than twenty planets to have suffered an outbreak of the [[Redburn Virus]], and one of eight to suffer from an infection rate of more than 150 out of every 100,000 people, as well as a mortality rate of more than 30 per 100,000 from the virus.<ref name="J:FRp13">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 13: "Plagued by Blake"</ref>

====The Dark Age====
Although the local population had begun referring to their world as Liberty as part of a popular movement to unify their ravaged world, it was only with the incorporation of the planet into the Republic of the Sphere that the name Liberty received formal ratification. The planet underwent a period of recovery under Republican rule, becoming a paradise once more for both visitors and natives.<ref name=DARW243/> Still, anti-[[Exarch]] resentment simmered until the later days of the Republic. [[Stone's Fury]] was able to monitor and later destroy many of these resistance groups as they refined Republic doctrine for their several packs of ''[[Celerity]]'' drones<ref name="TRO3145RoS">''Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere'', p. 26</ref>

In mid-August [[3149]], Liberty was assaulted by the [[Fifth McCarron’s Armored Cavalry]] and [[Warrior House Imarra]] but been repulsed in their attack on Dronane. On the 31st, [[Second McCarron’s Armored Cavalry]] and [[Danai Liao-Centrella]] arrived on Liberty - a delay in the courier with the Second's orders prevented the original plan's simultaneous assault - who was eventually successful in raising the Capellan standard over the planet.<ref>''Blood Will Tell'', chs. 27–31</ref>

===Military Deployment===
{{columns-start|num=3}}
====2767====
* 3 CAAN Regiments<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/>
:* CO: General Saul van der Kolk<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/>

====3013====
* [[Wolf's Dragoons]]<ref name=WDsp16/>

====3038====
* [[Fourth Republican Guards]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138: "Deployment Table"</ref>

====3055====
* [[102nd Division (ComStar)]]<ref name=CS85>''ComStar'', p. 85: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>
{{column}}
====3058====
* [[Carver V Planetary Militia]]<ref name=CMp32>''Chaos March'', p. 32: "Carver V"</ref>

====3062–3067====
* [[379th Division (ComStar)|379th Division]]<ref name=FMCS126>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 126: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=FMU98>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 98: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref>

====3067====
* [[Lindon's Battalion]]<ref name=MS66>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 66: "Mercenary Deployment Table"</ref>

====3077====
* [[First Liberty Protectorate Militia Division]]<ref name="JHS:Tp87+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 87: "Chaos Eternal: Death to Tyrants"</ref>
{{column}}
====3079====
* [[Warrior House Imarra]]<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 9: "Warrior House Regimental Status"</ref>
:- The unit was operating at 60% strength, with 100% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

====3145====
* [[Stone's Fury]]<ref name=FM:3145p145>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 145: "Republic Armed Forces - Stone's Brigade"</ref>
{{columns-end}}

===Geography===
Liberty is dominated by islands of varying sizes, the largest of which is named Quantico. Various chains and groups of islands exist on Liberty, including the Drasken Chain in the southern hemisphere, the Kalimbawe chain of islands near the equator,<ref name=DARW243/> and the Reinhardt chain.<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/> There are three large landmasses named Chone, Dendez, and Klieska and the ocean that covers almost ninety percent of the planet is known as the Infinto Ocean.<ref name=DARW243/>

===Planetary Locations on Carver V===
* Bako: a spaceport located near Quantico<ref name=DARW243/>
* Bellacqu: the planetary capital city, located on Quantico<ref name=DARW243/>
* Binsburg: one of the earliest major settlements on Liberty, a large mining colony located on Esperanza, largest island in the Drasken Chain<ref name=DARW243/>
* Dronane: the planetary capital city by the end of the Jihad<ref name=OCC28/>
* El Toro: a spaceport located near Quantico<ref name=DARW243/>
* Korce: the planetary capital city during the Star League era and at least until [[3058]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p82"/><ref name=CMp32/>
* New Cairo: one of the earliest major settlements on Liberty, a ranching and hunting community located in the Kalimbawe islands<ref name=DARW243/>
* Parris Island: a notable island located close to Quantico and used as a Star League Marine Corps boot camp during the Star League era<ref name=SL171/>
* Quantico Marine Formation: a major fortress during the era of the Terran Hegemony and the Star League, located on Quantico, one of the largest islands on Liberty and close to Bellacqu<ref name=DARW243/>

===Companies and Industries===
* [[Brooks, Inc.]]
* [[Hagan Industries]]<ref>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 12: "BattleMech Landing Craft"</ref>
* [[Martinson Armaments]] (dismantled and moved to [[Capella]] in 3078)<ref name="TRO:3085p30"/>

===Local Flora and Fauna===
* [[Crocale]]<ref name=DARW243/>

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==Notes==
* In ''[[The Star League]]'' it is stated that General Kerensky relieved the forces defending Carver V in 2773.<ref name=SL171/> However, in ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'', General Kerensky did not commit forces to relieving Carver V until 2775.<ref name=HLoTv2_43/> As ''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'' was printed after ''The Star League'' that reference takes precedence.
* Carver V was the backdrop for the ''[[MechCommander 2]]'' computer game, in which the player controls a group of mercenaries fighting for the various interests on the planet (circa [[3063]] during the [[FedCom Civil War]]). At the very end of the game, the planet is renamed Liberty by the inhabitants.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86: "5th Army V-Omicron (The Mountaineers)"</ref>
* Although the publication ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' states that the [[35th Division (Word of Blake)]] attacked Genoa and Liberty in August 3069, this contradicts the Jihad timeline given in ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]'' and ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''. It was confirmed by one of the BattleTech Line Developers that ''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'' is in error.

{{quote|Hello,

Blake Documents is in error; the assaults took place in 3068.

Thank you,

- Herbert Beas|[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,20052.msg449932.html#msg449932 Herbert Beas, BattleTech Line developer, 11 Jun 2012]}}

==Map Gallery==
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==Nearby Systems==
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! colspan="8" | Closest 84 systems (83 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Procyon]]
| class="lessthan30" | 9.7
| class="lessthan30" | [[Hechnar]]
| class="lessthan30" | 12.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Sirius]]
| class="lessthan30" | 13.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Keid]]
| class="lessthan30" | 13.6
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Outreach]]
| class="lessthan30" | 14.2
| class="lessthan30" | [[Brownsville]]
| class="lessthan30" | 15.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[New Home]]
| class="lessthan30" | 15.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Bryant]]
| class="lessthan30" | 20.1
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Graham]]
| class="lessthan30" | 20.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Terra|Sol]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Rigil Kentarus]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Epsilon Eridani]]
| class="lessthan30" | 23.8
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Capolla]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.7
| class="lessthan30" | [[Xi Ursae_Majoris|Xi Ursae Majoris]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[New Earth|Tau Ceti]]
| class="lessthan30" | 24.8
| class="lessthan30" | [[Hall]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.0
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Pollux]]
| class="lessthan30" | 26.6
| class="lessthan30" | [[Caph]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Tyrfing|Tabit]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.7
| class="lessthan30" | [[Oliver]]
| class="lessthan30" | 29.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Terra Firma]]
| class="over30" | 30.8
| class="over30" | [[Elgin|Chisholm]]
| class="over30" | 31.0
| class="over30" | [[Devil's Rock]]
| class="over30" | 31.2
| class="over30" | [[New Stevens]]
| class="over30" | 31.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Talitha]]
| class="over30" | 31.9
| class="over30" | [[Zavijava]]
| class="over30" | 33.3
| class="over30" | [[Killbourn]]
| class="over30" | 33.8
| class="over30" | [[Thorin]]
| class="over30" | 33.9
|-
| class="over30" | [[Van Diemen]]
| class="over30" | 34.5
| class="over30" | [[Epsilon Indi]]
| class="over30" | 35.0
| class="over30" | [[Castor]]
| class="over30" | 35.2
| class="over30" | [[Hsien]]
| class="over30" | 35.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Mandal]]
| class="over30" | 35.4
| class="over30" | [[Chara]]
| class="over30" | 36.1
| class="over30" | [[Wasat]]
| class="over30" | 36.8
| class="over30" | [[Fomalhaut]]
| class="over30" | 37.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Altair]]
| class="over30" | 37.3
| class="over30" | [[Denebola]]
| class="over30" | 37.6
| class="over30" | [[Lipton]]
| class="over30" | 39.3
| class="over30" | [[Dieron]]
| class="over30" | 39.8
|-
| class="over30" | [[Nanking]]
| class="over30" | 41.9
| class="over30" | [[Yorii]]
| class="over30" | 42.0
| class="over30" | [[Muphrid]]
| class="over30" | 42.1
| class="over30" | [[Northwind]]
| class="over30" | 43.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Saffel]]
| class="over30" | 45.0
| class="over30" | [[Bex]]
| class="over30" | 45.4
| class="over30" | [[Zosma]]
| class="over30" | 45.9
| class="over30" | [[Sheratan]]
| class="over30" | 46.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Tall Trees]]
| class="over30" | 46.4
| class="over30" | [[Zollikofen]]
| class="over30" | 46.5
| class="over30" | [[Rocky]]
| class="over30" | 46.8
| class="over30" | [[Asta]]
| class="over30" | 47.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Saiph]]
| class="over30" | 48.4
| class="over30" | [[Acamar]]
| class="over30" | 48.4
| class="over30" | [[Afleir]]
| class="over30" | 49.2
| class="over30" | [[Zurich]]
| class="over30" | 49.5
|-
| class="over30" | [[New Dallas]]
| class="over30" | 49.8
| class="over30" | [[Menkalinan]]
| class="over30" | 50.2
| class="over30" | [[Berenson]]
| class="over30" | 51.1
| class="over30" | [[Lockdale]]
| class="over30" | 51.3
|-
| class="over30" | [[Haddings]]
| class="over30" | 51.9
| class="over30" | [[Woodstock]]
| class="over30" | 52.2
| class="over30" | [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]]
| class="over30" | 52.3
| class="over30" | [[Connaught]]
| class="over30" | 52.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Aldebaran]]
| class="over30" | 53.1
| class="over30" | [[Marcus]]
| class="over30" | 53.8
| class="over30" | [[Blue Sava]]
| class="over30" | 53.9
| class="over30" | [[New Canton]]
| class="over30" | 54.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Irian]]
| class="over30" | 54.4
| class="over30" | [[Menkent]]
| class="over30" | 54.7
| class="over30" | [[Imbros]]
| class="over30" | 54.9
| class="over30" | [[Ingress]]
| class="over30" | 55.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Acubens]]
| class="over30" | 55.6
| class="over30" | [[Styx]]
| class="over30" | 55.8
| class="over30" | [[Nirasaki]]
| class="over30" | 56.5
| class="over30" | [[Athenry]]
| class="over30" | 56.6
|-
| class="over30" | [[Callison]]
| class="over30" | 57.4
| class="over30" | [[Arboris]]
| class="over30" | 57.5
| class="over30" | [[Small World]]
| class="over30" | 58.7
| class="over30" | [[Bordon]]
| class="over30" | 59.0
|-
| class="over30" | [[Genoa]]
| class="over30" | 59.2
| class="over30" | [[Belluevue]]
| class="over30" | 59.4
| class="over30" | [[Kawich]]
| class="over30" | 59.8
| class="over60" | [[Summer]]
| class="over60" | 60.9
|-
|}

==References==
<references/>

==Bibliography==
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* ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#AMC Defends Liberty|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 11/01/3068: "AMC Defends Liberty"]]''
* ''[[Blood Will Tell]]''
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Objectives: Capellan Confederation]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Republic]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: Irregulars]]''
* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''
{{div col end}}

[[Category:Systems|Carver]]
[[Category: Capellan Confederation Systems]]
[[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]]
[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]]
[[Category: Republic of the Sphere Systems]]
[[Category: Terran Alliance Systems]]
[[Category: Terran Hegemony Systems]]
[[Category: Tikonov Free Republic Systems]]
[[Category: Word of Blake Systems]]