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System '''Falcon's Beacon''' is a [[Periphery]] system along the path [[Clan Ice Hellion]] forces followed to launch [[Operation ICE STORM]] in [[3071]].<ref name="OISP1p58"/>

==History==
On the 29th of September [[3071]], a major [[Clan Ice Hellion]] supply convoy under the overall command of Star Captain [[Fordham]] was at the [[Deep Periphery]] marker known as [[Falcon's Beacon]] when the ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyer [[Emerald Tornado|CJF ''Emerald Tornado'']] jumped in-system. The convoy had no WarShip escort - Fordham was aboard the ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class JumpShip [[Admiral Garrett|CIH ''Admiral Garrett'']], and the close air patrol fighters were still aboard their ships when the Falcons arrived. [[Star Admiral]] [[Carlos Binetti]], the commanding officer of the ''Emerald Tornado'', was as surprised as Fordham - Falcon's Beacon was a Watch outpost, with little expected to be in-system other than some warehouses, support personnel, and perhaps a Star of warriors. Despite his surprise, Binetti ordered the Captain of the ''Emerald Tornado'', Star Captain [[Charlotte van Jankmon]], to issue a ''batchall''. Fordham surrendered, rather than provoke the needless deaths of those under his command. The loss of the convoy was a huge blow to the Ice Hellion forces in the Inner Sphere.<ref name="OISP1p58">''Operation ICE STORM (Part One)'', p. 58-66, "Chapter Seven"</ref>

== Nearby Systems ==
Unknown.

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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Operation ICE STORM (novel)]]'' (Part One)

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