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{{Update Needed|[[Objectives: Lyran Alliance]]|[[IlClan (sourcebook)]]|[[Shrapnel (magazine)/Issue 18]]}}
{{InfoBoxSystem
| image = Melissia_3151.svg
| caption = Melissia [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]]
| name = Melissia
| coord = -222.792 : 346.996{{e}}
| stars =
| class = G9V<ref name=HB:HSp82>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 82: "Melissia Planet Profile"</ref><ref name=O:LAp20>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 20: "Eutin"</ref>
| recharge = 190 hours<ref name=HB:HSp82/><ref name=O:LAp20/><ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref>
| recharge stations = Zenith, Nadir<ref name=HB:HSp82/><ref name=O:LAp20/>
| planets =
}}
The '''Melissia''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Melissia V''', and as of June [[3152]] was the capital of the [[Vesper Marches]].<ref name=TRp72/>

==System Description==
Melissia is located near the [[Machida]] and [[Clermont]] systems.

==Political Affiliation==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
* [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
* [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
* [[2750]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
* [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38: "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
* [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref>
* [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:MPSp37"/>
* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
* [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
* [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
* [[3063]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere'', p. 75: "Lyran Alliance Map"</ref>
* [[3064]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name=Chi>''Chiaroscuro''</ref>
* [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
* [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="JS:TBDp64>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
* [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="FR:LAAF">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
* [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
* [[3085]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
* [[3135]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
* c. [[3142]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<ref name=FM:3145p122>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 122: Melissia noted as being conquered early in the Jade Falcon offensive</ref>
* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
* [[3151]] - [[Vesper Marches]] (from March)<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref><ref name=ICp112>''IlClan'', p. 112: "The Absent Duke</ref>
* [[3152]] - Vesper Marches<ref name=TRpm/><ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)</ref>
{{div col end}}

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==Melissia V==
{{InfoBoxPlanet
| image = Melissia Flag.jpg
| name = Melissia V
| othernames =
| position = Fifth<ref name=HB:HSp82/><ref name=O:LAp20/>
| distance = 5.82 days<ref name=HB:HSp82/><ref name=O:LAp20/>
| moons = 1 (Saratoga)<ref name=HB:HSp82/><ref name=O:LAp20/>
| gravity = 1.02<ref name=HB:HSp82/><ref name=O:LAp20/>
| pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HB:HSp82/><ref name=O:LAp20/>
| temperature = 35°C (Warm-Temperate)<ref name=HB:HSp82/><ref name=O:LAp20/>
| water = 60%<ref name=HB:HSp82/><ref name=O:LAp20/>
| life = Reptile<ref name=HB:HSp82/><ref name=O:LAp20/>
| continents = 1 (Jahreszeitwunder)<ref name=HB:HSp82/>
| colonized =
| demonym =
| language =
| religion =
| population = 1,125,000,000 (3067),<ref name=HB:HSp82/><br>1,243,000,000 (3079),<ref name=O:LAp20/><br>1,353,000,000 (3150)<ref name=TRp103>''Tamar Rising'', p. 103</ref>
| ruler =
[[Margrave of Melissia Theater|Margrave]] [[Adam Steiner]] (3067)<ref name=HB:HSp82/>
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[[Landgrave von Melissia]] (3152)
| political =
| commander =
| capital = Europa<ref name=O:LAp20/>
| hpg = A<ref name=HB:HSp82/><ref name=O:LAp20/>
| hpgrep =
}}
===Planetary History===
Melissia was originally settled from [[Coventry]].<ref name=HB:HSp82/> Melissia was a part of the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic and was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the [[2773]]–[[2775]] Republic–Commonwealth war.<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref>

====Civil War Era====
Melissia, as capital of a theater, was initially spared from the [[Clan Invasion]], but during the [[FedCom Civil War]], [[Clan Jade Falcon]] attacked it. During the [[Battle of Melissia (3064)]], Lyran Marshal [[Sharon Bryan]] chose the planet to install her command center, gathering all available forces. The fortification she ordered built, ''The Rock'', was not able to stop the Falcons' juggernaut, and after suffering a headhunting attack, ''The Rock'' fell to the Falcons, so Bryan's XO, General [[Adam Steiner]] was forced to order a retreat. However, a counterattack by the [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] later the same year returned it to Lyran control.<ref name=OAc1-25>''Operation Audacity'', chs. 1–25</ref><ref>''FedCom Civil War sourcebook'' p. 114-116</ref>

====Jihad====
During the [[Jihad]] those members of the [[Estates General]] who either had the fortune to not be on [[Tharkad]] when the [[Word of Blake]] struck at the Lyran capital, or who managed to later escape from the siege there, convened as a quorum on Melissia. Although the Estates Genereal took on responsibility for managing the more mundane matters of state during the Jihad, they also managed to achieve a greater degree of authority over the infrastructure of the Alliance than was historically the case for their station. This was symptomatic of a problem across the Alliance that [[Archon]] [[Adam Steiner]] would struggle to deal with in the years after the Jihad; the chaos of the Jihad and the changes put in place due to Archon [[Peter Steiner-Davion|Peter Steiner-Davion's]] time on Tharkad during the Blakist siege resulted in a significant degree of power ending up in the hands of numerous other groups and people, who would later compete with the central Lyran government in the [[3080]]s as the Alliance rebuilt itself.<ref name="J:FRp86">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 86: "The Political Landscape of the Lyran Alliance"</ref>

====IlClan Era====
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Melissia stayed under dominion of Clan Jade Falcon for an unknown amount of time, until the departure of almost all their ''touman'', and the creation of the [[Hinterlands]] changed it all. Melissia Falcon's small garrison was quickly annihilated, though the revolutionary government it was born soon faced by a coalition of local nobles. A bloody civil war, in which the nobles took the best part, ensued. The government was losing ground, when the arrival of the exiled duke [[Vedet Brewer]] changed it all. His [[First Hesperus Guards]] became the biggest military force on planet, but though both sides negotiated with him, he played them one against the other, and when the final battle ensued, Brewer turned against his ''ally'', [[Graf of Northern Jahreszeitwunder|Graf]] [[Yiorgos Laskaris]], engaging and destroying his mercenary forces. After that, Brewer formed a joint government led by him, including both factions, and announced the creation of a new state: the [[Vesper Marches]], of which Melissia will be the capital.<ref name=TRp17>''Tamar Rising'' p. 17</ref>

===Military Deployment===
====2765====
* [[First Amaris Regulars]] (shared with [[Abushiri]], [[Annunziata]], and [[Jesenice]].<ref name=FR:2765Pp20>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 20: "Amaris Regulars - Divisional Status"</ref>

====3067====
* [[Third Alliance Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref name=FMU178>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 178: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[Sixth Donegal Guards]] RCT<ref name=FMU178/>
* [[Fourteenth Donegal Guards]] RCT<ref name=FMU178/>

====3079====
* [[Fifteenth Lyran Regulars]]<ref name=O:LAp20/><ref name="FR:LAAFp13">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 13: "Lyran Regulars Regimental Status"</ref>
:- The unit was operating at 75% strength, with 75% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
* [[Rubinsky's Light Horse]]<ref name=O:LAp20/><ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 18: "Irregular Forces Regimental Status"</ref>
:- The unit was operating at 40% strength, with 40% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

====3085====
* [[32nd Lyran Guards|Thirty-second Lyran Guards]] [[LCT]]<ref name=FM:3085p108>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 108: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
* [[Chahar Melissia Theater Militia]] ([[Battalion]])<ref name=FM:3085p108/>

====3145====
* [[5th Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|Fifth Talon Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p169>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 169: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref>

====3151====
* [[First Hesperus Guards]]<ref>''Tamar Rising'' p. 17</ref>

===Geography===
Melissia has a single continent that runs from pole to pole, named Jahreszeitwunder. In the higher latitudes, temperatures vary from extreme highs to extreme lows throughout a day. The Broad Run river starts in the mountains to the west and empties into Broad Run Delta to the east.<ref name=HB:HSp82/>

The northern ice shelf has rich titanium deposits.<ref name=HB:HSp82/>

===Planetary Locations===
* ''Jahreszeitwunder'' (Seasons of wonder): only continent of Melissia<ref name=FCWp200>''FedCom Civil War'' p. 200</ref>
* Broad Run River: river than divides the continent, birthing in the Valiant Mountains in the West and ending at the Broad Run Delta<ref name=FCWp200/>
* Loveless Valley: north of the Broad Run Delta, home to agriculture and the planetary capital<ref name=HB:HSp82/>
** Europa: capital city<ref name=O:LAp20/><ref name=HB:HSp82/>
** [[The Rock (Melissia)|The Rock]]: military fortress<ref name=OAc17>''Operation Audacity'' ch. 17</ref>

===Companies and Industries===
* [[Grumman Industries]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 172</ref>

==Map Gallery==
<div class="system-map-gallery"></div>

==Nearby Systems==

{|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
! colspan="8" | Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Machida]]
| class="lessthan30" | 10.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Clermont]]
| class="lessthan30" | 14.0
| class="lessthan30" | [[Chapultepec]]
| class="lessthan30" | 17.9
| class="lessthan30" | [[Annunziata]]
| class="lessthan30" | 21.0
|-
| class="lessthan30" | [[Chahar]]
| class="lessthan30" | 25.1
| class="lessthan30" | [[Kikuyu]]
| class="lessthan30" | 27.3
| class="lessthan30" | [[Medellin]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.4
| class="lessthan30" | [[Zhongshan]]
| class="lessthan30" | 28.7
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kolovraty]]
| class="over30" | 31.2
| class="over30" | [[Mogyorod]]
| class="over30" | 31.4
| class="over30" | [[Pangkalan]]
| class="over30" | 32.0
| class="over30" | [[Kwangchowwang]]
| class="over30" | 33.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Blue Hole]]
| class="over30" | 36.2
| class="over30" | [[Mahone]]
| class="over30" | 41.2
| class="over30" | [[Jorvikland]]
| class="over30" | 41.2
| class="over30" | [[Adelaide]]
| class="over30" | 42.1
|-
| class="over30" | [[Roadside]]
| class="over30" | 43.6
| class="over30" | [[Jesenice]]
| class="over30" | 44.1
| class="over30" | [[Newtown Square]]
| class="over30" | 46.5
| class="over30" | [[Montsegur]]
| class="over30" | 47.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Biegga]]
| class="over30" | 48.4
| class="over30" | [[Abushiri]]
| class="over30" | 49.3
| class="over30" | [[Manx]]
| class="over30" | 50.6
| class="over30" | [[Hood]]
| class="over30" | 51.4
|-
| class="over30" | [[Mississauga]]
| class="over30" | 52.4
| class="over30" | [[Blumenort]]
| class="over30" | 52.4
| class="over30" | [[Gatineau]]
| class="over30" | 53.8
| class="over30" | [[Hot Springs]]
| class="over30" | 56.2
|-
| class="over30" | [[Kooken's Pleasure_Pit|Kookens Pleasure Pit]]
| class="over30" | 57.6
| class="over30" | [[Pasig]]
| class="over30" | 59.3
| class="over60" | [[Arluna]]
| class="over60" | 60.1
| class="over60" | [[Timehri]]
| class="over60" | 62.8
|-
|}

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
* ''[[Chiaroscuro]]'' (in: ''[[Total Warfare]]'')
* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[IlClan (sourcebook)|IlClan]]''
* ''[[Inner Sphere (sourcebook)|Inner Sphere]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Objectives: Lyran Alliance]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
* ''[[Tamar Rising]]''
{{div col end}}

[[Category:Systems|Melissia]]
[[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Systems]]
[[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]]
[[Category: Lyran Alliance Systems]]
[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]]
[[Category: Rim Worlds Republic Systems]]
[[Category: Vesper Marches Systems]]

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