The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)

Published in 1996, The Periphery, 2nd Edition updates The Periphery, published in 1988 and is in turn updated in Field Manual: Periphery, published in 2001.

From the back cover
"For centuries, the powers of the Inner Sphere have looked down on their brethren in the Periphery with thinly-veiled disgust. To the "civilized" worlds of humanity, the Periphery is a backwater, not a place where any respectable person would want to live. And many still remember that the nations of the Periphery fought tooth-and-nail against the Star League's attempt to unite all of humanity in a new golden age. Full of hardship, immorality, lawlessness and danger, it is a vast and little-understood region of space.

But that's not the whole story. The Periphery is all of the things that people say about it, but it is also much more. The Taurian Concordat has a better educational system than most Successor States. The citizens of the Magistracy of Canopus enjoy more freedoms than their counterparts in the Inner Sphere. Even the bandit kingdoms are getting into the act, with realms such as the Circinus Federation and the Marian Hegemony making moves towards legitimacy.

Following in the footsteps of ComStar's original Guide to the Periphery, this sourcebook updates our knowledge to the time after the initial Clan invasions, when many changes are taking place and important events are happening out in regions where no one is looking."

Contents

 * Introduction
 * The Periphery
 * In the Beginning
 * A Subtler War
 * A Ripple in the Tide
 * The Clans
 * Current Situation
 * Status of the States
 * Explorer Corps


 * The Taurian Concordat
 * Beginnings
 * Star League and Succession Wars
 * Trouble Brewing
 * New Misfortune
 * Border Crisis
 * Changing of the Guard
 * Shadow Deals
 * The Final Straw
 * New Directions
 * Sociopolitical Structure
 * Government Structure
 * Taurian Nobility
 * Conditions for Citizenship
 * Cultural Structure
 * Religion and Philosophy
 * Education
 * The Arts
 * Domestic and Foreign Policy
 * The Chaos March
 * Interstellar Relations
 * Taurian Concordat Military
 * Uniforms
 * Enlisted Ranks
 * Officer Ranks
 * Structure of the TDF
 * The Taurian Defense Force
 * The Colonial Marshals
 * Personalities
 * Jeffrey Calderon
 * Janice Calderon
 * Sherman Maltin
 * Lord Grover Shraplen


 * Magistracy of Canopus
 * Origins and History
 * Rebirth
 * Emma's Ascension
 * Time of the Clans
 * Sociopolitical Structure
 * Government Structure
 * Magistracy Nobility
 * Conditions of Citizenship
 * Cultural Structure
 * Religion
 * Education
 * The Arts
 * Interstellar Relations
 * ComStar and Word of Blake
 * Free Worlds League
 * Capellan Confederation
 * Federated Commonwealth and Lyran Alliance
 * Other Periphery States
 * Domestic Affairs
 * Future Goals
 * Magistracy Military
 * Uniforms
 * Enlisted Ranks
 * Officer Ranks
 * Structure of the MAF
 * Typical MAF Units
 * The Colonial Marshals
 * Intelligence Operations
 * The Magistracy Armed Forces
 * Personalities
 * Emma Centrella
 * Kitiara Galland
 * Full Colonel Norbert Kingelt


 * Outworlds Alliance
 * Origins and History
 * President Neil Avellar
 * ComStar Arrives
 * Beginning of the End
 * A New Start
 * Continuing Opposition
 * Sociopolitical Structure
 * Government Structure
 * Cultural Structure
 * Religion and Philosophy
 * Education
 * The Arts
 * Interstellar Relations
 * Other Periphery Realms
 * ComStar and Word of Blake
 * Outworlds Alliance Military
 * Structure of the AMC
 * Uniforms
 * Enlisted Ranks
 * Officer Ranks
 * Alliance Military Corps
 * Personalities
 * Mitchell Avellar
 * Barnabas Huard
 * Maurice Avellar


 * Marian Hegemony
 * Foundation and Early History
 * Rise of Caesar Sean
 * Sean's Accession
 * The Clan invasion
 * Conquering the League
 * The Caesar and His Heir
 * Sociopolitical Structure
 * The People
 * The Senate
 * The Caesar
 * Interstellar Relations
 * Successor States
 * ComStar and the Word of Blake
 * Periphery Nations
 * Marian Hegemony Military
 * Force Composition and Tactics
 * Uniforms
 * Officer Ranks
 * The Marian Legions
 * Personalities
 * CaesarSean O'Reilly
 * Julius O'Reilly
 * Adolf Burake


 * Circinus Federation
 * Origins and History
 * Rising Sons
 * Palatinate Invasion
 * On the Defensive
 * Interstellar Relations
 * ComStar and Word of Blake
 * Federated Commonwealth and Lyran Alliance
 * Free Worlds League
 * Periphery States
 * Domestic Affairs
 * Political Structure
 * Circinus Federation Military
 * Uniforms
 * Enlisted Ranks
 * Officer Ranks
 * The Black Warriors
 * Personalities
 * H.R "Little Bob" McIntyre
 * Michael Cirion


 * Lesser States
 * Rim Collection
 * Current Situation
 * Illyrian Palantinate
 * Interstellar Relations
 * Niops Association
 * Interstellar Relations
 * Mica Majority
 * Military
 * Franklin Fiefs
 * Fiefdom of Randis
 * Galahad Frews
 * New St. Andrews
 * Herotitus
 * Periphery Independents


 * Bandit Kingdoms
 * Clan Invasion
 * New Pirate Bands
 * The New Belt Pirates
 * Vance Rezak's Band of the Damned
 * Morrison's Extractors
 * Fuchida's Fusiliers
 * Antallos
 * Astrokaszy


 * New Findings
 * Inner Sphere Holdings
 * ComStar
 * Federated Commonwealth
 * Draconis Combine
 * Free Worlds League
 * Capellan Confederation
 * New Discoveries
 * The Fate of the 295th
 * Farhome
 * The Chainelane Isles
 * The Wanderers
 * Alfirk
 * Hunter's Paradise


 * Rules
 * The Periphery Campaign
 * Life in the Periphery
 * Economy and Currency
 * Adventure Hooks
 * Optional Rules
 * Salvaging
 * Jury-Rigging with Bypass Kits
 * Patchwork Armor
 * Technical Readout
 * Gladius Medium Hover Tank
 * Heavy LRM Carrier/Light SRM Carrier
 * MHL-X1 Marshal


 * Archetypes
 * Bandit Caste MechWarrior
 * Colonial Marshal
 * Privateer MechWarrior
 * Prospector


 * Maps
 * Index