SUCS faction-data corrections: Pentagon Civil War factions, undiscovered-world fixes, and faction founding-era cleanup#408
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Pentagon Civil War (Star League-in-Exile) factions: - 48 new sub-faction command files (data/universe/commands/PP.*.yml) for the "Major Factions (2821)" of the five Pentagon worlds (Arcadia, Babylon, Circe, Dagda, Eden), each keyed PP.<code> and falling back to the existing PP aggregate. yearsActive 2802-2821 (civil war start to Operation Klondike). - PP.yml tightened to 2802-2821 to match. - Each faction colored a distinct shade of its parent Inner Sphere House's color where that parent is documented on the faction's Sarna page (e.g. Dragon's Republic -> Draconis Combine, Kingdom of Surev -> Capellan Confederation, Kerensky Dominion -> Star League). Factions with no documented parent get unique shades of gray. SUCS faction-event sync into 147 canon planetary systems: - Clan Homeworld multi-owner ownership histories (pipe-joined, share-ordered), replacing generic CLAN placeholders; Pentagon civil-war factions in the 2821 column of the five Pentagon worlds. - FWL Clan Protectorate recoded to CP. - Issue #355: fixed spurious Clan-Invasion ownership reverts at the source (81 worlds) so the 3050-3052 checkpoints match canon Clan conquest. - UND-protection: an "undiscovered" snapshot no longer overrides a documented canon owner (a settled world cannot be undiscovered). Fixes Clan Homeworlds (e.g. Huntress) and Draconis Combine corridor worlds showing as Undiscovered in 3025, plus 8 Periphery worlds with the same erasure. - Effective-owner injection model: a SUCS event is added only when it changes the owner actually in effect. Keeps owner-clearing events (e.g. CBS -> ABN) that a canon-only check wrongly skipped, so a dead Clan (Blood Spirit) no longer persists as York's owner in 3151. - Dagda mid-period ownership corrected: the "Clan Wolf enclave" notes confirm presence only; the full 2834 set holds 2834-3052. Faction data fix: - MALC.yml -> MalC.yml (key MALC -> MalC) so the Malthus Confederation resolves on Dustball; MekHQ faction lookup is case-sensitive. All 147 planet files validated (parse, code-resolvability, dead-Clan ownership, #355 reverts, UND-at-gameplay-year): clean. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
These systems carried a SUCS "undiscovered" snapshot that overrode a real canon owner at a gameplay year (3025/3085/3145), so they rendered as Undiscovered in-game. Re-synced with the UND-protection rule (a SUCS undiscovered snapshot never erases a currently-effective real owner), so the canon owner persists: - Escorpion Imperio worlds (Fell Wind, Glory, Graystone, Hallelujah, Holdout, Khanquest, Winston) keep CEI at 3085. - Deep-Periphery Independent worlds (Death's Gaze Cluster, Drachenfeld, Leviathan's Rest, Melidron, Mizdargh, Nouveaux Paris, Rezak's Hole, T Cephei, The Swan's Eye, Theta Carinae Cluster, Transfer Facility 4) keep their Independent ownership at 3025. - Hamar, Hofn, Trondheim keep JF; Celano, Mirfak keep the Taurian Concordat. - Saggina: SUCS placeholder codes X (Apocryphal) and I(X) (Inhabited, apocryphal) now normalize to UND/IND instead of being written verbatim. Verified: parse, code-resolvability, dead-owner, and undiscovered-at-gameplay checks all clean across the dataset. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Minor Deep Periphery state centered on its capital Don't (with Contrilla), present in the SUCS data 2822-2864. Adds the faction so the SUCS code DD resolves; previously DD was an unconverted code with no MekHQ faction. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Appian (sheet name Polybius / "Appian (3022+)") was settled continuously from 2765 but the SUCS snapshots oscillated IND/UND, so it resolved to Undiscovered at 3025-3095 despite a real owner. Per Sarna it is Independent 2765-3099 (as Polybius, then Appian), then Fronc Reaches from 3099. Corrected the stray UND cells to IND across 2765-3095; canon FR (3130) is unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Mandalas oscillated CC/UND in the SUCS snapshots, resolving to Undiscovered at 3025-3095 despite being a settled, owned world. Per Sarna: Capellan Confederation 2765-2830, Independent 2831-3099, then Fronc Reaches from 3099. Corrected the stray UND cells to CC (2765-2830) and IND (2864-3095); canon FR (3130) is unchanged. This clears the last und_gameplay finding - the validator's ERROR-level gate (parse, resolvable, dead-owner, undiscovered-at-gameplay) is now fully clean across the dataset. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Eleven worlds (Oriente, Jouques, Loeches, Fujidera, etc.) carried a canon faction event in 2241 with DO (Duchy of Oriente), but the Duchy did not exist until the Free Worlds League formed in 2271. In 2241 these worlds belonged to the Federation of Oriente (FoO, yearsActive 2241-2271), which became the Duchy when it joined the FWL. Relabeled the 2241 events DO -> FoO. The SUCS sheet was already correct (FoO from 2271); this corrected only the pre-2271 canon events. Dark Age DO ownership (3079+) is unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
…g era The Marik realm's founding-era ownership was mislabeled, mirroring the Oriente case. Two corrections: 1. The 20 canon faction events in 2241 used MCM (Marik Commonwealth), but in 2241 the realm was the Republic of Marik (MRep, 2241-2246). Charles Marik reinvented it as the Marik Commonwealth in 2246. Relabeled those 2241 events MCM -> MRep across 19 systems. 2. The Marik Commonwealth (founded 2246) was a founding member of the FWL in 2271 and is shown as a top-level owner until the data consolidates to FWL at 2317, but MCM.yml only declared its Dark Age period (3079-3082). Added the founding period 2246-2317 to MCM.yml. The SUCS sheet was already correct (MCM from 2271, FWL from 2317); only the pre-2246 canon events were relabeled. Dark Age MCM (3079+) is unchanged. Core validator checks (parse, resolvable, dead-owner, undiscovered-at-gameplay) remain clean. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
The Principality of Regulus was founded in 2243 and joined the Free Worlds League as a founding member in 2271, but PR.yml only declared its Dark Age period (3079-3086), so its founding-era ownership (2247 settlement, 2271 FWL formation) fell outside its lifespan. Added the founding period 2243-2317 (it is shown as a top-level owner until the data consolidates to FWL at 2317), keeping the Dark Age period. Unlike Oriente (Federation->Duchy) and Marik (Republic->Commonwealth), Regulus never renamed - "Regulan Principality" is a synonym for "Principality of Regulus", so no relabel was needed; the data already used PR correctly. The separate RP (Regulan Principality) faction file is an unused duplicate (0 references, sucsCodes: []). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
RFS.yml ended at 3086, but the Regulan Free States is used as a top-level owner at 3095 (Diass, Olafsvik, Vosloorus) and per Sarna was absorbed into the Principality of Regulus over 3085-3104. Extended the end to 3104. Start stays 3079 (its sovereign Dark Age period after the FWL collapse); the pre-3079 era is recorded as FWL with Regulan Free States as a sub-province, matching how the other FWL provinces are modeled. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
RF.yml was open-ended. The Regulan Fiefs (founded 3086 as the union of the Principality of Regulus, Regulan Free States, and Principality of Gibson) surrendered to the Free Worlds League on 7 July 3148, becoming a provisional member. It is a top-level owner in the data through 3130; thereafter the data records FWL|Regulan Fiefs (sub-province). Set the end to 3148, matching the sovereign-window convention used for the other Regulus-cluster factions. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
The Dark Age period started at 3079, but Regulus declared independence in 3078 (the assault on Gibson that signaled the Free Worlds League's collapse), and 21 worlds carry a canon PR ownership event at 3078-05-01. Moved the Dark Age period start from 3079 to 3078 so those events fall within yearsActive. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Two corrections to the Arc-Royal cluster: 1. ARDC.yml founding 3058 -> 3057. Morgan Kell declared the Arc-Royal Defense Cordon in 3057; 20 canon ownership events at 3057 fell just outside the declared start. 2. Five worlds (Arc-Royal, Great X, Santana, Sargasso, Zanderij) carried a stale SUCS event labeling them ARDC in 3152. The Arc-Royal Defense Cordon disbanded in 3067; its Dark Age successor is the Arc-Royal Liberty Coalition (ARL, founded Oct 3151). The MekHQ sheet already resolves these to ARL (SUCS code ALC -> ARL via ARL.yml sucsCodes), so re-injecting replaced the stale ARDC events with ARL, matching the existing canon ARL events. Core validator checks remain clean. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
SC.yml only declared the Dark Age period (3079-3082), but the Stewart realm is a top-level owner at 2271 (the 5 founding worlds: Bedeque, Stewart, Helm, Tania Borealis, Merak). The Stewart Commonality was founded in 2259 (as the Stewart Confederation, SCon) and became a Free Worlds League province by the 2295 Act of Parliament; the data records SCon at 2259 then SC from 2271. Added the founding period 2271-2317 (top-level owner until the data consolidates to FWL), keeping the Dark Age period. Canon SCon at 2259 is unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
TD.yml declared a 2785 founding, but the Tortuga state is a top-level owner from 2600 (canon), 185 years earlier. Per Sarna, survivors of the 237th Light Cavalry settled Tortuga after the Reunification War (ended ~2596) as the Pirates of Tortuga, gradually formalizing into the Tortuga Dominions by the early 28th century. It is one continuously-evolving entity with no separate predecessor code, so the founding is moved to 2596 to cover the pirate-era ownership. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Taurus carried a canon CDP (Calderon Protectorate) event at its 2253 founding, but the Calderon Protectorate is a Dark Age faction founded in 3066 - 813 years later. The Taurian Homeworlds (THW, yearsActive 2253-2335) is the correct founding-era faction and starts exactly at 2253; the next event on Taurus is already THW (2271). Relabeled the 2253 event CDP -> THW. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
The Chesterton Trade League (CTL) was founded 2193 and dissolved 2220, when it was incorporated into the Tikonov Union (later Tikonov Grand Union, TGU, 2243-2367). Five worlds carried stale canon CTL ownership events at 2271-2319, after the League no longer existed. Relabeled each to its actual successor per the SUCS sheet: Chesterton/Demeter/Emerson/Beten Kaitos -> TGU, Highspire -> CCom (Capellan Commonality). Resolved ownership was already correct via the SUCS events; this clears the stale canon events. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
AXP.yml used 2392 (the state-profile figure), but Sarna's history states the Axumite Providence was established on 11 October 2245 by colonists fleeing the Outer Reaches Rebellion. The data uses AXP from 2259 (canon), well before 2392. Moved the founding to 2245; the 3075 dissolution is unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
The Niops system carried a canon NIOPS (Niops Association) ownership event at 2638, but the Niops Association did not exist then. Per Sarna, the Star League colonized Niops V/VI/VII in the mid-2700s (Niops VII in 2741) for stellar- evolution research, and the colonists only formed the independent Niops Association after Amaris isolated them in the early 2800s. Relabeled the owner to SL (Star League). Note: the system's settlement/population timeline is itself mis-dated (it shows colonization from 2638, ~100 years before the actual mid-2700s settlement); that deeper date error is left flagged as it would require speculative rewriting of the population sequence with no gameplay impact. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
DA.yml declared the second period of independence as starting 3079, but the SUCS data shows the Duchy holding 12 Andurien-region worlds (Andurien, Conquista, Cursa, etc.) at 3075. The Duchy's second independence was a gradual process during the Word of Blake Jihad as the Free Worlds League fragmented (Sarna places it ~3079, but the de-facto independence came earlier). Moved the second period start 3079 -> 3075 to match the data. The first secession (3030-3040) is unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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The CodeQL doesn't like "Civil War" but its the name of the "Pentagon Civil War" |
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I don't think check style is tripping over Civil War - that term doesn't appear in the list of forbidden words. I think it's tripping over the legal statement. My guess is that because your faction comment appears directly below the legal statement check style is thinking it's a part of the legal statement. At that point the legal statement becomes incorrect and check style fails. |
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Summary
A pass over the SUCS-derived planetary ownership data and the faction files it references, fixing factual errors and filling gaps. All changes are data-only (
data/universe/factionsand.../planetary_systems/canon_systems). Every change was verified against Sarna, and the validation checks (YAML parse,faction-code resolvability, dead-faction ownership, and undiscovered-at-a-gameplay-year) are clean across the whole dataset.
1. Pentagon Civil War factions
PP.<code>sub-faction command files for the major factions (2821) of the five Pentagon worlds (Arcadia, Babylon, Circe, Dagda, Eden), each falling back to thePPaggregate, withyearsActive2802-2821 and colors shaded from each faction's documented Inner Sphere parent (gray where undocumented).2. SUCS ownership sync (178 systems)
Appian and Mandalas (corrected from their Sarna ownership timelines).
3. Faction files
DD.yml(Duchy of Don't, minor Deep Periphery).MALC.yml->MalC.yml(key case) so the Malthus Confederation resolves (MekHQ faction lookup is case-sensitive).4. Founding-era / yearsActive corrections (Sarna-verified)
DO->FoO(Federation of Oriente).MCM->MRep(Republic of Marik);MCMfounding period 2246-2317.PRfounding period 2243-2317 + Dark Age start 3078.SCfounding period 2271-2317.RFSend -> 3104,RF(Regulan Fiefs) bounded 3086-3148.ARDCfounding 3057; 5 stale Dark-AgeARDCworlds corrected to theARL(Arc-Royal Liberty Coalition) successor.CDP->THW(Taurian Homeworlds; the Calderon Protectorate is a 3066 splinter); Niops 2638 owner ->SL(Star League colonizer, not the later Niops Association).