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Line 1: − {{InfoBoxState + {{InfoBoxFactions − | image = + | crest = − | Founded = June [[3148]] + | factionname = Timbuktu Collective − | Dissolved = + | timeperiod = June [[3148]] - present + | classification = Periphery State + | systems = 17 (as of March [[3151]])<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102, "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref> <ref name=ICp111>''IlClan'', p. 111, "Further Assimilation" - added three new worlds to the fourteen already controlled.</ref> | capital = [[Timbuktu]] | capital = [[Timbuktu]] − | systems = 17 (as of March [[3151]])<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102, "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref> <ref name=ICp111>''IlClan'', p. 111, "Further Assimilation" - added three new worlds to the fourteen already controlled.</ref> + | rulertitle = − | population = + | military = [[Collective Armed Guards]]<ref name=SFp48>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 48, "Timbuktu Collective, Florida TTM Formed"</ref> − | currency = + | secretservice = − | language = − | demonym = − | Head of State = − | cintel = − | army = [[Collective Armed Guards]]<ref name=SFp48>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 48, "Timbuktu Collective, Florida TTM Formed"</ref> − | navy = − | mintel = }} }} + The '''Timbuktu Collective''' is a protective alliance formed in June [[3148]] from the merger of the [[Rim Collection]] and five worlds from the [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran Commonwealth's]] [[Timbuktu Theater]].<ref name=SFp90>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 90, "Dissidents and Breakaway States"</ref> The '''Timbuktu Collective''' is a protective alliance formed in June [[3148]] from the merger of the [[Rim Collection]] and five worlds from the [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran Commonwealth's]] [[Timbuktu Theater]].<ref name=SFp90>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 90, "Dissidents and Breakaway States"</ref> Line 20:
Line 16: The Timbuktu Collective officially declared its independence from the Lyran Commonwealth on 24 June, 3148. With the Commonwealth weakened by [[Clan]] invasions and [[Buena Collective|another breakaway state]], the [[Timbuktu Theater]] capital and four neighboring worlds decided to leave an apparently sinking ship.<ref name=SFp48/> Soon after the [[Rim Collection]] merged with the Collective, forming a new [[Periphery]] nation.<ref name=SFp90/> The Timbuktu Collective officially declared its independence from the Lyran Commonwealth on 24 June, 3148. With the Commonwealth weakened by [[Clan]] invasions and [[Buena Collective|another breakaway state]], the [[Timbuktu Theater]] capital and four neighboring worlds decided to leave an apparently sinking ship.<ref name=SFp48/> Soon after the [[Rim Collection]] merged with the Collective, forming a new [[Periphery]] nation.<ref name=SFp90/> − The Collective steadily expanded its borders over the next three years absorbing [[Pocologan]] and [[Viborg]] in September [[3150]], and following a devastating pirate attack on [[Sapienza]] in early [[3151]], that planet, [[Firenze]] and [[Kladnitsa]]. Despite chafing at the loss of more worlds to the separatist state, [[Archon]] [[Trillian Steiner]] lacked the resources to simultaneously reconquer the Collective and address more dangerous threats to the Commonwealth.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 91</ref> <ref name=ICp111/> + The Collective steadily expanded its borders over the next three years, absorbing [[Pocologan]] and [[Viborg]] in September 3150, and, following a devastating pirate attack on [[Sapienza]] in early [[3151]], that planet and two of its neighbors. Despite chafing at the loss of more worlds to the separatist state, [[Archon]] [[Trillian Steiner]] lacked the resources to simultaneously reconquer the Collective and address more dangerous threats to the Commonwealth.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 91</ref> <ref name=ICp111/> ==Military== ==Military== − The [[Collective Armed Guards]] initially fielded just one [[BattleMech]] unit, the [[1st Timbuktu Guards|First Timbuktu Guards]], formed from willing members of the [[Florida Timbuktu Theater Militia]].<ref name=SFp48/> Between salvage from pirates on Sapienza and an upswing in recruitment, the [[2nd Timbuktu Guards|Second Timbuktu Guards]] were created in [[3151]], albeit the unit was little more than a [[Battalion|battalion]] in real strength.<ref name=ICp111/> + The [[Collective Armed Guards]] initially fielded just one [[BattleMech]] unit, the [[1st Timbuktu Guards|First Timbuktu Guards]], formed from willing members of the [[Florida Timbuktu Theater Militia]].<ref name=SFp48/> Between salvage from pirates on Sapienza and an upswing in recruitment, the [[2nd Timbuktu Guards|Second Timbuktu Guards]] were created in 3151, albeit the unit was little more than a [[Battalion|battalion]] in real strength.<ref name=ICp111/> − − ==Economy== − The Collective's region of space was once highly dependent on [[ComStar]] subsidizing [[JumpShip]] traffic in their region for trade and exchange of information. The collapse of ComStar saw most JumpShip captains move on to more profitable regions, leaving the Collective reliant on the occasional independent or [[Clan Sea Fox|Sea Fox]] trader. Due to this drop in traffic by [[3152]] the economy was struggling, and some citizens questioned whether their old way of life would ever return<ref name=S14p20>''Shrapnel: Issue 14'', p. 20, "Voices of the Sphere: ComStar"</ref>. ==References== ==References== Line 32:
Line 25: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − *''[[IlClan (sourcebook)|IlClan]]'' + * ''[[IlClan (sourcebook)|IlClan]]'' − *''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' + * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' − *"Voices of the Sphere: ComStar" from [[Shrapnel_(magazine)#Issue_14|Shrapnel]]'' [[Category:Nation States]] [[Category:Nation States]] − [[Category:Timbuktu Collective Related Categories]] + [[Category:Factions]] + [[Category:Timbuktu Collective]]
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The '''Timbuktu Collective''' is a protective alliance formed in June [[3148]] from the merger of the [[Rim Collection]] and five worlds from the [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran Commonwealth's]] [[Timbuktu Theater]].<ref name=SFp90>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 90, "Dissidents and Breakaway States"</ref> | The '''Timbuktu Collective''' is a protective alliance formed in June [[3148]] from the merger of the [[Rim Collection]] and five worlds from the [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran Commonwealth's]] [[Timbuktu Theater]].<ref name=SFp90>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 90, "Dissidents and Breakaway States"</ref> | ||
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The Timbuktu Collective officially declared its independence from the Lyran Commonwealth on 24 June, 3148. With the Commonwealth weakened by [[Clan]] invasions and [[Buena Collective|another breakaway state]], the [[Timbuktu Theater]] capital and four neighboring worlds decided to leave an apparently sinking ship.<ref name=SFp48/> Soon after the [[Rim Collection]] merged with the Collective, forming a new [[Periphery]] nation.<ref name=SFp90/> | The Timbuktu Collective officially declared its independence from the Lyran Commonwealth on 24 June, 3148. With the Commonwealth weakened by [[Clan]] invasions and [[Buena Collective|another breakaway state]], the [[Timbuktu Theater]] capital and four neighboring worlds decided to leave an apparently sinking ship.<ref name=SFp48/> Soon after the [[Rim Collection]] merged with the Collective, forming a new [[Periphery]] nation.<ref name=SFp90/> | ||
| − | The Collective steadily expanded its borders over the next three years absorbing [[Pocologan]] and [[Viborg]] in September | + | The Collective steadily expanded its borders over the next three years, absorbing [[Pocologan]] and [[Viborg]] in September 3150, and, following a devastating pirate attack on [[Sapienza]] in early [[3151]], that planet and two of its neighbors. Despite chafing at the loss of more worlds to the separatist state, [[Archon]] [[Trillian Steiner]] lacked the resources to simultaneously reconquer the Collective and address more dangerous threats to the Commonwealth.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 91</ref> <ref name=ICp111/> |
==Military== | ==Military== | ||
| − | The [[Collective Armed Guards]] initially fielded just one [[BattleMech]] unit, the [[1st Timbuktu Guards|First Timbuktu Guards]], formed from willing members of the [[Florida Timbuktu Theater Militia]].<ref name=SFp48/> Between salvage from pirates on Sapienza and an upswing in recruitment, the [[2nd Timbuktu Guards|Second Timbuktu Guards]] were created in | + | The [[Collective Armed Guards]] initially fielded just one [[BattleMech]] unit, the [[1st Timbuktu Guards|First Timbuktu Guards]], formed from willing members of the [[Florida Timbuktu Theater Militia]].<ref name=SFp48/> Between salvage from pirates on Sapienza and an upswing in recruitment, the [[2nd Timbuktu Guards|Second Timbuktu Guards]] were created in 3151, albeit the unit was little more than a [[Battalion|battalion]] in real strength.<ref name=ICp111/> |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | *''[[IlClan (sourcebook)|IlClan]]'' | + | * ''[[IlClan (sourcebook)|IlClan]]'' |
| − | *''[[Shattered Fortress | + | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' |
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[[Category:Nation States]] | [[Category:Nation States]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Timbuktu Collective | + | [[Category:Factions]] |
| + | [[Category:Timbuktu Collective]] | ||