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On the 14th of March [[3070]] Kithrong and the Calderon Protectorate declared war on the Taurian Concordat, citing Shraplen's obsession with the worlds of the Pleiades Cluster in defiance of the [[Word of Blake]] crusade against all humanity as evidence that Shraplen was unfit to rule the Concordat, and claimed that they were acting "in the name of all Taurian people."<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
 
On the 14th of March [[3070]] Kithrong and the Calderon Protectorate declared war on the Taurian Concordat, citing Shraplen's obsession with the worlds of the Pleiades Cluster in defiance of the [[Word of Blake]] crusade against all humanity as evidence that Shraplen was unfit to rule the Concordat, and claimed that they were acting "in the name of all Taurian people."<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
  
The Calderon Protectorate initially loaned some of its armed forces to the Taurian Concordat during the [[Jihad]] in the face of the [[Federated Suns]] counteroffensive after the Taurian invasion of the Federated Suns. However, with the newly-acquired ''[[Quixote]]''-class [[WarShip]] [[Quixote#Named_Vessels|TCS ''Vendetta'']] bombarding cities on worlds within the Federated Suns - including former Taurian worlds - in pursuit of the mercenary unit [[Hansen's Roughriders]], Baron Kithrong recalled all Protectorate forces from the Concordat on the 30th of June [[3076]] citing moral conflicts.<ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
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The Calderon Protectorate initially loaned some of its armed forces to the Taurian Concordat during the [[Jihad]] in the face of the [[Federated Suns]] counteroffensive after the Taurian invasion of the Federated Suns. However, with the newly-acquired ''[[Quixote]]''-class [[WarShip]] [[TCS Vendetta|TCS ''Vendetta'']] bombarding cities on worlds within the Federated Suns - including former Taurian worlds - in pursuit of the mercenary unit [[Hansen's Roughriders]], Baron Kithrong recalled all Protectorate forces from the Concordat on the 30th of June [[3076]] citing moral conflicts.<ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
  
 
Emissaries from the Protectorate arrived on both [[Taurus]] and [[New Avalon]] on the 15th of March [[3080]], appealing to both states for an end to the conflict between the Concordat and the Suns. The Protectorate successfully brokered a treaty between the two states on the 2nd of July, a week after Baron Kithrong stepped down as Regent-Protector so that Erik Martens-Calderon could assume the Protectorship. The treaty called for the Federated Suns to cede the Pleiades worlds to the Concordat, while the Concordat effectively surrendered the TCS ''Vendetta'' to the Calderon Protectorate, where it would be crewed by a crew of personnel from all three realms. While the treaty ended the war, the ''Vendetta'' wouldn't be formally ceded to the Protectorate until the 19th of April [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
 
Emissaries from the Protectorate arrived on both [[Taurus]] and [[New Avalon]] on the 15th of March [[3080]], appealing to both states for an end to the conflict between the Concordat and the Suns. The Protectorate successfully brokered a treaty between the two states on the 2nd of July, a week after Baron Kithrong stepped down as Regent-Protector so that Erik Martens-Calderon could assume the Protectorship. The treaty called for the Federated Suns to cede the Pleiades worlds to the Concordat, while the Concordat effectively surrendered the TCS ''Vendetta'' to the Calderon Protectorate, where it would be crewed by a crew of personnel from all three realms. While the treaty ended the war, the ''Vendetta'' wouldn't be formally ceded to the Protectorate until the 19th of April [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp61">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 61, "The Jihad In Review"</ref>

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Calderon Protectorate
Faction Profile
Time period: 3066 - Present
Classification: Periphery State
Controlled systems: 13
Capital world: Erod's Escape[1]
Ruler title: President
Military: Sixth Corps
Secret Service: unknown


Overview

The Calderon Protectorate is a small Periphery state located spinward of the Taurian Concordat. The Protectorate began as small settlement newly-colonized by the Taurian Concordat, an effort which started with the Far Lookers movement and was backed by Concordat financial interests.

History

Though not interested in independence initially, the Protectorate declared itself a separate nation in the wake of recognition of the Fronc Reaches. The decision was based on several complaints:

  • The Taurian Concordat had invested (and lost) a significant amount of resources in order to colonize the newly-independent Fronc Reaches.
  • The Taurian people were upset with Grover Shraplen because of his entering the Trinity Alliance.
  • Many people were outraged with Grover Shraplen's refusal to recognize the illegitimate son of Jeffrey Calderon, Erik Martens-Calderon, or any other distantly-related Calderon as the new Protector.

The primary political adversary to Grover Shraplen was Marshal Baron Cham Kithrong. Lacking the political power to oust Shraplen outright, Kithrong decided to take the Taurian VI Corps and secede from the Concordat, vowing never to return unless a Calderon sat on the throne.

Shraplen deployed (a relatively unmotivated) V Corps to quell the rebellion. V Corps was not successful, and Shraplen himself lacked the political clout to force a concerted effort by the TDF to retake the Protectorate - an act that would (almost certainly) start the first Taurian Civil War. In the wake of the Protectorate secession, the Taurian Concordat lost another two settlements who seceded, becoming independent worlds, and ended colonization efforts on another two worlds. Marshal Baron Cham Kithrong would serve as the Acting President of the Regency Council, the committee training Erik Martens-Calderon to lead the Protectorate, until Erik was declared Protector.[2]

On the 14th of March 3070 Kithrong and the Calderon Protectorate declared war on the Taurian Concordat, citing Shraplen's obsession with the worlds of the Pleiades Cluster in defiance of the Word of Blake crusade against all humanity as evidence that Shraplen was unfit to rule the Concordat, and claimed that they were acting "in the name of all Taurian people."[3]

The Calderon Protectorate initially loaned some of its armed forces to the Taurian Concordat during the Jihad in the face of the Federated Suns counteroffensive after the Taurian invasion of the Federated Suns. However, with the newly-acquired Quixote-class WarShip TCS Vendetta bombarding cities on worlds within the Federated Suns - including former Taurian worlds - in pursuit of the mercenary unit Hansen's Roughriders, Baron Kithrong recalled all Protectorate forces from the Concordat on the 30th of June 3076 citing moral conflicts.[4][5]

Emissaries from the Protectorate arrived on both Taurus and New Avalon on the 15th of March 3080, appealing to both states for an end to the conflict between the Concordat and the Suns. The Protectorate successfully brokered a treaty between the two states on the 2nd of July, a week after Baron Kithrong stepped down as Regent-Protector so that Erik Martens-Calderon could assume the Protectorship. The treaty called for the Federated Suns to cede the Pleiades worlds to the Concordat, while the Concordat effectively surrendered the TCS Vendetta to the Calderon Protectorate, where it would be crewed by a crew of personnel from all three realms. While the treaty ended the war, the Vendetta wouldn't be formally ceded to the Protectorate until the 19th of April 3081.[6]

Gallery

References

  1. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 130
  2. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 128
  3. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"
  4. Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 22, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  5. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"
  6. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 61, "The Jihad In Review"
  • Field Manual: Updates, pp.186-198

Bibliography