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After the Jihad, the Filtvelt Coalition found itself facing continuing problems from a lack of infrastructure and constant pirate raids. By mid-[[3081]] the Citizen's Militia had been able to recruit up to full established strength, but continued to lack equipment. This hampered the Militia's ability to respond to external threats, and was likely to continue to be a burning issue even with the prospect of trade deals and shifts in local industry manufaturing potentially easing the problem.<ref name="J:FRp115">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 116, "Filtvelt Coalition"</ref> Military production was already expanding in the early [[3080]]s, with the [[Quickscell Company]] repair facility on [[Broken Wheel]] being upgraded to produce hovercraft in [[3080]] or early [[3081]]. While the major [[Inner Sphere]] powers were retiring their [[RetroTech]] production facilities after the Jihad, the [[Coalition Armory]] plant on Filtvelt continued to produce RetroTech 'Mechs until at least the early 3080s as Filtvelt had no other options for domestic BattleMech production. The Coalition government also contacted other governments during this period, hoping to obtain the means needed to expand Filtvelt's production to produce BattleMechs that did not depend on primitive technology, possibly by upgrading domestic facilities within the coalition, although the attempts had not been successful by mid-[[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp117">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 117, "Marian Hegemony"</ref> The Coalition was able to purchase surplus RetroTech production from the [[Calderon Protectorate]], augmenting what it could produce locally.<ref name="J:FRp117A">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 117, "Calderon Protectorate"</ref> | After the Jihad, the Filtvelt Coalition found itself facing continuing problems from a lack of infrastructure and constant pirate raids. By mid-[[3081]] the Citizen's Militia had been able to recruit up to full established strength, but continued to lack equipment. This hampered the Militia's ability to respond to external threats, and was likely to continue to be a burning issue even with the prospect of trade deals and shifts in local industry manufaturing potentially easing the problem.<ref name="J:FRp115">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 116, "Filtvelt Coalition"</ref> Military production was already expanding in the early [[3080]]s, with the [[Quickscell Company]] repair facility on [[Broken Wheel]] being upgraded to produce hovercraft in [[3080]] or early [[3081]]. While the major [[Inner Sphere]] powers were retiring their [[RetroTech]] production facilities after the Jihad, the [[Coalition Armory]] plant on Filtvelt continued to produce RetroTech 'Mechs until at least the early 3080s as Filtvelt had no other options for domestic BattleMech production. The Coalition government also contacted other governments during this period, hoping to obtain the means needed to expand Filtvelt's production to produce BattleMechs that did not depend on primitive technology, possibly by upgrading domestic facilities within the coalition, although the attempts had not been successful by mid-[[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp117">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 117, "Marian Hegemony"</ref> The Coalition was able to purchase surplus RetroTech production from the [[Calderon Protectorate]], augmenting what it could produce locally.<ref name="J:FRp117A">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 117, "Calderon Protectorate"</ref> | ||
| − | + | There were serious concerns within the Coalition that with the general end to operations against the Word of Blake the Federated Suns would look to reclaim the various worlds of the Coalition by force. Princess-Regent [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]] created a new March after the Jihad, the [[Periphery March (Federated Suns)|Periphery March]], and elevated General [[Raymond-Roger Marsin]] to the position of Duke; Marsin was well-known for his dedication to the Outback region of the Federated Suns and had gained in power and influence during the Jihad, in part because of his successful reclamation of the world of the Malgrotta Cooperative. The Princess-Regent evidently also took steps to ensure that her promise that the Federated Suns would not perpetrate violence against its citizens was honored by specifically and explicitly forbidding Marsin to engage in military action against the Coalition. Marsin was supportive of the Princess-Regent, and adhered to the strict guidelines she imposed, but that didn't stop him acquiring four of the Coalition worlds for the Periphery March by [[3085]]. One world, [[Hephzibah]], willingly rejoined the Federated Suns in exchange for various economic incentives; on three other worlds, Marsin sent in Periphery March forces to remove Coalition forces from the planets after the legitimate authorities on those planets "invited" Marsin to remove Coalition forces illegally occupying their worlds.<ref name="FM:3085p52+">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 52-53, "Camelot Summit"</ref> | |
| − | + | Duke Marsin put pressure on the Coalition in a number of ways; Marsin's decisions were driven in part by sabre-rattling from the Coalition and the rising tide of pirate activity, although Marsin concentrated his efforts against the remains of the Malagrotta Cooperative first.<ref name="FR:AFFSp16">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 16, "Crucis March Militia"</ref> In addition to speculation in [[3079]] that Marsin would soon move against the Coalition,<ref name="FR:AFFSp20">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 20, "Breakaway States"</ref> it was widely predicted that the [[First Royal Cavaliers]] would be deployed to the Filtvelt border.<ref name="FR:AFFSp8">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 8, "Independent Commands"</ref> | |
| − | + | One of his early decisions was to reconstitute the Malagrotta March Militia, despite the Malagrotta Combat Region of the Federated Suns having been dissolved, as well as the [[Broken Wheel Crucis March Militia]], renamed as the [[Hortense Periphery March Militia]]. Marsin's decisions not only solidified the Federated Suns hold on the various worlds of what had been the Malagrotta Cooperative, but also put political pressure on the Coalition; with three militia commands, a [[Periphery March Guard]] and the capital world of the Periphery March all deliberately located in close proximity to the Coalition, Marsin actively undermined the original purpose of the Coalition - to provide stability and security in the face of apparent neglect of the region.<ref name="FM:3085p67">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 67, "Malagrotta Periphery March Militia LCT"</ref> | |
Despite these pressures and the loss of four worlds, the Filtvelt Coalition stablised as a nation in the early [[Dark Age]], with Marquess Trempeleau enjoying the full support of her people; the Coalition's military forces began to prove themselves effective at providing security for the coalition worlds, and the Marquess successfully pushed forward her agenda to build international co-operation in areas such as bandit hunting, with the Coalition working alongside the Federated Suns, the [[Fronc Reaches]] and the [[Raven Alliance]] and with plans progressing to form combined strike teams to target bandits, drawing on forces from all four realms, while also cooperating in areas such as intelligence gathering and sharing.<ref name="FM:3085p132">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 132-133, "Filtvelt Coalition"</ref> | Despite these pressures and the loss of four worlds, the Filtvelt Coalition stablised as a nation in the early [[Dark Age]], with Marquess Trempeleau enjoying the full support of her people; the Coalition's military forces began to prove themselves effective at providing security for the coalition worlds, and the Marquess successfully pushed forward her agenda to build international co-operation in areas such as bandit hunting, with the Coalition working alongside the Federated Suns, the [[Fronc Reaches]] and the [[Raven Alliance]] and with plans progressing to form combined strike teams to target bandits, drawing on forces from all four realms, while also cooperating in areas such as intelligence gathering and sharing.<ref name="FM:3085p132">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 132-133, "Filtvelt Coalition"</ref> | ||
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| + | Sometime after the close of the Jihad and prior to [[3130]], thirteen of the systems that made up the Filtvelt Coalition re-entered the Federated Suns.<ref>''Inner Sphere detailed map for 3130 shows Filtvelt Coalition only has seven systems.''</ref> | ||
The Coalition also cooperated with nations such as the [[Calderon Protectorate]] and the [[Fiefdom of Randis]], establishing trade ties and exchanging students and staff for the various military academies and institutes within the three nations.<ref name="FM:3085p133">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 133, "Fiefdom of Randis"</ref> With the [[Filtvelt Academy]] open to students from other Periphery Nations the Coalition gained valuable funding, and the Marquess worked to ensure that the economy of the Coalition continued to improve. By 3085 in addition to upgrading the [[Outback FarmMechs]] plant to produce Primitive BattleMechs the Coalition had also pushed for the upgrade of the Quikscell plant on Broken Wheel to a fully-fledged factory and for the expansion of the [[Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion]] plant to full-time production. With industries expanding the number of jobs available increased, improving the local economy, while selling surplus production to other nations boosted the economy further and helped to foster improved interstellar relations.<ref name="FM:3085p135">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 135, "Filtvelt Coalition"</ref> Fears of a repeat of events in the Malagrotta Cooperative influenced the Coalitions negotiations with mercenary units, however; the Coalition operated a policy of communicating and contracting with mercenary units outside the borders of the Coalition, with a permanent team being established to negotiate with mercenaries as well as being responsible for issuing them the access needed to actually make landfall on Coalition worlds.<ref name="FM:3085p154">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 154, "The Periphery"</ref> | The Coalition also cooperated with nations such as the [[Calderon Protectorate]] and the [[Fiefdom of Randis]], establishing trade ties and exchanging students and staff for the various military academies and institutes within the three nations.<ref name="FM:3085p133">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 133, "Fiefdom of Randis"</ref> With the [[Filtvelt Academy]] open to students from other Periphery Nations the Coalition gained valuable funding, and the Marquess worked to ensure that the economy of the Coalition continued to improve. By 3085 in addition to upgrading the [[Outback FarmMechs]] plant to produce Primitive BattleMechs the Coalition had also pushed for the upgrade of the Quikscell plant on Broken Wheel to a fully-fledged factory and for the expansion of the [[Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion]] plant to full-time production. With industries expanding the number of jobs available increased, improving the local economy, while selling surplus production to other nations boosted the economy further and helped to foster improved interstellar relations.<ref name="FM:3085p135">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 135, "Filtvelt Coalition"</ref> Fears of a repeat of events in the Malagrotta Cooperative influenced the Coalitions negotiations with mercenary units, however; the Coalition operated a policy of communicating and contracting with mercenary units outside the borders of the Coalition, with a permanent team being established to negotiate with mercenaries as well as being responsible for issuing them the access needed to actually make landfall on Coalition worlds.<ref name="FM:3085p154">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 154, "The Periphery"</ref> | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]'' | ||
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| Filtvelt Coalition | |
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| Faction Profile | |
| Time period: | 3072 - Present |
| Classification: | Periphery State |
| Controlled systems: | 7-21 |
| Capital world: | Filtvelt |
| Ruler title: | Prime Minister[1] |
| Military: | Filtvelt Citizen's Militia |
| Secret Service: | unknown |
Contents
Overview
The Filtvelt Coalition is a Periphery realm that formed on February 20, 3072.[2]
History
The Jihad
After being ignored by House Davion for the first five years of the Jihad, and facing ongoing attacks from the Tortuga Dominions and Taurian Concordat, twenty worlds from the Broken Wheel Combat Region seceded from the Federated Suns to form their own nation.
AFFS military units stationed in the systems claimed by the Filtvelt Coalition were given the choice of either transferring into the Filtvelt Defensive Army or relocating to a Federated Suns system. A few weeks after the nation announced its independence, the Coalition introduced a universal draft to increase its defensive preparedness. This draft increased the size of the Citizen's Militia.[3] The Thumpers mercenary unit signed on with the Filtvelt Coalition for several contracts.[4]
Increasingly concerned with pirate activity originating in the nearby Malagrotta Cooperative, the sudden change in leadership within the Cooperative in October 3075 provoked alarm within the Coalition. The Voorzitter of Malagrotta, Marion Willshire, was killed and replaced by the former second in command of the pirate band the Death's Consorts, Gary Tiqualme, who claimed both the title of Voorzitter and rule over the Cooperative. While the circumstances surrounding the change in leadership are unclear - Tiqualme announced that Willshire had killed the leader of the Consorts, Lady Paula Trevaline, effectively subsuming her, and then been killed in turn by Tiqualme after attempting to see the Consorts executed.[5]
Willshire's death and Tiqualme's ascension in October 3075 prompted a flurry of military activity within the Coalition; the Coalition borders were closed in December 3075 to all traffic from the Cooperative, the Third Filtvelt Defenders were activated early and deployed to either Redondo or Jaboatao - or possibly both - while the Thumpers Assault Battalion was redeployed to Sodertalje to support the Second Filtvelt Defenders.[6]
The Dark Age
After the Jihad, the Filtvelt Coalition found itself facing continuing problems from a lack of infrastructure and constant pirate raids. By mid-3081 the Citizen's Militia had been able to recruit up to full established strength, but continued to lack equipment. This hampered the Militia's ability to respond to external threats, and was likely to continue to be a burning issue even with the prospect of trade deals and shifts in local industry manufaturing potentially easing the problem.[7] Military production was already expanding in the early 3080s, with the Quickscell Company repair facility on Broken Wheel being upgraded to produce hovercraft in 3080 or early 3081. While the major Inner Sphere powers were retiring their RetroTech production facilities after the Jihad, the Coalition Armory plant on Filtvelt continued to produce RetroTech 'Mechs until at least the early 3080s as Filtvelt had no other options for domestic BattleMech production. The Coalition government also contacted other governments during this period, hoping to obtain the means needed to expand Filtvelt's production to produce BattleMechs that did not depend on primitive technology, possibly by upgrading domestic facilities within the coalition, although the attempts had not been successful by mid-3081.[8] The Coalition was able to purchase surplus RetroTech production from the Calderon Protectorate, augmenting what it could produce locally.[9]
There were serious concerns within the Coalition that with the general end to operations against the Word of Blake the Federated Suns would look to reclaim the various worlds of the Coalition by force. Princess-Regent Yvonne Steiner-Davion created a new March after the Jihad, the Periphery March, and elevated General Raymond-Roger Marsin to the position of Duke; Marsin was well-known for his dedication to the Outback region of the Federated Suns and had gained in power and influence during the Jihad, in part because of his successful reclamation of the world of the Malgrotta Cooperative. The Princess-Regent evidently also took steps to ensure that her promise that the Federated Suns would not perpetrate violence against its citizens was honored by specifically and explicitly forbidding Marsin to engage in military action against the Coalition. Marsin was supportive of the Princess-Regent, and adhered to the strict guidelines she imposed, but that didn't stop him acquiring four of the Coalition worlds for the Periphery March by 3085. One world, Hephzibah, willingly rejoined the Federated Suns in exchange for various economic incentives; on three other worlds, Marsin sent in Periphery March forces to remove Coalition forces from the planets after the legitimate authorities on those planets "invited" Marsin to remove Coalition forces illegally occupying their worlds.[10]
Duke Marsin put pressure on the Coalition in a number of ways; Marsin's decisions were driven in part by sabre-rattling from the Coalition and the rising tide of pirate activity, although Marsin concentrated his efforts against the remains of the Malagrotta Cooperative first.[11] In addition to speculation in 3079 that Marsin would soon move against the Coalition,[12] it was widely predicted that the First Royal Cavaliers would be deployed to the Filtvelt border.[13]
One of his early decisions was to reconstitute the Malagrotta March Militia, despite the Malagrotta Combat Region of the Federated Suns having been dissolved, as well as the Broken Wheel Crucis March Militia, renamed as the Hortense Periphery March Militia. Marsin's decisions not only solidified the Federated Suns hold on the various worlds of what had been the Malagrotta Cooperative, but also put political pressure on the Coalition; with three militia commands, a Periphery March Guard and the capital world of the Periphery March all deliberately located in close proximity to the Coalition, Marsin actively undermined the original purpose of the Coalition - to provide stability and security in the face of apparent neglect of the region.[14]
Despite these pressures and the loss of four worlds, the Filtvelt Coalition stablised as a nation in the early Dark Age, with Marquess Trempeleau enjoying the full support of her people; the Coalition's military forces began to prove themselves effective at providing security for the coalition worlds, and the Marquess successfully pushed forward her agenda to build international co-operation in areas such as bandit hunting, with the Coalition working alongside the Federated Suns, the Fronc Reaches and the Raven Alliance and with plans progressing to form combined strike teams to target bandits, drawing on forces from all four realms, while also cooperating in areas such as intelligence gathering and sharing.[15]
Sometime after the close of the Jihad and prior to 3130, thirteen of the systems that made up the Filtvelt Coalition re-entered the Federated Suns.[16]
The Coalition also cooperated with nations such as the Calderon Protectorate and the Fiefdom of Randis, establishing trade ties and exchanging students and staff for the various military academies and institutes within the three nations.[17] With the Filtvelt Academy open to students from other Periphery Nations the Coalition gained valuable funding, and the Marquess worked to ensure that the economy of the Coalition continued to improve. By 3085 in addition to upgrading the Outback FarmMechs plant to produce Primitive BattleMechs the Coalition had also pushed for the upgrade of the Quikscell plant on Broken Wheel to a fully-fledged factory and for the expansion of the Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion plant to full-time production. With industries expanding the number of jobs available increased, improving the local economy, while selling surplus production to other nations boosted the economy further and helped to foster improved interstellar relations.[18] Fears of a repeat of events in the Malagrotta Cooperative influenced the Coalitions negotiations with mercenary units, however; the Coalition operated a policy of communicating and contracting with mercenary units outside the borders of the Coalition, with a permanent team being established to negotiate with mercenaries as well as being responsible for issuing them the access needed to actually make landfall on Coalition worlds.[19]
Worlds of the Filtvelt Coalition
The following systems were part of the Filtvelt Coalition when it formed in 3072: Cogdell, Ebro, Eustatius, Filtvelt, Gillingham, Hephzibah, Jaboatao, Lackland, Mararn, Marielund, Mejicanos, Memphis, Morven, Moultrie, Redondo, Sherwood, Skepptana, Sodertalje, Vaucluse, Wetumpka, and Broken Wheel.
In 3130, the following systems were part of the Coalition: Filtvelt, Marielund, Wetumpka, Broken Wheel, Lackland, Skepptana, and Mararn.
The capital world of the Filtvelt Coalition is Filtvelt, once the capital world of the former Outer March of the Federated Suns during the Age of War.[20]
Filtvelt Citizen's Militia
The Filtvelt Citizen's Militia consists of those former AFFS units that chose to join the Filtvelt Coalition. Initially the FCM was equipped with machines used by the Filtvelt Military Academy Training Battalion. This low level of equipment didn't lend itself to offensive operations or effective defense, so the Coalition government contracted The Thumpers to provide some heavy hitting power.
Between 3072 and 3075, the FCM consisted mostly of two battalions of 3025 era BattleMechs. Equipment for the armor and infantry units that supported these 'Mechs came from a Quikscell Company facility on Broken Wheel and a retired Ripper VTOL production line on Filtvelt.[21] In 3073 the Militia revealed that it had equipped two battalions of infantry with Inner Sphere Standard Battle Armor.
Late in 3075, nearly a third of the Malagrotta Crucis March Militia left their proto-state and joined the Filtvelt Coalition. This provided them with additional resources and several highly trained officers. As a result, the FCM can defend the Coalition very effectively from pirates but isn't equipped to invade anyone else.[22]
List of Named Military Units
- First Filtvelt Citizen's Militia[23]
- Second Filtvelt Citizen's Militia[23]
- Third Filtvelt Citizen's Militia[23]
- The Thumpers Assault Battalion[24]
Gallery
Filtvelt Coalition 3085
References
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 189, "Filtvelt Coalition"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3072, p. 78
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3072, p. 79
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 26, 54
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 51, "Under New Management"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 51, "Under New Management"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 116, "Filtvelt Coalition"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 117, "Marian Hegemony"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 117, "Calderon Protectorate"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 52-53, "Camelot Summit"
- ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 16, "Crucis March Militia"
- ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 20, "Breakaway States"
- ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 8, "Independent Commands"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 67, "Malagrotta Periphery March Militia LCT"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 132-133, "Filtvelt Coalition"
- ↑ Inner Sphere detailed map for 3130 shows Filtvelt Coalition only has seven systems.
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 133, "Fiefdom of Randis"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 135, "Filtvelt Coalition"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 154, "The Periphery"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 37, "Dividends of Peace"
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 47 Filtvelt Citizen's Militia
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 47, "Filtvelt Citizen's Militia"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Field Report: Periphery p. 14
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 152