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| name                = Hector Worthington Rowe
 
| name                = Hector Worthington Rowe
 
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| died                = November [[2305]]<ref name=TPp16>''The Periphery'', p. 16</ref>
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| died                = November [[2305]]<ref name=TPp15-16>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', pp. 15-16,"Birth of the Rim Worlds Republic"</ref>
 
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| affiliation        = [[House Rowe]]
 
| affiliation        = [[House Rowe]]
| rank                = [[Sergeant]]<ref name=H:MPSp12>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 12</ref>
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| profession          = [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]]
| title              = [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]]<ref name=TPp16/>
 
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| children            = [[Maxwell Rowe]]<ref name=HRWp15>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 15</ref><br>Two other sons<ref name=TPp16/>
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| children            = [[Maxwell Rowe]]<br/>Two other sons<ref name=TPp15-16/>
 
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'''Hector Worthington Rowe''' was the founder of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name=TPp16/>
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'''Hector Worthington Rowe''' was the founder of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name=TPp15-16/>
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
When the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] broke out, Hector Rowe was an undergraduate at the University of Thebes on [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]]. He volunteered to defend his homeland in [[2237]] and served as a [[sergeant]] in [[3rd Alexandrian Militia|Reinfield's Third Alexandrian Militia]] during the four month siege of his beloved university. Although the defense was ultimately unsuccessful, losses on both sides had been high and the Terran troops, short of supplies, withdrew in [[2238]].<ref name=H:MPSp12/><ref name=TPp15>''The Periphery'', p. 15</ref>
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When the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] broke out, Hector was an undergraduate at the University of Thebes on [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]]. He volunteered for the Alexandria Militia in [[2237]] and served as a sergeant in the during the four month siege of his beloved university. Although the defense was ultimately unsuccessful, losses on both sides had been high and the Terran troops, short of supplies, withdrew in [[2238]].<ref name=TPp15-16/>
  
Following the war, Rowe grew obsessed with taking revenge on the Alliance and formed a quasi-political club among veterans of the war that quickly became a paramilitary force, calling themselves the [[Theban Legion]]. In [[2244]], Rowe and his followers left Alexandria, seizing several [[Skye Freight and Goods]] [[JumpShip]]s to transport them to the nearby world of [[Lucianca]] which was still home to an all but abandoned Alliance garrison.<ref name=TPp15/><ref name=H:MPSp14>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 14</ref><ref name=HRWp13>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 13</ref>
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Following the war, Rowe grew obsessed with taking revenge on the Alliance and formed a quasi-political club among veterans of the war that quickly became a paramilitary force. In [[2244]] Rowe and his followers left Alexandria, seizing several [[Skye]] JumpShips to transport them to the nearby world of [[Lucianca]] which was still home to an all but abandoned Alliance garrison.<ref name=TPp15-16/>
  
Slipping past the Alliance in defenses in the guise of a relief convoy, Rowe caught the 350-strong [[151st Altairian Fusiliers]] completely by surprise. Having personally executed their commander and executive officer, he then organized kangaroo courts that condemned the surviving soldiers to death by torture. Over half the garrison had been put to death before one of the Skye JumpShips managed to escape and spread warnings of the atrocity.<ref name=TPp15/><ref name=H:MPSp14/><ref name=HRWp13/>
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Slipping past the Alliance in defenses in the guise of a relief convoy, Rowe caught the 350-strong [[151st Altairian Fusiliers]] completely by surprise. Having personally executed their commander and executive officer, he then organized kangaroo courts that condemned the surviving soldiers to death by torture. Over half the garrison had been put to death before one of the Skye JumpShips managed to escape and spread warnings of the atrocity.<ref name=TPp15-16/>
  
Realizing that he could not return, Rowe butchered the remaining prisoners and departed with their equipment and remaining ships. The small force supported themselves by raiding various fringe worlds for supplies and women before jumping past the [[Dark Nebula]] and locating a habitable world that Rowe named [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]] and from which he founded the Rim Worlds Republic on 8 September [[2250]].<ref name=H:MPSp14/><ref name=TPp15-16>''The Periphery'', pp. 15-16</ref><ref name=HRWp13/>
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Realizing that he could not return, Rowe butchered the remaining prisoners and departed with their equipment and remaining ships. The small force supported themselves by raiding various fringe worlds for supplies and women before jumping past the [[Dark Nebula]] and locating a habitable world that Rowe named Apollo and from which he founded the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name=TPp15-16/>
  
Despite its sordid beginnings, the Rim Worlds Republic prospered under Rowe for more than half a century until he was ousted by a popular vote of no confidence organized by his third son [[Maxwell Rowe|Maxwell]] in [[2305]]. Hector Rowe took his own life in November that year.<ref name=TPp16/>
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Despite its sordid beginnings, the Rim Worlds Republic prospered under Rowe for more than half a century until he was ousted by a popular vote of no confidence organized by his third son [[Maxwell Rowe|Maxwell]]. Hector Rowe took his own life within months.<ref name=TPp15-16/>
 
 
By the mid-[[twenty-eighth century]], one of the [[Rim Worlds Army]]'s elite flagship [[Rim Worlds Army#Imperial Divisions|Imperial Divisions]] had been named after Hector Rowe.<ref name=FR2765:P-9>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 18</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
 
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
 
  
 
[[Category: Rim Worlds Republic Characters|Rowe, Hector]]
 
[[Category: Rim Worlds Republic Characters|Rowe, Hector]]
 
[[Category:First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|Rowe, Hector]]
 
[[Category:First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|Rowe, Hector]]

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