Protectorate Militia (Word of Blake)
Contents
Overview
Protectorate Militia Origins & Tactics
The Protectorate Militias were created by the Word of Blake to boost their defensive strength within the Word of Blake Protectorate without adding undue strain to their supply lines of high-technology equipment. The local militia forces were raised from the population of their individual worlds and focused on defense of those worlds, and as a result, the militias often drew on local feelings of patriotism, something the Word used to build a reliable defensive line.[1]
The Protectorate Militia units were never equipped with the top-of-the line equipment the Word of Blake had.
Protectorate Militia Formation
These militia units are planetary bound and usually restricted to their designated world. Usually they are locally raised and trained. The units were issued less advanced equipment to garrison their planets. These commands were of roughly regimental size and used Combined-Arms formations. They are also known to have smaller quantities of BattleMechs than usual and depend more on vehicle and battle armor units. On average, a planet would have one or two "regiments" of these Protectorate Militia, as it rarely more was needed to defend their planets.[2]
Protectorate Militia Operations
The local militias lacked special weapons or directives and were most commonly used to bolster the defense of their own home worlds, but late in the Jihad the Word did move Protectorate Militia forces to other worlds within the Protectorate as a means of reinforcing counter attacks against advancing coalition forces.[1]
These are the known operations in which Protectorate Militia units acted outside of their home planet:
- The largest combined deployment of Protectorate Militia forces was the campaign to defend Dieron. This operation saw the Word of Blake deploy a large naval flotilla, five Divisions of Militia forces and five Divisions of Protectorate Militia forces; in this case, the Protectorate Militia Divisions were drawn from the worlds of Acamar, Asta, Fletcher, Liberty and Milton.[3]
- The Blakist counteroffensive on Dyev against forces from Clan Ghost Bear. In this case the 1st Lipton Protectorate Militia Division, the 3rd Byrant Protectorate Militia Division, the 2nd New Earth Protectorate Militia Division and the 1st Zosma Protectorate Militia Division were selected to join that attack in support of the Twenty-eighth and Thirty-second Militia Divisions.[4]
Protectorate Militia Destiny
The Protectorate Militias were effectively destroyed as coherent units during Operation SCOUR, but at least as late as mid-3081 former Protectorate Militia forces were continuing to resist on a number of former Protectorate worlds. The Republic of the Sphere worked to disarm these forces, largely through peaceful means, and with the idea of allowing some of the combat veterans from the Protectorate Militias to serve in the local militias of the new Republic was mooted.[1]
Known Units
Notes
Worlds belonging to the Word of Blake Protectorate for which no given information on the militia is given are not listed here. This is listing only the WoB Protectorate Militia units.
Reference
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 127, "Protectorate Militias"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, pp. 88, 101, 103 - Unit structure and description on how they are set up.
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 127, "Word Of Blake Militia Divisions"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 18, "A Time Of Cleansing"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Total Chaos, pp. 56-60 "DIERON"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 57, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ THE THIRD TIME - 3:10 TO SAINT RANDALL
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 106, "Simonson's Cutthroats"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 16, "Sign Of Things To Come?"
- ↑ BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [12/12/3071]: "Search Continues for Missing Child"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Legacy (Anthology), "Homecoming"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3072, "Timeline of the Jihad" - August 1st, Caph is among worlds which were non-violently taken over by WoB.
- ↑ Total Chaos, pp. 158-159 "WATERSHED"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 47, "Cebalrai Free, But At What Cost?"
- ↑ Total Chaos, pp. 173-174 "WOLVES FROM THE SLAUGHTER"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 78, "New Year, New Wave"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 36, "Tragedy On Demeter"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 54, "Hall Surrenders Without A Shot"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 162-163, "HALLORAN V"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 20, "SDR-7M Spider"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 51, "Corporate Rebellion"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 96-97, "KITTERY"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 197-199, "MOON MAZE"
- ↑ Total Chaos, pp. 169-170 "HOUNDS OF WAR"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 213-214, "PICKING THE LOCKS"
- ↑ BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [10/02/3072]: "Word of Blake Renders Humanitarian Aid"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 235-236, "NANKING"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 229-231, "NEW EARTH"
- ↑ Total Chaos, pp. 188-189 "STICKY SITUATION"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 191, "Pound of Flesh"
- ↑ BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [14/11/3071]: "Haggard Defenders Desperate for Relief"
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Total Chaos, pp. 98-99 "QUENTIN"
- ↑ Total Chaos, pp. 154-155 "SLUGGER’S PARADISE"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 234, "HERE COMES THE CAVALRY"
- ↑ BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [17/05/3071]: "AMC Stragglers Shattered on Spica"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 46, "Slaughter On Stewart"
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 45-46, "Talitha, Berenson Capitulate"
- ↑ Total Chaos, pp. 184-185 "TRICK OR TRAP"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 42-43, "Chaos Overwhelming: Dante's Daydream"
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Total Chaos, pp. 155-156 "STARFALL"
Bibliography
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Total Chaos
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3076
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3072
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Mercenaries Supplemental Update
- Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade
- BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [10/02/3072]: "Word of Blake Renders Humanitarian Aid"
- BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [17/05/3071]: "AMC Stragglers Shattered on Spica"
- BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [12/12/3071]: "Search Continues for Missing Child"
- The Third Time - 3:10 to Saint Randall
- BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [14/11/3071]: "Haggard Defenders Desperate for Relief"
- Legacy (Anthology)