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In [[2243]] the Tikonov Union became the [[Tikonov Grand Union]].<ref name="HB:HLp12">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12, "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref>
 
In [[2243]] the Tikonov Union became the [[Tikonov Grand Union]].<ref name="HB:HLp12">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12, "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref>
  
==Armed Forces==
 
Units known to have formed a part of the armed forces of the Tikonov Union included:
 
 
*[[Blandford's Grenadiers|4th Tikonov Union Guards]] - raised in [[2310]], the 4th served the Union and the Grand Union, and were reorganised after the formation of the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Merged with the 7th Tikonov Union Guards, the combined force was renamed [[Blandford's Grenadiers]], after their commanding officer, [[Colonel]] [[Harrison Blandford]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p78">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 78, "Blandford's Grenadiers"</ref>
 
*[[Blandford's Grenadiers|7th Tikonov Union Guards]] - as per the 4th Tikonov Union Guards, except that the 7th was formed up in [[2315]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p78"/>
 
 
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Revision as of 07:00, 20 February 2012

History

The Tikonov Union began with colonists from Central and Eastern Asia, who settled the world of Tikonov in 2177. Due to Tikonov's location and the flow of later colonization efforts, Tikonov quickly became the leader of a number of planetary systems working together in a co-operative but loosely defined fashion. Located close to a sister nation every big as territorial and independent as the Tikonov Union, the Chesterton Trade Worlds, both nations worked together in an attempt to create a large buffer zone around themselves as protection from neighbouring states.[1]

With other states and provinces adopting the same strategy, starting from 2202 the Tikonov Union and the Chesterton Trade Worlds both soon saw themselves embroiled in clashes along their ill-defined borders. The ensuing conflict resulted in senatorial decrees being issued that placed more and more power in the hands of particular individuals within the Tikonov defense forces; this ultimately resulted in the founders of Tikonov Earthwerks Ltd., the influential Carinus family, gaining enough power to force the reorganization of the Tikonov Union into a more formally organised state.[1]

This new incarnation of the Tikonov Union consisted of three provinces each ruled by the Council of Four, known as the Tikonov Tetrarchy. The capitals of each of the three provinces were Tikonov, Chesterton and Harmal. Early military actions by the Tikonov Union against the weakening Terran Alliance resulted in the Union occupying Algol, Rio, Mirach, Tybalt and Ruchbah.[1]

In 2243 the Tikonov Union became the Tikonov Grand Union.[2]

Preceded by Tikonov Union
Shortly After 2177-2243
Succeeded by

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 20
  2. Handbook: House Liao, p. 12, "Timeline: Capellan Zone"

Bibliography