Word of Blake Protectorate
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Description
The Word of Blake Protectorate was a political / religious state governored by the ComStar splinter group, the Word of Blake.
History
Formation of the Protectorate
The realm was created in February 3066 by six Chaos March worlds that banded together under the protection of the Word of Blake. [1]
End of the Second Star League and Start of the Jihad
In November, 3067 the Fourth Whitting Conference ended in disaster for the Word of Blake. Having being nominated a provisional with the Taurian Concordat, it was unable keep the various leadership of the Inner Sphere Great Houses to sustain the League.
The Protectorate forces then moved crippling attacks on number of Periphery and Great House capital world with WarShips and other devastating means. These attacks crippled or hampered Succession States from acting to counter Blakist move to expand the Protectorate. These attacks were announced as means attempt to reconvene the Star League Council to restore 2nd Star League from disbandment.[2]
After the start of the Jihad the Protectorate's borders expanded rapidly, mostly by taking worlds that were once part of the Terran Hegemony.
The Word of Blake took worlds from the Chaos March, the Draconis Combine's Dieron Military District, the Freedom Theater and Skye Province of the Lyran Commonwealth, and parts of the Free Worlds League.
After Devlin Stone and his allies defeat the Word of Blake, most Protectorate worlds become part of the Republic of the Sphere.[citation needed]
Political
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Military
Initially, the Protectorate's military forces consisted of only 10 Divisions of Militia forces. These units, made up of ComStar defectors, consisted of the bulk of their force.
However, the Jihad revealed the Blakist had a larger army. Structured in three tiers, the units consisted of regular units, local defenders and elite units.[3] However, the Word of Blake forces leadership is divided. The Regular Militia and Protectorate are under the direct command of Precentor Martial Cameron St. Jamais, while its elite forces are under the command of Precentor Apollyon.
Word of Blake Military Command Theaters
The Protectorate's military forces operate in what are known as Military Command Theaters. These theaters are spread out and cover the entire Inner Sphere and the near-Periphery. While having a dedicate command for Protectorate, other Theaters are dedicate offensive actions within respective areas of responsibility.[citation needed]
- Protectorate Theater Command - The is command is responsible for coordinating forces operating within the Protectorate itself. Principally the Command is the heard of the Protectorate's defenses itself. The Command as of 3075 has seven main line Militia units in borders as part its dedicated defenses. This does not include each world's Protectorate Militias or units which pass through.[citation needed]
The other Military Commands include;
- Lyran Theater Command - The Division assigned to this command had conducted number of strikes against the Lyran Alliance's industrial worlds. Conducting military operations such as Operation: Steel Hammer and Operation: Showtime. Proximately six regular Militia Divisions had been operating within the theater very late 3060s to 3074.[citation needed]
- Federated Suns Theater Command - Divisions in the Command responsible for maintaining the borders FedSun borders verse anti-infrastructure/anti-industrial operations conducted by Lyran Command. The Division in early parts of the war disrupted command and control during the early conflicts with Suns and its neighbors such as Capellan Confederation.[4] They had setup "Protectorate Island" center around world Kittery until 3073 when natives forces over threw Blakist forces.[citation needed]
- Capellan Theater Command -
- Free Worlds Theater Command -
- Draconis Theater Command -
- Periphery Theater Command - The Divisions assigned to this command are few, they usually assigned to harrass Magistracy of Canopus from bases within Blake's control periphery nations. Example, Circinus Federation. Blake forces are raised from these control nations to assist Divisions in this Theater. Only three Division were known to be operating from this command as of 3075.[5]
Three Military Formations of the Word of the Blake
- Word of Blake Militia Command - Regular standing army of the Word of Blake Protectorate. These units are being used for defense, raids, and conquest of worlds. Also, they are known to form and train the Protectorate Militia on worlds they conqueror.[citation needed]
- Protectorate Militia Command - These are planetary bound units restricted to their designated world. Usually they are locally raised and trained units being issued less advanced equipment to garrison the planet. These commands are of roughly regimental size and use Combined-Arms formations. They are also known to have smaller quantity of BattleMechs than usual and depend more on vehicle/battle armor unity. On average, a planet will have one or two regiments of these Protectorate Militia. It rarely takes more than that to defend the planet.[citation needed]
- Shadow Divisions - These are the elite-commands of the Word of Blake forces, whom consists of fanatical cyber-enhanced warriors known as the Manei Domini. These Divisions are commanded by the mysterious Precentor Apollyon. These Divisions do not fall under normal chain of command, however, they do render aide to their lesser cousin-units when need be.[citation needed]
Systems of the Word of Blake Protectorate
As of 3072 the following systems were part of the Word of Blake Protectorate:[6]
Notes
References
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad, p. 24 And It Came to Pass/Word of Blake Protectorate - Announcement of the formation of the Word of Blake Protectorate in 3066.
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad PP. 24-25 And It Came to Pass - Word of Blake forces strike at capital worlds "attempting" to reconvene the Star League Council.
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 88, "Organization".
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 93, "Federated Sun Theater" - Short background info on military theater mission/past undertakings.
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 102, "Periphery Theater" - brief description of the operations and units of the Periphery command.
- ↑ Starterbook: Wolf and Blake, p. 13
- ↑ 25 Years of Art and Fiction, p. 28, "Timeline".