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Liberty Protectorate Militia

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Liberty Protectorate Militia
Disbanded 3076
Affiliation Word of Blake
Parent Command Word of Blake Protectorate Militia

The Liberty Protectorate Militia Division is one of the many militias raised by Word of Blake to defend the Word of Blake Protectorate. The unit was deployed in Liberty. As of 3075, it was the only unit raised from this planet.[1]

History[edit]

When new intelligence in late 3076 reported the Ghost Bear Dominion's latest military forays would focus on Dieron, Protectorate officials augmented the planet’s defenses. Then in early 3077 additional reinforcements in the form of five Protectorate Militias and two frontline divisions brought a level of military force previously unheard of in Dieron's history: a staggering twenty-two Level III formations and heavy orbital support. The exact WoB forces numbered Second Division, Third Division, Eighth Division, Fourteenth Division, Nineteenth Division, Twenty-third Division, and five Protectorate Militia (Liberty, Fletcher, Acamar, Asta, Milton) which were moved from their planets in the Protectorate as a surprise to the invasion forces.

During the three-month assault, once Fortress Dieron main gate fell apart, the Blakists waged a scorched-earth campaign on the rest of the planet. Military manufacturing centers became frequent targets of sabotage, with critical Star League-era components destroyed and several complexes contaminated with toxic waste or heavy radiation. The Word did avoid a large amount of collateral damage to civilian industries and interests during this campaign, however. Most noncritical infrastructure and services damage occurred from the intense and savage combat waged in and through civilian sectors as Omega and Rho Galaxies pursued the Liberty, Acamar, and Milton Protectorate Militias.

By the end of the campaign nearly ninety percent of the Blakist occupying force had been wiped out, so this command was shattered as an effective unit.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Liberty Protectorate Militia Division

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

Protectorate Militia Divisions were equipped with enough DropShip capacity for transportation, but not JumpShips.[1]

Notes[edit]

  • Special Rules for the Liberty Protectorate Militia can be found on Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103.

Reference[edit]

  1. a b Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103: protectorate militia deployment
  2. Total Chaos, pp. 56–60: "Dieron"

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