Mars Protectorate Militia
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| Mars Protectorate Militia | |
| Affiliation | Word of Blake |
| Parent Command | Word of Blake Protectorate Militia |
The Mars Protectorate Militia is one of the many militias raised by Word of Blake to defend the Word of Blake Protectorate. The unit was deployed in Mars. As of 3075 it was the only unit raised from this planet.[1]
History[edit]
On the 18 of November 3078 elements from Stone's Liberators, the Seventh Donegal Guards, the Nova Cat Alpha Galaxy, the Eleventh Mechanized Cavalry from Clan Hell's Horses and the Clan Wolf-in-Exile Alpha Galaxy fought against the Mars Protectorate Militia in Koryo. The Coalition forces took heavy losses, but finally they were able to turn the tide. After dealing with the inner lock defenders, the Coalition took out the turret crews from within, and the silencing of those allowed the remaining forces to avoid taking point-blank fire they could not return. Calling up the rest of the Coalition force once the locks allowed them to proceed with clearing the Blakist taint from the city itself.
The Militia died defending the city.[2]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Mars Protectorate Militia | |||
Tactics[edit]
Unknown.
Composition History[edit]
Unknown, but the unit was limited to infantry, vehicles, and aerospace assets.[2]
Protectorate Militia Divisions were equipped with enough DropShip capacity for transportation, but not JumpShips.[3]
Rules[edit]
As long as a Protectorate Militia force is fighting on its homeworld and is acting as the scenario's Defender, the Protectorate Militia force receives the Force the Initiative and Off-Map Movement special abilities. If deployed as the Attacker in a scenario, the Protectorate Militia force loses its Force the Initiative ability, but retains its Off-Map Movement capability.
If deployed on a world other than its homeworld (such as an Epsilon Eridani force being deployed on Genoa), the Protectorate Militia force not only loses all of its special abilities, but also suffers a –2 Initiative modifier.
Although Blakist-based, Protectorate Militia forces may use standard Inner Sphere force arrangements (Lances, Companies, and Battalions) rather than Word of Blake force arrangements.[4]