Saiph Triumvirate

Saiph Triumvirate
State Profile
Founding Year	3058
Dissolution year:	3068
Capital world:	New Canton (unofficial)
Controlled system(s):	3
Government
Head of State	Count Ledo Balantine (unofficial)
Military

The Saiph Triumvirate was a small nation in the Chaos March created after the retreat of Federated Commonwealth forces from the planets Tall Trees, Saiph, and New Canton.

History

As the Sarna March descended into chaos in 3058, New Canton was invaded by the Capellan Confederation. McCarron's Armored Cavalry and the Davion-aligned First Kestrel Grenadiers fought each other to a bloody stalemate over the next two months, before terrorist attacks, raids by unknown mechs and the increasing hostility of the New Cantonese to both powers forced both regiments to retreat. A local aristocrat, Count Ledo Balantine, seized control of most of New Canton's landmass and proclaimed the world independent.

When Archon Katherine Steiner-Davion declared the secession of the Lyran Alliance from the Federated Commonwealth, the 5th Lyran Regulars withdrew from their garrisons on Saiph and Tall Trees. The ensuing power vacuum caused the two worlds to descend into chaos as competing ethnic groups formed armies, overthrew their local government, and started fighting for territory amongst themselves. Groups loyal to House Liao seized the main spaceports of each worlds, but were unable to assert control over the entirety of each planet during the few weeks they were able to hold them. Balantine dispatched forces to help local factions overthrow the Liaoists and proclaimed the three systems a new state - the Saiph Triumvirate.

One of the garrison units on Tall Trees in 3067, the Second Dismal Disinherited, left the planet to join the disastrous AMC attack on Mars after the attacks against Wolf's Dragoons on Outreach by mercenary forces linked to the Word of Blake. Forces from the Word of Blake promptly seized control of the Tall Trees, annexing it into the Word of Blake Protectorate by the 30th of December.

The Triumvirate was absorbed in 3068 by Word of Blake Protectorate.

Politics

The Triumvirate was in principle governed by three representatives of its member worlds, with equal authority over its government. In practice, Count Balatine of New Canton was perceived by outsiders as the only person with real power in the Triumvirate, and treated as its leader. Coordination among Triumvirate leadership was poor, with at least one mercenary outfit receiving three sets of contradicting orders while on deployment - one from each representative. No Successor State government recognized the Triumvirate's government as a legitimate state.

Economy

The Triumvirates' worlds were all settled early in humanity's history. New Canton quickly developed into a minor trading and industrial power, but Saiph and Tall Trees proved unable to prosper due to their rugged terrain and their populations consisting of small, isolationist and quarrelsome settlements. The Capellan Confederation attempted for centuries to grow these worlds population using political prisoners and convict labor, but faced fierce resistance and only achieved limited success. Without sizable populations, the main economic activity on those worlds other beyond subsistence was exporting raw resources. New Canton prospered under the more liberal trade regime of the Federated Commonwealth, but life on Saiph and Tall Trees barely changed.

Following independence the Triumvirate government was cash poor. They did however control one strategic asset: the Triumvirate's capital city contained modest repair facilities.

Era Specific Information

3058

Saiph Defending Forces

• Canned Heat (1 conventional Battalion)
  • CO: Major Jill Asweepay

Tall Trees Defending Forces

• The Metallicon (2 Lances)
  • CO: Captain Jim Bob Dayle

New Canton Defending Forces

• Balantine Guard (Company)
  • CO: Major Han Winslow
• Stalwart Support (1 conventional Regiment)
  • CO: Colonel Harry Sanders

Bibliography

• Chaos March (sourcebook)
• Jihad: Final Reckoning