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Line 119: ====The Jihad==== ====The Jihad==== − On 24 March [[3071]], forces from the [[Capellan Confederation]] secured Detroit and its [['Mech]] factory on behalf of the [[Magistracy of Canopus]].<ref name="JHS3076p15"/> Ownership of the Detroit Consolidated MechWorks—which was central to the economy of Detroit—would remain the main focus of the dispute between the Magistracy and the Fronc Reaches during the [[Jihad]], which was unsurprising given that the factory could be considered the most advanced in the Periphery.<ref name=OB:Pp17/> Where the factory had produced output bought by all three nations in the Trinity Alliance via a complicated order of precedence that involved calculations based on the initial outlay of capital used to construct the plant, losses suffered in combat and recent purchases had dictated the order of precedence, by the middle of the Jihad each of the three nations had adopted a different position on the revenue and resources generated by the plant. The Concordat position was that all three nations should benefit equally; the Magistracy believed that all profits belonged to the Magistracy given that Detroit had been incorporated into that nation, while the Confederation position was that profits should be split between the three nations on a per capita basis.<ref name="M&Mp176">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 176: "Detroit Consolidated MechWorks"</ref> In contrast with the other factories on Detroit, the manufacturing plant constructed by Novis AT-H, Incorporated at the edge of the Warren Valley sprang up almost overnight and swiftly attracted a workforce.<ref name=OB:Pp17/> + On 24 March [[3071]], forces from the [[Capellan Confederation]] secured Detroit and its [['Mech]] factory on behalf of the [[Magistracy of Canopus]].<ref name="JHS3076p15"/> Ownership of the Detroit Consolidated MechWorks - which was central to the economy of Detroit - would remain the main focus of the dispute between the Magistracy and the Fronc Reaches during the [[Jihad]], which was unsurprising given that the factory could be considered the most advanced in the Periphery.<ref name=OB:Pp17/> Where the factory had produced output bought by all three nations in the Trinity Alliance via a complicated order of precedence that involved calculations based on the initial outlay of capital used to construct the plant, losses suffered in combat and recent purchases had dictated the order of precedence, by the middle of the Jihad each of the three nations had adopted a different position on the revenue and resources generated by the plant. The Concordat position was that all three nations should benefit equally; the Magistracy believed that all profits belonged to the Magistracy given that Detroit had been incorporated into that nation, while the Confederation position was that profits should be split between the three nations on a per capita basis.<ref name="M&Mp176">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 176: "Detroit Consolidated MechWorks"</ref> In contrast with the other factories on Detroit, the manufacturing plant constructed by Novis AT-H, Incorporated at the edge of the Warren Valley sprang up almost overnight and swiftly attracted a workforce.<ref name=OB:Pp17/> − The planetary militia, based out of Ann Arbor, were pivotal in preventing the attempted invasion of Detroit by the [[Word of Blake]] during the Jihad.<ref name=OB:Pp17/> The Blakists landed in [[3071]], intending to either seize control of Detroit or take the advanced manufacturing plants on the planet offline, but the tenacious defense put up stymied the Blakists, limiting the damage to the three major factories; while production was briefly slowed, all of the factories had returned to full production by [[3079]].<ref name="O:Pp15"/> The attacking Blakist forces, elements of the [[34th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-fourth Militia Division]], didn't anticipate that the defending forces on Detroit would be difficult to lure out of their emplaced defenses; contrary to the Blakist predictions, the defenders remained in place, holding firm until MAF and CCAF units<ref name="M&Mp170"/>—including the [[Third Canopian Fusiliers]]<ref name="M&Mp180">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 180: "Canopian Fusiliers"</ref>—arrived and drove off the Thirty-fourth.<ref name="M&Mp170">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 170: "Tracing Steps"</ref> The consequences for the city of Michiana were severe, however; the largest city on North, Michiana was ravaged for two weeks by the Thirty-fourth Militia Division as the Blakists attempted to drag the [[Canopian Highlanders]] away from Dearborn. By the time the Thirty-fourth was driven off-planet, a third of the population of Michiana was dead and the city had largely been reduced to rubble.<ref name=M&Mp178/> + The planetary militia, based out of Ann Arbor, were pivotal in preventing the attempted invasion of Detroit by the [[Word of Blake]] during the Jihad.<ref name=OB:Pp17/> The Blakists landed in [[3071]], intending to either seize control of Detroit or take the advanced manufacturing plants on the planet offline, but the tenacious defense put up stymied the Blakists, limiting the damage to the three major factories; while production was briefly slowed, all of the factories had returned to full production by [[3079]].<ref name="O:Pp15"/> The attacking Blakist forces - elements of the [[34th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-fourth Militia Division]] - didn't anticipate that the defending forces on Detroit would be difficult to lure out of their emplaced defenses; contrary to the Blakist predictions, the defenders remained in place, holding firm until MAF and CCAF units<ref name="M&Mp170"/> - including the [[Third Canopian Fusiliers]]<ref name="M&Mp180">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 180: "Canopian Fusiliers"</ref> - arrived and drove off the Thirty-fourth.<ref name="M&Mp170">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 170: "Tracing Steps"</ref> The consequences for the city of Michiana were severe, however; the largest city on North, Michiana was ravaged for two weeks by the Thirty-fourth Militia Division as the Blakists attempted to drag the [[Canopian Highlanders]] away from Dearborn. By the time the Thirty-fourth was driven off-planet, a third of the population of Michiana was dead and the city had largely been reduced to rubble.<ref name=M&Mp178/> The resistance on Detroit was a contrast to the position of the other major military industrial facilities within the Magistracy at the time of the Blakist invasion; outside of those facilities on [[Canopus IV]] damaged during the battles on that world, the other major facilities cooperated with the Blakists.<ref name="O:Pp15">''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 15: "Industrial Update"</ref> The resistance on Detroit was a contrast to the position of the other major military industrial facilities within the Magistracy at the time of the Blakist invasion; outside of those facilities on [[Canopus IV]] damaged during the battles on that world, the other major facilities cooperated with the Blakists.<ref name="O:Pp15">''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 15: "Industrial Update"</ref>
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| political = [[Lenore McCabe]] (3067)<ref name=HBP101/> | | political = [[Lenore McCabe]] (3067)<ref name=HBP101/> | ||
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| − | On 24 March [[3071]], forces from the [[Capellan Confederation]] secured Detroit and its [['Mech]] factory on behalf of the [[Magistracy of Canopus]].<ref name="JHS3076p15"/> Ownership of the Detroit Consolidated | + | On 24 March [[3071]], forces from the [[Capellan Confederation]] secured Detroit and its [['Mech]] factory on behalf of the [[Magistracy of Canopus]].<ref name="JHS3076p15"/> Ownership of the Detroit Consolidated MechWorks - which was central to the economy of Detroit - would remain the main focus of the dispute between the Magistracy and the Fronc Reaches during the [[Jihad]], which was unsurprising given that the factory could be considered the most advanced in the Periphery.<ref name=OB:Pp17/> Where the factory had produced output bought by all three nations in the Trinity Alliance via a complicated order of precedence that involved calculations based on the initial outlay of capital used to construct the plant, losses suffered in combat and recent purchases had dictated the order of precedence, by the middle of the Jihad each of the three nations had adopted a different position on the revenue and resources generated by the plant. The Concordat position was that all three nations should benefit equally; the Magistracy believed that all profits belonged to the Magistracy given that Detroit had been incorporated into that nation, while the Confederation position was that profits should be split between the three nations on a per capita basis.<ref name="M&Mp176">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 176: "Detroit Consolidated MechWorks"</ref> In contrast with the other factories on Detroit, the manufacturing plant constructed by Novis AT-H, Incorporated at the edge of the Warren Valley sprang up almost overnight and swiftly attracted a workforce.<ref name=OB:Pp17/> |
| − | The planetary militia, based out of Ann Arbor, were pivotal in preventing the attempted invasion of Detroit by the [[Word of Blake]] during the Jihad.<ref name=OB:Pp17/> The Blakists landed in [[3071]], intending to either seize control of Detroit or take the advanced manufacturing plants on the planet offline, but the tenacious defense put up stymied the Blakists, limiting the damage to the three major factories; while production was briefly slowed, all of the factories had returned to full production by [[3079]].<ref name="O:Pp15"/> The attacking Blakist forces | + | The planetary militia, based out of Ann Arbor, were pivotal in preventing the attempted invasion of Detroit by the [[Word of Blake]] during the Jihad.<ref name=OB:Pp17/> The Blakists landed in [[3071]], intending to either seize control of Detroit or take the advanced manufacturing plants on the planet offline, but the tenacious defense put up stymied the Blakists, limiting the damage to the three major factories; while production was briefly slowed, all of the factories had returned to full production by [[3079]].<ref name="O:Pp15"/> The attacking Blakist forces - elements of the [[34th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-fourth Militia Division]] - didn't anticipate that the defending forces on Detroit would be difficult to lure out of their emplaced defenses; contrary to the Blakist predictions, the defenders remained in place, holding firm until MAF and CCAF units<ref name="M&Mp170"/> - including the [[Third Canopian Fusiliers]]<ref name="M&Mp180">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 180: "Canopian Fusiliers"</ref> - arrived and drove off the Thirty-fourth.<ref name="M&Mp170">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 170: "Tracing Steps"</ref> The consequences for the city of Michiana were severe, however; the largest city on North, Michiana was ravaged for two weeks by the Thirty-fourth Militia Division as the Blakists attempted to drag the [[Canopian Highlanders]] away from Dearborn. By the time the Thirty-fourth was driven off-planet, a third of the population of Michiana was dead and the city had largely been reduced to rubble.<ref name=M&Mp178/> |
The resistance on Detroit was a contrast to the position of the other major military industrial facilities within the Magistracy at the time of the Blakist invasion; outside of those facilities on [[Canopus IV]] damaged during the battles on that world, the other major facilities cooperated with the Blakists.<ref name="O:Pp15">''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 15: "Industrial Update"</ref> | The resistance on Detroit was a contrast to the position of the other major military industrial facilities within the Magistracy at the time of the Blakist invasion; outside of those facilities on [[Canopus IV]] damaged during the battles on that world, the other major facilities cooperated with the Blakists.<ref name="O:Pp15">''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 15: "Industrial Update"</ref> | ||