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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = + | image = − | Designation = 151st Altairian Fusiliers + | nickname = − | Formed = + | parent formation = [[Terran Alliance]] − | Disbanded = [[2244]]+ | formed = − | Previous Designation = + | disbanded = 2244 − | Nickname = + | year = 2244 − | Affiliation = [[Terran Alliance]] + | unitname = 151st (Altairian) Fusiliers − | Parent Command = [[Alliance Global Militia]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} − Effectively abandoned following the issue of the [[Demarcation Declaration]] at the end of the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]], the '''151st (Altarian) Fusiliers''' had the misfortune of serving as the [[Terran Alliance]] garrison on the world of [[Lucianca]] when [[Hector Rowe]]'s [[Theban Legion]] arrived in [[2244]].<ref name=TPp15>''The Periphery'', p. 15</ref> − ==History== + == Overview == − Lucianca had been an important staging area for the Terran Alliance military during the Outer Reaches Rebellion, and almost three [[division]]s of regular units had been stationed on the world at the height of the conflict, using Lucianca as a base for raids against neighboring systems. When the Alliance military effort against the rebellious worlds had failed, the regulars had been rotated home and the 151st, a small reserve unit, had been rotated in as the garrison. The Fusiliers were still present on Lucianca partly as a face-saving exercise on the part of the Terran Alliance, but also due to a combination of a lack of transport and a series of administrative errors.<ref name=TPp15/>+ The '''151st (Altairian) Fusiliers''' was a [[Terran Alliance]] military unit active during the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and which was destroyed at the order of the future founding leader of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]], [[Hector Rowe|Hector Worthington Rowe]].<ref name="TP1Ep16">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 15-16, "Birth of the Rim Worlds Republic"</ref> − Rowe was a student of classics and history at the University of Thebes on [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]] in [[2237]] when he volunteered to join the [[3rd Alexandrian Militia|Third Alexandrian Militia]], shortly before two Terran Alliance battalions invaded Alexandria in a campaign that saw three thousand Alexandrians killed.<ref name=TPp15/><ref name=H:MPSp12>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 12</ref>+ == History == + Effectively abandoned following the issue of the [[Demarcation Declaration]], the 151st (Altarian Fusiliers) had the misfortune of serving as the Terran Alliance garrison on the world of [[Lucianca]] when a rogue group under the command of [[Hector Rowe]] arrived in the Lucianca system in [[2244]]. Lucianca had been an important staging area for the Terran Alliance military during the Outer Reaches Rebellion, and almost three [[division]]s of regular units had been stationed on the world at the height of the conflict, using Lucianca as a base for raids against neighbouring systems. When the Alliance military effort against the rebellious worlds had failed, the regulars had been rotated home, and the 151st - a small reserve unit - had been rotated in as the garrison. The Fusiliers were still present on Lucianca partly as a face-saving exercise on the part of the Terran Alliance, but also due to a combination of a lack of transport and a series of administrative errors.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/> − In the wake of the Outer Reaches Rebellion, Rowe had started a political club aimed at protesting against the Terran Alliance, which he described as the "Great Alliance Devil." Rowe's group had become increasingly militant with time, and 7 July 2244 hijacked a flotilla of [[JumpShip]]s belong to the [[Skye Freight and Goods]] company, forcing the JumpShip crews to carry Rowe and his followers away. Rowe's target was the 151st, having learned that the Alliance unit was still in place on Lucianca; his followers, dubbed the Theban Legion and numbering approximately five hundred, had been recruited through Rowe's rallying call to cleanse the Outer Reaches of what he described as "the last vestiges of Alliance barbarism."<ref name=TPp15/><ref name=H:MPSp12-14>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', pp. 12-14</ref>+ Rowe was a former student of Classics and History at the university of Thebes on [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]], and had been studying at the university in [[2237]] when he volunteered to join the [[3rd Alexandrian Militia|Third Alexandrian Militia]], shortly before two Terran Alliance battalions invaded Alexandria in a campaign that saw three thousand Alexandrians killed.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/> − Disguised as a relief convoy, Rowe and his fellow guerrillas infiltrated the Fusiliers and captured the unit. Having already executed the garrison commander and his executive officer of the 151st personally, Rowe then staged a series of mock trials involving the surviving three hundred and fifty members of the Fusiliers; Rowe's kangaroo courts invariably sentenced each Terran Alliance soldier to execution by torture, sentences that Rowe was busy enacting when the crew of one of the hijacked Skye vessels managed to escape with their ship.<ref name=TPp15/><ref name=H:MPSp14>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 14</ref>+ In the wake of the Outer Reaches Rebellion Rowe had started a student group aimed at protesting against the Terran Alliance, which he described as the "Great Alliance Devil"; Rowe's group had become increasingly militant with time, and earlier in 2244 had hijacked a flotilla of [[JumpShip]]s belong to the [[Skye Freight and Goods]] company, forcing the JumpShip crews to carry Rowe and his followers away. Rowe's target was the 151st, having learned that the Alliance unit was still in place on Lucianca; his followers - who numbered approximately five hundred, and who had been dubbed the Theban Legion - had been recruited through Rowe's rallying call to cleanse the Outer Reaches of what he described as "the last vestiges of Alliance barbarism."<ref name="TP1Ep16"/> − Certain that the escapees would spread word of his actions, Rowe blackmailed the remaining JumpShip crews into carrying them away, but not before the remaining members of the 151st had been butchered and their equipment appropriated by Rowe and his followers. The last of the Fusiliers burned at the stake before Rowe and the Theban Legion departed.<ref name=TPp15/>+ Disguised as a relief convoy that the Fusiliers had been waiting for some time to arrive, Rowe and his fellow guerillas infiltrated the Fusiliers and then assassinated the Fusiliers' command staff and captured the unit. Having already executed the Commanding Officer and Executive Officer of the 151st personally, Rowe then staged a series of mock trials involving the surviving three hundred and fifty members of the Fusiliers; Rowe's kangaroo courts invariably sentenced each Terran Alliance soldier to execution by torture, sentences that Rowe was busy enacting when the crew of one of the hijacked Skye Freight and Goods vessels managed to escape with their ship.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/> − ==Officers== + Certain that the escapees would spread word of his actions, Rowe and blackmailed the remaining JumpShip crews into carrying them away, but not before the remaining members of the 151st had been butchered and their equipment appropriated by Rowe and his followers. The last of the Fusiliers to die were those burned at the stake shortly before Rowe and the Theban Legion departed.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/> + + == Officers == {| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable" |- |- Line 37:
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| − | == | + | == Overview == |
| − | + | The '''151st (Altairian) Fusiliers''' was a [[Terran Alliance]] military unit active during the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and which was destroyed at the order of the future founding leader of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]], [[Hector Rowe|Hector Worthington Rowe]].<ref name="TP1Ep16">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 15-16, "Birth of the Rim Worlds Republic"</ref> | |
| − | + | == History == | |
| + | Effectively abandoned following the issue of the [[Demarcation Declaration]], the 151st (Altarian Fusiliers) had the misfortune of serving as the Terran Alliance garrison on the world of [[Lucianca]] when a rogue group under the command of [[Hector Rowe]] arrived in the Lucianca system in [[2244]]. Lucianca had been an important staging area for the Terran Alliance military during the Outer Reaches Rebellion, and almost three [[division]]s of regular units had been stationed on the world at the height of the conflict, using Lucianca as a base for raids against neighbouring systems. When the Alliance military effort against the rebellious worlds had failed, the regulars had been rotated home, and the 151st - a small reserve unit - had been rotated in as the garrison. The Fusiliers were still present on Lucianca partly as a face-saving exercise on the part of the Terran Alliance, but also due to a combination of a lack of transport and a series of administrative errors.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/> | ||
| − | + | Rowe was a former student of Classics and History at the university of Thebes on [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]], and had been studying at the university in [[2237]] when he volunteered to join the [[3rd Alexandrian Militia|Third Alexandrian Militia]], shortly before two Terran Alliance battalions invaded Alexandria in a campaign that saw three thousand Alexandrians killed.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/> | |
| − | + | In the wake of the Outer Reaches Rebellion Rowe had started a student group aimed at protesting against the Terran Alliance, which he described as the "Great Alliance Devil"; Rowe's group had become increasingly militant with time, and earlier in 2244 had hijacked a flotilla of [[JumpShip]]s belong to the [[Skye Freight and Goods]] company, forcing the JumpShip crews to carry Rowe and his followers away. Rowe's target was the 151st, having learned that the Alliance unit was still in place on Lucianca; his followers - who numbered approximately five hundred, and who had been dubbed the Theban Legion - had been recruited through Rowe's rallying call to cleanse the Outer Reaches of what he described as "the last vestiges of Alliance barbarism."<ref name="TP1Ep16"/> | |
| − | + | Disguised as a relief convoy that the Fusiliers had been waiting for some time to arrive, Rowe and his fellow guerillas infiltrated the Fusiliers and then assassinated the Fusiliers' command staff and captured the unit. Having already executed the Commanding Officer and Executive Officer of the 151st personally, Rowe then staged a series of mock trials involving the surviving three hundred and fifty members of the Fusiliers; Rowe's kangaroo courts invariably sentenced each Terran Alliance soldier to execution by torture, sentences that Rowe was busy enacting when the crew of one of the hijacked Skye Freight and Goods vessels managed to escape with their ship.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/> | |
| − | ==Officers== | + | Certain that the escapees would spread word of his actions, Rowe and blackmailed the remaining JumpShip crews into carrying them away, but not before the remaining members of the 151st had been butchered and their equipment appropriated by Rowe and his followers. The last of the Fusiliers to die were those burned at the stake shortly before Rowe and the Theban Legion departed.<ref name="TP1Ep16"/> |
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| − | ==References== | + | == References == |
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| − | ==Bibliography== | + | == Bibliography == |
| − | + | * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]] | |
| − | * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]] | ||
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[[Category: Terran Alliance Commands|Fusiliers, 151st]] | [[Category: Terran Alliance Commands|Fusiliers, 151st]] | ||