1st Zosma Protectorate Militia Division
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Unit Description
The 1st Zosma Protectorate Militia Division was one of many Protectorate Militia Divisions to be raised by the Word of Blake during the Jihad to bolster the defences of the Word of Blake Protectorate without adding undue strain to their supply lines of high-technology equipment. The 1st Zosma was raised from the population of Zosma and focussed on the protection of that same world; in common with the other Protectorate Militia Divisions, the 1st Zosma would have drawn on local feelings of patriotism, something the Word used to build a reliable defensive line. As a local militia formation the 1st Zosma would have lacked special weapons or directives.[1]
History
Men and women were drafted into the Protectorate Militia, but the prospect of steady income and basic necessities appealed to many of Zosma's younger generations, nearly doubling the expecting size in no time.[2]
The 1st Zosma was unusual, in that it was one of the few Protectorate Militia Divisions to be moved from its homeworld and deployed in an offensive action by the Word of Blake. In the case of the 1st Zosma, this involved being deployed in a Blakist counteroffensive on Dyev against forces from Clan Ghost Bear, where one Level III was sent[2]. The other forces who joined the 1st Zosma on Dyev were the 28th and 32nd Militia Divisions augmented by the 3rd Bryant, 1st Lipton and 2nd New Earth Protectorate Militia Divisions.
It was reported by Word of Blake media outlets that the 32nd, New Earth and Zosma Divisions used the fortifications established on Dyev by the Draconis Combine to resist attacks from the Ghost Bear Kappa and Pi Galaxies.[3]
Both the 28th and 32nd Militia Divisions are known to have been destroyed on Dyev in 3076; it is therefore very likely that the less well-equipped 1st Zosma Level III was also destroyed in the same military action.[4]
The rest of the militia was repositioned on Chara, and Zosma was left in the hands of its all-volunteer Corporate Security Protection Force (CSPF), filled with retirees and come-of-age youths.[2] While in Chara, the unit would defend it against the coalition assault, and would manage to escape into the wilderness while continuing to contest the advance of the coalition forces into the Myanmar Highlands and maintain control over the Scarlet Sea.[5]
Officers
Unknown.
Tactics
Unknown.
Composition History
In common with the other Protectorate Militia Divisions, the 1st Zosma would have been equipped with enough DropShip capacity for transportation, but not JumpShips.[6]
Notes
Reference
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 127, "Protectorate Militias"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Total Chaos, p. 88-89, "ZOSMA"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 18, "A Time Of Cleansing"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 126, "Word Of Blake Militia"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 61-62, "Chaos Eternal: Bridge To Oblivion"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103