Editing Achernar Republic Standing Guard

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| Designation    = Achernar Republic Standing Guard
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| Previous Designation = Achernar Protectorate Militia<br>Achernar Sarna March Militia
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| Parent Command = [[Republic Standing Guard]]<br>[[Word of Blake Protectorate Militia]]<br>[[Sarna March Militia]]
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Originally known as the '''Achernar Sarna March Militia'''. With the formation of [[the Republic of the Sphere]], the planetary defense became a [[Republic Standing Guard]] unit.

==History==
The unit was defending Achenar in [[3038]].

After the [[3057]] Marik-Liao offensive that claimed much of the [[Sarna March]], the Militia was placed under the control of the Capellan March Militia.<ref name=FMFS113>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 113: "Militia Profile"</ref>

During the [[FedCom Civil War]], the Achernar CMM fought for Katherine Steiner-Davion. During the later waves of the Civil War, the Achernar CMM was heavily damaged. Achernar officially became part of the Capellan March Militia in [[3067]], after the [[FedCom Civil War]] ended.<ref name=FMFS113/> The fighting of the Civil War reduced them to approximately half their pre–Civil War strength.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 137: Achernar PDZ</ref>

===Jihad===
[[Achernar BattleMechs]] maintained a factory named the West Fabrication Facility on Achernar, which for a long time was a producer of [[IndustrialMech]]s. When the [[Word of Blake]] captured Achernar, it rebuilt some of the production lines within the West Fabrication Facility to produce either (or both of) the [[Osprey|OSP-25 ''Osprey'']] or [[Osprey|OSP-26 ''Osprey'']] BattleMech.<ref name="TRO3085p82">''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 82: "Osprey"</ref><ref name="JHS:Tp37">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 37: "Liberated Achernar"</ref> The West Fabrication Facility was completely destroyed in June [[3077]] when the Achernar Protectorate Militia ignored the surrender issued by the planetary governor to the allied coalition forces and instead dug in around the plant, forcing the task force on the Federated Suns front of [[Operation SCOUR]] to root out the militia from the factory complexes, leveling its facilities in the process.<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Achernar Sarna March Militia'''
|-
| [[Leftenant General]]||[[Walter Flostet]]||[[3054]]<ref name=OR17>''Objective Raids'', p. 17: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Achernar Capellan March Militia'''
|-
| Leftenant General||[[Bruce Haas]]||[[3062]]<ref name=FMFS113/>
|-
| [[Major General]]||[[Terry Neudecker]]||[[3067]]<ref name=FMU136>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 136: "Federated Suns Depolyment Table"</ref>
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Achernar Protectorate Militia'''
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Achernar Republic Standing Guard'''
|-
| [[Legate]]||[[Rudy Maks]]||<ref name=ACtA040>''A Call to Arms'', p. 40</ref>
|-
| [[Legate]]||[[Brion Stempres]]||[[3133]]<ref name=ACtA020>''A Call to Arms'', p. 20</ref>
|-
|}

==Tactics==
After a long history of trying to calm civil unrest, when necessary with force, they are experienced in urban fighting.<ref name=FMFS113/>

==Composition History==
===3040===
'''Achernar Sarna March Militia''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name=HWo3039p138/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Achernar]].<ref name=HWo3039p138>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138</ref>

===3050===
'''Achernar Sarna March Militia''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name=20yup24/>
:* CO: Leftenant General Waller Flostet<ref name=20yup24/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Achernar]].<ref name=20yup24>''20 Year Update'', p. 24</ref>

===3054===
'''Achernar Sarna March Militia''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name=OpjRp17/>
:* CO: Leftenant General [[Walter Flostet]]<ref name=OpjRp17/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Achernar]].<ref name=OpjRp17>''Objective Raids'', p. 17</ref>

===3062===
'''Achernar Capellan March Militia''' (2 [[Battalion]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS113/>
* CO: Leftenant General [[Bruce Haas]]

'''Achernar CMM Aerospace Wing''' (1 [[Wing]]/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS113/>
* CO: [[Kommandant]] [[Ho-Li Krulov]]

'''Achernar CMM Armor [[Brigade]]''' (2 [[Regiment]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS113/>
* CO: Leftenant General [[Marko Luczenko]]

'''Achernar CMM Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS113/>
* CO: Leftenant General [[Leah Gennadiy]]

===3067===
'''Achernar Capellan March Militia''' (Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FMU136/>
* CO: [[Major General]] Terry Neudecker

'''Achernar CMM Aerospace Wing''' (Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FMU136/>
* CO: [[Major]] James Alomairi

'''Achernar CMM Armor Brigade''' (Reliable/Questionable)<ref name=FMU136/>
* CO: Leftenant General Barbara Kmon

'''Achernar CMM Infantry Brigade''' (Green/Questionable)<ref name=FMU136/>
* CO: Leftenant General Guermantes Mena Torres

===3069===
'''Achernar Protectorate Militia'''<br>
Protectorate Militia Divisions were equipped with enough [[DropShip]] capacity for transportation, but not [[JumpShip]]s.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 103</ref>

===3133===
'''Achernar Republic Standing Guard'''
* Second Achernar Militia<ref name=ACtA027>''A Call to Arms'', p. 27</ref>
* Fourth Armor<ref name=ACtAc11>''A Call to Arms'', ch. 11</ref>
* Achernar Reserve Training Corps.<ref name=ACtApP>''A Call to Arms'', Prologue</ref>

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== Rules ==
=== Achernar Protectorate Militia ===
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.<ref name="JS:BDp143">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 103: "Rules Annex"</ref>
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[A Call to Arms]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''

[[Category:Republic of the Sphere Militia Commands|Republic Standing Guard, Achernar]]