Fomalhaut Protectorate Militia
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Unit Brief
The Fomalhaut Protectorate Militia Division is one of the many militias raised by Word of Blake to defend the Word of Blake Protectorate. The unit was deployed on Fomalhaut. As of 3075 it was the only unit raised from this planet.[1]
History
Formalhaut was one of several worlds to be attacked by the Word of Blake between the 19th and 21st of June 3068, and as with their other conquests that month the Blakists used a combination of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons to complete their conquest.[2] Having been forcibly integrated into the Word of Blake Protectorate, Fomalhaut would remain an occupied world until freed by elements of the Combine thrust of Operation SCOUR. The resistance offered by the Blakists was so severe that additional reinforcements had to be drafted in to assist the Combine forces after several months of brutal combat in which both coalition and Blakist forces acted with a disregard for human life.[3] Reinforcements arrived in the form of the Genyosha, who finally drove the Blakist defenders off the planet, but the planetary capital was destroyed in the assault[4] and it wouldn't be until the 7th of April 3078 that the those defenders that had not left would finally surrender to coalition forces.[5]
Officers
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Fomalhaut Protectorate Militia Division | |||
Tactics
Unknown.
Composition History
Unknown.
Rules
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.[6]
Reference
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103, "protectorate militia deployment"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 69-70, "Fomalhaut, Epsilon Indi Liberated"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 59, "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103, "Rules Annex"