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==History==
 
==History==
The order was formed by [[Devlin Stone]] and [[David Lear]] in [[3088]].<ref name=H:WotREp15>''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', p. 15, "Timeline"</ref>
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The order was formed by [[Devlin Stone]] and [[David Lear]] in [[3088]].<ref name=H:WotREp15>''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', p. 15: "Timeline"</ref>
  
 
==Ranks==
 
==Ranks==
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The title '''Paladin of the Republic''' is the highest true title within the order. Numbering eighteen members, seventeen Paladins and the [[Exarch]] form the [[Council of Paladins]] the ruling body of the Republic, with the final member being the secretive [[Ghost Paladin]].
 
The title '''Paladin of the Republic''' is the highest true title within the order. Numbering eighteen members, seventeen Paladins and the [[Exarch]] form the [[Council of Paladins]] the ruling body of the Republic, with the final member being the secretive [[Ghost Paladin]].
  
The further honorific title of [[Paladin Exemplar]] is bestowed upon the oldest serving Paladin.<ref name=FM3085p178>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 178 - "Paladins"</ref>
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The further honorific title of [[Paladin Exemplar]] is bestowed upon the oldest serving Paladin.<ref name=FM3085p178>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 178: "Paladins"</ref>
  
 
===Knight===
 
===Knight===
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==Honorary Knights==
 
==Honorary Knights==
Republic Exarchs, from time to time, granted honorary knighthood to distinguished individuals, generally scientists and artists. Honorary knights included scientist [[Pierre Cormier]] and composer [[Eduard Bioucek]].<ref>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 37, "Scientist Pierre Cormier made Knight of the Sphere"</ref>
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Republic Exarchs, from time to time, granted honorary knighthood to distinguished individuals, generally scientists and artists. Honorary knights included scientist [[Pierre Cormier]] and composer [[Eduard Bioucek]].<ref>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 37: "Scientist Pierre Cormier made Knight of the Sphere"</ref>
  
 
==Known members of the order==
 
==Known members of the order==
 
* [[Janella Lakewood]]: Knight bound for Ronel in 3133. Promoted to Paladin.
 
* [[Janella Lakewood]]: Knight bound for Ronel in 3133. Promoted to Paladin.
* [[Alexi Holt]]: Knight who led a mission to oversee HPG reactivation on [[Wyatt]] in 3135.  
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* [[Alexi Holt]]: Knight who led a mission to oversee HPG reactivation on [[Wyatt]] in 3135.
 
* [[Burton Marik-Davion]]: son of Paladin [[Victor Steiner-Davion]], KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Burton Marik-Davion]]: son of Paladin [[Victor Steiner-Davion]], KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Castor Hobbes]]: Knight that led relief troops to [[Skye]] and lost the planet.
 
* [[Castor Hobbes]]: Knight that led relief troops to [[Skye]] and lost the planet.
* [[Conner Rhys-Monroe]], son of senator [[Gerald Monroe]]: Knight who resigned his post in 3135, becoming the military leader of the [[Senate Alliance]].
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* [[Conner Rhys-Monroe]], son of Senator [[Gerald Monroe]]: Knight who resigned his post in 3135, becoming the military leader of the [[Senate Alliance]].
 
* [[Consuela Dagmar]]: Knight-Errant promoted a Knight during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Consuela Dagmar]]: Knight-Errant promoted a Knight during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Cray Stansill]]: Knight who resigned his post in 3135, becoming one of the military leaders of the [[Senate]] loyalist, until he was killed in combat by [[Tara Campbell]].
 
* [[Cray Stansill]]: Knight who resigned his post in 3135, becoming one of the military leaders of the [[Senate]] loyalist, until he was killed in combat by [[Tara Campbell]].
 
* [[Crystal Liveston Synd]]: Ghost Knight who led a Fidelis assault on Ryde in 3136.
 
* [[Crystal Liveston Synd]]: Ghost Knight who led a Fidelis assault on Ryde in 3136.
* [[Deandra Lowe]]: Knight that doubles as a courier travelling and sending information between different parties and hence getting secrets important for the Republic.<ref name=3135PDAJp143>''3135 PDA Journals'', p. 143 "30 December 3135"</ref>
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* [[Deandra Lowe]]: Knight that doubles as a courier travelling and sending information between different parties and hence getting secrets important for the Republic.<ref name=3135PDAJp143>''3135 PDA Journals'', p. 143: "30 December 3135"</ref>
* [[Gresco Hancock]]: ghost knight working infiltrated as a mercenary on [[Callison]] in 3136. She killed the planetary governor, hostile to the Republic, and became the new governor of the planet.  
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* [[Gresco Hancock]]: ghost knight working infiltrated as a mercenary on [[Callison]] in 3136. She killed the planetary governor, hostile to the Republic, and became the new governor of the planet.
 
* [[Hester Mahoney]]: KIA on [[Second Try]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Hester Mahoney]]: KIA on [[Second Try]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
* [[Ian Blackmore]] <ref>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 20, "''Pompier'' PoliceMech"</ref>
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* [[Ian Blackmore]]<ref>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 20: "''Pompier'' PoliceMech"</ref>
* [[Ian Valstone]]: <ref name=BTaBWc28>''By Temptations and By War'', Ch, 28</ref>
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* [[Ian Valstone]]:<ref name=BTaBWc28>''By Temptations and By War'', ch. 28</ref>
 
* [[Jahmil Yost]]: Knight that investigated links from [[Jacob Bannson]] to a series of missing shipments of decommissioned BattleMechs from various Prefecture capitals to the boneyards on Terra.
 
* [[Jahmil Yost]]: Knight that investigated links from [[Jacob Bannson]] to a series of missing shipments of decommissioned BattleMechs from various Prefecture capitals to the boneyards on Terra.
 
* [[Jayson Greene]]: Ghost Knight leading a Fidelis group of troops in 3136.
 
* [[Jayson Greene]]: Ghost Knight leading a Fidelis group of troops in 3136.
* [[Jeremy Chin]]: Ghost Knight who devastated [[Kwamashu]] in 3136, later losing his mind and commiting suicide for that 21 years later.
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* [[Jeremy Chin]]: Ghost Knight who devastated [[Kwamashu]] in 3136, later losing his mind and committing suicide for that 21 years later.
* [[Jerome Redhawk]]: <ref name=GWc8>''Ghost War'', Ch, 8</ref>
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* [[Jerome Redhawk]]:<ref name=GWc8>''Ghost War'', ch. 8</ref>
* [[Jonathan Corrick]]: <ref name=BTaBWc30>''By Temptations and By War'', Ch, 30</ref>
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* [[Jonathan Corrick]]:<ref name=BTaBWc30>''By Temptations and By War'', ch. 30</ref>
* [[Kitsune Kurita]]: son of Paladin [[Victor Steiner-Davion]].  
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* [[Kitsune Kurita]]: son of Paladin [[Victor Steiner-Davion]].
 
* [[Kristoff Erbe]]: Knight who led a Fidelis group of troops in 3136.
 
* [[Kristoff Erbe]]: Knight who led a Fidelis group of troops in 3136.
 
* [[Mason Dunne]]: Knight who infiltrated in anti-Republic movements on [[Helen]] and [[Basalt]] in 3133, dismantling them.
 
* [[Mason Dunne]]: Knight who infiltrated in anti-Republic movements on [[Helen]] and [[Basalt]] in 3133, dismantling them.
* [[Reginald Eriksson]]: Knight that ''discovered'' [[Katana Tormark]]<ref name=DARoSp34>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 34 "Katana Tormark"</ref>
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* [[Reginald Eriksson]]: Knight that ''discovered'' [[Katana Tormark]]<ref name=DARoSp34>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 34: "Katana Tormark"</ref>
 
* [[Reo Jones]]: Knight who infiltrated [[Jacob Bannson]]'s mercenaries on [[Wyatt]] in 3135.
 
* [[Reo Jones]]: Knight who infiltrated [[Jacob Bannson]]'s mercenaries on [[Wyatt]] in 3135.
* [[Rick Raisho]]: Former Knight by October [[3145]].<ref name=TRO3145p84>''Technical Readout: 3145'', p. 84, "GN-20 ''Gùn''</ref>
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* [[Rick Raisho]]: Former Knight by October [[3145]].<ref name=TRO3145p84>''Technical Readout: 3145'', p. 84: "GN-20 ''Gùn''</ref>
* [[Siyanda Ashanti]]: Knight that was sent to break up the protests in [[Proserpina]], but ended up the target of an assassination attempt and later died trying to stop the jailbreak of the group's leadership.<ref name=EDDA>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 22 "OTHER GROUPS"</ref>
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* [[Siyanda Ashanti]]: Knight that was sent to break up the protests in [[Proserpina]], but ended up the target of an assassination attempt and later died trying to stop the jailbreak of the group's leadership.<ref name=EDDA>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 22: "Other Groups"</ref>
 
* [[Sonya Artigonn]]: Knight that investigated links from [[Jacob Bannson]] to a series of missing shipments of decommissioned BattleMechs from various Prefecture capitals to the boneyards on Terra.
 
* [[Sonya Artigonn]]: Knight that investigated links from [[Jacob Bannson]] to a series of missing shipments of decommissioned BattleMechs from various Prefecture capitals to the boneyards on Terra.
 
* [[Thomas Lakewood]]: Father of Janella.
 
* [[Thomas Lakewood]]: Father of Janella.
* [[Angelina Costello]]: Knight-Errant, KIA onplanet [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
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* [[Angelina Costello]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Casper Van Ostrand]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Casper Van Ostrand]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Castor Pagonis]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Styk]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Castor Pagonis]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Styk]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
* [[Eve Kincaid]]: Knight-Errant that fought in the Battle of Liao in the Dark Age.<ref name=DATPLp1>''Dark Age Turning Points Liao'', p. 1 "Harsh Reality"</ref>
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* [[Eve Kincaid]]: Knight-Errant that fought in the Battle of Liao in the Dark Age.<ref name=DATPLp1>''Dark Age Turning Points: Liao'', p. 1: "Harsh Reality"</ref>
 
* [[Gillian Sandoz]]: Knight-Errant, MIA on [[Suzano]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Gillian Sandoz]]: Knight-Errant, MIA on [[Suzano]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Jonathan Yasuda]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Jonathan Yasuda]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Julia Marbury]]: Knight-Errant, MIA on [[Liao]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Julia Marbury]]: Knight-Errant, MIA on [[Liao]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
* [[Kyle Powers]]: killed on Achernar by steel wolves officer [[Torrent]].
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* [[Kyle Powers]]: killed on Achernar by Steel Wolves officer [[Torrent]].
* [[Nicodemus Niemeyer]] <ref name=GWc39>''Ghost War'', Ch, 39</ref>
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* [[Nicodemus Niemeyer]]<ref name=GWc39>''Ghost War'', ch. 39</ref>
 
* [[Nolan Dotter]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Nolan Dotter]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Raul Ortega]]: reservist of [[Achernar]], successor of Kyle Powers.
 
* [[Raul Ortega]]: reservist of [[Achernar]], successor of Kyle Powers.
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: Irregulars]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: Irregulars]]''
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[[Category:Orders of Knighthood]]
 
[[Category:Orders of Knighthood]]

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The title Knight of the Sphere was granted within the Republic of the Sphere.

History

The order was formed by Devlin Stone and David Lear in 3088.[1]

Ranks

Paladin

The title Paladin of the Republic is the highest true title within the order. Numbering eighteen members, seventeen Paladins and the Exarch form the Council of Paladins the ruling body of the Republic, with the final member being the secretive Ghost Paladin.

The further honorific title of Paladin Exemplar is bestowed upon the oldest serving Paladin.[2]

Knight

The title of Knight of the Republic is reserved for one hundred members of the order.[3]

Knight-Errant

The title of Knight-Errant of the Republic is the lowest true rank within the order, the total number of Knights-Errant at any given time reflects the number of worlds within the Republic.[3]

Honorary Knights

Republic Exarchs, from time to time, granted honorary knighthood to distinguished individuals, generally scientists and artists. Honorary knights included scientist Pierre Cormier and composer Eduard Bioucek.[4]

Known members of the order

References

  1. Historical: Wars of the Republic Era, p. 15: "Timeline"
  2. Field Manual: 3085, p. 178: "Paladins"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 179
  4. Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 37: "Scientist Pierre Cormier made Knight of the Sphere"
  5. 3135 PDA Journals, p. 143: "30 December 3135"
  6. Technical Readout: Irregulars, p. 20: "Pompier PoliceMech"
  7. By Temptations and By War, ch. 28
  8. Ghost War, ch. 8
  9. By Temptations and By War, ch. 30
  10. Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 34: "Katana Tormark"
  11. Technical Readout: 3145, p. 84: "GN-20 Gùn
  12. Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 22: "Other Groups"
  13. Dark Age Turning Points: Liao, p. 1: "Harsh Reality"
  14. Ghost War, ch. 39

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