Chirikof Operational Area
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History & Description[edit]
The Chirikof Operational Area - also referred to as the Crucis March Edgeward Alpha Combat Theater - was a regional command within the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns. One of the subdivisions of the Crucis March, the Chirikof Operational Area was a completely military administration, with no civilian governing responsibilities, and was traditionally commanded by a Field Marshal. As an Operational Area the Chirikof OA had command authority over a number of smaller regional commands commonly known as Polymorphous Defense Zones or Combat Regions, although during the era of the Federated Commonwealth the PDZs were simply known as Commands.[1][2][3][4]
At the end of the Age of War in 2571 the Chirikof OA encompassed three PDZs,[5] including the entire of the region occupied thirty years previously by the United Hindu Collective.[6] The size and scope of the Chirikof OA remained largely stable during the Succession Wars although the number of inhabited systems declined, in common with other regions of the Federated Suns.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] At some point between the end of the Third Succession War and 3054 the Chirikof OA was restructured slightly, with the Kearny and Remagen Combat Regions being redesignated the Malagrotta and Nunivak Combat Regions, respectively,[15][16] although by the end of the FedCom Civil War the Nunivak Combat Region had been replaced once more with the Remagen Combat Region.[14]
The most significant change in the borders of the Chirikof OA came in the aftermath of the Jihad; during the Jihad, a significant number of worlds within the Malagrotta PDZ had broken away from the Federated Suns, forming a new nation - the Malagrotta Cooperative.[17][18][19] One of the responses to this was Princess-Regent Yvonne Steiner-Davion establishing a new March, the Periphery March; creating the June Operational Area as a part of the new Periphery March, the former Islamabad and Malagrotta PDZs were incorporated into the new March, along with a trio of systems from the Remagen PDZ, leaving the Chirikof OA responsible for just one PDZ.[20][21][22] This would remain the case throughout the Dark Age.[23][24][25]
Commanding Officers[edit]
3025[edit]
- Islamabad Combat Region- (Commander: Major General Lucille Carlton; Aide: General Harold Greenspan)[26]
- Kearny Combat Region- (Commander: Major General Elizabeth Henders; Aide: Colonel Paul Gevin)
- Remagen Combat Region- (Commander: Major General Xerxes Davion; Aide: Colonel Rodney Viele)
3050[edit]
- Operational Area Commander: Marshal Gilbert Akers; Aide: Hauptmann-General James Flinn[27]
- Islamabad Combat Region- (Commander: Hauptmann-General Lucille Carlton; Aide: Leftenant General James Brady)
- Malagrotta Combat Region- (Commander: Hauptmann-General Daniel Ralacy; Aide: Leftenant General Rosemary Harshman)
- Nunivak Combat Region- (Commander: Hauptmann-General Brenda Mast; Aide: Leftenant General Victoria Seymour)
3054[edit]
- Operational Area Commander: Marshal James Flinn; Aide: Hauptmann-General Betram Winn[16]
3067[edit]
- Operational Area Commander: Field Marshal Suzane Lipstein; Aide: Marshal Ophelia Trimple[14]
- Islamabad Combat Region- (Commander: General Bryan Kelm; Aide: Major General Ulpio Badalamenti)
- Malagrotta Combat Region- (Commander: General Kirk DeYoung; Aide: Major General Garman Doucette)
- Remagen Combat Region- (Commander: General Hans Scheller; Aide: Major General Rory Paddock)
3085[edit]
- Operational Area Commander: Field Marshal Ophelia Trimple; Aide: Marshal Alexander Sanromea-Davion)[22]
- Point Barrow Combat Region- (Commander: General Allie McNab; Aide: General Fernando Zibler)
- Remagen Combat Region- (Commander: General Aiko Hiriki; Aide: Major General Chris Giraud)
- Tsamma Combat Region- (Commander: Marshal Fred Exley; Aide: General Iren Qadei)
3145[edit]
- Operational Area Commander: Field Marshal Joe Kelley; Aide: Marshal Bill Scott[23]
- Remagen Combat Region- (Commander: Marshal Vickie Pratt; Aide: General Tanya Sanromea-Davion)
Sub Regions[edit]
The following sub-regions have all been a part of the Chirikof OA at some point during their history:
- Islamabad Combat Region[15][16][14]
- Kearny Combat Region[15]
- Malagrotta Combat Region[16][14]
- Nunivak Combat Region[16]
- Point Barrow Combat Region[22]
- Remagen Combat Region[15][14][22][23]
- Tsamma Combat Region[22]
Systems of Note[edit]
Capital[edit]
Regional Capitals[edit]
- Islamabad (Islamabad CR)[15][16][14]
- Malagrotta (Malagrotta CR)[16][14]
- Nunivak (Nunivak CR)[16]
- Remagen (Remagen CR)[15][14][22][23]
- Vackisujfalu (Kearny CR)[15]
See Also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 17: "Combat Theater"
- ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 17: "Polymorphous Defense Zone/Combat Region"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 125: "Combat Theater/Operation Area"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 125: "Polymorphous Defense Zone/Combat Region"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571]"
- ↑ Era Digest: Age of War, p. 8: "United Hindu Collective [2540]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067]"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 Field Manual: Updates, pp. 139–140: "Edgeward Alpha Combat Theater (Chirikof Operational Area)"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 138: "'Mech Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 Objective Raids, p. 16: "Edgeward Alpha Combat Theater (Chirikof Operations Area)"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 26: "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 51: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, pp. 52–53: "Camelot Summit"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085]"
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 Field Manual: 3085, p. 71: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. 92: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 138 (PDF Version): "'Mech Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 22: "Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth"