Cor Caroli Protectorate Militia
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| Cor Caroli Protectorate Militia | |
| Affiliation | Word of Blake |
| Parent Command | Word of Blake Protectorate Militia |
The Cor Caroli Protectorate Militia is one of the many militias raised by Word of Blake to defend the Word of Blake Protectorate. The unit was deployed in Cor Caroli. As of 3075 it was the only unit raised from this planet.[1]
History[edit]
Cor Caroli was annexed peacefully by the Word of Blake during the Jihad and incorporated into the Word of Blake Protectorate by the 1st of August 3068,[2] Having occupied Cor Caroli, the Blakists largely ignored the planet because of the great distance between the jump points and Cor caroli.[3] Cor Caroli was the first target of the Lyran portion of Operation SCOUR, the invasion of the Protectorate by the allied coalition. Under the command of Duke Robert Kelswa-Steiner allied forces invaded Cor Caroli on the 21st of January 3077 and liberated the world in less than a week.[4] The allied coalition forces assigned to the attack on Cor Caroli consisted of the Skye Guards, the First Crucis Lancers and the Seventh Free Worlds Legionnaires; Duke Kelswa-Steiner's campaign involved the Guards and the Lancers attacking the Blakist forces head on outside the city of Manovota, with the Legionnaires providing cover. The Blakists retreated after taking approximately twenty percent losses, with losses climbing up to fifty percent in subsequent skirmishes. Down to half strength, the Word forces evacuated Cor Caroli, leaving the planet in coalition hands after only a week. A victorious news broadcast covering the liberation of Cor Caroli was issued by Myra Kellison of Tharkad Media Associates.[5]
In contrast with many Blakist-occupied worlds Cor Caroli was almost undamaged at the end of the Jihad.[3]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Cor Caroli Protectorate Militia | |||
Tactics[edit]
Unknown.
Composition History[edit]
Protectorate Militia Divisions were equipped with enough DropShip capacity for transportation, but not JumpShips.[6]
Rules[edit]
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.[7]
Reference[edit]
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103, "protectorate militia deployment"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 182: "Cor Caroli"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 25, "Victory At Cor Caroli"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103, "Rules Annex"