Epsilon Indi Protectorate Militia

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Epsilon Indi Protectorate Militia Division
Disbanded 3078
Affiliation Word of Blake
Parent Command Word of Blake Protectorate Militia


The Epsilon Indi 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 in Epsilon Indi. As of 3075 it was the only unit raised from this planet.[1]

History[edit]

Epsilon Indi was one of the first worlds taken by the Word of Blake during the Jihad, captured along with Fletcher and Tall Trees in a campaign that saw all three worlds annexed by the Word of Blake Protectorate by the 30th of December 3067.[2]

On the 6th of June 3075 Epsilon Indi was one of three worlds within the Word of Blake Protectorate to be raided simultaneously by unidentified forces. The raiding force on Epsilon Indi damaged the Epsilon Indi Protectorate Militia and was rumored to be one of the Word of Blake's own Shadow Divisions.[3][4] While in control of Epsilon Indi the Blakists conducted a number of operations from Boreria and the capital city, New Rhodes, in particular.[5]

In the last week of February 3078 the First Sword of Light regiment landed on the world and drove off the Epsilon Indi Protectorate Militia. Unfortunately the Blakists deployed a biological weapon before they left the world, poisoning the water table. This biological attack affected the water supply to several major cities, and when coupled with the severe damage inflicted in the conventional conflict, led several observers to speculate that the population would need to relocate or face extinction.[6][7]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Epsilon Indi Protectorate Militia Division

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

Protectorate Militia Divisions were equipped with enough DropShip capacity for transportation, but not JumpShips.[8]

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.[9]

Reference[edit]

  1. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103, "protectorate militia deployment"
  2. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 44, "The Jihad In Review"
  3. Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 17, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  4. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 54, "The Jihad In Review"
  5. Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 239: "Epsilon Indi"
  6. Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 70
  7. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"
  8. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103
  9. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 103, "Rules Annex"

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