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Line 7: | Headquarters = | Headquarters = }} }} − The '''Chesterton Liberation Battalion''' was a pro-[[Capellan Confederation]] terrorist group, which sought the return of the [[Chesterton]] worlds from Davion sovereignty, which was active as of [[2760]].<ref name=HLCCp43>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 43: "Incident on Demeter"</ref> + The '''Chesterton Liberation Battalion''' was a pro-[[Capellan Confederation]] terrorist group, which sought the return of the [[Chesterton]] worlds from Davion sovereignty, which was active as of [[2760]].<ref name=HLCCp43>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 43</ref> ==History== ==History== − The Chesterton Liberation Battalion claimed responsibility for a terrorist bombing, in May 2760, which destroyed a [[BattleMech]] factory on the [[Federated Suns]] world of [[Demeter]] using a [[Nuclear Weapons|Nuclear Weapon]]. The Federated Suns accused the [[Maskirovka]] of aiding the terrorists, though they denied these charges.<ref name=HLCCp43></ref><ref name=HBHL>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 22: "Chesterton Liberation Battalion"</ref><ref name=IOH>''Intelligence Operations Handbook'', p. 71</ref> Treating the attack as a breach of the [[Bell Accord]] between the two states, it caused a brief period of open conflict between Liao and Davion sides known as the [[Border War (28th c.)|Border War]], to which the [[Star League]] responded by deploying the [[Star League Defense Force]]'s [[16th Fleet (Star League)|Sixteenth Fleet]] to the Chesterton region.<ref name=FMSLDF>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 198</ref> + The Chesterton Liberation Battalion claimed responsibility for a terrorist bombing, in May 2760, which destroyed a [[BattleMech]] factory on the [[Federated Suns]] world of [[Demeter]] using a [[Nuclear Weapons|Nuclear Weapon]]. The Federated Suns accused the [[Maskirovka]] of aiding the terrorists, though they denied these charges.<ref name=HLCCp43></ref><ref name=HBHL>'Handbook: House Liao'', p. 22</ref><ref name=IOH>'Intelligence Operations Handbook'', p. 71</ref> Treating the attack as a breach of the [[Bell Accord]] between the two states, it caused a brief period of open conflict between Liao and Davion sides known as the [[Border War (28th c.)|Border War]], to which the [[Star League]] responded by deploying the [[Star League Defense Force]]'s [[16th Fleet (Star League)|Sixteenth Fleet]] to the Chesterton region.<ref name=FMSLDF>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 198</ref> − Despite the Davion accusations, and a broader campaign to destabilize the Chesterton worlds ordered by [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Warex Liao]],<ref name=IOH/> later investigations into internal Maskirovka records suggested the CLB was not a Maskirovka front. While one of the CLB's key members was [[Edgar Borlenko]], a former Maskirovka analyst and Chesterton native, these records did not support the popular Davion theory that he joined the group at the behest of the Maskirovka.<ref name=HBHL/> + Despite the Davion accusations, and a broader campaign to destabilize the Chesterton worlds ordered by [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Warex Liao]]<ref name=IOH></ref>, later investigations into internal Maskirovka records suggested the CLB was not a Maskirovka front. While one of the CLB's key members was [[Edgar Borlenko]], a former Maskirovka analyst and Chesterton native, these records did not support the popular Davion theory that he joined the group at the behest of the Maskirovka.<ref name=HBHL></ref> ==References== ==References==
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| − | The '''Chesterton Liberation Battalion''' was a pro-[[Capellan Confederation]] terrorist group, which sought the return of the [[Chesterton]] worlds from Davion sovereignty, which was active as of [[2760]].<ref name=HLCCp43>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 43 | + | The '''Chesterton Liberation Battalion''' was a pro-[[Capellan Confederation]] terrorist group, which sought the return of the [[Chesterton]] worlds from Davion sovereignty, which was active as of [[2760]].<ref name=HLCCp43>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 43</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The Chesterton Liberation Battalion claimed responsibility for a terrorist bombing, in May 2760, which destroyed a [[BattleMech]] factory on the [[Federated Suns]] world of [[Demeter]] using a [[Nuclear Weapons|Nuclear Weapon]]. The Federated Suns accused the [[Maskirovka]] of aiding the terrorists, though they denied these charges.<ref name=HLCCp43></ref><ref name=HBHL> | + | The Chesterton Liberation Battalion claimed responsibility for a terrorist bombing, in May 2760, which destroyed a [[BattleMech]] factory on the [[Federated Suns]] world of [[Demeter]] using a [[Nuclear Weapons|Nuclear Weapon]]. The Federated Suns accused the [[Maskirovka]] of aiding the terrorists, though they denied these charges.<ref name=HLCCp43></ref><ref name=HBHL>'Handbook: House Liao'', p. 22</ref><ref name=IOH>'Intelligence Operations Handbook'', p. 71</ref> Treating the attack as a breach of the [[Bell Accord]] between the two states, it caused a brief period of open conflict between Liao and Davion sides known as the [[Border War (28th c.)|Border War]], to which the [[Star League]] responded by deploying the [[Star League Defense Force]]'s [[16th Fleet (Star League)|Sixteenth Fleet]] to the Chesterton region.<ref name=FMSLDF>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 198</ref> |
| − | Despite the Davion accusations, and a broader campaign to destabilize the Chesterton worlds ordered by [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Warex Liao]] | + | Despite the Davion accusations, and a broader campaign to destabilize the Chesterton worlds ordered by [[Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation|Chancellor]] [[Warex Liao]]<ref name=IOH></ref>, later investigations into internal Maskirovka records suggested the CLB was not a Maskirovka front. While one of the CLB's key members was [[Edgar Borlenko]], a former Maskirovka analyst and Chesterton native, these records did not support the popular Davion theory that he joined the group at the behest of the Maskirovka.<ref name=HBHL></ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||