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==Known members of the order==
 
==Known members of the order==
 
* [[Alexi Holt]]: Knight who led a mission to oversee HPG reactivation on [[Wyatt]] in 3135.
 
* [[Alexi Holt]]: Knight who led a mission to oversee HPG reactivation on [[Wyatt]] in 3135.
* [[Andrew McKenna]]:
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* [[Andrew McKenna]]:<ref name=CotIS>''MechWarrior Pilot Deck: Champions of the Inner Sphere I'', "Andrew McKenna Card"</ref>
 
* [[Angelina Costello]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Angelina Costello]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Anthanassios Raptis]]: Knight, served in a Knights Command lance, under Consuela Dagmar.<ref name=MDADPC278>''MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards'', p. 278</ref>
 
* [[Anthanassios Raptis]]: Knight, served in a Knights Command lance, under Consuela Dagmar.<ref name=MDADPC278>''MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards'', p. 278</ref>
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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]].
 
* [[Conner Rhys-Monroe]], son of Senator [[Gerald Monroe]]: Knight who resigned his post in 3135, becoming the military leader of the [[Senate Alliance]].
 
* [[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>
 
* [[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>
* [[Jack Farrell|"One-Eyed" Jack Farrell]], an undercover Knight in [[Bannson's Raiders]] and Confederation forces.
 
 
* [[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>
 
* [[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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* [[Gillian Sandoz]]: Knight-Errant, MIA on [[Suzano]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[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.
 
* [[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>
 
* [[Ian Blackmore]]<ref>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 20: "''Pompier'' PoliceMech"</ref>
 
* [[Ian Valstone]]:<ref name=BTaBWc28>''By Temptations and By War'', ch. 28</ref>
 
* [[Ian Valstone]]:<ref name=BTaBWc28>''By Temptations and By War'', ch. 28</ref>
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* [[Inese Lassonde]]: Knight, served in a Knights Command lance, under Consuela Dagmar.<ref name=MDADPC286>''MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards'', p. 286</ref>
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* [[Jack Farrell|"One-Eyed" Jack Farrell]], an undercover Knight in [[Bannson's Raiders]] and Confederation forces.
 
* [[Janella Lakewood]]: Knight bound for Ronel in 3133. Promoted to Paladin.
 
* [[Janella Lakewood]]: Knight bound for Ronel in 3133. Promoted to Paladin.
 
* [[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.
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* [[Jerome Redhawk]]:<ref name=GWc8>''Ghost War'', ch. 8</ref>
 
* [[Jerome Redhawk]]:<ref name=GWc8>''Ghost War'', ch. 8</ref>
 
* [[Jonathan Corrick]]:<ref name=BTaBWc30>''By Temptations and By War'', ch. 30</ref>
 
* [[Jonathan Corrick]]:<ref name=BTaBWc30>''By Temptations and By War'', ch. 30</ref>
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* [[Jonathan Yasuda]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
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* [[Julia Marbury]]: Knight-Errant, MIA on [[Liao]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Kitsune Kurita]]: son of Paladin [[Victor Steiner-Davion]].
 
* [[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.
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* [[Kyle Powers]]: killed on Achernar by Steel Wolves officer [[Torrent]].
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* [[Marcus Randall]]: Knight-Errant, promoted to Knight in 3132, successor of Siyanda Ashanti.<ref name=MDADPC290>''MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards'', p. 290</ref><ref name=3132INN>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 45</ref>
 
* [[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.
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* [[Nicodemus Niemeyer]]<ref name=GWc39>''Ghost War'', ch. 39</ref>
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* [[Nolan Dotter]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
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* [[Raul Ortega]]: reservist of [[Achernar]], successor of Kyle Powers.
 
* [[Reginald Eriksson]]: Knight that ''discovered'' [[Katana Tormark]]<ref name=DARoSp34>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 34: "Katana Tormark"</ref>
 
* [[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.
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* [[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.
* [[Gillian Sandoz]]: Knight-Errant, MIA on [[Suzano]] 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]].
 
* [[Kyle Powers]]: killed on Achernar by Steel Wolves officer [[Torrent]].
 
* [[Nicodemus Niemeyer]]<ref name=GWc39>''Ghost War'', ch. 39</ref>
 
* [[Nolan Dotter]]: Knight-Errant, KIA on [[Wei]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[Raul Ortega]]: reservist of [[Achernar]], successor of Kyle Powers.
 
* [[Marcus Randall]]: Knight-Errant, promoted to Knight in 3132, successor of Siyanda Ashanti.<ref name=MDADPC290>''MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards'', p. 290</ref><ref name=3132INN>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 45</ref>
 
* [[Inese Lassonde]]: Knight, served in a Knights Command lance, under Consuela Dagmar.<ref name=MDADPC286>''MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards'', p. 286</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 19:25, 2 October 2022

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. MechWarrior Pilot Deck: Champions of the Inner Sphere I, "Andrew McKenna Card"
  6. MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards, p. 278
  7. Dark Age Turning Points: Liao, p. 1: "Harsh Reality"
  8. 3135 PDA Journals, p. 143: "30 December 3135"
  9. Technical Readout: Irregulars, p. 20: "Pompier PoliceMech"
  10. By Temptations and By War, ch. 28
  11. MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards, p. 286
  12. Ghost War, ch. 8
  13. By Temptations and By War, ch. 30
  14. MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards, p. 290
  15. Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 45
  16. Ghost War, ch. 39
  17. Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 34: "Katana Tormark"
  18. Technical Readout: 3145, p. 84: "GN-20 Gùn
  19. Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 22: "Other Groups"

Bibliography