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* [[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>
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* [[Deandra Lowe]]: Knight that doubles as a courier traveling 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>
 
* [[Gillian Sandoz]]: Knight-Errant, MIA on [[Suzano]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].
 
* [[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.

Revision as of 17:39, 18 December 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 Uniques, p. 125 "Marcel Thennes"
  15. MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards, p. 290
  16. Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 45
  17. Ghost War, ch. 39
  18. Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 34: "Katana Tormark"
  19. Technical Readout: 3145, p. 84: "GN-20 Gùn
  20. Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 22: "Other Groups"

Bibliography