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| − | The Thuggees | + | The Thuggees, during the [[Capellan-St. Ives Civil War]], were ordered by [[Kali Liao]], to steal nerve agent canisters from the planet [[Wei]], and use them against the [[St Ives Compact]]. These so called ''[[Black May]]'' attacks were orchestrated by the against various targets, and were mostly suicidal in nature. They claimed that these attacks claimed approximately 100,000 victims, and didn't help to shorten the conflict.<ref>''The Killing Fields'', p. 88-107</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:01, 7 November 2023
The Thuggee Cult was a pre-spaceflight death cult of assassins, which was secretly devoted to the Hindu death goddess, Kali. The cult was known to have numerous enclaves throughout the Inner Sphere by the thirty-first century. They became more public in their devotion to Romano and Kali Liao in thirty-first century, viewing them as avatars.
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History
Origins
The Thugees were a sect originary from Terra which worshipped the Hindu goddess Kali. After settling on the Capellan Confederation worlds, they began a relationship with the House Liao, seeing their female members as avatars of Kali reborn[1]
Succession Wars Era
They became more public in their devotion to Romano Liao in thirty-first century, serving as her personal suicide killers.[2]
Clan Invasion Era
The Thuggees, during the Capellan-St. Ives Civil War, were ordered by Kali Liao, to steal nerve agent canisters from the planet Wei, and use them against the St Ives Compact. These so called Black May attacks were orchestrated by the against various targets, and were mostly suicidal in nature. They claimed that these attacks claimed approximately 100,000 victims, and didn't help to shorten the conflict.[3]
Word of Blake Jihad
The Thuggee were believed all erradicated at the end of the Jihad, but remained unconfirmed.[4]
Dark Age Era
The Capellans attempted to wipe out the cult around the turn of century, but though apparently they succeeded, after the Blackout plunged the Inner Sphere into chaos, In 3134 they resurfaced on Wei.[5]
Onthe 18 July 3148, the newly retaken Federated Suns planet New Syrtis saw a nerve agent and bomb attack on saso, the planetary capital, which saw most than 200,000 civilians killed, later all people of several towns was killed on their beds, hundreds of people, and dragged out. On August, the Fifth Crucis Lancers base was assaulted by 'mechs which appeared to be Death Commandos, but their black 'Mechs were trimmed with red, and under the skull it was painted the image of Kali. All that was atributed to the Thuggees, specially because the nerve agent was the same it was used in the Black May attacks. These attacks didn't appear to have been ordered by chancellor Daoshen Liao or his daughter, Danai Liao-Centrella.[6]
The 9 October of the same year, some of these commited suicide on the Summer palace on Forbidden City on Sian, with Ki-linn Liao, with others recording their suicide by fire and propagated it offworld through the Confederation space, to incitate the death of the Federated Suns. A Thuggee nest outside the city was found by the Maskirovka, but empty.[7]
References
Bibliography
- Blood Will Tell (novela)
- Era Report: 3145 (sourcebook)
- Shattered Fortress (sourcebook)
- The Killing Fields (novela)