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Line 92: [[Subaltern]] [[Geoffrey Millar]] agreed to meet with Deputy Mayor [[Laurens Ranier]] and the contingent, but when Ranier told him that "There's no one here but hardworking folks, but if you keep this up, that won't be true for long" Millar responded by taking the comment as a threat, threw Ranier in jail alongside his colleagues and told the rest of the delegation to leave and not tell anyone what had happened, on pain of being arrested themselves. The delegation promptly returned to Peshtigo and sent word straight back to the Canopian government, which immediately lodged vocal protests that saw the charges dropped and all three prisoners released. The Magestrix later claimed that it was incidents such as this one on Rockwellawan that prompted her to rethink the decision not to deploy [[MAF]] units into the New Colony Region.<ref name="HB:MPSp74+"/> [[Subaltern]] [[Geoffrey Millar]] agreed to meet with Deputy Mayor [[Laurens Ranier]] and the contingent, but when Ranier told him that "There's no one here but hardworking folks, but if you keep this up, that won't be true for long" Millar responded by taking the comment as a threat, threw Ranier in jail alongside his colleagues and told the rest of the delegation to leave and not tell anyone what had happened, on pain of being arrested themselves. The delegation promptly returned to Peshtigo and sent word straight back to the Canopian government, which immediately lodged vocal protests that saw the charges dropped and all three prisoners released. The Magestrix later claimed that it was incidents such as this one on Rockwellawan that prompted her to rethink the decision not to deploy [[MAF]] units into the New Colony Region.<ref name="HB:MPSp74+"/> − As the TDF became increasingly confrontational towards the old-guard members of the Colonial Marshals, conflict between the Marshals and the TDF began to spill over into the civilian population. In early [[3064]], as an off-duty Canopian Marshal attempted to break up a tavern fight, he was attacked and roughed up by a TDF trooper. In response, a group of drunken Canopian locals decided to travel to the nearest Taurian enclave and retaliate by breaking some windows and posting up anti-Taurian slogans. Soon, a group of Taurian locals responded in kind, and the incidents escalated rapidly until the atmosphere in the settlements along the Silverlode River was positively poisonous. The various communities began treating each other as enemy camps, and while there were no fatalities, incidents of hate crimes and nationalistic bigotry increased on Rockwellawan. This phenomenon was not unique to Rockwellawan—similar incidents were occurring in every world within the Region.<ref name="HB:MPSp76">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 76: "Bad To Worse: 3064-3064"</ref> + As the TDF became increasingly confrontational towards the old-guard members of the Colonial Marshals, conflict between the Marshals and the TDF began to spill over into the civilian population. In early [[3064]], as an off-duty Canopian Marshal attempted to break up a tavern fight, he was attacked and roughed up by a TDF trooper. In response, a group of drunken Canopian locals decided to travel to the nearest Taurian enclave and retaliate by breaking some windows and posting up anti-Taurian slogans. Soon, a group of Taurian locals responded in kind, and the incidents escalated rapidly until the atmosphere in the settlements along the Silverlode River was positively poisonous. The various communities began treating each other as enemy camps, and while there were no fatalities, incidents of hate crimes and nationalistic bigotry increased on Rockwellawan. This phenomenon was not unique to Rockwellawan — similar incidents were occurring in every world within the Region.<ref name="HB:MPSp76">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 76: "Bad To Worse: 3064-3064"</ref> ====Fronc Reaches==== ====Fronc Reaches==== Line 99:
Line 99: Rockwellawan was chosen by the Fronc Reaches government as the site for its first military academy, and in [[3081]] ground was broken for the [[Sentinelry Academy]]. However, the facility still wasn't complete by [[3085]], leading the Fronc Reaches to join a military exchange program with the [[Filtvelt Coalition]]. This allowed the Reaches to gain small numbers of trained military graduates, but further slowed construction of the Academy.<ref name="FM:3085p135"/> The Sentinelry Academy was finally finished in [[3088]], thanks to investment from Interstellar Agricultural Concerns.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> Rockwellawan was chosen by the Fronc Reaches government as the site for its first military academy, and in [[3081]] ground was broken for the [[Sentinelry Academy]]. However, the facility still wasn't complete by [[3085]], leading the Fronc Reaches to join a military exchange program with the [[Filtvelt Coalition]]. This allowed the Reaches to gain small numbers of trained military graduates, but further slowed construction of the Academy.<ref name="FM:3085p135"/> The Sentinelry Academy was finally finished in [[3088]], thanks to investment from Interstellar Agricultural Concerns.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> − When the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and then the [[Capellan Confederation]] annexed the world of [[Detroit]], the Fronc Reaches lost its only [[BattleMech]] manufacturing facility. This led directly to [[President of the Fronc Reaches|President]] [[Elaine Hadley]] implementing a number of changes after she came to power in [[3092]].<ref name="FM:3145p186">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 186: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> One of the major changes was her instruction that the remaining two arms producers in Reaches space—[[Colonial Tractors]] of Fronc and Interstellar Agricultural Concerns—increase production to compensate for the loss of Detroit.<ref name="FM:3145p189">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 189: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> + When the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and then the [[Capellan Confederation]] annexed the world of [[Detroit]], the Fronc Reaches lost its only [[BattleMech]] manufacturing facility. This led directly to [[President of the Fronc Reaches|President]] [[Elaine Hadley]] implementing a number of changes after she came to power in [[3092]].<ref name="FM:3145p186">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 186: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> One of the major changes was her instruction that the remaining two arms producers in Reaches space — [[Colonial Tractors]] of Fronc and Interstellar Agricultural Concerns — increase production to compensate for the loss of Detroit.<ref name="FM:3145p189">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 189: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> Interstellar Agriculture Concerns (IAC), keen to maintain its reputation as a primarily civilian manufacturer, responded by spinning off a subsidiary company to deal with the demands for increased military production. That company, [[Interstellar Arms]], went on to begin manufacturing a number of [[BattleMech#Light|light]] [[BattleMech]] designs by [[3105]] from factories that sprang up across the Corundum continent, and also took over the manufacture of the [[Vedette]]s originally produced by IAC.<ref name="FM:3145p189"/> This made Rockwellawan the second world in the Fronc Reaches to begin domestic production of BattleMechs.<ref name="FM:3145p186"/> Interstellar Agriculture Concerns (IAC), keen to maintain its reputation as a primarily civilian manufacturer, responded by spinning off a subsidiary company to deal with the demands for increased military production. That company, [[Interstellar Arms]], went on to begin manufacturing a number of [[BattleMech#Light|light]] [[BattleMech]] designs by [[3105]] from factories that sprang up across the Corundum continent, and also took over the manufacture of the [[Vedette]]s originally produced by IAC.<ref name="FM:3145p189"/> This made Rockwellawan the second world in the Fronc Reaches to begin domestic production of BattleMechs.<ref name="FM:3145p186"/> − In the years immediately following the [[Jihad]] pirate raids against Rockwellawan spiked, as the Magistracy and the Concordat focused on dealing with the pirates that had preyed on their worlds during the conflict, and those pirates went in search of easier prey. The pirates who raided Rockwellawan during this period were mainly interested in the resources being extracted across Rockwellawan, but at least three major pirate raids struck directly at the planetary capital city, Carat.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> Rockwellawan, [[Spencer]], and [[Cygnus (system)|Cygnus]] all had the misfortune of suffering pirate raids during this period that cost the lives of thousands of civilians.<ref name="OTP:FRp8">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 8: "Periphery Pirate Plague"</ref> These pirate raids played a part in the decision by IAC to invest heavily in the construction of the Sentinelry Academy—and in having the Academy located near the IAC facilities on Corundum, boosting both IAC's reputation and its defenses.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> + In the years immediately following the [[Jihad]] pirate raids against Rockwellawan spiked, as the Magistracy and the Concordat focused on dealing with the pirates that had preyed on their worlds during the conflict, and those pirates went in search of easier prey. The pirates who raided Rockwellawan during this period were mainly interested in the resources being extracted across Rockwellawan, but at least three major pirate raids struck directly at the planetary capital city, Carat.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> Rockwellawan, [[Spencer]] and [[Cygnus]] all had the misfortune of suffering pirate raids during this period that cost the lives of thousands of civilians.<ref name="OTP:FRp8">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 8: "Periphery Pirate Plague"</ref> These pirate raids played a part in the decision by IAC to invest heavily in the construction of the Sentinelry Academy — and in having the Academy located near the IAC facilities on Corundum, boosting both IAC's reputation and its defenses.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> − Shortly after the Sentinelry Academy had been completed, Rockwellawan was attacked by the pirate band known as [[Calderon's Commando]]. Thanks to information obtained from captured pirates elsewhere, the [[Colonial Marshals]] had anticipated the attack, and a large contingent from the [[First Fronc Cuirassiers]] was in place to defend the IAC factory, along with the bulk of the cadets from the Academy<ref name="OTP:FRp8"/> when the pirates arrived on 9 July [[3088]].<ref name="OTP:FRp23">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 23: "Touchpoint: Eliminating Future Opposition"</ref> Unfortunately for the Fronc Reaches forces, the raid was conducted by the entire of Calderon's Commando, rather than just the anticipated smaller number of troops, and the pirates had planned to not just loot the IAC facilities, but also to make future attacks easier by destroying the Sentinelry Academy and the Cuirassiers' base. While the forces attacking the IAC facilities were repelled, the pirate attack on the Academy was successful in the extreme; rebuilding the destroyed Academy after the attack took years. The pirates also captured numerous Colonial Marshals 'Mechs, which they would use in the future to trick defending forces into lowering their guard.<ref name="OTP:FRp8"/> + Shortly after the Sentinelry Academy had been completed, Rockwellawan was attacked by the pirate band known as [[Calderon's Commando]]. Thanks to information obtained from captured pirates elsewhere, the [[Colonial Marshals]] had anticipated the attack, and a large contingent from the [[First Fronc Cuirassiers]] was in place to defend the IAC factory, along with the bulk of the cadets from the Academy<ref name="OTP:FRp8"/> when the pirates arrived on the 9th of July [[3088]].<ref name="OTP:FRp23">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 23: "Touchpoint: Eliminating Future Opposition"</ref> Unfortunately for the Fronc Reaches forces, the raid was conducted by the entire of Calderon's Commando, rather than just the anticipated smaller number of troops, and the pirates had planned to not just loot the IAC facilities, but also to make future attacks easier by destroying the Sentinelry Academy and the Cuirassiers' base. While the forces attacking the IAC facilities were repelled, the pirate attack on the Academy was successful in the extreme; rebuilding the destroyed Academy after the attack took years. The pirates also captured numerous Colonial Marshals 'Mechs, which they would use in the future to trick defending forces into lowering their guard.<ref name="OTP:FRp8"/> ===Military Deployment=== ===Military Deployment===
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[[Subaltern]] [[Geoffrey Millar]] agreed to meet with Deputy Mayor [[Laurens Ranier]] and the contingent, but when Ranier told him that "There's no one here but hardworking folks, but if you keep this up, that won't be true for long" Millar responded by taking the comment as a threat, threw Ranier in jail alongside his colleagues and told the rest of the delegation to leave and not tell anyone what had happened, on pain of being arrested themselves. The delegation promptly returned to Peshtigo and sent word straight back to the Canopian government, which immediately lodged vocal protests that saw the charges dropped and all three prisoners released. The Magestrix later claimed that it was incidents such as this one on Rockwellawan that prompted her to rethink the decision not to deploy [[MAF]] units into the New Colony Region.<ref name="HB:MPSp74+"/> | [[Subaltern]] [[Geoffrey Millar]] agreed to meet with Deputy Mayor [[Laurens Ranier]] and the contingent, but when Ranier told him that "There's no one here but hardworking folks, but if you keep this up, that won't be true for long" Millar responded by taking the comment as a threat, threw Ranier in jail alongside his colleagues and told the rest of the delegation to leave and not tell anyone what had happened, on pain of being arrested themselves. The delegation promptly returned to Peshtigo and sent word straight back to the Canopian government, which immediately lodged vocal protests that saw the charges dropped and all three prisoners released. The Magestrix later claimed that it was incidents such as this one on Rockwellawan that prompted her to rethink the decision not to deploy [[MAF]] units into the New Colony Region.<ref name="HB:MPSp74+"/> | ||
| − | As the TDF became increasingly confrontational towards the old-guard members of the Colonial Marshals, conflict between the Marshals and the TDF began to spill over into the civilian population. In early [[3064]], as an off-duty Canopian Marshal attempted to break up a tavern fight, he was attacked and roughed up by a TDF trooper. In response, a group of drunken Canopian locals decided to travel to the nearest Taurian enclave and retaliate by breaking some windows and posting up anti-Taurian slogans. Soon, a group of Taurian locals responded in kind, and the incidents escalated rapidly until the atmosphere in the settlements along the Silverlode River was positively poisonous. The various communities began treating each other as enemy camps, and while there were no fatalities, incidents of hate crimes and nationalistic bigotry increased on Rockwellawan. This phenomenon was not unique to | + | As the TDF became increasingly confrontational towards the old-guard members of the Colonial Marshals, conflict between the Marshals and the TDF began to spill over into the civilian population. In early [[3064]], as an off-duty Canopian Marshal attempted to break up a tavern fight, he was attacked and roughed up by a TDF trooper. In response, a group of drunken Canopian locals decided to travel to the nearest Taurian enclave and retaliate by breaking some windows and posting up anti-Taurian slogans. Soon, a group of Taurian locals responded in kind, and the incidents escalated rapidly until the atmosphere in the settlements along the Silverlode River was positively poisonous. The various communities began treating each other as enemy camps, and while there were no fatalities, incidents of hate crimes and nationalistic bigotry increased on Rockwellawan. This phenomenon was not unique to Rockwellawan — similar incidents were occurring in every world within the Region.<ref name="HB:MPSp76">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 76: "Bad To Worse: 3064-3064"</ref> |
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Rockwellawan was chosen by the Fronc Reaches government as the site for its first military academy, and in [[3081]] ground was broken for the [[Sentinelry Academy]]. However, the facility still wasn't complete by [[3085]], leading the Fronc Reaches to join a military exchange program with the [[Filtvelt Coalition]]. This allowed the Reaches to gain small numbers of trained military graduates, but further slowed construction of the Academy.<ref name="FM:3085p135"/> The Sentinelry Academy was finally finished in [[3088]], thanks to investment from Interstellar Agricultural Concerns.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> | Rockwellawan was chosen by the Fronc Reaches government as the site for its first military academy, and in [[3081]] ground was broken for the [[Sentinelry Academy]]. However, the facility still wasn't complete by [[3085]], leading the Fronc Reaches to join a military exchange program with the [[Filtvelt Coalition]]. This allowed the Reaches to gain small numbers of trained military graduates, but further slowed construction of the Academy.<ref name="FM:3085p135"/> The Sentinelry Academy was finally finished in [[3088]], thanks to investment from Interstellar Agricultural Concerns.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> | ||
| − | When the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and then the [[Capellan Confederation]] annexed the world of [[Detroit]], the Fronc Reaches lost its only [[BattleMech]] manufacturing facility. This led directly to [[President of the Fronc Reaches|President]] [[Elaine Hadley]] implementing a number of changes after she came to power in [[3092]].<ref name="FM:3145p186">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 186: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> One of the major changes was her instruction that the remaining two arms producers in Reaches | + | When the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and then the [[Capellan Confederation]] annexed the world of [[Detroit]], the Fronc Reaches lost its only [[BattleMech]] manufacturing facility. This led directly to [[President of the Fronc Reaches|President]] [[Elaine Hadley]] implementing a number of changes after she came to power in [[3092]].<ref name="FM:3145p186">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 186: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> One of the major changes was her instruction that the remaining two arms producers in Reaches space — [[Colonial Tractors]] of Fronc and Interstellar Agricultural Concerns — increase production to compensate for the loss of Detroit.<ref name="FM:3145p189">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 189: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> |
Interstellar Agriculture Concerns (IAC), keen to maintain its reputation as a primarily civilian manufacturer, responded by spinning off a subsidiary company to deal with the demands for increased military production. That company, [[Interstellar Arms]], went on to begin manufacturing a number of [[BattleMech#Light|light]] [[BattleMech]] designs by [[3105]] from factories that sprang up across the Corundum continent, and also took over the manufacture of the [[Vedette]]s originally produced by IAC.<ref name="FM:3145p189"/> This made Rockwellawan the second world in the Fronc Reaches to begin domestic production of BattleMechs.<ref name="FM:3145p186"/> | Interstellar Agriculture Concerns (IAC), keen to maintain its reputation as a primarily civilian manufacturer, responded by spinning off a subsidiary company to deal with the demands for increased military production. That company, [[Interstellar Arms]], went on to begin manufacturing a number of [[BattleMech#Light|light]] [[BattleMech]] designs by [[3105]] from factories that sprang up across the Corundum continent, and also took over the manufacture of the [[Vedette]]s originally produced by IAC.<ref name="FM:3145p189"/> This made Rockwellawan the second world in the Fronc Reaches to begin domestic production of BattleMechs.<ref name="FM:3145p186"/> | ||
| − | In the years immediately following the [[Jihad]] pirate raids against Rockwellawan spiked, as the Magistracy and the Concordat focused on dealing with the pirates that had preyed on their worlds during the conflict, and those pirates went in search of easier prey. The pirates who raided Rockwellawan during this period were mainly interested in the resources being extracted across Rockwellawan, but at least three major pirate raids struck directly at the planetary capital city, Carat.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> Rockwellawan, [[Spencer]] | + | In the years immediately following the [[Jihad]] pirate raids against Rockwellawan spiked, as the Magistracy and the Concordat focused on dealing with the pirates that had preyed on their worlds during the conflict, and those pirates went in search of easier prey. The pirates who raided Rockwellawan during this period were mainly interested in the resources being extracted across Rockwellawan, but at least three major pirate raids struck directly at the planetary capital city, Carat.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> Rockwellawan, [[Spencer]] and [[Cygnus]] all had the misfortune of suffering pirate raids during this period that cost the lives of thousands of civilians.<ref name="OTP:FRp8">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 8: "Periphery Pirate Plague"</ref> These pirate raids played a part in the decision by IAC to invest heavily in the construction of the Sentinelry Academy — and in having the Academy located near the IAC facilities on Corundum, boosting both IAC's reputation and its defenses.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> |
| − | Shortly after the Sentinelry Academy had been completed, Rockwellawan was attacked by the pirate band known as [[Calderon's Commando]]. Thanks to information obtained from captured pirates elsewhere, the [[Colonial Marshals]] had anticipated the attack, and a large contingent from the [[First Fronc Cuirassiers]] was in place to defend the IAC factory, along with the bulk of the cadets from the Academy<ref name="OTP:FRp8"/> when the pirates arrived on | + | Shortly after the Sentinelry Academy had been completed, Rockwellawan was attacked by the pirate band known as [[Calderon's Commando]]. Thanks to information obtained from captured pirates elsewhere, the [[Colonial Marshals]] had anticipated the attack, and a large contingent from the [[First Fronc Cuirassiers]] was in place to defend the IAC factory, along with the bulk of the cadets from the Academy<ref name="OTP:FRp8"/> when the pirates arrived on the 9th of July [[3088]].<ref name="OTP:FRp23">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 23: "Touchpoint: Eliminating Future Opposition"</ref> Unfortunately for the Fronc Reaches forces, the raid was conducted by the entire of Calderon's Commando, rather than just the anticipated smaller number of troops, and the pirates had planned to not just loot the IAC facilities, but also to make future attacks easier by destroying the Sentinelry Academy and the Cuirassiers' base. While the forces attacking the IAC facilities were repelled, the pirate attack on the Academy was successful in the extreme; rebuilding the destroyed Academy after the attack took years. The pirates also captured numerous Colonial Marshals 'Mechs, which they would use in the future to trick defending forces into lowering their guard.<ref name="OTP:FRp8"/> |
===Military Deployment=== | ===Military Deployment=== | ||