Lieutenant Silt

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* Relations
* Occupations

Head of the Silt Family:

M7-01 397 ASB - M3-28 440 ASB

Captain of the Silt Fleet:

M7-16 401 ASB - M3-28 440 ASB

Head of the Silt Family:

Bessemer Silt

Captain of the Silt Fleet:

William Barge

Head of the Silt Family:

Boatman Silt

Captain of the Silt Fleet:

Charles Smithers

## Biography

### Early life (372 ASB)

Lieutenant Silt was born on M10-24 372 ASB into the powerful Silt Family. At the time of his birth Lieutenant's father Keel Silt was the head of the Silt Family with Lieutenant's older brother Bessemer Silt was being groomed to succeed him.

Lieutenant's son Boatman Silt was born on M12-28 389 ASB.

### Political Aspirations (390 ASB - 401 ASB)

On M8-30 390 ASB the Union Head of the Soil Union Austin Alonzo announced that the first elections for his own position would take place in a year. Lieutenant Silt, who struggled with the fear that he would never amount to anything decided to try his luck in the election and on M9-04 390 ASB he founded the Silt Party. The day after founding the party Lieutenant asked his father Keel for funding to help grow the party, Keel was more than happy to fund the Silt Party as he viewed it as a way to expand the influence of the Silt Family out of the Silt Fleet.

On M3-28 391 ASB Lieutenant Silt arrived at the small Silt Loam town of Laspir in the Loaman Empire with the intent to meet with the leader of the growing Agrarian Party, Jedediah William Sloam. At the meeting between the two it was decided that the Agrarian Party was to be absorbed by the Silt Party with Sloam becoming the Silt Party's new "Western Director".

The elections for Union Head of the Soil Union took place on M8-30 391 ASB, the Silt Party came in sixth with 8.3% of the vote, Lieutenant intended to attempt to form a coalition with some of the smaller parties but was unable to do so due to a state of emergency being declared throughout the Soil Union the next day due to the outbreak of the Great Soil War. At the outbreak of the war both Keel and Bessemer left the Silt Fleet to help defeat the Revolutionary Republic of Sandy Clay.

Keel Silt was killed fighting against the forces of Liquid Carbon on M1-08 395 ASB, as planned Bessemer replaced him as the head of the Silt Family.

The Great Soil War formally ended on M6-07 397 ASB at the end of the Jerusoilum Conference, Lieutenant Silt expected his brother to return home promptly but on M6-10 397 ASB Bessemer defected to the Kingdom of Clayistan and joined the Clayistan National Army. On M7-01 397 ASB the electors of the Silt Fleet voted to have Bessemer forfeit the properties and titles of the Silt Family in favour of his brother Lieutenant Silt.

The Kingdom of Clayistan withdrew from the Soil Union on M4-27 400 ASB and created the League of Soils. On M4-30 400 ASB a day after the Sandy Clay Commonwealth withdrew from the Soil Union Lieutenant Silt gave a speech professing his support of the Soil Union, he did so as he believed that he would one day be able to wrestle control of the Soil Union.

On M5-07 401 ASB a group of Soil Union soldiers opened fire on a group of unarmed pro-League of Soils protesters in what later came to be called the Maricis Massacre, what followed was the Maricis Revolution that ended on M7-02 401 ASB with both the Silt Fleet and the Soil Union pulling out of South Estuaria. On M7-06 401 ASB William Barge's term as Captain of the Silt Fleet ended and did not seek reelection, on M7-16 401 ASB Lieutenant Silt was elected Captain of the Silt Fleet.

### Captain of the South Fleet (401 ASB - 437 ASB)

Due to the Maricis Revolution the Silt Fleet now controlled only half of it's claimed territory and began being referred to as the "South Fleet". During his first term Lieutenant Silt sought to strengthen relations between the Silt Fleet and the government of the Silt Fleet. On M8-15 407 ASB Lieutenant Silt made a deal with Union Head Frank Stallion which saw that Soil Union permitted to establish an unlimited number of bases in the Silt Fleet and in exchanged Frank Stallion agreed to make sure that Lieutenant Silt won every subsequent election in the South Fleet.

On M7-06 415 ASB King Dervot IV of Clayistan announced the discovery of the Precious Metals Continent (PMC), Lieutenant Silt was highly interested gaining from the newly discovered land and over the course of a week hired fifty traders to acquire maps of the continent for him.

In early 418 ASB Lieutenant Silt decided that the best place on the PMC to establish a hold was a country called the Redpublic, the invasion began on M3-14 418 ASB. The invasion of the Redpublic saw major success in the south and lesser success in the north up until M11-14 418 ASB when the city of Horloge was lost after agents of the Redpublic assassinated the South Fleet administrators of the city. The Silt Fleet remained at a stand still for some time until M1-05 419 ASB when Lieutenant Silt ordered Horloge to be shelled to the ground. The last of the major Redpublic cities surrendered on M1-21 419 ASB. On M8-16 419 ASB Lieutenant Silt declared the creation of the Redpublic Colony.

On M2-06 424 ASB a rebel group in the Empire of Red called the Free Redpublic invaded the Redpublic Colony with the support of the Empire of Red and her allies in the ongoing Red Civil War. On M5-21 424 ASB several feudal rulers within the Loaman Empire launched an invasion of the Silt Fleet, Lieutenant Silt requested the Soil Union to send in forces to stop the invasion, Silt was informed that they didn't have the resources to spare given recent losses on the PMC. On M5-29 424 ASB the Silt Fleet begins to withdraw from what was left of the Redpublic Colony.

A ceasefire was negotiated on M7-07 428 ASB between the Silt Fleet and the invading Loaman vassals.

On M2-09 432 ASB The Silt Fleet was invaded by the Empire of Shale bringing it into the Shale War. On M2-12 432 ASB the capital of Adapool was besieged by the Empire of Shale, Lieutenant Silt ordered much of the South Fleet's military to come to the aid of the city. On M2-27 433 ASB whilst still under siege Lieutenant Silt was contacted by the Emir of the Loamy Sand Emirate Sou I who was attempting to create an Anti-Shale Coalition, the coalition was finalized on M3-09 433 ASB between the Lava Empire, Loamy Sand Emirate, Loaman Empire, North Fleet, Regolithia and the South Fleet with Sou I serving as it's head.

On M3-15 434 ASB Loaman Emperor Loamo I contacted all of the heads of the Anti-Shale Coalition members which now included Peater of Peat, save for Sou I. Loamo I claimed that Sou I had ulterior motives with the Anti-Shale Pact and was using it to gain power for himself, he pointed out that none of their lands had been transferred back to them from Loamy Sand Emirate occupation after they had been liberated even though the Empire of Shale had been pushed back a fair degree and also that Sou I was shifting around the soldiers constantly as if to try and make them forget what army they belonged to, the leaders that Loamo I had contacted including Lieutenant Silt agreed with him due partly to the siege of Adapool seeming to ease up and on M3-18 434 ASB they betrayed Sou I by invading his occupied areas of their land. Sou I joined the Empire of Shale eight days after his betrayal.

The Siege of Adapool ended on M2-25 436 ASB when the forces in Adapool managed to push their way out.

Lieutenant Silt attended the Sunbell Conference which started on M6-16 436 ASB to determine the state of the Soil Texture Continent after the Shale Invasion, at the conference Lieutenant Silt was forced to recognize the independence of the Republic of Silty Clay Loam, he used this 'sacrifice' to convince the other nations there to allow the Silt Fleet to be a great power in the newly established Anti-Shale Pact. The Sunbell Conference concluded on M2-11 437 ASB with all treaties being signed into effect on that date.

### Captain of the Silt Fleet (437 ASB - 440 ASB)

Lieutenant Silt was assassinated on M3-28 440 ASB.