Frontier Union Militia

The **Frontier Union Militia** is the armed force of the Frontier Union. Formed shortly after the Union's declaration of independence in 0290 PCU, in the ten-year Frontier War with the Centrum Assembly, the Militia proved itself to be a capable, if under-disciplined, fighting force.

## History

A number of violent militia groups preceded the formation of the Frontier Union Militia proper, which conducted such acts as the terrorist bombing of the Tordesh Distribution Centre on Maiala's Rest. Ultimately, in 0290 PCU, one such terrorist group, Kaito Hakim's Red Bannerets, massacred the Frontier systems' Members of Parliament in the Maialan city of Second Landing, and declared the four systems' independence from the Centrum Assembly as the Frontier Union. Pirate groups operating under the Union's banner, most notably Arcelia Abescal's Paleborn, fought the Union' earliest battles against the Centrum Assembly, such as the First Battle of Axius.

During the ten-year Frontier War with the Centrum Assembly, the Union Militia recruited from across the four systems of the Union and developed a mastery of asymmetric warfare against the larger Centran Defence Force. Led by Fleet Leader Devin Tandil, the Militia achieved a significant series of victories against the surprised and underprepared CDF in the early years of the war in the Tandil Rush offensive. Regarded as undisciplined by their Centran enemies, the Union Militia nevertheless demonstrated great tenacity and guile against more powerful CDF fleets, with innovative tactics such as the Rangomu Lockstep manoeuvre frequently defeating larger Centran warships.

The Militia was ultimately ground down by the superior size and industry of the Centrum Assembly, culminating in the Fourth Battle of Axius, where the Union's largest warship, the dreadnought *Arashi-Sakara*, was destroyed. In the final year of the war, even as the Union Council chose to sue for peace, rogue elements of the Militia mutinied and attempted to seize a Drift Gate in the Atamara Crossroads System, which they planned to re-orient and use to accelerate a captured asteroid into Centrum to cause an extinction-level event. This was thwarted by the Centrum Defence Force at the Battle of the Atamara Crossroads. The Frontier War ended shortly afterwards in 0300 PCU with an unconditional Union surrender,

In the war's aftermath, elements of the Frontier Union Militia formed the Union's commitment to the Avalon Exploratory Initiative, a multinational initiative to travel to the CDC-41-Gamma nebula to return with resources to redress the catastrophic Great Famine. A Militia outrider, the *Mariana*, was destroyed making first contact with the Holy Advari Empire in the nebula, while the frigate *Abigail* was destroyed in the Avalon Bombings.

## Equipment

The Militia is renowned for its cheaply-built but potent Outriders, of which the most common are the *Florencia*- and *Indria*- classes. Although it has had a select number of purpose-built warships in larger classes (most notably the *Arashi-Sakara*), these are few and far between, with most craft being modified Coastal Defence vessels, and sometimes even converted civilian craft.

The Union's suppliers include Nightbridge Munitions of Dalstaff II, and the shipyards of Senjin Wharf in the Dalstaff System and the Kādarīn Dorai in the Teldrin System.

## Notable Personnel

### Former

* Captain Tamika Jinn
* Tech Sergeant Rhadal

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - The Frontier Union
3. ↑ *Bright Promise*
4. ↑ First Battle of Axius | Official Lore Short | The Sojourn
5. ↑ Maiala's Rest | Worlds of Tantalus | The Sojourn
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Sojourn: Florencia Class Outrider | Official Ship Breakdown
7. ↑ The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - The Centrum Assembly
8. ↑ *The Cold Divide*
9. ↑ *Yesterday's War*

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