Elgin 3058 Update

World Name: Elgin

Time to Jump Point: 3 days

Recharging Station: Nadir

Recharge Time: 10 days

ComStar Facility Class: B

Noble Ruler: Various Barons and Counts

Political Leader: Various Barons and Counts

The large islands that comprise the main landmasses of the planet Elgin support a wide variety of lifestyles, ranging from manufacturing to farming to service industries. The destruction of the Succession Wars dramatically reduced the world's manufacturing capabilities, but a substantial investment by the Capellan government for water purification facilities revitalized the agricultural sector prior to the Fourth Succession War. When the Federated Commonwealth took over the administration of Elgin, it wisely chose to limit its interference in the daily lives of the noble families who owned most of the planet's wealth. The government's primary contribution to keeping the populace happy was to station only a single battalion of AFFC troops on Elgin and allowing the most prominent families to contribute their own troops to complete the regiment of the Fifth Republican for the planet's protection.

It fell to the Fifth to counter the terrorist activities led by the Liao agents on Elgin, but the unit's efforts to protect the holdings of the nobles were largely unsuccessful. The family heads could find no explanation for their elite troops performing so poorly, until Baron Men Hou of the island New Ceram captured a Liaoist rebel and learned that the AFFC commander of the Fifth was a Maskirovka spy. What had appeared to be incompetent command was, in fact, deliberate collusion by Leftenant General Abder-Rahman Barton with the Capellan government.

When Baron Hou exposed Barton as a spy to the other nobles, they immediately ordered their troops to obliterate the AFFC companies. As soon as the Federated Commonwealth troops were neutralized, the companies loyal to each baron turned on the others. The brutal free-for-all that ensued on the island of Jolo ended within an hour, as all seven barons chose to withdraw and save their strength to fight another day.

Only a handful of soldiers loyal to the Federated Commonwealth remain on Elgin. They devoted considerable, successful effort to misdirecting the various nobles' troops so that they fight against each other. They have also surrounded the light industries on Jolo with elaborate traps and mazes to keep infiltrators away from the vast warehouses of personal weapons stored there. They must also contend with increasingly frequent attacks by pirate bands that raid the island's many small communities for supplies. These soldiers can take comfort in the fact that the pirates have also begun targeting the holdings of the nobles on their raids.

Defending Forces

Unit Name                       Expernce   Homeworld   Faction 
Greyton Regulars                Green      Elgin       Count Fenchow
  (CO: Captain David Brewster)
  (2 companies)
Blue Guard                      Green      Elgin       Count Novogorod
  (CO: Captain Fullerton Baird)
  (2 companies)
Haman Hussars                   Green      Elgin       Baron Haman
  (CO: Captain William Murdock)
  (1 company)
Kpay Lancers                    Green      Elgin       Baron Hart
  (CO: Captain Charles Dunaldson)
  (1 company)
Second Daman Rangers            Green      Elgin       Baron Men Hou
  (CO: Captain Abraham Bennet)
  (1 company)