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| Designation = Caph Protectorate Militia Division
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| Affiliation = Word of Blake
| Parent Command = [[Word of Blake Protectorate Militia]]
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The '''Caph Protectorate Militia''' is one of the many militias raised by [[Word of Blake]] to defend the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]. The unit was deployed in [[Caph]]. As of [[3075]] it was the only unit raised from this planet.<ref name="JS:BDp103">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 103: "Protectorate Militia Deployment"</ref>

==History==
After the beginning of the [[Jihad]], the Blake Protectorate in [[3068]] was solidly under the control of the Word of Blake.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. ??: "Timeline of the Jihad" - August 1st, Caph is among worlds which were peacefully taken over by WoB{{cn}}</ref> This led to the formation of the Protectorate Militia, with each world protected by at least one [[division]]'s worth of combined-arms troops. The formation of the Caph Protectorate Militia division was touted as a new source of jobs, where planet had been previously suffering from high unemployment.<ref name=JSBDp47>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 47: "Protectorate Militia Formed" - Word of Blake after start of the Jihad have planetary based militias formed</ref> The Word of Blake's [[1st Division (Word of Blake)|1st Division]] was used to train the planet's First Caph Protectorate Militia Division.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 89: "1st Division" - Elements of the division were used to help create and train the Caph Protectorate Militia</ref>

In October 3068 a [[Clan]] warrior named Drago stalked and killed almost all of two [[Level II]]s of Blakist forces near the mining settlement of Dallas, fifty kilometers from Aswan. Fighting over the course of several days, Drago and his matte-black ''[[Nova Cat (OmniMech)|Nova Cat]]'' [[OmniMech]] tracked and killed one Level II before engaging the second when it came to investigate a day later. Under the overall command of [[Demi-Precentor]] [[Alice Haywood]], the surviving Level II withdrew after losing a 'Mech to Drago, studying salvaged information to try and learn Drago's identity before attempting to ambush him a day later. While the ambush didn't work as planned, Haywood was able to fight and kill Drago - but not before most, or possibly all, of the other personnel in her Level II were destroyed.<ref name="TDoC">''The Dragon of Caph''</ref>

Caph did experience a brief insurrection attempt on its sitting government. In [[3070]], these insurrectionists attempted to storm Caph's parliamentary buildings, but were stopped by local Word of Blake troops, particularly a [[Magi]] tank nicknamed, ''Force of Wisdom''.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 174: "Magi" - Notable Crews - Magi tank instrumental in stopping insurgents from taking the government</ref> Individuals on Caph had been noted their resentment of their treatment of their world by the rest of the Inner Sphere, siding with Word of Blake was justifiable.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 73: "Justifications" - Young Adept of Word of Blake Militia gives his feelings on how Caph was treated</ref>

On the 6th of June [[3075]],<ref name="JHS:Tp17">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 17: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp54">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 54: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> the Caph Protectorate Militia was attacked by "mercenaries", allegedly the [[One-Eyed Jacks]]. This force allegedly damaged the Caph Protectorate Militia in their raid. However, Intelligence<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 48: "Fissures of Fire" - Intelligence report Caph was one of the worlds attacked by [[Shadow Divisions]] masquerading as House Units</ref> reports and captured Word of Blake communications between [[Precentor|Precentors]] [[Apollyon]] and [[Cameron St. Jamais]] discussing Apollyon's Shadow Divisions indicated it was one of these that attacked a number of Protectorate Militias, including Caph's.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 50: "Communication between Apollyon and St. James indicating raiders posing as One-Eye Jacks were Shadow Division, and they attacked Caph's militia"</ref>

The unit most probably died or surrendered at the end of the Jihad.

==Officers==
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 1st Caph Protectorate Militia Division'''
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==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
Protectorate Militia Divisions were equipped with enough [[DropShip]] capacity for transportation, but not [[JumpShip]]s.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 103</ref>

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== Rules ==
As long as a Protectorate Militia force is fighting on its homeworld and is acting as the scenario's Defender, the Protectorate Militia force receives the Force the Initiative and Off-Map Movement special abilities.
If deployed as the Attacker in a scenario, the Protectorate Militia force loses its Force the Initiative ability, but retains its Off-Map Movement capability.

If deployed on a world other than its homeworld (such as an Epsilon Eridani force being deployed on Genoa), the Protectorate Militia force not only loses all of its special abilities, but also suffers a –2 Initiative modifier.

Although Blakist-based, Protectorate Militia forces may use standard Inner Sphere force arrangements (Lances, Companies, and Battalions) rather than Word of Blake force arrangements.<ref name="JS:BDp143">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 103: "Rules Annex"</ref>
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==Reference==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Dragon of Caph]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''

[[Category:Word of Blake Protectorate Militia Commands|Caph Protectorate Militia Division, 1st]]

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