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'''Cairo Castle Brian''' was a [[Star League Defense Force]] base constructed on [[Terra]].<ref name=FM:SLDFp39>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 39</ref>
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'''Cairo Castle Brian''' was a [[Star League Defense Force]] base constructed on [[Terra]].<ref name=FM:SLDFp39>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 39</ref>  During [[Battle of Terra (2777)|Operation LIBERATION]] SLDF troops never crossed into Africa aside from a limited presence in Morocco, and even the Amaris presence was limited to the [[3rd Mexican Legion (Amaris Empire)|3rd Mexican Legion]] so the Cairo Castle Brian remained untouched.<ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p.  89: "Preparations (July 2778-January 2779)"</ref><ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 106: "Run For Your Life"</ref> At some point after its [[2811]] creation, [[ComStar]] [[ROM]] occupied the base and established it's headquarters there.  During the [[3058]] [[Battle of Terra (3058)|Operation ODYSSEUS]] the invading [[Word of Blake]] pumped the base full of [[Siichin]] [[Biological Weapons|nerve gas]] and killed all inside rather than risk any of them escaping or becoming insincere converts to the cause.<ref>''The Fall of Terra'', p. 9: "Homecoming"</ref>
  
==Description==
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Despite a heavy ROM presence in Koryo, [[Mars]], the Cairo Castle Brian would continue to be a major location for Word of Blake ROM.  In the [[Battle of Terra (3078)|liberation]] of Terra from the Word of Blake, the forces in Cairo under Precentors [[Alexander Kernoff]] would be one of the last hold outs, surviving concentrated nuclear and orbital bombardment that left millions of Cairo citizens dead.<ref>''Total Chaos'', pp. 225-228: "Terra - African Theater"</ref>  The fortress was demolished, and not rebuilt.<ref>''ilClan'', p. 24: "Status of Terran Castles Brian as of 1 Jan 3151"</ref>  
During [[Battle of Terra (2777)|Operation LIBERATION]] SLDF troops never crossed into Africa aside from a limited presence in Morocco, and even the Amaris presence was limited to the [[3rd Mexican Legion (Amaris Empire)|3rd Mexican Legion]] so the Cairo Castle Brian remained untouched.<ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p.  89: "Preparations (July 2778-January 2779)"</ref><ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 106: "Run For Your Life"</ref> At some point after its [[2811]] creation, [[ComStar]] [[ROM]] occupied the base and established it's headquarters there.  During the [[3058]] [[Battle of Terra (3058)|Operation ODYSSEUS]] the invading [[Word of Blake]] pumped the base full of [[Siichin]] [[Biological Weapons|nerve gas]] and killed all inside rather than risk any of them escaping or becoming insincere converts to the cause.<ref>''The Fall of Terra'', p. 9: "Homecoming"</ref>
 
 
 
Despite a heavy ROM presence in Koryo, [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], the Cairo Castle Brian would continue to be a major location for Word of Blake ROM.  In the [[Battle of Terra (3078)|liberation]] of Terra from the Word of Blake, the forces in Cairo under Precentors [[Alexander Kernoff]] would be one of the last hold outs, surviving concentrated nuclear and orbital bombardment that left millions of Cairo citizens dead.<ref>''Total Chaos'', pp. 225-228: "Terra - African Theater"</ref>  The fortress was demolished, and not rebuilt.<ref>''ilClan'', p. 24: "Status of Terran Castles Brian as of 1 Jan 3151"</ref>  
 
  
 
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