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The '''Payvand Militia''' was the militia unit from the Free Worlds League assigned to defend [[Payvand]].<ref name=SDF4>''Scenario: Dragon's Fire'', p.4: "Defender"</ref>
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[3011]], they send one of their gangs, the Cobra ones under command from [[Aeneas Papaspaneas|Aeneas "Ripper" Papaspaneas]] to raid [[Payvand]].<ref name=SDFp3/> Aeneas Gang ransacked a town and robbed several transports full of gold in the process killing more than one hundred civilians<ref name=SDFp5>''Scenario: Dragon's Fire'', p. 5 "Aftermath"</ref> after crushing the [[Payvand Militia|Payvand's Militia]] and engaging [[Langston's Lancers]], who were nearby.<ref name=SDFp3/>
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In March [[3011]], part of the Payvand Militia was involved with defending the town of Lowson when [[Aeneas Papaspaneas|Aeneas "Ripper" Papaspaneas]] led the Cobras Sub-gang of the [[Drake's Dragons]] in a raid on Payvand.  Despite the assistance of [[Langston's Lancers]], the militia force defending Lowson was annihilated and the pirates were able to escape with the gold shipment the militia was charged with protecting.<ref name=SDF5>''Scenario: Dragon's Fire'', p.5: "Aftermath"</ref>
 
 
The pirates had loaded the gold from the trucks into their [[Maxim|Maxim Heavy Hover Transports]] and fled to their hidden [[DropShip]]. Langston's Lancers scouts were able to trace they movements and the unit ambushed them at Colman Pass, where they crushed the pirates and only one [[BattleMech]] and one hovercraft were able to temporarily escape, as after a ten hour hunt they were found out. The Cobra's DropShip was destroyed by Langston's Lancers aerospace command, the '''Black Sheep'''.<ref name=SKDp5>''Scenario: Killing Dragons'', p. 5 "Aftermath"</ref>
 
 
 
From this point on, the Lancers and Dragons were locked in a vendetta that would only end one way.<ref name=SKDp5/>
 
  
 
==Officers==
 
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
===3011===
 
===3011===
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==References==
 
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* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Killing Dragons|Scenario: Killing Dragons]]''
  
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Latest revision as of 09:44, 22 February 2024

Payvand Militia
Affiliation Free Worlds League
Parent Command Free Worlds League Military

The Payvand Militia was the militia unit from the Free Worlds League assigned to defend Payvand.[1]

History[edit]

In March 3011, part of the Payvand Militia was involved with defending the town of Lowson when Aeneas "Ripper" Papaspaneas led the Cobras Sub-gang of the Drake's Dragons in a raid on Payvand. Despite the assistance of Langston's Lancers, the militia force defending Lowson was annihilated and the pirates were able to escape with the gold shipment the militia was charged with protecting.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of Payvand Militia

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

3011[edit]

Payvand Militia

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Scenario: Dragon's Fire, p.4: "Defender"
  2. Scenario: Dragon's Fire, p.5: "Aftermath"

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