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Line 16: }} }} == Overview == == Overview == − The Sirian Holds was a short-lived proto-state in the region known as the [[Chaos March]]. The Sirian Holds incorporated two systems, [[Sirius]] and [[Procyon]], and came into being as a result of the machinations of [[Alisendar Gyrn]], a former [[ComStar]] [[Adept]].<ref name="CMp22">''Chaos March'', p. 22, "Sirian Holds"</ref><ref name="CMp91">''Chaos March'', p. 91, "Sirian Holds"</ref> + The Sirian Holds was a short-lived proto-state in the region known as the [[Chaos March]]. The Sirian Holds incorporated two systems, [[Sirius]] and [[Procyon]], and came into being as a result of the machinations of [[Alisander Gyrn]], a former [[ComStar]] acolyte.<ref name="CMp22">''Chaos March'', p. 22, "Sirian Holds"</ref><ref name="CMp91">''Chaos March'', p. 91, "Sirian Holds"</ref> == History == == History == − Alisendar Gyrn was a member of an ancient trading family from Sirius, and had fallen prey to delusions years before that led him to believe he was the reincarnation of [[Jerome Blake]]. Under the thrall of these delusions, Gyrn had spent years recruiting devoted followers in both the Procyon and Sirius systems, and he seized on the disruption caused by [[Operation GUERRERO]] to lead his followers in an uprising. Gyrn seized the [[HPG]] stations in both systems, and used assassins to kill key officers in [[Jo's 4th Cavalry|Jo's Fourth Cavalry]] and [[Boodelay's Backup]], the mercenary forces employed by the two planetary governments. Followers of Gyrn who had infiltrated the support staffs of both mercenary units were responsible for sabotaging key equipment, such as the mercenary commands' [[JumpShip]]s, and Gyrn had the supplies to both units cut off. Many of the mercenaries attempted to contest Gyrn's actions, but were unsuccessful when they tried to depose Gyrn, and the survivors were forced to retreat into the wilderness.<ref name="CMp91"/>+ Alisander Gyrn was a member of an ancient trading family from Sirius, and had fallen prey to delusions years before that led him to believe he was the reincarnation of [[Jerome Blake]]. Under the thrall of these delusions, Gyrn had spent years recruiting devoted followers in both the Procyon and Sirius systems, and he seized on the disruption caused by [[Operation GUERRERO]] to lead his followers in an uprising. Gyrn seized the [[HPG]] stations in both systems, and used assassins to kill key officers in [[Jo's 4th Cavalry|Jo's Fourth Cavalry]] and [[Boodelay's Backup]], the mercenary forces employed by the two planetary governments. Followers of Gyrn who had infiltrated the support staffs of both mercenary units were responsible for sabotaging key equipment, such as the mercenary commands' [[JumpShip]]s, and Gyrn had the supplies to both units cut off. Many of the mercenaries attempted to contest Gyrn's actions, but were unsuccessful when they tried to depose Gyrn, and the survivors were forced to retreat into the wilderness.<ref name="CMp91"/> With the HPGs under his control and the local mercenary forces neutralized, Gyrn's rule over the newly-formed Sirian Holds was announced by his loyal followers to the stunned populations of both systems. No mention was made of the alleged divinity of Alisendar Gyrn; instead, the takeover was pitched as freeing the systems from the [[Great House]]s, and there was relatively little protest from the population, at least at first. When word reached the wider population of what had happened to the mercenary troops, along with the discovery that Gyrn was in control of the HPG systems, protests broke out. As the protests accelerated towards becoming an open revolt, Gyrn announced that both systems needed to be "purified"; this purification consisted of destroying all modern technology. Gyrn's followers rounded up intellectuals, technicians, dissenters and various other groups, with the roundups being described as the beginning of a process of reeducation; instead, those gathered up were murdered in killing fields outside the capital city, to prevent them posing any kind of threat to Gyrn.<ref name="CMp91"/> With the HPGs under his control and the local mercenary forces neutralized, Gyrn's rule over the newly-formed Sirian Holds was announced by his loyal followers to the stunned populations of both systems. No mention was made of the alleged divinity of Alisendar Gyrn; instead, the takeover was pitched as freeing the systems from the [[Great House]]s, and there was relatively little protest from the population, at least at first. When word reached the wider population of what had happened to the mercenary troops, along with the discovery that Gyrn was in control of the HPG systems, protests broke out. As the protests accelerated towards becoming an open revolt, Gyrn announced that both systems needed to be "purified"; this purification consisted of destroying all modern technology. Gyrn's followers rounded up intellectuals, technicians, dissenters and various other groups, with the roundups being described as the beginning of a process of reeducation; instead, those gathered up were murdered in killing fields outside the capital city, to prevent them posing any kind of threat to Gyrn.<ref name="CMp91"/>
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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
| − | The Sirian Holds was a short-lived proto-state in the region known as the [[Chaos March]]. The Sirian Holds incorporated two systems, [[Sirius]] and [[Procyon]], and came into being as a result of the machinations of [[ | + | The Sirian Holds was a short-lived proto-state in the region known as the [[Chaos March]]. The Sirian Holds incorporated two systems, [[Sirius]] and [[Procyon]], and came into being as a result of the machinations of [[Alisander Gyrn]], a former [[ComStar]] acolyte.<ref name="CMp22">''Chaos March'', p. 22, "Sirian Holds"</ref><ref name="CMp91">''Chaos March'', p. 91, "Sirian Holds"</ref> |
== History == | == History == | ||
| − | + | Alisander Gyrn was a member of an ancient trading family from Sirius, and had fallen prey to delusions years before that led him to believe he was the reincarnation of [[Jerome Blake]]. Under the thrall of these delusions, Gyrn had spent years recruiting devoted followers in both the Procyon and Sirius systems, and he seized on the disruption caused by [[Operation GUERRERO]] to lead his followers in an uprising. Gyrn seized the [[HPG]] stations in both systems, and used assassins to kill key officers in [[Jo's 4th Cavalry|Jo's Fourth Cavalry]] and [[Boodelay's Backup]], the mercenary forces employed by the two planetary governments. Followers of Gyrn who had infiltrated the support staffs of both mercenary units were responsible for sabotaging key equipment, such as the mercenary commands' [[JumpShip]]s, and Gyrn had the supplies to both units cut off. Many of the mercenaries attempted to contest Gyrn's actions, but were unsuccessful when they tried to depose Gyrn, and the survivors were forced to retreat into the wilderness.<ref name="CMp91"/> | |
With the HPGs under his control and the local mercenary forces neutralized, Gyrn's rule over the newly-formed Sirian Holds was announced by his loyal followers to the stunned populations of both systems. No mention was made of the alleged divinity of Alisendar Gyrn; instead, the takeover was pitched as freeing the systems from the [[Great House]]s, and there was relatively little protest from the population, at least at first. When word reached the wider population of what had happened to the mercenary troops, along with the discovery that Gyrn was in control of the HPG systems, protests broke out. As the protests accelerated towards becoming an open revolt, Gyrn announced that both systems needed to be "purified"; this purification consisted of destroying all modern technology. Gyrn's followers rounded up intellectuals, technicians, dissenters and various other groups, with the roundups being described as the beginning of a process of reeducation; instead, those gathered up were murdered in killing fields outside the capital city, to prevent them posing any kind of threat to Gyrn.<ref name="CMp91"/> | With the HPGs under his control and the local mercenary forces neutralized, Gyrn's rule over the newly-formed Sirian Holds was announced by his loyal followers to the stunned populations of both systems. No mention was made of the alleged divinity of Alisendar Gyrn; instead, the takeover was pitched as freeing the systems from the [[Great House]]s, and there was relatively little protest from the population, at least at first. When word reached the wider population of what had happened to the mercenary troops, along with the discovery that Gyrn was in control of the HPG systems, protests broke out. As the protests accelerated towards becoming an open revolt, Gyrn announced that both systems needed to be "purified"; this purification consisted of destroying all modern technology. Gyrn's followers rounded up intellectuals, technicians, dissenters and various other groups, with the roundups being described as the beginning of a process of reeducation; instead, those gathered up were murdered in killing fields outside the capital city, to prevent them posing any kind of threat to Gyrn.<ref name="CMp91"/> | ||