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| ====== Minerva ====== | ====== Minerva ====== |
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| //“These Minerva claim to live by a code. But they have no honor.”// - Gurdan Singh, Leader of the Kings, 6244 | //“Before the Solar Age a political view called communism became popular amongst the poor of Earth. It spread rapidly and destabilized once great nations. Another political view call fascism rose to confront it and, initially, the wealthy and powerful welcomed these fascists as defenders. But the fascists wanted all the power for themselves and dragged the Earth into a global war. Such is was with Minerva, the once defenders of peace who went on to become a name reviled amongst the Belt.”// - Marjit Telsen, //The Conflicts of the Solar League//, 6303 |
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| Founded in the 5833, Minerva was initially one of a number of mercenary units set up to provide security in the wake of the [[Dissolution]]. It was very successful and by the end of the 59th century its doctrine had changed and it began to exhibit political aspirations. This culminated in it annexing territories in the [[Outer Belt]] in 6016. This action was retrospectively deemed illegal by the [[Solar Union]] after its foundation in and, when peaceful negotiations failed, an armed intervention began which escalated in the Minerva War. With the defeat of Minerva in 2169, the organization was outlawed and dismantled. | //“These Minerva claim to live by a code. But they have no honor.”// - [[story:Gurdan Singh]], Leader of the [[Kings]], 6347 |
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| However some of the leadership escaped and went into hiding on various worlds. On Arcadis Minerva set up hidden bases in the Badlands. Initially keeping a low profile, Minerva began to use it’s wealth to influence political and commercial leaders. | {{:renders:minerva_colour.png?200 |}}Founded in the 5833, Minerva was initially one of the mercenary companies set up to provide security in the wake of the [[Dissolution]]. It was very successful and by the end of the 59th century had become one of the major players in the [[Belt]]. The leadership of Minerva saw the formation of the [[Solar League]] in the early 61st century as a direct threat to their business model. It lobbied to stop parts of the belt joining the League. When this proved ineffective, in 6016 it annexing [[Outer Belt]] territories under its protection. Whilst this appears to have been relatively well received by the territories annexed it was deemed illegal by the League. When peaceful negotiations failed the [[Legion]] began the [[Siege of Indello]]. The destruction of [[Indello]] by the Minerva forces in 6017 led to the organization being classified as illegal; Minerva assets were seized and many of the leaders arrested for war crimes. |
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| This allowed Minerva to keep a low profile until the founding of the Protectorate. At this point Minerva lost much of its influence so it countered by forming alliances the various criminal elements of the time. Between the period 2190 to 2210 Minerva went on to take over many of these organizations, itself becoming one of the foremost criminal powers of Arcadis. | However some of the leadership and resources of Minvera were not in locations yet controlled by the League. They went into hiding, retreating to previously built hidden bases across the Belt. From that point they have been classed as a criminal organization and in the [[Inner Belt]] and Outer belt have engaged in many illegal activities based around smuggling and extortion but has been involved in assassinations, robberies and kidnappings. |
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| Since that time Minerva has remained one of the leading criminal powers. Most of its activities are based around smuggling and extortion, but it has been involved in assassinations, robberies and kidnappings. The current leader of Minerva is Evangelina Garza. | In the [[Hildas]] Minerva operates more openly. Whilst avoiding direct conflict with the other [[Powers]] it provides mercenary services to those willing to pay, whilst providing "protection" to the independent outposts to obtain funding. |
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| Minerva maintain a sizeable number of MAAVs, most based in the Badlands. These take codenames that are two of the phonetic alphabet, eg, Tango Zulu. | |
