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	*{{Team flag\|Benacian Union Defence Force}} (~~1703–~~ )		*{{Team flag\|Benacian Union Defence Force}} (1703–1751)
	**{{Team flag\|Raspur Pact\|name=Benacia Command}} (~~1713–~~ )		**{{Team flag\|Raspur Pact\|name=Benacia Command}} (1713–1751)
	**{{Team flag\|Kalgachia\|name=Kalgachi Grouping of Forces}} (~~1727–~~ )\|		**{{Team flag\|Kalgachia\|name=Kalgachi Grouping of Forces}} (1727–1751)\|
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	The suborning of the enemy officer class would play a quiet but integral part in the remarkable success that would be [[Operation Penitent]] (1717). The Jolly Concordat, engineered by the perennially enigmatic [[Mondo]], succeeded in neutralising the last prospect of resistance by diehard elements in the KDF. Instead, these had been permitted to retire quietly into Bergburg or indeed literally underground, where Kalgachia was permitted to maintain the full semblance of sovereignty. Having expected to be obliged to participate in the desperate defence of Fastenborg until the arrival of relief forces, Justin had instead been privileged to witness [[Oktavyan]] surrender without a shot being fired.		The suborning of the enemy officer class would play a quiet but integral part in the remarkable success that would be [[Operation Penitent]] (1717). The Jolly Concordat, engineered by the perennially enigmatic [[Mondo]], succeeded in neutralising the last prospect of resistance by diehard elements in the KDF. Instead, these had been permitted to retire quietly into Bergburg or indeed literally underground, where Kalgachia was permitted to maintain the full semblance of sovereignty. Having expected to be obliged to participate in the desperate defence of Fastenborg until the arrival of relief forces, Justin had instead been privileged to witness [[Oktavyan]] surrender without a shot being fired.

			[[Category: Kalgachia]]

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	The Pachadsberg Special Recreational Zone had been initially established by the Kalgachi with a view to averting [[Endsieg]] by fostering a culture of corruption amongst Benacia Command officers. However, with the change in the balance of power this dynamic began to rapidly shift, and Justin found himself acting as the front man for approaches by increasingly demoralised officers of the [[Military of Kalgachia\|Kalgachi Defence Force]] who were looking for a suitable payday and some insurance against the uncertain future.		The Pachadsberg Special Recreational Zone had been initially established by the Kalgachi with a view to averting [[Endsieg]] by fostering a culture of corruption amongst Benacia Command officers. However, with the change in the balance of power this dynamic began to rapidly shift, and Justin found himself acting as the front man for approaches by increasingly demoralised officers of the [[Military of Kalgachia\|Kalgachi Defence Force]] who were looking for a suitable payday and some insurance against the uncertain future.

	The suborning of the enemy officer class would play a quiet but integral part in the remarkable success that would be [[Operation Penitent]] (1717).		The suborning of the enemy officer class would play a quiet but integral part in the remarkable success that would be [[Operation Penitent]] (1717). The Jolly Concordat, engineered by the perennially enigmatic [[Mondo]], succeeded in neutralising the last prospect of resistance by diehard elements in the KDF. Instead, these had been permitted to retire quietly into Bergburg or indeed literally underground, where Kalgachia was permitted to maintain the full semblance of sovereignty. Having expected to be obliged to participate in the desperate defence of Fastenborg until the arrival of relief forces, Justin had instead been privileged to witness [[Oktavyan]] surrender without a shot being fired.

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	Being accorded relative freedom of movement within the surface realm of Kalgachia provided Justin with a vantage point from which to observe the general condition of the Garden. It rapidly became apparent that a kind of malaise was taking root in the country. This perspective, corroborated by various other sources, would ultimately encourage Benacia Command and the [[High Presidium of the Benacian Union]] to adopt a more assertive policy towards Kalgachia, leading to the [[Treaty of Oktavyan]] in {{AN\|1716}}.		Being accorded relative freedom of movement within the surface realm of Kalgachia provided Justin with a vantage point from which to observe the general condition of the Garden. It rapidly became apparent that a kind of malaise was taking root in the country. This perspective, corroborated by various other sources, would ultimately encourage Benacia Command and the [[High Presidium of the Benacian Union]] to adopt a more assertive policy towards Kalgachia, leading to the [[Treaty of Oktavyan]] in {{AN\|1716}}.

			The Pachadsberg Special Recreational Zone had been initially established by the Kalgachi with a view to averting [[Endsieg]] by fostering a culture of corruption amongst Benacia Command officers. However, with the change in the balance of power this dynamic began to rapidly shift, and Justin found himself acting as the front man for approaches by increasingly demoralised officers of the [[Military of Kalgachia\|Kalgachi Defence Force]] who were looking for a suitable payday and some insurance against the uncertain future.

			The suborning of the enemy officer class would play a quiet but integral part in the remarkable success that would be [[Operation Penitent]] (1717).

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	He would swiftly find himself promoted to full tribune and appointed to the Benacian legation at [[Fastenborg Keep]] in {{AN\|1715}} under the guise of a defence attaché. Aside from attending meetings of the deconfliction bodies established under the Slavegate and Gloomburg conventions, Justin's main duties revolved around conducting assessments of levels of enemy preparedness for the Military Intelligence Directorate and representing the interests of the General Staff in the [[Pachadsberg Special Recreational Zone]].		He would swiftly find himself promoted to full tribune and appointed to the Benacian legation at [[Fastenborg Keep]] in {{AN\|1715}} under the guise of a defence attaché. Aside from attending meetings of the deconfliction bodies established under the Slavegate and Gloomburg conventions, Justin's main duties revolved around conducting assessments of levels of enemy preparedness for the Military Intelligence Directorate and representing the interests of the General Staff in the [[Pachadsberg Special Recreational Zone]].

	Being accorded relative freedom of movement within the surface realm of Kalgachia provided Justin with a vantage point from which to observe the general condition of the Garden. It rapidly became apparent that a kind of malaise was taking root in the country.		Being accorded relative freedom of movement within the surface realm of Kalgachia provided Justin with a vantage point from which to observe the general condition of the Garden. It rapidly became apparent that a kind of malaise was taking root in the country. This perspective, corroborated by various other sources, would ultimately encourage Benacia Command and the [[High Presidium of the Benacian Union]] to adopt a more assertive policy towards Kalgachia, leading to the [[Treaty of Oktavyan]] in {{AN\|1716}}.

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	He then, almost to his chagrin, found himself almost immediately seconded to the 1st Directorate of the [[General Inspectorate of Benacia Command]]. Placed in command of the directorate's provost regiment, Justin was once more back to the task of pursuing fugitives from the ranks, albeit now throughout the Central Banner Group's area of operations. As Justin's duties included routinely collecting deserters who had tried to slip into [[Shireroth]], [[Kalgachia]] or [[Tellia]], he found himself ideally placed to make assessments of their frontier defences. These memos were dutifully fed back to the Military Intelligence Directorate of Benacia Command.		He then, almost to his chagrin, found himself almost immediately seconded to the 1st Directorate of the [[General Inspectorate of Benacia Command]]. Placed in command of the directorate's provost regiment, Justin was once more back to the task of pursuing fugitives from the ranks, albeit now throughout the Central Banner Group's area of operations. As Justin's duties included routinely collecting deserters who had tried to slip into [[Shireroth]], [[Kalgachia]] or [[Tellia]], he found himself ideally placed to make assessments of their frontier defences. These memos were dutifully fed back to the Military Intelligence Directorate of Benacia Command.

			He would swiftly find himself promoted to full tribune and appointed to the Benacian legation at [[Fastenborg Keep]] in {{AN\|1715}} under the guise of a defence attaché. Aside from attending meetings of the deconfliction bodies established under the Slavegate and Gloomburg conventions, Justin's main duties revolved around conducting assessments of levels of enemy preparedness for the Military Intelligence Directorate and representing the interests of the General Staff in the [[Pachadsberg Special Recreational Zone]].

			Being accorded relative freedom of movement within the surface realm of Kalgachia provided Justin with a vantage point from which to observe the general condition of the Garden. It rapidly became apparent that a kind of malaise was taking root in the country.

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	His experience with the cohort during the [[War of 1712]] was not altogether a happy one. The attempt to take the [[Upland Confederation]] by direct assault floundered in the face of competent resistance by the [[Kalgachi Defence Force (1649 - 1718)/Protectorate Forces#The Black Brothers\|Black Brothers]]. Nonetheless, the troop of five Horjin IFVs under his command acquitted themselves well enough, responding to an attempted ambush by debussing their infantry from the armoured vehicles and aggressively deploying into a troop-level skirmish line in order to pin down and then out flank their opponents. The IFV's, remaining on the road, used their main armament to provide direct fire support to the legionaries as they completed their clearing action. It was not much of a skirmish, and the troop was obliged to withdraw after the main thrust unravelled. Nonetheless, it was enough of a success for Justin's name to be successfully put forward for promotion to ''Ahmst Tazstraneï'' when a vacancy for the cohort's tribune became available in {{AN\|1713}}.		His experience with the cohort during the [[War of 1712]] was not altogether a happy one. The attempt to take the [[Upland Confederation]] by direct assault floundered in the face of competent resistance by the [[Kalgachi Defence Force (1649 - 1718)/Protectorate Forces#The Black Brothers\|Black Brothers]]. Nonetheless, the troop of five Horjin IFVs under his command acquitted themselves well enough, responding to an attempted ambush by debussing their infantry from the armoured vehicles and aggressively deploying into a troop-level skirmish line in order to pin down and then out flank their opponents. The IFV's, remaining on the road, used their main armament to provide direct fire support to the legionaries as they completed their clearing action. It was not much of a skirmish, and the troop was obliged to withdraw after the main thrust unravelled. Nonetheless, it was enough of a success for Justin's name to be successfully put forward for promotion to ''Ahmst Tazstraneï'' when a vacancy for the cohort's tribune became available in {{AN\|1713}}.

	He then, almost to his chagrin, found himself almost immediately seconded to the 1st Directorate of the [[General Inspectorate of Benacia Command]]. Placed in command of the directorate's provost regiment, Justin was once more back to the task of pursuing fugitives from the ranks, albeit now throughout the Central Banner Group's area of operations.		He then, almost to his chagrin, found himself almost immediately seconded to the 1st Directorate of the [[General Inspectorate of Benacia Command]]. Placed in command of the directorate's provost regiment, Justin was once more back to the task of pursuing fugitives from the ranks, albeit now throughout the Central Banner Group's area of operations. As Justin's duties included routinely collecting deserters who had tried to slip into [[Shireroth]], [[Kalgachia]] or [[Tellia]], he found himself ideally placed to make assessments of their frontier defences. These memos were dutifully fed back to the Military Intelligence Directorate of Benacia Command.

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	His experience with the cohort during the [[War of 1712]] was not altogether a happy one. The attempt to take the [[Upland Confederation]] by direct assault floundered in the face of competent resistance by the [[Kalgachi Defence Force (1649 - 1718)/Protectorate Forces#The Black Brothers\|Black Brothers]]. Nonetheless, the troop of five Horjin IFVs under his command acquitted themselves well enough, responding to an attempted ambush by debussing their infantry from the armoured vehicles and aggressively deploying into a troop-level skirmish line in order to pin down and then out flank their opponents. The IFV's, remaining on the road, used their main armament to provide direct fire support to the legionaries as they completed their clearing action. It was not much of a skirmish, and the troop was obliged to withdraw after the main thrust unravelled. Nonetheless, it was enough of a success for Justin's name to be successfully put forward for promotion to ''Ahmst Tazstraneï'' when a vacancy for the cohort's tribune became available in {{AN\|1713}}.		His experience with the cohort during the [[War of 1712]] was not altogether a happy one. The attempt to take the [[Upland Confederation]] by direct assault floundered in the face of competent resistance by the [[Kalgachi Defence Force (1649 - 1718)/Protectorate Forces#The Black Brothers\|Black Brothers]]. Nonetheless, the troop of five Horjin IFVs under his command acquitted themselves well enough, responding to an attempted ambush by debussing their infantry from the armoured vehicles and aggressively deploying into a troop-level skirmish line in order to pin down and then out flank their opponents. The IFV's, remaining on the road, used their main armament to provide direct fire support to the legionaries as they completed their clearing action. It was not much of a skirmish, and the troop was obliged to withdraw after the main thrust unravelled. Nonetheless, it was enough of a success for Justin's name to be successfully put forward for promotion to ''Ahmst Tazstraneï'' when a vacancy for the cohort's tribune became available in {{AN\|1713}}.

			He then, almost to his chagrin, found himself almost immediately seconded to the 1st Directorate of the [[General Inspectorate of Benacia Command]]. Placed in command of the directorate's provost regiment, Justin was once more back to the task of pursuing fugitives from the ranks, albeit now throughout the Central Banner Group's area of operations.

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	*{{Team flag\|Elluenuueq\|name=Union Defence Force}} (1696–1703)		*{{Team flag\|Elluenuueq\|name=Union Defence Force}} (1696–1703)
	*{{Team flag\|Benacian Union Defence Force}} (1703– )		*{{Team flag\|Benacian Union Defence Force}} (1703– )
	**{{Team flag\|Raspur Pact\|name=Benacia Command}} (~~1711–~~ )		**{{Team flag\|Raspur Pact\|name=Benacia Command}} (1713– )
	**{{Team flag\|Kalgachia\|name=Kalgachi Grouping of Forces}} (1727– )\|		**{{Team flag\|Kalgachia\|name=Kalgachi Grouping of Forces}} (1727– )\|
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	Being cast as a disciplinarian with a background in bandit-hunting would serve Justin in good stead, as it secured for him a transfer to the Salb IV Aurangzeb, a formation of the Corps of the Black Legions within the BUDF. In {{AN\|1708}}, disregarding local protests, the Salb IV Aurangzeb of the Benacian Union Defence Forces, under the command of the Salbnan [[Daniyal Aurangzeb Kalirion-Osman]], had entered the territory of [[Lepidopterum]] and established cantonments at its eponymous surface settlement and level administrative centre. The new posting would however oblige Justin to maintain a watch over legionaries who were of [[Agnesia]]n ancestry, which is to say, for a man of Mishalan, men who were almost as alien as the [[Deep Singers]] outside the wire.		Being cast as a disciplinarian with a background in bandit-hunting would serve Justin in good stead, as it secured for him a transfer to the Salb IV Aurangzeb, a formation of the Corps of the Black Legions within the BUDF. In {{AN\|1708}}, disregarding local protests, the Salb IV Aurangzeb of the Benacian Union Defence Forces, under the command of the Salbnan [[Daniyal Aurangzeb Kalirion-Osman]], had entered the territory of [[Lepidopterum]] and established cantonments at its eponymous surface settlement and level administrative centre. The new posting would however oblige Justin to maintain a watch over legionaries who were of [[Agnesia]]n ancestry, which is to say, for a man of Mishalan, men who were almost as alien as the [[Deep Singers]] outside the wire.

			When he discovered, and summarily dealt with, a pair of [[Kalgachia#The Laqi\|Lach]] crawling through a gap in the wire on the perimeter of the legion cantonments, the salbnan was sufficiently impressed to recommend Justin for a commission. Such promotions from the ranks were not uncommon, as the Black Legions had a general preference for selecting experienced NCO's to serve as junior officers.

			After a spell at {{Tooltip\|Berht Klarænst\|Fort Clarence}}, Justin would return to the legion in {{AN\|1711}} as a ''fiþnan'' (captain) for the 1st Cohort of the 5th Motorised Infantry Regiment.

			His experience with the cohort during the [[War of 1712]] was not altogether a happy one. The attempt to take the [[Upland Confederation]] by direct assault floundered in the face of competent resistance by the [[Kalgachi Defence Force (1649 - 1718)/Protectorate Forces#The Black Brothers\|Black Brothers]]. Nonetheless, the troop of five Horjin IFVs under his command acquitted themselves well enough, responding to an attempted ambush by debussing their infantry from the armoured vehicles and aggressively deploying into a troop-level skirmish line in order to pin down and then out flank their opponents. The IFV's, remaining on the road, used their main armament to provide direct fire support to the legionaries as they completed their clearing action. It was not much of a skirmish, and the troop was obliged to withdraw after the main thrust unravelled. Nonetheless, it was enough of a success for Justin's name to be successfully put forward for promotion to ''Ahmst Tazstraneï'' when a vacancy for the cohort's tribune became available in {{AN\|1713}}.

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	*{{Team flag\|Benacian Union Defence Force}} (~~1703–~~ )		*{{Team flag\|Benacian Union Defence Force}} (1703–1751)
	**{{Team flag\|Raspur Pact\|name=Benacia Command}} (~~1713–~~ )		**{{Team flag\|Raspur Pact\|name=Benacia Command}} (1713–1751)
	**{{Team flag\|Kalgachia\|name=Kalgachi Grouping of Forces}} (~~1727–~~ )\|		**{{Team flag\|Kalgachia\|name=Kalgachi Grouping of Forces}} (1727–1751)\|
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	**{{Team flag\|Raspur Pact\|name=Benacia Command}} (~~1711–~~ )		**{{Team flag\|Raspur Pact\|name=Benacia Command}} (1713– )
	**{{Team flag\|Kalgachia\|name=Kalgachi Grouping of Forces}} (1727– )\|		**{{Team flag\|Kalgachia\|name=Kalgachi Grouping of Forces}} (1727– )\|
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	Being cast as a disciplinarian with a background in bandit-hunting would serve Justin in good stead, as it secured for him a transfer to the Salb IV Aurangzeb, a formation of the Corps of the Black Legions within the BUDF. In {{AN\|1708}}, disregarding local protests, the Salb IV Aurangzeb of the Benacian Union Defence Forces, under the command of the Salbnan [[Daniyal Aurangzeb Kalirion-Osman]], had entered the territory of [[Lepidopterum]] and established cantonments at its eponymous surface settlement and level administrative centre. The new posting would however oblige Justin to maintain a watch over legionaries who were of [[Agnesia]]n ancestry, which is to say, for a man of Mishalan, men who were almost as alien as the [[Deep Singers]] outside the wire.		Being cast as a disciplinarian with a background in bandit-hunting would serve Justin in good stead, as it secured for him a transfer to the Salb IV Aurangzeb, a formation of the Corps of the Black Legions within the BUDF. In {{AN\|1708}}, disregarding local protests, the Salb IV Aurangzeb of the Benacian Union Defence Forces, under the command of the Salbnan [[Daniyal Aurangzeb Kalirion-Osman]], had entered the territory of [[Lepidopterum]] and established cantonments at its eponymous surface settlement and level administrative centre. The new posting would however oblige Justin to maintain a watch over legionaries who were of [[Agnesia]]n ancestry, which is to say, for a man of Mishalan, men who were almost as alien as the [[Deep Singers]] outside the wire.

			When he discovered, and summarily dealt with, a pair of [[Kalgachia#The Laqi\|Lach]] crawling through a gap in the wire on the perimeter of the legion cantonments, the salbnan was sufficiently impressed to recommend Justin for a commission. Such promotions from the ranks were not uncommon, as the Black Legions had a general preference for selecting experienced NCO's to serve as junior officers.

			After a spell at {{Tooltip\|Berht Klarænst\|Fort Clarence}}, Justin would return to the legion in {{AN\|1711}} as a ''fiþnan'' (captain) for the 1st Cohort of the 5th Motorised Infantry Regiment.

			His experience with the cohort during the [[War of 1712]] was not altogether a happy one. The attempt to take the [[Upland Confederation]] by direct assault floundered in the face of competent resistance by the [[Kalgachi Defence Force (1649 - 1718)/Protectorate Forces#The Black Brothers\|Black Brothers]]. Nonetheless, the troop of five Horjin IFVs under his command acquitted themselves well enough, responding to an attempted ambush by debussing their infantry from the armoured vehicles and aggressively deploying into a troop-level skirmish line in order to pin down and then out flank their opponents. The IFV's, remaining on the road, used their main armament to provide direct fire support to the legionaries as they completed their clearing action. It was not much of a skirmish, and the troop was obliged to withdraw after the main thrust unravelled. Nonetheless, it was enough of a success for Justin's name to be successfully put forward for promotion to ''Ahmst Tazstraneï'' when a vacancy for the cohort's tribune became available in {{AN\|1713}}.