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Following the independence of [[Normark]] the island remained under the sovereignty of the [[Benacian Union]], the successor to [[Elluenuueq]], however it seemed that this fact remained obscured from the [[High Presidium of the Benacian Union]] in [[Chryse]], which made no provision for the continued governance of the place. | Following the independence of [[Normark]] the island remained under the sovereignty of the [[Benacian Union]], the successor to [[Elluenuueq]], however it seemed that this fact remained obscured from the [[High Presidium of the Benacian Union]] in [[Chryse]], which made no provision for the continued governance of the place. | ||
By administrative oversight the garrison came to be forgotten following the reorganisation of the UDF into the [[Benacian Union Defence Force]] in {{AN|1703}}. Without regular reinforcement, rations, nor pay, the garrison troops endured until late {{AN|1706}} when, finally despairing of ever being relieved from their dismal posting, the survivors mutinied and slaughtered there officers. Thereafter, having burnt the structures of the island, the mutineers - some eight-hundred and forty men in total - pledged themselves to form the Free Company. Placing themselves aboard the single icebreaker and the provisioning boat which had been their sole means of trading with the settlements of the [[Hexarchy]], the Free Company departed the island to begin their new lives, to be spent plundering the settlements of the north-west [[Keltia]]n [[the Green|Green]]. | By administrative oversight the garrison came to be forgotten following the reorganisation of the UDF into the [[Benacian Union Defence Force]] in {{AN|1703}}. Without regular reinforcement, rations, nor pay, the garrison troops endured until late {{AN|1706}} when, finally despairing of ever being relieved from their dismal posting, the survivors mutinied and slaughtered there officers. Thereafter, having burnt the structures of the island after raping, murdering, and cannibalising the small remnant native community, the mutineers - some eight-hundred and forty men in total - pledged themselves to form the Free Company. Placing themselves aboard the single icebreaker and the provisioning boat which had been their sole means of trading with the settlements of the [[Hexarchy]], the Free Company departed the island to begin their new lives, to be spent plundering the settlements of the north-west [[Keltia]]n [[the Green|Green]]. | ||
Samholdsøya is in the [[Coordinated Micras Time|CMT+3 time zone]] (same time zone as [[Hurmu]]'s [[Lake District]]) | Samholdsøya is in the [[Coordinated Micras Time|CMT+3 time zone]] (same time zone as [[Hurmu]]'s [[Lake District]]) | ||
Revision as of 05:51, 25 March 2022
Samholdsøya (Elw: Qeqerdar Adaacuzusyr; both the Norse and Elw names mean "Unity Island") is an uninhabited boreal island, situated between Apollonia and Keltia, that is under the formal sovereignty of the Benacian Union.
History
First begun in 1693, in the middle of the Second Elwynnese Civil War, the establishment of a garrison on Samholdsøya was charged by Keltia Command, with the support of the civilian government in Elijah's Rest, to facilitate operations to restore the Boreal Air Bridge connecting Normark, Jääland and Hurmu to Eliria, following the severance of those channels by the rebellion which had commenced in the preceding year.
The Elwynnese and Norse flags were planted on the island on 9.IX.1693, to the fanfare of a frostbitten, and depressed population gathered together by the arriving UDF detachment. The small indigenous population had been under Storish and Vanic subjugation from 1543 to 1685. The incoming garrison gave the island the name Unity as a symbol of their intent to restore the Greater Elwynnese Realm.
The main garrison was established around a defensible ice-free anchorage, and bestowed the name Samhold (Norse for "Unity"), as all existing settlements on the island were considered sub-par, having been left without maintenance and electricity for 7 years. An aerodrome was built on the island's southern peninsular and became operational during 1695 AN.
The island was garrisoned, indeed largely populated, by personnel tasked with its defence. The UDF's lead formation on the island being the 1st Regiment, 3rd Brigade of the 81st Landsfördelning, a formation specialising in boreal operations. The deployment is supported by a further 1,200-strong detachment from the Union Aerospace Corps, a 120-man detachment from the Elwmarine, and a 40-man troop from the 17th Logistics Division.
Following the independence of Normark the island remained under the sovereignty of the Benacian Union, the successor to Elluenuueq, however it seemed that this fact remained obscured from the High Presidium of the Benacian Union in Chryse, which made no provision for the continued governance of the place.
By administrative oversight the garrison came to be forgotten following the reorganisation of the UDF into the Benacian Union Defence Force in 1703 AN. Without regular reinforcement, rations, nor pay, the garrison troops endured until late 1706 AN when, finally despairing of ever being relieved from their dismal posting, the survivors mutinied and slaughtered there officers. Thereafter, having burnt the structures of the island after raping, murdering, and cannibalising the small remnant native community, the mutineers - some eight-hundred and forty men in total - pledged themselves to form the Free Company. Placing themselves aboard the single icebreaker and the provisioning boat which had been their sole means of trading with the settlements of the Hexarchy, the Free Company departed the island to begin their new lives, to be spent plundering the settlements of the north-west Keltian Green.
Samholdsøya is in the CMT+3 time zone (same time zone as Hurmu's Lake District)
Security
The island is presently ungarrisoned. Its facilities, stores, and habitations having been destroyed by the mutinous garrison prior to its departure.
The two runways of the Varja F1. Flyflottilj airbase (lengths 2,590 m and 1,525 m respectively) would, if operational, facilitate the linkage of Hurmu, Jaaland, and Elijah's Rest.
Sovereign powers
- 1470–1483: Varja (for a while, Varja, including Samhold, was also under Baracãoan and Free Republic sovereignty)
- 1483–1487: The Green
- 1487–1489: Korhal
- 1489–1450: The Green
- 1490–1514: Karnali (island bore the name of Vethadipa)
- 1514–1529: The Green
- 1529–1543: Durntkinstan (then commonly called Jericho after its main city)
- 1543–1543: The Green
- 1543–1685: Stormark (island known as Quercy)
- 1685–1693: The Green
