Operation Penitent

Operation Penitent was a large-scale operation of the Benacian Continental Theatre Command, for which preparations began on 11.VIII.1716 AN. The purpose of the Operation was to oversee the implementation of the terms of the Treaty of Oktavyan and the Treaty of Fort Ermingander, both signed by the Benacian Union in that year. To that end the objectives were as follows:

1. The establishment of the Protectorate Regime within Kalgachia;
2. The introduction of an allied garrison into the strategic fortifications of the central Kalgachi highlands;
3. The reorganisation of the Military of Kalgachia into the Kalgachi Grouping of Forces;
4. The disarmament of the Church of Ketherism and its partisan forces;
5. The independence of Northbloom from its previous protectorate regime with Kalgachia, and its assumption of formal sovereignty, both within the Mondosphere and in alignment with the Raspur Pact;
6. The transfer of certain arcana into the possession of Mondo;
7. The establishment of secure north-south lines of communication, facilitating the completion of the preceding objectives.

The fulfilment of these objects was assigned to the Central Banner Group of Benacia Command, which comprised predominantly of formations raised by the Benacian Union Defence Force.