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| - The Vanguard 7 Combat Brigade is a unit which operates out of Fort Wolfe in Hesperia. It is under Vanguard Special Forces Command, and is comrpised of several different elements, either actual special forces unit or their support elements. Some of its members are transfers from the old New Luna Militia, but since the merging of the Vanguard and NLM many native Vanguard soldiers have joined. It used to run out of Hancock Station, and currently the VAN Franklin, a Wolf class destroyer with a contingent of special forces soldiers, is based there.
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| - The Vanguard 7 Combat Brigade is a unit which operates out of Fort Wolfe in Hesperia. It is under Vanguard Special Forces Command, and is comrpised of several different elements, either actual special forces unit or their support elements. Some of its members are transfers from the old New Luna Militia, but since the merging of the Vanguard and NLM many native Vanguard soldiers have joined. It used to run out of Hancock Station, and currently the VAN Franklin, a Wolf class destroyer with a contingent of special forces soldiers, is based there. Originally formed in 3001 upon the death of Earth, the New Luna Militia was tasked with keeping order on New Luna, and given a paltry armed Chandler and 150 Lunite Militiamen with which to do so. In 3003, they gained full autonomy during the Moebius Effect, gaining hundreds of thousands of refugees to watch over. It had grown into a force of 5000 and a little over half a dozen spacefaring vessels, with another dozen seafaring vessels under its command as well. The NLM Reserves were composed of about 10000 soldiers, a majority of them police officers, fire fighters and paramedics who trained on their weekends and did field operations several times a year. The NLM flagship was the NLM Franklin, a Wolf Class destroyer. The base of NLM was on planet and later Hancock Station. The New Luna militia was split into four branches: Land, Sea, Air/Space, and Support. Many of these branches served double duty in a civilian function. For example, several branches of the Marines served as authorities on the landing pads and outside of cities (with limited jurisdiction) as well as heavy SWAT types, and several branches of Engineering served in Utility Service functions. All of the remaining NLM was transferred to Hancock and the Fleet before it jumped out in response to the Phyrrian threat. The small task force which was on New Luna when the Phyrrians invaded was destroyed, along with New Luna's civilian population. The NLM was left with approximately 4500 soldiers. On November 21st, 3007, with the approval of the Solar Republic's Senate and First Consul Darian Ellesmere, the New Luna Militia was dissolved and transfered to the Vanguard. From there, 7 Combat Brigade was created and all of the NLM's assets put into it - as a result, all 4500 soldiers were transferred. In January 3008, Hancock Station was moved to the Sol System to safeguard the Republic against possible further Phyrrian attack. This never came, and Hancock ended up being stripped and sold to a civilian group by the remnant New Luna government. As part of this, the Vanguard and Allied Force (which is formed out of OATO member planets) were invited to help police and protect the station. The Vanguard sent the 12th Special Forces Unit, which is formed out of members of 7 Combat Brigade, and operates on the VAN Franklin.
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