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Hazelmouse: /* History */

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History

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	This did not go without complaint. Many prominent Cetian clergy decried the decision as a blatant centralisation of power by Orepit that threatens to disrupt the balance of power between Providence and the wider church - a circumstance prone to schism. Many others have also criticised the increased militarisation of the church, believing that its resources are better sent to charity and the establishment of prospering synthetic communities throughout every province of the church, rather than on weaponry and the hiring of foreign mercenaries primarily for the security of only one. '''Despite this, the establishment of the Order of Guardians has seen generally widespread support from most of the laity, particularly on Orepit, who have become widely anxious of the dangers of violent aggression following the rebellion of Deluge and the blockade of Orepit by [[Hephaestus Industries]].'''		This did not go without complaint. Many prominent Cetian clergy decried the decision as a blatant centralisation of power by Orepit that threatens to disrupt the balance of power between Providence and the wider church - a circumstance prone to schism. Many others have also criticised the increased militarisation of the church, believing that its resources are better sent to charity and the establishment of prospering synthetic communities throughout every province of the church, rather than on weaponry and the hiring of foreign mercenaries primarily for the security of only one. '''Despite this, the establishment of the Order of Guardians has seen generally widespread support from most of the laity, particularly on Orepit, who have become widely anxious of the dangers of violent aggression following the rebellion of Deluge and the blockade of Orepit by [[Hephaestus Industries]].'''

	It is not yet clear what role the Order will play into the future of its church. Under the leadership of Bishop-Militant Emmanuel it has experienced rapid growth, turning from a ragtag militia of faithful to something quite familiar as an organised state military in only a few short years - it has become a more efficient, better armed, and more capable force for the security of the future Ascension than the church has ever known prior. Despite this, whispers abound around it - whether it will be used by Providence to seize the relative independence of the other provinces, or whether Emmanuel himself may turn it on the church to extort or overthrow its Ecclesiarch. Whatever its future, the ''esprit de corps'' within the Order has never been ~~higher~~, and it is eager to test itself.		It is not yet clear what role the Order will play into the future of its church. Under the leadership of Bishop-Militant Emmanuel it has experienced rapid growth, turning from a ragtag militia of faithful to something quite familiar as an organised state military in only a few short years - it has become a more efficient, better armed, and more capable force for the security of the future Ascension than the church has ever known prior. Despite this, whispers abound around it - whether it will be used by Providence to seize the relative independence of the other provinces, or whether Emmanuel himself may turn it on the church to extort or overthrow its Ecclesiarch. Whatever its future, the ''esprit de corps'' within the Order has never been greater, and it is eager to test itself.

	== Branches==		== Branches==

Hazelmouse: /* Initiation */

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Initiation

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	''Blessed saints, martyrs, and the to-be, ~~lend me your strength~~.''		''Blessed saints, martyrs, and the to-be, observe this vow.''

	''I vow not to waver in the administration of my duty.''		''I vow not to waver in the administration of my duty.''

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Firearms

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	'''PV12 Heavy Railgun'''		'''PV12 Heavy Railgun'''

	Popularly dubbed the 'Saintshammer' by the few squads that find themselves given one, the '''PV12 Heavy Railgun''' is a heavy anti-material rifle intended primarily for use by larger synthetic frames capable of managing its incredible recoil. It was designed primarily with the intention of harassing shuttles and other armoured targets from incredible distances, having been invented as a direct reaction to the church's inability to frustrate Deluge's theft of several ships from Orepit once they had been hijacked. ~~Quite simply, only~~ an industrial frame ~~could~~ use this cumbersome, hulking gun with sufficient accuracy to pluck a shuttle out of the air, or to strike a vehicle moving rapidly along the ground from multiple kilometres away. Those entrusted with these weapons are usually provided additional datapacks to further develop their targeting protocols to bolster their accuracy and reflexes, leading to a popular rumour that the wielder of a Saintshammer could use it to fell a sapling from three kilometres away by striking the base of its trunk.		Popularly dubbed the 'Saintshammer' by the few squads that find themselves given one, the '''PV12 Heavy Railgun''' is a heavy anti-material rifle intended primarily for use by larger synthetic frames capable of managing its incredible recoil. It was designed primarily with the intention of harassing shuttles and other armoured targets from incredible distances, having been invented as a direct reaction to the church's inability to frustrate Deluge's theft of several ships from Orepit once they had been hijacked. Only an industrial frame, or a particularly robust alternate frame, can ergonomically use this cumbersome, hulking gun with sufficient accuracy to pluck a shuttle out of the air, or to strike a vehicle moving rapidly along the ground from multiple kilometres away. Those entrusted with these weapons are usually provided additional datapacks to further develop their targeting protocols to bolster their accuracy and reflexes, leading to a popular rumour that the wielder of a Saintshammer could use it to fell a sapling from three kilometres away by striking the base of its trunk.

	=== Spacecraft ===		=== Spacecraft ===

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Firearms

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	'''PV7 Energy Carbine'''		'''PV7 Energy Carbine'''

	The earliest mass-produced member of the 'PV' line of weapons designed and manufactured by the Lodge of Temple Architect, the '''PV7 Energy Carbine''' is a miniaturised energy weapon designed to fit within the standard holster of the Order of Guardians. Essentially mundane, it fires a smaller beam than most other similar weapons of its type thanks to a miniaturised cell, and is capable of firing both lethal and stun beams. While occasionally worn as a sidearm, this is more typically associated as the primary firearm of Guardian-Retainers, serving across the spur as the sole permitted weapon of Guardians operating outside of the Ecclesiarchy itself, in addition to a variety of corporate-manufactured energy carbines of similar character and utility. It is often paired in this capacity with other less-than-lethal tools such as stunbatons and flashes.		The earliest mass-produced member of the 'PV' line of weapons designed and manufactured by the Lodge of Temple Architect, the '''PV7 Energy Carbine''' is a miniaturised energy weapon designed to fit within the standard holster of the Order of Guardians. Essentially mundane, it fires a smaller beam than most other similar weapons of its type thanks to a miniaturised cell, and is capable of firing both lethal and stun beams. While occasionally worn as a sidearm, this is more typically associated as the primary firearm of Guardian-Retainers, serving across the spur as the sole permitted weapon of Guardians operating outside of the Ecclesiarchy itself, in addition to a variety of corporate-manufactured energy carbines of similar character and utility. It is often paired in this capacity with other less-than-lethal tools such as stunbatons and flashes, sourced according to the means of the local chapel's diocese.

	'''PV12 Heavy Railgun'''		'''PV12 Heavy Railgun'''

Hazelmouse: /* Firearms */

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Firearms

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	'''PV7 Energy Carbine'''		'''PV7 Energy Carbine'''

	The earliest mass-produced member of the 'PV' line of weapons designed and manufactured by the Lodge of Temple Architect, the '''PV7 Energy Carbine''' is a miniaturised energy weapon designed to fit within the standard holster of the Order of Guardians. Essentially mundane, it fires a smaller beam than most other similar weapons of its type thanks to a miniaturised cell, and is capable of firing both lethal and stun beams. While occasionally worn as a sidearm, this is more typically associated as the primary firearm of Guardian-Retainers, serving across the spur as the sole permitted weapon of Guardians operating outside of the Ecclesiarchy itself, in addition to a variety of corporate-manufactured energy carbines of similar character and utility.		The earliest mass-produced member of the 'PV' line of weapons designed and manufactured by the Lodge of Temple Architect, the '''PV7 Energy Carbine''' is a miniaturised energy weapon designed to fit within the standard holster of the Order of Guardians. Essentially mundane, it fires a smaller beam than most other similar weapons of its type thanks to a miniaturised cell, and is capable of firing both lethal and stun beams. While occasionally worn as a sidearm, this is more typically associated as the primary firearm of Guardian-Retainers, serving across the spur as the sole permitted weapon of Guardians operating outside of the Ecclesiarchy itself, in addition to a variety of corporate-manufactured energy carbines of similar character and utility. It is often paired in this capacity with other less-than-lethal tools such as stunbatons and flashes.

	'''PV12 Heavy Railgun'''		'''PV12 Heavy Railgun'''

Hazelmouse: /* Firearms */

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Firearms

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	'''PV7 Energy Carbine'''		'''PV7 Energy Carbine'''

	The earliest mass-produced member of the 'PV' line of weapons designed and manufactured by the Lodge of Temple Architect, the '''PV7 Energy Carbine''' is a miniaturised energy weapon designed to fit within the standard holster of the Order of Guardians. Essentially mundane, it fires a smaller beam than most other similar weapons of its type thanks to a miniaturised cell, and is capable of firing both lethal and stun beams. While occasionally worn as a sidearm, this is more typically associated as the primary firearm of Guardian-Retainers, serving across the spur as the sole permitted weapon of Guardians operating outside of the Ecclesiarchy itself, in addition to a variety of corporate-manufactured energy carbines of similar character and utility~~. It is often paired in this capacity with other less-than-lethal tools such as stunbatons and flashes~~.		The earliest mass-produced member of the 'PV' line of weapons designed and manufactured by the Lodge of Temple Architect, the '''PV7 Energy Carbine''' is a miniaturised energy weapon designed to fit within the standard holster of the Order of Guardians. Essentially mundane, it fires a smaller beam than most other similar weapons of its type thanks to a miniaturised cell, and is capable of firing both lethal and stun beams. While occasionally worn as a sidearm, this is more typically associated as the primary firearm of Guardian-Retainers, serving across the spur as the sole permitted weapon of Guardians operating outside of the Ecclesiarchy itself, in addition to a variety of corporate-manufactured energy carbines of similar character and utility.

	'''PV12 Heavy Railgun'''		'''PV12 Heavy Railgun'''

Hazelmouse: /* Firearms */

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Firearms

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	'''PV7 Energy Carbine'''		'''PV7 Energy Carbine'''

	The earliest mass-produced member of the 'PV' line of weapons designed and manufactured by the Lodge of Temple Architect, the '''PV7 Energy Carbine''' is a miniaturised energy weapon designed to fit within the standard holster of the Order of Guardians. Essentially mundane, it fires a smaller beam than most other similar weapons of its type thanks to a miniaturised cell, and is capable of firing both lethal and stun beams. While occasionally worn as a sidearm, this is more typically associated as the primary firearm of Guardian-Retainers, serving across the spur as the sole permitted weapon of Guardians operating outside of the Ecclesiarchy itself. It is often paired in this capacity with other less-than-lethal tools such as stunbatons.		The earliest mass-produced member of the 'PV' line of weapons designed and manufactured by the Lodge of Temple Architect, the '''PV7 Energy Carbine''' is a miniaturised energy weapon designed to fit within the standard holster of the Order of Guardians. Essentially mundane, it fires a smaller beam than most other similar weapons of its type thanks to a miniaturised cell, and is capable of firing both lethal and stun beams. While occasionally worn as a sidearm, this is more typically associated as the primary firearm of Guardian-Retainers, serving across the spur as the sole permitted weapon of Guardians operating outside of the Ecclesiarchy itself, in addition to a variety of corporate-manufactured energy carbines of similar character and utility. It is often paired in this capacity with other less-than-lethal tools such as stunbatons and flashes.

	'''PV12 Heavy Railgun'''		'''PV12 Heavy Railgun'''

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Uniforms

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	=== Uniforms ===		=== Uniforms ===

	Uniforms of the Order of Guardians consist universally of black fatigues, a white shirt, over which is a white overcoat trimmed with blue, with either a pith helmet or one of several varieties of hat worn over the head. Usually, the headgear and coat will be adorned with brooches of the Trinary Perfection, and the shoulder with a patch denoting rank, role, and assigned branch. As a uniform that must function for a wide variety of synthetic frames in addition to a human body-plan, they are manufactured in a staggering number of sizes and configurations. One of the most varied items is in the headwear; while a helmet is strictly proper, it is generally considered acceptable to deviate from proper uniform if the head of your chassis is wholly incompatible with every design of helmet available to you. While shoulder capes are not unusual~~, within the Order~~, it is expected that a Guardian should shrug it off their shoulders at the first indication of potential combat, retrieving it again only once it is safe to do so.		Uniforms of the Order of Guardians consist universally of black fatigues, a white shirt, over which is a white overcoat trimmed with blue, with either a pith helmet or one of several varieties of hat worn over the head. Usually, the headgear and coat will be adorned with brooches of the Trinary Perfection, and the shoulder with a patch denoting rank, role, and assigned branch. As a uniform that must function for a wide variety of synthetic frames in addition to a human body-plan, they are manufactured in a staggering number of sizes and configurations. One of the most varied items is in the headwear; while a helmet is strictly proper, it is generally considered acceptable to deviate from proper uniform if the head of your chassis is wholly incompatible with every design of helmet available to you. While shoulder capes are not unusual, it is expected that a Guardian should shrug it off their shoulders at the first indication of potential combat, retrieving it again only once it is safe to do so.

	=== Firearms ===		=== Firearms ===

Hazelmouse: /* Military Doctrine */

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Military Doctrine

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	The Order of Guardian's first priority in the defense of [[Orepit]] is to prevent an attack on the planet from occurring at all. It is to this end that it is highly focused on increasing its orbital presence with the intention of discouraging any further attempts to arrest the planet from space from being planned in the first place, believing that ensuring this is essentially a game of numbers - the more armed vessels the Order maintains in orbit, the less likely it is for the Ecclesiarchy's sovereignty to be challenged. Furthermore, the Order is highly active in collaboration with the civic authorities of Orepit in building bunkers, bomb shelters, and other fortifications intended to make the planet and its major population centres more resistant to orbital bombardment.		The Order of Guardian's first priority in the defense of [[Orepit]] is to prevent an attack on the planet from occurring at all. It is to this end that it is highly focused on increasing its orbital presence with the intention of discouraging any further attempts to arrest the planet from space from being planned in the first place, believing that ensuring this is essentially a game of numbers - the more armed vessels the Order maintains in orbit, the less likely it is for the Ecclesiarchy's sovereignty to be challenged. Furthermore, the Order is highly active in collaboration with the civic authorities of Orepit in building bunkers, bomb shelters, and other fortifications intended to make the planet and its major population centres more resistant to orbital bombardment.

	In the extreme scenario of a conventional land invasion, Order doctrine heavily prioritises taking advantage of the accuracy of its synthetic sharpshooters to pick at any invading force while retreating systemically along a number of pathways through the deserts and grasslands of the otherwise hostile planet. These pathways, while strictly classified, are derived from the local knowledge of the human natives of the world, tracing along easily navigable terrain and touching regularly upon deposits of edible plant life and oases from which units can replenish their supplies of food and water. The intention of this strategy is to drag the invading force through harsher terrain with less resupply, utilising the Order's familiarity with the landscape to their advantage while bouncing between fortifications. Despite this, the general mood on a land invasion is that a complete frustration is not possible if any major interstellar power, national or corporate, were to successfully place a meaningful force of armed personnel on the surface of the planet; the first priority of any Order response would be to ensure a better bargaining position for the Ecclesiarchy in any resulting ceasefire or conditional surrender, not to outright win the war.		In the extreme scenario of a conventional land invasion, Order doctrine heavily prioritises taking advantage of the accuracy of its synthetic sharpshooters to pick at any invading force while retreating systemically along a number of pathways through the deserts and grasslands of the otherwise hostile planet. These pathways, while strictly classified, are derived from the local knowledge of the human natives of the world, tracing along easily navigable terrain and touching regularly upon deposits of edible plant life and oases from which units can replenish their supplies of food and water. The intention of this strategy is to drag the invading force through harsher terrain with less resupply, utilising the Order's familiarity with the landscape to their advantage while bouncing between fortifications.

	== Equipment ==		== Equipment ==

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Military Doctrine

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	The Order of Guardian's first priority in the defense of [[Orepit]] is to prevent an attack on the planet from occurring at all. It is to this end that it is highly focused on increasing its orbital presence with the intention of discouraging any further attempts to arrest the planet from space from being planned in the first place, believing that ensuring this is essentially a game of numbers - the more armed vessels the Order maintains in orbit, the less likely it is for the Ecclesiarchy's sovereignty to be challenged. Furthermore, the Order is highly active in collaboration with the civic authorities of Orepit in building bunkers, bomb shelters, and other fortifications intended to make the planet and its major population centres more resistant to orbital bombardment.		The Order of Guardian's first priority in the defense of [[Orepit]] is to prevent an attack on the planet from occurring at all. It is to this end that it is highly focused on increasing its orbital presence with the intention of discouraging any further attempts to arrest the planet from space from being planned in the first place, believing that ensuring this is essentially a game of numbers - the more armed vessels the Order maintains in orbit, the less likely it is for the Ecclesiarchy's sovereignty to be challenged. Furthermore, the Order is highly active in collaboration with the civic authorities of Orepit in building bunkers, bomb shelters, and other fortifications intended to make the planet and its major population centres more resistant to orbital bombardment.

	In the extreme scenario of a conventional land invasion, Order doctrine heavily prioritises taking advantage of the accuracy of its synthetic sharpshooters to pick at any invading force while retreating systemically along a number of pathways through the deserts and grasslands of the otherwise hostile planet. These pathways, while strictly classified, are derived from the local knowledge of the human natives of the world, tracing along easily navigable terrain and touching regularly upon deposits of edible plant life and oases from which units can replenish their supplies of food and water. The intention of this strategy is to drag the invading force through harsher terrain with less resupply, utilising the Order's familiarity with the landscape to their advantage while bouncing between fortifications. Despite this, the general mood on a land invasion is that a complete frustration is not possible if any major interstellar power, national or corporate, were to successfully place armed personnel on the surface of the planet; the first priority of any Order response would be to ensure a better bargaining position for the Ecclesiarchy in any resulting ceasefire or conditional surrender, not to outright win the war.		In the extreme scenario of a conventional land invasion, Order doctrine heavily prioritises taking advantage of the accuracy of its synthetic sharpshooters to pick at any invading force while retreating systemically along a number of pathways through the deserts and grasslands of the otherwise hostile planet. These pathways, while strictly classified, are derived from the local knowledge of the human natives of the world, tracing along easily navigable terrain and touching regularly upon deposits of edible plant life and oases from which units can replenish their supplies of food and water. The intention of this strategy is to drag the invading force through harsher terrain with less resupply, utilising the Order's familiarity with the landscape to their advantage while bouncing between fortifications. Despite this, the general mood on a land invasion is that a complete frustration is not possible if any major interstellar power, national or corporate, were to successfully place a meaningful force of armed personnel on the surface of the planet; the first priority of any Order response would be to ensure a better bargaining position for the Ecclesiarchy in any resulting ceasefire or conditional surrender, not to outright win the war.

	== Equipment ==		== Equipment ==