White Legion

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White Legion

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Status:
Nationalist Terrorist Organisation
Area of Operation:
Taraskovyan Federation
Leadership:
Unknown

Overview

Regalia

  • Flag: Horizontal 1:2 ratio with three equal horizontal stripes: black, gold and white.
  • Coat of Arms: In gold shield a black double-headed eagle under three crowns. On chest of the eagle blue shield with a red Russian Orthodox cross.

Date of Creation:

Unknown ; presumed to be existent a number of decades in secret. The banner, coat of arms and the very name of the organization indicate a deep attachment to the Russian Empire. As such, the banner is the Imperial Standard, the coat of arms is inspired from the one of the Empire and the name indicates the belonging to the monarchist (white) side, as opposed to the communist (red) side (clear reference to the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922 Standard Calendar). It is thus possible that the organization, in any of its forms (possibility of evolution from a harmless popular rally to an aggressive military formation) existed either since 1918-1922 Standard Calendar, either before, either was created much later, inspired by the aforementioned events.

Ethnic Composition:

The organisation mostly consists of ethnic Russians, as well as a number of Slavic mixes featuring Russian blood. The Organization benefits from an extensive support from the Russian ethnicity (approximately 69% of the Federal population), including the military, law enforcement and even certain branches of government. Lately, however, the law enforcement received information that the Slavic communities that profess the Roman Catholic faith are collaborating with the White Legion.

Social Composition:

The core of the organisation consists of Grand Russian nationalists, be they ethnic Russians or members of other Slavic communities. The core of the Organization is believed to consist of both former and active servicemen of the Taraskovyan National Defence Forces, Taraskovyan Department of Intelligence (integrated into Kaskad), Taraskovyan National Security Department (integrated into Kaskad), Taraskovyan Interior Security Department. Great possibility of involvement of highly ranked active military officers of Russian origin.


Goals and Ideology:

Primary ideology is a radicalized version of the Grand Russian nationalism and its various derivatives. It is believed that the White Legion first existed as an underground party for moderate Russian nationalists. It is unknown why did it adopt a more radical point view, but as of now, the White Legion features a highly developed infrastructure, its own chain of command and armed forces, its own supply and logistics personnel. The goals of the White Legion, as of information known up to now, are as follows:

  • Overthrow of the current Governement.
  • Instauration of a Grand Russian Empire on the territory of the Federation.
  • Instauration of Orthodoxy as Official and National religion.
  • Elimination of all elements capable of disturbing the process and/or prevent the White Legion from achieving its goals (including: Federal Law Enforcement, Federal Armed Forces, Federal Governement).
  • Exclusion, marginalization and isolation of all non-Slavic ethnicities from active role in society. The currently ongoing campaign of systematic killing of the Taraskovyan Elvish minority may suggest that the White Legion has plans of ethnic cleansing and genocide towards the non-Slavic ethnicities.

Means:

Weaponry

The White Legion is perfectly well armed and uses the whole range of Taraskovyan firearms, including heavy personal weapons as well as a limited arsenal of light armour vehicles. So far, the Legion either failed or did not seek to procure itself with heavy combat vehicles, space and aircraft.

General level of formation:

Due to the presence of former and active military servicemen and police officers in the organization, the White Legion features a high level of combat training and efficiency. The recent events at Ekaterinburg indicate that the White Legion is developing new tactics and strategies to meet their objectives.

Means of operating:

The White Legion tends to operate covertly, but does not hide from open actions. The combat personnel of the White Legion is organized in small groups of a dozen people that are constantly coordinating their actions in order to achieve maximum battle efficiency. Combat units tend to operate in densely populated areas, rendering any bombardment or involvement of ‘other means’ close to impossible, the only solution being the intervention of forces on the ground.