[center][h2][u]La Segunda Republica Española - The Second Spanish Republic[/u][/h2][/center] [center][img]http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/precipiceofwarroleplay/images/6/65/Bandera_espanola.png/revision/latest?cb=20120109060644[/img][/center] [h3][u]Personajes - Characters[/u][/h3] [b][u]Heads of State[/u][/b] [b]Miguel Lorenzo Saavedra Tejero[/b] - First Prime Minister of the Second Republic. Served from the abdication of Juan III in 1956 to 1972. Was re-elected in 1976, only to be killed a few months after the election in 1976 in a false-flag attack on the Spanish capitol orchestrated by Alfonso Sotelo at the age of 63. Firm proponent of laissez-faire economics and sought to prevent the spread of Chinese socialism. [b]Manuel Mola[/b] - Second Prime Minister of the Second Republic. Served from 1972 to 1976. Opted for a more relaxed foreign policy following the Finnish Intervention. Became unpopular for allowing Italy to secede from Spanish governance under Aurelio Batista. [b]Alfonso Grijalba Sotelo[/b] - Third Prime Minister of the Second Republic. Current Prime Minister as of 1976. Ran against Miguel Tejero in the 1976 elections and lost. Orchestrated a false flag attack using mercenaries posing as communist revolutionaries to seize power of the Republic during emergency elections. A frequent drinker and has become addicted to cocaine, which has exacerbated his malign tendencies. [b]Juan III[/b] - Last King of the Spanish Bourbon Dynasty. Largely responsible for building a highly functional Spanish military, particularly in creating a blue water navy to surpass Britain, which he used to retake Gibraltar. In 1955, he attempted to build an African empire at Belgium's expense, leading to the disastrous Battle of Coquihatville. Public resentment fueled a growing abdication movement that forced his abdication. [b]Alfonso XIII[/b] - Penultimate King of the Spanish Bourbon Dynasty. Head of the Kingdom of Spain during the Divergence from our universe into the Precipice of War universe. Died in 1933, leaving his Juan III to reign until his abdication. [b]Aurelio Batista[/b] - Former governor of Spanish Italy. Used a combination of Spanish military forces and native Italian elements to liberate southern Italy from an Ottoman occupation. Broke away from Spain under Manuel Mola and proclaimed himself Generalissimo of Italy. Alfonso Sotelo later incited a revolt by Italian rebels in order to punish Batista and bring Italy into the Iberian League. Escaped the Battle of Milan and is presumed to be hiding near the Caspian Sea. [b][u]Ministerial[/u][/b] [b]Marcos del Piñon[/b] - Negotiated the transfer of French Algeria to Spanish control. Current minister of Foreign Affairs. [b]Bernal Calderon[/b] - Ambassador to Prussia. [b]Rogelio Martin[/b] - Ambassador to the Pan-African Empire. [b]Arturo Iniego[/b] - Assistant to Ambassador Martin at the Addis Ababa embassy. [b]Andres Quevado[/b] - Minister of Health. Ultimately responsible for the Quarantine Hospital at Arratzu, which has become an interrogation and processing facility for political dissidents. [b]Diego Velazquez[/b] - Minister of War and High Commander of the Spanish armed forces. [b][u]Anti-Establishment, Dissidents[/u][/b] [b]Julio Zuraban[/b] - Former Spanish Senator. Disagreed with confronting socialist nations, advocated allowing socialist nations to fail on their own. Eventually found disagreeable by Alfonso Sotelo, from which he escaped Spain. [b]Joaquin[/b] - Former policeman from Madrid. Escaped Spanish custody with Julio Zuraban and several other political prisoners when their plane was shot down over the Atlas Mountains. [b]Graciela Laboa[/b] - Daughter of dissident leader Ignacio Laboa. Managed to escape capture by the regime when her father was arrested. Believes she has tracked him down to La Cabeza, a highly fortified facility on the edge of the Sahara desert. [b]Ignacio Laboa[/b] - Organized a dissident movement in Spain known as the Partisans. He, along with most of his affiliates, were identified by informants and captured by law enforcement. Her daughter, Graciela, escaped capture and is attempting to locate him. Presumed to be held at the La Cabeza facility. [b]Dejene[/b] - Ethiopian Walinzi agent, one of many operating in Spanish Algeria. Has embedded with Tuareg mujahideen fighting against the Spanish regime in Spanish Morocco and Algeria. He has helped to provide the Tuareg with the military hardware and expertise needed to put up a fight against the Spanish colonial administration. [b]The Amghar[/b] - The leader of the Tuareg mujahideen operating in the Atlas Mountains. Has hosted Dejene and Graciela to help him and his fighters secure revenge for atrocities that he alleges the Spanish have committed against his people. [b]The Man in Purple[/b] - Described as a bald man with asiatic features. Supposedly organized the capture of a Spanish salvage vessel and presumed to be in possession of the Ark of the Covenant. [b][u]Military[/u][/b] [b]Diego Velazquez[/b] - High Commander of the Spanish armed forces. Oversees all aspects of Spanish military activity and second in command only to the Prime Minister. [b]High Admiral Rubiroso[/b] - High Admiral and commander of the Spanish Armada. [b]Ernesto Bodevin[/b] - Commander of the Spanish air forces. [b]Sergio Severino[/b] - Head of the Oficina of Inteligencia Militar - Spain's foreign intelligence-gathering apparatus. Responsible for procuring sensitive information from spies and informants abroad as well as interrogations. It is revealed that this interrogation process has been made more efficient thanks to a type of truth serum drug. [b]Victor Ponferrada[/b] - Celebrated Spanish general who fought during the Italian revolution against Generalissimo Batista. Gained notoriety for employing unsavory tactics. Commands the Third Mechanized Infantry Division in Ethiopia. [b]Santiago Santin[/b] - Admiral who survived the sinking of the Vanguardia off the coast of Finland, which he suspects to have been the work of a Chinese submarine. Currently in command of the Mediterranean Fleet which is engaging in operations against Ethiopia. [b]Luis Morazan[/b] - Cabo (equivalent to private rank) in the Third Mechanized Infantry Division. Currently fighting in the Spanish-Ethiopian War. [b]Hector[/b] - Luis Morazan's companion from basic training. Currently fighting in the Spanish-Ethiopian War. [b]Francisco Ayesta[/b] - Commanding officer of Luis Morazan's platoon. Fought during the intervention in the Ivory Coast. [b]Dr. Juan Guijon[/b] - Chief of research at the La Cabeza facility. Charged with overseeing production and storage of Spain's VX arsenal. Currently working on an even more sinister project. [h3][u]Estructura Militar - Military Organization[/u][/h3] [b][u]Ejercito de Tierra - The Spanish Army[/u][/b] - First Light Infantry Division [list] [*]8th Infantry Batallion, Girona [*]13th Infantry Batallion, San Sebastian [*]21st Infantry Batallion, Badajoz [*]27th Infantry Batallion, Toledo [*]30th Airborne Batallion, Toledo [*]32rd Airborne Batallion, Zaragoza [*]39th Airborne Batallion, Zaragoza [*]42nd Airborne Batallion, Guernica [*]44th Engineer Batallion, Toledo [*]47th Air Defense Batallion, Ibiza [*]51st Air Defense Batallion, San Sebastian [*]64th Cazador Batallion, Huesca [/list] - Second Mechanized Infantry Division [list] [*]67th Infantry Batallion, Casablanca [*]69th Infantry Batallion, Ceuta [*]73rd Infantry Batallion, Algiers [*]75th Infantry Batallion, Tunis [*]78th Airborne Batallion, Oran [*]81st Airborne Batallion, Melilla [*]88th Armored Batallion, Girona [*]90th Armored Batallion, San Sebastian [*]91st Artillery Batallion, San Sebastian [*]94th Artilllery Batallion, Noudhibou [*]95th Engineer Batallion, Ceuta [*]96th Cazador Batallion, Huesca [/list] - Third Mechanized Infantry Division [list] [*]99th Infantry Batallion, Ethiopia [*]101st Infantry Batallion, Ethiopia [*]104th Infantry Batallion, Ethiopia [*]107th Infantry Batallion, Ethiopia [*]108th Infantry Batallion, Ethiopia [*]110th Infantry Batallion, Ethiopia [*]175th Infantry Batallion, Ethiopia [*]188th Infantry Batallion, Ethiopia [*]192nd Infantry Batallion, Ethiopia [*]195th Infantry Batallion, Ethiopia [*]123rd Artillery Batallion, Ethiopia [*]130th Artillery Batallion, Ethiopia [*]131st Armored Batallion, Ethiopia [*]133rd Armored Batallion, Ethiopia [*]135th Engineer Batallion, Port Said [/list] - Fourth Infantry Division [list] [*]150th Infantry Batallion, Dakar [*]158th Infantry Batallion, Nouakchott [*]161st Infantry Batallion, Lagos [*]164th Infantry Batallion, Port Harcourt [*]170th Airborne Batallion, Abuja [*]174th Airborne Batallion, Abidjan [*]179th Airborne Batallion, Niamey [*]182nd Airborne Batallion, Murzuq [*]183rd Engineer Batallion, Lagos [*]187th Air Defense Batallion, Port Harcourt [*]191st Artillery Batallion, Port Harcourt [/list] - Fifth Light Infantry Division [list] [*]193rd Infantry Batallion, Tripoli [*]196th Infantry Batallion, Tripoli [*]198th Infantry Batallion, Sfax [*]203rd Airborne Batallion, Marrakesh [*]209th Airborne Batallion, Tripoli [/list] - Sixth Support Division [list] [*]220th Air Defense Batallion, Azores [*]221st Air Defense Batallion, Cabo Verde [*]240th Engineer Batallion, Tarifa [*]241st Engineer Batallion, Port Said [*]262nd Rocket Batallion, Noudhibou [*]265th Sapper Batallion, Port Said [*]276th Sapper Batallion, Toledo [/list] -International Brigade [list] [*]301st International Batallion, Port Said [*]302nd International Batallion, Djibouti [/list] [b][u]Armada - The Spanish Navy[/u][/b] - Mediterranean Fleet Home anchorage: Valencia [list] [*] 1 Aircraft carrier: La Ira de Dios [*] 13 Destroyers [*] 18 Cruisers [*] 4 Torpedo boats [*] 3 Support vessels [/list] - Atlantic Fleet Home anchorage: Cadiz [list] [*] 1 Aircraft carrier: Andalusia [*] 10 Destroyers [*] 30 Cruisers [*] 24 Torpedo boats/patrol vessels [/list] -Biscay Fleet Home anchorage: A Coruña [list] [*] 4 Destroyers [*] 7 Cruisers [*] 5 Torpedo boats [/list]