- Following a tradition established during the initial migration of the
Turin Mission, normally scheduled jumps and most fleet activity stopped for
the celebrations of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday until after the Easter
ceremonies were completed. This was carried forward through the Rule of
and through the Long Night, when reduced commerce had a general cessation
of commercial, and even non-vital military traffic slows down. Most
businesses and employers offer the entire period as holiday and non-critcal
military units grant leave covering the same period.
- During the Solomani Rim War, Consolidation forces, acting on urging of
the Brotherhood of Sen Wenclus extended the Truce of God around Holy Week
in spite of the War and the Imperials gained somewhat rare positive press
in the Consolidation when they honored the truce and held their positions,
not engage Consolidation forces, while the Imperials pressed their
counteroffensive against other Solomani forces in other subsectors.
- During the Rule of Man, it became popular for the most affluent in the
Consolidation to go on pilgrimage to Terra to celebrate Easter at the Holy
Places under the Jerusalem Arcology. Many humbler people joined these
expeditions when possible and the convoys grew quite large for the
celebrations. The Terran Mercantile Community initially became the primary
Terran benefector during this time and negated the need for the the Knights
of St George to secure most of these early pilgrim convoys outside of Alpha
Crucis.
- Pilgrim convoys lost popularity during the Long Night, though never
entirely ceased. Many of the routes became unsafe and the Knights of St
George were stretched trying to cover them all. The TMC had been slowly
pulling in it's coverage closer to Terra and abandoning the outlying routes
and worlds, which often suffered the depradation of raiders. The Knights
of St George extended their operations spinward to compensate, though much
reduced from the TMC and usually the highest around the actual convoys
though scouting and a few squadron sweeps preceeded the pilgrims. The
convoys themselves became larger and less frequent to better enjoy the more
limited protection the Knights could offer so far from Turin.
- By AD 3413,when the TMC reformed into the Old Earth Union, the Knights
heavy squadrons were often welcomed into the OEU proper instead of stopping
just outside as had been routine . There were even some joint operations
to facilitate shared interests and the return expenditions.
- A notable uptick bucking the trends in the Long Night was the 4th
Millennium celebrations when huge convoys travelled from Turin to Terra for
both Easter and Christmas.
Turin Mission, normally scheduled jumps and most fleet activity stopped for
the celebrations of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday until after the Easter
ceremonies were completed. This was carried forward through the Rule of
and through the Long Night, when reduced commerce had a general cessation
of commercial, and even non-vital military traffic slows down. Most
businesses and employers offer the entire period as holiday and non-critcal
military units grant leave covering the same period.
- During the Solomani Rim War, Consolidation forces, acting on urging of
the Brotherhood of Sen Wenclus extended the Truce of God around Holy Week
in spite of the War and the Imperials gained somewhat rare positive press
in the Consolidation when they honored the truce and held their positions,
not engage Consolidation forces, while the Imperials pressed their
counteroffensive against other Solomani forces in other subsectors.
- During the Rule of Man, it became popular for the most affluent in the
Consolidation to go on pilgrimage to Terra to celebrate Easter at the Holy
Places under the Jerusalem Arcology. Many humbler people joined these
expeditions when possible and the convoys grew quite large for the
celebrations. The Terran Mercantile Community initially became the primary
Terran benefector during this time and negated the need for the the Knights
of St George to secure most of these early pilgrim convoys outside of Alpha
Crucis.
- Pilgrim convoys lost popularity during the Long Night, though never
entirely ceased. Many of the routes became unsafe and the Knights of St
George were stretched trying to cover them all. The TMC had been slowly
pulling in it's coverage closer to Terra and abandoning the outlying routes
and worlds, which often suffered the depradation of raiders. The Knights
of St George extended their operations spinward to compensate, though much
reduced from the TMC and usually the highest around the actual convoys
though scouting and a few squadron sweeps preceeded the pilgrims. The
convoys themselves became larger and less frequent to better enjoy the more
limited protection the Knights could offer so far from Turin.
- By AD 3413,when the TMC reformed into the Old Earth Union, the Knights
heavy squadrons were often welcomed into the OEU proper instead of stopping
just outside as had been routine . There were even some joint operations
to facilitate shared interests and the return expenditions.
- A notable uptick bucking the trends in the Long Night was the 4th
Millennium celebrations when huge convoys travelled from Turin to Terra for
both Easter and Christmas.