Vardos Coalition

Fleet doctrine · society · ground forces

Faction reference · wider setting lore; not a record of events in every published chapter.

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Overview

A Coalition force whose recovery fleets and boarding troops bring a direct threat to Kestrel.

Full account

The Coalition expedition at Kestrel seeks control through armed pressure and boarding. Tal’s eventual defeat does not establish the fall of the entire Vardos frontier.

Captured and surrendering personnel remain people under protection. Tal survives capture in the published sequence.

These sheets preserve the established Coalition hull and armour references. Fleet roles distinguish patrol, line combat, troop delivery and recovery; infantry, heavy boarders and command guards carry separate equipment.

Recovered gun hull

Recovered gun hull

Supply local direct fire

Use source one blunt gun hull with its clustered drives

Unequal rebuilt systems

Recovered line hull

Recovered line hull

Support the fleet combat line

Use source two tapered long hull and protruding forward gun geometry

Variable repair state

Assault transport hull

Assault transport hull

Deliver boarding personnel

Use source three broad transport and large frontal receiving opening

Needs covering fire

Command hull

Command hull

Carry fleet coordination and heavy support

Use source four long upper command mass and heavy body

Command concentration creates vulnerability

Coalition line boarder

Coalition line boarder

Capture and hold ship corridors

Use reference one exact rounded helmet, navy plates and rifle

Baseline infantry protection

Coalition heavy boarder

Coalition heavy boarder

Support the boarding advance

Use reference two exact heavier torso and leg plates

Slower movement

Command Guard

Command Guard

Protect command personnel

Use reference three exact charcoal armor and narrow blue visor

Specialist command-protection formation

Connected entries

• Recovered gun hull

  Supply local direct fire

• Recovered line hull

  Support the fleet combat line

• Assault transport hull

  Deliver boarding personnel

• Command hull

  Carry fleet coordination and heavy support

• Marek Soren

  Marek Soren is a restrained intelligence director whose knowledge of covert operations makes him more dangerous—and more valuable—than his helpless appearance suggests.

• Vardos Gate

  The gate approach brings Wayward Star into confrontation with a Vardos Coalition force.