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Colonel Bazan's Haitian Troops

Description

Colonel Bazan's Haitian troops erupt into coup fury across Port-au-Prince, smashing rallies with deadly suppression that claims lives, slamming Justice Minister Ducasse into chains, boxing Chief Justice under lockdown, and swarming police stations and elite residences with unyielding force. Their assault traps 400 UN observers in mounting terror, erases President-elect Dessaline from the map, and catapults the Oval Office into raw intervention debates. Nancy seizes this fracture point, directing St. Jacques to splinter their ranks—recasting Bartlet's invasion hammer as multilateral peacekeeping blade amid Situation Room resolve.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

3 events
S3E1 · Manchester Part I
Situation Room: Swift Fury Evac Triumph Spirals into Cobra Firefight

Bazan's troops underpin the secured landing zone for Cobras as referenced in prior briefing, their ground hold enabling Dragon pickup amid HNP fire—bolstering the op's perimeter in fractured alliances relayed to the room.

Active Representation

Via referenced troop positions securing LZ

Power Dynamics

Cooperative ground force aiding U.S. air ops against mutual foe

Institutional Impact

Highlights tactical pacts in volatile regime change

Internal Dynamics

Shift from coup aggression to evac support

Organizational Goals
Maintain coup control while facilitating evac Secure perimeter against HNP counterattacks
Influence Mechanisms
Ground troop readiness over LZ Alliance with U.S. for shared extraction
S2E21 · 18th and Potomac
Oval Office Briefing: Dessaline Vanishes in Haitian Coup Chaos

Colonel Bazan's Haitian Troops dissected as coup engine—rally crushes, arrests, station parks—igniting observer peril and Dessaline void, antagonist in Oval threat assessment.

Active Representation

Via field action reports

Power Dynamics

Aggressor overwhelming civilian structures

Institutional Impact

Dismantles democratic handover

Internal Dynamics

Unified under Bazan command

Organizational Goals
Seize governmental control Neutralize opposition
Influence Mechanisms
Troop deployments Pretextual violence
S2E22 · Two Cathedrals
Bartlet Authorizes Fitzwallace Intervention Amid Mounting Grief

Cast as primary adversarial force in Nancy's pitch—Bazan's troops encircling embassy with AR-15s and howitzers, targeted for internal fracture by St. Jacques to enable U.S. peacekeeping pivot, heightening stakes of presidential authorization.

Active Representation

Referenced via commander's army in strategic discussion

Power Dynamics

Besieging U.S. interests, vulnerable to defection and intervention

Institutional Impact

Exposes fragility of Haitian military cohesion under U.S. pressure

Internal Dynamics

Potential fracture via St. Jacques' divided loyalties

Organizational Goals
Enforce coup through military siege Suppress opposition and secure regime
Influence Mechanisms
Armed encirclement and artillery threats Troop mobilization against embassy