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Line 20: === Star League Era === === Star League Era === − The Thirty-third Avalon Hussars was one of many [[Avalon Hussars]] regiments to be deactivated during the [[Star League]] era after the Star League Council issued the [[Council Edict of 2650]], which limited the maximum permissible size of the military of each [[Great House]]. When the Council Edict of 2650 was revoked in the mid-twenty-eighth century each of the Great Houses began an extensive rearmament program, including the [[Federated Suns]]. The Thirty-third was duly reactivated in [[2760]] and swiftly attempted to resurrect the regiment's traditions.<ref name="FR:FS2765p9"/> + The Thirty-third Avalon Hussars was one of many [[Avalon Hussars]] regiments to be deactivated during the [[Star League]] era after the Star League Council issued the [[Council Edict of 2650]], which limited the maximum permissible size of the military of each [[Great House]]. When the Council Edict of 2650 was revoked in the mid-Twenty-eighth century each of the Great Houses began an extensive rearmament program, including the [[Federated Suns]]. The Thirty-third was duly reactivated in [[2760]] and swiftly attempted to resurrect the regiment's traditions.<ref name="FR:FS2765p9"/> When the Thirty-third was originally founded during the [[Age of War]] the first Commanding Officer of the regiment was the graduating class Most Valuable Player of the Albion basketball team; that CO brought basketball to the Thirty-third as a sporting tradition, one that the CO of the newly reactivated Thirty-third, [[Colonel]] [[Walter Nellis]], brought back despite knowing nothing about basketball. While not everyone in the regiment was required to be basketball fan, one of Nellis' decisions was to hire a professional basketball coach on behalf of the regiment so that the tradition would continue.<ref name="FR:FS2765p9">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 9: "Avalon Hussars"</ref> When the Thirty-third was originally founded during the [[Age of War]] the first Commanding Officer of the regiment was the graduating class Most Valuable Player of the Albion basketball team; that CO brought basketball to the Thirty-third as a sporting tradition, one that the CO of the newly reactivated Thirty-third, [[Colonel]] [[Walter Nellis]], brought back despite knowing nothing about basketball. While not everyone in the regiment was required to be basketball fan, one of Nellis' decisions was to hire a professional basketball coach on behalf of the regiment so that the tradition would continue.<ref name="FR:FS2765p9">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 9: "Avalon Hussars"</ref>
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| − | The Thirty-third Avalon Hussars was one of many [[Avalon Hussars]] regiments to be deactivated during the [[Star League]] era after the Star League Council issued the [[Council Edict of 2650]], which limited the maximum permissible size of the military of each [[Great House]]. When the Council Edict of 2650 was revoked in the mid- | + | The Thirty-third Avalon Hussars was one of many [[Avalon Hussars]] regiments to be deactivated during the [[Star League]] era after the Star League Council issued the [[Council Edict of 2650]], which limited the maximum permissible size of the military of each [[Great House]]. When the Council Edict of 2650 was revoked in the mid-Twenty-eighth century each of the Great Houses began an extensive rearmament program, including the [[Federated Suns]]. The Thirty-third was duly reactivated in [[2760]] and swiftly attempted to resurrect the regiment's traditions.<ref name="FR:FS2765p9"/> |
When the Thirty-third was originally founded during the [[Age of War]] the first Commanding Officer of the regiment was the graduating class Most Valuable Player of the Albion basketball team; that CO brought basketball to the Thirty-third as a sporting tradition, one that the CO of the newly reactivated Thirty-third, [[Colonel]] [[Walter Nellis]], brought back despite knowing nothing about basketball. While not everyone in the regiment was required to be basketball fan, one of Nellis' decisions was to hire a professional basketball coach on behalf of the regiment so that the tradition would continue.<ref name="FR:FS2765p9">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 9: "Avalon Hussars"</ref> | When the Thirty-third was originally founded during the [[Age of War]] the first Commanding Officer of the regiment was the graduating class Most Valuable Player of the Albion basketball team; that CO brought basketball to the Thirty-third as a sporting tradition, one that the CO of the newly reactivated Thirty-third, [[Colonel]] [[Walter Nellis]], brought back despite knowing nothing about basketball. While not everyone in the regiment was required to be basketball fan, one of Nellis' decisions was to hire a professional basketball coach on behalf of the regiment so that the tradition would continue.<ref name="FR:FS2765p9">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 9: "Avalon Hussars"</ref> | ||