Editing Franklin Barnex

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'''Franklin Barnex''' was a senior [[Star League Defense Force]] and the first commanding officer of the [[Outworlds Alliance Army of Occupation]].

== Biography ==
Franklin Barnex was transferred from the [[SLDF]] headquarters to take command of the Star League Outworlds Task Force, replacing [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]] on 30 June [[2584]]. Barnex was a sharp contrast to Forlough, believing in a more civilized approach to warfare rather than the brutal, total war approach. As soon as Barnex took command of the task force he repealed various orders Forlough had given, beginning with the order to indiscriminately target civilians on [[Outworlds Alliance]] worlds.<ref name="H:RWp126">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126, "Slow Grind"</ref>

Barnex began his own campaign against the Outworlds by first attempting to address problems with his notional allies, the [[Draconis Combine]] and [[Federated Suns]]. He allowed both nations to take over responsibility for garrisoning a number of worlds and restored [[DCMS]] access to the SLDF supply lines; at the same time. He also took a strong line against those senior officers who attempted to continue with Forlough's policies; a dozen assorted SLDF [[brigade]] and [[division]] commanding officers found themselves relieved of duty when they defied Barnex's orders. He extended the same standards to the DCMS forces, removing half a dozen Kuritan governors and military commanders from their positions.<ref name="H:RWp126"/><ref name="H:RWp126+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126, "Negotiation"</ref>

Whilst Barnex attempted to build a base of support for the [[Star League]] within the Alliance, he also continued military actions; he rewarded excellence where he found it, and his presence reinvigorated the SLDF efforts to capture [[Lushann]] whilst also prompting the DCMS commander, ''[[Sho-sho]]'' [[Rimas Nelsson]], to attempt to capture [[Quantraine]]. Despite exhaustion on both sides and the redeployment of [[II Corps (Star League)|II Corps]] to the [[Taurian Concordat]], Barnex was able to continue combat operations into [[2585]], while also being a realist about the likely cost of capturing the Alliance capital of [[Alpheratz]].<ref name="H:RWp126+"/>

When [[First Prince]] [[Alexander Davion]] of the Federated Suns was able to broker peace talks between the Outworlds Alliance and the Star League, it was Barnex who signed the official peace treaty, the [[Treaty of Cerberus]], on the 25th of July 2585.<ref name="H:RWp126++">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126, "Year Five: Slow Grind"</ref>

Following the Armistice the bulk of [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]] became basis of the Outworlds Alliance Army of Occupation, and Barnex was kept in place as commanding officer; when the newly installed Director of Outworlds Alliance Affairs attempted to use the SLDF as a political tool to recreate the Outworlds Alliance according to her own vision, Barnex not only opposed Lady [[Claudia Cameron-Davis]]'s plans by rescinding her orders to the SLDF troops, he also put in place checks and balances to prevent anything similar happening in the future.<ref name="H:RWp160">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126, "The Terms Of Outworlds Freedom"</ref>

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 

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