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−	Still the bulwark of the League's military, the Marik Militia bore the brunt of FWLM's fighting in the [[Jihad]]. Despite seeing near-continuous action and in some cases suffering extremely heavy combat damage, just as the nation which it defended shattered and fragmented, the bulk of the Militia's losses were due to the divided loyalties of its regiments to provinces, other League units, various leaders and power brokers.<ref name=M&M>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 80: "The Sundered Arm: Key FWLM Military Commands"</ref> By 3085, the Marik Militia as an organization was no more, with its component units divided among several League splinter states.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 81–90</ref>	+	Still the bulwark of the League's military, the Marik Militia bore the brunt of FWLM's fighting in the [[Jihad]]. Despite seeing near-continuous action and in some cases suffering extremely heavy combat damage, just as the nation which it defended shattered and fragmented, the bulk of the Militia's losses were due to the divided loyalties of its regiments to provinces, other League units, various leaders and power brokers.<ref name=M&M>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 80: "The Sundered Arm: Key FWLM Military Commands"</ref> By 3085, the Marik Militia as an organization was no more, with its component units divided among several League splinter states.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 81-90</ref>
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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[File:Marik Militia -Brigade logo.png|191px|Brigade Insignia of the Marik Militia]] | Designation = Marik Militia | Formed = [[2238]]<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 8: Founding of Marik Commonwealth is assumed to be formation date of Marik Militia</ref><br>[[3152]] (reformed)<ref name=EA69>''Empire Alone'', p. 69</ref> | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = "Mailed Fist in a Velvet Glove" | Affiliation = [[Free Worlds League]] | Parent Command = [[Free Worlds League Military]] | Sub-Command = }} <onlyinclude> The Marik Militia had been the bedrock of the federal armed forces within the Free Worlds League since the inception of the League in the twenty-third century and was dedicated to serving and protecting the people of the League. </onlyinclude> == History == === Formation === The '''Marik Militia''' was founded alongside the [[Free Worlds League]] itself and was the basis of the League's offensive and defensive military might. Although other federal forces have existed during the lifetime of the League, the Marik Militia was unique for being dedicated to serving and defending the people of the League, rather than serving the [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]], a distinction that separated the Militia from formations such as the [[Atrean Dragoons]] and [[Free Worlds Guards]].<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp10">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 10: "Marik Militia"</ref> === Reunification War === During the [[Reunification War]] the units of the Militia served with distinction in the campaign against the [[Magistracy of Canopus]], capturing enemy matériel to create new Militia [[regiment]]s.<ref name=HM/> === Star League Era === When the [[Star League]] issued the [[Council Edict of 2650]], which limited the size of the military of each of the member states, the Marik Militia numbered nineteen regiments in total. A number of these regiments were involved in the [[Marik Civil War (28th c.)|Marik Civil War]]<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp10"/> between Captain-General [[Elise Marik]] and her brother, [[Oliver Marik|Oliver]], and took far more of a battering than the various provincial forces involved in the conflict.<ref name=HM>''House Marik'', p. 90: "Marik Militia"</ref> When the Council Edict of 2650 was repealed the Marik Militia expanded rapidly, and between [[2755]] and [[2765]] the brigade grew to twenty-eight regiments in total; although by 2765 it had been thirty years since the end of the Civil War and the signing of the [[Treaty of Verona]] some of the Marik Militia regiments were still nursing grudges, although most of the units had managed to rebuild.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp10"/> The Marik Militia remained a popular unit with both the commoners within the League and the peerage because of their public dedication to the people of the League, and the various regiments of the Militia often acted as training grounds for troops across the League. A significant number of the personnel serving in other more prestigious federal units and various provincial forces within the League had actually begun their careers in one of the Marik Militia regiments. Despite the relatively low performance ratings of the Militia because of the number of new enlistees and recently graduated academy cadets within the various regiments the Marik Militia was considered to be one of the most stable and reliable formations within the [[Free Worlds League Military]].<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp10"/> === Succession Wars === ==== First Succession War ==== Having secured a number of worlds from the remains of the [[Terran Hegemony]], [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Kenyon Marik]] deployed ten regiments from the Marik Militia to launch an invasion of the Capellan Confederation; their goal was to "clear a route ten parsecs wide to [[Sarna]]." Both [[Corey]] and [[Wazan]] fell quickly to the Marik Militia forces, with few of the Capellan garrisons offering much resistance.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p28">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 28: "The Collapse of Terra"</ref> [[Chancellor]] [[Barbara Liao]] was unwilling to cede control of the worlds easily, however; she launched a counterattack against the world of [[New Delos]], which was a [[Free Worlds League Military]] staging area, and put blockades in place over both the Corey and Wazan systems, as well as ordering an attack on [[Calloway VI]] in [[2780]]. These efforts were despite Kenyon Marik ordering his forces to conduct attacks that saw the worlds of [[Hall]], [[Ingersoll]], [[New Canton]] and [[Outreach]] firebombed in retaliation for the New Delos attack and in an effort to disrupt the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] efforts to send reinforcements to Corey and Wazan.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p28"/> The Capellan siege of both Corey and Wazan ended when FWLM forces in the Calloway system detected and ambushed the Capellan forces attempting to launch their attack, leading to several years where the war went almost completely in favor of [[House Marik]].<ref name="HM(TFWL)p28"/> Originally forty regiments strong at the start of the [[First Succession War]], by the end of the war eight regiments of the Marik Militia had been destroyed: the [[4th Marik Militia|Fourth]], [[7th Marik Militia|Seventh]], [[13th Marik Militia|Thirteenth]], [[17th Marik Militia|Seventeenth]], [[21st Marik Militia|Twenty-first]], [[23rd Marik Militia|Twenty-third]], [[29th Marik Militia|Twenty-ninth]] and [[Thirty-fourth Marik Militia]] regiments were all lost. Having begun the First Succession War at full strength, none of the surviving regiments could muster as much as two-thirds strength by the end of the war, and some of the Militias were down to just one quarter strength. Despite having thirty-two Militias still on the list of active commands, the total combat strength of the Marik Militia was approximately thirteen and a half regiments.<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "Free Worlds League Military (FWLM)"</ref> ==== Third Succession War ==== In [[2913]] three regiments of the Marik Militia landed on [[Loric]] in the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]; the Militia was supported by a large contingent of aerospace fighters and DropShips and inflicted heavy damage on the defending [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] units, only retreating when reinforcements from the [[Donegal Guards]] arrived. The attack was perhaps the most successful strike made against the Lyran Commonwealth during the reign of Captain-General [[Elisabeth Marik]].<ref name="HM(TFWL)p39">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 39: "The Great Compromiser"</ref> Forming such a large part of the FWLM, the Militia played a significant role in the League's military actions in the unceasing conflict of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], but even with the addition of two new Militia units in [[2980]], attrition had reduced their number down to fifteen regiments by [[3025]]. After the rise of [[Thomas Marik]] to the Captain-Generalcy, the Marik Militia benefited from new resources to rebuild and expand their numbers. Unfortunately Militia also began to serve as unofficial cadre units for the modernized FWLM, with most graduates of the League's military academies undertaking their first tour of duty in a Militia unit before the best officers and troops were poached by more prestigious brigades. While a few regiments had success in convincing the [[LCCC]] to retain and build on their expertise, the Militia as a whole had the highest concentration of green troops in Thomas's FWLM.<ref name=FMFWL>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 53: "Marik Militia"</ref><ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 148 "Marik Militia"</ref> [[Nathan]] was a rural world periodically used by Free Worlds League Military units as a rest and recuperation berth. In [[3018]] Nathan was raided by the mercenary unit [[Snord's Irregulars]] as part of a campaign the Irregulars had dubbed [[Operation Junk Yard Dog]]. The Irregulars were in pursuit of items looted from their museum on [[Clinton]] by [[FWLM]] troops late in [[3017]], and had tracked some of the items to Nathan, where they were due to be auctioned off on the open market. Using security codes stolen by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] the Irregulars disguised their [[DropShip]] as a League vessel returning from the front lines, receiving clearance to land as guests of the local Earl on March 13th. While on approach to Nelson the Irregulars executed a combat drop in secret, achieving total surprise over the Marik Militia elements on Nelson at the time. The Irregulars proceeded to fight a series of simultaneous engagements in cities across Nelson over the next two weeks, retrieving items before the League could bring in additional forces. In one notable instance the Irregulars managed to recover a number of items from within the city of Fullson, using a hurricane that struck the city as cover to withdraw with the items ahead of League forces.<ref name="CSI:OJYD">''Cranston Snord's Irregulars'', pp. 5, 39–47: Scenarios "Junk Yard Dog Affair" I-IV</ref> The unit also mauled elements of the [[Informal 20th Light Armored Cavalry]], a support command on planet.<ref name="CSI:OJYD" /> === The Jihad === Still the bulwark of the League's military, the Marik Militia bore the brunt of FWLM's fighting in the [[Jihad]]. Despite seeing near-continuous action and in some cases suffering extremely heavy combat damage, just as the nation which it defended shattered and fragmented, the bulk of the Militia's losses were due to the divided loyalties of its regiments to provinces, other League units, various leaders and power brokers.<ref name=M&M>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 80: "The Sundered Arm: Key FWLM Military Commands"</ref> By 3085, the Marik Militia as an organization was no more, with its component units divided among several League splinter states.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 81-90</ref> ===Dark Age=== On 14 March, 3152, [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Nikol Marik]] announced that the Fourth had agreed to rejoin the FWLM, reforming the 18th Marik Militia as the first unit in a reborn Marik Militia.<ref name=EA69/> ==Officers== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Marik Militia''' |- | [[General]]||[[Duncan Marik]]||[[3025]]<ref name=HM:FWLp142>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 142: "Duncan Marik"</ref> |- | General||[[Samuel Garibaldi]]||[[3050]] - [[3059]]<ref name=20YUp56>''20 Year Update'', p. 56: "FWLM Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=FM:FWLp112>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 112: "Free Worlds League Military"</ref> |} ===Other Officers=== * [[Colonel]] [[Leonard Mantei]], aide to the commander in [[3050]].<ref name=20YUp56/> * Colonel [[Lloyd Reissin]], aide to the commander from [[3059]] to [[3067]].<ref name=FM:FWLp112/><ref name=FM:Up160>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 160: "FWLM Deployment Table - 3067"</ref> ==Tactics== Different per Unit. == Units of the Marik Militia == * [[First Marik Militia]] * [[Second Marik Militia]] * [[Third Marik Militia]] * [[Fourth Marik Militia]] * [[Fifth Marik Militia]] * [[Sixth Marik Militia]] * [[Seventh Marik Militia]] * [[Eighth Marik Militia]] * [[Ninth Marik Militia]] * [[Tenth Marik Militia]] * [[Eleventh Marik Militia]] * [[Twelfth Marik Militia]] * [[Thirteenth Marik Militia]] * [[Fourteenth Marik Militia]] * [[Fifteenth Marik Militia]] * [[Sixteenth Marik Militia]] * [[Seventeenth Marik Militia]] * [[Eighteenth Marik Militia]] * [[Nineteenth Marik Militia]] * [[Twentieth Marik Militia]] * [[Twenty-first Marik Militia]] * [[Twenty-second Marik Militia]] * [[Twenty-third Marik Militia]] * [[Twenty-fourth Marik Militia]] * [[Twenty-fifth Marik Militia]] * [[Twenty-sixth Marik Militia]] * [[Twenty-seventh Marik Militia]] * [[Twenty-eighth Marik Militia]] * [[Twenty-ninth Marik Militia]] * [[Thirtieth Marik Militia]] * [[Thirty-first Marik Militia]] * [[Thirty-second Marik Militia]] * [[Thirty-third Marik Militia]] * [[Thirty-fourth Marik Militia]] * [[Thirty-fifth Marik Militia]] * [[Thirty-sixth Marik Militia]] * [[Thirty-seventh Marik Militia]] * [[Thirty-eighth Marik Militia]] * [[Thirty-ninth Marik Militia]] * [[Fortieth Marik Militia]] ==Notes== :* The Third Marik Militia was dishonorably disbanded after supporting [[Marik Civil War (31st c.) | Anton's Revolt]].<ref>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 53</ref> :* The Eighth Marik Militia was destroyed on [[Wisconsin]] in [[2838]].<ref name=HLTCC-92>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 92: "The Capellan Military - BattleMech Regiments - Capellan Reserves - Justine's Grenadiers"</ref> :* The Twentieth Marik Militia was a gift to [[Republic of the Sphere]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 167</ref> == Colors and Unit Insignia == The Marik Militia's parade colors are purple, with highlights in red on the right side, and in blue on the left. Individual units may vary from this color scheme. <gallery> Image:Camomarikmarikmilitia1.png|''Stinger'' Image:Camomarikmarikmilitia.png|13th Marik Militia ''Panther'' Image:Cicada (2).jpg|''Cicada'' </gallery> <gallery> Image:Marikmilitia01st.png|[[1st Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia02nd.png|[[2nd Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia04th.png|[[4th Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia05th.png|[[5th Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia06th.png|[[6th Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia09th.png|[[9th Marik Militia]] Marik Protectors 1st logo.png|[[10th Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia13th.png|[[13th Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia15th.png|[[15th Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia18th.png|[[18th Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia20th.png|[[20th Marik Militia]] Marik Militia 23rd logo.png|[[23rd Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia25th.png|[[25th Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia30th.png|[[30th Marik Militia]] Image:Marikmilitia31st.png|[[31st Marik Militia]] Free Worlds League logo.png|[[34th Marik Militia]] </gallery> == References == <references/> == Bibliography == * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' * ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'' * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' [[Category:Free Worlds League Commands]]

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