Editing Stewart Dragoons

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| image          = [[File:Stewartdragoons.png|center|150px]]
| Designation    = Stewart Dragoons
| formed         = ca. [[2293]]
| Disbanded      = 
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname       = Loyalty Unbounded
| Affiliation    = Free Worlds League
| Parent Command = [[Free Worlds League Military]]
| Sub-Command    = 
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== General ==
Since the marriage between [[Ana Stewart]], daughter of [[Earl]] [[Androcles Stewart]], and [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] in [[2998]] the fate of the Stewart Dragoons has been tied up with the Marik family. Despite being founded by the first nation to be forcibly absorbed into the nascent [[Free Worlds League]], the Stewart Dragoons have a history of loyal service to the [[Free Worlds League]] and [[House Marik]]. The Dragoons have a history of excellence across a wide range of combat roles, lack the antipathy towards the [[Capellan Confederation]] espoused by many other [[Free Worlds League Military]] units, and have benefited from the high priority given to them by the [[LCCC]] due to their success and loyalty.<ref name=FMFWL98>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 98: "Stewart Dragoons"</ref>

== History==
=== Formation ===
The Stewart Dragoons began with the [[Stewart Commonality]], sometimes referred to as the Stewart Confederation, one of many proto-nations to form after the [[Terran Alliance]] issued the [[Demarcation Declaration]]; the [[Home Guard (Free Worlds League)|Home Guard]] can trace their roots back to the original Confederation military. When [[Juliano Marik]] landed eight regiments of combat troops on [[Stewart]] in [[2293]], the Stewart military resisted fiercely despite the three-to-one odds, and one of the two battalions of troops to survive the Marik conquest became the Home Guard.<ref name=FMFWL98/><ref name=FMFWL99>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 99: "Home Guard"</ref>

=== Age of War ===
Under the aegis of the League the Stewart Dragoons grew in size through the [[Age of War]], and one of the Dragoons regiments - the [[Juggernaut (Free Worlds League)|Juggernaut]] regiment - fought during the [[Reunification War]] as a part of the [[1st Marik Auxiliary Corps]] under [[General]] [[Ian Marik]]. When the Succession Wars began, the Stewart Dragoons had expanded to five full regiments, but the centuries of warfare would reduce the Dragoons down to just two regiments by the end of the [[Third Succession War]].<ref name=FMFWL98/><ref name="H:RWp95">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 95: "SLDF Task Force Canopus"</ref><ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp149">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 149: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583-2588)"</ref>

=== Star League Era ===
The Stewart Dragoons were notionally provincial forces during the [[Star League]] era<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp18">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 18: "Stewart Dragoons"</ref> - all of the forces associated with provinces officially became provincial forces, distinct from federal forces, in what was at least partly an act of fiction to avoid disbanding a large number of regiments under the demands of the Star League [[Council Edict of 2650]]<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp4">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 4: "Circumventing Directive 30"</ref> - the Dragoons' loyalty remained firmly with the federal government and the [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]]. Although the Stewart Dragoons were primarily responsible for defending the Stewart Commonwealth, they were also called on to defend the Free Worlds League border with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. Although the Dragoons didn't participate in the [[Marik Civil War (28th c.)|Marik Civil War]], they remained loyal to [[Elise Marik]] and would have mobilized at her command if needed.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp18"/>

Even as the Star League era drew to a close the Dragoons remained loyal federal troops; [[Earl of Stewart|Earl]] [[David Stewart]], the leader of the Stewart Commonwealth in the 2760s, chose to delegate the responsibilities and duties of commander-in-chief of the dragoons to the [[brigade]] commanding officer, [[General]] [[Amelia Stewart-Marik]] - who was also a second cousin to Captain-General [[Kenyon Marik]]. The Stewart Commonwealth continued to provide the majority of the funding for the Dragoons but they remained effectively House Marik forces. Five regiments strong in 2765, the Stewart Dragoons saw relatively little action prior to the [[Amaris Civil War]] other than acting against pirates, although the Juggernaut regiment continued to maintain their aggressive reputation by complaining about the lack of action and insisting on being deployed to the massing of Free Worlds League forces on [[Solaris]] when Ewan Marik was looking to retaliate against the Lyrans for the attack on the ''[[Timothy Leary]]''<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp18"/> in [[2745]].<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp3">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 4: "Strategic Update"</ref>

=== FedCom Civil War Era ===
The Stewart Dragoons benefit from the Stewart family's ties to [[Corean Enterprises]] as well. The units also have ties to Paul Marik and Corrine Marik.<ref name=FMFWL98/>

=== The Dark Age ===
After the death of [[Kristen Marik]] and the agitation of [[Alys Rousset-Marik]] relations between the Stewart Dragoons and Marik family cooled considerably. At the same time, Corean Enterprises began sponsoring the two units, providing them with new equipment.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 156</ref> Participating in [[Operation SCOUR]] resulted in Juggernaut's destruction by bioweapon at Cairo, [[Terra]]. The Home Guard faced off against [[TerraSec]] in Geneva, and took heavy losses.<ref>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 13</ref>

The Home Guard regiment was destroyed as part of [[Operation GOLDEN DAWN]]. The survivors were assigned to the [[40th Marik Militia]] in the Army of the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 82</ref>

==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="3" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Stewart Dragoons'''
|-
| [[General]]||[[Amelia Stewart-Marik]]||2760s
|-
| [[General]]||[[Inga Bjornnson]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20YUp57>''20 Year Update'', p. 57: "Free Worlds League Military"</ref>
|-
| [[General]]||[[Richard Balkema]]||[[3059]]<ref name=FM:FWLp98>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 98: "Stewart Dragoons"</ref>
|-
| [[General]]||[[Leonard Stewart]]||[[3061]]<ref name=FM:Up156>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 156: "Stewart Dragoons Brigade Profile"</ref>
|-
|}

===Other Officers===
* [[Colonel]] [[Steven Harrison]], aide to the commander from [[3059]] to [[3067]].<ref name=FM:FWLp114>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 114: "FWLM Deployment Table - 3059"</ref><ref name=FM:Up161>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 161: "FWLM Deployment Table - 3067"</ref>

==Tactics==
Different per Unit.

== Units of the Stewart Dragoons ==
* [[Helm Cuirassiers]]
* [[Home Guard (Free Worlds League)|Home Guard]]
* [[Juggernaut (Free Worlds League)|Juggernaut]]
* [[First Tania Dragoons]]
* [[Second Tania Dragoons]]

==Colors and Unit Insignia==
The Stewart Dragoons use a gray and red color scheme highlighted in scarlet.<ref name=FMFWL98/>
<gallery>
Image:Thehomeguard.jpg|[[Home Guard (Free Worlds League)|Home Guard]]
Image:Thejuggernaut.jpg|[[Juggernaut (Free Worlds League)|Juggernaut]]
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''


[[Category: Free Worlds League Commands|Stewart Dragoons]]