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Line 6: Otto's counterpart [[First Prince]] [[Joseph Davion II|Joseph Davion]] couldn't have been made from a more different mold. Aggressive and militant, Joseph was almost entirely focused on the war, personally visiting and overseeing the troops on various fronts for months at a time, crippling the realm with his steadfast refusal to delegate his authority with regards the more mundane aspects of government. At that time commanding the offensive on [[Draconis Combine]] front, Joseph dismissed the Chancellor's proposition outright, until the AFFS High Command swayed his opinion not with the benefits of a ceasefire for [[Capellan March]] but by pointing out that the halt to combat on the Capellan front would free up the entire AFFS to fight House Kurita.<ref name=HDTFS-83/><ref name=HHL-32/><ref name=HHL-41/><ref name=HHD-64/> Otto's counterpart [[First Prince]] [[Joseph Davion II|Joseph Davion]] couldn't have been made from a more different mold. Aggressive and militant, Joseph was almost entirely focused on the war, personally visiting and overseeing the troops on various fronts for months at a time, crippling the realm with his steadfast refusal to delegate his authority with regards the more mundane aspects of government. At that time commanding the offensive on [[Draconis Combine]] front, Joseph dismissed the Chancellor's proposition outright, until the AFFS High Command swayed his opinion not with the benefits of a ceasefire for [[Capellan March]] but by pointing out that the halt to combat on the Capellan front would free up the entire AFFS to fight House Kurita.<ref name=HDTFS-83/><ref name=HHL-32/><ref name=HHL-41/><ref name=HHD-64/> − Grudgingly accepting on this basis, Joseph left the ceasefire negotiations to other, envoys on both sides crafting the treaty that ended combat along the Capellan/Suns border, but also formalized many of the military conventions developed as the Third Succession War threatened vital resources, none more so than the technology of the [[Kearny-Fuchida Drive]]. With the destruction of [[First Succession War|First]] and [[Second Succession War]]s crippling the knowledge and facilities required to build vessels, both sides recognized that JumpShips and the shipyards capable of building them were too valuable for anybody to lose, instituting a formal ban against attacking them under any circumstances. In short order the other Successor States, followed initially by House Marik, would also adopt this ban, if only unofficially.<ref name=HLTCC-48/><ref name=HDTFS-83/><ref name=HHL-32/><ref name=HHL-41/><ref name=HHD-64/> + Grudgingly accepting on this basis, Joseph left the ceasefire negotiations to other, envoys on both sides crafting the treaty that ended combat along the Capellan/Suns border, but also formalized many of the conventions developed as the Third Succession War threatened vital resources, none more so than the technology of the [[Kearny-Fuchida Drive]]. With the destruction of [[First Succession War|First]] and [[Second Succession War]]s crippling the knowledge and facilities required to build vessels, both sides recognized that JumpShips and the shipyards capable of building them were too valuable for anybody to lose, instituting a formal ban against attacking them under any circumstances. In short order the other Successor States, followed initially by House Marik, would also adopt this ban, if only unofficially.<ref name=HLTCC-48/><ref name=HDTFS-83/><ref name=HHL-32/><ref name=HHL-41/><ref name=HHD-64/> The Armistice would last for an almost unheard of twenty-five years until it was intentionally broken by Joseph's equally militant son [[Peter Davion (30th c.)|Peter]]. As commander of the Capellan front, Peter was increasingly frustrated and restless at the relative peace, the temptation to strike as Otto's son [[Merlin Liao|Merlin]] wound back his father's policy of Elastic Defense and reorganized the border defenses leading Peter to press his father. Joseph finally gave approval to break the armistice in [[2930]] with Peter launching [[Operation Roland’s Horn]] that same year.<ref name=HDTFS-83/><ref name=HDTFS-85>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 85: "History - Third Succession War - The Armistice Ends"</ref><ref name=HHL-32/><ref name=HHL-41/><ref name=HHD-64/> The Armistice would last for an almost unheard of twenty-five years until it was intentionally broken by Joseph's equally militant son [[Peter Davion (30th c.)|Peter]]. As commander of the Capellan front, Peter was increasingly frustrated and restless at the relative peace, the temptation to strike as Otto's son [[Merlin Liao|Merlin]] wound back his father's policy of Elastic Defense and reorganized the border defenses leading Peter to press his father. Joseph finally gave approval to break the armistice in [[2930]] with Peter launching [[Operation Roland’s Horn]] that same year.<ref name=HDTFS-83/><ref name=HDTFS-85>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 85: "History - Third Succession War - The Armistice Ends"</ref><ref name=HHL-32/><ref name=HHL-41/><ref name=HHD-64/>
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Otto's counterpart [[First Prince]] [[Joseph Davion II|Joseph Davion]] couldn't have been made from a more different mold. Aggressive and militant, Joseph was almost entirely focused on the war, personally visiting and overseeing the troops on various fronts for months at a time, crippling the realm with his steadfast refusal to delegate his authority with regards the more mundane aspects of government. At that time commanding the offensive on [[Draconis Combine]] front, Joseph dismissed the Chancellor's proposition outright, until the AFFS High Command swayed his opinion not with the benefits of a ceasefire for [[Capellan March]] but by pointing out that the halt to combat on the Capellan front would free up the entire AFFS to fight House Kurita.<ref name=HDTFS-83/><ref name=HHL-32/><ref name=HHL-41/><ref name=HHD-64/> | Otto's counterpart [[First Prince]] [[Joseph Davion II|Joseph Davion]] couldn't have been made from a more different mold. Aggressive and militant, Joseph was almost entirely focused on the war, personally visiting and overseeing the troops on various fronts for months at a time, crippling the realm with his steadfast refusal to delegate his authority with regards the more mundane aspects of government. At that time commanding the offensive on [[Draconis Combine]] front, Joseph dismissed the Chancellor's proposition outright, until the AFFS High Command swayed his opinion not with the benefits of a ceasefire for [[Capellan March]] but by pointing out that the halt to combat on the Capellan front would free up the entire AFFS to fight House Kurita.<ref name=HDTFS-83/><ref name=HHL-32/><ref name=HHL-41/><ref name=HHD-64/> | ||
| − | Grudgingly accepting on this basis, Joseph left the ceasefire negotiations to other, envoys on both sides crafting the treaty that ended combat along the Capellan/Suns border, but also formalized many of the | + | Grudgingly accepting on this basis, Joseph left the ceasefire negotiations to other, envoys on both sides crafting the treaty that ended combat along the Capellan/Suns border, but also formalized many of the conventions developed as the Third Succession War threatened vital resources, none more so than the technology of the [[Kearny-Fuchida Drive]]. With the destruction of [[First Succession War|First]] and [[Second Succession War]]s crippling the knowledge and facilities required to build vessels, both sides recognized that JumpShips and the shipyards capable of building them were too valuable for anybody to lose, instituting a formal ban against attacking them under any circumstances. In short order the other Successor States, followed initially by House Marik, would also adopt this ban, if only unofficially.<ref name=HLTCC-48/><ref name=HDTFS-83/><ref name=HHL-32/><ref name=HHL-41/><ref name=HHD-64/> |
The Armistice would last for an almost unheard of twenty-five years until it was intentionally broken by Joseph's equally militant son [[Peter Davion (30th c.)|Peter]]. As commander of the Capellan front, Peter was increasingly frustrated and restless at the relative peace, the temptation to strike as Otto's son [[Merlin Liao|Merlin]] wound back his father's policy of Elastic Defense and reorganized the border defenses leading Peter to press his father. Joseph finally gave approval to break the armistice in [[2930]] with Peter launching [[Operation Roland’s Horn]] that same year.<ref name=HDTFS-83/><ref name=HDTFS-85>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 85: "History - Third Succession War - The Armistice Ends"</ref><ref name=HHL-32/><ref name=HHL-41/><ref name=HHD-64/> | The Armistice would last for an almost unheard of twenty-five years until it was intentionally broken by Joseph's equally militant son [[Peter Davion (30th c.)|Peter]]. As commander of the Capellan front, Peter was increasingly frustrated and restless at the relative peace, the temptation to strike as Otto's son [[Merlin Liao|Merlin]] wound back his father's policy of Elastic Defense and reorganized the border defenses leading Peter to press his father. Joseph finally gave approval to break the armistice in [[2930]] with Peter launching [[Operation Roland’s Horn]] that same year.<ref name=HDTFS-83/><ref name=HDTFS-85>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 85: "History - Third Succession War - The Armistice Ends"</ref><ref name=HHL-32/><ref name=HHL-41/><ref name=HHD-64/> | ||