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Line 42: Known only to a handful of personally selected SAFE agents and the Captain-General himself, Marik visited his sister at her posting at the Class A HPG compound on [[Oriente]] in February [[2837]] and revealed that his troops had recently discovered a lost [[Star League]] military warehouse on [[Cursa]]. Afterwards, he secretly ordered the Marshal of Oriente to transmit the same information to [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] using an old security code known only to ComStar. The operation culminated on March 13 when House Liao forces struck Cursa with three regiments of crack troops, who only found a virtually abandoned world. Charles Marik had confirmed his suspicions, and worse had proven that his own sister was likely party to the betrayal. Enraged, Marik ordered a strike fleet consisting of the last [[WarShips]] in the Free Worlds League to destroy the hyperpulse generator on Oriente and kill all ComStar personnel, including his sister. On March 22 the fleet unleashed without warning an orbital bombardment which obliterated the orbiting HPG station, its 230 staff and more than 132 civilians.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> Known only to a handful of personally selected SAFE agents and the Captain-General himself, Marik visited his sister at her posting at the Class A HPG compound on [[Oriente]] in February [[2837]] and revealed that his troops had recently discovered a lost [[Star League]] military warehouse on [[Cursa]]. Afterwards, he secretly ordered the Marshal of Oriente to transmit the same information to [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] using an old security code known only to ComStar. The operation culminated on March 13 when House Liao forces struck Cursa with three regiments of crack troops, who only found a virtually abandoned world. Charles Marik had confirmed his suspicions, and worse had proven that his own sister was likely party to the betrayal. Enraged, Marik ordered a strike fleet consisting of the last [[WarShips]] in the Free Worlds League to destroy the hyperpulse generator on Oriente and kill all ComStar personnel, including his sister. On March 22 the fleet unleashed without warning an orbital bombardment which obliterated the orbiting HPG station, its 230 staff and more than 132 civilians.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> − ===Interdiction=== Caught completely by surprise, the First Circuit was appalled that instead of breaking the League, their actions had triggered Marik into open war against the Order. However, safe in the knowledge that only highest ranks of House Marik and ComStar even suspected their manipulation, Toyama refused outright military attacks against the League, instead choosing to play the wronged party and order a complete Communications Interdiction of the Free Worlds League until it admitted its crime and paid three times the cost of rebuilding the station. A message publicly confirming the Interdiction was sent to every station in the Inner Sphere, followed by a private message to all ComStar personnel in the Free Worlds League, ordering them to selectively cripple their HPGs and go into hiding. <ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> <ref name=HSTLC-58>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 58 "History - The Second Succession War - Tales of Grimm"</ref> <ref name=HLTCC-48>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 48 "History - Second Succession War"</ref> Caught completely by surprise, the First Circuit was appalled that instead of breaking the League, their actions had triggered Marik into open war against the Order. However, safe in the knowledge that only highest ranks of House Marik and ComStar even suspected their manipulation, Toyama refused outright military attacks against the League, instead choosing to play the wronged party and order a complete Communications Interdiction of the Free Worlds League until it admitted its crime and paid three times the cost of rebuilding the station. A message publicly confirming the Interdiction was sent to every station in the Inner Sphere, followed by a private message to all ComStar personnel in the Free Worlds League, ordering them to selectively cripple their HPGs and go into hiding. <ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> <ref name=HSTLC-58>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 58 "History - The Second Succession War - Tales of Grimm"</ref> <ref name=HLTCC-48>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 48 "History - Second Succession War"</ref> Line 51:
Line 50: As SAFE and ComStar's intelligence organization [[ROM]] engaged in a desperate shadow war to protect or capture ComStar personnel which quickly dissolved into stalemate, House Liao and House Steiner mounted full offensives against the Free Worlds League. With neither suffering the lack of both intelligence and communications, they captured over a dozen Marik-held worlds within six months. Desperate to strengthen worlds at risk, Charles pulled back troops from his formerly glorious conquests, allowing House Liao to recapture all the worlds it lost in the previous seven years without firing a shot. Even Houses Davion and Kurita entered the fray, like sharks smelling blood in the water, to the point that all four attacking armies were fighting amongst themselves over the spoils. In late [[2838]], almost two years after the Interdiction occurred and as all support for Charles evaporated, the Lyran Commonwealth struck deep into the League in seeming preparation for one massive push, finally forcing Charles to admit defeat.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> <ref name=HSTLC-58/> <ref name=HLTCC-48/> As SAFE and ComStar's intelligence organization [[ROM]] engaged in a desperate shadow war to protect or capture ComStar personnel which quickly dissolved into stalemate, House Liao and House Steiner mounted full offensives against the Free Worlds League. With neither suffering the lack of both intelligence and communications, they captured over a dozen Marik-held worlds within six months. Desperate to strengthen worlds at risk, Charles pulled back troops from his formerly glorious conquests, allowing House Liao to recapture all the worlds it lost in the previous seven years without firing a shot. Even Houses Davion and Kurita entered the fray, like sharks smelling blood in the water, to the point that all four attacking armies were fighting amongst themselves over the spoils. In late [[2838]], almost two years after the Interdiction occurred and as all support for Charles evaporated, the Lyran Commonwealth struck deep into the League in seeming preparation for one massive push, finally forcing Charles to admit defeat.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> <ref name=HSTLC-58/> <ref name=HLTCC-48/> − ===End of the Conflict=== The Captain-General sent his youngest son [[Garth Marik|Garth]] to [[Terra]] aboard the [[JumpShip]] ''[[Dark Regret]]'' under a white flag of truce. Despite Primus Toyama's hopes that the League was on the verge of collapse and would request direct ComStar aid, Garth was simply ordered to communicate that Charles was ready to accept responsibility for the destroying the Oriente HPG and pay damages. After tense negotiations, both parties came to terms in mid October and all League HPG stations, save the destroyed Oriente HPG, were online by year's end.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> The Captain-General sent his youngest son [[Garth Marik|Garth]] to [[Terra]] aboard the [[JumpShip]] ''[[Dark Regret]]'' under a white flag of truce. Despite Primus Toyama's hopes that the League was on the verge of collapse and would request direct ComStar aid, Garth was simply ordered to communicate that Charles was ready to accept responsibility for the destroying the Oriente HPG and pay damages. After tense negotiations, both parties came to terms in mid October and all League HPG stations, save the destroyed Oriente HPG, were online by year's end.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/>
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Known only to a handful of personally selected SAFE agents and the Captain-General himself, Marik visited his sister at her posting at the Class A HPG compound on [[Oriente]] in February [[2837]] and revealed that his troops had recently discovered a lost [[Star League]] military warehouse on [[Cursa]]. Afterwards, he secretly ordered the Marshal of Oriente to transmit the same information to [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] using an old security code known only to ComStar. The operation culminated on March 13 when House Liao forces struck Cursa with three regiments of crack troops, who only found a virtually abandoned world. Charles Marik had confirmed his suspicions, and worse had proven that his own sister was likely party to the betrayal. Enraged, Marik ordered a strike fleet consisting of the last [[WarShips]] in the Free Worlds League to destroy the hyperpulse generator on Oriente and kill all ComStar personnel, including his sister. On March 22 the fleet unleashed without warning an orbital bombardment which obliterated the orbiting HPG station, its 230 staff and more than 132 civilians.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> | Known only to a handful of personally selected SAFE agents and the Captain-General himself, Marik visited his sister at her posting at the Class A HPG compound on [[Oriente]] in February [[2837]] and revealed that his troops had recently discovered a lost [[Star League]] military warehouse on [[Cursa]]. Afterwards, he secretly ordered the Marshal of Oriente to transmit the same information to [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] using an old security code known only to ComStar. The operation culminated on March 13 when House Liao forces struck Cursa with three regiments of crack troops, who only found a virtually abandoned world. Charles Marik had confirmed his suspicions, and worse had proven that his own sister was likely party to the betrayal. Enraged, Marik ordered a strike fleet consisting of the last [[WarShips]] in the Free Worlds League to destroy the hyperpulse generator on Oriente and kill all ComStar personnel, including his sister. On March 22 the fleet unleashed without warning an orbital bombardment which obliterated the orbiting HPG station, its 230 staff and more than 132 civilians.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> | ||
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Caught completely by surprise, the First Circuit was appalled that instead of breaking the League, their actions had triggered Marik into open war against the Order. However, safe in the knowledge that only highest ranks of House Marik and ComStar even suspected their manipulation, Toyama refused outright military attacks against the League, instead choosing to play the wronged party and order a complete Communications Interdiction of the Free Worlds League until it admitted its crime and paid three times the cost of rebuilding the station. A message publicly confirming the Interdiction was sent to every station in the Inner Sphere, followed by a private message to all ComStar personnel in the Free Worlds League, ordering them to selectively cripple their HPGs and go into hiding. <ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> <ref name=HSTLC-58>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 58 "History - The Second Succession War - Tales of Grimm"</ref> <ref name=HLTCC-48>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 48 "History - Second Succession War"</ref> | Caught completely by surprise, the First Circuit was appalled that instead of breaking the League, their actions had triggered Marik into open war against the Order. However, safe in the knowledge that only highest ranks of House Marik and ComStar even suspected their manipulation, Toyama refused outright military attacks against the League, instead choosing to play the wronged party and order a complete Communications Interdiction of the Free Worlds League until it admitted its crime and paid three times the cost of rebuilding the station. A message publicly confirming the Interdiction was sent to every station in the Inner Sphere, followed by a private message to all ComStar personnel in the Free Worlds League, ordering them to selectively cripple their HPGs and go into hiding. <ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> <ref name=HSTLC-58>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 58 "History - The Second Succession War - Tales of Grimm"</ref> <ref name=HLTCC-48>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 48 "History - Second Succession War"</ref> | ||
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As SAFE and ComStar's intelligence organization [[ROM]] engaged in a desperate shadow war to protect or capture ComStar personnel which quickly dissolved into stalemate, House Liao and House Steiner mounted full offensives against the Free Worlds League. With neither suffering the lack of both intelligence and communications, they captured over a dozen Marik-held worlds within six months. Desperate to strengthen worlds at risk, Charles pulled back troops from his formerly glorious conquests, allowing House Liao to recapture all the worlds it lost in the previous seven years without firing a shot. Even Houses Davion and Kurita entered the fray, like sharks smelling blood in the water, to the point that all four attacking armies were fighting amongst themselves over the spoils. In late [[2838]], almost two years after the Interdiction occurred and as all support for Charles evaporated, the Lyran Commonwealth struck deep into the League in seeming preparation for one massive push, finally forcing Charles to admit defeat.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> <ref name=HSTLC-58/> <ref name=HLTCC-48/> | As SAFE and ComStar's intelligence organization [[ROM]] engaged in a desperate shadow war to protect or capture ComStar personnel which quickly dissolved into stalemate, House Liao and House Steiner mounted full offensives against the Free Worlds League. With neither suffering the lack of both intelligence and communications, they captured over a dozen Marik-held worlds within six months. Desperate to strengthen worlds at risk, Charles pulled back troops from his formerly glorious conquests, allowing House Liao to recapture all the worlds it lost in the previous seven years without firing a shot. Even Houses Davion and Kurita entered the fray, like sharks smelling blood in the water, to the point that all four attacking armies were fighting amongst themselves over the spoils. In late [[2838]], almost two years after the Interdiction occurred and as all support for Charles evaporated, the Lyran Commonwealth struck deep into the League in seeming preparation for one massive push, finally forcing Charles to admit defeat.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> <ref name=HSTLC-58/> <ref name=HLTCC-48/> | ||
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The Captain-General sent his youngest son [[Garth Marik|Garth]] to [[Terra]] aboard the [[JumpShip]] ''[[Dark Regret]]'' under a white flag of truce. Despite Primus Toyama's hopes that the League was on the verge of collapse and would request direct ComStar aid, Garth was simply ordered to communicate that Charles was ready to accept responsibility for the destroying the Oriente HPG and pay damages. After tense negotiations, both parties came to terms in mid October and all League HPG stations, save the destroyed Oriente HPG, were online by year's end.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> | The Captain-General sent his youngest son [[Garth Marik|Garth]] to [[Terra]] aboard the [[JumpShip]] ''[[Dark Regret]]'' under a white flag of truce. Despite Primus Toyama's hopes that the League was on the verge of collapse and would request direct ComStar aid, Garth was simply ordered to communicate that Charles was ready to accept responsibility for the destroying the Oriente HPG and pay damages. After tense negotiations, both parties came to terms in mid October and all League HPG stations, save the destroyed Oriente HPG, were online by year's end.<ref name=CSp24-27/> <ref name=HMTFWL-32b/> | ||