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In the League, the loss of the vital BattleMech factory would prove to be a circuit breaker for the acrimonious tensions between [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Stephan Marik]] and the League Parliament. While Stephan's own staff would blame Parliament's cutbacks to [[SAFE]] for the lack of warning that allowed the Lyran troops to strike, a desperate Stephan recognized that to receive the funding vital to strike back that he would finally have to swallow his pride and agree to accept further concessions and limitations on the powers of the Captain-General, most notably Special Resolution 512, the so-called [[Replevin Doctrine]].<ref name=HM-46/><ref name=HHM45a>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 44, "Third Succession War"</ref> With the political battle won, the renewed and strengthened FWLM were able to launch counterattacks and eventually allow Stephan's son [[Janos Marik]] to launch his own deep raids in [[3006]]. In the League, the loss of the vital BattleMech factory would prove to be a circuit breaker for the acrimonious tensions between [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Stephan Marik]] and the League Parliament. While Stephan's own staff would blame Parliament's cutbacks to [[SAFE]] for the lack of warning that allowed the Lyran troops to strike, a desperate Stephan recognized that to receive the funding vital to strike back that he would finally have to swallow his pride and agree to accept further concessions and limitations on the powers of the Captain-General, most notably Special Resolution 512, the so-called [[Replevin Doctrine]].<ref name=HM-46/><ref name=HHM45a>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 44, "Third Succession War"</ref> With the political battle won, the renewed and strengthened FWLM were able to launch counterattacks and eventually allow Stephan's son [[Janos Marik]] to launch his own deep raids in [[3006]].
− As part of his policy of [[Operation Concentrated Weakness|Concentrated Weakness]], Alessandro had stripped the defenses of interior worlds to strengthen the border and launch attacks against the League, with Janos taking advantage of this launching a series of deep raids over the border which inflicted heavy damage on the factories and administrative centers of [[Alarion]], [[Bolan]], [[Coventry]] and [[Pollux]]. Arguably more successful militarily than the Deep Raid of 2987, the damage to Alessandro's standing was even greater and would hasten his political demise, though this in turn backfired for the League when his much more militarily savvy niece [[Katrina Steiner]] took over the throne.<ref name=HS-80>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 80 "Ouster"</ref><ref name="HHM-45">Handbook: House Marik, p. 45 "Accession"</ref><ref name=HHS-53>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 53 "Katrina's Coup"</ref> + As part of his policy of [[Operation Concentrated Weakness|Concentrated Weakness]], Alessandro had stripped the defenses of interior worlds to strengthen the border and launch attacks against the League, with Janos taking advantage of this launching a series of deep raids over the border which inflicted heavy damage on the factories and administrative centers of [[Alarion]], [[Bolan]], [[Coventry]] and [[Pollux]]. While proving arguably even more successful militarily than the Deep Raid of 2987, the damage to Alessandro's standing was even greater and would also hasten his political demise, backfiring for the League when his much more militarily savvy niece [[Katrina Steiner]] took over the throne.<ref name=HS-80>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 80 "Ouster"</ref><ref name="HHM-45">Handbook: House Marik, p. 45 "Accession"</ref><ref name=HHS-53>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 53 "Katrina's Coup"</ref>
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In the League, the loss of the vital BattleMech factory would prove to be a circuit breaker for the acrimonious tensions between [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Stephan Marik]] and the League Parliament. While Stephan's own staff would blame Parliament's cutbacks to [[SAFE]] for the lack of warning that allowed the Lyran troops to strike, a desperate Stephan recognized that to receive the funding vital to strike back that he would finally have to swallow his pride and agree to accept further concessions and limitations on the powers of the Captain-General, most notably Special Resolution 512, the so-called [[Replevin Doctrine]].<ref name=HM-46/><ref name=HHM45a>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 44, "Third Succession War"</ref> With the political battle won, the renewed and strengthened FWLM were able to launch counterattacks and eventually allow Stephan's son [[Janos Marik]] to launch his own deep raids in [[3006]]. | In the League, the loss of the vital BattleMech factory would prove to be a circuit breaker for the acrimonious tensions between [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Stephan Marik]] and the League Parliament. While Stephan's own staff would blame Parliament's cutbacks to [[SAFE]] for the lack of warning that allowed the Lyran troops to strike, a desperate Stephan recognized that to receive the funding vital to strike back that he would finally have to swallow his pride and agree to accept further concessions and limitations on the powers of the Captain-General, most notably Special Resolution 512, the so-called [[Replevin Doctrine]].<ref name=HM-46/><ref name=HHM45a>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 44, "Third Succession War"</ref> With the political battle won, the renewed and strengthened FWLM were able to launch counterattacks and eventually allow Stephan's son [[Janos Marik]] to launch his own deep raids in [[3006]]. | ||
− | As part of his policy of [[Operation Concentrated Weakness|Concentrated Weakness]], Alessandro had stripped the defenses of interior worlds to strengthen the border and launch attacks against the League, with Janos taking advantage of this launching a series of deep raids over the border which inflicted heavy damage on the factories and administrative centers of [[Alarion]], [[Bolan]], [[Coventry]] and [[Pollux]]. | + | As part of his policy of [[Operation Concentrated Weakness|Concentrated Weakness]], Alessandro had stripped the defenses of interior worlds to strengthen the border and launch attacks against the League, with Janos taking advantage of this launching a series of deep raids over the border which inflicted heavy damage on the factories and administrative centers of [[Alarion]], [[Bolan]], [[Coventry]] and [[Pollux]]. While proving arguably even more successful militarily than the Deep Raid of 2987, the damage to Alessandro's standing was even greater and would also hasten his political demise, backfiring for the League when his much more militarily savvy niece [[Katrina Steiner]] took over the throne.<ref name=HS-80>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 80 "Ouster"</ref><ref name="HHM-45">Handbook: House Marik, p. 45 "Accession"</ref><ref name=HHS-53>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 53 "Katrina's Coup"</ref> |
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