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==History== ==History==
− Formed in [[3047]] by retired [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Xavier Pelt]]<ref name="MSUp52"/>, an officer with a distinguished career within the [[Davion Brigade of Guards]],<ref name="FM:MRp66"/> the '''Federated Freemen''' were inspired by another notable mercenary unit, [[The Arcadians]], who began in a similar fashion. The Federated Freemen initially recruited former [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] personnel and others discontented with the formation of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth]],<ref name="MSUp52"/> Colonel Pelt led the first [[battalion]] of Freemen to form up on a number of high-risk assignments while other officers from the Freemen continued recruiting. Having reached a [[regiment]] in size by recruiting like-minded individuals who shared similar ideals,<ref name="FM:MRp66">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 66: "Federated Freemen: Swordsmen of the Suns"</ref> the Federated Freemen were employed initially in a number of high-profile garrison postings in the former [[Federated Suns]] region of the [[Federated Commonwealth]] for the duration of the [[Clan Invasion]].<ref name="MSUp52">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 52: "Federated Freemen"</ref> + Formed in [[3047]] by [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Xavier Pelt]] (Ret.),<ref name="MSUp52"/> an officer with a distinguished career within the [[Davion Brigade of Guards]],<ref name="FM:MRp66"/> the '''Federated Freemen''' were inspired by another notable mercenary unit, [[The Arcadians]], who began in a similar fashion. The Federated Freemen initially recruited former [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] personnel and others discontented with the formation of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth]],<ref name="MSUp52"/> Colonel Pelt led the first [[battalion]] of Freemen to form up on a number of high-risk assignments while other officers from the Freemen continued recruiting. Having reached a [[regiment]] in size by recruiting like-minded individuals who shared similar ideals,<ref name="FM:MRp66">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 66: "Federated Freemen: Swordsmen of the Suns"</ref> the Federated Freemen were employed initially in a number of high-profile garrison postings in the former [[Federated Suns]] region of the [[Federated Commonwealth]] for the duration of the [[Clan Invasion]].<ref name="MSUp52">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 52: "Federated Freemen"</ref>
Following the [[Truce of Tukayyid]] the Federated Freemen found further employment as garrison forces for defense industry sites within the Federated Commonwealth, serving in each of the Marches of the former Federated Suns;<ref name="MSUp52"/><ref name="FM:MRp66"/> the Freemen were then involved in heavy combat during the [[Capellan-St. Ives War]], taking significant damage as they fought to defend the independence of the [[St. Ives Compact]]. The Federated Freemen were pulled out of the Compact when the [[FedCom Civil War]] erupted, and were redeployed to the [[Capellan March]] world of [[Monhegan]] to rebuild. [[Duke]] [[George Hasek II]] refused to allow the Federated Freemen to join in any of the open fighting between factions within the Civil War; he instead assigned them to various police actions within the Capellan March, before reassigning them to [[Gallitzin]] after the end of the war.<ref name="MSUp52"/> Following the [[Truce of Tukayyid]] the Federated Freemen found further employment as garrison forces for defense industry sites within the Federated Commonwealth, serving in each of the Marches of the former Federated Suns;<ref name="MSUp52"/><ref name="FM:MRp66"/> the Freemen were then involved in heavy combat during the [[Capellan-St. Ives War]], taking significant damage as they fought to defend the independence of the [[St. Ives Compact]]. The Federated Freemen were pulled out of the Compact when the [[FedCom Civil War]] erupted, and were redeployed to the [[Capellan March]] world of [[Monhegan]] to rebuild. [[Duke]] [[George Hasek II]] refused to allow the Federated Freemen to join in any of the open fighting between factions within the Civil War; he instead assigned them to various police actions within the Capellan March, before reassigning them to [[Gallitzin]] after the end of the war.<ref name="MSUp52"/>
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− | Formed in [[3047]] by | + | Formed in [[3047]] by [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Xavier Pelt]] (Ret.),<ref name="MSUp52"/> an officer with a distinguished career within the [[Davion Brigade of Guards]],<ref name="FM:MRp66"/> the '''Federated Freemen''' were inspired by another notable mercenary unit, [[The Arcadians]], who began in a similar fashion. The Federated Freemen initially recruited former [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] personnel and others discontented with the formation of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth]],<ref name="MSUp52"/> Colonel Pelt led the first [[battalion]] of Freemen to form up on a number of high-risk assignments while other officers from the Freemen continued recruiting. Having reached a [[regiment]] in size by recruiting like-minded individuals who shared similar ideals,<ref name="FM:MRp66">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 66: "Federated Freemen: Swordsmen of the Suns"</ref> the Federated Freemen were employed initially in a number of high-profile garrison postings in the former [[Federated Suns]] region of the [[Federated Commonwealth]] for the duration of the [[Clan Invasion]].<ref name="MSUp52">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 52: "Federated Freemen"</ref> |
Following the [[Truce of Tukayyid]] the Federated Freemen found further employment as garrison forces for defense industry sites within the Federated Commonwealth, serving in each of the Marches of the former Federated Suns;<ref name="MSUp52"/><ref name="FM:MRp66"/> the Freemen were then involved in heavy combat during the [[Capellan-St. Ives War]], taking significant damage as they fought to defend the independence of the [[St. Ives Compact]]. The Federated Freemen were pulled out of the Compact when the [[FedCom Civil War]] erupted, and were redeployed to the [[Capellan March]] world of [[Monhegan]] to rebuild. [[Duke]] [[George Hasek II]] refused to allow the Federated Freemen to join in any of the open fighting between factions within the Civil War; he instead assigned them to various police actions within the Capellan March, before reassigning them to [[Gallitzin]] after the end of the war.<ref name="MSUp52"/> | Following the [[Truce of Tukayyid]] the Federated Freemen found further employment as garrison forces for defense industry sites within the Federated Commonwealth, serving in each of the Marches of the former Federated Suns;<ref name="MSUp52"/><ref name="FM:MRp66"/> the Freemen were then involved in heavy combat during the [[Capellan-St. Ives War]], taking significant damage as they fought to defend the independence of the [[St. Ives Compact]]. The Federated Freemen were pulled out of the Compact when the [[FedCom Civil War]] erupted, and were redeployed to the [[Capellan March]] world of [[Monhegan]] to rebuild. [[Duke]] [[George Hasek II]] refused to allow the Federated Freemen to join in any of the open fighting between factions within the Civil War; he instead assigned them to various police actions within the Capellan March, before reassigning them to [[Gallitzin]] after the end of the war.<ref name="MSUp52"/> |