Editing Jeremy Brett

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| spouse              = [[Therese Marik]]
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'''Jeremy Brett''' was a [[Free Worlds League]] military officer who married [[Therese Marik]], eldest surviving child of [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]].

==History==
===Early Life and Career===
Jeremy Brett was a [[Captain#Free_Worlds_League|captain]] in an [[artillery]] [[Lance#Lance|lance]] within the [[Marik Militia]] brigade when, in [[3008]], he eloped with Therese Marik, the third child of Captain-General Janos Marik. In response, Janos disowned Therese and had Brett cashiered from the [[Free Worlds League Military]].<ref name=HMFWL54>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 54</ref><ref name=HMFWL138>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 138</ref><ref name=SS81>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 81</ref><ref name=HHM91>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 91</ref> The couple relocated to [[Tamarind]] where, in [[3011]], Therese gave birth to their first child, [[Reginald Marik (31st c.)|Reginald Brett-Marik]]. A second son, [[Photon Brett-Marik|Photon]] followed in [[3014]].<ref name=MM74>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 74</ref> During this time, Jeremy served as commander of static defenses of the Khe Shang province. The couple was content to live in relative obscurity, though Therese's Marik name and virtue made her popular.<ref name=HMFWL138/>

===Return to Public Life===
By [[3032]], Therese began working as a planetary administrator of Tamarind.<ref name=HHM92>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 92</ref>

In [[3033]], Jeremy Brett's son, Photon, enlisted in the FWLM. To avoid even the appearance of nepotism, he enlisted under the pseudonym Urien Domei, and would receive no direct support from his parents or other members of the Marik family. His true identity would not be publicly revealed until [[3048]].<ref name=FMFWL45>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 45</ref><ref name=SS81/> Photon would go on to serve with distinction during the [[Andurien Secession|Andurien Secession Wars]].<ref name=HBW77>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 77</ref>

In [[3035]], the same year her father was assassinated, Therese Marik returned to public life as she was elected governor of Tamarind.<ref name=MM70>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 70</ref> Janos would die before Therese could be reconciled with her father.<ref name=HHM92/>

In the aftermath of the Andurien Secession Wars, Therese and Jeremy put their full support behind [[Thomas Marik]] as the new Captain-General, helping to bring to a close decades of infighting within the Marik family.<ref name=HBW83>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 83</ref> Back in the good graces of House Marik, Jeremy Brett's star soon began to rise.

Sometime prior to [[3059]], Jeremy Brett was promoted to the rank of [[Marshal_(rank)#Free_Worlds_League_Military|Marshal]] of the [[Tamarind Military District]], and as such was a high-ranking member of the [[League Central Coordination and Command|LCCC]].<ref name=FMFWL14>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 14</ref>

By [[3062]], Jeremy Brett's son, Photon, had reached the rank of [[Lieutenant Colonel#Free Worlds League Military|lieutenant colonel]] and was the executive officer of the prestigious [[Second Free Worlds Guards]].<ref name=SS81/>

===FedCom Civil War===
Although the Captain-General had declared the League neutral when the [[FedCom Civil War]] broke out in late [[3062]], circumstances nevertheless drew Brett and the league into the conflict. When fighting broke out on the planet of [[Coventry]], the [[mercenary]] unit [[Kristen's Krushers]], despite being in the employ of the [[Lyran Alliance]] and having dutifully followed orders in attacking the [[Coventry Province Militia|Coventry CPM]], were themselves betrayed and attacked by the pro-[[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katherine]] [[1st Coventry Jaegers]]. The Jaegers commander apparently held a long-standing grudge against House Marik, and the Krushers were commanded by [[Kristen Marik]], youngest surviving child of Janos Marik and therefore Jeremy Brett's half-sister-in-law. Kristen Marik's daughter, [[Major]] [[Ana Rousset-Marik]], and many others were killed before the Krushers could withdraw to their [[DropShip]]s. Making their way through the Alliance, the Krushers were forced to launch a [[Battle of Gallery (3063)|raid]] on [[Gallery]] for food and basic supplies. Though they were successful, this incurred the wrath of [[General of the Armies]] [[Nondi Steiner]], the [[Duke|Duchess]] of Gallery. General Steiner ordered the mercenaries destroyed. Finally cornered on the world of [[Arcadia (LC)|Arcadia]] on the Alliance-League border, the severely depleted Krushers were being overwhelmed by the [[Second Donegal Guards]]. Brett, acting against the expressed commands of the Captain-General, deployed the [[Sixth Marik Militia]] to [[Battle of Arcadia (3063)|rescue]] the beleaguered mercenaries, an action that was officially termed a "forward deployment." The Militia were successful, driving off the Donegal Guards and laying claim to the planet. Unfortunately, Kristen Marik soon died from injuries suffered during the fighting, and only two companies of the Krushers survived their ordeal. Thomas Marik publicly reprimanded his brother-in-law for his "adventurism" and returned Arcadia to Lyran hands at the war's end. However, many others in the Free Worlds League were impressed with Brett's initiative and success, and many in the Tamarind district hailed him as a war hero.<ref name=HHM91/><ref name=FCCWSB38-40>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 38–40</ref><ref name=HHM5>''Handbook: House Marik'' p. 5</ref><ref name=HHM53>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 53</ref><ref name=HHM99>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 99</ref><ref name=HHM100>''Handbook: House Marik'' p. 100</ref><ref name=FMU10-11>''Field Manual: Updates'', pp. 10–11</ref><ref name=FMU143>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 143</ref><ref name=FMMR84>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 84</ref><ref name=MSU81>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 81</ref>

In [[3067]], after the FedCom Civil War, Therese and Jeremy sent their son, Photon Brett-Marik (by now a [[Colonel#Free_Worlds_League_Military|colonel]], and commander of the Second Free Worlds Guards)<ref name=FMU146>''Field Manual: Updates'' p. 146</ref> to [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] for a private discussion with [[Alys Rousset-Marik]] and [[Corinne Marik]] to express his family's support for Alys' proposal that [[Free_Worlds_League#Parliament|Parliament]] bring an end to [[Resolution 288]], which gave the Captain-Generalship its power and had been in effect for centuries. This sparked a Great Debate in Parliament over the powers of the Captain-General for several months.<ref name=HHM5-7>''Handbook: House Marik'', pp. 5–7</ref>

===Operation Broken Fist===
At some point during the Jihad, Marshall Jeremy Brett acquired several ''[[BattleMaster]]'' chassis, as well as the plans to the Kurita K3 variant and modified it for Free Worlds use,<ref name=Battlemaster>''List of MilSpecs articles: BattleMaster''</ref> creating the ''BLR-M3'' variant.

With the failure of the [[Star League]] at the [[Fourth_Whitting_Conference#Fourth_Whitting_Conference|Fourth Whitting Conference]] and the dawn of the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[Jihad]] in late 3067, war soon spread throughout the [[Inner Sphere]]. When [[General#Free_Worlds_League_Military|General]] [[Helen Thrall]] of the [[Sirian Lancers]] was assassinated on December 24, supposedly at the hands of Lyran Alliance operatives,<ref name=DJ73>''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 73</ref> Sirian radicals retaliated against the Alliance by sending the [[Eagle (WarShip class)#Named Vessels|FWLS ''Percival'']], the [[Second Sirian Lancers]] and a flotilla of DropShips against the district capital of [[Skye]]. Stymied in the efforts to invade the planet on the ground, the Free Worlds fleet instead bombarded Skye from orbit, inflicting massive damage and casualties against both defending forces and civilians.<ref name=DJ4547>''Dawn of the Jihad'', pp. 45–47</ref> Duke [[Robert Kelswa-Steiner]] retaliated by declaring war against the League, in cooperation with the [[Bolan]] Province.<ref name=DJ77>''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 77</ref> The Lyran invasion, codenamed [[Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN]], was initially overwhelmingly successful. They achieved complete surprise over the League forces, and with Thomas Marik still in transit back to Atreus from [[Tharkad]] and favoring a diplomatic response, the FWLM was unable to coordinate itself.<ref name=DJ73/>

It fell to Marshal Brett to rally the League's military, initiating [[Operation Broken Fist]] to not only recover worlds lost due to Lyran aggression, but also to strike into Alliance territory, making the Lyrans pay for their invasion. Though limited in troop reserves, Brett's call to action galvanized the forces he could call upon, and again made him a hero amongst the people.<ref name=DJ73/><ref name=MMSD66>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 66</ref><ref name=SWB13>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'' p. 13</ref> Brett also began hiring mercenary units such as the [[Langendorf Lancers]]<ref name=MSU82>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 82</ref> and [[O'Gordon's Rifles]]<ref name=MSU92>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'' p. 92</ref> to join in his counteroffensive. In the following months, Brett's forces returned many worlds to the Eagle's banner, beginning with [[Colfax]] and [[McAffe]].<ref name=DJ81>''Dawn of the Jihad'' p. 81</ref> These counterstrikes effectively destroyed the [[4th Lyran Regulars|4th]] and [[Eleventh Lyran Regulars]] and the mercenary [[Gabhardt's Carabineers]], all this helping to stall the Lyrans' momentum.<ref name=JSBD22>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'' p. 22</ref> By the end of July [[3068]], [[Cascade]], [[Gallatin]], and [[Ideyld]] would be liberated, shattering the [[First Skye Jaegers]] and forcing them to retreat along with the [[Skye Guards]].<ref name=JSBD22/>

The third wave of strikes in September also included attacks across the Lyran border.<ref name=JSBD22/> League worlds retaken included [[Preston (FWL)|Preston]], [[Rexburg]], [[Pingree]], [[Sheridan]], [[Thermopolis]], [[Togwotee]], and [[Megrez]].<ref name=MSU82/><ref name=DJ81/><ref name=JHS307017>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 17</ref> Meanwhile, Thomas Marik and the LCCC would soon bolster Brett's counterassault, driving the Lyrans back across the border, and invading several Lyran worlds.<ref name=DJ73/>

By mid-September, League forces had seized [[Alchiba]], [[Milton]], [[Phecda]], [[Wyatt]], [[Timbiqui]], [[Poulsbo]], [[Dixie]], and Arcadia from the Lyrans, throwing Kelswa-Steiner's supply lines into chaos.<ref name=JHS307017/><ref name=JSBD22/> One notable event took place on [[Giausar]], where the [[1st Knights of the Inner Sphere]], the [[20th Marik Militia]] and the mercenary company [[Pico's Pathfinders]] quickly destroyed the [[Wilde Turkeys]] mercenary unit. The mercenary [[One-Eyed Jacks]] and the planetary militia rallied, however, crushing the Pathfinders and striking the 20th Militia hard. Near the height of the campaign, the Knights unexpectedly withdrew, recalled to Atreus by the Captain-General and leaving the Militia to fend for itself. Jeremy Brett's forces would ultimately prevail, however, forcing the Lyran mercenaries to retreat. The battle was termed a bloodbath, with severe damage to supply caches and contaminated water supplies.<ref name=JSBD22/><ref name=DJ73/><ref name=DJ82>''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 82</ref><ref name=MSU93>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 93</ref> This recall would also apply to the [[2nd Knights of the Inner Sphere]], who had only just landed as part of a taskforce attacking [[Cavanaugh II]]. The recall of the Knights, and several other units, came just as Brett's offensive into Lyran space was gaining ground. Despite the loss of support from those elite troops, Brett's forces would soon take Cavanaugh II as well as [[Loric]], [[Ford]], [[Khon Kaen]] and [[Penobscot]].<ref name=DJ82/><ref name=JHS307017/> Though Brett's forces were weakened by these departures, by mid-October, 3068, League forces had struck at [[Syrma]] and [[Zebebelgenubi]].<ref name=JHS307020>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 20</ref>

On 25 October 3068, the Word of Blake attacked Atreus by unleashing a massive chemical attack, killing most of the League's Parliament and much of the First Knights of the Inner Sphere. Simultaneously, the Blakists revealed that the Thomas Marik who had served as Captain-General was a double who had been put in place years before by [[ComStar]]. The Word then flooded the [[Hyperpulse Generator|HPG Networks]] with "white noise", crippling communications throughout the Sphere.<ref name=JHS307020/> Surprisingly, most of the extended Marik family, including Therese and Jeremy Brett, threw their public support behind the Captain-General, calling on their people to support federal authorities.<ref name=JHS30704>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 4</ref><ref name=JHS307055>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 55</ref><ref name=MMSD66/> By mid-November, 3068, Operation Broken Fist was still ongoing, but Brett's forces suffered a major setback when the [[Thera#Named_Vessels|FWLS ''Sardis'']] and its entire battle group went rogue, leaving their post in the Tamarind system and departing for space unknown.<ref name=JHS30702324>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 23–24</ref> By late November, Syrma was under counterattack by the Lyrans, forcing the [[First Free Worlds Guards]] to withdraw.<ref name=JHS307024>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 24</ref> Zebebelgenubi was also retaken by the Skye forces.<ref name=JSBD22/>

In April [[3069]], facing a lack of support from Atreus and acknowledging the dangers now posed by the Word of Blake, Brett commanded Free Worlds forces to withdraw to their prewar borders.<ref name=JHS307046>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 46</ref> In August 3069, Thomas Marik was removed from power in a coup that left [[Corinne Marik]] as the Captain-General on Atreus, supported by the Word of Blake.<ref name=JHS307073>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 73</ref><ref name=MMSD66/> In late October 3069, Brett made a formal offer of a ceasefire to the Lyran Alliance, citing Blakist activity and the interests of peace. Due to Blakist interference, the message was not received for over a month.<ref name=JHS307220>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 20</ref><ref name=JHS307076>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 76</ref> The offer was accepted by the Duke of Bolan.<ref name=JHS307221>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 21</ref> By the end of December, the League's withdrawal from Alliance worlds was complete.<ref name=JHS307222>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 22</ref>

===Duchy of Tamarind===
[[File:TA District.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Duchy of Tamarind]]]]
In January 3070, in covert communications between Therese, Jeremy and Alys Rousset-Marik, Therese expressed a desire to declare herself Captain-General while Alys indicated her support.<ref name=JHS307087>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 87</ref> Even after the ceasefire with the Lyrans, the Duchy of Tamarind and Marshal Brett continued to be a major employer of mercenaries in the Inner Sphere, facing pressure from the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]], the Marik Commonwealth and elements within the Alliance.<ref name=MSU130>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 130</ref> In February [[3071]], the [[Principality of Regulus]] pulled the [[Second Regulan Hussars]] from Brett's command over his protests to use them in operations against the [[Duchy of Oriente]].<ref name=JHS307227>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 27</ref>

===Death and afterward===
On 7 October 3071, Marshal Jeremy Brett met with an old adversary, [[Richard Steiner (31st c.)|Richard Steiner]], who had been Margrave of the Lyran Alliance's Cavanaugh II Theater until he fled on suspicion of war crimes during the FedCom Civil War. Steiner had suddenly appeared on Tamarind, seeking an audience and claiming to have information regarding the Word of Blake's plans for Tamarind. Despite a thorough scan, Brett's aides did not detect that explosives had been grafted to Steiner's skeletal structure, nor were able to learn that Word of Blake had, at some point, captured and brainwashed Steiner. After shaking Brett's hand and declaring "Blake's Vengeance be done!", Steiner detonated the explosives, killing Brett, himself and the Marshal's aides.<ref name=MMSD66/><ref name=JHS307260>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 60</ref><ref name="JHS3076p17">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 17: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp50">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 50: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>

In response, Therese Brett-Marik declared the [[Duchy of Tamarind]] independent of the pro-Blake [[Marik Commonwealth]], arguably representing the last nail in the coffin for the once mighty Free Worlds League. She further named Photon Brett-Marik as his father's successor as Marshal of Tamarind. While not formally declaring war on the Commonwealth, she made clear any further Blakist attacks would be met with force.<ref name=MM70/><ref name=MMSD66/><ref name=JHS30726061>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', pp. 60–61</ref> In time, Therese would send her other son, Reginald Brett-Marik, to act as an emissary to [[Devlin Stone]]'s coalition against the Blakists.<ref name=MM70/>

==Personality and Traits==
[[File:Photon Brett-Marik ShSphere.jpg|right|thumb|[[Photon Brett-Marik]], Jeremy Brett's son and eventual successor]]
Jeremy Brett was described as tall and lanky, physical traits he passed down to his son, Photon.<ref name=HHM5-7/> He was clearly devoted to his wife, Therese, and suffered her banishment from court without complaint. Brett proved to be an excellent strategist and highly respected leader. His discussions with various members of the Marik family showed an amicable man who placed the needs of the people of the Free Worlds League ahead of personal ambitions, and who was willing to work with difficult personalities to achieve this.<ref name=JHS307055/> As military commander of the Tamarind Military District and later the Duchy of Tamarind, his achievements against both the Lyrans and the Word of Blake led to Brett being proclaimed a hero and even a military genius.<ref name=JHS3070108>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 108</ref> He was further described as a charismatic leader whose death severely hampered the Duchy's war efforts against the Blakists.<ref name=FRFWLM3>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 3</ref>

==Notes==
* Some years after his death, the Duchy of Tamarind opened a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] Academy on Tamarind, called the Jeremy Brett Memorial University in his honor.<ref name=FRFWLM5>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 5</ref>
* As of [[3068]], his aide was [[Force Commander]] [[Bree Hagin]].<ref name=SLB>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [12/09/3068]: "Steiner Lines 'Broken' Says Brett Aide"''</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Steiner Lines .27Broken.27.2C Says Brett Aide|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 12/09/3068: "Steiner Lines 'Broken' Says Brett Aide"]]''
* ''[[List of MilSpecs articles#BattleMaster|BattleCorps MilSpecs: "BattleMaster"]]''
* ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
* ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]''
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3070]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
* ''[[Starterbook: Wolf and Blake]]''
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