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Line 23: ===Succession Wars=== ===Succession Wars=== − Throughout the centuries, the Highlanders earned a reputation as an elite unit with high standards and morals that were not for sale, but even before [[Operation EXODUS]], the Highlanders regiments had grown apart from Northwind clan elders and accepted a contract with the [[Capellan Confederation]], in what was essentially an exclusive contract. When the [[Federated Suns]] invaded Northwind and destroyed two Highlander regiments recently founded, the Highlanders regiments accepted it with stoicism, and during the Succession Wars, served House Liao with honor and loyalty, as when the Second Kearny spent forty years hunting down every member of [[Gladstone's Gladiators]], a mercenary command that had breached their contract with the Confederation, or when the First Kearny faced down and defeated [[Wolf's Dragoons]] [[Zeta Battalion]].<ref>''Combat Manual Mercenaries'', p. 58</ref> The situation changed, however, when Prince [[Hanse Davion]] of the Federated Suns decided to invade the Capellan Confederation in what would become known as the [[Fourth Succession War]]. + Throughout the centuries, the Highlanders earned a reputation as an elite unit with high standards and morals that were not for sale, but even before [[Operation EXODUS]], the Highlanders regiments had grown apart from Northwind clan elders and accepted a contract with the [[Capellan Confederation]], in what was essentially an exclusive contract. When the [[Federated Suns]] invaded Northwind and destroyed two Highlander regiments recently founded, the Highlanders regiments accepted it with stoicism, and during the Succession Wars, served House Liao with honor and loyalty, as when the Second Kearny spent forty years hunting down every member of [[Gladstone's Gladiators]], a mercenary command than had breached contract with the Confederation, or when the First Kearny faced down and defeated [[Wolf's Dragoons]] [[Zeta Battalion]].<ref>''Combat Manual Mercenaries'', p. 58</ref> The situation changed, however, when Prince [[Hanse Davion]] of the Federated Suns decided to invade the Capellan Confederation in what would become known as the [[Fourth Succession War]]. A turning point in Highlanders history was when Davion contacted them and promised them a home on their ancestral homeworld, Northwind, and they accepted, signing the [[Northwind Agreement]]. The vast majority of the Highlanders chose to abandon the Capellan Confederation and took up station on Northwind. Some Highlanders chose to stay, however, creating rifts in some families. They successfuly took Northwind, but more than four hundred of their warriors died in the battle. The Highlanders ably served the [[Federated Commonwealth]], fighting into the [[War of 3039]], losing about five hundred of their people, and later served along the Clan front.<ref>''Highlander Gambit'', ch. 10</ref> A turning point in Highlanders history was when Davion contacted them and promised them a home on their ancestral homeworld, Northwind, and they accepted, signing the [[Northwind Agreement]]. The vast majority of the Highlanders chose to abandon the Capellan Confederation and took up station on Northwind. Some Highlanders chose to stay, however, creating rifts in some families. They successfuly took Northwind, but more than four hundred of their warriors died in the battle. The Highlanders ably served the [[Federated Commonwealth]], fighting into the [[War of 3039]], losing about five hundred of their people, and later served along the Clan front.<ref>''Highlander Gambit'', ch. 10</ref>
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| − | Throughout the centuries, the Highlanders earned a reputation as an elite unit with high standards and morals that were not for sale, but even before [[Operation EXODUS]], the Highlanders regiments had grown apart from Northwind clan elders and accepted a contract with the [[Capellan Confederation]], in what was essentially an exclusive contract. When the [[Federated Suns]] invaded Northwind and destroyed two Highlander regiments recently founded, the Highlanders regiments accepted it with stoicism, and during the Succession Wars, served House Liao with honor and loyalty, as when the Second Kearny spent forty years hunting down every member of [[Gladstone's Gladiators]], a mercenary command | + | Throughout the centuries, the Highlanders earned a reputation as an elite unit with high standards and morals that were not for sale, but even before [[Operation EXODUS]], the Highlanders regiments had grown apart from Northwind clan elders and accepted a contract with the [[Capellan Confederation]], in what was essentially an exclusive contract. When the [[Federated Suns]] invaded Northwind and destroyed two Highlander regiments recently founded, the Highlanders regiments accepted it with stoicism, and during the Succession Wars, served House Liao with honor and loyalty, as when the Second Kearny spent forty years hunting down every member of [[Gladstone's Gladiators]], a mercenary command than had breached contract with the Confederation, or when the First Kearny faced down and defeated [[Wolf's Dragoons]] [[Zeta Battalion]].<ref>''Combat Manual Mercenaries'', p. 58</ref> The situation changed, however, when Prince [[Hanse Davion]] of the Federated Suns decided to invade the Capellan Confederation in what would become known as the [[Fourth Succession War]]. |
A turning point in Highlanders history was when Davion contacted them and promised them a home on their ancestral homeworld, Northwind, and they accepted, signing the [[Northwind Agreement]]. The vast majority of the Highlanders chose to abandon the Capellan Confederation and took up station on Northwind. Some Highlanders chose to stay, however, creating rifts in some families. They successfuly took Northwind, but more than four hundred of their warriors died in the battle. The Highlanders ably served the [[Federated Commonwealth]], fighting into the [[War of 3039]], losing about five hundred of their people, and later served along the Clan front.<ref>''Highlander Gambit'', ch. 10</ref> | A turning point in Highlanders history was when Davion contacted them and promised them a home on their ancestral homeworld, Northwind, and they accepted, signing the [[Northwind Agreement]]. The vast majority of the Highlanders chose to abandon the Capellan Confederation and took up station on Northwind. Some Highlanders chose to stay, however, creating rifts in some families. They successfuly took Northwind, but more than four hundred of their warriors died in the battle. The Highlanders ably served the [[Federated Commonwealth]], fighting into the [[War of 3039]], losing about five hundred of their people, and later served along the Clan front.<ref>''Highlander Gambit'', ch. 10</ref> | ||