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Line 8: This would backfire disastrously during the [[Crisis of 2420]] when the Lyrans tried to retake Rochelle [[2420|that year]]. Parliament looked to Peter to assume the mantle of Captain-General, only to be stunned when the bitter Marik refused to serve as Captain-General while either the War Powers Act or Parliamentary Committee overseeing his actions were in effect. Refusing to be cowed, Parliament selected one of Peter's generals, [[Joseph Stewart]], instead. Unfortunately while an able field commander, he lacked Peter's grasp of interstellar strategy and misjudged the Lyran attack, losing Rochelle, [[Amity]] and Dansis, before being routed in the [[Concord]] system. With a dozen League worlds under threat, the lackluster Stewart was saved when the apparently satisfied Lyrans shifted their attentions to repelling a more pressing [[Draconis Combine]] attack. Stewart's disastrous turn as Captain-General convinced many that only a Marik was capable of conducting interstellar warfare, with support for the War Powers Act weakening as many MPs defected from House Selaj's anti-Marik power bloc.<ref name=HM-15/><ref name=HHM18/> This would backfire disastrously during the [[Crisis of 2420]] when the Lyrans tried to retake Rochelle [[2420|that year]]. Parliament looked to Peter to assume the mantle of Captain-General, only to be stunned when the bitter Marik refused to serve as Captain-General while either the War Powers Act or Parliamentary Committee overseeing his actions were in effect. Refusing to be cowed, Parliament selected one of Peter's generals, [[Joseph Stewart]], instead. Unfortunately while an able field commander, he lacked Peter's grasp of interstellar strategy and misjudged the Lyran attack, losing Rochelle, [[Amity]] and Dansis, before being routed in the [[Concord]] system. With a dozen League worlds under threat, the lackluster Stewart was saved when the apparently satisfied Lyrans shifted their attentions to repelling a more pressing [[Draconis Combine]] attack. Stewart's disastrous turn as Captain-General convinced many that only a Marik was capable of conducting interstellar warfare, with support for the War Powers Act weakening as many MPs defected from House Selaj's anti-Marik power bloc.<ref name=HM-15/><ref name=HHM18/> − His position clear and the alternative disastrous, Peter seemed to have won in his battle against Parliament. He entered Parliament on 9 May [[2422]], confident of his success against the Selaj family, architects of the War Powers Act. When he left the building, an assassin shot and killed Peter Marik. The Selajs were suspected, but their involvement could not be proven and the Act remained in effect until [[2427|five years later]] when the Lyran Commonwealth decided to renew its assault against the League, landing troops on the planet of [[Bolan]]. Still convinced only a Marik could successfully serve as Captain-General, Parliament offered the post to Peter's second son [[Terrence Marik (25th c.)|Terrence]]. But Terrence, like his father before him, refused to serve as long as both the War Powers Act and the Parliamentary Committee were in effect. After the Lyran military took yet more worlds, the League Parliament finally caved to his demands and repealed the act. While Terrence won the political victory, he proved unable to reclaim the worlds lost to the Lyrans, achieving at best a bloody stalemate. The task ultimately fell to Terrence's brother [[Peter Marik (25th c.)|Peter the second]], who succeeded where his brother had failed.<ref name=HM-15/><ref name=HHM18/> + His position clear and the alternative disastrous, Peter seemed to have won in his battle against Parliament. He entered Parliament on 9 May [[2422]], confident of his success against the Selaj family, architects of the War Powers Act. When he left the building, an assassin shot and killed Peter Marik. The Selajs were suspected, but their involvement could not be proven and the Act remained in effect until [[2427|five years later]] when the Lyran Commonwealth decided to renew its assault against the League, landing troops on the planet of [[Bolan]]. Still convinced only a Marik could successfully serve as Captain-General, Parliament offered the post to Peter's second son [[Terrence Marik|Terrence]]. But Terrence, like his father before him, refused to serve as long as both the War Powers Act and the Parliamentary Committee were in effect. After the Lyran military took yet more worlds, the League Parliament finally caved to his demands and repealed the act. While Terrence won the political victory, he proved unable to reclaim the worlds lost to the Lyrans, achieving at best a bloody stalemate. The task ultimately fell to Terrence's brother [[Peter Marik (25th c.)|Peter the second]], who succeeded where his brother had failed.<ref name=HM-15/><ref name=HHM18/> ==References== ==References==
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This would backfire disastrously during the [[Crisis of 2420]] when the Lyrans tried to retake Rochelle [[2420|that year]]. Parliament looked to Peter to assume the mantle of Captain-General, only to be stunned when the bitter Marik refused to serve as Captain-General while either the War Powers Act or Parliamentary Committee overseeing his actions were in effect. Refusing to be cowed, Parliament selected one of Peter's generals, [[Joseph Stewart]], instead. Unfortunately while an able field commander, he lacked Peter's grasp of interstellar strategy and misjudged the Lyran attack, losing Rochelle, [[Amity]] and Dansis, before being routed in the [[Concord]] system. With a dozen League worlds under threat, the lackluster Stewart was saved when the apparently satisfied Lyrans shifted their attentions to repelling a more pressing [[Draconis Combine]] attack. Stewart's disastrous turn as Captain-General convinced many that only a Marik was capable of conducting interstellar warfare, with support for the War Powers Act weakening as many MPs defected from House Selaj's anti-Marik power bloc.<ref name=HM-15/><ref name=HHM18/> | This would backfire disastrously during the [[Crisis of 2420]] when the Lyrans tried to retake Rochelle [[2420|that year]]. Parliament looked to Peter to assume the mantle of Captain-General, only to be stunned when the bitter Marik refused to serve as Captain-General while either the War Powers Act or Parliamentary Committee overseeing his actions were in effect. Refusing to be cowed, Parliament selected one of Peter's generals, [[Joseph Stewart]], instead. Unfortunately while an able field commander, he lacked Peter's grasp of interstellar strategy and misjudged the Lyran attack, losing Rochelle, [[Amity]] and Dansis, before being routed in the [[Concord]] system. With a dozen League worlds under threat, the lackluster Stewart was saved when the apparently satisfied Lyrans shifted their attentions to repelling a more pressing [[Draconis Combine]] attack. Stewart's disastrous turn as Captain-General convinced many that only a Marik was capable of conducting interstellar warfare, with support for the War Powers Act weakening as many MPs defected from House Selaj's anti-Marik power bloc.<ref name=HM-15/><ref name=HHM18/> | ||
| − | His position clear and the alternative disastrous, Peter seemed to have won in his battle against Parliament. He entered Parliament on 9 May [[2422]], confident of his success against the Selaj family, architects of the War Powers Act. When he left the building, an assassin shot and killed Peter Marik. The Selajs were suspected, but their involvement could not be proven and the Act remained in effect until [[2427|five years later]] when the Lyran Commonwealth decided to renew its assault against the League, landing troops on the planet of [[Bolan]]. Still convinced only a Marik could successfully serve as Captain-General, Parliament offered the post to Peter's second son [[Terrence Marik | + | His position clear and the alternative disastrous, Peter seemed to have won in his battle against Parliament. He entered Parliament on 9 May [[2422]], confident of his success against the Selaj family, architects of the War Powers Act. When he left the building, an assassin shot and killed Peter Marik. The Selajs were suspected, but their involvement could not be proven and the Act remained in effect until [[2427|five years later]] when the Lyran Commonwealth decided to renew its assault against the League, landing troops on the planet of [[Bolan]]. Still convinced only a Marik could successfully serve as Captain-General, Parliament offered the post to Peter's second son [[Terrence Marik|Terrence]]. But Terrence, like his father before him, refused to serve as long as both the War Powers Act and the Parliamentary Committee were in effect. After the Lyran military took yet more worlds, the League Parliament finally caved to his demands and repealed the act. While Terrence won the political victory, he proved unable to reclaim the worlds lost to the Lyrans, achieving at best a bloody stalemate. The task ultimately fell to Terrence's brother [[Peter Marik (25th c.)|Peter the second]], who succeeded where his brother had failed.<ref name=HM-15/><ref name=HHM18/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||