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Line 16: ==History== ==History== − In [[2764]] the Eighth Army was assigned to the First District of the Free Worlds League region, with their headquarters on [[Talitha]]. Though traditionally the Eighth had a good working relationship with the [[Free Worlds League]], that changed in [[2734]] with the signature of the Treaty of Verona. This treaty ended the civil war between [[Bertram Marik]] and [[Parliament]]. The citizens of the Eighth's area of responsibility (and the ruling Marik family) were outraged that the SLDF forces didn't step in and stop the fighting. This noninterference, though required by Star League accords, was seen as many Free Worlders as the SLDF neglecting its sworn duties. As a result, many members of the Free Worlds nobility treated the Eighth with barely concealed contempt.<ref name=fmsldf105/> + In [[2764]] the Eighth Army was assigned to the First District of the Free Worlds League region, with their headquarters on [[Talitha]]. Though traditionally the Eighth had a good working relationship with the [[Free Worlds League]], that changed in [[2734]] with the signature of the Treaty of Verona. This treaty ended the civil war between [[Bertram Marik]] and [[Parliament]]. The citizens of the Eighth's area of responsibility (and the ruling Marik family) were outraged that the SLDF forces didn't step in and stop the fighting. This non-interference, though required by Star League accords, was seen as many Free Worlders as the SLDF neglecting its sworn duties. As a result, many members of the Free Worlds nobility treated the Eighth with barely concealed contempt.<ref name=fmsldf105/> In response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] of [[2765]], its four corps would be repositioned to the Second and Third Districts, filling in the gaps left open by the [[9th Army (Star League)|Ninth Army]] and [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]] fighting in the [[Periphery]].<ref name="TSLp141"/> The Eighth also received twenty-nine Regiments from the [[1st Army (Star League)|First Army]] to reinforce it as it took on the much larger area of responsibility, bolstering the large number of Independent Regiments that went with the Eighth's mobile army structure.<ref name="H:LoTv1p43">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 43: "Eighth Army"</ref> In response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] of [[2765]], its four corps would be repositioned to the Second and Third Districts, filling in the gaps left open by the [[9th Army (Star League)|Ninth Army]] and [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]] fighting in the [[Periphery]].<ref name="TSLp141"/> The Eighth also received twenty-nine Regiments from the [[1st Army (Star League)|First Army]] to reinforce it as it took on the much larger area of responsibility, bolstering the large number of Independent Regiments that went with the Eighth's mobile army structure.<ref name="H:LoTv1p43">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 43: "Eighth Army"</ref>
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| − | In [[2764]] the Eighth Army was assigned to the First District of the Free Worlds League region, with their headquarters on [[Talitha]]. Though traditionally the Eighth had a good working relationship with the [[Free Worlds League]], that changed in [[2734]] with the signature of the Treaty of Verona. This treaty ended the civil war between [[Bertram Marik]] and [[Parliament]]. The citizens of the Eighth's area of responsibility (and the ruling Marik family) were outraged that the SLDF forces didn't step in and stop the fighting. This | + | In [[2764]] the Eighth Army was assigned to the First District of the Free Worlds League region, with their headquarters on [[Talitha]]. Though traditionally the Eighth had a good working relationship with the [[Free Worlds League]], that changed in [[2734]] with the signature of the Treaty of Verona. This treaty ended the civil war between [[Bertram Marik]] and [[Parliament]]. The citizens of the Eighth's area of responsibility (and the ruling Marik family) were outraged that the SLDF forces didn't step in and stop the fighting. This non-interference, though required by Star League accords, was seen as many Free Worlders as the SLDF neglecting its sworn duties. As a result, many members of the Free Worlds nobility treated the Eighth with barely concealed contempt.<ref name=fmsldf105/> |
In response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] of [[2765]], its four corps would be repositioned to the Second and Third Districts, filling in the gaps left open by the [[9th Army (Star League)|Ninth Army]] and [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]] fighting in the [[Periphery]].<ref name="TSLp141"/> The Eighth also received twenty-nine Regiments from the [[1st Army (Star League)|First Army]] to reinforce it as it took on the much larger area of responsibility, bolstering the large number of Independent Regiments that went with the Eighth's mobile army structure.<ref name="H:LoTv1p43">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 43: "Eighth Army"</ref> | In response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] of [[2765]], its four corps would be repositioned to the Second and Third Districts, filling in the gaps left open by the [[9th Army (Star League)|Ninth Army]] and [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]] fighting in the [[Periphery]].<ref name="TSLp141"/> The Eighth also received twenty-nine Regiments from the [[1st Army (Star League)|First Army]] to reinforce it as it took on the much larger area of responsibility, bolstering the large number of Independent Regiments that went with the Eighth's mobile army structure.<ref name="H:LoTv1p43">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 43: "Eighth Army"</ref> | ||