Editing 34th Marik Militia

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| Designation    = Thirty-fourth Marik Militia
| formed         = [[2766]]<ref name="FR:2765p10"/>-[[2786]]<ref name="FSWp138"/><br>[[3057]]
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| Affiliation    = [[Free Worlds League]]
| Parent Command = [[Marik Militia]]
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The '''Thirty-fourth Marik Militia''' was a [[BattleMech]] regiment in service with the [[Free Worlds League Military]].

==History==
=== First Succession War ===
The Thirty-fourth Marik Militia was one of a dozen regiments of the [[Marik Militia]] to be raised in the period between the eruption of the [[Amaris Civil War]] in [[2765]]<ref name="FR:2765p10">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 10: "Marik Militia"</ref> and the onset of the [[First Succession War]] in [[2786]],<ref name="FSWp138"/> and when the [[Free Worlds League]] annexed a number of [[Terran Hegemony]] worlds in [[2785]] the Thirty-fourth was assigned as the garrison for [[Denebola]], along with a pair of ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvettes to serve as a naval picket for the system. The relatively light garrison was a result of how heavily deployed the [[Free Worlds League Military]] was - a result of the combined stresses of heavy fighting on the border with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], the ongoing annexation of former Hegemony worlds, and the invasion of the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name="FSWp29">''First Succession War'', p. 29: "Lyran Commonwealth Gains"</ref>

The Thirty-fourth took up residence in the battered facilities that had once been the home base of the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[282nd Mechanized Infantry Division]], and were soon sparring with pro-Hegemony guerrillas active on Denebola, losing a company of [[BattleMech]]s to the guerrillas by [[2786]]. The Lyran Commonwealth invaded Denebola in [[2786]], deploying the [[Fourteenth Lyran Guards]] as the invasion force, accompanied by a naval escort consisting of a pair of ''[[Commonwealth (WarShip class)|Commonwealth]]''-class light cruisers, the [[LCS Odessa|LCS ''Odessa'']] and [[LCS Porrima|LCS ''Porrima'']]. Despite being outgunned, the [[Francisco|FWLS ''Francisco'']] and her sister ship gamely attempted to attack the Lyran invasion force, only for the opening volley of laser and missile fire from the ''Odessa'' to destroy the ''Francisco'' outright - at which point her sister ship fled the Denebola system, leaving the Thirty-fourth to attempt to resist the invasion without naval support.<ref name="FSWp29"/>

At the request of [[Colonel]] [[Hoshi DeWitt]], the commanding officer of the Fourteenth, the ''Odessa'' and ''Porrima'' moved into orbit above Denebola and subjected the Thirty-fourth's base to a two-hour orbital bombardment that destroyed more than half the Marik forces outright. Two companies of mixed armor and infantry forces from the Thirty-fourth went to ground and would spend months engaged in raids and resistance against the Fourteenth Lyran Guards, but the bulk of the survivors from the Thirty-fourth surrendered within two days of the Fourteenth's landing.<ref name="FSWp29"/>

=== Reactivation ===
The Thirty-fourth Marik Militia was reactivated in [[3057]].

===Operation GUERRERO===
During [[Operation GUERRERO]], the Thirty-fourth Marik Militia captured [[Pollux]].<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 68</ref> There they faced off against a militia regiment of infantry and armor.<ref name=FMFWL69/>

===Operation BULLDOG===
The Thirty-fourth did not participate in [[Operation BULLDOG]].

===Jihad===
As of [[3067]], they were headquartered on [[Amity]].<ref name=FMUp160>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 160: "FWLM Deployment Table - 3067"</ref> The 34th Marik Militia was part of [[Operation Broken Fist]], the defense of the Free Worlds League against invading forces from the Lyran Commonwealth's Skye and Bolan Provinces.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 80</ref> By [[3079]] they had overcome their inexperience and become a stalwart defensive unit. Splitting into two smaller commands, they garrisoned the [[Tamarind District]] worlds [[Epsilon]] and [[Nockatunga]].<ref name=frfwl11>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 11</ref>

The relentless pace of Lyran assaults on worlds protected by the Thirty-fourth eventually led to disaster. In mid- to late [[3079]] the Thirty-fourth was soundly defeated at Epsilon by the [[4th Lyran Regulars]] and [[8th Lyran Regulars]],<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 102</ref> suffering severe losses before they could escape to the friendly system of [[Promised Land]].<ref name="FM:3085p89"/> The 34th would be defeated again on Nockatunga in early September 3079 by the [[4th Alliance Guards]] and was forced to retreat to limit collateral damage.<ref name="J:FRp24+">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 24–25: "Lyran Aggressors Press Into League Territory"</ref> Shortly thereafter, the Free Worlds League was disbanded following the final vote of the Free Worlds League Parliament in January 3079.<ref name="J:FRp24">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 24: "Item 2"</ref> This shocking event, coupled with the unit's losses, drove morale to an all-time low. For the next five years, any rumor of a deployment to a front line sparked numerous desertions.<ref name="FM:3085p89">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 89</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 34th Marik Militia'''
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| [[Colonel]]||[[William Adams (31st c.)|William Adams]]||[[3059]] - [[3067]]<ref name=FMFWL69>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 69: "34th Marik Militia Unit Profile"</ref><ref name=FMUp160/>
|-
| Colonel||[[Rumi Vyse]]||[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p93>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 93: "FWLM Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
|-
|}

==Tactics==
The reactivated Thirty-fourth was too new to have any tactical specialties prior to the Jihad.<ref name=FMFWL69/>

==Composition History==
=== 2786 ===
'''Thirty-fourth Marik Militia''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "Free Worlds League Military (FWLM)"</ref>
:- At this point in time the Thirty-fourth was a medium-weight command and was operating at full strength.<ref name="FSWp138"/> The unit was destroyed during the war.

===3059–3067===
'''Thirty-fourth Marik Militia''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMFWL69/><ref name=FMUp160/>
* CO/First [[Battalion]]: Colonel William Adams
:* XO: [[Force Commander]] Rumi Vyse
* Second Battalion: Force Commander [[Nicholas Bryce]]
* Third Battalion: Force Commander [[David Cotteril|David "Dragon" Cotteril]]

'''Sixty-seventh Independent Air Wing''' (1 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMFWL69/><ref name=FMUp160/>
* Wing Commander: [[Commodore]] [[Cleophas Galliard]]

===3079===
'''Thirty-Fourth Marik Militia ''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=“frfwlm11“>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 11</ref>
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Epsilon]] and [[Nockatunga]].<ref name=“frfwlm11“/> The assault by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and ongoing raids reduced the Thirty-fourth to about seventy percent of its pre-Jihad strength.<ref name=frfwl11/>

===3085===
'''Thirty-fourth Marik Militia''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FM3085p93/>
* CO: Colonel Rumi Vyse

'''Thirty-fourth Militia Aerospace''' (Wing/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p93/>
* CO: [[Captain]] Myghal Ward

'''Twelfth Promised Land Armor Regiment''' (Green/Questionable)<ref name=FM3085p93/>
* CO: [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Toni Knezevic

'''Third Promised Land Infantry Brigade''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p93/>
* CO: Lieutenant Colonel Radzim Carrara

==Rules==
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=== First Succession War ===
* As a Marik Militia regiment the Thirty-fourth receives no modifiers to die rolls when generating forces on RAT tables during the First Succession War.<ref name="FSWp147">''First Succession War'', p. 147: "RAT Die Roll Modifiers by Combat Command Table"</ref>
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: FWLM]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''


[[Category:Free Worlds League Commands|Marik Militia, 34th]]