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Line 14: ==History== ==History== − The Guards have their roots in the ten conventional [[regiments]] which were authorized during the first session of [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] in [[2272]], with the modern First Free Worlds Guards armor regiment formed in [[2426]], a few years before the League fielded its first [[BattleMech]]s. A key federal brigade, nominally the Guards were answerable only to Parliament and the [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]], but since [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] and the enactment of [[Resolution 288]], the Guards have answered exclusively to the Captain-General, even going so far to swear personal oath of loyalty to each successive Captain-General since [[2804]]. <ref name=FMFWLp43>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 43, "Free Worlds Guards"</ref> + The Guards have their roots in the ten conventional [[regiments]] which were authorized during the first session of [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] in [[2272]], with the modern First Free Worlds Guards armor regiment formed in [[2426]], a few years before the League fielded its first [[BattleMech]]s. A key federal brigade, nominally the Guards were answerable only to Parliament and the [[Captain-General]], but since [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] and the enactment of [[Resolution 288]], the Guards have answered exclusively to the Captain-General, even going so far to swear personal oath of loyalty to each successive Captain-General since [[2804]]. <ref name=FMFWLp43>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 43, "Free Worlds Guards"</ref> At their peak immediately prior to the [[First Succession War]], the Guards had six [[regiment]]s active, but the ceaseless centuries of fighting during the Succession Wars have reduced their number to three active commands. Unlike some FWLM [[brigades]], in an effort to maintain a strong sense of tradition the Free Worlds Guards rebuilt their units rather than create new ones. While the first post–Succession Wars attempt in [[3032]] ended in disaster and disgrace when the newly rebuilt Fourth Guards were shattered by the [[Natasha Kerensky]] led [[Black Widow Company]], during the reign of [[Thomas Marik]] the Fifth was successfully re-formed in [[3064]], but plans for the Sixth to enter service in [[3070]] were derailed by the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]]. <ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=FMTotBW>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 7</ref> <ref name=FMU-146>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 146 "Free Worlds Guards"</ref> At their peak immediately prior to the [[First Succession War]], the Guards had six [[regiment]]s active, but the ceaseless centuries of fighting during the Succession Wars have reduced their number to three active commands. Unlike some FWLM [[brigades]], in an effort to maintain a strong sense of tradition the Free Worlds Guards rebuilt their units rather than create new ones. While the first post–Succession Wars attempt in [[3032]] ended in disaster and disgrace when the newly rebuilt Fourth Guards were shattered by the [[Natasha Kerensky]] led [[Black Widow Company]], during the reign of [[Thomas Marik]] the Fifth was successfully re-formed in [[3064]], but plans for the Sixth to enter service in [[3070]] were derailed by the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]]. <ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=FMTotBW>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 7</ref> <ref name=FMU-146>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 146 "Free Worlds Guards"</ref>
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| − | The Guards have their roots in the ten conventional [[regiments]] which were authorized during the first session of [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] in [[2272]], with the modern First Free Worlds Guards armor regiment formed in [[2426]], a few years before the League fielded its first [[BattleMech]]s. A key federal brigade, nominally the Guards were answerable only to Parliament and the [[ | + | The Guards have their roots in the ten conventional [[regiments]] which were authorized during the first session of [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] in [[2272]], with the modern First Free Worlds Guards armor regiment formed in [[2426]], a few years before the League fielded its first [[BattleMech]]s. A key federal brigade, nominally the Guards were answerable only to Parliament and the [[Captain-General]], but since [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] and the enactment of [[Resolution 288]], the Guards have answered exclusively to the Captain-General, even going so far to swear personal oath of loyalty to each successive Captain-General since [[2804]]. <ref name=FMFWLp43>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 43, "Free Worlds Guards"</ref> |
At their peak immediately prior to the [[First Succession War]], the Guards had six [[regiment]]s active, but the ceaseless centuries of fighting during the Succession Wars have reduced their number to three active commands. Unlike some FWLM [[brigades]], in an effort to maintain a strong sense of tradition the Free Worlds Guards rebuilt their units rather than create new ones. While the first post–Succession Wars attempt in [[3032]] ended in disaster and disgrace when the newly rebuilt Fourth Guards were shattered by the [[Natasha Kerensky]] led [[Black Widow Company]], during the reign of [[Thomas Marik]] the Fifth was successfully re-formed in [[3064]], but plans for the Sixth to enter service in [[3070]] were derailed by the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]]. <ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=FMTotBW>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 7</ref> <ref name=FMU-146>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 146 "Free Worlds Guards"</ref> | At their peak immediately prior to the [[First Succession War]], the Guards had six [[regiment]]s active, but the ceaseless centuries of fighting during the Succession Wars have reduced their number to three active commands. Unlike some FWLM [[brigades]], in an effort to maintain a strong sense of tradition the Free Worlds Guards rebuilt their units rather than create new ones. While the first post–Succession Wars attempt in [[3032]] ended in disaster and disgrace when the newly rebuilt Fourth Guards were shattered by the [[Natasha Kerensky]] led [[Black Widow Company]], during the reign of [[Thomas Marik]] the Fifth was successfully re-formed in [[3064]], but plans for the Sixth to enter service in [[3070]] were derailed by the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]]. <ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=FMTotBW>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 7</ref> <ref name=FMU-146>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 146 "Free Worlds Guards"</ref> | ||