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Line 1: − {{Update Needed|[[Era Report: 2750]]|[[Field Manual: SLDF]]}} + {{Update Needed|[[Era Report: 2750]], [[Field Manual: SLDF]]}} − The '''Martial Olympiad''' was a series of mock combats held every four years from [[2640]] to [[2736]], designed to test fighting skills and recognize the best units within the [[Star League Defense Force]].<ref name=FM:SLDFp22>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 22</ref> − ==Description== ==Description== − The Martial Olympiad took place on the surface and in orbit above [[Terra|Mars]], and later [[Outreach]], and involved more than 100 "events" pitting regiments, divisions and spacecraft against each other. Precautions were made to prevent the loss of life, although deaths did occur, and while it was expensive to maintain the Olympiad was popular among troops as a way to display their skills and the public as a media event.<ref name=SLp134-135>''The Star League'', pp. 134–135: "The Martial Olympiad"</ref> + The '''Martial Olympiad''' was a series of mock combats held every four years from [[2640]] to [[2736]]. The event was designed to test fighting skills and recognize the best units within the SLDF. It took place on the surface and in orbit above [[Terra|Mars]], and later [[Outreach]], and involved more than 100 "events" pitting regiments, divisions and spacecraft against each other. Precautions were made to prevent the loss of life, although deaths did occur, and while it was expensive to maintain the Olympiad was popular among troops as a way to display their skills and the public as a media event.<ref>''The Star League'', pp. 134–135: "The Martial Olympiad"</ref> − At the proposal of modern SLDF commanding General [[Hohiro Kurita II|Hohiro Kurita]], the reborn Star League would respond by reviving the Martial Olympiad as a means of honing the skills and inter-House cooperation of its member states in response to the continued threat of the [[Clans]]. While initially hoping to hold the Olympiad on Outreach, after this was rejected by [[Wolf's Dragoons]], [[ComStar]] offered to host the event on [[Tukayyid]]. In [[3062]] it was expected to be able to run the Olympiad on [[3064]]<ref name=OSp9>''Operation: Stiletto (scenario pack)'', p. 9 "THARKAD MAY HOLD 3064 MARTIAL OLYMPIAD"</ref>, but in the end the event happened for three months in [[3067]] on the various locations that last saw combat during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]], warriors from almost every nation and faction in the [[Inner Sphere]], no matter their size or legitimacy, and even a number of the Clans themselves fought in mock combat to compete for the Championship, a shining example of cooperation despite the fact many of the factions were directly involved in conflicts against each other at the time. This unsettled state did effect the reborn and supposedly apolitical Olympiad, with political maneuvering and even off-field brawls between opposing factions, but was regarded by many as an example of hope for the future.<ref name=FMU-94>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 94: "Star League Defense Force - Martial Olympiad"</ref> Such beliefs would be dashed when the second Star League collapsed later that very same year and the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]] erupted. + At the proposal of modern SLDF commanding General [[Hohiro Kurita II|Hohiro Kurita]], the reborn Star League would respond by reviving the Martial Olympiad as a means of honing the skills and inter-House cooperation of its member states in response to the continued threat of the [[Clans]]. While initially hoping to hold the Olympiad on Outreach, after this was rejected by [[Wolf's Dragoons]], [[ComStar]] offered to host the event on [[Tukayyid]]. For three months in [[3067]] on the various locations that last saw combat during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]], warriors from almost every nation and faction in the [[Inner Sphere]], no matter their size or legitimacy, and even a number of the Clans themselves fought in mock combat to compete for the Championship, a shining example of cooperation despite the fact many of the factions were directly involved in conflicts against each other at the time. This unsettled state did effect the reborn and supposedly apolitical Olympiad, with political maneuvering and even off-field brawls between opposing factions, but was regarded by many as an example of hope for the future.<ref name=FMU-94>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 94: "Star League Defense Force - Martial Olympiad"</ref> Such beliefs would be dashed when the second Star League collapsed later that very same year and the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]] erupted. ==Martial Olympiad Champions== ==Martial Olympiad Champions== {| class="wikitable" border="1" {| class="wikitable" border="1" − |+ Period [[2640]] - [[2736]]<ref name=SLp135>''The Star League'', p. 135: "Martial Olympiad Champions list"</ref> + |+ Period [[2640]] - [[2736]]<ref>''The Star League'', p. 135: "Martial Olympiad Champions list"</ref> |- |- ! Martial Olympiad ! Martial Olympiad Line 20:
Line 18: | [[316th Royal BattleMech Division]] (Rio Grande Div.) | [[316th Royal BattleMech Division]] (Rio Grande Div.) | [[90th Dragoon Regiment]] | [[90th Dragoon Regiment]] − | [[Ark Royal (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Ark Royal'']] + | [[Ark Royal|SLS ''Ark Royal'']] |- |- | 2nd, Mars, [[2644]] | 2nd, Mars, [[2644]] Line 30:
Line 28: | [[83rd BattleMech Division]] (Balan Div.) | [[83rd BattleMech Division]] (Balan Div.) | ''90th Dragoon Regiment'' | ''90th Dragoon Regiment'' − | [[Israel (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Israel'']] + | [[Israel|SLS ''Israel'']] |- |- | 4th, Mars, [[2652]] | 4th, Mars, [[2652]] Line 50:
Line 48: | [[13th Royal Infantry Division]] (Superstition Div.) | [[13th Royal Infantry Division]] (Superstition Div.) | [[13th Royal French Demi-Brigade]] | [[13th Royal French Demi-Brigade]] − | [[Yorktown (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Yorktown'']] + | [[Yorktown|SLS ''Yorktown'']] |- |- | 8th, Mars, [[2668]] | 8th, Mars, [[2668]] | [[181st Royal Mechanized Infantry Division]] (King's Own Scots Rifles) | [[181st Royal Mechanized Infantry Division]] (King's Own Scots Rifles) | [[512th Striker Regiment]] | [[512th Striker Regiment]] − | [[Iona (Individual McKenna-class WarShip)|SLS ''Iona'']] + | [[Iona|SLS ''Iona'']] |- |- | 9th, Mars, [[2672]] | 9th, Mars, [[2672]] | ''316th Royal BattleMech Division'' (Rio Grande Div.) | ''316th Royal BattleMech Division'' (Rio Grande Div.) | ''90th Dragoon Regiment'' | ''90th Dragoon Regiment'' − | [[Cyclone (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Cyclone'']] + | [[Cyclone|SLS ''Cyclone'']] |- |- | 10th, Mars, [[2676]] | 10th, Mars, [[2676]] Line 70:
Line 68: | [[262nd BattleMech Division]] (Chief Joseph Div.) | [[262nd BattleMech Division]] (Chief Joseph Div.) | ''302nd Hussar Regiment'' | ''302nd Hussar Regiment'' − | [[Enterprise (Individual McKenna-class WarShip)|SLS ''Enterprise'']] + | [[Enterprise|SLS ''Enterprise'']] |- |- | 12th, Mars, [[2684]] | 12th, Mars, [[2684]] Line 85:
Line 83: | ''181st Royal Mechanized Infantry Division'' (King's Own Scots Rifles) | ''181st Royal Mechanized Infantry Division'' (King's Own Scots Rifles) | ''13th Royal French Demi-Brigade'' | ''13th Royal French Demi-Brigade'' − | [[Golden Hind (Individual WarShip, 7th Fleet)|SLS ''Golden Hind'']] + | [[Golden Hind (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Golden Hind'']] |- |- | 15th, Mars, [[2696]] | 15th, Mars, [[2696]] Line 100:
Line 98: | [[349th Royal BattleMech Division]] (King Henry Div.) | [[349th Royal BattleMech Division]] (King Henry Div.) | [[51st Hussar Regiment]] | [[51st Hussar Regiment]] − | [[Nimitz (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Nimitz'']] + | [[Nimitz|SLS ''Nimitz'']] |- |- | 18th, Outreach, [[2708]] | 18th, Outreach, [[2708]] Line 120:
Line 118: | [[81st BattleMech Division]] (Devils of Devil's Rock) | [[81st BattleMech Division]] (Devils of Devil's Rock) | [[231st Light Horse Regiment]] | [[231st Light Horse Regiment]] − | [[Kiev (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Kiev'']] + | [[Kiev|SLS ''Kiev'']] |- |- | 22nd, Outreach [[2724]] | 22nd, Outreach [[2724]] Line 157:
Line 155: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' − * ''[[The Star League]]'' + * ''[[The Star League]]'' (sourcebook) [[Category: Military Exercises|Martial Olympiad]] [[Category: Military Exercises|Martial Olympiad]]
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| − | The Martial Olympiad took place on the surface and in orbit above [[Terra|Mars]], and later [[Outreach]], and involved more than 100 "events" pitting regiments, divisions and spacecraft against each other. Precautions were made to prevent the loss of life, although deaths did occur, and while it was expensive to maintain the Olympiad was popular among troops as a way to display their skills and the public as a media event.<ref | + | The '''Martial Olympiad''' was a series of mock combats held every four years from [[2640]] to [[2736]]. The event was designed to test fighting skills and recognize the best units within the SLDF. It took place on the surface and in orbit above [[Terra|Mars]], and later [[Outreach]], and involved more than 100 "events" pitting regiments, divisions and spacecraft against each other. Precautions were made to prevent the loss of life, although deaths did occur, and while it was expensive to maintain the Olympiad was popular among troops as a way to display their skills and the public as a media event.<ref>''The Star League'', pp. 134–135: "The Martial Olympiad"</ref> |
| − | At the proposal of modern SLDF commanding General [[Hohiro Kurita II|Hohiro Kurita]], the reborn Star League would respond by reviving the Martial Olympiad as a means of honing the skills and inter-House cooperation of its member states in response to the continued threat of the [[Clans]]. While initially hoping to hold the Olympiad on Outreach, after this was rejected by [[Wolf's Dragoons]], [[ComStar]] offered to host the event on [[Tukayyid]]. | + | At the proposal of modern SLDF commanding General [[Hohiro Kurita II|Hohiro Kurita]], the reborn Star League would respond by reviving the Martial Olympiad as a means of honing the skills and inter-House cooperation of its member states in response to the continued threat of the [[Clans]]. While initially hoping to hold the Olympiad on Outreach, after this was rejected by [[Wolf's Dragoons]], [[ComStar]] offered to host the event on [[Tukayyid]]. For three months in [[3067]] on the various locations that last saw combat during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]], warriors from almost every nation and faction in the [[Inner Sphere]], no matter their size or legitimacy, and even a number of the Clans themselves fought in mock combat to compete for the Championship, a shining example of cooperation despite the fact many of the factions were directly involved in conflicts against each other at the time. This unsettled state did effect the reborn and supposedly apolitical Olympiad, with political maneuvering and even off-field brawls between opposing factions, but was regarded by many as an example of hope for the future.<ref name=FMU-94>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 94: "Star League Defense Force - Martial Olympiad"</ref> Such beliefs would be dashed when the second Star League collapsed later that very same year and the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]] erupted. |
==Martial Olympiad Champions== | ==Martial Olympiad Champions== | ||
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| − | |+ Period [[2640]] - [[2736]]<ref | + | |+ Period [[2640]] - [[2736]]<ref>''The Star League'', p. 135: "Martial Olympiad Champions list"</ref> |
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! Martial Olympiad | ! Martial Olympiad | ||
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| [[316th Royal BattleMech Division]] (Rio Grande Div.) | | [[316th Royal BattleMech Division]] (Rio Grande Div.) | ||
| [[90th Dragoon Regiment]] | | [[90th Dragoon Regiment]] | ||
| − | | [[Ark Royal | + | | [[Ark Royal|SLS ''Ark Royal'']] |
|- | |- | ||
| 2nd, Mars, [[2644]] | | 2nd, Mars, [[2644]] | ||
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| [[83rd BattleMech Division]] (Balan Div.) | | [[83rd BattleMech Division]] (Balan Div.) | ||
| ''90th Dragoon Regiment'' | | ''90th Dragoon Regiment'' | ||
| − | | [[Israel | + | | [[Israel|SLS ''Israel'']] |
|- | |- | ||
| 4th, Mars, [[2652]] | | 4th, Mars, [[2652]] | ||
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| [[13th Royal Infantry Division]] (Superstition Div.) | | [[13th Royal Infantry Division]] (Superstition Div.) | ||
| [[13th Royal French Demi-Brigade]] | | [[13th Royal French Demi-Brigade]] | ||
| − | | [[Yorktown | + | | [[Yorktown|SLS ''Yorktown'']] |
|- | |- | ||
| 8th, Mars, [[2668]] | | 8th, Mars, [[2668]] | ||
| [[181st Royal Mechanized Infantry Division]] (King's Own Scots Rifles) | | [[181st Royal Mechanized Infantry Division]] (King's Own Scots Rifles) | ||
| [[512th Striker Regiment]] | | [[512th Striker Regiment]] | ||
| − | | [[Iona | + | | [[Iona|SLS ''Iona'']] |
|- | |- | ||
| 9th, Mars, [[2672]] | | 9th, Mars, [[2672]] | ||
| ''316th Royal BattleMech Division'' (Rio Grande Div.) | | ''316th Royal BattleMech Division'' (Rio Grande Div.) | ||
| ''90th Dragoon Regiment'' | | ''90th Dragoon Regiment'' | ||
| − | | [[Cyclone | + | | [[Cyclone|SLS ''Cyclone'']] |
|- | |- | ||
| 10th, Mars, [[2676]] | | 10th, Mars, [[2676]] | ||
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| [[262nd BattleMech Division]] (Chief Joseph Div.) | | [[262nd BattleMech Division]] (Chief Joseph Div.) | ||
| ''302nd Hussar Regiment'' | | ''302nd Hussar Regiment'' | ||
| − | | [[Enterprise | + | | [[Enterprise|SLS ''Enterprise'']] |
|- | |- | ||
| 12th, Mars, [[2684]] | | 12th, Mars, [[2684]] | ||
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| ''181st Royal Mechanized Infantry Division'' (King's Own Scots Rifles) | | ''181st Royal Mechanized Infantry Division'' (King's Own Scots Rifles) | ||
| ''13th Royal French Demi-Brigade'' | | ''13th Royal French Demi-Brigade'' | ||
| − | | [[Golden Hind (Individual WarShip | + | | [[Golden Hind (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Golden Hind'']] |
|- | |- | ||
| 15th, Mars, [[2696]] | | 15th, Mars, [[2696]] | ||
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| [[349th Royal BattleMech Division]] (King Henry Div.) | | [[349th Royal BattleMech Division]] (King Henry Div.) | ||
| [[51st Hussar Regiment]] | | [[51st Hussar Regiment]] | ||
| − | | [[Nimitz | + | | [[Nimitz|SLS ''Nimitz'']] |
|- | |- | ||
| 18th, Outreach, [[2708]] | | 18th, Outreach, [[2708]] | ||
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| [[81st BattleMech Division]] (Devils of Devil's Rock) | | [[81st BattleMech Division]] (Devils of Devil's Rock) | ||
| [[231st Light Horse Regiment]] | | [[231st Light Horse Regiment]] | ||
| − | | [[Kiev | + | | [[Kiev|SLS ''Kiev'']] |
|- | |- | ||
| 22nd, Outreach [[2724]] | | 22nd, Outreach [[2724]] | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[The Star League]]'' | + | * ''[[The Star League]]'' (sourcebook) |
[[Category: Military Exercises|Martial Olympiad]] | [[Category: Military Exercises|Martial Olympiad]] | ||