Editing 11th Atrean Dragoons

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| Designation    =  Eleventh Atrean Dragoons
| formed         = [[Age of War]]
| Disbanded      = 
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname       =  Erin's Hope
| Affiliation    = Free Worlds League
| Parent Command = [[Atrean Dragoons]]
| Sub-Command    = 
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== History ==
=== Early Years ===
The '''Eleventh Atrean Dragoons''' were originally a part of the armed forces of the [[Marik Commonwealth]], with the [[brigade]] being founded during the early days of the [[Free Worlds League]]. The Atrean Dragoons would continue to serve as the provincial forces of the Marik Commonwealth until the League had expanded to the point that the forces of the [[Free Worlds Guards]] were insufficient to garrison the League's borders; when that point was reached, the League Parliament applied pressure to the Marik Commonwealth to loan a portion of the Dragoons to the League to for the purposes of federal defense.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp9">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 9, "Atrean Dragoons"</ref>

=== Age of War ===
The relationship between the Atrean Dragoons and the [[Free Worlds League Military]] was formalized in [[2528]], when [[Captain-General]] [[Albert Marik]] made the loan permanent in response to the eruption of the [[Second Andurien War]] between the Free Worlds League and the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Albert Marik attached a single stipulation to the formal transfer; the Eleventh and the other [[regiment]]s of the Dragoons were required to honor their roots in the Marik Commonwealth by continuing the tradition of recruiting graduates from the military academies on [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]].<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp9"/>

The Eleventh Atrean Dragoons were effectively destroyed on [[Bolan]] in [[2541]] but kept on [[FWLM]] rolls for political reasons.<ref name="FM:FWLp51"/>

=== Star League Era ===
The Eleventh was reconstituted during the reign of [[Captain-General]] [[Ewan Marik]] by reassigning experienced personnel from the other regiments within the Atrean Dragoons.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp9"/> [[Erin Chu]], a former mercenary unit commander who went on to serve as the [[Dormuth Council]] representative for irregular forces, played a large part in the reconstitution of the Eleventh and would eventually serve as the Eleventh's Commanding Officer.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp7">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 7, "Free Worlds Irregular Forces"</ref><ref name="FM:FWLp51">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 51, "Eleventh Atrean Dragoons"</ref> By [[2765]] the Eleventh was close to forming a third [[battalion]].<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp9"/>

While the Eleventh remained federal troops the entire brigade was loyal to the office of the [[Captain-General]], allowing whichever member of [[House Marik]] was holding the office at the time to employ the Dragoons for his or her own purposes. These purposes - officially all undertaken in the interest of federal security, but often either of a federal or personal nature - included those that might have caused other federal units to hesitate, and with the increased tension between the Free Worlds League and the [[Star League]] following the [[Marik Civil War (28th c.)|Marik Civil War]] Captain-General [[Ewan Marik]] wasn't above using the Dragoons as a martial extension of his belligerent and antagonistic policies towards the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. Ewan Marik's son, Captain-General [[Kenyon Marik]], continued to use the Atrean Dragoons to make life difficult for [[Star League Defense Force]] garrisons in the Free Worlds League.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp9"/>

=== Third Succession War ===
During [[Marik Civil War (31st c.)|Anton Marik's Revolt]] the Eleventh was stationed on Matheran.<ref name="H:BWp22+">''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 22-23, "Matheran"</ref> At that time they were inexperienced and equipped with medium-weight 'Mechs. Since they were loyal to the [[Captain-General]], [[Anton Marik]] had to dispatch a force to deal with them. He sent the [[Twelfth Atrean Dragoons]] to Matheran, confident that the Eleventh would be destroyed quickly. Unfortunately several officers, including all three battalion commanders, resigned rather than support Anton. This lack of experience allowed the Eleventh to string out the Twelfth's efforts to destroy them. The Twelfth would be on Matheran for six months, slowly grinding the Eleventh down to half strength. The timely arrival of [[Smithson's Chinese Bandits]] lifted the pressure on the Eleventh Dragoons and forced the Twelfth on the defensive.<ref name="H:BWp22+"/>

Though the Twelfth was nearly destroyed after another month of fighting, the Eleventh wasn't able to deliver the death blow. Instead Duke Anton sent [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' [[Beta Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Beta]] and [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma]] regiments to reinforce the Twelfth Atrean Dragoons. The Wolf's Dragoons units were led by a newly created unit called the [[Black Widow Company]].<ref name="H:BWp24+">''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 24-26, "Matheran"</ref> Smithson's Chinese Bandits saw the writing on the wall and began to withdraw, advising the Eleventh Dragoons to do the same. The Eleventh initially refused, but soon discovered that they were trapped between two larger and more experienced forces. During their retreat, the 11th Dragoons survivors ran into the Black Widow Company and couldn't get past them. When they received reports that Beta regiment was on the way, the Eleventh Dragoons surrendered to [[Captain]] [[Natasha Kerensky]].<ref name="H:BWp24+"/>

=== Andurien Secession ===
Twenty years later during the [[Andurien Secession]], the Eleventh Dragoons and [[Eighth Orloff Grenadiers]] attacked a single battalion of the [[Third Defenders of Andurien]] on [[Sadurni]]. Despite being warned that the Third Defenders were very skilled, the Eighth and Eleventh took serious damage. The Third Defenders, realizing they couldn't win a stand-up fight, broke into lance sized units that came together to attack the Loyalist forces. This might have gone on forever, but the Eighth Grenadiers fought back without regard for collateral damage. At the end of February, 3038, the Third Defenders withdrew to [[Andurien]].<ref>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 76</ref>

The Eleventh Dragoons later [[Battle of Andurien (3039)|invaded]] Andurien, and supported the [[First Regulan Hussars]] as they destroyed a battalion of the Third Defenders of Andurien.<ref>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 81</ref> Later the Eleventh Dragoons surrounded a rebel neighborhood on Atreus and began reducing it. To their surprise a grey haired woman appeared in the middle of their formation. She announced that she was [[Dame]] [[Catherine Humphreys]] and surrendered to the Eleventh Dragoons, who had surrounded her refuge.<ref name="H:BWp82">''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 82, "Sadurni"</ref>

=== FedCom Civil War ===
During the [[FedCom Civil War]] the Eleventh Atrean Dragoons were called to [[Rochelle]], leading them to think that combat was imminent. Instead, the [[LCCC]] had them oversee shipments of humanitarian aid into the [[Isle of Skye]]. Persistent rumors that had the Eleventh Dragoons raiding worlds in the Skye region were investigated by [[SAFE]].<ref name="FM:Up147">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 147, "Eleventh Atrean Dragoons"</ref>

=== The Jihad ===
In [[3079]] the Atrean Dragoons were stationed on [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]], guarding the capital world from assaults by other former Free Worlds League forces. They spent most of the [[Jihad]] as a reserve force and are one of the few units to be at their official strength.<ref name="FR:FWLp8>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 8, "Marik Commonwealth - Regimental Status"</ref>

=== The Dark Age ===
When the [[Free Worlds League]] fragmented and the [[Marik Commonwealth]] became an independent nation again, the Commonwealth found itself critically short of weapon supplies due to the trade problems endemic within the former [[Free Worlds League]] and restrictions on trade. As a manufacturer already established within Commonwealth space, Imperator Automatic Weaponry stepped up. Many 'Mechs within the Commonwealth military were modified to take Imperator Ultra model autocannon, and with the heavy urban combat seen to retake Atreus, the larger grade Imperator autocannon became increasingly popular. One of the anecdotes of the era was that the Eleventh Atrean Dragoons replaced so many weapons with Imperator autocannon that if it wasn't for the purple Marik eagle on their 'Mechs, the unit could've be mistaken for an [[AFFS]] unit.<ref name="J:FRp91">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 91, "The Marik Commonwealth"</ref>

The [[Fifth Regulan Hussars]] landed on Atreus in [[3083]], but the Eleventh Atrean Dragoons quickly destroyed many of the Regulan 'Mechs. In fact, the Dragoons seized more in salvageable equipment than they lost in the conflict. They repelled another raid on Atreus with equal ease, but not as much salvage.<ref name="FM:3085p81">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 81, "Army Of The Marik-Stewart Commonwealth - Eleventh Atrean Dragoons"</ref>

The Eleventh invaded [[Harmony]] in [[3119]]. They successfully took the world away from the [[Principality of Regulus]] and inflicted heavy losses on the [[Regulan Hussars]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 32</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
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 11th Atrean Dragoons'''
|-
| [[Force Commander]]||[[Vincent Wollam]]||[[3014]]<ref name=HBWp24>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 24–26: "Matheran"</ref>
|-
| [[Colonel]]||[[Omar Sandusky]]||[[3025]]<ref name="HM(TFWL)p108">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108, "FWL Deployment Table"</ref>
|-
| Colonel||[[Evelyn Panfili]]||[[3050]] - [[3067]]<ref name="20YUp56">''20 Year Update'', p. 56, "FWLM Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="ORp37">''Objective Raids'', p. 37, "FWLM Deployment Table - 3054"</ref><ref name="FM:FWLp51"/><ref name="FM:Up159">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 159, "FWLM Deployment Table - 3067"</ref>
|-
| Colonel||[[Said Berridge]]||[[3085]]<ref name="FM:3085p91">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 91, "FWLM Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
|-
|}

== Tactics ==
The Eleventh Atrean Dragoons were specialists in small unit actions.<ref name="FM:FWLp51"/> In [[3085]] however, their specialization changed. With their posting to Atreus, the Eleventh Atrean Dragoons became skilled at city fighting.<ref name="FM:3085p81"/>

== Composition History ==
=== 2765 ===
'''Eleventh Atrean Dragoons''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp9A">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 9, "Regimental Status"</ref>
:- At this point in time the Eleventh was stationed on Atreus.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp9"/>

=== 2786 - 2821 ===
'''Eleventh Atrean Dragoons''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', p. 138, "Free Worlds League Military (FWLM) - Deployment Table"</ref>
:- The Eleventh was also stationed on Atreus in [[2786]].<ref name="FSWp138"/>In 2821 the unit was  stationed on [[Lopez]]<ref name="FSWp138"/>

=== 2830 ===
'''11th Atrean Dragoons''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp98>''Second Succession War'', p. 98 </ref>
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Lopez]] with an operational readiness of 105 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp98/>

=== 2864 ===	
'''11th Atrean Dragoons''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp98/>
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Lopez]] with an operational readiness of 29 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp98/>

=== 3025 ===
'''Eleventh Atrean Dragoons''' (Regiment/Green/Fanatical)<ref name="HM(TFWL)p108"/>
* CO: Colonel Omar Sandusky
=== 3028 ===
'''11th Atrean Dragoons'''(Regiment\Green\Fanatical)<ref name =HBSp86/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Matheran]].  <ref name =HBSp86>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p.86</ref>

===3050===
'''11th Atrean Dragoons ''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=20YU56>''20 Year Update'', p. 56, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
:* CO: Colonel Evelyn Panfih<ref name=20YU56/>
: Note:  At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Matheran]].  <ref name=20YU56/>

===3054===
'''Eleventh Atrean Dragoons''' (Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="ORp37"/>
* CO: Colonel Evelyn Panfili

=== 3059 ===
'''Eleventh Atrean Dragoons''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:FWLp51"/> 
* CO/First Battalion: [[Colonel]] Evelyn Panfili
:* XO: [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Anders O'Hagen
* Second Battalion: [[Force Commander]] Nicola Vachek
* Third Battalion: Force Commander Barry "Hyper" Knight

'''[[802nd Independent Aerospace]] Wing''' (1 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:FWLp51"/> 
* Wing Commander: [[Commodore]] Sunny Devalis

'''Third Calloway Armored [[Brigade]]''' (1 Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:FWLp51"/> 
* Armor Commander: Force Commander Didier Major
- The Third contains over one hundred heavy tanks

'''Ninety-fourth [[Oriente]] Garrison [[Division]]''' (Division/Green/Reliable)<ref name="FM:FWLp51"/> 
* Troop Commander: Lt. Colonel Shu Zugang
- 4 Regiments, two Mechanized and two foot troops

=== 3067 ===
'''Eleventh Atrean Dragoons''' (Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:Up159"/>       
* CO: Colonel Evelyn Panfili

'''802nd Independent Aerospace''' (Wing/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:Up159"/>       
* CO: Commodore Sunny Devalis

'''Third Calloway Armored Brigade''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:Up159"/>        
* CO: Force Commander Didier Major

=== 3079 ===
'''Eleventh Atrean Dragoons''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)
: Note:  The Eleventh Dragoons were actually five percent over their listed strength. This was due to their being held back as a reserve force by the [[Marik Commonwealth]].<ref name="FR:FWLp8/>

=== 3085 ===
'''Eleventh Atrean Dragoons''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:3085p91"/> 
* CO: Colonel Said Berridge

'''802nd Independent Aerospace''' (Wing/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p91"/> 
* CO: Force Commander Isaac Lawniczak

'''Third Calloway Armored Regiment''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:3085p91"/> 
* CO: Lieutenant Colonel Tobias Mah

'''Forty-seventh Marik Regulars Brigade''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:3085p91"/>
* CO: Colonel York Macaslan

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[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]]''
* ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]''
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League]]''

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