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Line 13: === Age of War === === Age of War === − The relationship between the Atrean Dragoons and the [[Free Worlds League Military]] was formalized in [[2528]], when [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|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 Third 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 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 Third 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 Star League === === The Star League === − While the Third remained federal troops the entire brigade was loyal to the office of the [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|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"/> + While the Third 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"/> === First Succession War === === First Succession War === In March [[2787]] the Free Worlds League Military dispatched the Third Atrean Dragoons to annex [[New Dallas]], alongside the [[Fifth Atrean Dragoons]] and the [[Seventh Marik Militia]]. New Dallas had been bypassed whilst a number of other nearby [[Terran Hegemony]] systems were annexed; the three regiments expected the capture of New Dallas to be easy, but instead found themselves facing the well-armed, well-trained and well-equipped [[New Dallas Militia]] as well as a population determined to resist. While the Third Atrean Dragoons found themselves bogged down by fierce resistance in and around Caddo City, the New Dallas Militia fought the Seventh Marik Militia throughout the Lake Galvez region, pushing the Seventh to the brink of destruction.<ref name="FSWp30">''First Succession War'', p. 30, "New Dallas: Terran to the Final, Fiery End"</ref> The Seventh had attempted to use the same landing zones that the SLDF had used during Operation CHIEFTAIN, unaware that the Militia was massing in the region due to poor intelligence gathering. The remnants of the Seventh managed to retreat to their DropShips, many of which were destroyed.<ref name=HTP:NDp5>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 5, "The Hegemony Memory Core of New Dallas"</ref> It was only a combat drop conducted by the Third's Second Battalion to reinforce the Seventh's drop zone that allowed any of the Seventh to survive to retreat into their DropShips.<ref name=HTP:NDp12>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 12, "Songs of Freedom"</ref> In March [[2787]] the Free Worlds League Military dispatched the Third Atrean Dragoons to annex [[New Dallas]], alongside the [[Fifth Atrean Dragoons]] and the [[Seventh Marik Militia]]. New Dallas had been bypassed whilst a number of other nearby [[Terran Hegemony]] systems were annexed; the three regiments expected the capture of New Dallas to be easy, but instead found themselves facing the well-armed, well-trained and well-equipped [[New Dallas Militia]] as well as a population determined to resist. While the Third Atrean Dragoons found themselves bogged down by fierce resistance in and around Caddo City, the New Dallas Militia fought the Seventh Marik Militia throughout the Lake Galvez region, pushing the Seventh to the brink of destruction.<ref name="FSWp30">''First Succession War'', p. 30, "New Dallas: Terran to the Final, Fiery End"</ref> The Seventh had attempted to use the same landing zones that the SLDF had used during Operation CHIEFTAIN, unaware that the Militia was massing in the region due to poor intelligence gathering. The remnants of the Seventh managed to retreat to their DropShips, many of which were destroyed.<ref name=HTP:NDp5>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 5, "The Hegemony Memory Core of New Dallas"</ref> It was only a combat drop conducted by the Third's Second Battalion to reinforce the Seventh's drop zone that allowed any of the Seventh to survive to retreat into their DropShips.<ref name=HTP:NDp12>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 12, "Songs of Freedom"</ref> − Shocked by the level of resistance, the commanders of the invasion force authorized the use of tactical atomics against the militia. The nuclear weapons wiped out the resistance, but also destroyed the bulk of the remaining planetary infrastructure and major population centers.<ref name="FSWp30"/> The bombardment of the planetary capital, Caddo City, caused three hundred thousand civilian fatalities alone, in exchange for destroying two battalions of the New Dallas Militia - and occurred after the Militia had surrendered in response to the broadcast threat of nuclear weapons being used. The nuclear weapons destroyed the will of the population to resist, other than diehard survivors of the Militia, who were further enraged by the callous tactics of the FWLM units and the wanton destruction they had caused.<ref name=HTP:NDp13>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 13, "Beginning of the End"</ref> The surviving Militia forces constructed a fake firebase in the ruins of Fort Resolute and used it as an ambush, luring the Third Atrean Dragoons into an attack and killing those Dragoons who fell for the trick, in what proved to be the last major battle.<ref name=HTP:NDp14>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 14, "Ranger Justice"</ref> + Shocked by the level of resistance, the commanders of the invasion force authorised the use of tactical atomics against the militia. The nuclear weapons wiped out the resistance, but also destroyed the bulk of the remaining planetary infrastructure and major population centers.<ref name="FSWp30"/> The bombardment of the planetary capital, Caddo City, caused three hundred thousand civilian fatalities alone, in exchange for destroying two battalions of the New Dallas Militia - and occurred after the Militia had surrendered in response to the broadcast threat of nuclear weapons being used. The nuclear weapons destroyed the will of the population to resist, other than die-hard survivors of the Militia, who were further enraged by the callous tactics of the FWLM units and the wanton destruction they had caused.<ref name=HTP:NDp13>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 13, "Beginning of the End"</ref> The surviving Militia forces constructed a fake firebase in the ruins of Fort Resolute and used it as an ambush, luring the Third Atrean Dragoons into an attack and killing those Dragoons who fell for the trick, in what proved to be the last major battle.<ref name=HTP:NDp14>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 14, "Ranger Justice"</ref> ==Officers== ==Officers== Line 40:
Line 37: ==Tactics== ==Tactics== − The Third Atrean Dragoons favored fast vehicles and [[BattleMech]]s.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> + The Third Atrean Dragoons favoured fast vehicles and [[BattleMech]]s.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> ==Composition History== ==Composition History== Line 59:
Line 56: === 2830 === === 2830 === − '''3rd Atrean Dragoons''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp98>''Second Succession War'', p. 98 </ref> + '''3rd Atrean Dragoons''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp98>’’ Second Succession War’’, p. 98 </ref> : Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Hechnar]] with an operational readiness of 97 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp98/> The unit was destroyed during the war. <ref name=2ndSSp98/> : Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Hechnar]] with an operational readiness of 97 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp98/> The unit was destroyed during the war. <ref name=2ndSSp98/> Line 67:
Line 64: * The Third Atrean Dragoons may use the Off-Map Movement special ability for up to half its forces in any track.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> * The Third Atrean Dragoons may use the Off-Map Movement special ability for up to half its forces in any track.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> * The Third Atrean Dragoons gains a +2 Initiative Bonus for any turn in which General Sahin is active.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> * The Third Atrean Dragoons gains a +2 Initiative Bonus for any turn in which General Sahin is active.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> − * The Third Atrean Dragoons player may reroll any unit generated from a RAT if that machine has a walking or cruising speed of less than 5 MP, but must accept the result of any reroll regardless of the result.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> + * The Third Atrean Dragoons player may re-roll any unit generated from a RAT if that machine has a walking or cruising speed of less than 5 MP, but must accept the result of any re-roll regardless of the result.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> </div> </div> ==References== ==References== <references /> <references /> + + == Notes == ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]'' * ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]'' − * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' + * ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Historical Turning Points: New Dallas]]'' * ''[[Historical Turning Points: New Dallas]]'' [[Category: Free Worlds League Commands|Atrean Dragoons, 03rd]] [[Category: Free Worlds League Commands|Atrean Dragoons, 03rd]]
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=== Age of War === | === Age of War === | ||
| − | The relationship between the Atrean Dragoons and the [[Free Worlds League Military]] was formalized in [[2528]], when [[ | + | 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 Third 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 Star League === | === The Star League === | ||
| − | While the Third remained federal troops the entire brigade was loyal to the office of the [[ | + | While the Third 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"/> |
=== First Succession War === | === First Succession War === | ||
In March [[2787]] the Free Worlds League Military dispatched the Third Atrean Dragoons to annex [[New Dallas]], alongside the [[Fifth Atrean Dragoons]] and the [[Seventh Marik Militia]]. New Dallas had been bypassed whilst a number of other nearby [[Terran Hegemony]] systems were annexed; the three regiments expected the capture of New Dallas to be easy, but instead found themselves facing the well-armed, well-trained and well-equipped [[New Dallas Militia]] as well as a population determined to resist. While the Third Atrean Dragoons found themselves bogged down by fierce resistance in and around Caddo City, the New Dallas Militia fought the Seventh Marik Militia throughout the Lake Galvez region, pushing the Seventh to the brink of destruction.<ref name="FSWp30">''First Succession War'', p. 30, "New Dallas: Terran to the Final, Fiery End"</ref> The Seventh had attempted to use the same landing zones that the SLDF had used during Operation CHIEFTAIN, unaware that the Militia was massing in the region due to poor intelligence gathering. The remnants of the Seventh managed to retreat to their DropShips, many of which were destroyed.<ref name=HTP:NDp5>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 5, "The Hegemony Memory Core of New Dallas"</ref> It was only a combat drop conducted by the Third's Second Battalion to reinforce the Seventh's drop zone that allowed any of the Seventh to survive to retreat into their DropShips.<ref name=HTP:NDp12>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 12, "Songs of Freedom"</ref> | In March [[2787]] the Free Worlds League Military dispatched the Third Atrean Dragoons to annex [[New Dallas]], alongside the [[Fifth Atrean Dragoons]] and the [[Seventh Marik Militia]]. New Dallas had been bypassed whilst a number of other nearby [[Terran Hegemony]] systems were annexed; the three regiments expected the capture of New Dallas to be easy, but instead found themselves facing the well-armed, well-trained and well-equipped [[New Dallas Militia]] as well as a population determined to resist. While the Third Atrean Dragoons found themselves bogged down by fierce resistance in and around Caddo City, the New Dallas Militia fought the Seventh Marik Militia throughout the Lake Galvez region, pushing the Seventh to the brink of destruction.<ref name="FSWp30">''First Succession War'', p. 30, "New Dallas: Terran to the Final, Fiery End"</ref> The Seventh had attempted to use the same landing zones that the SLDF had used during Operation CHIEFTAIN, unaware that the Militia was massing in the region due to poor intelligence gathering. The remnants of the Seventh managed to retreat to their DropShips, many of which were destroyed.<ref name=HTP:NDp5>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 5, "The Hegemony Memory Core of New Dallas"</ref> It was only a combat drop conducted by the Third's Second Battalion to reinforce the Seventh's drop zone that allowed any of the Seventh to survive to retreat into their DropShips.<ref name=HTP:NDp12>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 12, "Songs of Freedom"</ref> | ||
| − | Shocked by the level of resistance, the commanders of the invasion force | + | Shocked by the level of resistance, the commanders of the invasion force authorised the use of tactical atomics against the militia. The nuclear weapons wiped out the resistance, but also destroyed the bulk of the remaining planetary infrastructure and major population centers.<ref name="FSWp30"/> The bombardment of the planetary capital, Caddo City, caused three hundred thousand civilian fatalities alone, in exchange for destroying two battalions of the New Dallas Militia - and occurred after the Militia had surrendered in response to the broadcast threat of nuclear weapons being used. The nuclear weapons destroyed the will of the population to resist, other than die-hard survivors of the Militia, who were further enraged by the callous tactics of the FWLM units and the wanton destruction they had caused.<ref name=HTP:NDp13>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 13, "Beginning of the End"</ref> The surviving Militia forces constructed a fake firebase in the ruins of Fort Resolute and used it as an ambush, luring the Third Atrean Dragoons into an attack and killing those Dragoons who fell for the trick, in what proved to be the last major battle.<ref name=HTP:NDp14>''Historical Turning Points: New Dallas'', p. 14, "Ranger Justice"</ref> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
| − | The Third Atrean Dragoons | + | The Third Atrean Dragoons favoured fast vehicles and [[BattleMech]]s.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> |
==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
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=== 2830 === | === 2830 === | ||
| − | '''3rd Atrean Dragoons''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp98> | + | '''3rd Atrean Dragoons''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp98>’’ Second Succession War’’, p. 98 </ref> |
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Hechnar]] with an operational readiness of 97 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp98/> The unit was destroyed during the war. <ref name=2ndSSp98/> | : Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Hechnar]] with an operational readiness of 97 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp98/> The unit was destroyed during the war. <ref name=2ndSSp98/> | ||
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* The Third Atrean Dragoons may use the Off-Map Movement special ability for up to half its forces in any track.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> | * The Third Atrean Dragoons may use the Off-Map Movement special ability for up to half its forces in any track.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> | ||
* The Third Atrean Dragoons gains a +2 Initiative Bonus for any turn in which General Sahin is active.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> | * The Third Atrean Dragoons gains a +2 Initiative Bonus for any turn in which General Sahin is active.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> | ||
| − | * The Third Atrean Dragoons player may | + | * The Third Atrean Dragoons player may re-roll any unit generated from a RAT if that machine has a walking or cruising speed of less than 5 MP, but must accept the result of any re-roll regardless of the result.<ref name=HTP:NDp8/> |
</div> | </div> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
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| + | == Notes == | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]'' | * ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War ( | + | * ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]'' |
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: New Dallas]]'' | * ''[[Historical Turning Points: New Dallas]]'' | ||
[[Category: Free Worlds League Commands|Atrean Dragoons, 03rd]] | [[Category: Free Worlds League Commands|Atrean Dragoons, 03rd]] | ||