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	Marius O'Reilly made a groundbreaking trade agreement with the [[Taurian Concordat]] in [[3042]] in which the Hegemony acquired a supply of [[Autocannon/10#Pontiac 50|Pontiac 50 Autocannon/10]]'s to arm the newly commissioned [[Gladius (Combat Vehicle)|Gladius]] hovertank. In exchange, the Concordat received twenty-five percent of the tanks equipped with the weapon.<ref name=TRO3060pp20>''Technical Readout: 3060'', p. 20: "Gladius Medium Hover Tank"</ref>		Marius O'Reilly made a groundbreaking trade agreement with the [[Taurian Concordat]] in [[3042]] in which the Hegemony acquired a supply of [[Autocannon/10#Pontiac 50|Pontiac 50 Autocannon/10]]'s to arm the newly commissioned [[Gladius (Combat Vehicle)|Gladius]] hovertank. In exchange, the Concordat received twenty-five percent of the tanks equipped with the weapon.<ref name=TRO3060pp20>''Technical Readout: 3060'', p. 20: "Gladius Medium Hover Tank"</ref>
−	In late [[3046]], Marius would discover that Sean had been embezzling funds from the colonization program to pay for his many mistresses and gambling debts. Marius came close to naming his grandson Julius his heir, though relented when Sean made overtures of change. In [[3048]], Marius died in a climbing accident while on a visit to one of the new colonies, [[Marius's Tears|Herculaneum]]. Amid speculation he was somehow responsible, Sean renamed the world "Marius' Tears" and instituted a ten-day mourning period, after which he took over as the Hegemony's new leader.<ref name=FM:Pp70/><ref name=ER:3062p90/><ref name=TP2Ep56b>''The Periphery, Second Edition'', p. 56: "Rise of Caesar Sean - Sean's Accession"</ref>	+	In late [[3046]], Marius would discover that Sean had been embezzling funds from the colonization program to pay for his many mistresses and gambling debts. Marius came close to naming his grandson Julius his heir, though relented when Sean made overtures of change. In [[3048]], Marius died in a climbing accident while on a visit to one of the new colonies, [[Herculaneum]]. Amid speculation he was somehow responsible, Sean renamed the world "Marius' Tears" and instituted a ten-day mourning period, after which he took over as the Hegemony's new leader.<ref name=FM:Pp70/><ref name=ER:3062p90/><ref name=TP2Ep56b>''The Periphery, Second Edition'', p. 56: "Rise of Caesar Sean - Sean's Accession"</ref>
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{{InfoBoxCharacter | image = Marius OReilly ThePeriphery.jpg | caption = Marius O'Reilly | name = Marius O'Reilly | birthdate = [[2986]]<ref name=TPp147>''The Periphery'', p. 147: "Marius O'Reilly"</ref> | died = [[3048]]<ref name=FM:Pp70>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 70: "Nova Roma"</ref> | othernames = | affiliation = [[House O'Reilly]] | rank = | title = ''[[Imperator of the Marian Hegemony|Imperator]]'' | position = | profession = Noble | parents = [[Gaius O'Reilly]] (father)<ref name=HB:MPSp154>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 154: "Spotlight: The Caesar"</ref> | siblings = | spouse = | children = [[Sean O'Reilly]]<ref name=ER:3062p90>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 90: "Sean O'Reilly"</ref><br>[[Livia O'Reilly]]<ref name=HB:MPSp161>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', pp. 161–162: "Alphard Trading Corporation profile"</ref> }} '''Marius O'Reilly''' was the third ruler of the [[Marian Hegemony]]. ==History== ===Early Reign=== Born on [[Andurien]] and the grandson of Marian Hegemony founder [[Johann O'Reilly]], Marius assumed the title of [[Imperator of the Marian Hegemony|''Imperator'']] in [[3009]] when his father broke his neck in a horseback riding accident.<ref name=HB:MPSp154/> Shortly after taking power, he made an attempt to conquer [[Logan Prime]], a [[Lothian League]] world with rich ore deposits on the border with the Hegemony. The Marian troops, however, had more experience in piracy than assault and were repelled by the planetary militia.<ref name=HB:MPSp7-8>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', pp. 7–8: "Local Color"</ref> While Marius O'Reilly never ruled out trying to conquer worlds from the Lothians, [[Niops Association]], or even from the [[Free Worlds League]], he spent the next several years honing his small but effective military into a raiding force notorious for fast, disciplined strikes.<ref name=HB:MPSp42>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 42: "Bandit Kings and Pirate Nations"</ref><ref name=TP2Ep54>''The Periphery, Second Edition'', p. 54: "Foundation and Early History"</ref> At the same time, he attempted some diplomacy with the further-away [[Circinus Federation]] and considerably stronger [[Magistracy of Canopus]]—the latter likely because the [[Marian Legions]] stood no chance against them<ref name=TP2Ep54/>—but made no progress with either and believed it was because the Hegemony had not expanded enough to be taken seriously.<ref name=TPp147/> Domestically, O'Reilly presided over changes in Hegemony society that included introducing smaller denominations of cash currency in [[3012]]<ref name=HB:MPSp162>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 162: "Cash and Credit"</ref> and authoring the [[Declaration Concerning Patricianship]] in [[3013]] that made membership in the patrician class strictly hereditary. This had been a point of growing legal tension as owning land was a prerequisite for wealthy plebs to move into the higher class—and there simply wasn't any more viable real estate to be found at the time.<ref name=HB:MPSp155>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 155: "Spotlight: Citizens and Slaves"</ref> ===Respectable Nation=== Over the course of his reign as ''Imperator'', O'Reilly turned the Hegemony into a respectable nation.<ref name=FM:Pp70/><ref name=HB:MPSp42/> The raids had been so successful that they were expanded to target [[House Marik|Marik]] worlds and trading lanes during the [[Fourth Succession War]] and the Magistracy of Canopus while they were preoccupied during the [[Andurien Crisis]].<ref name=TP2Ep54/> O'Reilly then used the proceeds from these raids to develop a more uniformly educated citizenry—building military academies such as the [[Collegium Bellorum Imperium]], which opened in [[3032]], and establishing a universal public school system for the plebs—while also investing in light industries and raising soldier benefits, all of which contributed to higher literacy levels and living standards.<ref name=HB:MPSp42/><ref name=TP2Ep54/> In [[3035]],<ref name=HB:MPSp8>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 8</ref> Marius O'Reilly narrowly escaped an attempt on his life by an assassin whom during interrogation claimed to have been hired by a Free Worlds League agent operating out of the independent world of [[Astrokaszy]]. Furious, O'Reilly sent the [[First Marian Legion]] to smash their small, unorganized planetary garrison and proclaimed the world a Hegemony possession, but forces from four nearby nations almost immediately descended upon the planet—ostensibly at the invitation of various Astrokaszian city-states—and O'Reilly withdrew his troops as well as any claim to the system.<ref name=TP2Ep54-56>''The Periphery, Second Edition'', pp. 54, 56, 88</ref> ===Colonization Program=== The Marian Hegemony had encompassed twelve star systems by [[3040]] and continued to grow.<ref name=HB:MPSp42/> At the end of that year, O'Reilly announced plans to further expand the Hegemony through colonization and placed his son [[Sean O'Reilly]] in charge, who had just become a father to [[Julius O'Reilly|Julius]]. Within five years, three more nearby worlds had been colonized.<ref name=FM:Pp70/><ref name=TP2Ep56a>''The Periphery, Second Edition'', p. 56: "Rise of Caesar Sean"</ref> Marius O'Reilly made a groundbreaking trade agreement with the [[Taurian Concordat]] in [[3042]] in which the Hegemony acquired a supply of [[Autocannon/10#Pontiac 50|Pontiac 50 Autocannon/10]]'s to arm the newly commissioned [[Gladius (Combat Vehicle)|Gladius]] hovertank. In exchange, the Concordat received twenty-five percent of the tanks equipped with the weapon.<ref name=TRO3060pp20>''Technical Readout: 3060'', p. 20: "Gladius Medium Hover Tank"</ref> In late [[3046]], Marius would discover that Sean had been embezzling funds from the colonization program to pay for his many mistresses and gambling debts. Marius came close to naming his grandson Julius his heir, though relented when Sean made overtures of change. In [[3048]], Marius died in a climbing accident while on a visit to one of the new colonies, [[Herculaneum]]. Amid speculation he was somehow responsible, Sean renamed the world "Marius' Tears" and instituted a ten-day mourning period, after which he took over as the Hegemony's new leader.<ref name=FM:Pp70/><ref name=ER:3062p90/><ref name=TP2Ep56b>''The Periphery, Second Edition'', p. 56: "Rise of Caesar Sean - Sean's Accession"</ref> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]'' * ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: 3060]]'' * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]'' * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]'' [[Category:Marian Hegemony Characters|O'Reilly, Marius]]

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