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Line 19: She was given command of the 4th after it had been rebuilt. She was given command of the 4th after it had been rebuilt. − In [[3032]] during the midst of the [[Andurien Secession]], hawkish members of the [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] who had felt [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] had not done enough during the Fourth War pressured his regent [[Thomas Marik]] to take some proactive action against the Steiner-Davion alliance. Unwilling to commit the untested 4th in subduing the [[Duchy of Andurien|Anduriens]], Thomas attempted to both appease the hawks in parliament and give the unbloodied unit a chance to prove itself, allowing the Fourth's commanding officer Colonel Veena Ligacescu to launch an attack against the [[Sarna March]] world of [[Tsinghai]] in February. With intelligence indicating only minimal resistance, success seemed a foregone conclusion. <ref name=FMFWLp43>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 43, "Free Worlds Guards Profile"</ref> <ref name=MTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 62-63 "The Andurien Wars - Phase 1: The Invasion of the Capellan Confederation - 3032: Counterblows - Tsinghai (February)"</ref> + In [[3032]] during the midst of the [[Andurien Secession]], hawkish members of the [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] who had felt [[Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] had not done enough during the Fourth War pressured his regent [[Thomas Marik]] to take some proactive action against the Steiner-Davion alliance. Unwilling to commit the untested 4th in subduing the [[Duchy of Andurien|Anduriens]], Thomas attempted to both appease the hawks in parliament and give the unbloodied unit a chance to prove itself, allowing the Fourth's commanding officer Colonel Veena Ligacescu to launch an attack against the [[Sarna March]] world of [[Tsinghai]] in February. With intelligence indicating only minimal resistance, success seemed a foregone conclusion. <ref name=FMFWLp43>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 43, "Free Worlds Guards Profile"</ref> <ref name=MTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 62-63 "The Andurien Wars - Phase 1: The Invasion of the Capellan Confederation - 3032: Counterblows - Tsinghai (February)"</ref> Much to the new Fourth's shock, the planet was defended by the also newly reformed Black Widow Battalion. [[Natasha Kerensky]] led the unit of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and effortlessly proved their elite status by shattering the Fourth so badly that the survivors chose to defect to [[Federated Commonwealth]] rather than return home to the League. As they feared, Captain-General Janos Marik was enraged by this betrayal, and the disgraced Fourth Free Worlds Guards were permanently disbanded and struck from the rolls of the FWLM.<ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=MTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62/> Much to the new Fourth's shock, the planet was defended by the also newly reformed Black Widow Battalion. [[Natasha Kerensky]] led the unit of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and effortlessly proved their elite status by shattering the Fourth so badly that the survivors chose to defect to [[Federated Commonwealth]] rather than return home to the League. As they feared, Captain-General Janos Marik was enraged by this betrayal, and the disgraced Fourth Free Worlds Guards were permanently disbanded and struck from the rolls of the FWLM.<ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=MTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62/>
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| − | In [[3032]] during the midst of the [[Andurien Secession]], hawkish members of the [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] who had felt [[ | + | In [[3032]] during the midst of the [[Andurien Secession]], hawkish members of the [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] who had felt [[Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] had not done enough during the Fourth War pressured his regent [[Thomas Marik]] to take some proactive action against the Steiner-Davion alliance. Unwilling to commit the untested 4th in subduing the [[Duchy of Andurien|Anduriens]], Thomas attempted to both appease the hawks in parliament and give the unbloodied unit a chance to prove itself, allowing the Fourth's commanding officer Colonel Veena Ligacescu to launch an attack against the [[Sarna March]] world of [[Tsinghai]] in February. With intelligence indicating only minimal resistance, success seemed a foregone conclusion. <ref name=FMFWLp43>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 43, "Free Worlds Guards Profile"</ref> <ref name=MTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 62-63 "The Andurien Wars - Phase 1: The Invasion of the Capellan Confederation - 3032: Counterblows - Tsinghai (February)"</ref> |
Much to the new Fourth's shock, the planet was defended by the also newly reformed Black Widow Battalion. [[Natasha Kerensky]] led the unit of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and effortlessly proved their elite status by shattering the Fourth so badly that the survivors chose to defect to [[Federated Commonwealth]] rather than return home to the League. As they feared, Captain-General Janos Marik was enraged by this betrayal, and the disgraced Fourth Free Worlds Guards were permanently disbanded and struck from the rolls of the FWLM.<ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=MTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62/> | Much to the new Fourth's shock, the planet was defended by the also newly reformed Black Widow Battalion. [[Natasha Kerensky]] led the unit of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and effortlessly proved their elite status by shattering the Fourth so badly that the survivors chose to defect to [[Federated Commonwealth]] rather than return home to the League. As they feared, Captain-General Janos Marik was enraged by this betrayal, and the disgraced Fourth Free Worlds Guards were permanently disbanded and struck from the rolls of the FWLM.<ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=MTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62/> | ||