Editing 23rd Marik Militia

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| image = [[File:Marik Militia 23rd logo.png|191px|Insignia of the 23rd Marik Militia]]
| Designation = Twenty-third Marik Militia
| Formed = 2752-2765<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp10">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 10: "Marik Militia"</ref>
| Disbanded = 
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname = "Sleight of Hand"<ref name=tpt11>''Turning Points: Tyrfing'', p. 11</ref>
| Affiliation = [[Free Worlds League]]
| Parent Command = [[Marik Militia]]
| Sub-Command =
}}

==History==
===Formation===
The '''Twenty-third Marik Militia''' was one of nine [[regiment]]s of the Marik Militia to be reactivated or reconstituted after the [[Star League Council]] repealed the [[Council Edict of 2650]] in [[2752]].<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp10"/> In [[2783]] [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Kenyon Marik]] deployed the Twenty-third and a sister regiment, the [[Sixth Marik Militia]], to seize the [[Terran Hegemony]] world of [[Wasat]], in part to ensure that the [[Capellan Confederation]] couldn't annex the world.<ref name="FSWp28">''First Succession War'', p. 28: "Free Worlds League Gains"</ref>

=== First Succession War ===
In [[2788]] the Twenty-third and two other [[Free Worlds League Military]] regiments, the [[3rd Oriente Hussars|Third]] and [[Seventh Oriente Hussars]] were stationed on the former Hegemony district capital of [[Tyrfing]] when a brutal five-way battle for control of the world began. The [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] and [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] were the first to arrive, with raiders from the [[Seventh Donegal Guards]], [[Stealths]], [[Prefectorate Guard]] and [[Ariana Grenadiers]] attacking the League troops and each other; these were soon joined by the [[Fourth Davion Guards]] and [[Fifth Dragonlords]] - dispatched by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] - and the [[Eighth Sword of Light]] and [[Black Sharks]], dispatched by the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]]. Tyrfing was already badly damaged, with much of its ecology poisoned by the aftereffects of the nuclear and chemical weapons used during the [[Amaris Civil War]], and the five-way battle for control of Tyrfing - or for access to loot any remaining [[Star League]] technology - effectively ended any prospect of Tyrfing continuing to be a viable world. Between the rampant use of nuclear and chemical weapons and the lingering poisons left from the previous war, almost ninety percent of the infantry forces on Tyrfing were dead when the battle ended in February [[2789]], and only a fifth of the Twenty-third's conventional forces were still combat ready - more than that of any other regiment to have participated in the battle. Tyrfing's pre-Coup civilian population of more than three billion had been reduced to just eight million and was falling steadily, with every major city destroyed during the conflict; by the end of the [[First Succession War]] that population had dropped to five million and was still falling, with the League government placing Tyrfing under quarantine in [[2824]].<ref name="FSWp110">''First Succession War'', p. 110: "The Tyrfing Conflict"</ref><ref>''Turning Points: Tyrfing'', p. 7</ref>

The Twenty-third was subsequently destroyed later during the war.<ref name="FSWp138"/>

=== Second Succession War ===
The Twenty-third Militia contained the survivors of the [[Eighth Marik Militia]] after that unit was destroyed on [[Wisconsin]] in [[2838]]. The defending Eighth Militia was betrayed by traitors in the unit, allowing [[House Liao|Liao]] saboteurs to poison their water supply. The Eighth wasn't able to resist the attacking [[Justine's Grenadiers]], and many Militia troops were captured. Unfortunately only 25% of the captured troops survived.<ref name=FMFWL65>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 65: "23rd Marik Militia Unit Profile"</ref>

===Anton's Revolt===
The Twenty-third played no role in [[Anton Marik]]'s [[Marik Civil War (31st c.)|revolt]]. They spent most of their time garrisoning [[Merak]] and [[Marik]].<ref>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 33, 38</ref>

===Fourth Succession War===
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===Andurien Secession===
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===Clan Invasion Era===
In [[3054]] the Twenty-third Marik Militia was the garrison force assigned to the world of [[Keystone]].<ref name="ORp38"/>

===Operation Guerrero===
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===Operation Bulldog===
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===Jihad===
In [[3067]], the Twenty-third sent in a record number of transfer requests, asking for a posting on the [[Capellan Confederation]] border. The LCCC hadn't authorized any transfers however,<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 149</ref> leaving the Twenty-third on [[Keystone]] in [[3067]].<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 160</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="3" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 23rd Marik Militia'''
|-
| [[Colonel]]||[[Rodrigo Sullivan]]||[[2784]] - [[2788]]<ref name=TP:Tp8>''Turning Points: Tyrfing'', p. 8: "Commanders"</ref><ref name=TP:Tp11>''Turning Points: Tyrfing'', p. 11</ref>
|-
| [[Lieutenant Colonel]]||[[Adiss Sullivan]]||[[3025]]<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 94</ref>
|-
| Colonel||[[Donald Depaolis]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20yup56>''20 Year Update'', p. 56: "FWLM Deployment Table"</ref>
|-
| Colonel||[[Hazel Ward]]||[[3054]]-[[3067]]<ref name=FMFWL65/><ref>"Field Manual: Updates", p. 160</ref>
|}

==Tactics==
In the First Succession War, the Twenty-third was skilled in hiding their heavy 'Mechs to ambush enemy forces.<ref name=tpt11/> In the [[FedCom Civil War]] era, they were skilled in defensive operations.<ref name=FMFWL65/>

==Composition History==
=== 2765 ===
'''Twenty-third Militia''' (Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp10A">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 10: "Regimental Status"</ref>
:- At this point in time the Twenty-third was stationed on [[Marik]].<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp10"/>

=== 2786 ===
'''Twenty-third Militia''' (Regiment\Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "Free Worlds League Military (FWLM) - Deployment Table"</ref>
:- At this point in time the Twenty-third was a heavy-weight regiment operating at full strength and was stationed on [[Tyrfing]].<ref name="FSWp138"/> The unit was destroyed during the war.

=== 2830 ===
'''23rd Marik Militia''' (re-formed 2835)<ref name=2SWp98>''Second Succession War'', p. 98</ref>
: Note: At this point in time the unit was re-formed.<ref name=2SWp98/>

=== 2864 ===
'''23rd Marik Militia''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=2SWp98/>
: Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on [[Marik]] with an operational readiness of 34 percent.<ref name=2SWp98/>

===3025===
'''Twenty-third Marik Militia''' (Green/Questionable)<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 108: "FWLM Deployment Table"</ref>
* CO: Lieutenant Colonel Adiss Sullivan

=== 3028 ===
'''23rd Marik Militia''' (Regiment\Green\Questionable)<ref name=HBSp86/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Merak]].<ref name=HBSp86>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 86</ref>

===3050===
'''Twenty-third Marik Militia''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name=20yup56/>
:* CO: Colonel Donald Depaolis<ref name=20yup56/>
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Merak]].<ref name=20yup56/>

===3054===
'''Twenty-third Marik Militia''' (Green/Questionable)<ref name="ORp38">''Objective Raids'', p. 38: "Marik Militia"</ref>
* CO: Colonel Hazel Ward

===3059===
'''Twenty-third Marik Militia''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Green/Questionable)<ref name=FMFWL65/>
* CO/First [[Battalion]]: [[Colonel]] Hazel Ward
* XO: [[Force Commander]] Miroslav Bluzevic
* Second Battalion: Force Commander Michelle Schroeder
* Third Battalion: Force Commander Nicole Wang

'''Twenty-third Militia Aerospace''' (1 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMFWL65/>
* Wing Commander: [[Commodore]] Lily Austen

- The Twenty-third is an understrength Wing

'''Sixth Abbey Armored Regiment''' (1 Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMFWL65/>
* Armor Commander: Force Commander Christian Aillo

- The first and third [[Company]] is a light armor unit<br>
- The second Company is a heavy tank unit

'''Fourteenth Regulan Militia''' (1 Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name=FMFWL65/>
* Troop Commander: [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Dermot O'Flaghety

==Notes==
* Rules for the Twenty-third Marik Militia can be found in ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' and ''[[Turning Points: Tyrfing]]''.<ref name="FSWp147">''First Succession War'', p. 147: "RAT Die Roll Modifiers by Combat Command Table"</ref><ref name=tpt11/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
* ''[[Turning Points: Tyrfing]]''


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