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	Confirmation that Marion intended to conduct the campaign in accordance with the [[Ares Conventions]] was a relief to Adam, as he was a firm believer in the idea of civilized warfare. This ensured that while the war might be bloody, it wouldn't be dirty; Adam also knew that in the long term, his only real option was to trade space for time, and built his strategy accordingly. For years, the MAF fought a highly-mobile defense under Adam's direction, shifting forces rapidly between planets<ref name="H:RWp58"/> and launching numerous raids at SLDF supply lines and supply worlds - particularly worlds outside the borders of the Magistracy. One of Adam's greatest successes was a flurry of raids launched in January 2578; Adam deployed several regiments of mercenaries and MAF forces into Free Worlds League space, having identified a number of worlds key to the SLDF supply chain. Adam led the raids himself, landing his Bandits on the world of [[Meadowvale]] and attacking a large supply base there, holding off SLDF units for hours while other units struck at other sites on Meadowvale and on other worlds. Even though only a company of the Bandits made it off the field the other MAF and mercenary units left in good order, and the raid was hugely successful - it forced Marion Marik to change strategies and tied up significant numbers of SLDF ships and units in an effort to protect their supply lines. The daring and determination involved in launching such a successful operation outside the Magistracy in what the Star League considered to be safe areas demonstrated clearly the resolve of the MAF and boosted morale in the Magistracy.<ref name="H:RWp99">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 99, "Meadowvale (January 2578)"</ref>		Confirmation that Marion intended to conduct the campaign in accordance with the [[Ares Conventions]] was a relief to Adam, as he was a firm believer in the idea of civilized warfare. This ensured that while the war might be bloody, it wouldn't be dirty; Adam also knew that in the long term, his only real option was to trade space for time, and built his strategy accordingly. For years, the MAF fought a highly-mobile defense under Adam's direction, shifting forces rapidly between planets<ref name="H:RWp58"/> and launching numerous raids at SLDF supply lines and supply worlds - particularly worlds outside the borders of the Magistracy. One of Adam's greatest successes was a flurry of raids launched in January 2578; Adam deployed several regiments of mercenaries and MAF forces into Free Worlds League space, having identified a number of worlds key to the SLDF supply chain. Adam led the raids himself, landing his Bandits on the world of [[Meadowvale]] and attacking a large supply base there, holding off SLDF units for hours while other units struck at other sites on Meadowvale and on other worlds. Even though only a company of the Bandits made it off the field the other MAF and mercenary units left in good order, and the raid was hugely successful - it forced Marion Marik to change strategies and tied up significant numbers of SLDF ships and units in an effort to protect their supply lines. The daring and determination involved in launching such a successful operation outside the Magistracy in what the Star League considered to be safe areas demonstrated clearly the resolve of the MAF and boosted morale in the Magistracy.<ref name="H:RWp99">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 99, "Meadowvale (January 2578)"</ref>
−	Adam knew that the war was lost when the bulk of the Canopian navy was destroyed in an SLDF ambush in the [[Thurrock]] system in [[2583]]<ref name="H:RWp102">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 102, "Thurrock (July 2583)"</ref> but he continued to fight; he advised on the defense of Canopus IV in 2584, and after the conquest of the Magistracy's capital world he continued to fight an extensive guerrilla campaign that tied the SLDF into a further four years of combat before the war with the Magistracy could finally be declared to be over.<ref name="H:RWp58"/> The last battle for the Magistracy was fought on the world of [[Kossandra's Memory]] in [[2588]], a military redoubt founded as a fallback and used as Adam's command post during the latter stages of the war; the only major MAF units still active at the time were Buquoy's Bandits and the [[Second Canopian Light Horse]],<ref name="H:RWp151">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 151, "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583—2588)"</ref> and both units fought fiercely against the overwhelming forces led against them by Marion Marik herself until Adam was finally forced to surrender, ending the war with a handshake.<ref name="H:RWp105">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 105, "Mopping Up (2584-2588)"</ref>	+	Adam knew that the war was lost when the bulk of the Canopian navy was destroyed in an SLDF ambush in the [[Thurrock]] system in [[2583]]<ref name="H:RWp102">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 102, "Thurrock (July 2583)"</ref> but he continued to fight; he advised on the defense of Canopus IV in 2584, and after the conquest of the Magistracy's capital world he continued to fight an extensive guerilla campaign that tied the SLDF into a further four years of combat before the war with the Magistracy could finally be declared to be over.<ref name="H:RWp58"/> The last battle for the Magistracy was fought on the world of [[Kossandra's Memory]] in [[2588]], a military redoubt founded as a fallback and used as Adam's command post during the latter stages of the war; the only major MAF units still active at the time were Buquoy's Bandits and the [[Second Canopian Light Horse]],<ref name="H:RWp151">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 151, "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583—2588)"</ref> and both units fought fiercely against the overwhelming forces led against them by Marion Marik herself until Adam was finally forced to surrender, ending the war with a handshake.<ref name="H:RWp105">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 105, "Mopping Up (2584-2588)"</ref>
	Adam was interned after his capture but released after a brief period, at which point he retired to the world of [[Krimari]]. Extremists within the Magistracy attempted to court Adam as a potential leader but he declined their requests, and remained in retirement on Krimari until February [[2604]], when he was assassinated by a deranged Canopian extremist just a few weeks after [[Rinalla Centrella]] was appointed Magestrix at the head of the newly-restored civil government.<ref name="H:RWp58"/><ref name="H:RWp161">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 161, "Good Neighbors to the Magistracy"</ref>		Adam was interned after his capture but released after a brief period, at which point he retired to the world of [[Krimari]]. Extremists within the Magistracy attempted to court Adam as a potential leader but he declined their requests, and remained in retirement on Krimari until February [[2604]], when he was assassinated by a deranged Canopian extremist just a few weeks after [[Rinalla Centrella]] was appointed Magestrix at the head of the newly-restored civil government.<ref name="H:RWp58"/><ref name="H:RWp161">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 161, "Good Neighbors to the Magistracy"</ref>

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{{InfoBoxCharacter | image = Adam Buquoy.png | caption = | name = Adam Buquoy | birthdate = 11 August [[2531]] | died = 20 Fedruary [[2604]] | affiliation = [[Magistracy of Canopus]] | rank = [[Colonel]] | title = | position = | profession = | parents = | siblings = | spouse = | children = }} '''Adam Buquoy''' was the commander of a [[mercenary]] unit and a senior officer in the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]]. ==History== Born to a family of refugees from the [[Capellan Confederation]], Adam Buquoy was a second-generation citizen of the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and grew up in some of the less savory parts of Delphi, the ''de facto'' capital of [[Canopus IV]].<ref name="H:RWp58">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 58-59, "Adam Buquoy"</ref> As a young man Adam leapt at the opportunity to join the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]] as a means of escaping the poverty that had marked his life up to that point, and he would serve in the MAF for six years before striking out as a freelancer. Buquoy went on to build his own mercenary command, [[Buquoy's Bandits]], and gained a great deal of experience as a consequence of fighting in numerous brush wars<ref name="H:RWp58"/> in the [[Federated Suns]], [[Free Worlds League]] and [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="H:RWp98">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 98-99, "Counterstrike (2578)"</ref> until the efforts of the [[Terran Hegemony]] to play peacemaker effectively ended the mercenary trade. The founding of the [[Star League]] destroyed any hope of the market for mercenaries being ressurected because of the deluge of former [[Great House|House]] troops who found themselves demobilized and who then tried to take to the mercenary trade - or turned pirate.<ref name="H:RWp58"/> Adam decided to return to the Magistracy in the late 2560s, and discovered that he had arrived at a fortuitous moment; [[Magestrix]] [[Crystalla Centrella]] knew that a war between the Star League and the nations of the [[Periphery]] was likely and she was unwilling to cede control of her realm to [[First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]]. Centrella had embarked on a crash program to increase the size of the MAF, and was in sore need of experienced officers to help command her rapidly-expanding armed forces.<ref name="H:RWp58"/> Happy to work for the Magestrix, Buquoy quickly demonstrated his skills at command and strategy and swiftly became an invaluable sounding board for the Magestrix,<ref name="H:RWp58"/> who had training in small-unit warfare but not the talents or experience necessary to construct and coordinate the grand military strategy needed to defend the Magistracy.<ref name="H:RWp57">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 57-58, "Crystalla Centrella"</ref> Adam possessed valuable insights into the tactics used by the [[Star League Defense Force]]<ref name="H:RWp58"/> as well as a knowledge of tactics that bordered on the encyclopedic and a keen eye for detail, and although he had never previously commanded a unit larger than a single [[regiment]]<ref name="H:RWp98"/> he would both develop and execute the grand strategy needed to be able to defend the Magistracy.<ref name="H:RWp58"/> It was a combination of Adam's experience<ref name="H:RWp58"/> and information he obtained from the [[Magistracy Intelligence Ministry]]<ref name="H:RWp98"/> that allowed him to avoid a number of traps set for the MAF by [[Marion Marik]], the commanding officer of [[SLDF Task Force Canopus]], the Task Force responsible for conquering the magistracy; Adam was also able to turn the tables on the SLDF on several occasions, laying highly successful traps and forcing the SLDF to adjust their campaign strategy repeatedly.<ref name="H:RWp58"/> Adam knew that the MAF lacked the force to take on the might of the Star League directly, and his tactics were based around making his units hard to track and pin down by deploying them as small units, only to then pull them together at predetermined points to launch devastating strikes before dispersing again; rather than attempting to match force with force, Adam wielded the MAF against the SLDF with the same skill a master surgeon would wield a scalpel.<ref name="H:RWp98"/> Confirmation that Marion intended to conduct the campaign in accordance with the [[Ares Conventions]] was a relief to Adam, as he was a firm believer in the idea of civilized warfare. This ensured that while the war might be bloody, it wouldn't be dirty; Adam also knew that in the long term, his only real option was to trade space for time, and built his strategy accordingly. For years, the MAF fought a highly-mobile defense under Adam's direction, shifting forces rapidly between planets<ref name="H:RWp58"/> and launching numerous raids at SLDF supply lines and supply worlds - particularly worlds outside the borders of the Magistracy. One of Adam's greatest successes was a flurry of raids launched in January 2578; Adam deployed several regiments of mercenaries and MAF forces into Free Worlds League space, having identified a number of worlds key to the SLDF supply chain. Adam led the raids himself, landing his Bandits on the world of [[Meadowvale]] and attacking a large supply base there, holding off SLDF units for hours while other units struck at other sites on Meadowvale and on other worlds. Even though only a company of the Bandits made it off the field the other MAF and mercenary units left in good order, and the raid was hugely successful - it forced Marion Marik to change strategies and tied up significant numbers of SLDF ships and units in an effort to protect their supply lines. The daring and determination involved in launching such a successful operation outside the Magistracy in what the Star League considered to be safe areas demonstrated clearly the resolve of the MAF and boosted morale in the Magistracy.<ref name="H:RWp99">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 99, "Meadowvale (January 2578)"</ref> Adam knew that the war was lost when the bulk of the Canopian navy was destroyed in an SLDF ambush in the [[Thurrock]] system in [[2583]]<ref name="H:RWp102">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 102, "Thurrock (July 2583)"</ref> but he continued to fight; he advised on the defense of Canopus IV in 2584, and after the conquest of the Magistracy's capital world he continued to fight an extensive guerilla campaign that tied the SLDF into a further four years of combat before the war with the Magistracy could finally be declared to be over.<ref name="H:RWp58"/> The last battle for the Magistracy was fought on the world of [[Kossandra's Memory]] in [[2588]], a military redoubt founded as a fallback and used as Adam's command post during the latter stages of the war; the only major MAF units still active at the time were Buquoy's Bandits and the [[Second Canopian Light Horse]],<ref name="H:RWp151">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 151, "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583—2588)"</ref> and both units fought fiercely against the overwhelming forces led against them by Marion Marik herself until Adam was finally forced to surrender, ending the war with a handshake.<ref name="H:RWp105">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 105, "Mopping Up (2584-2588)"</ref> Adam was interned after his capture but released after a brief period, at which point he retired to the world of [[Krimari]]. Extremists within the Magistracy attempted to court Adam as a potential leader but he declined their requests, and remained in retirement on Krimari until February [[2604]], when he was assassinated by a deranged Canopian extremist just a few weeks after [[Rinalla Centrella]] was appointed Magestrix at the head of the newly-restored civil government.<ref name="H:RWp58"/><ref name="H:RWp161">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 161, "Good Neighbors to the Magistracy"</ref> ==Notes== === Rules === <div class="gamerules"> * Adam gains a +2 bonus to Strategy Action Checks.<ref name="H:RWp187">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 187, "Adam Buquoy"</ref> * Adam gains a +2 bonus to Tactics Action Checks.<ref name="H:RWp187"/> * Adam gains a +2 bonus to his Initiative rolls.<ref name="H:RWp187"/> * Any unit under Adam's command may either use the Off-Map Movement special ability to start with up to 25% of the force as Hidden Units.<ref name="H:RWp187"/> * Any unit opposing a unit under Adam's command suffers the effects of the Communications Disruption ability.<ref name="H:RWp187"/> </div> ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' [[Category: Magistracy of Canopus Characters|Buquoy, Adam]]

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