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−	The '''Defenders of Andurien''' were the original provincial military force of the [[Duchy of Andurien]], eliminated following the end of the [[Andurien Secession]]. Some former members of the Defenders later formed the core of the [[Free Worlds Legionnaires]], ensuring the Defenders emphasis on combined-arms operations lived on.<ref name="H:BWp82"/> With the fragmentation of the League during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], a number of Legionnaires units with Andurien ties would form the basis of the Duchy's new provincial military force the [[Andurien Rangers]].{{cn}}	+	The '''Defenders of Andurien''' were the original provincial military force of the [[Duchy of Andurien]], eliminated following the end of the [[Andurien Secession]]. Some former members of the Defenders later formed the core of the [[Free Worlds Legionnaires]], ensuring the Defenders emphasis on combined-arms operations lived on.<ref name="H:BWp82"/> With the fragmentation of the League during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], a number of Legionnaires units with Andurien ties would form the basis of the Duchy's new provical military force the [[Andurien Rangers]].{{cn}}
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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[File:Andurien.png|150 px]] | Designation = Defenders of Andurien | Formed = 2514<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17"/> | Disbanded = 3039<ref name="H:BWp82">''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 82–83: "Occupation"</ref> | Previous Designation = | Nickname = | Affiliation = [[Free Worlds League]] | Parent Command = [[Free Worlds League Military]] | Sub-Command = [[1st Defenders of Andurien]]<br>[[2nd Defenders of Andurien]]<br>[[3rd Defenders of Andurien]]<br>[[4th Defenders of Andurien]]<br>[[5th Defenders of Andurien]]<br>[[6th Defenders of Andurien]] }} <onlyinclude> The '''Defenders of Andurien''' were the original provincial military force of the [[Duchy of Andurien]], eliminated following the end of the [[Andurien Secession]]. Some former members of the Defenders later formed the core of the [[Free Worlds Legionnaires]], ensuring the Defenders emphasis on combined-arms operations lived on.<ref name="H:BWp82"/> With the fragmentation of the League during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], a number of Legionnaires units with Andurien ties would form the basis of the Duchy's new provical military force the [[Andurien Rangers]].{{cn}} </onlyinclude> == History== === Founding === The Defenders of Andurien brigade formed in [[2514]], a few years before the start of the [[Second Andurien War]] between the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17"/> Formed by Duke Allard and the first Andurien units to be equipped with BattleMechs, by the beginning of the [[Second Andurien War]] there were two Defenders of Andurien regiments. When the Capellan forces invaded the Andurien worlds in [[2528]] an effort to seize [[Mesillia Allard]], the daughter of Duke Allard, as a bride for the mad [[Chancellor]] [[Kalvin Liao]] the [[First Defenders of Andurien|First]] and [[Second Defenders of Andurien]] were on the front lines, with the Second taking heavy damage on [[Sadurni]] while the First Defenders fought on Andurien itself, along with a company from the Second deployed to Andurien to defend Mesillia and the planetary capital city, Jojoken.<ref name="PAL">''Paladin''</ref> Although it was a new formation, the Defenders performed well in battle, but soon found themselves in political hot water because of the Defenders loyalty to House Humphreys and the Duchy of Andurien, rather than to the [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] of the Free Worlds League. With the loss of [[Andurien]] to the Confederation as a result of the [[Treaty of Geneva]] in [[2556]] the Defenders adopted a position of civil disobedience towards the federal government that would persist for centuries.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 17: "Defenders of Andurien"</ref> === Star League Era === Despite the secessionist tendencies of the Defenders of Andurien, when the [[Dormuth Council]] recommended the move of all of the regional forces to provincial status and the notional disbandment of three federal regiments to allow the Free Worlds League to be compliant with the [[Star League]] [[Council Edict of 2650]], the Council recommended that the newly formed<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp4"/> or newly forming<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp9">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 9: "Atrean Dragoons"</ref> [[Fifteenth Atrean Dragoons]] should be quietly integrated into the Defenders of Andurien.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp4">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 4: "Circumventing Directive 30"</ref> When the [[Marik Civil War (28th c.)|Marik Civil War]] erupted the Defenders chose to support [[Oliver Marik]]; their hope was that the usurper would allow the Defenders to go to war with the Confederation and recapture their homeworld, but those dreams vanished when Oliver was captured and executed. With the death of Oliver Marik the Defenders returned to agitating for the secession of the Duchy of Andurien from the Free Worlds League, but the movement gained relatively little traction in the region because of the active presence of the many [[Star League Defense Force]] garrisons.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17"/> Following the attack on the ''[[Timothy Leary]]'' by the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] in [[2745]],<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp3">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 4: "Strategic Update"</ref> the Defenders found themselves in troubled political waters once more. Captain-General [[Ewan Marik]] mustered a large contingent of federal and provincial forces on [[Solaris]] in the wake of the attack, and as a part of his buildup Marik demanded that a [[regiment]] from the Defenders join the task force. [[President]] [[Radford Humphreys]] refused to acknowledge the order, and as Humphreys was the brigade commanding officer Marik was forced to attempt to contact each of the regimental commanders directly, breaking the chain of command. Each of the regimental commanders refused the order, citing the twin problems of tension on the border with the Confederation and bandit raids as factors that would destabilize the Duchy if any of the Defenders of Andurien deployed outside the region. The standoff continued until the SLDF navy forced the Captain-General to disperse his gathered forces.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17"/> Following the standoff with Ewan Marik the Defenders of Andurien began passing falsified readiness reports to the [[Dormuth Council]], something that the [[Star League Intelligence Command]] was able to uncover, but which there was no indication the Captain-General noticed. With [[Kenyon Marik]] becoming Captain-General the Defenders began attempting to manipulate his hatred of the SLDF into allowing them permission to wage war with the Confederation, although those efforts hadn't been successful by [[2765]].<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17"/> Whereas most of the provincial forces received some degree of federal funding from the Free Worlds League during the Star League era the Defenders' role as secessionists left them in last place when it came to obtaining matériel from Free Worlds League industries and with no access to federal funding. Forced to rely solely on funding from the Duchy of Andurien the Defenders generally fielded equipment that was less advanced than both federally controlled forces and the provincial forces of the other League provinces, but the Defenders managed to maintain both high operational readiness and a remarkably high level of morale nevertheless. If anything, the lack of advanced equipment and federal funding served as a clarion call for the Defenders, highlighting for them yet another reason why the Duchy should seek further independence from the federal government.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17"/> Despite being a provisional forces brigade with a questionable history, the Defenders of Andurien were home to surprisingly few [[SAFE]] operatives during the closing years of the Star League era; this was largely down to two factors. Firstly, the loyalties of the various regiments were completely clear and obvious, and secondly, the Defenders often identified SAFE agents easily and would subsequently deport them for interfering in internal Andurien matters.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17"/> === First Succession War === Prior to the [[Amaris Civil War]], the Defenders of Andurien had mustered a total of four regiments across the brigade.<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp17"/> The brigade expanded in [[2783]], when a regiment of [[SLDF]] personnel from the [[209th Mechanized Infantry Division]] were persuaded to defect to the FWLM and mustered as the [[Fifth Defenders of Andurien]].<ref name="FSWp33">''First Succession War'', p. 33: "Those Left Behind"</ref> The [[Sixth Defenders of Andurien]] were subsequently formed during the [[First Succession War]], expanding the brigade for a second time. By the end of the War the Sixth was also the only regiment within the Defenders of Andurien at more than half-strength.<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "Free Worlds League Military (FWLM)"</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="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Defenders of Andurien''' |- | [[Major General]]||[[James Coker]]||[[3025]]<ref name=HMp101>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 101</ref> |- |} ==Tactics== Different per unit. == Units of the Defenders of Andurien== * [[First Defenders of Andurien]] * [[Second Defenders of Andurien]] * [[Third Defenders of Andurien]] * [[Fourth Defenders of Andurien]] * [[Fifth Defenders of Andurien]] * [[Sixth Defenders of Andurien]] == Notes == ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]'' gives the founding date of the Defenders of Andurien as 2514, two years before the [[First Andurien War]]. This contradicts with other sources which give the date of the First Andurien War as [[2398]] to [[2404]]<ref name=HM14>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', pp. 14–15: "Andurien Crisis"</ref><ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', pp. 28–29: "Liao Against Marik"</ref><ref name=HBHM15>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 15</ref><ref>''The Star League'', p. 35: "Fateful Andurien"</ref><ref name=HHLT>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 24: "Timeline: The Age of War and the Star League"</ref><ref name="ED:AoWp7"/> and the dates of the Second Andurien War as [[2528]] to [[2531]].<ref name="ED:AoWp7">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 7: "The Age of War: A Brief Timeline"</ref> ==Colors and Unit Insignia== <gallery> Image:Camomarikdefendersofandurien.png </gallery> ‎ ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Era Digest: Age of War]]'' * ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' * ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'' * ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]'' * ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'' * ''[[Paladin (short story)|Paladin]]'' * ''[[The Star League]]'' [[Category:Free Worlds League Commands|Defenders of Andurien]] [[Category:Andurien Commands|Defenders of Andurien]]

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