Editing Fiona san Marcos

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'''Fiona san Marcos''' was a member of the [[First Marik Protectors]] in [[3077]].<ref name="SO:1MPp3"/>

==History==
As part of the [[Tenth Marik Militia]], she joined [[Force Commander]] [[Yoshio Kawamura]] when he deposed the Militia's Commanding Officer and brought the unit to [[Kendall]].<ref name="SO:FMPp2"/>

After the Hegemony forces withdrew, many of the survivors of the Tenth attempted to return to their homeworlds, but a solid core of people loyal to Kawamura's ideals remained, and the remnants of the Militia became the First Marik Protectors, a quasi-mercenary command dedicated to protecting independent former-League worlds.<ref name="SO:FMPp2">''Spotlight On: First Marik Protectors'', p. 2: "Unit History and Description"</ref>

The First Marik Protectors went on to hire themselves out at low rates, allowing these independent systems to have protection they would otherwise lack. They retained the insignia of their former unit, and modified their name to reflect their new baseworld.<ref name=FM3085p90>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 90</ref> Kendall continued to maintain strong relations with the Protectors, with the [[Kali Yama - Alphard Trading Corporation]] and [[Brooks Inc.]] factories on Kendall signing long-term support agreements with the Protectors.<ref name="SO:FMPp3A">''Spotlight On: First Marik Protectors'', p. 3: "Equipment and Tactics"</ref> The Protectors also adopted an award for valor based around the Kendali Bloodstone, a form of garnet unique to Kendall.<ref name="SO:FMPp4">''Spotlight On: First Marik Protectors'', p. 4: "Uniforms and Customs"</ref>

On 11 November [[3077]], [[Kendall]] was one of four Free Worlds League worlds to be attacked by the [[Marian Hegemony]]; various Legions from the [[Marian Hegemony Armed Forces]] struck at Kendall along with [[Lahti]], [[Landfall]] and [[San Nicolas]]. The [[FWLM]] forces on Kendall resorted to desperate tactics against the Marians, using tactical nuclear devices against the [[II Legio]] forces to devastating effect; the Legio was largely destroyed, the survivors retreating back to Landfall, but at the cost of thousands of casualties.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The desperate defense of Kendall saw two cities hit with nuclear devices, while acres of fertile land were poisoned by radioactive fallout; five thousand people were killed in the initial blast, with twice that number wounded and a hundred thousand left homeless. Kendall's status as the primary breadbasket for the local sector was called into question, with other worlds such as [[San Nicolas]] that depended on food exports from Kendall left facing a grim future.<ref name="JHS:Tp55+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 55–56: "Hegemony Arrives"</ref>

On 11 November [[3077]], [[Lahti]] was one of four Free Worlds League worlds to be attacked by the Marian Hegemony.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Lahti continued to be harassed by forces from the Marian Hegemony, and finally the planetary government grew so sick of the raids by [[IV Legio]] that they hired the Protectors to launch a punitive strike against IV Legio's home base on [[Trondheimal]]. Colonel Kawamura accepted the contract, although he was unwilling to provoke the Hegemony. He attempted to fulfil the contract by subcontracting the work to [[Havoc, Inc.]]. Havoc, Inc. made a less than stellar impression when they arrived on Lahti; disreputable to begin with, the mercenaries made a drunken arrival on Lahti that prompted Colonel Kawamura to call off the raid. San Marcos convinced Kawamura to launch the raid as a false flag operation, using a company of Protector forces painted in Havoc, Inc. colors and deployed using Havoc, Inc. transport assets. San Marcos led the raid personally, inflicting damage on IV Legio and deliberately leaving evidence pointing towards Lahti.<ref name="SO:1MPp3">''Spotlight On: First Marik Protectors'', p. 3: "Unit History and Description"</ref>

Kawamura had deployed the Marik Protectors in anticipation of the inevitable IV Legio counterattack, and IV Legio arrived as anticipated, crashing into the Protector forces. Initially, IV Legio was able to tear through the Protector lines using [[Ravager (Battle Armor)|Ravager]] [[battle armor]], until [[Captain]] [[Doris Calhoun]] dropped a company of [[Kopis]]-equipped infantry onto the IV Legio battle armor and broke them. Kawamura's heavy armor successfully ambushed the IV Legio [['Mech]]s, pushing the Marian forces into the open for the Protectors' artillery forces to bombard; an attempt by the IV Legio [[aerospace fighter]] forces to relieve the pressure on the 'Mech forces was countered with fire from [[Partisan]] anti-aircraft tanks. The commanding officer of [[IV Legio]], ''[[Prefect (rank)|Prefect]]'' [[Alberich Winograd]], realized that his forces were in a trap, and led them in an orderly retreat back to their transport vessels; Colonel Kawamura, impressed with the Marian troops' discipline under fire, parlayed briefly with Winograd. During that parlay, the two established a degree of mutual respect for each other, as well as a détente between the Hegemony and Lahti. Encounters between IV Legio and the Protectors after the battle on Lahti were marked by relatively little bloodshed and an almost cordial or ceremonial attitude between the two commands.<ref name="SO:1MPp3"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Spotlight On: First Marik Protectors]]''

[[Category:Free Worlds League Characters|san Marcos, Fiona]]
[[Category:Mercenary Characters|san Marcos, Fiona]]