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Line 23: ===Military Career=== ===Military Career=== − Early in his military career Narinder served as the commanding officer of the [[First Regulan Hussars]], the pride of the Principality, and his determined leadership of the First led to a swift rise through the ranks of the [[FWLM]]. By the time Narinder turned thirty, he was a [[general]] in the FWLM and the commanding officer of the entire [[Regulan Hussars]] [[brigade]]. In addition to his leadership abilities and martial skills, Narinder wielded a considerable degree of political authority and was Duke of [[Regulus]], and after the [[Free Worlds League]] joined the [[Star League]] Narinder was selected to command the [[Second Marik Auxiliary Corps]], the FWLM contribution to [[Operation MAILED FIST]] fought in the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name="H:RWp55"/> + Early in his military career Narinder served as the commanding officer of the [[First Regulan Hussars]], the pride of the Principality, and his determined leadership of the First led to a swift rise through the ranks of the [[FWLM]]. By the time Narinder turned thirty, he was a [[general]] in the FWLM and the commanding officer of the entire [[Regulan Hussars]] [[brigade]]. In addition to his leadership abilities and martial skills, Narinder wielded a considerable degree of political authority and was Duke of [[Regulus]], and after the [[Free Worlds League]] joined the [[Star League]] Narinder was selected to command the [[Second Marik Auxiliary Corps]], the FWLM contribution to [[Operation MAILED FIST]], fought in the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name="H:RWp55"/> Although the Second Marik Auxiliary Corps was smaller than a [[Star League Defense Force]] [[corps]], consisting of just six [[regiment]]s, it played a key part in MAILED FIST; acting under the authority of [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Rhean Marik]], a key player in the [[Reunification War]] and the overall commander of the extended campaign to conquer the [[Magistracy of Canopus]], Narinder was required to ensure that his forces fought with strict adherence to the [[Ares Conventions]], despite [[First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]] having declared that the Reunification War would be fought in defiance of the Conventions. In addition to ensuring that the FWLM forces were amongst the most civilized of all the combined SLDF forces, he was also expected to hold his own against not just the various SLDF generals in the Rim Worlds task force but also with the fiery and volatile [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]].<ref name="H:RWp55"/> Although the Second Marik Auxiliary Corps was smaller than a [[Star League Defense Force]] [[corps]], consisting of just six [[regiment]]s, it played a key part in MAILED FIST; acting under the authority of [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Rhean Marik]], a key player in the [[Reunification War]] and the overall commander of the extended campaign to conquer the [[Magistracy of Canopus]], Narinder was required to ensure that his forces fought with strict adherence to the [[Ares Conventions]], despite [[First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]] having declared that the Reunification War would be fought in defiance of the Conventions. In addition to ensuring that the FWLM forces were amongst the most civilized of all the combined SLDF forces, he was also expected to hold his own against not just the various SLDF generals in the Rim Worlds task force but also with the fiery and volatile [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]].<ref name="H:RWp55"/> Line 31:
Line 31: Perhaps the most significant battle the Second Corps was involved in was the battle for [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]], the capital of the Republic; General Isaacson planned the operation to secure Apollo and took command of the naval elements of the operation, while operational command of the ground operation was passed to Archon Steiner-Dinesen, who led the landings and the assault on the capital city of Terra Prime, whilst Narinder was made her second in command and given responsibility for the military strike to secure the island estate within which Gregory Amaris had sheltered for the better part of twenty years.<ref name="H:RWp139">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 139: "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"</ref> Perhaps the most significant battle the Second Corps was involved in was the battle for [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]], the capital of the Republic; General Isaacson planned the operation to secure Apollo and took command of the naval elements of the operation, while operational command of the ground operation was passed to Archon Steiner-Dinesen, who led the landings and the assault on the capital city of Terra Prime, whilst Narinder was made her second in command and given responsibility for the military strike to secure the island estate within which Gregory Amaris had sheltered for the better part of twenty years.<ref name="H:RWp139">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 139: "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"</ref> − The Archon's force made slow progress in their assault, landing on 21 March 2596, having to deal with conducting an assault in the midst of the monsoon season against the combined forces of the [[Seventh Amaris Legionnaires]] and [[Eighth Amaris Dragoons]] bolstered by well-prepared defenses that included bunker complexes and gun emplacements. The weather heavily favored the outnumbered defenders, while the various battles turned the ground outside the city into a quagmire, bogging down the SLDF units and sapping morale. The weather also prevented the SLDF from making use of [[aerospace]] forces much of the time, and it was only with the addition of those forces commanded by Duke Selaj that real progress began to be made.<ref name="H:RWp139"/> + The Archon's force made slow progress in their assault, landing on 21 March 2596, having to deal with conducting an assault in the midst of the monsoon season against the combined forces of the [[Seventh Amaris Legionnaires]] and [[Eighth Amaris Dragoons]] bolstered by well-prepared defenses that included bunker complexes and gun emplacements. The weather heavily favored the outnumbered defenders, while the various battles turned the ground outside the city into a quagmire, bogging down the SLDF units and sapping morale. The weather also prevented the SLDF from making use of aerospace forces much of the time, and it was only with the addition of those forces commanded by Duke Selaj that real progress began to be made.<ref name="H:RWp139"/> Duke Selaj had managed to easily defeat the forces besieging the Amaris' estate, only to find Amaris himself to be unpleasant, hostile, and thoroughly ungrateful for his rescue; Amaris regarded Selaj as a provincial minor lordling from the Free Worlds League, despite the far greater wealth and population of the Principality of Regulus, and bitterly resented the time taken to rescue him and the poor conditions he considered himself to have lived in... conditions far more opulent than most of his citizens or the soldiers of the Task Force had endured. Despite the difficulties in dealing with Amaris, Duke Selaj was able to send his troops and liberated Amaris loyalists to join the forces outside Terra Prime.<ref name="H:RWp139"/> Duke Selaj had managed to easily defeat the forces besieging the Amaris' estate, only to find Amaris himself to be unpleasant, hostile, and thoroughly ungrateful for his rescue; Amaris regarded Selaj as a provincial minor lordling from the Free Worlds League, despite the far greater wealth and population of the Principality of Regulus, and bitterly resented the time taken to rescue him and the poor conditions he considered himself to have lived in... conditions far more opulent than most of his citizens or the soldiers of the Task Force had endured. Despite the difficulties in dealing with Amaris, Duke Selaj was able to send his troops and liberated Amaris loyalists to join the forces outside Terra Prime.<ref name="H:RWp139"/>
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| − | Early in his military career Narinder served as the commanding officer of the [[First Regulan Hussars]], the pride of the Principality, and his determined leadership of the First led to a swift rise through the ranks of the [[FWLM]]. By the time Narinder turned thirty, he was a [[general]] in the FWLM and the commanding officer of the entire [[Regulan Hussars]] [[brigade]]. In addition to his leadership abilities and martial skills, Narinder wielded a considerable degree of political authority and was Duke of [[Regulus]], and after the [[Free Worlds League]] joined the [[Star League]] Narinder was selected to command the [[Second Marik Auxiliary Corps]], the FWLM contribution to [[Operation MAILED FIST]] fought in the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name="H:RWp55"/> | + | Early in his military career Narinder served as the commanding officer of the [[First Regulan Hussars]], the pride of the Principality, and his determined leadership of the First led to a swift rise through the ranks of the [[FWLM]]. By the time Narinder turned thirty, he was a [[general]] in the FWLM and the commanding officer of the entire [[Regulan Hussars]] [[brigade]]. In addition to his leadership abilities and martial skills, Narinder wielded a considerable degree of political authority and was Duke of [[Regulus]], and after the [[Free Worlds League]] joined the [[Star League]] Narinder was selected to command the [[Second Marik Auxiliary Corps]], the FWLM contribution to [[Operation MAILED FIST]], fought in the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].<ref name="H:RWp55"/> |
Although the Second Marik Auxiliary Corps was smaller than a [[Star League Defense Force]] [[corps]], consisting of just six [[regiment]]s, it played a key part in MAILED FIST; acting under the authority of [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Rhean Marik]], a key player in the [[Reunification War]] and the overall commander of the extended campaign to conquer the [[Magistracy of Canopus]], Narinder was required to ensure that his forces fought with strict adherence to the [[Ares Conventions]], despite [[First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]] having declared that the Reunification War would be fought in defiance of the Conventions. In addition to ensuring that the FWLM forces were amongst the most civilized of all the combined SLDF forces, he was also expected to hold his own against not just the various SLDF generals in the Rim Worlds task force but also with the fiery and volatile [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]].<ref name="H:RWp55"/> | Although the Second Marik Auxiliary Corps was smaller than a [[Star League Defense Force]] [[corps]], consisting of just six [[regiment]]s, it played a key part in MAILED FIST; acting under the authority of [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Rhean Marik]], a key player in the [[Reunification War]] and the overall commander of the extended campaign to conquer the [[Magistracy of Canopus]], Narinder was required to ensure that his forces fought with strict adherence to the [[Ares Conventions]], despite [[First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]] having declared that the Reunification War would be fought in defiance of the Conventions. In addition to ensuring that the FWLM forces were amongst the most civilized of all the combined SLDF forces, he was also expected to hold his own against not just the various SLDF generals in the Rim Worlds task force but also with the fiery and volatile [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]].<ref name="H:RWp55"/> | ||
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Perhaps the most significant battle the Second Corps was involved in was the battle for [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]], the capital of the Republic; General Isaacson planned the operation to secure Apollo and took command of the naval elements of the operation, while operational command of the ground operation was passed to Archon Steiner-Dinesen, who led the landings and the assault on the capital city of Terra Prime, whilst Narinder was made her second in command and given responsibility for the military strike to secure the island estate within which Gregory Amaris had sheltered for the better part of twenty years.<ref name="H:RWp139">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 139: "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"</ref> | Perhaps the most significant battle the Second Corps was involved in was the battle for [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]], the capital of the Republic; General Isaacson planned the operation to secure Apollo and took command of the naval elements of the operation, while operational command of the ground operation was passed to Archon Steiner-Dinesen, who led the landings and the assault on the capital city of Terra Prime, whilst Narinder was made her second in command and given responsibility for the military strike to secure the island estate within which Gregory Amaris had sheltered for the better part of twenty years.<ref name="H:RWp139">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 139: "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"</ref> | ||
| − | The Archon's force made slow progress in their assault, landing on 21 March 2596, having to deal with conducting an assault in the midst of the monsoon season against the combined forces of the [[Seventh Amaris Legionnaires]] and [[Eighth Amaris Dragoons]] bolstered by well-prepared defenses that included bunker complexes and gun emplacements. The weather heavily favored the outnumbered defenders, while the various battles turned the ground outside the city into a quagmire, bogging down the SLDF units and sapping morale. The weather also prevented the SLDF from making use of | + | The Archon's force made slow progress in their assault, landing on 21 March 2596, having to deal with conducting an assault in the midst of the monsoon season against the combined forces of the [[Seventh Amaris Legionnaires]] and [[Eighth Amaris Dragoons]] bolstered by well-prepared defenses that included bunker complexes and gun emplacements. The weather heavily favored the outnumbered defenders, while the various battles turned the ground outside the city into a quagmire, bogging down the SLDF units and sapping morale. The weather also prevented the SLDF from making use of aerospace forces much of the time, and it was only with the addition of those forces commanded by Duke Selaj that real progress began to be made.<ref name="H:RWp139"/> |
Duke Selaj had managed to easily defeat the forces besieging the Amaris' estate, only to find Amaris himself to be unpleasant, hostile, and thoroughly ungrateful for his rescue; Amaris regarded Selaj as a provincial minor lordling from the Free Worlds League, despite the far greater wealth and population of the Principality of Regulus, and bitterly resented the time taken to rescue him and the poor conditions he considered himself to have lived in... conditions far more opulent than most of his citizens or the soldiers of the Task Force had endured. Despite the difficulties in dealing with Amaris, Duke Selaj was able to send his troops and liberated Amaris loyalists to join the forces outside Terra Prime.<ref name="H:RWp139"/> | Duke Selaj had managed to easily defeat the forces besieging the Amaris' estate, only to find Amaris himself to be unpleasant, hostile, and thoroughly ungrateful for his rescue; Amaris regarded Selaj as a provincial minor lordling from the Free Worlds League, despite the far greater wealth and population of the Principality of Regulus, and bitterly resented the time taken to rescue him and the poor conditions he considered himself to have lived in... conditions far more opulent than most of his citizens or the soldiers of the Task Force had endured. Despite the difficulties in dealing with Amaris, Duke Selaj was able to send his troops and liberated Amaris loyalists to join the forces outside Terra Prime.<ref name="H:RWp139"/> | ||