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Line 23: With the HPGs under his control and the local mercenary forces neutralized, Gyrn's rule over the newly-formed Sirian Holds was announced by his loyal followers to the stunned populations of both systems. No mention was made of the alleged divinity of Alisendar Gyrn; instead, the takeover was pitched as freeing the systems from the [[Great House]]s, and there was relatively little protest from the population, at least at first. When word reached the wider population of what had happened to the mercenary troops, along with the discovery that Gyrn was in control of the HPG systems, protests broke out. As the protests accelerated towards becoming an open revolt, Gyrn announced that both systems needed to be "purified"; this purification consisted of destroying all modern technology. Gyrn's followers rounded up intellectuals, technicians, dissenters and various other groups, with the roundups being described as the beginning of a process of reeducation; instead, those gathered up were murdered in killing fields outside the capital city, to prevent them posing any kind of threat to Gyrn.<ref name="CMp91"/> With the HPGs under his control and the local mercenary forces neutralized, Gyrn's rule over the newly-formed Sirian Holds was announced by his loyal followers to the stunned populations of both systems. No mention was made of the alleged divinity of Alisendar Gyrn; instead, the takeover was pitched as freeing the systems from the [[Great House]]s, and there was relatively little protest from the population, at least at first. When word reached the wider population of what had happened to the mercenary troops, along with the discovery that Gyrn was in control of the HPG systems, protests broke out. As the protests accelerated towards becoming an open revolt, Gyrn announced that both systems needed to be "purified"; this purification consisted of destroying all modern technology. Gyrn's followers rounded up intellectuals, technicians, dissenters and various other groups, with the roundups being described as the beginning of a process of reeducation; instead, those gathered up were murdered in killing fields outside the capital city, to prevent them posing any kind of threat to Gyrn.<ref name="CMp91"/> − When news began to spread of atrocities being committed in the Sirian Holds, it provoked a response from [[General]] [[Helen Thrall]], the Commanding Officer of the [[Sirian Lancers]] [[brigade]]. Thrall had been agitating for years in an attempt to persuade the [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] of the Free Worlds League that the four systems that had once made up the League province known as the [[Sirian Concordance]] should be recaptured from the [[Federated Commonwealth]]. Two of the four systems - [[Graham IV]] and [[Pollux]] - had been recaptured during Operation GUERRERO, but the League had stopped short of recapturing Sirius and Procyon. The news of Gyrn's actions in the Sirian Holds convinced Thrall that she could no longer wait, and she issued a brief message to the [[LCCC]] announcing that she would be taking the Lancers to liberate both systems, with or without support from the [[Free Worlds League Military]]. Captain-General [[Thomas Marik]] responded by deploying the [[Fourth Free Worlds Legionnaires]] to accompany the three regiments of Lancers. Thrall's task force recaptured both systems in September [[3058]], but learned that Gyrn had killed tens of thousands of people.<ref name="FMp84">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 84</ref><ref name=SS>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 82, "General Helen Thrall"</ref> + When news began to spread of atrocities being committed in the Sirian Holds, it provoked a response from [[General]] [[Helen Thrall]], the Commanding Officer of the [[Sirian Lancers]] [[brigade]]. Thrall had been agitating for years in an attempt to persuade the [[Captain-General]] of the Free Worlds League that the four systems that had once made up the League province known as the [[Sirian Concordance]] should be recaptured from the [[Federated Commonwealth]]. Two of the four systems - [[Graham IV]] and [[Pollux]] - had been recaptured during Operation GUERRERO, but the League had stopped short of recapturing Sirius and Procyon. The news of Gyrn's actions in the Sirian Holds convinced Thrall that she could no longer wait, and she issued a brief message to the [[LCCC]] announcing that she would be taking the Lancers to liberate both systems, with or without support from the [[Free Worlds League Military]]. Captain-General [[Thomas Marik]] responded by deploying the [[Fourth Free Worlds Legionnaires]] to accompany the three regiments of Lancers. Thrall's task force recaptured both systems in September [[3058]], but learned that Gyrn had killed tens of thousands of people.<ref name="FMp84">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 84</ref><ref name=SS>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 82, "General Helen Thrall"</ref> Thrall disbanded the Sirian Holds and reestablished the Sirian Concordance, establishing a military junta to govern the four-world province with herself as the ''de facto'' head of state, and relations between the Concordance and the Free Worlds League government would be strained for the next decade.<ref name="FMp84"/><ref name=SS/> Thrall disbanded the Sirian Holds and reestablished the Sirian Concordance, establishing a military junta to govern the four-world province with herself as the ''de facto'' head of state, and relations between the Concordance and the Free Worlds League government would be strained for the next decade.<ref name="FMp84"/><ref name=SS/>
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With the HPGs under his control and the local mercenary forces neutralized, Gyrn's rule over the newly-formed Sirian Holds was announced by his loyal followers to the stunned populations of both systems. No mention was made of the alleged divinity of Alisendar Gyrn; instead, the takeover was pitched as freeing the systems from the [[Great House]]s, and there was relatively little protest from the population, at least at first. When word reached the wider population of what had happened to the mercenary troops, along with the discovery that Gyrn was in control of the HPG systems, protests broke out. As the protests accelerated towards becoming an open revolt, Gyrn announced that both systems needed to be "purified"; this purification consisted of destroying all modern technology. Gyrn's followers rounded up intellectuals, technicians, dissenters and various other groups, with the roundups being described as the beginning of a process of reeducation; instead, those gathered up were murdered in killing fields outside the capital city, to prevent them posing any kind of threat to Gyrn.<ref name="CMp91"/> | With the HPGs under his control and the local mercenary forces neutralized, Gyrn's rule over the newly-formed Sirian Holds was announced by his loyal followers to the stunned populations of both systems. No mention was made of the alleged divinity of Alisendar Gyrn; instead, the takeover was pitched as freeing the systems from the [[Great House]]s, and there was relatively little protest from the population, at least at first. When word reached the wider population of what had happened to the mercenary troops, along with the discovery that Gyrn was in control of the HPG systems, protests broke out. As the protests accelerated towards becoming an open revolt, Gyrn announced that both systems needed to be "purified"; this purification consisted of destroying all modern technology. Gyrn's followers rounded up intellectuals, technicians, dissenters and various other groups, with the roundups being described as the beginning of a process of reeducation; instead, those gathered up were murdered in killing fields outside the capital city, to prevent them posing any kind of threat to Gyrn.<ref name="CMp91"/> | ||
| − | When news began to spread of atrocities being committed in the Sirian Holds, it provoked a response from [[General]] [[Helen Thrall]], the Commanding Officer of the [[Sirian Lancers]] [[brigade]]. Thrall had been agitating for years in an attempt to persuade the [[ | + | When news began to spread of atrocities being committed in the Sirian Holds, it provoked a response from [[General]] [[Helen Thrall]], the Commanding Officer of the [[Sirian Lancers]] [[brigade]]. Thrall had been agitating for years in an attempt to persuade the [[Captain-General]] of the Free Worlds League that the four systems that had once made up the League province known as the [[Sirian Concordance]] should be recaptured from the [[Federated Commonwealth]]. Two of the four systems - [[Graham IV]] and [[Pollux]] - had been recaptured during Operation GUERRERO, but the League had stopped short of recapturing Sirius and Procyon. The news of Gyrn's actions in the Sirian Holds convinced Thrall that she could no longer wait, and she issued a brief message to the [[LCCC]] announcing that she would be taking the Lancers to liberate both systems, with or without support from the [[Free Worlds League Military]]. Captain-General [[Thomas Marik]] responded by deploying the [[Fourth Free Worlds Legionnaires]] to accompany the three regiments of Lancers. Thrall's task force recaptured both systems in September [[3058]], but learned that Gyrn had killed tens of thousands of people.<ref name="FMp84">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 84</ref><ref name=SS>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 82, "General Helen Thrall"</ref> |
Thrall disbanded the Sirian Holds and reestablished the Sirian Concordance, establishing a military junta to govern the four-world province with herself as the ''de facto'' head of state, and relations between the Concordance and the Free Worlds League government would be strained for the next decade.<ref name="FMp84"/><ref name=SS/> | Thrall disbanded the Sirian Holds and reestablished the Sirian Concordance, establishing a military junta to govern the four-world province with herself as the ''de facto'' head of state, and relations between the Concordance and the Free Worlds League government would be strained for the next decade.<ref name="FMp84"/><ref name=SS/> | ||