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Council of Merchants

2023-12-04T17:49:59Z

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The '''Council of Merchants''' was the ruling body of the [[Hanseatic League]].

==History==
The ruling body of the League was a council of merchants. They operated from the League's capital of Freie Hansestead on [[Bremen IV]].

When [[Braunschweig]] joined the Hanseatic League in the late [[twenty-ninth century]], they were given seven seats in the Council.<ref name=TtS:Bp4>''Touring the Stars: Braunschweig'', p. 4</ref>

For decades, the Council meddled in affairs of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] and [[Castilian Principalities]], making them fight each other in the hopes of one day conquering their worlds after they had weakened themselves. Their conquest by [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] in [[3080]] put an end to those plans.<ref name=OTP:HCp8>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'', p. 8: "The Escorpión Imperio"</ref>

===Escorpión Imperio Neighbors===
After [[3088]], when the [[Home Clans]] and nearby [[Escorpión Imperio]] became serious threats, the Council decided to focus their economy on national defense. Some merchants rebelled against the reduction of their benefits but the League's [[Hanseatic Defense Force|armed forces]] crushed them. The Council also allowed greater autonomy to their military leaders, and even gave them a voting voice into their Council in the form of the [[Captain-Marshal of the Hanseatic Defense Force|Captain -Marshal]], though reluctantly.<ref name=OTP:HCp9-10>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'', pp. 9–10: "Hanseatic League, 3080–3140"</ref>

At the turn of the [[thirty-second century]],<ref name=OTP:HCp3>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'', p. 3: "Braunschweig" planet profile</ref> the need to protect themselves against the Escorpión Imperio on the nation's doorstep became more urgent, and the Council of Merchants authorized the construction of the [[Lüneburg Vehicle Corporation]] on Braunschweig III to produce BattleMechs and combat vehicles. Its success led to the establishment of [[HDF Manufacturing]] on [[Falsterbo (HL)|Falsterbo]] and the expansion of the [[Bordello Military Goods, Inc.]] factory on [[Antwerp]].<ref name=OTP:HCp3/><ref name=TtS:Bp5>''Touring the Stars: Braunschweig'', p. 5</ref> The importance of the Lüneburg factory also led to the permanent posting of the [[Regional Defense Force Six]] along with an [[aerospace]] force expanded to a full [[Wing (Formation)|wing]].<ref name=TtS:Bp6>''Touring the Stars: Braunschweig'', p. 6</ref>

===Hanseatic Crusade===
When the [[Hanseatic Crusade|conflict]] between the Hansa and Scorpions began, the Council's forces were unable to stop the Clanners and the invaders eventually reached Bremen. The battle slowly turned against the Hansa and on 12 October [[3140]], a day which later became known as "Red Saturday," a team of Scorpions [[Elemental]]s penetrated into the capital and captured the Council. But its members, refusing to surrender, instead activated a failsafe which detonated hidden explosives, destroying the capital and much of the city—also inflicting massive losses on [[Tau Galaxy (Escorpión Imperio)|Tau Galaxy]] and [[Regional Defense Force Three]]. Unaware of the explosion being the work of the Council, [[Captain-Marshal of the Hanseatic Defense Force|Captain-Marshal]] [[Rudolf Schmidt]], the last remaining member of the Council and sole surviving Hansa authority, ordered his forces to stand down in order to prevent more bloodshed in the now-assured conquest. Ironically, the Council of Merchants' goal of seeing the League, [[Nueva Castile]], and Umayyad Caliphate all under the same banner had now been realized with the formation of the [[Scorpion Empire]].<ref name=OTP:HCp13>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'', p. 13: "Wave 5"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade]]''
* ''[[Touring the Stars: Braunschweig]]''

[[Category:Government Agencies]]

Jázon Marik

2023-10-23T18:59:52Z

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'''Jázon Marik''' was a [[Gunslinger Program|Gunslinger]] of the [[Star League]] in [[3250]]. He was famous across the [[Inner Sphere]] for his accomplishments in the League's "arena system" while piloting a ''[[Thunderbolt]]'', and for a victory early in his career during a recreation of the [[Satalice#Clan_Invasion|Battle of Satalice]] when he outperformed some of the League's best warriors using an "outdated" ''[[Stormcrow]]''.<ref>''Technical Readout: Succession Wars'', p. 4</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: Clan Invasion'', p. 4</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Technical Readout: Clan Invasion]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: Succession Wars]]''

[[Category:Third Star League Characters|Marik, Jázon]]
[[Category: Gunslingers|Marik, Jázon]]

Regional Defense Force 6

2023-08-29T22:43:54Z

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==History==
'''Regional Defense Force 6''' (RDF 6) was formed as a part of the creation of the [[Hanseatic Security Force]] following attempts by a number of colonies to throw off the influences of the [[Hanseatic League]] [[Council of Merchants]] in or around [[2920]].<ref name="FM:Pp135">''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 135, "Hanseatic League"</ref>

After attempting to enforce a period of isolation from external influences across the League, the Council of Merchants changed tack in [[3011]] and decided to declare three worlds to be open worlds, accessible to all.<ref name="FM:Pp135"/>

By the mid-3060s RDF 6 was operating as a mobile reserve for the other five RDFs; bolstered by a permanently-assigned contingent from the [[Convoy Protection Force]], RDF 6 consisted of just a single 'Mech regiment, predominantly lighter 'Mechs, and spent much of its time moving between the HQ worlds of each of the RDFs, making liaison visits with the staff of the brigades that RDF 6 would support in the event of a crisis.<ref name="FM:Pp138">''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 138, "Regional Defense Force 6"</ref>

Despite this active schedule and the excellent equipment provided to RDF 6, the troops had little experience of actual combat, and their ability to reinforce other units was largely untested.<ref name="FM:Pp138"/>

Between 3064 and [[3067]] RDF 6 found itself undergoing perhaps the most rigorous training regiment of any of the HSF units; Captain-General [[Albert Snow]], the new head of the HSF, had initiated a process to transform the HSF into a more professional force, and as a part of his efforts RDF 6 incorporated a number of mercenary troops, a measure that significantly increased the effectiveness of the RDF.<ref name="FM:Up200">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 200, "Hanseatic League"</ref>

During the [[Jihad]] RDF 6 continued to fight against bandits and pirates, and the successes enjoyed by the RDF led to very high morale, despite the fact that most of the engagements involved pitting elements of the RDF against outnumbered opponents who were using inferior technology.<ref name="FR:Pp18">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 18, "Deep Periphery Forces"</ref>

By [[3120]] RDF 6 was permanently stationed on [[Braunschweig]] to defend the League's [[BattleMech]] factory.<ref>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'', p. 10</ref><ref name=otphcp23/> They were present when Wave 3 of the Hanseatic Crusade brought the [[Escorpión Imperio]]'s Omega Galaxy to Braunschweig. The two forces fought each other, and RDF 6 was destroyed while shattering Omega Galaxy. However the Scorpions were able to reorganize and used BattleMechs from the factory to rebuild.<ref>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'', p. 12</ref>

==Officers==
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| Captain-General||[[Manfred Gilbert]]||[[3064]] - into the Jihad<ref name="FM:Up204"/><ref name="FM:Pp138"/>
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|- Captain-General || [[Leopold von Daun]] || [[3140]]<ref name=otphcp23>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'', p. 23</ref>
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==Tactics==
RDF 6 favored highly mobile warfare.<ref name="FM:Pp138"/>

==Composition History==
The composition of RDF 6 was atypical for an RDF within the HSF; where the other RDFs were combined-arms brigades consisting of a regiment of BattleMechs reinforced by several regiments of armor and infantry, RDF 6 was just a single regiment of 'Mechs. Those 'Mechs were predominantly light and medium in weight, but the 'Mechs provided to RDF 6 were second in quality only to those given to [[RDF 1]], the League's premiere unit.<ref name="FM:Pp138"/>

===3064===
'''Regional Defense Force 6''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name="FM:Pp138"/>
* 1 BattleMech Regiment
:*CO: Captain-General [[Manfred Gilbert]]
:*Aide: Major [[Ilya Kormarov]]

===3067===
'''Regional Defense Force 6''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FM:Up204">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 204, "Hanseatic League"</ref>
* 1 BattleMech Regiment
- At this point in time RDF 6 was at full strength; ten percent of the RDF were using advanced equipment, and the RDF was based on the world of [[Bergen]].

===3079===
'''Regional Defense Force 6''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FR:Pp18"/>
* 1 BattleMech Regiment
- At this point in time RDF 6 was at eighty percent of full strength and approximately ten percent of the RDF was using upgraded equipment. RDF 6 was stationed on Bergen at this point.

===3140===
'''Regional Defense Force 6''' (Elite)<ref name=otphcp23/>
* 1 medium BattleMech regiment
* 1 aerospace fighter wing
* 1 assault vehicle battalion
* 2 medium vehicle battalions
* 1 foot infantry regiment
* 1 battlesuit infantry regiment

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==Game Rules==
===3064===
* RDF 6 uses the Hanseatic League column of the ''Random 'Mech Assignment Table'' within ''Field Manual: Periphery''.<ref name="FM:Pp155+">''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 155-156, "Hanseatic League"</ref>
* RDF 6 units that used less than half their normal walking MP before attacking do not suffer the to-hit penalty normally associated with having walked when making an attack.<ref name="FM:Pp155+"/>

===3140===
* RDF 6 specializes in melee combat. Each company can choose either the Melee Master or the Swordsman special pilot ability.
* RDF 6 can use the Brawlers, Regional Specialization (Braunschweig), and Tactical Specialization (Defense) special command abilities.
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
[[Category: Hanseatic League Commands]]