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'''Alicia Carmichael''' was a captain in the [[Niops Association Militia]] in [[3076]].<ref name="J:FRp55">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 55: "The Jihad in Review"</ref><ref name="JHS:Tp20"/>

==History==
She had problems earning respect in the [[Niops Association Militia]] as an attractive woman, and the characteristics an officer, a leader needs to have to be able to survive and win on the battlefield, and her exasperation with gossip and insinuations.<ref name=WTM/>

She was made NAM liaison to the [[Black Heart Roses]] mercenary unit, and while having entirely legitimate reasons for training closely with the infantry officer, [[Johann Rose]], Carmichael's beauty resulted in increasing tensions between the mercenary unit's co-commanders, especially after Rose charmed Carmichael into providing the [[Nighthawk]]s for his troops.<ref name=MSU-33>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 33: "Force Briefs Updates - Black Heart Roses"</ref>

In early February [[3071]]<ref name="WTM">''Whatever the Mess You Are, You're Mine''</ref> the [[Black Heart Roses]] were deployed against elements of the [[VI Legio|VI Legio ''Ripariensis'']] who came to [[Niops V]] to plunder the world's Star League–era technology. As the Legio approached the warehouses they discovered that it was defended by two companies of [[NAM]] troops. The Legio's commander, ''[[Legatus]]'' [[Onufry Sopaczak]], attempted to marshal his troops. However [[Colonel]] [[Sara Heart]] launched a surprise attack with her battalion of [[BattleMechs]] into the rear of his formation. Rose's Briar Patch Guards, newly equipped with Mk XXII [[Nighthawk]] [[Power Armor (Light)|power armor]], attacked the spread-out Marian troops. The Nighthawks of the Guard were noted for their takedown of VI Legio commander's ''[[Starslayer]]''.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 33: "Black Heart Roses" - Unit's Infantry/Battle Armor forces involved in repelling Marian Hegemony raid in 3071</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 12: "Nighthawk Mk. XXII" - unit's not named but actual armor used noted</ref> The Marian forces included [[battle armor]] troops, and the Black Heart Roses and Briar Patch Guards couldn't track all of the Marian forces; however, the identical appearances of the various warehouses worked in favor of the Niopian forces, and the expert knowledge of the local terrain in and around Chapterhouse provided by Captain Alicia Carmichael allowed the Briar Patch Guards to ambush the Marian forces repeatedly, keeping them off balance.<ref name="WTM"/>

Tensions between Sara and Johann increased following the unit's success against the Hegemony, with increasingly public and vocal rows over Johann's relationship with Carmichael and the ever-mounting expense of Sara's collection. At the time many openly believed that the unit and its commanders would part ways when the Niops contract was due to expire in [[3073]].<ref name=MSU-33/>

On the 14th of January 3076, [[Captain]] [[Alicia Carmichael]] of the NAM was arrested in connection with the bombing of the association council, and charged with treason. Two weeks after being arrested, Carmichael was broken out of prison by the [[Black Heart Roses]]; the prison breakout prompted a battle between the mercenaries and the NAM, with fighting between the two factions continuing until the end of February. The Black Heart Roses were exiled from the Association by way of punishment, but as the mercenaries were leaving Niops VII a mysterious explosion holed their [[DropShip]]. There were no known survivors.<ref name="J:FRp55"/><ref name="JHS:Tp20">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 20: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
* ''[[Whatever the Mess You Are, You're Mine]]''

[[Category:Niops Association Characters|Carmichaele, Alicia]]

Alicia Carmichael - Revision history

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