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==History & Description==
The '''Chirikof Operational Area''' - also referred to as the '''Crucis March Edgeward Alpha Combat Theater''' - was a regional command within the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]]. One of the subdivisions of the [[Crucis March]], the Chirikof Operational Area was a completely military administration, with no civilian governing responsibilities, and was traditionally commanded by a [[Field Marshal]]. As an Operational Area the Chirikof OA had command authority over a number of smaller regional commands commonly known as [[Polymorphous Defense Zone]]s or Combat Regions, although during the era of the [[Federated Commonwealth]] the PDZs were simply known as Commands.<ref name="FM:FSp17">''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 17: "Combat Theater"</ref><ref name="FM:FSp17A">''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 17: "Polymorphous Defense Zone/Combat Region"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp125">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 125: "Combat Theater/Operation Area"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp125A">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 125: "Polymorphous Defense Zone/Combat Region"</ref>

At the end of the [[Age of War]] in [[2571]] the Chirikof OA encompassed three PDZs,<ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571]"</ref> including the entire of the region occupied thirty years previously by the [[United Hindu Collective]].<ref name="ED:AOWp8">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 8: "United Hindu Collective [2540]"</ref> The size and scope of the Chirikof OA remained largely stable during the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] although the number of inhabited systems declined, in common with other regions of the Federated Suns.<ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067]"</ref><ref name="FM:Up139">''Field Manual: Updates'', pp. 139–140: "Edgeward Alpha Combat Theater (Chirikof Operational Area)"</ref> At some point between the end of the [[Third Succession War]] and [[3054]] the Chirikof OA was restructured slightly, with the Kearny and Remagen Combat Regions being redesignated the Malagrotta and Nunivak Combat Regions, respectively,<ref name="HD(TFS)p138"/><ref name="ORp16"/> although by the end of the [[FedCom Civil War]] the Nunivak Combat Region had been replaced once more with the Remagen Combat Region.<ref name="FM:Up139"/>

The most significant change in the borders of the Chirikof OA came in the aftermath of the [[Jihad]]; during the Jihad, a significant number of worlds within the Malagrotta PDZ had broken away from the Federated Suns, forming a new nation - the [[Malagrotta Cooperative]].<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref><ref name="JHS3076p26">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 26: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp51">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 51: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> One of the responses to this was [[Princess-Regent]] [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]] establishing a new March, the [[Periphery March (Federated Suns)|Periphery March]]; creating the [[June Operational Area]] as a part of the new Periphery March, the former Islamabad and Malagrotta PDZs were incorporated into the new March, along with a trio of systems from the Remagen PDZ, leaving the Chirikof OA responsible for just one PDZ.<ref name="FM:3085p52">''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 52–53: "Camelot Summit"</ref><ref name="FM:3085pVii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085]"</ref><ref name="FM:3085p71">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 71: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref> This would remain the case throughout the [[Dark Age]].<ref name="FM:3145p92">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 92: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref><ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>

== Commanding Officers ==
====3025====
** Islamabad Combat Region- (Commander: [[Major General]] [[Lucille Carlton]]; Aide: [[General]] [[Harold Greenspan]])<ref name=HB:HDp138>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 138 (PDF Version): "'Mech Unit Deployment Table"</ref>
** Kearny Combat Region- (Commander: Major General [[Elizabeth Henders]]; Aide: [[Colonel]] [[Paul Gevin]])
** Remagen Combat Region- (Commander: Major General [[Xerxes Davion]]; Aide: Colonel [[Rodney Viele]])

====3050====
* Operational Area Commander: [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[Gilbert Akers]]; Aide: [[Hauptmann-General]] [[James Flinn]]<ref name=20YUp22>''20 Year Update'', p. 22: "Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth"</ref>
** Islamabad Combat Region- (Commander: Hauptmann-General Lucille Carlton; Aide: [[Leftenant General]] [[James Brady]])
** Malagrotta Combat Region- (Commander: Hauptmann-General [[Daniel Ralacy]]; Aide: Leftenant General [[Rosemary Harshman]])
** Nunivak Combat Region- (Commander: Hauptmann-General [[Brenda Mast]]; Aide: Leftenant General [[Victoria Seymour]])

====3054====
* Operational Area Commander: Marshal James Flinn; Aide: Hauptmann-General [[Bertram Winn]]<ref name="ORp16">''Objective Raids'', p. 16: "Edgeward Alpha Combat Theater (Chirikof Operations Area)"</ref>
** Islamabad Combat Region- (Commander: Hauptmann-General Lucille Carlton; Aide: Leftenant General James Brady)
** Malagrotta Combat Region- (Commander: Hauptmann-General [[David Paulson]]; Aide: Leftenant General [[Rudolph Bratge]])
** Nunivak Combat Region- (Commander: Hauptmann-General Brenda Mast; Aide: Leftenant General Victoria Seymour)

====3067====
* Operational Area Commander: [[Field Marshal]] [[Suzane Lipstein]]; Aide: Marshal [[Ophelia Trimple]]<ref name="FM:Up139"/>
** Islamabad Combat Region- (Commander: General [[Bryan Kelm]]; Aide: Major General [[Ulpio Badalamenti]])
** Malagrotta Combat Region- (Commander: General [[Kirk DeYoung]]; Aide: Major General [[Garman Doucette]])
** Remagen Combat Region- (Commander: General [[Hans Scheller]]; Aide: Major General [[Rory Paddock]])

====3085====
* Operational Area Commander: Field Marshal [[Ophelia Trimple]]; Aide: Marshal [[Alexander Sanromea-Davion]])<ref name="FM:3085p71"/>
** Point Barrow Combat Region- (Commander: General [[Allie McNab]]; Aide: General [[Fernando Zibler]])
** Remagen Combat Region- (Commander: General [[Aiko Hiriki]]; Aide: Major General [[Chris Giraud]])
** Tsamma Combat Region- (Commander: Marshal [[Fred Exley]]; Aide: General [[Iren Qadei]])

====3145====
* Operational Area Commander: Field Marshal [[Joe Kelley]]; Aide: Marshal [[Bill Scott]]<ref name="FM:3145p92"/>
** Remagen Combat Region- (Commander: Marshal [[Vickie Pratt]]; Aide: General [[Tanya Sanromea-Davion]])

== Sub Regions ==
The following sub-regions have all been a part of the Chirikof OA at some point during their history:

* Islamabad Combat Region<ref name="HD(TFS)p138">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 138: "'Mech Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="ORp16"/><ref name="FM:Up139"/>
* Kearny Combat Region<ref name="HD(TFS)p138"/>
* Malagrotta Combat Region<ref name="ORp16"/><ref name="FM:Up139"/>
* Nunivak Combat Region<ref name="ORp16"/>
* Point Barrow Combat Region<ref name="FM:3085p71"/>
* Remagen Combat Region<ref name="HD(TFS)p138"/><ref name="FM:Up139"/><ref name="FM:3085p71"/><ref name="FM:3145p92"/>
* Tsamma Combat Region<ref name="FM:3085p71"/>

==Systems of Note==

===Capital===
* [[Chirikof]]

=== Regional Capitals ===
* [[Islamabad]] (Islamabad CR)<ref name="HD(TFS)p138"/><ref name="ORp16"/><ref name="FM:Up139"/>
* [[Malagrotta]] (Malagrotta CR)<ref name="ORp16"/><ref name="FM:Up139"/>
* [[Nunivak]] (Nunivak CR)<ref name="ORp16"/>
* [[Remagen]] (Remagen CR)<ref name="HD(TFS)p138"/><ref name="FM:Up139"/><ref name="FM:3085p71"/><ref name="FM:3145p92"/>
* [[Vackisujfalu]] (Kearny CR)<ref name="HD(TFS)p138"/>

==See Also==
* [[Crucis March]]
* [[Periphery March (Federated Suns)|Periphery March]]
* [[Federated Suns]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Era Digest: Age of War]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''

[[Category: Federated Suns Regions|Crucis March|Chirikof Operational Area]]

Chirikof Operational Area - Revision history

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