XII Principes Guards

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XII Principes Guards
Disbanded 3150
Affiliation Republic of the Sphere
Parent Command Principes Guards


History[edit]

The Dark Ages[edit]

In 3145, as the Principes Guards were rebuilt alongside the other units of the Republic Armed Forces, the Twelfth Principes Guards found itself under a certain amount of scrutiny. A significant proportion of the Twelfth's personnel were former corporate security personnel who had worked for Kressly Technologies before retiring in the wake of an incident involving a spy from the Capellan Confederation.[1]

All of the former Kressly personnel underwent security checks administered by the Department of Military Intelligence and were cleared for service, but the Twelfth was still regarded with suspicion by many. Following the relocation of the Twelfth to the Epsilon Indi system the commanding officer - Colonel Sadia Okeke - hoped that the change in garrison posting would give the regiment an opportunity to reduce the tension associated with the Kressly scandal and thereby allow her to concentrate on developing the Twelfth as a cohesive unit.[1]

As part of Operation ERUPTIO the Twelfth and XII Triarii Protectors attacked Quentin. The Guards held off the planetary militia while the Protectors wrecked military infrastructure. The Twelfth, along with the rest of Army Group Two, landed on Ozawa, where the First Ghost and Ryuken-go regiments attacked. The Twelfth took the brunt of the initial fighting. However a week later the DCMS troops withdrew a week after they landed when the Republic's Army Group One landed on Ozawa.[2]

The Eleventh and Twelfth Principes took part in the Republic's successful liberation of Robinson for the Federated Suns. Two lances of the fearsome Marauder IIC drawn from the Eleventh and Twelfth Principes would brutally savage the Draconis Combine's elite Seventh Sword of Light during the siege of Bueller, downing over fifteen Seventh Sword 'Mechs. Reinforcements from the First Ghost and Ryuken-go would ultimately cost half the attacking Principes Marauder IICs, but the remainder held the line long enough for additional Republic forces to arrive and smash the Combine flanks.[3] The Eleventh and Twelfth's goal was to contain the Seventh Sword of Light in Bueller, and they succeeded in doing this.[4] The First Ghost attempted to flank the Eleventh, but the Twelfth was in place to drive the Ghost back.[5]

After Operation ERUPTIO ended, the Twelfth relocated to Shiloh to rebuild. The Twelfth then joined Second Army Group's attack on Phecda, which began on April 12, 3150. They drove the Wolves' Eleventh Battle Cluster off Phecda. However, loyal Wolf citizens passively opposed the Republic forces on the world, and the Twelfth couldn't offer effective resistance to three Wolf front-line Clusters that landed in May. They, and the 2nd Fides Defenders withdrew further into the Republic.[6] When they landed on Pollux, they took time to reorganize. In October 3150 elements of the Wolves' Alpha Galaxy landed on Pollux and attacked the Twelfth with precise and methodical attacks. The Twelfth was effectively destroyed in this combat, with the best surviving soldiers taken as bondsmen.[7]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of XII Principes Guards
Colonel Sadia Okeke 3145[8]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

3145[edit]

XII Principes Guards (2 Battalions/Veteran/Questionable)[8]

  • CO: Colonel Sadia Okeke

1240th Armor Brigade (Regular/Questionable)[8]

1240th Infantry Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[8]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: 3145, 141, "Principes Guards"
  2. Shattered Fortress, p. 66, "Fear and Confusion"
  3. Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 6, p. 10 "Marauder IIC"
  4. Shattered Fortress, p. 76
  5. Shattered Fortress, p. 77
  6. Shattered Fortress, p. 86
  7. Shattered Fortress, p. 91, "The Jaws Close"
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. 144, "Republic Armed Forces - Principes Guards"

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