Tristram's Avengers

Brigade Insignia of the Chesterton Reserves
Tristram's Avengers
Formed ca. 27522765[1]
Disbanded Destroyed during the Second Succession War[2]
Affiliation Capellan Confederation
Parent Command Chesterton Regulars


History[edit]

The origins of Tristram's Avengers lay in the sharp expansion in size of the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces following the repeal of the Council Edict of 2650 by the Star League council in 2752. The CCAF began expanding all of its various brigades at a rapid pace, increasing the size of the Chesterton Regulars with the addition of two newly-formed regiments between 2752 and 2765; one of those two regiments was Tristram's Avengers.[1]

By 2765 Tristram's Avengers were a full regiment in size, with a large percentage of the Avengers' personnel having been recruited under rather dubious circumstances, including the Commanding Officer of the regiment, Colonel Tristram Sterne. The Avengers recruited expatriate Chestertonians from Federated Suns space, freely allowing those expatriates to enlist under pseudonyms - the stated reason for doing so being that it was "to protect their kin back home from unjust retribution by Chesterton's illegal occupiers". This made the Avengers one of two regiments in the Chesterton regulars founded from expatriate Chestertonians, the other being the Ariana Grenadiers, and in both cases the Federated Suns had made demands for many of the enlisted personnel to be extradited back to the Federated Suns to face criminal charges.[1]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Tristram's Avengers
Colonel Tristram Sterne 2765[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

2765[edit]

Tristram's Avengers In 2765 the Avengers were a regular regiment and were stationed on Conwy, but the Avengers were considered to be of questionable loyalty.[1]

2786–2821[edit]

Tristram's Avengers (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)[3]

- At this point in time the Avengers were an assault-weight regiment operating at full strength and were stationed on Conwy.[3] In 2821 the unit was operating at just below two-thirds of full strength, and were stationed on Rio.[3]

2830[edit]

Tristram's Avengers (Regiment/Veteran,/Questionable)[2]

Note: At this point in time the assault-weight unit was stationed on Rio with an operational readiness of 100 percent.[2] The unit was destroyed during the war.[2]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Field Report 2765: CCAF, p. 10
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Second Succession War, p. 95
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 First Succession War, p. 135: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF) - Deployment Table"

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