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Line 20: === Third Succession War === === Third Succession War === − In [[3020]], the Second were stationed on [[Bella I]], but the Guards' Third Battalion was deployed to [[McAffe]] under the command of newly promoted [[Force Commander]] [[Simon Beckner]] as part of an attempt to ambush the mercenary unit [[Snord's Irregulars]]. In retaliation for the number of successful raids and campaigns against the League that the Irregulars had either performed or supported, the League spread rumors that a number of priceless artworks, including a number captured from the Irregulars' museum on [[Clinton]] in [[3017]], were being held in a facility on the Kincaid Peninsula on McAffe. The intent was to lure [[Cranston Snord]] into bringing the Irregulars to McAffe to retrieve the artworks, at which point the Guards' Third Battalion would ambush and destroy the Irregulars.<ref name="Dispatch">''Dispatch''</ref> + In [[3020]] the Second were stationed on [[Bella I]], but the Guards' Third Battalion was deployed to [[McAffe]] under the command of newly promoted [[Force Commander]] [[Simon Beckner]] as part of an attempt to ambush the mercenary unit [[Snord's Irregulars]]. In retaliation for the number of successful raids and campaigns against the League that the Irregulars had either performed or supported, the League spread rumors that a number of priceless artworks, including a number captured from the Irregulars' museum on [[Clinton]] in [[3017]], were being held in a facility on the Kincaid Peninsula on McAffe. The intent was to lure [[Cranston Snord]] into bringing the Irregulars to McAffe to retrieve the artworks, at which point the Guards' Third Battalion would ambush and destroy the Irregulars.<ref name="Dispatch">''Dispatch''</ref> − Snord took the bait, but managed to outfox the ambushers; using one of the rakshasa storms common to McAffe as cover, Snord had his [['Mechs]] enter the ocean at Marggraf's Harbor and then walk across the ocean floor to the Kincaid Peninsula before jumping from the seaward shelf into the rear area of the Third Battalion. They quickly destroyed a [[lance]] of Free Worlds Guards 'Mechs, causing the other lances to withdraw, before securing the artworks and leaving McAffe—leaving the destroyed 'Mechs behind for the Free Worlds Guards to salvage. Snord went so far as to send a taunting message to [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] about the Irregulars' successful retrieval of the artifacts—including a toy dog that had belonged to [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]]—on returning to the Irregulars base on Clinton. Force Commander Beckner was reduced in rank to [[captain]] and recalled to [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] for a board of inquiry for his failure.<ref name="Dispatch"/> + Snord took the bait, but managed to outfox the ambushers; using one of the rakshasa storms common to McAffe as cover, Snord had his [['Mechs]] enter the ocean at Marggraf's Harbor and then walk across the ocean floor to the Kincaid Peninsula before jumping from the seaward shelf into the rear area of the Third Battalion. Quickly destroying a complete [[lance]] of Free Worlds Guards 'Mechs - causing the other lances to withdraw - before securing the artworks and leaving McAffe, leaving the destroyed 'Mechs behind for the Free Worlds Guards to salvage. Snord went so far as to send a taunting message to [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] about the Irregulars' successful retrieval of the artifacts - including a toy dog that had belonged to [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] - on returning to the Irregulars base on Clinton. Force Commander Beckner was reduced in rank to [[Captain]] and recalled to [[Atreus]] for a board of inquiry for his failure.<ref name="Dispatch"/> ===Operation GUERRERO=== ===Operation GUERRERO=== Line 28:
Line 28: ===Jihad=== ===Jihad=== − The Second participated in [[Operation BROKEN FIST]], counterattacking into the [[Lyran Alliance]]. They rebuilt their losses and remained on the Lyran border until the [[Circinus Federation]] invaded [[Poulsbo]] and [[Khon Kaen]]. At that point the Second sent a battalion to the worlds as part of a task force. This battalion was destroyed in the fighting, but the task force successfully ejected the Circinians from both worlds.<ref name=frfwl11>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 11</ref> + The Second participated in [[Operation Broken Fist]], counterattacking into the [[Lyran Alliance]]. They rebuilt their losses and remained on the Lyran border until the [[Circinus Federation]] invaded [[Poulsbo]] and [[Khon Kaen]]. At that point the Second sent a battalion to the worlds as part of a task force. This battalion was destroyed in the fighting, but the task force successfully ejected the Circinians from both worlds.<ref name=frfwl11>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 11</ref> After the dissolution of the Free Worlds League, the Second joined the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]. They then struck into the Circinus Federation, following the strikes by the [[Principality of Regulus]]. Investigating each system, they rooted out and destroyed several [[Word of Blake]] cells that had been missed by the Regulans. Among these hideouts was a Blakist production center on [[Baltazar III]]. The Second Guards returned to [[Tamarind]] in [[3084]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 89</ref> After the dissolution of the Free Worlds League, the Second joined the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]. They then struck into the Circinus Federation, following the strikes by the [[Principality of Regulus]]. Investigating each system, they rooted out and destroyed several [[Word of Blake]] cells that had been missed by the Regulans. Among these hideouts was a Blakist production center on [[Baltazar III]]. The Second Guards returned to [[Tamarind]] in [[3084]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 89</ref> Line 62:
Line 62: :- At this point in time the First Guards was stationed on [[Mangor]].<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp11"/> :- At this point in time the First Guards was stationed on [[Mangor]].<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp11"/> − === 2786–2821=== + === 2786 - 2821=== '''2nd Free Worlds Guards ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=1SWp138>''First Succession War'', p. 138</ref> '''2nd Free Worlds Guards ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=1SWp138>''First Succession War'', p. 138</ref> : Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Mangor]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 68 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[El Giza]].<ref name=1SWp138/> : Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Mangor]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 68 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[El Giza]].<ref name=1SWp138/> Line 98:
Line 98: * CO: Colonel Kamps Stattun * CO: Colonel Kamps Stattun − ===3059–3067=== + ===3059-3067=== '''Second Free Worlds Guards''' (1 Reinforced [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMFWL45/><ref name=FMUp159/> '''Second Free Worlds Guards''' (1 Reinforced [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMFWL45/><ref name=FMUp159/> * CO/1st Battalion: [[Colonel]] Kamps Stattun * CO/1st Battalion: [[Colonel]] Kamps Stattun Line 161:
Line 161: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' * ''[[Dispatch]]'' (in: ''Shrapnel'') * ''[[Dispatch]]'' (in: ''Shrapnel'') Line 172:
Line 171: * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' * ''[[Shrapnel (anthology)|Shrapnel]]'' (anthology) * ''[[Shrapnel (anthology)|Shrapnel]]'' (anthology) − {{div col end}}+ [[Category:Free Worlds League Commands|Free Worlds Guards, 02nd]] [[Category:Free Worlds League Commands|Free Worlds Guards, 02nd]]
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| Previous Designation = | | Previous Designation = | ||
| Nickname = Ever Faithful | | Nickname = Ever Faithful | ||
| − | | Affiliation = | + | | Affiliation = Free Worlds League |
| Parent Command = [[Free Worlds Guards]] | | Parent Command = [[Free Worlds Guards]] | ||
| Sub-Command = | | Sub-Command = | ||
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=== Third Succession War === | === Third Succession War === | ||
| − | In [[3020]] | + | In [[3020]] the Second were stationed on [[Bella I]], but the Guards' Third Battalion was deployed to [[McAffe]] under the command of newly promoted [[Force Commander]] [[Simon Beckner]] as part of an attempt to ambush the mercenary unit [[Snord's Irregulars]]. In retaliation for the number of successful raids and campaigns against the League that the Irregulars had either performed or supported, the League spread rumors that a number of priceless artworks, including a number captured from the Irregulars' museum on [[Clinton]] in [[3017]], were being held in a facility on the Kincaid Peninsula on McAffe. The intent was to lure [[Cranston Snord]] into bringing the Irregulars to McAffe to retrieve the artworks, at which point the Guards' Third Battalion would ambush and destroy the Irregulars.<ref name="Dispatch">''Dispatch''</ref> |
| − | Snord took the bait, but managed to outfox the ambushers; using one of the rakshasa storms common to McAffe as cover, Snord had his [['Mechs]] enter the ocean at Marggraf's Harbor and then walk across the ocean floor to the Kincaid Peninsula before jumping from the seaward shelf into the rear area of the Third Battalion. | + | Snord took the bait, but managed to outfox the ambushers; using one of the rakshasa storms common to McAffe as cover, Snord had his [['Mechs]] enter the ocean at Marggraf's Harbor and then walk across the ocean floor to the Kincaid Peninsula before jumping from the seaward shelf into the rear area of the Third Battalion. Quickly destroying a complete [[lance]] of Free Worlds Guards 'Mechs - causing the other lances to withdraw - before securing the artworks and leaving McAffe, leaving the destroyed 'Mechs behind for the Free Worlds Guards to salvage. Snord went so far as to send a taunting message to [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] about the Irregulars' successful retrieval of the artifacts - including a toy dog that had belonged to [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] - on returning to the Irregulars base on Clinton. Force Commander Beckner was reduced in rank to [[Captain]] and recalled to [[Atreus]] for a board of inquiry for his failure.<ref name="Dispatch"/> |
===Operation GUERRERO=== | ===Operation GUERRERO=== | ||
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===Jihad=== | ===Jihad=== | ||
| − | The Second participated in [[Operation | + | The Second participated in [[Operation Broken Fist]], counterattacking into the [[Lyran Alliance]]. They rebuilt their losses and remained on the Lyran border until the [[Circinus Federation]] invaded [[Poulsbo]] and [[Khon Kaen]]. At that point the Second sent a battalion to the worlds as part of a task force. This battalion was destroyed in the fighting, but the task force successfully ejected the Circinians from both worlds.<ref name=frfwl11>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 11</ref> |
After the dissolution of the Free Worlds League, the Second joined the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]. They then struck into the Circinus Federation, following the strikes by the [[Principality of Regulus]]. Investigating each system, they rooted out and destroyed several [[Word of Blake]] cells that had been missed by the Regulans. Among these hideouts was a Blakist production center on [[Baltazar III]]. The Second Guards returned to [[Tamarind]] in [[3084]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 89</ref> | After the dissolution of the Free Worlds League, the Second joined the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]]. They then struck into the Circinus Federation, following the strikes by the [[Principality of Regulus]]. Investigating each system, they rooted out and destroyed several [[Word of Blake]] cells that had been missed by the Regulans. Among these hideouts was a Blakist production center on [[Baltazar III]]. The Second Guards returned to [[Tamarind]] in [[3084]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 89</ref> | ||
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:- At this point in time the First Guards was stationed on [[Mangor]].<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp11"/> | :- At this point in time the First Guards was stationed on [[Mangor]].<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp11"/> | ||
| − | === | + | === 2786 - 2821=== |
'''2nd Free Worlds Guards ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=1SWp138>''First Succession War'', p. 138</ref> | '''2nd Free Worlds Guards ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=1SWp138>''First Succession War'', p. 138</ref> | ||
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Mangor]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 68 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[El Giza]].<ref name=1SWp138/> | : Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Mangor]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 68 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[El Giza]].<ref name=1SWp138/> | ||
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* CO: Colonel Kamps Stattun | * CO: Colonel Kamps Stattun | ||
| − | === | + | ===3059-3067=== |
'''Second Free Worlds Guards''' (1 Reinforced [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMFWL45/><ref name=FMUp159/> | '''Second Free Worlds Guards''' (1 Reinforced [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMFWL45/><ref name=FMUp159/> | ||
* CO/1st Battalion: [[Colonel]] Kamps Stattun | * CO/1st Battalion: [[Colonel]] Kamps Stattun | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
* ''[[Dispatch]]'' (in: ''Shrapnel'') | * ''[[Dispatch]]'' (in: ''Shrapnel'') | ||
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* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
* ''[[Shrapnel (anthology)|Shrapnel]]'' (anthology) | * ''[[Shrapnel (anthology)|Shrapnel]]'' (anthology) | ||
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[[Category:Free Worlds League Commands|Free Worlds Guards, 02nd]] | [[Category:Free Worlds League Commands|Free Worlds Guards, 02nd]] | ||