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Line 18: ==History== ==History== − Founded sometime in the later days of the Third Succession War by former [[AFFS]] officer [[Morgan Graeme]], the Sixth worked exclusively with the Federated Suns. When the Third Succession War ended in [[3025]] they were attached to the [[First Crucis Lancers]] on [[Tancredi IV]].<ref name=HDFS>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 136: "’Mech Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=HotNW>''BattleTechnology 0203'', pp. 30-39: "Howl of the Northwind"</ref> In [[3028]] all eight [[regiments]] of the [[Crucis Lancers]] [[brigade]], totaling over eighty regiments, massed on [[Mira]], with the Sixth among them in preparation for the Fourth Succession War.<ref name=NAIS1p10>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 10: "Operations GALAHAD and THOR, 3028"</ref> This massing of troops on Mira was unknown to the [[Capellan Confederation]] at the time (the public dissemination of [[Operation GALAHAD]] troop movements so as to "not provoke any unnecessary concerns among our neighbors" would not come until June<ref name=NAIS1p10/>) but they had detected an increase in traffic consistent with GALAHAD preparations. Concerned by the regional build up, but assuming Mira was still hosting only the [[Second Crucis Lancers]], the Confederation still dispatched an ''ad hoc'' battalion of the [[Second Kearny Highlanders]], administratively designated the 4th Battalion, under [[Ian Fraser]] for a reconnaissance in force. They [[Battle of Mira (3028)|landed]] on 7 April [[3028]] not in the polar regions where previous raids had targeted, but in the equatorial jungles where the [[Maskirovka]] suspected a base for GALAHAD was located. Fraser managed to come close enough to the base to see the size of it, and the regimental colors of each RCT before making a forced march back to the waiting [[DropShip]] when the untenable tactical situation fully dawned on him. It was then that the Sixth stuck, maneuvering in through the marshy swamp terrain that Fraser had deemed impassable to BattleMechs but hovercraft held no such limitations. A mixed company of [[Saracen]], [[Whirlwind (Combat Vehicle)|Whirlwind]], and [[Drillson]] tanks harassed the Highlanders, causing enough havoc to fix the unit in place long enough for the ’Mechs to move in for the kill. Very few Highlanders escaped Mira, and those that did weren't believed when they spoke of the concentration of forces there. + Founded sometime in the later days of the Third Succession War by former [[AFFS]] officer [[Morgan Graeme]], the Sixth worked exclusively with the Federated Suns. When the Third Succession War ended in [[3025]] they were attached to the [[First Crucis Lancers]] on [[Tancredi IV]].<ref name=HDFS>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 136: "’Mech Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=HotNW>''BattleTechnology 0203'', pp. 30-39: "Howl of the Northwind"</ref> In [[3028]] all eight [[regiments]] of the [[Crucis Lancers]] [[brigade]], totaling over eighty regiments, massed on [[Mira]], with the Sixth among them in preparation for the Fourth Succession War.<ref name=NAIS1p10>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 10: "Operations GALAHAD and THOR, 3028"</ref> This massing of troops on Mira was unknown to the [[Capellan Confederation]] at the time (the public dissemination of [[Operation GALAHAD]] troop movements so as to "not provoke any unnecessary concerns among our neighbors" would not come until June<ref name=NAIS1p10/>) but they had detected an increase in traffic consistent with GALAHAD preparations. Concerned by the regional build up, but assuming Mira was still hosting only the [[Second Crucis Lancers]], the Confederation still dispatched an ''ad hoc'' battalion of the [[Second Kearny Highlanders]], administratively designated the 4th Battalion, under [[Ian Fraser]] for a reconnaissance in force. They [[Battle of Mira (3028)|landed]] on 7 April [[3028]] not in the polar regions where previous raids had targeted, but in the equatorial jungles where the [[Maskirovka]] suspected a base for GALAHAD was located. Fraser managed to come close enough to the base to see the size of it, and the regimental colors of each RCT before making a forced march back to the waiting [[DropShip]] when the untenable tactical situation fully dawned on him. It was then that the Sixth stuck, maneuvering in through the marshy swamp terrain that Fraser had deemed impassable to BattleMechs but hovercraft held no such limitations. A mixed company of [[Saracen]], [[Whirlwind]], and [[Drillson]] tanks harassed the Highlanders, causing enough havoc to fix the unit in place long enough for the ’Mechs to move in for the kill. Very few Highlanders escaped Mira, and those that did weren't believed when they spoke of the concentration of forces there. The Sixth presumably accompanied the First Crucis to [[Battle of Tikonov (3028)|invade]] [[Tikonov]] in the second wave of [[Operation RAT]], then [[Achernar]] in the third wave, and [[Bharat]] in the fourth. The Sixth presumably accompanied the First Crucis to [[Battle of Tikonov (3028)|invade]] [[Tikonov]] in the second wave of [[Operation RAT]], then [[Achernar]] in the third wave, and [[Bharat]] in the fourth.
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| − | Founded sometime in the later days of the Third Succession War by former [[AFFS]] officer [[Morgan Graeme]], the Sixth worked exclusively with the Federated Suns. When the Third Succession War ended in [[3025]] they were attached to the [[First Crucis Lancers]] on [[Tancredi IV]].<ref name=HDFS>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 136: "’Mech Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=HotNW>''BattleTechnology 0203'', pp. 30-39: "Howl of the Northwind"</ref> In [[3028]] all eight [[regiments]] of the [[Crucis Lancers]] [[brigade]], totaling over eighty regiments, massed on [[Mira]], with the Sixth among them in preparation for the Fourth Succession War.<ref name=NAIS1p10>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 10: "Operations GALAHAD and THOR, 3028"</ref> This massing of troops on Mira was unknown to the [[Capellan Confederation]] at the time (the public dissemination of [[Operation GALAHAD]] troop movements so as to "not provoke any unnecessary concerns among our neighbors" would not come until June<ref name=NAIS1p10/>) but they had detected an increase in traffic consistent with GALAHAD preparations. Concerned by the regional build up, but assuming Mira was still hosting only the [[Second Crucis Lancers]], the Confederation still dispatched an ''ad hoc'' battalion of the [[Second Kearny Highlanders]], administratively designated the 4th Battalion, under [[Ian Fraser]] for a reconnaissance in force. They [[Battle of Mira (3028)|landed]] on 7 April [[3028]] not in the polar regions where previous raids had targeted, but in the equatorial jungles where the [[Maskirovka]] suspected a base for GALAHAD was located. Fraser managed to come close enough to the base to see the size of it, and the regimental colors of each RCT before making a forced march back to the waiting [[DropShip]] when the untenable tactical situation fully dawned on him. It was then that the Sixth stuck, maneuvering in through the marshy swamp terrain that Fraser had deemed impassable to BattleMechs but hovercraft held no such limitations. A mixed company of [[Saracen]], [[ | + | Founded sometime in the later days of the Third Succession War by former [[AFFS]] officer [[Morgan Graeme]], the Sixth worked exclusively with the Federated Suns. When the Third Succession War ended in [[3025]] they were attached to the [[First Crucis Lancers]] on [[Tancredi IV]].<ref name=HDFS>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 136: "’Mech Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=HotNW>''BattleTechnology 0203'', pp. 30-39: "Howl of the Northwind"</ref> In [[3028]] all eight [[regiments]] of the [[Crucis Lancers]] [[brigade]], totaling over eighty regiments, massed on [[Mira]], with the Sixth among them in preparation for the Fourth Succession War.<ref name=NAIS1p10>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 10: "Operations GALAHAD and THOR, 3028"</ref> This massing of troops on Mira was unknown to the [[Capellan Confederation]] at the time (the public dissemination of [[Operation GALAHAD]] troop movements so as to "not provoke any unnecessary concerns among our neighbors" would not come until June<ref name=NAIS1p10/>) but they had detected an increase in traffic consistent with GALAHAD preparations. Concerned by the regional build up, but assuming Mira was still hosting only the [[Second Crucis Lancers]], the Confederation still dispatched an ''ad hoc'' battalion of the [[Second Kearny Highlanders]], administratively designated the 4th Battalion, under [[Ian Fraser]] for a reconnaissance in force. They [[Battle of Mira (3028)|landed]] on 7 April [[3028]] not in the polar regions where previous raids had targeted, but in the equatorial jungles where the [[Maskirovka]] suspected a base for GALAHAD was located. Fraser managed to come close enough to the base to see the size of it, and the regimental colors of each RCT before making a forced march back to the waiting [[DropShip]] when the untenable tactical situation fully dawned on him. It was then that the Sixth stuck, maneuvering in through the marshy swamp terrain that Fraser had deemed impassable to BattleMechs but hovercraft held no such limitations. A mixed company of [[Saracen]], [[Whirlwind]], and [[Drillson]] tanks harassed the Highlanders, causing enough havoc to fix the unit in place long enough for the ’Mechs to move in for the kill. Very few Highlanders escaped Mira, and those that did weren't believed when they spoke of the concentration of forces there. |
The Sixth presumably accompanied the First Crucis to [[Battle of Tikonov (3028)|invade]] [[Tikonov]] in the second wave of [[Operation RAT]], then [[Achernar]] in the third wave, and [[Bharat]] in the fourth. | The Sixth presumably accompanied the First Crucis to [[Battle of Tikonov (3028)|invade]] [[Tikonov]] in the second wave of [[Operation RAT]], then [[Achernar]] in the third wave, and [[Bharat]] in the fourth. | ||