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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = [[Image:Alliance Guards -Brigade logo.png|190px|Brigade Insignia of the Commonwealth Guards]] + | image = [[Image:Allianceguards.png|150px]] − | Designation = Commonwealth Guards + | nickname = − | formed = [[3084]] + | parent formation = [[LCAF]]/[[LAAF]] − | Disbanded = + | formed = − | Previous Designation = Alliance Guards+ | year = 3085 − | Nickname = + | unitname = − | Affiliation = [[Lyran Commonwealth]] − | Parent Command = [[LCAF]]/[[LAAF]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} − − Formed in the wake of the Jihad, the '''Commonwealth Guards''' are among the less glamorous brigades of the LCAF. Through its ties to [[Bolan Province|Bolan]] and [[Buena Province|Buena Provinces]], it is something of a regional brigade for the Commonwealth's border with the [[Free Worlds League]]. ==History== ==History== − === Formation === − Formerly known as the [[Alliance Guards]], the brigade was reorganized shortly after the [[Lyran Alliance]] returned to its original name. While some officers recommended combining the remains of the two surviving RCTs into a single unit, [[General of the Armies]] [[Rebecca Simons]] instead devised a plan to form a new defensive brigade. Following the model of the [[1st Buena Guards]], Simons converted the units into three additional LCTs to represent the [[Bolan Province]] and [[Buena Province]]. While some soldiers, particularly those in the [[2nd Bolan Guards]], still felt resentful towards their status, many embraced the restructuring. Most prominently among these was [[Leutnant-General]] [[James Ito]], formerly of the [[5th Alliance Guards]] and now commander of the [[1st Bolan Guards]]. The [[Bremond]]-born officer had come to embrace of the world [[Bolan]] and was considered a "Bolan native" as he planned his eventual retirement there. The LCAF hoped that, by posting these units near the worlds they represented, these soldiers would bond with their adopted homeworlds in the same way Ito did.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'' p. 99, "Commonwealth Guards"</ref> − === Dark Age === + ==Units of the Lyran Reserves== − The Commonwealth Guards as a formation found their attention split during the brief reign of [[Duke]] [[Vedet Brewer]] over the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. With the [[First Hesperus Guards]] relocated away from the front lines to serve as bodyguards on [[Tharkad]] the remaining regiments were spread thinly as they tried to focus on multiple front lines.<ref name="FM:3145p123">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 123, "Commonwealth Guards"</ref>+ * [[1st Buena Guards]]<ref name=FM3085p99/> + * [[2nd Buena Guards]]<ref name=FM3085p99/> + * [[1st Bolan Guards]]<ref name=FM3085p99/> + * [[2nd Bolan Guards]]<ref name=FM3085p99>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 99</ref> − By the time [[Trillian Steiner]] had been declared [[Archon]] the [[First Bolan Guards]] had already been destroyed, fighting a desperate defense on [[Bolan]] against forces from [[Clan Wolf]]. The Archon inherited a Commonwealth Guards [[brigade]] that had been loaded with officers chosen for their loyalty to Duke Brewer, but which she couldn't afford not to deploy because of the huge pressure the Commonwealth was under. The actual combat readiness of the various [[regiment]]s within the brigade varied considerably depending on how close they were to the remaining military production sites still in Lyran hands or how loyal they were to the Archon.<ref name="FM:3145p123"/> − Both the [[1st Buena Guards|First]] and [[Second Buena Guards]] were considered highly loyal to the Archon in [[3145]], particularly after the commanding officer of the First was replaced; the First had extensive experience of fighting Clan Wolf forces, having fought on both [[Bella I]], [[Dixie]] and Tharkad, whilst the Second had performed well on the border between the Commonwealth and the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] prior to the Clan Wolf invasion.<ref name="FM:3145p123"/>+ ==Color Scheme and Insignia== − − The Second Bolan Guards escaped destruction at the hands of Clan Wolf forces because of its position at the time, deep in the Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey; after fighting a rearguard action that bought time for numerous other [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] to retreat the Second was a respected command, but perhaps not entirely trusted. The Second's commanding officer took steps to change this by purging his command of officers of dubious loyalty and by swearing a personal oath of loyalty to the Archon.<ref name="FM:3145p123"/> − − The least-trusted unit of the Guards was the First Hesperus Guards, who had taken part in the revolt against Archon [[Melissa Steiner (32nd c.)|Melissa Steiner]] before serving as Duke Brewer's royal guard - and who then fled with him into the far reaches of the Commonwealth ahead of the Clan Wolf invasion. The Archon couldn't afford to disband the First, but having been granted asylum on the world of [[Alekseyevka]] by the local [[Margrave]] the First hadn't answered a call to return to Tharkad for reassignment as late as 3145.<ref name="FM:3145p123"/> − − Like the [[Commonwealth Jaegers]] the Commonwealth Guard were heavily dependent on defense manufacturers located in the Buena Province, with perhaps the largest source of new equipment being the [[StarCorps Industries]] facilities on [[Loburg]] and [[Son Hoa]],<ref name="FM:3145p121">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 121, "Buena Province"</ref> although the First Buena Guards was able to draw on salvage from the battlefields of Tharkad to help it rebuild.<ref name="FM:3145p123"/> − − ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable" − |- − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command − |- − | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Commonwealth Guards''' − |- − |} − − ==Tactics== − Different per Unit. − ==Units of the Commonwealth Guards== − *[[1st Buena Guards]] − *[[2nd Buena Guards]] − *[[1st Bolan Guards]] − *[[2nd Bolan Guards]] − *[[1st Hesperus Guards]] (until March 3151)<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 22 - Two-month old declaration of Vesper Marches arrives at Tharkad</ref> − − ==Color Scheme and Insignia== ==References== ==References== <references /> <references /> + ==Bibliography== + *''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' + − ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' − * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' [[Category:Lyran Commands|Commonwealth Guards]] [[Category:Lyran Commands|Commonwealth Guards]]
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==History== | ==History== | ||
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| + | * [[2nd Bolan Guards]]<ref name=FM3085p99>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 99</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Lyran Commands|Commonwealth Guards]] | [[Category:Lyran Commands|Commonwealth Guards]] | ||