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Line 3: | Designation = Gamma Regiment | Designation = Gamma Regiment | Formed = c. [[3025]]<ref name=HD138/> | Formed = c. [[3025]]<ref name=HD138/> − | Disbanded = [[3069]] <small>(destroyed)</small><ref name=JSTBDp20>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 20: "Operation THUNDERSTRIKE, Wave 4"</ref> + | Disbanded = [[3069]] <small>(destroyed)</small><ref name=JisSec>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 20: "Operation THUNDERSTRIKE, Wave 4"</ref> | Previous Designation = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = Velia's Dancers <small>(3025)<ref name=HD138/></small> | Nickname = Velia's Dancers <small>(3025)<ref name=HD138/></small> Line 13:
Line 13: }} }} ==History== ==History== − The Twelfth Vegan Rangers' '''Gamma Regiment''' and its sister unit, [[Delta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Delta]], were formed sometime around the turn of the [[thirty-first century]] by the reigning [[Duke of Verde|Duchess of Verde]], Sarah Nelson, out of the salvage gathered by the wildly successful Alpha and Beta Regiments.<ref name=FMMR110/> + The Twelfth Vegan Rangers' '''Gamma Regiment''' and its sister unit, [[Delta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Delta]], were formed sometime around the turn of the 31st century by the reigning [[Duke of Verde|Duchess of Verde]], Sarah Nelson, out of the salvage gathered by the wildly successful Alpha and Beta Regiments.<ref name=FMMR110/> ===Fourth Succession War=== ===Fourth Succession War=== ====Poznan, Buchlau, Shipka, and Wei==== ====Poznan, Buchlau, Shipka, and Wei==== − During the events of [[Operation RAT]], Gamma Regiment, led by [[Colonel]] [[Vella Delacroix]], joined with [[Delta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Delta Regiment]] and assisted the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] in capturing several worlds from the [[Capellan Confederation]]. In Wave One, they secured [[Poznan]] by liberating the planet's majority of ethnic Hispanic citizens from the oppressive rule of the elite minority, who were mostly of Chinese extraction. By convincing the citizens to take up arms, Colonel Delacroix created a planetary militia that was willing to secure the planet and eager to join the fold of the Federated Suns when the time came. In Wave Two, Gamma Regiment's forces easily secured [[Buchlau]] from the hands of the meager planetary militia, then proceeded to capture [[Shipka]] in Wave Four. To their great fortune, they secured a valuable cache of JumpShip parts that was hidden on that world. As their string of proven successes grew, AFFS command sought to use their talents in different places. In Wave Five, Gamma's Second Battalion was detached to fight alongside other [[AFFS]] units on [[Zaurak]], while the First and Third joined with Delta Regiment to attack the planet of [[Wei]], held by the formidable [[Sung's Cuirassiers]].<ref name=NAISv1p32+>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', pp. 32–33, 86</ref><ref name=FSWv242>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', pp. 42–43: "Wei"</ref> + During the events of [[Operation RAT]], Gamma Regiment, led by [[Colonel]] Velia Delacroix, joined with [[Delta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Delta Regiment]] and assisted the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] in capturing several worlds from the [[Capellan Confederation]]. In Wave One, they secured [[Poznan]] by liberating the planet's majority of ethnic Hispanic citizens from the oppressive rule of the elite minority, who were mostly of Chinese extraction. By convincing the citizens to take up arms, Colonel Delacroix created a planetary militia that was willing to secure the planet and eager to join the fold of the Federated Suns when the time came. In Wave Two, Gamma Regiment's forces easily secured [[Buchlau]] from the hands of the meager planetary militia, then proceeded to capture [[Shipka]] in Wave Four. To their great fortune, they secured a valuable cache of JumpShip parts that was hidden on that world. As their string of proven successes grew, AFFS command sought to use their talents in different places. In Wave Five, Gamma's Second Battalion was detached to fight alongside other [[AFFS]] units on [[Zaurak]], while the First and Third joined with Delta Regiment to attack the planet of [[Wei]], held by the formidable [[Sung's Cuirassiers]].<ref name=FSWv1>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', pp. 32–33, 86</ref><ref name=FSWv242>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', pp. 42–43: "Wei"</ref> − AFFS command made no effort to conceal the difficulty of the invasion of Wei, or the likelihood that the enemy would resort to desperate measures in their defense when they offered the job to the Rangers. [[Colonel]] [[Mitch Nelson]], leading the detachment of Rangers slated for Wei, was undeterred, taking the job for triple the pay and the promise that any Rangers affected by any potential chemical or biological weapons encountered would receive the best medical care the Federated Suns had to offer. Nelson landed the Rangers in a scattered, unpredictable pattern across the planet's southern continent, catching the garrisoning Capellans off guard and allowing the Rangers to make rapid progress. The Capellans deployed chemical munitions several times in a desperate attempt to keep Delta and Gamma at bay but the AFFS medical forces on planet were able to quickly develop strategies to mitigate the effects of UrbStryc-A, keeping casualties low. Gamma and Delta pushed towards the planet's capital, Vandannis City, sending lance-sized elements down a massive raised highway towards their objective. The Cuirassiers, seeing the moment as a now or never opportunity, met the Rangers on the highway near a small town named Bonganville.<ref name=FSWv242/> + AFFS command made no effort to conceal the difficulty of the invasion of Wei, or the likelihood that the enemy would resort to desperate measures in their defense when they offered the job to the Rangers. [[Colonel]] [[Mitch Nelson]], leading the detachment of Rangers slated for Wei, was undeterred, taking the job for triple the pay and the promise that any Rangers affected by any potential chemical or biological weapons encountered would receive the best medical care the Federated Suns had to offer. Nelson landed the Rangers in a scattered, unpredictable pattern across the planet's southern continent, catching the garrisoning Capellans off guard and allowing the Rangers to make rapid progress. The Capellans deployed chemical munitions several times in a desperate attempt to keep Delta and Gamma at bay but the AFFS medical forces on planet were able to quickly develop strategies to mitigate the effects of UrbStryc-A, keeping casualties low. Gamma and Delta pushed towards the planet's capital, Vandannis City, sending lance-sized elements down a massive raised highway towards their objective. The Cuirassiers, seeing the moment as a now or never opportunity, met the Rangers on the highway near a small town named Boganville.<ref name=FSWv242/> With air support stacked overhead to respond to any attempts to deploy chemical munitions, Nelson moved the Rangers ahead and met the Cuirassiers head-on at the impromptu barricades CCAF units had constructed. The Capellans used the height and broken nature of the terrain to marshal their tanks effectively, costing the Rangers many 'Mechs and infantry. Bombardment with improvised UrbStryc-A shells caused even more losses before one of them exploded at a Capellan battery, killing the crew. Aerospace fighters eliminated the remaining batteries, but not before the lethal toxin soaked the Ranger 'Mechs' air filters. Given a hard time limit before they were annihilated, the Rangers of Gamma and Delta Regiment fought with even greater ferocity, driving the Cuirassiers back and securing the planet. Despite securing the objective, the campaign cost the Twelfth Vegan Rangers almost two battalions of personnel, one of the most costly engagements of the Fourth Succession War.<ref name=FSWv242/> With air support stacked overhead to respond to any attempts to deploy chemical munitions, Nelson moved the Rangers ahead and met the Cuirassiers head-on at the impromptu barricades CCAF units had constructed. The Capellans used the height and broken nature of the terrain to marshal their tanks effectively, costing the Rangers many 'Mechs and infantry. Bombardment with improvised UrbStryc-A shells caused even more losses before one of them exploded at a Capellan battery, killing the crew. Aerospace fighters eliminated the remaining batteries, but not before the lethal toxin soaked the Ranger 'Mechs' air filters. Given a hard time limit before they were annihilated, the Rangers of Gamma and Delta Regiment fought with even greater ferocity, driving the Cuirassiers back and securing the planet. Despite securing the objective, the campaign cost the Twelfth Vegan Rangers almost two battalions of personnel, one of the most costly engagements of the Fourth Succession War.<ref name=FSWv242/> Line 51:
Line 51: ===Jihad=== ===Jihad=== {{sectionstub}} {{sectionstub}} − In 3069, Gamma fought the First and Second St. Ives Lancers on Jaipur and was destroyed there.<ref name=JSTBDp20/> + In 3069, Gamma fought the First and Second St. Ives Lancers on Jaipur and was destroyed there.<ref name=JisSec/> ==Officers== ==Officers== Line 62:
Line 62: | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Gamma Regiment''' | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Gamma Regiment''' |- |- − |[[Colonel]]||[[Vella Delacroix]]||[[3028]]<ref name=name=FSWv119>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Atlas Volume 1'', p. 19</ref> + | [[Colonel]]||[[Timothy Riley]]||[[3028]]<ref name=NAIS4SW2>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Atlas, Volume II''</ref> − |- − | Colonel||[[Timothy Riley]]||[[3028]]<ref name=FSWv2105/> |- |- | Colonel||[[Connie Desantis]]||[[3039]]<ref name=H3039p26>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 28: "Wave One"</ref><ref name=HWo3039p141/><ref name=ORp17/> - [[3057]]<ref name=FMMercsp87/> | Colonel||[[Connie Desantis]]||[[3039]]<ref name=H3039p26>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 28: "Wave One"</ref><ref name=HWo3039p141/><ref name=ORp17/> - [[3057]]<ref name=FMMercsp87/> Line 81:
Line 79: ===3025=== ===3025=== '''Gamma Regiment''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HD138>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 138</ref> '''Gamma Regiment''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HD138>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 138</ref> − :*CO: Colonel Vella Delacroix + :*CO: Colonel Velia Delacroix :*Base: [[Edwards]]<ref name=HD138/> :*Base: [[Edwards]]<ref name=HD138/> ===3028=== ===3028=== − '''Gamma Regiment''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FSWv2105/> + '''Gamma Regiment''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=NAIS4SW2/> :*CO: Colonel Timothy Riley :*CO: Colonel Timothy Riley :*Base: [[New Aragon]]<ref name=FSWv2105/> :*Base: [[New Aragon]]<ref name=FSWv2105/> Line 123:
Line 121: :* Armor Commander: [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] Tim Davidson :* Armor Commander: [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] Tim Davidson :Note: The fighting on [[Algol]] cost them two complete battalions, but with the salvage they recovered, the Second rebuilt itself with [[Brutus]] and [[Po]] designs. :Note: The fighting on [[Algol]] cost them two complete battalions, but with the salvage they recovered, the Second rebuilt itself with [[Brutus]] and [[Po]] designs. − − ==Notes== − * Bonganville is spelled Boganville in ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' and ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''. ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' is the most recent canon publication and thus its spelling of Bonganville takes precedence. ==References== ==References== Line 137:
Line 132: * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' − * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]'' * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' * ''[[Objective Raids]]''
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| Designation = Gamma Regiment | | Designation = Gamma Regiment | ||
| Formed = c. [[3025]]<ref name=HD138/> | | Formed = c. [[3025]]<ref name=HD138/> | ||
| − | | Disbanded = [[3069]] <small>(destroyed)</small><ref name= | + | | Disbanded = [[3069]] <small>(destroyed)</small><ref name=JisSec>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 20: "Operation THUNDERSTRIKE, Wave 4"</ref> |
| Previous Designation = | | Previous Designation = | ||
| Nickname = Velia's Dancers <small>(3025)<ref name=HD138/></small> | | Nickname = Velia's Dancers <small>(3025)<ref name=HD138/></small> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The Twelfth Vegan Rangers' '''Gamma Regiment''' and its sister unit, [[Delta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Delta]], were formed sometime around the turn of the | + | The Twelfth Vegan Rangers' '''Gamma Regiment''' and its sister unit, [[Delta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Delta]], were formed sometime around the turn of the 31st century by the reigning [[Duke of Verde|Duchess of Verde]], Sarah Nelson, out of the salvage gathered by the wildly successful Alpha and Beta Regiments.<ref name=FMMR110/> |
===Fourth Succession War=== | ===Fourth Succession War=== | ||
====Poznan, Buchlau, Shipka, and Wei==== | ====Poznan, Buchlau, Shipka, and Wei==== | ||
| − | During the events of [[Operation RAT]], Gamma Regiment, led by [[Colonel]] | + | During the events of [[Operation RAT]], Gamma Regiment, led by [[Colonel]] Velia Delacroix, joined with [[Delta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Delta Regiment]] and assisted the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] in capturing several worlds from the [[Capellan Confederation]]. In Wave One, they secured [[Poznan]] by liberating the planet's majority of ethnic Hispanic citizens from the oppressive rule of the elite minority, who were mostly of Chinese extraction. By convincing the citizens to take up arms, Colonel Delacroix created a planetary militia that was willing to secure the planet and eager to join the fold of the Federated Suns when the time came. In Wave Two, Gamma Regiment's forces easily secured [[Buchlau]] from the hands of the meager planetary militia, then proceeded to capture [[Shipka]] in Wave Four. To their great fortune, they secured a valuable cache of JumpShip parts that was hidden on that world. As their string of proven successes grew, AFFS command sought to use their talents in different places. In Wave Five, Gamma's Second Battalion was detached to fight alongside other [[AFFS]] units on [[Zaurak]], while the First and Third joined with Delta Regiment to attack the planet of [[Wei]], held by the formidable [[Sung's Cuirassiers]].<ref name=FSWv1>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', pp. 32–33, 86</ref><ref name=FSWv242>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', pp. 42–43: "Wei"</ref> |
| − | AFFS command made no effort to conceal the difficulty of the invasion of Wei, or the likelihood that the enemy would resort to desperate measures in their defense when they offered the job to the Rangers. [[Colonel]] [[Mitch Nelson]], leading the detachment of Rangers slated for Wei, was undeterred, taking the job for triple the pay and the promise that any Rangers affected by any potential chemical or biological weapons encountered would receive the best medical care the Federated Suns had to offer. Nelson landed the Rangers in a scattered, unpredictable pattern across the planet's southern continent, catching the garrisoning Capellans off guard and allowing the Rangers to make rapid progress. The Capellans deployed chemical munitions several times in a desperate attempt to keep Delta and Gamma at bay but the AFFS medical forces on planet were able to quickly develop strategies to mitigate the effects of UrbStryc-A, keeping casualties low. Gamma and Delta pushed towards the planet's capital, Vandannis City, sending lance-sized elements down a massive raised highway towards their objective. The Cuirassiers, seeing the moment as a now or never opportunity, met the Rangers on the highway near a small town named | + | AFFS command made no effort to conceal the difficulty of the invasion of Wei, or the likelihood that the enemy would resort to desperate measures in their defense when they offered the job to the Rangers. [[Colonel]] [[Mitch Nelson]], leading the detachment of Rangers slated for Wei, was undeterred, taking the job for triple the pay and the promise that any Rangers affected by any potential chemical or biological weapons encountered would receive the best medical care the Federated Suns had to offer. Nelson landed the Rangers in a scattered, unpredictable pattern across the planet's southern continent, catching the garrisoning Capellans off guard and allowing the Rangers to make rapid progress. The Capellans deployed chemical munitions several times in a desperate attempt to keep Delta and Gamma at bay but the AFFS medical forces on planet were able to quickly develop strategies to mitigate the effects of UrbStryc-A, keeping casualties low. Gamma and Delta pushed towards the planet's capital, Vandannis City, sending lance-sized elements down a massive raised highway towards their objective. The Cuirassiers, seeing the moment as a now or never opportunity, met the Rangers on the highway near a small town named Boganville.<ref name=FSWv242/> |
With air support stacked overhead to respond to any attempts to deploy chemical munitions, Nelson moved the Rangers ahead and met the Cuirassiers head-on at the impromptu barricades CCAF units had constructed. The Capellans used the height and broken nature of the terrain to marshal their tanks effectively, costing the Rangers many 'Mechs and infantry. Bombardment with improvised UrbStryc-A shells caused even more losses before one of them exploded at a Capellan battery, killing the crew. Aerospace fighters eliminated the remaining batteries, but not before the lethal toxin soaked the Ranger 'Mechs' air filters. Given a hard time limit before they were annihilated, the Rangers of Gamma and Delta Regiment fought with even greater ferocity, driving the Cuirassiers back and securing the planet. Despite securing the objective, the campaign cost the Twelfth Vegan Rangers almost two battalions of personnel, one of the most costly engagements of the Fourth Succession War.<ref name=FSWv242/> | With air support stacked overhead to respond to any attempts to deploy chemical munitions, Nelson moved the Rangers ahead and met the Cuirassiers head-on at the impromptu barricades CCAF units had constructed. The Capellans used the height and broken nature of the terrain to marshal their tanks effectively, costing the Rangers many 'Mechs and infantry. Bombardment with improvised UrbStryc-A shells caused even more losses before one of them exploded at a Capellan battery, killing the crew. Aerospace fighters eliminated the remaining batteries, but not before the lethal toxin soaked the Ranger 'Mechs' air filters. Given a hard time limit before they were annihilated, the Rangers of Gamma and Delta Regiment fought with even greater ferocity, driving the Cuirassiers back and securing the planet. Despite securing the objective, the campaign cost the Twelfth Vegan Rangers almost two battalions of personnel, one of the most costly engagements of the Fourth Succession War.<ref name=FSWv242/> | ||
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| − | In 3069, Gamma fought the First and Second St. Ives Lancers on Jaipur and was destroyed there.<ref name= | + | In 3069, Gamma fought the First and Second St. Ives Lancers on Jaipur and was destroyed there.<ref name=JisSec/> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Gamma Regiment''' | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Gamma Regiment''' | ||
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| − | |[[Colonel]]||[[ | + | | [[Colonel]]||[[Timothy Riley]]||[[3028]]<ref name=NAIS4SW2>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Atlas, Volume II''</ref> |
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| Colonel||[[Connie Desantis]]||[[3039]]<ref name=H3039p26>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 28: "Wave One"</ref><ref name=HWo3039p141/><ref name=ORp17/> - [[3057]]<ref name=FMMercsp87/> | | Colonel||[[Connie Desantis]]||[[3039]]<ref name=H3039p26>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 28: "Wave One"</ref><ref name=HWo3039p141/><ref name=ORp17/> - [[3057]]<ref name=FMMercsp87/> | ||
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'''Gamma Regiment''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HD138>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 138</ref> | '''Gamma Regiment''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HD138>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 138</ref> | ||
| − | :*CO: Colonel | + | :*CO: Colonel Velia Delacroix |
:*Base: [[Edwards]]<ref name=HD138/> | :*Base: [[Edwards]]<ref name=HD138/> | ||
===3028=== | ===3028=== | ||
| − | '''Gamma Regiment''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name= | + | '''Gamma Regiment''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=NAIS4SW2/> |
:*CO: Colonel Timothy Riley | :*CO: Colonel Timothy Riley | ||
:*Base: [[New Aragon]]<ref name=FSWv2105/> | :*Base: [[New Aragon]]<ref name=FSWv2105/> | ||
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:* Armor Commander: [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] Tim Davidson | :* Armor Commander: [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] Tim Davidson | ||
:Note: The fighting on [[Algol]] cost them two complete battalions, but with the salvage they recovered, the Second rebuilt itself with [[Brutus]] and [[Po]] designs. | :Note: The fighting on [[Algol]] cost them two complete battalions, but with the salvage they recovered, the Second rebuilt itself with [[Brutus]] and [[Po]] designs. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' | * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
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* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | ||
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||