Editing Lockhardt's Ironsides

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision Your text
Line 1: Line 1:
{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand
+
{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image = [[File:Chlockartsironsides.png|100px]]
+
| image   = [[File:Chlockartsironsides.png|100px]]
| Designation = Lockhardt's Ironsides
+
| nickname = Power of Perseverance
| Formed =
+
| parent formation = [[Citizens' Honored]]
| Disbanded =
+
| formed  =
| Previous Designation =
+
| year    = 3145
| Nickname = Power of Perseverance
+
| unitname = Lockhardt's Ironsides
| Affiliation = [[Mercenary]]<br/>[[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| Parent Command = Independent <br/>[[Citizens' Honored]]
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
One of many low-key [[mercenary unit]]s in long term [[Capellan]] employ, the '''Lockhardt's Ironsides''' accepted Capellan sponsorship in [[3061]].
+
One of many lowkey [[mercenary unit]]s in long term [[Capellan]] employ, the '''Lockhardt's Ironsides''' accepted Capellan sponsorship in [[3061]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
===Formation===
 
===Formation===
The Ironsides voided their contract with the [[Free Worlds League]] in [[2976]] over a dispute regarding overdue shipment of spare parts.<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 43</ref> Within six months they were contracted by the [[Capellan Confederation]] and raided [[Cursa]].<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 44</ref>
+
The Ironsides voided their contract with the [[Free Worlds League]] in [[2976]] over a dispute regarding overdue shipment of spare parts.<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 43</ref> Within six months they were contracted by [[House Liao]] and raided [[Cursa]].<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 44</ref>
  
"Lady Lockhardt's Lovelies" gained a reputation as good fighters in the siege of [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]] in [[2985]], and in [[2988]] in the repulse of [[1st Kittery Borderers|Kittery Borderers]] on [[Mitchel]], using their large number of ''[[Warhammer]]''s to good effect. Around [[3025]] the Ironsides were pulled close to [[Sian]] in response to attacks against the commonality capital.<ref name=HLp99>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 99: "Lockhardt's Ironsides Profile"</ref>
+
"Lady Lockhardt's Lovelies" gained a reputation as good fighters in the siege of [[Fletcher (ROTS)|Fletcher]] in [[2985]], and in [[2988]] in the repulse of [[1st Kittery Borderers|Kittery Borderers]] on [[Mitchel]], using their large number of ''[[Warhammer]]''s to good effect. Around [[3025]] the Ironsides were pulled close to [[Sian]] in response to attacks against the commonality capital. <ref name=HLp99>''House Liao (Capellan Confederation'', p. 99, "Lockhardt's Ironsides Profile"</ref>
  
===Fourth Succession War & Andurien/Canopus Invasion===
+
===4th Succession War & Andurien/Canopus Invasion===
 
However, prior to the [[Fourth Succession War]] the Ironsides barely maintained a regular quality rating, and the unit had no further chance to distinguish itself neither in the [[Fourth Succession War]] nor the Andurien-Canopus invasion a few years later as it didn't see any action. Throughout the Confederation’s lean years, when other units faced supply shortages of all kinds, the mercenaries managed to prosper by keeping quiet and hoarding what little support found its way to them.{{cn}}
 
However, prior to the [[Fourth Succession War]] the Ironsides barely maintained a regular quality rating, and the unit had no further chance to distinguish itself neither in the [[Fourth Succession War]] nor the Andurien-Canopus invasion a few years later as it didn't see any action. Throughout the Confederation’s lean years, when other units faced supply shortages of all kinds, the mercenaries managed to prosper by keeping quiet and hoarding what little support found its way to them.{{cn}}
  
===''Xin Sheng'' Campaign===
+
===War of 3039===
In the years just before and during the [[Clan invasion]], the CCAF found the Ironsides at a strength of three green battalions and showing no inclination to leave Capellan service. The unit was rotated to the [[Periphery]] in [[3059]], to assist the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] against the [[Marian Hegemony]]. After a year of limited maneuvers, the Ironsides were recalled to [[Victoria (CC)|Victoria]].<ref name=FMCCp95>''Field Manual: Capellan Confederation'', p. 95: "Unit Profile"</ref>
+
{{Sectionstub}}
 +
 
 +
===Operation Guerrero===
 +
{{Sectionstub}}
 +
 
 +
===Operation Bulldog===
 +
{{Sectionstub}}
 +
 
 +
===Xin Sheng Campaign===
 +
In the years just before and during the [[Clan invasion]], the CCAF found the Ironsides at a strength of three green battalions and showing no inclination to leave Capellan service. The unit was rotated to the [[Periphery]] in [[3059]], to assist the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] against the [[Marian Hegemony]]. After a year of limited maneuvers, the Ironsides were recalled to [[Victoria (CC)|Victoria]].<ref name=FMCCp95>''Field Manual: Capellan Confederation'', p. 95, "Unit Profile"</ref>
  
 
The Ironsides were sent back to the Magistracy in [[3067]]. Instead of facing the Marian Hegemony, they were stationed on [[Joppa]]<ref name=FMUp33/> to monitor the [[Fronc Reaches]] and maintain the Confederation's connection to the Magistracy.<ref name=fmu27>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 27</ref>
 
The Ironsides were sent back to the Magistracy in [[3067]]. Instead of facing the Marian Hegemony, they were stationed on [[Joppa]]<ref name=FMUp33/> to monitor the [[Fronc Reaches]] and maintain the Confederation's connection to the Magistracy.<ref name=fmu27>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 27</ref>
  
 
===Jihad===
 
===Jihad===
The Ironsides were part of the [[CCAF]]'s assault on [[Halloran V]]. While on that world, the unit lost two battalions of forces to a [[Word of Blake]] [[Level III]] from the [[48th Shadow Division|Forty-eighth Shadow Division]] that constantly attacked them.<ref name=TCp167>''Total Chaos'', pp. 167–168: "Ravaged Iron"</ref> In [[3079]] they were still on Halloran, looking to rebuild from battlefield salvage.<ref name=frccaf16>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 16</ref>
+
The Ironsides were part of the [[CCAF]]'s assault on [[Halloran V]]. While on that world, the unit lost two battalions of forces to a [[Word of Blake]] [[Level III]] from the [[48th Shadow Division|Forty-eighth Shadow Division]] that constantly attacked them<ref name=TCp167>''Total Chaos'', pp. 167-168 "RAVAGED IRON"</ref>. In [[3079]] they were still on Halloran, looking to rebuild from battlefield salvage.<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 16</ref>
  
 
===Republic Era===
 
===Republic Era===
In [[3081]] the Ironsides hit [[Yangtze]]. Their offensive strategy was effective, forcing [[Republic of the Sphere]] forces to withdraw from a pincer movement between the Ironsides and the [[Harloc Raiders]]. However, the Republic's Sixth Auxiliary forced the Ironsides back to [[Kansu]]. The Ironsides then began to fall back after offering only minimal opposition to attackers. This left them with more combat strength, but upset many in the CCAF's command structure.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 27</ref> Despite their self-preservation, in [[3085]] they were at a quarter of their nominal strength.<ref name=FM3085p33/>
+
In [[3081]] the Ironsides hit [[Yangtze]]. Their offensive strategy was effective, forcing [[Republic of the Sphere]] forces to withdraw from a pincher movement between the Ironsides and the [[Harloc Raiders]]. However, the Republic's Sixth Auxiliary forced the Ironsides back to [[Kansu]]. The Ironsides then began to fall back after offering only minimal opposition to attackers. This left them with more combat strength, but upset many in the CCAF's command structure.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 27</ref> Despite their self-preservation, in [[3085]] they were at a quarter of their nominal strength.<ref name=FM3085p33/>
  
 
===Dark Age===
 
===Dark Age===
Line 38: Line 44:
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
+
|-  
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
Line 45: Line 51:
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Lockhardt's Ironsides'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Lockhardt's Ironsides'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Major]]||[[Judith Lockhardt]]||[[3025]]<ref name=HLp99/>
+
| [[Major]]||[[Judith Lockhardt]]<ref name=HLp99/>||[[3025]]
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Sang-shao]]''||[[Rhianna Lockhardt]]||[[3063]] to [[3085]]<ref name=FMCCp95/><ref name=FMUp33>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 33: "CCAF Deployment Table - 3067"</ref><ref name=FM3085p33>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 33: "CCAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
+
| [[Sang-shao]]||[[Rhianna Lockhardt]]<ref name=FMCCp95/><ref name=FMUp33>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 33, "CCAF Deployment Table - 3067"</ref><ref name=FM3085p33>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 33, "CCAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>||[[3063]] to [[3085]]
 
|-
 
|-
| ''Sang-shao''||[[David Lockhardt]]||[[3145]]<ref name=FM3145p46>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 46: "CCAF Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
+
| Sang-shao||[[David Lockhardt]]<ref name=FM3145p46>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 46, "CCAF Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>||[[3145]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
Line 58: Line 64:
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
===3025===
 
===3025===
'''Lockhardt's Ironsides''' (1 [[Battalion]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=hslioap107>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 107: "Deployment Table"</ref>
+
'''Lockhardt's Ironsides''' (1 [[Battalion]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=hslioap107>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 107, "Deployment Table"</ref>
* CO: Major Judith Lockhardt.
+
* CO: ''Major'' Judith Lockhardt.
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Ito]].<ref name=hslioap107 />
+
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Ito]]. <ref name=HLCC> House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p.107  </ref>
 
 
===3050===
 
'''Lockhardt's Ironsides''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=20Yp63>''20 Year Update'', p. 63: "CCAF Deployment Table - 3050"</ref>
 
:* CO: Colonel Judith Lockhardt.<ref name=20Yp63/>
 
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Ito]], [[Westerhand]] and [[Palladaine]].<ref name=20Yp63/>
 
 
 
 
===3059===
 
===3059===
'''Lockhardt’s Ironsides ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMMercsp107/>
+
'''Lockhardt’s Ironsides ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) <ref name= FMMercsp107/>
:* CO: Colonel Judith Lockhardt<ref name=FMMercsp107/>
+
:* CO: Colonel Judith Lockhardt <ref name= FMMercsp107/>
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Carmen]].<ref name=FMMercsp107>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 107</ref>
+
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Carmen]]. <ref name = FMMercsp107 >'' Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 107</ref>
  
 
===3063===
 
===3063===
Line 77: Line 77:
 
:* XO/1st Battalion: ''[[Zhong-shao]]'' Peter Fench
 
:* XO/1st Battalion: ''[[Zhong-shao]]'' Peter Fench
 
* 2nd Battalion: ''Zhong-shao'' Robert Lockhardt
 
* 2nd Battalion: ''Zhong-shao'' Robert Lockhardt
* 3rd Battalion: ''Zhong-shao'' Aristotle Adropopulous
+
* 3rd Battalion: ''Zhong-shao'' Aristotle Adropopulous  
  
 
'''87th [[Sax]] Home Guard''' (1 Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMCCp95/>
 
'''87th [[Sax]] Home Guard''' (1 Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMCCp95/>
Line 92: Line 92:
 
* CO: ''Zhong-shao'' Harry Mudd
 
* CO: ''Zhong-shao'' Harry Mudd
  
'''Lockhardt's Enforcers''' (Company/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp33/>
+
'''Lockhardt's Enforcers''' (Company/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp33/>        
 
* CO: ''[[Sao-wei]]'' Juno St. Claire
 
* CO: ''[[Sao-wei]]'' Juno St. Claire
 
===3079===
 
'''Lockhardt’s Ironsides ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=frccaf16 />
 
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Halloran V]].<ref name=frccaf16/>
 
  
 
===3085===
 
===3085===
Line 103: Line 99:
 
* CO: ''Sang-shao'' Rhianna Lockhardt
 
* CO: ''Sang-shao'' Rhianna Lockhardt
  
'''87th Sax Home Guard''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p33/>
+
'''87th Sax Home Guard''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p33/>  
* CO: ''Zhong-shao'' [[Takashi Fujii]]
+
* CO: ''Zhong-shao'' Takashi Fujii
  
'''Lockhardt's Enforcers''' (Company/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p33/>
+
'''Lockhardt's Enforcers''' (Company/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p33/>  
* CO: ''Sao-wei'' [[Liv O'Quinn]]
+
* CO: ''Sao-wei'' Liv O'Quinn
  
 
===3145===
 
===3145===
Line 113: Line 109:
 
* CO: ''Sang-shao'' David Lockhardt
 
* CO: ''Sang-shao'' David Lockhardt
  
'''Lockhardt’s Iron Flight''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3145p46/>
+
'''87th Sax Tracked Ironsides''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3145p46/>  
* CO: ''Kong-zhong-shao'' [[Ilyssa Mora]]
+
* CO: ''Zhong-shao'' Cesaro Ninon
  
'''87th Sax Tracked Ironsides''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3145p46/>
+
'''Lockhardt's Enforcers''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3145p46/>  
* CO: ''Zhong-shao'' [[Cesaro Ninon]]
+
* CO: ''Zhong-shao'' Francyne Wiest-Laird
  
'''Lockhardt's Enforcers''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3145p46/>
 
* CO: ''Zhong-shao'' [[Francyne Wiest-Laird]]
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
Line 129: Line 123:
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
+
*''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
+
*''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
+
*''[[Field Manual: Capellan Confederation]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Capellan Confederation]]''
+
*''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
+
*''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
+
*''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
+
*''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
+
*''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
+
*''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
+
*''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation]]''
 
 
 
  
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Lockhardt's Ironsides]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Lockhardt's Ironsides]]
 
[[Category:Capellan Confederation Commands|Lockhardt's Ironsides]]
 
[[Category:Capellan Confederation Commands|Lockhardt's Ironsides]]

Please note that all contributions to BattleTechWiki are considered to be released under the GNU FDL 1.2 (see BattleTechWiki:Copyrights for details). If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To edit this page, please answer the question that appears below (more info):

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)

Advanced templates:

Editing: {{Merge}}   {{Moratorium}}   {{Otheruses| | | }}

Notices: {{NoEdit}}   {{Sign}}   {{Unsigned|name}}   {{Welcome}}

Administration: {{Essay}}   {{Policy}}   {{Procedure}}

This page is a member of 1 hidden category: