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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxMercUnit − | image = + | image = − | Designation = RattFraggs + | unitname = The RattFraggs − | Formed = [[2845]] + | year = 2864 − | Disbanded = + | commander = − | Previous Designation = Fourth Regiment + | formed = 2845 − | Nickname = + | jumpships = − | Affiliation = [[Mercenary]] + | dropships = − | Parent Command = [[12th Star Guards]] + | aero = − | Sub-Command = + | armor = + | infantry = }} }} − '''The RattFraggs''', formally known as the '''Fourth Star Guards''' of the famous [[12th Star Guards|Twelfth Star Guards]], were a [[mercenary unit]] operating during the [[Second Succession War]].<ref name=SSW-100>''Second Succession War'', p. 100 "Second Succession War Deployment Table - Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces - Mercenary Combat Commands (LCAF)"</ref> + + '''The RattFraggs''', previously more formally known as the '''Fourth Star Guards''' of the famous [[12th Star Guards|Twelfth Star Guards]], were a [[mercenary unit]] operating during the [[Second Succession War]].<ref name=SSW-100>''Second Succession War'', p. 100 "Second Succession War Deployment Table - Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces - Mercenary Combat Commands (LCAF)"</ref> ==History== ==History== − ===Star Guards days===+ During the Twelfth Star Guards' employment with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] through the first half of the Second Succession war, the unit expanded from two to seven [[regiment]]s with the Fourth Star Guards - regimental nickname the RattFraggs - formed in [[2845]]. In [[2858]] the Twelfth Star Guards made the ill-fated decision to accept a contract with the [[Draconis Combine]]. On-top of increasing losses of men and material, all the units of the Twelfth began to suffer at the hands of their new employer. Among those Star Guards to suffer the worst, the RattFraggs found the Combine repeatedly failed to pay them. After this situation dragged on for an entire year, the incensed RattFraggs had had enough, mutinying and breaking contract with the Combine in [[2860]] and leaving the Star Guards. The lack of payment of the RattFraggs and later destruction of [[5th Star Guards|Lescouflair's Landsknechts]] after they were abandoned by the Combine and destroyed by the [[Federated Suns]] would result in the entire Twelfth Star Guards breaking contract with the Combine to return to service with the Lyran Commonwealth in [[2861]], ending their association with House Kurita forever.<ref name=SSW-100/> <ref name=HBS-73>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 73 "Mercenary Profile - 12th Star Guards"</ref> <ref name=CMM-66>''Combat Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 66 "12th Star Guards"</ref> − During the Twelfth Star Guards' employment with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] through the first half of the Second Succession war, the unit expanded from two to seven [[regiment]]s with the Fourth Star Guards - regimental nickname the RattFraggs - formed in [[2845]]. In [[2858]] the Twelfth Star Guards made the ill-fated decision to accept a contract with the [[Draconis Combine]]. On-top of increasing losses of men and matériel, all the units of the Twelfth began to suffer at the hands of their new employer. Among those Star Guards to suffer the worst, the RattFraggs found the Combine repeatedly failed to pay them. After this situation dragged on for an entire year, the incensed RattFraggs had had enough, mutinying and breaking contract with the Combine in [[2860]] and leaving the Star Guards. The lack of payment of the RattFraggs and later destruction of [[5th Regiment (12th Star Guards)|Lescouflair's Landsknechts]] after they were abandoned by the Combine and destroyed by the [[Federated Suns]] would result in the entire Twelfth Star Guards breaking contract with the Combine to return to service with the Lyran Commonwealth in [[2861]], ending their association with House Kurita forever.<ref name=SSW-100/> <ref name=HBS-73>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 73 "Mercenary Profile - 12th Star Guards"</ref> <ref name=CMM-66>''Combat Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 66 "12th Star Guards"</ref> − ===Career as Independent Mercenary Force=== The ultimate fate of the RattFraggs following their separation from the Twelfth Star Guards is largely unknown, though at the conclusion of the Second Succession War they were listed as an active command, albeit reduced to a third of their strength. <ref name=SSW-100/> The ultimate fate of the RattFraggs following their separation from the Twelfth Star Guards is largely unknown, though at the conclusion of the Second Succession War they were listed as an active command, albeit reduced to a third of their strength. <ref name=SSW-100/> − − ==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 4th Regiment of the Twelfth Star Guards''' − |- − | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the RattFraggs''' − |- − |} − − ==Tactics== − Unknown. ==Composition History== ==Composition History== Line 49:
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| − | '''The RattFraggs''', formally known as the '''Fourth Star Guards''' of the famous [[12th Star Guards|Twelfth Star Guards]], were a [[mercenary unit]] operating during the [[Second Succession War]].<ref name=SSW-100>''Second Succession War'', p. 100 "Second Succession War Deployment Table - Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces - Mercenary Combat Commands (LCAF)"</ref> | + | |
| + | '''The RattFraggs''', previously more formally known as the '''Fourth Star Guards''' of the famous [[12th Star Guards|Twelfth Star Guards]], were a [[mercenary unit]] operating during the [[Second Succession War]].<ref name=SSW-100>''Second Succession War'', p. 100 "Second Succession War Deployment Table - Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces - Mercenary Combat Commands (LCAF)"</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | + | During the Twelfth Star Guards' employment with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] through the first half of the Second Succession war, the unit expanded from two to seven [[regiment]]s with the Fourth Star Guards - regimental nickname the RattFraggs - formed in [[2845]]. In [[2858]] the Twelfth Star Guards made the ill-fated decision to accept a contract with the [[Draconis Combine]]. On-top of increasing losses of men and material, all the units of the Twelfth began to suffer at the hands of their new employer. Among those Star Guards to suffer the worst, the RattFraggs found the Combine repeatedly failed to pay them. After this situation dragged on for an entire year, the incensed RattFraggs had had enough, mutinying and breaking contract with the Combine in [[2860]] and leaving the Star Guards. The lack of payment of the RattFraggs and later destruction of [[5th Star Guards|Lescouflair's Landsknechts]] after they were abandoned by the Combine and destroyed by the [[Federated Suns]] would result in the entire Twelfth Star Guards breaking contract with the Combine to return to service with the Lyran Commonwealth in [[2861]], ending their association with House Kurita forever.<ref name=SSW-100/> <ref name=HBS-73>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 73 "Mercenary Profile - 12th Star Guards"</ref> <ref name=CMM-66>''Combat Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 66 "12th Star Guards"</ref> | |
| − | During the Twelfth Star Guards' employment with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] through the first half of the Second Succession war, the unit expanded from two to seven [[regiment]]s with the Fourth Star Guards - regimental nickname the RattFraggs - formed in [[2845]]. In [[2858]] the Twelfth Star Guards made the ill-fated decision to accept a contract with the [[Draconis Combine]]. On-top of increasing losses of men and | ||
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The ultimate fate of the RattFraggs following their separation from the Twelfth Star Guards is largely unknown, though at the conclusion of the Second Succession War they were listed as an active command, albeit reduced to a third of their strength. <ref name=SSW-100/> | The ultimate fate of the RattFraggs following their separation from the Twelfth Star Guards is largely unknown, though at the conclusion of the Second Succession War they were listed as an active command, albeit reduced to a third of their strength. <ref name=SSW-100/> | ||
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==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
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* ''[[Combat Manual: Mercenaries]]'' | * ''[[Combat Manual: Mercenaries]]'' | ||
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' | * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Second Succession War ( | + | * ''[[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)]]'' |
| − | [[Category:Mercenary Commands|RattFraggs]] | + | [[Category:Mercenary Commands|RattFraggs, The]] |