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−	'''Raymond Hempsted''' was a [[Colonel]] and commanding officer of [[The Stealths]] in [[2812]].<ref name=HSLC56/>	+	'''Raymond Hempsted''' was a [[Colonel]] and commanding officer of the [[The Stealths]] in [[2812]].<ref name=HSLC56/>
	==History==		==History==
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	The High Command then had Hempsted and other former Stealths coordinate the training of the ill-fated [[54th Lyran Guards]], a unit composed almost entirely of cadets straight out of the academy who had seen no combat. Though well trained, the High Command insisted on sending the 54th to invade [[Otho]] in the Draconis Combine, where they would engage a veteran DCMS unit unsupported. Despite Hempsted's repeated protests, the High Command chose to press on with this plan, only agreeing to allow some former members of the Stealths as aides. The attack was a disaster, and the entire regiment was lost. Hempsted was shortly promoted to [[Hauptmann General]] in charge of both the entire Kuritan front an of the training of new cadets.<ref name=HSLC52/>		The High Command then had Hempsted and other former Stealths coordinate the training of the ill-fated [[54th Lyran Guards]], a unit composed almost entirely of cadets straight out of the academy who had seen no combat. Though well trained, the High Command insisted on sending the 54th to invade [[Otho]] in the Draconis Combine, where they would engage a veteran DCMS unit unsupported. Despite Hempsted's repeated protests, the High Command chose to press on with this plan, only agreeing to allow some former members of the Stealths as aides. The attack was a disaster, and the entire regiment was lost. Hempsted was shortly promoted to [[Hauptmann General]] in charge of both the entire Kuritan front an of the training of new cadets.<ref name=HSLC52/>
−	In [[2826]], now-[[General]] Hempsted re-formed the Stealths as a single [[company]] to rescue the Lyran freighter ''[[Chahar Profit]]'' that had been stranded in the Combine system of [[Darius]]. Despite averaging the age of 63, the unit pulled off the incredibly daring rescue operation.<ref name=HSLC56>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 56</ref>	+	In [[2826]], now-[[General]] Hempsted reformed the Stealths as a single [[company]] to rescue the Lyran freighter ''[[Chahar Profit]]'' that had been stranded in the Combine system of [[Darius]]. Despite averaging the age of 63, the unit pulled off the incredibly daring rescue operation.<ref name=HSLC56>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 56</ref>
	==References==		==References==
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	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
	* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''		* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
−	* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''	+	* ''[[First Succession War (Sourcebook)]]''
	[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Hempsted, Raymond]]		[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Hempsted, Raymond]]

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{{InfoBoxCharacter | image = | name = Raymond Hempsted | birthdate = | died = | othernames = | affiliation = [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | profession = [[General]] | parents = | siblings = | spouse = | children = }} '''Raymond Hempsted''' was a [[Colonel]] and commanding officer of the [[The Stealths]] in [[2812]].<ref name=HSLC56/> ==History== In [[2812]], the Lyran High Command, realizing that their military as a whole needed the guidance of the Stealths in their training more than they were needed in the field, disbanded the elite unit.<ref name=HSLC52/> In [[2815]] the Lyran Commonwealth received intelligence indicating that the garrison on [[Bella I]] was in flux, due to the Hussars beginning a precipitous return to their home bases in response to political issues within the League. In response, [[12th Lyran Regulars|12th]] and [[14th Lyran Regulars]] were dispatched to recapture Bella I, this time under the command of Colonel [[Raymond Hempsted]], following the demotion of Colonel [[Petru Hamlin]] following the debacle in 2813, the officer responsible for spending two years drilling the two regiments of Lyran Regulars in maneuver tactics and misdirection as well as commanding them on raids across the Lyran border.<ref name="FSWp75+">''First Succession War'', p. 75-76, "Humiliation Avenged"</ref><ref name=HSLC52>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 52</ref> Hampstead struck at Bella I in March [[2816]], recapturing the world in just three weeks.<ref name="FSWp75+"/> The FWLM response came a year later; in April [[2817]] an invasion force struck Bella I, while similar invasions were launched at [[Dixie]] and [[Ilion]]. The FWLM intent was to obliterate the defending forces on Bella I, and the three 'Mech regiments deployed to conquer the planet were escorted by the [[Histria Azure|FWLS ''Histria Azure'']] and a second ''Carrack'', the [[Pretoria Castle|FWLS ''Pretoria Castle'']], a converted fighter carrier transporting a complete [[wing]] of [[aerospace fighter]]s.<ref name="FSWp76">''First Succession War'', p. 76, "Once More, With Feeling"</ref> Colonel Hempsted was absent from Bella I at the time, having been summoned to [[Tharkad]], but the defending forces were under the command of his second, [[Marcus Steiner]] - son of the Archon. In addition to the two experienced regiments of Regulars, the garrison had been reinforced with tactical nuclear ordnance transported by the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Edelweiss|LCS ''Edelweiss'']], which was still on station in the Bella system; Colonel Steiner had placed most of the nuclear ordnance amongst the aerospace squadrons in place in the orbital stations above Bella I.<ref name="FSWp76"/> The High Command then had Hempsted and other former Stealths coordinate the training of the ill-fated [[54th Lyran Guards]], a unit composed almost entirely of cadets straight out of the academy who had seen no combat. Though well trained, the High Command insisted on sending the 54th to invade [[Otho]] in the Draconis Combine, where they would engage a veteran DCMS unit unsupported. Despite Hempsted's repeated protests, the High Command chose to press on with this plan, only agreeing to allow some former members of the Stealths as aides. The attack was a disaster, and the entire regiment was lost. Hempsted was shortly promoted to [[Hauptmann General]] in charge of both the entire Kuritan front an of the training of new cadets.<ref name=HSLC52/> In [[2826]], now-[[General]] Hempsted reformed the Stealths as a single [[company]] to rescue the Lyran freighter ''[[Chahar Profit]]'' that had been stranded in the Combine system of [[Darius]]. Despite averaging the age of 63, the unit pulled off the incredibly daring rescue operation.<ref name=HSLC56>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 56</ref> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (Sourcebook)]]'' [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Hempsted, Raymond]]

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