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The '''Thirty-second Lyran Guards''' are a long-serving unit in the LCAF.
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The '''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards''' are a long-serving unit in the LCAF.
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
=== Star League Era ===
 
=== Star League Era ===
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During the Star League era the Thirty-second Lyran Guards was one of six regiments within the [[Fourth Lyran Guards Division]], one of five Divisions of active regiments within the Lyran Guards brigade in the closing decades of the [[Star League]]'s existence.<ref name="FR2765p13">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 13-14, "Lyran Guards"</ref>
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During the Star League era the 32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards was one of six regiments within the [[Fourth Lyran Guards Division|4<sup>th</sup> Lyran Guards Division]], one of five Divisions of active regiments within the Lyran Guards brigade in the closing decades of the [[Star League]]'s existence.<ref name="FR2765p13">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 13-14, "Lyran Guards"</ref>
  
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Like the other regiments of the Guards during this era, the Thirty-second lacked any particular political ties - either regional or familial - unlike regiments in other brigades; commonly assigned to garrison postings, the Thirty-second Lyran Guards and their sister regiments were postings of choice for those who wanted to work for the Commonwealth without either regional loyalties or particular ambitions. This led to the Thirty-second and her sister regiments being manned by soldiers who were professional, but without the close-knit ties found in more parochial regiments. The LCAF was intent on generating more camaraderie and ''esprit de corps'' amongst the Thirty-second and the other Guards regiments, but with little success by 2765.<ref name="FR2765p13"/>
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Like the other regiments of the Guards during this era, the 32<sup>nd</sup> lacked any particular political ties - either regional or familial - unlike regiments in other brigades; commonly assigned to garrison postings, the 32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards and their sister regiments were postings of choice for those who wanted to work for the Commonwealth without either regional loyalties or particular ambitions. This led to the 32<sup>nd</sup> Guards and her sister regiments being manned by soldiers who were professional, but without the close-knit ties found in more parochial regiments. The LCAF was intent on generating more camaraderie and ''esprit de corps'' among the 32<sup>nd</sup> and the other Guards regiments, but with little success by 2765.<ref name="FR2765p13"/>
  
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In the mid-2760s the Thirty-second had been deployed on a bandit-hunting exercise in the [[Kirchbach]] system when a freak [[JumpShip]] accident wiped out two of the Thirty-second's [[battalion]]s. Stationed on [[Harvest]] in 2765, the Thirty-second was still reeling from the effects of the tragic accident at Kirchbach.<ref name="FR2765p13"/>
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In the mid-2760s the 32<sup>nd</sup> Guards had been deployed on a bandit-hunting exercise in the [[Kirchbach]] system when a freak [[JumpShip]] accident wiped out two of the Guards's [[battalion]]s. Stationed on [[Harvest]] in 2765, the unit was still reeling from the effects of the tragic accident at Kirchbach.<ref name="FR2765p13"/>
  
 
=== Succession Wars ===
 
=== Succession Wars ===
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In [[2801]] the Thirty-second's training unit drove a raiding force from [[Redjack Ryan]]'s Bandit Kingdom off of [[Alkalurops]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 118</ref> The whole unit raided [[Kobe]] in [[3000]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 36</ref>, and [[Wheel]] in [[3014]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 158</ref>
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In [[2801]] the 32<sup>nd</sup> Guards' training unit drove a raiding force from [[Redjack Ryan]]'s Bandit Kingdom off of [[Alkalurops]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 118</ref> The whole unit raided [[Kobe]] in [[3000]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 36</ref>, and [[Wheel]] in [[3014]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 158</ref>
  
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In [[3007]] the Thirty-second were part of a raid on the Free Worlds League world of [[Danais]], operating alongside the mercenary unit [[Snord's Irregulars]]. The mission had been devised during a planning session involving [[Cranston Snord]] and [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] in mid-3007; Cranston Snord's interest in Danais was actually a [[DropShip]] carrying valuable musical instruments which had been shot down over the world's jungles during the fall of the [[Star League]]. What Snord didn't know was that the Free Worlds League was building an aerospace fighter production facility on Danais and had reinforced the local garrison accordingly. Worse still, the two derelict DropShips that the Irregulars had identified actually contained the [[FWLM]] garrison HQ. Snord’s Irregulars prevailed, however, and captured both the FWL command staff and a collection of instruments for their museum on [[Clinton]].<ref>''Cranston Snord's Irregulars'', pp. 20-21 (Scenario "Amber Surprise")</ref>  The capture of the entire command staff of the [[Twenty-first Marik Militia]] was a sufficiently ignominious defeat that the Twenty-first was disbanded as a command.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p90">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 90, "Marik Militia"</ref>
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In [[3007]] the unit was part of a raid on the Free Worlds League world of [[Danais]], operating alongside the mercenary unit [[Snord's Irregulars]]. The mission had been devised during a planning session involving [[Cranston Snord]] and [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] in mid-3007; Cranston Snord's interest in Danais was actually a [[DropShip]] carrying valuable musical instruments which had been shot down over the world's jungles during the fall of the [[Star League]]. What Snord didn't know was that the Free Worlds League was building an aerospace fighter production facility on Danais and had reinforced the local garrison accordingly. Worse still, the two derelict DropShips that the Irregulars had identified actually contained the [[FWLM]] garrison HQ. Snord’s Irregulars prevailed, however, and captured both the FWL command staff and a collection of instruments for their museum on [[Clinton]].<ref>''Cranston Snord's Irregulars'', pp. 20-21 (Scenario "Amber Surprise")</ref>  The capture of the entire command staff of the [[Twenty-first Marik Militia]] was a sufficiently ignominious defeat that the Twenty-first was disbanded as a command.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p90">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 90, "Marik Militia"</ref>
  
 
=== Clan Invasion ===
 
=== Clan Invasion ===
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Since the [[Fourth Succession War]] the Thirty-second mostly spent time on the [[Free Worlds League]]/[[Lyran Commonwealth]] border. For much of that time, they were stationed on [[Solaris VII]], the Game World.<ref name=20yr27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27, "AFFC Deployment Table"</ref> In [[3057]] the High Command reassigned them to [[New Kyoto]] as that world's garrison. When rioting broke out on Solaris, a battalion of troops from the Thirty-second returned to establish order.<ref name=IoV-165>''Illusions of Victory'', p. 165-166</ref><ref name=FCCW-18>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 18, "Flashpoint"</ref> Instead of separating the combatants however, the Thirty-second's warriors openly sided with the Silesian duelists against the gladiators from the Davion-backed Black Hills. Their presence did bring the fighting to a halt but the skilled duellists from the arenas destroyed nearly every Guard 'Mech that was sent to face them.<ref name=FCCW-21>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 21, "Flashpoint: Solaris VII"</ref>
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Since the [[Fourth Succession War]] the 32<sup>nd</sup> Guards mostly spent time on the [[Free Worlds League]]/[[Lyran Commonwealth]] border. For much of that time, they were stationed on [[Solaris VII]], the Game World.<ref name=20yr27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27, "AFFC Deployment Table"</ref> In [[3057]] the High Command reassigned them to [[New Kyoto]] as that world's garrison. When rioting broke out on Solaris, a battalion of troops from the 32<sup>nd</sup> returned to establish order.<ref name=IoV-165>''Illusions of Victory'', p. 165-166</ref><ref name=FCCW-18>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 18, "Flashpoint"</ref> Instead of separating the combatants however, the 32<sup>nd</sup> warriors openly sided with the Silesian duelists against the gladiators from the Davion-backed Black Hills. Their presence did bring the fighting to a halt but the skilled duelists from the arenas destroyed nearly every Guard 'Mech that was sent to face them.<ref name=FCCW-21>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 21, "Flashpoint: Solaris VII"</ref>
  
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Splitting the unit across Solaris and New Kyoto made it difficult to rebuild, and to add insult to injury the Thirty-second had been made subordinate to the [[Seventeenth Arcturan Guards]], the other [[LAAF]] unit on Solaris.<ref name=FMLAp83/>
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Splitting the unit across Solaris and New Kyoto made it difficult to rebuild, and to add insult to injury the 32<sup>nd</sup> had been made subordinate to the [[Seventeenth Arcturan Guards|17<sup>th</sup> Arcturan Guards]], the other [[LAAF]] unit on Solaris.<ref name=FMLAp83/>
  
 
=== FedCom Civil War ===
 
=== FedCom Civil War ===
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During the [[FedCom Civil War]], the Thirty-second broke their oath to the Lyran Alliance and attacked the Seventeenth Arcturan Guards on Solaris. The fighting was heavy, with the Thirty-second taking serious losses. A combined force of mercenaries on Solaris destroyed the Thirty-second's command structure, which later allowed the [[Second Donegal Guards]] to destroy three quarters of the unit.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', pp. 170, 177</ref>
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During the [[FedCom Civil War]], the 32<sup>nd</sup> Guards broke their oath to the Lyran Alliance and attacked the 17<sup>th</sup> Arcturan Guards on Solaris. The fighting was heavy, with the 32<sup>nd</sup> taking serious losses. A combined force of mercenaries on Solaris destroyed the their command structure, which later allowed the [[Second Donegal Guards|2<sup>nd</sup> Donegal Guards]] to destroy three quarters of the unit.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', pp. 170, 177</ref>
  
 
=== The Jihad ===
 
=== The Jihad ===
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During the [[Jihad]] the Thirty-second was redeployed to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]/[[Clan Jade Falcon]] border to guard against Clan adventurism. Though they saw no action against the Falcons, the soldiers of the Thirty-second spent considerable time in the company of socialites who accompanied them from [[Tharkad]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 101</ref>
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During the [[Jihad]] the 32<sup>nd</sup> Guards were redeployed to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]/[[Clan Jade Falcon]] border to guard against Clan adventurism. Though they saw no action against the Falcons, the soldiers of the unit spent considerable time in the company of socialites who accompanied them from [[Tharkad]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 101</ref>
  
 
The unit received its nickname because no opposing force has ever completely stopped it.
 
The unit received its nickname because no opposing force has ever completely stopped it.
  
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==Officers==
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==Officers==  
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As of [[3050]] to [[3054]] the unit was commanded by [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] Gustav Van Buren.<ref name=20yr27/><ref name=ORp19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19, "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"</ref>  
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards'''
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|[[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]]
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|Gustav Van Buren.<ref name=20yr27/><ref name=ORp19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19, "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"</ref>  
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|[[3050]] to [[3054]]
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|-
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|{{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}}
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|Alice Day.<ref name=FMLAp83>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 83, "32nd Lyran Guards Profile"</ref>
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|[[3062]]
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|-
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|{{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}}
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|Ethan Lyle.<ref name=FMUp177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177, "LAAF Deployment Table - 3067"</ref>
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|[[3067]]
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|-
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|{{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}}
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|Sara Jovino.<ref name=FM3085p108>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 108, "LAAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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|[[3085]]
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|}
  
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As of [[3062]], the commanding officer was ''[[Leutnant-General]]'' Alice Day.<ref name=FMLAp83>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 83, "32nd Lyran Guards Profile"</ref>
 
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As of [[3067]], the commanding officer was ''Leutnant-General'' Ethan Lyle.<ref name=FMUp177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177, "LAAF Deployment Table - 3067"</ref>
 
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As of [[3085]], the commanding officer is ''Leutnant-General'' Sara Jovino.<ref name=FM3085p108>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 108, "LAAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
 
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
=== 2765 ===
 
=== 2765 ===
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Guards''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FR2765p13"/>
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FR2765p13"/>
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:- At this point in time the Thirty-Second was based on Harvest.<ref name="FR2765p13"/>
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:- At this point in time the 32<sup>nd</sup> was based on Harvest.<ref name="FR2765p13"/>
  
 
===3025===
 
===3025===
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Guards''' (Green/Reliable)<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 119, "Deployment Table"</ref>
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards''' (Green/Reliable)<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 119, "Deployment Table"</ref>
  
 
===3040===
 
===3040===
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Guards RCT''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=HWO3039>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137 </ref>
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards RCT''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=HWO3039>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137 </ref><br>
  
 
===3050-3054===
 
===3050-3054===
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Guards RCT''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=20yr27/><ref name=ORp19/>
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards RCT''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=20yr27/><ref name=ORp19/><br>
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* CO: Marshal Gustav Van Buren
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CO: Marshal Gustav Van Buren<br>
  
 
===3062===
 
===3062===
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Guards''' (understrength, two [[Battalion]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/>
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards''' (understrength, two [[Battalion]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br>
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* CO: ''Leutnant-General'' Alice Day
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CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Alice Day<br>
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:* Aide: [[Colonel]] Osbert Fryday
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Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Osbert Fryday<br>
  
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Guards Aerospace Brigade'''<ref name=FMLAp83/>
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards Aerospace Brigade'''<ref name=FMLAp83/><br>
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- (currently non-combat effective)
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- (currently non-combat effective)<br>
  
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 [[Regiment]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/>
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 [[Regiment]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br>
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* CO: Colonel Eguido Ferreira  
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CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Eguido Ferreira <br>
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:* Aide: ''[[Leutnant-Colonel]]'' Ives Channayra
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Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Ives Channayra<br>
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* 726th Lyran Panzer Regiment - Colonel: Durant Ferreira
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- 726<sup>th</sup> Lyran Panzer Regiment - {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Durant Ferreira<br>
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* 783th Lyran Light Tank Regiment - Colonel: Clovis Gordon
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- 783<sup>th</sup> Lyran Light Tank Regiment - {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Clovis Gordon<br>
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* Forty-first New Kyoto Cavalry Regiment - Colonel: Lina Collard
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- 41<sup>st</sup> New Kyoto Cavalry Regiment - {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Lina Collard<br>
  
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/>
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br>
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* CO: Colonel Sara Jovino
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CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Sara Jovino<br>
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:* Aide: ''Leutnant-Colonel'' Nils Varnava
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Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Nils Varnava<br>
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* Eighty-second New Kyoto Mounted Rifles - Colonel: Omar Shulman
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- 82<sup>nd</sup> New Kyoto Mounted Rifles - {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Omar Shulman<br>
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* Second Lyran Armored Infantry - Colonel: Anastasia Osaji
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- 2<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Armored Infantry - {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Anastasia Osaji<br>
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* Eighth New Kyoto Mechanized Regiment - Colonel: Kiliet Masters
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- 8<sup>th</sup> New Kyoto Mechanized Regiment - {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Kiliet Masters<br>
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* Fourth New Kyoto Force Recon - Colonel: Roland Mahoney
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- 4<sup>th</sup> New Kyoto Force Recon - {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Roland Mahoney<br>
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* Eightieth Lyran Military Police Regiment - Colonel: Bianca Straford
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- 80<sup>th</sup> Lyran Military Police Regiment - {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Bianca Straford<br>
  
 
===3067===
 
===3067===
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Guards RCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/>      
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards RCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/><br>     
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* CO: ''Leutnant-General'' Ethan Lyle
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CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Ethan Lyle<br>
  
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/>         
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/><br>         
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* CO: Colonel Eguido Ferreira
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CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Eguido Ferreira<br>
  
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Infantry Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/>    
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Infantry Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/><br>
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* CO: Colonel Sara Jovino
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CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Sara Jovino<br>
  
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- After the FedCom Civil War, the 32nd was reduced to a quarter of its nominal strength.
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- After the FedCom Civil War, the 32<sup>nd</sup> was reduced to a quarter of its nominal strength.
  
 
===3085===
 
===3085===
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Guards LCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p108/>  
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guards LCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p108/><br>
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* CO: ''Leutnant-General'' Sara Jovino
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CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Sara Jovino<br>
  
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'''Thirty-secondd Lyran Guard Aerospace''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p108/>  
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Guard Aerospace''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p108/><br>
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* CO: ''[[Kommandant]]'' Artturi Chlebek
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CO: {{LyranRankInline|Kommandant}} Artturi Chlebek<br>
  
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FM3085p108/>  
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FM3085p108/><br>
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* CO: Colonel Gerulf O'Dalaigh
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CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Gerulf O'Dalaigh<br>
  
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'''Thirty-second Lyran Infantry Brigade''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p108/>  
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'''32<sup>nd</sup> Lyran Infantry Brigade''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p108/><br>
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* CO: Colonel Loukas Fuentes
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CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Loukas Fuentes<br>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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They are a green unit. They don't have much combat experience, but are very loyal to [[House Steiner]]. However, they join the Skye-rebellion in [[3065]].
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They are a green unit. They do not have much combat experience, but are very loyal to [[House Steiner]]. However, they join the Skye-rebellion in [[3065]].
  
 
Their unit insignia is a red arrow with a bloody flag.
 
Their unit insignia is a red arrow with a bloody flag.

Revision as of 22:37, 2 January 2018

Template:InfoBoxStateUnit The 32nd Lyran Guards are a long-serving unit in the LCAF.

History

Star League Era

During the Star League era the 32nd Lyran Guards was one of six regiments within the 4th Lyran Guards Division, one of five Divisions of active regiments within the Lyran Guards brigade in the closing decades of the Star League's existence.[1]

Like the other regiments of the Guards during this era, the 32nd lacked any particular political ties - either regional or familial - unlike regiments in other brigades; commonly assigned to garrison postings, the 32nd Lyran Guards and their sister regiments were postings of choice for those who wanted to work for the Commonwealth without either regional loyalties or particular ambitions. This led to the 32nd Guards and her sister regiments being manned by soldiers who were professional, but without the close-knit ties found in more parochial regiments. The LCAF was intent on generating more camaraderie and esprit de corps among the 32nd and the other Guards regiments, but with little success by 2765.[1]

In the mid-2760s the 32nd Guards had been deployed on a bandit-hunting exercise in the Kirchbach system when a freak JumpShip accident wiped out two of the Guards's battalions. Stationed on Harvest in 2765, the unit was still reeling from the effects of the tragic accident at Kirchbach.[1]

Succession Wars

In 2801 the 32nd Guards' training unit drove a raiding force from Redjack Ryan's Bandit Kingdom off of Alkalurops.[2] The whole unit raided Kobe in 3000[3], and Wheel in 3014.[4]

In 3007 the unit was part of a raid on the Free Worlds League world of Danais, operating alongside the mercenary unit Snord's Irregulars. The mission had been devised during a planning session involving Cranston Snord and Archon Katrina Steiner in mid-3007; Cranston Snord's interest in Danais was actually a DropShip carrying valuable musical instruments which had been shot down over the world's jungles during the fall of the Star League. What Snord didn't know was that the Free Worlds League was building an aerospace fighter production facility on Danais and had reinforced the local garrison accordingly. Worse still, the two derelict DropShips that the Irregulars had identified actually contained the FWLM garrison HQ. Snord’s Irregulars prevailed, however, and captured both the FWL command staff and a collection of instruments for their museum on Clinton.[5] The capture of the entire command staff of the Twenty-first Marik Militia was a sufficiently ignominious defeat that the Twenty-first was disbanded as a command.[6]

Clan Invasion

Since the Fourth Succession War the 32nd Guards mostly spent time on the Free Worlds League/Lyran Commonwealth border. For much of that time, they were stationed on Solaris VII, the Game World.[7] In 3057 the High Command reassigned them to New Kyoto as that world's garrison. When rioting broke out on Solaris, a battalion of troops from the 32nd returned to establish order.[8][9] Instead of separating the combatants however, the 32nd warriors openly sided with the Silesian duelists against the gladiators from the Davion-backed Black Hills. Their presence did bring the fighting to a halt but the skilled duelists from the arenas destroyed nearly every Guard 'Mech that was sent to face them.[10]

Splitting the unit across Solaris and New Kyoto made it difficult to rebuild, and to add insult to injury the 32nd had been made subordinate to the 17th Arcturan Guards, the other LAAF unit on Solaris.[11]

FedCom Civil War

During the FedCom Civil War, the 32nd Guards broke their oath to the Lyran Alliance and attacked the 17th Arcturan Guards on Solaris. The fighting was heavy, with the 32nd taking serious losses. A combined force of mercenaries on Solaris destroyed the their command structure, which later allowed the 2nd Donegal Guards to destroy three quarters of the unit.[12]

The Jihad

During the Jihad the 32nd Guards were redeployed to the Lyran Commonwealth/Clan Jade Falcon border to guard against Clan adventurism. Though they saw no action against the Falcons, the soldiers of the unit spent considerable time in the company of socialites who accompanied them from Tharkad.[13]

The unit received its nickname because no opposing force has ever completely stopped it.

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 32nd Lyran Guards
Marshal Gustav Van Buren.[7][14] 3050 to 3054
Template:LyranRankInline Alice Day.[11] 3062
Template:LyranRankInline Ethan Lyle.[15] 3067
Template:LyranRankInline Sara Jovino.[16] 3085


Tactics

During the riots the unit has learned to fight in urban environments.[11]

Composition History

2765

32nd Lyran Guards (Regular/Reliable)[1]

- At this point in time the 32nd was based on Harvest.[1]

3025

32nd Lyran Guards (Green/Reliable)[17]

3040

32nd Lyran Guards RCT (Green/Reliable)[18]

3050-3054

32nd Lyran Guards RCT (Green/Reliable)[7][14]
CO: Marshal Gustav Van Buren

3062

32nd Lyran Guards (understrength, two Battalions/Green/Reliable)[11]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Alice Day
Aide: Template:LyranRankInline Osbert Fryday

32nd Lyran Guards Aerospace Brigade[11]
- (currently non-combat effective)

32nd Lyran Guards Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Green/Reliable)[11]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Eguido Ferreira
Aide: Template:LyranRankInline Ives Channayra
- 726th Lyran Panzer Regiment - Template:LyranRankInline Durant Ferreira
- 783th Lyran Light Tank Regiment - Template:LyranRankInline Clovis Gordon
- 41st New Kyoto Cavalry Regiment - Template:LyranRankInline Lina Collard

32nd Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)[11]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Sara Jovino
Aide: Template:LyranRankInline Nils Varnava
- 82nd New Kyoto Mounted Rifles - Template:LyranRankInline Omar Shulman
- 2nd Lyran Armored Infantry - Template:LyranRankInline Anastasia Osaji
- 8th New Kyoto Mechanized Regiment - Template:LyranRankInline Kiliet Masters
- 4th New Kyoto Force Recon - Template:LyranRankInline Roland Mahoney
- 80th Lyran Military Police Regiment - Template:LyranRankInline Bianca Straford

3067

32nd Lyran Guards RCT (Regular/Reliable)[15]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Ethan Lyle

32nd Lyran Armor Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[15]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Eguido Ferreira

32nd Lyran Infantry Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[15]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Sara Jovino

- After the FedCom Civil War, the 32nd was reduced to a quarter of its nominal strength.

3085

32nd Lyran Guards LCT (Regular/Reliable)[16]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Sara Jovino

32nd Lyran Guard Aerospace (Green/Reliable)[16]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Artturi Chlebek

32nd Lyran Armor Brigade (Regular/Questionable)[16]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Gerulf O'Dalaigh

32nd Lyran Infantry Brigade (Green/Reliable)[16]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Loukas Fuentes

Notes

They are a green unit. They do not have much combat experience, but are very loyal to House Steiner. However, they join the Skye-rebellion in 3065.

Their unit insignia is a red arrow with a bloody flag.

They are mainly equipped with old Mechs, not yet refitted to the post-Clan Invasion level.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 13-14, "Lyran Guards"
  2. ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 118
  3. ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 36
  4. ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 158
  5. ↑ Cranston Snord's Irregulars, pp. 20-21 (Scenario "Amber Surprise")
  6. ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 90, "Marik Militia"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 20 Year Update, p. 27, "AFFC Deployment Table"
  8. ↑ Illusions of Victory, p. 165-166
  9. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 18, "Flashpoint"
  10. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 21, "Flashpoint: Solaris VII"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 83, "32nd Lyran Guards Profile"
  12. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, pp. 170, 177
  13. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 101
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Objective Raids, p. 19, "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Field Manual: Updates, p. 177, "LAAF Deployment Table - 3067"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Field Manual: 3085, p. 108, "LAAF Deployment Table - 3085"
  17. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 119, "Deployment Table"
  18. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 137

Bibliography

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