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	When the Lyran Alliance was officially renamed back to the Lyran Commonwealth by Archon [[Adam Steiner]],<ref name=FM3085-94>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 94: "The Lyran Commonwealth - General Review"</ref> the Alliance Guards were rechristened the Commonwealth Guards.  Subsequently, the Third Alliance Guards became the Second Bolan Guards and were restructured as a Davion-style LCT rather than rebuilt to their full RCT size.<ref name=FM3085-99/>		When the Lyran Alliance was officially renamed back to the Lyran Commonwealth by Archon [[Adam Steiner]],<ref name=FM3085-94>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 94: "The Lyran Commonwealth - General Review"</ref> the Alliance Guards were rechristened the Commonwealth Guards.  Subsequently, the Third Alliance Guards became the Second Bolan Guards and were restructured as a Davion-style LCT rather than rebuilt to their full RCT size.<ref name=FM3085-99/>
−	On 23 June 3083, after [[Tamari LaRue]] of the [[Inarcs Archonette]] refused to return her powers to Tharkad, Adam Steiner sent the Second Bolan Guards, along with the [[First Royal Guards]] RCT and ''[[Yggdrasil (Individual Mjolnir-class WarShip)|Yggdrasil]]'', to subdue her. The Second quickly secured the task force's drop zones and easily defeated local militia resistance while the First Royal Guards advanced on the defending [[Blackstone Highlanders]] and quickly captured the Duchess. The Second remained behind to secure Inarcs while the First Royal Guards transported Duchess LaRue to stand trial on Tharkad.<ref name=FM3085-95>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 94–95: "The Lyran Commonwealth - Reclaiming Authority"</ref>	+	On 23 June, 3083, after [[Tamari LaRue]] of the [[Inarcs Archonette]] refused to return her powers to Tharkad, Adam Steiner sent the Second Bolan Guards, along with the [[First Royal Guards]] RCT and ''[[Yggdrasil]]'', to subdue her. The Second quickly secured the task force's drop zones and easily defeated local militia resistance while the First Royal Guards advanced on the defending [[Blackstone Highlanders]] and quickly captured the Duchess. The Second remained behind to secure Inarcs while the First Royal Guards transported Duchess LaRue to stand trial on Tharkad.<ref name=FM3085-95>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 94–95: "The Lyran Commonwealth - Reclaiming Authority"</ref>
	Though the Second completed its mission successfully, the fighting on Inarcs only worsened the unit's morale issues. Many personnel in the unit were dismayed at again being forced to fight their own countrymen. In addition, the Second, despite its many name changes and long history as a Lyran-sympathetic unit, still maintained a sizable number of troops originally from the Federated Suns.  These troops, already alienated by serving in the Lyran Alliance for so long, felt even more trapped in a foreign unit with this latest name change.  The LCAF attempted to combat these loyalty issues by assigning the Second to [[Bolan]] alongside the [[First Bolan Guards]] in the hopes that garrisoning it there would allow its members to bond with its namesake world and develop pride by serving in its defense.<ref name=FM3085-99/>		Though the Second completed its mission successfully, the fighting on Inarcs only worsened the unit's morale issues. Many personnel in the unit were dismayed at again being forced to fight their own countrymen. In addition, the Second, despite its many name changes and long history as a Lyran-sympathetic unit, still maintained a sizable number of troops originally from the Federated Suns.  These troops, already alienated by serving in the Lyran Alliance for so long, felt even more trapped in a foreign unit with this latest name change.  The LCAF attempted to combat these loyalty issues by assigning the Second to [[Bolan]] alongside the [[First Bolan Guards]] in the hopes that garrisoning it there would allow its members to bond with its namesake world and develop pride by serving in its defense.<ref name=FM3085-99/>

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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[File:Allianceguards3rd.png|200px]] | Designation = Second Bolan Guards | formed = [[3049]] | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = Eleventh FedCom RCT<br/> ([[3049]] - [[3057]]) ---- Third Alliance Guards<br/> ([[3057]] - [[3085]]) | Nickname = The Boys from Skye<br/> (3057 - 3085) | Affiliation = [[Federated Commonwealth]]<br/> ([[3049]] - [[3057]]) ---- [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<br/> ([[3057]] - present) | Parent Command = [[Federated Commonwealth Corps]]<br/> ([[3049]] - [[3057]]) ---- [[Alliance Guards]]<br/> ([[3057]] - [[3085]]) ---- [[Commonwealth Guards]]<br/> ([[3085]] - present) | Sub-Command = }} Previously known as the '''Eleventh FedCom [[RCT]]''' and the '''Third Alliance Guards RCT''', the '''Second Bolan Guards [[LCT]]''' is a military formation that has, over the decades, served the [[Federated Commonwealth]], [[Lyran Alliance]] and [[Lyran Commonwealth]]'s Armed Forces.<ref name=FM3085-99>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 99: "Lyran Commonwealth - Commonwealth Guards"</ref> ==History== ===Early Years=== Formed in [[3047]], the Eleventh FedCom RCT was stationed on the world of [[Skye]] until [[3058]] and, unusually for a FedCom Corps unit, drew almost all its recruits from the [[Skye March]] itself. These ties ensured that after the secession of the [[Lyran Alliance]] in [[3057]], the RCT remained in the [[LAAF]]. The unit was renamed the Third Alliance Guards but was reorganized by the newly formed [[LAAF]] High Command, who removed the most ardently [[Free Skye|pro-Skye]] troops and replaced them with ones more loyal to the Archon. Due to grumblings about the poor respect given the Alliance Guards and many of the unit's troops still maintaining strong ties to their former homeworld, a spirit that was typified by the Third's nickname of ''The Boys from Skye'', the [[LIC]] kept the unit under a close eye.<ref name=FMLA45>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 45: "3rd Alliance Guards Unit Profile"</ref> In mid-[[3058]], the still untried Third Alliance Guard was relocated to the world of [[Blue Hole]] on the [[Jade Falcon Occupation Zone|Jade Falcon border]] in reaction to the [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3058)|recent invasion]] of [[Coventry]]. Believing they'd finally have a chance to prove themselves, the Third's repeated requests to stage raids on the Clans were refused by [[Melissia Theater]] commander [[Sharon Bryan]] on the basis of their lack of experience. The unit was also not selected for participation in [[Operation Bulldog]] for the same reason, much to its chagrin.<ref name=FMLA45/> ===FedCom Civil War=== In May of [[3064]], while the Third Alliance Guard and the allied [[Storm's Metal Thunder]] [[mercenary unit]] were embroiled in a shooting standoff with the [[Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]], [[Clan Jade Falcon]] finally attacked. The Third faced down the [[Turkina Eyrie (Clan Jade Falcon)|Turkina Eyrie]] while Storm's Metal Thunder engaged the [[First Falcon Swoop]]. The fighting was so brutal that even the [[Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]] attempted to aid the Loyalist units, although they were only fired upon in exchange for their efforts. Taking heavy casualties, the Third was forced to withdraw to [[Melissia]] with only four companies of BattleMechs left standing, leaving the mercenaries to fend for themselves. The Metal Thunder was entirely destroyed save for two solitary 'Mechs that managed to retreat to Melissia.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 114</ref> On 16 August, 3064, [[Clan Jade Falcon]] reached Melissia and launched an immediate assault on the battered Third. In the resulting fighting, the Third Alliance Guard were almost entirely destroyed by Clan Jade Falcon forces under the command of [[Khan]] [[Marthe Pryde]]. Only the command staff and a handful of survivors made it off-world, under the command of General [[Adam Steiner]]. They fell back to [[Chapultepec]] and later took part in some of the engagements there.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 114, 116</ref> After the [[FedCom Civil War]], the Third was slated for deactivation, but remained on LAAF rolls at the request of [[Hauptmann-General]] [[Isadora Agravaine]]. The pitched fighting against Jade Falcon forces had reduced them to a single battalion of salvaged BattleMechs, supported by two companies of vehicles, and their attempts to rebuild were hindered by the LAAF's emphasis on rebuilding what they considered to be combat worthy units.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 166</ref> By [[3067]], the Third Alliance Guard had returned to Melissia and took up a garrison post there while they slowly rebuilt.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 178</ref> ===Jihad=== As with the rest of the Alliance Guards, the Third acted as a reserve force during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], supplementing commands damaged during the occupations of [[Tharkad]] and [[Hesperus II]]. The unit's sole action of note during the period was an incident during its defense of [[Timbiqui]]'s famous brewery from pirate raiders. Video footage of a Third Guards ''[[Zeus]]'' bring sprayed down by a beer truck as it tore a bandit ''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]'' apart with its energy weapons receiving extensive airplay across the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name=FRLAAF-8>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8: "Alliance Guards"</ref> Much of the losses suffered by the Third during the Jihad came not from combat but as troops and matériel were transferred out to recoup the losses of more favored commands, a move by High Command that further damaged the unit's poor morale. Near the end of the quartermaster's supply priorities at the best of times, the Third, like the rest of the Alliance Guards, chose to sacrifice its older equipment in order to prioritize the maintenance of its more modern machines as the Jihad crippled interstellar shipping.<ref name=FRLAAF-8/> ===Dark Age=== When the Lyran Alliance was officially renamed back to the Lyran Commonwealth by Archon [[Adam Steiner]],<ref name=FM3085-94>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 94: "The Lyran Commonwealth - General Review"</ref> the Alliance Guards were rechristened the Commonwealth Guards. Subsequently, the Third Alliance Guards became the Second Bolan Guards and were restructured as a Davion-style LCT rather than rebuilt to their full RCT size.<ref name=FM3085-99/> On 23 June, 3083, after [[Tamari LaRue]] of the [[Inarcs Archonette]] refused to return her powers to Tharkad, Adam Steiner sent the Second Bolan Guards, along with the [[First Royal Guards]] RCT and ''[[Yggdrasil]]'', to subdue her. The Second quickly secured the task force's drop zones and easily defeated local militia resistance while the First Royal Guards advanced on the defending [[Blackstone Highlanders]] and quickly captured the Duchess. The Second remained behind to secure Inarcs while the First Royal Guards transported Duchess LaRue to stand trial on Tharkad.<ref name=FM3085-95>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 94–95: "The Lyran Commonwealth - Reclaiming Authority"</ref> Though the Second completed its mission successfully, the fighting on Inarcs only worsened the unit's morale issues. Many personnel in the unit were dismayed at again being forced to fight their own countrymen. In addition, the Second, despite its many name changes and long history as a Lyran-sympathetic unit, still maintained a sizable number of troops originally from the Federated Suns. These troops, already alienated by serving in the Lyran Alliance for so long, felt even more trapped in a foreign unit with this latest name change. The LCAF attempted to combat these loyalty issues by assigning the Second to [[Bolan]] alongside the [[First Bolan Guards]] in the hopes that garrisoning it there would allow its members to bond with its namesake world and develop pride by serving in its defense.<ref name=FM3085-99/> During the Commonwealth's [[Operation HAMMERFALL|invasion]] of the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] in [[3137]], the Second Bolan Guards were at the forefront of the fighting. Luckily, their advanced position meant that they weren't damaged by [[Clan Wolf]] forces as they established the [[Wolf Empire]]. During the formation of the Empire, the Second Bolan Guards were able to tie up a large number of [[Free Worlds League Military]] forces, which allowed other [[LCAF]] units to escape. One of these fighting withdrawals involved a skirmish between the Second and the [[First Tamarind Regulars]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 42</ref> In [[3145]], the Second had returned to its station on Bolan.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 123</ref> A year later, the unit found itself battling the First Tamarind Regulars once more when that unit invaded Bolan. Although they were initially successful, managing to drive the invaders back, the Second was later stymied and then driven off-world when League reinforcements arrived.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 20</ref> ==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 Eleventh FedCom RCT''' |- | [[Hauptmann General]]||[[Amos Harrington|Amos Bronson Harrington]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20yup27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Tables - Skye March - Wyatt Theater - Gacrux Command"</ref> |- | [[Leutnant-General]]||[[Martin Andor]]||[[3052]]<ref name=FMLA45/> - [[3057]] |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Third Alliance Guards''' |- | Leutnant-General||Martin Andor||[[3057]] - [[3085]]<ref name=FMLA45/> |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Second Bolan Guards''' |- | Leutnant-General||[[Conger McConnaugh]]||[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085-107>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 107: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces (Deployment as of 31 October 3085)"</ref> |- | [[Colonel]]||[[Eli Colt]]||[[3145]]<ref name=FM:3145p132>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 132: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces - Buena Province"</ref> |- |} ==Tactics== The Third Alliance Guards, and before that the Eleventh FedCom, trained in a medley of tactics both offensive and defensive, though up until the FedCom Civil War had little chance to put their training into practice.<ref name=FMLA45/> ==Composition History== ===3050=== '''Eleventh FedCom RCT ''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=20yup27/> :* CO: Hauptmann General Amos Bronson Harrington<ref name=20yup27/> :* Base: [[Skye]]<ref name=20yup27/> ===3054=== '''Eleventh FedCom RCT''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=ORp19/> :* CO: Hauptmann General Marlin Andor<ref name=ORp19/> :* Base: [[Skye]]<ref name=ORp19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19</ref> ===3062=== '''Third Alliance Guards''' ([[Regiment]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA45/> * CO: Leutnant-General [[Martin Andor]] * XO: Colonel [[Marion Leaford]] * Base: [[Blue Hole]] :'''Third Alliance Guards Aerospace Brigade''' ([[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]])<ref name=FMLA45/> :* CO: [[Kaptain]] [[Nasir Hammed|Nasir Malik Hammed]] :** '''Second Alliance Wing''' :'''Third Alliance Armor Brigade''' (2 Regiments/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA45/> :* CO: Colonel [[Roberto Huntingdon]] :* XO: [[Leutnant-Colonel]] [[Megan O'Brien]] ::* Eleventh Alliance Heavy Armor Regiment :::* CO: Colonel Roberto Huntingdon ::* Ninety-second Skye Light Armor Regiment :::* CO: Colonel [[Jonathan Lyttle]] :'''Third Alliance Infantry Brigade''' (4 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA45/> ::* CO: Colonel [[Bill Scathlock]] ::* Aide: Leutnant-Colonel [[Mercham Miller]] :::* Twenty-first Alliance Infantry Regiment ::::* CO: Colonel [[Gerald Watson]] :::* Twenty-second Alliance Infantry Regiment ::::* CO: Colonel [[Corrinne de Kondservsky]] :::* Forty-fourth Independent Mechanized Infantry Regiment ::::* CO: Colonel [[Andrew Clatworthy]] :::* Eleventh FedCom Jump Infantry Regiment ::::* CO: Colonel [[Adebayo Fasinro]] ===3067=== '''Third Alliance Guards RCT''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp178>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 178</ref> :* CO: Leutnant-General Martin Andor :* Base: [[Melissia]] :'''Third Alliance Guards Aerospace Brigade''' ([[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp178/> :* CO: [[Kaptain]] Nasir Malik Hammed :'''Third Alliance Armor Brigade''' (2 Regiments/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp178/> :* CO: Colonel Roberto Huntingdon :'''Third Alliance Infantry Brigade''' (4 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA45/> :* CO: Colonel Bill Scathlock ===3079=== '''Third Alliance Guards ''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FRFWLMp8>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 8</ref> : Note: At this time the unit was stationed on [[Timbiqui]].<ref name=FRFWLMp8/> ===3085=== '''Second Bolan Guards LCT'''<ref name=FM3085-107/> :* CO: Leutnant-General [[Conger McConnaugh]] :* Base: [[Bolan]] :'''Second Bolan Guard Aerospace'''<ref name=FM3085-107/> :* CO: Kommandant [[Diarmait Rocha]] :'''Second Bolan Armor Brigade'''<ref name=FM3085-107/> :* CO: Colonel [[Vikot Olofsdotter]] :'''Second Bolan Infantry Brigade'''<ref name=FM3085-107/> :* CO: Colonel [[Tyge Podsednik]] ===3145=== '''Second Bolan Guards''' (Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FM:3145p132/> :* CO: Colonel Eli Colt :* Base: [[Bolan]] :'''Second Bolan Guard Aerospace''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p132/> :* CO: Kommandant [[George Robinson]] :'''Second Bolan Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FM:3145p132/> :* CO: Colonel [[Anna Gray]] :'''Second Bolan Infantry Brigade''' (Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FM:3145p132/> :* CO: Colonel [[Donald Watson]] ==Unit Colors and Insignia== *When the Second Bolan Guards was a member of the Federated Commonwealth Corps RCTs, it primarily used the FedCom Corps crest as its insignia. After being renamed to the Third Alliance Guards, the insignia was changed to the Lyran Mailed Fist on a Skye green disk with the Roman number III emblazoned beneath it. *While with the [[FedCom Corps]], the unit wore the colors standard to that formation. After being converted to Alliance Guards, their colors were changed to the Guards' brown and tan scheme, replacing that scheme's black edging with green edging in honor of Skye. ==Notes== *During its existence as the Third Alliance Guards, the unit's First and Second Battalions were primarily [[BattleMech#Medium|medium]] and [[BattleMech#Light|light]] [[BattleMech]] designs of [[Federated Suns]] manufacture, such as the ''[[Stealth]]'' and ''[[Fireball]]''. Its Third Battalion had more Lyran produced BattleMechs, generally in the heavy and assault classes, such as the ''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]'' and ''[[Falconer]]'' 'Mechs. ==Reference== <references /> ==Bibliography== <div class="desktop-3-col"> * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]'' * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League]]'' </div> [[Category:Lyran Commands|Bolan Guards, 02nd]] [[Category:Federated Commonwealth Commands|Bolan Guards, 02nd]]

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