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Line 51: ===Jihad=== ===Jihad=== − [[File:Peter Steiner-Davion HBHS.jpg|frameless|right|Peter Steiner Davion, who the Guards opposed and later defended]] + [[File:Archon Peter Steiner-Davion.jpg|frameless|right|Peter Steiner Davion, who the Guards opposed and later defended]] When the [[Word of Blake]] attacked Tharkad after the [[Whitting_Conference#Fourth_Whitting_Conference|Fourth Whitting Conference]], many of the Lyran units on planet were shattered by the orbital bombardment. Archon Peter merged the survivors of both Royal Guards into a single command, and they defended him throughout the campaign. Suffering severe losses over the course of years of guerrilla fighting, the Royal Guards were constantly reinforced by soldiers from other commands on planet who the Archon transferred in, refusing to disband his illustrious unit. Despite being reduced to less than a ghost of their prior selves, the Guards did successfully protect the Archon from death or capture.<ref name=JTPT6C>''Jihad Turning Points: Tharkad'', p. 6: Combatants</ref> In the aftermath of the fighting on Tharkad, the Second essentially existed only on paper, composed of a single lance of the best MechWarriors that defended the capital. By September [[3079]], they were still at only five percent strength, even while their sister unit, the First, was rebuilt by absorbing militia units.<ref name=FRLAAF14>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 14: Royal Guards</ref> When the [[Word of Blake]] attacked Tharkad after the [[Whitting_Conference#Fourth_Whitting_Conference|Fourth Whitting Conference]], many of the Lyran units on planet were shattered by the orbital bombardment. Archon Peter merged the survivors of both Royal Guards into a single command, and they defended him throughout the campaign. Suffering severe losses over the course of years of guerrilla fighting, the Royal Guards were constantly reinforced by soldiers from other commands on planet who the Archon transferred in, refusing to disband his illustrious unit. Despite being reduced to less than a ghost of their prior selves, the Guards did successfully protect the Archon from death or capture.<ref name=JTPT6C>''Jihad Turning Points: Tharkad'', p. 6: Combatants</ref> In the aftermath of the fighting on Tharkad, the Second essentially existed only on paper, composed of a single lance of the best MechWarriors that defended the capital. By September [[3079]], they were still at only five percent strength, even while their sister unit, the First, was rebuilt by absorbing militia units.<ref name=FRLAAF14>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 14: Royal Guards</ref>
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When the [[Word of Blake]] attacked Tharkad after the [[Whitting_Conference#Fourth_Whitting_Conference|Fourth Whitting Conference]], many of the Lyran units on planet were shattered by the orbital bombardment. Archon Peter merged the survivors of both Royal Guards into a single command, and they defended him throughout the campaign. Suffering severe losses over the course of years of guerrilla fighting, the Royal Guards were constantly reinforced by soldiers from other commands on planet who the Archon transferred in, refusing to disband his illustrious unit. Despite being reduced to less than a ghost of their prior selves, the Guards did successfully protect the Archon from death or capture.<ref name=JTPT6C>''Jihad Turning Points: Tharkad'', p. 6: Combatants</ref> In the aftermath of the fighting on Tharkad, the Second essentially existed only on paper, composed of a single lance of the best MechWarriors that defended the capital. By September [[3079]], they were still at only five percent strength, even while their sister unit, the First, was rebuilt by absorbing militia units.<ref name=FRLAAF14>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 14: Royal Guards</ref> | When the [[Word of Blake]] attacked Tharkad after the [[Whitting_Conference#Fourth_Whitting_Conference|Fourth Whitting Conference]], many of the Lyran units on planet were shattered by the orbital bombardment. Archon Peter merged the survivors of both Royal Guards into a single command, and they defended him throughout the campaign. Suffering severe losses over the course of years of guerrilla fighting, the Royal Guards were constantly reinforced by soldiers from other commands on planet who the Archon transferred in, refusing to disband his illustrious unit. Despite being reduced to less than a ghost of their prior selves, the Guards did successfully protect the Archon from death or capture.<ref name=JTPT6C>''Jihad Turning Points: Tharkad'', p. 6: Combatants</ref> In the aftermath of the fighting on Tharkad, the Second essentially existed only on paper, composed of a single lance of the best MechWarriors that defended the capital. By September [[3079]], they were still at only five percent strength, even while their sister unit, the First, was rebuilt by absorbing militia units.<ref name=FRLAAF14>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 14: Royal Guards</ref> | ||