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During the Star League era the 32nd 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> | During the Star League era the 32nd 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> | ||
| − | 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 | + | 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.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> |
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 [[battalion]]s. Stationed on [[Harvest]] in 2765, the unit was still reeling from the effects of the tragic accident at Kirchbach.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> | 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 [[battalion]]s. Stationed on [[Harvest]] in 2765, the unit was still reeling from the effects of the tragic accident at Kirchbach.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> | ||
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=== Clan Invasion === | === 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.<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 32nd 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 | + | 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.<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 32nd 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 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.<ref name=FCCW-21>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 21, "Flashpoint: Solaris VII"</ref> |
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 [[Seventeenth Arcturan Guards]], the other [[LAAF]] unit on Solaris.<ref name=FMLAp83/> | 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 [[Seventeenth Arcturan Guards]], the other [[LAAF]] unit on Solaris.<ref name=FMLAp83/> | ||
=== FedCom Civil War === | === 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 | + | 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 [[Second 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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==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
=== 2765 === | === 2765 === | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FR2765p13"/> |
| − | :- At this point in time the | + | :- At this point in time the 32nd was based on Harvest.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> |
===3025=== | ===3025=== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards''' (Green/Reliable)<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 119, "Deployment Table"</ref> |
===3040=== | ===3040=== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards RCT''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=HWO3039>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137 </ref><br> |
===3050-3054=== | ===3050-3054=== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards RCT''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=20yr27/><ref name=ORp19/><br> |
CO: Marshal Gustav Van Buren<br> | CO: Marshal Gustav Van Buren<br> | ||
===3062=== | ===3062=== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards''' (understrength, two [[Battalion]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Alice Day<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Alice Day<br> | ||
Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Osbert Fryday<br> | Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Osbert Fryday<br> | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards Aerospace Brigade'''<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> |
- (currently non-combat effective)<br> | - (currently non-combat effective)<br> | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 [[Regiment]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Eguido Ferreira <br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Eguido Ferreira <br> | ||
Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Ives Channayra<br> | Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Ives Channayra<br> | ||
| − | - | + | - 726th Lyran Panzer Regiment - {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Durant Ferreira<br> |
| − | - | + | - 783th Lyran Light Tank Regiment - {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Clovis Gordon<br> |
| − | - | + | - 41st New Kyoto Cavalry Regiment - {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Lina Collard<br> |
'''32nd Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> | '''32nd Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> | ||
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Sara Jovino<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Sara Jovino<br> | ||
Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Nils Varnava<br> | Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant Colonel}} Nils Varnava<br> | ||
| − | - | + | - 82nd New Kyoto Mounted Rifles - {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Omar Shulman<br> |
| − | - | + | - 2nd Lyran Armored Infantry - {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Anastasia Osaji<br> |
| − | - | + | - 8th New Kyoto Mechanized Regiment - {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Kiliet Masters<br> |
| − | - | + | - 4th New Kyoto Force Recon - {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Roland Mahoney<br> |
| − | - | + | - 80th Lyran Military Police Regiment - {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Bianca Straford<br> |
===3067=== | ===3067=== | ||
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CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Sara Jovino<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Sara Jovino<br> | ||
| − | - After the FedCom Civil War, the | + | - After the FedCom Civil War, the 32nd was reduced to a quarter of its nominal strength. |
===3085=== | ===3085=== | ||
Revision as of 16:12, 26 February 2019
Template:InfoBoxStateUnit The 32nd Lyran Guards are a long-serving unit in the LCAF.
Contents
History
Star League Era
During the Star League era the 32nd 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.[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 Seventeenth 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 Second 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 | 3050 - 3054[7][14] | |
| Leutnant-General | Alice Day | 3062[11] | |
| Leutnant-General | Ethan Lyle | 3067[15] | |
| Leutnant-General | Sara Jovino | 3085[16] | |
Tactics
During the riots the unit has learned to fight in urban environments.[11]
Composition History
2765
32nd Lyran Guards (Regiment/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 mainly equipped with old Mechs, not yet refitted to the post-Clan Invasion level.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 13-14, "Lyran Guards"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 118
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 36
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 158
- ↑ Cranston Snord's Irregulars, pp. 20-21 (Scenario "Amber Surprise")
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 90, "Marik Militia"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 20 Year Update, p. 27, "AFFC Deployment Table"
- ↑ Illusions of Victory, p. 165-166
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 18, "Flashpoint"
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 21, "Flashpoint: Solaris VII"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 83, "32nd Lyran Guards Profile"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, pp. 170, 177
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 101
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Objective Raids, p. 19, "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Field Manual: Updates, p. 177, "LAAF Deployment Table - 3067"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Field Manual: 3085, p. 108, "LAAF Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 119, "Deployment Table"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 137