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| nickname = Wrath of the Spurned ([[3025]])<ref name=HKDCp142/><br>Wrath of the Dragon
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| parent formation = [[Dieron Regulars]]
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| formed  = 2765-2779<ref name="FSWp32">''First Succession War'', p. 32, "Those Left Behind"</ref><ref name="FSWp119"/>
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| disbanded = 3078<ref name="TCp182"/>
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| year    = 3058
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| Designation = Eighth Dieron Regulars
 
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| Formed = [[2765]] - [[2779]]<ref name="FSWp32">''First Succession War'', p. 32: "Those Left Behind"</ref><ref name="FSWp119"/>
 
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| Disbanded = [[3078]]<ref name="TCp182"/><br>But restored somewhat in [[3090]]
 
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| Nickname = Wrath of the Spurned ([[3025]])<ref name=HKDCp142/><br>Wrath of the Dragon
 
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| Affiliation = [[Draconis Combine]]
 
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| Parent Command = [[Dieron Regulars]]
 
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==History==
 
==History==
 
=== First Succession War ===
 
=== First Succession War ===
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The '''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' were one of thirty-one regiments of Dieron Regulars to be created by the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] after [[2765]].<ref name="FSWp137"/> The Dieron Regulars expanded by ten regiments during the [[Amaris Civil War]],<ref name="FSWp119">''First Succession War'', p. 119: "House Kurita"</ref> and a further twenty-one regiments were raised between the end of the Civil War and the end of the [[First Succession War]]. The Eighth was one of the ten regiments created between [[2765]] and the end of the Civil War in [[2779]].<ref name="FSWp119"/>
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The '''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' were one of thirty-one regiments of Dieron Regulars to be created by the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] after [[2765]].<ref name="FSWp137"/> The Dieron Regulars expanded by ten regiments during the [[Amaris Civil War]],<ref name="FSWp119">''First Succession War'', p. 119, "House Kurita"</ref> and a further twenty-one regiments were raised between the end of the Civil War and the end of the [[First Succession War]]. The Eighth was one of the ten regiments created between [[2765]] and the end of the Civil War in [[2779]].<ref name="FSWp119"/>
  
 
===Third Succession War===
 
===Third Succession War===
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During the final decades of the [[Third Succession War]], the Eighth fell into disfavor after a dispute with the [[Second Sword of Light]] after failing to win an important objective. The Eighth's commander advocated attacking a weakly-defended portion of the enemy's line, while the Sword's commander demanded a frontal assault against the enemy's strongest position to satisfy ''bushido''. The Eighth Regulars knew such an attack would invariably bog down, also realizing that they would take disproportionate losses compared the better-equipped Sword of Light. The Eighth attacked the weakly-defended sector and were repulsed anyway, but came much closer to achieving the objective than the Second Sword of Light. Despite this, the Eighth took the blame for the battle's ultimate failure because they had refused to follow the Second's leader.<ref name="CM:Kuritap32">''Combat Manual: Kurita'', p. 32: "Eighth Dieron Regulars"</ref><ref name=FMDC51>''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 51: "Unit Profile"</ref>
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During the final decades of the [[Third Succession War]], the Eighth fell into disfavor after a dispute with the [[Second Sword of Light]] after failing to win an important objective. The Eighth's commander advocated attacking a weakly-defended portion of the enemy's line, while the Sword's commander demanded a frontal assault against the enemy's strongest position to satisfy ''bushido''. The Eighth Regulars knew such an attack would invariably bog down, also realizing that they would take disproportionate losses compared the better-equipped Sword of Light. The Eighth attacked the weakly-defended sector and were repulsed anyway, but came much closer to achieving the objective than the Second Sword of Light. Despite this, the Eighth took the blame for the battle's ultimate failure because they had refused to follow the Second's leader.<ref name="CM:Kuritap32">''Combat Manual: Kurita'', p. 32, "Eighth Dieron Regulars"</ref> <ref name=FMDC51>''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 51, "Unit Profile"</ref>
  
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After the battle, the Eighth's commander was ordered to commit ''[[seppuku]]'' for disobeying the orders of superior officers and for the failed assault. When he politely refused, he was court-martialed by a scandalized DCMS High Command on charges of cowardice, and the unit as a whole was placed on the bottom tier for resupply on the direct orders of an incensed [[Coordinator]] [[Takashi Kurita]].<ref name="CM:Kuritap32"/><ref name=FMDC51/>
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After the battle, the Eighth's commander was ordered to commit ''[[seppuku]]'' for disobeying the orders of superior officers and for the failed assault. When he politely refused, he was court-martialed by a scandalized DCMS High Command on charges of cowardice, and the unit as a whole was placed on the bottom tier for resupply on the direct orders of an incensed [[Coordinator]] [[Takashi Kurita]].<ref name="CM:Kuritap32"/> <ref name=FMDC51/>
  
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The Eight was stationed on the world of Al Na'ir with the [[15th Dieron Regulars|Fifteenth Dieron Regulars]] in [[3025]].<ref name=HKDCp133>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 133: "Mech Unit Deployment Table (as of 3025)"</ref>
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The Eight was stationed on the world of Al Na'ir with the [[15th Dieron Regulars|Fifteenth Dieron Regulars]] in [[3025]].<ref name=HKDCp133>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 133 "MECH UNIT DEPLOYMENT TABLE (as of 3025)"</ref>
  
 
===Fourth Succession War===
 
===Fourth Succession War===
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===War of 3039===
 
===War of 3039===
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As of [[3039]], the Eighth was still under this punishment, the unit never forgiving Takashi Kurita for the injustice.<ref name="CM:Kuritap32"/><ref name=FMDC51/>
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As of [[3039]], the Eighth was still under this punishment, the unit never forgiving Takashi Kurita for the injustice.<ref name="CM:Kuritap32"/> <ref name=FMDC51/>
  
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The Eighth wasn't an active participant in the [[War of 3039]]; stationed on [[Al Na'ir]] when the war began, the Eighth was redeployed to garrison [[Saffel]] after the war ended.<ref name=HWo3039p138/>
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The Eighth wasn't an active participant in the [[War of 3039]]; stationed on [[Al Na'ir]] when the war began, the Eighth was redeployed to garrison [[Saffel]] after the war ended.<ref name = HWo3039p138/>
  
 
===Clan Invasion===
 
===Clan Invasion===
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The ascension of Takashi's son [[Theodore Kurita]], first to the position of ''[[Gunji-no-Kanrei]]'' and later Coordinator, slowly began to heal the breach between the Eighth and House Kurita. When the DCMS Procurement Department sent two [[companies]] worth of Combine-built [[OmniMech]]s at the request of [[Tai-shu|Warlord of Dieron]] [[Isoroku Kurita]] to the Eighth, the unit returned half the OmniMechs with the request that "the Coordinator find better use for these machines among those more worthy", symbolically offering to shoulder half the blame for the unit's dishonor if the Coordinator agreed to accept the rest on behalf of his family. Theodore responded by ordering they be sent to the Warlord of Dieron with the command: "Give these to warriors of the Dragon's wrath". Isoroku Kurita interpreted this to mean they should go the Eighth Dieron Regulars and promptly returned them to the regiment.<ref name=FMDC51/>
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The ascension of Takashi's son [[Theodore Kurita]], first to the position of ''[[Gunji-no-Kanrei]]'' and later Coordinator, slowly began to heal the breach between the Eighth and House Kurita. When the DCMS Procurement Department sent two [[companies]] worth of Combine-built [[OmniMech]]s at the request of [[Tai-shu|Warlord of Dieron]] [[Isoroku Kurita]] to the Eighth, the unit returned half the OmniMechs with the request that "the Coordinator find better use for these machines among those more worthy", symbolically offering to shoulder half the blame for the unit's dishonor if the Coordinator agreed to accept the rest on behalf of his family. Theodore responded by ordering they be sent to the Warlord of Dieron with the command, "Give these to warriors of the Dragon's wrath". Isoroku Kurita interpreted this to mean they should go the Eighth Dieron Regulars and promptly returned them to the regiment.<ref name=FMDC51/>
  
 
===Operation Bulldog===
 
===Operation Bulldog===
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During [[Operation BULLDOG]] the Eighth Dieron Regulars joined with the [[St. Ives Cheveau-Légers]], [[First Canopian Cuirassiers]], and [[Eleventh Alshain Avengers]] to defend [[Meinacos]] from the Smoke Jaguar's 267th Battle Cluster. (The [[Seventh Pesht Regulars]] were also called in to reinforce the SLDF troops, but didn't arrive in time for the fighting.) The Eighth Dieron drove into the 267th Cluster's flank, while the Eleventh Alshain distracted them and the Canopian Cuirassiers cut off the Clan unit's retreat.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 41</ref>
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During [[Operation BULLDOG]] the Eighth Dieron Regulars joined with the [[St. Ives Cheveau Legers]], [[First Canopian Cuirassiers]], and [[Eleventh Alshain Avengers]] to defend [[Meinacos]] from the Smoke Jaguar's 267th Battle Cluster. (The [[Seventh Pesht Regulars]] were also called in to reinforce the SLDF troops, but didn't arrive in time for the fighting.) The Eighth Dieron drove into the 267th Cluster's flank, while the Eleventh Alshain distracted them and the Canopian Cuirassiers cut off the Clan unit's retreat.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 41</ref>
  
 
===Dominion War===
 
===Dominion War===
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===Jihad===
 
===Jihad===
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The Eighth Dieron Regulars served alongside a sister regiment, the [[Second Dieron Regulars]], during the invasion of [[Dieron]] in [[3077]]-[[3078|8]]. Although the invasion was a joint effort between the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] and the [[DCMS]] with the Dominion providing the larger contingent of forces - four [[Galaxy|Galaxies]] of troops and substantial [[WarShip]] support - the task force was officially led by the DCMS contingent, under the overall command of ''[[Tai-sa]]'' [[Cale Schultz-Tanaka]].<ref name="TCp58">''Total Chaos'', p. 58: "The Campaign: 3068... (sidebar)"</ref>
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The Eighth Dieron Regulars served alongside a sister regiment, the [[Second Dieron Regulars]], during the invasion of [[Dieron]] in [[3077]]-[[3078|8]]. Although the invasion was a joint effort between the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] and the [[DCMS]] with the Dominion providing the larger contingent of forces - four [[Galaxy|Galaxies]] of troops and substantial [[WarShip]] support - the task force was officially led by the DCMS contingent, under the overall command of ''[[Tai-sa]]'' [[Cale Schultz-Tanaka]].<ref name="TCp58">''Total Chaos'', p. 58, "The Campaign: 3068... (sidebar)"</ref>
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The Eighth Dieron Regulars took heavy damage during the combat drop,<ref name="JTP:Dp6">''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 6: "Combatants"</ref> but would play a significant part in the campaign. The invasion began in October 3077, and in late October the Eighth were involved in a firefight with their erstwhile allies, [[Clan Ghost Bear]]'s [[Rho Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Rho Galaxy]]. Rho Galaxy had been tasked with securing a number of secondary spaceports and outlying industrial facilities on Dieron during the initial landings on Dieron, and saw relatively little combat during the first month. Rho Galaxy and the Eighth Dieron Regulars were encamped outside Fort Cross, where the Eighth had secured a number of Blakist prisoners of war, when a dispute between the two over the disposition and fate of those prisoners led to a pitched battle, interrupted by an attack<ref name="JTP:Dp9">''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 9: "Combatants"</ref><ref name="TCp59"/> by the [[23rd Division (Word of Blake)|Twenty-third Militia Division]].<ref name="TCp59"/> The battle between the forces from Rho Galaxy and the Eighth Dieron stemmed directly from the conflicting orders given to the two units; [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Michael Hawkins]] was determined to exterminate the Blakist prisoners - almost three hundred in number - in accordance with standing orders from the Khans; in contrast, the Eighth were under orders from their own High Command to cultivate intelligence assets.<ref name="TCp59">''Total Chaos'', p. 59: "Dieron (sidebar)"</ref>
 
  
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Rho's command structure was broken during the attack, leaving the Ghost Bear warriors striking back viciously but blindly, and in the process they left a gap in the line that allowed the [[2nd Division (Word of Blake)|Second Militia Division]] to break through near Newbury and escape.<ref name="JTP:Dp8">''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 8: "Combatants"</ref> Although the Eighth managed to evacuate one compound of Blakist POWs<ref name="JTP:Dp15"/> - at least forty prisoners<ref name="TCp59"/> - the Ghost Bears went on to destroy the compounds, Fort Cross and a nearby town in their efforts to exterminate every Blakist.<ref name="JTP:Dp15">''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 15: "My Enemy's Enemy"</ref> The incident became a public relations nightmare, and provided fodder for anti-Clan rhetoric for years after the battle.<ref name="TCp59"/>
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The Eighth Dieron Regulars took heavy damage during the combat drop,<ref name="JTP:Dp6">''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 6, "Combatants"</ref> but would play a significant part in the campaign. The invasion began in October 3077, and in late October the Eighth were involved in a firefight with their erstwhile allies, the [[Clan Ghost Bear]] [[Rho Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Rho Galaxy]]. Rho Galaxy had been tasked with securing a number of secondary spaceports and outlying industrial facilities on Dieron during the initial landings on Dieron, and saw relatively little combat during the first month. Rho Galaxy and the Eighth Dieron Regulars were encamped outside Fort Cross, where the Eighth had secured a number of Blakist prisoners of war, when a dispute between the two over the disposition and fate of those prisoners led to a pitched battle, interrupted by an attack<ref name="JTP:Dp9">''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 9, "Combatants"</ref><ref name="TCp59"/> by the [[23rd Division (Word of Blake)|Twenty-third Militia Division]].<ref name="TCp59"/> The battle between the forces from Rho Galaxy and the Eighth Dieron stemmed directly from the conflicting orders given to the two units; [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Michael Hawkins]] was determined to exterminate the Blakist prisoners - almost three hundred in number - in accordance with standing orders from the khans; in contrast, the Eighth were under orders from their own High Command to cultivate intelligence assets.<ref name="TCp59">''Total Chaos'', p. 59, "Dieron (sidebar)"</ref>
  
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Later in the campaign the initial breaches of the outer wall at Fortress Dieron were established by the mercenary unit [[Gannon's Cannons]] and the Eighth ; the Cannons split their forces, with two companies concentrating on the wall while two more companies targeted turrets and individual Blakists. When the Cannons breached the wall they pulled back, engaging the defending forces; the Eighth then breached the wall in three places using [[Sniper Artillery Piece|Sniper]] and [[Arrow IV]] artillery before seizing the wall itself.<ref name="TCp178">''Total Chaos'', p. 178: "Aftermath"</ref> While the Eighth were desperately holding the gate, a ''[[Mammoth]]''-class DropShip crashed into a nearby mountain lake;<ref name="JTP:Dp16"/><ref name="TCp178"/> venting its cargo bays,<ref name="TCp178"/> the ''Mammoth'' acidified the lake and set the main causeway to Fortress Dieron on fire, slowing [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Alpha Galaxy]] as they attempted to force their way into the Fortress, and exposing them to extended artillery fire. The [[Asta Protectorate Militia]] attempted to attack, only to be charged by the battered remnants of the Eighth, who held off the Militia long enough for [[Khan]] [[Aletha Kabrinski]] and her troops to reorganize and crush the Militia before overrunning the nearby artillery positions.<ref name="JTP:Dp16">''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 16: "Climbing Mount Shanyu"</ref><ref name="TCp178"/>
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Rho's command structure was broken during the attack, leaving the Ghost Bear warriors striking back viciously but blindly, and in the process they left a gap in the line that allowed the [[2nd Division (Word of Blake)|Second Militia Division]] to break through near Newbury and escape.<ref name="JTP:Dp8">''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 8, "Combatants"</ref> Although the Eighth managed to evacuate one compound of Blakist POWs<ref name="JTP:Dp15"/> - at least forty prisoners<ref name="TCp59"/> - the Ghost Bears went on to destroy the compounds, Fort Cross and a nearby town in their efforts to exterminate every Blakist.<ref name="JTP:Dp15">''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 15, "My Enemy's Enemy"</ref> The incident became a public relations nightmare, and provided fodder for anti-Clan rhetoric for years after the battle.<ref name="TCp59"/>
  
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Although ''Tai-sa'' [[Jerry Simms]] had acted against the advice of his commanding officers and the Eighth were shattered by the Fortress Dieron defenses, the manner in which they held the main complex door open for Alpha Galaxy earned the Eighth the respect of Khan Aletha Kabrinski and her warriors.<ref name="JTP:Dp6"/> The battle for Fortress Dieron lasted until mid-January 3078, with ''Tai-sa'' Simms falling in the final battle; by the end of the campaign, the surviving Blakists had largely gathered in the Fortress, and the combined Clan and DCMS forces faced elements of the Second, Fourteenth, Nineteenth and Twenty-third Militia Divisions as well as the survivors from the Protectorate Militias. The bulk of the Blakist defenders died, although the attack wavered following Simms' death until Major [[Gannon Derer]] rallied the Cannons and the remains of the Eighth to keep pressing the attack. A small number of Blakists managed to escape on DropShips; by the time the Fortress Dieron complex had finally been seized, the Eighth Dieron Regulars consisted of just a company of 'Mechs, a [[lance]] of tanks, and three dozen infantry.<ref name="TCp182">''Total Chaos'', p. 182: "Aftermath"</ref>
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Later in the campaign the initial breaches of the outer wall at Fortress Dieron were established by the mercenary unit [[Gannon's Cannons]] and the Eighth ; the Cannons split their forces, with two companies concentrating on the wall while two more companies targeted turrets and individual Blakists. When the Cannons breached the wall they pulled back, engaging the defending forces; the Eighth then breached the wall in three places using [[Sniper Artillery Piece|Sniper]] and [[Arrow IV]] artillery before seizing the wall itself.<ref name="TCp178">''Total Chaos'', p. 178", "Aftermath"</ref> While the Eighth were desperately holding the gate, a ''[[Mammoth]]''-class DropShip crashed into a nearby mountain lake;<ref name="JTP:Dp16"/><ref name="TCp178"/> venting its cargo bays,<ref name="TCp178"/> the ''Mammoth'' acidified the lake and set the main causeway to Fortress Dieron on fire, slowing [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Alpha Galaxy]] as they attempted to force their way into the Fortress, and exposing them to extended artillery fire. The [[Asta Protectorate Militia]] attempted to attack, only to be charged by the battered remnants of the Eighth, who held off the Militia long enough for [[Khan]] [[Aletha Kabrinski]] and her troops to reorganize and crush the Militia before overrunning the nearby artillery positions.<ref name="JTP:Dp16">''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 16, "Climbing Mount Shanyu"</ref><ref name="TCp178"/>
  
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The news agency known as the [[Voice of the Dragon]] included details of the Eighth's role in the liberation of Dieron in news broadcasts after the event. The Voice of the Dragon reported that there had been a brief friendly fire exchange between Ghost Bear second line forces and elements of the [[Dieron Regulars]] - for which it claimed the Ghost Bears had apologized to ''[[Gunji-no-Kanrei]]'' [[Kiyomori Minamoto]] - but dwelled more on actions within the campaign that highlighted the superiority of the DCMS troops within the task force.<ref name="JHS:Tp34+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 34–35: "Official Update 4"</ref>
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Although ''Tai-sa'' [[Jerry Simms]] had acted against the advice of his commanding officers and the Eighth were shattered by the Fortress Dieron defenses, the manner in which they held the main complex door open for Alpha Galaxy earned the Eighth the respect of Khan Aletha Kabrinski and her warriors.<ref name="JTP:Dp6"/> The battle for Fortress Dieron lasted until mid-January 3078, with ''Tai-sa'' Simms falling in the final battle; by the end of the campaign, the surviving Blakists had largely gathered in the Fortress, and the combined Clan and DCMS forces faced elements of the Second, Fourteenth, Nineteenth and Twenty-third Militia Divisions as well as the survivors from the Protectorate Militias. The bulk of the Blakist defenders died, although the attack wavered following Simms' death until Major [[Gannon Derer]] rallied the Cannons and the remains of the Eighth to keep pressing the attack. A small number of Blakists managed to escape on DropShips; by the time the Fortress Dieron complex had finally been seized, the Eighth Dieron Regulars consisted of just a company of 'Mechs, a [[lance]] of tanks, and three dozen infantry.<ref name="TCp182">''Total Chaos'', p. 182", "Aftermath"</ref>
  
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The news agency known as the [[Voice of the Dragon]] included details of the Eighth's role in the liberation of Dieron in news broadcasts after the event. The Voice of the Dragon reported that there had been a brief friendly fire exchange between Ghost Bear second line forces and elements of the [[Dieron Regulars]] - for which it claimed the Ghost Bears had apologised to ''[[Gunji-no-Kanrei]]'' [[Kiyomori Minamoto]] - but dwelled more on actions within the campaign that highlighted the superiority of the DCMS troops within the task force.<ref name="JHS:Tp34+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 34-35, "Official Update 4"</ref>
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On the 12th May [[3090]], the border skirmishes between the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and the Draconis Combine came to a head on [[Apostica]]. Elements of the Eighth Dieron Regulars were closing in on an underwater Lyran research station that [[ISF]] believed that Lyrans were using the facility to reverse engineer captured [[Word of Blake|Blakist]] [[improved jump jet]] technology to develop an improved [[UMU]] and wanted to capture or destroy it. The attack on Apostica ultimately failed when the Lyran forces, though took heavy losses, destroyed the attacking Combine 'Mechs.
 
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The Lyran Commonwealth though failed to develop an improved UMU system.<ref name=RSP>''Record Sheets: Prototypes'', pp. 14–15: "Scenario One: Underwater Basket Weaving (Objective Raid)"</ref>
 
  
 
==Officers==
 
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| [[General]]||[[Harriet deLetereau]]||[[3025]]<ref name=HKDCp133/>
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| ''[[General]]''||[[Harriet deLetereau]]||[[3025]]<ref name=HKDCp133/>
 
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| ''[[Tai-sa]]''||[[Jerry Simms]]||[[3067]]<ref name=FMUp118/>
 
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==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
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The Eighth Dieron Regulars were skilled in night fighting. The regiment is split in 3 equal force. Two Battalions attack in company strength from different directions, while the reserve unit delivers the final blow.<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 6: 8th Dieron regulars</ref>
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The Eighth Dieron Regulars were skilled in night fighting.The regiment is splitted in 3 equal force. Two Battalions attack in company strength from different directions, while the reserve unit delivers the final blow.<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 6, 8th Dieron regulars</ref>
  
 
The special operations infantry is skilled to eliminate HQ, use sophisticated equipment to point targets for missile artillery and are well known for their extensive use of demolitions.
 
The special operations infantry is skilled to eliminate HQ, use sophisticated equipment to point targets for missile artillery and are well known for their extensive use of demolitions.
  
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In [[3025]] the Eighth Dieron Regulars also had excellent training in Zero-G atmosphere combat, achieved through their garrison duty on [[Al Na'ir]]<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 188</ref><ref name=HKDCp186>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 186: "Al Na'ir"</ref>
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In [[3025]] the Eighth Dieron Regulars also had excellent training in Zero-G atmosphere combat, achieved through their garrison duty on [[Al Na'ir]]<ref>''House Kurita Sourcebook'', p. 188</ref><ref name=HKDCp186>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 186 "Al Na'ir"</ref>
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
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=== 2786 ===
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'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War'', p. 137: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery (DCMS)"</ref>
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'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War'', p. 137, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery (DCMS)"</ref>
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:- At this point in time the Eighth was a medium-weight regiment operating at full strength and was stationed on [[Miyazaki]].<ref name="FSWp137"/>In 2821 the unit was reduced to just over half-strength. The Eighth was stationed on [[Killbourn]].<ref name="FSWp137"/>
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:- At this point in time the Eighth was a medium-weight regiment operating at full strength and was stationed on [[Miyazai]].<ref name="FSWp137"/>
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=== 2821 ===
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'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp137"/>
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:- At this point in time the Eighth was a medium-weight regiment and had been reduced to just over half-strength. The Eighth was stationed on [[Killbourn]].<ref name="FSWp137"/>
  
 
=== 2830 ===
 
=== 2830 ===
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'''8th Dieron Regulars''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=2ndSSp97>''Second Succession War'', p. 97</ref>
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'''8th Dieron Regulars''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable) <ref name=2ndSSp97>’’ Second Succession War’’, p. 97 </ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on [[Kilbourne]] with an operational readiness of 120 percent.<ref name=2ndSSp97/>
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: Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on [[Kilbourne]] with an operational readiness of 120 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp97/>
  
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'''8th Dieron Regulars''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=2ndSSp97/>
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'''8th Dieron Regulars''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable) <ref name=2ndSSp97/>
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: Note: At this point in time the assault-weight unit was stationed on [[Kaus Media]] with an operational readiness of 44 percent.<ref name=2ndSSp97/>
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: Note: At this point in time the assault-weight unit was stationed on [[Kaus Media]] with an operational readiness of 44 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp97/>
  
 
===3025===
 
===3025===
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'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HKTDCp133>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 133: "DCMS Deployment Table"</ref>
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'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref>''House Kurita Sourcebook'', p. 135, 144</ref>
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:* CO: General Harriet deLetereau<ref name=HKTDCp133/>
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:*CO: [[General]] Harriet deLetereau
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Al Na'ir]].<ref name=HKTDCp133/> The unit is made of medium 'Mechs.<ref name=HKDCp142>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 142: "The Dieron Regulars"</ref>
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- The unit is made of medium 'Mechs.<ref name=HKDCp142>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 142 "The Dieron Regulars"</ref>
  
 
===3040===
 
===3040===
−
'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=HWo3039p138/>
+
'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name = HWo3039p138/>
−
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Saffel]].<ref name=HWo3039p138>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138</ref>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Saffel]]. <ref name = HWo3039p138>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138 >''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138 </ref>
  
 
===3050===
 
===3050===
−
'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=20YUp40>''20 Year Update'', p. 40</ref>
+
'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Questionable) <ref name=20YUp40>''20 Year Update'', p.40</ref>
 
:*CO: ''Tai-sa'' Carlos Leighiar
 
:*CO: ''Tai-sa'' Carlos Leighiar
  
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===3054===
 
===3054===
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'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=ORp28>''Objective Raids'', p. 28</ref>
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'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=ORp28>''Objective Raids'', p.28</ref>
 
:*CO: ''Tai-sa'' Carlos Leighiar
 
:*CO: ''Tai-sa'' Carlos Leighiar
  
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'''Eighth Dieron Regulars Infantry, Carmens Commando''' (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FMDC51/>
 
'''Eighth Dieron Regulars Infantry, Carmens Commando''' (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FMDC51/>
 
* Troop Commander: ''Tai-sa'' Carmen Rodriguez
 
* Troop Commander: ''Tai-sa'' Carmen Rodriguez
−
-Note: The CO is a former special ops and trained her first battalion to act like a commando unit
+
-Note: The CO is a former special ops and trained her first battalion to act like a commando unit
  
 
===3067===
 
===3067===
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'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp118>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 118</ref>
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'''Eighth Dieron Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp118>''Field Manual: Updates'' p.118 </ref>
 
* CO/1st [[Battalion]]: ''Tai-sa'' Jerry Sims
 
* CO/1st [[Battalion]]: ''Tai-sa'' Jerry Sims
−
-Note: Clan technology: 35 percent '''|''' Advanced IS technology: 55 percent '''|''' Omnis: 25 percent<ref name=FMUp118/>
+
-Note: Clantechnology: 35 percent '''|''' Advanced IS technology: 55 percent '''|''' Omnis: 25 percent <ref name=FMUp118/>
  
 
'''Eighth Dieron Regulars Aerospace''' ([[Wing]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp118/>
 
'''Eighth Dieron Regulars Aerospace''' ([[Wing]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp118/>
 
* Wing Commander: ''Sho-sa'' Taki Russo
 
* Wing Commander: ''Sho-sa'' Taki Russo
−
-Note: Clan technology: 15 percent '''|''' Advanced IS technology: 40 percent '''|''' Omnis: 10 percent
+
-Note: Clantechnology: 15 percent '''|''' Advanced IS technology: 40 percent '''|''' Omnis: 10 percent
  
 
'''111th Dieron Heavy Armor''' (2 Battalions/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp118/>
 
'''111th Dieron Heavy Armor''' (2 Battalions/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp118/>
 
* Armor Commander: ''Chu-sa'' Frederick Sato
 
* Armor Commander: ''Chu-sa'' Frederick Sato
−
-Note: Clan technology: 10 percent '''|''' Advanced IS technology: 50 percent '''|''' Omnis: 15 percent
+
-Note: Clantechnology: 10 percent '''|''' Advanced IS technology: 50 percent '''|''' Omnis: 15 percent
  
−
'''Eighth Dieron Regulars Infantry, Usula's Commando''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp118/>
+
'''Eighth Dieron Regulars Infantry, Usula’s Commando''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp118/>
 
* Troop Commander: ''Tai-sa'' Ursula Loerring
 
* Troop Commander: ''Tai-sa'' Ursula Loerring
  
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==Rules==
 
==Rules==
−
In Alpha Strike, the Eighth can use the following Special Command Abilities: Environmental Specialization (Night), Enemy Specialization (Davion), ''Focus (Nightwalker)''.<ref>''Combat Manual: Kurita'', p. 32</ref>
 
  
 
</div>
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Combat Manual: Kurita]]''
 
 
* ''[[The Dragon Roars]]''
 
* ''[[The Dragon Roars]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
−
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
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* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''  
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* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
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* ''[[House Kurita Sourcebook]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Dieron]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Dieron]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
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* ''[[Record Sheets: Prototypes]]''
 
−
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
 
 
* ''[[Total Chaos]]''
 
* ''[[Total Chaos]]''
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+
* ''[[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)| Second Succession War]]''
 
[[Category:Draconis Combine Commands|Dieron Regulars, 08th]]
 
[[Category:Draconis Combine Commands|Dieron Regulars, 08th]]

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