Editing Barrett's Fusiliers

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| Designation    = Barrett's Fusiliers
| formed         = [[2995]]
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| Affiliation    = Mercenary
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==History==
===Formation===
'''Barrett's Fusiliers''' were formed in [[2995]] by [[Alonzo Barrett]]. Alonzo was a consumate historian and a former member of the [[3rd Royal Guards]] in service to [[House Steiner]]; Alonzo resigned from the Royal Guards specifically to form a new unit. Alonzo had traced his lineage back to a musketeer in service with The King's Musketeers, a unit within the French Royal Guard on ancient [[Terra]]; as a result, when he formed the Fusiliers around a core consisting of a company of [[BattleMechs]] and an [[AeroSpace Fighter]] [[squadron]], he equipped each of his troops with a dress uniform consisting of musketeer's uniform, complete with epée. This imagery formed the basis of the Fusiliers' insignia, which depicts a musketeer with drawn epée.<ref name="FM:MRp42">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 42, "Barrett's Fusiliers: The Light Musketeers"</ref>

The Fusiliers benefitted from a number of uneventful missions, and by the time the Fusiliers captured an ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShip]] from the [[18th Dieron Regulars]] during the defense of [[Sevren]] the Fusiliers had grown to a [[battalion]] in size, complete with full AeroSpace support.<ref name="FM:MRp42"/>

As of ca. [[3025]] the Veteran-rated unit was garrisoning [[Skandia]] while the world was still held by House Steiner, and it was mentioned the Fusiliers hoped to settle a score with the [[Black Widow Company]] (working for the Draconis Combine at the time).<ref>''MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game'', p. 117</ref> Skandia apparently fell to the Draconis Combine in the same year.<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"</ref>

===Fourth Succession War===
The Fusiliers fought on the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] front of the [[Fourth Succession War]] as a part of [[Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG]]; the fighting on [[Sabik]] cost the Fusiliers half their strength at the hands of [[Kingston Caballeros]], but the Fusiliers would return to the fray after a six month period of rest and refitting, joining the battle on [[La Blon]] and helping to destroy the [[4th Proserpina Hussars]]. After the Fourth Succession War the Fusiliers negotiated a new contract, this time entering the service of the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name="FM:MRp42"/>

===Operation Guerrero===
The Fusiliers would remain in service to the League for more than thirty years, with Alonzo Barrett's son [[Raul Barrett|Raul]] taking command of the Fusiliers when Alonzo died in [[3035]]. Although the relationship between the League and the Fusiliers had begun to wane by the time [[Thomas Marik]] launched [[Operation Guerrero]], the Fusiliers still took part in the operation. The Fusiliers would fight on [[Shuen Wan]] before receiving orders to support the [[Capellan Confederation]] forces also engaged in Guerrero and were well treated by the Capellans, in part due to the professionalism the Fusiliers displayed when Raul Barrett died<ref name="FM:MRp42"/> and his son [[Nikita Barrett|Nikita]] assumed command of the Fusiliers, proving himself in combat on [[Old Kentucky]] when Barrett's Fusiliers easily took the world.<ref name="FM:MRp42A">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 42, "Officers"</ref> <ref>''Touring the Stars: Old Kentucky'', p. 6</ref>

===Pre-Jihad Era===
Following Operation Guerrero [[House Liao]] made an effort to hire the Fusiliers, but the [[LCCC]] caught wind of the negotiations and responded by making the Fusiliers a very generous offer that Nikita couldn't refuse. As a result, the Fusiliers would remain in service to the Free worlds League until at least [[3067]].<ref name="FM:MRp42"/> A part of the offer made by the LCCC saw the Fusiliers gain access to a quantity of League-manufactered [[battle armor]].<ref name="FM:MRp42D"/>

==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 Able's Aces'''
|-
| ||[[Alonzo Barrett]]||[[2995]] - [[3035]]<ref name="FM:MRp42"/>
|-
| ||[[Raul Barrett]]||[[3035]] - [[3057]]<ref name="FM:MRp42"/>
|-
| [[Colonel]]||[[Nikita Barrett]]||[[3057]] - at least [[3067]]<ref name="FM:MRp42"/>
|-
|}

==Tactics==
By 3067 the Fusiliers were fighting as a combined arms formation, combining cavalry tactics with anti-Mech infantry, guided munitions, precision boming and artillery strikes to carry the day.<ref name="FM:MRp42B">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 42, "Tactics"</ref>

==Support==
As of 3067 each [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] in the Fusiliers was trained to repair his or her [[BattleMech]], and the Fusiliers enjoyed full technical support, with the MechWarriors working alongside the various techs and astechs. The Fusiliers owned two of the rare ''[[Fortress]]''-class DropShips as well as three ''Overlords''.<ref name="FM:MRp42C">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 42, "Support"</ref>

==Composition History==
===2995===
* 1 BattleMech company<ref name="FM:MRp42"/>
* 1 AeroSpace fighter squadron<ref name="FM:MRp42"/>
* CO: Alonzo Barrett<ref name="FM:MRp42"/>

===3025===
'''Barrett's Fusiliers ''' (Battalion/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HSTLCp117>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 117, "LCAF Deployment Table"</ref>
:* CO: Kommandant Alonzo Barrett<ref name=HSTLCp117/>
: Note:  At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Skondia]].  <ref name=HSTLCp117/> <ref name=hslcp118>''House Steiner (Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 118</ref>

===3050===
'''Barrett's Fusiliers ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=20YU57>''20 Year Update'', p. 57, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"</ref>
:* CO: Colonel Nikita Barrett<ref name=20YU57/>
: Note:  At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Shuen Wan]].  <ref name=20YU57/>

===3059===
'''Barrett's Fusiliers ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable) <ref name= FMMercsp108/>
:* CO: Colonel Nikita Barrett) <ref name= FMMercsp108/>
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Shuen Wan]]. <ref name = FMMercsp108 >'' Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 108</ref>

===3067===
* Barrett's Fusiliers (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FM:MRp42D">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 42, "Barrett's Fusiliers"</ref>
:* CO: [[Colonel]] Nikita Barrett
:* XO/1st Btn: [[Lt. Colonel]] [[Franco Hudmeyer]]
:* 2nd Btn: [[Major]] [[Sasha Rayners]]
:* 3rd Btn: Major [[Robert Baumhauer|Robert "Bama" Baumhauer]]

* Barrett's Armored Cavalry (Reinforced Battalion/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FM:MRp42D"/>
:* CO: Major [[Andrew Jacobs]]

* Barrett's Bombardiers (Wing/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FM:MRp42D"/>
:* CO: Major [[Franz Gregoravich]]

The Fusiliers' 'Mech battalions were each constructed so as to incorporate two battle companies and an assault companies, based around fast, maneuverable 'Mechs, along with a battalion command lance. Augmenting the Fusiliers was a regimental command company. In addition to operating with more than half of their equipment upgraded to advanced technology, by 3067 new BattleMechs such as the Capellan ''[[Jinggau]]'' were also forming a presence within the Fusiliers.<ref name="FM:MRp42D"/>

From a simple beginning as a company of [[LRM Carrier]]s the Armored Cavalry grew steadily, incorporating a second company consisting of mobile artillery and [[Schiltron]]s, followed by a third company in the wake of Guerrero that added hovertanks to the battalion. The hovertank company came from the [[CCAF]] and included a number of [[Regulator]]s; adding to this new muscle was a company of jump infantry and a mixed company of [[Achileus]] and [[Longinus]] [[battle armor]], the fruits of Nikita Barrett's negotiations with the LCCC as a part of their most recent contract.<ref name="FM:MRp42D"/>

The Bombardiers were skilled at precision bombing and ground support, having grown from being stalwart support to the ground forces into an integral part of the Regiment. Just as the ground forces within the Fusiliers were incorporating advanced technology, so were the Bombardiers; by 3067 the Bombardiers were operating a number of advanced fighters, including a number of ''[[Shiva]]''-class fighters.<ref name="FM:MRp42D"/>

==Rules==
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===Game Rules===
* When deployed in company size formations as combined-arms units consisting of a lance of 'Mechs, armor and infantry with [[Target Acquisition Gear|TAG]] '''or''' a lance of AeroSpace fighters, infantry with TAG and guided munitions, the Fusiliers receive a +2 Initiative bonus.
* If the Fusiliers have deployed as a combined-arms formation as detailed above, when any full component of this formation is destroyed, such as a lance of 'Mechs or a lance of armor, the Fusiliers lose the +2 Initiative bonus and instead receive a -1 Initiative penalty.<ref name="FM:MRp128">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 128, "Barrett's Fusiliers (C)"</ref>

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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]''
* ''[[Touring the Stars: Old Kentucky]]''
:*''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth]]''
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