Fusiliers of Oriente
Sarna News
- HEXTECH Review - Wave 3 Brings More Urban Options To Your Battlefield
- Your BattleTech News Round-Up For March, 2024
- Crashing 'Mechs With Jennifer Brozek, Author Of The Rogue Academy Trilogy
- Getting The Word Out With Rem Alternis, Catalyst Community & Marketing Director
- Bad 'Mechs - Yeoman
- Read more →
 | |
| Fusiliers of Oriente | |
| Formed | 2485 |
| Affiliation | Duchy of Oriente
|
| Parent Command | Free Worlds League Military |
| Sub-Command(s) | Oriente Ducal Guard
|
The Fusiliers of Oriente are the more prestigious of the Grand Duchy of Oriente forces.
Contents
History[edit]
The Fusiliers of Oriente made up the largest unit of forces available to the Duchy of Oriente. They were one of the most effective units in the Free Worlds League Military, whether provincial or federal. Despite their origins as a provincial unit, the Fusiliers of Oriente always responded to the LCCC's call, never using the Home Defense Act to avoid federal service.[1] Indeed in 3064 Duke Halas would take this one step further and place the Fusiliers of Oriente completely under the control of the FWLM, essentially rendering the Home Defense Act useless in the Duchy of Oriente.[2]
Unlike the Marik Militia the Fusiliers of Oriente typically rebuilt units rather than creating new ones. This provided them with a long and storied history and instilled pride in the soldiers who made up the units.[1]
Elements of the Fusiliers of Oriente were the only Free Worlds League troops to see combat on two fronts during the Reunification War. The First and Second Fusiliers served on the Magistracy of Canopus front and later the Rim Worlds Republic front.[3]
During the Jihad the Fusiliers of Oriente fought both the LCAF and CCAF, losing three regiments in the process.[4] They only provided logistical support to the Coalition forces however, and after the Jihad ended they turned their attention to defending their traditional homeworlds.[5]
After the reunification of the Free Worlds League, the Fusiliers were in a rough state. The Ducal Guard were the only unit to continue on under their banner, with the rest reclassified as Federal troops and used as the nucleus of new units or to fill holes in the Oriente Hussars. Despite rumors of a rebuilding of the brigade, as of 3145 the brigade was made up of only the Guard. Either despite or because of this, the Ducal Guard opted for an almost impossible standard of readiness, training for even the rarest combat situations. As a reinforced regiment of elite skill, the Ducal Guard was perhaps the reconstituted FWLM's most potent military unit.[6]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Fusiliers of Oriente | |||
| General | Fyodor Mallory | - 3017[7] | |
| General | Beauregard Waslewski | 3017 - 3025[7] | |
| General | Selim Halas | - 3048[8] | |
| General | Marissa Morgan | 3048 - 3059[8] | |
| General | Fannie Halas | 3067[9] | |
Other Officers[edit]
Tactics[edit]
Different per Unit.
Units of the Fusiliers of Oriente[edit]
Notes[edit]
Colors and Unit Insignia[edit]
The Fusiliers of Oriente used dark green with black edging and pale green highlights as their parade colors. Their brigade insignia was a stylized red and green orchid on a black rectangle.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 73
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 151
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, pp. 38, 95, 129, 148-149, 152-153
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Field Manual: 3085, p. 75
- ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 10
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 103
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 95
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 73
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 151
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 56: "Free Worlds League Military"
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 113: "FWLM Deployment Table - 3059"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 160: "FWLM Deployment Table - 3067"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 183, "Free Worlds League"