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| image     = [[Image:Hsienhotheads.jpg|150px|Hsien Hotheads]]
| image         = [[Image:Hsien Hotheads logo.png|191px|Insignia of Hsien Hotheads]]
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| unitname  = Hsien Hotheads: Warm Head, Cold Heart
| Designation    = Hsien Hotheads
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| year      = 3067
| formed         = [[2788]]<ref name="FSW(SB)p35">''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', p. 35, "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref>
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| formed   = [[2788]]<ref name="FSW(SB)p35">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 35, "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref>
| Disbanded      =  
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| commander = Colonel Brenn Twohy
| Previous Designation =  
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| jumpships = yes
| Nickname      =  
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| dropships = yes
| Affiliation    = Mercenary
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| aero      = no
| Parent Command = Independent
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| armor    = no
| Sub-Command    =  
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| infantry  = no
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
===Formation===
 
===Formation===
The '''Hsien Hotheads''' (also occasionally referred to as '''Hsien's Hotheads''') were formed after the fall of the [[Star League]] in [[2781]], The ruling [[House Twohy|Twohy family]] took the remains of the '''Hsien Planetary Guard''' and formed a regiment size mercenary command after the [[Capellan Confederation]] captured the planet. The long term goal of the unit is to liberate [[Hsien]] and return control back to the duke.<ref name=FMMR75>''Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised'', p. 75, "Unit Profile"</ref> The Hsien Hotheads officially formed in [[2788]].<ref name="FSW(SB)p35"/>
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The '''Hsien Hotheads''' (also occasionally referred to as '''Hsien's Hotheads''') were formed after the fall of the [[Star League]] in [[2781]], The ruling [[House Twohy|Twohy family]] took the remains of the '''Hsien Planetary Guard''' and formed a regiment size mercenary commmand after the [[Capellan Confederation]] captured the planet. The long term goal of the unit is to liberate [[Hsien]] and return control back to the duke.<ref name=FMMR75>''Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised'', p. 75, "Unit Profile"</ref> The Hsien Hotheads officially formed in [[2788]].<ref name="FSW(SB)p35"/>
  
===Second Succession War===
 
During the [[Second Succession War]] they were employed by the [[Federated Suns]] in the [[Robinson Operations Area]] of the [[Draconis March]] with known postings on [[Tallmadge]] in [[2830]] and [[Benet]] in 2864.<ref>''Second Succession War'', p. 95, "Deployment Table"</ref>
 
 
===Third Succession War===
 
 
The Hsien Hotheads raided the Marik system [[Loongana]] for the Lyran Commonwealth in [[3012]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 30</ref> In [[3019]] they were employed by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. When word of an assault on [[Hesperus II]] by [[Wolf's Dragoons]] reached the LCAF High Command, the Hsien Hotheads, [[3rd Royal Guards]], and [[Hansen's Roughriders]] were assigned to reinforce the normal garrison. These units were just barely able to stop the Dragoons' assault on Hesperus.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)'', p. 24</ref><ref name=Hector>''Hector'' (short story)</ref> The Hotheads most notably employed so-called "slasher runs" and similar hit-and-run style strikes against the Dragoons, taking advantage of the heavier but less-mobile Lyran unit's "wall of steel" defense tactics which kept the Dragoons bottled up for long periods.<ref name=Hector/>
 
The Hsien Hotheads raided the Marik system [[Loongana]] for the Lyran Commonwealth in [[3012]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 30</ref> In [[3019]] they were employed by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. When word of an assault on [[Hesperus II]] by [[Wolf's Dragoons]] reached the LCAF High Command, the Hsien Hotheads, [[3rd Royal Guards]], and [[Hansen's Roughriders]] were assigned to reinforce the normal garrison. These units were just barely able to stop the Dragoons' assault on Hesperus.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)'', p. 24</ref><ref name=Hector>''Hector'' (short story)</ref> The Hotheads most notably employed so-called "slasher runs" and similar hit-and-run style strikes against the Dragoons, taking advantage of the heavier but less-mobile Lyran unit's "wall of steel" defense tactics which kept the Dragoons bottled up for long periods.<ref name=Hector/>
  
===Fourth Succession War===
 
 
During the [[Fourth Succession War]] the Hsien Hotheads were hired by [[General of the Armies]] Edward Regis to join the LCAF. He led them in a strike against the [[Free Worlds League]] world [[Callison]]. The goal was not to take the world, but to disrupt the [[Marik Guard]] unit on the world.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 86</ref> Harassed by [[LAM]]s during their approach, the Hotheads suffered a few losses but were able to close with the Marik unit, most of which was trapped in its [[DropShip]]s. Eventually the Guard withdrew from Callison, ceding the world to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] while most of their supplies and parts were seized by the Hotheads.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 87</ref>
 
During the [[Fourth Succession War]] the Hsien Hotheads were hired by [[General of the Armies]] Edward Regis to join the LCAF. He led them in a strike against the [[Free Worlds League]] world [[Callison]]. The goal was not to take the world, but to disrupt the [[Marik Guard]] unit on the world.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 86</ref> Harassed by [[LAM]]s during their approach, the Hotheads suffered a few losses but were able to close with the Marik unit, most of which was trapped in its [[DropShip]]s. Eventually the Guard withdrew from Callison, ceding the world to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] while most of their supplies and parts were seized by the Hotheads.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 87</ref>
  
===Clan Invasion===
 
 
[[3050]] found the Hotheads on [[Shionoha]] in the employ of the [[Federated Commonwealth]].<ref name=20yr/>
 
[[3050]] found the Hotheads on [[Shionoha]] in the employ of the [[Federated Commonwealth]].<ref name=20yr/>
  
 
The Hotheads worked until [[3053]] for the [[LCAF]] and left the Commonwealth, after difficulties with the Liaison Department. The [[Word of Blake]] offered the unemployed mercenary command a contract.<ref name=FMMR75/> They were shipped out to training facilities in the [[Periphery]] in [[3053]]. There they trained Blakist forces in planetary assault tactics.<ref name=msu72>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 72</ref>
 
The Hotheads worked until [[3053]] for the [[LCAF]] and left the Commonwealth, after difficulties with the Liaison Department. The [[Word of Blake]] offered the unemployed mercenary command a contract.<ref name=FMMR75/> They were shipped out to training facilities in the [[Periphery]] in [[3053]]. There they trained Blakist forces in planetary assault tactics.<ref name=msu72>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 72</ref>
  
===FedCom Civil War===
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In [[3061]] the command landed on [[Gibson]]. The government of Hsien offered them a contract to defend the local [[HPG]]. The Hotheads landed with support of a [[Level III]] unit from the [[4th Division (Word of Blake)|4th Division]]. The opposing [[House Montong|Montong family]] hired the [[Always Faithful]]. The Always Faithful were hunted down and killed by the Hotheads with support of the Blakists.<ref name=FMMR75/><ref name=msu72/>
In [[3061]] the command landed on [[Gibson]]. The government of Hsien offered them a contract to defend the local [[HPG]]. The Hotheads landed with support of a [[Level III]] unit from the [[4th Division (Word of Blake)|4th Division]]. The opposing [[House Montong|Montong family]] hired [[Always Faithful]]. Always Faithful were hunted down and killed by the Hotheads with support of the Blakists.<ref name=FMMR75/><ref name=msu72/>
 
  
===Jihad===
 
 
When Brenn Twohy launched a campaign to seize control of his homeworld, [[Hsien]], in [[3067]], the Hotheads found themselves facing the mercenary unit [[Gael's Grinders]]. [[Lieutenant]] [[Fargo Hambelton]], lead scout of the Hotheads' second battalion, proved instrumental in tracking down the Grinders, and since the Hotheads assumed control over the entire planet has taken a leading role in training the newly-formed [[Protectorate Militia]].<ref name="TRO:3050U">''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 20, "SDR-7M Spider"</ref> By [[3069]] the Hotheads had joined with other local [[Word of Blake]] forces and destroyed the [[Always Faithful]] mercenary unit. This left Hsien free to join the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]], which it did two days later.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 11</ref><ref name=msu72/>
 
When Brenn Twohy launched a campaign to seize control of his homeworld, [[Hsien]], in [[3067]], the Hotheads found themselves facing the mercenary unit [[Gael's Grinders]]. [[Lieutenant]] [[Fargo Hambelton]], lead scout of the Hotheads' second battalion, proved instrumental in tracking down the Grinders, and since the Hotheads assumed control over the entire planet has taken a leading role in training the newly-formed [[Protectorate Militia]].<ref name="TRO:3050U">''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 20, "SDR-7M Spider"</ref> By [[3069]] the Hotheads had joined with other local [[Word of Blake]] forces and destroyed the [[Always Faithful]] mercenary unit. This left Hsien free to join the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]], which it did two days later.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 11</ref><ref name=msu72/>
  
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Hsien Hotheads'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Hsien Hotheads'''
 
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Patricia Morgan]]||[[3025]]<ref name=HSp119/>
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Gnaeus Fitzgerald]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20yr>''20 Year Update'', p. 28</ref>
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| Colonel||[[Gnaeus Fitzgerald]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20yr>''20 Year Update'', p. 28</ref>
 
 
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| Colonel||[[Brenn Twohy]]||[[3067]]<ref name=FMMR75/>
 
| Colonel||[[Brenn Twohy]]||[[3067]]<ref name=FMMR75/>
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
=== 2821 ===
 
=== 2821 ===
'''Hsien Hotheads''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp135">''First Succession War'', p. 135, "Mercenary Combat Commands (AFFS)"</ref>
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* '''Hsien Hotheads''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp135">''First Succession War'', p. 135, "Mercenary Combat Commands (AFFS)"</ref>
 
:- At this point in time the Irregulars were a medium-weight regiment operating at between one-third and half-strength and were stationed on [[Tallmadge]].<ref name="FSWp135"/>
 
:- At this point in time the Irregulars were a medium-weight regiment operating at between one-third and half-strength and were stationed on [[Tallmadge]].<ref name="FSWp135"/>
  
 
===3025===
 
===3025===
 
''' The Hsien Hotheads''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)
 
''' The Hsien Hotheads''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)
:Contract:LCAF <ref name=HSp119> House Steiner p.119 </ref>
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:Contract:LCAF <ref> House Steiner p.119 </ref>
 
:*CO.: Colonel Patricia Morgan <ref> House Steiner p.119 </ref>
 
:*CO.: Colonel Patricia Morgan <ref> House Steiner p.119 </ref>
 
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[New Kyoto]].
 
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[New Kyoto]].
 
===3029===
 
A [[DropShip]] of unknown class named ''[[Flaming Skull]]'' was their command ship during this year.<ref name=MA48>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 87</ref>
 
  
 
===3040===
 
===3040===
 
''' The Hsien Hotheads''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name = HWo3039p141/>
 
''' The Hsien Hotheads''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name = HWo3039p141/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Shionoha]].  <ref name = HWo3039p141>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141</ref>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Shionha]].  <ref name = HWo3039p141>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141</ref>
 
:Contract: AFFC <ref name = HWo3039p141/>
 
:Contract: AFFC <ref name = HWo3039p141/>
  
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'''Hsien Hotheads'''(1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMMR75/>
 
'''Hsien Hotheads'''(1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMMR75/>
 
* CO: Colonel Brenn Twohy
 
* CO: Colonel Brenn Twohy
* 1st Battalion/XO: [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Chris Derochie]]
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* 1st Battalion/XO: [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Chris Derochie
* 2nd Battalion: [[Major]] [[Madeleine Vermaak]]
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* 2nd Battalion: [[Major]] Madeleine Vermaak
* 3rd Battalion: Major [[Charlie Hossenlopp]]
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* 3rd Battalion: Major Charlie Hossenlopp  
  
- They prefer fast medium/heavies with considerable firepower.
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- They prefer fast medium/heavies with considerable fire power.
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
Image:Camomercshsienhotheads.png|A Hsien Hotheads ''[[Hunchback]]''<ref>''Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised'' (2004), color plate 7</ref>
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Image:Camomercshsienhotheads.png
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==Notes==
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Hector (short story)]]''
 
* ''[[Hector (short story)]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''  
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''  
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''
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* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)]]''
  
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Hsien Hotheads]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Hsien Hotheads]]

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