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{{Update Needed|[[Combat Manual: Mercenaries]]|[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]}}
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| image     = [[File:Lexington Combat Group.jpg]]
| image = [[File:Lexington Combat Group logo.svg|150px|Lexington Combat Group]]
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| unitname  = Lexington Combat Group
| Designation = Lexington Combat Group
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| year      = 3067
| Formed = [[2764]]
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| commander = Major General Malcolm Feinman
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| jumpships = unknown
[[3151]] <small>(reformed)</small>
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| dropships = yes
| Disbanded = [[3076]]
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| aero      = yes
| Previous Designation = Fourth Ceti Hussars <small>(3076 - 3151)</small>
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| armor    = yes
| Nickname =  
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| infantry  = yes
| Affiliation = [[Mercenary]]
 
| Parent Command = Independent
 
| Sub-Command = [[Thirty-second Recon Combat Group]]
 
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[[180th Dragoon Combat Group]]
 
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[[241st Battle Combat Group]]
 
 
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Formed from [[Star League Defense Force]] troops who declined to join the [[Operation EXODUS|Exodus]], the three [[brigade]]s of the '''Lexington Combat Group''' opted to keep their traditions alive as a [[mercenary unit|mercenaries]]. Increasingly tied to the [[Federated Suns]], the merged LCG officially became part of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] as the '''Fourth Ceti Hussars''' in the midst of the [[Jihad]]. The LCG was later reformed as a mercenary unit loyal to the Federated Suns at the beginning of the [[IlClan Era]].
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Formed from [[SLDF]] troops who declined to join the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]], the three [[brigade]]s of the '''Lexington Combat Group''' opted to keep their traditions alive as a [[mercenary unit|mercenaries]]. Increasingly tied to the [[Federated Suns]], the merged LCG officially became part of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] as the '''[[4th Ceti Hussars]]''' in the midst of the [[Jihad]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Founded by nine close friends (all graduates of the [[Lexington Military Academy]] on [[Terra]]) who chose to remain in the [[Inner Sphere]] rather than accompany Kerensky's Exodus. They gathered other Regular Army troops who also stayed behind on [[Bryant]] before striking out as mercenaries.
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Founded by nine close friends (all graduates of the [[Lexington Military Academy]] on [[Terra]]) who chose to remain in the [[Inner Sphere]] rather than accompany Kerensky’s Exodus. They gathered other Regular Army troops who also stayed behind on [[Bryant]] before striking out as mercenaries.
  
 
Since their formation the LCG has worked for each of the [[Successor State]]s but the bulk of its service has been with the Federated Suns. While rough patches were encountered, the LCG had always returned to Davion service and was employed continuously by [[House Davion]] since the 2950's.
 
Since their formation the LCG has worked for each of the [[Successor State]]s but the bulk of its service has been with the Federated Suns. While rough patches were encountered, the LCG had always returned to Davion service and was employed continuously by [[House Davion]] since the 2950's.
  
These ties became almost permanent when the mercenaries encountered heavy financial difficulties in [[3040]]s when they fully upgraded their forces with recovered [[Star League]] technologies, eventually signing a seventy-year contract with [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns#High Command|AFFS High Command]] to repay the debt. While triggering rumors of a [[Company Store]] attempt, the LCG's personnel willingly agreed to the deal and even liked being virtually equal to AFFS line units as they became a vital part of the [[Capellan March]] defense network. <ref name=MS>''Mercenary Supplemental'', p. 46</ref>
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These ties became almost permanent when the mercenaries encountered heavy financial difficulties in [[3040]]s ensuring they fully upgraded their forces with recovered [[Star League]] technologies, eventually signing a 70 year contract with the AFFS High Command to repay the debt. While triggering rumors of a [[Company Store]] attempt, the LCG's personnel willingly agreed to the deal and even liked being virtually equal to AFFS line units as they became a vital part of the [[Capellan March]] defense network. <ref name=MS>''Mercenary Supplemental'', p. 46</ref>
  
However, like so many other mercenary units in the Federated Suns, the LCG suffered grievous losses during both the [[FedCom Civil War]] and the [[Jihad]], with its regiments seeing action during [[Duke of New Syrtis|Duke]] [[George Hasek (31st c.)|George Hasek]]'s [[Operation SOVEREIGN JUSTICE]] and the Capellan's [[Operation THUNDERSTRIKE]] counterstrike.
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However, like so many other mercenary units in the Federated Suns, the LCG suffered grievous losses during both the [[FedCom Civil War]] and the [[Jihad]], with its regiments seeing action during Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek's]] [[Operation Sovereign Justice]] and the Capellan's [[Operation Thunderstrike]] counterstrike.
  
Relying almost completely upon the AFFS [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns#Military Departments|Department of the Quartermaster]] for resupply, buried in debt incurred from buying upgraded equipment from the Federated Suns, the LCG was drowning in insolvency,<ref name="FR:AFFSp5">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 5: "The Light Combat Teams"</ref> the LCG discovered that being virtually a line unit was meaningless in the desperate days of the Jihad, with supplies earmarked for them consistently reassigned by the Capellan March command to regular AFFS units. Not receiving enough matériel to even achieve basic maintenance levels, [[Marshal of the Armies]] [[Jonathan Davion]] recognized the critical situation represented by the loss of the LCG as a viable combat unit to the Federated Suns and personally met to negotiate for the mercenaries to join the AFFS as part of the [[Ceti Hussars]], a brigade noted for its absorption of ex-SLDF units and combined armed focus shared by the LCG. The LCG agreed in January [[3076]],  merging to become the fully-formed and combat ready Fourth Ceti Hussars.<ref name=M&M>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 47</ref>
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Relying almost completely upon the AFFS Department of the Quartermaster for resupply, the LCG discovered that being virtually a line unit was meaningless in the desperate days of the Jihad, with supplies earmarked for them consistently reassigned by the Capellan March command to regular AFFS units. Not receiving enough material to even achieve basic maintenance levels, [[Marshal of the Armies]] [[Jonathan Davion]] recognized the critical situation represented by the loss of the LCG as a viable combat unit to the Federated Suns and personally met to negotiate for the mercenaries to join the AFFS as part of the [[Ceti Hussars]], a brigade noted for its absorption of ex-SLDF units and combined armed focus shared by the LCG. The LCG agreed in Janurary [[3076]],  merging to become the fully-formed and combat ready Fourth Ceti Hussars. <ref name=M&M>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 47</ref>
  
===Fourth Ceti Hussars===
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==Officers==
The newly-christened Fourth Ceti Hussars honored their mercenary heritage by patterning each of their combat commands on one of their former LCG units. During [[Operation MATADOR]] they dropped onto [[Horsham]], where they fought the [[Taurian Guard]] and forced that unit to withdraw with heavy losses. Their rebuilding process was going slowly as they were drawing recruits only from their own training facility.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 54</ref>
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In [[3025]] the commanding officer is [[General]] Isabella Rahm.<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 137 (pdf version), "New Syrtis PDZ"</ref>
  
After the Jihad ended, the AFFS reduced the Ceti Hussars from Regimental Combat Teams to Light Combat Teams. This infuriated the Fourth Ceti Hussars, who were trying to maintain the history and traditions of their old mercenary commands. The High Command soothed the Fourth's anger by using the troops who were removed from the Fourth Ceti Hussars to form the Fifth Ceti Hussars.<ref name=FM:3145p75>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 75</ref>
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As of [[3067]] the overall commander of the LCG was Major General Malcolm Feinman, who had held the post for the past 25 years. <ref name=MS/>
  
During the Capellan Confederation's Dark Age assault, the Fourth Ceti Hussars and [[Valexa CMM]] faced off against the [[First Liao Dragoons]]. During this conflict the Dragoons overextended themselves and were surrounded by the two AFFS units. The Fourth closed with the Dragoons, but the Valexa CMM didn't. This led to heavy losses among the Fourth as it took the brunt of the fighting. These actions soured the Fourth on working with any Capellan March forces, and they requested an immediate transfer to their homeworld, Victoria.<ref name=FM:3145p75/>
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==Composition History==
 
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===3025===
After [[Prince's Champion]] [[Erik Sandoval-Groell]] announced the mercenary-peerage program in [[3150]], the Fourth Ceti Hussars began talks to reform the Lexington Combat Group. By reverting to mercenary status they would regain the freedom to expand and organize their unit in accordance to the LCG's preferences instead of being shackled to the Ceti Hussars' doctrines and the Fourth Ceti's commander were all patriots who knew that by serving the nation as a mercenary command with favorable salvage rights—rather than as a line unit—it would cost the AFFS less overall while allowing for the bolstering of other units or the hiring of more mercenaries. After consulting with his advisors, [[First Prince of the Federated Suns|Prince]] [[Julian Davion]] granted [[Rear Admiral]] [[Zachariah Cassidy]], the Fourth's commander, a [[Viscount|viscounty]] on the world of [[Tecumseh]] and greenlit the rebirth of the Lexington Combat Group.<ref name="ERIlClan">''IlClan'', p. 121: "Patents of Nobility"</ref>
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Lexington Combat Group (3 regiments) (Regular/Reliable) - AFFS<ref> House Davion p.137 </ref>
==Officers==
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:*CO: General Isabella Rahm <ref> House Davion p.137 </ref>
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Lexington Combat Group'''
 
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| [[General]]||[[Isabella Rahn]]||[[3025]]<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 137: "New Syrtis PDZ"</ref>
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Malcolm Feinman]]||[[3043]] - [[3067]]<ref name=MS/>
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Fourth Ceti Hussars'''
 
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| Major General||[[Jules Borozescu]]||[[3085]]<ref name="FM:3085p70">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 70: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref>
 
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| [[Rear Admiral]]||[[Zachariah Cassidy]]||[[3145]]<ref name="FM:3145p89">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 89: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref>
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Lexington Combat Group'''
 
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| Rear Admiral|| [[Zachariah Cassidy]]||[[3151]]<ref name="ERIlClan"/>
 
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|}
 
  
==Tactics==
 
Different per Unit.
 
  
==Composition History==
 
===2786===
 
* [[32nd Recon Combat Group]]
 
* [[241st Battle Combat Group]]
 
* [[180th Dragoon Combat Group]]
 
  
===3025–3028===
 
'''Lexington Combat Group''' (3 regiments/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HD134>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 134: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp13">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 13: "Operation RAT"</ref>
 
:*CO: General Isabella Rahn (3025)<ref name=HD134/>
 
* [[32nd Recon Combat Group|Thirty-second Recon]] (Veteran)<ref name="NAIS4SWp13"/>
 
* [[180th Dragoon Combat Group|Golda's Golden Hammers]] (Regular)<ref name="NAIS4SWp13"/>
 
* [[241st Battle Combat Group|Timothy's Gazelles]] (Green)<ref name="NAIS4SWp13"/>
 
 
* [[32nd Recon Combat Group]] - Malcom's Sprinters
 
* [[32nd Recon Combat Group]] - Malcom's Sprinters
 
* [[241st Battle Combat Group]] - Frederic's Gazelles
 
* [[241st Battle Combat Group]] - Frederic's Gazelles
 
* [[180th Dragoon Combat Group]] - Marie's Golden Hammers
 
* [[180th Dragoon Combat Group]] - Marie's Golden Hammers
 
===3079===
 
'''Fourth Ceti Hussars RCT ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) <ref name =“fraffs10“>'' Field Report: AFFS'' , p. 10</ref>
 
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Wrentham]] and  [[Mendham]].<ref name=“fraffs10“/>
 
 
===3085===
 
'''Fourth Ceti Hussars LCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p70">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 70: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref>
 
* CO: Major General [[Jules Borozescu]]
 
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Flintoft]].
 
 
:'''Aerospace Brigade''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p70"/>
 
* CO: [[Commodore]] [[Thierry Brent]]
 
 
:'''Combat Commant Alpha''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p70"/> 
 
* CO: Major General [[Silverster Baanders]]
 
 
:'''Combat Command Beta''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FM:3085p70"/> 
 
* CO: Major General [[Edgard Bhrighde]]
 
 
===3145===
 
'''Fourth Ceti Hussars RCT''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FM:3145p89">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 89: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref>
 
* CO: Rear Admiral [[Zachariah Cassidy]]
 
 
 
:'''Aerospace Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p89"/> 
 
:* CO: Commodore [[Marilyn Kelly]]
 
 
:'''Combat Command Alpha''' (Veteran/Questionable)<ref name="FM:3145p89"/> 
 
:* CO: Major General [[John Evans]]
 
 
 
:'''Combat Command Beta''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p89"/> 
 
:* CO: Major General [[Victor Bell]]
 
 
:'''Combat Command Charlie''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FM:3145p89"/> 
 
:* CO: Major General [[Brian Taylor]]
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
* Each of the LCG's three combat brigades includes a [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]] teamed up with an [[aerospace fighter|aerospace]] [[wing]], a combined [[Combat Vehicle|armor]]/mechanized [[infantry]] force composed of two heavy armor [[battalion]]s and two mechanized infantry battalions, and abundant integrated [[DropShip]] and support assets. <ref name=MS/>
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* Each of the LCG’s three combat brigades includes a [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]] teamed up with an [[AeroSpace Fighter|aerospace]] [[wing]], a combined [[Combat Vehicle|armor]]/mechanized [[infantry]] force composed of two heavy armor [[battalion]]s and two mechanized infantry battalions, and abundant integrated [[DropShip]] and support assets. <ref name=MS/>
 
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* To ensure fair promotion and leadership of the LCG, as well as to prevent nepotism, the unit has three separate councils - one of senior officers, one of mid-level officers and one of NCOs and recruits - who meet to approve every significant promotion within the Group. <ref name=MS/>
* To ensure fair promotion and leadership of the LCG, as well as to prevent nepotism, the unit has three separate councils—one of senior officers, one of midlevel officers, and one of NCOs and recruits—who meet to approve every significant promotion within the Group.<ref name=MS/>
 
  
 
==Colors and Unit Insignia==
 
==Colors and Unit Insignia==
* The LCG's insignia is a diagonal black stripe over white on a red shield, overlaid with a horizontal saber. The LCG employ a red paint scheme, with a black stripe down the left torso and leg on 'Mechs, and across the left side of vehicles and fighter craft.<ref name=MS/>
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* The LCG’s insignia is a diagonal black stripe over white on a red shield, overlaid with a horizontal saber. The LCG employ a red paint scheme, with a black stripe down the left torso and leg on 'Mechs, and across the left side of vehicles and fighter craft. <ref name=MS/>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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*''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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*''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
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*''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
 
* ''[[IlClan (sourcebook)|IlClan]]''
 
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
 
  
[[Category:Federated Suns Commands|Ceti Hussars, 04th]]
 
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Lexington Combat Group]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Lexington Combat Group]]

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