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| − | | parent formation = [[Northwind Highlanders]]
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| − | | formed = [[2377]]
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| − | | unitname = McCormack's Fusiliers
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| − | ===Unit Description===
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| − | The McCormack's Fusiliers is a mercenary regiment that forms part of the Northwind Highlanders brigade. The unit traditionally consists of natives or descendants of natives of world of [[Northwind]]. The unit was know for its audacious behavior.
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| − | The Fusiliers aside for its behavior, were known to be most colorful BattleMechs units. During the Succession Wars, the unit known to parade with their own backpipe band and troop of entertainer and courtesans. The entertainment troop also served as unit medical staff . The regimental dancers were known to be highly skilled surgeons and had offen accompanied the Fusiliers in battle.<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 80 - "Unit profile" - Unit has band and dancers whom are also serve as regiments medical team.</ref>
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| − | ===History===
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| − | ====Early Years====
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| − | When the unit was first formed in 2377, it develop a rivalry with its sister unit [[Marion's Highlanders]]. Both units tried to show who was most audacious of units. First seeing service with the [[Capellan Confederation]].
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| − | The Fusilers first saw action while stationed in Tikonov's border regions between the [[2370]] to [[2388]]. They fought number engagements with Kurita reserve forces along the border. One such raid in [[2372]] on [[Rio]] netted them Kurita field officer. This was the only high ranking officer captured so far by any Highlanders.
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| − | ====Actions against Free Worlds League====
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| − | The unit was later moved to the protect the House Liao's Marik Frontier. The unit remained in this region for number of years. During this time, the unit conducted number of actions.
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| − | Fusiliers conducted a raid on [[Wisconsin]] in [[2477]]. The unit was noted for its defense of world of [[Ingersoll]] from the Asuncion reserve regiment in [[2511]]. The Fusiliers and [[1st Kearny Highlanders]] partipated in raid mission against League world of [[Calloway VI]]. Both regimental combined aerospace force won a resounding victory over League's [[Seydlitz]] fighters in [[2592]]. | |
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| − | In [[2616]], the Fusilers defended the House Liao world of [[Bellatrix]]. In this battle against the Marik merecenary battalion, Ajax's Avengers, where earned the Fusilers received a battle honor for the efforts bring down the Marik mercenaries.
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| − | ====Tough times & Early Succession Wars====
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| − | The unit paripated in the invasion and occupation of [[House Davion|Davion]] world of [[Demeter]] with all other Northwind Highlander regiments in [[2761]]. However the following [[2762|year]] the elements of the Avalon Hussars inflict heavy damages to the unit as their ejected from the planet. Due to the damages, the unit was sent to [[St. Ives]] where it was garrison for period of time. Not until the opening throws of the [[Second Succession War]] did the unit called up from St. Ives in [[2834]]. The was send to Tikonov where the unit was reassigned as part of the fight retain the planet. The unit fought with Davion mercenary's Kergawa's Blood Lances, where the Fusilers attached [[Jump Infantry]] and unit's [[Fire Lance|Fire Lances]] clashed. Ultimately the campaign was won by Fusiliers in show of combined for of the unit's [[Orion]] and [[Hunchback]] Battlemechs devastating the merc force within three days of battle.<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 80 - "McCormack's Fusiliers" - Unit history through the succession wars.</ref>
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| − | At very end of the Second Succession War the unit was assigned to [[Tsamma]]. In [[2860]], the unit stopped a full-scale raid by Marik a mercenary unit called the Lander's Lancers. The Fusiliers suffer grave losses to its Heavy 'Mechs, including all of its Orions. The Lancers' sniping [[Griffin|Griffins]] were able knock out up to Third of the unit's heavy 'Mechs. The battle on Tsamma changed attiude and unit had now lost cockiness.
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| − | ====Third Succession War====
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| − | The unit had been transfered to the Marik frontier, where it won minor skirmishs with regular House units between 2865 and 2900.
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| − | The unit experienced tastes of deplayed payback when the Lander's Lancers son discovered to be garrisoned on world of [[Lopez]]. So after learning their location, the unit assembled its best [[Mechwarrior|Mechwarriors]] into single Battalion. In a stealthy raid, they took the Lancers by surprise attack, the Fusiliers inflict severe damage to mercs before they could mount any kind defense. For the rest of the Third Succession War the unit remained on Davion side of Capellan Border.<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 80 - "McCormack's Fusilier revenge on the Lander's Lancers".</ref>
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| − | ====Fourth Succession War====
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| − | In the [[4th Succession War]] the unit was stationed on [[Elgin]], it didn't see any fighting and later after the clan elders negotiation with the Federated Suns left the planet for their new home on [[Northwind]].
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| − | ===Officers===
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| − | In [[3025]], the Commanding Officer of the Unit was Colonel Henrietta "Harry" McCormack.
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| − | ===Unit Emblem===
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| − | Two five-pointed stars on a katana blade.
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| − | ===Composition History===
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| − | ====3025====
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| − | *McCormack's Fusilers (2 BattleMech [[Battalion|Battalions]])
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| − | **1st Battalion - Major Jacob Shen
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| − | **2nd Battalion - Major Simone Turloc
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| − | ===Notes===
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| − | During the unit's Late Succession Wars the units' BattleMechs consisted of primary [[Commando]] & [[Wasp]].<ref>''House Liao (the Capellan Confederation)'', p.?? - "McCormack's Fusiliers bio" - Primary BattleMechs</ref>
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| − | ==Also See==
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| − | [[Northwind_Highlanders#Regimental_List|Northwind Highlander Listings]]
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==Bibliography==
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| − | *''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
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| − | *''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
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