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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Fourth Succession War=== | ===Fourth Succession War=== | ||
| − | The [[LCAF]] ordered the two mercenary commands Mobile Fire and [[Bad Dream]] unit to challenge the [[22nd Rasalhague Regulars]] on [[Gunzburg]]. The defending [[21st Rasalhague Regulars]] went underground and avoided contact with the Steiner employed mercenaries. After several weeks the mercenaries set a trap. The CO of | + | The [[LCAF]] ordered the two mercenary commands Mobile Fire and [[Bad Dream]] unit to challenge the [[22nd Rasalhague Regulars]] on [[Gunzburg]]. The defending [[21st Rasalhague Regulars]] went underground and avoided contact with the Steiner employed mercenaries. After several weeks the mercenaries set a trap. The CO of Mobile Fire send a message to the Bad Dream command, stating that most of his forces were sick from a local illness. The Regulars intercepted the message and gathered their forces to strike at the weakened invaders. When the Rasalhague Regulars advanced the abandoned camp, the 'Mechs of Mobile Fire emerged from the nearby swamps. When the Bad Dream advanced from the rear, the CO of the surrounded [[DCMS]] unit ordered his troops to surrender. However, the CO of the Rasalhague Regulars committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 63</ref> |
===FedCom Civil War=== | ===FedCom Civil War=== | ||
| − | A long established unit the commander put his support behind [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] and paid a high price for their loyalty at the hands of pro-Victor forces ([[Archer's Avengers]] on [[Odessa]]). The unit received a pardon and served later as the garrison force of several planets on the [[Clan Occupation Zones|clan border]].<ref name=FM:MRp91>''Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised'', p.91 | + | A long established unit the commander put his support behind [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] and paid a high price for their loyalty at the hands of pro-Victor forces ([[Archer's Avengers]] on [[Odessa]]). The unit received a pardon and served later as the garrison force of several planets on the [[Clan Occupation Zones|clan border]].<ref name=FM:MRp91>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 91: "Mobile FireUnit Profile"</ref> |
===Jihad=== | ===Jihad=== | ||
| − | The unit broke off negotiations to extend their contract and left their garrison post on the Lyran world of [[New Earth]] to work for the [[Word of Blake]] (who attacked New Earth mere days later). Subsequently branded Rogue by the [[MRBC]]. Attacked [[Imbros III]] for the Word of Blake in March [[3069]].<ref>''Blake Ascending'', | + | The unit broke off negotiations to extend their contract and left their garrison post on the Lyran world of [[New Earth]] to work for the [[Word of Blake]] (who attacked New Earth mere days later). Subsequently branded Rogue by the [[MRBC]]. Attacked [[Imbros III]] for the Word of Blake in March [[3069]].<ref>''Blake Ascending'', pp. 171, 208</ref> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| − | |- | + | |- |
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ||
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ||
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Mobile Fire'''<ref name=TRO3039p92>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 92 " | + | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Mobile Fire'''<ref name=TRO3039p92>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 92: "Sturmfeur Heavy Tank"</ref> |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Colonel]]||[[Quintin Moore]]||[[3025]] - [[3039]]<ref name=HSp79/> | | [[Colonel]]||[[Quintin Moore]]||[[3025]] - [[3039]]<ref name=HSp79/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Colonel||[[Fred Laurencin]]||[[3054]] - [[3067]]<ref name=ORp20>''Objective Raids'', p. 20 | + | | Colonel||[[Fred Laurencin]]||[[3054]] - [[3067]]<ref name=ORp20>''Objective Raids'', p. 20: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"</ref><ref name=FM:MRp91/> |
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
The unit divided itself in three demi-battalions: | The unit divided itself in three demi-battalions: | ||
| − | * 1st | + | * 1st Battalion: speed and stealth |
| − | * 2nd | + | * 2nd Battalion: skilled in bad weather conditions |
| − | * 3rd | + | * 3rd Battalion: is skilled in defensive engagements |
==Support== | ==Support== | ||
| − | The most | + | The most repairs is handled by the technical staff and has no own transport assets.<ref name=FM:MRp91/> |
==Dragoon Ratings== | ==Dragoon Ratings== | ||
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==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
===3025=== | ===3025=== | ||
| − | '''Mobile Fire''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HSp79>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 79 | + | '''Mobile Fire''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HSp79>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 79</ref> |
:* CO: Colonel Quintin Moore | :* CO: Colonel Quintin Moore | ||
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Canal]]. | :Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Canal]]. | ||
===3040=== | ===3040=== | ||
| − | '''Mobile Fire''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name = HWo3039p141/> | + | '''Mobile Fire''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HWo3039p141/> |
| − | :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Son Hoa]].<ref name = HWo3039p141>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141</ref> | + | :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Son Hoa]].<ref name=HWo3039p141>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141</ref> |
| − | ===3054=== | + | ===3054=== |
'''Mobile Fire''' (Regiment)<ref name=ORp20/> | '''Mobile Fire''' (Regiment)<ref name=ORp20/> | ||
* CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin | * CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin | ||
| + | |||
===3050=== | ===3050=== | ||
| − | '''Mobile Fire''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) <ref name=20yup>''20 Year Update'', p. </ref> | + | '''Mobile Fire''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=20yup>''20 Year Update'', p. 28</ref> |
:* CO: CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin<ref name=20yup/> | :* CO: CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin<ref name=20yup/> | ||
| − | : Note: | + | : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Khon Kaen]], [[Madiun]] and [[Son Hoa]].<ref name=20yup/> |
===3054=== | ===3054=== | ||
| − | '''Mobile Fire''' (/Regular/Reliable) | + | '''Mobile Fire''' (/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=OpjRp20/> |
| − | :* CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin <ref name = OpjRp20/> | + | :* CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin<ref name=OpjRp20/> |
| − | :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Khon Kaen]], [[Madiun]] and [[Son Hoa]]. | + | :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Khon Kaen]], [[Madiun]] and [[Son Hoa]].<ref name=OpjRp20>''Objective Raids'', p. 20</ref> |
===3059=== | ===3059=== | ||
| − | '''Mobile Fire''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) <ref name= FMMercsp109/> | + | '''Mobile Fire''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMMercsp109/> |
| − | :* CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin <ref name= FMMercsp109/> | + | :* CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin<ref name=FMMercsp109/> |
| − | : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Lyndon]]. <ref name = FMMercsp109 >'' Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 109</ref> | + | : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Lyndon]].<ref name=FMMercsp109>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 109</ref> |
===3067=== | ===3067=== | ||
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:* 1st Battalion: [[Major]] Angela Davies | :* 1st Battalion: [[Major]] Angela Davies | ||
:* 2nd Battalion: Major [[Theodore Jacobs]] | :* 2nd Battalion: Major [[Theodore Jacobs]] | ||
| − | :* 3rd Battalion: Major Paul Moore | + | :* 3rd Battalion: Major Paul Moore |
- 3 vehicle battalions contains tracked, hover and wheeled designs, supported by a command company | - 3 vehicle battalions contains tracked, hover and wheeled designs, supported by a command company | ||
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* XO/2nd Battalion: [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Donald Moore | * XO/2nd Battalion: [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Donald Moore | ||
* 3rd Battalion: Major Carol Creed | * 3rd Battalion: Major Carol Creed | ||
| − | - Mainly light/mediums supported by fast | + | - Mainly light/mediums supported by fast heavies. |
'''Air Mobile''' ([[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]/Green/Questionable)<ref name=FM:MRp91/> | '''Air Mobile''' ([[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]/Green/Questionable)<ref name=FM:MRp91/> | ||
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- Mainly ''[[Lucifer]]''s supported by 8 ''[[Eisensturm]]''s. | - Mainly ''[[Lucifer]]''s supported by 8 ''[[Eisensturm]]''s. | ||
| − | ''' 1st Security Division'''(1 Reinforced Battalion/Green/Questionable)<ref name=FM:MRp91/> | + | ''' 1st Security Division''' (1 Reinforced Battalion/Green/Questionable)<ref name=FM:MRp91/> |
* Infantry Commander: Major Vance Redding | * Infantry Commander: Major Vance Redding | ||
- Provide security for the rest of the command. They contain 3 [[battle armor]] squads. | - Provide security for the rest of the command. They contain 3 [[battle armor]] squads. | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''[[Blake Ascending]]'' | * ''[[Blake Ascending]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised]]'' | + | * ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | + | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' |
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]'' | * ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]'' | ||
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | ||
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Mobile Fire]] | [[Category:Mercenary Commands|Mobile Fire]] | ||
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Contents
History
Fourth Succession War
The LCAF ordered the two mercenary commands Mobile Fire and Bad Dream unit to challenge the 22nd Rasalhague Regulars on Gunzburg. The defending 21st Rasalhague Regulars went underground and avoided contact with the Steiner employed mercenaries. After several weeks the mercenaries set a trap. The CO of Mobile Fire send a message to the Bad Dream command, stating that most of his forces were sick from a local illness. The Regulars intercepted the message and gathered their forces to strike at the weakened invaders. When the Rasalhague Regulars advanced the abandoned camp, the 'Mechs of Mobile Fire emerged from the nearby swamps. When the Bad Dream advanced from the rear, the CO of the surrounded DCMS unit ordered his troops to surrender. However, the CO of the Rasalhague Regulars committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule.[1]
FedCom Civil War
A long established unit the commander put his support behind Archon Katherine Steiner-Davion and paid a high price for their loyalty at the hands of pro-Victor forces (Archer's Avengers on Odessa). The unit received a pardon and served later as the garrison force of several planets on the clan border.[2]
Jihad
The unit broke off negotiations to extend their contract and left their garrison post on the Lyran world of New Earth to work for the Word of Blake (who attacked New Earth mere days later). Subsequently branded Rogue by the MRBC. Attacked Imbros III for the Word of Blake in March 3069.[3]
Officers
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of Mobile Fire[4] | |||
| Colonel | Quintin Moore | 3025 - 3039[5] | |
| Colonel | Fred Laurencin | 3054 - 3067[6][2] | |
Tactics
The unit divided itself in three demi-battalions:
- 1st Battalion: speed and stealth
- 2nd Battalion: skilled in bad weather conditions
- 3rd Battalion: is skilled in defensive engagements
Support
The most repairs is handled by the technical staff and has no own transport assets.[2]
Dragoon Ratings
3067
Dragoon Rating: C-[2]
Composition History
3025
Mobile Fire (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[5]
- CO: Colonel Quintin Moore
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Canal.
3040
Mobile Fire (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[7]
3054
Mobile Fire (Regiment)[6]
- CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin
3050
Mobile Fire (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[8]
- CO: CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin[8]
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Khon Kaen, Madiun and Son Hoa.[8]
3054
Mobile Fire (/Regular/Reliable)[9]
- CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin[9]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Khon Kaen, Madiun and Son Hoa.[9]
3059
Mobile Fire (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[10]
3067
Mobile Fire (Regiment/Green/Questionable)[2]
- CO/Armor: Colonel Fred Laurencin
- 1st Battalion: Major Angela Davies
- 2nd Battalion: Major Theodore Jacobs
- 3rd Battalion: Major Paul Moore
- 3 vehicle battalions contains tracked, hover and wheeled designs, supported by a command company
Mobile 'Mechs (Regiment/Green/Questionable)[2]
- 1st Battalion: Major Garth Rivers
- XO/2nd Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel Donald Moore
- 3rd Battalion: Major Carol Creed
- Mainly light/mediums supported by fast heavies.
Air Mobile (Wing/Green/Questionable)[2]
- Wing Commander: Major Yuri Vasavanovich
- Mainly Lucifers supported by 8 Eisensturms.
1st Security Division (1 Reinforced Battalion/Green/Questionable)[2]
- Infantry Commander: Major Vance Redding
- Provide security for the rest of the command. They contain 3 battle armor squads.
References
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 63
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 91: "Mobile FireUnit Profile"
- ↑ Blake Ascending, pp. 171, 208
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 92: "Sturmfeur Heavy Tank"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 79
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Objective Raids, p. 20: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 20 Year Update, p. 28
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Objective Raids, p. 20
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 109