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−	Initially a specialist military [[DropShip]] crew training facility, the expanded '''Pandora College of Military Sciences''' became a full-fledged military university serving the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], [[Federated Commonwealth]] and [[Lyran Alliance]] prior to its loss to [[Clan Jade Falcon]] in September [[3064]].<ref name=FMLA-41>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', pp. 41–42: "New Blood - Military Academies - Pandora College of Military Sciences (PCMS)"</ref><ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 135</ref>	+	Initially a specialist military [[DropShip]] crew training facility, the expanded '''Pandora College of Military Sciences''' became a full-fledged military university serving the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], [[Federated Commonwealth]] and [[Lyran Alliance]] prior to its loss to [[Clan Jade Falcon]] in September [[3064]].<ref name=FMLA-41>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', pp. 41-42 "New Blood - Military Academies - Pandora College of Military Sciences (PCMS)"</ref> <ref>''Masters and Minions'', p.135</ref>
	The [[school rag]] of the Pandora College of Military Sciences is red, frequently referred to as the "blood band".<ref name=FMLA-41/>		The [[school rag]] of the Pandora College of Military Sciences is red, frequently referred to as the "blood band".<ref name=FMLA-41/>
	==History==		==History==
−	Long a smaller institute that focused exclusively on training DropShip pilots, at the end of the [[Third Succession War]] the Pandora College of Military Sciences' then ambitious academy commander [[Colonel]] Steven Merriam sought to expand the College to include courses in all military sciences.<ref name=HSTLC-126>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 126: "Military Forces - Major Military Academies - The Pandora College of Military Sciences"</ref><ref name=FMLA-41/>	+	Long a smaller institute that focused exclusively on training DropShip pilots, at the end of the [[Third Succession War]] the Pandora College of Military Sciences' then ambitious academy commander [[Colonel]] Steven Merriam sought to expand the College to include courses in all military sciences.<ref name=HSTLC-126>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 126 "Military Forces - Major Military Academies - The Pandora College of Military Sciences"</ref> <ref name=FMLA-41/>
−	Despite the poor state of Pandora's economy, Merriam got his wish with the college offering [[aerospace]] and [[VTOL]] training courses just before the [[Fourth Succession War]], followed by courses for [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] and [[Combat Vehicle|armor crews]] in [[3030]]s. PCMS continued to expand during the era of the [[Federated Commonwealth]], adding [[infantry]], combat engineering and medical personnel courses in [[3045]].	+	Despite the poor state of Pandora's economy, Merriam got his wish with the college offering [[aerospace]] and [[VTOL]] training courses just before the [[Fourth Succession War]], followed by courses for [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] and [[Combat Vehicle|armor crews]] in [[3030]]s. PCMS continued to expand during the era of the [[Federated Commonwealth]], adding [[infantry]], combat engineering and medical personnel courses in [[3045]].
	The rise in Pandora's fortunes would falter due to the [[Clan Invasion]], with the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth]] and the [[Gray Death Legion]] narrowly repulsing a Clan Jade Falcon assault against the world in early [[3052]].<ref name=FMLA-41/> The Pandora College of Military Sciences would further expand its curriculum with the addition of a [[battle armor]] elective to its infantry course in [[3054]].		The rise in Pandora's fortunes would falter due to the [[Clan Invasion]], with the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth]] and the [[Gray Death Legion]] narrowly repulsing a Clan Jade Falcon assault against the world in early [[3052]].<ref name=FMLA-41/> The Pandora College of Military Sciences would further expand its curriculum with the addition of a [[battle armor]] elective to its infantry course in [[3054]].
	Despite PCMS's famed DropShip courses, the College was not selected as the site for a Lyran [[WarShip]] training course, as many other DropShip facilities across the [[Inner Sphere]] were. Citing the planet's proximity to the [[Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone]], the newly formed [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]] chose to establish the dedicated [[Alarion Naval Academy]] deeper in the Lyran realm instead. Pandora College's last DropShip class graduated in [[3061]], after which the training equipment and most of the instructors were transferred to [[Alarion]]. A number of instructors, notably those who had married into local population, declined and transferred to the aerospace program rather than leave their new homeworld.<ref name=FMLA-41/>		Despite PCMS's famed DropShip courses, the College was not selected as the site for a Lyran [[WarShip]] training course, as many other DropShip facilities across the [[Inner Sphere]] were. Citing the planet's proximity to the [[Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone]], the newly formed [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]] chose to establish the dedicated [[Alarion Naval Academy]] deeper in the Lyran realm instead. Pandora College's last DropShip class graduated in [[3061]], after which the training equipment and most of the instructors were transferred to [[Alarion]]. A number of instructors, notably those who had married into local population, declined and transferred to the aerospace program rather than leave their new homeworld.<ref name=FMLA-41/>
−	By [[3062]] [[Leutnant-General]] [[Emma Bonsir]] was serving as the Kommandant, replacing [[Steven Merriam]].<ref name=FMLAp41>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 41: "Pandora College of Military Sciences Profile"</ref>	+	By [[3062]] [[Leutnant-General]] [[Emma Bonsir]] was serving as the Kommandant, replacing [[Steven Merriam]].<ref name=FMLAp41>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 41, "Pandora College of Military Sciences Profile"</ref>
−	After this institution was lost to the Jade Falcons, the [[Melissa Steiner Martial Academy of Bolan]] worked to provide a MechWarrior curriculum in its place.<ref name=HBHSp109>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 109</ref>	+	After this institution was lost to the Jade Falcons, the [[Melissa Steiner Martial Academy of Bolan]] worked to provide a MechWarrior curriculum in its place.<ref name=HBHSp109>''Handbook: House Steiner'' p. 109</ref>
	==Atmosphere==		==Atmosphere==
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	==Training==		==Training==
−	The large investment and expansion of the Pandora College of Military Sciences in the wake of the Third Succession War has ensured the school is on the cutting edge of military education, offering the latest equipment and educational techniques. During its expansion years, the PCMS installed the same Universal Terrain Generation System utilized by the [[House Davion|Davion]] [[Boreal Reach]] arena on [[Solaris VII]] to simulate a wide-range of environments, ensuring Pandora's graduates had experience in fighting in almost any circumstance. Unlike many acadamies, the use of the UTGS also allows a full company of infantry to exercise alongside their armor and 'Mech colleagues.<ref name=FMLA-41/>	+	The large investment and expansion of the Pandora College of Military Sciences in the wake of the Third Succession War has ensured the school is on the cutting edge of military education, offering the latest equipment and educational techniques. During its expansion years, the PCMS installed the same Universal Terrain Generation System utilized by the [[House Davion|Davion]] [[Boreal Reach]] arena on [[Solaris VII]] to simulate a wide-range of environments, ensuring Pandora's graduates had experience in fighting in almost any circumstance. Unlike many acadmies, the use of the UTGS also allows a full company of infantry to exercise alongside their armor and 'Mech colleagues.<ref name=FMLA-41/>
−	Quite aside from the simulators of the UTGS, all Pandora cadets spend at least one week each month on field exercises with the Pandora Training Battalion. Unlike other training units who are assigned to a tour lasting several months, the Pandora cadre was interwoven with the academy's standard class load of theoretical learning and simulator time as well.<ref name=FMLA-41/><ref name=FMLS-122>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 122: "LAAF Rosters - Training Units - Pandora College Training Battalion"</ref>	+	Quite aside from the simulators of the UTGS, all Pandora cadets spend at least one week each month on field exercises with the Pandora Training Battalion. Unlike other training units who are assigned to a tour lasting several months, the Pandora cadre was interwoven with the academy's standard class load of theoretical learning and simulator time as well.<ref name=FMLA-41/> <ref name=FMLS-122>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 122 "LAAF Rosters - Training Units - Pandora College Training Battalion"</ref>
−	Another change in the wake of the Clan Invasion was PCMS' graduation exam. Known as Operation Hawk, the exam puts the cadets through a week-long simulation of the Jade Falcon assault against Pandora in 3052, their opponents an elite LAAF unit stationed on Pandora such as the [[Third Donegal Guards]] The tactics the Gray Death Legion used to ultimately halt the Falcon strike also became an extensive part of the college's strategy and tactics texts.<ref name=FMLA-41/><ref name=FMLS-122/>	+	Another change in the wake of the Clan Invasion was PCMS' graduation exam. Known as Operation Hawk, the exam puts the cadets through a week-long simulation of the Jade Falcon assault against Pandora in 3052, their opponents an elite LAAF unit stationed on Pandora such as the [[Third Donegal Guards]] The tactics the Gray Death Legion used to ultimately halt the Falcon strike also became an extensive part of the college's strategy and tactics texts.<ref name=FMLA-41/> <ref name=FMLS-122/>
	==Pandora College Training Battalion==		==Pandora College Training Battalion==
	::See the [[Pandora College Training Battalion]] page for more detailed information.		::See the [[Pandora College Training Battalion]] page for more detailed information.
−	As part of the amalgamation of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] and the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] into the combined AFFC, the overhaul of training procedures saw the Pandora College of Military Sciences encouraged to follow the Davion model and create its own training [[battalion]] to ensure more hands-on training for its cadets. Beginning operations in [[3032]], the Battalion first trained MechWarriors and armor crews, later expanding to include infantry and battle armor troops.<ref name=FMLS-122/>	+	As part of the amalgamation of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] and the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] into the combined AFFC, the overhaul of training procedures saw the Pandora College of Military Sciences encouraged to follow the Davion model and create its own training [[battalion]] to ensure more hands on training for its cadets. Beginning operations in [[3032]], the Battalion first trained MechWarriors and armor crews, later expanding to include infantry and battle armor troops.<ref name=FMLS-122/>
	==References==		==References==

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{{Update Needed|[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]|[[Classic BattleTech Companion]]|[[Objectives: Clans]]}} {{InfoBoxAcademicInstitute | name = Pandora College of Military Sciences | image = Pandora College of Military Sciences logo.png | imagewidth = 200px | caption = Pandora College of Military Sciences logo | type = Academy | Previous Names = | Location = [[Pandora]] | Founded = Star League era | MilCourse01 = [[BattleMech]] | MilCourse01Dates = ca. [[3030]]s-[[3064]]<ref name=FMLA-41/> | MilCourse02 = [[AeroSpace fighter|Aerospace]] | MilCourse02Dates = ca. [[3028]]-3064<ref name=FMLA-41/> | MilCourse03 = [[Combat Vehicle|Armor]] | MilCourse03Dates = ca. 3030s-3064<ref name=FMLA-41/> | MilCourse04 = [[Battle armor]] | MilCourse04Dates = [[3054]]-3064<ref name=FMLA-41/> | MilCourse05 = [[Infantry]] | MilCourse05Dates = [[3045]]-3064<ref name=FMLA-41/> | MilCourse06 = Spacecraft | MilCourse06Dates = Unknown-[[3061]]<ref name=FMLA-41/> | MilCourse10 = | MilCourse10Dates = }} Initially a specialist military [[DropShip]] crew training facility, the expanded '''Pandora College of Military Sciences''' became a full-fledged military university serving the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], [[Federated Commonwealth]] and [[Lyran Alliance]] prior to its loss to [[Clan Jade Falcon]] in September [[3064]].<ref name=FMLA-41>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', pp. 41-42 "New Blood - Military Academies - Pandora College of Military Sciences (PCMS)"</ref> <ref>''Masters and Minions'', p.135</ref> The [[school rag]] of the Pandora College of Military Sciences is red, frequently referred to as the "blood band".<ref name=FMLA-41/> ==History== Long a smaller institute that focused exclusively on training DropShip pilots, at the end of the [[Third Succession War]] the Pandora College of Military Sciences' then ambitious academy commander [[Colonel]] Steven Merriam sought to expand the College to include courses in all military sciences.<ref name=HSTLC-126>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 126 "Military Forces - Major Military Academies - The Pandora College of Military Sciences"</ref> <ref name=FMLA-41/> Despite the poor state of Pandora's economy, Merriam got his wish with the college offering [[aerospace]] and [[VTOL]] training courses just before the [[Fourth Succession War]], followed by courses for [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] and [[Combat Vehicle|armor crews]] in [[3030]]s. PCMS continued to expand during the era of the [[Federated Commonwealth]], adding [[infantry]], combat engineering and medical personnel courses in [[3045]]. The rise in Pandora's fortunes would falter due to the [[Clan Invasion]], with the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth]] and the [[Gray Death Legion]] narrowly repulsing a Clan Jade Falcon assault against the world in early [[3052]].<ref name=FMLA-41/> The Pandora College of Military Sciences would further expand its curriculum with the addition of a [[battle armor]] elective to its infantry course in [[3054]]. Despite PCMS's famed DropShip courses, the College was not selected as the site for a Lyran [[WarShip]] training course, as many other DropShip facilities across the [[Inner Sphere]] were. Citing the planet's proximity to the [[Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone]], the newly formed [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]] chose to establish the dedicated [[Alarion Naval Academy]] deeper in the Lyran realm instead. Pandora College's last DropShip class graduated in [[3061]], after which the training equipment and most of the instructors were transferred to [[Alarion]]. A number of instructors, notably those who had married into local population, declined and transferred to the aerospace program rather than leave their new homeworld.<ref name=FMLA-41/> By [[3062]] [[Leutnant-General]] [[Emma Bonsir]] was serving as the Kommandant, replacing [[Steven Merriam]].<ref name=FMLAp41>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 41, "Pandora College of Military Sciences Profile"</ref> After this institution was lost to the Jade Falcons, the [[Melissa Steiner Martial Academy of Bolan]] worked to provide a MechWarrior curriculum in its place.<ref name=HBHSp109>''Handbook: House Steiner'' p. 109</ref> ==Atmosphere== In the wake of the Clan Invasion, the PCMS was very conscious of its role as a "front-line" academy, its cadets put through a very strenuous basic training program and practical rather than theoretical courses to ensure that even the newest recruits can take an active role in any defensive action, albeit as infantry. The college's emphasis on combat-ready cadets also means more rigorous physical education requirements than most academies, with prospective cadet having to pass a physical exam and fitness assessment to be accepted.<ref name=FMLA-41/> With Pandora also serving as the military and intelligence command center for the region, PCMS cadets receive many opportunities to practice their skills in the real world, though such opportunities also result in heavy observation by the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]]. In one area the College avoided heavy LIC surveillance, the pragmatic focus on Clan threat ensuring the PCMS remained effectively neutral during the [[FedCom Civil War]] prior to capture by the Falcons.<ref name=FMLA-41/> ==Training== The large investment and expansion of the Pandora College of Military Sciences in the wake of the Third Succession War has ensured the school is on the cutting edge of military education, offering the latest equipment and educational techniques. During its expansion years, the PCMS installed the same Universal Terrain Generation System utilized by the [[House Davion|Davion]] [[Boreal Reach]] arena on [[Solaris VII]] to simulate a wide-range of environments, ensuring Pandora's graduates had experience in fighting in almost any circumstance. Unlike many acadmies, the use of the UTGS also allows a full company of infantry to exercise alongside their armor and 'Mech colleagues.<ref name=FMLA-41/> Quite aside from the simulators of the UTGS, all Pandora cadets spend at least one week each month on field exercises with the Pandora Training Battalion. Unlike other training units who are assigned to a tour lasting several months, the Pandora cadre was interwoven with the academy's standard class load of theoretical learning and simulator time as well.<ref name=FMLA-41/> <ref name=FMLS-122>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 122 "LAAF Rosters - Training Units - Pandora College Training Battalion"</ref> Another change in the wake of the Clan Invasion was PCMS' graduation exam. Known as Operation Hawk, the exam puts the cadets through a week-long simulation of the Jade Falcon assault against Pandora in 3052, their opponents an elite LAAF unit stationed on Pandora such as the [[Third Donegal Guards]] The tactics the Gray Death Legion used to ultimately halt the Falcon strike also became an extensive part of the college's strategy and tactics texts.<ref name=FMLA-41/> <ref name=FMLS-122/> ==Pandora College Training Battalion== ::See the [[Pandora College Training Battalion]] page for more detailed information. As part of the amalgamation of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] and the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] into the combined AFFC, the overhaul of training procedures saw the Pandora College of Military Sciences encouraged to follow the Davion model and create its own training [[battalion]] to ensure more hands on training for its cadets. Beginning operations in [[3032]], the Battalion first trained MechWarriors and armor crews, later expanding to include infantry and battle armor troops.<ref name=FMLS-122/> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]'' * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' [[Category:Military Academies]]

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