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After the [[Jihad]], the Prefectorate Guard were rotated away from Victoria and onto [[Sarna]], partly to act as a guard against future conflict with the [[Republic of the Sphere]] but also because the growing level of conflict between the Guard and the [[mercenary]] unit [[Lethal Injection]] was putting the security of Shengli Arms at risk. With one officer cashiered and an increasingly-incoherent ''Sang-shao'' Nerekov pushed into retirement, ''Sang-shao'' Nan Loen assumed formal command of the Guard; Loen enforced high standards of discipline and decorum within the Guard, and made it abundantly clear that the insubordination which had occurred under Nerekov wouldn't be tolerated under his command. By [[3085]], Loen had transferred seventeen [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] out of his command for failing to meet his standards.<ref name="FM:3085p">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 23, "Prefectorate Guard"</ref> In [[3113]], the Guard faced elements of [[Stone's Lament]] on Sarna. A Lament flanking maneuver was stopped cold by the Guard, extending the Lament's supply problems considerably and allowing the Guard to withdraw from Sarna in good order.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation'', p. 20</ref>
 
After the [[Jihad]], the Prefectorate Guard were rotated away from Victoria and onto [[Sarna]], partly to act as a guard against future conflict with the [[Republic of the Sphere]] but also because the growing level of conflict between the Guard and the [[mercenary]] unit [[Lethal Injection]] was putting the security of Shengli Arms at risk. With one officer cashiered and an increasingly-incoherent ''Sang-shao'' Nerekov pushed into retirement, ''Sang-shao'' Nan Loen assumed formal command of the Guard; Loen enforced high standards of discipline and decorum within the Guard, and made it abundantly clear that the insubordination which had occurred under Nerekov wouldn't be tolerated under his command. By [[3085]], Loen had transferred seventeen [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] out of his command for failing to meet his standards.<ref name="FM:3085p">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 23, "Prefectorate Guard"</ref> In [[3113]], the Guard faced elements of [[Stone's Lament]] on Sarna. A Lament flanking maneuver was stopped cold by the Guard, extending the Lament's supply problems considerably and allowing the Guard to withdraw from Sarna in good order.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation'', p. 20</ref>
  
The Prefectorate Guard were defeated in the [[Victoria War]], and by [[3145]] the Guard's role had changed considerably. The Guard never really recovered from their Victoria War defeat, and at some point were rotated into garrison duty on Sarna in place of the [[Dynasty Guard]]. That didn't help the Guard recover; while the posting was a prestigious one, it also wasn't a particularly inspiring one for the [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] of the Guard, and the regiment became a posting for MechWarriors who were serving out the last years of their careers, and for whom those careers had been uninspiring but unblemished. As a result, the Guard's 'Mech forces became distinctly average. In contrast, the infantry attached to the Guard became highly proficient at the tasks involved in their new posting - urban combat, counterinsurgency work and personal security. With some of the highest-ranking members of the Capellan government being guarded by members of the Guard infantry on a regular basis a disconnect emerged between the 'Mech and infantry forces, with the infantry commander vocally espousing the opinion that the Guard's 'Mech forces were holding the infantry back.<ref name="FM:3145p30">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 30, "Prefectorate Guard"</ref>
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The Prefectorate Guard were defeated in the [[Victoria War]], and by [[3145]] the Guard's role had changed considerably. The Guard never really recovered from their Victoria War defeat, and at some point were rotated into garrison duty on Sarna in place of the [[Dynasty Guard]]. That didn't help the Guard recover; while the posting was a prestigious one, it also wasn't a particularly inspiring one for the [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] of the Guard, and the regiment became a posting for MechWarriors who were serving out the last years of their careers, and for whom those careers had been uninspiring but unblemished. As a result, the Guard's 'Mech forces became distinctly average. In contrast, the infantry attached to the Guard became highly proficient at the tasks involved in their new posting - urban combat, counter-insurgency work and personal security. With some of the highest-ranking members of the Capellan government being guarded by members of the Guard infantry on a regular basis a disconnect emerged between the 'Mech and infantry forces, with the infantry commander vocally espousing the opinion that the Guard's 'Mech forces were holding the infantry back.<ref name="FM:3145p30">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 30, "Prefectorate Guard"</ref>
  
 
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