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| Designation = Red Eagles
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| unitname  = Red Eagles
| Formed = [[2775]]
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The '''Red Eagles''' were a [[mercenary unit]] operating in the early [[Succession Wars Era]].
 
The '''Red Eagles''' were a [[mercenary unit]] operating in the early [[Succession Wars Era]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The future Red Eagles were a [[battalion]] from the [[Star League Defense Force]]'s [[225th Mechanized Infantry Division]]. At least two battalions from the 225th chose to remain in the [[Inner Sphere]] rather than join [[Operation EXODUS]], each battalion choosing the mercenary life in [[2775]], becoming the Red Eagles and [[Simpson's Samurai]] respectively.<ref name=FSW-35>''First Succession War'', p. 35: "Those Left Behind"</ref>
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The future Red Eagles were a [[battalion]] from the [[Star League Defense Force]]'s [[225th Mechanized Infantry Division]]. At least two battalions from the 225th chose to remain in the [[Inner Sphere]] rather than join [[Operation EXODUS]], each battalion choosing the mercenary life in [[2775]], becoming the Red Eagles and [[Simpson's Samurai]] respectively.<ref name=FSW-35>''First Succession War'', p. 35, "Those Left Behind"</ref>
 
 
Accepting a contract with the [[Draconis Combine]], at the outbreak of the [[First Succession War]] the Red Eagles were at 100% strength and stationed on [[Alleghe]].<ref name=FSW-137>''First Succession War'', p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>
 
 
 
The Red Eagles eventually accepted a contract with the [[Free Worlds League]] to raid [[Lyran Commonwealth]]-held [[Solaris VII]] in March [[2820]]. Seeking revenge for the [[Solaris Games|Game World]] transferring its loyalty to the Commonwealth earlier that same year, the Red Eagles and a reinforced [[battalion]] drawn from the [[Clinton's Cutthroats]] mercenary unit, supported by the ''[[Essex]]''-class [[Despiser|FWLS ''Despiser'']], emerged from a [[Pirate Point]] close to the planet's orbit. Without a Lyran naval presence to challenge the ''Despiser'', the Cutthroats and Red Eagles landed without incident near the [[Bracken Swamp]] north of [[Solaris City]]. Facing the local [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] garrison, the Free Worlds League attackers were eventually forced to retreat after a three-day firefight, but not before they had destroyed a major water treatment plant and reduced a local industrial park to ash, the ''Despiser'' covering their escape from the system with an orbital bombardment of Solaris City that would become infamous.<ref name=FSW-79>''First Succession War'', p. 79: "The Succession War (2786-2821) - The War of Raids: House Steiner's War - The Solaris Bulge - Solaris VII"</ref>
 
 
 
The Red Eagles took heavy losses during the Solaris raid, with a number of Red Eagles [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] and their [[Free Worlds League Military]] liaison [[Mackenzie Henkel]] being left behind and choosing to form the [[Red Knives Stables]].<ref name=FSW-162>''First Succession War'', p. 162: "Rules Annex - Technical Readout - WVR-6M Wolverine"</ref> The surviving Red Eagles, reduced to 34% strength, returned to Draconis Combine service and took up station on [[The Edge]].<ref name=FSW-137/>
 
 
 
==Officers==
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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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 the Red Eagles'''
 
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==Tactics==
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Accepting a contract with the [[Draconis Combine]], at the outbreak of the [[First Succession War]] the Red Eagles were at 100% strength and stationed on [[Alleghe]].<ref name=FSW-137>''First Succession War'', p. 137, "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref>
Unknown.
 
  
==Composition History==
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The Red Eagles eventually accepted a contract with the [[Free Worlds League]] to raid [[Lyran Commonwealth]]-held [[Solaris VII]] in March [[2820]]. Seeking revenge for the [[Solaris Games|Game World]] transferring its loyalty to the Commonwealth earlier that same year, the Red Eagles and a reinforced [[battalion]] drawn from the [[Clinton's Cutthroats]] mercenary unit, supported by the ''[[Essex]]''-class [[Despiser|FWLS ''Despiser'']], emerged from a [[Pirate Point]] close to the planet's orbit. Without a Lyran naval presence to challenge the ''Despiser'', the Cutthroats and Red Eagles landed without incident near the Bracken Swamps north of Solaris City. Facing the local [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] garrison, the Free Worlds League attackers were eventually forced to retreat after a three day long firefight, but not before they had destroyed a major water treatment plant and reduced a local industrial park to ash, the ''Despiser'' covering their escape from the system with an orbital bombardment of [[Solaris City]] that would become infamous.<ref name=FSW-79>''First Succession War'', p. 79 "The Succession War (2786-2821) - The War of Raids: House Steiner's War - The Solaris Bulge - Solaris VII"</ref>
===2786–2821===
 
'''Red Eagles Battalion''' (Battalion/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name= FSSp137>''First Succession War'', p. 137</ref>
 
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Alleghe]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 34 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[The Edge]].<ref name= FSSp137/>
 
===2831===
 
'''Red Eagles Battalion''' (Battalion/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=2ndSSp97>''Second Succession War'', p. 97</ref>
 
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[The Edge]] with an operational readiness of 95 percent.<ref name=2ndSSp97/>
 
  
===2864===
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The Red Eagles took heavy losses during the Solaris raid, with a number of Red Eagles [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] and their [[Free Worlds League Military]] liaison [[Mackenzie Henkel]] being left behind and choosing to form the [[Red Knives Stables]].<ref name=FSW-162>''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 162 "Rules Annex - Technical Readout - WVR-6M Wolverine"</ref> The surviving Red Eagles, reduced to 34% strength, returned to Draconis Combine service and took up station on [[The Edge]].<ref name=FSW-137/>
'''Red Eagles Battalion''' (Battalion/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=2ndSSp97/>
 
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[The Edge]] with an operational readiness of 21 percent.<ref name=2ndSSp97/>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
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*''[[First Succession War (Source Book)]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Red Eagles]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Red Eagles]]

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