3rd Kearny Highlanders

Emblem of the Northwind Highlanders
Third Kearny Highlanders
Formed 2364
Disbanded 2841[1]
Affiliation Mercenary
Parent Command Northwind Highlanders


The Third Kearny Highlanders Regiment were one of the original Northwind Highlanders regiments formed before the Age of War.[1]

History[edit]

Formation[edit]

Formed in 2364, the Third Kearny Highlanders, as with the other Highlander Regiments, were originally part of a standing army for Northwind. However the outbreak of the Age of War saw the Highlanders drawn to the profit that could be made by hiring out their services to various foreign powers.[1]

Destruction[edit]

In 2841 the Third was understrength and undergoing extensive refitting and repair on Northwind. The Davion Assault Guards, 33rd Avalon Hussars, and 21st Rim Worlds landed and engaged the Third and Stuart's Highlanders. The understrength Third garrisoned Cromarty City, but they were smashed by the Twenty-First Rim Worlds and forced out of the city. During their attempt to link up with Stuart's Highlanders, all three AFFS regiments engaged the Third Highlanders and inflicted massive damage. Only a company of the Third was able to link up with Stuart's Highlanders. Eventually both CCAF regiments were destroyed.[2][3][4]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 3rd Kearny Highlanders

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

2786 - 2821[edit]

3rd Kearny Highlanders (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[5]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Northwind. In 2821 the command was reduced to 46 percent of its strength and was deployed on Northwind. [5]

2830[edit]

3rd Kearny Highlanders (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) [6]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Northwind with an operational readiness of 105 percent. [6] The unit was destroyed during the war.[6]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Northwind Highlanders (scenario pack) p. 7
  2. Second Succession War (sourcebook), pp. 64-65
  3. Northwind Highlanders (scenario pack) p. 8
  4. Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 51
  5. 5.0 5.1 First Succession War, p. 136
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Second Succession War, p. 96

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