4th Alshain Regulars

Insignia of the 4th Alshain Regulars
Fourth Alshain Regulars
Affiliation Draconis Combine
Parent Command Alshain Regulars

The Fourth Alshain Regulars was a Draconis Combine BattleMech Regiment.

History[edit]

The Fourth Alshain Regulars were founded sometime between 3035 and 3039[1] and did not see action during the War of 3039, instead serving in garrison duty on Rubigen and Buckminster.[2]

The Fourth later fought against Clan Ghost Bear's First Bear Guards on Rubigen in April 3052 during the Clan Invasion. They waged a hit-and-run fight against the Bears for three weeks, notably using holographic projections as decoys during the initial phase of the fighting, before Tai-sa Timsjek decided to withdraw his surviving soldiers off-world. Less than a battalion of the Fourth succeeded in escaping.[3]

At some point between 3054 and 3058 the battalion was merged with two other surviving battalions of Alshain Regulars (one apiece from the Third and Seventh regiments) to form the Fourteenth Alshain Avengers.[4]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 4th Alshain Regulars
Tai-sa Boris Timsjek 3052[3]
Tai-sa Steven Watkins 3054[5]

Tactics[edit]

Each 'Mech company usually went into battle accompanied by an armor company, while the aerofighters were trained in tactics by individual company. The infantry battalion served as an anti-'Mech force[1]

Composition History[edit]

3040[edit]

4th Alshain Regulars (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable)[6]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Rubigen.[6]

3050[edit]

4th Alshain Regulars (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable) [7]

CO: Tai-sa Boris Timsjek
  • One heavy Mech regiment
  • One medium aerospace fighter wing
  • One heavy vehicle regiment
  • One jump infantry battalion
Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Rubigen. [7] All of the 4th's 'Mechs were heavy- or assault-class.[1]

3054[edit]

4th Alshain Regulars (Battalion/Veteran/Questionable)[5]

  • CO: Tai-sa Steven Watkins


Rules[edit]

Clan Invasion Era[edit]

  • Environmental Specialization (Space)
  • Overrun Combat
  • Zone of Control[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Combat Manual: Kurita, p. 46
  2. Historical: War of 3039, p. 140, "Deployment Tables"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Invading Clans p. 37, "Rubigen"
  4. Field Manual: Draconis Combine, p. 39, "14th Alshain Avengers: Dragon's Crucible"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Objective Raids, p. 28
  6. 6.0 6.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 138
  7. 7.0 7.1 20 Year Update, p. 43

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