4th Illician Rangers

4th Illician Rangers
Fourth Illician Rangers
Nickname Alicia's Lovers
Affiliation Mercenary
Parent Command Illician Lancers

History[edit]

From their time with the Star League Defense Force, through the Succession Wars until the present day, this unit has been the core of every single larger campaign which included more than one Lancers regiment. The sheer mass of the unit frightened their opponents sometimes into retreat rather than face the overwhelming force.

The unit has defended the Capellan March with the other Illician regiments for the last 60 years.

The Fourth and Twenty-first Rangers assaulted Gei-Fu with orders to destroy the Third Capellan Defense Force. After the mission was successfully completed, the 4th Rangers faced Renshield's Dragoons on Hexare. The Capellan Confederation Armed Forces unit forced the mercenaries to retreat.

After the end of the Jihad, the Fourth Illician Rangers were stationed on Montour, a world along the Federated Suns-Taurian Concordat border.[1]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 4th Illician Rangers
Colonel Alicia Ramaley 3054 - 3067

Tactics[edit]

2 heavy battalions hold the enemy in line and one medium weight battalion probes for weak spots or executes flanking attacks.

Dragoon Ratings[edit]

Dragoon Rating: Unrated

Composition History[edit]

2786 - 2821[edit]

4th Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[2]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Zaniah. In 2821 the command was reduced to 23 percent of its strength and was deployed on Gniezno.[2]

2830[edit]

4th Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[3]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Gniezno with an operational readiness of 92 percent.[3]

2864[edit]

4th Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)[3]

Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on Gniezno with an operational readiness of 50 percent.[3]

3040[edit]

4th Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[4]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Glentworth.[4]

3050[edit]

3rd Illician Lancers (4th Rangers) (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[5]

  • CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley[5]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Glentworth.[5]

3054[edit]

3rd Illician Lancers (4th Rangers) (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[6]

  • CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley[6]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Glentworth.[6]

3059[edit]

4th Illician Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)[7]

  • CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley[7]
Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Glentworth.[7]

3067[edit]

4th Illician Rangers (1 Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)

- Contains 'Mechs designed for assault missions

14th Illician Air Guard (1 Wing/Elite/Fanatical)

  • CO: Lieutenant Colonel Leiko Watari

21st Armored Cavalry Regiment (1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)

  • CO: Lieutenant Colonel Ermanno Bertoya

- Like the 'Mech regiment the unit contains many heavy/assault units, and includes a battery of artillery

23rd Mechanized Cavalry (1 Regiment/Regular/Reliable)

  • CO: Lieutenant Colonel William el Farid

- 2 Squadrons for airborne missions with gunship support, and 1 mechanized squadron

3079[edit]

4th Rangers (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[8]

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Montour.[8] The Jihad reduced the Fourth Illician Rangers to two-thirds of their pre-Jihad strength.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Report: AFFS, p. 20
  2. 2.0 2.1 First Succession War, p. 140
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Second Succession War, p. 100
  4. 4.0 4.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 20 Year Update, p. 21
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Objective Raids, p. 15
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 108
  8. 8.0 8.1 Field Report: AFFS, p. 19

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