6th Tikonov Lancers

Brigade Insignia of the Tikonov Lancers
Sixth Tikonov Lancers
Disbanded Destroyed during the Second Succession War[1]
Nickname Jolly Poznan Lancers
Affiliation Capellan Confederation
Tikonov Grand Union (previous)
Parent Command Tikonov Lancers


History[edit]

As a part of the Tikonov Lancers brigade, the Sixth Tikonov Lancers could claim a line of direct descent from some of the first military units to be formed outside of the Terran Alliance. Despite a number of regiments from the brigade being transferred to the Star League Defense Force, deactivating those regiments within the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces, it was considered unacceptable to create a new regiment of Lancers when the traditions of a former regiment could be revived. This helped to maintain the perceived connection between each regiment and the history of the Lancers all the way back to the earliest days of the Tikonov Union.[2]

The Sixth Lancers were one such unit to be reconstituted as the Capellan Confederation began enlarging its military during the second half of the twenty-eighth century. Those who joined the Sixth when the regiment was reactivated during the twenty-eighth century quickly embraced the traditions and heritage of the Tikonov Lancers, reveling in both playing and singing the traditional polkas associated with the regiment, which was nicknamed the "Jolly Poznan Lancers". In common with the other regiments of the brigade the Sixth would display the rigid doctrines and inflexible character that typified the Tikonov Lancers.[2]

It was during the Age of War - prior to the disestablishment of a number of Lancer regiments to feed the nascent SLDF - that Franco Liao purged the noble trained bands that had been dominated by the families of the Tikonov Tetrarchs and sheng nobility, removing their influence from the various Tikonov Lancers regiments with varying degrees of success.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 6th Tikonov Lancers

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

2765[edit]

Sixth Tikonov Lancers (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[2]

- In 2765 the Sixth Lancers were assigned to Myrvoll.[2]

2786–2821[edit]

Sixth Tikonov Lancers (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[3]

- At this point in time the Lancers were a medium-weight regiment operating at full strength and were stationed on Myrvoll.[3] In 2821 the unit was operating at below half-strength and were stationed on Ohrensen.[3]

2830[edit]

6th Tikonov Lancers (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[1]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Ohrensen with an operational readiness of 86 percent.[1] The unit was destroyed during the war.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Second Succession War, p. 96
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Field Report 2765: CCAF, p. 15: "Tikonov Lancers"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 First Succession War, p. 136: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF)"

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