73rd Adder Cavaliers (Clan Star Adder)

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Seventy-third Adder Cavaliers
Nickname Scourge of the Highlands
Affiliation Clan Star Adder
Parent Command Gamma Galaxy


History[edit]

Burrock Absorption[edit]

The unit had shown great fighting spirit in the counterattack with the Ninth ACS on Priori during the Burrock Absorption. During that battle the Galaxy Commander was killed and the colonels of both cluster avenged him. The fight was fierce and the Spirits lost in the engagement the Twelfth Blood Drinkers, Nineteenth and the Fifty-sixth Assault Clusters. The medium weight unit could rebuild quickly after the end of the Absorption.[1]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 73rd Adder Cavaliers
Star Colonel MacLeod Connery 3059[1]

Tactics[edit]

The unit showed a preference for urban combat and engagement in limited areas. The Cluster had difficulties in fighting large-scale battles because they lacked coordination fighting as a unit.[1]

Composition History[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 124

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