7th Andurien Hussars

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Brigade Insignia of the Andurien Hussars
Seventh Andurien Hussars
Formed ca. 2750 - 2765
Disbanded Not listed as a CCAF unit at the end of the Third Succession War[1]
Nickname Great Beast Hunters
Affiliation Capellan Confederation
Parent Command Andurien Hussars


History[edit]

Star League[edit]

A relatively recently-formed brigade within the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces, the genesis of the Andurien Hussars lay in the peace treaty brokered by the Terran Hegemony in 2556 that ended the Third Andurien War. The Andurien worlds were handed over to the Capellan Confederation, and Chancellor Terrence Liao awarded the worlds full Commonality status as an attempt at reconciliation. The Andurien Hussars were established to be the military formation associated with this new Commonality.[2]

The general disarmament during the early years of the Star League saw the Andurien Hussars maintain just two active regiments, but after the order limiting the size of the Great House militaries was rescinded by the Star League council in the mid-twenty-eighth century saw the number of regiments within the Hussars expand significantly. The Seventh Andurien Hussars was one of these new regiments, raised alongside a sister regiment - the Sixth Andurien Hussars - to support the Second Andurien Hussars. The Second was a swift rapid-reaction force that had spent the better part of two centuries hunting down pirates on the border between the Confederation and the Periphery; with bandit activity escalating fast, the Sixth and Seventh were raised and deployed in the same region. In notable contrast to the Sixth, the warriors of the Seventh Hussars quickly earned a poor reputation; the Commanding Officer of the Seventh, Colonel Peelson, was a devoted big game hunter, and the soldiers under his command soon adopted his passion for hunting exotic creatures. It wasn't long before the regiment was spending the greater part of its time stalking dangerous animals rather than the pirates they were meant to be hunting, and in the 2760s an unannounced safari conducted by the Seventh on the Free Worlds League planet of Antipolo to hunt the local Tigons nearly resulted in a war between the League and the Confederation.[2]

Despite two hundred years of dedicated effort by the numerous commanders of the various regiments of Andurien Hussars, the Seventh Hussars found itself with a second difficult situation to manage after its founding; as a whole, the Andurien Hussars were generally well-regarded. Many of the personnel within the Andurien Hussars were still Sianese or Capellan in origin, although natives of the Andurien Commonality made up slightly more than half of the strength of the Hussars. However, while the average citizen of the Commonality regarded the Hussars as a slightly foreign regiment imposed upon them by the Capellan government, those Sianese and Capellan soldiers within the Hussars were considered to be generally honorable warriors whilst those Andurien natives within the Hussars were regarded as undisciplined thugs and opportunists pandering themselves. This created an underlying feeling of tension that constantly bubbled between the Hussars and the local population even two centuries after the formation of the Hussars and affected even the newly-raised Seventh Hussars.[2]

Succession Wars[edit]

While the Seventh began the First Succession War at full strength, by the end of that conflict it had suffered over 60% casualties.[3] In October 2838 the Seventh joined its two surviving sister regiments (the First and Fourth) as part of a failed CCAF offensive aimed at retaking Andurien for the Confederation.[4]

Although the Seventh was operating at only half-strength by the end of the war, it alone of the Andurien Hussar regiments had survived the conflict.[5] Nonetheless, by the end of the Third Succession War the regiment was no longer listed among the CCAF's active units.[1]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 7th Andurien Hussars
Colonel Peelson 2765[2]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

2765[edit]

Seventh Andurien Hussars

Considered to be almost more trouble than they were worth, the Seventh Hussars were rated as a green regiment of questionable loyalty and were stationed on Andurien.[2]

2786–2821[edit]

Seventh Andurien Hussars (Regiment/Green/Questionable))[3]

- At this point in time the Seventh was a medium-weight regiment operating at full strength and was stationed on Andurien.[3] In 2821 the unit was just above one-third of full strength, and was stationed on Calseraigne.[3]

2830[edit]

Seventh Andurien Hussars (Regiment/Green/Questionable))[5]

- At this point in time the Seventh was a medium-weight regiment operating at just over two-thirds of full strength, and was stationed on Calseraigne.[5]

2864[edit]

Seventh Andurien Hussars (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable))[5]

- At this point in time the Seventh was a medium-weight regiment operating at half-strength, and was stationed on Calseraigne.[5]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), pp. 105–107: "Regimental Deployment"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Field Report 2765: CCAF, p. 8: "Andurien Hussars"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 First Succession War, p. 135: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF) - Deployment Table"
  4. Second Succession War, pp. 50–51: "The Battles for Andurien"
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Second Succession War, p. 95: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table"

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