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	==History==		==History==
−	During the [[Taurian-Canopian War]], the Taurian invasion of [[Herotitus]] would be doomed from the very start thanks to the arrogance of its commander, [[Augustin Shapiro]]. With advance scouts indicating the [[Magistracy of Canopus|Canopian]] garrison on Herotitus lacked much in the way of [[BattleMech]]s, the [[Second Pleiades Hussars]] did not even attempt to conceal their arrival at the planet's zenith [[Jump Point]] and secured the local [[recharge station]] without even trying to interdict its communications. Comptroller Shapiro's decision was one of psychological warfare, in clearly announcing the superior might of his 'Mech regiment and its supporting [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] and [[infantry]], he hoped to demoralize the [[MAF]] troops into surrendering and avoid a protracted fight.<ref name=P-61>''The Periphery'', pp. 61–62: "First Succession War and the Periphery - Concordat-Magistracy War - A Separate War"</ref><ref name=FSW-101>''First Succession War'', pp. 101–103: "The Succession War (2786-2821) - Hard Times: The Decline of the Periphery - The Taurian-Canopian War (2813-2814)"</ref>	+	During the [[Taurian-Canopian War]], the Taurian invasion of [[Herotitus]] would be doomed from the very start thanks to the arrogance of its commander, [[Augustin Shapiro]]. With advance scouts indicating the [[Magistracy of Canopus|Canopian]] garrison on Herotitus lacked much in the way of [[BattleMech]]s, the [[Second Pleiades Hussars]] did not even attempt to conceal their arrival at the planet's zenith [[Jump Point]] and secured the local [[recharge station]] without even trying to interdict its communications. Comptroller Shapiro's decision was one of psychological warfare, in clearly announcing the superior might of his 'Mech regiment and its supporting [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] and [[infantry]], he hoped to demoralize the [[MAF]] troops into surrendering and avoid a protracted fight.<ref name=P-61>''The Periphery'', pp. 61-62 "First Succession War and the Periphery - Concordat-Magistracy War - A Separate War"</ref><ref name=FSW-101>''First Succession War'', pp. 101-103 "The Succession War (2786-2821) - Hard Times: The Decline of the Periphery - The Taurian-Canopian War (2813-2814)"</ref>
−	In truth the intelligence reports Shapiro had received were flawed, while the MAF garrison indeed had a relatively small 'Mechs element, the Taurian scouts had failed to uncover that this lack was compensated by a significant volume of aerospace assets. Thus with eight days to prepare, a large mix of Canopian [[aerospace fighter]]s, [[Small Craft]] and low-flying [[DropShip]]s swarmed the shocked Taurians as they entered planet's atmosphere, inflicting heavy losses including Comptroller Shapiro, whose command ship proudly entered the atmosphere first - and thus was the first to die in the maelstrom. Ultimately barely more than two [[company|companies]] of Concordat [[BattleMech]]s and half a mixed regiment of infantry and armor made landfall, with Subaltern Josiah Brandamas of the [[19th New Vandenberg BattleMech Company|Nineteenth New Vandenberg BattleMech Company]] the highest-ranking officer left. Recognizing the utter hopelessness of his situation, Brandamas chose to save the surviving Taurian troops by signaling his surrender before he even opened his DropShip's hatches, a decision that would earn him decorations after he and his troops eventually returned to Taurian space.<ref name=P-61/><ref name=FSW-101/>	+	In truth the intelligence reports Shapiro had received were flawed, while the MAF garrison indeed had a relatively small 'Mechs element, the Taurian scouts had failed to uncover that this lack was compensated by a significant volume of aerospace assets. Thus with eight days to prepare, a large mix of Canopian [[Aerospace Fighter]]s, [[Small Craft]] and low flying [[DropShip]]s swarmed the shocked Taurians as they entered planet's atmosphere, inflicting heavy losses including Comptroller Shapiro, whose command ship proudly entered the atmosphere first - and thus was the first to die in the maelstrom. Ultimately barely more than two [[company|companies]] of Concordat [[BattleMech]]s and half a mixed regiment of infantry and armor made landfall, with Subaltern '''Josiah Brandamas''' of the [[19th New Vandenberg BattleMech Company|Nineteenth New Vandenberg BatteMech Company]] the highest ranking officer left. Recognizing the utter hopelessness of his situation, Brandamas chose to save the surviving Taurian troops by signalling his surrender before he even opened his DropShip's hatches, a decision that would earn him decorations after he and his troops eventually returned to Taurian space.<ref name=P-61/> <ref name=FSW-101/>
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	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
−	* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''	+	* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]''
−	* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]''	+	* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = | Designation = Nineteenth New Vandenberg BattleMech Company | formed = | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = | Affiliation = [[Taurian Concordat]] | Parent Command = | Sub-Command = }} ==History== During the [[Taurian-Canopian War]], the Taurian invasion of [[Herotitus]] would be doomed from the very start thanks to the arrogance of its commander, [[Augustin Shapiro]]. With advance scouts indicating the [[Magistracy of Canopus|Canopian]] garrison on Herotitus lacked much in the way of [[BattleMech]]s, the [[Second Pleiades Hussars]] did not even attempt to conceal their arrival at the planet's zenith [[Jump Point]] and secured the local [[recharge station]] without even trying to interdict its communications. Comptroller Shapiro's decision was one of psychological warfare, in clearly announcing the superior might of his 'Mech regiment and its supporting [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] and [[infantry]], he hoped to demoralize the [[MAF]] troops into surrendering and avoid a protracted fight.<ref name=P-61>''The Periphery'', pp. 61-62 "First Succession War and the Periphery - Concordat-Magistracy War - A Separate War"</ref><ref name=FSW-101>''First Succession War'', pp. 101-103 "The Succession War (2786-2821) - Hard Times: The Decline of the Periphery - The Taurian-Canopian War (2813-2814)"</ref> In truth the intelligence reports Shapiro had received were flawed, while the MAF garrison indeed had a relatively small 'Mechs element, the Taurian scouts had failed to uncover that this lack was compensated by a significant volume of aerospace assets. Thus with eight days to prepare, a large mix of Canopian [[Aerospace Fighter]]s, [[Small Craft]] and low flying [[DropShip]]s swarmed the shocked Taurians as they entered planet's atmosphere, inflicting heavy losses including Comptroller Shapiro, whose command ship proudly entered the atmosphere first - and thus was the first to die in the maelstrom. Ultimately barely more than two [[company|companies]] of Concordat [[BattleMech]]s and half a mixed regiment of infantry and armor made landfall, with Subaltern '''Josiah Brandamas''' of the [[19th New Vandenberg BattleMech Company|Nineteenth New Vandenberg BatteMech Company]] the highest ranking officer left. Recognizing the utter hopelessness of his situation, Brandamas chose to save the surviving Taurian troops by signalling his surrender before he even opened his DropShip's hatches, a decision that would earn him decorations after he and his troops eventually returned to Taurian space.<ref name=P-61/> <ref name=FSW-101/> ==Officers== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Nineteenth New Vandenberg BattleMech Company''' |- |} ===Other Unit Officers=== * [[Subaltern]] [[Josiah Brandamas]] in [[2813]].<ref name=P-61/><ref name=FSW-101/> ==Tactics== Unknown. ==Composition History== === 2813 === '''Nineteenth New Vandenberg BattleMech Company''' (Company)<ref name=P-61/><ref name=FSW-101/> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' [[Category:Taurian Concordat Support Commands|New Vandenberg BattleMech Company, 19th]]

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