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| − | | image = [[File:Alshain Regulars 11th logo.png|150px|Insignia of the | + | | image = [[File:Alshain Regulars 11th logo.png|150px|Insignia of the Eleventh Alshain Regulars]] |
| Designation = Eleventh Alshain Avengers | | Designation = Eleventh Alshain Avengers | ||
| formed = | | formed = | ||
| Disbanded = | | Disbanded = | ||
| Previous Designation = | | Previous Designation = | ||
| − | | Nickname = Loyal Unto Death (3050)<ref name=cmk>''Combat Manual: Kurita'', p. 47</ref><br>Divine Rage (3062) | + | | Nickname = Loyal Unto Death (3050);<ref name=cmk>''Combat Manual: Kurita'', p. 47</ref><br>Divine Rage (3062) |
| Affiliation = Draconis Combine | | Affiliation = Draconis Combine | ||
| Parent Command = [[Alshain Regulars]] | | Parent Command = [[Alshain Regulars]] | ||
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| − | Originally the '''Eleventh Alshain Regulars''', '''Eleventh Alshain Avengers''' were dedicated to the recapture of the [[Alshain Military District]]. As with all the other Alshain Avenger units, the Eleventh was destroyed during the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]]. | + | Originally the '''Eleventh Alshain Regulars''', the '''Eleventh Alshain Avengers''' were dedicated to the recapture of the [[Alshain Military District]]. As with all the other Alshain Avenger units, the Eleventh was destroyed during the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]]. |
== History == | == History == | ||
=== Clan Invasion === | === Clan Invasion === | ||
| − | Immediately prior to the [[Clan Invasion]], the green | + | Immediately prior to the [[Clan Invasion]], the green Eleventh Alshain Regulars were stationed on [[Trolloc Prime]].<ref name="20YUp43">''20 Year Update'', p. 43: "The Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref> |
| − | Transferred to [[Kanowit]] to support the more experienced [[Thirty-fourth Galedon Regulars]], the Eleventh Alshain Regulars faced [[Clan Nova Cat]]'s [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Alpha Galaxy]] in March [[3052]] during their fifth invasion wave. The invading troops commanded by the | + | Transferred to [[Kanowit]] to support the more experienced [[Thirty-fourth Galedon Regulars]], the Eleventh Alshain Regulars faced [[Clan Nova Cat]]'s [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Alpha Galaxy]] in March [[3052]] during their fifth invasion wave. The invading troops were commanded by the Cat [[saKhan]], [[Lucian Carns]], who chose to split his forces and attack both units simultaneously. The troops of the Eleventh took up position on a high bluff that fell steeply away to a grassy plain, relying on this natural fortification to delay the [[First Nova Cat Guards (Clan Nova Cat)|First Nova Cat Guards]] who landed on the plain below.<ref name="ICp116">''Invading Clans'', p. 116: "Clan Nova Cat - Five Wave: The Cat Strikes - The Cat Leaps Ahead"</ref> |
| − | Confused as to why they chose such | + | Confused as to why they chose such an open place to fight, Carns quickly discovered his forces were unable to easily approach the Eleventh's positions, a choice intended to frustrate the Nova Cat advance until the 34th Galedon could assist the Eleventh. Ultimately, the Thirty-fourth Galedon was forced to retreat, leaving the Eleventh Alshain Regulars to face the Nova Cats on their own.<ref name="ICp116"/> |
| − | When the | + | When the saKhan ordered the 449th Assault Cluster to redeploy behind the Eleventh's lines, the green Alshain troops broke and ran. Fortunately, a substantial portion of the Eleventh Alshain Regulars successfully reached their [[DropShip]]s and made it off-world, much to the embarrassment of the Nova Cats.<ref name="ICp116"/> |
| − | === Operation | + | === Operation BULLDOG === |
| − | The unit | + | The unit was tasked with the defense of Meinacos. The [[Eighth Dieron Regulars]], [[St. Ives Cheveau-Légers]], [[First Canopian Cuirassiers]], and [[Eleventh Alshain Avengers]], together with the [[Seventh Pesht Regulars]], destroyed the [[267th Battle (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|267th Battle Cluster]] from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] during their failed counterinvasion. |
| − | During | + | During Wave Four of the operation, the [[10th Jaguar Regulars (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Tenth Jaguar Regulars]] fled when they faced the task force, which included the Eleventh Alshain Avengers, the [[Davion Assault Guards]], [[1st Wolf Legion (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|First Wolf Legion Cluster]], and the elite [[1st Kell Hounds|First Kell Hounds]]. |
=== Dominion War === | === Dominion War === | ||
| − | In mid-3062, the | + | In mid-3062, the Eleventh was assigned to the world [[Yamarovka]], where they began months of cross-training with the newly formed [[Zeta Provisional Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Zeta Provisional Galaxy]] of [[Clan Nova Cat]]. The Avengers fought a series of exercises with the new unit, including the [[1st Dragoncat (Clan Nova Cat)|First Dragoncat Cluster]]. |
| − | The Dragoncats trained closely with the | + | The Dragoncats trained closely with the Eleventh's Third Battalion and its commanding officer doubled as a liaison officer to the Nova Cat unit. |
| − | Unknown to the Draconis Combine's High Command, the Eleventh was ordered by ''[[Tai-shu]]'' [[Toshimichi Uchida]], who was | + | Unknown to the Draconis Combine's High Command, the Eleventh was ordered by ''[[Tai-shu]]'' [[Toshimichi Uchida]], who was under the influence of Duke [[Hassid Ricol]], to join the invasion of the former district capital of [[Alshain]] in late September in [[Operation BATU]]. |
| − | On October 1st, thanks to a vision, | + | On October 1st, thanks to a vision, Dragoncat MechWarrior [[Zane Nova Cat]] uncovered the plan and alerted his superior, Star Colonel [[Jal Steiner]], convincing him to deploy his unit. The First Dragoncats blocked Eleventh from going to their DropShips, asking that they wait 48 hours for confirmation of the order. With their invasion on a strict timetable, the Eleventh attacked the Dragoncats in a deadly night battle in the midst of a gale-force thunderstorm. The sides devastated each other in the conflict, but the numerically superior Avengers soon gained the upper hand. |
| − | Eventually MechWarrior Zane challenged the | + | Eventually MechWarrior Zane challenged the Third's commanding officer, Palmer Yoshio, to the ritual of ''[[zellbrigen]]'', which he accepted. Yoshio, feeling sorry for his former comrade, offered ''[[hegira]]'' to him. Unfortunately, one of Yoshio's men, furious at the offer of ''hegira'', killed Zane with an autocannon shot to his ''[[Pack Hunter]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s head, decapitating the 'Mech. Despite the fact than the furious Yoshio killed his man seconds later, it was too late: this blatant violation of ''zellbrigen'' provoked the rest of Zeta Provisional Galaxy, which had until then remained on the sidelines, into attacking the Eleventh in full force. |
| − | Hopelessly outmatched and unable to reach | + | Hopelessly outmatched and unable to reach their DropShips, Yoshio ordered his forces to pull back, and, by November, the Eleventh was reduced to fighting guerrilla actions.<ref>''Path of Glory'', p. 254</ref> Later that month, [[Sigma Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Sigma]] and [[Omega Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Omega Galaxies]] of Clan Ghost Bear arrived on Yamarovka and completely destroyed the remaining forces of the regiment.<ref>''Path of Glory'''', p. 261</ref> |
== Officers == | == Officers == | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| − | |- | + | |- |
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ||
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ||
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the | + | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Eleventh Alshain Avengers''' |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[Tai-sa]]||[[Mara Kalish]]||[[3050]] - [[3054]]<ref name="20YUp43"/><ref name="ORp28"/> | + | | ''[[Tai-sa]]''||[[Mara Kalish]]||[[3050]] - [[3054]]<ref name="20YUp43"/><ref name="ORp28"/> |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Tai-sa||[[Tracy | + | | ''Tai-sa''||[[Tracy Miyazaki]]||[[3058]]<ref name="TDRp42">''The Dragon Roars'', p. 42: "Baiting the Jaguar"</ref> |
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
== Tactics == | == Tactics == | ||
| − | The Eleventh's only specialty | + | The Eleventh's only specialty was all-out assault, rushing enemy lines, employing physical attacks, and firing weapons even to the point of overheating their 'Mechs.<ref name="FM:DCp37"/> |
== Composition History == | == Composition History == | ||
=== 3040 === | === 3040 === | ||
| − | ''' Eleventh Alshain Regulars ''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name = HWo3039p138/> | + | '''Eleventh Alshain Regulars''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name=HWo3039p138/> |
| − | :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Trolloc Prime]]. | + | :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Trolloc Prime]].<ref name=HWo3039p138>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138</ref> |
=== 3050 === | === 3050 === | ||
| − | ''' Alshain Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Green/Questionable) <ref name="20YUp43"/> | + | '''Alshain Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Green/Questionable)<ref name="20YUp43"/> |
| − | :*CO: Tai-sa Mara Kalish <ref name="20YUp43"/> | + | :* CO: ''Tai-sa'' Mara Kalish<ref name="20YUp43"/> |
| − | + | : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Trolloc Prime.<ref name="20YUp43"/> | |
| − | : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Trolloc Prime. <ref name="20YUp43"/> | ||
=== 3054 === | === 3054 === | ||
| − | '''Eleventh Alshain Regulars''' (2 [[Battalion]]s/Green/Questionable) <ref name="ORp28">''Objective Raids'', p. 28 | + | '''Eleventh Alshain Regulars''' (2 [[Battalion]]s/Green/Questionable)<ref name="ORp28">''Objective Raids'', p. 28: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Table"</ref> |
| − | :*CO: Tai-sa Mara Kalish | + | :* CO: ''Tai-sa'' Mara Kalish |
=== 3058 === | === 3058 === | ||
| − | '''Eleventh Alshain Avengers''' ([[Regiment]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FM:DCp37">''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 37 | + | '''Eleventh Alshain Avengers''' ([[Regiment]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FM:DCp37">''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 37: "Eleventh Alshain Avengers"</ref> |
:* CO/First [[Battalion]]: ''Tai-sa'' Tracy Miyazaki | :* CO/First [[Battalion]]: ''Tai-sa'' Tracy Miyazaki | ||
::* XO: ''Tai-sa'' George Gibson | ::* XO: ''Tai-sa'' George Gibson | ||
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:Note: The Eleventh Alshain Aerospace trains with the fighter wing of the 8th Alshain Avengers to hone their skills. | :Note: The Eleventh Alshain Aerospace trains with the fighter wing of the 8th Alshain Avengers to hone their skills. | ||
| − | '''[[17th Trolloc Armored Division]]''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name="FM:DCp37"/> | + | '''[[17th Trolloc Armored Division|Seventeenth Trolloc Armored Division]]''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name="FM:DCp37"/> |
:* Armor Commander: ''Tai-sa'' [[Christopher Hughes]] | :* Armor Commander: ''Tai-sa'' [[Christopher Hughes]] | ||
| − | '''[[22nd Trolloc Heavy Guard]]''' and [[Alshain Freedom Brigade]] (2 Regiments/Green/Questionable)<ref name="FM:DCp37"/> | + | '''[[22nd Trolloc Heavy Guard|Twenty-Second Trolloc Heavy Guard]]''' and [[Alshain Freedom Brigade]] (2 Regiments/Green/Questionable)<ref name="FM:DCp37"/> |
| − | :* Troop Commander: ''Tai-sa'' [[Yoritoma Ito]] <br /> | + | :* Troop Commander: ''Tai-sa'' [[Yoritoma Ito]]<br /> |
| − | :Note: The | + | :Note: The Twenty-Second contains artillery, heavy infantry fighting vehicles and jump infantry with heavy support weapons. The Freedom Brigade is a collection of survivors from the Clan invasion. |
== References == | == References == | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[Combat Manual: Kurita]]'' |
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[The Dragon Roars]]'' |
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]'' |
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[Invading Clans]]'' |
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[Path of Glory]]'' (novel) |
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[[Category:Draconis Combine Commands|Alshain Avengers, 11th]] | [[Category:Draconis Combine Commands|Alshain Avengers, 11th]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:38, 10 February 2024
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| Eleventh Alshain Avengers | |
| Nickname | Loyal Unto Death (3050);[1] Divine Rage (3062) |
| Affiliation | Draconis Combine |
| Parent Command | Alshain Regulars |
Originally the Eleventh Alshain Regulars, the Eleventh Alshain Avengers were dedicated to the recapture of the Alshain Military District. As with all the other Alshain Avenger units, the Eleventh was destroyed during the Combine-Ghost Bear War.
Contents
History[edit]
Clan Invasion[edit]
Immediately prior to the Clan Invasion, the green Eleventh Alshain Regulars were stationed on Trolloc Prime.[2]
Transferred to Kanowit to support the more experienced Thirty-fourth Galedon Regulars, the Eleventh Alshain Regulars faced Clan Nova Cat's Alpha Galaxy in March 3052 during their fifth invasion wave. The invading troops were commanded by the Cat saKhan, Lucian Carns, who chose to split his forces and attack both units simultaneously. The troops of the Eleventh took up position on a high bluff that fell steeply away to a grassy plain, relying on this natural fortification to delay the First Nova Cat Guards who landed on the plain below.[3]
Confused as to why they chose such an open place to fight, Carns quickly discovered his forces were unable to easily approach the Eleventh's positions, a choice intended to frustrate the Nova Cat advance until the 34th Galedon could assist the Eleventh. Ultimately, the Thirty-fourth Galedon was forced to retreat, leaving the Eleventh Alshain Regulars to face the Nova Cats on their own.[3]
When the saKhan ordered the 449th Assault Cluster to redeploy behind the Eleventh's lines, the green Alshain troops broke and ran. Fortunately, a substantial portion of the Eleventh Alshain Regulars successfully reached their DropShips and made it off-world, much to the embarrassment of the Nova Cats.[3]
Operation BULLDOG[edit]
The unit was tasked with the defense of Meinacos. The Eighth Dieron Regulars, St. Ives Cheveau-Légers, First Canopian Cuirassiers, and Eleventh Alshain Avengers, together with the Seventh Pesht Regulars, destroyed the 267th Battle Cluster from Clan Smoke Jaguar during their failed counterinvasion.
During Wave Four of the operation, the Tenth Jaguar Regulars fled when they faced the task force, which included the Eleventh Alshain Avengers, the Davion Assault Guards, First Wolf Legion Cluster, and the elite First Kell Hounds.
Dominion War[edit]
In mid-3062, the Eleventh was assigned to the world Yamarovka, where they began months of cross-training with the newly formed Zeta Provisional Galaxy of Clan Nova Cat. The Avengers fought a series of exercises with the new unit, including the First Dragoncat Cluster.
The Dragoncats trained closely with the Eleventh's Third Battalion and its commanding officer doubled as a liaison officer to the Nova Cat unit.
Unknown to the Draconis Combine's High Command, the Eleventh was ordered by Tai-shu Toshimichi Uchida, who was under the influence of Duke Hassid Ricol, to join the invasion of the former district capital of Alshain in late September in Operation BATU.
On October 1st, thanks to a vision, Dragoncat MechWarrior Zane Nova Cat uncovered the plan and alerted his superior, Star Colonel Jal Steiner, convincing him to deploy his unit. The First Dragoncats blocked Eleventh from going to their DropShips, asking that they wait 48 hours for confirmation of the order. With their invasion on a strict timetable, the Eleventh attacked the Dragoncats in a deadly night battle in the midst of a gale-force thunderstorm. The sides devastated each other in the conflict, but the numerically superior Avengers soon gained the upper hand.
Eventually MechWarrior Zane challenged the Third's commanding officer, Palmer Yoshio, to the ritual of zellbrigen, which he accepted. Yoshio, feeling sorry for his former comrade, offered hegira to him. Unfortunately, one of Yoshio's men, furious at the offer of hegira, killed Zane with an autocannon shot to his Pack Hunter's head, decapitating the 'Mech. Despite the fact than the furious Yoshio killed his man seconds later, it was too late: this blatant violation of zellbrigen provoked the rest of Zeta Provisional Galaxy, which had until then remained on the sidelines, into attacking the Eleventh in full force.
Hopelessly outmatched and unable to reach their DropShips, Yoshio ordered his forces to pull back, and, by November, the Eleventh was reduced to fighting guerrilla actions.[4] Later that month, Sigma and Omega Galaxies of Clan Ghost Bear arrived on Yamarovka and completely destroyed the remaining forces of the regiment.[5]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Eleventh Alshain Avengers | |||
| Tai-sa | Mara Kalish | 3050 - 3054[2][6] | |
| Tai-sa | Tracy Miyazaki | 3058[7] | |
Tactics[edit]
The Eleventh's only specialty was all-out assault, rushing enemy lines, employing physical attacks, and firing weapons even to the point of overheating their 'Mechs.[8]
Composition History[edit]
3040[edit]
Eleventh Alshain Regulars (Regiment/Green/Questionable)[9]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Trolloc Prime.[9]
3050[edit]
Alshain Regulars (Regiment/Green/Questionable)[2]
3054[edit]
Eleventh Alshain Regulars (2 Battalions/Green/Questionable)[6]
- CO: Tai-sa Mara Kalish
3058[edit]
Eleventh Alshain Avengers (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)[8]
- CO/First Battalion: Tai-sa Tracy Miyazaki
- XO: Tai-sa George Gibson
- Second Battalion: Chu-sa Sari Masuhira
- Third Battalion: Chu-sa Palmer Yoshio
- Note: The unit is listed as heavy with some light and medium machines as support.
Eleventh Alshain Aerospace (2 Wings/Green/Questionable)[8]
- Wing Commander: Sho-sa Gabrielle St. Clair
- Wing Commander: Sho-sa Gabrielle St. Clair
- Note: The Eleventh Alshain Aerospace trains with the fighter wing of the 8th Alshain Avengers to hone their skills.
Seventeenth Trolloc Armored Division (Regiment/Green/Questionable)[8]
- Armor Commander: Tai-sa Christopher Hughes
Twenty-Second Trolloc Heavy Guard and Alshain Freedom Brigade (2 Regiments/Green/Questionable)[8]
- Troop Commander: Tai-sa Yoritoma Ito
- Troop Commander: Tai-sa Yoritoma Ito
- Note: The Twenty-Second contains artillery, heavy infantry fighting vehicles and jump infantry with heavy support weapons. The Freedom Brigade is a collection of survivors from the Clan invasion.
References[edit]
- ↑ Combat Manual: Kurita, p. 47
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 20 Year Update, p. 43: "The Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Invading Clans, p. 116: "Clan Nova Cat - Five Wave: The Cat Strikes - The Cat Leaps Ahead"
- ↑ Path of Glory, p. 254
- ↑ Path of Glory'', p. 261
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Objective Raids, p. 28: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Table"
- ↑ The Dragon Roars, p. 42: "Baiting the Jaguar"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Field Manual: Draconis Combine, p. 37: "Eleventh Alshain Avengers"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 138