Editing 11th Lyran Guards

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| Designation    = Eleventh Lyran Guards
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| Nickname       = St. George's Regiment
| Affiliation    = [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
| Parent Command = [[Lyran Guards]]
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The '''Eleventh Lyran Guards''' was a combat formation originally centered around a [[BattleMech]] regiment. The unit expanded with it becoming part of the [[Federated Commonwealth]] into multiregiment combat formation.

==History==
===Second Succession Wars===
The unit gained its regimental nickname "St. George's Regiment" for its heroic actions against the [[Draconis Combine]] during the [[Second Succession War]].<ref name=HS(LC)p53>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 53, "Regimental Nicknames"</ref>

===Third Succession War===
In [[2932]], the Eleventh were involved in the bitter fighting over the world of [[Kimball II]], which had already changed hands repeatedly between the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and the Draconis Combine. In one notable engagement [[Hauptmann]] [[Lisa Morgan]], a ''[[Wolverine (BattleMech)|Wolverine]]'' pilot from the Eleventh commanding a recon [[company]], downed a much heavier ''[[BattleMaster]]'' 'Mech belonging to the [[Tenth Rasalhague Regulars]] during a hazardous night mission. A battalion of the Tenth Rasalhague Regulars had managed to ambush the Eleventh's recon forces and looked set to encircle the lighter Lyran forces in a tightening cordon, but when Morgan's crippled ''Wolverine'' killed the enemy pilot the sudden loss of the assault 'Mech threw the Regulars into disarray, allowing the Eleventh's recon elements to escape - taking the fallen ''BattleMaster'' as salvage. Hauptmann Morgan was later awarded the ''BattleMaster'' as a replacement for her ''Wolverine''.<ref name="TRO:3039p290">''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 290, "WVR-6R ''Wolverine''"</ref>

At the end of the [[Third Succession War]], the unit was stationed on Wyatt on the [[Free Worlds League]] border. The Eleventh Lyran Guards and the [[Seventeenth Arcturan Guards]] successfully defended the planet against [[Wolf's Dragoons]] Beta and Delta regiments in [[3016]], which were employed by the Free Worlds League at that time. During the battle the Lyran Guards shot down the ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip Sendalor along with an entire battalion of Beta Regiment when the Dragoons tried to evacuate the planet. <ref>''Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)'', p. 21 </ref>

===Fourth Succession War===
In October [[3028]], Wyatt was targeted by the [[Free Worlds League Military]] as a part of [[Operation DAGGER]], the offensive planned by [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] to seize valuable industrial worlds in the [[Federation of Skye]]. Wyatt was a particular target of DAGGER because of the presence of the Eleventh Lyran Guards and Seventeenth Arcturan Guards; while the [[Fifth Regulan Hussars]] and [[Twenty-fifth Marik Militia]] jumped into the Wyatt system intent on destroying both regiments, other [[FWLM]] regiments were capturing the [[Milton]] and [[Phecda]] systems in an effort to isolate the Lyran forces.<ref name="FSWMAv1p62">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 62-63, "Operation DAGGER"</ref> 

Unfortunately for the two League regiments, the two Lyran regiments had been forewarned of the attack. The Hussars arrived at a [[pirate point]] allowing them to make an immediate drop on the surface of the planet, while the Militia appeared at the zenith [[jump point]] - only to find the Eleventh Lyran Guards waiting at the jump point, with the 'Mechs embarked on transports and [[aerospace fighter]]s patrolling. Before the Militia could launch fighters the Eleventh's aerospace fighters began strafing attacks, with pairs of ''[[Chippewa]]s'' and ''[[Lucifer]]s'' each launching a single attack before withdrawing. The cumulative damage destroyed two ''[[Union]]s'' and a ''[[Leopard]]''; worse still for the Militia, one of the DropShips was transporting a [[battalion]] command staff, and when it was destroyed, not only were those staff killed, but the [[DropShip]] then exploded, damaging a number of neighboring DropShips as they separated from their ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]]. With the Militia forces frantically trying to form up, the Eleventh retrieved its fighters and jumped out to the [[Alchiba]] system, while the Arcturan Guards jumped for [[Cor Caroli]].<ref name="FSWMAv1p62"/> Although the plan to destroy the two Lyran regiments was unsuccessful, the League did capture Wyatt.<ref name="FSWMAv1p63">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 63, "Overview"</ref> The information actually came from a mole in the League intelligence service.<ref name=FMFWL66>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 66, "25th Marik Militia Unit Profile"</ref>

===The Clan Invasion to the FedCom Civil War===
The Eleventh was moved to garrison [[Callison]] at the end of the [[War of 3039]],<ref name=H3039-137>''Historical: War of 3039'', p 137, "Deployment Table (LCAF)"</ref> and remained posted there<ref name=20yr27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=OR19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19, "FedCom Deployment Table"</ref> until September 3057 when they withdrew in the face of a [[FWLM]] force composed of the [[Fourth Free Worlds Legionnaires]], [[First Free Worlds Guards]] and the [[Silver Hawk Irregulars]]' [[Falcons]] unit during the first wave of [[Operation GUERRERO]].<ref name=ShSp-74>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 74, "Operation Guerrero, First Wave"</ref>

The Eleventh Lyran Guards participated in the defense of Coventry, forming the Lyran contribution of the multinational Coventry Relief Force.<ref>''The Battle of Coventry (scenario pack)'', p. 12</ref> In [[3059]] they would be chosen to participate as task force of Inner Sphere combat units fighting under the banner of the [[Second Star League]]. They later contributed to the destruction of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] as part of [[Task Force Serpent]].<ref name=TotC-8>''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 8, "Task Force Serpent composition"</ref><ref>''The Hunters'', pp. 112-113</ref> They took heavy casualties (at least 50% or more) on the Smoke Jaguar homeworld [[Huntress]] in the [[Kerensky Cluster]] in [[3060]].<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 33 - 11th Lyran Guards are mentioned as part of the task force serpent.</ref> Survivors of the Eleventh Lyran Guards would later join the [[First Royal BattleMech Regiment]] in [[3061]].<ref>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 101 1st Royal BattleMech Regiment (Morgan's Lions) - 11<sup>th</sup> Lyran Guard members help form the new SLDF Regiment.</ref>

===Operation Hammerfall and Clan Wolf invasion of the Commonwealth===
The Guards were part of the chosen military forces selected to invasion of the former [[Free Worlds League]] in the [[3137]] code named [[Operation Hammerfall]].  They would be key holding [[Tamarind]], until in [[3142]] the Eleventh Guard fought in the Fourth Battle of Tamarind. Where they faced the [[First Tamarind Regulars]] and ultimately lose control of the planet to Duchy's forces.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', pp. 4, 40</ref> The Guards would try redeem their lost of holding Duchy's capital world in undertaking mission of aiding Lyran forces caught behind [[Clan Wolf]]'s growing occupation of both League and Lyran Commonwealth worlds.  While undertaking this mission, they would conduct search and destroy missions, destroying any Wolf units they may find. In the process give themselves the nickname "Wolf Hammers". The unit would by [[3145]] be stationed on [[Lancaster]], where they would be waiting opportunity to claim isolated worlds in the now contested space between the Commonwealth and [[Wolf Empire]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', pp. 119-120 & 126 Lyran Commonwealth/Andrew & Melissa/Lyran Guards - Unit background in Combat during Hammerfall and update to 3145.</ref>

In [[3140]], they faced elements of Delta Galaxy and allowed other Lyran units to fall back to friendly lines.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 12</ref> They fared less well in [[3145]] in a raid against the [[Wolf Empire]] on [[Smolnik]]. Elements of the Eleventh were destroyed by a Binary from the [[88th Wolf Battle (Clan Wolf)|Eighty-eighth Wolf Battle Cluster]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 26</ref>

===ilClan era===
The Guards continued operations along the Wolf border. One company's attack on Smolnik in late [[3151]] prompted a [[Star Commander]] in the [[First Wolf Constabulary]] to request heavier equipment from Star Colonel [[Othar]], as the unit was not equipped to face a line unit.<ref>''Empire Alone'', p. 51 - The Middle of Nowhere</ref>

==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
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 11th Lyran Guards'''
|-
| ||[[Richard Steiner (29th c.)|Richard Steiner]]||[[2789]] - [[2791]]<ref name=HSLCp49>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 49</ref>
|-
| [[Leutnant-Colonel]]||[[Sharon Byres]]||[[3025]]<ref name=HSTLCp117/>
|-
| [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]]||[[Sharon Bryan]]||[[3050]] - [[3060]]<ref name=HSTLCp117/>
|-
| Leutnant-Colonel|||[[Justin Verona]]||[[3145]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p.126 - Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces deployment shows unit's new commander being Lt.Colonel Verona.</ref>
|}

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
===2821===
'''11th Lyran Guards ''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable) <ref name= FSSp139 >''First Succession War'', p. 139</ref>
: Note: In 2821 the medium-weight command was reduced to 69 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Pressby]]. <ref name= FSSp139/>

=== 2830 ===
'''11th Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable) <ref name=2ndSSp99>''Second Succession War'', p. 99 </ref>
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Pressby]] with an operational readiness of 93 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp99/>
=== 2864 ===	
'''11th Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable) <ref name=2ndSSp99/>
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Utrecht]] with an operational readiness of 65 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp99/>

===3025===
'''11th Lyran Guards ''' (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)<ref name=HSTLCp117>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 117, "LCAF Deployment Table"</ref>
:* CO: Leutnant-Colonel Sharon Byres<ref name=HSTLCp117/>
: Note:  At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Wyatt]].  <ref name=HSTLCp117/>

===3040===
'''11th Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)<ref name = HWo3039p137/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Callison]].  <ref name = HWo3039p137 >''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137 </ref>

===3050===
'''11th Lyran Guards RCT ''' (Regiment/Elite/Reliable) <ref name = 20yup27/>
:* CO: Marshal Sharon Byran <ref name = 20yup27/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Callison]].  <ref name = 20yup27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27</ref>

===3054===
'''11th Lyran guards RCT''' (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)  <ref name = ORp19/>
:* CO: Marshal Sharon Byran <ref name = ORp19/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Callison]].  <ref name = ORp19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19</ref> 

===3145===
'''11th Lyran Guards''' (Elite/Reliable)<br>
CO: Leutnant Colonel Justin Verona<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p.126 - Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces deployment shows unit's new commander being Lt.Colonel Verona and various attached combat formation to the Guards.</ref>

'''17th Lancaster Guards''' (Regular/Reliable)<br>
CO: Colonel [[Paula Clark]]<br>

'''2nd Home Guard Brigade''' (Green/Reliable)<br>
CO: Colonel [[Howard Parker]].<ref>''Field Report: 3145'', p. 126 - Deployment Listing for the 11th Lyran Guards lists main formation and various attached units to the Guards.</ref><br>

==Reference==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[The Battle of Coventry (scenario pack)]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]] ''
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[The Hunters]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' 
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth]]''
* ''[[Twilight of the Clans]]''
* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''

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