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| − | | | + | | Designation = First Calderon Guard |
| − | | | + | | Formed = [[3072]]<ref name="M&M:TSDp193"/> |
| − | | | + | | Disbanded = |
| − | | | + | | Previous Designation = |
| − | | | + | | Nickname = The President's Own<ref name="FM:3085p145"/> |
| − | + | | Affiliation = [[Calderon Protectorate]] | |
| + | | Parent Command = [[Calderon Guard]] | ||
| + | | Sub-Command = | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
=== Founding === | === Founding === | ||
| − | The '''First Calderon Guard''' was founded in [[3072]] along with its two sister regiments, the [[2nd Calderon Guard|Second]] and [[Third Calderon Guard]]s. Officially, the [[Calderon Guard]] was a [[brigade]], but each regiment started with humble beginnings and grew at the same rate. The avowed purpose of the Calderon Guard was to curtail the increase in pirate raids against the [[Calderon Protectorate]] since the beginning of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="M&M:TSDp193">''Masters | + | The '''First Calderon Guard''' was founded in [[3072]] along with its two sister regiments, the [[2nd Calderon Guard|Second]] and [[Third Calderon Guard]]s. Officially, the [[Calderon Guard]] was a [[brigade]], but each regiment started with humble beginnings and grew at the same rate. The avowed purpose of the Calderon Guard was to curtail the increase in pirate raids against the [[Calderon Protectorate]] since the beginning of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="M&M:TSDp193">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 193: "Calderon Guard"</ref> |
=== The Jihad === | === The Jihad === | ||
| − | By [[3075]] the First had reached only a single mixed, reinforced [[company]] in strength; much of the equipment being supplied to the First and her sister regiments had been acquired outside the Calderon Protectorate and smuggled in via various routes. Some of the equipment even originated as far away as the [[Federated Suns]] and the [[Magistracy of Canopus]]; speculation was that while the Federated Suns industries supplying the | + | By [[3075]] the First had reached only a single mixed, reinforced [[company]] in strength; much of the equipment being supplied to the First and her sister regiments had been acquired outside the Calderon Protectorate and smuggled in via various routes. Some of the equipment even originated as far away as the [[Federated Suns]] and the [[Magistracy of Canopus]]; speculation was that while the Federated Suns industries supplying the matériel were intending for the Protectorate forces to counterbalance the push into Federated Suns space by the [[Taurian Concordat]], the matériel being supplied through the Magistracy actually originated with various [[Free Worlds League]] companies. It was also considered likely that sympathetic elements within the Concordat had been providing supplies, up until the combination of the asteroid strikes at the heart of the Concordat and a devastating campaign by FedSuns mercenaries that targeted the Taurian industrial base choked off the supply.<ref name="M&M:TSDp193"/> |
The largest problem facing the First by the middle of the Jihad was a singular lack of manpower; each regiment within the Guard needed a supply of skilled, vetted recruits, but the Protectorate lacked any formal military training establishment, and much of the Protectorate consisted of either mining outposts or agrarian settlements. The bulk of the manpower for the First actually consisted of Concordat expatriates, and the number of expatriates dwindled sharply as the Jihad went on. This situation was unlikely to improve until after the construction of the [[New Hope Military University]], which wasn't predicted to begin training its first class until [[3079]].<ref name="M&M:TSDp193"/> | The largest problem facing the First by the middle of the Jihad was a singular lack of manpower; each regiment within the Guard needed a supply of skilled, vetted recruits, but the Protectorate lacked any formal military training establishment, and much of the Protectorate consisted of either mining outposts or agrarian settlements. The bulk of the manpower for the First actually consisted of Concordat expatriates, and the number of expatriates dwindled sharply as the Jihad went on. This situation was unlikely to improve until after the construction of the [[New Hope Military University]], which wasn't predicted to begin training its first class until [[3079]].<ref name="M&M:TSDp193"/> | ||
| − | One of those involved in assisting with the expansion of the various Guard regiments was [[Talia Martens]], Captain of the "First" [[Prey's Divisionals]] and mother of the Protector-designate, [[Erik Martens-Calderon]].<ref name="M&M:TSDp188">''Masters | + | One of those involved in assisting with the expansion of the various Guard regiments was [[Talia Martens]], Captain of the "First" [[Prey's Divisionals]] and mother of the Protector-designate, [[Erik Martens-Calderon]].<ref name="M&M:TSDp188">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 188: "Talia Martens"</ref> Despite the troubles the First and the other regiments of the Guard were experiencing in reaching full strength the [[Calderon Protectorate Military]] made a great deal of noise about their rising strength - a measure apparently intended to dissuade both pirates and the Taurian leadership from attacking the Protectorate. Pirate attacks on the Protectorate actually dropped in the wake of the asteroid bombardment of [[Taurus]], but [[Baron (noble title)|Baron]] [[Cham Kithrong]] continued to direct resources into allowing the Guard to expand.<ref name="M&M:TSDp193"/> |
| − | By 3079 the First had reached approximately one-fifth of full size - still far from their intended strength, but a notable achievement given the reduction in size of their Taurian counterparts. It was still considered likely to be years before the First reached full strength, but the | + | By 3079 the First had reached approximately one-fifth of full size - still far from their intended strength, but a notable achievement given the reduction in size of their Taurian counterparts. It was still considered likely to be years before the First reached full strength, but the CPM was diligent in ensuring that the First and its sister regiments grew at an equal pace, ensuring that there could be no charges of favoritism in how the various regiments were treated.<ref name="FM:Pp13"/> |
=== Dark Age === | === Dark Age === | ||
| − | The First were based on [[Gaul]] for a number of years, and as such faced many of the pirate bands willing to run the risk presented by the ''[[Quixote]]''-class missile frigate [[Redemption|CPS ''Redemption'']] and attempt to raid the worlds of the Protectorate. As a combined-arms unit the First constantly trained to take full advantage of all of the assets available to the regiment, particularly the basic tactical doctrine of using overlapping fields of fire from the [[Combat Vehicle|tanks]] and infantry to wear down attacking forces, rather than relying solely on their BattleMech assets. The commanding officer of the First, [[Colonel]] [[Ernst Vallejo]], was demoted to [[Brigadier]] and reassigned to command of the First's Second Battalion for forgetting - or ignoring - this doctrine during a pirate raid in [[3083]], leading his 'Mechs out to face pirates unsupported. Ernst's victory cost the Guards more than a [[lance]] in casualties when the raiders outflanked the First and cut down a number of 'Mechs, casualties that could have been avoided if the First hadn't been forced to fight in a manner outside that taught by their years of drill. Vallejo's replacement was Colonel [[Cohen Kithrong]], son of Baron Cham Kithrong, who was transferred into the First on promotion from his previous posting in the [[Second Taurian Pride]].<ref name="FM:3085p145">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 145 | + | The First were based on [[Gaul]] for a number of years, and as such faced many of the pirate bands willing to run the risk presented by the ''[[Quixote]]''-class missile frigate [[Redemption|CPS ''Redemption'']] and attempt to raid the worlds of the Protectorate. As a combined-arms unit the First constantly trained to take full advantage of all of the assets available to the regiment, particularly the basic tactical doctrine of using overlapping fields of fire from the [[Combat Vehicle|tanks]] and infantry to wear down attacking forces, rather than relying solely on their BattleMech assets. The commanding officer of the First, [[Colonel]] [[Ernst Vallejo]], was demoted to [[Brigadier]] and reassigned to command of the First's Second Battalion for forgetting - or ignoring - this doctrine during a pirate raid in [[3083]], leading his 'Mechs out to face pirates unsupported. Ernst's victory cost the Guards more than a [[lance]] in casualties when the raiders outflanked the First and cut down a number of 'Mechs, casualties that could have been avoided if the First hadn't been forced to fight in a manner outside that taught by their years of drill. Vallejo's replacement was Colonel [[Cohen Kithrong]], son of Baron Cham Kithrong, who was transferred into the First on promotion from his previous posting in the [[Second Taurian Pride]].<ref name="FM:3085p145">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 145: "First Calderon Guard''</ref> |
| − | By the mid-thirty-second century the First were perhaps the most experienced command within the Calderon Guard, and the resulting reputation attached to the regiment went a long way towards ensuring that smaller pirate bands avoided both the First and any system they happened to be stationed in. This made the First the obvious choice to garrison the [[Belle Isle]] system after the Protectorate government invested hundreds of billions of [[C-bill]]s in the system. The First were still stationed in the Belle Isle system in [[3145]], and were responsible for guarding both the planet and the other installations in the system, which included asteroid mining facilities, ore processing stations and a massive solar shade that had been constructed at the planet's L1 | + | By the mid-thirty-second century the First were perhaps the most experienced command within the Calderon Guard, and the resulting reputation attached to the regiment went a long way towards ensuring that smaller pirate bands avoided both the First and any system they happened to be stationed in. This made the First the obvious choice to garrison the [[Belle Isle]] system after the Protectorate government invested hundreds of billions of [[C-bill]]s in the system. The First were still stationed in the Belle Isle system in [[3145]], and were responsible for guarding both the planet and the other installations in the system, which included asteroid mining facilities, ore processing stations and a massive solar shade that had been constructed at the planet's L1 Lagrange point; the requirement to constantly patrol the system had made the First adept at operations conducted in zero gravity.<ref name="FM:3145p198">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 198: "Calderon Protectorate"</ref> |
| − | == Officers == | + | ==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 1st Calderon Guard''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Colonel]]||[[Ernst Vallejo]]||[[3083]]<ref name="FM:3085p145"/> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Colonel||[[Cohen Kithrong]]||3083<ref name="FM:3085p145"/> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Colonel||[[Geir Kaluza]]||[[3085]]<ref name="FM:3085p145"/> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Colonel||[[Jarvis Humphrey]]||[[3145]]<ref name="FM:3145p203"></ref> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |} | ||
==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
| − | + | Unknown. | |
== Composition History == | == Composition History == | ||
=== 3079 === | === 3079 === | ||
| − | '''First Calderon Guard''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name="FM:Pp13">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 13 | + | '''First Calderon Guard''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name="FM:Pp13">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 13: "Calderon Protectorate"</ref><br> |
At this point the First Calderon Guard were deployed to [[Gaul]] and were operating at just one-fifth of full strength, as were the First's two sister regiments. The First also had no access to advanced technology. | At this point the First Calderon Guard were deployed to [[Gaul]] and were operating at just one-fifth of full strength, as were the First's two sister regiments. The First also had no access to advanced technology. | ||
=== 3085 === | === 3085 === | ||
| − | '''First Calderon Guard''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p151">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 151 | + | '''First Calderon Guard''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p151">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 151: "Calderon Protectorate''</ref> |
* CO: Colonel Geir Kaluza | * CO: Colonel Geir Kaluza | ||
| − | At | + | At this point the First Calderon Guard were still stationed on Marknick and were operating at forty-five percent of full strength, although they still had no access to advanced technology.<ref name="FM:3085p151"/> |
=== 3145 === | === 3145 === | ||
| − | '''First Calderon Guard''' (Elite/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p203">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 203 | + | '''First Calderon Guard''' (Elite/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p203">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 203: "Calderon Guard"</ref> |
* CO: Colonel Jarvis Humphrey | * CO: Colonel Jarvis Humphrey | ||
At this point in time the First Calderon Guard were stationed in the Belle Isle system and had grown to five percent above full strength.<ref name="FM:3145p198"/> | At this point in time the First Calderon Guard were stationed in the Belle Isle system and had grown to five percent above full strength.<ref name="FM:3145p198"/> | ||
| − | == | + | == Game Rules == |
| − | |||
<div class="gamerules"> | <div class="gamerules"> | ||
| − | + | === 3145 === | |
| − | == | + | * While operating in zero gravity no unit from the First Calderon Guard suffers any of the attack or piloting modifiers usually incurred during such operations.<ref name="FM:3145p210">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 210: "Calderon Protectorate"</ref> |
| + | * All First Calderon Guard units only suffer hull breaches on a roll of 11+ when operating in a vacuum.<ref name="FM:3145p210"/> | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' | ||
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' | * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' | ||
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[[Category: Calderon Protectorate Commands|Calderon Guard, 01st]] | [[Category: Calderon Protectorate Commands|Calderon Guard, 01st]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:16, 25 November 2023
| First Calderon Guard | |
| Formed | 3072[1] |
| Nickname | The President's Own[2] |
| Affiliation | Calderon Protectorate |
| Parent Command | Calderon Guard |
Contents
History[edit]
Founding[edit]
The First Calderon Guard was founded in 3072 along with its two sister regiments, the Second and Third Calderon Guards. Officially, the Calderon Guard was a brigade, but each regiment started with humble beginnings and grew at the same rate. The avowed purpose of the Calderon Guard was to curtail the increase in pirate raids against the Calderon Protectorate since the beginning of the Jihad.[1]
The Jihad[edit]
By 3075 the First had reached only a single mixed, reinforced company in strength; much of the equipment being supplied to the First and her sister regiments had been acquired outside the Calderon Protectorate and smuggled in via various routes. Some of the equipment even originated as far away as the Federated Suns and the Magistracy of Canopus; speculation was that while the Federated Suns industries supplying the matériel were intending for the Protectorate forces to counterbalance the push into Federated Suns space by the Taurian Concordat, the matériel being supplied through the Magistracy actually originated with various Free Worlds League companies. It was also considered likely that sympathetic elements within the Concordat had been providing supplies, up until the combination of the asteroid strikes at the heart of the Concordat and a devastating campaign by FedSuns mercenaries that targeted the Taurian industrial base choked off the supply.[1]
The largest problem facing the First by the middle of the Jihad was a singular lack of manpower; each regiment within the Guard needed a supply of skilled, vetted recruits, but the Protectorate lacked any formal military training establishment, and much of the Protectorate consisted of either mining outposts or agrarian settlements. The bulk of the manpower for the First actually consisted of Concordat expatriates, and the number of expatriates dwindled sharply as the Jihad went on. This situation was unlikely to improve until after the construction of the New Hope Military University, which wasn't predicted to begin training its first class until 3079.[1]
One of those involved in assisting with the expansion of the various Guard regiments was Talia Martens, Captain of the "First" Prey's Divisionals and mother of the Protector-designate, Erik Martens-Calderon.[3] Despite the troubles the First and the other regiments of the Guard were experiencing in reaching full strength the Calderon Protectorate Military made a great deal of noise about their rising strength - a measure apparently intended to dissuade both pirates and the Taurian leadership from attacking the Protectorate. Pirate attacks on the Protectorate actually dropped in the wake of the asteroid bombardment of Taurus, but Baron Cham Kithrong continued to direct resources into allowing the Guard to expand.[1]
By 3079 the First had reached approximately one-fifth of full size - still far from their intended strength, but a notable achievement given the reduction in size of their Taurian counterparts. It was still considered likely to be years before the First reached full strength, but the CPM was diligent in ensuring that the First and its sister regiments grew at an equal pace, ensuring that there could be no charges of favoritism in how the various regiments were treated.[4]
Dark Age[edit]
The First were based on Gaul for a number of years, and as such faced many of the pirate bands willing to run the risk presented by the Quixote-class missile frigate CPS Redemption and attempt to raid the worlds of the Protectorate. As a combined-arms unit the First constantly trained to take full advantage of all of the assets available to the regiment, particularly the basic tactical doctrine of using overlapping fields of fire from the tanks and infantry to wear down attacking forces, rather than relying solely on their BattleMech assets. The commanding officer of the First, Colonel Ernst Vallejo, was demoted to Brigadier and reassigned to command of the First's Second Battalion for forgetting - or ignoring - this doctrine during a pirate raid in 3083, leading his 'Mechs out to face pirates unsupported. Ernst's victory cost the Guards more than a lance in casualties when the raiders outflanked the First and cut down a number of 'Mechs, casualties that could have been avoided if the First hadn't been forced to fight in a manner outside that taught by their years of drill. Vallejo's replacement was Colonel Cohen Kithrong, son of Baron Cham Kithrong, who was transferred into the First on promotion from his previous posting in the Second Taurian Pride.[2]
By the mid-thirty-second century the First were perhaps the most experienced command within the Calderon Guard, and the resulting reputation attached to the regiment went a long way towards ensuring that smaller pirate bands avoided both the First and any system they happened to be stationed in. This made the First the obvious choice to garrison the Belle Isle system after the Protectorate government invested hundreds of billions of C-bills in the system. The First were still stationed in the Belle Isle system in 3145, and were responsible for guarding both the planet and the other installations in the system, which included asteroid mining facilities, ore processing stations and a massive solar shade that had been constructed at the planet's L1 Lagrange point; the requirement to constantly patrol the system had made the First adept at operations conducted in zero gravity.[5]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the 1st Calderon Guard | |||
| Colonel | Ernst Vallejo | 3083[2] | |
| Colonel | Cohen Kithrong | 3083[2] | |
| Colonel | Geir Kaluza | 3085[2] | |
| Colonel | Jarvis Humphrey | 3145[6] | |
Tactics[edit]
Unknown.
Composition History[edit]
3079[edit]
First Calderon Guard (Green/Reliable)[4]
At this point the First Calderon Guard were deployed to Gaul and were operating at just one-fifth of full strength, as were the First's two sister regiments. The First also had no access to advanced technology.
3085[edit]
First Calderon Guard (Regular/Reliable)[7]
- CO: Colonel Geir Kaluza
At this point the First Calderon Guard were still stationed on Marknick and were operating at forty-five percent of full strength, although they still had no access to advanced technology.[7]
3145[edit]
First Calderon Guard (Elite/Reliable)[6]
- CO: Colonel Jarvis Humphrey
At this point in time the First Calderon Guard were stationed in the Belle Isle system and had grown to five percent above full strength.[5]
Game Rules[edit]
3145[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 193: "Calderon Guard"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Field Manual: 3085, p. 145: "First Calderon Guard
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 188: "Talia Martens"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Field Report: Periphery, p. 13: "Calderon Protectorate"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 198: "Calderon Protectorate"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 203: "Calderon Guard"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 151: "Calderon Protectorate
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 210: "Calderon Protectorate"