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−	| Designation    = First Canopian Grenadiers	+	| nickname =
−	| formed         = [[2531]]-[[2577]]	+	| parent formation = [[Canopian Grenadiers]]
−	| Disbanded      = [[2584]]	+	| formed   = [[2531]]-[[2577]]
−	| Previous Designation =	+	| disbanded = [[2584]]
−	| Nickname      =	+	| year    = 2584
−	| Affiliation    = [[Magistracy of Canopus]]	+	| unitname = 1st Canopian Grenadiers
−	| Parent Command = [[Canopian Grenadiers]]
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−	One of the two regiments that made up the [[Canopian Grenadiers]] within the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]], the '''First Canopian Grenadiers''' were destroyed during the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="H:RWp151">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 151: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583 - 2588)"</ref>	+
		+	==Overview==
		+	One of the two regiments that made up the [[Canopian Grenadiers]] within the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]], the '''First Canopian Grenadiers''' were destroyed during the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="H:RWp151">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 151, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (2583 - 2588)"</ref>
	==History==		==History==
	===Formation===		===Formation===
−	The First Canopian Grenadiers were formed at some point during the [[Age of War]] or the MAF buildup in the early years of the Reunification War prior to the invasion of the Magistracy by the [[Star League]].<ref name="H:RWp150">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 150: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref>	+	The 1st Canopian Grenadiers were formed at some point during the [[Age of War]] or the MAF build-up in the early years of the Reunification War prior to the invasion of the Magistracy by the [[Star League]].<ref name="H:RWp150">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 150, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref>
	===Reunification War===		===Reunification War===
−	The First Canopian Grenadiers spent several years during the Star League invasion moving from world to world within the [[Magistracy of Canopus]], keeping the [[SLDF]] task force guessing as to where the various MAF regiments were, a form of warfare likened to an elaborate shell game. Some of the worlds garrisoned by the First Grenadiers included [[Lockton]], [[Royal Foxx]] and the important industrial world of [[Tetski]]. The First Grenadiers would only be directly involved in two major engagements during the war.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp94">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 94: "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"</ref>	+	The 1st Canopian Grenadiers spent several years during the Star League invasion moving from world to world within the [[Magistracy of Canopus]], keeping the [[SLDF]] task force guessing as to where the various MAF regiments were, a form of warfare likened to an elaborate shell game. Some of the worlds garrisoned by the 1st Grenadiers included [[Lockton]], [[Royal Foxx]] and the important industrial world of [[Tetski]]. The 1st Grenadiers would only be directly involved in two major engagements during the war.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp94">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 94, "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"</ref>
	====Cranston====		====Cranston====
−	The border world of [[Cranston]] was the site of one of the earliest battles in the war between the Star League and the Magistracy, and one that forced the SLDF task force to change tactics; initially expected to be a short and easy campaign by the SLDF, the Commander of the SLDF task force, [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Marion Marik]] had assigned the [[VII Corps (Star League)|VII Corps]]' [[Fifty-eighth Brigade]] to take the world, with the [[First Marik Militia]] and [[Second Orloff Grenadiers]] providing support to the Fifty-eighth. The Fifty-eighth landed in [[2577]] and discovered that the First Grenadiers had been redeployed from Royal Foxx to Cranston; the Grenadiers promptly began fighting a mobile campaign, frustrating efforts by the Fifty-eighth to pin them in place.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp97">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 97–98: "Restitution and Cranston (October-November 2577)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref>	+	The border world of [[Cranston]] was the site of one of the earliest battles in the war between the Star League and the Magistracy, and one that forced the SLDF task force to change tactics; initially expected to be a short and easy campaign by the SLDF, the Commander of the SLDF task force, [[Captain-General]] [[Marion Marik]] had assigned the [[VII Corps (Star League)|VII Corps]]' [[58th Brigade]] to take the world, with the [[1st Marik Militia]] and [[2nd Orloff Grenadiers]] providing support to the 58th. The 58th landed in [[2577]] and discovered that the 1st Grenadiers had been redeployed from Royal Foxx to Cranston; the Grenadiers promptly began fighting a mobile campaign, frustrating efforts by the 58th to pin them in place.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp97">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 97-98, "Restitution and Cranston (October-November 2577)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref>
−	The Grenadiers tied up the invading forces until the clandestine arrival of the [[Third Canopian Light Horse]], who the SLDF believed were defending the nearby world of [[Restitution]]; the Third Light Horse arrived in-system via a pirate point close to the planet, slipped through the planetary blockade and deployed on Cranston, forcing the Fifty-eighth to fight a war on two fronts. The commander of the invading forces split his forces, the greater part trying to concentrate on the Grenadiers while the lesser part fought to prevent the Third Light Horse from linking up with the Grenadiers; both Canopian regiments bloodied the SLDF troops before retreating from the world, establishing what became the watchword for MAF tactics during the Reunification War: a highly-mobile defense that played to their strengths.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp97"/><ref name="H:RWp148"/>	+	The Grenadiers tied up the invading forces until the clandestine arrival of the [[3rd Canopian Light Horse]], who the SLDF believed were defending the nearby world of [[Restitution]]; the 3rd Light Horse arrived in-system via a pirate point close to the planet, slipped through the planetary blockade and deployed on Cranston, forcing the 58th to fight a war on two fronts. The commander of the invading forces split his forces, the greater part trying to concentrate on the Grenadiers while the lesser part fought to prevent the 3rd Light Horse from linking up with the Grenadiers; both Canopian regiments bloodied the SLDF troops before retreating from the world, establishing what became the watchword for MAF tactics during the Reunification War: a highly-mobile defence that played to their strengths.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp97"/><ref name="H:RWp148"/>
	====Canopus IV====		====Canopus IV====
−	The First Grenadiers were one of six MAF regiments defending [[Canopus IV]] when the inevitable SLDF invasion occurred in [[2584]]. The First Grenadiers were effectively lost in one of the opening battles of the campaign for Canopus; the First Grenadiers faced the entire Fifty-eighth Brigade for a second time, and fought against three-to-one odds using their knowledge of the local terrain earned over the last year to try and hold the Fifty-eighth back. The First Grenadiers were forced back against the Thetis River by the Fifty-eighth, who ground the Grenadiers down; barely two companies of the First Grenadiers managed to retreat across the river after the brutal combat. The MAF commander, [[Colonel]] [[Adam Buquoy]], chose to fold the remaining members of the First Grenadiers into the [[Canopian Cuirassiers]], making good losses the Cuirassiers had taken against the [[Sixtieth Brigade]] and effectively disbanding the First Grenadiers.<ref name="H:RWp151"/><ref name="H:RWp104">''Historical: Reunification war'', p. 104: "Canopus (March-April 2584)</ref><ref name="H:RWp149">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 149: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583 - 2588)"</ref>	+	The 1st Grenadiers were one of six MAF regiments defending [[Canopus IV]] when the inevitable SLDF invasion occured in [[2584]]. The 1st Grenadiers were effectively lost in one of the opening battles of the campaign for Canopus; the 1st Grenadiers faced the entire 58th Brigade for a second time, and fought against three-to-one odds using their knowledge of the local terrain earned over the last year to try and hold the 58th back. The 1st Grenadiers were forced back against the Thetis River by the 58th, who ground the Grenadiers down; barely two companies of the 1st Grenadiers managed to retreat across the river after the brutal combat. The MAF commander, [[Colonel]] [[Adam Buquoy]], chose to fold the remaining members of the 1st Grenadiers into the [[Canopian Cuirassiers]], making good losses the Cuirassiers had taken against the [[60th Brigade]] and effectively disbanding the 1st Grenadiers.<ref name="H:RWp151"/><ref name="H:RWp104">''Historical: Reunification war'', p. 104, "Canopus (March-April 2584)</ref><ref name="H:RWp149">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 149, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (2583 - 2588)"</ref>
	===Disbandment===		===Disbandment===
−	All of the surviving MAF regiments from the Reunification War were forced to disband by [[2588]]. The MAF rebuilt a number of regiments covertly in the buildup to the [[Amaris Civil War]], but throughout the Succession Wars era the MAF would be unable to afford to rebuild regiments or create new units until the latter half of the [[thirty-first century]]; to date, there has been no sign of the Canopian Grenadiers being re-formed, and it would seem more likely that other, more prestigious units such as the [[Fourth Canopian Light Horse]] would be rebuilt ahead of the Grenadiers.<ref name="FM:Pp26">''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 26: "Combat Formations"</ref>	+	All of the surviving MAF regiments from the Reunification War were forced to disband by [[2588]]. The MAF rebuilt a number of regiments covertly in the buildup to the [[Amaris Civil War]], but throughout the Succession Wars era the MAF would be unable to afford to rebuild regiments or create new units until the latter half of the 31st century; to date, there has been no sign of the Canopian Grenadiers being reformed, and it would seem more likely that other, more prestigious units such as the [[4th Canopian Light Horse]] would be rebuilt ahead of the Grenadiers.<ref name="FM:Pp26">''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 26, "Combat Formations"</ref>
−	==Officers==	+	==Notes==
−	{| class="wikitable"	+	It was confirmed that the unit the surviving two companies of the [[1st Canopian Grenadiers]] were folded into during the battle for Canopus IV in 2584 was the [[Canopian Cuirassiers]] by one of the writers on the [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,7659.msg175036.html#msg175036 Catalyst Game Labs forum.]
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−	! 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 First Canopian Grenadiers'''
−	|-
−	|}
−	==Tactics==	+	==Rules==
−	Unknown.
−
−	==Notes==
−	It was confirmed that the unit the surviving two companies of the [[First Canopian Grenadiers]] were folded into during the battle for Canopus IV in 2584 was the [[Canopian Cuirassiers]] by one of the writers on the [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,7659.msg175036.html#msg175036 Catalyst Game Labs forum.]
	==References==		==References==
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	* ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]''		* ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]''
	* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''		* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
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	[[Category:Magistracy of Canopus Commands|Canopian Grenadiers, 1st]]		[[Category:Magistracy of Canopus Commands|Canopian Grenadiers, 1st]]

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{{infoBoxStateUnit | image = | nickname = | parent formation = [[Canopian Grenadiers]] | formed = [[2531]]-[[2577]] | disbanded = [[2584]] | year = 2584 | unitname = 1st Canopian Grenadiers }} ==Overview== One of the two regiments that made up the [[Canopian Grenadiers]] within the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]], the '''First Canopian Grenadiers''' were destroyed during the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="H:RWp151">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 151, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (2583 - 2588)"</ref> ==History== ===Formation=== The 1st Canopian Grenadiers were formed at some point during the [[Age of War]] or the MAF build-up in the early years of the Reunification War prior to the invasion of the Magistracy by the [[Star League]].<ref name="H:RWp150">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 150, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref> ===Reunification War=== The 1st Canopian Grenadiers spent several years during the Star League invasion moving from world to world within the [[Magistracy of Canopus]], keeping the [[SLDF]] task force guessing as to where the various MAF regiments were, a form of warfare likened to an elaborate shell game. Some of the worlds garrisoned by the 1st Grenadiers included [[Lockton]], [[Royal Foxx]] and the important industrial world of [[Tetski]]. The 1st Grenadiers would only be directly involved in two major engagements during the war.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp94">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 94, "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"</ref> ====Cranston==== The border world of [[Cranston]] was the site of one of the earliest battles in the war between the Star League and the Magistracy, and one that forced the SLDF task force to change tactics; initially expected to be a short and easy campaign by the SLDF, the Commander of the SLDF task force, [[Captain-General]] [[Marion Marik]] had assigned the [[VII Corps (Star League)|VII Corps]]' [[58th Brigade]] to take the world, with the [[1st Marik Militia]] and [[2nd Orloff Grenadiers]] providing support to the 58th. The 58th landed in [[2577]] and discovered that the 1st Grenadiers had been redeployed from Royal Foxx to Cranston; the Grenadiers promptly began fighting a mobile campaign, frustrating efforts by the 58th to pin them in place.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp97">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 97-98, "Restitution and Cranston (October-November 2577)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref> The Grenadiers tied up the invading forces until the clandestine arrival of the [[3rd Canopian Light Horse]], who the SLDF believed were defending the nearby world of [[Restitution]]; the 3rd Light Horse arrived in-system via a pirate point close to the planet, slipped through the planetary blockade and deployed on Cranston, forcing the 58th to fight a war on two fronts. The commander of the invading forces split his forces, the greater part trying to concentrate on the Grenadiers while the lesser part fought to prevent the 3rd Light Horse from linking up with the Grenadiers; both Canopian regiments bloodied the SLDF troops before retreating from the world, establishing what became the watchword for MAF tactics during the Reunification War: a highly-mobile defence that played to their strengths.<ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp97"/><ref name="H:RWp148"/> ====Canopus IV==== The 1st Grenadiers were one of six MAF regiments defending [[Canopus IV]] when the inevitable SLDF invasion occured in [[2584]]. The 1st Grenadiers were effectively lost in one of the opening battles of the campaign for Canopus; the 1st Grenadiers faced the entire 58th Brigade for a second time, and fought against three-to-one odds using their knowledge of the local terrain earned over the last year to try and hold the 58th back. The 1st Grenadiers were forced back against the Thetis River by the 58th, who ground the Grenadiers down; barely two companies of the 1st Grenadiers managed to retreat across the river after the brutal combat. The MAF commander, [[Colonel]] [[Adam Buquoy]], chose to fold the remaining members of the 1st Grenadiers into the [[Canopian Cuirassiers]], making good losses the Cuirassiers had taken against the [[60th Brigade]] and effectively disbanding the 1st Grenadiers.<ref name="H:RWp151"/><ref name="H:RWp104">''Historical: Reunification war'', p. 104, "Canopus (March-April 2584)</ref><ref name="H:RWp149">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 149, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front (2583 - 2588)"</ref> ===Disbandment=== All of the surviving MAF regiments from the Reunification War were forced to disband by [[2588]]. The MAF rebuilt a number of regiments covertly in the buildup to the [[Amaris Civil War]], but throughout the Succession Wars era the MAF would be unable to afford to rebuild regiments or create new units until the latter half of the 31st century; to date, there has been no sign of the Canopian Grenadiers being reformed, and it would seem more likely that other, more prestigious units such as the [[4th Canopian Light Horse]] would be rebuilt ahead of the Grenadiers.<ref name="FM:Pp26">''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 26, "Combat Formations"</ref> ==Notes== It was confirmed that the unit the surviving two companies of the [[1st Canopian Grenadiers]] were folded into during the battle for Canopus IV in 2584 was the [[Canopian Cuirassiers]] by one of the writers on the [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,7659.msg175036.html#msg175036 Catalyst Game Labs forum.] ==Rules== ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' [[Category:Magistracy of Canopus Commands|Canopian Grenadiers, 1st]]

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