1st Dieron Regulars

Unit Description

The First Dieron Regulars was a twenty-eighth century Draconis Combine BattleMech regiment.

History

Formation

Like the other regiments of the Dieron Regulars, the First Dieron Regulars were notionally a direct descendent of the three thousand recruits the Dieron Federation tithed to the Alliance of Galedon in 2310, to meet Coordinator Shiro Kurita's demands. Shiro Kurita kept the name of the Dieron Regulars alive after Dieron defected to the Terran Hegemony in 2316, as both a threat and a promise that Dieron and the other nearby worlds that had left the Alliance to join the Hegemony would one day be a part of House Kurita's empire again.

Star League Era

Throughout the Star League era the Dieron Regulars were used in part as a propaganda tool by the Draconis Combine; depicted as "exiles waiting to go home", the First and the other regiments of the Dieron Regulars spent half of each year stationed on Combine worlds in the Benjamin Military District near the border with the Hegemony, and were held up as "the hope of the future". Officers assigned to the Regulars were accordingly heavily trained in protocol and diplomacy.

For the other half of each year, the Regulars were rotated to interior worlds for additional training and strengthening, and frequently saw action against bandits, where they demonstrated that they were pragmatic, well-trained and well-led regular forces rather than show troops. Recruitment into the Dieron Regulars was somewhat restrictive; recruits were vetted, with those descended from the original three thousand members of the loyal Dieron draft receiving highest priority for recruitment, followed by those from worlds close to Dieron, and then those from other worlds within the Benjamin Military District. In terms of training, the highest-priority recruits were those Sun Zhang Military Academy graduates descended from the Dieron draft; graduates of the Dieron Warriors' Academy with a similar background received the next highest priority.

Dark Age Era

The First has remained on Dieron, with a large amount of ISF "observers" within its ranks. This is due to it being former Warlord Katana Tormark's favored unit, and its relations with her replacement and its current commander.

Officers

Rank	Name	Time Period in Command
Commanding Officers of the 1st Dieron Regulars
Tai-sa	Shiro Watanabe	3145

Tactics

Star League Era

The First Dieron Regulars were trained in planetary assaults and planetary defense, and as a consequence were the heaviest of the five Dieron Regulars regiments active prior to 2765.

Composition History

2765

First Dieron Regulars (Elite/Fanatical)

- At this point in time the Regulars were stationed on Alya; attached to the Regulars were three infantry regiments and three armoured regiments, and they could call on up to four independent artillery regiments as needed.

2786

First Dieron Regulars (Elite/Fanatical)

- At this point in time the Regulars were a heavy-weight regiment, operating at full strength and stationed on Alya.

2821

First Dieron Regulars (Elite/Fanatical)

- At this point in time the Regulars were a heavy-weight regiment, operating at just below half-strength and stationed on Eltanin.

3145

First Dieron Regulars (Regular/Fanatical)

• CO: Tai-sa Shiro Watanabe

1st Dieron Aerospace Wing (Regular/Reliable)

• CO: Sho-sa Horacio Pennington

21st Dieron Heavy Armor (Veteran/Fanatical)

• CO: Tai-sa Judson Bass

77th Dieron Infantry (Regular/Fanatical)

• CO: Tai-sa Hirokichi Kawakami

Rules

Game Rules

Bibliography

• Field Manual: 3145
• Field Report 2765: DCMS
• First Succession War