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{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image = [[image:First_Fronc_Cuirassiers_Insignia.png|150px]]
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| image   =  
| Designation = First Fronc Cuirassiers
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| nickname =  
| Formed =  
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| parent formation = [[Fronc Reaches Sentinels]]
| Disbanded =
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| formed  =  
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 3145
| Nickname =
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| unitname = First Fronc Cuirassiers
| Affiliation = [[Fronc Reaches]]
 
| Parent Command = [[Fronc Reaches Sentinels]]
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
 
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The '''First Fronc Cuirassiers''' were the main offensive unit of the Fronc Reaches. Where the [[Colonial Marshals]] worked within the borders of the Reaches, the Cuirassiers would deploy against hostile forces on external worlds as well.<ref name=otpfrp12/>
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
===Formation===
 
===Formation===
The First Fronc Cuirassiers were formed by the [[Fronc Reaches]] in order to provide additional defense. To attract troops, they promised land and property to [[dispossessed]] [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]s and small [[mercenary]] commands.<ref>''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 11</ref> [[Derek's Devils]] and the other former mercenaries came together and started training on the landhold of Colonel Derek Hudsenn. There they developed their small-unit tactics, with an eye to repelling pirate raids. Enough MechWarriors had arrived to build a second battalion.<ref name=fm3085-147>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 147</ref>
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The '''First Fronc Cuirassiers''' were formed by the [[Fronc Reaches]] in order to provide additional defense. To attract troops, they promised land and property to [[dispossessed]] [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]s and small [[mercenary]] commands.<ref>''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 11</ref> The former mercenaries came together and started training on the landhold of Colonel Derek Hudsenn. There they developed their small-unit tactics, with an eye to repelling pirate raids. Enough MechWarriors had arrived to build a second battalion.<ref name=fm3085-147>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 147</ref>
  
In [[3085]] elements of the 1st Fronc Cuirassiers were primarily stationed across [[Rockwellawan]] and [[Portland]],<ref name=FM3085p152>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 152: "Lesser Periphery Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> but they also had lances stationed on several other nearby worlds for additional defense.<ref name=fm3085-147/> By [[3088]] however the entire unit was based on Rockwellawan.<ref>''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 4</ref> This wasn't useful however, as [[Calderon's Commando]] pirate unit landed on the world in force and destroyed the Cuirassiers base and the [[Sentinelry Academy]]. The First couldn't stop the pirates as they had deployed around the Interstellar Agriculture plant on the world. At the plant, the First was more successful, driving off the Commando and allowing them to escape with documents that would later lead the pirates into a trap.<ref>''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 8</ref>
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In [[3085]] elements of the 1st Fronc Cuirassiers were primarily stationed across [[Rockwellawan]] and [[Portland]],<ref name=FM3085p152>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 152, "Lesser Periphery Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> but they also had lances stationed on several other nearby worlds for additional defense.<ref name=fm3085-147/> The lessons learned by the First during the Jihad would shape their organization and tactics in the thirty-second century; by [[3145]] the individual sub-commands had been dissolved, and the First had instead organized itself around mixed small formations consisting of a single [[BattleMech]], a pair of [[Combat Vehicle|tanks]], an infantry platoon and a single [[aerospace fighter]]. These formations then operated independently, most often on the worlds of [[McEvans' Sacrifice]] and [[Portland]].
 
 
The lessons learned by the First during the Jihad would shape their organization and tactics in the thirty-second century; by [[3145]] the individual sub-commands had been dissolved, and the First had instead organized itself around mixed small formations consisting of a single [[BattleMech]], a pair of [[Combat Vehicle|tanks]], an infantry platoon and a single [[aerospace fighter]]. These formations then operated independently, most often on the worlds of [[McEvans' Sacrifice]] and [[Portland]].
 
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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As of 3085 the commanding officer was [[Colonel]] [[Jody Rudawski]].<ref name=FM3085p152/> In 3145 the First Cuirassiers were commanded by Colonel [[Camille Speccoria]].<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
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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
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 1st Fronc Cuirassiers'''
 
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Jody Rudawski]]||[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p152/>
 
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Derek Hudsenn]]||[[3085]]<ref name=otpfrp12>''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 12</ref>
 
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| Colonel||[[Camille Specoria]]||[[3145]]<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
 
|}
 
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
===3085===
 
===3085===
'''First Fronc Cuirassiers''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p152/>
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'''First Fronc Cuirassiers''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p152/>    
* CO: Colonel [[Jody Rudawski]]
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* CO: Colonel Jody Rudawski
  
'''First Fronc Air''' ([[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p152/>
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'''First Fronc Air''' ([[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p152/>    
* CO: [[Air Master]] [[Sawyl Herrman]]
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* CO: [[Air Master]] Sawyl Herrman
  
'''First Fronc Armor''' (Green/Questionable)<ref name=FM3085p152/>
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'''First Fronc Armor''' (Green/Questionable)<ref name=FM3085p152/>    
* CO: Colonel [[Eibhear Yong]]
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* CO: Colonel Eibhear Yong
  
'''First Fronc Infantry''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p152/>
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'''Forst Fronc Infantry''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p152/>    
* CO: Colonel [[Marc Norup]]
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* CO: Colonel Marc Norup
  
 
===3145===
 
===3145===
'''First Fronc Cuirassiers''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p203">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 203: "Fronc Reaches"</ref>
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'''First Fronc Cuirassiers''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p203">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 203, "Fronc Reaches"</ref>
* CO: Colonel [[Camille Specoria]]
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* CO: Colonel Camille Speccoria
  
'''First Fronc Air''' (Wing/Reliable/Questionable)<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
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'''First Fronc Air''' (Wing/Reliable/Questionable)<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>    
* CO: Air Master [[Chester Blair]]
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* CO: Air Master Chester Blair
  
 
'''First Fronc Armor''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
 
'''First Fronc Armor''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
* CO: Colonel [[Barry Marshall]]
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* CO: Colonel Barry Marshall
  
'''First Fronc Infantry''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
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'''Forst Fronc Infantry''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
* CO: Colonel [[Christie Flowers]]
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* CO: Colonel Christie Flowers
  
The First Fronc Cuirassiers BattleMech and armor regiments were both operating at three-quarters of full strength at this point in time; the Air Wing was operating at eighty percent, while the infantry regiment was at ninety percent strength. The First were deployed across McEvans.<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
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The First Fronc Cuirassiers BattleMech and armour regiments were both operating at three-quarters of full strength at this point in time; the Air Wing was operating at eighty percent, while the infantry regiment was at ninety percent strength. The First were deployed across McEvan<ref name="FM:3145p203"/>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches]]''
 
 
  
 
[[Category:Fronc Reaches Commands|Fronc Reaches Sentinels, 01st Fronc Cuirassiers]]
 
[[Category:Fronc Reaches Commands|Fronc Reaches Sentinels, 01st Fronc Cuirassiers]]

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