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| unitname  = FIRST KEARNY HIGHLANDERS: TRADITION’S WEIGHT
 
| unitname  = FIRST KEARNY HIGHLANDERS: TRADITION’S WEIGHT
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| commander = Colonel Edward Senn
 
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==History==
 
==History==
 
===Early History===
 
===Early History===
The '''First Kearny Highlanders''' are the oldest of the [[Northwind Highlanders]] formations, formed with volunteers from volunteers mining settlement [[Kearny]] on [[Northwind]].  The unit fought early battles for various Great Houses, including of the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Its career in these early times were checkered with victories and defeats.
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The '''First Kearny Highlanders''' were the oldest and longest lived of the [[Northwind Highlanders]] formations. Regiment was originally formed by volunteers from the mining settlement of [[Kearny]] on [[Northwind]].  The unit fought early battles for various Great Houses, including the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Its career in these early times were checkered with victories and defeats.
  
The unit first notable conflict was during the [[1st Andurien War]], where the unit was fighting for the Confederation. The unit was nearly routed on [[Lopez]] by elements of [[House Marik]]'s [[Oriente Hussars]].  This route nearly cost the unit its career.
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The unit's first notable conflict was during the [[1st Andurien War]], where the unit was fighting for the Confederation. The unit was nearly routed on [[Lopez]] by elements of [[House Marik]]'s [[Oriente Hussars]].  This route nearly cost the unit its career.
  
 
*[[2761]] - 1st Kearny redeem themselves by successful occupation of the Davion world of [[Demeter]] with odds against them.
 
*[[2761]] - 1st Kearny redeem themselves by successful occupation of the Davion world of [[Demeter]] with odds against them.
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*[[2801]] - The unit is deployed to [[Lincoln]] to successfully defend the world from elements of [[House Kurita]]'s Dieron Regulars attempt raid the world.
 
*[[2801]] - The unit is deployed to [[Lincoln]] to successfully defend the world from elements of [[House Kurita]]'s Dieron Regulars attempt raid the world.
  
*[[2865]] - 1st Kearny returned to [[Northwind]] to defend the world from House Marik regulars and their mercenary support units.  The 1st Kearny was able drive off the invaders. They inflicted heavy damage on the flee units, including mercenary unit known as the [[Jal's Jaegers]] but lost half of its men & equipment in effort. The unit resolved to rebuild itself with heavier equipment, so it restricted self to raiding until it fully rebuilt.
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*[[2865]] - 1st Kearny returned to [[Northwind]] to defend the world from House Marik regulars and their mercenary support units.  The 1st Kearny was able to drive off the invaders. They inflicted heavy damage on the fleeing units, including the mercenary force known as the [[Jal's Jaegers]] but lost half of its men and equipment in the effort. The unit resolved to rebuild itself with heavier equipment, so it restricted itself to raiding until it fully rebuilt.
  
*[[2866]] to [[2880]] - 1st Kearny conducts number of raids Free Worlds League holdings for 'Mechs and supplies.  Recovering large quanity of medium class BattleMechs to allow the regiment to fully recover.
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*[[2866]] to [[2880]] - 1st Kearny conducts a number of raids on Free Worlds League holdings for 'Mechs and supplies.  Recovering large quantity of medium class BattleMechs to allow the regiment to fully recover.
  
 
*[[2943]] - The 2nd Company of the 2nd Battalion, under the command of Captain Erika Laurel leader her company heald the defense of world Hsien against Marik troops until the [[Warrior House Ijori]] regiment arrived.
 
*[[2943]] - The 2nd Company of the 2nd Battalion, under the command of Captain Erika Laurel leader her company heald the defense of world Hsien against Marik troops until the [[Warrior House Ijori]] regiment arrived.
  
In the [[3008]] Battle of New Aragon, the First and [[2nd Kearny Highlanders| Second Kearny Highlanders]] faced [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and successfully held off five different assaults, including one from Zeta Battalion.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)'', pp. 11-12</ref>
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*In the [[3008]] Battle of New Aragon, the First and [[2nd Kearny Highlanders| Second Kearny Highlanders]] faced [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and successfully held off five different assaults, including one from Zeta Battalion.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)'', pp. 11-12</ref>
  
 
*[[3028]] - Stationed on [[Highspire]] the 1st Kearny departed, after news reached them of the negotiation between the clan elders and the Federated Suns, to their new home on Northwind.
 
*[[3028]] - Stationed on [[Highspire]] the 1st Kearny departed, after news reached them of the negotiation between the clan elders and the Federated Suns, to their new home on Northwind.
  
After the [[Jihad]] ended, the First Kearny Highlanders were stationed on [[Northwind]] in [[Prefecture III]] of [[The Republic of the Sphere]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 186</ref>
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===Clan Invasion===
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===Jihad===
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===Dark Age Era=== 
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====Early Republic Era====
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At the [[Jihad]] ended, the First Kearny Highlanders were stationed on [[Northwind]] in [[Prefecture III]] of [[The Republic of the Sphere]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 186</ref>
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The Northwind Highlanders leadership negotiated with Republic government, where they would broker a deal to join the Republic Armed Forces while preserving the Highlander's legacy. In the end the First Kearny was elected to remain intact, while rest of the regiment would eventually be absorbed into the RAF losing their identities as Highlanders.  While rebuilding from [[Operation SCOUR]] in [[3078]], the First Kearny would end up detaching a battalion of it's forces to help rebuild the [[Third Republic Auxiliaries]] after the fighting during [[Operation: Golden Dawn]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 183 Independent Units - 1st Kearny survival and Some details of 1st Kearny's actions during the early days it serving the Republic of the Sphere.</ref>
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====Late Republic Era ====
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After the initial conflicts Republic had during 3090s, the First Kearny would remain on Northwind as a garrison for the [[Northwind Military Academy]].  After years assigned to this duty, the regiment would be reinvented and tasked themselves as a troubleshooting force. As independent unit, the Highlanders would end up not being utilized during the [[Capellan Crusades]] of 3112-3113.<ref>''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', pp. 86-87 Capellan Crusades Deployment Tables - "Northwind Highlanders are not listed as being deployed as part of the conflict.</ref><ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', pp. 15-16 First Kearny Highlanders - "Brief profile gives a basic early history of the First Kearny as garrison unit for the academy and later as troubleshooting unit its later years.</ref>
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=====The Black Out and Chaos=====
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In August [[3132]] the late [[HPG]] Network was attacked, later known as [[Gray Monday]].<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10 Dark Age Timeline - Gray Monday / HPG Crash listed.</ref> True to their mission, they First Kearny were deployed across Prefecture III aiding in putting down uprising and newly arisen splinter groups trying gain power for themselves. Under the direction of Prefecture III's Prefect [[Tara Campbell]] (daughter a former Highlander commanding officer), she would reinforce and use First Kearny as main means of striking trouble hotspots across her and other neighboring Prefectures in course of the early years of the Black Out. The First Kearny along with two newly risen sister Regiments ([[Northwind Fusiliers]] and slightly later the [[Republic Guards (Northwind Highlanders)|Republic Guards]]) would end being spread thin across Rimward and Spinward portions of the Republic.
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Elements of the First Kearny would end up engage fighting invasion of Northwind itself, by [[Steel Wolves]] Clan-oriented splinter group twice. Over the course of nine months (first in June [[3133]] and in February [[3134]]) with minimum resources, Campbell and the elements of the regiment would end up fighting off two take over attempts by the Steel Wolves and its uncanny leader, [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Anastasia Kerensky]]. Despite betrayal of Paladin [[Ezekiel Crow]], the Highlanders succeeded, mounted what amounts to a counterattack to stop Steel Wolves from it's next destination, which would be soon to be found out as [[Terra]]. The First Kearny with rest of the available Northwind Highlanders Tara Campbell could muster, end up fighting off Steel Wolves with the [[Tenth Principes Guards]] on the fields former Nation-State of Russia April.
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The regiment would continue to be stretched for few more months until they would be requested muster on [[Skye]], where they would face threat of invasion by [[Clan Jade Falcon]]. They would need dig in and help build clever strategies as they faced elements of multiple [[Galaxy|Galaxies]] of troops after the Clan had capture number of [[Prefecture VIII]] and [[Prefecture IX|IX]] worlds. The regiment, along with other coalition forces (including Steel Wolves) would manage to repulse Falcon's first invasion in August 3134, however they would nearly forced to withdraw from Skye failing fight off the second attack.<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', pp. 8-10,15-16 - Brief highlights of the combat for Northwind, Terra, and Skye noted.</ref><ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 14-15 Descend - Campbell and Highlanders effort noted and more details of the Battle for Skye.</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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*[[3059]] - Commanding Officer of the 1st Kearny was Colonel Edward Senn
 
*[[3059]] - Commanding Officer of the 1st Kearny was Colonel Edward Senn
 
*[[3067]] - Commanding Officer of the 1st Kearny was Colonel Edward Senn
 
*[[3067]] - Commanding Officer of the 1st Kearny was Colonel Edward Senn
* As of [[3085]] the commanding officer is Colonel Marshall MacLeod.<ref name=FM3085186>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 186, "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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*[[3085]] - Commanding officer of the 1st Kearny was Colonel Marshall MacLeod.<ref name=FM3085186>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 186, "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
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==Support==
 
==Support==
The naval fleet of the 1st Kearny contains following jumpships
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The naval fleet of the 1st Kearny contains following JumpShips
 
:Monolith-class = ''[[Spirit of Edinburgh]]''
 
:Monolith-class = ''[[Spirit of Edinburgh]]''
 
:Star Lord-class = ''[[Queen Anne]]'' and ''[[Queen Mary]]''
 
:Star Lord-class = ''[[Queen Anne]]'' and ''[[Queen Mary]]''
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:Scout-class = ''[[Argyll]]'' and ''[[Princess Louise]]''
 
:Scout-class = ''[[Argyll]]'' and ''[[Princess Louise]]''
  
==Composition==
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==Composition History==
 
===3025===
 
===3025===
 
1st Kearny Highlanders (2 Battalions) (Veteran/Reliable) <ref name=hslioap105>''House Liao (Confederation Capella)''  p. 105</ref>
 
1st Kearny Highlanders (2 Battalions) (Veteran/Reliable) <ref name=hslioap105>''House Liao (Confederation Capella)''  p. 105</ref>
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===3067===
 
===3067===
 
'''Regimental Command Company'''(Company/Elite/Fanatical)
 
'''Regimental Command Company'''(Company/Elite/Fanatical)
:The company field 12 Clan battlemechs.
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:The company fields 12 Clan BattleMechs.
 
:The First Kearny Air Wing contains 6 elite fighters.
 
:The First Kearny Air Wing contains 6 elite fighters.
  
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:The unit are elite special forces. The unit contain now full battle armor.
 
:The unit are elite special forces. The unit contain now full battle armor.
  
==3085==
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===3085===
 
'''1st Kearny Highlanders''' (2 Battalions/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FM3085186/>
 
'''1st Kearny Highlanders''' (2 Battalions/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FM3085186/>
 
* CO: Colonel Marshall MacLeod
 
* CO: Colonel Marshall MacLeod
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===3132===
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'''1st Kearny Highlanders''' (Reinforced Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p.15 First Kearny Highlanders - Regimental Status and commanding officer info.</ref>
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* CO: Colonel Robert Ballantrae \ XO: Lt. Colonel Carole McMasters.
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Note: The Regiment's Equipment Rating is listed has having access to "B" level tech/equipment.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
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* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Update]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Update]]''

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History

Early History

The First Kearny Highlanders were the oldest and longest lived of the Northwind Highlanders formations. Regiment was originally formed by volunteers from the mining settlement of Kearny on Northwind. The unit fought early battles for various Great Houses, including the Capellan Confederation. Its career in these early times were checkered with victories and defeats.

The unit's first notable conflict was during the 1st Andurien War, where the unit was fighting for the Confederation. The unit was nearly routed on Lopez by elements of House Marik's Oriente Hussars. This route nearly cost the unit its career.

  • 2761 - 1st Kearny redeem themselves by successful occupation of the Davion world of Demeter with odds against them.

Succession Wars

  • 2801 - The unit is deployed to Lincoln to successfully defend the world from elements of House Kurita's Dieron Regulars attempt raid the world.
  • 2865 - 1st Kearny returned to Northwind to defend the world from House Marik regulars and their mercenary support units. The 1st Kearny was able to drive off the invaders. They inflicted heavy damage on the fleeing units, including the mercenary force known as the Jal's Jaegers but lost half of its men and equipment in the effort. The unit resolved to rebuild itself with heavier equipment, so it restricted itself to raiding until it fully rebuilt.
  • 2866 to 2880 - 1st Kearny conducts a number of raids on Free Worlds League holdings for 'Mechs and supplies. Recovering large quantity of medium class BattleMechs to allow the regiment to fully recover.
  • 2943 - The 2nd Company of the 2nd Battalion, under the command of Captain Erika Laurel leader her company heald the defense of world Hsien against Marik troops until the Warrior House Ijori regiment arrived.
  • 3028 - Stationed on Highspire the 1st Kearny departed, after news reached them of the negotiation between the clan elders and the Federated Suns, to their new home on Northwind.

Clan Invasion


Jihad


Dark Age Era

Early Republic Era

At the Jihad ended, the First Kearny Highlanders were stationed on Northwind in Prefecture III of The Republic of the Sphere.[2] The Northwind Highlanders leadership negotiated with Republic government, where they would broker a deal to join the Republic Armed Forces while preserving the Highlander's legacy. In the end the First Kearny was elected to remain intact, while rest of the regiment would eventually be absorbed into the RAF losing their identities as Highlanders. While rebuilding from Operation SCOUR in 3078, the First Kearny would end up detaching a battalion of it's forces to help rebuild the Third Republic Auxiliaries after the fighting during Operation: Golden Dawn.[3]

Late Republic Era

After the initial conflicts Republic had during 3090s, the First Kearny would remain on Northwind as a garrison for the Northwind Military Academy. After years assigned to this duty, the regiment would be reinvented and tasked themselves as a troubleshooting force. As independent unit, the Highlanders would end up not being utilized during the Capellan Crusades of 3112-3113.[4][5]

The Black Out and Chaos

In August 3132 the late HPG Network was attacked, later known as Gray Monday.[6] True to their mission, they First Kearny were deployed across Prefecture III aiding in putting down uprising and newly arisen splinter groups trying gain power for themselves. Under the direction of Prefecture III's Prefect Tara Campbell (daughter a former Highlander commanding officer), she would reinforce and use First Kearny as main means of striking trouble hotspots across her and other neighboring Prefectures in course of the early years of the Black Out. The First Kearny along with two newly risen sister Regiments (Northwind Fusiliers and slightly later the Republic Guards) would end being spread thin across Rimward and Spinward portions of the Republic.

Elements of the First Kearny would end up engage fighting invasion of Northwind itself, by Steel Wolves Clan-oriented splinter group twice. Over the course of nine months (first in June 3133 and in February 3134) with minimum resources, Campbell and the elements of the regiment would end up fighting off two take over attempts by the Steel Wolves and its uncanny leader, Galaxy Commander Anastasia Kerensky. Despite betrayal of Paladin Ezekiel Crow, the Highlanders succeeded, mounted what amounts to a counterattack to stop Steel Wolves from it's next destination, which would be soon to be found out as Terra. The First Kearny with rest of the available Northwind Highlanders Tara Campbell could muster, end up fighting off Steel Wolves with the Tenth Principes Guards on the fields former Nation-State of Russia April.

The regiment would continue to be stretched for few more months until they would be requested muster on Skye, where they would face threat of invasion by Clan Jade Falcon. They would need dig in and help build clever strategies as they faced elements of multiple Galaxies of troops after the Clan had capture number of Prefecture VIII and IX worlds. The regiment, along with other coalition forces (including Steel Wolves) would manage to repulse Falcon's first invasion in August 3134, however they would nearly forced to withdraw from Skye failing fight off the second attack.[7][8]

Officers

  • 3025 - Commanding Officer of the 1st Kearny was Colonel Timothy Senn
  • 3050 - Commanding Officer of the 1st Kearny was Colonel Edward Senn
  • 3059 - Commanding Officer of the 1st Kearny was Colonel Edward Senn
  • 3067 - Commanding Officer of the 1st Kearny was Colonel Edward Senn
  • 3085 - Commanding officer of the 1st Kearny was Colonel Marshall MacLeod.[9]

Tactics

The only goal is victory at any cost.

Support

The naval fleet of the 1st Kearny contains following JumpShips

Monolith-class = Spirit of Edinburgh
Star Lord-class = Queen Anne and Queen Mary
Invader-class = King's Own, Jacoby and Monymusk
Scout-class = Argyll and Princess Louise

Composition History

3025

1st Kearny Highlanders (2 Battalions) (Veteran/Reliable) [10]

3040

1st Kearny Highlanders (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)

Contract: AFFC[11]

3050

1st Kearny Highlanders(Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[12]

  • CO: Colonel Edward Senn

3054

1st Kearny Highlanders (Veteran/Reliable)

Contract: AFFC [13]
  • CO: Colonel James D. Cochraine [13]

3067

Regimental Command Company(Company/Elite/Fanatical)

The company fields 12 Clan BattleMechs.
The First Kearny Air Wing contains 6 elite fighters.

1st Kearny Highlanders(Reinforced Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)

Queen’s Own Battalion: Major David Lee Senn
78th Highland Battalion: Major Til Honey
Gordon Battalion: Major Evelyn Marks
The regiment contains a vehicle company.
The entire unit contains 85% upgrades.

First Gurkhas(Battalion/Elite/Reliable)

6th Company
7th Company
10th Company
The unit are elite special forces. The unit contain now full battle armor.

3085

1st Kearny Highlanders (2 Battalions/Veteran/Questionable)[9]

  • CO: Colonel Marshall MacLeod

3132

1st Kearny Highlanders (Reinforced Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)[14]

  • CO: Colonel Robert Ballantrae \ XO: Lt. Colonel Carole McMasters.

Note: The Regiment's Equipment Rating is listed has having access to "B" level tech/equipment.

References

  1. Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook), pp. 11-12
  2. Field Manual: 3085, p. 186
  3. Field Manual: 3145, p. 183 Independent Units - 1st Kearny survival and Some details of 1st Kearny's actions during the early days it serving the Republic of the Sphere.
  4. Historical: Wars of the Republic Era, pp. 86-87 Capellan Crusades Deployment Tables - "Northwind Highlanders are not listed as being deployed as part of the conflict.
  5. Era Digest: Dark Age, pp. 15-16 First Kearny Highlanders - "Brief profile gives a basic early history of the First Kearny as garrison unit for the academy and later as troubleshooting unit its later years.
  6. Era Digest: Dark Age, p. 10 Dark Age Timeline - Gray Monday / HPG Crash listed.
  7. Era Digest: Dark Age, pp. 8-10,15-16 - Brief highlights of the combat for Northwind, Terra, and Skye noted.
  8. Field Manual: 3145, p. 14-15 Descend - Campbell and Highlanders effort noted and more details of the Battle for Skye.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 186, "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"
  10. House Liao (Confederation Capella) p. 105
  11. Historical: War of 3039 , p. 141
  12. 20 Year Update, p.19
  13. 13.0 13.1 Objective Raids, p. 22
  14. Era Digest: Dark Age, p.15 First Kearny Highlanders - Regimental Status and commanding officer info.
  • Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 52

Bibliography