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{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image = [[File:258th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit).jpg]]
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| image   = [[File:258th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit).jpg]]
| Designation = Two Hundredth and Fifty Eight Crimson Guards Cluster
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| nickname = ''None''
| Formed =
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| parent formation = [[Sigma Provisional Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Sigma Provisional Galaxy]]
| Disbanded = Destroyed in [[3084]]<ref name=wor1557/>
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| formed  =  
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 3059
| Nickname =
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| unitname = 258th Crimson Guards
| Affiliation = [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
 
| Parent Command = [[Tau Provisional Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Tau Provisional Galaxy]]
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In the 3060s the Guards as part of [[Sigma Provisional Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Sigma Provisional Galaxy]] supported Alpha Galaxy against the constant raids of [[Clan Star Adder]] against York.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', pp. 36–41</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 70</ref>
 
  
During [[3069]], several Clusters of Sigma stationed on York were moved to other holdings, presumably transferred to different Galaxies on a "Shell Game" of deceit.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 44</ref> It was probably during this period that the 258th Crimson Guards were transferred out of Sigma to [[Tau Provisional Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Tau]].
 
  
In [[3075]] the Guards dropped on to [[Circe]] as part of the multi-Clan force of the [[Clan Steel Viper]] Annihilation. Their Galaxy had taken heavy casualties in the approach by hidden gun batteries and during the ground fighting it was overrun and broken by the Vipers' [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)| Beta Galaxy]], but was saved by a counterattack by [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Cloud Cobra)| Delta Galaxy]] of [[Clan Cloud Cobra]].<ref name=wor150>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 150</ref>
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In 3075 the Guards dropped on to [[Circe]] as part of the multi-Clan force of the [[Clan Steel Viper]] Annihilation. Their Galaxy had taken heavy casualties in the approach by hidden gun batteries and during the ground fighting it was over run and broken by the Viper's [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)| Beta Galaxy]], but was saved by a counter attack by [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Cloud Cobra)| Delta Galaxy]] of [[Clan Cloud Cobra]].<ref name=wor150>''The Wars of Reaving'', p.150 </ref>
 
 
After the Viper annihilation the Guards were rebuilt in 3082 they were stationed with their Galaxy in the [[Colleen]] system. Here in [[3083]] they came under attack by forces of both [[Clan Stone Lion]] and [[Clan Coyote]]; taking heavy casualties as they were pushed out of defensive enclaves. They stood at twenty five percent strength in [[3084]] when the [[Clan Star Adder|Star Adders]] called for a [[Trial of Absorption]] and by the end of the year had been destroyed.<ref name=wor1557>''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 155–157</ref>
 
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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* In[[3059]] the Commanding Officer was [[Star Colonel]] Paul, one of only two un-[[Bloodname]]ed Star Colonels in the [[Clan Blood Spirit|Blood Spirit]] [[Touman]].<ref name=FMCRC34>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 34, "258th Crimson Guards Profile"</ref>  
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* In [[3067]] the units Commanding Officer is Star Colonel Vik [[Yanez (Bloodname)|Yanez]].<ref>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 70, "Clan Blood Spirit Deployment Table"</ref>
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
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* As of [[3075]], the unit's commanding officer was [[Karianna Schmitt]].<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 150, 151 - "Focused Aggression"</ref>
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 258th Crimson Guards'''
 
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| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Paul]]||[[3059]]<ref name=FMCRC34/>
 
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| Star Colonel||[[Vik Yanez]]||[[3067]]<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 70: "Clan Blood Spirit Deployment Table"</ref>
 
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| Star Colonel||[[Karianna Schmitt]]||[[3075]]<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 150–151: "Focused Aggression"</ref>
 
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|}
 
 
 
===Notes===
 
* In [[3059]], Star Colonel Paul was one of only two [[Bloodname|unbloodnamed]] Star Colonels in the [[Clan Blood Spirit|Blood Spirit]] ''[[touman]]''.<ref name=FMCRC34>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 34: "258th Crimson Guards Profile"</ref>
 
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
Unknown.
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==Composition==
 
==Composition==
===3059-3085===
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===3059<ref name=FMCRC34/>===
'''258th Crimson Guards'''<ref name=FMCRC34/>
 
 
* 3 'Mech [[Trinary|Trinaries]]
 
* 3 'Mech [[Trinary|Trinaries]]
 
* 1 Armor Trinary
 
* 1 Armor Trinary
 
* 1 [[Elemental]] Trinary
 
* 1 [[Elemental]] Trinary
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==Notes==
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
 
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Update]]''
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
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*''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
  
 
[[Category:Clan Blood Spirit Commands|Crimson Guards, 258]]
 
[[Category:Clan Blood Spirit Commands|Crimson Guards, 258]]

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