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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{Update Needed|[[Historical: Reunification War]]}} − | image = [[Image:Skye Rangers 25th logo.png|150px|Insignia of the Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers]] + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | Designation = Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers + | image = − | formed = + | nickname = − | Disbanded = By [[2864]]<ref>''Second Succession War'', p. 100</ref> + | parent formation = [[Skye Rangers]] − | Previous Designation = + | formed = − | Nickname = + | year = 2591 − | Affiliation = [[Lyran Commonwealth]] + | unitname = 25th Skye Rangers − | Parent Command = [[Skye Rangers]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} ==History== ==History== − Active within the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during the [[Age of War]] and [[Reunification War]], the '''Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers''' was one of three regiments chosen to serve in the [[Lyran Auxiliary Corps]] formed in [[2581]]<ref name="H:RWp152">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 152: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)</ref> to support the [[Star League Defense Force]] when the [[Star League]] decided to intervene in the civil war that had been raging inside the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] since [[2575]].<ref name="H:RWp131">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 131: "False Starts (2579-81)</ref> + Active within the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during the [[Age of War]] and [[Reunification War]], the '''Twenty-Fifth Skye Rangers''' was one of three regiments chosen to serve in the [[Lyran Auxiliary Corps]] formed in [[2581]]<ref name="H:RWp152">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 152, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)</ref> to support the [[Star League Defense Force]] when the [[Star League]] decided to intervene in the civil war that had been raging inside the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] since [[2575]].<ref name="H:RWp131">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 131, "False Starts (2579-81)</ref> ===Operation MAILED FIST=== ===Operation MAILED FIST=== ====Black Earth==== ====Black Earth==== − Assembled on [[Roadside]] alongside the [[Fourth Royal Guards|Fourth Royal Guards Regiment]] and the [[Tamar Tigers]]<ref name="H:RWp152"/> as a part of the buildup to [[Operation MAILED FIST]] - the name given to the [[SLDF]] intervention in the Republic civil war - combat operations for the Lyran Auxiliary Corps began in September [[2581]] with the campaign to conquer [[Black Earth]]. Black Earth was both the fourth Republic world to be targeted by the [[Star League Defense Force]] and the first world targeted that lacked a front-line Republican force as garrison.<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132: "Persistence, Treeline, Star's End and Black Earth (May-December 2581)</ref> + Assembled on [[Roadside]] alongside the [[4th Royal Guards|Fourth Royal Guards Regiment]] and the [[Tamar Tigers]]<ref name="H:RWp152"/> as a part of the buildup to [[Operation MAILED FIST]] - the name given to the [[SLDF]] intervention in the Republic civil war - combat operations for the Lyran Auxiliary Corps began in September [[2581]] with the campaign to conquer [[Black Earth]]. Black Earth was both the fourth Republic world to be targeted by the [[Star League Defense Force]] and the first world targeted that lacked a front-line Republican force as garrison.<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132, "Persistence, Treeline, Star's End and Black Earth (May-December 2581)</ref> − With Black Earth lacking regular army forces it was believed that the planet would be only lightly defended, but the landings by the various elements of the Lyran Auxiliary Corps met stiff resistance from Republican [[aerospace fighter]]s and the Twenty-fifth took heavy damage before making groundfall; whilst an inauspicious beginning for the Twenty-fifth, the losses taken weren't sufficient to prevent the conquest of Black Earth.<ref name="H:RWp132"/> + With Black Earth lacking regular army forces it was believed that the planet would be only lightly defended, but the landings by the various elements of the Lyran Auxialiary Corps met stiff resistance from Republican [[AeroSpace Fighter]]s and the Twenty-Fifth took heavy damage before making groundfall; whilst an inauspicious beginning for the Twenty-Fifth, the losses taken weren't sufficient to prevent the conquest of Black Earth.<ref name="H:RWp132"/> ====Later Campaigns==== ====Later Campaigns==== − Operating as a part of the Lyran Auxiliary Corps the Twenty-fifth took part in the military campaigns to secure [[Qurayyat]] in [[2584]], [[Fjernet]] in [[2585]], [[Kwangjong-ni]] in [[2588]] and [[Luanda]] in [[2590]].<ref name="H:RWp152"/><ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> + Operating a sa part of the Lyran Auxiliary Corps the Twenty-Fifth took part in the military campaigns to secure [[Qurayyat]] in [[2584]], [[Fjernet]] in [[2585]], [[Kwangjong-ni]] in [[2588]] and [[Luanda]] in [[2590]].<ref name="H:RWp152"/><ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> ====Barcelona==== ====Barcelona==== − [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]] of [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] assigned the conquest of [[Barcelona]] to the Lyran Auxiliary Corps and the [[2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps|Second Marik Auxiliary Corps]] along with the [[31st Armor Division|Thirty-First Armor Division]] from the SLDF [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]]; [[Archon]] [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]] led all three regiments from the Lyran Auxiliary Corps while [[Duke]] [[Narinder Selaj]] led the [[2nd Marik Militia|Second]] and [[6th Marik Militia|Sixth Marik Militias]] and the [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente|First Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]]. This left a triumvirate of senior officers responsible for the operation - Duke Selaj, Archon Steiner-Dinesen and [[Lieutenant-General]] [[Margaret Beck]] - and when the Mailed Fist forces landed on Barcelona they found the [[5th Amaris Legionnaires|Fifth Amaris Legionnaires]] in place on the world under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Franchetta Wong]].<ref name="H:RWp136">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 136: "Barcelona (April-September 2591)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> + [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]] of [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] assigned the conquest of [[Barcelona]] to the Lyran Auxiliary Corps and the [[2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps]] along with the [[31st Armor Division|Thirty-First Armor Division]] from the SLDF [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]]; [[Archon]] [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]] led all three regiments from the Lyran Auxiliary Corps while [[Duke]] [[Narinder Selaj]] led the [[2nd Marik Militia|Second]] and [[6th Marik Militia|Sixth Marik Militias]] and the [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente|First Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]]. This left a triumverate of senior officers responsible for the operation - Duke Selaj, Archon Steiner-Dinesen and [[Lieutenant-General]] [[Margaret Beck]] - and when the Mailed Fist forces landed on Barcelona they found the [[5th Amaris Legionnaires|Fifth Amaris Legionnaires]] in place on the world under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Franchetta Wong]].<ref name="H:RWp136">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 136, "Barcelona (April-September 2591)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> Colonel Wong was a distant cousin of [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]], and initially tried to use this familial connection to convince the three senior MAILED FIST officers that she was a representative of the ruling family. These claims were swiftly dismissed, although Duke Selaj recommended using Wong as a figurehead to try and stabilize the world; Selaj's recommendations were dismissed by the Archon, acting in the belief that to countenance such a charade would only create more political problems on Barcelona, and as a result Colonel Wong turned against the Star League forces and began to lead the Fifth Legionnaires in a campaign that proved her to be a skilled commander, using her numerically inferior forces in ways that stretched the Star League forces significantly over the next two months.<ref name="H:RWp136"/> Colonel Wong was a distant cousin of [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]], and initially tried to use this familial connection to convince the three senior MAILED FIST officers that she was a representative of the ruling family. These claims were swiftly dismissed, although Duke Selaj recommended using Wong as a figurehead to try and stabilize the world; Selaj's recommendations were dismissed by the Archon, acting in the belief that to countenance such a charade would only create more political problems on Barcelona, and as a result Colonel Wong turned against the Star League forces and began to lead the Fifth Legionnaires in a campaign that proved her to be a skilled commander, using her numerically inferior forces in ways that stretched the Star League forces significantly over the next two months.<ref name="H:RWp136"/> − Despite Wong's best efforts, the Star League advantages in numbers and equipment eventually swung the campaign back in their favor, and by early July the Fifth Legionnaires had been forced to fall back into the rugged terrain that dominated the northern continent of Barcelona, known as Norn. The Fifth Legionnaires would have been quickly defeated if not for events within the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name="H:RWp136"/> + Despite Wong's best efforts, the Star League advantages in numbers and equipment eventually swung the campaign back in their favour, and by early July the Fifth Legionnaires had been forced to fall back into the rugged terrain that dominated the northern continent of Barcelona, known as Norn. The Fifth Legionnaires would have been quickly defeated if not for events within the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name="H:RWp136"/> ====Day of Rage==== ====Day of Rage==== − On 19 July [[2591]], courier ships brought news to Barcelona that the [[Archon-Designate]], Viola Steiner-Dinesen's son [[Kevin Dinesen]] had gone missing in March and was presumed to have been kidnapped. Arriving along with the official news were rumors from the Commonwealth that the [[Duke of Skye]] and the [[Duke of Tamar]]—[[Aldo Lestrade (26th c.)|Aldo Lestrade]] and [[Simon Kelswa]], respectively—were responsible for the abduction. The rumors reached the Archon ahead of the official news, and the rumors combined with the frustration of years of campaigning in the Republic was enough to cause the Archon to snap; she led the Fourth Royal Guards personally to the cantonment within which the Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers and Tamar Tigers were bivouacked where she promptly destroyed the [['Mechs]] performing sentry duty and began a rampage through the camp, attacking the Skye and Tamar forces.<ref name="H:RWp137+">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 137–138: "Barcelona: The Day of Rage (19 June 2591)"</ref> + On the 19th of July [[2591]] courier ships brought news to Barcelona that the [[Archon-Designate]], Viola Steiner-Dinesen's son [[Kevin Dinesen]] had gone missing in March and was presumed to have been kidnapped. Arriving along with the official news were rumors from the Commonwealth that the [[Duke of Skye]] and the [[Duke of Tamar]] - [[Aldo Lestrade]] and [[Simon Kelswa]], respectively - were responsible for the abduction. The rumurs reached the Archon ahead of the official news, and the rumors combined with the frustration of years of campaigning in the Republic was enough to cause the Archon to snap; she led the Fourth Royal Guards personally to the cantonment within which the Twenty-Fifth Skye Rangers and Tamar Tigers were bivouaced where she promptly destroyed the [['Mechs]] performing sentry duty and began a rampage through the camp, attacking the Skye and Tamar forces.<ref name="H:RWp137+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 137-138, "Barcelona: The Day of Rage (19 June 2591)"</ref> − The results of the Archon's rampage scarred the psyches of those involved for decades afterwards; the Skye and Tamar regiments had been in the midst of rearming and resupplying when the Archon's rampage began, and faced the horrific dilemma of having to decide whether to defend themselves and their comrades by attacking the Archon. The warriors of the Fourth Royal Guards were equally horrified but attempted to protect the Archon as 'Mechs from the Skye and Tamar units began defending themselves. With many of the Skye and Tamar 'Mechs out of ammo because of the resupply effort going on when the Archon arrived, a large part of the battle was a chaotic and confused melee. Forces from the Thirty-First Armor Division<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> and the Fusiliers of Oriente<ref name="H:RWp38">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 38: "First Fusiliers of Oriente"</ref> arrived to separate the various combatants, but by that point the Archon was unconscious as a result of her cockpit being crushed, and was discovered to have lost her left arm and suffered serious injuries to her head and chest.<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> + The results of the Archon's rampage scarred the psyches of those involved for decades afterwards; the Skye and Tamar regiments had been in the midst of rearming and resupplying when the Archon's rampage began, and faced the horrific dilemma of having to decide whether to defend themselves and their comrades by attacking the Archon. The warriors of the Fourth Royal Guards were equally horrified but attempted to protect the Archon as 'Mechs from the Skye and Tamar units began defending themselves. With many of the Skye and Tamar 'Mechs out of ammo because of the resupply effort going on when the Archon arrived, a large part of the battle was a chaotic and confused melee. Forces from the Thirty-First Armor Division<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> and the Fusiliers of Oriente<ref name="H:RWp38">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 38, "First Fusiliers of Oriente"</ref> arrived to seperate the various combatants, but by that point the Archon was unconscious as a result of her cockpit being crushed, and was discovered to have lost her left arm and suffered serious injuries to her head and chest.<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> − Following the battle the Rangers and the Tigers both requested and received permission to withdraw from Operation MAILED FIST, as both units were unwilling to continue serving under the Archon. The Archon herself took weeks to heal to the point where she could travel again, having refused to be fitted with a prosthetic limb to replace her missing arm, by which time she had been briefed by both the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] and the [[Hegemony Central Intelligence Directorate]] that evidence pointed to a member of the [[Estates General]], not the Dukes of Tamar or Skye. Faced with a political crisis at home, the Archon also withdrew from Barcelona; the Star League forces had successfully completed the conquest of Barcelona in mid-September, a few weeks prior to the Archon leaving.<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> + Following the battle the Rangers and the Tigers both requested and received permission to withdraw from Operation MAILED FIST, as both units were unwilling to continue serving under the Archon. The Archon herself took weeks to heal to the point where she could travel again, having refused to be fitted with a prosthetic limb to replace her missing arm, by which time she had been briefed by both the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] and the [[Hegemony Central Intelligence Directorate]] that evidence pointed to a member of the [[Estates-General]], not the Dukes of Tamar or Skye. Faced with a political crisis at home, the Archon also withdrew from Barcelona; the Star League forces had successfully completed the conquest of Barcelona in mid-September, a few weeks prior to the Archon leaving.<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> − ===Star League=== + ==Officers== − The Twenty-fifth were stationed on [[Pardeau]] in [[2765]]. Their presence convinced [[HartfordCo]] to build a plant for [[Von Luckner]] tanks in that system.<ref name=FR:2765LCAFpp18-19>''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', pp. 18–19: "Skye Rangers" - Regimental Status</ref> − ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable" − |- − ! 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 Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers''' − |- − | [[Colonel]]||[[James Rechard|James "Pistol Jim" Rechard]]||[[Reunification War]]<ref name=hrw40>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 40</ref> − |- − |} ==Tactics== ==Tactics== − The Twenty-fifth was skilled in skirmishing tactics, and served as a multirole unit in the Reunification War.<ref name=hrw40/>+ ==Composition History== ==Composition History== − ===2765=== − '''Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FR:2765LCAFpp18-19/> − :- At this point in time the Twenty-fifth Rangers was stationed on [[Pardeau]].<ref name=FR:2765LCAFpp18-19/> − === 2786–2821=== + ==Notes== − '''Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers ''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=1SWp139>''First Succession War'', p. 139</ref> − : Note: At this point in time the assault-weight unit was stationed on [[Pardeau]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 39 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Uhuru]].<ref name=1SWp139/> − === 2830 === − '''Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=2SWp100>''Second Succession War'', p. 100</ref> − : Note: At this point in time the assault-weight unit was stationed on [[Uhuru]] with an operational readiness of 80 percent.<ref name=2SWp100/> The unit was destroyed during the war.<ref name=2SWp100/> − ==Notes== + ==Rules== − * Special rules for the Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers can be found on ''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183. + <div class=gamerules> + ===Reunification War=== + * The Twenty-Fifth Skye Rangers receive a +1 bonus to rolls on the Random Experience Table.<ref name="H:RWp183">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183, "Lyran Commonwealth"</ref> + * The Twenty-Fifth Skye Rangers receive a +1 bonus to rolls to determine the availability of Advanced Equipment.<ref name="H:RWp183">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183, "Lyran Commonwealth"</ref> + </div> ==References== ==References== Line 77:
Line 58: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''+ * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' − * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' − * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' − * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]'' − [[Category:Lyran Commands|Skye Rangers, 25th]] [[Category:Lyran Commands|Skye Rangers, 25th]]
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Active within the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during the [[Age of War]] and [[Reunification War]], the '''Twenty- | + | Active within the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during the [[Age of War]] and [[Reunification War]], the '''Twenty-Fifth Skye Rangers''' was one of three regiments chosen to serve in the [[Lyran Auxiliary Corps]] formed in [[2581]]<ref name="H:RWp152">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 152, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)</ref> to support the [[Star League Defense Force]] when the [[Star League]] decided to intervene in the civil war that had been raging inside the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] since [[2575]].<ref name="H:RWp131">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 131, "False Starts (2579-81)</ref> |
===Operation MAILED FIST=== | ===Operation MAILED FIST=== | ||
====Black Earth==== | ====Black Earth==== | ||
| − | Assembled on [[Roadside]] alongside the [[ | + | Assembled on [[Roadside]] alongside the [[4th Royal Guards|Fourth Royal Guards Regiment]] and the [[Tamar Tigers]]<ref name="H:RWp152"/> as a part of the buildup to [[Operation MAILED FIST]] - the name given to the [[SLDF]] intervention in the Republic civil war - combat operations for the Lyran Auxiliary Corps began in September [[2581]] with the campaign to conquer [[Black Earth]]. Black Earth was both the fourth Republic world to be targeted by the [[Star League Defense Force]] and the first world targeted that lacked a front-line Republican force as garrison.<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132, "Persistence, Treeline, Star's End and Black Earth (May-December 2581)</ref> |
| − | With Black Earth lacking regular army forces it was believed that the planet would be only lightly defended, but the landings by the various elements of the Lyran | + | With Black Earth lacking regular army forces it was believed that the planet would be only lightly defended, but the landings by the various elements of the Lyran Auxialiary Corps met stiff resistance from Republican [[AeroSpace Fighter]]s and the Twenty-Fifth took heavy damage before making groundfall; whilst an inauspicious beginning for the Twenty-Fifth, the losses taken weren't sufficient to prevent the conquest of Black Earth.<ref name="H:RWp132"/> |
====Later Campaigns==== | ====Later Campaigns==== | ||
| − | Operating | + | Operating a sa part of the Lyran Auxiliary Corps the Twenty-Fifth took part in the military campaigns to secure [[Qurayyat]] in [[2584]], [[Fjernet]] in [[2585]], [[Kwangjong-ni]] in [[2588]] and [[Luanda]] in [[2590]].<ref name="H:RWp152"/><ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> |
====Barcelona==== | ====Barcelona==== | ||
| − | [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]] of [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] assigned the conquest of [[Barcelona]] to the Lyran Auxiliary Corps and the [[2nd | + | [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]] of [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] assigned the conquest of [[Barcelona]] to the Lyran Auxiliary Corps and the [[2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps]] along with the [[31st Armor Division|Thirty-First Armor Division]] from the SLDF [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]]; [[Archon]] [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]] led all three regiments from the Lyran Auxiliary Corps while [[Duke]] [[Narinder Selaj]] led the [[2nd Marik Militia|Second]] and [[6th Marik Militia|Sixth Marik Militias]] and the [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente|First Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]]. This left a triumverate of senior officers responsible for the operation - Duke Selaj, Archon Steiner-Dinesen and [[Lieutenant-General]] [[Margaret Beck]] - and when the Mailed Fist forces landed on Barcelona they found the [[5th Amaris Legionnaires|Fifth Amaris Legionnaires]] in place on the world under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Franchetta Wong]].<ref name="H:RWp136">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 136, "Barcelona (April-September 2591)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> |
Colonel Wong was a distant cousin of [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]], and initially tried to use this familial connection to convince the three senior MAILED FIST officers that she was a representative of the ruling family. These claims were swiftly dismissed, although Duke Selaj recommended using Wong as a figurehead to try and stabilize the world; Selaj's recommendations were dismissed by the Archon, acting in the belief that to countenance such a charade would only create more political problems on Barcelona, and as a result Colonel Wong turned against the Star League forces and began to lead the Fifth Legionnaires in a campaign that proved her to be a skilled commander, using her numerically inferior forces in ways that stretched the Star League forces significantly over the next two months.<ref name="H:RWp136"/> | Colonel Wong was a distant cousin of [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]], and initially tried to use this familial connection to convince the three senior MAILED FIST officers that she was a representative of the ruling family. These claims were swiftly dismissed, although Duke Selaj recommended using Wong as a figurehead to try and stabilize the world; Selaj's recommendations were dismissed by the Archon, acting in the belief that to countenance such a charade would only create more political problems on Barcelona, and as a result Colonel Wong turned against the Star League forces and began to lead the Fifth Legionnaires in a campaign that proved her to be a skilled commander, using her numerically inferior forces in ways that stretched the Star League forces significantly over the next two months.<ref name="H:RWp136"/> | ||
| − | Despite Wong's best efforts, the Star League advantages in numbers and equipment eventually swung the campaign back in their | + | Despite Wong's best efforts, the Star League advantages in numbers and equipment eventually swung the campaign back in their favour, and by early July the Fifth Legionnaires had been forced to fall back into the rugged terrain that dominated the northern continent of Barcelona, known as Norn. The Fifth Legionnaires would have been quickly defeated if not for events within the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name="H:RWp136"/> |
====Day of Rage==== | ====Day of Rage==== | ||
| − | On | + | On the 19th of July [[2591]] courier ships brought news to Barcelona that the [[Archon-Designate]], Viola Steiner-Dinesen's son [[Kevin Dinesen]] had gone missing in March and was presumed to have been kidnapped. Arriving along with the official news were rumors from the Commonwealth that the [[Duke of Skye]] and the [[Duke of Tamar]] - [[Aldo Lestrade]] and [[Simon Kelswa]], respectively - were responsible for the abduction. The rumurs reached the Archon ahead of the official news, and the rumors combined with the frustration of years of campaigning in the Republic was enough to cause the Archon to snap; she led the Fourth Royal Guards personally to the cantonment within which the Twenty-Fifth Skye Rangers and Tamar Tigers were bivouaced where she promptly destroyed the [['Mechs]] performing sentry duty and began a rampage through the camp, attacking the Skye and Tamar forces.<ref name="H:RWp137+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 137-138, "Barcelona: The Day of Rage (19 June 2591)"</ref> |
| − | The results of the Archon's rampage scarred the psyches of those involved for decades afterwards; the Skye and Tamar regiments had been in the midst of rearming and resupplying when the Archon's rampage began, and faced the horrific dilemma of having to decide whether to defend themselves and their comrades by attacking the Archon. The warriors of the Fourth Royal Guards were equally horrified but attempted to protect the Archon as 'Mechs from the Skye and Tamar units began defending themselves. With many of the Skye and Tamar 'Mechs out of ammo because of the resupply effort going on when the Archon arrived, a large part of the battle was a chaotic and confused melee. Forces from the Thirty-First Armor Division<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> and the Fusiliers of Oriente<ref name="H:RWp38">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 38 | + | The results of the Archon's rampage scarred the psyches of those involved for decades afterwards; the Skye and Tamar regiments had been in the midst of rearming and resupplying when the Archon's rampage began, and faced the horrific dilemma of having to decide whether to defend themselves and their comrades by attacking the Archon. The warriors of the Fourth Royal Guards were equally horrified but attempted to protect the Archon as 'Mechs from the Skye and Tamar units began defending themselves. With many of the Skye and Tamar 'Mechs out of ammo because of the resupply effort going on when the Archon arrived, a large part of the battle was a chaotic and confused melee. Forces from the Thirty-First Armor Division<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> and the Fusiliers of Oriente<ref name="H:RWp38">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 38, "First Fusiliers of Oriente"</ref> arrived to seperate the various combatants, but by that point the Archon was unconscious as a result of her cockpit being crushed, and was discovered to have lost her left arm and suffered serious injuries to her head and chest.<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> |
| − | Following the battle the Rangers and the Tigers both requested and received permission to withdraw from Operation MAILED FIST, as both units were unwilling to continue serving under the Archon. The Archon herself took weeks to heal to the point where she could travel again, having refused to be fitted with a prosthetic limb to replace her missing arm, by which time she had been briefed by both the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] and the [[Hegemony Central Intelligence Directorate]] that evidence pointed to a member of the [[Estates General]], not the Dukes of Tamar or Skye. Faced with a political crisis at home, the Archon also withdrew from Barcelona; the Star League forces had successfully completed the conquest of Barcelona in mid-September, a few weeks prior to the Archon leaving.<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> | + | Following the battle the Rangers and the Tigers both requested and received permission to withdraw from Operation MAILED FIST, as both units were unwilling to continue serving under the Archon. The Archon herself took weeks to heal to the point where she could travel again, having refused to be fitted with a prosthetic limb to replace her missing arm, by which time she had been briefed by both the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] and the [[Hegemony Central Intelligence Directorate]] that evidence pointed to a member of the [[Estates-General]], not the Dukes of Tamar or Skye. Faced with a political crisis at home, the Archon also withdrew from Barcelona; the Star League forces had successfully completed the conquest of Barcelona in mid-September, a few weeks prior to the Archon leaving.<ref name="H:RWp137+"/> |
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| + | ===Reunification War=== | ||
| + | * The Twenty-Fifth Skye Rangers receive a +1 bonus to rolls on the Random Experience Table.<ref name="H:RWp183">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183, "Lyran Commonwealth"</ref> | ||
| + | * The Twenty-Fifth Skye Rangers receive a +1 bonus to rolls to determine the availability of Advanced Equipment.<ref name="H:RWp183">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183, "Lyran Commonwealth"</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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[[Category:Lyran Commands|Skye Rangers, 25th]] | [[Category:Lyran Commands|Skye Rangers, 25th]] | ||