27th Iron Guards (Clan Stone Lion)

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Twenty Seventh Iron Guards Cluster
Previous Designation(s) Twenty Seventh BattleMech Cluster
Affiliation Clan Stone Lion
Clan Hell's Horses (previous)
Parent Command Psi Galaxy
Zeta Galaxy (previous)

History

Clan Hell's Horses

The unit was originally the 27th BattleMech Cluster of Clan Hell's Horses known as the Hades Cluster. It was stationed on Tiber in 3059[1] and by 3067 it had moved to Strato Domingo.[2]

Clan Stone Lion

After the creation of Clan Stone Lion in 3075 during the Wars of Reaving, the Cluster was renamed the 27th Iron Guards and became part of that Clan's Zeta Galaxy,[3] however by 3085 Psi Galaxy had been created and the Cluster was transferred to it.[4]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 27th Iron Guards (Clan Hell's Horses)
Star Colonel Lucias Mendoza 3059 - 3067[5][2]
Commanding Officers of the 27th Iron Guards (Clan Stone Lion)
Star Colonel Curtis Hawker 3085[4]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

3059-3075

3075-3088

  • 27th Iron Guards - Elite[6]

Rules

The Cluster have the ability to force the initiative.[7]

References

  1. Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 151
  2. 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 71: "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"
  3. The Wars of Reaving, pp. 146–149
  4. 4.0 4.1 The Wars of Reaving, p. 171
  5. 5.0 5.1 Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 70: "27th BattleMech Cluster Profile"
  6. The Wars of Reaving, p. 171
  7. Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 176

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