2nd Bolan Guards

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Second Bolan Guards
Formed 3049
Previous Designation(s) 11th FedCom RCT

(3049 - 3057)

3rd Alliance Guards
(3057 - 3085)

Nickname The Boys from Skye

(3057 - 3085)

Affiliation Federated Commonwealth

(3049 - 3057)

Lyran Commonwealth
(3057 - present)

Parent Command Federated Commonwealth Corps

(3049 - 3057)

Alliance Guards
(3057 - 3085)

Commonwealth Guards
(3085 - present)


Previously known as the Eleventh FedCom RCT and the Third Alliance Guards RCT, the Second Bolan Guards LCT is a military formation that has, over the decades, served the Federated Commonwealth, Lyran Alliance and Lyran Commonwealth's Armed Forces. [1]

History

Early Years

Formed in 3047, the Eleventh FedCom RCT was stationed on the the world of Skye until 3058 and, unusually for a FedCom Corps unit, drew almost all its recruits from the Skye March itself. These ties ensured that after the secession of the Lyran Alliance in 3057, the RCT remained in the LAAF. The unit was renamed the Third Alliance Guards but was reorganized by the newly-formed LAAF High Command, who removed the most ardently pro-Skye troops and replaced them with ones more loyal to the Archon. Due to grumblings about the poor respect given the Alliance Guards and many of the unit's troops still maintaining strong ties to their formed homeworld, a spirit that was typified by the Third's nickname of The Boys from Skye, the LIC kept the unit under a close eye. [2]

In mid-3058, the still untried Third Alliance Guard was relocated to the world of Blue Hole on the Jade Falcon border in reaction to the recent invasion of Coventry. Believing they'd finally have a chance to prove themselves, the Third's repeated requests to stage raids on the Clans were refused by Melissia Theater commander Sharon Bryan on the basis of their lack of experience. The unit not selected for participation in Operation Bulldog for the same reason, much to its chagrin.[2]

FedCom Civil War

In May of 3064, while the Third Alliance Guard and the allied Storm's Metal Thunder mercenary unit were embroiled in a shooting stand-off with the 8th Deneb Light Cavalry, Clan Jade Falcon finally attacked. The Third faced down the Turkina Eyrie while Storm's Metal Thunder engaged the First Falcon Swoop. The fighting was so brutal that even the Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry attempted to aid the Loyalist units, although they were only fired upon in exchange for their efforts. Taking heavy casualties, the Third was forced to withdraw to Melissia with only four companies of BattleMechs left standing, leaving the mercenaries to fend for themselves. The Metal Thunder was entirely destroyed save for two solitary 'Mechs that managed to retreat to Melissia. [3] On 16 August, 3064, Clan Jade Falcon reached Melissia and launched an immediate assault on the already-battered Third. In the resulting fighting, the Third Alliance Guard were almost entirely destroyed by Clan Jade Falcon forces under the command of Khan Marthe Pryde. Only the command staff and a handful of survivors made it off-world, under the command of General Adam Steiner. They fell back to Chapultepec and later took part in some of the engagements there. [4]

After the FedCom Civil War, the Third was slated for deactivation, but remained on LAAF rolls at the request of Hauptmann-General Isadora Agravaine. The pitched fighting against Jade Falcon forces had reduced them to a single battalion of salvaged BattleMechs, supported by two companies of vehicles, and their attempts to rebuild were hindered by the LAAF's emphasis on rebuilding what they considered to be combat worthy units. [5] By 3067, the Third Alliance Guard had returned to Melissia and took up a garrison post there while they slowly reformed. [6]

Jihad

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Cleanup tagged articles without a reason field Like the rest of the Alliance Guards, the Third acted as a reserve force during the Word of Blake Jihad, supplementing commands damaged during the occupations of Tharkad and Hesperus II. The unit's sole action of note during the period was its defense of Timbiqui's famous brewery from pirate raiders, video footage of a Third Guards Zeus bring sprayed down by a beer truck as it tore a bandit Centurion apart with its energy weapons receiving extensive airplay across the Inner Sphere.[7]

Mirroring their rebirth, much of the losses suffered by the Third during the Jihad came not from combat but with transfers of troops and material to recoup the losses of more favored commands, further damaging the unit's poor morale. Near the end of the line of supplies at the best of times, like the rest of the Alliance Guards, the Third chose to sacrifice its older equipment to prioritize the maintenance of its more modern machines as the Jihad crippled interstellar shipping.[7]

Dark Age

With the renaming of the Lyran Alliance back to the Lyran Commonwealth by Archon Adam Steiner, [8] the Alliance Guards were renamed the Commonwealth Guards and the 3rd Alliance Guards became the 2nd Bolan Guards, restructured as a Davion style LCT rather than rebuilt as a full RCT again.[1]

When Duchess Tamari LaRue of the Inarcs Archonette refused to return her powers to Tharkad, on June 23rd 3083 Adam sent the 2nd Bolan along with the 1st Royal Guards RCT and Yggdrasil to subdue her. The Second quickly secured the taskforce's dropzones and easily defeated local militia resistance while the 1st Royal advanced on the defending Blackstone Highlanders and captured the Duchess. The Second remained behind to secure Inarcs while the 1st Royal transported Duchess LaRue to stand trial on Tharkad.[9]

Though completing its mission successfully, the fighting on Inarcs only worsened the unit's morale issues, with many dismayed to again being forced to fight their countrymen. Also, the Second still counted a sizable number of troops originating from the Federated Suns, who only felt even more trapped in a foreign unit with the name change. The LCAF attempted to combat these issues by assigning the Second to Bolan alongside the 1st Bolan Guards in the hopes it would allow it to bond with its namesake world and develop pride in serving in its defense.[1]

During the Commonwealth's invasion of the Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey in 3137 the Second Bolan Guards were in the forefront. Their advanced position meant that they weren't damaged by Clan Wolf forces as they established the Wolf Empire. During the formation of the Empire, the Second Bolan Guards were able to tie up a large number of FWLM forces, which allowed other LCAF units to escape. One of these fighting withdrawals involved the Second and the 1st Tamarind Regulars.[10]

In 3145 they were stationed on Bolan.[11] A year later the Second found itself battling the First Tamarind Regulars again when that unit invaded Bolan. At first managing to drive the invaders back, the Second was first stymied and then driven off-world when League reinforcements arrived.[12]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 11th FedCom RCT
Hauptmann General Amos Bronson Harrington 3050[13] - 3052
Leutnant-General Martin Andor 3052[2] - 3057
Commanding Officers of the Third Alliance Guards
Leutnant-General Martin Andor 3057 - 3085[2]
Commanding Officers of the Second Bolan Guards
Leutnant-General Conger McConnaugh 3085[14]
Colonel Eli Colt 3145[15]

Tactics

The 3rd Alliance Guards, and before that the 11th FedCom, trained in a medley of tactics both offensive and defensive, though up until the FedCom Civil War had little chance to put their training into practice.[2]

Composition History

3050

11th F-C RCT (Regiment/Green/Reliable) [16]

  • CO: Hauptmann General Amos Bronson Harrington [16]
  • Base: Skye [16]

3054

11th F-C RCT (Regiment/Green/Reliable) [17]

3062

Third Alliance Guards (1 Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[2]

  • CO: Leutnant-General Martin Andor
  • Aide: Colonel Marion Leaford
  • Base:

Note:The command is considered light weight with many foreign machines in its roster.

Third Alliance Guards Aerospace Brigade (1 Wing)[2]
  • CO: Kaptain Nasir Malik Hammed
    • Second Alliance Wing
Third Alliance Armor Brigade (2 Regiments/Green/Reliable)[2]
  • 11th Alliance Heavy Armor Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Roberto Huntingdon
  • 92nd Skye Light Armor Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Jonathan Lyttle
Third Alliance Infantry Brigade (4 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)[2]
  • CO: Colonel Bill Scathlock
  • Aide: Leutnant-Colonel Mercham Miller
  • 21st Alliance Infantry Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Gerald Watson
  • 22nd Alliance Infantry Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Corrinne de Kondservsky
  • 44th Independent Mechanized Infantry Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Andrew Clatworthy
  • 11th FedCom Jump Infantry Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Adebayo Fasinro

3067

Third Alliance Guards (1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[18]

  • CO: Leutnant-General Martin Andor
Third Alliance Guards Aerospace Brigade (1 WingVeteran/Reliable)[18]
Third Alliance Armor Brigade (2 Regiments/Veteran/Reliable)[18]
  • CO: Colonel Roberto Huntingdon
Third Alliance Infantry Brigade (4 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)[2]
  • CO: Colonel Bill Scathlock

3085

Second Bolan Guards LCT[14]

  • CO: Leutnant-General Conger McConnaugh
Second Bolan Guard Aerospace[14]
  • CO: Kommandant Dlamalt Rocha
Second Bolan Armor Brigade[14]
  • CO: Colonel Vikot Olofsdotter
Second Bolan Infantry Brigade[14]
  • CO: Colonel Tyge Podsednik

3145

Second Bolan Guards (Veteran/Questionable)[15]

  • CO: Colonel Eli Colt
Second Bolan Guard Aerospace (Veteran/Reliable)[15]
  • CO: Kommandant George Robinson
Second Bolan Armor Brigade (Regular/Questionable)[15]
  • CO: Colonel Anna Gray
Second Bolan Infantry Brigade (Veteran/Questionable)[15]
  • CO: Colonel Donald Watson

Unit Colors and Insignia

  • When the Second Bolan Guards was a member of the Federated Commonwealth Corp RCTs, it primarily used the FedCom Corps crest as its insignia. After being renamed to the Third Alliance Guards, the insignia was changed to the Lyran Mailed Fist on a Skye green disk with the Roman number III emblazoned beneath it.
  • While with the FedCom Corps, the unit wore the colors standard to that formation. After being converted to Alliance Guards, their colors were changed to the Guards' brown and tan scheme, replacing that scheme's black edging with green edging in honor of Skye.

Notes

  • During its existence as the Third Alliance Guards, the unit's First and Second Battalions were primarily Medium and Light BattleMech designs of Federated Suns manufacture, such as the Stealth and Fireball. Its Third Battalion had more Lyran produced BattleMechs, generally in the Heavy and Assault classes, such as the Banshee and Falconer 'Mechs.

Reference

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: 3085, p. 99 "Lyran Commonwealth - Commonwealth Guards"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 45, "3rd Alliance Guards Unit Profile"
  3. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 114
  4. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 114, 116
  5. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 166
  6. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 178
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Field Report: LAAF, p. 8 "Alliance Guards"
  8. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 94 "The Lyran Commonwealth - General Review"
  9. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, pp. 94-95 "The Lyran Commonwealth - Reclaiming Authority"
  10. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League, p. 42
  11. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 123
  12. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 20
  13. ↑ 20-Year Update, p. "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Tables - Skye March - Wyatt Theater - Gacrux Command"
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FM3085-107
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Field Manual: 3145, p. 132, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces - Buena Province"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 20 Year Update, p. 27
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Objective Raids, p. 19
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Field Manual: Updates p.178

Bibliography

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