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As a part of the [[Tikonov Lancers]] [[brigade]], the '''Second Tikonov Lancers''' can claim a line of direct descent from some of the first military units to be formed outside of the [[Terran Alliance]].<ref name="FR:CC2765">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 15: "Tikonov Lancers"</ref> The Second Lancers served the [[Tikonov Grand Union]] and continued to serve after the Grand Union joined the newly-formed [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name="FR:CC2765">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 15: "Tikonov Lancers"</ref>
 
As a part of the [[Tikonov Lancers]] [[brigade]], the '''Second Tikonov Lancers''' can claim a line of direct descent from some of the first military units to be formed outside of the [[Terran Alliance]].<ref name="FR:CC2765">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 15: "Tikonov Lancers"</ref> The Second Lancers served the [[Tikonov Grand Union]] and continued to serve after the Grand Union joined the newly-formed [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name="FR:CC2765">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 15: "Tikonov Lancers"</ref>
  
When the Capellan Confederation began producing [[BattleMech]]s the Second Lancers changed role; their sister regiment, the [[1st Tikonov Lancers|First Tikonov Lancers]], became a shock assault unit, a bludgeoning mace that counterassaulted every challenge to the Confederation's sovereignty, equipped with the most powerful 'Mechs that [[Earthwerks Limited]] could produce. The Second Lancers were equipped with BattleMechs in turn, but the 'Mechs of the Second were lightweight, jump-capable 'Mechs, and the Second became a swift rapier that complemented the heavier First Lancers.<ref name="FR:CC2765"/>
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When the Capellan Confederation began producing [[BattleMech]]s the Second Lancers changed role; their sister regiment, the [[1st Tikonov Lancers|First Tikonov Lancers]], became a shock assault unit, a bludgeoning mace that counterassaulted every challenge to the Confederation's sovereignty, equipped with the most powerful 'Mechs that [[Earthwerks Incorporated]] could produce. The Second Lancers were equipped with BattleMechs in turn, but the 'Mechs of the Second were lightweight, jump-capable 'Mechs, and the Second became a swift rapier that complemented the heavier First Lancers.<ref name="FR:CC2765"/>
  
 
It was during the Age of War that [[Franco Liao]] purged the noble trained bands that had been dominated by the families of the Tikonov Tetrarchs and ''sheng'' nobility, removing their influence from the various Tikonov Lancers regiments with varying degrees of success.<ref name="FR:CC2765"/>
 
It was during the Age of War that [[Franco Liao]] purged the noble trained bands that had been dominated by the families of the Tikonov Tetrarchs and ''sheng'' nobility, removing their influence from the various Tikonov Lancers regiments with varying degrees of success.<ref name="FR:CC2765"/>

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