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| − | | | + | | Designation = Thirty-second Lyran Guards |
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| − | + | | Nickname = Red Arrows;<br />Fürst Hohenlohe (2765)<ref name="FR2765p13"/> | |
| + | | Affiliation = [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | ||
| + | | Parent Command = [[Lyran Guards]] | ||
| + | | Sub-Command = | ||
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The '''32nd Lyran Guards''' are a long-serving unit in the LCAF. | The '''32nd Lyran Guards''' are a long-serving unit in the LCAF. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
=== Star League Era === | === Star League Era === | ||
| − | During the Star League era the 32nd Lyran Guards was one of six regiments within the [[Fourth Lyran Guards Division]], one of five Divisions of active regiments within the Lyran Guards brigade in the closing decades of the [[Star League]]'s existence.<ref name="FR2765p13">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', | + | During the Star League era the 32nd Lyran Guards was one of six regiments within the [[Fourth Lyran Guards Division]], one of five Divisions of active regiments within the Lyran Guards brigade in the closing decades of the [[Star League]]'s existence.<ref name="FR2765p13">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', pp. 13–14: "Lyran Guards"</ref> |
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| + | In [[2704]] the 32nd was the victor in a large mock battle using low-powered weapons on [[Solaris]] against another Lyran command. The battle was officiated by [[Colonel]] [[Daniel Allison]], a famed [[Gunslinger]], the broadcast was the top rated program throughout the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref>''Solaris VII: The Game World - Player's Guide'', p. 7: "The Hidden War"</ref> | ||
Like the other regiments of the Guards during this era, the 32nd lacked any particular political ties - either regional or familial - unlike regiments in other brigades; commonly assigned to garrison postings, the 32nd Lyran Guards and their sister regiments were postings of choice for those who wanted to work for the Commonwealth without either regional loyalties or particular ambitions. This led to the 32nd Guards and her sister regiments being manned by soldiers who were professional, but without the close-knit ties found in more parochial regiments. The LCAF was intent on generating more camaraderie and ''esprit de corps'' among the 32nd and the other Guards regiments, but with little success by 2765.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> | Like the other regiments of the Guards during this era, the 32nd lacked any particular political ties - either regional or familial - unlike regiments in other brigades; commonly assigned to garrison postings, the 32nd Lyran Guards and their sister regiments were postings of choice for those who wanted to work for the Commonwealth without either regional loyalties or particular ambitions. This led to the 32nd Guards and her sister regiments being manned by soldiers who were professional, but without the close-knit ties found in more parochial regiments. The LCAF was intent on generating more camaraderie and ''esprit de corps'' among the 32nd and the other Guards regiments, but with little success by 2765.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> | ||
| − | In the mid-2760s the 32nd Guards had been deployed on a bandit-hunting exercise in the [[Kirchbach]] system when a freak [[JumpShip]] accident wiped out two of the Guards' | + | In the mid-2760s the 32nd Guards had been deployed on a bandit-hunting exercise in the [[Kirchbach]] system when a freak [[JumpShip]] accident wiped out two of the Guards' [[battalion]]s. Stationed on [[Harvest]] in 2765, the unit was still reeling from the effects of the tragic accident at Kirchbach.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> |
=== Succession Wars === | === Succession Wars === | ||
| − | In [[2801]] the 32nd Guards' training unit drove a raiding force from [[Redjack Ryan]]'s Bandit Kingdom off of [[Alkalurops]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 118</ref> The whole unit raided [[Kobe]] in [[3000]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 36</ref> | + | In [[2801]] the 32nd Guards' training unit drove a raiding force from [[Redjack Ryan]]'s Bandit Kingdom off of [[Alkalurops]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 118</ref> The whole unit raided [[Kobe]] in [[3000]],<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 36</ref> and [[Wheel]] in [[3014]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 158</ref> |
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| + | In [[3007]] the unit was part of a raid on the Free Worlds League world of [[Danais]], operating alongside the mercenary unit [[Snord's Irregulars]]. The mission had been devised during a planning session involving [[Cranston Snord]] and [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] in mid-3007; Cranston Snord's interest in Danais was actually a [[DropShip]] carrying valuable musical instruments which had been shot down over the world's jungles during the fall of the [[Star League]]. What Snord didn't know was that the Free Worlds League was building an aerospace fighter production facility on Danais and had reinforced the local garrison accordingly. Worse still, the two derelict DropShips that the Irregulars had identified actually contained the [[FWLM]] garrison HQ. Snord's Irregulars prevailed, however, and captured both the FWL command staff and a collection of instruments for their museum on [[Clinton]].<ref>''Cranston Snord's Irregulars'', pp. 20–21: Scenario "Amber Surprise"</ref> The capture of the entire command staff of the [[Twenty-first Marik Militia]] was a sufficiently ignominious defeat that the Twenty-first was disbanded as a command.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p90">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 90: "Marik Militia"</ref> | ||
| − | In [[ | + | In [[3020]], the Thirty-Second was on [[Alexandria (LC)|Alexandria]] with several other regiments who [[Battle of Alexandria (3020)|conquered]] the planet. [[Lieutenant]] [[Martha Maveries]] gained some notoriety for stepping on defending Combine hovercraft.<ref name=TRO3025p8>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 8</ref><ref name=TROSW>''Technical Readout: Succession Wars'', p. 8</ref> |
=== Clan Invasion === | === Clan Invasion === | ||
| − | Since the [[Fourth Succession War]] the 32nd Guards mostly spent time on the [[Free Worlds League]]/[[Lyran Commonwealth]] border. For much of that time, they were stationed on [[Solaris VII]], the Game World.<ref name=20yr27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27 | + | Since the [[Fourth Succession War]] the 32nd Guards mostly spent time on the [[Free Worlds League]]/[[Lyran Commonwealth]] border. For much of that time, they were stationed on [[Solaris VII]], the Game World.<ref name=20yr27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27: "AFFC Deployment Table"</ref> In [[3057]] the High Command reassigned them to [[New Kyoto]] as that world's garrison. When rioting broke out on Solaris, a battalion of troops from the 32nd returned to establish order.<ref name=IoV-165>''Illusions of Victory'', pp. 165–166</ref><ref name=FCCW-18>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 18: "Flashpoint"</ref> Instead of separating the combatants however, the 32nd warriors openly sided with the Silesian duelists against the gladiators from the Davion-backed Black Hills. Their presence did bring the fighting to a halt but the skilled duelists from the arenas destroyed nearly every Guard 'Mech that was sent to face them.<ref name=FCCW-21>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 21: "Flashpoint: Solaris VII"</ref> |
Splitting the unit across Solaris and New Kyoto made it difficult to rebuild, and to add insult to injury the 32nd had been made subordinate to the [[Seventeenth Arcturan Guards]], the other [[LAAF]] unit on Solaris.<ref name=FMLAp83/> | Splitting the unit across Solaris and New Kyoto made it difficult to rebuild, and to add insult to injury the 32nd had been made subordinate to the [[Seventeenth Arcturan Guards]], the other [[LAAF]] unit on Solaris.<ref name=FMLAp83/> | ||
=== FedCom Civil War === | === FedCom Civil War === | ||
| − | During the [[FedCom Civil War]], the 32nd Guards broke their oath to the Lyran Alliance and attacked the 17th Arcturan Guards on Solaris. The fighting was heavy, with the 32nd taking serious losses. A combined force of mercenaries on Solaris destroyed | + | During the [[FedCom Civil War]], the 32nd Guards broke their oath to the Lyran Alliance and attacked the 17th Arcturan Guards on Solaris. The fighting was heavy, with the 32nd taking serious losses. A combined force of mercenaries on Solaris destroyed their command structure, which later allowed the [[Second Donegal Guards]] to destroy three quarters of the unit.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', pp. 170, 177</ref> |
=== The Jihad === | === The Jihad === | ||
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The unit received its nickname because no opposing force has ever completely stopped it. | The unit received its nickname because no opposing force has ever completely stopped it. | ||
| − | ==Officers== | + | ==Officers== |
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| − | |- | + | |- |
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ||
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ||
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 32nd Lyran Guards''' | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 32nd Lyran Guards''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[Brigadier]]||[[Carson Enright]]||[[3025]]<ref name=TRO302p118>''Technical Readout: 3025'', | + | | [[Brigadier]]||[[Carson Enright]]||[[3025]]<ref name=TRO302p118>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 118: "CP 10-Z Cyclops"</ref> |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]]||[[Gustav | + | | [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]]||[[Gustav van Buren]]||[[3050]] - [[3054]]<ref name=20yr27/><ref name=ORp19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"</ref> |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[Leutnant-General]]||[[Alice Day]]||[[3062]]<ref name=FMLAp83>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 83 | + | | [[Leutnant-General]]||[[Alice Day]]||[[3062]]<ref name=FMLAp83>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 83: "32nd Lyran Guards Profile"</ref> |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Leutnant-General||[[Ethan Lyle]]||[[3067]]<ref name=FMUp177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177 | + | | Leutnant-General||[[Ethan Lyle]]||[[3067]]<ref name=FMUp177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177: "LAAF Deployment Table - 3067"</ref> |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Leutnant-General||[[Sara Jovino]]||[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p108>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 108 | + | | Leutnant-General||[[Sara Jovino]]||[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p108>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 108: "LAAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> |
|} | |} | ||
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'''32nd Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FR2765p13"/> | '''32nd Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FR2765p13"/> | ||
:- At this point in time the 32nd was based on Harvest.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> | :- At this point in time the 32nd was based on Harvest.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> | ||
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=== 2786 - 2821=== | === 2786 - 2821=== | ||
| − | '''32nd Lyran Guards ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) <ref name= | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=1SWp139>''First Succession War'', p. 139</ref> |
| − | : Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on [[Harvest]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 59 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Kreller]]. <ref name= | + | : Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on [[Harvest]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 59 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Kreller]].<ref name=1SWp139/> |
| + | |||
=== 2830 === | === 2830 === | ||
| − | '''32nd Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) <ref name= | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=2SWp99>''Second Succession War'', p. 99</ref> |
| − | : Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Kreller]] with an operational readiness of 83 percent. <ref name= | + | : Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Kreller]] with an operational readiness of 83 percent.<ref name=2SWp99/> |
| − | === 2864 === | + | |
| − | '''32nd Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) <ref name= | + | === 2864 === |
| − | : Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Shiloh]] with an operational readiness of 37 percent. <ref name= | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=2SWp99/> |
| + | : Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Shiloh]] with an operational readiness of 37 percent.<ref name=2SWp99/> | ||
===3025=== | ===3025=== | ||
| − | '''32nd Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 119 | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 119: "Deployment Table"</ref> |
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Solaris]]. | :Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Solaris]]. | ||
===3040=== | ===3040=== | ||
| − | '''32nd Lyran Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name = HWo3039p137/> | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=HWo3039p137/> |
| − | :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Solaris VII]]. | + | :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Solaris VII]].<ref name=HWo3039p137>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137</ref> |
| + | |||
| + | ===3050=== | ||
| + | '''32nd Lyran Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=20yr27/> | ||
| + | : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Solaris]].<ref name=20yr27/> | ||
===3050=== | ===3050=== | ||
| − | '''32nd Lyran Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable) <ref name= | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards RCT ''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=20yup27/> |
| − | : Note: At this point in time the | + | :* CO: Marshal Gustav van Buren<ref name=20yup27/> |
| + | :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Solaris]].<ref name=20yup27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27</ref> | ||
| − | === | + | ===3054=== |
| − | '''32nd Lyran Guards RCT''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=ORp19/ | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=ORp19/> |
| − | :* CO: Marshal Gustav | + | :* CO: Marshal Gustav van Buren<ref name=ORp19/> |
| + | :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Solaris]].<ref name=ORp19/> | ||
===3062=== | ===3062=== | ||
'''32nd Lyran Guards''' (understrength, two [[Battalion]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> | '''32nd Lyran Guards''' (understrength, two [[Battalion]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> | ||
| − | :* CO: Leutnant General Alice Day<br> | + | :* CO: Leutnant-General [[Alice Day]]<br> |
| − | Aide: Colonel Osbert Fryday<br> | + | Aide: Colonel [[Osbert Fryday]]<br> |
'''32nd Lyran Guards Aerospace Brigade'''<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> | '''32nd Lyran Guards Aerospace Brigade'''<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> | ||
| − | - (currently | + | - (currently noncombat-effective)<br> |
'''32nd Lyran Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 [[Regiment]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> | '''32nd Lyran Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 [[Regiment]]s/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> | ||
| − | :* CO: Colonel Eguido Ferreira <br> | + | :* CO: Colonel [[Eguido Ferreira]]<br> |
| − | Aide: Leutnant Colonel Ives Channayra<br> | + | Aide: Leutnant-Colonel [[Ives Channayra]]<br> |
| − | - 726th Lyran Panzer Regiment - | + | - 726th Lyran Panzer Regiment - Colonel [[Durant Lloyd]]<br> |
| − | - 783th Lyran Light Tank Regiment - | + | - 783th Lyran Light Tank Regiment - Colonel [[Clovis Gordon]]<br> |
| − | - 41st New Kyoto Cavalry Regiment - | + | - 41st New Kyoto Cavalry Regiment - Colonel [[Lina Collard]]<br> |
'''32nd Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> | '''32nd Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLAp83/><br> | ||
| − | :* CO: Colonel Sara Jovino<br> | + | :* CO: Colonel [[Sara Jovino]]<br> |
| − | Aide: Leutnant Colonel Nils Varnava<br> | + | Aide: Leutnant-Colonel [[Nils Varnava]]<br> |
| − | - 82nd New Kyoto Mounted Rifles - Colonel Omar Shulman<br> | + | - 82nd New Kyoto Mounted Rifles - Colonel [[Omar Shulman]]<br> |
| − | - 2nd Lyran Armored Infantry - Colonel Anastasia Osaji<br> | + | - 2nd Lyran Armored Infantry - Colonel [[Anastasia Osaji]]<br> |
| − | - 8th New Kyoto Mechanized Regiment - Colonel Kiliet Masters<br> | + | - 8th New Kyoto Mechanized Regiment - Colonel [[Kiliet Masters]]<br> |
| − | - 4th New Kyoto Force Recon - Colonel Roland Mahoney<br> | + | - 4th New Kyoto Force Recon - Colonel [[Roland Mahoney]]<br> |
| − | - 80th Lyran Military Police Regiment - Colonel Bianca | + | - 80th Lyran Military Police Regiment - Colonel [[Bianca Stratford]]<br> |
===3067=== | ===3067=== | ||
| − | '''32nd Lyran Guards RCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/><br> | + | '''32nd Lyran Guards RCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/><br> |
| − | :* CO: Leutnant General Ethan Lyle<br> | + | :* CO: Leutnant General [[Ethan Lyle]]<br> |
| − | '''32nd Lyran Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/><br> | + | '''32nd Lyran Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/><br> |
:* CO: Colonel Eguido Ferreira<br> | :* CO: Colonel Eguido Ferreira<br> | ||
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- After the FedCom Civil War, the 32nd was reduced to a quarter of its nominal strength. | - After the FedCom Civil War, the 32nd was reduced to a quarter of its nominal strength. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===3079=== | ||
| + | '''Thirty-Second Lyran Guards RCT ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name="frlcaf12">''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 12</ref> | ||
| + | : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Graus]].<ref name="frlcaf12"/> | ||
===3085=== | ===3085=== | ||
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'''32nd Lyran Guard Aerospace''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p108/><br> | '''32nd Lyran Guard Aerospace''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p108/><br> | ||
| − | :* CO: Kommandant Artturi Chlebek<br> | + | :* CO: Kommandant [[Artturi Chlebek]]<br> |
'''32nd Lyran Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FM3085p108/><br> | '''32nd Lyran Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FM3085p108/><br> | ||
| − | :* CO: Colonel Gerulf O'Dalaigh<br> | + | :* CO: Colonel [[Gerulf O'Dalaigh]]<br> |
'''32nd Lyran Infantry Brigade''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p108/><br> | '''32nd Lyran Infantry Brigade''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p108/><br> | ||
| − | :* CO: Colonel Loukas Fuentes<br> | + | :* CO: Colonel [[Loukas Fuentes]]<br> |
| + | |||
| + | [[2nd Lyran Armored Infantry]] is listed as attached to the Guards at this time, but which Brigade is not specified. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | They are mainly equipped with old Mechs, not yet refitted to the | + | They are mainly equipped with old 'Mechs, not yet refitted to the post–[[Clan Invasion]] level. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
* ''[[Cranston Snord's Irregulars (scenario pack)|Cranston Snord's Irregulars]]'' | * ''[[Cranston Snord's Irregulars (scenario pack)|Cranston Snord's Irregulars]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]'' | + | * ''[[The Dying Time]]'' (novel) |
| + | * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]'' | * ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' |
| + | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' | * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' | ||
* ''[[Illusions of Victory]]'' (novel) | * ''[[Illusions of Victory]]'' (novel) | ||
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]'' |
| − | + | * ''[[Solaris VII: The Game World]]'' | |
| − | * ''[[ | + | |
[[Category:Lyran Commands|Lyran Guards, 32nd]] | [[Category:Lyran Commands|Lyran Guards, 32nd]] | ||
[[Category:Federated Commonwealth Commands|Lyran Guards, 32nd]] | [[Category:Federated Commonwealth Commands|Lyran Guards, 32nd]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:29, 3 April 2024
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| Thirty-second Lyran Guards | |
| Nickname | Red Arrows; Fürst Hohenlohe (2765)[1] |
| Affiliation | Lyran Commonwealth |
| Parent Command | Lyran Guards |
The 32nd Lyran Guards are a long-serving unit in the LCAF.
History[edit]
Star League Era[edit]
During the Star League era the 32nd Lyran Guards was one of six regiments within the Fourth Lyran Guards Division, one of five Divisions of active regiments within the Lyran Guards brigade in the closing decades of the Star League's existence.[1]
In 2704 the 32nd was the victor in a large mock battle using low-powered weapons on Solaris against another Lyran command. The battle was officiated by Colonel Daniel Allison, a famed Gunslinger, the broadcast was the top rated program throughout the Lyran Commonwealth.[2]
Like the other regiments of the Guards during this era, the 32nd lacked any particular political ties - either regional or familial - unlike regiments in other brigades; commonly assigned to garrison postings, the 32nd Lyran Guards and their sister regiments were postings of choice for those who wanted to work for the Commonwealth without either regional loyalties or particular ambitions. This led to the 32nd Guards and her sister regiments being manned by soldiers who were professional, but without the close-knit ties found in more parochial regiments. The LCAF was intent on generating more camaraderie and esprit de corps among the 32nd and the other Guards regiments, but with little success by 2765.[1]
In the mid-2760s the 32nd Guards had been deployed on a bandit-hunting exercise in the Kirchbach system when a freak JumpShip accident wiped out two of the Guards' battalions. Stationed on Harvest in 2765, the unit was still reeling from the effects of the tragic accident at Kirchbach.[1]
Succession Wars[edit]
In 2801 the 32nd Guards' training unit drove a raiding force from Redjack Ryan's Bandit Kingdom off of Alkalurops.[3] The whole unit raided Kobe in 3000,[4] and Wheel in 3014.[5]
In 3007 the unit was part of a raid on the Free Worlds League world of Danais, operating alongside the mercenary unit Snord's Irregulars. The mission had been devised during a planning session involving Cranston Snord and Archon Katrina Steiner in mid-3007; Cranston Snord's interest in Danais was actually a DropShip carrying valuable musical instruments which had been shot down over the world's jungles during the fall of the Star League. What Snord didn't know was that the Free Worlds League was building an aerospace fighter production facility on Danais and had reinforced the local garrison accordingly. Worse still, the two derelict DropShips that the Irregulars had identified actually contained the FWLM garrison HQ. Snord's Irregulars prevailed, however, and captured both the FWL command staff and a collection of instruments for their museum on Clinton.[6] The capture of the entire command staff of the Twenty-first Marik Militia was a sufficiently ignominious defeat that the Twenty-first was disbanded as a command.[7]
In 3020, the Thirty-Second was on Alexandria with several other regiments who conquered the planet. Lieutenant Martha Maveries gained some notoriety for stepping on defending Combine hovercraft.[8][9]
Clan Invasion[edit]
Since the Fourth Succession War the 32nd Guards mostly spent time on the Free Worlds League/Lyran Commonwealth border. For much of that time, they were stationed on Solaris VII, the Game World.[10] In 3057 the High Command reassigned them to New Kyoto as that world's garrison. When rioting broke out on Solaris, a battalion of troops from the 32nd returned to establish order.[11][12] Instead of separating the combatants however, the 32nd warriors openly sided with the Silesian duelists against the gladiators from the Davion-backed Black Hills. Their presence did bring the fighting to a halt but the skilled duelists from the arenas destroyed nearly every Guard 'Mech that was sent to face them.[13]
Splitting the unit across Solaris and New Kyoto made it difficult to rebuild, and to add insult to injury the 32nd had been made subordinate to the Seventeenth Arcturan Guards, the other LAAF unit on Solaris.[14]
FedCom Civil War[edit]
During the FedCom Civil War, the 32nd Guards broke their oath to the Lyran Alliance and attacked the 17th Arcturan Guards on Solaris. The fighting was heavy, with the 32nd taking serious losses. A combined force of mercenaries on Solaris destroyed their command structure, which later allowed the Second Donegal Guards to destroy three quarters of the unit.[15]
The Jihad[edit]
During the Jihad the 32nd Guards were redeployed to the Lyran Commonwealth/Clan Jade Falcon border to guard against Clan adventurism. Though they saw no action against the Falcons, the soldiers of the unit spent considerable time in the company of socialites who accompanied them from Tharkad.[16]
The unit received its nickname because no opposing force has ever completely stopped it.
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the 32nd Lyran Guards | |||
| Brigadier | Carson Enright | 3025[17] | |
| Marshal | Gustav van Buren | 3050 - 3054[10][18] | |
| Leutnant-General | Alice Day | 3062[14] | |
| Leutnant-General | Ethan Lyle | 3067[19] | |
| Leutnant-General | Sara Jovino | 3085[20] | |
Tactics[edit]
During the riots the unit has learned to fight in urban environments.[14]
Composition History[edit]
2765[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[1]
- - At this point in time the 32nd was based on Harvest.[1]
2786 - 2821[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[21]
- Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on Harvest. In 2821 the command was reduced to 59 percent of its strength and was deployed on Kreller.[21]
2830[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[22]
- Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Kreller with an operational readiness of 83 percent.[22]
2864[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[22]
- Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Shiloh with an operational readiness of 37 percent.[22]
3025[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[23]
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Solaris.
3040[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards RCT (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[24]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Solaris VII.[24]
3050[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards RCT (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[10]
3050[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards RCT (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[25]
- CO: Marshal Gustav van Buren[25]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Solaris.[25]
3054[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards RCT (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[18]
- CO: Marshal Gustav van Buren[18]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Solaris.[18]
3062[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards (understrength, two Battalions/Green/Reliable)[14]
- CO: Leutnant-General Alice Day
- CO: Leutnant-General Alice Day
Aide: Colonel Osbert Fryday
32nd Lyran Guards Aerospace Brigade[14]
- (currently noncombat-effective)
32nd Lyran Guards Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Green/Reliable)[14]
- CO: Colonel Eguido Ferreira
- CO: Colonel Eguido Ferreira
Aide: Leutnant-Colonel Ives Channayra
- 726th Lyran Panzer Regiment - Colonel Durant Lloyd
- 783th Lyran Light Tank Regiment - Colonel Clovis Gordon
- 41st New Kyoto Cavalry Regiment - Colonel Lina Collard
32nd Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)[14]
- CO: Colonel Sara Jovino
- CO: Colonel Sara Jovino
Aide: Leutnant-Colonel Nils Varnava
- 82nd New Kyoto Mounted Rifles - Colonel Omar Shulman
- 2nd Lyran Armored Infantry - Colonel Anastasia Osaji
- 8th New Kyoto Mechanized Regiment - Colonel Kiliet Masters
- 4th New Kyoto Force Recon - Colonel Roland Mahoney
- 80th Lyran Military Police Regiment - Colonel Bianca Stratford
3067[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards RCT (Regular/Reliable)[19]
- CO: Leutnant General Ethan Lyle
- CO: Leutnant General Ethan Lyle
32nd Lyran Armor Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[19]
- CO: Colonel Eguido Ferreira
- CO: Colonel Eguido Ferreira
32nd Lyran Infantry Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[19]
- CO: Colonel Sara Jovino
- CO: Colonel Sara Jovino
- After the FedCom Civil War, the 32nd was reduced to a quarter of its nominal strength.
3079[edit]
Thirty-Second Lyran Guards RCT (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[26]
3085[edit]
32nd Lyran Guards LCT (Regular/Reliable)[20]
- CO: Leutnant General Sara Jovino
- CO: Leutnant General Sara Jovino
32nd Lyran Guard Aerospace (Green/Reliable)[20]
- CO: Kommandant Artturi Chlebek
- CO: Kommandant Artturi Chlebek
32nd Lyran Armor Brigade (Regular/Questionable)[20]
- CO: Colonel Gerulf O'Dalaigh
- CO: Colonel Gerulf O'Dalaigh
32nd Lyran Infantry Brigade (Green/Reliable)[20]
- CO: Colonel Loukas Fuentes
- CO: Colonel Loukas Fuentes
2nd Lyran Armored Infantry is listed as attached to the Guards at this time, but which Brigade is not specified.
Notes[edit]
They are mainly equipped with old 'Mechs, not yet refitted to the post–Clan Invasion level.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Field Report 2765: LCAF, pp. 13–14: "Lyran Guards"
- ↑ Solaris VII: The Game World - Player's Guide, p. 7: "The Hidden War"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 118
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 36
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 158
- ↑ Cranston Snord's Irregulars, pp. 20–21: Scenario "Amber Surprise"
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 90: "Marik Militia"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 8
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 8
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 20 Year Update, p. 27: "AFFC Deployment Table"
- ↑ Illusions of Victory, pp. 165–166
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 18: "Flashpoint"
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 21: "Flashpoint: Solaris VII"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 83: "32nd Lyran Guards Profile"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, pp. 170, 177
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 101
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 118: "CP 10-Z Cyclops"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Objective Raids, p. 19: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Field Manual: Updates, p. 177: "LAAF Deployment Table - 3067"
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 Field Manual: 3085, p. 108: "LAAF Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 First Succession War, p. 139
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Second Succession War, p. 99
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 119: "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 137
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 20 Year Update, p. 27
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Field Report: FWLM, p. 12
Bibliography[edit]
- 20 Year Update
- Cranston Snord's Irregulars
- The Dying Time (novel)
- FedCom Civil War
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: Lyran Alliance
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report 2765: LCAF
- First Succession War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)
- Illusions of Victory (novel)
- Objective Raids
- Second Succession War
- Solaris VII: The Game World