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| Designation = Thirty-Second Vanguard Battle Cluster
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| nickname = The Watchmen
| Formed =
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| parent formation = [[Kindraa Mick-Kreese (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Kindraa Mick-Kreese]]
| Disbanded = [[3071]] (destroyed)
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| formed  =
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 3059
| Nickname = The Watchmen
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| unitname = 32nd Vanguard Battle Cluster
| Affiliation = [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
 
| Parent Command = [[Kindraa Mick-Kreese-Kline-Sainze (Clan Fire Mandrill)#Kindraa Mick-Kreese-Kline|Kindraa Mick-Kreese-Kline]]
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
 
}}
 
}}
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==History==
 
==History==
===Kindraa Mick-Kreese===
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The 32nd Vanguard Battle was wiped out by [[Clan Star Adder]] forces on Albion. <ref name=wor50>''The Wars of Reaving'', p.50 </ref>
The '''Thirty-Second Vanguard Battle Cluster''' were stationed on [[Shadow]] in 3059.<ref name=FMCRC150>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 150: "Kindraa Mick-Kreese"</ref> Warriors that prove to have any real potential are soon transferred out to the [[11th Battle Force (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Eleventh Battle Force]] or to the [[23rd Air Assault Force (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Twenty-third Air Assault Force]], which keeps the Clusters quality down.<ref name=FMCRC52/>
 
 
 
In [[3067]] Kindraa Mick-Kreese joined the [[Clan Blood Spirit]] assault on [[Clan Star Adder]], sending two Clusters: the 11th battle Force and the 32nd Vanguard Cluster. Fighting alongside [[Iota Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Iota Galaxy]], they faced the Star Adders on [[Tathis]]. During the battle Kindraa Kline dropped into the middle of the combat, and the resulting confusion inflicted heavy losses on everyone involved, with many incidents of friendly fire. This was particularly devastating for Kindraa Kline taking seventy-five percent casualties.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 40</ref><ref name="WoRp17">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 17: "Monkey in the Middle"</ref>
 
 
 
 
===Kindraa Mick-Kreese-Kline===
 
===Kindraa Mick-Kreese-Kline===
In late [[3068]] the Kindraa struck out against Clan Hell's Horses enclaves on [[Kirin]]. SaKhan Kline's forces, including the Thirty-second, met with initial success capturing several important facilities, factories and cities almost a third of Kirin and winning important raw resources and materials. She failed to notice the quality of the troops lined up against her and was surprised by a counterattack by the Horses' Delta Galaxy that pushed the Mandrills out of almost every enclave except KM City.<ref name="WORp37">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 37: "Politics and Problems"</ref>
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In late 3068 the Kindraa struck out against Clan Hell's Horses enclaves on [[Kirin]] and [[Niles]]. SaKhan Kline's forces, including the Thirty-second, met with initial success capturing several important facilities, factories and cities almost a third of Kirin and winning important raw resources and materials. She failed to notice the quality of the troops lined up against her and was surprised bu a counter attack by the Horses Delta Galaxy that pushed the Mandrills out of almost every enclave except KM City. <ref name="WORp37">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 37, "Politics and Problems"</ref>
 
 
The Blood Spirits and the Star Adders had been fighting on [[Circe]] for some time before saKhan Kline brought Kindraa Mick-Kreese-Kline to the planet in January [[3071]]. She offered aid to the allied Blood Spirits but this was refused, after this she issued a Trial of Possession for two former Snow Raven enclaves that the Adders had recently taken. [[Galaxy Commander]] Daniels refused as fighting was ongoing. Kline landed her forces anyway which the Star Adders took as a breach of Trial and declared both Clans ''dezgra'' and lifted ''zellbrigen'' against them.<ref name="WORp54">''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 54–55: "Fuel for the Blood Feud"</ref> The Spirits and the Mandrills called for ''hegira'' but were refused. In the fighting the Thirty-second was wiped out.<ref name=wor50>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 50</ref>
 
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
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As of 3059 the Commanding Officer was [[Star Colonel]] Bethany [[Komolosi (Bloodname)|Komolosi]].
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 32nd Vanguard Battle Cluster'''
 
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| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Bethany Komolosi]]||[[3059]] - [[3067]]<ref name=FMCRC52>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 52: "Unit Profile"</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 70</ref>
 
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|}
 
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
Designated to hold captured ground and specializes in defensive combat.
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
===3059===
 
===3059===
'''32nd Vanguard Battle Cluster''' - Regular/Reliable<ref name=FMCRC52/>
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* 1 Command [[Trinary]] (includes 1 Fighter [[Star]])
* 4 [[Trinary|Trinaries]]:
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* 3 Mixed [[BattleMech]]/[[Elemental]] Trinaries
** 1 Command Trinary (includes 1 Fighter [[Star]])
 
** 3 Mixed [[BattleMech]]/[[Elemental]] Trinaries
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
* SaKhan Kelton Meyers of Clan Goliath Scorpion placed the battle that wiped out the 32nd Vanguard Battle on Albion and not Circe as in other sources.<ref name=wor50/>
 
* Page 52 of ''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'' erroneously lists The Watchmen as the 42nd Vanguard Battle, the correct numbering is given on page 150.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
 
  
  
 
[[Category:Clan Fire Mandrill Commands|Vanguard Battle, 032]]
 
[[Category:Clan Fire Mandrill Commands|Vanguard Battle, 032]]

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