3rd Lyran Guards
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History
The commanding officers of the Third Lyran Guards are known to wear ancient broadswords to officer's mess. The tradition started, when Colonel Rekenzie Weber discovered such a sword on Alexandria during the 1st Succession War. Thus, the Third Lyran Guards are nicknamed "The Eversworded Third".
The Third unsuccessfully defended Tharkad and the wife of the late Archon Marcus Steiner against troops loyal to his younger brother Claudius Steiner in 2844.[1]
The Third invaded the planet Vega during the 4th Succession War. Initially, the Guards all but crushed the resistance on-world and drove the defending 2nd Legion of Vega and 14th Legion of Vega from two of the world's three continents. However, when Theodore Kurita arrived in October 3028, the situation dramatically changed. Theodore managed to rally the Legions of Vega and launched an offensive that ultimately split the Guards in two. The Guards had to retreat from Vega or face annihilation by the superior numbers of the DCMS forces. The Beta company of the Guards' second batallion rearguarded the evacuation of the remaining Lyran forces.[2]
Ronin War
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War of 3039
The Third was assigned to invade the planet of Vega once more alongside the 3rd Davion Guards, Cranston Snord's Irregulars, the 1st Grave Walkers, and the 17th Recon Regiment. The defending 14th Legion of Vega and the 5th Amphigean Light Assault Group were defeated on short order. The Third was redeployed to Port Moseby before the DCMS struck back.[citation needed]
Clan Invasion
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FedCom Civil War
During the FedCom Civil War, the Third Lyran Guard tried to keep the peace between the 11th Donegal Guards and ComStar's 388th Division.[3] At the end of the war they were reassigned to Crimond.[4]
Jihad Era
The Third participated in the liberation of Tharkad in January 3072. They dropped on-world and held open a landing zone for other Coalition forces.[5] The Third Guards were one of the Lyran units to join Devlin Stone's Coalition. As part of the Free Worlds League task force, they attacked Berenson alongside the Beta Galaxy and the Marlette Crucis March Militia.[6]
The Third Guards participated in the assault on Terra. There they were assigned to General Connor Sortek's command. Fighting alongside the 17th Benjamin Regulars, the Third seized the Pacific Northwest, a part of the North American continent.[7]
Officers
Colonel Hendrik Grimm served as a battalion commander in the Third Lyran Guards before he went rogue alongside the 65th Lyran Regulars.
As of 3050 to 3062, the commanding officer was Leutnant-General Paul Zardetto, a McKennsy Hammer holder.[8][9] He was still in command a decade later, when the Third Lyran liberated Tharkad.[10] He remained in command of the Third during that unit's time with the Coalition while simultaneously serving as one of the Free Worlds League Task Group commanders under Alys Marik.[11]
Tactics
The 3rd Lyran Guards trained hard for four years to reclaim Tharkad from Word of Blake forces. A large part of that training dealt with combat drops, and so the 3rd Lyrans are very skilled in dropping into combat.[12]
Composition History
3025
3rd Lyran Guards (Veteran/Fanatical)[13]
3040
3rd Lyran Guards RCT (Veteran/Fanatical)[14]
3050-3054
3rd Lyran Guards RCT (Veteran/Fanatical)[8][15]
- CO: Marshal Paul Zardotta
3062 to 3067
3rd Lyran Guards (1 Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[9][4]
- CO: Leutnant-General Paul Zardetto
- Aide: Colonel Kay Hanley
3rd Lyran Guards Aerospace Brigade (2 Wings)[9][4]
3rd Lyran Guards Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Veteran/Fanatical)[9][4]
- CO: Colonel Greg McKenna
- Aide: Leutnant-Colonel Pandelis Alexandrou
- 876th Lyran Tank Regiment: Colonel Elizabeth Ravn
- 881st Lyran Tank Regiment: Colonel Hester Kidness
- 19th Graceland Recon Regiment: Colonel Benedicte Rubel
3rd Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade (5 Regiments/Veteran/Reliable)[9][4]
- CO: Colonel: Lisle Hayden
- Aide: Leutnant-Colonel Bernard Kahn
- 266th Pandora Mechanized Regiment: Colonel Boye Verlaine
- 608th Lyran Motorized Regiment: Colonel Purvis Gozra
- 31st Lyran Force Recon: Colonel Penny Harsant
- 18th Lyran Commando Regiment: Colonel Godfrey Ballard
- 62nd Lyran Jump Infantry Regiment: Colonel Jurgen Esposito
- The 18th Lyran Commando has a Battle Armor Company, including a Squad of Elemental battlesuits
3085
3rd Lyran Guards RCT (Veteran/Reliable)[16]
- CO: Leutnant-General Paul Zardetto
3rd Lyran Armor Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[16]
- CO: Colonel Huguo Roth
3rd Lyran Infantry Brigade (Veteran/Fanatical)[16] (CO: Colonel Antonin Nelson)
Notes
Homeworld Tharkad.
References
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p.57
- ↑ The Fourth Succession War Scenarios Volume One, p. 26
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 170, "3rd Lyran Guards"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Field Manual: Updates, p. 177, "LAAF Deployment Table - 3067"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Tharkad, p. 7
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 46
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 96
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 20 Year Update, p. 19, "AFFC Deployment Table"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 75, "3rd Lyran Guards Unit Profile"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Tharkad, p. 7
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 45, "Overview: Alys Marik"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Tharkad, p. 7
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 121, "Unit Deployment Table - 3025"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 137
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 22, "AFFC Deployment Table"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Field Manual: 3085, p. 109, "LAAF Deployment Table - 3085"