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| Designation = Forty-third Hector Cavaliers
| parent formation = [[Theta Galaxy (Clan Ice Hellion)|Theta Galaxy]]
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| Disbanded = [[3074]] (Disbanded)
| year    = 3074
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| disbanded = 3074
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| unitname = 43rd Hector Cavaliers
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| Affiliation = [[Clan Ice Hellion]]
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| Parent Command = [[Theta Galaxy (Clan Ice Hellion)|Theta Galaxy]]
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==History==
 
==History==
 
The Cavaliers were primarily tasked with the protection of [[Clan Ice Hellion]] merchant caste vessels.<ref name=FM:CRCp89>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 89, "43rd Hector Cavaliers Profile"</ref>
 
The Cavaliers were primarily tasked with the protection of [[Clan Ice Hellion]] merchant caste vessels.<ref name=FM:CRCp89>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 89, "43rd Hector Cavaliers Profile"</ref>
The Forty-third was stationed on [[Barcella]] in [[3067]].<ref name=FM:Up72>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 72, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
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The Forty-third was stationed on [[Babylon]] in [[3059]], abut had moved to [[Barcella]] by [[3067]].<ref name=FM:Up72>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 72: "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref><ref name=FM:CC153>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 153 "Deployment Table"</ref>
  
During [[3068]] and [[3071]] the Custer was rotated across all of the Clan's holdings in the homeworlds in an attempt to confuse the other Clans as to its true strength and cover the troop movements to the Inner Sphere.<ref name=WoR84>''Wars of Reaving'', p. 84</ref>
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During [[3068]] and [[3071]] the Custer was rotated across all of the Clan's holdings in the homeworlds in an attempt to confuse the other Clans as to its true strength and cover the troop movements to the Inner Sphere.<ref name=WoR84>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 84</ref>
  
Attrition finally caught up with the Cluster and by June [[3072]] they were woefully understrength,<ref name=WoR98>''Wars of Reaving'', p. 98</ref> and by December 3072 they had moved to Hector to join the rest of Theta Galaxy.<ref name=WoR110-1>''Wars of Reaving'', p. 110-111</ref>
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Attrition finally caught up with the Cluster and by June [[3072]] they were woefully understrength,<ref name=WoR98>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 98</ref> and by December 3072 they had moved to Hector to join the rest of Theta Galaxy.<ref name=WoR110-1>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 110-111</ref>
  
The surviving warriors of the Cluster were absorbed in to [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] in [[3074]].<ref name=WoR129>''Wars of Reaving'', p. 129</ref>
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The surviving warriors of the Cluster were absorbed in to [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] in [[3074]].<ref name=WoR129>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 129</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
As of [[3059]] the commanding officer was [[Star Colonel]] Balfour. Balfour however was frustrated at being assigned such an unworthy position and took his anger out on those under his command. As a result the Binary lacked an executive officer, as the last four met their deaths at the hand of Balfour during [[Trial of Refusal|Trials of Refusal]] and there had been no further applications for the post.<ref name=FM:CRCp89/>
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As of 3067 the Cavaliers' commanding officer was Star Colonel Nolan.<ref name=FM:Up72/>
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 43rd Hector Cavaliers'''
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| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Balfour]]||[[3059]]<ref name=FM:CRCp89/>
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| Star Colonel||[[Nolan (Clan Ice Hellion)|Nolan]]||[[3067]]<ref name=FM:Up72/>
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==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
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* CO: Star Colonel Nolan
 
* CO: Star Colonel Nolan
  
==Notes==
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==Rules==
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When fighting in Star, Nova or smaller formations the cluster gains +1 to initiative.<ref name=FM:CC177>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 177</ref>
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
*''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
 
*''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Update]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Wars of Reaving]]''
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*''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
  
 
[[Category:Clan Ice Hellion Commands|Hector Cavaliers, 043]]
 
[[Category:Clan Ice Hellion Commands|Hector Cavaliers, 043]]

Latest revision as of 23:34, 6 May 2022

Clan Ice Hellion.jpg
Forty-third Hector Cavaliers
Disbanded 3074 (Disbanded)
Affiliation Clan Ice Hellion
Parent Command Theta Galaxy

History[edit]

The Cavaliers were primarily tasked with the protection of Clan Ice Hellion merchant caste vessels.[1] The Forty-third was stationed on Babylon in 3059, abut had moved to Barcella by 3067.[2][3]

During 3068 and 3071 the Custer was rotated across all of the Clan's holdings in the homeworlds in an attempt to confuse the other Clans as to its true strength and cover the troop movements to the Inner Sphere.[4]

Attrition finally caught up with the Cluster and by June 3072 they were woefully understrength,[5] and by December 3072 they had moved to Hector to join the rest of Theta Galaxy.[6]

The surviving warriors of the Cluster were absorbed in to Clan Goliath Scorpion in 3074.[7]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 43rd Hector Cavaliers
Star Colonel Balfour 3059[1]
Star Colonel Nolan 3067[2]

Tactics[edit]

While proficient in zero and low-gravity fighting, the cluster rarely fights together, resulting in poor unit cohesion.[1]

Composition History[edit]

3059[edit]

43rd Hector Cavaliers (3 Trinaries/Green/Questionable)[1]

  • CO: Star Colonel Balfour

3067[edit]

43rd Hector Cavaliers (Green/Questionable)[2]

  • CO: Star Colonel Nolan

Rules[edit]

When fighting in Star, Nova or smaller formations the cluster gains +1 to initiative.[8]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 89, "43rd Hector Cavaliers Profile"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Manual: Updates, p. 72: "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"
  3. Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 153 "Deployment Table"
  4. The Wars of Reaving, p. 84
  5. The Wars of Reaving, p. 98
  6. The Wars of Reaving, p. 110-111
  7. The Wars of Reaving, p. 129
  8. Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 177

Bibliography[edit]