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| nickname = Death before Dishonor
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| Designation    = Fourth Alliance Guards RCT
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| parent formation = [[Federated Commonwealth Corps]]/[[LAAF]]/[[Alliance Guards]]
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| formed        = [[3049]]
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| Previous Designation = Twelfth FedCom RCT<br/>
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| unitname = 4th Alliance Guards RCT
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| Nickname      = Death Before Dishonor
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| Affiliation    = [[Federated Commonwealth]]<br/>
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[[Lyran Alliance]]<br/>
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[[Alliance Guards]]<br/>
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Prior to becoming the '''Fourth Alliance Guards RCT''', the unit was originally the '''Twelfth FedCom RCT''', the last of the brigades formed for the [[Federated Commonwealth Corps]]. While stationed on [[Marcus]], they defended the world from a Marik-Liao incursion during [[Operation GUERRERO]].  When the [[Lyran Alliance]] seceded from the [[Federated Commonwealth]] in [[3057]], they were rechristened and integrated into the [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]].
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The '''Twelfth FedCom RCT''' would be the last RCT of the FedCom Corps. Stationed on [[Marcus]] in 3050,<ref name=20yr27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27</ref> they would defend the world in the Marik-Liao offensive of 3057. When [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] broke the [[Lyran Alliance]] off from the [[Federated Commonwealth]] the RCT was incorporated into the newly formed [[LAAF]] and was renamed the '''4th Alliance Guard RCT''' where up until the [[FedCom Civil War]], had the reputation for being full of troublemakers and malcontents.{{cn}}
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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Formed in [[3049]], the 12th FedCom was stationed on the the world of [[Marcus]] until [[3057]] when the planet was attacked by the [[Free Worlds League]] forces in the form of the [[7th Free Worlds Legionnaires]], [[Atrean Dragoons]], and the [[5th Marik Militia]]. After six days of fighting the RCT would stage a suicidal charge, later named the Battle of Cabot's Stand<ref name=FMFWL>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 42</ref> on the invading forces to buy time for DropShips containing members of the government and industry to escape offworld. The charge was a great success, inflicting crippling damage on the [[7th Free Worlds Legionnaires]] before being surrounded by the [[Atrean Dragoons]] and the [[5th Marik Militia]] and being forced to surrender. The RCT would remain prisoners for the rest of hostilities, but would be treated well for their devotion and willingness to sacrifice themselves for others. After hostilities ended, the 12th FedCom was released into the custody of the [[Lyran Alliance]]. <ref name=FMLA46>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 46, "4th Alliance Guards Unit Profile"</ref>
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Formed in [[3049]], the Twelfth FedCom was stationed on the world of [[Marcus]] until the start of [[Operation GUERRERO]] in [[3057]], when the planet was attacked by the [[Free Worlds League]] forces in the form of the [[Seventh Free Worlds Legionnaires]], [[Atrean Dragoons]], and the [[Fifth Marik Militia]]. After six days of fighting, the RCT staged a suicidal charge in what was later named the Battle of Cabot's Stand.<ref name=FMFWLp42>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 42</ref> This sacrificial assault bought time for DropShips containing members of the government and industry to escape offworld. The charge was a great success, inflicting crippling damage on the Seventh Free Worlds Legionnaires before the Twelfth FedCom was subsequently surrounded by the [[Atrean Dragoons]] and the [[Fifth Marik Militia]] and forced to surrender. The RCT remained prisoners for the rest of hostilities, but were treated well for their devotion and willingness to sacrifice themselves for others. After the hostilities ended, the Twelfth FedCom was released into the custody of the [[Lyran Alliance]].<ref name=FMLA46>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 46: "4th Alliance Guards: Death Before Dishonor"</ref>
  
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[[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] after seceding her half of the the [[Federated Commonwealth]] ordered the [[Federated Commonwealth Corps]] units in her realm renamed the [[Alliance Guards]] with the 12th FedCom being renamed the 4th Alliance Guard.<ref name=FMLA44>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 44, "Alliance Guards bio"</ref> The RCT was moved to garrison the world of [[Lipton]] to rebuild.  The RCT wouldn't reach full strength until just prior to [[3067]] and was made up of designs from across the Inner Sphere, some very old and some right off the factory floors of the FWL, FedSuns, and Lyran Alliance, including a gift from the FWLM, a lance of ''[[Apollo (BattleMech)|Apollo]]'' BattleMechs.<ref name=FMLA46/>
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[[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] ordered the [[Federated Commonwealth Corps]] units in her realm renamed the [[Alliance Guards]] after she seceded from the Federated Commonwealth to form the Lyran Alliance.  The Twelfth FedCom RCT was thus renamed the Fourth Alliance Guard<ref name=FMLA44>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 44: "Alliance Guards: Hope Reborn"</ref> and moved to garrison the world of [[Lipton]], where they could rebuild.  The unit did not reach full strength until just prior to [[3067]].  The Fourth had a variety of 'Mech designs from across the Inner Sphere in its ranks, including a lance of ''[[Apollo (BattleMech)|Apollo]]'' BattleMechs gifted to them by the Free Worlds League Military.<ref name=FMLA46/>
  
 
===FedCom Civil War===
 
===FedCom Civil War===
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During the [[FedCom Civil War]], the 4th Alliance Guard would initially take no part. On January 13th, 3065 the 4th Alliance Guard moved to block the [[143rd Division (ComStar)|143rd ComGuard Division]] who General Gregg, the 4th's commander, thought would use their annual field exercises to declare for the Allies and open a bridgehead for [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s troops. After [[Precentor]] Alder Reed stood his troops down, the 4th Alliance Guard also stand down, though tensions remained high. By summer [[3065]] most of the 4th Alliance Guard would join a taskforce bound for [[Thorin]]. <ref name=FCCW1>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 131</ref>   
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As the [[FedCom Civil War]] broke out, the Fourth Alliance Guard initially remained neutral.
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After General Greggs' departure for [[Thorin]], infighting between pro-[[Free Skye]] and anti-Free Skye factions began, at first with words, but soon gunfire began. By August 16th the two sides were in open warfare when the 143rd Division would intervene, placing themselves in between the warring factions. Both factions soon returned to their barracks and no further fighting took place, though by late August a large number of the garrison went AWOL or on leave, only later to reappear in Free Skye units. <ref name=FCCW2>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 148</ref>
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In [[3063]], the Fourth Alliance Guard was sent to reinforce the Steiner command on [[Carver V]] against Davion and Liao forces on the planet. However, Davion-backed pro-independence forces ultimately prevailed in the conflict.<ref name="MC2>''[[MechCommander 2]]''</ref>
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Leaving [[Lipton]] for [[Thorin]], the bulk of the 4th Alliance Guards were ordered to join a taskforce hunting down the Allied Forces commander [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]. Joining five other units, the 4th Alliance Guard would make landing on [[Thorin]] on August 7th and attacked Ecol City, the planet's defensive hub. Fighting would continue for several months, but the task force found no evidence that [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] was onworld. On January 24th, [[3066]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] did make landing onworld, but remained only two days, then withdrawing with his forces leaving [[Thorin]] in loyalist hands. <ref name=FCCW3>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 149</ref>   The bulk of the 4th Alliance Guard would remain on [[Thorin]] as that worlds garrison for the rest of the Civil War and beyond. <ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 46</ref>
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However, on 13 January 3065 the unit moved to block the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[143rd Division (ComStar)|143rd Division]] during their annual field exercises. General Gregg, the Fourth's commander and a strong opponent of ComStar, believed that they would declare support for Victor and use the training exercises as a means to open a bridgehead for [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s troops. After [[Precentor]] Alder Reed stood his troops down, the Fourth Alliance Guard also stood down, though tensions remained high. By the summer [[3065]], most of the Fourth Alliance Guard were assigned to a taskforce bound for [[Thorin]], that Katherine hoped would find and kill [[Victor Steiner-Davion]].<ref name=FCCWp131>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 131</ref>
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Joining five other units, the Fourth Alliance Guard made landing on [[Thorin]] on 7 August 3065 and attacked Ecol City, the planet's defensive hub. Fighting continued for several months, but the task force found no evidence that [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] was ever on-world. On 24 January [[3066]], [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] did make landfall but remained only two days before withdrawing with his forces and leaving [[Thorin]] in Loyalist hands.<ref name=FCCWp149>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 149</ref> The bulk of the Fourth Alliance Guard would remained on [[Thorin]] as that world's garrison until sometimes after the end of the Civil War.<ref name=FMUp46>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 46</ref>
  
 
===The Jihad===
 
===The Jihad===
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In [[3068]] the Fourth landed on [[Thermopolis]] and damaged the [[5th Fusiliers of Oriente]]. They then redeployed to [[Autumn Wind]] briefly, before being pulled back to a reserve position in the face of the Free Worlds League's counterattack. From this reserve position they fought against several raiding units.<ref name=frla>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8</ref>
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In [[3068]], as part of [[Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN]], the Fourth Alliance Guards landed on [[Thermopolis]] and attacked the [[Fifth Fusiliers of Oriente]], who were garrisoning the planet. After inflicting severe losses on the Free Worlds League unit and forcing them out of the spaceport they had occupied, they then briefly redeployed to [[Autumn Wind]] before being pulled back to a reserve position on [[Cavanaugh]] in the face of the Free Worlds League's counterattack. From this reserve position they fought against several small raiding units before a truce between the two powers was finally called in [[3069]]. They remained in this reserve position until late [[3079]]. While they had not seen the levels of combat in the Jihad as other [[LAAF]] units had, they still had suffered almost sixty percent losses — from both combat casualties and having men and matériel transferred by High Command to support other units — and needed to rebuild.<ref name=FRLAAFp8>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8</ref>
  
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During the closing stages of the [[Jihad]] the 4th Alliance Guards were one of the units involved in a campaign to snatch worlds from the disbanded [[Free Worlds League]] between August and September [[3079]]. The 4th pushed the [[34th Marik Militia]] off [[Nockatunga]] in early September, seizing the planetary capital and primary spaceports in a battle fought along entirely conventional means. The 4th Alliance Guards battle with the 34th Marik Militia on Nockatunga was one of only two during the campaign were [[LAAF]] and [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] forces would face each other directly.<ref name="J:FRp24+">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 24-25, "Lyran Aggressors Press Into League Territory"</ref>
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During the closing stages of the [[Jihad]], the Fourth Alliance Guards were one of the units involved in a campaign to snatch worlds from the disbanded [[Free Worlds League]] between August and September [[3079]]. The Fourth pushed the [[Thirty-fourth Marik Militia]] off [[Nockatunga]] in early September, seizing the planetary capital and primary spaceports in a battle fought entirely by conventional means. The Fourth's clash with the Thirty-fourth was one of only two battles during the campaign where [[LAAF]] and [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] forces would face each other directly.<ref name="J:FRp24+">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 24–25: "Lyran Aggressors Press Into League Territory"</ref>
  
 
===Destruction===
 
===Destruction===
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The Fourth Alliance Guards had the misfortune to be present on [[Poulsbo]] on the 13th of February [[3081]] when a task force from the [[Principality of Regulus]] subjected the world to a devastating nuclear bombardment. The Regulans ignored all contact with forces on the planet, stating later that destroying the entire world was the "only way to be sure" that [[Word of Blake]] influence on the world had been removed. The bombardment destroyed the Fourth, along with the [[Heart of Blake]] mercenary unit, and was a heavy blow to the morale of the Alliance - and a source of outrage directed towards the Principality of Regulus, with calls for prompt and bloody retribution.<ref name="J:FRp84">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 84, "The Defensive Situation"</ref><ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 99</ref>
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The Fourth Alliance Guards had the misfortune to be present on [[Poulsbo]] on 13 February [[3081]] when a task force from the [[Principality of Regulus]], hot on the heels of the Word of Blake's [[The Master|Master]], subjected the world to a devastating nuclear bombardment. Despite the fact that the world was unoccupied by Blake forces and transmitting pleas to stop, the Regulans ignored all contact with forces on the planet and proceeded to drop atomic warheads on all major population centers. The Regulans later stated that destroying the entire world was the "only way to be sure" that [[Word of Blake]] influence on the world had been removed. The bombardment annihilated the Fourth Alliance Guards, along with the [[Heart of Blake]] mercenary unit, and was both a heavy blow to the morale of the Alliance and a source of outrage directed towards the Principality of Regulus, with calls for prompt and bloody retribution.<ref name="J:FRp84">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 84: "The Defensive Situation"</ref><ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 99</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 12th FedCom RCT'''
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Twelfth FedCom RCT'''
 
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| [[Leutnant-General]]||[[Carl Bert Gregg]]||[[3049]]<ref name=FMLA46/>
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| [[Leutnant-General]]||[[Carl Bert-Gregg]]||[[3049]] - [[3057]]<ref name=FMLA46/>
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 4th Alliance Guards'''
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Fourth Alliance Guards'''
 
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|[[Leutnant General]]||[[Carl Bert-Gregg]]||[[3057]] - [[3067]]<ref name=FMLA46/><ref name=FMUp177/>
 
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===Other Officers===
 
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* The Armor Brigade in 3049 was commanded by [[Colonel]] [[Derek Hyatt]].<ref name=FMLA46/>
 
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* The Infantry Brigade in 3049 was commanded by Colonel [[Thelma Speroni]].<ref name=FMLA46/>
 
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
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The 4th Alliance Guard and and before that the 12th FedCom Both favored blitzing their enemies with the full strength of their Battlemechs while the Infantry and Armor flank and hit from the sides.<ref name=FMLA46/>
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Just as they did when they were part of the Federated Commonwealth Corps, the Fourth Alliance Guards favor blitzing their enemies with the full strength of their BattleMechs while their infantry and armor elements flank the enemy and strike from the sides.<ref name=FMLA46/>
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
===3050===
 
===3050===
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'''12th F-C RCT ''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable) <ref name = 20yup27/>
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'''Twelfth FedCom RCT ''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=20yup27/>
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:* CO: Hauptmann General Carl Ben Gregg <ref name = 20yup27/>
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:* CO: Hauptmann General Carl Bert-Gregg<ref name=20yup27/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Marcus]].  <ref name = 20yup27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27</ref>
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:* Base: [[Marcus]]<ref name=20yup27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27</ref>
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===3054===
 
===3054===
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'''12th F-C RCT''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable) <ref name = ORp19/>
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'''Twelfth FedCom RCT''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=ORp19/>
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:* CO: Hauptmann General Carl Bert Gregg <ref name = ORp19/>
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:* CO: Hauptmann General Carl Bert-Gregg<ref name=ORp19/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Marcus]].  <ref name = ORp19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19</ref>  
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:* Base: [[Marcus]]<ref name=ORp19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19</ref>
  
 
===3062===
 
===3062===
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'''4th Alliance Guards''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMLA46/>
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'''Fourth Alliance Guards RCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA46/>
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:* CO: Leutnant-General Carl Bert Gregg
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:* CO: Leutnant-General Carl Bert-Gregg
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::* Aide: Francesca Klinkhammer
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:* Base: [[Lipton]]
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:'''Fourth Alliance Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMLA46/>
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::* CO: Leutnant-General Carl Bert-Gregg<ref name=FMLA46/>
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:::* Aide: Colonel [[Francesca Klinkhammer]]<ref name=FMLA46/>
  
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'''4th Alliance Aerospace Brigade''' (2 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]s)<ref name=FMLA46/>
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:'''Fourth Alliance Aerospace Brigade''' (2 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]s)<ref name=FMLA46/>
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:* CO: [[Kaptain]] Jan Lunquist
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::* CO: [[Kaptain]] [[Jan Lunquist]]
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:* 1st Alliance Wing
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:::* First Alliance Wing
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:* 3rd Alliance Wing
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:::* Third Alliance Wing
  
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'''4th Alliance Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMLA46/>
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:'''Fourth Alliance Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMLA46/>
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:* CO: Colonel Derek Hyatt
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::* CO: Colonel [[Derek Hyatt]]
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::* Aide: [[Leutnant-Colonel]] Ibuki Kobayashi
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:::* Aide: [[Leutnant-Colonel]] [[Ibuki Kobayashi]]
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:* 12th Alliance Guards Heavy Armor Regiment: Colonel Antony Cleminson
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:::* Twelfth Alliance Guards Heavy Armor Regiment
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:* 12th Alliance Guards Light Armor Regiment: Colonel Caroline Coates-Brown
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::::* CO: Colonel [[Antony Cleminson]]
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:* 13th Alliance Guards Light Armor Regiment: Colonel Jasia Reichart
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:::* Twelfth Alliance Guards Light Armor Regiment
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::::* CO: Colonel [[Caroline Coates-Brown]]
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:::* Thirteenth Alliance Guards Light Armor Regiment
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::::* CO: Colonel [[Jasia Reichart]]
  
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'''4th Alliance Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMLA46/>
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:'''Fourth Alliance Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMLA46/>
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:* CO: Colonel Thelma Speroni
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::* CO: Colonel [[Thelma Speroni]]
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::* Aide: Leutnant-Colonel Gerald Morris
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:::* Aide: Leutnant-Colonel [[Gerald Morris]]
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:* 23rd Alliance Guards Infantry Regiment: Colonel Gueng Goan Kim
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:::* Twenty-third Alliance Guards Infantry Regiment
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:* 24th Alliance Guards Infantry Regiment: Colonel Anja Glockel
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::::* CO: Colonel [[Gueng Goan Kim]]
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:* 23rd Alliance Guards Mechanized Infantry Regiment: Colonel Michael Hurst
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:::* Twenty-fourth Alliance Guards Infantry Regiment
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:* 24th Alliance Guards Mechanized Infantry Regiment: Colonel James Chalcombe
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::::* CO: Colonel [[Anja Glockel]]
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:* 12th Alliance Guards Jump Infantry Regiment: Colonel Angelo Parker
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:::* Twenty-third Alliance Guards Mechanized Infantry Regiment
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::::* CO: Colonel [[Michael Hurst]]
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:::* Twenty-fourth Alliance Guards Mechanized Infantry Regiment
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::::* CO: Colonel [[James Chalcombe]]
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:::* Twelfth Alliance Guards Jump Infantry Regiment
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::::* CO: Colonel [[Angelo Parker]]
  
 
===3067===
 
===3067===
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'''4th Alliance Guards''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)
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'''Fourth Alliance Guards''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/>
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* CO: Leutnant-General Carl Bert Gregg
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:* CO: Leutnant-General Carl Bert-Gregg
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::Note: Advanced IS technology: 35 percent '''|''' Omnis: 5 percent <ref name=FMUp177>''Field Manual: Updates'' p.177 </ref>
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:* Base: [[Thorin]]
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:Note: Advanced IS technology: 35 percent '''|''' Omnis: 5 percent<ref name=FMUp177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177</ref>
  
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'''4th Alliance Aerospace Brigade''' (2 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]s/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/>
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:'''Fourth Alliance Aerospace Brigade''' (2 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]s/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/>
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* CO: [[Kaptain]] Jan Lunquist
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::* CO: [[Kaptain]] Jan Lunquist
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::Note: Clantechnology: 5 percent '''|''' Advanced IS technology: 25 percent  
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:Note: Clan technology: 5 percent '''|''' Advanced IS technology: 25 percent
  
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'''4th Alliance Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMUp177/>
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:'''Fourth Alliance Armor Brigade''' (3 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMUp177/>
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* CO: Colonel Derek Hyatt
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::* CO: Colonel Derek Hyatt
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::Note: Advanced IS technology: 25 percent
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:Note: Advanced IS technology: 25 percent
  
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'''4th Alliance Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMUp177/>
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:'''Fourth Alliance Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMUp177/>
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* CO: Colonel Thelma Speroni
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::* CO: Colonel Thelma Speroni
  
 
===3079===
 
===3079===
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In 3079 the unit had lost sixty percent of its combat strength.<ref name=frla/>
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'''Fourth Alliance Guards ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FRFWLMp8>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 8</ref>
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: Note: At this time the unit was stationed on [[Cavanaugh II]].<ref name=FRFWLMp8/>
  
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==Notes==
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==Unit Colors and Insignia==
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* When the 4th Alliance Guard was a member of the Federated Commonwealth Corp RCTs, the 12th primarily used the FedCom Corps crest as their insignia.  After being renamed to the they still wear the Federated Commonwealth uniforms and Insignia on their BattleMechs and vehicles.
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*Despite being renamed and falling under [[LAAF]] chain of command, the Fourth Alliance Guard still utilizes the Federated Commonwealth Corps crest as their insignia.  In addition, they still wear FedCom style uniforms and rank insignia.
  
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* The parade colors of the Fourth, is the same as when it was a member of the FedCom Corps, navy blue with gold banding on the arms and legs of 'Mechs. Gold is also used to highlight panels on the upper torsos of 'Mechs and turrets of armor units, resulting in a checkerboard pattern.
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* The parade colors of the Fourth Alliance Guard is the same as when it was a member of the FedCom Corps: navy blue with gold banding on the arms and legs of 'Mechs, and gold checkerboard patterned highlights on the upper torsos of 'Mechs and turrets of armor units.
  
 
==Reference==
 
==Reference==
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* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
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[[Category:Lyran Commands|Alliance Guards RCT, 04th]]
 
[[Category:Lyran Commands|Alliance Guards RCT, 04th]]

Latest revision as of 06:24, 21 December 2023

FedCom Corps -Brigade logo.png
Fourth Alliance Guards RCT
Formed 3049
Disbanded 3081 (destroyed)
Previous Designation(s) Twelfth FedCom RCT

(until 3057)

Nickname Death Before Dishonor
Affiliation Federated Commonwealth

(3049 - 3057)

Lyran Alliance
(3057 - 3081)

Parent Command Federated Commonwealth Corps

(3049 - 3057)

Alliance Guards
(3057 - 3081)

Prior to becoming the Fourth Alliance Guards RCT, the unit was originally the Twelfth FedCom RCT, the last of the brigades formed for the Federated Commonwealth Corps. While stationed on Marcus, they defended the world from a Marik-Liao incursion during Operation GUERRERO. When the Lyran Alliance seceded from the Federated Commonwealth in 3057, they were rechristened and integrated into the Lyran Alliance Armed Forces.

History[edit]

Formed in 3049, the Twelfth FedCom was stationed on the world of Marcus until the start of Operation GUERRERO in 3057, when the planet was attacked by the Free Worlds League forces in the form of the Seventh Free Worlds Legionnaires, Atrean Dragoons, and the Fifth Marik Militia. After six days of fighting, the RCT staged a suicidal charge in what was later named the Battle of Cabot's Stand.[1] This sacrificial assault bought time for DropShips containing members of the government and industry to escape offworld. The charge was a great success, inflicting crippling damage on the Seventh Free Worlds Legionnaires before the Twelfth FedCom was subsequently surrounded by the Atrean Dragoons and the Fifth Marik Militia and forced to surrender. The RCT remained prisoners for the rest of hostilities, but were treated well for their devotion and willingness to sacrifice themselves for others. After the hostilities ended, the Twelfth FedCom was released into the custody of the Lyran Alliance.[2]

Katherine Steiner-Davion ordered the Federated Commonwealth Corps units in her realm renamed the Alliance Guards after she seceded from the Federated Commonwealth to form the Lyran Alliance. The Twelfth FedCom RCT was thus renamed the Fourth Alliance Guard[3] and moved to garrison the world of Lipton, where they could rebuild. The unit did not reach full strength until just prior to 3067. The Fourth had a variety of 'Mech designs from across the Inner Sphere in its ranks, including a lance of Apollo BattleMechs gifted to them by the Free Worlds League Military.[2]

FedCom Civil War[edit]

As the FedCom Civil War broke out, the Fourth Alliance Guard initially remained neutral.

Apocryphal Content Starts

The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources; the canonicity of such information is uncertain.
Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity.

In 3063, the Fourth Alliance Guard was sent to reinforce the Steiner command on Carver V against Davion and Liao forces on the planet. However, Davion-backed pro-independence forces ultimately prevailed in the conflict.[4]

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However, on 13 January 3065 the unit moved to block the Com Guard 143rd Division during their annual field exercises. General Gregg, the Fourth's commander and a strong opponent of ComStar, believed that they would declare support for Victor and use the training exercises as a means to open a bridgehead for Victor Steiner-Davion's troops. After Precentor Alder Reed stood his troops down, the Fourth Alliance Guard also stood down, though tensions remained high. By the summer 3065, most of the Fourth Alliance Guard were assigned to a taskforce bound for Thorin, that Katherine hoped would find and kill Victor Steiner-Davion.[5]

Joining five other units, the Fourth Alliance Guard made landing on Thorin on 7 August 3065 and attacked Ecol City, the planet's defensive hub. Fighting continued for several months, but the task force found no evidence that Victor Steiner-Davion was ever on-world. On 24 January 3066, Victor Steiner-Davion did make landfall but remained only two days before withdrawing with his forces and leaving Thorin in Loyalist hands.[6] The bulk of the Fourth Alliance Guard would remained on Thorin as that world's garrison until sometimes after the end of the Civil War.[7]

The Jihad[edit]

In 3068, as part of Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN, the Fourth Alliance Guards landed on Thermopolis and attacked the Fifth Fusiliers of Oriente, who were garrisoning the planet. After inflicting severe losses on the Free Worlds League unit and forcing them out of the spaceport they had occupied, they then briefly redeployed to Autumn Wind before being pulled back to a reserve position on Cavanaugh in the face of the Free Worlds League's counterattack. From this reserve position they fought against several small raiding units before a truce between the two powers was finally called in 3069. They remained in this reserve position until late 3079. While they had not seen the levels of combat in the Jihad as other LAAF units had, they still had suffered almost sixty percent losses — from both combat casualties and having men and matériel transferred by High Command to support other units — and needed to rebuild.[8]

During the closing stages of the Jihad, the Fourth Alliance Guards were one of the units involved in a campaign to snatch worlds from the disbanded Free Worlds League between August and September 3079. The Fourth pushed the Thirty-fourth Marik Militia off Nockatunga in early September, seizing the planetary capital and primary spaceports in a battle fought entirely by conventional means. The Fourth's clash with the Thirty-fourth was one of only two battles during the campaign where LAAF and Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey forces would face each other directly.[9]

Destruction[edit]

The Fourth Alliance Guards had the misfortune to be present on Poulsbo on 13 February 3081 when a task force from the Principality of Regulus, hot on the heels of the Word of Blake's Master, subjected the world to a devastating nuclear bombardment. Despite the fact that the world was unoccupied by Blake forces and transmitting pleas to stop, the Regulans ignored all contact with forces on the planet and proceeded to drop atomic warheads on all major population centers. The Regulans later stated that destroying the entire world was the "only way to be sure" that Word of Blake influence on the world had been removed. The bombardment annihilated the Fourth Alliance Guards, along with the Heart of Blake mercenary unit, and was both a heavy blow to the morale of the Alliance and a source of outrage directed towards the Principality of Regulus, with calls for prompt and bloody retribution.[10][11]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Twelfth FedCom RCT
Leutnant-General Carl Bert-Gregg 3049 - 3057[2]
Commanding Officers of the Fourth Alliance Guards
Leutnant General Carl Bert-Gregg 3057 - 3067[2][12]

Tactics[edit]

Just as they did when they were part of the Federated Commonwealth Corps, the Fourth Alliance Guards favor blitzing their enemies with the full strength of their BattleMechs while their infantry and armor elements flank the enemy and strike from the sides.[2]

Composition History[edit]

3050[edit]

Twelfth FedCom RCT (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[13]

3054[edit]

Twelfth FedCom RCT (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[14]

3062[edit]

Fourth Alliance Guards RCT (Regular/Reliable)[2]

  • CO: Leutnant-General Carl Bert-Gregg
  • Base: Lipton
Fourth Alliance Guards (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)[2]
  • CO: Leutnant-General Carl Bert-Gregg[2]
Fourth Alliance Aerospace Brigade (2 Wings)[2]
  • First Alliance Wing
  • Third Alliance Wing
Fourth Alliance Guards Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)[2]
  • Twelfth Alliance Guards Light Armor Regiment
  • Thirteenth Alliance Guards Light Armor Regiment
Fourth Alliance Guards Infantry Brigade (5 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)[2]
  • Aide: Leutnant-Colonel Gerald Morris
  • Twenty-third Alliance Guards Infantry Regiment
  • Twenty-fourth Alliance Guards Infantry Regiment
  • Twenty-third Alliance Guards Mechanized Infantry Regiment
  • Twenty-fourth Alliance Guards Mechanized Infantry Regiment
  • Twelfth Alliance Guards Jump Infantry Regiment

3067[edit]

Fourth Alliance Guards (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[12]

  • CO: Leutnant-General Carl Bert-Gregg
  • Base: Thorin
Note: Advanced IS technology: 35 percent | Omnis: 5 percent[12]
Fourth Alliance Aerospace Brigade (2 Wings/Regular/Reliable)[12]
Note: Clan technology: 5 percent | Advanced IS technology: 25 percent
Fourth Alliance Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)[12]
  • CO: Colonel Derek Hyatt
Note: Advanced IS technology: 25 percent
Fourth Alliance Infantry Brigade (5 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)[12]
  • CO: Colonel Thelma Speroni

3079[edit]

Fourth Alliance Guards (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable)[15]

Note: At this time the unit was stationed on Cavanaugh II.[15]

Unit Colors and Insignia[edit]

  • Despite being renamed and falling under LAAF chain of command, the Fourth Alliance Guard still utilizes the Federated Commonwealth Corps crest as their insignia. In addition, they still wear FedCom style uniforms and rank insignia.
  • The parade colors of the Fourth Alliance Guard is the same as when it was a member of the FedCom Corps: navy blue with gold banding on the arms and legs of 'Mechs, and gold checkerboard patterned highlights on the upper torsos of 'Mechs and turrets of armor units.

Reference[edit]

  1. ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 42
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 46: "4th Alliance Guards: Death Before Dishonor"
  3. ↑ Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 44: "Alliance Guards: Hope Reborn"
  4. ↑ MechCommander 2
  5. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 131
  6. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 149
  7. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 46
  8. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 8
  9. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, pp. 24–25: "Lyran Aggressors Press Into League Territory"
  10. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 84: "The Defensive Situation"
  11. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 99
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Field Manual: Updates, p. 177
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 20 Year Update, p. 27
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Objective Raids, p. 19
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Field Report: FWLM, p. 8

Bibliography[edit]

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