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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = [[Image:Free Worlds Guards.jpg|150px]] + | image = − | Designation = 4th Free Worlds Guards+ | nickname = unknown − | formed = + | parent formation = [[Free Worlds Guards]] − | Disbanded = [[3032]] (disbanded) + | formed = unknown − | Previous Designation = + | year = 3032 − | Nickname = + | unitname = 4th Free Worlds Guards − | Affiliation = [[Free Worlds League]] − | Parent Command = [[Free Worlds Guards]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} − One of the six units of the [[Free Worlds Guards]], the '''Fourth Free Worlds Guards''' were ultimately disbanded in disgrace after their virtual destruction against the [[Black Widow Battalion]] in [[3032]]. + One of the six units of the [[Free Worlds Guards]], the '''4th Free Worlds Guards''' were ultimately disbanded in disgrace after their virtual destruction against the [[Black Widow Company]] in [[3032]]. ==History== ==History== − Among the six Guards [[regiment]]s active immediately prior to the [[First Succession War]], along with the [[5th Free Worlds Guards|5th]] and the [[6th Free Worlds Guards|6th]], the Fourth was among those that fell during the ceaseless centuries of fighting during the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]<ref name=2ndSSp98/>. Unlike some [[FWLM]] [[brigades]], in an effort to maintain a strong sense of tradition the Free Worlds Guards rebuild their units rather than create new ones, with the Fourth being rebuilt on [[Oriente]] in the early [[3030]]s around veterans of the League's battles against the [[Tikonov Free Republic]] during the [[Fourth Succession War]]<ref name=FMFWLp43>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 43, "Free Worlds Guards Profile"</ref> <ref name=FMTotBW>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 7</ref><ref name=HBW-86>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 86 "Deployment Tables: Andurien Wars - Phase One: 3030-3034"</ref> + Among the six Guards [[regiment]]s active immediately prior to the [[First Succession War]], along with the [[5th Free Worlds Guards|5th]] and the [[6th Free Worlds Guards|6th]], the Fourth was among those that fell during the ceaseless centuries of fighting during the [[Succession Wars]]. Unlike some [[FWLM]] [[brigades]], in an effort to maintain a strong sense of tradition the Free Worlds Guards rebuild their units rather than create new ones, with the Fourth being rebuilt on [[Oriente]] in the early [[3030]]s around veterans of the League's battles against the [[Tikonov Free Republic]] during the [[Fourth Succession War]]<ref name=FMFWLp43>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 43, "Free Worlds Guards Profile"</ref> <ref name=FMTotBW>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 7</ref> <ref name=HBW-86>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 86 "Deployment Tables: Andurien Wars - Phase One: 3030-3034"</ref> − In [[3032]] during the midst of the [[Andurien Secession]], hawkish members of the [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] who had felt [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] had not done enough during the Fourth War pressured his regent [[Thomas Marik]] to take some proactive action against the Steiner-Davion alliance. Unwilling to commit the untested 4th in subduing the [[Duchy of Andurien|Anduriens]], Thomas attempted to both appease the hawks in parliament and give the unbloodied unit a chance to prove itself, allowing the Fourth's commanding officer [[Colonel]] [[Veena Ligacescu]] to launch an attack against the [[Sarna March]] world of [[Tsinghai]] in February. With intelligence indicating only minimal resistance, success seemed a foregone conclusion. <ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=FMTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 62-63 "The Andurien Wars - Phase 1: The Invasion of the Capellan Confederation - 3032: Counterblows - Tsinghai (February)"</ref> + In [[3032]] during the midst of the [[Andurien Secession]], hawkish members of the [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] who had felt [[Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] had not done enough during the Fourth War pressured his regent [[Thomas Marik]] to take some proactive action against the Steiner-Davion alliance. Unwilling to commit the untested 4th in subduing the [[Duchy of Andurien|Anduriens]], Thomas attempted to both appease the hawks in parilament and give the unbloodied unit a chance to prove itself, allowing the Fourth's commanding officer [[Colonel]] [[Veena Ligacescu]] to launch an attack against the [[Sarna March]] world of [[Tsinghai]] in February. With intelligence indicating only minimal resistance, success seemed a foregone conclusion. <ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=FMTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 62-63 "The Andurien Wars - Phase 1: The Invasion of the Capellan Confederation - 3032: Counterblows - Tsinghai (February)"</ref> − Much to the new Fourth's shock, the planet was defended by the also newly reformed Black Widow Battalion. [[Natasha Kerensky]] led the sub-unit of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and effortlessly proved their elite status by shattering the Fourth so badly that the survivors chose to defect to [[Federated Commonwealth]] rather than return home to the League. As they feared, Captain-General Janos Marik was enraged by this betrayal, and the disgraced Fourth Free Worlds Guards were permanently disbanded and struck from the rolls of the FWLM.<ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=FMTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62/> + Much to the new Fourth's shock, the planet was defended by the also newly reformed Black Widow Battalion. [[Natasha Kerensky]] led the sub-unit of the [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and effortlessly proved their elite status by shattering the Fourth so badly that the survivors chose to defect to [[Federated Commonwealth]] rather than return home to the League. As they feared, Captain-General Janos Marik was enraged by this betrayal, and the disgraced Fourth Free Worlds Guards were permanently disbanded and struck from the rolls of the FWLM.<ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=FMTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62/> ==Officers== ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable"+ * Colonel [[Veena Ligacescu]] − |- − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command − |- − | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 4th Free Worlds Guards''' − |- − | [[Colonel]]||[[Veena Ligacescu]]||[[3031]] - [[3032]]<ref name=FMTotBW/> − |} − − ==Tactics== − Unknown. − − ==Composition History== − === 2765 === − '''Fourth Free Worlds Guards''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp11">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 11, "Free Worlds Guards"</ref> − :- At this point in time the Fourth Guards was stationed on [[Landfall]].<ref name="FR2765:FWLMp11"/> − === 2786 - 2821=== − '''Fourth Free Worlds Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical) <ref name= FSSp138 >''First Succession War'', p. 138</ref> − : Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Landfall]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 79 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Landfall]]. <ref name= FSSp138/> − − === 2830 === − '''Fourth Free Worlds Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp98>''Second Succession War'', p. 98 </ref> − : Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on [[Promised Land]] with an operational readiness of 145 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp98/> The unit was destroyed during the war. − − === 3031 === − '''Fourth Free Worlds Guards''' (Regiment) <ref name=FMTotBW/> − * First Battalion - Colonel Veena Ligacescu / XO [[Major]] [[Keith Brayden]] − * Second Battalion - Major [[Lucia Higgins]] − * Third Battalion - Major [[Vlad Kasparov]] ==References== ==References== Line 57:
Line 24: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' + *''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' − * ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'' + *''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'' − * ''[[More Tales of the Black Widow]]'' + *''[[More Tales of the Black Widow]]'' [[Category:Free Worlds League Commands|Free Worlds Guards, 04th]] [[Category:Free Worlds League Commands|Free Worlds Guards, 04th]]
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| − | One of the six units of the [[Free Worlds Guards]], the ''' | + | One of the six units of the [[Free Worlds Guards]], the '''4th Free Worlds Guards''' were ultimately disbanded in disgrace after their virtual destruction against the [[Black Widow Company]] in [[3032]]. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Among the six Guards [[regiment]]s active immediately prior to the [[First Succession War]], along with the [[5th Free Worlds Guards|5th]] and the [[6th Free Worlds Guards|6th]], the Fourth was among those that fell during the ceaseless centuries of fighting during the [[ | + | Among the six Guards [[regiment]]s active immediately prior to the [[First Succession War]], along with the [[5th Free Worlds Guards|5th]] and the [[6th Free Worlds Guards|6th]], the Fourth was among those that fell during the ceaseless centuries of fighting during the [[Succession Wars]]. Unlike some [[FWLM]] [[brigades]], in an effort to maintain a strong sense of tradition the Free Worlds Guards rebuild their units rather than create new ones, with the Fourth being rebuilt on [[Oriente]] in the early [[3030]]s around veterans of the League's battles against the [[Tikonov Free Republic]] during the [[Fourth Succession War]]<ref name=FMFWLp43>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 43, "Free Worlds Guards Profile"</ref> <ref name=FMTotBW>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 7</ref> <ref name=HBW-86>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 86 "Deployment Tables: Andurien Wars - Phase One: 3030-3034"</ref> |
| − | In [[3032]] during the midst of the [[Andurien Secession]], hawkish members of the [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] who had felt [[ | + | In [[3032]] during the midst of the [[Andurien Secession]], hawkish members of the [[Free Worlds League Parliament|Parliament]] who had felt [[Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] had not done enough during the Fourth War pressured his regent [[Thomas Marik]] to take some proactive action against the Steiner-Davion alliance. Unwilling to commit the untested 4th in subduing the [[Duchy of Andurien|Anduriens]], Thomas attempted to both appease the hawks in parilament and give the unbloodied unit a chance to prove itself, allowing the Fourth's commanding officer [[Colonel]] [[Veena Ligacescu]] to launch an attack against the [[Sarna March]] world of [[Tsinghai]] in February. With intelligence indicating only minimal resistance, success seemed a foregone conclusion. <ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=FMTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 62-63 "The Andurien Wars - Phase 1: The Invasion of the Capellan Confederation - 3032: Counterblows - Tsinghai (February)"</ref> |
| − | Much to the new Fourth's shock, the planet was defended by the also newly reformed Black Widow Battalion. [[Natasha Kerensky]] led the sub-unit of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and effortlessly proved their elite status by shattering the Fourth so badly that the survivors chose to defect to [[Federated Commonwealth]] rather than return home to the League. As they feared, Captain-General Janos Marik was enraged by this betrayal, and the disgraced Fourth Free Worlds Guards were permanently disbanded and struck from the rolls of the FWLM.<ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=FMTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62/> | + | Much to the new Fourth's shock, the planet was defended by the also newly reformed Black Widow Battalion. [[Natasha Kerensky]] led the sub-unit of the [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and effortlessly proved their elite status by shattering the Fourth so badly that the survivors chose to defect to [[Federated Commonwealth]] rather than return home to the League. As they feared, Captain-General Janos Marik was enraged by this betrayal, and the disgraced Fourth Free Worlds Guards were permanently disbanded and struck from the rolls of the FWLM.<ref name=FMFWLp43/> <ref name=FMTotBW/> <ref name=HBW-62/> |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' | + | *''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'' | + | *''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'' |
| − | * ''[[More Tales of the Black Widow]]'' | + | *''[[More Tales of the Black Widow]]'' |
[[Category:Free Worlds League Commands|Free Worlds Guards, 04th]] | [[Category:Free Worlds League Commands|Free Worlds Guards, 04th]] | ||