Editing 4th Sword of Light

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| image          =[[Image:Sword of Light -Brigade logo.png|150px|Brigade Insignia of the Sword of Light]]
| Designation    = Fourth Sword of Light
| formed         = 2695<ref name=er2750p42>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 42</ref>
| Disbanded      = 
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname       = The Jade Dragon<ref name=fr2765DCMSp08>''Field Report 2765: DCMS'', p. 8</ref>
| Affiliation    = Draconis Combine
| Parent Command = [[Sword of Light]]
| Sub-Command    = 
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==History==
Though the '''Fourth Sword of Light''' officially entered service in [[2695]], a lack of equipment and officers delayed their deployment for ten years.<ref name=er2750p42/>

During the [[War of Davion Succession]] the Fourth led the [[2725]] attack on [[Marduk]], fighting alongside the [[Eleventh Benjamin Regulars]], [[Fourteenth Benjamin Regulars]], [[First Galedon Regulars]] and [[Eighth Galedon Regulars]]. The assault was successful, and Marduk fell to the Combine. The Fourth then went on to [[Breed]], facing two militia regiments and the remains of the [[Fourth Davion Guards]]. The Fourth Davion Guards were nearly destroyed, and the world surrendered.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 29</ref> During this time, the Fourth employed a new ''[[Stalker#Variants|Stalker]]'' variant.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 129</ref>

In [[2729]] the [[SLDF]] launched Operation SMOTHER. The [[1st Jump Infantry Division|First Jump Infantry Division]] landed on [[Breed]] and within six weeks had forced the Fourth Sword of Light to surrender.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 31</ref>

The Fourth Sword of Light was disbanded in [[2785]], and hadn't been reactivated by the end of the [[First Succession War]].<ref name="FSWp137">''First Succession War'', p. 137</ref>

===Second Succession War===
During the [[Second Succession War]], the Fourth Sword of Light was deployed against the Lyran Commonwealth world of [[New Caledonia]] in [[2840]]. Together with the [[7th Rasalhague Regulars|Seventh Rasalhague Regulars]] and conventional forces, they became embroiled in a protracted campaign against the [[4th Royal Guards|Fourth Royal Guards]]. The open battles of the first two years gave way to the LCAF defenders waging a guerrilla war against the Combine, which the Fourth Sword was ill-equipped to handle. By late [[2844]] the Fourth had been rotated off-world.<ref>''Second Succession War'', pp. 56–57</ref>

In March [[2849]] [[Coordinator]] [[Yoguchi Kurita]] selected the elite Fourth and three other lesser conventional regiments to accompany him in the defense of the Combine-held farming world of [[Tishomingo]] ahead of an anticipated Davion invasion. Yoguchi was unaware, however, that food and water shortages on Federated Suns worlds near the Davion-Combine border had grown so severe that the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] invasion force would consist of twenty regiments, four of which were BattleMech formations. Heavily outnumbered, the Combine defense quickly collapsed when an AFFS 'Mech [[battalion]] made a daring drop against Yoguchi's headquarters and forcing him to desperately flee into the surrounding heavy forests, his second-in-command convinced the Coordinator had been killed and reporting this back to [[Luthien]]. Though Yoguchi would ultimately survive, the grossly outnumbered Fourth was destroyed to the last man, with the Davion forces defeating the last surviving 'Mech of the Fourth Sword of Light within a month.<ref name=HK-69>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 69: "History - Second Succession War - Divine Sacrifice"</ref><ref name=HDTFS-72>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', pp. 72–73: "History - Second Succession War - Tishomingo"</ref>

===Dark Age===
The Fourth was re-formed shortly after the [[2nd Sword of Light|Second]] regiment was by Coordinator [[Vincent Kurita (31st c.)|Vincent Kurita]]. The DCMS High Command quickly transferred in the best soldiers they could and the Fourth rejoined the Dragon's Claws.<ref name=FM3145p58>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 58: "Fourth Sword of Light"</ref>

In June of [[3135]] elements of the Fourth attacked and conquered [[Ancha]] as part of [[Tai-shu]] [[Mitsura Sakamoto]]'s unsanctioned invasion of [[The Republic of the Sphere]].{{cn}}

Though hoping to be included in the invasion of the [[Federated Suns]], they have been as of [[3145]] not been deployed to that front. Currently stationed in the former warrior housing on [[Irece]]<ref name=FM3145p58/>

==Officers==
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 4th Sword of Light'''
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| [[Tai-sa]]||[[Jean-Phillipe Aristide]]||[[3145]]<ref name=FM3145p67>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 67: "DCMS Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
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==Tactics==
The Fourth Sword of Light was skilled in open field combat.{{cn}}

==Composition History==
===2765===
'''4th Sword of Light''' (Expanded [[Regiment]]/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=fr2765DCMSp08/>
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Luthien]]. The unit was disbanded in 2785.

===3145===
'''4th Sword of Light''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3145p67/>
* CO: ''Tai-sa'' Jean-Phillipe Aristide

'''11th Pesht Aerospace''' (Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3145p67/>
* CO: ''[[Sho-sa]]'' [[Cory Maldonado]]

'''3rd Pesht Cavalry''' (Elite/Reliable)<ref name=FM3145p67/>
* CO: ''Tai-sa'' [[Isabelle Martinez]]

'''3rd Bjarred Infantry''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3145p67/>
* CO: ''Tai-sa'' [[Jami Caldian]]

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==Game Rules==
=== Star League Era ===
The Fourth Sword of Light was skilled in open field combat. During the Star League era, if half of the maps used in the scenario are listed on the Flatlands Terrain Table (rounding down), the Fourth receives a +2 Initiative bonus and the Overrun Combat special ability.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 141</ref>
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Daughter of the Dragon]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: DCMS]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''


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