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==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 9 June 2016
Contents
History
Though the Fourth Sword of Light officially entered service in 2695, a lack of equipment and officers delayed their deployment for ten years.[1]
During the War of Davion Succession the Fourth led the 2725 attack on Marduk, fighting alongside the 11th Benjamin Regulars, 14th Benjamin Regulars, 1st Galedon Regulars and 8th 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 4th Davion Guards. The Fourth Davion Guards were nearly destroyed, and the world surrendered.[2] During this time, the Fourth employed a new Stalker variant.[3]
In 2729 the SLDF launched Operation SMOTHER. The 1st Jump Infantry Division landed on Breed and within six weeks had forced the Fourth Sword of Light to surrender.[4]
Second Succession War
During the Second Succession War, 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 expected 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 a 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.[5] [6]
Dark Age
The Fourth was reformed shortly after the Second regiment was by Coordinator Vincent Kurita. The DCMS High Command quickly transferred in the best soldiers they could and the Fourth rejoined the Dragon's Claws.[7]
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.[citation needed]
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 [7]
Officers
As of 3145 the commanding officer was Tai-sa Jean-Phillipe Aristide.[8]
Tactics
The Fourth Sword of Light was skilled in open field combat.[citation needed]
Composition History
2765
4th Sword of Light (Expanded Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)[9]
3145
4th Sword of Light (Elite/Fanatical)[8]
- CO: Tai-sa Jean-Phillipe Aristide
11th Pesht Aerospace (Regular/Fanatical)[8]
- CO: Sho-sa Cory Maldonado
3rd Pesht Cavalry (Elite/Reliable)[8]
- CO: Tai-sa Isabelle Martinez
3rd Bjarred Infantry (Regular/Reliable)[8]
- CO: Tai-sa Jami Caldian
Game Rules
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.[10]
References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs nameder2750p42 - ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 29
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 129
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 31
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), pp. 69, "History - Second Succession War - Divine Sacrifice"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), pp. 72-73 "History - Second Succession War - Tishomingo"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 58 "Fourth Sword of Light"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Field Manual: 3145, p. 67, "DCMS Deployment Table - 3145"
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedfr2765DCMSp08 - ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 141