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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = [[File:Amaris_Fusiliers.png|150px]] + | image = [[File:Amaris_Fusiliers.png|150px]] − | Designation = Fifth Amaris Fusiliers + | nickname = Perdition's Gates<ref name=er2750p61>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 61</ref> − | formed = [[2744]]+ | parent formation = [[Rim Worlds Army]] − | Disbanded = + | formed = 2744 − | Previous Designation = + | year = 2750 − | Nickname = Perdition's Gates<ref name=er2750p61>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 61</ref>+ | unitname = 5th Amaris Fusiliers − | Affiliation = [[Rim Worlds Republic]] − | Parent Command = [[Amaris Fusiliers]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} ==History== ==History== ===Age of War=== ===Age of War=== − The '''Fifth Amaris Fusiliers''' were based on [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]] in [[2573]] and became embroiled in events that would become the flashpoint for the Rim Worlds Republic [[Reunification War#Campaign Against the Rim Worlds Republic|Civil War]]. The primary instigators of the conflict were the [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and an organization known as the [[Rift Republican Army]], formerly an operational military formation but by this point a society similar to a veteran's association through which like-minded individuals could socialize. While the RRA hadn't previously been known to be particularly political or militant in its outlook, in [[2573]] members of a militant fringe of the RRA whipped the citizens of the city of Eleazor into a frenzy over taxation imposed by Amaris. The result was a riot severe enough that it saw the [[8th Amaris Dragoons|Eighth Amaris Dragoons]] deployed to disperse the rioters. While the Eighth was occupied by the rioters, several hundred people in RRA uniforms stormed the Eighth's headquarters at the Efrimal Long barracks, which was co-located alongside a high-security prison within which Amaris had imprisoned dissidents against his regime.<ref name="H:RWp127">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 127: "Descent Into Madness (2571-2580)"</ref> + The '''Fifth Amaris Fusiliers''' were based on [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]] in [[2573]] and became embroiled in events that would become the flashpoint for the Rim Worlds Republic Civil War. The primary instigators of the conflict were the [[First Consul]] of the Republic, [[Gregory Amaris]], and an organization known as the [[Rift Republican Army]], formerly an operational military formation but by this point a society similar to a veteran's association through which like-minded individuals could socialise. While the RRA hadn't previously been known to be particularly political or militant in its outlook, in [[2573]] members of a militant fringe of the RRA whipped the citizens of the city of Eleazor into a frenzy over taxation imposed by Amaris. The result was a riot severe enough that it saw the [[8th Amaris Dragoons|Eighth Amaris Dragoons]] deployed to disperse the rioters. While the Eighth was occupied by the rioters, several hundred people in RRA uniforms stormed the Eighth's headquarters at the Efrimal Long barracks, which was co-located alongside a high-security prison within which Amaris had imprisoned dissidents against his regime.<ref name="H:RWp127">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 127, "Descent Into Madness (2571-2580)"</ref> − The RRA force quickly captured the headquarters, executing captured personnel including the regimental command staff, and the RRA commander, [[Colonel]] [[Janisssa DeCoe]], used the Eighth's communications equipment to broadcast their own demands for foreign troops on Republic soil to be withdrawn, for the sovereignty of the Republic to be accepted, and for Amaris to cease imprisoning his political opponents. The RRA then jammed communications planetwide as Amaris reacted in a typically brutal fashion; the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers and the [[Republican Guards (Rim Worlds Republic)|Republican Guards]]—the latter a part of Amaris' own household troops—were ordered into the city to suppress the RRA forces. The Fusiliers and the Guards expected a quick victory, as both were favored units well-equipped with [[BattleMech]]s; instead, the two units faced stiff resistance from RRA personnel proficient in anti-'Mech tactics who quickly crippled a number of 'Mechs. The resulting setback drove a furious Amaris to order that the Efrimal Long site be bombarded by both artillery and air strikes, flattening the site and killing a third of the RRA personnel; yet more members of the RRA died as they came into contact with the loyalist units encircling the site, and in the wake of the battle Amaris imposed the [[Universal Act of Loyalty]] on the Republic, forcing citizens to either swear loyalty to the Amaris family and through them, the Star League.<ref name="H:RWp127"/> + The RRA force quickly captured the headquarters, executing captured personnel including the regimental command staff, and the RRA commander, [[Colonel]] [[Janissa DeCoe]], used the Eighth's communications equipment to broadcast their own demands for foreign troops on Republic soil to be withdrawn, for the sovreignty of the Republic to be accepted, and for Amaris to cease imprisoning his political opponents. The RRA then jammed communications planetwide as Amaris reacted in a typically brutal fashion; the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers and the [[Amaris Republican Guards]] - the latter a part of Amaris' own household troops - were ordered into the city to suppress the RRA forces. The Fusiliers and the Guards expected a quick victory, as both were favoured units well-equipped with [[BattleMech]]s; instead, the two units faced stiff resistence from RRA personnel proficient in anti-'Mech tactics who quickly crippled a number of 'Mechs. The resulting setback drove a furious Amaris to order that the Efrimal Long site be bombarded by both artillery and air strikes, flattening the site and killing a third of the RRA personnel; yet more members of the RRA died as they came into contact with the loyalist units encircling the site, and in the wake of the battle Amaris imposed the [[Universal Act of Loyalty]] on the Republic, forcing citizens to either swear loyalty to the Amaris family and through them, the Star League.<ref name="H:RWp127"/> ===Rim Worlds Republic Civil War=== ===Rim Worlds Republic Civil War=== − By [[2581]], the Fifth Fusiliers had been moved off Apollo and had been split between the [[Persistence]], [[Star's End]], and [[Steelton]] systems as the local garrison.<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128: "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref> Civil war had erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]] in response to Gregory Amaris' heavy-handed actions on Apollo, and Amaris was forced to retreat to his family estate on Apollo as a direct result of [[Rim Worlds Army]] units on Apollo defecting to the [[Rim Provisional Government]], a new government of the people supported by the RRA and formed as a result of Amaris' attempted crackdown on workers at the [[Diplass Technologies]] [[BattleMech]] plant on Apollo. Amaris called on the [[Star League]] for assistance, and while the Star League was initially slow to respond, the massacre of the small [[Star League Defense Force]] garrison at Camp Cameron by extremists within the RRA in [[2578]] prompted [[First Lord of the Star League|First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]] to decide to intervene in the civil war.<ref name="H:RWp130A">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 130–131: "The Spark"</ref> + By [[2581]] the Fifth Fusiliers had been moved off Apollo, and had been split between the [[Persistence]], [[Star's End]] and [[Steelton]] systems as the local garrison.<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunifcation War'', p. 128, "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref> (until May) Civil war had erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]] in response to Gregory Amaris' heavy-handed actions on Apollo, and Amaris was forced to retreat to his family estates on Apollo as a direct result of [[Rim Worlds Army]] units on Apollo defecting to the [[Rim Provisional Government]], a new government of the people supported by the RRA and formed as a result of Amaris' attempted crackdown on workers at the [[Diplass Technologies]] [[BattleMech]] plant on Apollo. Amaris called on the [[Star League]] for assistance, and while the Star League was initially slow to respond, the massacre of the small [[SLDF]] garrison at Camp Cameron by extremists within the RRA in [[2578]] prompted [[First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]] to decide to intervene in the civil war.<ref name="H:RWp130A">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130-131, "The Spark"</ref> − The result was [[Operation MAILED FIST]], which called for a multinational force headed up by the SLDF named [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to assemble and help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near Apollo began in [[2581]] and swept up two of the three planets across which the Fifth Fusiliers were stationed.<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132: "Case Apollo"</ref> + The result was [[Operation MAILED FIST]], which called for a multinational force headed up by the SLDF named [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to assemble and help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near Apollo began in [[2581]] and swept up two of the three planets across which the Fifth Fusiliers were stationed.<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132, "Case Apollo"</ref> ====Star's End==== ====Star's End==== − Though the asteroid belt of the [[Star's End]] system had been recently colonized in the late [[twenty-sixth century]] and its the population numbered less than five thousand, it was considered a strategically significant system; as a result, it was garrisoned by a [[battalion]] from the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers during the early years of the civil war. The Fifth was considered loyal to Amaris but with no idea of how these loyalist forces would react, when the Star League finally intervened, the SLDF troops were forced to treat the Fusiliers with suspicion.<ref name="H:RWp132"/>+ Still considered a newly-colonised system in the late twenty-sixth century, the population of the [[Star's End]] system numbered less than five thousand but was considered a strategically significant system; as a result, it merited a strong garrison, and during the early years of the civil war within the Rim Worlds Republic that garrison was a battalion from the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers. The Fifth were considered to be loyal to Amaris but with no idea of how these loyalist forces would react, when the Star League finally attempted to intervene in the civil war the Star League Defense Force troops were forced to treat the Fusiliers with suspicion.<ref name="H:RWp132"/> − The [[Second Marik Auxiliary Corps]] was responsible for providing the forces for controlling the Star's End system, with the [[2nd Marik Militia|Second]] and [[6th Marik Militia|Sixth Marik Militias]] and the [[2nd Fusiliers of Oriente|Second Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] deploying into the system in May 2581. Unsure of what resistance to expect, if any, the [[Free Worlds League]] forces were surprised to find no visible military presence when they entered the system. The colonies were all established on various asteroids along with the military garrison, all of which had gone dark to evade detection; with no charts of the system to draw on, the SLDF forces were forced to survey the system for themselves, a long, laborious fourteen-month task. Despite the difficulties in surveying the system, the Star's End system was declared to be secure in June or July, and the SLDF began to establish a fleet base in the system that ironically became the single biggest customer for the local mining colonies. The SLDF also established a supply depot on Novo Cressidas, the one habitable world in the system.<ref name="H:RWp132"/> + The [[2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps]] was responsible for providing the forces for controlling the Star's End system, with the [[2nd Marik Militia|Second]] and [[6th Marik Militia|Sixth Marik Militias]] and the [[2nd Fusiliers of Oriente|Second Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] deploying into the system in May 2581. Unsure of what resistance to expect, if any, the [[Free Worlds League]] forces were surprised to find no visible military presence when they entered the system. The colonies were all established on various asteroids along with the military garrison, all of which had gone dark to evade detection; with no charts of the system to draw on, the SLDF forces were forced to survey the system for themselves, a long, laborious fourteen-month task. Despite the difficulties in surveying the system, the Star's End system was declared to be secure in June or July, and the SLDF began to establish a fleet base in the system that ironically became the single biggest customer for the local mining colonies. The SLDF also established a supply depot on Novo Cressidas, the one habitable world in the system.<ref name="H:RWp132"/> ====Persistence==== ====Persistence==== − The SLDF campaign to secure Persistence was actively resisted by the battalion from the Fifth Fusiliers stationed on the world; unaware that the SLDF were notionally allies, the Fifth Fusiliers used their [[aerospace fighter]] contingent to harass the inbound SLDF [[DropShip]]s, while the surface-to-air batteries located around the Danderson City spaceport also exacted a toll. It wasn't until the [[Seventeenth Royal Division]] landed and managed to secure the spaceport via a ground assault that the remaining Star League units managed to successfully land on the planet. Even with control of the spaceport, the Star League forces still took three months to secure the world in the face of determined, aggressive resistance from the Fifth Fusiliers, while the SLDF was hampered by the need to try and minimize loss of life on the part of the Republicans. It wasn't until the last of the giant desalination plants essential to the survival of the local population was captured that the Fifth Fusiliers finally surrendered.<ref name="H:RWp132"/> + The SLDF campaign to secure Persistence was actively resisted by the battalion from the Fifth Fusiliers stationed on the world; unaware that the SLDF were notionally allies, the Fifth Fusiliers used their [[AeroSpace Fighter]] contingent to harass the inbound SLDF [[DropShip]]s, while the surface to air batteries located around the Danderson City spaceport also exacted a toll. It wasn't until the [[17th Royal Division|Seventeenth Royal Division]] landed and managed to secure the spaceport via a ground assault that the remaining Star League units managed to successfully land on the planet. Even with control of the spaceport, the Star League forces still took three months to secure the world in the face of determined, aggressive resistance from the Fifth Fusiliers, while the SLDF was hampered by the need to try and minimise loss of life on the part of the Republicans. It wasn't until the last of the giant desalination plants essential to the survival of the local population was captured that the Fifth Fusiliers finally surrendered.<ref name="H:RWp132"/> ====Steelton==== ====Steelton==== − The remaining contingent of the Fifth Fusiliers was stationed on [[Steelton]] and would remain there for more than a decade after the loss of the other detachments from the Fifth on Persistence and Star's End. These last holdouts finally saw combat against the SLDF in one of the last engagements of Operation MAILED FIST. The Commanding Officer of the Task Force, [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]], assigned two [[division]]s to the assault on Steelton in mid-[[2595]], a much larger force than the surviving elements of the Fifth Fusiliers; in one of the few actions where divisions from different [[corps]] fought alongside each other, the [[11th Royal Division|Eleventh Royal Division]] from [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] and the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] from [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] landed on Steelton.<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588–2596)"</ref> With the defeat of the Fifth Fusiliers and the capture of Steelton Task Force MAILED FIST had secured the last world controlling the approaches to Apollo<ref name="H:RWp139">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 139: "Bitter Harvests (2591–2596)"</ref> although military operations continued; the Sixteenth remained on Steelton until the end of Operation MAILED FIST in late [[2596]], but the Eleventh redeployed in [[2596]] to capture the [[Vulture's Nest]] system.<ref name="H:RWp153"/> + The remaining contingent of the Fifth Fusiliers was stationed on [[Steelton]], and would remain there for more than a decade after the loss of the other detachments from the Fifth on Persistence and Star's End. These last holdouts finally saw combat against the SLDF in one of the last engagements of Operation MAILED FIST. The Commanding Officer of the Task Force, [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]], assigned two [[division]]s to the assault on Steelton in mid-[[2595]], a much larger force than the surviving elements of the Fifth Fusiliers; in one of the few actions where divisions from different [[corps]] fought alongside each other, the [[11th Royal Division|Eleventh Royal Division]] from [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] and the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] from [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] landed on Steelton.<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> With the defeat of the Fifth Fusiliers and the capture of Steelton Task Force MAILED FIST had secured the last world controlling the approaches to Apollo<ref name="H:RWp139">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 139, "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"</ref> although military operations continued; the Sixteenth remained on Steelton until the end of Operation MAILED FIST in late [[2596]], but the Eleventh redeployed in [[2596]] to capture the [[Vulture's Nest]] system.<ref name="H:RWp153"/> ===Star League Era=== ===Star League Era=== − Re-formed in [[2744]] on [[Bone-Norman]], the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers were one of many light horse units used by the Rim Worlds Republic. They deployed to [[Icar]] when a battalion of bandits landed on the agricultural world. The planetary garrison unit kept track of the bandits and fed that information to the Fifth Fusiliers. The Fifth's airwing (supplemented by a company of ''[[Stinger LAM]]s'') strafed and bombed the bandit base, destroying half their 'Mechs. The Fusiliers then executed a combat drop that put two battalions of 'Mechs on the bandit base. The Fifth then spent the next week tracking down the few survivors of their initial assault. During that time, the Fifth lost a single ''[[Stinger]]'' 'Mech.<ref name=er2750p61/> + Re-formed in [[2744]] on [[Bone-Norman]] the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers were one of many light horse units used by the Rim Worlds Republic. They deployed to [[Icar]] when a battalion of bandits landed on the agricultural world. The planetary garrison unit kept track of the bandits and fed that information to the Fifth Fusiliers. The Fifth's airwing (supplemented by a company of ''[[Stinger LAM]]s'') strafed and bombed the bandit base, destroying half their 'Mechs. The Fusiliers then executed a combat drop that put two battalions of 'Mechs on the bandit base. The Fifth then spent the next week tracking down the few survivors of their initial assault. During that time, the Fifth lost a single ''[[Stinger]]'' 'Mech.<ref name=er2750p61/> ==Officers== ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable"+ The Commanding Officer (CO) of the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers in 2581 was [[Colonel]] [[Ivy Hassan]].<ref name="H:RWp131">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 131, "The Rim Worlds Army Loyalties"</ref> − |- − ! 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 5th Amaris Fusiliers''' − |- − | [[Colonel]]||[[Ivy Hassan]]||[[2581]]<ref name="H:RWp131">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 131: "The Rim Worlds Army Loyalties"</ref> − |- − |} ==Tactics== ==Tactics== − The Fifth Amaris Fusiliers typically used light cavalry tactics.<ref name=er2750p143>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 143</ref>+ Typically the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers used light cavalry tactics.<ref name=er2750p143>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 143</ref> − ==Composition History== + + ==Composition== ===2750=== ===2750=== − The Fifth Amaris Fusiliers made extensive use of ''[[Shadow Hawk]]'' and ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]''s, with ''[[Wasp]]''s and ''[[Stinger]]''s as recon units. The Fifth also had a full wing of aerospace fighters and a company of ''Stinger'' LAMs.<ref name=er2750p61/> + The Fifth Amaris Fusiliers made extensive use of ''[[Shadow Hawk]]'' and ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]''s, with ''[[Wasp]]''s and ''[[Stinger]]''s as recon units. The Fifth also had a full wing of AeroSpace Fighters and a company of ''Stinger'' LAMs.<ref name=er2750p61/> ==Notes== ==Notes== − *Special rules for the {{PAGENAME}} can be found in ''Historical: Reunification War'' (p. 183) and ''Era Report: 2750'' (p. 143). + + + ==Rules== + <div class=gamerules> + ===Reunification War=== + * During the Reunification War the Fifth Fusiliers receive a -1 penalty to all repair rolls as a consequence of the disruption caused to the logistical infrastructure of the Rim Worlds Army during the Rim Worlds Republic civil war.<ref name="H:RWp183">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183, "Rim Worlds Republic"</ref> + ===Star League Era=== + * The Fifth Amaris Fusiliers can use the Overrun Combat special ability.<ref name=er2750p143/> + </div> ==References== ==References== Line 63:
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Age of War=== | ===Age of War=== | ||
| − | The '''Fifth Amaris Fusiliers''' were based on [[Apollo ( | + | The '''Fifth Amaris Fusiliers''' were based on [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]] in [[2573]] and became embroiled in events that would become the flashpoint for the Rim Worlds Republic Civil War. The primary instigators of the conflict were the [[First Consul]] of the Republic, [[Gregory Amaris]], and an organization known as the [[Rift Republican Army]], formerly an operational military formation but by this point a society similar to a veteran's association through which like-minded individuals could socialise. While the RRA hadn't previously been known to be particularly political or militant in its outlook, in [[2573]] members of a militant fringe of the RRA whipped the citizens of the city of Eleazor into a frenzy over taxation imposed by Amaris. The result was a riot severe enough that it saw the [[8th Amaris Dragoons|Eighth Amaris Dragoons]] deployed to disperse the rioters. While the Eighth was occupied by the rioters, several hundred people in RRA uniforms stormed the Eighth's headquarters at the Efrimal Long barracks, which was co-located alongside a high-security prison within which Amaris had imprisoned dissidents against his regime.<ref name="H:RWp127">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 127, "Descent Into Madness (2571-2580)"</ref> |
| − | The RRA force quickly captured the headquarters, executing captured personnel including the regimental command staff, and the RRA commander, [[Colonel]] [[ | + | The RRA force quickly captured the headquarters, executing captured personnel including the regimental command staff, and the RRA commander, [[Colonel]] [[Janissa DeCoe]], used the Eighth's communications equipment to broadcast their own demands for foreign troops on Republic soil to be withdrawn, for the sovreignty of the Republic to be accepted, and for Amaris to cease imprisoning his political opponents. The RRA then jammed communications planetwide as Amaris reacted in a typically brutal fashion; the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers and the [[Amaris Republican Guards]] - the latter a part of Amaris' own household troops - were ordered into the city to suppress the RRA forces. The Fusiliers and the Guards expected a quick victory, as both were favoured units well-equipped with [[BattleMech]]s; instead, the two units faced stiff resistence from RRA personnel proficient in anti-'Mech tactics who quickly crippled a number of 'Mechs. The resulting setback drove a furious Amaris to order that the Efrimal Long site be bombarded by both artillery and air strikes, flattening the site and killing a third of the RRA personnel; yet more members of the RRA died as they came into contact with the loyalist units encircling the site, and in the wake of the battle Amaris imposed the [[Universal Act of Loyalty]] on the Republic, forcing citizens to either swear loyalty to the Amaris family and through them, the Star League.<ref name="H:RWp127"/> |
===Rim Worlds Republic Civil War=== | ===Rim Worlds Republic Civil War=== | ||
| − | By [[2581]] | + | By [[2581]] the Fifth Fusiliers had been moved off Apollo, and had been split between the [[Persistence]], [[Star's End]] and [[Steelton]] systems as the local garrison.<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunifcation War'', p. 128, "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref> (until May) Civil war had erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]] in response to Gregory Amaris' heavy-handed actions on Apollo, and Amaris was forced to retreat to his family estates on Apollo as a direct result of [[Rim Worlds Army]] units on Apollo defecting to the [[Rim Provisional Government]], a new government of the people supported by the RRA and formed as a result of Amaris' attempted crackdown on workers at the [[Diplass Technologies]] [[BattleMech]] plant on Apollo. Amaris called on the [[Star League]] for assistance, and while the Star League was initially slow to respond, the massacre of the small [[SLDF]] garrison at Camp Cameron by extremists within the RRA in [[2578]] prompted [[First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]] to decide to intervene in the civil war.<ref name="H:RWp130A">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130-131, "The Spark"</ref> |
| − | The result was [[Operation MAILED FIST]], which called for a multinational force headed up by the SLDF named [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to assemble and help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near Apollo began in [[2581]] and swept up two of the three planets across which the Fifth Fusiliers were stationed.<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132 | + | The result was [[Operation MAILED FIST]], which called for a multinational force headed up by the SLDF named [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to assemble and help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near Apollo began in [[2581]] and swept up two of the three planets across which the Fifth Fusiliers were stationed.<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132, "Case Apollo"</ref> |
====Star's End==== | ====Star's End==== | ||
| − | + | Still considered a newly-colonised system in the late twenty-sixth century, the population of the [[Star's End]] system numbered less than five thousand but was considered a strategically significant system; as a result, it merited a strong garrison, and during the early years of the civil war within the Rim Worlds Republic that garrison was a battalion from the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers. The Fifth were considered to be loyal to Amaris but with no idea of how these loyalist forces would react, when the Star League finally attempted to intervene in the civil war the Star League Defense Force troops were forced to treat the Fusiliers with suspicion.<ref name="H:RWp132"/> | |
| − | The [[ | + | The [[2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps]] was responsible for providing the forces for controlling the Star's End system, with the [[2nd Marik Militia|Second]] and [[6th Marik Militia|Sixth Marik Militias]] and the [[2nd Fusiliers of Oriente|Second Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] deploying into the system in May 2581. Unsure of what resistance to expect, if any, the [[Free Worlds League]] forces were surprised to find no visible military presence when they entered the system. The colonies were all established on various asteroids along with the military garrison, all of which had gone dark to evade detection; with no charts of the system to draw on, the SLDF forces were forced to survey the system for themselves, a long, laborious fourteen-month task. Despite the difficulties in surveying the system, the Star's End system was declared to be secure in June or July, and the SLDF began to establish a fleet base in the system that ironically became the single biggest customer for the local mining colonies. The SLDF also established a supply depot on Novo Cressidas, the one habitable world in the system.<ref name="H:RWp132"/> |
====Persistence==== | ====Persistence==== | ||
| − | The SLDF campaign to secure Persistence was actively resisted by the battalion from the Fifth Fusiliers stationed on the world; unaware that the SLDF were notionally allies, the Fifth Fusiliers used their [[ | + | The SLDF campaign to secure Persistence was actively resisted by the battalion from the Fifth Fusiliers stationed on the world; unaware that the SLDF were notionally allies, the Fifth Fusiliers used their [[AeroSpace Fighter]] contingent to harass the inbound SLDF [[DropShip]]s, while the surface to air batteries located around the Danderson City spaceport also exacted a toll. It wasn't until the [[17th Royal Division|Seventeenth Royal Division]] landed and managed to secure the spaceport via a ground assault that the remaining Star League units managed to successfully land on the planet. Even with control of the spaceport, the Star League forces still took three months to secure the world in the face of determined, aggressive resistance from the Fifth Fusiliers, while the SLDF was hampered by the need to try and minimise loss of life on the part of the Republicans. It wasn't until the last of the giant desalination plants essential to the survival of the local population was captured that the Fifth Fusiliers finally surrendered.<ref name="H:RWp132"/> |
====Steelton==== | ====Steelton==== | ||
| − | The remaining contingent of the Fifth Fusiliers was stationed on [[Steelton]] and would remain there for more than a decade after the loss of the other detachments from the Fifth on Persistence and Star's End. These last holdouts finally saw combat against the SLDF in one of the last engagements of Operation MAILED FIST. The Commanding Officer of the Task Force, [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]], assigned two [[division]]s to the assault on Steelton in mid-[[2595]], a much larger force than the surviving elements of the Fifth Fusiliers; in one of the few actions where divisions from different [[corps]] fought alongside each other, the [[11th Royal Division|Eleventh Royal Division]] from [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] and the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] from [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] landed on Steelton.<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153 | + | The remaining contingent of the Fifth Fusiliers was stationed on [[Steelton]], and would remain there for more than a decade after the loss of the other detachments from the Fifth on Persistence and Star's End. These last holdouts finally saw combat against the SLDF in one of the last engagements of Operation MAILED FIST. The Commanding Officer of the Task Force, [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]], assigned two [[division]]s to the assault on Steelton in mid-[[2595]], a much larger force than the surviving elements of the Fifth Fusiliers; in one of the few actions where divisions from different [[corps]] fought alongside each other, the [[11th Royal Division|Eleventh Royal Division]] from [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] and the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] from [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] landed on Steelton.<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> With the defeat of the Fifth Fusiliers and the capture of Steelton Task Force MAILED FIST had secured the last world controlling the approaches to Apollo<ref name="H:RWp139">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 139, "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"</ref> although military operations continued; the Sixteenth remained on Steelton until the end of Operation MAILED FIST in late [[2596]], but the Eleventh redeployed in [[2596]] to capture the [[Vulture's Nest]] system.<ref name="H:RWp153"/> |
===Star League Era=== | ===Star League Era=== | ||
| − | Re-formed in [[2744]] on [[Bone-Norman]] | + | Re-formed in [[2744]] on [[Bone-Norman]] the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers were one of many light horse units used by the Rim Worlds Republic. They deployed to [[Icar]] when a battalion of bandits landed on the agricultural world. The planetary garrison unit kept track of the bandits and fed that information to the Fifth Fusiliers. The Fifth's airwing (supplemented by a company of ''[[Stinger LAM]]s'') strafed and bombed the bandit base, destroying half their 'Mechs. The Fusiliers then executed a combat drop that put two battalions of 'Mechs on the bandit base. The Fifth then spent the next week tracking down the few survivors of their initial assault. During that time, the Fifth lost a single ''[[Stinger]]'' 'Mech.<ref name=er2750p61/> |
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| − | + | The Commanding Officer (CO) of the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers in 2581 was [[Colonel]] [[Ivy Hassan]].<ref name="H:RWp131">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 131, "The Rim Worlds Army Loyalties"</ref> | |
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| − | + | Typically the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers used light cavalry tactics.<ref name=er2750p143>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 143</ref> | |
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===2750=== | ===2750=== | ||
| − | The Fifth Amaris Fusiliers made extensive use of ''[[Shadow Hawk]]'' and ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]''s, with ''[[Wasp]]''s and ''[[Stinger]]''s as recon units. The Fifth also had a full wing of | + | The Fifth Amaris Fusiliers made extensive use of ''[[Shadow Hawk]]'' and ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]''s, with ''[[Wasp]]''s and ''[[Stinger]]''s as recon units. The Fifth also had a full wing of AeroSpace Fighters and a company of ''Stinger'' LAMs.<ref name=er2750p61/> |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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| + | ===Reunification War=== | ||
| + | * During the Reunification War the Fifth Fusiliers receive a -1 penalty to all repair rolls as a consequence of the disruption caused to the logistical infrastructure of the Rim Worlds Army during the Rim Worlds Republic civil war.<ref name="H:RWp183">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183, "Rim Worlds Republic"</ref> | ||
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| + | * The Fifth Amaris Fusiliers can use the Overrun Combat special ability.<ref name=er2750p143/> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[Era Report: 2750 | + | *''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' |
| − | + | *''[[The Star League]]'' | |
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