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| nickname = Kleist (2765)<ref name="FR2765p13"/><br>The Steadfast | | nickname = Kleist (2765)<ref name="FR2765p13"/><br>The Steadfast | ||
| parent formation = [[Lyran Guards]] | | parent formation = [[Lyran Guards]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Star League Era=== | ===Star League Era=== | ||
| − | In [[2743]] the | + | In [[2743]] the Fifth Lyran Guards received a distinguished new recruit as a part of their deployment to [[New Caledonia]], a world close to the borders of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] and [[Draconis Combine]]: [[Paul Steiner]], son of [[Archon]] [[Michael Steiner II|Michael Steiner]]. A newly-commissioned [[Hauptmann]] who had graduated top of his class at the [[Nagelring]], Paul's deployment was a sign of how seriously the Archon took the Combine-instigated "bandit raids" which had struck Lyran border worlds in [[2742]]. During the raids that followed the redeployment of the Fifth , Hauptmann Steiner demonstrated an uncanny ability to use his forces to outmaneuver attacking forces, something opponents of the usually heavy and ponderous [[LCAF]] didn't expect. He would remain with the Fifth Guards until [[2750]], when he was awarded command of the [[First Royal Guards]].<ref name="ER:2750p79+">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 79-80, "Paul Steiner"</ref> |
| − | During the Star League era the | + | During the Star League era the Fifth Lyran Guards was one of ten regiments within the [[First Lyran Guards Division]], one of five Divisions of active regiments within the Lyran Guards brigade in the closing decades of the [[Star League]]'s existence. By the mid-[[twenty-eighth century]] the First Division was the only Division of the Lyran Guards to be at full strength, and while the Lyran Guards were supposed to be loyal to the Lyran Commonwealth first and the Archon second, the various regiments of the First had been used at various points to keep powerful nobles in line.<ref name="FR2765p13">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 13-14, "Lyran Guards"</ref> |
| − | Like the other regiments of the Guards during this era, | + | Like the other regiments of the Guards during this era, theFifth lacked any particular political ties - either regional or familial - unlike regiments in other brigades; commonly assigned to garrison postings, the Fifth Lyran Guards and their sister regiments were postings of choice for those who wanted to work for the Commonwealth without either regional loyalties or particular ambitions. This led to the Fifth and her sister regiments being manned by soldiers who were professional, but without the close-knit ties found in more parochial regiments. The [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] was intent on generating more camaraderie and ''esprit de corps'' among the Fifth and the other Guards regiments, but with little success by 2765.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> |
| − | In 2765 the | + | In 2765 the Fifth was stationed on the [[Morrigan (LC)|Morrigan]], a posting that required personnel to learn how to use exoskeletons to function in the face of Morrigan's 3G pull.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> |
=== First Succession War === | === First Succession War === | ||
| − | [[Wyatt]] was annexed by the [[Free Worlds League]] early in the [[First Succession War]], but the [[Marik Militia]] forces assigned to Wyatt withdrew in late [[2790]], leaving the planet open to conquest. The League had honored the titles of the Roark family on Wyatt when the world was annexed from the [[Terran Hegemony]], in exchange for the Roark's fealty. That fealty was tested when two [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] [[regiment]]s - the [[Fourth | + | [[Wyatt]] was annexed by the [[Free Worlds League]] early in the [[First Succession War]], but the [[Marik Militia]] forces assigned to Wyatt withdrew in late [[2790]], leaving the planet open to conquest. The League had honored the titles of the Roark family on Wyatt when the world was annexed from the [[Terran Hegemony]], in exchange for the Roark's fealty. That fealty was tested when two [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] [[regiment]]s - the [[Fourth Donegal Guards]] and Fifth Lyran Guards - arrived to annex the planet in January [[2791]]. A Lyran negotiator attempted to persuade [[Baroness]] [[Althea Roark]] to switch her allegiance to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], the previous Baron - Althea's husband - having left with the [[Star League Defense Force]] on the [[Operation EXODUS|Exodus]], but Althea's son and daughter - former [[Captain]] Stephan Roark of the [[SLDF]] and his sister, Dana - are opposed to breaking their oaths to [[House Marik]], as is Stephan's uncle, retired SLDF [[General]] Bartolomeo Roark. The defending forces on Wyatt consisted of the Wyatt Militia - a force that can muster barely four [[lance]]s of [['Mech]]s - and the personal 'Mechs of House Roark, which were dispersed around the various Roark landholdings across the world. Stephan and his allies fought against the annexation, but were undercut by the Baroness, who aligned House Roark with the Commonwealth to preserve the family's position on Wyatt.<ref name="ASP">''A Soldier's Privilege''</ref> |
=== Succession Wars === | === Succession Wars === | ||
| − | The | + | The Fifth went to [[Skondia]] in [[3044]] as part of Operation Baldur. The plan was for the Fifth and the [[Seventeenth Donegal Guards]] to liberate the world and thus secure [[Skye]]'s border. The unit was nearly destroyed in heavy fighting. It took three years before the Fifth was rebuilt. During the [[Clan Invasion]] the Fifth remained in the Draconis March to appease the Sandoval family.<ref name=FMLA76/> |
===FedCom Civil War=== | ===FedCom Civil War=== | ||
| − | The | + | The Fifth Lyran Guards arrived on [[Addicks]] with an assignment to destroy the [[First NAIS Cadet Cadre]]. The Guards' arrival triggered a major conflict that resulted in major losses for the Loyalist forces. The Fifth was more successful on [[Marlette]], where they opened a gap that allowed the Loyalist Marlette Militia to escape from an Allied trap.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 170</ref> By [[3067]] they were still on Marlette.<ref name=FMU179/> |
===Jihad=== | ===Jihad=== | ||
| − | The | + | The Fifth Lyran Guards saw action early in [[Operation SCOUR]], serving on the [[Federated Suns]] front as a part of Group III. Group III attacked [[Tybalt]] in early [[3077]], when it was targeted in the first wave of assaults made by the allied coalition forces that made up the Federated Suns front of [[Operation SCOUR]]. Following the liberation of Tybalt, the local citizenry found itself in the unusual position of throwing a victory parade that, for the first time in the history of Tybalt, honored a unit from the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]];<ref name="JHS:Tp36">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 36, "First Wave Complete"</ref> serving in Group III alongside the Fifth Lyran Guards were [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Delta Galaxy]] of [[Clan Nova Cat]] and the [[17th Benjamin Regulars]].<ref name="JHS:Tp39">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 39, "War To The Knife"</ref> |
| − | As part of Group III the | + | As part of Group III the Fifth Lyran Guards took part in the assault on [[Nanking]] in late 3077. Arriving in-system at almost the same time as a Capellan attack group, the Fifth and the rest of Group III arrived above Nanking a day after the Capellans had landed, only to find that the Capellan forces led by [[Warrior House Fujita]] were trapped in their deployment zone, exhausted from the punishing trip in and under fire from the Nanking Protectorate Militia. Group III dropped behind the Militia forces and proceeded to launch an attack that saw Delta Galaxy and the 17th Benjamin Regulars punish the Militia with ranged fire before the Fifth Lyran Guards launched a devastating assault that broke the Blakist forces.<ref name="JHS:Tp39">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 39, "War To The Knife"</ref> |
| − | Having broken the main Blakist force, Group III found itself being ordered to leave Nanking by House Fujita; when Group III cited the continuing Blakist presence on the planet as a reason to stay, House Fujita nuked the base camp of the | + | Having broken the main Blakist force, Group III found itself being ordered to leave Nanking by House Fujita; when Group III cited the continuing Blakist presence on the planet as a reason to stay, House Fujita nuked the base camp of the Fifth Lyran Guards. This prompted Group III to leave Nanking en masse.<ref name="JHS:Tp39"/> |
| − | The | + | The Fifth Lyran Guards formed part of the Coalition force that landed at Geneva on [[Terra]].<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 96</ref> They fought alongside ComStar's [[6th Army (ComStar)|6th Army]] against the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[4th Division (Word of Blake)|4th]] and [[16th Division (Word of Blake)|16th Division]].<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 109</ref> |
| − | After [[Terra]] was secured by the Coalition forces the | + | After [[Terra]] was secured by the Coalition forces the Fifth Lyran Guards had been heavily depleted by months of combat; the Lyran high command pulled a complete [[battalion]] from the [[Accrington FTM]] and assigned them to the Fifth as battlefield casualty replacements, and the Fifth were redeployed to defend the factories of [[Hesperus II]].<ref name="FR:LAAFp12">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 12, "Lyran Guards"</ref> |
===Dark Age=== | ===Dark Age=== | ||
| − | In [[3139]] the | + | In [[3139]] the Fifth fought the [[Fourth Tamarind Regulars|4th Tamarind Regulars]] on [[Tamarind]] in [[3139]]. The Fifth Lyran Guards sent several new [[Manticore II]] heavy tanks down a river and struck the Fourth's rear areas.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 18</ref> The Fifth faced off against elements of the [[Wolf Empire]] in [[3140]] on [[Niihau]]. The Fifth broke down into smaller forces and engaged in a guerilla war.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 12</ref> After fighting the Wolves for more than a year, the Commonwealth was finally able to rescue the Fifth. The LCAF High Command reassigned the Fifth to garrison [[Alma Alta]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 126</ref> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command | ||
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| − | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the | + | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Fifth Lyran Regulars''' |
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| − | | [[Hauptmann General]]||[[Louise Kopper]]||[[3045]] - [[3067]]<ref name=20Yp19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19, "AFFC Deployment Table - 3050"</ref><ref name=FMLA76>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 76, " | + | | [[Hauptmann General]]||[[Louise Kopper]]||[[3045]] - [[3067]]<ref name=20Yp19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19, "AFFC Deployment Table - 3050"</ref><ref name=FMLA76>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 76, "Fifth Lyran Guards Unit Profile"</ref><ref name=FMU179>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 179, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table - 3067"</ref> |
|- | |- | ||
| [[Leutnant-General]]||[[Heather Jobs]]||[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p107>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 107, "Lyran Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> | | [[Leutnant-General]]||[[Heather Jobs]]||[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p107>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 107, "Lyran Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> | ||
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==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
=== 2765 === | === 2765 === | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FR2765p13"/> |
:- At this point in time the Fifth was based on Morrigan.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> | :- At this point in time the Fifth was based on Morrigan.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> | ||
===3040=== | ===3040=== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards RCT''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name=HWO3039>''Historical: War of 3039'' , p. 137 </ref> |
===3050=== | ===3050=== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Green/Reliable)<ref name=20Yp19/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Hauptmann General}} Louise Kopper<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Hauptmann General}} Louise Kopper<br> | ||
===3062=== | ===3062=== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA76/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Hauptmann General}} Louise Kopper<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Hauptmann General}} Louise Kopper<br> | ||
Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Barry Palin<br> | Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Barry Palin<br> | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards Aerospace [[Brigade]]''' (2 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]s)<ref name=FMLA76/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Choderlos De Lacos<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Choderlos De Lacos<br> | ||
| − | - | + | - Fifth Lyran Guards Wing<br> |
| − | - | + | - 173rd Lyran Guards Wing<br> |
'''Fifth Lyran Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name=FMLA76/><br> | '''Fifth Lyran Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name=FMLA76/><br> | ||
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Ivan Monfriez<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Ivan Monfriez<br> | ||
Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Kommandant}} Raine Younis<br> | Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Kommandant}} Raine Younis<br> | ||
| − | - | + | - 71st Lyran Heavy Armor Regiment: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Don Gartner<br> |
| − | - | + | - 11th [[Markab]] Panzer Regiment: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Wan Yuen<br> |
| − | - | + | - 35th Markab Armor Regiment: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Wendy Fewster<br> |
- In 3067 the commanding officer of the Armor Brigade is {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Raine Younis.<br> | - In 3067 the commanding officer of the Armor Brigade is {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Raine Younis.<br> | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA76/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Karen Walden<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Karen Walden<br> | ||
Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Jas Unger<br> | Aide: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Jas Unger<br> | ||
| − | - | + | - 147th Lyran Heavy Infantry Regiment: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Serge Prynn<br> |
| − | - | + | - 217th Lyran Infantry Regiment: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Lisa Jenkins<br> |
| − | - | + | - 619th Lyran Mechanized Infantry Regiment: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Edwin Fisk<br> |
| − | - | + | - 43rd Markab Mounted Rifles: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Paul Carmody<br> |
| − | - | + | - 91st [[Skat]] Jump Regiment: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Len Finkle<br> |
- In 3067 the commanding officer of the Armor Brigade is {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Jas Unger.<br> | - In 3067 the commanding officer of the Armor Brigade is {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Jas Unger.<br> | ||
===3067=== | ===3067=== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMU179/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Hauptmann General}} Louise Kopper | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Hauptmann General}} Louise Kopper | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards Aerospace [[Brigade]]''' (2 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]s)<ref name=FMU179/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Kaptain}} Choderlos De Lacos<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Kaptain}} Choderlos De Lacos<br> | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMU179/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Raine Younis | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Raine Younis | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)<ref name=FMU179/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Jas Unger | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Jas Unger | ||
===3085=== | ===3085=== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards RCT''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p107/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Heather Jobs | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Heather Jobs | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Armor Brigade''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p107/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Jan Shaw | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Jan Shaw | ||
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===3145=== | ===3145=== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Guards RCT''' (Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FM:3145p133/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Eugen Hasseldorf<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Leutnant General}} Eugen Hasseldorf<br> | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Armor Brigade''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p133/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Patrick Anderson<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Patrick Anderson<br> | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Fifth Lyran Infantry Brigade''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FM:3145p133/><br> |
CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Jonathan Cook<br> | CO: {{LyranRankInline|Colonel}} Jonathan Cook<br> | ||
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===Clan Invasion=== | ===Clan Invasion=== | ||
| − | The | + | The Fifth may use the [[Force the Initiative]] and [[Overrun Combat]] special ability. Against [[Draconis Combine]] troops, they suffer a -2 Initiative penalty. Against Combine troops they receive a -1 to hit modifier when firing at short or medium range.<ref>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 132</ref> |
</div> | </div> | ||
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth]]'' | ||
| − | [[Category:Lyran Commands|Lyran Guards, | + | [[Category:Lyran Commands|Lyran Guards, 0Fifth]] |
| − | [[Category:Federated Commonwealth Commands|Lyran Guards, | + | [[Category:Federated Commonwealth Commands|Lyran Guards, 0Fifth]] |
Revision as of 14:33, 26 February 2019
Contents
History
Star League Era
In 2743 the Fifth Lyran Guards received a distinguished new recruit as a part of their deployment to New Caledonia, a world close to the borders of the Rim Worlds Republic and Draconis Combine: Paul Steiner, son of Archon Michael Steiner. A newly-commissioned Hauptmann who had graduated top of his class at the Nagelring, Paul's deployment was a sign of how seriously the Archon took the Combine-instigated "bandit raids" which had struck Lyran border worlds in 2742. During the raids that followed the redeployment of the Fifth , Hauptmann Steiner demonstrated an uncanny ability to use his forces to outmaneuver attacking forces, something opponents of the usually heavy and ponderous LCAF didn't expect. He would remain with the Fifth Guards until 2750, when he was awarded command of the First Royal Guards.[1]
During the Star League era the Fifth Lyran Guards was one of ten regiments within the First Lyran Guards Division, one of five Divisions of active regiments within the Lyran Guards brigade in the closing decades of the Star League's existence. By the mid-twenty-eighth century the First Division was the only Division of the Lyran Guards to be at full strength, and while the Lyran Guards were supposed to be loyal to the Lyran Commonwealth first and the Archon second, the various regiments of the First had been used at various points to keep powerful nobles in line.[2]
Like the other regiments of the Guards during this era, theFifth lacked any particular political ties - either regional or familial - unlike regiments in other brigades; commonly assigned to garrison postings, the Fifth Lyran Guards and their sister regiments were postings of choice for those who wanted to work for the Commonwealth without either regional loyalties or particular ambitions. This led to the Fifth and her sister regiments being manned by soldiers who were professional, but without the close-knit ties found in more parochial regiments. The Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces was intent on generating more camaraderie and esprit de corps among the Fifth and the other Guards regiments, but with little success by 2765.[2]
In 2765 the Fifth was stationed on the Morrigan, a posting that required personnel to learn how to use exoskeletons to function in the face of Morrigan's 3G pull.[2]
First Succession War
Wyatt was annexed by the Free Worlds League early in the First Succession War, but the Marik Militia forces assigned to Wyatt withdrew in late 2790, leaving the planet open to conquest. The League had honored the titles of the Roark family on Wyatt when the world was annexed from the Terran Hegemony, in exchange for the Roark's fealty. That fealty was tested when two Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces regiments - the Fourth Donegal Guards and Fifth Lyran Guards - arrived to annex the planet in January 2791. A Lyran negotiator attempted to persuade Baroness Althea Roark to switch her allegiance to the Lyran Commonwealth, the previous Baron - Althea's husband - having left with the Star League Defense Force on the Exodus, but Althea's son and daughter - former Captain Stephan Roark of the SLDF and his sister, Dana - are opposed to breaking their oaths to House Marik, as is Stephan's uncle, retired SLDF General Bartolomeo Roark. The defending forces on Wyatt consisted of the Wyatt Militia - a force that can muster barely four lances of 'Mechs - and the personal 'Mechs of House Roark, which were dispersed around the various Roark landholdings across the world. Stephan and his allies fought against the annexation, but were undercut by the Baroness, who aligned House Roark with the Commonwealth to preserve the family's position on Wyatt.[3]
Succession Wars
The Fifth went to Skondia in 3044 as part of Operation Baldur. The plan was for the Fifth and the Seventeenth Donegal Guards to liberate the world and thus secure Skye's border. The unit was nearly destroyed in heavy fighting. It took three years before the Fifth was rebuilt. During the Clan Invasion the Fifth remained in the Draconis March to appease the Sandoval family.[4]
FedCom Civil War
The Fifth Lyran Guards arrived on Addicks with an assignment to destroy the First NAIS Cadet Cadre. The Guards' arrival triggered a major conflict that resulted in major losses for the Loyalist forces. The Fifth was more successful on Marlette, where they opened a gap that allowed the Loyalist Marlette Militia to escape from an Allied trap.[5] By 3067 they were still on Marlette.[6]
Jihad
The Fifth Lyran Guards saw action early in Operation SCOUR, serving on the Federated Suns front as a part of Group III. Group III attacked Tybalt in early 3077, when it was targeted in the first wave of assaults made by the allied coalition forces that made up the Federated Suns front of Operation SCOUR. Following the liberation of Tybalt, the local citizenry found itself in the unusual position of throwing a victory parade that, for the first time in the history of Tybalt, honored a unit from the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery;[7] serving in Group III alongside the Fifth Lyran Guards were Delta Galaxy of Clan Nova Cat and the 17th Benjamin Regulars.[8]
As part of Group III the Fifth Lyran Guards took part in the assault on Nanking in late 3077. Arriving in-system at almost the same time as a Capellan attack group, the Fifth and the rest of Group III arrived above Nanking a day after the Capellans had landed, only to find that the Capellan forces led by Warrior House Fujita were trapped in their deployment zone, exhausted from the punishing trip in and under fire from the Nanking Protectorate Militia. Group III dropped behind the Militia forces and proceeded to launch an attack that saw Delta Galaxy and the 17th Benjamin Regulars punish the Militia with ranged fire before the Fifth Lyran Guards launched a devastating assault that broke the Blakist forces.[8]
Having broken the main Blakist force, Group III found itself being ordered to leave Nanking by House Fujita; when Group III cited the continuing Blakist presence on the planet as a reason to stay, House Fujita nuked the base camp of the Fifth Lyran Guards. This prompted Group III to leave Nanking en masse.[8]
The Fifth Lyran Guards formed part of the Coalition force that landed at Geneva on Terra.[9] They fought alongside ComStar's 6th Army against the Word of Blake's 4th and 16th Division.[10]
After Terra was secured by the Coalition forces the Fifth Lyran Guards had been heavily depleted by months of combat; the Lyran high command pulled a complete battalion from the Accrington FTM and assigned them to the Fifth as battlefield casualty replacements, and the Fifth were redeployed to defend the factories of Hesperus II.[11]
Dark Age
In 3139 the Fifth fought the 4th Tamarind Regulars on Tamarind in 3139. The Fifth Lyran Guards sent several new Manticore II heavy tanks down a river and struck the Fourth's rear areas.[12] The Fifth faced off against elements of the Wolf Empire in 3140 on Niihau. The Fifth broke down into smaller forces and engaged in a guerilla war.[13] After fighting the Wolves for more than a year, the Commonwealth was finally able to rescue the Fifth. The LCAF High Command reassigned the Fifth to garrison Alma Alta.[14]
Officers
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Fifth Lyran Regulars | |||
| Hauptmann General | Louise Kopper | 3045 - 3067[15][4][6] | |
| Leutnant-General | Heather Jobs | 3085[16] | |
| Leutnant-General | Eugen Hasseldorf | 3145[17] | |
Tactics
The TO&E give the unit a weight advantage over the enemy. The command uses sheer force to gain victory.[4]
Composition History
2765
Fifth Lyran Guards (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[2]
- - At this point in time the Fifth was based on Morrigan.[2]
3040
Fifth Lyran Guards RCT (Green/Reliable)[18]
3050
Fifth Lyran Guards (1 Regiment/Green/Reliable)[15]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Louise Kopper
3062
Fifth Lyran Guards (1 Regiment/Green/Reliable)[4]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Louise Kopper
Aide: Template:LyranRankInline Barry Palin
Fifth Lyran Guards Aerospace Brigade (2 Wings)[4]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Choderlos De Lacos
- Fifth Lyran Guards Wing
- 173rd Lyran Guards Wing
Fifth Lyran Guards Armor Brigade (3 Regiment/Green/Questionable)[4]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Ivan Monfriez
Aide: Template:LyranRankInline Raine Younis
- 71st Lyran Heavy Armor Regiment: Template:LyranRankInline Don Gartner
- 11th Markab Panzer Regiment: Template:LyranRankInline Wan Yuen
- 35th Markab Armor Regiment: Template:LyranRankInline Wendy Fewster
- In 3067 the commanding officer of the Armor Brigade is Template:LyranRankInline Raine Younis.
Fifth Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)[4]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Karen Walden
Aide: Template:LyranRankInline Jas Unger
- 147th Lyran Heavy Infantry Regiment: Template:LyranRankInline Serge Prynn
- 217th Lyran Infantry Regiment: Template:LyranRankInline Lisa Jenkins
- 619th Lyran Mechanized Infantry Regiment: Template:LyranRankInline Edwin Fisk
- 43rd Markab Mounted Rifles: Template:LyranRankInline Paul Carmody
- 91st Skat Jump Regiment: Template:LyranRankInline Len Finkle
- In 3067 the commanding officer of the Armor Brigade is Template:LyranRankInline Jas Unger.
3067
Fifth Lyran Guards (1 Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[6]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Louise Kopper
Fifth Lyran Guards Aerospace Brigade (2 Wings)[6]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Choderlos De Lacos
Fifth Lyran Guards Armor Brigade (3 Regiment/Regular/Questionable)[6]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Raine Younis
Fifth Lyran Guards Infantry Brigade (5 Regiments/Green/Reliable)[6]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Jas Unger
3085
Fifth Lyran Guards RCT (Veteran/Reliable)[16]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Heather Jobs
Fifth Lyran Armor Brigade (Veteran/Reliable)[16]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Jan Shaw
Fifth Lyran Infantry Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[16]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Arthur Prochazka
3145
Fifth Lyran Guards RCT (Veteran/Questionable)[17]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Eugen Hasseldorf
Fifth Lyran Armor Brigade (Veteran/Reliable)[17]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Patrick Anderson
Fifth Lyran Infantry Brigade (Regular/Questionable)[17]
CO: Template:LyranRankInline Jonathan Cook
Game Rules
Clan Invasion
The Fifth may use the Force the Initiative and Overrun Combat special ability. Against Draconis Combine troops, they suffer a -2 Initiative penalty. Against Combine troops they receive a -1 to hit modifier when firing at short or medium range.[19]
Reference
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 79-80, "Paul Steiner"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 13-14, "Lyran Guards"
- ↑ A Soldier's Privilege
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 76, "Fifth Lyran Guards Unit Profile"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 170
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Field Manual: Updates, p. 179, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table - 3067"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 36, "First Wave Complete"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 39, "War To The Knife"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 96
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 109
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 12, "Lyran Guards"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth, p. 18
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth, p. 12
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 126
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 20 Year Update, p. 19, "AFFC Deployment Table - 3050"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Field Manual: 3085, p. 107, "Lyran Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. 133, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces - Arc-Royal Theater"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039 , p. 137
- ↑ Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 132
Bibliography
- 20 Year Update
- Era Report: 2750
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Lyran Alliance
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report: LAAF
- Field Report 2765: LCAF
- House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)
- Historical: War of 3039
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Objective Raids
- A Soldier's Privilege
- Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth