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| image = [[File:Beta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers) logo.png|150px]]
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| image     = [[File:12th Vegan Rangers (Beta Regiment).jpg|150px]]
| Designation = Beta Regiment
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| unitname  = Beta Regiment: Metal Mayhem
| Formed = [[2865]]<ref name=FMMR109/>
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| year      = 3067
| Disbanded = [[3077]]<ref name=MMSCDp47>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 47: "FedSuns Mercenary Deployment"</ref>
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| commander = Colonel Miller al-Nahib
| Previous Designation =  
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| jumpships = yes
| Nickname = The Victories<br>(2900s-3057)
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| dropships = yes
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| aero      = yes
Metal Mayhem<br>(3057-3077)
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| armor    = yes
| Affiliation = [[Mercenary]]
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| infantry  = no
| Parent Command = [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]]
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
 
}}
 
}}
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==History==
 
==History==
'''Beta Regiment''' of the Twelfth Vegan Rangers formed in the single year of peace between the [[Second Succession War]] and [[Third Succession War]], as the mercenary brigade grew larger. Hired by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], most of their early contracts pitted them against the [[Free Worlds League]]. They were so successful in their battles that the unit was nicknamed "The Victories" by the [[LCAF]] forces around they supported. They remained a perennial problem for the Free Worlds League until they were rotated back to the [[Federated Suns]] to fight alongside Alpha Regiment.<ref name=FMMR109/>
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'''Beta Regiment''' of the Twelfth Vegan Rangers formed between the [[Second Succession War]] and [[Third Succession War]]. Their early contracts were fighting against the [[Free Worlds League]] for the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. They were successful most of the time, and the unit was nicknamed "The Victories" by the [[LCAF]] forces around them. They were a perennial problem for the Free Worlds League until they rotated back to the [[Federated Suns]] to fight alongside Alpha Regiment.<ref name=FMMR109/>
 
 
===Fourth Succession War===
 
Beta Regiment assisted Alpha Regiment in its invasion of [[St. Andre]] during [[Operation RAT]], facing down opposition from the Capellan [[Justinia's Cuirassiers]] and [[Blackwind Lancers]] units.  Using a combination of false sensor data, tricky unit positioning, and misleading radio transmissions, they and the [[Davion Light Guards]] were able to lure the [[CCAF]] forces into a series of devastating ambushes and forced them to ultimately surrender.  Alpha and Beta both remained as an occupying force on the planet for the remainder of the war.<ref name=NAIS4v1p19f>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', pp. 19–22</ref>
 
 
 
===War of 3039 and Operation Guerrero===
 
Like the rest of the Rangers, Beta Regiment earned a posting on the Capellan Border thanks to their actions during the Fourth Succession War.  They were given the garrison world of [[Tsinghai]], and remained posted there to ward off any counterattacks by the Capellans while Gamma and Delta Regiments saw action against the [[Draconis Combine]] during 3039.<ref name=HWo3039p141/>
 
  
Beta Regiment held that world until September of [[3057]], when a combined [[Operation Guerrero|Capellan-Free Worlds assault]] struck the [[Sarna March]] hard.  Though they initially tried to put up a strong resistance, the two allied forces struck with such speed and ferocity that Beta and its sister regiments were cut off from each other and forced to fight overwhelming numbers alone.  They began a fighting retreat, first to [[Corey]] and then to [[Second Try]], each time being driven further back by Capellan and Free Worlds forces that had already occupied those worlds.  Seeing how desperate the brigade's situation was, General [[Tom Stancel]] ordered the force to split into two units.  Alpha and Beta both successfully retreated back to [[New Aragon]], though they had suffered over fifty percent losses during their withdrawal.  By the time Delta Regiment rendezvoused with the rest of the Rangers, it had been so badly gutted that Stancel made the decision to fold it into Beta Regiment in order to bring that unit back to combat strength.
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===4th Succession War===
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===War of 3039===
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In light of the extreme, harrowing defeats the unit had suffered, Colonel [[Miller al-Nahib]] felt that "The Victories" nickname the unit bore was disrespectful to the Rangers they had lost and announced that he would be renaming the unit.  He opened the floor to his remaining troops and the survivors of Delta Regiment for suggestions.  It was eventually decided that Beta would receive the nickname "Metal Mayhem," after the 'Mech that the fallen commanding officer of Delta Regiment had piloted, memorializing both him and the fallen.<ref name=FMMp87f>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', pp. 87–90: "12th Vegan Rangers"</ref>
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===Operation Guerrero===
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During [[Operation Guerrero]] Beta Regiment lost half its troops. The unit was rebuilt with the survivors from the Twelfth Vegan Rangers Delta Regiment, which was disbanded due to heavy losses.
  
 
===FedCom Civil War===
 
===FedCom Civil War===
The Rangers of Beta Regiment were stationed on [[Zurich]] when the FedCom Civil War finally ignited in 3062.<ref name=FCCWp183>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 183: "AFFS & LAAF Mercenary Forces"</ref>  They remained there until called to reinforce Gamma Regiment on [[Algol]], making landfall on 13 February, 3063.  Unfortunately, the [[Third Republican|Third Tikonov Republican Guard]] arrived right on their heels to reinforce the [[Loyalist (FCCW)|Loyalist]] [[Second Republican]].<ref name=FCCWp54>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 54–56: "Algol"</ref>  The Rangers and Republican Guard units fought to a standstill that was broken with the arrival of the Loyalist [[Fifteenth Deneb Light Cavalry]] and the [[Allies (FCCW)|Allied]] [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]].  In the resulting brawl, the Second Republican sustained so many losses at the hands of the Lancers and Rangers that it was rolled into the bloodied Third Republican, while Gamma Regiment's Colonel Desantis chose to fold her ten remaining lances into Beta Regiment.  Both she and Colonel al-Nahib found themselves at odds with the Fifth Crucis Lancers' aggressive commanding officer, and refused to commit their Rangers to several assaults that they felt would cost their men and women unnecessary losses.<ref name=FCCWp54/>  Additional Loyalist reinforcements in late summer of 3063 brought both sides back to a grinding stalemate until [[General]] [[Tom Stancel]] arrived with Alpha Regiment to reinforce his beleaguered Rangers in September of that year. The now-united regiment aided the Fifth Lancers in driving the Loyalists off-world, but at the cost of significant losses of men and matériel.<ref name=FCCWp80>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 80–81: "Algol"</ref>
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They landed on [[Algol]] to support Gamma Regiment against the [[Tikonov Republican Guard]]. They took heavy losses, but destroyed the [[3rd Republican]] in exchange. They rebuilt from salvage and the survivors of Gamma Regiment, and then deployed to [[Genoa]] to fight [[Little Richard's Panzer Brigade]]. The Brigade was hated by the local population, and the locals quickly assisted the Rangers in forcing the Brigade off their world. The Panzer Brigade's survivors landed on [[Arboris]] but Beta Regiment followed them. The Beta Rangers inflicted heavy losses on the Panzer Brigade and again forced them off the world.<ref name=FMMR109/>
 
 
Using the salvage from the clash on Algol, Beta and the surviving elements of Gamma managed to rebuild the regiment to a point where they were able to redeploy to stop a Capellan-backed incursion into the Chaos March in October of 3066.  Dispatched by Duke Hasek to [[Genoa]] to fight off [[Little Richard's Panzer Brigade]], Beta took only two weeks to clear the ruthless Confederation mercenaries off planet, annihilating the Panzer Brigade's infantry and armor forces.<ref name=FCCWp172>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 172–173: "Genoa/Arboris"</ref>  When the Brigade fled to [[Arboris]], the Rangers followed, their ranks reinforced with a full battalion of salvaged Brigade 'Mechs. It took only a single week for the Rangers to oust the Panzer Brigade, who retreated back to Capellan space with a mere twenty-eight 'Mechs remaining from their entire regiment.<ref name=FMMR109/><ref name=FCCWp172/>  Beta Regiment was able to consolidate two understrength battalions of armor using salvage from the Panzer Brigade and volunteers from the citizen militias of Genoa and Arboris, which they dubbed the Vegan Tank Destroyers.  One battalion was sent to each world, and by the end of 3067, Arboris and Genoa had rejoined the Federated Suns as part of the Capellan March.<ref name=FMMR109/><ref name=FCCWp172/>
 
 
 
 
===Jihad===
 
===Jihad===
Neither Beta nor the Rangers as a whole got much of a chance to catch their breath, as the Word of Blake's Jihad began just as the Civil War was winding down.  In February of [[3068]], Beta deployed to [[New Avalon]] at the request of Jackson Davion, arriving in-system along with the [[Third Davion Guards]] using a pirate point. Once they made planetfall, they reinforced Federated Suns defenders in their efforts to repel Blakist invaders.  Unfortunately, while their landing was unimpeded, the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Division]] arrived a scant few days after their landing, and dropped right on top of Beta Regiment.  In the ensuing fighting, most of Beta's First and Second Battalions were destroyed. The survivors, along with Third Battalion, managed to regroup with the Third Davion Guards and mount a desperate defense of Balright Pass in the Cris Mountains. With the Guards' help, they forced the Thirty-sixth to retreat, and prevented them from taking Avalon City.<ref name=JTPNAp7>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 7: "Combatants"</ref>
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During the [[Jihad]] Beta Regiment traveled to [[New Avalon]], landing in February, [[3068]]. A few days later the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|36th Division]] arrived, and the Blakist unit destroyed most of the first two battalions. The survivors, along with third battalion, quickly redeployed to assist the [[3rd Davion Guards]]. For the next five years, Beta's survivors continued to coordinate their efforts until they lost half their remaining troops defending an ammunition depot. They then redeployed to a different continent and came under attack several times, but somehow survived.<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 7</ref>
 
 
Beta and the Third Davion Guards continued to work jointly for the next five years of the New Avalon campaign, coordinating movements and strikes against the overwhelming Blakist numbers until, while defending an ammunition dump in [[3073]], half of the surviving Beta Rangers were lost.  Now barely more than a few companies of survivors, Beta fell back to Rostock to regroup.  While there, despite coming under attack several times, they were able to weather the storm through training, persistence, and pure chance.<ref name=JTPNAp7/>
 
 
 
When New Avalon was finally liberated in [[3074]], Beta Regiment reunited with Alpha Regiment and the few survivors of Gamma Regiment, and by [[3077]] had formed a single merged brigade.<ref name=MMSCDp47/>
 
 
 
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Beta Regiment'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Beta Regiment'''
 
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Miller al-Nahib]]||before [[3028]] - [[3077]]<ref name=FMMR109/>
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Miller al-Nahib]]||[[3027]] - [[3067]]<ref name=FMMR109/>
 
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==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
Beta Regiment specializes in open field warfare, speed, and expert unit maneuvers.  A common tactic employed by them is to use First and Second Battalions as a unified formation to engage the enemy while probing the enemy's weaknesses or flanking them with Third Battalion.  Additionally, Beta Regiment outfits a good deal of its 'Mechs with XL engines, surprising enemies with their unexpected mobility and speed.<ref name=FMMR109/><ref name=MSU118>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 118: "12th Vegan Rangers"</ref>
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The First and Second Battalions act as the main body and the Third reinforces the line if needed or harasses the flanks.<ref name=FMMR109/>
  
 
==Support==
 
==Support==
Beta is known to have many skilled MechTechs on staff, and they easily able to repair and refit the unit's equipment.
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The techs have no problem to repair all equipment of the unit.
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
===3025===
 
===3025===
'''Beta Regiment''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HD138>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 138</ref>
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'''Beta Regiment''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) <ref name=HD138>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 138 </ref>
:*Base: [[Edwards]]<ref name=HD138/>
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:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Edwards]]. <ref name=HD138/>
 
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===3040===
===3040===
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'''Beta Regiment''' (Veteran/Reliable) <ref>''Historical: War of 3039'' , p. 141 </ref>
'''Beta Regiment''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HWo3039p141/>
 
:*Base: [[Tsinghai]]<ref name=HWo3039p141>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141</ref>
 
 
 
 
===3050===
 
===3050===
'''Beta Regiment''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=20yup23>''20 Year Update'', p. 23</ref>
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'''Beta Regiment''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) <ref name=20yup23>''20-Year Update'', p. 23</ref>  
:* CO: Colonel Miller al-Nahib<ref name=20yup23/>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Tsinghai]]. <ref name=20yup23/>
:*Base: [[Tsinghai]]<ref name=20yup23/>
 
  
===3054===
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===3054===
'''Beta Regiment''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=ORp17/>
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'''Beta Regiment''' (Veteran/Reliable) <ref name=ORp17>''Objective Raids'', p. 17</ref>  
:* CO: Colonel Miller al-Nahib<ref name=ORp17/>
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* CO: Colonel Miller al-Nahib
:*Base: [[Tsinghai]]<ref name=ORp17>''Objective Raids'', p. 17</ref>
 
  
 
===3067===
 
===3067===
'''Beta Regiment''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMMR109>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 109: "Unit Profile"</ref>
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'''Beta Regiment'''(1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMMR109>''Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised'', p.109 - "Unit Profile"</ref>
:*CO: Colonel Miller al-Nahib
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* CO: 1st [[Battalion]]: Colonel Miller al-Nahib
:* XO: [[Major]] Sean Donovan
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** XO: [[Major]] Sean Donovan
:*Base: [[Demeter]]
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* 2nd Battalion: Major Christina Truscott
: '''Second Battalion'''
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* 3rd Battalion: Major Alberto Riccetti  
:*CO: Major Christina Truscott
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- The unit uses extensive XL reactors to surprise the enemy with high speed maneuvers.
: '''Third Battalion'''
 
:*CO: Major Alberto Riccetti
 
  
'''Second Vegan Attack Wing''' ([[Wing]]/Elite/Regular)<ref name=FMMR109/>
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'''2nd Vegan Attack Wing'''(1 [[Wing]]/Elite/Regular)<ref name=FMMR109/>
:*CO: Major Melea Vogel
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* Wing Commander: Major Melea Vogel
:* Half of the wing's fighters (mostly medium-weights) have been upgraded with advanced heat sinks, but only a few have [[ER Laser]]s
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- The unit contains many medium designs.<br>
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- Half of the machines is complete upgraded.
  
'''Second Vegan Armored Regiment''' (2 Battalions/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMMR109/>
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'''2nd Vegan Armored Regiment'''(2 Battalions/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMMR109/>
:* CO: Major Grady Poms
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* Armor Commander: Major Grady Poms
:* '''First Battalion''' comprises mainly light/medium vehicles for scouting and recon missions.<br>
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- The 1st Battalion is compromised mainly of light/medium vehicles for scout missions.<br>
:* '''Second Battalion''' uses brute force to overwhelm an enemy with its Po and Brutus tanks.
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- The 2nd Battalion use sheer brute force to overwhelm a enemy with its Po and Brutus designs.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
 
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]
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*''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
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*''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
 
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]''
 
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
  
  
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Vegan Rangers, 12th Beta]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Vegan Rangers, 12th Beta]]

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