Editing Red Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)

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| image = [[File:Red Guards (Clan Blood Spirtit).jpg|150px]]
| Designation = Red Guards
| Formed = 
| Disbanded = [[3084]]<ref name=wor157/>
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname = 
| Affiliation = [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
| Parent Command = [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Alpha Galaxy]]
| Sub-Command = 
}}

==History==
The homeworld of the '''Red Guards''' is [[York (Clan)|York]]. During the [[Burrock Absorption|Burrock Trial of Absorption]] they fought against [[Clan Star Adder]]'s [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Star Adder)|Alpha Galaxy]] and [[Clan Burrock]]'s [[Kappa Galaxy (Clan Burrock)|Kappa Galaxy]] on [[Albion (Clan System)|Albion]] .<ref name=FMCRC31>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 31: "Red Guards Profile"</ref>

In the preparations for [[Operation REVIVAL]], the Red Guards served as the Blood Spirits entry into the Trials.<ref name=OTPRT-19/> They were defeated by [[Clan Jade Falcon]].<ref>''Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials'', p. 15</ref>

Remaining on the defensive on York, counterattacking where possible. Between [[3059]] and 3066 they saw almost constant fighting fending off raids by [[Clan Star Adder]].<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 41: "Blood Spirit ''touman''"</ref>

In late [[3069]] Khan Schmitt led Alpha and [[Iota Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Iota]] Galaxies against the Adders on Albion quickly capturing a [[Chrysaor]] ProtoMech factory and by the end of the year had secured 40% of the planet. The Khan then led Alpha against [[Clan Steel Viper]] holdings on [[Arcadia (Clan System)|Arcadia]] and captured their [[Roc]] ProtoMech complex.<ref name=wor45>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 45</ref> Alpha Galaxy and the Cuirassiers were involved in near constant fighting on York but by 3070 had reduced the [[Clan Star Adder|Adder]] holdings to a single enclave.<ref name=wor42>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 42</ref>

In [[3075]] the Red Guard and Alpha Galaxy and dropped on to [[Circe]] as part of the multi-Clan force of the [[Clan Steel Viper]] Annihilation. They had taken heavy casualties in the approach by hidden gun batteries but manage to drop straight on top of one battery silencing it, before linking up with [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Cloud Cobra)| Delta Galaxy]] of [[Clan Cloud Cobra]] and pressing the attack.<ref name=wor150>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 150</ref>

By [[3083]] the Red Guard had moved to the [[Colleen]] system. Here they were bid in defense against multiple attacks by [[Clan Stone Lion]] and [[Clan Coyote]]. The fighting was disastrous for the Spirits and after a few months only two holdings on the planet of [[Haven]] remained in their control.<ref name=wor155>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 155</ref> By [[3084]] the Hussars could muster less than half of their warriors, and by the end of the years were wiped out.<ref name=wor157>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 157</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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 Red Guards'''
|-
| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Lorraine Keller]]||[[3048]]<ref name=OTPRT-19>''Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials'', p. 19: "Red Guards Profile"</ref>
|-
| Star Colonel||[[Jessie Keller]]||[[3059]] - [[3067]]<ref name=FMCRC31/><ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 70: "Clan Blood Spirit Deployment Table"</ref>
|-
| Star Colonel||[[Katja Keller]]||[[3083]]<ref name=wor157/>
|-
|}

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
===3059-3085===
* 3 'Mech [[Trinary|Trinaries]]
* 1 Armor Trinary
* 1 [[Elemental]] Trinary<ref name=FMCRC31/>

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials]]''
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''

[[Category:Clan Blood Spirit Commands|Red Guards]]