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{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image = [[File:Santiago Carabiniers logo.png|191px|Insignia of the Santiago Carabiniers]]
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| image   = [[File:Santiago Carabiniers.jpg|191px]]
| Designation = Santiago Carabiniers
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| nickname =
| Formed = [[2582]]
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| parent formation = [[Outworlds Alliance Militia]]
| Disbanded =
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| formed  = [[2582]]
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 2582
| Nickname =
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| unitname = Santiago Carabiniers}}
| Affiliation = [[Outworlds Alliance]]
 
| Parent Command = [[Outworlds Alliance Militia]]
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
}}
 
  
 
==Unit Description==
 
==Unit Description==
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===Reunification War===
 
===Reunification War===
The Carabiniers formed on [[Alpheratz]] and their first combat deployment was a combat drop onto the heavily contested world of [[Lushann]]; the Star League had tasked the entire [[15th BattleMech Division|Fifteenth Division]] with destroying the Pitkin Lancers, who had been deployed earlier alongside the [[Alliance Borderers]] and the [[3rd Armored Division]]. The Lancers had been reinforced by two regiments of the [[Pitcairn Legion]], but the [[SLDF]] had responded by focusing the 15th on tying down the Legion and preventing them from conducting combat operations elsewhere. The combat drop executed by the Carabiniers allowed the Pitcairn Legion to disengage from the 15th, which in turn freed up both the Legion and the Carabiniers for one of the most important battles in the war.<ref name="H:RWp42"/>
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The Carabiniers formed on [[Alpheratz]] and their first combat deployment was a combat drop onto the heavily contested world of [[Lushann]]; the Star League had tasked the entire [[15th Division]] with destroying the Pitkin Lancers, who had been deployed earlier alongside the [[Alliance Borderers]] and the [[3rd Armored Division]]. The Lancers had been reinforced by two regiments of the [[Pitcairn Legion]], but the [[SLDF]] had responded by focusing the 15th on tying down the Legion and preventing them from conducting combat operations elsewhere. The combat drop executed by the Carabiniers allowed the Pitcairn Legion to disengage from the 15th, which in turn freed up both the Legion and the Carabiniers for one of the most important battles in the war.<ref name="H:RWp42"/>
  
Having received intelligence indicating that the commander of the SLDF task force, [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]], was going to strike the mining world of Tellman IV with three brigades of SLDF forces, Outworlds Alliance Militia Chairman [[Welkens Nordd]] deployed the entire Pitcairn Legion, the Santiago Carabiniers and two regiments of infantry to the icy mining world of [[Tellman IV]] in an attempt to check Forlough's forces. Arriving in-system ahead of the SLDF troops, [[Colonel]] [[Elias Pitcairn]] was able to deploy his forces in hiding, and to keep the scouting SLDF forces under covert observation from the day they arrived.<ref name="H:RWp124">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 124, "Day of Vengeance"</ref>
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Having received intelligence indicating that the commander of the SLDF task force, [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]], was going to strike the mining world of Tellman IV with three brigades of SLDF forces, Outworlds Alliance Militia Chairman [[Welkens Nordd]] deployed the entire Pitcairn Legion, the Santiago Carabiniers and two regiments of infantry to the icy mining world of [[Tellman IV]] in an attempt to check Forlough's forces. Arriving in system ahead of the SLDF troops, [[Colonel]] [[Elias Pitcairn]] was able to deploy his forces in hiding, and to keep the scouting SLDF forces under covert observation from the day they arrived.<ref name="H:RWp124">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 124, "Day of Vengeance"</ref>
  
In what became known as the [[Day of Vengeance]], Colonel Pitcairn waited until the SLDF scouts had brought the bulk of the main SLDF force onto the planet before leading a strike against the scouts and then into the SLDF landing zone; in a maelstrom of fire and vengeance, the Legion and the Carabiniers rampaged through the SLDF lines, attempting to destroy as many 'Mechs and tanks as possible while they were still unloading. As the SLDF DropShip crews began to panic they fired indiscriminately at anything moving, damaging friend and foe alike, only to compound the damage already done when several DropShips including Forlough's Command DropShip made emergency liftoffs, damaging units around them with their drive plumes.<ref name="H:RWp124"/>
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In what became known as the [[Day of Vengeance]], Colonel Pitcairn waited until the SLDF scouts had brought the bulk of the main SLDF force onto the planet before leading a strike against the scouts and then into the SLDF landing zone; in a maelstrom of fire and vengeance, the Legion and the Carabiniers rampaged through the SLDF lines, attempting to destroy as many 'Mechs and tanks as possible while they were still unloading. As the SLDF DropShip crews began to panic they fired indiscriminately at anything moving, damaging friend and foe alike, only to compound the damage already done when several DropShips - including Forlough's Command DropShip - made emergency lift-offs, damaging units around them with their drive plumes.<ref name="H:RWp124"/>  
  
 
Although the Carabiniers and the Legion lost a hundred 'Mechs with another hundred badly damaged, they caused the SLDF twice as many losses, along with several DropShips and two thousand casualties, reducing the combat strength of [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]] by a third.<ref name="H:RWp124"/><ref name="TSLp50">''The Star League'', p. 50, "Outworlds Alliance War"</ref><ref name="TP1ep38">''The Periphery (1st Edition)'', p. 38, "Strategy of Savagery"</ref>
 
Although the Carabiniers and the Legion lost a hundred 'Mechs with another hundred badly damaged, they caused the SLDF twice as many losses, along with several DropShips and two thousand casualties, reducing the combat strength of [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]] by a third.<ref name="H:RWp124"/><ref name="TSLp50">''The Star League'', p. 50, "Outworlds Alliance War"</ref><ref name="TP1ep38">''The Periphery (1st Edition)'', p. 38, "Strategy of Savagery"</ref>
  
Having mauled the SLDF forces on Tellman IV, the Carabiniers were then deployed to the ongoing battle for Cerberus, which had become a slow grind that would continue to rumble on up until the end of the Star League invasion of the Alliance on the 1st of August [[2585]] with the implementation of the [[Treaty of Cerberus]].<ref name="H:RWp141">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 141, "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref><ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 124, "Baby Killers Unleashed"</ref>
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Having mauled the SLDF forces on Tellman IV, the Carabiniers were then deployed to the ongoing battle for Cerberus, which had became a slow grind that would continue to rumble on up until the end of the Star League invasion of the Alliance on the 1st of August [[2585]] with the implementation of the [[Treaty of Cerberus]].<ref name="H:RWp141">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 141, "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref><ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 124, "Baby Killers Unleashed"</ref>
  
==Officers==
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==Notes==
{| 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
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Santiago Carabiniers'''
 
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|}
 
 
 
==Tactics==
 
Unknown.
 
 
 
==Composition History==
 
Unknown.
 
  
 
==Rules==
 
==Rules==
 
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===Reunification War===
 
===Reunification War===
* Santiago Carabinier lances and platoons should be generated by rolling on the Star League table as if the Lancers were a Royal unit, with any results that would include a piece of equipment with an introduction date post-[[2583]] being rerolled automatically.<ref name="H:RWp183">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183, "Outworlds Alliance"</ref>
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* Santiago Carabinier lances and platoons should be generated by rolling on the Star League table as if the Lancers were a Royal unit, with any results that would include a piece of equipment with an introduction date post-[[2853]] being re-rolled automatically.<ref name="H:RWp183">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183, "Outworlds Alliance"</ref>
 
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* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
[[Category: Outworlds Alliance Commands|Santiago Carabiniers]]
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[[Category: Outworld Alliance Commands|Santiago Carabiniers]]

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