4th Illician Rangers
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Fourth Illician Rangers | |
Nickname | Alicia's Lovers |
Affiliation | Mercenary |
Parent Command | Illician Lancers |
Contents
History[edit]
From their time with the Star League Defense Force, through the Succession Wars until the present day, this unit has been the core of every single larger campaign which included more than one Lancers regiment. The sheer mass of the unit frightened their opponents sometimes into retreat rather than face the overwhelming force.
The unit has defended the Capellan March with the other Illician regiments for the last 60 years.
The Fourth and Twenty-first Rangers assaulted Gei-Fu with orders to destroy the Third Capellan Defense Force. After the mission was successfully completed, the 4th Rangers faced Renshield's Dragoons on Hexare. The Capellan Confederation Armed Forces unit forced the mercenaries to retreat.
After the end of the Jihad, the Fourth Illician Rangers were stationed on Montour, a world along the Federated Suns-Taurian Concordat border.[1]
Officers[edit]
Rank | Name | Command | |
---|---|---|---|
Commanding Officers of the 4th Illician Rangers | |||
Colonel | Alicia Ramaley | 3050 - 3085[2][3][4][5] |
Tactics[edit]
2 heavy battalions hold the enemy in line and one medium weight battalion probes for weak spots or executes flanking attacks.
Dragoon Ratings[edit]
Dragoon Rating: Unrated
Composition History[edit]
2786 - 2821[edit]
4th Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[6]
- Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Zaniah. In 2821 the command was reduced to 23 percent of its strength and was deployed on Gniezno.[6]
2830[edit]
4th Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[7]
- Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Gniezno with an operational readiness of 92 percent.[7]
2864[edit]
4th Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)[7]
- Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on Gniezno with an operational readiness of 50 percent.[7]
3040[edit]
4th Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[8]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Glentworth.[8]
3050[edit]
3rd Illician Lancers (4th Rangers) (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[2]
- CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley[2]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Glentworth.[2]
3054[edit]
3rd Illician Lancers (4th Rangers) (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[3]
- CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley[3]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Glentworth.[3]
3059[edit]
4th Illician Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)[4]
- CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley[4]
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Glentworth.[4]
3067[edit]
4th Illician Rangers (1 Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)
- CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley
- XO: Lieutenant Colonel James Horton
- Contains 'Mechs designed for assault missions
14th Illician Air Guard (1 Wing/Elite/Fanatical)
- CO: Lieutenant Colonel Leiko Watari
21st Armored Cavalry Regiment (1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)
- CO: Lieutenant Colonel Ermanno Bertoya
- Like the 'Mech regiment the unit contains many heavy/assault units, and includes a full Battery of artillery
23rd Mechanized Cavalry (1 Regiment/Regular/Reliable)
- CO: Lieutenant Colonel William el Farid
- 2 Squadrons for airborne missions with gunship support, and 1 mechanized squadron
3079[edit]
4th Rangers (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[9]
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Montour.[9] The Jihad reduced the Fourth Illician Rangers to two-thirds of their pre-Jihad strength.[1]
3085[edit]
Fourth Rangers (Veteran/Reliable)[5]
- CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Celentaro under contract with the Federated Suns.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Field Report: AFFS, p. 20
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 20 Year Update, p. 21
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Objective Raids, p. 15
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 108
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Field Manual: 3085, p. 160: "Notable Mercenary Forces Deployment Table"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 First Succession War, p. 140
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Second Succession War, p. 100
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Field Report: AFFS, p. 19