21st Striker Regiment


Insignia of the Eridani Light Horse - 21st Striker Regiment
Twenty-first Striker Regiment
Nickname Winston's Moonrakers (3025)[1]
Four Horsemen
Affiliation Mercenary
Star League
Parent Command Eridani Light Horse;
Third Regimental Combat Team

The Twenty-first Striker Regiment was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army. After the Star League era, the Twenty-first formed part of the famed Eridani Light Horse mercenary unit.

History[edit]

In 2764, the Twenty-first was a part of the Third Regimental Combat Team within XI Corps, one of several Corps that formed the SLDF Sixteenth Army. The Twenty-first was assigned to District 3 of the Draconis Combine Military Region, and then transferred to an undisclosed district within the Periphery by 2765 as a part of the SLDF response to the Periphery Uprising.[2] The Twenty-first survived the Periphery Uprising and the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

As part of the Third Region of the Draconis Combine Military Region, the Twenty-first Striker was a unit that was frequently called on to end pirate raiding. As such, they became known for their battlefield diplomacy. They were able to convince multiple pirates and raiders to surrender to them rather than the DCMS. As a result the number of actual pirate raids (as opposed to state-sponsored raiding masquerading as pirates) dropped to nearly nothing in 2765.[3]

Jihad[edit]

The Twenty-first was stationed on the Draconis planet Dieron along with the Nineteenth Cavalry Regiment when the Word of Blake Jihad began. Both regiments were nearly annihilated in the fight, but some survived, and even helped to rescue the Coordinator's son Hohiro Kurita.[4]

Dark Age Era[edit]

The few known survivors of the Twenty-first and Nineteenth, after the end of the Jihad, sought refuge in the Lyran Commonwealth. There they joined a reborn Eridani Light Horse, led by Lieutenant-General Wilfred Eichler; the unit was annihilated in the Battle of Hesperus II in 3145.[5]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Twenty-first Striker Regiment
Colonel Charles Winston ca. 2998 – ca. 3029[6][7][8]
Colonel Jamal Fallehy 3039[9]
Colonel Edwin Amis 3039 – 3060[9][10]
Colonel Eveline Eicher 3060 – 3067[11][12]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

2771[edit]

Twenty-first Striker Regiment

2786–2821[edit]

Twenty-first Striker (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[13]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Trondheim. In 2821 the command was reduced to 71 percent of its strength and was deployed on Malazan.[13]

2830[edit]

Twenty-first Striker (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)[14]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Malazan with an operational readiness of 132 percent.[14]

2864[edit]

Twenty-first Striker (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)[14]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Malazan with an operational readiness of 52 percent.[14]

3025[edit]

Twenty-first Striker Regiment (Winston's Moonrakers) (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[1]

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Colchester.[1]
Regiment TO&E
Command Company (Winston's Guards)'[16]
Third Striker Battalion (Jamal's Plague)[17]
Ninth Company (Kentrick's Company)
Fourteenth Company (Paulson's Roadrunners)
85th Company (Benton's Brown Bombers)
Fifth Striker Battalion (Dirkson's Dragonslayers)[17]
Fourth Company (Pinter's Axmen)
  • Command Lance: Dervish, Phoenix Hawk, Enforcer, Valkyrie
  • Strike Lance: Hunchback, Dervish, Wasp, Shadow Hawk
  • Recon Lance: Phoenix Hawk, Stinger, Stinger, Locust
  • Air Lance: 2 Sparrowhawks
Seventh Company (Tanaka's Company)
Twenty-fifth Heavy Assault Company (Seflo's Sledgehammers)
Seventh Striker Battalion (Nigel's Nightslayers)[17]
  • Command Lance: Victor, JagerMech, Archer, Centurion
Eleventh Company (Pelham's Company)
  • Red Seven Lance: Warhammer, Phoenix Hawk, Warhammer, Wasp
  • Blue Seven Lance: Shadow Hawk, Griffin, Wasp, Stinger
  • Gold Seven Lance: Crusader, Phoenix Hawk, Shadow Hawk, Griffin, Sabre
Twelfth Company (Lightning Company)
  • Silver Lance: Archer, Archer, Griffin, Locust
  • Black Lance: Rifleman, Shadow Hawk, Enforcer, Phoenix Hawk,
  • Purple Lance: Wolverine, Valkyrie, Wasp, Locust
  • Brown Lance: 2 Seydlitzes
Twenty-seventh Company (Wolfhounds)
  • Green Lance: Crusader, Archer, Stalker, Thunderbolt
  • White Lance: Trebuchet, Rifleman, Hunchback
  • Platinum Lance: Phoenix Hawk LAM, Locust, Stinger, Transgressor
First Armored Infantry Battalion (Mighty Mites)[18]
  • Command Lance: Cicada, Spider, Spider, Locust
Tin Can Company
Alpha Company
  • First Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (Laser)
  • Second Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (Laser)
  • Third Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (SRM)
  • Fourth Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (SRM)
Bravo Company
Boomer Company
  • Command Lance: 3 Long Tom Artillery Pieces
  • AA Lance: Rifleman, Archer, Archer, Dervish

3040[edit]

Twenty-first Striker (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[19]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Tall Trees.[19]

3050[edit]

Twenty-first Striker (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[20]

  • CO: Colonel Edwin Amis[20]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Tall Trees.[20]

3054[edit]

Twenty-first Striker (2 Battalions/Veteran/Reliable)[21]

  • CO: Colonel Edwin Amis[21]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Kikuyu.[21]

3060[edit]

21st Striker Regiment (Reinforced Regiment/Veteran)[22][23]

3rd Striker Battalion[22][23]
  • Battalion Command Lance[23]
9th Company[23]
14th Company[28]
85th Aerospace Fighter Company[29][28]
5th Striker Battalion (The Dragonslayers)[30][22][28]
  • CO/Battalion Command Lance: Major Paul Calvin[30][28]
4th ['Mech] Company[31][28]
7th ['Mech] Company[31][28]
25th Heavy Assault Company[31][28]
7th Striker Battalion[32][22][28]
  • CO/Battalion Command Lance: Major Frank Bleeker[32][28]
11th Company[32][28]
12th Company[32][28]
27th Company[28]
1st Armored Infantry Battalion[22][28]
Tin Can Company[28]
Alpha Company[28]
Bravo Company[33]
  • First Platoon[33]
  • Second Platoon[33]
  • 1st Armored Infantry[33]
Boomer Company[33]
3rd Wing[22]

3062[edit]

21st Striker Regiment (Four Horsemen) (Understrength Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[11]

  • 3rd Striker Battalion[11]
  • 5th Striker Battalion[11]
  • 7th Striker Battalion[11]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Kittery.[34]

3067[edit]

21st Striker Regiment (Four Horsemen) (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[12]

  • CO: Colonel Eveline Eicher[12]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Dieron.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 136: "Federated Suns Deployment Table"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 149: "Sixteenth Army"
  3. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 190
  4. ↑ Strong as Steel in No Greater Honor, p. 268
  5. ↑ Strong as Steel in No Greater Honor, p. 269
  6. ↑ Endless War
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mercenary's Handbook, p. 73
  8. ↑ There's No We in Mercenary
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Field Manual: ComStar, p. 90: "Edwin Amis profile"
  10. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 22
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 Field Manual: ComStar, p. 95: "21st Striker Regiment"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Field Manual: Updates, p. 100: "Star League Defense Force Deployment Table"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 First Succession War, p. 138
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Second Succession War, p. 98
  15. ↑ Mercenary's Handbook, p. 77: "Personnel Roster"
  16. ↑ Mercenary's Handbook, pp. 77–78: "Personnel Roster"
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Mercenary's Handbook, p. 78: "Personnel Roster"
  18. ↑ Mercenary's Handbook, pp. 78–79: "Personnel Roster"
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 140
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20 Year Update, p. 24
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Objective Raids, p. 22
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 Twilight of the Clans, p. 45: "Conquest of Huntress: Attacker" sidebar
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 23.8 23.9 Twilight of the Clans, p. 55: "BattleForce Roster List: Eridani Light Horse"
  24. ↑ The Hunters, ch. 3
  25. ↑ The Hunters, ch. 8
  26. ↑ Shadows of War, ch. 18
  27. ↑ Twilight of the Clans, pp. 55‒56: "BattleForce Roster List: Eridani Light Horse"
  28. ↑ 28.00 28.01 28.02 28.03 28.04 28.05 28.06 28.07 28.08 28.09 28.10 28.11 28.12 28.13 28.14 28.15 28.16 28.17 28.18 28.19 28.20 28.21 28.22 28.23 28.24 28.25 28.26 28.27 28.28 28.29 28.30 28.31 28.32 28.33 28.34 28.35 28.36 28.37 28.38 28.39 28.40 28.41 28.42 28.43 28.44 28.45 28.46 28.47 28.48 28.49 28.50 28.51 Twilight of the Clans, p. 56: "BattleForce Roster List: Eridani Light Horse"
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Shadows of War, ch. 16
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 The Hunters, chs. 18, 20
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 The Hunters, ch. 18
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.6 32.7 32.8 32.9 Twilight of the Clans, p. 29: "Scenario 6: After the Smoke Clears"
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6 Twilight of the Clans, p. 57: "BattleForce Roster List: Eridani Light Horse"
  34. ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 127: "Table of Organization and Equipment: Star League Defense Force"

Bibliography[edit]

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