12th Star Guards
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Template:InfoBoxMercUnit The 12th Star Guards is a mercenary unit with a long history, dating from the Exodus in 2784. In 3026, the unit was employed by the Lyran Commonwealth.
Unit History
The 12th Star Guards were created from regular Star League Defense Force units following Kerensky's Exodus. Two regiments of the SLDF - the 42nd Striker Regiment and the 10th Heavy Assault Regiment - chose not to follow General Kerensky and instead decided to band together and form a mercenary unit. Originally employed by the Capellan Confederation, it guarded twelve star systems and was called the 12 Stars Guards. Eventually, that evolved into the current name for the unit, the 12th Star Guards.
The unit size has fluctuated over the years from the original two regiments up to a high of seven in the Second Succession War. During that war, the unit lost two regiments - one due to lack of pay - and the other was abandoned via deception by its then-employers, the Draconis Combine.
At the beginning of the Third Succession War, the unit moved to the Federated Suns. During an attack on a Davion world, two battalions of the 6th Regiment defected and joined the Kurita attackers due to on-going pay issues. The remaining battalion was merged with the 7th Regiment. The unit then moved to the Lyran Commonwealth in 2967. Unfortunately for the Guards, an unscrupulous liaison officer embezzled vast funds destined for the unit.
The unit then moved to the Federated Suns in 3012 with a hope that their financial situation would improve. The unit managed to improve their situation slightly and decided to sign back up with the Lyran Commonwealth in 3024. As of 3026, the unit was employed by the Lyran Commonwealth. The unit's financial situation appears to be improving under Lyran contract.
The 12th Star Guards were effectively destroyed during the Clan Invasion.[1]
Unit Notes
"El Magnifico" is the code name for the 12th Star Guards' engineering unit. The Guards employ some of the best engineers in the Inner Sphere. An apocryphal tale tells of the unit actually building New Rome in a day but, not wanting to show off, tore down part of the city and rebuilt it the next day.[2]
Unit Disposition - 3025
The deployment of the four regiments for the unit is as follows:
- 1st Regiment (Rivers Gamblers) - New Earth, Ryde Theatre - Veteran Experience
- 2nd Regiment (Ohell's Heavies) - Ellison IV[3], Ryde Theatre - Regular Experience
- 3rd Regiment (Paget's War Ponies) - Lyons, Ryde Theatre - Veteran Experience
- 7th Regiment (Scovy's Ironmen) - Lyons, Ryde Theatre - Green Experience
References
House Steiner Book, pg. 73 - 1987, FASA
Notes
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Revised (8614), FASA (1996). Pg. 6.
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3026 - pg 40
- ↑ House Steiner Book, FASA, 1987 Note: Unable to locate this planet in any references I have available.