Editing 15th Arcturan Guards


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| Designation    = Fifteenth Arcturan Guards
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| Nickname       = The Stavlos Tigers
| Affiliation    = [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
| Parent Command = [[Arcturan Guards]]
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==History==
Named for the Lyran Commonwealth's original capital [[Arcturus]], the [[Arcturan Guards]] continued to form a mainstay of the Lyran military even after the capital's relocation to [[Tharkad]].<ref name=FML1>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 54</ref>

In 3025, the Fifteenth were engaged mostly in pirate hunting, stationed on the world of [[Lost]],<ref name=HS2>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 120</ref> remaining on this planet during the [[Fourth Succession War]].<ref name=fswma1>''Fourth Succession War - Military Atlas Vol 1'', p. 44</ref>

In the face of threatened revolts in the newly occupied [[Sarna March]] in the [[3030]]s, the Fifteenth was one of many Lyran units ordered in to ease the tensions, being posted to [[Elnath]]. While requiring an entirely different style from pirate hunting, the Fifteenth rose to the challenge and slowly built strong ties with the local community. However in light of the [[Marik-Liao Invasion of 3057]] and Archon [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]'s order for Lyran units to return home order, the Fifteenth opted to obey and returned to the newly formed [[Lyran Alliance]].

With increasing tensions on [[Solaris]] and their success in the Sarna March, the Fifteenth was ordered to garrison several worlds with anti-Alliance rebels, with the first battalion under CO [[Felix Blucher]] posted to [[Thorin]], with the remainder sent to [[Muphrid]] under Kommandant [[Constance McCoy]].<ref name=FML2>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 56</ref>

While Blucher worked alongside the [[Thorin Militia]] at first, increasing anti-Katherine riots escalated into terrorist attacks and the Arcturan Guards personnel killing the activist reporter sister of the militia's CO [[Archer Christifori]]. An enraged Christifori led a rebellion against the Fifteenth and with the aid of militia turncoats within the Arcturan Guards and inspired tactics, Christifori was about to deal the Fifteenth several crushing defeats. After heading off reinforcements from Muphrid, the battered Fifteenth surrendered and traveled towards [[Lyons]] to rebuild.<ref name=FCCW1>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 34–35</ref>

During the first wave of the Civil War, the Fifteenth had reached [[Bucklands]].<ref name=FCCW2>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 69</ref> With the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] incursion into the Lyran Alliance, the Fifteenth made their way towards [[Melissia]], headquarters of the [[Melissia Theater]], acquiring elements of the [[Neerabup MTM]] and [[Gacrux FTM]] to bolster their numbers.

The patchwork Fifteenth arrived on Melissia shortly before the forces of [[Khan]] [[Marthe Pryde]], and despite protests of their need to retreat and resupply, fought alongside the other units under the command of General [[Adam Steiner]].<ref name=FCCW3>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 116</ref> The so-called "Hodge Podges" Fifteenth took part in [[Operation Audacity]], serving under both Generals Steiner and their old foe Archer Christifori, assisting in the capture of [[Black Earth]] and [[Roadside]].<ref name=FCCW4>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 117, 188, 120</ref>

After the end of Audacity, the battered remains of the Fifteenth returned to Thorin to rebuild.<ref name=FMU2>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177</ref> While some suggested the "Hodge Podges" be recognized as the Fifteenth Arcturan RCT, the elements of two militia units were eventually returned to their parent formations and the Guards began rebuilding on its own.<ref name=FMU1>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 168</ref>

===Jihad===
During the [[Jihad]], the Fifteenth partnered with the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]] in an attack on [[Demeter]]. There they attempted to take the [[Vicore Industries]] factory,<ref name=frla10>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 10</ref> but were repulsed by the defending [[Demeter Protectorate Militia]] units and two [[Level III]]s from the [[Ninth Division (Word of Blake)|Ninth Militia Division]], ''Measure of Trust'' and ''Call to the Faithful''. An orbital drop by the [[Third Free Worlds Legionnaires]] reinforced the Coalition forces and pushed the Blakist defenders back. Three weeks later the Guards and other Coalition forces had taken control of the world, but only after bloody hand-to-hand fighting and several orbital bombardments; the Fifteenth had worked alongside the Fifth Crucis Lancers to take control of New Demeter City, while the Third Legionnaires had battled the Ninth Militia Division forces until both the Blakists and the Vicore Industries plant were destroyed by orbital bombardment<ref name="JHS:Tp36">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 36: "Tragedy On Demeter"</ref>

Shortly after this victory, the Fifteenth landed on [[Towne]] to assist Coalition forces there. Towne was particularly difficult because it had several [[SDS]] stations both on the planet and in orbit.<ref name="JHS:Tp37">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 37: "The Tale Of Towne"</ref> The Fifteenth was only present for a few weeks before moving out to their next assault, the campaign for [[Hean]]; however, the Fifteenth wouldn't make landfall on Hean, as the system was discovered to possess a multilayered [[SDS]] network. These defenses inflicted serious losses on the Fifteenth along with the [[Fox's Teeth]] and the Aerospace assets available to Group I, and most damaging of all, the SDS network destroyed the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class [[Fox (WarShip class)#Named Vessels|FSS ''Indefatigable'']].<ref name="JHS:Tp37A">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 37: "Situation Report: Naval Defenses"</ref>

During the liberation of [[Terra]], the Fifteenth was assigned to [[General]] [[Galen Cox]]'s command. This task force—composed of the Fifteenth, [[First Davion Guards]], [[Marlette CMM]], [[Hansen's Roughriders]] and the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]]— was assigned to take the Texas Highlands on the North American continent.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 96</ref>

However, a DropShip of class Fortress, the ''Brigada'', was attacked by two fighters and lost the course, crashing in North Carolina. The company aboard, led by Hauptmann [[Conner DeVries]], was soon surrounded by Blakist forces. His presence there help to divert Blakist forces attacking Devlin Stone's forces retreating from [[Hilton Head]], and for the moment wasn't evacuation available for them, forcing them to hold. They resist for days, crippling the TerraSec forces, but weakening day to day. Despite having been promised evacuation by ''Kanrei'' [[Kiyomori Minamoto]], it didn't arrived, but they managed to destroy all TerraSec forces, and after sending his wounded and infantry to hide in the mountains, the last Lyran 'Mechs charged against the Blakist [[Fourth Division (Word of Blake)|Fourth Division]] forces. It is unknown their final destiny.<ref>''Operation Scythe: Lyran Fire'', p. 245</ref>

After Terra was liberated, the Fifteenth found itself split into two battalion sized forces. The two battalions were stationed on [[La Blon]] and [[Marfik]], serving as garrison forces.<ref name=frla10/> By [[3085]] they had rebuilt into the largest 'Mech unit available to the Arcturan Guards brigade, and they had rotated back to Arcturus. Strangely, they had no conventional forces assigned to them at this time.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 98</ref>

===Dark Age===
In [[3142]], after [[Clan Wolf]] forces abandoned [[Arcturus]], the Fifteenth Guards redeployed there. They supported the self-proclaimed governor, [[Johan Rahmer]], who behaved as a tyrant. Commander of the 15th, General [[Ian Chesterton]], followed Rahmer's orders but refused to use his forces as stormtroopers against the population.<ref>''Elements of Treason: Duty'', ch. 6</ref>

The same year, the 15th responded to the invasion of Arcturus by [[Peregrine Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Peregrine Galaxy]]. They split into companies and attempted to face the Falcons at every landing site. Despite their fearlessness and determination, they weren't able to defeat the Falcons, and had to withdraw after two days of fighting.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 The Clans'', p. 24</ref> They took heavy losses, and relocated to [[Garrison]] in an attempt to regroup. This was unsuccessful. They were redeployed to [[Tharkad]] to help reconstruction efforts while they also took the time to refit and rearm their equipment.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 125</ref>

In [[3148]] the Fifteenth were sent to [[Coventry]] as reinforcements for the beleaguered [[Seventeenth Arcturan Guards]], the Stavlos Tigers soon finding themselves in the thick of the action around the city of Lietnerton against Clan Jade Falcon. Though unable to reach [[Hauptmann-General]] [[Jasek Kelswa-Steiner]]'s command company in the Dales in time to save him, Fifteenth [[Hauptmann]] [[John Jacob Smith|John Jacob "JJ" Smith]] and his company capitalized on Jasek's sacrifice to hold on long enough for additional Arcturan reinforcements to force the Falcons to withdraw from the area.<ref name=RGIV2p13>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 3'', p13 "Zeus"</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 Fifteenth Arcturan Guards'''
|-
|[[Leutnant-General]]
|[[Ululo Vuthal]]
|[[3025]]<ref name=HS2/>
|-
|[[Colonel]]
|[[Suzanne Wright]]
|[[3050]] - [[3055]]<ref name=20Yp23>''20 Year Update'', p. 23: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3050"</ref><ref name=OR>''Objective Raids'', p. 17: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"</ref>
|-
|Colonel
|[[Felix Blucher]]
|[[3062]] - [[3067]]<ref name=FML2/><ref name=FMUp177>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177: "LAAF Deployment Table - 3067"</ref>
|-
|Leutnant-General
|[[Caesar Trivedi]]
|[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p109>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 109: "LAAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
|-
|Hauptmann-General
|[[Ian Chesterton]]
|[[3142]]<ref name=TRO3150>''Technical Readout: 3150'', p. 96</ref>
|-
|Leutnant-General
|[[Andrew Roberts]]
|[[3145]]<ref name=FM:3145p133>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 133: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces - Donegal Province"</ref>
|}

==Tactics==
The Fifteenth have learned from their postings in the [[thirty-first century]], acquiring good skills in both anti-pirate tactics and small unit raiding, along with ample civil defense skills, despite the fact the 'Mech-heavy nature of the unit ill-suited for them and thus their heavy reliance upon the Thorin militia.

==Composition History==
=== 2786–2821===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=1SWp139>''First Succession War'', p. 139</ref>
: Note: At this point in time the W-weight unit was stationed on [[Muswell]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 48 percent of its strength and was deployed at [[Karston]].<ref name=1SWp139/>

=== 2830 ===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards''' (Regiment/Green/Fanatical)<ref name=2SWp99>''Second Succession War'', p. 99</ref>
: Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Karston]] with an operational readiness of 114 percent.<ref name=2SWp99/>

=== 2864 ===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards''' (Regiment/Green/Fanatical)<ref name=2SWp99/>
: Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Karston]] with an operational readiness of 74 percent.<ref name=2SWp99/>

===3025===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=HS2/><br>
:*CO: Leutnant General Ululo Vuthal<br>
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Lost]].

===3040===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HWo3039p137/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Phact]].<ref name=HWo3039p137>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137</ref>

===3050===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=20yup23/>
:* CO: Leftenant General Suzanne Wright<ref name=20yup23/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Elnath]].<ref name=20yup23>''20 Year Update'', p. 23</ref>

===3054===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=ORp17/>
:* CO: Leftenant General Suzanne Wright<ref name=ORp17/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Elnath]].<ref name=ORp17>''Objective Raids'', p. 17</ref>

===3062===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FML2/><br>
CO: Colonel Felix Blucher<br>
Aide: Leutnant-Colonel [[Luther Fisk]]<br>

Denied [[RCT]] status, for most of their existence the Fifteenth have consisted standard three [[Battalion]] [[BattleMech]] [[Regiment]]. To better suit the role of civil defense, upon their posting to Thorin and Muphrid they sacrificed almost a third of their 'Mech strength in favor of tanks and infantry.

'''Thorin Militia''' (Battalion/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FML2/><br>
CO: Leutnant Colonel [[Archer Christifori]]<br>

===3067===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp177/><br>
CO: Colonel Felix Blucher<br>

===3079===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=“frlcaf10“>''Field Report: FWLM'', p. 10</ref>
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[La Blon]] and [[Marfik]].<ref name=“frlcaf10“/>

===3085===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p109/><br>
* CO: Leutnant General [[Caesar Trivedi]]<br>

===3145===
'''Fifteenth Arcturan Guards''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p133/><br>
CO: Leutnant General Andrew Roberts<br>

'''Fifteenth Arcturan Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p133/><br>
CO: Colonel [[Debra Gray]]<br>

==Notes==
The unit's nickname of The Stavlos Tigers comes from the Arcturan subspecies of tiger, the unit choosing to paint tiger stripes on the upper arms of the unit's 'Mechs.<ref name=HS1>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 71</ref> The insignia of the Fifteenth depicts a stylized tiger face peering out of the long grass atop the green oval-shaped regimental insignia of the entire Arcturan Guards<ref name=FML2>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 56</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Elements of Treason: Duty]]'' (novel)
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Measure of a Hero]]'' (novel)
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 2]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 The Clans]]''


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