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==History==
 
==History==
 
In 3025 the First was under contract to the Lyran Commonwealth and stationed on [[New Earth]].<ref name=HSsb117/>
 
In 3025 the First was under contract to the Lyran Commonwealth and stationed on [[New Earth]].<ref name=HSsb117/>
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When Clan Jade Falcon attacked [[Steelton]] in April [[3050]] the planets commander falsely claimed to possessing a much larger force during the ''Batchall''. The Falcons therefore hit the planet with two Clusters and the Steelton Defence Brigade was quickly overrun. The First held a perimeter around Red Stain Rock, but at great cost. Their Colonel was killed and only a battalion escaped the fighting.<ref name=JF37>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 37</ref>
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The of survivors made it off planet and escaped to [[Wotan]] to join the remnant of their sister unit, the [[2nd Regiment (12th Star Guards)|Second Regiment]]. The Falcon's hit the planet in June 3050 and the Guards attempted to fight them off along side the Wotan TMM. Colonel Pierce-Marinetti of the Second co-ordinated a series of small unit actions until he was killed in an airstrike after which the defenders were easily defeated.<ref name=JF39>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 39</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
 
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
 
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* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
  
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Star Guards, 12th]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Star Guards, 12th]]

Revision as of 08:11, 13 August 2016

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History

In 3025 the First was under contract to the Lyran Commonwealth and stationed on New Earth.[1]

When Clan Jade Falcon attacked Steelton in April 3050 the planets commander falsely claimed to possessing a much larger force during the Batchall. The Falcons therefore hit the planet with two Clusters and the Steelton Defence Brigade was quickly overrun. The First held a perimeter around Red Stain Rock, but at great cost. Their Colonel was killed and only a battalion escaped the fighting.[2]

The of survivors made it off planet and escaped to Wotan to join the remnant of their sister unit, the Second Regiment. The Falcon's hit the planet in June 3050 and the Guards attempted to fight them off along side the Wotan TMM. Colonel Pierce-Marinetti of the Second co-ordinated a series of small unit actions until he was killed in an airstrike after which the defenders were easily defeated.[3]

Officers

In 3025 the First was commanded by Leutenant Colonel Albert Rivers. [1]

Tactics

Composition History

3025

First Regiment (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)

3040

First Regiment (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[4]

Contract: AFFC

Notes

Rules

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)" p.117
  2. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 37
  3. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 39
  4. Historical: War of 3039 , p. 141

Bibliography