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Line 10: | Sub-Command = | Sub-Command = }} }} − The '''Tamar Tigers''' were the pride and joy of the [[Duke of Tamar]], and was the first unit from the Duke of Tamar's private forces to receive [[BattleMechs]] in [[2465]].<ref name="HS47">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', pp. 47–48: "Tigers and Stealths"</ref> + The '''Tamar Tigers''' were the pride and joy of the [[Duke of Tamar]], and was the first unit from the Duke of Tamar's private forces to receive [[BattleMechs]] in [[2465]].<ref name="HS47">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', pp. 47-48, "Tigers and Stealths"</ref> ==History== ==History== − The Tamar Tigers were attached to the [[SLDF]] in the [[Reunification War]]. They were unlike many Lyran units because their commander was able to remove political appointees and [[Social General]]s from the unit. The Tamar Tigers served alongside the [[Fourth Royal Guards]] and the [[Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers]].<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 40</ref> From [[2581]] to [[2591]] the Tigers fought on [[Black Earth]], [[Qurayyat]], [[Fjernet]], [[Kwangjong-ni]], [[Luanda]], and [[Barcelona]].<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 152–153</ref> In [[2591]] Archon Viola Steiner received word that her son had been kidnapped, and the Duke of Tamar was a suspect. Unable to meet the Duke, the Archon instead engaged the Tamar Tigers and Skye Rangers at their camp on Barcelona. There the Tigers resisted the Archon's assault until [[SLDF]] forces could separate the combatants. Later evidence found that the Dukes were innocent, but the Tigers and Rangers had lost a battalion and refused to continue to fight for the Archon. They returned home shortly after the Day of Rage.<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 137–138</ref> + The Tamar Tigers were attached to the [[SLDF]] in the [[Reunification War]]. They were unlike many Lyran units because their commander was able to remove political appointees and [[Social General]]s from the unit. The Tamar Tigers served alongside the [[4th Royal Guards]] and the [[25th Skye Rangers]].<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 40</ref> From [[2581]] to [[2591]] the Tigers fought on [[Black Earth]], [[Qurayyat]], [[Fjernet]], [[Kwangjong-ni]], [[Luanda]], and [[Barcelona]].<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 152-153</ref> In [[2591]] Archon Viola Steiner received word that her son had been kidnapped, and the Duke of Tamar was a suspect. Unable to meet the Duke, the Archon instead engaged the Tamar Tigers and Skye Rangers at their camp on Barcelona. There the Tigers resisted the Archon's assault until [[SLDF]] forces could separate the combatants. Later evidence found that the Dukes were innocent, but the Tigers and Rangers had lost a battalion and refused to continue to fight for the Archon. They returned home shortly after the Day of Rage.<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 137-138</ref> ===First Succession War=== ===First Succession War=== − Shortly after the outbreak of the [[First Succession War]] the Tigers were dispatched on a deep raid against the [[Draconis Combine|Draconis Combine's]] capital [[Luthien]]. In March [[2787]] they arrived at a pirate point close to the planet. Expecting to wade through heavy defenses the Tigers instead found Luthien only lightly guarded and were able to inflict serious damage on the planet's Aichi continent before DCMS reinforcements half a world away arrived to find the Tigers already gone.<ref name="HS47"/> <ref>''First Succession War'', pp. 47–48</ref> + Shortly after the outbreak of the [[First Succession War]] the Tigers were dispatched on a deep raid against the [[Draconis Combine|Draconis Combine's]] capital [[Luthien]]. In March [[2787]] they arrived at a pirate point close to the planet. Expecting to wade through heavy defenses the Tigers instead found Luthien only lightly guarded and were able to inflict serious damage on the planet's Aichi continent before DCMS reinforcements half a world away arrived to find the Tigers already gone.<ref name="HS47"/> <ref>''First Succession War'', pp. 47-48</ref> − The Tigers' success influenced Archon [[Jennifer Steiner|Jennifer Steiner's]] decision to expand the LCAF's strategy of raiding. In [[2790]] raiding operations were launched on both fronts, with the Tigers once again successfully damaging the Combine on [[Pomme De Terre]], [[Styx]], [[Telos IV]], and [[Kervil]]. Their success inspired the Archon to mount the fateful assault on Styx that ultimately cost Steiner her life. After this disaster General Graham Kelswa, the Tigers' CO and commander of LCAF forces on the Combine front, personally led the unit in several battles during this time.<ref name="HS50">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', pp. 50–51: "The Military Realities"</ref> <ref>''First Succession War'', pp. 64–68</ref> + The Tigers' success influenced Archon [[Jennifer Steiner|Jennifer Steiner's]] decision to expand the LCAF's strategy of raiding. In [[2790]] raiding operations were launched on both fronts, with the Tigers once again successfully damaging the Combine on [[Pomme De Terre]], [[Styx]], [[Telos IV]], and [[Kervil]]. Their success inspired the Archon to mount the fateful assault on Styx that ultimately cost Steiner her life. After this disaster General Graham Kelswa, the Tigers' CO and commander of LCAF forces on the Combine front, personally led the unit in several battles during this time.<ref name="HS50">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', pp. 50-51, "The Military Realities"</ref> <ref>''First Succession War'', pp. 64-68</ref> ====Final Raid on Benjamin==== ====Final Raid on Benjamin==== − In [[2794]], Lyran intelligence learned that [[Benjamin]], an industrial hub and [[Military District (Draconis Combine)|Military District]] capital, had been stripped of its defenders. Seizing an opportunity to deliver a heavy strike against the Combine, General Kelswa led the Tigers there and, using a [[Jump Point#Pirate Jump Points|pirate point]], appeared to take the planet totally by surprise. Only once the Tigers' [[DropShip|DropShips]] were making planetfall did the Combine navy unleash their trap, obliterating the Lyrans' naval and [[JumpShip]] assets. The Tigers themselves avoided the same fate thanks to Kelswa's decision to have his MechWarriors perform a combat drop that scattered them across the ground outside Benjamin's capital Deber City.<ref name=FSWp72-74>''First Succession War'', pp. 72–74: "The Long, Last Stand of the Tamar Tigers"</ref> + + In [[2794]] Lyran intelligence learned that [[Benjamin]], an industrial hub and [[Military District (Draconis Combine)|Military District]] capital, had been stripped of its defenders. Seizing an opportunity to deliver a heavy strike against the Combine, General Kelswa led the Tigers there and, using a [[Jump_Point#Pirate_Jump_Points|pirate point]], appeared to take the planet totally by surprise. Only once the Tigers' [[DropShip|DropShips]] were making planetfall did the Combine navy unleash their trap, obliterating the Lyrans' naval and [[JumpShip]] assets. The Tigers themselves avoided the same fate thanks to Kelswa's decision to have his MechWarriors perform a combat drop that scattered them across the ground outside Benjamin's capital Deber City.<ref name=FSWp72-74>''First Succession War'', pp. 72-74, "The Long, Last Stand of the Tamar Tigers"</ref> Kelswa's intention was for the Tigers to conduct a guerrilla war until the LCAF mounted a rescue effort for them. Unfortunately, inaccurate intelligence from incompetent agents led the LCAF High Command to believe that the raiders had perished utterly. Six years would pass before credible intelligence convinced them otherwise. During that time the Tigers managed to deal much damage to Benjamin's cities and factories while defeating two elite DCMS 'Mech battalions and double that number of conventional forces, while losing barely a company's worth of their own 'Mechs.<ref name=FSWp72-74/> Kelswa's intention was for the Tigers to conduct a guerrilla war until the LCAF mounted a rescue effort for them. Unfortunately, inaccurate intelligence from incompetent agents led the LCAF High Command to believe that the raiders had perished utterly. Six years would pass before credible intelligence convinced them otherwise. During that time the Tigers managed to deal much damage to Benjamin's cities and factories while defeating two elite DCMS 'Mech battalions and double that number of conventional forces, while losing barely a company's worth of their own 'Mechs.<ref name=FSWp72-74/> − Despite the certain knowledge of their survival, Archon [[Richard Steiner (29th c.)|Richard Steiner]] ultimately decided that he couldn't risk any of the LCAF's dwindling stock of transports and [[WarShip|WarShips]] on a high-risk rescue mission. As a result, by January [[2801]] the remaining Tigers would mount their final, spectacular assault upon Benjamin's defenders. Between diversions elsewhere and the aid of local criminal elements, the Tigers infiltrated their last fifteen 'Mechs into the heart of Deber City. In a lightning assault, the Tigers and local anti-Kuritan elements seized the planetary capital; the subsequent Combine effort to reclaim it lasted most of a week and reduced Deber City to ruin.<ref name=FSWp72-74/> + Despite the certain knowledge of their survival, Archon [[Richard Steiner]] ultimately decided that he couldn't risk any of the LCAF's dwindling stock of transports and [[WarShip|WarShips]] on a high-risk rescue mission. As a result, by January [[2801]] the remaining Tigers would mount their final, spectacular assault upon Benjamin's defenders. Between diversions elsewhere and the aid of local criminal elements, the Tigers infiltrated their last fifteen 'Mechs into the heart of Deber City. In a lightning assault, the Tigers and local anti-Kuritan elements seized the planetary capital; the subsequent Combine effort to reclaim it lasted most of a week and reduced Deber City to ruin.<ref name=FSWp72-74/> Ultimately the Tamar Tigers managed to destroy a regiment's worth of DCMS BattleMechs and three times as many armor and infantry forces before they finally fell.<ref name=FSWp72-74/> Ultimately the Tamar Tigers managed to destroy a regiment's worth of DCMS BattleMechs and three times as many armor and infantry forces before they finally fell.<ref name=FSWp72-74/> Line 50:
Line 51: ==Composition History== ==Composition History== − ===2786=== + === 2786 - 2821=== '''Tamar Tigers ''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical) <ref name= FSSp139 >''First Succession War'', p. 139</ref> '''Tamar Tigers ''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical) <ref name= FSSp139 >''First Succession War'', p. 139</ref> : Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Tamar]]. The unit was destroyed during the war.<ref name= FSSp139/> : Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Tamar]]. The unit was destroyed during the war.<ref name= FSSp139/> ==Notes== ==Notes== − * The Tamar Tigers were added to the list of Honored Missing.<ref name="HS68">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 68: "What, Me Worry?"</ref> The [[Awards#Lyran Alliance|Order of Tamar Tigers]] decoration uses the regimental patch of the Tamar Tigers.<ref name="HS127">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 127: "Medals and Decorations"</ref>+ The Tamar Tigers were added to the list of Honored Missing.<ref name="HS68">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 68, "What, Me Worry?"</ref> The [[Awards#Lyran Alliance|Order of Tamar Tigers]] decoration uses the regimental patch of the Tamar Tigers.<ref name="HS127">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 127, "Medals and Decorations"</ref> − * Special rules for 1st Tamar Hussars can be found in ''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183+ + <div class="gamerules"> + ===Rules=== + Unlike most Lyran units, the Tamar Tigers prefer lighter 'Mechs. To reflect this apply a -2 modifier to rolls that determine lance weight, with anything below a 4 treated as a result of "Light." The Tigers receive a +2 bonus to their initiative rolls, and may use the Off Map Movement [[Force Specific Rules]].<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183</ref> + </div> ==References== ==References== Line 62:
Line 67: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' + * ''[[First Succession War (Sourcebook)]]'' + * ''[[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[Memories of Rain]]'' * ''[[Memories of Rain]]'' − * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]'' [[Category:Lyran Commands|Tamar Hussars, 01st]] [[Category:Lyran Commands|Tamar Hussars, 01st]]
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| image = [[File:Tamar Tigers logo.png|150px]] | | image = [[File:Tamar Tigers logo.png|150px]] | ||
| − | | Designation = | + | | Designation = 1st Tamar Hussars |
| formed = | | formed = | ||
| − | | Disbanded = January | + | | Disbanded = January 2801 |
| Previous Designation = | | Previous Designation = | ||
| Nickname = The Tamar Tigers | | Nickname = The Tamar Tigers | ||
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| Sub-Command = | | Sub-Command = | ||
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| − | The '''Tamar Tigers''' were the pride and joy of the [[Duke of Tamar]], and was the first unit from the Duke of Tamar's private forces to receive [[BattleMechs]] in [[2465]].<ref name="HS47">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', pp. | + | The '''Tamar Tigers''' were the pride and joy of the [[Duke of Tamar]], and was the first unit from the Duke of Tamar's private forces to receive [[BattleMechs]] in [[2465]].<ref name="HS47">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', pp. 47-48, "Tigers and Stealths"</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The Tamar Tigers were attached to the [[SLDF]] in the [[Reunification War]]. They were unlike many Lyran units because their commander was able to remove political appointees and [[Social General]]s from the unit. The Tamar Tigers served alongside the [[ | + | The Tamar Tigers were attached to the [[SLDF]] in the [[Reunification War]]. They were unlike many Lyran units because their commander was able to remove political appointees and [[Social General]]s from the unit. The Tamar Tigers served alongside the [[4th Royal Guards]] and the [[25th Skye Rangers]].<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 40</ref> From [[2581]] to [[2591]] the Tigers fought on [[Black Earth]], [[Qurayyat]], [[Fjernet]], [[Kwangjong-ni]], [[Luanda]], and [[Barcelona]].<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 152-153</ref> In [[2591]] Archon Viola Steiner received word that her son had been kidnapped, and the Duke of Tamar was a suspect. Unable to meet the Duke, the Archon instead engaged the Tamar Tigers and Skye Rangers at their camp on Barcelona. There the Tigers resisted the Archon's assault until [[SLDF]] forces could separate the combatants. Later evidence found that the Dukes were innocent, but the Tigers and Rangers had lost a battalion and refused to continue to fight for the Archon. They returned home shortly after the Day of Rage.<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 137-138</ref> |
===First Succession War=== | ===First Succession War=== | ||
| − | Shortly after the outbreak of the [[First Succession War]] the Tigers were dispatched on a deep raid against the [[Draconis Combine|Draconis Combine's]] capital [[Luthien]]. In March [[2787]] they arrived at a pirate point close to the planet. Expecting to wade through heavy defenses the Tigers instead found Luthien only lightly guarded and were able to inflict serious damage on the planet's Aichi continent before DCMS reinforcements half a world away arrived to find the Tigers already gone.<ref name="HS47"/> <ref>''First Succession War'', pp. | + | Shortly after the outbreak of the [[First Succession War]] the Tigers were dispatched on a deep raid against the [[Draconis Combine|Draconis Combine's]] capital [[Luthien]]. In March [[2787]] they arrived at a pirate point close to the planet. Expecting to wade through heavy defenses the Tigers instead found Luthien only lightly guarded and were able to inflict serious damage on the planet's Aichi continent before DCMS reinforcements half a world away arrived to find the Tigers already gone.<ref name="HS47"/> <ref>''First Succession War'', pp. 47-48</ref> |
| − | The Tigers' success influenced Archon [[Jennifer Steiner|Jennifer Steiner's]] decision to expand the LCAF's strategy of raiding. In [[2790]] raiding operations were launched on both fronts, with the Tigers once again successfully damaging the Combine on [[Pomme De Terre]], [[Styx]], [[Telos IV]], and [[Kervil]]. Their success inspired the Archon to mount the fateful assault on Styx that ultimately cost Steiner her life. After this disaster General Graham Kelswa, the Tigers' CO and commander of LCAF forces on the Combine front, personally led the unit in several battles during this time.<ref name="HS50">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', pp. | + | The Tigers' success influenced Archon [[Jennifer Steiner|Jennifer Steiner's]] decision to expand the LCAF's strategy of raiding. In [[2790]] raiding operations were launched on both fronts, with the Tigers once again successfully damaging the Combine on [[Pomme De Terre]], [[Styx]], [[Telos IV]], and [[Kervil]]. Their success inspired the Archon to mount the fateful assault on Styx that ultimately cost Steiner her life. After this disaster General Graham Kelswa, the Tigers' CO and commander of LCAF forces on the Combine front, personally led the unit in several battles during this time.<ref name="HS50">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', pp. 50-51, "The Military Realities"</ref> <ref>''First Succession War'', pp. 64-68</ref> |
====Final Raid on Benjamin==== | ====Final Raid on Benjamin==== | ||
| − | In [[2794]] | + | |
| + | In [[2794]] Lyran intelligence learned that [[Benjamin]], an industrial hub and [[Military District (Draconis Combine)|Military District]] capital, had been stripped of its defenders. Seizing an opportunity to deliver a heavy strike against the Combine, General Kelswa led the Tigers there and, using a [[Jump_Point#Pirate_Jump_Points|pirate point]], appeared to take the planet totally by surprise. Only once the Tigers' [[DropShip|DropShips]] were making planetfall did the Combine navy unleash their trap, obliterating the Lyrans' naval and [[JumpShip]] assets. The Tigers themselves avoided the same fate thanks to Kelswa's decision to have his MechWarriors perform a combat drop that scattered them across the ground outside Benjamin's capital Deber City.<ref name=FSWp72-74>''First Succession War'', pp. 72-74, "The Long, Last Stand of the Tamar Tigers"</ref> | ||
Kelswa's intention was for the Tigers to conduct a guerrilla war until the LCAF mounted a rescue effort for them. Unfortunately, inaccurate intelligence from incompetent agents led the LCAF High Command to believe that the raiders had perished utterly. Six years would pass before credible intelligence convinced them otherwise. During that time the Tigers managed to deal much damage to Benjamin's cities and factories while defeating two elite DCMS 'Mech battalions and double that number of conventional forces, while losing barely a company's worth of their own 'Mechs.<ref name=FSWp72-74/> | Kelswa's intention was for the Tigers to conduct a guerrilla war until the LCAF mounted a rescue effort for them. Unfortunately, inaccurate intelligence from incompetent agents led the LCAF High Command to believe that the raiders had perished utterly. Six years would pass before credible intelligence convinced them otherwise. During that time the Tigers managed to deal much damage to Benjamin's cities and factories while defeating two elite DCMS 'Mech battalions and double that number of conventional forces, while losing barely a company's worth of their own 'Mechs.<ref name=FSWp72-74/> | ||
| − | Despite the certain knowledge of their survival, Archon [[ | + | Despite the certain knowledge of their survival, Archon [[Richard Steiner]] ultimately decided that he couldn't risk any of the LCAF's dwindling stock of transports and [[WarShip|WarShips]] on a high-risk rescue mission. As a result, by January [[2801]] the remaining Tigers would mount their final, spectacular assault upon Benjamin's defenders. Between diversions elsewhere and the aid of local criminal elements, the Tigers infiltrated their last fifteen 'Mechs into the heart of Deber City. In a lightning assault, the Tigers and local anti-Kuritan elements seized the planetary capital; the subsequent Combine effort to reclaim it lasted most of a week and reduced Deber City to ruin.<ref name=FSWp72-74/> |
Ultimately the Tamar Tigers managed to destroy a regiment's worth of DCMS BattleMechs and three times as many armor and infantry forces before they finally fell.<ref name=FSWp72-74/> | Ultimately the Tamar Tigers managed to destroy a regiment's worth of DCMS BattleMechs and three times as many armor and infantry forces before they finally fell.<ref name=FSWp72-74/> | ||
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==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
| − | ===2786=== | + | === 2786 - 2821=== |
'''Tamar Tigers ''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical) <ref name= FSSp139 >''First Succession War'', p. 139</ref> | '''Tamar Tigers ''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical) <ref name= FSSp139 >''First Succession War'', p. 139</ref> | ||
: Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Tamar]]. The unit was destroyed during the war.<ref name= FSSp139/> | : Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Tamar]]. The unit was destroyed during the war.<ref name= FSSp139/> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | + | The Tamar Tigers were added to the list of Honored Missing.<ref name="HS68">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 68, "What, Me Worry?"</ref> The [[Awards#Lyran Alliance|Order of Tamar Tigers]] decoration uses the regimental patch of the Tamar Tigers.<ref name="HS127">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 127, "Medals and Decorations"</ref> | |
| − | + | ||
| + | <div class="gamerules"> | ||
| + | ===Rules=== | ||
| + | Unlike most Lyran units, the Tamar Tigers prefer lighter 'Mechs. To reflect this apply a -2 modifier to rolls that determine lance weight, with anything below a 4 treated as a result of "Light." The Tigers receive a +2 bonus to their initiative rolls, and may use the Off Map Movement [[Force Specific Rules]].<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183</ref> | ||
| + | </div> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' | * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[First Succession War (Sourcebook)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)]]'' | ||
* ''[[Memories of Rain]]'' | * ''[[Memories of Rain]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Lyran Commands|Tamar Hussars, 01st]] | [[Category:Lyran Commands|Tamar Hussars, 01st]] | ||