1st Taurian Lancers

Unit Description

The First Taurian Lancers is a Multi-Regiment Combined Arms formation fielded by the Taurian Concordat in 3020. They were formed by the TDF as experimental tactical doctrine in placing equal amount of Heavy Tank and other armor vehicles with BattleMechs in each of its battalions. The Lancers have integrated DropShips for transport but no JumpShips.

History

Late Succession Wars

The Lancers' most notable action was during a raid of the Davion world of Bromhead in 3021. The battle took a turn for the worse when a company of the Lancers' 'Mechs were lost in a minefield. The Tank force saved the remaining mechs from being routed by shoring up their battle lines and covering the rest of the Lancers' retreat. The Tanks took out two Lances of BattleMechs which were trying to take advantage of Lancers' situation.

The unit's performance was considered successful despite the battle's outcome, prompting the creation of two further regiments. The battle also convinced high ranking Taurian officers to insist on increasing the number of tanks in other Taurian forces.

In 3054 the Lancers were split into battalion sized formations and garrisoned Norman's World, Illiushin, and Laconis.

3060s

In early 3060s, as part of the new Trinity Alliance's officer exchange program. Sao-Shao Michael Lee was assigned to command a battalion in the Lancers' Mech regiment. Lee was assigned to the unit as an instructor to improve unit's skills. The unit spent a considerable amount of time in classroom training, utilizing a range of training methods including computer simulators.

Due to their fanatic loyalty to then Protector Grover Shraplen, the Lancers remained part of the Concordat military instead of joining the rebels who formed the Calderon Protectorate in 3066.

The Lancers were part of a rotating garrison force safeguarding the Hyades Cluster from attack in 3067. Lancers were split between the Liao worlds of Aldebaran & Ningpo.

Elements of the unit saw action on Ningpo in 3068 with Hell's Black Aces. When the Arcadians raided the planet as part of Duke George Hasek's Operation Sovereign Justice. With extensive assistance from the elite Aerospace regiment, the 1st Lancers helped inflict significate damage against the Davion mercenaries. The Lancers were noted for their ferocious attacks on the Arcadians in the defense of the Earthwerks armor-sheet factory. In less than 24 hours of combat, the Lancers had reduced the Arcadians to roughly 40 percent of its fighting strength, forcing them off the planet.

After the collapse of the Trinity Alliance the First Taurian Lancers returned to the Concordat. In 3079 they were stationed on Maia and Electra.

Opeartion MATADOR

Following the launch of Operation MATADOR, the Federated Suns counter-offensive against the Concordat, the First Battalion of the Lancers ran the AFFS blockade of Ridgebrook in June 3080 and dropped onto the planet to reinforce elements of the Concordat Jaegers, who were locked in a stalemate with the attacking Syrtis Avengers and the 59th Strike Regiment. The death of Nathanial Hasek in an ambush on Ridgebrook helped slow the AFFS counter-offensive, leaving Ridgebrook in Taurian hands.

It was reported that as a result of the combat seen during the extended war with the Federated Suns and then in Operation MATADOR the 1st Taurian Lancers had been reduced to just over a third of their established strength by mid-3081.

Post-Jihad Era

After the end of the war the two remaining battalions of the First Lancers began rebuilding, recruiting new personnel from the academies on New Vandenburg and Pinard and guarding the factories that produced the replacement equipment the First Lancers sorely needed.

Officers

As of 3025 the unit was under the command of Colonel Victoria Norman.

As of 3050 Colonel Sergio McDaniels led the Lancers and remained their commander in 3059.

As of 3064 the commanding officer was Colonel Elise Powell.

In 3145 the commanding officer is Colonel Theresa Nelson.

Tactics

None

Composition History

3025

The Taurian Lancers

• CO: Colonel Victoria Norman

• 1st Battalion (Regular/Reliable) - CO: Subaltern Sergio McDaniel
• nd Battalion (Green/ Reliable) - CO: Subaltern Nelson O'Donnel

3rd Battalion (Green/Questionable) - CO: Subaltern Therese Harper

3050

First Taurian Lancers (BattleMech Regiment)

• CO: Colonel Sergio McDaniel

• 1st Battalion - CO: Subaltern Richard Ody, Regular/Reliable Norman's World
• 2nd Battalion - CO: Subaltern Alan Mogliotti, Green/Reliable Cynon
• 3rd Battalion - CO: Subaltern Eric Hiner, Green/Reliable Cynon

3054

First Taurian Lancers (BattleMech Regiment)

• CO: Colonel Sergio McDaniel

• 1st Battalion - CO: Subaltern Richard Ody, Regular/Reliable Norman's World
• 2nd Battalion - CO: Subaltern Alan Mogliotti, Green/Reliable Illiushin
• 3rd Battalion - CO: Subaltern Eric Hiner, Green/Reliable Laconis

3059

First Taurian Lancers (BattleMech Regiment)

• CO: Colonel Sergio McDaniel

• 1st Battalion - CO: Brigadier Richard Ody, Regular/Reliable Norman's World
• 2nd Battalion - CO: Brigadier Alan Mogliotti, Green/Fanatical Illiushin
• 3rd Battalion - CO: Brigadier Eric Hiner, Regular/Questionable Laconis

3064

First Taurian Lancers (BattleMech Regiment)

• CO: Colonel Elise Powell

• 1st Battalion - CO: Brigadier Rachel James
• 2nd Battalion - CO: Brigadier (Sao-Shao) Michael Sun Lee
• 3rd Battalion - CO: Brigadier Austin Campbell

First Taurian Armored Lancers (Armor Regiment)

• CO: Colonel Xavier "X" St. Cloud

Seventy-fifth Light Guard

• CO: Brigadier Yesler Mohadib

3067

First Taurian Lancers (BattleMech Regiment)

• CO: Colonel Elise Powell

First Taurian Armored Lancers (Armor Regiment)

• CO: Colonel Xavier St. Cloud

Seventy-fifth Light Guard

• CO: Force Sergeant Cameron Vale

3079

The First Taurian Lancers were at two thirds of their nominal regimental size.

3085

First Taurian Lancers (Regular/Fanatical)

• CO: Colonel Humbert Derick

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• CO: Colonel Cameron Vale

Seventy-ninth Light Guard (Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:3085p150">

• CO: Colonel Enu Kwesi

3145

First Taurian Lancers (Regular/Reliable)

• CO: Colonel Theresa Nelson

First Taurian Armored Lancers (Veteran/Reliable)

• CO: Colonel Kimberly Rogers

First Taurian Foot Lancers (Regular/Reliable)

• CO: Colonel Charles Foster

Bibliography

• 20-Year Update
• Field Manual: 3085
• Field Manual: 3145
• Field Manual: Periphery
• Field Manual: Updates
• Field Report: Periphery
• Jihad: Final Reckoning
• Mercenaries Supplemental Update
• Objective Raids
• The Periphery (sourcebook)
• The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)