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The '''Twenty-first Illician Rangers''' was a regiment of the [[Illician Lancers]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
Formed for airborne missions and other special force tasks, in the past the unit included enough [[DropShip]]s to support a quick relocation.
 
Formed for airborne missions and other special force tasks, in the past the unit included enough [[DropShip]]s to support a quick relocation.
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The unit worked closely together with the [[Star League Defense Force]] as instructors. During the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], they lost most of their sophisticated equipment and reorganized for their new operations. The Lancers worked for the [[AFFS]] (and later the [[AFFC]]) for the last two centuries, and were a feared opponent in the [[CCAF]].  
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The unit worked closely together with the [[Star League Defense Force]] as instructors. During the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], they lost most of their sophisticated equipment and reorganized for their new operations. The Lancers worked for the [[AFFS]] (and later the [[AFFC]]) for the last two centuries, and were a feared opponent in the [[CCAF]].
  
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In the [[Third Succession War]] elements of the Twenty-first Illician Lancers faced the [[Black Widow Company]] on [[Galtor III]].<ref>''Tales of the Black Widow Company'', pp. 18-19</ref>
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In the [[Third Succession War]] elements of the Twenty-first Illician Lancers faced the [[Black Widow Company]] on [[Galtor III]].<ref>''Tales of the Black Widow Company'', pp. 18–19</ref>
  
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The Twenty-first Rangers and 4th Rangers captured together with other mercs Gei-Fu. The 3rd Capellan Defence Force had no chance and were annihilated. Later in the Operation the regiment captured Imalda. The Fifth Capellan Reserve Cavalry with support of the Death Commandos forced the Twenty-first to a retreat.
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The Twenty-first Rangers, along with the [[4th Illician Rangers|4th Rangers]] and two other mercenary regiments (the [[2nd Federated Suns Armored Cavalry|2nd Cunningham's Commandos]]<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 47</ref> and [[Federated Freemen]]<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 52</ref>) captured [[Gei-Fu]]. The 3rd Capellan Defense Force had no chance and were annihilated. Later in the Operation the regiment captured Imalda. The Fifth Capellan Reserve Cavalry with support of the Death Commandos forced the Twenty-first to a retreat.<ref name=MSUp73>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 73</ref>
  
 
After the end of the [[Jihad]], the Twenty-First Illician Rangers were stationed on [[Keuterville]], a world along the Federated Suns/Taurian Concordat border.<ref name="fra20">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 20</ref>
 
After the end of the [[Jihad]], the Twenty-First Illician Rangers were stationed on [[Keuterville]], a world along the Federated Suns/Taurian Concordat border.<ref name="fra20">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 20</ref>
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During the [[ilClan Era]], the Lancers were relocated to the [[Dragon's Tongue]] area, playing some part in the reconquest. In early [[3152]], the Twenty-first Rangers was stationed on the planet [[Brundage]], on the Combine frontier, and were attacked by the [[Forty-fifth New Samarkand Regulars]] in a three-week campaign which forced the Lancers to retreat, leaving the world to the Combine.<ref>''Dominions Divided'' p. 69</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Roy Barnard]]||[[3050]] - [[3059]]<ref name=20yup21/><ref name=ORp15/><ref name=FMMercsp108/>
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| Colonel||[[Aynsley Zibler]]||[[3067]]
 
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| Colonel||[[Kenneth Ramaley]]||[[3145]].<ref name=FM:3145p182>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 182, "Notable Mercenary Forces - Federated Suns"</ref>
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| Colonel||[[Kenneth Ramaley]]||[[3145]]<ref name=FM:3145p182>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 182: "Notable Mercenary Forces - Federated Suns"</ref>
 
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
=== 2786 - 2821===
 
=== 2786 - 2821===
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'''21st Rangers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name= FSSp140>’’ First Succession War’’, p. 140</ref>
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'''21st Rangers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=1SWp140>''First Succession War'', p. 140</ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Rahne]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 35 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Alkes]]. <ref name= FSSp140/>
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: Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Rahne]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 35 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Alkes]].<ref name=1SWp140/>
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=== 2830 ===
 
=== 2830 ===
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'''21st Rangers''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) <ref name=2ndSSp100>’’ Second Succession War’’, p. 100 </ref>
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'''21st Rangers''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=2SWp100>''Second Succession War'', p. 100</ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Alkes]] with an operational readiness of 62 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp100/>
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: Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Alkes]] with an operational readiness of 62 percent.<ref name=2SWp100/>
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=== 2864 ===
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'''21st Rangers''' (Regiment/Elite/Reliable) <ref name=2ndSSp100/>
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=== 2864 ===
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: Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Alkes]] with an operational readiness of 39percent. <ref name=2ndSSp100/>
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'''21st Rangers''' (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)<ref name=2SWp100/>
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: Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Alkes]] with an operational readiness of 39percent.<ref name=2SWp100/>
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===3025===
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'''21st Illician Rangers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HD147>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 147</ref>
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:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Jonzac]].
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=== 3040 ===
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''' 21st Rangers ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HWo3039p141/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Mendham]].<ref name=HWo3039p141>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141</ref>
  
 
===3050===
 
===3050===
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'''21st Illician Rangers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) <ref name=20yup21>''20-Year Update'', p. 21</ref>  
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'''2nd Illician Lancers (21st Rangers) ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=20yup21/>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Mendham]]. <ref name=20yup21/>
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:* CO: Colonel Roy Barnard<ref name=20yup21/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Mendham]].<ref name=20yup21>''20 Year Update'', p. 21</ref>
  
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===3054===
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'''2nd Illician Lancers (21st Rangers)''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=ORp15/>
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:* CO: Colonel Roy Barnard<ref name=ORp15/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Mendham]].<ref name=ORp15>''Objective Raids'', p. 15</ref>
  
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===3054===
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===3059===
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'''2nd Illician Lancers – 21st Rangers''' (Regular/Reliable) <ref name=MWobraidp15 >''Objective Raids'', p. 15</ref>  
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'''21st Illician Rangers ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMMercsp108/>
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* CO: Colonel Roy Barnard
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:* CO: Colonel Roy Barnard<ref name=FMMercsp108/>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Mendham]].<ref name=FMMercsp108>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 108</ref>
  
 
===3067===
 
===3067===
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'''21st Illician Rangers'''(1 [[Regiment]]/Regular/Fanatical)
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'''21st Illician Rangers''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Regular/Fanatical)
 
* CO: Colonel Aynsley Zibler
 
* CO: Colonel Aynsley Zibler
 
* XO: [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Roberto Santos
 
* XO: [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Roberto Santos
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- 2 Companies without [[Jump Jet]]s are grouped separately
 
- 2 Companies without [[Jump Jet]]s are grouped separately
  
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'''13th Illician Air Guard'''(1 Reinforced [[Wing]]s/Elite/Fanatical)
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'''13th Illician Air Guard''' (1 Reinforced [[Wing]]s/Elite/Fanatical)
 
* CO: [[Major]] Duilio Arquette
 
* CO: [[Major]] Duilio Arquette
 
- 3 Squadrons for close ground support through heavy fighters
 
- 3 Squadrons for close ground support through heavy fighters
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- 3 Flies for cargo duties  
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- 3 Flies for cargo duties
  
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'''25th Armored Cavalry Regiment'''(1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)
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'''25th Armored Cavalry Regiment''' (1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)
 
* CO: Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Wayland
 
* CO: Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Wayland
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- 1 [[Battalion]] design for saault combat
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- 1 [[Battalion]] design for assault combat
 
- 2 Battalions with lighter equipment
 
- 2 Battalions with lighter equipment
  
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'''55th Mechanized Cavalry'''( 1 Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)
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'''55th Mechanized Cavalry''' (1 Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)
 
* CO: Lieutenant Colonel Larry Patton
 
* CO: Lieutenant Colonel Larry Patton
 
- Trained as paratroopers and in the use of Jump Packs
 
- Trained as paratroopers and in the use of Jump Packs
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===3079===
 
===3079===
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The '''21st Illician Rangers''' were reduced to two-thirds of their pre-Jihad strength.<ref name="fra20"/>
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'''21st Rangers ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=“fraffs19“>''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 19</ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Keuterville]].<ref name=“fraffs19“/> The 21st Illician Rangers were reduced to two-thirds of their pre-Jihad strength.<ref name="fra20"/>
  
 
===3145===
 
===3145===
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==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
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*''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 43 - "Unit Profile"
 
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*''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 73 - "Unit Profile"
 
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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*''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Dominions Divided]]''
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*''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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*''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
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*''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
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*''[[Tales of the Black Widow Company]]''
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* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
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* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
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* ''[[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)| Second Succession War]]''
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* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
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* ''[[Tales of the Black Widow Company]]''
  
  
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Illician Rangers, 21st]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Illician Rangers, 21st]]

Latest revision as of 17:51, 5 September 2023

21st Illician Rangers
Twenty-first Illician Rangers
Nickname Drop-And-Stop
Affiliation Mercenary
Parent Command Illician Lancers

The Twenty-first Illician Rangers was a regiment of the Illician Lancers.

History[edit]

Formed for airborne missions and other special force tasks, in the past the unit included enough DropShips to support a quick relocation. The unit worked closely together with the Star League Defense Force as instructors. During the Succession Wars, they lost most of their sophisticated equipment and reorganized for their new operations. The Lancers worked for the AFFS (and later the AFFC) for the last two centuries, and were a feared opponent in the CCAF.

In the Third Succession War elements of the Twenty-first Illician Lancers faced the Black Widow Company on Galtor III.[1]

The Twenty-first Rangers, along with the 4th Rangers and two other mercenary regiments (the 2nd Cunningham's Commandos[2] and Federated Freemen[3]) captured Gei-Fu. The 3rd Capellan Defense Force had no chance and were annihilated. Later in the Operation the regiment captured Imalda. The Fifth Capellan Reserve Cavalry with support of the Death Commandos forced the Twenty-first to a retreat.[4]

After the end of the Jihad, the Twenty-First Illician Rangers were stationed on Keuterville, a world along the Federated Suns/Taurian Concordat border.[5]

During the ilClan Era, the Lancers were relocated to the Dragon's Tongue area, playing some part in the reconquest. In early 3152, the Twenty-first Rangers was stationed on the planet Brundage, on the Combine frontier, and were attacked by the Forty-fifth New Samarkand Regulars in a three-week campaign which forced the Lancers to retreat, leaving the world to the Combine.[6]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 21st Illician Rangers
Colonel Roy Barnard 3050 - 3059[7][8][9]
Colonel Aynsley Zibler 3067
Colonel Kenneth Ramaley 3145[10]

Tactics[edit]

The Twenty-first specializes in airborne operations and high-risk combat insertions, and regularly performs maneuvers that most others would never consider.

Dragoon Ratings[edit]

Dragoon Rating: Unrated

Composition History[edit]

2786 - 2821[edit]

21st Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[11]

Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on Rahne. In 2821 the command was reduced to 35 percent of its strength and was deployed on Alkes.[11]

2830[edit]

21st Rangers (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[12]

Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on Alkes with an operational readiness of 62 percent.[12]

2864[edit]

21st Rangers (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[12]

Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on Alkes with an operational readiness of 39percent.[12]

3025[edit]

21st Illician Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[13]

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Jonzac.

3040[edit]

21st Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[14]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Mendham.[14]

3050[edit]

2nd Illician Lancers (21st Rangers) (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[7]

  • CO: Colonel Roy Barnard[7]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Mendham.[7]

3054[edit]

2nd Illician Lancers (21st Rangers) (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[8]

  • CO: Colonel Roy Barnard[8]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Mendham.[8]

3059[edit]

21st Illician Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[9]

  • CO: Colonel Roy Barnard[9]
Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Mendham.[9]

3067[edit]

21st Illician Rangers (1 Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)

- 7 Companies are Jump-capable - 2 Companies without Jump Jets are grouped separately

13th Illician Air Guard (1 Reinforced Wings/Elite/Fanatical)

  • CO: Major Duilio Arquette

- 3 Squadrons for close ground support through heavy fighters - 3 Flies for cargo duties

25th Armored Cavalry Regiment (1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)

  • CO: Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Wayland

- 1 Battalion design for assault combat - 2 Battalions with lighter equipment

55th Mechanized Cavalry (1 Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)

  • CO: Lieutenant Colonel Larry Patton

- Trained as paratroopers and in the use of Jump Packs - They can operate for a longer period without support

3079[edit]

21st Rangers (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[15]

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Keuterville.[15] The 21st Illician Rangers were reduced to two-thirds of their pre-Jihad strength.[5]

3145[edit]

21st Illician Rangers (Veteran/Reliable)[10]

  • CO: Colonel Kenneth Ramaley

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Tales of the Black Widow Company, pp. 18–19
  2. ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 47
  3. ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 52
  4. ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 73
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Field Report: AFFS, p. 20
  6. ↑ Dominions Divided p. 69
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 20 Year Update, p. 21
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Objective Raids, p. 15
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 108
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 182: "Notable Mercenary Forces - Federated Suns"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 First Succession War, p. 140
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Second Succession War, p. 100
  13. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 147
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Field Report: AFFS, p. 19

Bibliography[edit]

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