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| image   = [[File: Donegalguards02rd.png]]
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| image         = [[File: Donegalguards02rd.png]]
| nickname = The Unwearied Second
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| Designation    = Second Donegal Guards
| parent formation = [[Donegal Guards]]
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| formed         = pre-[[2230]]
| formed   = pre-[[2230]]
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| Previous Designation = 11th Terran Rangers
| year    = 3067
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| Nickname      = The Unwearied Second, The Leinster Regiment (2765)<ref name="FM2765:LCp10"/>, Caesar's Legion (3025)<ref name=HS(LC)p71>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 71</ref>
| unitname = 2nd Donegal Guards RCT
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| Affiliation    = [[Terran Alliance]], [[Mercenary]], [[Protectorate of Donegal]], [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
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| Parent Command = [[Donegal Guards]]
 
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==History==
 
==History==
Dating back to the [[Terran Alliance]], the 2nd Donegal Guard were originally the [[11th Terran Rangers]]. Following the collapse of the Alliance, the 11th Rangers became mercenaries, contracting with the various worlds in the area that would become the [[Protectorate of Donegal]] for protection. When [[Seth Marsden]] formed his Protectorate, he offered the 11th Rangers, who had been serving as some of the finest mercenaries in the region for almost a century, a place in their nascent military. They accepted, becoming the 2nd Donegal Guard.<ref name=FMLA63>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 63, "2nd Donegal Guards Unit Profile"</ref>  Having served the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] for almost a millennium, the Guard have fought in every major conflict in Commonwealth history save the Clan invasion.   
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=== Formation ===
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Dating back to the [[Terran Alliance]], the '''Second Donegal Guards''' were originally the Eleventh Terran Rangers. Following the collapse of the Alliance, the Eleventh Rangers became mercenaries, contracting with the various worlds in the area that would become the [[Protectorate of Donegal]] for protection. When [[Seth Marsden]] formed his Protectorate, he offered the Eleventh Rangers, who had been serving as some of the finest mercenaries in the region for almost a century, a place in their nascent military. They accepted, becoming the Second Donegal Guard.<ref name=FMLA63>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 63, "2nd Donegal Guards Unit Profile"</ref>  Having served the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] for almost a millennium, the Guard have fought in every major conflict in Commonwealth history save the Clan invasion.   
  
The 2nd Donegal conducted the first offensive operation of the [[War of 3039]] when they were tasked to take the world of Kessel alongside the [[4th Skye Rangers]] and [[11th Lyran Regulars]], defeating the [[2nd Sword of Light]], as well as the [[5th Sun Zhang Cadre]] and [[12th Sun Zhang Cadre]].  During [[Operation Bulldog]], they made history as the first Lyran regiment ever to be welcomed on to [[Luthien]], and the first to land at all in almost three centuries. Only seeing mop-up action in Bulldog, the 2nd was nonetheless active in the [[FedCom Civil War]], taking part in the brutal fighting on [[Giausar]] before General [[Caesar Steiner]] called upon them to end the Skye Revolt on [[Hesperus II]].<ref name=FMLA63/><ref name=FMU169>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 169, "Donegal Guards bio"</ref>
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Like the other early regiments of the Guards the Second were named for a regiment from [[Terra]]n history that shared the largely Irish heritage of the Protectorate; in the case of the Second, this regiment was the Leinster Regiment.<ref name="FM2765:LCp10">''Field Report: Lyran Commonwealth 2765'', p. 10-11, "Donegal Guards"</ref>
  
Heavily involved in the Skye-Bolan Offensive against the Free Worlds League, having been lead to believe them responsible for the assassination of their commander in 3068, the 2nd Donegal pulled back in the face of the Marik counter-offensive and focused on keeping the border secure.  Having absorbed the remnants of the [[3rd Donegal Guards]] following the liberation of [[Donegal]], the 2nd made it through the [[Jihad]] cohesive enough to stage attacks in to the Blakist Hegemony.<ref name=frla11>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 11</ref>  At the end of the Jihad they found themselves rotated to the Clan front, garrisoning [[A Place]].<ref name=frla11/> One of the central pieces of the defense against Clan Jade Falcon, they found themselves faced with troops looking to keep an edge against worthy opponents, and found themselves fighting trials of possession over alcohol and contraband while rebuilding.
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=== Star League Era ===
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Like the other regiments of the Donegal Guards the Second enjoyed access to the best equipment found outside of the [[Royal Guards]] brigade during the [[Star League]] era, and was staffed largely with officers looking to advance through their leadership abilities and grasp of strategic skills, rather than through the political favoritism that often held sway in other formations.<ref name="FM2765:LCp10"/>
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In [[2765]] the Second was positioned two jumps away from the border between the Lyran Commonwealth and the [[Rim Worlds Republic]], in anticipation of any action involving the Republic. Stationed on [[Roadside]], a world that was both a forward base of operations and an important logistics hub, the Second's position allowed it to react to a range of possible crisis fronts along the Republic border without leaving a gap in the overall defenses of the region. For some time the Second had habitually maintained at least one [[company]] of forces in an off-world rotation, working with local forces that required assitance and patrolling the local region.<ref name="FM2765:LCp10"/>
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=== First Succession War ===
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The Second began the First Succession War on Roadside, but ended the bloody fighting with only 41% of their force combat-ready, stationed on [[Barcelona]].<ref name=1SW139>''First Succession War'', p. 139, "Deployment Table: LCAF"</ref>
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=== Second Succession War ===
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Using the break between wars to rebuild, the Second Donegal was overstrength as fighting broke out. By the end of the conflict, the unit would be down to roughly a single [[battalion]] of combat-ready troops stationed on the world [[Csesztreg]].<ref name=2SW99>''Second Succession War'', p. 99, "Deployment Table: LCAF"</ref>
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=== Third Succession War ===
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In [[3011]] they mobilized to relieve the survivors of [[Winfield's Brigade]] on [[Sevren]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 10</ref> By 3025, the unit and its commander, [[Colonel]] [[Caesar Steiner]], achieved a string of successes against Combine forces that were impressive enough that the Archon was willing to pardon Caesar when his carousing got him into legal trouble. <ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 161</ref> The unit was stationed on the Wyatt Theater world of Pollux at the time.<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commmonwealth)'', p. 117</ref>
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=== War of 3039/Clan Invasion ===
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The Second Donegal conducted the first offensive operation of the [[War of 3039]] when they were tasked to take the world of Kessel alongside the [[Fourth Skye Rangers]] and [[Eleventh Lyran Regulars]], defeating the [[Second Sword of Light]], as well as the [[Fifth Sun Zhang Cadre]] and [[Twelfth Sun Zhang Cadre]].  During [[Operation Bulldog]], they made history as the first Lyran regiment ever to be welcomed on to [[Luthien]], and the first to land at all in almost three centuries. Due to the rapid collapse of the Jaguar occupation zone, the Second were only needed for mop-up duty, rather than the subsequent waves SLDF leadership had planned.
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=== FedCom Civil War ===
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The Second was very active in the [[FedCom Civil War]], taking part in the brutal fighting on [[Giausar]]<ref>''FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)'', pp. 89, 101, 102, 130</ref> before General [[Caesar Steiner]] called upon them to end the Skye Revolt on [[Hesperus II]].<ref name=FMLA63/><ref name=FMU169>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 169, "Donegal Guards bio"</ref><ref>''FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)'', p. 178</ref> Prior to that, they moved from [[Gienah]] to [[Arcadia (LC)|Arcadia]], where they intercepted the [[Kristen's Krushers]] mercenary force. Pursuant to their orders to "eliminate neutral or hostile forces" they engaged the mercenaries and inflicted heavy damage on them, leaving only two companies of mercenaries alive. They stopped their assault when the [[6th Marik Militia]] landed on world and forced the Donegal Guards to withdraw.<ref>''FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)'', pp. 38-39</ref>
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=== The Jihad ===
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Heavily involved in the Skye-Bolan Offensive against the Free Worlds League, having been lead to believe them responsible for the assassination of their commander in 3068, the Second Donegal pulled back in the face of the Marik counter-offensive and focused on keeping the border secure.  Having absorbed the remnants of the [[Third Donegal Guards]] following the liberation of [[Donegal]], the Second made it through the [[Jihad]] cohesive enough to stage attacks in to the Blakist Hegemony.<ref name=frla11>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 11</ref>  At the end of the Jihad they found themselves rotated to the Clan front, garrisoning [[A Place]].<ref name=frla11/> One of the central pieces of the defense against [[Clan Jade Falcon]], they found themselves faced with troops looking to keep an edge against worthy opponents, and found themselves fighting trials of possession over alcohol and contraband while rebuilding. The Unwearied Second gained a reputation for giving better than they took, and during one such battle, the Unwearied Second captured a Jade Falcon [[Flamberge]] after pushing it into a river with an exposed engine.<ref name="FM3085p100">''Field Report: 3085'', p. 100, "Donegal Guards"</ref>
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In [[3099]] the Second Donegal Guards defended [[Graus]] from a raid by the [[3rd Falcon Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|Third Jade Falcon Talon Cluster]]. The Falcons bid away all their air support, and the Second Donegal's aerospace fighters inflicted massive damage on the Falcons. The Falcons were driven off, suffering heavy losses.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 48</ref>
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=== Dark Age ===
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The Second Donegal Guards refused to support [[Duke]] Vedet Brewster and instead focused on raiding [[Clan Jade Falcon]] forces as they came across the Commonwealth's borders. They also refused to respond to the [[LCAF]] High Command when Brewster was in charge. Despite being branded a "rogue unit" they defended the Commonwealth with distinction. After [[Trillian Steiner]] became Archon, the Second was redeployed to [[Crevedia]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 127</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
Possibly it's most famous commander, Colonel [[Caesar Steiner]] lead the unit as of [[3025]]. He commanded the unit through the 4th Succession War. The [[20 Year Update]] names [[Leutnant-General]] Delmar Voss commander of the 2nd, a post he held until he was killed in action on Giausar. Shortly thereafter, [[Caesar Steiner]], now a [[General]], took direct command of the unit once more late in the Civil War. By 3085, Leutnant-General Violet Gates had taken command of the Unwearied Second.<ref name=FMLA63/><ref name=FMU169/>
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
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|-
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 2nd Donegal Guards'''
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|-
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| [[Colonel]]
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|[[Caesar Steiner]]
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||[[3025]] - post-[[War of 3039]]
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|-
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| [[Hauptmann General]]
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|[[Delmar Voss]]
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|pre-[[3049]]- [[3054]]<ref name = ORp19/>
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|-
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| [[Leutnant-General]]
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|Delmar Voss
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|[[3062]] - [[3065]]<ref name=FMLA63/>
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|-
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| [[General]]
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|[[Caesar Steiner]]
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|[[3067]]
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|-
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| Leutnant-General
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|[[Violet Gates]]
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|[[3085]]<ref name=FMLA63/><ref name=FMU169/>
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|-
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| Leutnant-General
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|[[Herman Henriot]]
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|[[3145]]<ref name=FM:3145p133>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 133, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces - Donegal Province"</ref>
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|-
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|}
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
The 2nd Donegal Guard possess a reputation for unorthodox, yet effective, tactics. They prefer high-speed combat over the usual Lyran "mountain of metal" tactics, as well as their heavy use of aerospace assets.<ref name=FMLA63/>
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The Second Donegal Guard possessed a reputation for unorthodox, yet effective, tactics. They preferred high-speed combat over the usual Lyran "mountain of metal" tactics, as well as the heavy use of aerospace assets.<ref name=FMLA63/>
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
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=== 2765 ===
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* '''2nd Donegal Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FM2765:LCp10"/>
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:- At this point the Second was stationed on Roadside.<ref name="FM2765:LCp10"/>
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=== 2786 - 2821===
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'''2nd Donegal Guards ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) <ref name= FSSp139 >''First Succession War'', p. 139</ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Roadside]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 41 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Barcelona]]. <ref name= FSSp139/>
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=== 2830 ===
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'''2nd Donegal Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp99>''Second Succession War'', p. 99 </ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Barcelona]] with an operational readiness of 109 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp99/>
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=== 2864 ===
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'''2nd Donegal Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp99/>
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: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Csesztreg]] with an operational readiness of 34 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp99/>
  
 
===3025===
 
===3025===
''' 2nd Donegal Guards''' (Veteran/Reliable) Pollux<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 119, "Deployment Table"</ref>
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'''2nd Donegal Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HS(LC)p119>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 119, "Deployment Table"</ref>
* CO.: Colonel Caesar Steiner
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:*CO: Colonel Caesar Steiner
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:Note: At this point in time the Second was erroneously reported as stationed on the still-Marik world of[[Pollux]].
  
 
===3040===
 
===3040===
'''2nd Donegal Guards RCT''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HWO3039>''Historical: War of 3039'' , p. 137 </ref>
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'''2nd Donegal Guards RCT'''(Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name = HWo3039p137/>
* CO.: Leutnant-General Caesar Steiner
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Hyde]].  <ref name = HWo3039p137 >''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137 </ref>
  
===3054===
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===3050===
''' 2nd Donegal Guards RCT''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=ORp19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19, "Lyran State Command Deployment"</ref>
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'''2nd Donegal Guards RCT ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) <ref name = 20yup27/>
* CO: Hauptmann General Delmar Voss
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:* CO: Marshal Hiram Trainer <ref name = 20yup27/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Hyde]].  <ref name = 20yup27>''20 Year Update'', p. 27</ref>
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===3054===
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'''2nd Donegal Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)  <ref name = ORp19/>
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:* CO: Hauptmann General Delmar Voss <ref name = ORp19/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Gienah]].  <ref name = ORp19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19</ref>
  
 
===3062===
 
===3062===
'''2nd [[Donegal]] Guards''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA63/>
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'''2nd Donegal Guards''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA63/><br>
* CO: Leutnant-General Delmar Voss
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CO: Leutnant General Delmar Voss<br>
:* Aide: Colonel Ellwood Goulding
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Aide: Colonel Ellwood Goulding<br>
  
'''2nd Donegal Guards Aerospace [[Brigade]]''' (2 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]])<ref name=FMLA63/>
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'''2nd Donegal Guards Aerospace [[Brigade]]''' (2 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]])<ref name=FMLA63/><br>
* CO: [[Kaptain]]: Grayson Pakes
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CO: Kaptain: Grayson Pakes<br>
** 4th Donegal Wing
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- 4th Donegal Wing<br>
** 112th Donegal Wing
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- 112th Donegal Wing<br>
  
'''2nd Donegal Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 Regiments/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA63/>
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'''2nd Donegal Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 Regiments/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA63/><br>
* CO: [[Colonel]] Lionel McGruder
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CO: Colonel Lionel McGruder<br>
:* Aide: [[Leutnant-Colonel]] Evelyn Basil
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Aide: Leutnant Colonel Evelyn Basil<br>
* 19th Donegal Light Tank - Colonel: Narayan Iyer
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- 19th Donegal Light Tank: Colonel Narayan Iyer<br>
* 13th Donegal Armored Cavalry Regiment: Colonel Denise McGreggor
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- 13th Donegal Armored Cavalry Regiment: Colonel Denise McGreggor<br>
* 4th [[Arcadia]] Panzer Regiment: Colonel Leonard Ward
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- 4th [[Arcadia (LC)|Arcadia]] Panzer Regiment: Colonel Leonard Ward<br>
  
'''2nd Donegal Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA63/>
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'''2nd Donegal Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMLA63/><br>
* CO: Colonel Nick Lucas
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CO: Colonel Nick Lucas<br>
:* Aide: Leutnant-Colonel Pitr Sarpong
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Aide: Leutnant Colonel Pitr Sarpong<br>
* 9th Donegal Heavy Infantry Regiment:  Colonel Patrick Tregana
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- 9th Donegal Heavy Infantry Regiment:  Colonel Patrick Tregana<br>
* 21st Donegal Infantry Regiment: Colonel Grimnan Sloane
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- 21st Donegal Infantry Regiment: Colonel Grimnan Sloane<br>
* 26th Light Infantry Regiment: Colonel Leslie Conway
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- 26th Light Infantry Regiment: Colonel Leslie Conway<br>
* 92nd Mounted Rifles: Colonel Ashim Roy
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- 92nd Mounted Rifles: Colonel Ashim Roy<br>
* 109th Jump Infantry Regiment: Colonel May Zoega
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- 109th Jump Infantry Regiment: Colonel May Zoega<br>
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===3067===
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'''2nd Donegal Guards RCT''' (Elite/Reliable)<ref name="FMU177">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 177, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces"</ref><br>
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CO: General Caesar Steiner<br>
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'''2nd Donegal Aerospace''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FMU177"/><br>
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CO: Kaptain Grayson Pakes<br>
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'''2nd Donegal Armor Brigade''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FMU177"/><br>
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CO: Colonel Lionel McGruder<br>
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'''2nd Donegal Infantry Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FMU177"/><br>
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CO: Colonel Nick Lucas<br>
  
 
===3079===
 
===3079===
'''2nd [[Donegal]] Guards''' RCT (1 [[Regiment]]/Elite/Fanatical)
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'''2nd Donegal Guards''' RCT (1 [[Regiment]]/Elite/Fanatical)<br>
* CO:  Leutnant-General Viktor Bedolodia
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CO:  Leutnant General Viktor Bedolodia<br>
  
60% strength | 95% upgraded
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===3085===
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'''2nd Donegal Guards''' RCT (1 [[Regiment]]/Elite/Fanatical)<br>
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CO: Leutnant General Violet Gates<br>
  
===3085===
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'''2nd Donegal Aerospace''' (Green/Reliable)<br>
'''2nd [[Donegal]] Guards''' RCT (1 [[Regiment]]/Elite/Fanatical)
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CO:  Kaptain Pramoda Tiraboschi <br>
* CO:  Leutnant-General Violet Gates
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'''2nd Donegal Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<br>
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CO:  Colonel Elio Schuttman <br>
  
65% strength | 95% upgraded
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'''2nd Donegal Infantry Brigade'''(Green/Fanatical)<br>
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CO:  Colonel Dariusz Nicolescu <br>
  
'''2nd [[Donegal]] Aerospace'''  
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===3145===
* CO:  Kaptain Pramoda Tiraboschi (Green/Reliable)
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'''2nd Donegal Guards RCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p133/><br>
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CO: Leutnant General Herman Henriot<br>
  
75% strength | 100% upgraded
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'''2nd Donegal Aerospace''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p133/><br>
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CO: Kommandant Sergio Owen<br>
  
'''2nd Donegal Armor Brigade'''
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'''2nd Donegal Armor Brigade''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p133/><br>
* CO:  Colonel Elio Schuttman (Regular/Reliable)
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CO: Colonel Jimmie Collier<br>
50% strength | 94% upgraded
 
  
'''2nd Donegal Infantry Brigade)
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'''2nd Donegal Infantry Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p133/><br>
* CO: Colonel Dariusz Nicolescu (Green/Fanatical)
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CO: Colonel Maria Wood<br>
55% strength
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
The unit carried the unofficial nickname "Caesar’s Legion" while under the command of [[Caesar Steiner]].
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* The Second carried the unofficial nickname "Caesar's Legion" while under the command of [[Caesar Steiner]].
  
Often, members of the Steiner family not closely in line for the Archonship serve in this unit. The unit's logo, a Steiner fist holding a golden crown, represents this.
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* Often, members of the Steiner family not closely in line for the Archonship serve in this unit. The unit's logo, a Steiner fist holding a golden crown, represents this.
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* The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Wales's_Leinster_Regiment The Leinster Regiment] was a British Army unit formally raised in 1881 with the merger of the 100th (Prince of Wales' Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot and the 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry). Strongly associated with Canada, the Leinster Regiment was headquartered in Leinster in Ireland, and was one of six regiments raised in Ireland to be disbanded in 1922 following the creation of the Irish Free State.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
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* ''[[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)]]''
*''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
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* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: Lyran Commonwealth 2765]]''
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* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]  
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]  
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3025 Revised]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth]]''
  
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[[Category: Federated Commonwealth Commands|Donegal Guards, 02nd]]
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[[Category: Lyran Commands|Donegal Guards, 02nd]]

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Second Donegal Guards
Formed pre-2230
Previous Designation(s) 11th Terran Rangers
Nickname The Unwearied Second, The Leinster Regiment (2765)[1], Caesar's Legion (3025)[2]
Affiliation Terran Alliance, Mercenary, Protectorate of Donegal, Lyran Commonwealth
Parent Command Donegal Guards


History

Formation

Dating back to the Terran Alliance, the Second Donegal Guards were originally the Eleventh Terran Rangers. Following the collapse of the Alliance, the Eleventh Rangers became mercenaries, contracting with the various worlds in the area that would become the Protectorate of Donegal for protection. When Seth Marsden formed his Protectorate, he offered the Eleventh Rangers, who had been serving as some of the finest mercenaries in the region for almost a century, a place in their nascent military. They accepted, becoming the Second Donegal Guard.[3] Having served the Lyran Commonwealth for almost a millennium, the Guard have fought in every major conflict in Commonwealth history save the Clan invasion.

Like the other early regiments of the Guards the Second were named for a regiment from Terran history that shared the largely Irish heritage of the Protectorate; in the case of the Second, this regiment was the Leinster Regiment.[1]

Star League Era

Like the other regiments of the Donegal Guards the Second enjoyed access to the best equipment found outside of the Royal Guards brigade during the Star League era, and was staffed largely with officers looking to advance through their leadership abilities and grasp of strategic skills, rather than through the political favoritism that often held sway in other formations.[1]

In 2765 the Second was positioned two jumps away from the border between the Lyran Commonwealth and the Rim Worlds Republic, in anticipation of any action involving the Republic. Stationed on Roadside, a world that was both a forward base of operations and an important logistics hub, the Second's position allowed it to react to a range of possible crisis fronts along the Republic border without leaving a gap in the overall defenses of the region. For some time the Second had habitually maintained at least one company of forces in an off-world rotation, working with local forces that required assitance and patrolling the local region.[1]

First Succession War

The Second began the First Succession War on Roadside, but ended the bloody fighting with only 41% of their force combat-ready, stationed on Barcelona.[4]

Second Succession War

Using the break between wars to rebuild, the Second Donegal was overstrength as fighting broke out. By the end of the conflict, the unit would be down to roughly a single battalion of combat-ready troops stationed on the world Csesztreg.[5]

Third Succession War

In 3011 they mobilized to relieve the survivors of Winfield's Brigade on Sevren.[6] By 3025, the unit and its commander, Colonel Caesar Steiner, achieved a string of successes against Combine forces that were impressive enough that the Archon was willing to pardon Caesar when his carousing got him into legal trouble. [7] The unit was stationed on the Wyatt Theater world of Pollux at the time.[8]

War of 3039/Clan Invasion

The Second Donegal conducted the first offensive operation of the War of 3039 when they were tasked to take the world of Kessel alongside the Fourth Skye Rangers and Eleventh Lyran Regulars, defeating the Second Sword of Light, as well as the Fifth Sun Zhang Cadre and Twelfth Sun Zhang Cadre. During Operation Bulldog, they made history as the first Lyran regiment ever to be welcomed on to Luthien, and the first to land at all in almost three centuries. Due to the rapid collapse of the Jaguar occupation zone, the Second were only needed for mop-up duty, rather than the subsequent waves SLDF leadership had planned.

FedCom Civil War

The Second was very active in the FedCom Civil War, taking part in the brutal fighting on Giausar[9] before General Caesar Steiner called upon them to end the Skye Revolt on Hesperus II.[3][10][11] Prior to that, they moved from Gienah to Arcadia, where they intercepted the Kristen's Krushers mercenary force. Pursuant to their orders to "eliminate neutral or hostile forces" they engaged the mercenaries and inflicted heavy damage on them, leaving only two companies of mercenaries alive. They stopped their assault when the 6th Marik Militia landed on world and forced the Donegal Guards to withdraw.[12]

The Jihad

Heavily involved in the Skye-Bolan Offensive against the Free Worlds League, having been lead to believe them responsible for the assassination of their commander in 3068, the Second Donegal pulled back in the face of the Marik counter-offensive and focused on keeping the border secure. Having absorbed the remnants of the Third Donegal Guards following the liberation of Donegal, the Second made it through the Jihad cohesive enough to stage attacks in to the Blakist Hegemony.[13] At the end of the Jihad they found themselves rotated to the Clan front, garrisoning A Place.[13] One of the central pieces of the defense against Clan Jade Falcon, they found themselves faced with troops looking to keep an edge against worthy opponents, and found themselves fighting trials of possession over alcohol and contraband while rebuilding. The Unwearied Second gained a reputation for giving better than they took, and during one such battle, the Unwearied Second captured a Jade Falcon Flamberge after pushing it into a river with an exposed engine.[14]

In 3099 the Second Donegal Guards defended Graus from a raid by the Third Jade Falcon Talon Cluster. The Falcons bid away all their air support, and the Second Donegal's aerospace fighters inflicted massive damage on the Falcons. The Falcons were driven off, suffering heavy losses.[15]

Dark Age

The Second Donegal Guards refused to support Duke Vedet Brewster and instead focused on raiding Clan Jade Falcon forces as they came across the Commonwealth's borders. They also refused to respond to the LCAF High Command when Brewster was in charge. Despite being branded a "rogue unit" they defended the Commonwealth with distinction. After Trillian Steiner became Archon, the Second was redeployed to Crevedia.[16]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 2nd Donegal Guards
Colonel Caesar Steiner 3025 - post-War of 3039
Hauptmann General Delmar Voss pre-3049- 3054[17]
Leutnant-General Delmar Voss 3062 - 3065[3]
General Caesar Steiner 3067
Leutnant-General Violet Gates 3085[3][10]
Leutnant-General Herman Henriot 3145[18]

Tactics

The Second Donegal Guard possessed a reputation for unorthodox, yet effective, tactics. They preferred high-speed combat over the usual Lyran "mountain of metal" tactics, as well as the heavy use of aerospace assets.[3]

Composition History

2765

  • 2nd Donegal Guards (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[1]
- At this point the Second was stationed on Roadside.[1]

2786 - 2821

2nd Donegal Guards (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) [19]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Roadside. In 2821 the command was reduced to 41 percent of its strength and was deployed on Barcelona. [19]

2830

2nd Donegal Guards (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) [20]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Barcelona with an operational readiness of 109 percent. [20]

2864

2nd Donegal Guards (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) [20]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Csesztreg with an operational readiness of 34 percent. [20]

3025

2nd Donegal Guards (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[21]

  • CO: Colonel Caesar Steiner
Note: At this point in time the Second was erroneously reported as stationed on the still-Marik world ofPollux.

3040

2nd Donegal Guards RCT(Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[22]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Hyde. [22]

3050

2nd Donegal Guards RCT (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) [23]

  • CO: Marshal Hiram Trainer [23]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Hyde. [23]

3054

2nd Donegal Guards RCT (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) [17]

  • CO: Hauptmann General Delmar Voss [17]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Gienah. [17]

3062

2nd Donegal Guards (1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[3]
CO: Leutnant General Delmar Voss
Aide: Colonel Ellwood Goulding

2nd Donegal Guards Aerospace Brigade (2 Wing)[3]
CO: Kaptain: Grayson Pakes
- 4th Donegal Wing
- 112th Donegal Wing

2nd Donegal Guards Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Veteran/Reliable)[3]
CO: Colonel Lionel McGruder
Aide: Leutnant Colonel Evelyn Basil
- 19th Donegal Light Tank: Colonel Narayan Iyer
- 13th Donegal Armored Cavalry Regiment: Colonel Denise McGreggor
- 4th Arcadia Panzer Regiment: Colonel Leonard Ward

2nd Donegal Guards Infantry Brigade (5 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)[3]
CO: Colonel Nick Lucas
Aide: Leutnant Colonel Pitr Sarpong
- 9th Donegal Heavy Infantry Regiment: Colonel Patrick Tregana
- 21st Donegal Infantry Regiment: Colonel Grimnan Sloane
- 26th Light Infantry Regiment: Colonel Leslie Conway
- 92nd Mounted Rifles: Colonel Ashim Roy
- 109th Jump Infantry Regiment: Colonel May Zoega

3067

2nd Donegal Guards RCT (Elite/Reliable)[24]
CO: General Caesar Steiner

2nd Donegal Aerospace (Veteran/Reliable)[24]
CO: Kaptain Grayson Pakes

2nd Donegal Armor Brigade (Veteran/Reliable)[24]
CO: Colonel Lionel McGruder

2nd Donegal Infantry Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[24]
CO: Colonel Nick Lucas

3079

2nd Donegal Guards RCT (1 Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)
CO: Leutnant General Viktor Bedolodia

3085

2nd Donegal Guards RCT (1 Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)
CO: Leutnant General Violet Gates

2nd Donegal Aerospace (Green/Reliable)
CO: Kaptain Pramoda Tiraboschi

2nd Donegal Armor Brigade (Regular/Reliable)
CO: Colonel Elio Schuttman

2nd Donegal Infantry Brigade(Green/Fanatical)
CO: Colonel Dariusz Nicolescu

3145

2nd Donegal Guards RCT (Regular/Reliable)[18]
CO: Leutnant General Herman Henriot

2nd Donegal Aerospace (Regular/Reliable)[18]
CO: Kommandant Sergio Owen

2nd Donegal Armor Brigade (Veteran/Reliable)[18]
CO: Colonel Jimmie Collier

2nd Donegal Infantry Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[18]
CO: Colonel Maria Wood

Notes

  • The Second carried the unofficial nickname "Caesar's Legion" while under the command of Caesar Steiner.
  • Often, members of the Steiner family not closely in line for the Archonship serve in this unit. The unit's logo, a Steiner fist holding a golden crown, represents this.
  • The The Leinster Regiment was a British Army unit formally raised in 1881 with the merger of the 100th (Prince of Wales' Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot and the 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry). Strongly associated with Canada, the Leinster Regiment was headquartered in Leinster in Ireland, and was one of six regiments raised in Ireland to be disbanded in 1922 following the creation of the Irish Free State.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Field Report: Lyran Commonwealth 2765, p. 10-11, "Donegal Guards"
  2. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 71
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 63, "2nd Donegal Guards Unit Profile"
  4. First Succession War, p. 139, "Deployment Table: LCAF"
  5. Second Succession War, p. 99, "Deployment Table: LCAF"
  6. Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 10
  7. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 161
  8. House Steiner (The Lyran Commmonwealth), p. 117
  9. FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), pp. 89, 101, 102, 130
  10. 10.0 10.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 169, "Donegal Guards bio"
  11. FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 178
  12. FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), pp. 38-39
  13. 13.0 13.1 Field Report: LAAF, p. 11
  14. Field Report: 3085, p. 100, "Donegal Guards"
  15. Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth, p. 48
  16. Field Manual: 3145, p. 127
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Objective Raids, p. 19
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Field Manual: 3145, p. 133, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces - Donegal Province"
  19. 19.0 19.1 First Succession War, p. 139
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Second Succession War, p. 99
  21. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 119, "Deployment Table"
  22. 22.0 22.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 137
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 20 Year Update, p. 27
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Field Manual: Updates, p. 177, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces"

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