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− | Created from the remains of the [[mercenary]] [[Lexington Combat Group]], the '''Fourth Ceti Hussars''' were formed during the final years of the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]].
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− | ==History==
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− | Founded by nine former graduates from the [[Lexington Military Academy]] on [[Terra]] who chose to remain in the [[Inner Sphere]] rather than accompany [[Operation Exodus|Kerensky's Exodus]], the combined armed Lexington Combat Group provided sterling service for its employers during the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], most frequently serving the [[Federated Suns]]. The unit's ties to House Davion become increasingly permanent during the era of the [[Clan Invasion]] when the LCG accepted a 70 year contract with the Suns in return [[LosTech]] upgrades for their regiments, virtually becoming a line unit of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]]. <ref name=MS>''Mercenary Supplemental'', p. 46</ref>
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− | However, like so many other mercenary units in the Federated Suns, the LCG suffered grievous losses during both the [[FedCom Civil War]] and the Jihad, with its regiments seeing action during Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek's]] [[Operation Sovereign Justice]] and the Capellan's [[Operation Thunderstrike]] counter-strike. Relying almost completely upon the AFFS Department of the Quartermaster for resupply, the LCG discovered that being "almost" a line unit was meaningless in the desperate days of the Jihad, with supplies earmarked for them consistently reassigned by the [[Capellan March]] command to regular AFFS units. With the mercenaries not even receiving enough material to sustain basic maintenance levels, [[Marshal of the Armies]] [[Jonathan Davion]] recognised the critical situation represented by the loss of the LCG as a viable combat unit to the Federated Suns. Davion personally met to negotiate for the mercenaries to join the AFFS as part of the Ceti Hussars, a brigade noted for its absorption of ex-SLDF units and combined armed focus shared by the LCG. The LCG agreed in January [[3076]], merging to become the fully-formed and combat ready Fourth Ceti Hussars. <ref name=M&M>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 47</ref>
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− | The Fourth Ceti Hussars honored their mercenary heritage by patterning each of their combat commands on one of their former LCG units. During [[Operation MATADOR]] they dropped onto [[Mendham]], where they fought the [[Taurian Guard]] and forced that unit to withdraw with heavy losses. Their rebuilding process was going slowly as they were drawing recruits only from their own training facility.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 58</ref>
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− | ==Officers==
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− | As of [[3085]] the commanding officer was [[Major General]] [[Jules Borozescu]].<ref name="FM:3085p70">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 70, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref>
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− | In [[3145]] the commanding officer is [[Rear Admiral]] [[Zachariah Cassidy]].<ref name="FM:3145p89">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 89, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref>
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− | ==Tactics==
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− | ==Composition History==
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− | ===3085===
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− | '''Fourth Ceti Hussars LCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p70"/>
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− | * CO: Major General Jules Borozescu
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− | '''Fourth Ceti Hussars Aerospace Brigade''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p70"/>
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− | * CO: [[Commodore]] Thierry Brent
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− | '''Fourth Ceti Hussars Combat Commant Alpha''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p70"/>
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− | * CO: Major General Silverster Baanders
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− | '''Fourth Ceti Hussars Combat Command Beta''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FM:3085p70"/>
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− | * CO: Major General Edgard Bhrighde
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− | ===3145===
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− | '''Fourth Ceti Hussars RCT''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FM:3145p89"/>
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− | * CO: Rear Admiral Zachariah Cassidy
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− | '''Fourth Ceti Hussars Aerospace Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p89"/>
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− | * CO: Commodore Marilyn Kelly
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− | '''Fourth Ceti Hussars Combat Command Alpha''' (Veteran/Questionable)<ref name="FM:3145p89"/>
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− | * CO: Major General John Evans
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− | '''Fourth Ceti Hussars Combat Command Beta''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p89"/>
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− | * CO: Major General Victor Bell
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− | '''Fourth Ceti Hussars Combat Command Charlie''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FM:3145p89"/>
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− | * CO: Major General Brian Taylor
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− | ==Notes==
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− | ==References==
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− | ==Bibliography==
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− | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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− | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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− | * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
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− | * ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
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| + | [[Category:Mercenary Commands|Ceti Hussars, 04th]] |
| [[Category:Federated Suns Commands|Ceti Hussars, 04th]] | | [[Category:Federated Suns Commands|Ceti Hussars, 04th]] |