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| Previous Designation =  
 
| Previous Designation =  
 
| Nickname = Alicia's Lovers
 
| Nickname = Alicia's Lovers
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| Affiliation = Mercenary
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| Affiliation = [[Mercenary]]
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| Parent Command = [[Illician Lancers]]
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| Parent Command =  
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
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==History==
 
==History==
 
From their time with the [[Star League Defense Force]], through the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] until the present day, this unit has been the core of every single larger campaign which included more than one Lancers regiment. The sheer mass of the unit frightened their opponents sometimes into retreat rather than face the overwhelming force.
 
From their time with the [[Star League Defense Force]], through the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] until the present day, this unit has been the core of every single larger campaign which included more than one Lancers regiment. The sheer mass of the unit frightened their opponents sometimes into retreat rather than face the overwhelming force.
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The unit has defended the [[Capellan March]] with the other Illician regiements for the last 60 years.
  
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The unit has defended the [[Capellan March]] with the other Illician regiments for the last 60 years.
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The Fourth and Twenty-first Rangers assaulted Gei-Fu with orders to destroy the Third Capellan Defense Force. After the mission was successfully completed, the 4th Rangers faced Renshield’s Dragoons on Hexare. The [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] unit forced the [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] to retreat.
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The Fourth and Twenty-first Rangers assaulted Gei-Fu with orders to destroy the Third Capellan Defense Force. After the mission was successfully completed, the 4th Rangers faced Renshield's Dragoons on Hexare. The [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] unit forced the [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] to retreat.
 
  
 
After the end of the [[Jihad]], the '''Fourth Illician Rangers''' were stationed on [[Montour]], 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 '''Fourth Illician Rangers''' were stationed on [[Montour]], a world along the Federated Suns-Taurian Concordat border.<ref name="fra20">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 20</ref>
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==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 4th Illician Rangers'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 4th Illician Rangers'''
 
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Alicia Ramaley]]||[[3050]] - [[3067]]<ref name=20yup21/><ref name=ORp15/><ref name=FMMercsp108/>
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Alicia Ramaley]]||[[3054]] - [[3067]]
 
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
=== 2786 - 2821===
 
=== 2786 - 2821===
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'''4th Rangers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=1SWp140>''First Succession War'', p. 140</ref>
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'''4th Rangers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name= FSSp140>''First Succession War'', p. 140</ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Zaniah]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 23 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Gniezno]].<ref name=1SWp140/>
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: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Zaniah]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 23 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Gniezno]]. <ref name= FSSp140/>
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=== 2830 ===
 
=== 2830 ===
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'''4th Rangers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=2SWp100>''Second Succession War'', p. 100</ref>
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'''4th Rangers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) <ref name=2ndSSp100>''Second Succession War'', p. 100 </ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Gniezno]] with an operational readiness of 92 percent.<ref name=2SWp100/>
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: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Gniezno]] with an operational readiness of 92 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp100/>
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=== 2864 ===
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=== 2864 ===
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'''4th Rangers''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp100/>
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'''4th Rangers''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=2SWp100/>
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: Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on [[Gniezno]] with an operational readiness of 50 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp100/>
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: Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on [[Gniezno]] with an operational readiness of 50 percent.<ref name=2SWp100/>
 
  
 
=== 3040 ===
 
=== 3040 ===
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''' 4th Rangers ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HWo3039p141/>
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''' 4th Rangers ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name = HWo3039p141/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Glentworth]].<ref name=HWo3039p141>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141</ref>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Glentworth]]. <ref name = HWo3039p141>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141 >''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141 </ref>
  
 
===3050===
 
===3050===
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'''3rd Illician Lancers (4th Rangers) ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=20yup21/>
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'''3rd lllician Lancers (4th Rangers) ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) <ref name = 20yup21/>
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:* CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley<ref name=20yup21/>
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:* CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley <ref name = 20yup21/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Glentworth]].<ref name=20yup21>''20 Year Update'', p. 21</ref>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Glentworth]]. <ref name = 20yup21>''20 Year Update'', p. 21</ref>
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===3054===
 
===3054===
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'''3rd Illician Lancers (4th Rangers)''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=ORp15/>
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'''3rd lllician Lancers (4th Rangers)''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) <ref name = ORp15/>
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:* CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley<ref name=ORp15/>
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:* CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley <ref name = ORp15/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Glentworth]].<ref name=ORp15>''Objective Raids'', p. 15</ref>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Glentworth]]. <ref name = ORp15>''Objective Raids'', p. 15</ref>  
  
 
===3059===
 
===3059===
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'''4th Illician Rangers ''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMMercsp108/>
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'''4th lllician Rangers ''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable) <ref name= FMMercsp108/>
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:* CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley<ref name=FMMercsp108/>
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:* CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley <ref name= FMMercsp108/>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Glentworth]].<ref name=FMMercsp108>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 108</ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Glentworth]]. <ref name = FMMercsp108 >'' Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 108</ref>
  
 
===3067===
 
===3067===
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- Like the 'Mech regiment the unit contains many heavy/assault units, and includes a battery of artillery
 
- Like the 'Mech regiment the unit contains many heavy/assault units, and includes a battery of artillery
  
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'''23rd Mechanized Cavalry''' (1 Regiment/Regular/Reliable)
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'''23rd Mechanized Cavalry'''(1 Regiment/Regular/Reliable)
 
* CO: Lieutenant Colonel William el Farid
 
* CO: Lieutenant Colonel William el Farid
 
- 2 Squadrons for airborne missions with gunship support, and 1 mechanized squadron
 
- 2 Squadrons for airborne missions with gunship support, and 1 mechanized squadron
  
 
===3079===
 
===3079===
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'''4th Rangers ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=“fraffs19“>''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 19</ref>
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The Jihad reduced the Fourth Illician Rangers to two-thirds of their pre-Jihad strength.<ref name="fra20"/>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Montour]].<ref name=“fraffs19“/> The Jihad reduced the Fourth Illician Rangers to two-thirds of their pre-Jihad strength.<ref name="fra20"/>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
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*''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 41 - "Unit Profile"
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*''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 73 - "Unit Profile"
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
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*''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
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*''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
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* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)]]''
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* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
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* ''[[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)]]''
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[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Illician Rangers, 04th]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Illician Rangers, 04th]]

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