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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[Image:Lyran Guards brigade logo.png|150px|Brigade Insignia of the Lyran Guards]] | Designation = 54th Lyran Guards | formed = [[2817]]<ref name=HSTLC-52r/> | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = Natzmer ([[2765]])<ref name="FR2765p14">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 14, "Lyran Guards"</ref><br>Hempstead's Greyhounds ([[2871]])<ref name=HSTLC-52r/> | Affiliation = [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | Parent Command = [[Lyran Guards]] | Sub-Command = }} The '''54th Lyran Guards''' were a [[regiment]] of the [[Lyran Guards]] [[brigade]]. Resurrected as a green unit intended to emulate the famous [[Stealths]] and [[Tamar Tigers]], the 54th Lyran Guards were one of the many [[LCAF]] units destroyed during the [[First Succession War]]. ==History== === Star League Era === During the [[Star League era]] the 54th Lyran Guards was one of six [[regiment]]s within the [[Fifth Lyran Guards Division|5th Lyran Guards Division]], one of five Divisions of active regiments within the Lyran Guards [[brigade]] in the closing decades of the [[Star League]]'s existence. The 54th had been a part of the [[Sixth Lyran Guards Division|6th Lyran Guards Division]], but the declining number of active regiments within the 6th led to the 6th being disbanded, with the two surviving regiments - the 54th and [[Fifty-third Lyran Guards|53rd Lyran Guards]] - being reorganized to bring the 5th Division up to six active regiments by [[2765]].<ref name="FR2765p13">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 13-14, "Lyran Guards"</ref> Like the other regiments of the Guards during this era, the 54th lacked any particular political ties - either regional or familial - unlike regiments in other brigades; commonly assigned to garrison postings, the 54th Lyran Guards and their sister regiments were postings of choice for those who wanted to work for the Commonwealth without either regional loyalties or particular ambitions. This led to the 54th and its sister regiments being manned by soldiers who were professional, but without the close-knit ties found in more parochial regiments. The LCAF was intent on generating more camaraderie and ''esprit de corps'' among the 54th and the other Guards regiments, but with little success by 2765.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> In 2765 the 54th Lyran Guards were deployed as the local garrison on [[Kirkcaldy]]; nine-tenths of Kirkcaldy was owned by a single corporation at the time, [[Baker Pharmaceuticals]], but the planet remained largely unpolluted. What action the 54th saw during their posting up until 2765 largely consisted of deployments to the equatorial continent of Banu, where the 54th had to rescue occasional Baker Pharmaceuticals teams from the local fauna.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> === First Succession War === With the heavier [[Lyran Commonwealth]] military suffering increasing losses to the more nimble [[Free Worlds League]] and [[Draconis Combine]] forces during the First Succession War, the Lyrans achieved few decisive victories save for those of the famed Tamar Tigers and the Stealths. One of the most notable in the final decades was when the Stealths' former CO [[Colonel]] [[Raymond Hempsted]] led the [[12th Lyran Regulars]] and [[14th Lyran Regulars]] in retaking [[Bella I]] from the [[FWLM]] in [[2813]].<ref name=HSTLC-52l>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 52 "Bella I"</ref> Desperate to regain the lightning raid abilities of the Stealths and fueled by the successful recapture of Bella I, the LCAF High Command set in motion an ambitious plan. Combining the nation's brightest academy graduates with the best equipment available, the newly formed 54th Lyran Guards then underwent advanced training with Colonel Hempsted and the aging veterans of both the Stealths and the Tamar Tigers. After a year of near torturous training, Hempsted considered the 54th ready to see their first combat, preferably in concert with a veteran regiment.<ref name=HSTLC-52r>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', pp. 52-53 "Lambs to the Slaughter"</ref> Unfortunately the LCAF High Command had other ideas, ordering the newly dubbed "Hempsted's Greyhounds" to stage a raid unaided against the Draconis Combine world of [[Otho]]. The Lyran High Command was deaf to the strenuous objections of Colonel Hempsted and his aides who cited that no matter the training, the 54th were still an untried green unit. Despite Hempsted's pleas, the High Command refused to allow him to take command of the unit, only agreeing to allow some of the other Stealths to accompany the unit as aides.<ref name=HSTLC-52r/> Just as Hempsted had feared, the green [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] of the 54th cracked under the pressure of combat against a veteran [[DCMS]] [[BattleMech]] unit, the entire unit being annihilated in March [[2821]].<ref name=HKTDC-61>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 61 "Collapse"</ref><ref name=HHS-37>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 37 "Timeline: The Commonwealth and the First Succession War"</ref> Hearing of the disaster, [[Archon]] [[Richard Steiner (29th c.)|Richard Steiner]] court-martialed those directly responsible for the Otho raid, also promoting a now melancholy Hempsted to command both the Kurita front as well as overseeing the training of all recruits and cadets.<ref name=HSTLC-52r/> Recognizing that LCAF still desperately needed troops skilled in faster-paced operations yet unwilling to risk more inexperienced troops, the 54th Lyran Guards' defeat prompted the Archon to increasingly court [[mercenary unit]]s skilled in such tactics.<ref name=HSTLC-52r/> The 54th was among the units added to the Commonwealth's [[List of Honored Missing]], read out by the Archon on both [[Veteran's Day]] and the anniversary of the Commonwealth's founding.<ref name=HSTLC-65>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 65 "What, Me Worry?"</ref> ==Officers== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 54th Lyran Guards''' |- |} ==Tactics== Unknown. == Composition History == === 2765 === '''54th Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FR2765p13"/> :- At this point in time the 54th was based on Kirkcaldy.<ref name="FR2765p13"/> === 2786=== '''54th Lyran Guards ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name= FSSp139 >''First Succession War'', p. 139</ref> : Note: At this point in time the assault-weight unit was stationed on [[Kirkcaldy]]. The unit was destroyed during the war. === 2864 === '''54th Lyran Guards''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name=2ndSSp99>''Second Succession War'', p. 99</ref> : Note: At this point in time the assault-weight unit was stationed on [[Marcus]] with an operational readiness of 55 percent.<ref name=2ndSSp99/> ==Reference== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]'' [[Category:Lyran Commands|Lyran Guards, 54th]]

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