Chesterton Reserves

Defenders of the Chesterton Commonality until its capture by the Federated Suns, the Chesterton Reserves were primarily assigned to bolster of the Davion border along the Tikonov Commonality and was almost completely destroyed during the Fourth Succession War, only Kingston's Legionnaires and Sung's Cuirassiers, now known as Kingston's Rangers & Sung's Rangers still exist but with the re-organization of CCAF they were moved to the Victoria Commonality Rangers and the brigade was disbanded.

History

Chesterton Army

The Chesterton Army was the name for the military forces of the Chesterton Trade League, a state formed in the declining years of the Terran Alliance. The Chesterton Army continued to exist during the early alliance between the Chesterton Trade League and the Tikonov Union, but was reorganised when the two states merged to form the Tikonov Grand Union in 2243. The Chesterton Army included such notable units as the Chesterton Cavalry, the Chesterton Cuirassiers and, presumably, the Arcadian Cuirassiers, prior to the Cuirassiers homeworld of Demeter being conquered by the Federated Suns.

Chesterton Regulars

Age of War

As a part of the formation of the Tikonov Grand Union the Chesterton Army were restructed to form the new Chesterton Regulars brigade. In addition to absorbing those regular units such as the Chesterton Cavalry and Chesterton Cuirassiers, the Tikonov Grand Union also established a new formation, the Chesterton Border Guards. Raised from various militia units within the Chesterton worlds, the Border Guards never really raised their skill level much past that of their militia predecessors; a distinctly second-tier unit within the Chesterton Regulars, the Chesterton Border Guards would survive the Tikonov Grand Union and the formation of the Capellan Confederation - barely - but in 2388 the surviving remnants of the Border Guards were merged together to form the Ariana Fusiliers.

The Chesterton Regulars took part in many campaigns aimed at recapturing Chesterton, the former capital of the Chesterton Trade League, during the Age of War; the campaigns took a heavy toll on the brigade, and most of the Regulars were destroyed for relatively little gain. The Regulars did manage to capture Chesterton twice, but both times they were unable to hold it for less than a year before Federated Suns troops retook the planet. The various campaigns invariably became brutal slugfests, and by the Reunification War the only surviving units of the Regulars were two of the Chesterton Cavalry regiments, the Third and Eighth, the Cuirassiers and the Ariana Fusiliers.

Star League Era

The Chesterton Regulars remianed four regiments strong during the bulk of the Star League era, but after the Council Edict of 2650 was repealed by the Star League in 2572 the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces began expanding rapidly, as did the militaries of the other Great Houses. Between 2572 and 2765 the Regulars gained two new regiments, the Ariana Grenadiers and Tristram's Avengers. The Regulars had spent much of the Star League era as garrison forces, but as the secret wars and hidden conflicts between the Great Houses began to escalate in the mid-twenty-eighth century the Regulars began to rapidly gain combat experience. In particular, the two-year border war that erupted after a terror attack on Demeter honed the Regular's combat edge, and despite an uneasy peace being negotiated between the Capellan Confederation and Federated Suns the Regulars were champing at the bit, ready for open warfare to start again.

Chesterton Reserves

In 2832 the newly reconstituted Chesterton Reserves engaged House Davion as they attacked Tikonov. The brigade faced up against the 2nd Ceti Hussars using Vindicators and rebuilt Davion Marauders and barely blunted FedSun attacks on this world.

In 2987 House Davion sporadically attacked Tikonov over the course of several months and the reserves battled in vain to keep the aggressors from taking the planet. Only when Chancellor Tormax Liao sent the last of the Capellan Armed Forces’ intact reserve forces were they able to hold the Davion world of Lee and gain relief from the pressure of constant attack.

Fourth Succession War

Most of the units were based out of both Tikonov & Chesterton districts prior to the Fourth Succession War and suffered almost complete devastation by war’s end. Only the Kingston’s Legionnaires & Sung's Cuirassiers managed to survive as fighting units. The last of the of Chesterton Reserves were assigned to the newly formed Victoria Commonality Rangers Brigade when Victoria Commonality was formed.

Units of the Chesterton Reserves

2765

• Chesterton Cuirassiers
• Ariana Grenadiers
• Third Chesterton Cavalry
• Eighth Chesteron Cavalry
• Ariana Fusiliers
• Tristram's Avengers

3025 to 3064

• First Ariana Fusiliers - Destroyed/Defected 4th Succession War
• Second Ariana Fusilier - Destroyed 4th Succession War
• Ariana Grenadiers - Destroyed 4th Succession War
• First Chesterton Voltigeuers - Destroyed 4th Succession War
• Second Chesterton Voltigeuers - Destroyed/Surrendered 4th Succession War
• Third Chesterton Voltigeuers - Destroyed/Surrendered 4th Succession War
• Hamilton’s Highlanders - Destroyed 4th Succession War
• Lothar's Fusiliers - Destroyed/Defected 4th Succession War
• Sung's Cuirassiers
• Kingston's Legionnaires

Color Scheme and Insignia

Each regiment has its own paint scheme.

Brigade Note

There is no information prior to when the Chesterton Reserves were reconstituted. Thus the unit "creation" is listed as when its reconstituted.

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=Bibliography=

• 20-Year Update
• Field Manual: Capellan Confederation
• Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation
• Field Report 2765: Federated Suns
• House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)
• NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1