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Line 1: − {{cleanup|reason=Multiple Issues}} + {{infoBoxStateUnit − + | image = − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand+ | nickname = − | image = [[Image:Capellan Chargers -Brigade logo.png|191px|Brigade Insignia of the Capellan Chargers]] + | parent formation = [[St. Ives Armored Cavalry]] − | Designation = Cochraine's Goliaths + | formed = 2805 & 2990 − | Formed = [[2805]]<ref name=citation47/><br>[[3134]] - [[3144]]<ref name="FM:3145p34"/> + | year = 3028 − | Disbanded = [[2812]]<ref name="FSWp135"/><br>[[3028]] + | unitname = Cochraine's Goliaths − | Previous Designation = Fifth Capellan Chargers − | Nickname = Cochraine's Goliaths / The Colossus − | Affiliation = [[Capellan Confederation]] − | Parent Command = [[Capellan Chargers]] (2805)<br>[[St. Ives Armored Cavalry]] (2990)<br>Capellan Chargers (3145) − | Sub-Command = }} }} − ==History== − The '''Fifth Capellan Chargers Regiment''' was founded in [[2805]] at the height of the [[First Succession War]].<ref name=citation47>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation'', p. 47, “Proffered Hand”</ref> − === First Succession War === + ==Unit Description and Origin== − The Fifth Capellan Chargers participated in a multiregiment task force attempting to retake the former Liao world of [[Chesterton]] in [[2812]].<ref name=citation47/><ref name="FSWp97"/> This represented the last major effort by the CCAF to recapture Chesterton during the First Succession War. Deployed alongside the Fifth were the [[1st Ariana Fusiliers|First]] and [[Second Ariana Fusiliers]], [[Vincent's Commandos]] and a similar number of regiments of infantry and armor in support. The [[Maskirovka]] went to some lengths to try and conceal the intended target of this force, even to the extent that the rank-and-file troops within each unit didn't know where they were going. Unfortunately for the CCAF a mole within the Maskirovka learned of the plan and informed the Federated Suns' [[MIIO]] a few days before the task force set off.<ref name="FSWp97">''First Succession War'', p. 97, "Liao's Last Play: The Battle for Chesterton"</ref>+ Cochraine’s Goliaths were originally formed in [[2805]] as the 5th Capellan Chargers but were destroyed in the assault on [[Chesterton]] in [[2812]].<ref name=citation47>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation'', p. 47, “Proffered Hand”</ref> They remained on the rolls of the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces|CCAF]] for 150 years until reformed as Cochraine’s Goliaths with [[Goliath]] [[‘Mech]]s liberated from a long-lost [[Star League]] Repair Depot.<ref name=citation90>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation'', p. 90, “Cochrain’s Goliaths, History”</ref> − The task force ships found no notable AFFS naval presence in the Chesterton system, with minimal communications activity on the ground; the burn into orbit was only opposed by a handful of [[aerospace fighter]]s, launched from one of Chesterton's moons. Everything gave the impression that the CCAF task force had achieved total surprise, and the defenses on the ground were so light that the two regiments of the Ariana Fusiliers were able to land at the empty spaceport located just outside Chesterton City, the planetary capital. It was only after the two regiments began disembarking from their [[DropShip]]s that the AFFS defenders revealed their true strength, with two regiments from the [[Crucis Lancers]] brigade<ref name="FSWp97"/>, the [[3rd Crucis Lancers|Third]] and [[5th Crucis Lancers|Fifth]]<ref name=citation47/>, accompanied by the mercenary unit [[Belinda's Irregulars]] emerging from cover along with a number of supporting units and launched themselves at the disorganized CCAF troops at the spaceport. The opening skirmish began chaotically, and by the time the Lancers began pushing forward the two regiments of Ariana Fusiliers had already lost two [[battalion]]s of 'Mechs.<ref name="FSWp97"/> + The unit saw action prior to the [[Fourth Succession War]] only a single time because [[Chancellor]] [[Maximilian Liao]] did not want to commit the rare ''Goliath''-filled force unless absolutely necessary. <ref name=citation90/> − Despite the battle being fought outside Chesterton City, Vincent's Commandos pushed ahead with their landing at Tristram while the Fifth Capellan Chargers landed at Swansea, two heavily industrialized cities, only for similar ambushes to occur. With supporting AFFS forces smashing into both Capellan regiments as they attempted to unload from their DropShips. All four Capellan regiments fortified their positions, but after three days of battle it became clear that the task force no longer had the strength needed to defeat the defending AFFS forces. More than a regiment of 'Mechs had been lost in total, with a similar number of [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] killed, before the task force was given the order to withdraw; by the time the surviving CCAF forces managed to escape, only two 'Mech battalions out of the twelve that had landed were intact, and the Fifth Capellan Chargers had been destroyed as a combat unit.<ref name="FSWp97"/><ref name=citation47/>+ ==History== + === First Succession War === + During the [[First Succession War]] the then 5th Capellan Chargers participated in a multi-regimental task force attempting to retake the former Liao world of [[Chesterton]] in [[2812]]. The unit landed unopposed but was attacked by the defending [[3rd Crucis Lancers|3rd]] & [[5th Crucis Lancers]] regiments with support by [[Belinda's Irregulars]]. The battle was a complete disaster for [[House Liao]] and the unit was considered destroyed.<ref name=citation47/> + === Third Succession War === + In [[2990]] Colonel Fiona Cochraine took command of the newly reactivated unit which was re-equipped with 'Mechs found in a Star League repair depot on [[Tantara]]. Through this long-lost depot, found under an arctic ice shelf, the unit gained the Confederation's only allotment of ''Goliath'' BattleMechs.<ref name=citation90/> − === Third Succession War ===+ In [[3005]] the unit finally saw action in defense of [[Indicass]] against elements of the [[Ceti Hussars]]. There the ''Goliath''s destroyed two companies of [[House Davion|Davion]] ''[[Wolverine]]'' and ''[[Ostroc]]'' 'Mechs, causing the Hussars to retreat.<ref name=citation90/> − In [[2990]] Colonel Fiona Cochraine took command of the newly reactivated unit which was re-equipped with 'Mechs found in a Star League repair depot on [[Tantara]]. Through this long-lost depot, found under an arctic ice shelf, the unit gained the Confederation's only allotment of ''[[Goliath]]'' BattleMechs.<ref name=citation90>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation'', p. 90, “Cochrain's Goliaths, History”</ref> The Goliaths saw action prior to the [[Fourth Succession War]] only a single time because [[Chancellor]] [[Maximilian Liao]] did not want to commit the rare ''Goliath''-filled force unless absolutely necessary. In [[3005]] the unit finally saw action in defense of [[Indicass]] against elements of the [[Ceti Hussars]]. There the ''Goliath''s destroyed two companies of [[House Davion|Davion]] ''[[Wolverine]]'' and ''[[Ostroc]]'' 'Mechs, causing the Hussars to retreat.<ref name=citation90/> ===Fourth Succession War=== ===Fourth Succession War=== − At the outbreak of the [[Fourth Succession War]] the Goliaths were the target of a planetary assault while garrisoning [[St. Andre]] on August 20th, [[3028]]. The attacking [[Davion Light Guards]] were scattered because of heavy Aerospace fighter cover and their Second Battalion was unable to land.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', pp. 240-241 - "Captain Redburn receives reports of fighting on St. Andre prior to dropping".</ref> The ''Goliath''s pushed the Light Guards' First [[Battalion]] out of position by forcing the mixed light and medium ‘Mechs to stay away from their longer-ranged weapons. The command company of the Goliaths was attacked from the rear by a reinforced (double-sized) company of Light Guard 'Mechs. Delta Company, led by Captain [[Andrew Redburn]], hot-dropped behind the Goliaths' lines and attacked the larger 'Mechs from the rear. The ''Goliath''s, armed with primarily long-range weapons, were unable to fight back effectively when the lighter 'Mechs closed to within short-range. Colonel Cochraine was killed when Captain Redburn resorted to a [[Death from Above]] attack while two lances worth of his troops concentrated fire on the stubborn Assault 'Mech.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', pp. 244-245 - "Colonel Cochraine's ''Goliath'' is attacked and finally killed by Delta Company".</ref>+ Out the outbreak of the 4th Succession War, the unit was the target of a planetary assault while garrisoning [[St. Andre]] on August 20th, [[3028]]. The attacking [[Davion Light Guards]] were scattered because of heavy Aerospace fighter cover and their 2nd Battalion was unable to land.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', pp. 240-241 - "Captain Redburn receives reports of fighting on St. Andre prior to dropping".</ref> − The Goliaths fell into disarray and the Guards' First Battalion pushed into the battle line leading to the destruction of Cochraine's ''Goliath''s.<ref name=WRp253-254>''Warrior: Riposte'', pp. 253-254, "First Prince Hanse Davion receives after-action report of Delta Company's attack on Cochraine's ''Goliath''s".</ref> + The ''Goliath''s pushed the Light Guards' 1st [[Battalion]] out of position by forcing the mixed light and medium ‘Mechs to stay away from their longer-ranged weapons. The command company of the ''Goliath''s was attacked from the rear by a reinforced (double-sized) company of Light Guard 'Mechs. Delta Company, led by Captain [[Andrew Redburn]], hot-dropped behind the ''Goliath''s' lines and attacked the larger 'Mechs from the rear. − === The Dark Age ===+ The ''Goliath''s, armed with primarily long-range weapons, were unable to fight back effectively when the lighter 'Mechs closed to within short-range. Colonel Cochraine was killed when Captain Redburn resorted to a [[Death from Above]] attack while two lances worth of his troops concentrated fire on the stubborn Assault 'Mech.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', pp. 244-245 - "Colonel Cochraine's ''Goliath'' is attacked and finally killed by Delta Company".</ref> − The Fifth Capellan Chargers was re-formed sometime during [[Operation GREAT FLOOD]] as one of the [[Hidden Lion]] regiments resurrected by [[Chancellor]] [[Daoshen Liao]] using stockpiled equipment. They received nearly all the assault [[BattleMech]]s allotted for the Capellan Chargers brigade and has thus become one of the heaviest regiments in the [[CCAF]].<ref name="FM:3145p34">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 34, "Fifth Capellan Chargers"</ref> The regiment was re-formed sometime between [[3134]] and [[3144]]. They were an assault regiment made up of fresh academy graduates by [[3145]].<ref name="FM:3145p34"/> The Fifth Capellan Chargers were a front-line regiment of the Capella Commonality.<ref name="FM:3145p28"/> The new Capellan Chargers used the [[Augmented Regiment]] formations commonly found in the [[CCAF]] by [[3145]].<ref name=FM:3145p27>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 27, "General Review"</ref> They were a front-line regiment of the [[Capella Commonality]].<ref name="FM:3145p28">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 28, "THE NEW OLD-FASHIONED WAY"</ref> − ===Operation CELESTIAL REWARD===+ The ''Goliath''s fell into disarray and the Guards' 1st Battalion pushed into the battle line leading to the destruction of Cochraine’s ''Goliath''s.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', pp. 253-254, "First Prince [[Hanse Davion]] receives after-action report of Delta Company's attack on Cochraine's ''Goliath''s".</ref> − The Fifth Capellan Chargers did not participate in [[Operation CELESTIAL REWARD]]. They were stationed on [[Capella]] as its garrison.<ref name="FM:3145p34"/> ==Officers== ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable"+ The unit commander as of [[3025]] was [[Colonel]] Fiona Yare Cochraine. − |- − ! 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 Fifth Capellan Chargers Regiment''' − |- − | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Cochraine's Goliaths''' − |- − | ''[[Colonel]]''||[[Fiona Yare Cochraine]]||[[3025]]<ref name=WRp253-254/> − |- − | ''[[Sang-shao]]''||[[Chunfu Novoselec]]||[[3145]]<ref name=FM:3145p44>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 44, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table - 3145"</ref> − |- − |} − − ==Tactics== − ===3145=== − The regiment has no stated specialized abilities.<ref name="FM:3145p34"/> ==Unit Emblem== ==Unit Emblem== − ===3025=== A stylized castle on a white field. A stylized castle on a white field. − − ===3145=== − The outline of a man standing astride a flaming sun.<ref name="FM:3145p34"/> ==Composition History== ==Composition History== − === 2786 === − '''Fifth Capellan Chargers''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name="FSWp135">''First Succession War'', p. 135, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF)"</ref> − :- At this point in time the Fifth was a heavy-weight unit.<ref name="FSWp135"/>The unit was destroyed during the war. <ref name="FSWp135"/> − ===3025=== ===3025=== '''Cochraine's Goliaths''' (1 [[Battalion]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=hslioap105>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 105</ref> '''Cochraine's Goliaths''' (1 [[Battalion]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=hslioap105>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 105</ref> − :; First Battalion : CO: [[Major]] [[Amira Keng]]+ * 1st Battalion – CO: [[Major]] Amira Keng − − :Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[St. Andre]]. <ref name=HLCC> House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p.105 </ref> − − ===3145=== − '''Fifth Capellan Chargers''' (Regular/Reliable)(65% Strength)<ref name=FM:3145p44/> − * CO: ''Sang-shao'' Chunfu Novoselec − − '''Third Capellan Gryphons''' (Green/Reliable)(75% Strength)<ref name=FM:3145p44/> − * CO: ''[[Kong-zhong-shao]]'' [[Mai Ho Hui]] − − '''Second Armored Charioteers''' (Regular/Reliable)(80% Strength)<ref name=FM:3145p44/> − * CO: ''[[Zhong-shao]]'' [[Garlen Lepine]] − − '''Gamma Phalanx''' (Green/Questionable)(80% Strength)<ref name=FM:3145p44/> − * CO: ''Zhong-shao'' [[Wai Ho Tang]] − Notes: + ==Notes== − :The unit had an "A" Equipment Rating. They had numerous assault 'Mechs, ''[[Assassin]]''s and ''[[Firebee]]''s.<ref name=FM:3145p29>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 29, "Sian Commonality"</ref> They were an [[Augmented Regiment]].<ref name=FM:3145p27/> ==References== ==References== Line 95:
Line 47: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''+ *''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]'' − * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''+ *''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]'' − * ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]'' + *''[[Warrior: Riposte]]'' (novel) − * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]'' + − * ''[[Warrior: Riposte]]'' (novel) [[Category:Capellan Confederation Commands|Cochraine's Goliaths]] [[Category:Capellan Confederation Commands|Cochraine's Goliaths]]
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| − | + | Cochraine’s Goliaths were originally formed in [[2805]] as the 5th Capellan Chargers but were destroyed in the assault on [[Chesterton]] in [[2812]].<ref name=citation47>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation'', p. 47, “Proffered Hand”</ref> They remained on the rolls of the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces|CCAF]] for 150 years until reformed as Cochraine’s Goliaths with [[Goliath]] [[‘Mech]]s liberated from a long-lost [[Star League]] Repair Depot.<ref name=citation90>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation'', p. 90, “Cochrain’s Goliaths, History”</ref> | |
| − | The | + | The unit saw action prior to the [[Fourth Succession War]] only a single time because [[Chancellor]] [[Maximilian Liao]] did not want to commit the rare ''Goliath''-filled force unless absolutely necessary. <ref name=citation90/> |
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| + | === First Succession War === | ||
| + | During the [[First Succession War]] the then 5th Capellan Chargers participated in a multi-regimental task force attempting to retake the former Liao world of [[Chesterton]] in [[2812]]. The unit landed unopposed but was attacked by the defending [[3rd Crucis Lancers|3rd]] & [[5th Crucis Lancers]] regiments with support by [[Belinda's Irregulars]]. The battle was a complete disaster for [[House Liao]] and the unit was considered destroyed.<ref name=citation47/> | ||
| + | === Third Succession War === | ||
| + | In [[2990]] Colonel Fiona Cochraine took command of the newly reactivated unit which was re-equipped with 'Mechs found in a Star League repair depot on [[Tantara]]. Through this long-lost depot, found under an arctic ice shelf, the unit gained the Confederation's only allotment of ''Goliath'' BattleMechs.<ref name=citation90/> | ||
| − | + | In [[3005]] the unit finally saw action in defense of [[Indicass]] against elements of the [[Ceti Hussars]]. There the ''Goliath''s destroyed two companies of [[House Davion|Davion]] ''[[Wolverine]]'' and ''[[Ostroc]]'' 'Mechs, causing the Hussars to retreat.<ref name=citation90/> | |
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| − | + | Out the outbreak of the 4th Succession War, the unit was the target of a planetary assault while garrisoning [[St. Andre]] on August 20th, [[3028]]. The attacking [[Davion Light Guards]] were scattered because of heavy Aerospace fighter cover and their 2nd Battalion was unable to land.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', pp. 240-241 - "Captain Redburn receives reports of fighting on St. Andre prior to dropping".</ref> | |
| − | The | + | The ''Goliath''s pushed the Light Guards' 1st [[Battalion]] out of position by forcing the mixed light and medium ‘Mechs to stay away from their longer-ranged weapons. The command company of the ''Goliath''s was attacked from the rear by a reinforced (double-sized) company of Light Guard 'Mechs. Delta Company, led by Captain [[Andrew Redburn]], hot-dropped behind the ''Goliath''s' lines and attacked the larger 'Mechs from the rear. |
| − | + | The ''Goliath''s, armed with primarily long-range weapons, were unable to fight back effectively when the lighter 'Mechs closed to within short-range. Colonel Cochraine was killed when Captain Redburn resorted to a [[Death from Above]] attack while two lances worth of his troops concentrated fire on the stubborn Assault 'Mech.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', pp. 244-245 - "Colonel Cochraine's ''Goliath'' is attacked and finally killed by Delta Company".</ref> | |
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'''Cochraine's Goliaths''' (1 [[Battalion]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=hslioap105>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 105</ref> | '''Cochraine's Goliaths''' (1 [[Battalion]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=hslioap105>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 105</ref> | ||
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| − | + | *''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]'' | |
| − | * ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]'' | + | *''[[Warrior: Riposte]]'' (novel) |
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[[Category:Capellan Confederation Commands|Cochraine's Goliaths]] | [[Category:Capellan Confederation Commands|Cochraine's Goliaths]] | ||