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Line 20: The unit experienced a something of a minor revival during the era of the Second [[Star League]] when it attracted the services of [[Vic Kantov]], a disgraced ex-[[battalion]] commander in [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]] who brought with him both a treasure trove of Star League and [[Clan]]-tech equipment and as well as former Gamma Regiment troops. While resulting in a spike in unit's [[Dragoon Rating]], the expense of the upkeep of the advanced technology soon began to weigh down on the unit.<ref name=MSII34/> The unit experienced a something of a minor revival during the era of the Second [[Star League]] when it attracted the services of [[Vic Kantov]], a disgraced ex-[[battalion]] commander in [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]] who brought with him both a treasure trove of Star League and [[Clan]]-tech equipment and as well as former Gamma Regiment troops. While resulting in a spike in unit's [[Dragoon Rating]], the expense of the upkeep of the advanced technology soon began to weigh down on the unit.<ref name=MSII34/> − Serving the [[St. Ives Compact]] during the later years of the [[Clan Invasion]], as the [[Capellan-St. Ives War]] turned against the young realm the Carabineers drifted between various [[Chaos March]] factions before traveling to the [[Lyran Alliance]]'s [[Periphery]] border. Based on [[Timbuktu]], Gabhardt's Carabineers were deployed piecemeal over a half-dozen worlds, clashing several times with the mysterious raiders known as the "[[Green Ghosts]]" known to strike archaeological and religious sites up and down the border. Too thinly deployed and with the "Green Ghost" equipped with Clan technology, the Carabineers suffered increasing losses.<ref name=MSII34/><ref name=MS-68>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 68 - "Mercenary Employment Roster (Deployment as of 1 September 3067)"</ref> + Serving the [[St. Ives Compact]] during the later years of the [[Clan Invasion]], as the [[Capellan-St. Ives War]] turned against the young realm the Carabineers drifted between various [[Chaos March]] factions before travelling to the [[Lyran Alliance]]'s [[Periphery]] border. Based on [[Timbuktu]], Gabhardt's Carabineers were deployed piecemeal over a half-dozen worlds, clashing several times with the mysterious raiders known as the "[[Green Ghosts]]" known to strike archaeological and religious sites up and down the border. Too thinly deployed and with the "Green Ghost" equipped with Clan technology, the Carabineers suffered increasingly losses.<ref name=MSII34/><ref name=MS-68>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 68 - "Mercenary Employment Roster (Deployment as of 1 September 3067)"</ref> − Following the outbreak of the Word of Blake Jihad and rising tensions between Lyran Alliance and Free Worlds League, Gabhardt's Carabineers took part in the combined [[Bolan Province|Bolan]]/[[Skye Province|Skye]] invasion - [[Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN]] - in early to mid-[[3068]]. In June the Carabineers, reinforced by the [[Seventh Donegal Guards]], landed to take [[McAffe]] avenging the heavy losses suffered by the [[Fourth Lyran Regulars]] by shattering the defending [[Ninth Regulan Hussars]]. Left behind to defend the planet, in July McAffe was targeted during the League's [[Operation BROKEN FIST]] first wave counterattack, the Carabineers grossly outnumbered and outmatched as [[Free Worlds League Military]] utterly destroyed the unit to retake the system. The survivors were interned in League POW camp with other Lyran prisoners, by [[3071]] they were still to be ransomed back to the Lyrans. <ref name=MSU-12/> <ref name=JS-TBD-21>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 21-22 "Jihad: The Early Years - OPERATION: “ÜBERSCHATTEN/BROKEN FIST” - Überschatten - Turning Point"</ref> + Following the outbreak of the Word of Blake Jihad and rising tensions between Lyran Alliance and Free World League, Gabhardt's Carabineers took part in the combined [[Bolan Province|Bolan]]/[[Skye Province|Skye]] invasion - [[Operation Überschatten]] - in early to mid [[3068]]. In June the Carabineers, reinforced by the [[Seventh Donegal Guards]], landed to take [[McAffe]] avenging the heavy losses suffered by the [[Fourth Lyran Regulars]] by shattering the defending [[Ninth Regulan Hussars]]. Left behind to defend the planet, in July McAffe was targeted during the League's [[Operation BROKEN FIST]] first wave counter-attack, the Carabineers grossly outnumbered and outmatched as [[Free Worlds League Military]] utterly destroyed the unit to retake the system. The survivors were interned in League POW camp with other Lyran prisoners, by [[3071]] they were still to be ransomed back to the Lyrans. <ref name=MSU-12/> <ref name=JS-TBD-21>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 21-22 "Jihad: The Early Years - OPERATION: “Überschatten/Broken Fist” - Überschatten - Turning Point"</ref> ==Officers== ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable"+ [[Colonel]] Alexis Gabhardt was the commander of the Carabineers as of [[3067]] and the last living member of the founding family. Devoted to her people and the legacy of her family, Gabhardt has kept the command going far beyond the point any reasonable person would have admitted defeat.<ref name=MSII34/> − |- + − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank+ The unit's XO as of 3067 was [[Major]] Vic Kantov. When his battalion in Wolf's Dragoons' Gamma Regiment broke a contract with House Marik and engaged in acts of vandalism and looting in [[3053]], after the [[Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission]] fined the Dragoons one hundred million [[C-Bill]]s and banned [[Jamie Wolf]] from battlefield command for a year, Kantov chose to flee rather than face the Dragoons' leader in a [[Trial of Grievance]]. Following a failed stint with [[Olson's Rangers]], Kantov found a more comfortable niche in Gabhardt's Carabineers.<ref name=MSII34/> − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command − |- − | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Gabhardt's Carabineers''' − |- − | [[Colonel]]||[[Alexis Gabhardt]]||[[3067]]<ref name=MSII34/> − |- − |} ==Tactics== ==Tactics== − Thanks to the skills that saw Major Kantov rise to the position of battalion commander in the [[Inner Sphere]]'s preeminent mercenary command before his disgrace, under his guidance the Carabineers have evolved a tactical doctrine that uses their speed and mobility to deliver maximum firepower in pinpoint strikes. Unfortunately the unit's dispersed deployment during the Lyran Periphery contract made employing these tactics difficult on anything above [[company]] level.<ref name=MSII34/> + Thanks to the skills that saw Major Kantov rise to the position of battalion commander in the [[Inner Sphere]]'s pre-eminent mercenary command before his disgrace, under his guidance the Carabineers have evolved a tactical doctrine that uses their speed and mobility to deliver maximum firepower in pinpoint strikes. Unfortunately the unit's dispersed deployment during the Lyran Periphery contract made employing these tactics difficult on anything above [[company]] level.<ref name=MSII34/> ==Mercenary Rating== ==Mercenary Rating== Line 43:
Line 37: ==Composition== ==Composition== − === 2864 === − '''Gabhardt's Carabineers''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable) <ref name=2ndSSp97>''Second Succession War'', p. 97 </ref> − : Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Tsukude]] with an operational readiness of 47 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp97/> − ===3067=== ===3067=== '''Gabhardt's Carabineers'''(1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=MSII34/> '''Gabhardt's Carabineers'''(1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=MSII34/> Line 53:
Line 43: * 2nd Battalion: Major Jason Fuller * 2nd Battalion: Major Jason Fuller * 3rd Battalion: Major Klaus Yanowich * 3rd Battalion: Major Klaus Yanowich − - A medium BattleMech regiment, each battalion is led by an independent command lance (heavy and assault designs), and an independent command company with (medium and heavy 'Mechs). + - A medium BattleMech regiment, each battalion is led by an independent command lance (heavy + assault designs), and an independent command company with (medium and heavy 'Mechs). '''Pitermartenzburg Irregular Horse'''(1 [[Battalion]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=MSII34/> '''Pitermartenzburg Irregular Horse'''(1 [[Battalion]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=MSII34/> * CO: Major Shawn Kilpatrick * CO: Major Shawn Kilpatrick * XO: [[Captain]] Lee Maxwell * XO: [[Captain]] Lee Maxwell − - A mishmash of hover and tracked vehicles, and a platoon of [[Sniper Artillery (Combat Vehicle)|Sniper]] artillery. + - A mishmash of hover and tracked vehicles, and a platoon of ''[[Sniper Artillery (Combat Vehicle)|Sniper]]'' artillery. '''Tucker's Swallows'''(1 Squadron/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=MSII34/> '''Tucker's Swallows'''(1 Squadron/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=MSII34/> Line 69:
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| − | | | + | | unitname = Gabhardt's Carabineers |
| − | | formed | + | | year = 3067 |
| − | | | + | | commander = Colonel Alexis Gabhardt |
| − | | | + | | formed = Second Succession War |
| − | | | + | | disbanded = 3068 |
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| − | | | + | | aero = yes |
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The unit experienced a something of a minor revival during the era of the Second [[Star League]] when it attracted the services of [[Vic Kantov]], a disgraced ex-[[battalion]] commander in [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]] who brought with him both a treasure trove of Star League and [[Clan]]-tech equipment and as well as former Gamma Regiment troops. While resulting in a spike in unit's [[Dragoon Rating]], the expense of the upkeep of the advanced technology soon began to weigh down on the unit.<ref name=MSII34/> | The unit experienced a something of a minor revival during the era of the Second [[Star League]] when it attracted the services of [[Vic Kantov]], a disgraced ex-[[battalion]] commander in [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]] who brought with him both a treasure trove of Star League and [[Clan]]-tech equipment and as well as former Gamma Regiment troops. While resulting in a spike in unit's [[Dragoon Rating]], the expense of the upkeep of the advanced technology soon began to weigh down on the unit.<ref name=MSII34/> | ||
| − | Serving the [[St. Ives Compact]] during the later years of the [[Clan Invasion]], as the [[Capellan-St. Ives War]] turned against the young realm the Carabineers drifted between various [[Chaos March]] factions before | + | Serving the [[St. Ives Compact]] during the later years of the [[Clan Invasion]], as the [[Capellan-St. Ives War]] turned against the young realm the Carabineers drifted between various [[Chaos March]] factions before travelling to the [[Lyran Alliance]]'s [[Periphery]] border. Based on [[Timbuktu]], Gabhardt's Carabineers were deployed piecemeal over a half-dozen worlds, clashing several times with the mysterious raiders known as the "[[Green Ghosts]]" known to strike archaeological and religious sites up and down the border. Too thinly deployed and with the "Green Ghost" equipped with Clan technology, the Carabineers suffered increasingly losses.<ref name=MSII34/><ref name=MS-68>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 68 - "Mercenary Employment Roster (Deployment as of 1 September 3067)"</ref> |
| − | Following the outbreak of the Word of Blake Jihad and rising tensions between Lyran Alliance and Free | + | Following the outbreak of the Word of Blake Jihad and rising tensions between Lyran Alliance and Free World League, Gabhardt's Carabineers took part in the combined [[Bolan Province|Bolan]]/[[Skye Province|Skye]] invasion - [[Operation Überschatten]] - in early to mid [[3068]]. In June the Carabineers, reinforced by the [[Seventh Donegal Guards]], landed to take [[McAffe]] avenging the heavy losses suffered by the [[Fourth Lyran Regulars]] by shattering the defending [[Ninth Regulan Hussars]]. Left behind to defend the planet, in July McAffe was targeted during the League's [[Operation BROKEN FIST]] first wave counter-attack, the Carabineers grossly outnumbered and outmatched as [[Free Worlds League Military]] utterly destroyed the unit to retake the system. The survivors were interned in League POW camp with other Lyran prisoners, by [[3071]] they were still to be ransomed back to the Lyrans. <ref name=MSU-12/> <ref name=JS-TBD-21>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 21-22 "Jihad: The Early Years - OPERATION: “Überschatten/Broken Fist” - Überschatten - Turning Point"</ref> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
| − | + | [[Colonel]] Alexis Gabhardt was the commander of the Carabineers as of [[3067]] and the last living member of the founding family. Devoted to her people and the legacy of her family, Gabhardt has kept the command going far beyond the point any reasonable person would have admitted defeat.<ref name=MSII34/> | |
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==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
| − | Thanks to the skills that saw Major Kantov rise to the position of battalion commander in the [[Inner Sphere]]'s | + | Thanks to the skills that saw Major Kantov rise to the position of battalion commander in the [[Inner Sphere]]'s pre-eminent mercenary command before his disgrace, under his guidance the Carabineers have evolved a tactical doctrine that uses their speed and mobility to deliver maximum firepower in pinpoint strikes. Unfortunately the unit's dispersed deployment during the Lyran Periphery contract made employing these tactics difficult on anything above [[company]] level.<ref name=MSII34/> |
==Mercenary Rating== | ==Mercenary Rating== | ||
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==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
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===3067=== | ===3067=== | ||
'''Gabhardt's Carabineers'''(1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=MSII34/> | '''Gabhardt's Carabineers'''(1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=MSII34/> | ||
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* 2nd Battalion: Major Jason Fuller | * 2nd Battalion: Major Jason Fuller | ||
* 3rd Battalion: Major Klaus Yanowich | * 3rd Battalion: Major Klaus Yanowich | ||
| − | - A medium BattleMech regiment, each battalion is led by an independent command lance (heavy | + | - A medium BattleMech regiment, each battalion is led by an independent command lance (heavy + assault designs), and an independent command company with (medium and heavy 'Mechs). |
'''Pitermartenzburg Irregular Horse'''(1 [[Battalion]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=MSII34/> | '''Pitermartenzburg Irregular Horse'''(1 [[Battalion]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=MSII34/> | ||
* CO: Major Shawn Kilpatrick | * CO: Major Shawn Kilpatrick | ||
* XO: [[Captain]] Lee Maxwell | * XO: [[Captain]] Lee Maxwell | ||
| − | - A mishmash of hover and tracked vehicles, and a platoon of [[Sniper Artillery (Combat Vehicle)|Sniper]] artillery. | + | - A mishmash of hover and tracked vehicles, and a platoon of ''[[Sniper Artillery (Combat Vehicle)|Sniper]]'' artillery. |
'''Tucker's Swallows'''(1 Squadron/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=MSII34/> | '''Tucker's Swallows'''(1 Squadron/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=MSII34/> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
*''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | *''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
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*''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]'' | *''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]'' | ||
*''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]'' | *''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Gabhardt's Crabiners]] | [[Category:Mercenary Commands|Gabhardt's Crabiners]] | ||