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| − | The ''' | + | The '''Pleiades Hussars''' were originally formed during the [[Age of War]]. At that time they numbered five regiments, but the [[Reunification War]] saw their numbers reduced to the point that they could only form a single regiment from the survivors. Gradually they rebuilt after the Reunification War, and in [[2620]] troops from the Hussars were used to form the [[Pleiades Lancers]]. In 2765 they were stationed on [[Woogi]].<ref>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 25</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Second Star League Era=== | ===Second Star League Era=== | ||
| − | The | + | The Pleiades Hussars benefited from [[Grover Shraplen|Grover Shraplen's]] assumption of the [[Protector of the Realm|Protectorship]] of the [[Taurian Concordat]], in defiance of their actual proficiency and experience; this favoritism was an extension of the efforts Shraplen had made to cultivate a good relationship with the Hussars while they were stationed on his previous holding, [[MacLeod's Land]]. Extended a great deal of responsibility and trust by the new Protector, the Pleiades Hussars received some of the first upgrade packages of advanced technology introduced to the Concordat, and had actively continued to both defend worlds in and around the [[Hyades Cluster]] while continuing to engage in active brinkmanship with the [[AFFS]].<ref name="FM:Pp62">''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 62: "Pleiades Hussars: The Challenge of Brinkmanship"</ref> |
| − | In the late 3050s and early 3060s, this active brinkmanship saw the Hussars perform three times as many reconnaissance maneuvers along the Concordat/Suns border - and into the [[Federated Suns]] proper - as any other regiment, and resulted in the Hussars and the Federated Suns military staring at each other across numerous potential battlefields. The Hussars were involved in at least eight narrowly | + | In the late 3050s and early 3060s, this active brinkmanship saw the Hussars perform three times as many reconnaissance maneuvers along the Concordat/Suns border - and into the [[Federated Suns]] proper - as any other regiment, and resulted in the Hussars and the Federated Suns military staring at each other across numerous potential battlefields. The Hussars were involved in at least eight narrowly avoided major incidents as a result of their activities, and in the majority of cases either the Hussars had backed down to avoid giving the FedSuns forces an excuse to launch an invasion, or the FedSuns forces had backed down to avoid appearing as the aggressors to the other members of the [[Second Star League]]. In [[3062]] or [[3063]] the brinkmanship went a step to far, and the First and Third Battalions of the Pleiades Hussars found themselves engaged in an actual battle with the [[Eleventh Avalon Hussars]] [[RCT]] on [[Midale]]. Both battalions took heavy damage, with the Third Battalion effectively destroyed; as the Hussars regrouped, [[Colonel]] [[Maxwell Albritten]] decided to fold the survivors and equipment from the Third into the First Battalion, bringing the First back up to strength but leaving the Hussars short a battalion.<ref name="FM:Pp62"/> |
===The Pleiades Crusade=== | ===The Pleiades Crusade=== | ||
| − | In August [[3066]], the second regiment of the [[Fighting Urukhai]], [[DeMaestri's Sluggers]], made their way through [[Flannagan's Nebulea]] and the [[Hyades Cluster]] and launched a savage attack the military production facilities on [[Taurus]]. The [[Taurian Guards]] destroyed the Sluggers, with the survivors interrogated, tried and imprisoned. The Concordat learned that the units of the [[Capellan March]] of the Federated Suns had gained knowledge of a route through the Nebula and the Hyades Cluster from a Taurian rogue turned pilot, and that knowledge of the route was becoming commonplace among the [[AFFS]]. The Concordat's response was to strike back at the Federated Suns.<ref name="FM:Up192+">''Field Manual: Updates'', | + | In August [[3066]], the second regiment of the [[Fighting Urukhai]], [[DeMaestri's Sluggers]], made their way through [[Flannagan's Nebulea]] and the [[Hyades Cluster]] and launched a savage attack the military production facilities on [[Taurus]]. The [[Taurian Guards]] destroyed the Sluggers, with the survivors interrogated, tried and imprisoned. The Concordat learned that the units of the [[Capellan March]] of the Federated Suns had gained knowledge of a route through the Nebula and the Hyades Cluster from a Taurian rogue turned pilot, and that knowledge of the route was becoming commonplace among the [[AFFS]]. The Concordat's response was to strike back at the Federated Suns.<ref name="FM:Up192+">''Field Manual: Updates'', pp. 192–193: "Pleiades Crusade"</ref> |
The [[TDF]] quickly captured [[Hyalite]] and [[Lothair]], followed by [[Midale]] and [[Brockway]], with the Pleiades Hussars in the forefront of the attacks. The ease with which the worlds were taken transformed punitive raids into campaigns of conquest; [[Bromhead]] and [[Lindsay]] were targeted next, with the Hussars defeating the defenders on Lindsay completely in less than two weeks.<ref name="FM:Up192+"/> Joined in the closing stages of the battle for Lindsay by the [[Pleiades Lancers]], the Hussars swept up Lancers<ref name="FM:Up193A"/> then went beyond their orders and decided to strike out at their ancient homeworlds within the Pleiades Cluster.<ref name="FM:Up192+"/> | The [[TDF]] quickly captured [[Hyalite]] and [[Lothair]], followed by [[Midale]] and [[Brockway]], with the Pleiades Hussars in the forefront of the attacks. The ease with which the worlds were taken transformed punitive raids into campaigns of conquest; [[Bromhead]] and [[Lindsay]] were targeted next, with the Hussars defeating the defenders on Lindsay completely in less than two weeks.<ref name="FM:Up192+"/> Joined in the closing stages of the battle for Lindsay by the [[Pleiades Lancers]], the Hussars swept up Lancers<ref name="FM:Up193A"/> then went beyond their orders and decided to strike out at their ancient homeworlds within the Pleiades Cluster.<ref name="FM:Up192+"/> | ||
| − | [[Duke]] [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] redirected some of the forces he had been moving in response to the initial Taurian attacks, and used a number of mercenaries to strike back on the Pleiades worlds; the Hussars and the Lancers refused to be driven back, hanging on desperately to the various worlds. Even as the Federated Suns recaptured all six worlds taken prior to the Pleiades, the Hussars and the Lancers remained determined to continue fighting, and public opinion within the Concordat began to shift, moving firmly behind the Pleiades assault. As public opinion shifted, so did the TDF; military production from four different industrial worlds went into resupplying the Pleiades units, despite the strain this placed on the TDF. Protector Shraplen remained determined to hang on to the | + | [[Duke]] [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] redirected some of the forces he had been moving in response to the initial Taurian attacks, and used a number of mercenaries to strike back on the Pleiades worlds; the Hussars and the Lancers refused to be driven back, hanging on desperately to the various worlds. Even as the Federated Suns recaptured all six worlds taken prior to the Pleiades, the Hussars and the Lancers remained determined to continue fighting, and public opinion within the Concordat began to shift, moving firmly behind the Pleiades assault. As public opinion shifted, so did the TDF; military production from four different industrial worlds went into resupplying the Pleiades units, despite the strain this placed on the TDF. Protector Shraplen remained determined to hang on to the cluster until the next conference of the [[Second Star League]], intending to argue for the return of the cluster to the Concordat, counting on the support of the [[Capellan Confederation]] for his cause.<ref name="FM:Up192+"/> |
| − | The Hussars were managing to operate at roughly half strength thanks to the determined support of the rest of the TDF, having already pulled in the remains of the Pleiades Lancers.<ref name="FM:Up193">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 193 | + | The Hussars were managing to operate at roughly half strength thanks to the determined support of the rest of the TDF, having already pulled in the remains of the Pleiades Lancers.<ref name="FM:Up193">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 193: "III Corps"</ref><ref name="FM:Up193A">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 193: "IV Corps"</ref> |
===The Jihad=== | ===The Jihad=== | ||
| − | Following the invasion of the Federated Suns in [[3074]], the [[III Corps (Taurian Concordat)|III Corps]] had lost more than a quarter of its operational strength by [[3079]]. Based out of the world of [[Merope]] within the Pleiades Cluster, the Hussars were holding firm but at only 70% of full strength.<ref name="FR:Pp12">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 12 | + | Following the invasion of the Federated Suns in [[3074]], the [[III Corps (Taurian Concordat)|III Corps]] had lost more than a quarter of its operational strength by [[3079]]. Based out of the world of [[Merope]] within the Pleiades Cluster, the Hussars were holding firm but at only 70% of full strength.<ref name="FR:Pp12">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 12: "Taurian Concordat"</ref> |
===Post-Jihad Era=== | ===Post-Jihad Era=== | ||
| − | It was reported that as a result of the combat seen during the extended war with the Federated Suns and then in [[Operation MATADOR]] the Pleiades Hussars had been reduced to roughly half of their established strength by mid-[[3081]]. Despite the level of losses taken, the Hussars were actually one of the highest-strength units in the [[Taurian Defense Force]] at this point.<ref name="J:FRp115">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 115 | + | It was reported that as a result of the combat seen during the extended war with the Federated Suns and then in [[Operation MATADOR]] the Pleiades Hussars had been reduced to roughly half of their established strength by mid-[[3081]]. Despite the level of losses taken, the Hussars were actually one of the highest-strength units in the [[Taurian Defense Force]] at this point.<ref name="J:FRp115">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 115: "Taurian Concordat"</ref> |
| − | When Operation MATADOR struck, the AFFS targeted worlds outside the Pleiades as their major targets, leaving the Hussars to fend off some probing raids but nothing more significant. Able to rebuild up to two full battalions in strength, the Hussars continued to launch retaliatory raids of their own while entrenching themselves in well-concealed, hardened bases scattered throughout the cluster.<ref name="FM:3085p142">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 142 | + | When Operation MATADOR struck, the AFFS targeted worlds outside the Pleiades as their major targets, leaving the Hussars to fend off some probing raids but nothing more significant. Able to rebuild up to two full battalions in strength, the Hussars continued to launch retaliatory raids of their own while entrenching themselves in well-concealed, hardened bases scattered throughout the cluster.<ref name="FM:3085p142">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 142: "III Corps"</ref> |
| − | Despite their successes against the AFFS, the Hussars were unpopular with the majority of the population of the | + | Despite their successes against the AFFS, the Hussars were unpopular with the majority of the population of the cluster; the fervor felt by the Hussars to reclaim their homelands wasn't felt by those living there after several centuries of living within the borders and government of the Federated Suns, and by [[3085]] Colonel Albritten of the Hussars had resorted to deporting thousands of Davion loyalists in an attempt to try and gain the acceptance of the remaining population.<ref name="FM:Up192+"/> |
===Dark Age=== | ===Dark Age=== | ||
| − | The Pleiades Cluster was subject to a number of purges in the 3090s and the early thirty-second century, but even after the purges and fifty years of Taurian occupation the Hussars were still seen as a hostile foreign force. The result was an ongoing insurgency across the worlds of the | + | The Pleiades Cluster was subject to a number of purges in the 3090s and the early thirty-second century, but even after the purges and fifty years of Taurian occupation the Hussars were still seen as a hostile foreign force. The result was an ongoing insurgency across the worlds of the cluster.<ref name="FM:3145p195">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 195: "III Corps"</ref> |
| − | In [[3119]] the border world of [[Brockway]] was raided by pirates. The pirates' first target was the Monterey-Lapland viaduct, the twenty-kilometer infrastructure link between the Lapland Archipelago and the rest of the continent; destroying a section of the viaduct left those elements of the Pleiades Hussars who had been engaged in wargames on the Archipelago cut off from the mainland so far as the pirates knew. Believing they now had freedom of movement, the pirates then began looting the Monterey spaceport in a relaxed fashion, failing to establish a viable security perimeter as they did so.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp14">''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 14 | + | In [[3119]], the border world of [[Brockway]] was raided by pirates. The pirates' first target was the Monterey-Lapland viaduct, the twenty-kilometer infrastructure link between the Lapland Archipelago and the rest of the continent; destroying a section of the viaduct left those elements of the Pleiades Hussars who had been engaged in wargames on the Archipelago cut off from the mainland so far as the pirates knew. Believing they now had freedom of movement, the pirates then began looting the Monterey spaceport in a relaxed fashion, failing to establish a viable security perimeter as they did so.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp14">''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 14: "Lamprey Transport Helicopter"</ref> |
| − | What the pirates didn't know was that the Pleiades Hussars had access to two [[ | + | What the pirates didn't know was that the Pleiades Hussars had access to two [[lances]] of [[Lamprey (Combat Vehicle)|Lamprey Transport Helicopters]]; the first notice the pirates had of the presence of the Lampreys was when the eight [[VTOLs]] flew over the spaceport, deploying squads of [[battle armor]] via combat drops and attacking every pirate [[BattleMech]] they could see with [[SRM]] volleys. It took the Hussars' infantry ten minutes to capture the pirate [[DropShip]] and begin turning its guns on the pirate forces as well.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp14"/> |
The pirates retreated into the hills around Monterey, attempting to use the thick forests for cover; the two lances of Lampreys worked in tandem, one lance deploying conventional infantry while the other harassed the pirate forces; the airmobile infantry herded the pirates towards a box canyon, where they were comprehensively destroyed. One lance of pirate 'Mechs was destroyed, while another was salvaged by the Hussars - who lost no Lampreys in the action.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp14"/> | The pirates retreated into the hills around Monterey, attempting to use the thick forests for cover; the two lances of Lampreys worked in tandem, one lance deploying conventional infantry while the other harassed the pirate forces; the airmobile infantry herded the pirates towards a box canyon, where they were comprehensively destroyed. One lance of pirate 'Mechs was destroyed, while another was salvaged by the Hussars - who lost no Lampreys in the action.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp14"/> | ||
| − | By the mid-thirty-second century the Hussars had become adept at navigating the hundred different systems of the | + | By the mid-thirty-second century the Hussars had become adept at navigating the hundred different systems of the cluster; operating out of their main garrison on [[Maia]], the Hussars made extensive use of their knowledge of pirate points throughout the cluster to ambush insurgent groups that had launched terrorist attacks before the insurgents could vanish back into the local population; however, even as late as [[3145]] the Hussars were still having to deal with an active insurgency throughout the cluster.<ref name="FM:3145p195"/> |
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| + | ===ilClan Era=== | ||
| + | The Hussars played a major part in the [[Pleiades War]]. When Federated Suns Duke [[Alexander Hasek]] invaded the Pleiades, in [[3152]], the Hussars were the main defense force of the cluster. A contingent of the [[Syrtis Scourge]] invaded [[Merope]], where a company of the Hussars were located. Outnumbered, the Taurians retreated into the wilds, but were unable to hide from the Scourge's air patrols, which made a combat drop upon the Hussars unit and quickly eliminated them.<ref>''Dominions Divided'' p. 35</ref> | ||
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| + | The rest of the Hussars were in [[Maia]]'s planetary capital of Subaru, where the Scourge, led by Hasek, fell upon them. The Hussars were surprised, but Colonel Gullarson quickly ordered his men to retreat into the forests. The Scourge followed them, but the Hussars harassed them all the way. The campaign lasted for three weeks, until the Scourge finally located the Hussars. A new stalemate a week long ended when the [[Third Taurian Lancers]] arrived in system. Hasek ordered a desperate attack against the Hussars, expecting to finally eliminate them, but it failed, and the Scourge were destroyed between the Taurian forces.<ref>''Dominions Divided'' pp. 39–41</ref> | ||
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| + | The Taurians launched reprisal raids against Federated Suns space, and the Hussars were part of it. They launched raids into the Capellan March, raiding [[Die Moot]], [[Drienfontein]] and finally [[Firgrove]]. The last system was defended by the [[Sixth Periphery Guard]]. The fight in space and on the ground was fierce, and the Taurian attack was repulsed with heavy losses.<ref>''Dominions Divided'' pp. 49–52</ref> | ||
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ||
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ||
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Pleiades Hussars''' | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Pleiades Hussars''' | ||
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| − | | [[Colonel]]||[[Jamison Firth]]||[[3025]]<ref name=TPp81>''The Periphery (1988)'', p. 81, "TDF Deployment Table - | + | | [[Colonel]]||[[Jamison Firth]]||[[3025]]<ref name=TPp81>''The Periphery (1988)'', p. 81: "TDF Deployment Table - 3025"</ref> |
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Colonel||[[Boris Tharn]]||[[3050]] - [[3054]]<ref name=20Yp77>''20 Year Update'', p. 77: TDF Deployment Table - 3050</ref><ref name=ORp49>''Objective Raids'', p. 49: "TDF Deployment Table - 3054"</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Colonel||[[ | + | | Colonel||[[Maxwell Albritten]]||[[3064]] - [[3067]]<ref name=FMP62>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 62: "Pleiades Hussars Unit Profile"</ref><ref name=FMU202>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 202: "TDF Deployment Table - 3067"</ref> |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | [[Comptroller]]||Maxwell Albritten||[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p150>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 150: "TDF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | Colonel||[[Heather Gullarson]]||[[3145]]<ref name=FM:3145p201>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201: "III Corps"</ref> |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Colonel||[[ | + | | Colonel||[[Heathrow Gullarson]]||[[3151]]<ref name=DDp108>''Dominions Divided'', p. 108</ref> |
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==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
===2765=== | ===2765=== | ||
| − | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FR:2765Pp25>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 25 | + | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FR:2765Pp25>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 25: "III Corps - Regimental Status"</ref> |
| − | :At this | + | :At this time the Hussars was deployed to [[Woogi]] system.<ref name="FR:2765Pp25"/> |
| − | === | + | |
| − | '''Pleiades Hussars ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical) <ref name= | + | === 2786–2821=== |
| − | : Note: At this | + | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=1SWp140>''First Succession War'', p. 140</ref> |
| + | : Note: At this time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Illiushin]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 29 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Sterope]].<ref name=1SWp140/> | ||
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=== 2830 === | === 2830 === | ||
| − | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical) <ref name= | + | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=2SWp100>''Second Succession War'', p. 100</ref> |
| − | : Note: At this | + | : Note: At this time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Sterope]] with an operational readiness of 84 percent.<ref name=2SWp100/> |
| − | === 2864 === | + | |
| − | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical) <ref name= | + | === 2864 === |
| − | : Note: At this | + | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=2SWp100/> |
| + | : Note: At this time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Sterope]] with an operational readiness of 18 percent.<ref name=2SWp100/> | ||
===3025=== | ===3025=== | ||
'''The Pleiades Hussars''' (3 Battalions)<ref name=TPp81/> | '''The Pleiades Hussars''' (3 Battalions)<ref name=TPp81/> | ||
| − | * CO: Colonel Jamison Firth | + | * CO: Colonel [[Jamison Firth]] |
| − | :* | + | :* First Battalion (Regular/Reliable) - CO: [[Subaltern]] [[Boris Tharn]] |
| − | :* | + | :* Second Battalion (Regular/Reliable) - CO: Subaltern [[Robert Taylor]] |
| − | :* | + | :* Third Battalion (Green/Reliable) - CO: Subaltern [[Elena Barkley]] |
===3050=== | ===3050=== | ||
'''The Pleiades Hussars''' (3 Battalions)<ref name=20Yp77/> | '''The Pleiades Hussars''' (3 Battalions)<ref name=20Yp77/> | ||
* C0: Colonel Boris Tharn | * C0: Colonel Boris Tharn | ||
| − | :* | + | :* First Battalion (Regular/Questionable) - CO: Subaltern Walter Oehlers |
| − | :* | + | :* Second Battalion (Green/Questionable) - CO: Subaltern Arthur Lehman |
| − | :* | + | :* Third Battalion (Green/Reliable) - CO: Subaltern Gene Lind |
===3054=== | ===3054=== | ||
'''The Pleiades Hussars''' (3 Battalions)<ref name=ORp49/> | '''The Pleiades Hussars''' (3 Battalions)<ref name=ORp49/> | ||
* C0: Colonel Boris Tharn | * C0: Colonel Boris Tharn | ||
| − | :* | + | :* First Battalion (Regular/Questionable) - CO: Subaltern Thomas Tepper |
| − | :* | + | :* Second Battalion (Green/Questionable) - CO: Subaltern Francis Whitten |
| − | :* | + | :* Third Battalion (Green/Questionable) - CO: Subaltern Gene Lind |
===3064=== | ===3064=== | ||
| − | '''Pleiades Hussars''' ( | + | '''Pleiades Hussars''' ([[Regiment]]/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:Pp62"/> |
* CO: ''Colonel'' Maxwell Albritten | * CO: ''Colonel'' Maxwell Albritten | ||
| − | :* | + | :* First [[Battalion]]: ''[[Brigadier]]'' Quince Baker |
| − | :* | + | :* Second Battalion: Brigadier Hu Dem Han |
| − | :- The | + | :- The Third Battalion was totally destroyed on [[Midale]], and the Second Battalion is currently related as Green. |
| − | '''Pleiades Seventh Air Division''' ( | + | '''Pleiades Seventh Air Division''' ([[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:Pp62"/> |
* Wing Commander: [[Cornet]] Dianne Gaul | * Wing Commander: [[Cornet]] Dianne Gaul | ||
| − | :- The Wing is mainly used for escort duties and is one of the few Taurian | + | :- The Wing is mainly used for escort duties and is one of the few Taurian aerospace units to be permanently attached to a 'Mech regiment. |
| − | '''Four-Seventeen, Jansen's Armored Brigade''' ( | + | '''Four-Seventeen, Jansen's Armored Brigade''' (Battalion/Green/Questionable)<ref name="FM:Pp62"/> |
* Armor Commander: Subaltern Rom Lann | * Armor Commander: Subaltern Rom Lann | ||
:- The 417th was only on temporary assignment to the Hussars, and there were rumors of bad blood between the armored forces and the 'Mech battalions following the action on Midale, although the exact reasons for this rumored bad blood are unclear. | :- The 417th was only on temporary assignment to the Hussars, and there were rumors of bad blood between the armored forces and the 'Mech battalions following the action on Midale, although the exact reasons for this rumored bad blood are unclear. | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Twelfth Pleiades Infantry''' (2 Battalions/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=FMP62/> |
* Infantry Commander: Brigadier Leo McCoy | * Infantry Commander: Brigadier Leo McCoy | ||
| − | :- Founded in the Pleiades, just like the Hussars themselves, the | + | :- Founded in the Pleiades, just like the Hussars themselves, the Twelfth has a long history of serving alongside the Hussars and the bond between units is strong. In addition to providing field combat support, the large medical staff within the Twelfth includes jump-qualified personnel and was responsible for extracting injured [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] from downed 'Mechs in the field. |
===3067=== | ===3067=== | ||
| − | '''Pleiades Hussars''' ( | + | '''Pleiades Hussars''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMU202/> |
* CO: Colonel Maxwell Albritten | * CO: Colonel Maxwell Albritten | ||
:- The Hussars were at 77% of full strength at this point, and had some of the newest technology available to the TDF within their ranks. Not only was 21% of the Hussars equipment upgraded to Star League tech levels, 2% of the equipment in use used [[Clantech]], and 18% of the 'Mechs in use were [[OmniMech]]s. | :- The Hussars were at 77% of full strength at this point, and had some of the newest technology available to the TDF within their ranks. Not only was 21% of the Hussars equipment upgraded to Star League tech levels, 2% of the equipment in use used [[Clantech]], and 18% of the 'Mechs in use were [[OmniMech]]s. | ||
| − | '''Pleiades Seventh Air Division''' ( | + | '''Pleiades Seventh Air Division''' (Wing/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMU202/> |
* Wing Commander: [[Air Master, SG]] Dianne Gaul | * Wing Commander: [[Air Master, SG]] Dianne Gaul | ||
:- Operating at 72% of full strength, a third of the equipment in use by the Seventh used upgraded or advanced technology. | :- Operating at 72% of full strength, a third of the equipment in use by the Seventh used upgraded or advanced technology. | ||
| − | '''Four-Seventeen''' ( | + | '''Four-Seventeen''' (Battalion/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMU202/> |
* Armor Commander: Subaltern Rom Lann | * Armor Commander: Subaltern Rom Lann | ||
| − | :- Hovering at two-thirds of full capability, a quarter of the | + | :- Hovering at two-thirds of full capability, a quarter of the 417th's equipment used upgraded or advanced technology. |
| − | ''' | + | '''Twelfth Pleiades Infantry''' (2 Battalions/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=FMU202/> |
* Infantry Commander: Colonel Steve Milner | * Infantry Commander: Colonel Steve Milner | ||
| − | :- At this point the | + | :- At this point the Twelfth were operating at 55% of full strength, the lowest rating of the various sub-units that made up the Hussars. |
===3079=== | ===3079=== | ||
| − | '''Pleiades | + | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FR:Pp12"/> |
* Although the Hussars had been reduced to 70% of operational strength, 30% of the equipment in use by the regiment featured advanced technology at this point. | * Although the Hussars had been reduced to 70% of operational strength, 30% of the equipment in use by the regiment featured advanced technology at this point. | ||
===3085=== | ===3085=== | ||
| − | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p150/> | + | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p150/> |
* CO: Comptroller Maxwell Albritten | * CO: Comptroller Maxwell Albritten | ||
:- Based across [[Maia]] and [[Electra]], the Hussars had rebuilt to 65% of full strength at this point, with 34% of their equipment utilizing advanced technology. | :- Based across [[Maia]] and [[Electra]], the Hussars had rebuilt to 65% of full strength at this point, with 34% of their equipment utilizing advanced technology. | ||
| − | '''Pleiades Seventh Air Division''' (Wing/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p150/> | + | '''Pleiades Seventh Air Division''' (Wing/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p150/> |
* CO: [[Senior Air Master]] Junko Kita | * CO: [[Senior Air Master]] Junko Kita | ||
| − | :- Despite the constant raiding, the | + | :- Despite the constant raiding, the Seventh were still operating at 70% of full strength, and 46% of their equipment had been upgraded. |
| − | '''Four-Seventeen''' ( | + | '''Four-Seventeen''' (Battalion/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FM3085p150/> |
* CO: Subaltern Rina Koizumi | * CO: Subaltern Rina Koizumi | ||
:- Down to almost half strength, the 417th were operating at 55% of full capability, although 52% of their equipment had been upgraded. | :- Down to almost half strength, the 417th were operating at 55% of full capability, although 52% of their equipment had been upgraded. | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Seventeenth Pleiades Infantry''' (Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p150/> |
* CO: Colonel Brant Jadyn | * CO: Colonel Brant Jadyn | ||
| − | :- The | + | :- The Seventeenth had managed to rebuild more substantially than their counterparts, and in 3085 were up to 85% of full strength. |
===3145=== | ===3145=== | ||
| − | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Veteran Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p201>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201 | + | '''Pleiades Hussars''' (Veteran Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p201>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201: "III Corps"</ref> |
| − | * CO: Colonel Heather Gullarson | + | * CO: Colonel [[Heather Gullarson]] |
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| − | + | '''Ninth Pleiades Air Division''' (Elite/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p201>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201: "III Corps"</ref> | |
| − | + | * CO: Senior Air Master [[Aaron Martins]] | |
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| − | + | '''Twelfth Pleiades Assault Armor''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p201>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201: "III Corps"</ref> | |
| − | + | * CO: Colonel [[Lawrence Flores]] | |
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| − | + | '''Twenty-second Pleiades Infantry''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FM:3145p201>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 201: "III Corps"</ref> | |
| − | + | * CO: Colonel [[Marilyn Hernandez]] | |
| − | * | + | :- At this time the various units of the Hussars were operating at between seventy-five percent of full strength and five percent above full strength. |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'' | * ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' | + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' |
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Periphery (1988)]]'' | * ''[[The Periphery (1988)]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' | + | * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]'' |
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Taurian Concordat Commands|Pleiades Hussars]] | [[Category:Taurian Concordat Commands|Pleiades Hussars]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:46, 29 April 2024
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| Pleiades Hussars | |
| Nickname | The Challenge of Brinksmanship[1] |
| Affiliation | Taurian Concordat |
| Parent Command | III Corps (Taurian Concordat) |
The Pleiades Hussars were originally formed during the Age of War. At that time they numbered five regiments, but the Reunification War saw their numbers reduced to the point that they could only form a single regiment from the survivors. Gradually they rebuilt after the Reunification War, and in 2620 troops from the Hussars were used to form the Pleiades Lancers. In 2765 they were stationed on Woogi.[2]
History[edit]
Second Star League Era[edit]
The Pleiades Hussars benefited from Grover Shraplen's assumption of the Protectorship of the Taurian Concordat, in defiance of their actual proficiency and experience; this favoritism was an extension of the efforts Shraplen had made to cultivate a good relationship with the Hussars while they were stationed on his previous holding, MacLeod's Land. Extended a great deal of responsibility and trust by the new Protector, the Pleiades Hussars received some of the first upgrade packages of advanced technology introduced to the Concordat, and had actively continued to both defend worlds in and around the Hyades Cluster while continuing to engage in active brinkmanship with the AFFS.[1]
In the late 3050s and early 3060s, this active brinkmanship saw the Hussars perform three times as many reconnaissance maneuvers along the Concordat/Suns border - and into the Federated Suns proper - as any other regiment, and resulted in the Hussars and the Federated Suns military staring at each other across numerous potential battlefields. The Hussars were involved in at least eight narrowly avoided major incidents as a result of their activities, and in the majority of cases either the Hussars had backed down to avoid giving the FedSuns forces an excuse to launch an invasion, or the FedSuns forces had backed down to avoid appearing as the aggressors to the other members of the Second Star League. In 3062 or 3063 the brinkmanship went a step to far, and the First and Third Battalions of the Pleiades Hussars found themselves engaged in an actual battle with the Eleventh Avalon Hussars RCT on Midale. Both battalions took heavy damage, with the Third Battalion effectively destroyed; as the Hussars regrouped, Colonel Maxwell Albritten decided to fold the survivors and equipment from the Third into the First Battalion, bringing the First back up to strength but leaving the Hussars short a battalion.[1]
The Pleiades Crusade[edit]
In August 3066, the second regiment of the Fighting Urukhai, DeMaestri's Sluggers, made their way through Flannagan's Nebulea and the Hyades Cluster and launched a savage attack the military production facilities on Taurus. The Taurian Guards destroyed the Sluggers, with the survivors interrogated, tried and imprisoned. The Concordat learned that the units of the Capellan March of the Federated Suns had gained knowledge of a route through the Nebula and the Hyades Cluster from a Taurian rogue turned pilot, and that knowledge of the route was becoming commonplace among the AFFS. The Concordat's response was to strike back at the Federated Suns.[3]
The TDF quickly captured Hyalite and Lothair, followed by Midale and Brockway, with the Pleiades Hussars in the forefront of the attacks. The ease with which the worlds were taken transformed punitive raids into campaigns of conquest; Bromhead and Lindsay were targeted next, with the Hussars defeating the defenders on Lindsay completely in less than two weeks.[3] Joined in the closing stages of the battle for Lindsay by the Pleiades Lancers, the Hussars swept up Lancers[4] then went beyond their orders and decided to strike out at their ancient homeworlds within the Pleiades Cluster.[3]
Duke George Hasek redirected some of the forces he had been moving in response to the initial Taurian attacks, and used a number of mercenaries to strike back on the Pleiades worlds; the Hussars and the Lancers refused to be driven back, hanging on desperately to the various worlds. Even as the Federated Suns recaptured all six worlds taken prior to the Pleiades, the Hussars and the Lancers remained determined to continue fighting, and public opinion within the Concordat began to shift, moving firmly behind the Pleiades assault. As public opinion shifted, so did the TDF; military production from four different industrial worlds went into resupplying the Pleiades units, despite the strain this placed on the TDF. Protector Shraplen remained determined to hang on to the cluster until the next conference of the Second Star League, intending to argue for the return of the cluster to the Concordat, counting on the support of the Capellan Confederation for his cause.[3]
The Hussars were managing to operate at roughly half strength thanks to the determined support of the rest of the TDF, having already pulled in the remains of the Pleiades Lancers.[5][4]
The Jihad[edit]
Following the invasion of the Federated Suns in 3074, the III Corps had lost more than a quarter of its operational strength by 3079. Based out of the world of Merope within the Pleiades Cluster, the Hussars were holding firm but at only 70% of full strength.[6]
Post-Jihad Era[edit]
It was reported that as a result of the combat seen during the extended war with the Federated Suns and then in Operation MATADOR the Pleiades Hussars had been reduced to roughly half of their established strength by mid-3081. Despite the level of losses taken, the Hussars were actually one of the highest-strength units in the Taurian Defense Force at this point.[7]
When Operation MATADOR struck, the AFFS targeted worlds outside the Pleiades as their major targets, leaving the Hussars to fend off some probing raids but nothing more significant. Able to rebuild up to two full battalions in strength, the Hussars continued to launch retaliatory raids of their own while entrenching themselves in well-concealed, hardened bases scattered throughout the cluster.[8]
Despite their successes against the AFFS, the Hussars were unpopular with the majority of the population of the cluster; the fervor felt by the Hussars to reclaim their homelands wasn't felt by those living there after several centuries of living within the borders and government of the Federated Suns, and by 3085 Colonel Albritten of the Hussars had resorted to deporting thousands of Davion loyalists in an attempt to try and gain the acceptance of the remaining population.[3]
Dark Age[edit]
The Pleiades Cluster was subject to a number of purges in the 3090s and the early thirty-second century, but even after the purges and fifty years of Taurian occupation the Hussars were still seen as a hostile foreign force. The result was an ongoing insurgency across the worlds of the cluster.[9]
In 3119, the border world of Brockway was raided by pirates. The pirates' first target was the Monterey-Lapland viaduct, the twenty-kilometer infrastructure link between the Lapland Archipelago and the rest of the continent; destroying a section of the viaduct left those elements of the Pleiades Hussars who had been engaged in wargames on the Archipelago cut off from the mainland so far as the pirates knew. Believing they now had freedom of movement, the pirates then began looting the Monterey spaceport in a relaxed fashion, failing to establish a viable security perimeter as they did so.[10]
What the pirates didn't know was that the Pleiades Hussars had access to two lances of Lamprey Transport Helicopters; the first notice the pirates had of the presence of the Lampreys was when the eight VTOLs flew over the spaceport, deploying squads of battle armor via combat drops and attacking every pirate BattleMech they could see with SRM volleys. It took the Hussars' infantry ten minutes to capture the pirate DropShip and begin turning its guns on the pirate forces as well.[10]
The pirates retreated into the hills around Monterey, attempting to use the thick forests for cover; the two lances of Lampreys worked in tandem, one lance deploying conventional infantry while the other harassed the pirate forces; the airmobile infantry herded the pirates towards a box canyon, where they were comprehensively destroyed. One lance of pirate 'Mechs was destroyed, while another was salvaged by the Hussars - who lost no Lampreys in the action.[10]
By the mid-thirty-second century the Hussars had become adept at navigating the hundred different systems of the cluster; operating out of their main garrison on Maia, the Hussars made extensive use of their knowledge of pirate points throughout the cluster to ambush insurgent groups that had launched terrorist attacks before the insurgents could vanish back into the local population; however, even as late as 3145 the Hussars were still having to deal with an active insurgency throughout the cluster.[9]
ilClan Era[edit]
The Hussars played a major part in the Pleiades War. When Federated Suns Duke Alexander Hasek invaded the Pleiades, in 3152, the Hussars were the main defense force of the cluster. A contingent of the Syrtis Scourge invaded Merope, where a company of the Hussars were located. Outnumbered, the Taurians retreated into the wilds, but were unable to hide from the Scourge's air patrols, which made a combat drop upon the Hussars unit and quickly eliminated them.[11]
The rest of the Hussars were in Maia's planetary capital of Subaru, where the Scourge, led by Hasek, fell upon them. The Hussars were surprised, but Colonel Gullarson quickly ordered his men to retreat into the forests. The Scourge followed them, but the Hussars harassed them all the way. The campaign lasted for three weeks, until the Scourge finally located the Hussars. A new stalemate a week long ended when the Third Taurian Lancers arrived in system. Hasek ordered a desperate attack against the Hussars, expecting to finally eliminate them, but it failed, and the Scourge were destroyed between the Taurian forces.[12]
The Taurians launched reprisal raids against Federated Suns space, and the Hussars were part of it. They launched raids into the Capellan March, raiding Die Moot, Drienfontein and finally Firgrove. The last system was defended by the Sixth Periphery Guard. The fight in space and on the ground was fierce, and the Taurian attack was repulsed with heavy losses.[13]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Pleiades Hussars | |||
| Colonel | Jamison Firth | 3025[14] | |
| Colonel | Boris Tharn | 3050 - 3054[15][16] | |
| Colonel | Maxwell Albritten | 3064 - 3067[17][18] | |
| Comptroller | Maxwell Albritten | 3085[19] | |
| Colonel | Heather Gullarson | 3145[20] | |
| Colonel | Heathrow Gullarson | 3151[21] | |
Tactics[edit]
The Hussars like open field warfare.[17]
Composition History[edit]
2765[edit]
Pleiades Hussars (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[22]
2786–2821[edit]
Pleiades Hussars (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[23]
- Note: At this time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Illiushin. In 2821 the command was reduced to 29 percent of its strength and was deployed on Sterope.[23]
2830[edit]
Pleiades Hussars (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)[24]
- Note: At this time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Sterope with an operational readiness of 84 percent.[24]
2864[edit]
Pleiades Hussars (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)[24]
- Note: At this time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Sterope with an operational readiness of 18 percent.[24]
3025[edit]
The Pleiades Hussars (3 Battalions)[14]
- CO: Colonel Jamison Firth
- First Battalion (Regular/Reliable) - CO: Subaltern Boris Tharn
- Second Battalion (Regular/Reliable) - CO: Subaltern Robert Taylor
- Third Battalion (Green/Reliable) - CO: Subaltern Elena Barkley
3050[edit]
The Pleiades Hussars (3 Battalions)[15]
- C0: Colonel Boris Tharn
- First Battalion (Regular/Questionable) - CO: Subaltern Walter Oehlers
- Second Battalion (Green/Questionable) - CO: Subaltern Arthur Lehman
- Third Battalion (Green/Reliable) - CO: Subaltern Gene Lind
3054[edit]
The Pleiades Hussars (3 Battalions)[16]
- C0: Colonel Boris Tharn
- First Battalion (Regular/Questionable) - CO: Subaltern Thomas Tepper
- Second Battalion (Green/Questionable) - CO: Subaltern Francis Whitten
- Third Battalion (Green/Questionable) - CO: Subaltern Gene Lind
3064[edit]
Pleiades Hussars (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)[1]
- CO: Colonel Maxwell Albritten
- - The Third Battalion was totally destroyed on Midale, and the Second Battalion is currently related as Green.
Pleiades Seventh Air Division (Wing/Regular/Fanatical)[1]
- Wing Commander: Cornet Dianne Gaul
- - The Wing is mainly used for escort duties and is one of the few Taurian aerospace units to be permanently attached to a 'Mech regiment.
Four-Seventeen, Jansen's Armored Brigade (Battalion/Green/Questionable)[1]
- Armor Commander: Subaltern Rom Lann
- - The 417th was only on temporary assignment to the Hussars, and there were rumors of bad blood between the armored forces and the 'Mech battalions following the action on Midale, although the exact reasons for this rumored bad blood are unclear.
Twelfth Pleiades Infantry (2 Battalions/Regular/Fanatical)[17]
- Infantry Commander: Brigadier Leo McCoy
- - Founded in the Pleiades, just like the Hussars themselves, the Twelfth has a long history of serving alongside the Hussars and the bond between units is strong. In addition to providing field combat support, the large medical staff within the Twelfth includes jump-qualified personnel and was responsible for extracting injured MechWarriors from downed 'Mechs in the field.
3067[edit]
Pleiades Hussars (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[18]
- CO: Colonel Maxwell Albritten
- - The Hussars were at 77% of full strength at this point, and had some of the newest technology available to the TDF within their ranks. Not only was 21% of the Hussars equipment upgraded to Star League tech levels, 2% of the equipment in use used Clantech, and 18% of the 'Mechs in use were OmniMechs.
Pleiades Seventh Air Division (Wing/Veteran/Fanatical)[18]
- Wing Commander: Air Master, SG Dianne Gaul
- - Operating at 72% of full strength, a third of the equipment in use by the Seventh used upgraded or advanced technology.
Four-Seventeen (Battalion/Regular/Questionable)[18]
- Armor Commander: Subaltern Rom Lann
- - Hovering at two-thirds of full capability, a quarter of the 417th's equipment used upgraded or advanced technology.
Twelfth Pleiades Infantry (2 Battalions/Regular/Fanatical)[18]
- Infantry Commander: Colonel Steve Milner
- - At this point the Twelfth were operating at 55% of full strength, the lowest rating of the various sub-units that made up the Hussars.
3079[edit]
Pleiades Hussars (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[6]
- Although the Hussars had been reduced to 70% of operational strength, 30% of the equipment in use by the regiment featured advanced technology at this point.
3085[edit]
Pleiades Hussars (Elite/Fanatical)[19]
- CO: Comptroller Maxwell Albritten
- - Based across Maia and Electra, the Hussars had rebuilt to 65% of full strength at this point, with 34% of their equipment utilizing advanced technology.
Pleiades Seventh Air Division (Wing/Elite/Fanatical)[19]
- CO: Senior Air Master Junko Kita
- - Despite the constant raiding, the Seventh were still operating at 70% of full strength, and 46% of their equipment had been upgraded.
Four-Seventeen (Battalion/Veteran/Questionable)[19]
- CO: Subaltern Rina Koizumi
- - Down to almost half strength, the 417th were operating at 55% of full capability, although 52% of their equipment had been upgraded.
Seventeenth Pleiades Infantry (Regular/Fanatical)[19]
- CO: Colonel Brant Jadyn
- - The Seventeenth had managed to rebuild more substantially than their counterparts, and in 3085 were up to 85% of full strength.
3145[edit]
Pleiades Hussars (Veteran Reliable)[20]
- CO: Colonel Heather Gullarson
Ninth Pleiades Air Division (Elite/Reliable)[20]
- CO: Senior Air Master Aaron Martins
Twelfth Pleiades Assault Armor (Veteran/Reliable)[20]
- CO: Colonel Lawrence Flores
Twenty-second Pleiades Infantry (Veteran/Fanatical)[20]
- CO: Colonel Marilyn Hernandez
- - At this time the various units of the Hussars were operating at between seventy-five percent of full strength and five percent above full strength.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Field Manual: Periphery, p. 62: "Pleiades Hussars: The Challenge of Brinkmanship"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 25
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Field Manual: Updates, pp. 192–193: "Pleiades Crusade"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 193: "IV Corps"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 193: "III Corps"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Field Report: Periphery, p. 12: "Taurian Concordat"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 115: "Taurian Concordat"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 142: "III Corps"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 195: "III Corps"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 14: "Lamprey Transport Helicopter"
- ↑ Dominions Divided p. 35
- ↑ Dominions Divided pp. 39–41
- ↑ Dominions Divided pp. 49–52
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 The Periphery (1988), p. 81: "TDF Deployment Table - 3025"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 20 Year Update, p. 77: TDF Deployment Table - 3050
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Objective Raids, p. 49: "TDF Deployment Table - 3054"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Field Manual: Periphery, p. 62: "Pleiades Hussars Unit Profile"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Field Manual: Updates, p. 202: "TDF Deployment Table - 3067"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Field Manual: 3085, p. 150: "TDF Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 Field Manual: 3145, p. 201: "III Corps"
- ↑ Dominions Divided, p. 108
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 25: "III Corps - Regimental Status"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 First Succession War, p. 140
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Second Succession War, p. 100
Bibliography[edit]
- 20 Year Update
- Dominions Divided
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Periphery
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report: Periphery
- Field Report 2765: Periphery
- First Succession War
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Objective Raids
- The Periphery (1988)
- Second Succession War
- Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries