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| Red Brigade | |
| Disbanded | Destroyed in 3050 |
| Affiliation | Lyran Commonwealth Federated Commonwealth |
| Parent Command | LCAF AFFC 12th Donegal Guards |
The Red Brigade was an OpFor force of Battalion strength, attached to the 12th Donegal Guards. The simulated Free Worlds League and Draconis Combine tactics were used against Federated Commonwealth units in month-long exercises on Trell I, gaining the unit a fearsome reputation throughout the Commonwealth.[1]
History[edit]
During the First Wave of the invasion by the Clans, Clan Jade Falcon invaded Trell I. The Falcons assaulted the planet with three clusters, though the Donegal Guards had only a vague idea of who they were facing. Clan biding was suspended, with the elite Jade Falcon Guards and the First and Fifth Falcon Striker Clusters overrunning any defenses the Lyran unit was able to construct. The Falcons were intent on capturing Victor, committing so many forces to the world .[1]
The Falcons grounded on 13 April 3050 and quickly drove for the Twelfth and Victor. For his part, Victor was at the head of his battalion, on the way to a training exercise with the Red Brigade. The scouts initially confused contact with Falcon forces for the Brigade, though they realized their fatal mistake and warned Victor, who alerted the battalion. On the other side of the Castle Mountains from the rest of the regiment, in the Chrysall Pass, the battalion was hard-pressed to hold off the Falcon Guards. Victor retreated through the pass but was hit by Falcon air and ground assets. During the fighting, he christened the Summoner OmniMech the "Thor" because of its powerful arm-mounted weapons. He tried to retreat into the mountains but realized the Falcon forces would be able to cut them off from the rest of the unit. A surprise rear assault by the hitherto undetected Red Brigade gave Victor and the remaining 'Mechs of this battalion the chance to slip away, which they did, right into the mountain caverns along with the surviving forces of the Brigade. Victor was recalled by Leftenant-General Jeremy Hawksworth, who recognized that the Falcons were trying to capture Victor and ordered him off-planet. Victor refused, wanting to fight a guerrilla war in the caverns of the Black Mountain foothills, which would negate the range advantage of the Clantech weapons. Hawksworth knew time was limited and ordered Cox to take Victor to his DropShip, so Cox knocked him out cold with a sucker punch. Though Hawksworth got Victor off Trell I, he implemented the kommandant's guerrilla war suggestion. The Twelfth and the Red Brigade harassed the occupying Falcons for months,[1][2][3][4] though the unit was finally destroyed.
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Red Brigade | |||
| Leftenant General | Nikolai VanLee | 3050[1] | |
Tactics[edit]
Unknown.
Composition History[edit]
3050[edit]
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