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==Organization==
 
==Organization==
 
==Command==
 
==Command==
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==Units of the Rim Worlds Republic==
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==Formations and Units within the Rim Worlds Army==
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===Age of War/Reunification War Era===
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By the end of the Age of War and throughout the Reunification War the [[Rim Worlds Army]] was notionally based around three brigades of regular forces, with House Amaris' household forces forming another subcommand within the RWA. The RWA claimed a total strength of some twenty-five combined arms regiments but was heavily dependent on conventional armor and infantry, with a total [[BattleMech]] strength of approximately five to six regiments, but the BattleMechs possessed by the Republic were distributed amongst the various regular formations in [[company]] and [[battalion]] strength. When civil war broke out in the Republic in 2575 the chain of command was effectively shattered, with units either remaining loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]], declaring their support for the [[Rim Provisional Government]] and [[Rift Republican Army]] or splitting along partisan lines.<ref name="H:RWp43">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 43, "The Rim Worlds Army (RWA) and Rift Republican Army (RRA)"</ref>
  
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===Deployment 2581 + Reunification War <ref name=HRUWp154>''Historical: Reunification War'', p.154 </ref>===
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====Naval Forces====
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The black water naval component of the Rim Worlds Army had a notional strength of seventeen [[WarShips]] in 2575. The actual operational naval strength was significantly lower than this, as a number of ships were undergoing refits.<ref name="H:RWp43"/> By the onset of operations in the Republic by [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] as they implemented [[Operation MAILED FIST]] - the [[Star League]] intervention in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris - the active Rim Worlds Army fleet had been reduced to nine ships, two of which were destroyers and seven were corvettes. One corvette was destroyed in action at [[Finmark]] in [[2586]]; the remaining WarShips remained out of the conflict until [[Admiral]] [[Hakim Wbika]] launched a successeful strike at an SLDF transport fleet in the [[Newtown Square]] system in January [[2588]]. Wbika's raid saw nineteen SLDF [[JumpShip]]s and twenty-four [[DropShip]]s destroyed before the convoy escort cruiser [[Rapacious|SLS ''Rapacious'']] and [[Alacrity (Vessel)|SLS ''Alacrity'']] engaged and destroyed or crippled both destroyers and three corvettes, leaving a single RWA corvette the only survivor of the engagement.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135, "Newtown Shoals: Sharks Among Minnows (January 2588)"</ref>
  
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<u>[[Amaris Household Troops| Household Troops]]<ref name=HRUWp154/></u>
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Of the other naval vessels that had been in service with the RWA in 2575, five were scuttled as a result of combat between RWA and RRA forces, two having been destroyed in action and the other three rendered effectively useless, while three had been undergoing refits and spent the entire of the civil war in varying states of disrepair.<ref name="H:RWp43"/>
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:* [[Amaris Republican Guard]]<ref name=HRUWp154/>
 
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:* [[Tartan Brigade]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Illium]]<ref name=HRUWp155>''Historical: Reunification War'', p.155 </ref> ([[2589]]) by [[16th Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153>''Historical: Reunification War'', p.153 </ref>
 
  
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<u>[[Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/></u>
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====Line Formations====
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:* [[1st Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Kikuyu]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2584]]) by [[16th Division]] <ref name=HRUWp152>''Historical: Reunification War'', p.152 </ref>
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=====Amaris Household Guard=====
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:* [[2nd Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Nightwish]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2584]]) by [[Second Sword of Light]] + [[Seventh Sword of Light]] + [[Fourth Prosperina Hussar]] + [[First Arkab Legion]] <ref name=HRUWp152/>
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:* [[Amaris Republican Guard]]<ref name=HRUWp154>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 154, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-Off - 2587)"</ref>
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:* [[3rd Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Malibu]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2584]]) by [[17th Royal Division]] <ref name=HRUWp152/>
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:* [[Tartan Brigade]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - stationed on [[Illium]]<ref name=HRUWp155>''Historical: Reunification War'', p.155 </ref> ([[2589]]) and surrendered to the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref>
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:* [[4th Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Apollo]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2596]]) by [[31st Armor Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153/> + [[32nd Division]] + [[Fourth Royal Guard Regiment]] + [[Second Regulan Hussars]] + [[Second Defenders of Andurien]]
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Note: After the Reunification War the [[4th Amaris Dragoons|Fourth Amaris Dragoons]] became an unofficial member of the [[Amaris Household Guard]].<ref name="H:RWp43A">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 43, "Fourth Amaris Dragoons (RWA)"</ref>
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:* [[5th Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[FinMark]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2586]]) by [[31st Armor Division]] + [[32nd Division]]  <ref name=HRUWp152/>
 
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:* [[6th Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Quarayyat]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2584]])
 
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:* [[7th Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Timbuktu]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2588]]) by [[11th Royal Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153/> + [[Second Sword of Light]] + [[Seventh Sword of Light]] + [[Fourth Prosperina Hussar]] + [[First Arkab Legion]] <ref name=HRUWp152/>
 
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:* [[8th Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Treeline]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2581]]) by [[16th Division]] <ref name=HRUWp152/>
 
  
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<u>[[Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/></u>
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=====Amaris Dragoons=====
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:* [[1st Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Malaga]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2589]]) by [[31st Armor Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153/>
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[[File:Amaris_Dragoons.png|right|thumb|100px|Insignia of the Amaris Dragoons]]
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:* [[2nd Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Bucklands]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2582]]) by [[31st Armor Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153/> [[32nd Division]]
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:* [[1st Amaris Dragoons|First Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Kikuyu]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2584]]) by the Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division.<ref name=HRUWp152>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 152, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-Off - 2587)"</ref>
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:* [[3rd Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Viborg]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2588]]) by [[Second Marik Militia]] +  [[Sixth Marik Militia]] + [[First Fusiliers of Oriente]] <ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[2nd Amaris Dragoons|Second Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Nightwish]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2584]]) by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]].<ref name=HRUWp152/>
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:* [[4th Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Urjala]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2583]]) by [[Second Fusiliers of Oriente]] + [[Second Regulan Hussars]] + [[Second Defenders of Andurien]]<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[3rd Amaris Dragoons|Third Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Malibu]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2584]]) by the [[17th Royal Division|Seventeenth Royal Division]].<ref name=HRUWp152/>
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:* [[5th Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on  
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:* [[4th Amaris Dragoons|Fourth Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Apollo]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2596]]) by [[VIII Corps (Star League)|VIII Corps]], the [[4th Royal Guards|Fourth Royal Guards]] and elements of the [[2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps]].<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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::: [[Steelton]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2581]]) by [[11th Royal Division]] + [[16th Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[5th Amaris Dragoons|Fifth Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[FinMark]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2586]]) by VIII Corps.<ref name=HRUWp152/>
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::: [[Star’s End]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2581]]) by [[First Fusiliers of Oriente]] <ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[6th Amaris Dragoons|Sixth Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Quarayyat]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2584]]) by the [[Lyran Auxiliary Corps]].<ref name=HRUWp152/>
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::: [[Persistence]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2581]]) by  [[17th Royal Division]] <ref name=HRUWp152/>
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:* [[7th Amaris Dragoons|Seventh Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Timbuktu]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2588]]) by the [[11th Royal Division|Eleventh Royal Division]] and the Draconis Auxiliary Corps.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[6th Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Austerlitz]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2587]]) by [[31st Armor Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[8th Amaris Dragoons|Eighth Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Treeline]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2581]]) by the Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division.<ref name=HRUWp152/>
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:* [[7th Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Marisura]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2589]]) by [[Fourth Prosperina Hussars]] + [[First Aikab Legion]] + [[Second Marik Militia]] + [[Sixth Marik Militia]] <ref name=HRUWp153/>
 
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:* [[8th Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Apollo]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2596]]) by [[31st Armor Division]] + [[32nd Division]] + [[Fourth Royal Guard Regiment]] + [[Second Regulan Hussars]] + [[Second Defenders of Andurien]] <ref name=HRUWp153/>
 
  
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<u>[[Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/></u>
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=====Amaris Fusiliers=====
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:* [[1st Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Medelin]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2583]]) by [[18th Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153/>
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[[File:Amaris_Fusiliers.png|right|thumb|100px|Insignia of the Amaris Fusiliers]]
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:* [[2nd Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/>
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:* [[1st Amaris Fusiliers|First Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Malaga]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2589]]) by the [[31st Armor Division|Thirty-First Armor Division]].<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[3rd Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Stirling]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2583]]) by + [[Second Marik Militia]] + [[Sixth Marik Militia]] + [[First Fusiliers of Oriente]]<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[2nd Amaris Fusiliers|Second Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Bucklands]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2582]]) by VIII Corps.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[4th Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Gwynedd]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2590]]) by [[16th Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[3rd Amaris Fusiliers|Third Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Viborg]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2588]]) by elements of the 2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[5th Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Steelton]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2595]]) by [[11th Royal Division]] + [[16th Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[4th Amaris Fusiliers|Fourth Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on
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:* [[6th Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Helbrent]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2582]]) by [[11th Royal Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153/>
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::: [[Urjala]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2581]])<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2583]]) by elements of the 2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[7th Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Apollo]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2596]]) by [[31st Armor Division]] <ref name=HRUWp153/> + [[32nd Division]] + [[Fourth Royal Guard Regiment]] + [[Second Regulan Hussars]] + [[Second Defenders of Andurien]]
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::: [[New India]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2587]]) by elements of the 2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[5th Amaris Fusiliers|Fifth Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on  
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::: [[Steelton]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2581]]) by the Eleventh Royal Division and Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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::: [[Star’s End]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2581]]) by the [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente|First Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]].<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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::: [[Persistence]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2581]]) by the [[17th Royal Division|Seventeenth Royal Division]].<ref name=HRUWp152/>
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:* [[6th Amaris Fusiliers|Sixth Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Austerlitz]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2587]]) by the Thirty-First Armor Division.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[7th Amaris Fusiliers|Seventh Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Marisura]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2589]]) by elements of the Draconis Auxiliary Corps and the 2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[8th Amaris Fusiliers|Eighth Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Apollo]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2596]]) by VII Corps, the 4th Royal Guards and elements of the 2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
  
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===Known Units===
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=====Amaris Legionnaires=====
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<u>[[Amaris Cavaliers]]</u>
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[[File:Amaris_Legionnaires.png|right|thumb|100px|Insignia of the Amaris Legionnaires]]
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:* [[1st Amaris Legionnaires|First Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Medelin]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2583]]) by the [[18th Division (Star League)|Eighteenth Division]].<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[2nd Amaris Legionnaires|Second Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Taran's World]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2595]]) by the Seventeenth Royal Division.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[3rd Amaris Legionnaires|Third Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Stirling]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2583]]) by elements of the 2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[4th Amaris Legionnaires|Fourth Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Gwynedd]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2590]]) by the Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[5th Amaris Legionnaires|Fifth Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Steelton]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2595]]) by the Eleventh Royal Division and Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[6th Amaris Legionnaires|Sixth Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Helbrent]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> ([[2582]]) by the Eleventh Royal Division<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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:* [[7th Amaris Legionnaires|Seventh Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HRUWp154/> - destroyed on [[Apollo]]<ref name=HRUWp155/> ([[2596]]) by VIII Corps, the Fourth Royal Guards and elements of the 2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps.<ref name=HRUWp153/>
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===Star League Era===
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====Line Formations====
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=====Amaris Cavaliers=====
 
:*  [[127th Amaris Cavaliers]]
 
:*  [[127th Amaris Cavaliers]]
 
:*  [[402nd Amaris Cavaliers]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
 
:*  [[402nd Amaris Cavaliers]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
  
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<u>[[Amaris Chasseurs]]</u>
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=====Amaris Chasseurs=====
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:*  [[8th Amaris Chasseurs]]
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:*  [[8th Amaris Chasseurs|Eighth Amaris Chasseurs]]
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:*  [[18th Amaris Chasseurs]] (Death's Head Regiment)
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:*  [[18th Amaris Chasseurs|Eighteenth Amaris Chasseurs]] - Death's Head Regiment
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:*  [[23rd Amaris Chasseurs]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:*  [[23rd Amaris Chasseurs|Twenty-Third Amaris Chasseurs]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:*  [[33rd Amaris Chasseurs]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:*  [[33rd Amaris Chasseurs|Thirty-Third Amaris Chasseurs]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
  
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=====Amaris Dragoons=====
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:* First Amaris Dragoons
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<u>[[Amaris Dragoons]]</u>
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:* Second Amaris Dragoons
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:* Third Amaris Dragoons
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:* [[1st Amaris Dragoons]]
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:* Fourth Amaris Dragoons - The first unit to arrive in the [[Terran Hegemony]] after [[Richard Cameron II|Richard Cameron]] asked [[Stefan Amaris]]'s help in garrisoning the Hegemony.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 80</ref>. The unit employed a nuclear device to destroy the [[Royal Black Watch|Black Watch Highlanders]], a portion of the First Lord's bodyguard unit, during the takeover of [[Terra]].<ref>The Star League, p. 83</ref><ref>''Northwind Highlanders (scenario pack)'', p. 17</ref>
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:* [[2nd Amaris Dragoons]]
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:* Fifth Amaris Dragoons
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:* [[3rd Amaris Dragoons]] - The 3rd Amaris Dragoons put down the revolt on [[Somerset]], following the enactment of the [[Universal Act of Loyalty|Universal Loyalty Act]].<ref name="TP24">''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p. 24</ref>
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:* Sixth Amaris Dragoons
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:* [[4th Amaris Dragoons]] - The 4th Amaris Dragoons engaged the Rim Republican Army's rebellion during the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="The Star League, p51">''The Star League'', p. 51</ref> It was the first unit to arrive in the [[Terran Hegemony]] after [[Richard Cameron II|Richard Cameron]] asked [[Stefan Amaris]]'s help in garrisoning the Hegemony.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 80</ref>. The unit employed a nuclear device to destroy the [[Royal Black Watch|Black Watch Highlanders]], a portion of the First Lord's bodyguard unit, during the takeover of [[Terra]].<ref>The Star League, p. 83</ref><ref>''Northwind Highlanders (scenario pack)'', p. 17</ref>
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:* Seventh Amaris Dragoons
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:* [[5th Amaris Dragoons]]
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:* Eighth Amaris Dragoons
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:* [[6th Amaris Dragoons]]
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:* [[9th Amaris Dragoons|Ninth Amaris Dragoons]]<ref>''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'', p.75</ref>  
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:* [[7th Amaris Dragoons]]
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:* [[10th Amaris Dragoons|Tenth Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105>''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'', p.105</ref>  
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:* [[8th Amaris Dragoons]] - In [[2573]], the control center of the 8th was located on [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]], in the [[Efrimal Long]] prison.<ref>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p. 24</ref>
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:* [[17th Amaris Dragoons|Seventeenth Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:* [[9th Amaris Dragoons]] <ref>''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'', p.75</ref>  
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:* [[33rd Amaris Dragoons|Thirty-Third Amaris Dragoons]]
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:* [[10th Amaris Dragoons]] <ref name=HLoTV1p105>''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'', p.105</ref>  
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:* [[57th Amaris Dragoons|Fifty-Seventh Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:* [[17th Amaris Dragoons]] <ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:* [[77th Amaris Dragoons|Seventy-Seventh Amaris Dragoons]]
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:* [[33rd Amaris Dragoons]]
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:* [[90th Amaris Dragoons|Ninetieth Amaris Dragoons]]<ref>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 36</ref>  
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:* [[57th Amaris Dragoons]] <ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:* [[99th Amaris Dragoons|Ninety-Ninth Amaris Dragoons]] - The 99th Dragoons were made famous for counter-insurgency tactics.  The 99th would publicly announce their targets before attacking, tracking any people evacuating the target area.  Before engaging the enemy, the Dragoons would first demolish the locations to which the evacuees fled.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 292</ref> The unit's paint scheme is a matte black.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 126</ref>
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:* [[77th Amaris Dragoons]]
 
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:* [[90th Amaris Dragoons]]<ref>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 36</ref>  
 
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:* [[99th Amaris Dragoons]] - The 99th Dragoons were made famous for counter-insurgency tactics.  The 99th would publicly announce their targets before attacking, tracking any people evacuating the target area.  Before engaging the enemy, the Dragoons would first demolish the locations to which the evacuees fled.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 292</ref> The unit's paint scheme is a matte black.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 126</ref>
 
 
:* [[141st Amaris Dragoons]] - The 141st was noted for using nuclear weapons and in wiping out three-quarters of [[Caph]]'s surface.<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 204, "Caph"</ref>
 
:* [[141st Amaris Dragoons]] - The 141st was noted for using nuclear weapons and in wiping out three-quarters of [[Caph]]'s surface.<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 204, "Caph"</ref>
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207th Amaris Dragoons <ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:* [[207th Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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* [[832nd Amaris Dragoons]] <ref name=HLoTV1p105/> - The 832nd Amaris Dragoons was stationed on the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] capitol planet of [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]] during the [[Amaris Civil War|Amaris Crisis]]. One of its officers, Major [[Phillip Drummond]], defected to the [[SLDF]], during its attack on the planet. <ref>''Invading Clans (sourcebook)'', p. 101</ref>
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:* [[832nd Amaris Dragoons]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/> - The 832nd Amaris Dragoons was stationed on the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] capitol planet of [[Apollo (planet)|Apollo]] during the [[Amaris Civil War|Amaris Crisis]]. One of its officers, Major [[Phillip Drummond]], defected to the [[SLDF]], during its attack on the planet. <ref>''Invading Clans (sourcebook)'', p. 101</ref>
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<u>[[Amaris Fusiliers]]</u>
 
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[[File:Amaris_Fusiliers.png|100px|Insignia of the Amaris Fusiliers Brigade]]
 
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:* [[1st Amaris Fusiliers]]
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=====Amaris Fusiliers=====
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:* [[2nd Amaris Fusiliers]]
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:* First Amaris Fusiliers
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:* [[3rd Amaris Fusiliers]]
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:* Second Amaris Fusiliers
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:* [[4th Amaris Fusiliers]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:* Third Amaris Fusiliers
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:* [[5th Amaris Fusiliers]] - The 5th Amaris Fusiliers responded to the [[Rim Republican Army]]'s attack on the 8th Amaris Dragoons and helped put down the Efrimal Long prison outbreak.<ref name="The Star League, p45">''The Star League'', p. 45</ref>
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:* Fourth Amaris Fusiliers<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:* [[6th Amaris Fusiliers]]
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:* Fifth Amaris Fusiliers
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:* [[7th Amaris Fusiliers]]
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:* Sixth Amaris Fusiliers
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:* [[8th Amaris Fusiliers]] - The commander of the 8th Amaris Fusiliers refused orders to put down the Rim Republican Army's rebellion.<ref name="The Star League, p51"/>
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:* Seventh Amaris Fusiliers
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:* [[85th Amaris Fusiliers]] <ref name=HLoTV1p78>''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'', p.78</ref>
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:* Eighth Amaris Fusiliers<ref name=HLoTV1p78>''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'', p.78</ref>
  
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<u>[[Amaris Lancers]]</u>
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=====Amaris Lancers=====
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:* [[6th Amaris Lancers]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:* [[6th Amaris Lancers|Sixth Amaris Lancers]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:* [[17th Amaris Lancers]].<ref>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p. 56</ref>
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:* [[17th Amaris Lancers|Seventeenth Amaris Lancers]]<ref>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p. 56</ref>
  
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<u>[[Amaris Legionnaires]]</u>
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=====Amaris Legionnaires=====
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:* First Amaris Legionnaires
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:* Second Amaris Legionnaires
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:* Third Amaris Legionnaires<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:* Fourth Amaris Legionnaires
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:* Fifth Amaris Legionnaires
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:* Sixth Amaris Legionnaires
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:* Seventh Amaris Legionnaires
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:* [[8th Amaris Legionnaires|Eighth Amaris Legionnaires]]
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:* [[17th Amaris Legionnaires|Seventeenth Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HLoTV1p78/>
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:* [[39th Amaris Legionnaires|Thirty-Ninth Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p.5</ref>
  
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[[File:Amaris_Legionnaires.png|100px|Insignia of the Brigade]]
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=====Amaris Republican Guards=====
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The Amaris Republican Guard responded to the [[Rim Republican Army]]'s attack on the 8th Amaris Dragoons and helped put down the Efrimal Long prison outbreak.<ref name="The Star League, p45" /> Their colors are olive and red.<ref>''Star Lord (novel)'', p.??{{cn}}</ref>
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:* [[6th Republican Guards|Sixth Republican Guards Division]] - Attacked [[New Dallas]] in [[2766]]
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:* [[12th Republican Guards|Twelfth Republican Guards]] - "The Minutemen"
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:* [[18th Republican Guards|Eighteenth Republican Guards]]
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:* [[203rd Republican Guard|203rd Republican Guard Division]] - "Sword of Saddam" -  Five weeks into the [[Amaris Civil War|Amaris Crisis]], the 203rd Republican Guard Division was assigned to secure [[Hilton Head]] on [[Terra]]. However, due to a loyalist construction crew, the half-completed [[HPG]] was hidden from the unit, allowing its completion by [[ComStar]] after the Crisis. The unit established a camp 2 kilometers from the communications center.<ref>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', p. 24</ref>
  
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:* [[1st Amaris Legionnaires]]
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=====Republican Dragoons=====
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:* [[2nd Amaris Legionnaires]]
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:* [[23rd Republican Dragoons|Twenty-Third Republican Dragoons]]. <ref name=TSL174>''The Star League'', p. 174</ref>
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:* [[3rd Amaris Legionnaires]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
 
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:* [[4th Amaris Legionnaires]]
 
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:* [[5th Amaris Legionnaires]]
 
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:* [[6th Amaris Legionnaires]]
 
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:* [[7th Amaris Legionnaires]]
 
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:* [[8th Amaris Legionnaires]] - The commander of the 8th Amaris Fusiliers refused orders to put down the Rim Republican Army's rebellion.<ref name="The Star League, p51" />
 
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:* [[17th Amaris Legionnaires]] <ref name=HLoTV1p78/>
 
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:* [[39th Amaris Legionnaires]] <ref>''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'', p.5</ref>
 
  
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<u>[[Amaris Republican Guards]]</u>
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=====Republican Lancers=====
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: The Amaris Republican Guard responded to the [[Rim Republican Army]]'s attack on the 8th Amaris Dragoons and helped put down the Efrimal Long prison outbreak.<ref name="The Star League, p45" /> Their colors are olive and red.<ref>''Star Lord (novel)'', p.??{{cn}}</ref>
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:* [[201st Republican Lancers]] - "The Longhorns"
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:* [[6th Republican Guards]] Division - Attacked [[New Dallas]] in [[2766]]
 
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:* [[12th Republican Guards]] "The Minutemen"
 
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:* [[18th Republican Guards]]
 
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:* [[203rd Republican Guard]] Division "Sword of Saddam" -  Five weeks into the [[Amaris Civil War|Amaris Crisis]], the 203rd Republican Guard Division was assigned to secure [[Hilton Head]] on [[Terra]]. However, due to a loyalist construction crew, the half-completed [[HPG]] was hidden from the unit, allowing its completion by [[ComStar]] after the Crisis. The unit established a camp 2 kilometers from the communications center.<ref>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', p. 24</ref>
 
  
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<u>[[Republican Dragoons]]</u>
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=====Republic Light Lancers=====
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:* [[23rd Republican Dragoons]]. <ref name=TSL174>''The Star League'', p. 174</ref>
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:* [[11th Republican Light Lancers|Eleventh Republican Light Lancers]]<ref name=HLoTV1p105/>
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:* [[13th Republic Light Lancers|Thirteenth Republican Light Lancers]]
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:* [[23rd Republic Light Lancers|Twenty-Third Republic Light Lancers]] - "The Stealths" - The '''Stealths''' were formed around 2650 by order of Tadeo Amaris. This unit managed to survive the [[Amaris-Kerensky Civil War]] and would be hired by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. As one of the few units with experience and tradition of deploying light and medium mechs it excelled in raids and would be used with great success against the Free Worlds League and the Draconis Combine.
  
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<u>[[Republican Lancers]]</u>
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=====Associated Mercenary Units=====
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:*  [[201st Republican Lancers]] "The Longhorns"
 
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<u>[[Republic Light Lancers]]</u>
 
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:* [[13th Republic Light Lancers]]
 
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:* [[23rd Republic Light Lancers]] "The Stealths" - The '''Stealths''' were formed around 2650 by order of Tadeo Amaris. This unit managed to survive the [[Amaris-Kerensky Civil War]] and would be hired by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. As one of the few units with experience and tradition of deploying light and medium mechs it excelled in raids and would be used with great success against the Free Worlds League and the Draconis Combine.
 
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:* [[Greenhavens Gestapo]]
 
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Organization

Command

Formations and Units within the Rim Worlds Army

Age of War/Reunification War Era

By the end of the Age of War and throughout the Reunification War the Rim Worlds Army was notionally based around three brigades of regular forces, with House Amaris' household forces forming another subcommand within the RWA. The RWA claimed a total strength of some twenty-five combined arms regiments but was heavily dependent on conventional armor and infantry, with a total BattleMech strength of approximately five to six regiments, but the BattleMechs possessed by the Republic were distributed amongst the various regular formations in company and battalion strength. When civil war broke out in the Republic in 2575 the chain of command was effectively shattered, with units either remaining loyal to First Consul Gregory Amaris, declaring their support for the Rim Provisional Government and Rift Republican Army or splitting along partisan lines.[1]

Naval Forces

The black water naval component of the Rim Worlds Army had a notional strength of seventeen WarShips in 2575. The actual operational naval strength was significantly lower than this, as a number of ships were undergoing refits.[1] By the onset of operations in the Republic by Task Force MAILED FIST as they implemented Operation MAILED FIST - the Star League intervention in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris - the active Rim Worlds Army fleet had been reduced to nine ships, two of which were destroyers and seven were corvettes. One corvette was destroyed in action at Finmark in 2586; the remaining WarShips remained out of the conflict until Admiral Hakim Wbika launched a successeful strike at an SLDF transport fleet in the Newtown Square system in January 2588. Wbika's raid saw nineteen SLDF JumpShips and twenty-four DropShips destroyed before the convoy escort cruiser SLS Rapacious and SLS Alacrity engaged and destroyed or crippled both destroyers and three corvettes, leaving a single RWA corvette the only survivor of the engagement.[2]

Of the other naval vessels that had been in service with the RWA in 2575, five were scuttled as a result of combat between RWA and RRA forces, two having been destroyed in action and the other three rendered effectively useless, while three had been undergoing refits and spent the entire of the civil war in varying states of disrepair.[1]

Line Formations

Amaris Household Guard

Note: After the Reunification War the Fourth Amaris Dragoons became an unofficial member of the Amaris Household Guard.[6]

Amaris Dragoons
Insignia of the Amaris Dragoons
Amaris Fusiliers
Insignia of the Amaris Fusiliers
Urjala[3] (2581)[3] (2583) by elements of the 2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps.[5]
New India[3] (2587) by elements of the 2nd Marik Auxiliary Corps.[5]
Steelton[3] (2581) by the Eleventh Royal Division and Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division.[5]
Star’s End[3] (2581) by the First Brigade of the Fusiliers of Oriente.[5]
Persistence[3] (2581) by the Seventeenth Royal Division.[7]
Amaris Legionnaires
Insignia of the Amaris Legionnaires

Star League Era

Line Formations

Amaris Cavaliers
Amaris Chasseurs
Amaris Dragoons
Amaris Fusiliers
  • First Amaris Fusiliers
  • Second Amaris Fusiliers
  • Third Amaris Fusiliers
  • Fourth Amaris Fusiliers[8]
  • Fifth Amaris Fusiliers
  • Sixth Amaris Fusiliers
  • Seventh Amaris Fusiliers
  • Eighth Amaris Fusiliers[18]
Amaris Lancers
Amaris Legionnaires
Amaris Republican Guards

The Amaris Republican Guard responded to the Rim Republican Army's attack on the 8th Amaris Dragoons and helped put down the Efrimal Long prison outbreak.[21] Their colors are olive and red.[22]

Republican Dragoons
Republican Lancers
Republic Light Lancers
Associated Mercenary Units

Military Ranks

Prior to the civil war, the Rim Worlds Army used a rank system with Greek titles. During the civil war the RRA Rebel forces kept the original Greek rank structure, while the RWA Loyalist forces adopted the same rank structure as the SLDF. After the Reunification War the Greek rank structure was phased out completely and replaced with the SLDF rank structure.[26]

Ranks and the units they can command
Type of Rank
with Seniority 		RRA SLDF Unit type
Enlisted Ranks
E1 * Recruit [27]
E2 Private[27] Private[27]
E3 *[27] Private,
First Class[27]
E4 Corporal[27] *[27]
E5 *[27] Corporal[27]
E6 Sergeant[27] Sergeant[27]
E7 *[27] Over-Sergeant[27]
E8 *[27] Master Sergeant[27]
E9 *[27] *[27]
E10 Sergeant Major[27] Master Sergeant[27]
Officer Ranks
O1 *[27] Ensign[27]
O2 Tetrarch
(Lieutenant)[27] 		Lieutenant[27]
O3 *[27] Captain[27]
O4 Lokhagos
(Captain)[27] 		Major[27]
O5 Tagmatarchis
(Major)[27] 		*[27]
O6 *[27] *[27]
O7 Syntagmatarchis
(Colonel)[27] 		Colonel[27]
O8 Taxiarchos
(Brigadier General)[27] 		*[27]
O9 * [27] Lieutenant General[27]
O10 Polemarchos
(Lieutenant General)[27] 		Major General[27]
O11 Strategos
(General)[27] 		General[27]
O12 * [27] Commanding General[27]

Unit Insignias

See Also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 43, "The Rim Worlds Army (RWA) and Rift Republican Army (RRA)"
  2. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 135, "Newtown Shoals: Sharks Among Minnows (January 2588)"
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 3.40 3.41 Historical: Reunification War, p. 154, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-Off - 2587)"
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Historical: Reunification War, p.155
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 Historical: Reunification War, p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"
  6. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 43, "Fourth Amaris Dragoons (RWA)"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Historical: Reunification War, p. 152, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-Off - 2587)"
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p.105
  9. ↑ The Star League, p. 80
  10. ↑ The Star League, p. 83
  11. ↑ Northwind Highlanders (scenario pack), p. 17
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p.75
  13. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 36
  14. ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 292
  15. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 126
  16. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 204, "Caph"
  17. ↑ Invading Clans (sourcebook), p. 101
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p.78
  19. ↑ The Periphery (sourcebook), p. 56
  20. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p.5
  21. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named The Star League, p45
  22. ↑ Star Lord (novel), p.??[citation needed]
  23. ↑ ComStar (sourcebook), p. 24
  24. ↑ The Star League, p. 174
  25. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p.89
  26. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 43, "Command Structure of the RRA"
  27. ↑ 27.00 27.01 27.02 27.03 27.04 27.05 27.06 27.07 27.08 27.09 27.10 27.11 27.12 27.13 27.14 27.15 27.16 27.17 27.18 27.19 27.20 27.21 27.22 27.23 27.24 27.25 27.26 27.27 27.28 27.29 27.30 27.31 27.32 27.33 27.34 27.35 27.36 27.37 27.38 27.39 27.40 27.41 27.42 Historical: Reunification War, p.28

Bibliography

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