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===Star League Era===
 
===Star League Era===
In [[2581]], the Lyran Expeditionary Force joined the [[SLDF]] and the [[Free Worlds League]] in [[Operation MAILED FIST]].  Archon [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]] personally led the Lyran regiments at the head of the [[4th Royal Guards]]. Believing that the war would last five years, she left her son [[Kevin Steiner-Dinesen]] to act in her stead. Ten years into the war, desertion from LCAF ranks had become a serious problem at the front, while back home domestic unrest and opposition to the war was rising.  Then in [[2591]] the [[Estates-General]] announced that [[Archon-Designate]] Kevin Steiner-Dinesen had been kidnapped, the members of the Steering Committee would take charge of the Commonwealth until the Archon returned, and that the Estates General would vote on Lyran secession from the [[Star League]].<ref name=HSTLCp32>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 32</ref>
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In [[2581]], the Lyran Expeditionary Force joined the [[SLDF]] and the [[Free Worlds League in [[Operation MAILED FIST]].  Archon [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]] personally led the Lyran regiments at the head of the [[4th Royal Guards]]. Believing that the war would last five years, she left her son [[Kevin Steiner-Dinesen]] to act in her stead. Ten years into the war, desertion from LCAF ranks had become a serious problem at the front, while back home domestic unrest and opposition to the war was rising.  Then in [[2591]] the [[Estates-General]] announced that [[Archon-Designate]] Kevin Steiner-Dinesen had been kidnapped, the members of the Steering Committee would take charge of the Commonwealth until the Archon returned, and that the Estates General would vote on Lyran secession from the [[Star League]].<ref name=HSTLCp32>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 32</ref>
  
Katherine learned of all this while in the field, including (false) rumors that the [[Duke of Tamar]] and the [[Duke of Skye]] were responsible for her son's disappearance.  She led a company of the Royal Guards to a camp of the [[Twenty-fifth Skye Rangers]] and the [[Tamar Tigers]], attacking them in a rage. She lost an arm from her 'Mech as well as one of her own arms, and lay comatose after the battle. 117 members of the Tigers and Rangers died.<ref name=HSTLCp33>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 33</ref>
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Katherine learned of all this while in the field, including (false) rumors that the [[Duke of Tamar]] and the [[Duke of Skye]] were responsible for her son's disappearance.  She led a company of the Royal Guards to a camp of the [[25th Skye Rangers]] and the [[Tamar Tigers]], attacking them in a rage. She lost an arm from her 'Mech as well as one of her own arms, and lay comatose after the battle. 117 members of the Tigers and Rangers died.<ref name=HSTLCp33>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 33</ref>
  
 
When the Archon awoke, she learned that Tamar and Skye were innocent of Kevin's kidnapping.  She requested leave from the SLDF to return home, which was granted.<ref name=HSTLCp33/> On 15 January [[2592]], the Estates-General gathered for a vote on secession.  The Royal Guards arrived and, with [[LIC]] support, took much of the Steering Committee into custody and found Kevin Dinesen bound and gagged in a closet.  The Archon's [[DropShip]] landed in front of Government House as Kevin was being brought from the building.  When [[Henry Gram]], leader of the kidnappers, was brought out, she moved toward him and crushed him beneath her 'Mechs foot.<ref name=HSTLCp33/>
 
When the Archon awoke, she learned that Tamar and Skye were innocent of Kevin's kidnapping.  She requested leave from the SLDF to return home, which was granted.<ref name=HSTLCp33/> On 15 January [[2592]], the Estates-General gathered for a vote on secession.  The Royal Guards arrived and, with [[LIC]] support, took much of the Steering Committee into custody and found Kevin Dinesen bound and gagged in a closet.  The Archon's [[DropShip]] landed in front of Government House as Kevin was being brought from the building.  When [[Henry Gram]], leader of the kidnappers, was brought out, she moved toward him and crushed him beneath her 'Mechs foot.<ref name=HSTLCp33/>
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===Succession Wars Era===
 
===Succession Wars Era===
 
====First Succession War====
 
====First Succession War====
Archon [[Jennifer Steiner]] personally led the Fourth Royal Guards in their assault of [[Styx]].<ref name=HSTLCp48>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 48</ref> On 4 January [[2791]], she was killed by a booby-trapped door at the chemical factories of New Eslow.<ref name=HSTLCp49>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 49</ref>
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Archon [[Jennifer Steiner]] personally led the 4th Royal Guards in their assault of [[Styx]].<ref name=HSTLCp48>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 48</ref> On 4 January [[2791]] she was killed by a booby-trapped door at the chemical factories of New Eslow.<ref name=HSTLCp49>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 49</ref>
  
 
====Second Succession War====
 
====Second Succession War====
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====Third Succession War====
 
====Third Succession War====
Archon [[Eric Steiner]] led the [[Third Royal Guards]] on [[Freedom]]. Trapping two battalions of the [[Sixth Sword of Light]] in a dead-end valley, the Guards bombarded them with artillery and air support for three days before advancing into the valley and destroying the Kuritans. A freak accident involving two vibra-bombs killed the Archon.<ref name=HSTLCp69>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 69</ref><ref name=HBHSp49>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 49</ref>
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Archon [[Eric Steiner]] led the [[Third Royal Guards]] on [[Freedom]]. Trapping two battalions of the [[6th Sword of Light]] in a dead-end valley, the Guards bombarded them with artillery and air support for three days before advancing into the valley and destroying the Kuritans. A freak accident involving two vibra-bombs killed the Archon.<ref name=HSTLCp69>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 69</ref><ref name=HBHSp49>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 49</ref>
  
In [[2980]], [[Alessandro Steiner]] was a distinguished battalion commander in the [[Second Royal Guards]] when his father's death elevated him to the Archonship.<ref name=HSTLCp75>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 75</ref> Then-Archon-Designate [[Katrina Steiner]] spent three years commanding the Second Royal Guards.<ref name=HSTLCp149>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 149</ref>
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In [[2980]], [[Alessandro Steiner]] was a distinguished battalion commander in the [[2nd Royal Guards]] when his father's death elevated him to the Archonship.<ref name=HSTLCp75>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 75</ref> Then-Archon-Designate [[Katrina Steiner]] spent three years commanding the [[2nd Royal Guards]].<ref name=HSTLCp149>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 149</ref>
  
In [[3005]], a company of the [[3rd Royal Guards]] drove off Kuritans attacking the [[House Lestrade]] estate on [[Summer]], but not before the [[Duke of Summer]] was killed and his heir [[Aldo Lestrade (31st c.)|Aldo Lestrade]] gravely wounded.  Aldo accused the Guards of deliberate laxness in their defense of Summer, laying the blame for his father's death at their feet. This fed into a separatist movement led by the new Duke.<ref name=HSTLCp153>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 153</ref>
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In [[3005]] a company of the [[3rd Royal Guards]] drove off Kuritans attacking the [[House Lestrade]] estate on [[Summer]], but not before the [[Duke of Summer]] was killed and his heir [[Aldo Lestrade]] gravely wounded.  Aldo accused the Guards of deliberate laxness in their defense of Summer, laying the blame for his father's death at their feet. This fed into a separatist movement led by the new Duke.<ref name=HSTLCp153>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 153</ref>
  
 
===Civil War Era===
 
===Civil War Era===
During the [[FedCom Civil War]], the Royal Guards were loyal to Archon [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]. By the end of the conflict, all three regiments were all but destroyed, though they were not stricken from the rolls.<ref name=HBHSp108>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 108</ref>
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During the [[FedCom Civil War]], the Royal Guards were loyal to Archon [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]. By the end of the conflict, all three regiments were all but destroyed, though they were not stricken from the rolls.<ref name=HBHSp108>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 108</ref>
  
 
===Jihad Era===
 
===Jihad Era===

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