St. Ives Academy of Martial Sciences Training Group

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Unit Description

The St. Ives Academy Training Group served as the training cadre for the St. Ives Academy of Martial Sciences (SIAMS). Traditionally a combined-arms regiment of 6 battalions, it's exact composition fluctuated every two years as the cadets graduated and a new class came in. Cadets usually held officer positions of up to battalion level with only a few instructors overseeing everything.[1]

Despite it's status as a training cadre, the regiment had been sent to front line combat in support of other units.[1]

From 3036 to 3063, it was part of the St. Ives Military Command of the St. Ives Compact. It was absorbed into the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces following the defeat of the St. Ives Compact in 3063.

Following the Jihad, the Training Group's battlemech composition appears to have been limited to a single battalion of mechs. Whether this is policy or the demand for replacement troops/equipment is unknown.

Sometime between 3085 and 3145, the St. Ives Academy of Martial Sciences Training Group was removed from the St. Ives Armored Cavalry brigade.

Sometime after 3113, a secret society known as the Fraternal Order of the Pale Rider was formed by SIAMS students opposed to the policies of Chancellor Daoshen Liao. It has since spread to several regiments by alumni and still existed in the SIAMS Training Group by 3145.

History

Formation

Following the secession and formation of the St. Ives Compact, the old St. Ives Martial Academy was closed and rebuilt into a new institution with assistance from the Federated Commonwealth and former instructors of the New Avalon Institute of Science. Opened in 3036, the St. Ives Science Institute included the SIAMS as an independent college. Thus the St. Ives Academy Training Group was born.[2]

Clan War

The St. Ives Academy Training Group Battalion did not fight the Clans.

In 3054, the Training Group was split into companies to garrison various factories and other important locations on St. Ives.[3]

Capellan-St. Ives War

Posted on St. Ives at the start of the Capellan Civil War, the unit was sent to Brighton in early 3061 to reinforce Raymond's Armored Infantry against the disarmament efforts of the Raman DMM, an AFFS unit flying Star League colors. Despite being nominal allies, some combat took place between the two units wherein the Training Group performed well. The arrival of the 2nd McCarron's Armored Cavalry later that year forced the defenders offworld and Brighton fell to the Capellan Confederation by 3062.[1][4]

The St. Ives Academy Training Group spent the next two years in brutal combat on various worlds and never broke under fire. Numerous cadets were transferred out to replace losses in other St. Ives Compact units. By 3063, the unit was below half strength with one battlemech battalion, two armor battalions and one battlearmor company.[1]

Jihad

By 3067, the Training Group had been completely rebuilt with over a battalion of omnimechs and almost two battalions of advanced battlemechs.

There is no information on the activities of the St. Ives Academy Training Group during Operation Sovereign Justice and Operation Thunderstrike. However, we can deduce from several sources that the unit lost 2 battalions of mechs sometime between 3067 and 3069. It is most likely that these losses occurred during both operations on St. Ives.

On 13 September 3070, the 8th and 21st Divisions of the Word of Blake Militia with support from Simonson's Cutthroats and the WoBS Perdition assaulted St. Ives. The devastating three day battle saw the capital city of Tian-tan firebombed and over two million people dead before the enemy was driven off. It also significantly damaged the St. Ives Academy of Martial Sciences campus and completely destroyed the remaining Training Group cadre.

The Training Group was reformed following the reopening of the SIAMS in 3078. By 3079, it was less than a third in strength and will take several years before being fully rebuilt.

Operation Golden Fortress and Operation Vindolanda

The Training Group did not participate in either Operation Golden Fortress or the ROTS counterattack, Operation Vindolanda. However, losses from both conflicts have seen many of its personnel and equipment transferred to rebuild other damaged regiments. So much was removed that the regiment could no longer be considered combat effective by 3085. The battlemech battalion was below half strength with RetroTech battlemechs expected to replace the lost machines.

Victoria War

No data available.

Capellan Crusades

No data available.

Operation Great Flood and Operation Celestial Reward

The SIAMS Training Group did not have combat operations in either Operation Great Flood or Operation Celestial Reward.

Tactics

By 3063, the SIAMS Training Group had difficulty operating as a unit and possessed no preferred combat abilities. They were known for never leaving comrades behind and will continue fighting until all members were retrieved.[1]

Unit Emblem

A mailed fist holding a book that is set on a deep blue field marked with crossed lightning bolts.[1]

Officers

3025

As of 3025, the commanding officer was Colonel Nathan Kerr[5]

As of 3063, the commanding officer was Sang-shao Richard Carstairs[1]

As of 3067, the commanding officer was Sang-shao Peter Roman[6] He was still in command in 3085.[7]

Composition History

3025

Shepard's Mounted Fusiliers (2 Battalions) (Regular/Reliable) [8]

  • CO: Nathan Kerr
  • 1st Battalion - Major Jonathan Martell
  • 2nd Battalion - Major Aleisha Carling

Notes: Primary BattleMech unit. Consisting of primary Commando & Vindicator BattleMechs.[9]

3050

Aleshia's Mounted Fusiliers (BattleMech Regiment)

  • CO: Colonel Aleshia Carling

Notes: Fusiliers would rated given a reliable loyality rating and have a regular skill.[10]

3054

St. Ives Academy Training Group Battalion (1 Battalion/Green/Questionable)

  • CO: Leftenant General Christian Boehmer

3063

SIAMS Training Group (1 Special Regiment/Green/Questionable (Reliable))

  • CO: Sang-shao Richard Carstairs
  • 1st Battalion: Cadet Sao-shao Sidney Ralix
  • 2nd Battalion: Cadet Sao-shao Tenille Jaiden
  • 3rd Battalion: Cadet Sao-shao Russell Escobar

Notes: Special Regiment is defined as a mixed regiment of mechs, armor and infantry. The unit is considered of Questionable loyalty to the Capellan Confederation and Reliable loyalty to the St. Ives Commonality.

3067

Roman's Mounted Fusiliers (1 BattleMech Regiment)

  • CO: Sang-shao Peter Roman[11]
Notes - The Unit was considered to be Veteran Skilled and had a Questionable Loyalty rating. Half of its equipment was Star League era upgrades.

84th Fusiliers Air Wing (1 Squadron)

  • CO: Kong-sao-shao Quntus James Petrov
Notes - Unit was considered to be Veteran Skilled and was given a reliable loyalty rating. It was rated at 40% with Star League technology upgrades.

Fusiliers Auxiliary (1 Reinforced Regiment)

  • CO: Zhong-shao Gren Phillips

Notes - The Auxiliaries were listed with Regular skilled troops and a questionable loyalty rating. It had a 45% rating of being upgraded with Star League technology.

3085

Roman's Mounted Fusiliers (1 BattleMech Regiment)

  • CO: Sang-shao Peter Roman[7]
Notes - The Unit was considered to be Veteran Skilled and had a Questionable Loyalty rating. It was reduced to a quarter of its nominal strength, but 80% of those units were upgraded to Star League level technology.

84th Fusiliers Air Wing (1 Squadron)

  • CO: Kong-sao-shao Quntus James Petrov
Notes - Unit was considered to Veteran Skilled and given a reliable loyalty rating. The squadron was a mere shadow of itself since the fighting cost them 90% of their strength. The few craft they had left were not upgraded at all.

Fusiliers Auxiliary (1 Reinforced Regiment)

  • CO: Zhong-shao Gren Phillips

Notes - The Auxiliaries were listed with Regular skilled troops and a questionable loyalty rating. They were reduced to a third of their nominal strength, and only a third of those troops had upgraded tech.

Notes

Most of the Sourcebooks after FM:CC stopped providing a breakdown for the support units of the SIAMS Training Group. Given the nature of the regiment and its mission profile, it is highly unlikely that its armor and infantry were removed. The lack of mention was most likely an oversight.

Rules

Game Rules

The Field Manual: Capellan Confederation offers Force Specific Rules for the SIAMS Training Group for use in scenarios. As part of the unit's special / unique rules, it has the following;

  • Regiment Abilities: The Training Group suffers from a -1 initiative penalty. The Training Group will not abandon its members so no unit may leave the map until every mobile unit is within one turn's movement from their home map edge. These include the pilots and crews of any destroyed machines. These pilots or crews may mount another unit or move as foot infantry.[12]

In 3063, the Training Group had a "B" Equipment rating for when 'Mechs and other vehicles are rolled up or chosen.[12]

By 3067, the Training Group had a "A" Equipment rating for when 'Mechs and other vehicles are rolled up or chosen.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Field Manual: Capellan Confederation p. 106
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FM:CCp48
  3. ↑ Objective Raids p. 148-149
  4. ↑ Field Manual: Capellan Confederation p. 109
  5. ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), pp. 34, 106 - Unit leadership.
  6. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 34 - Commanding officer of newly renamed Fusiliers listed.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named fm3085p34
  8. ↑ House Liao (Confederation Capella) p. 105
  9. ↑ House Liao (the Capellan Confederation), p. 34 - "Shepard's Mounted Fusiliers bio" - Primary BattleMechs
  10. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 29 - Fusiliers status as 3050.
  11. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 34 - Unit listing as of 3067, including assigned support units.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Field Manual: Capellan Confederation p. 131

Bibliography

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