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Line 42: As with the rest of the Alliance Guards, the Third acted as a reserve force during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], supplementing commands damaged during the occupations of [[Tharkad]] and [[Hesperus II]]. The unit's sole action of note during the period was an incident during its defense of [[Timbiqui]]'s famous brewery from pirate raiders. Video footage of a Third Guards ''[[Zeus]]'' bring sprayed down by a beer truck as it tore a bandit ''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]'' apart with its energy weapons receiving extensive airplay across the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name=FRLAAF-8>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8: "Alliance Guards"</ref> As with the rest of the Alliance Guards, the Third acted as a reserve force during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], supplementing commands damaged during the occupations of [[Tharkad]] and [[Hesperus II]]. The unit's sole action of note during the period was an incident during its defense of [[Timbiqui]]'s famous brewery from pirate raiders. Video footage of a Third Guards ''[[Zeus]]'' bring sprayed down by a beer truck as it tore a bandit ''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]'' apart with its energy weapons receiving extensive airplay across the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name=FRLAAF-8>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8: "Alliance Guards"</ref> − Much of the losses suffered by the Third during the Jihad came not from combat but as troops and matériel were transferred out to recoup the losses of more favored commands, a move by High Command that further damaged the unit's poor morale. Near the end of the quartermaster's supply priorities at the best of times, the Third, like the rest of the Alliance Guards, chose to sacrifice its older equipment in order to prioritize the maintenance of its more modern machines as the Jihad crippled interstellar shipping.<ref name=FRLAAF-8/> + Much of the losses suffered by the Third during the Jihad came not from combat but as troops and material were transferred out to recoup the losses of more favored commands, a move by High Command that further damaged the unit's poor morale. Near the end of the quartermaster's supply priorities at the best of times, the Third, like the rest of the Alliance Guards, chose to sacrifice its older equipment in order to prioritize the maintenance of its more modern machines as the Jihad crippled interstellar shipping.<ref name=FRLAAF-8/> ===Dark Age=== ===Dark Age===
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As with the rest of the Alliance Guards, the Third acted as a reserve force during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], supplementing commands damaged during the occupations of [[Tharkad]] and [[Hesperus II]]. The unit's sole action of note during the period was an incident during its defense of [[Timbiqui]]'s famous brewery from pirate raiders. Video footage of a Third Guards ''[[Zeus]]'' bring sprayed down by a beer truck as it tore a bandit ''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]'' apart with its energy weapons receiving extensive airplay across the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name=FRLAAF-8>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8: "Alliance Guards"</ref> | As with the rest of the Alliance Guards, the Third acted as a reserve force during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], supplementing commands damaged during the occupations of [[Tharkad]] and [[Hesperus II]]. The unit's sole action of note during the period was an incident during its defense of [[Timbiqui]]'s famous brewery from pirate raiders. Video footage of a Third Guards ''[[Zeus]]'' bring sprayed down by a beer truck as it tore a bandit ''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]'' apart with its energy weapons receiving extensive airplay across the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name=FRLAAF-8>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 8: "Alliance Guards"</ref> | ||
| − | Much of the losses suffered by the Third during the Jihad came not from combat but as troops and | + | Much of the losses suffered by the Third during the Jihad came not from combat but as troops and material were transferred out to recoup the losses of more favored commands, a move by High Command that further damaged the unit's poor morale. Near the end of the quartermaster's supply priorities at the best of times, the Third, like the rest of the Alliance Guards, chose to sacrifice its older equipment in order to prioritize the maintenance of its more modern machines as the Jihad crippled interstellar shipping.<ref name=FRLAAF-8/> |
===Dark Age=== | ===Dark Age=== | ||