Editing Chesterton Reserves

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| image = [[Image:Chesterton Regulars -Brigade logo.png|191px|Brigade Insignia of the Chesterton Reserves]]
| Designation = Chesterton Reserves
| Formed = [[2832]]<ref name=HLp48>''House Liao (the Capellan Confederation)'', p. 48: "Second Succession War - Newly reconstituted Chesterton Reserves defended against Davion attack"</ref>
| Disbanded = 
| Previous Designation = Chesterton Regulars
| Nickname = 
| Affiliation = [[Capellan Confederation]];<br>[[Tikonov Grand Union]] (previous);<br>[[Chesterton Trade League]] (previous)
| Parent Command = [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]]
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Defenders of the [[Chesterton Commonality]] until its capture by the Federated Suns, the [[Chesterton Reserves]] were primarily assigned to bolster of the Davion border along the [[Tikonov Commonality]] and was almost completely destroyed during the Fourth Succession War, only [[Kingston's Legionnaires]] and [[Sung's Cuirassiers]], now known as [[Kingston's Rangers]] and [[Sung's Rangers]] still exist but with the reorganization of CCAF they were moved to the [[Victoria Commonality Rangers]] and the brigade was disbanded.
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==History==
===Chesterton Army===
The Chesterton Army was the name for the military forces of the [[Chesterton Trade League]],<ref name="FR:CC2765p10">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 10: "Chesterton Regulars"</ref> a state formed in the declining years of the [[Terran Alliance]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p20">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 20</ref> The Chesterton Army continued to exist during the early alliance between the Chesterton Trade League and the [[Tikonov Union]], but was reorganized when the two states merged to form the [[Tikonov Grand Union]]<ref name="FR:CC2765p10"/> in [[2243]].<ref name=HL10>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 10: "The Other Shoe"</ref><ref name="HB:HLp12">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12: "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref> The Chesterton Army included such notable units as the Chesterton Cavalry, the [[Chesterton Cuirassiers]]<ref name="FR:CC2765p10"/> and, presumably, the [[Arcadian Cuirassiers]], prior to the Cuirassiers homeworld of [[Demeter]] being conquered by the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="FR:FS2765p11">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 11: "Arcadian Cuirassiers"</ref>

===Chesterton Regulars===
====Age of War====
As a part of the formation of the Tikonov Grand Union the Chesterton Army were restructured to form the new [[Chesterton Regulars]] [[brigade]]. In addition to absorbing those regular units such as the Chesterton Cavalry and Chesterton Cuirassiers, the Tikonov Grand Union also established a new formation, the [[Chesterton Border Guards]]. Raised from various militia units within the Chesterton worlds, the Border Guards never really raised their skill level much past that of their militia predecessors; a distinctly second-tier unit within the Chesterton Regulars,<ref name="FR:CC2765p10"/> the Chesterton Border Guards would survive the Tikonov Grand Union and the formation of the [[Capellan Confederation]] - barely - but in [[2388]] the surviving remnants of the Border Guards were merged together to form the [[1st Ariana Fusiliers|Ariana Fusiliers]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p82">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 82: "1st Ariana Fusiliers"</ref>

The Chesterton Regulars took part in many campaigns aimed at recapturing [[Chesterton]], the former capital of the Chesterton Trade League, during the [[Age of War]]; the campaigns took a heavy toll on the brigade, and most of the Regulars were destroyed for relatively little gain. The Regulars did manage to capture Chesterton twice, but both times they were unable to hold it for less than a year before [[Federated Suns]] troops retook the planet. The various campaigns invariably became brutal slugfests, and by the [[Reunification War]] the only surviving units of the Regulars were two of the Chesterton Cavalry regiments, the [[3rd Chesterton Cavalry|Third]] and [[8th Chesterton Cavalry|Eighth]], the Cuirassiers and the Ariana Fusiliers.<ref name="FR:CC2765p10"/>

====Star League Era====
The Chesterton Regulars remained four regiments strong during the bulk of the [[Star League]] era, but after the [[Council Edict of 2650]] was repealed by the Star League in [[2572]] the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] began expanding rapidly, as did the militaries of the other [[Great House]]s. Between 2572 and [[2765]] the Regulars gained two new regiments, the [[Ariana Grenadiers]] and [[Tristram's Avengers]]. The Regulars had spent much of the Star League era as garrison forces, but as the secret wars and hidden conflicts between the Great Houses began to escalate in the mid-twenty-eighth century the Regulars began to rapidly gain combat experience. In particular, the two-year border war that erupted after a terror attack on [[Demeter]] honed the Regular's combat edge, and despite an uneasy peace being negotiated between the [[Capellan Confederation]] and Federated Suns the Regulars were champing at the bit, ready for open warfare to start again.<ref name="FR:CC2765p10"/> In the years between the [[Amaris Coup]] and the beginning of the [[First Succession War]] the Regulars added another new regiment to the brigade, [[Shadrack's Shadowhawks]], and during the War three regiments of Chesterton Voltigeurs would be added to the brigade.<ref name="FSWp135">''First Succession War'', p. 135: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF) - Deployment Table"</ref>

===Chesterton Reserves===
In [[2832]] the newly reconstituted Chesterton Reserves engaged House Davion as they attacked Tikonov.  The brigade faced up against the [[2nd Ceti Hussars]] using [[Vindicator|Vindicators]] and rebuilt Davion ''[[Marauder|Marauders]]'' and barely blunted Federated Suns attacks on this world.<ref name=HLp48/> The newly formed [[23rd Chesterton Reserves]] was noted as one featured regiments to field the ''Vindicator'' in what be known as the First Battle of Tikonov.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 52: Vindicator - "23rd Chesterton Reserves noted being featured as part defense of Tikonov</ref>

In [[2987]] House Davion sporadically attacked Tikonov over the course of several months and the reserves battled in vain to keep the aggressors from taking the planet. Only when [[Chancellor]] [[Tormax Liao]] sent the last of the Capellan Armed Forces' intact reserve forces were they able to hold the Davion world of [[Lee]] and gain relief from the pressure of constant attack.

=== Fourth Succession War ===
Most of the units were based out of both Tikonov and Chesterton districts prior to the [[Fourth Succession War]] and suffered almost complete devastation by war's end.  Only the Kingston's Legionnaires and Sung's Cuirassiers managed to survive as fighting units.<ref>''20 Year Update'', p. 62</ref> The last of the Chesterton Reserves were assigned to the newly formed [[Victoria Commonality Rangers]] Brigade when [[Victoria Commonality]] was formed.<ref>''Field Manual: Capellan Confederation'', p. 83</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Year
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Chesterton Army'''
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Chesterton Regulars'''
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Chesterton Reserves'''
|-
|3050||Colonel || William McKinson
|}

==Tactics==
Different per Unit.

==Units of the Chesterton Reserves==
===2765===
* [[Ariana Fusiliers]]<ref name=fr2765ccp10/>
* [[Ariana Grenadiers]]<ref name=fr2765ccp10/>
* [[3rd Chesterton Cavalry|Third Chesterton Cavalry]]<ref name=fr2765ccp10/>
* [[8th Chesterton Cavalry|Eighth Chesterton Cavalry]]<ref name=fr2765ccp10/>
* [[Chesterton Cuirassiers]]<ref name=fr2765ccp10>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 10</ref>
* [[Tristram's Avengers]]<ref name=fr2765ccp10/>

=== 2786 ===
* [[First Ariana Fusiliers]]<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* [[Second Ariana Fusiliers]]<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* Chesterton Cuirassiers<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* Third Chesterton Cavalry<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* Eighth Chesterton Cavalry<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* Shadrack's Shadowhawks<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* Tristram's Avengers<ref name="FSWp135"/>

=== 2821 ===
* First Ariana Fusiliers<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* Second Ariana Fusiliers<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* Chesterton Cuirassiers<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* Third Chesterton Cavalry<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* Eighth Chesterton Cavalry<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* [[First Chesterton Voltigeurs]]<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* [[Second Chesterton Voltigeurs]]<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* [[Third Chesterton Voltigeurs]]<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* Shadrack's Shadowhawks<ref name="FSWp135"/>
* Tristram's Avengers<ref name="FSWp135"/>

===3025 ===

* First Ariana Fusiliers - Destroyed/Defected [[Fourth Succession War]]
* Second Ariana Fusiliers - Destroyed Fourth Succession War
* Ariana Grenadiers - Destroyed Fourth Succession War
* First Chesterton Voltigeurs - Destroyed Fourth Succession War
* Second Chesterton Voltigeurs - Destroyed/Surrendered Fourth Succession War
* Third Chesterton Voltigeurs - Destroyed/Surrendered Fourth Succession War
* [[Hamilton's Highlanders]] - Destroyed Fourth Succession War
* [[Lothar's Fusiliers]] - Destroyed/Defected Fourth Succession War
* [[Sung's Cuirassiers]]{{cn}}
* [[Kingston's Legionnaires]]{{cn}}

===3050===
:*[[Sung's Cuirassiers]]<ref name="20YUp6263">''20 Year Update'', pp. 62–63: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF)"</ref>
:*[[Kingston's Legionnaires]]<ref name="20YUp6263"/>

==Color Scheme and Insignia==
Each regiment has its own paint scheme.

==Brigade Note==
There is no information prior to when the Chesterton Reserves were reconstituted.  Thus the unit "creation" date listed is when it was reconstituted.

==Gallery==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Capellan Confederation]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: CCAF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3025]]''


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