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−	The '''Fighting Urukhai''' (also spelled "'''Uruk-hai'''," "'''Urakhai'''," or "'''Uraki'''" in different sources) is a [[mercenary unit]] that was most notable for being the unwitting instigators of the [[3067]] [[History of the Taurian Concordat#The Pleiades Campaign|Pleiades conflict]] between the [[Taurian Concordat]] and the [[Federated Suns]].	+	The '''Fighting Urukhai''' (also spelled '''"Uruk-hai"''', '''"Urakhai"''', or '''"Uraki"''' in different sources) is a [[mercenary unit]] that was most notable for being the unwitting instigators of the [[3067]] [[History_of_the_Taurian_Concordat#The_Pleiades_Campaign|Pleiades conflict]] between the [[Taurian Concordat]] and the [[Federated Suns]].
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	[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Fighting Urukhai]]		[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Fighting Urukhai]]

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{{Update Needed|[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)]]}} {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[File:Fighting Urukhai logo.png|150px|Insignia of the Fighting Urukhai]] | Designation = Fighting Urukhai | Formed = [[2795]] | Disbanded = [[3067]] (destroyed) | Previous Designation = | Nickname = | Affiliation = [[Mercenary]] | Parent Command = Independent | Sub-Command = [[Eighth Striker|Eighth Striker Regiment]] ---- [[Roman's Bar Hounds]] ---- [[DeMaestri's Sluggers]] }} The '''Fighting Urukhai''' (also spelled '''"Uruk-hai"''', '''"Urakhai"''', or '''"Uraki"''' in different sources) is a [[mercenary unit]] that was most notable for being the unwitting instigators of the [[3067]] [[History_of_the_Taurian_Concordat#The_Pleiades_Campaign|Pleiades conflict]] between the [[Taurian Concordat]] and the [[Federated Suns]]. ==Unit History== Coalescing from three separate Star League Defense Force units that had elected to remain behind when Aleksandr Kerensky left the Inner Sphere, the Fighting Urukhai were employed by the [[Federated Suns]] for most of their history. Various Urukhai units fought for the [[Victor Steiner-Davion|pro-Victor]] faction in the [[FedCom Civil War]]. ===FedCom Civil War=== ====Al Na'ir==== As part of Duke [[James Sandoval|James Sandoval's]] assault upon the [[Draconis Combine]], the Eighth Striker regiment was deployed with the [[Twelfth Deneb Light Cavalry]] to [[Al Na'ir]]. Throughout early [[3063]] the Eighth engaged the [[Twenty-fourth Dieron Regulars]] in a series of hard-fought clashes that resulted in the loss of the Eighth's commander [[General]] [[Bryan Holstead]] and at least two companies of 'Mechs. However the enraged mercenaries gave as good as they got, hunting and hammering the Dieron troops through Al Na'ir's treacherous terrain until April 24, when they received orders from [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] to return to the Federated Suns. The Eighth's new CO, [[Colonel]] Gerald DuBois, complied, angering the Twelfth Deneb's commander Major General Ariel Zibler.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 44: "Al Na'ir"</ref><ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 69–70: "Al Na'ir"</ref> ====Panpour==== The DeMaestri's Sluggers portion of the Fighting Urukhai were deployed to [[Panpour]] in [[3063]]-[[3064]] alongside the [[Second Albion Training Cadre|Second Albion Cadre]].<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 83: "Strategic Movements" - Wave Two</ref> There they kept Loyalist forces bottled up in the city of Kantara while securing the surrounding bases, until early [[3065]] when the [[Lexington Combat Group]] arrived to finish the Loyalists off. Angered at the new arrivals' assumption of command on Panpour, the Urukhai moved prematurely to engage the enemy forces escaping Kantara. The ensuing fight cost the Urukhai over half their strength, and resulted in bitter disputes with Lexington officers over friendly fire and battlefield salvage. The Urukhai eventually dealt with the situation by stealing a [[DropShip]] packed with salvaged 'Mechs and equipment and fleeing the world on February 28th.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 127–128: "Panpour"</ref> ====Addicks==== On Addicks the Eighth Striker had languished as a 'strategic reserve' since their withdrawal from Al Na'ir, causing friction with Major General Ariel Zibler and the officers of the Twelfth Deneb Light Cavalry when that unit later arrived. The events on Al Na'ir soured relations between the two units to the point where Zibler and her officers refused to coordinate their actions with the mercenaries in early February [[3065]] when the [[Fifteenth Dieron Regulars]] and [[Tenth Ghost]] landed upon Addicks. At first prevented from aiding the DLC, the Eighth was abandoned by the AFFS troops when they withdrew to a more defensible position, and two weeks of heavy fighting alone against the Combine troops wore the Urukhai force down to breaking point. Only the unexpected arrival of the [[Davion Assault Guards]] saved the mercenaries from destruction.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 135: "Addicks"</ref> Garrison duty in Addicks' capital St. Randall allowed the Eighth Striker to recover somewhat, but a renewed DCMS assault on 10 November saw the remaining Urukhai troops on-planet crushed.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 150: "Addicks"</ref> ====Ballynure==== Roman's Bar Hounds were destroyed on [[Ballynure]] in [[3064]], having held out against [[Clan Jade Falcon]] forces for almost six months. Hunted by the Jade Falcon [[Lambda Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Lambda]] [[Galaxy]], the Bar Hounds finally conceded when they had been reduced to just two [[lance|lances]] of heavily damaged [[BattleMech|'Mechs]]; unable to rebuild, the regiment disbanded. Colonel Roman was badly burned while ejecting from his ''[[Cestus]]'' during one of the final battles, and was left unable to pilot a 'Mech due to nerve damage. After the Bar Hounds disbanded he was able to take up a training post with the militia on [[Morges]].<ref>''A Different Hope''</ref> ===Taurus Incident=== Departing Panpour in early 3065 with their stolen supplies, the DeMaestri's Sluggers decided to travel to the Periphery in search of a new employer. On 25 April 3066 an Urukhai [[JumpShip]] appeared at an irregular [[Jump Point]] in the [[Taurus]] system, and two [[DropShip|DropShips]] were subsequently detected on a fast burn towards Taurus itself. [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] [[Grover Shraplen]], believing the ships to be the vanguard of a Davion invasion force, ordered them destroyed. In short order, [[Taurian Defense Force]] fighters and assault DropShips took out both Urukhai vessels. While the Taurian government thus claimed it had acted in self-defense against unidentified and potentially hostile intruders, the Urukhai maintained that their intentions had been to negotiate a new contract with a prospective employer. The rest of the Fighting Urukhai took revenge later that year, attacking Taurus' capital city in August and devastating both TDF defenders and the city's neighborhoods before the Urukhai were finally destroyed. No quarter was shown by the furious defenders to the surviving mercenaries, who were executed for crimes against the Concordat, though the bulk of Urukhai's support units did manage to escape Taurus and disappear. As a result, the unit was considered 'MIA' in the aftermath. Despite being the unauthorized attack of a single angry mercenary command, the assault on Taurus gave Protector Shraplen all the pretext he needed to bolster his own flagging popularity by sending the TDF against the Federated Suns. Shraplen mendaciously argued that the Urukhai had been the vanguard of a Davion invasion sent to soften the Taurian capital; on this basis he launched the Taurian [[History_of_the_Taurian_Concordat#The_Pleiades_Campaign|campaign]] to recover the [[Pleiades Cluster|Pleiades worlds]] from the Federated Suns.<ref>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 67</ref><ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 173: "Taurus"</ref><ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 183</ref> ==Officers== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Fighting Urukhai''' |- | [[General]]||[[Harold Greenspan]]||[[3025]]<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 138 (PDF version): "Islamabad Combat Region"</ref> |- | General||[[Bryan Holstead]]||[[3050]] - [[3063]]<ref name=20YUp22/><ref name=<ref name=MWobraidp22>''Objective Raids'', p. 22</ref><ref name=FCCWp69>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 69–70: "Wave One - Al Na'ir"</ref> |- |} ==Tactics== Unknown. ==Composition History== The Fighting Urukhai were composed of various <!-- 3? --> independently acting, smaller [[mercenary]] units (each roughly [[regiment]]-sized). ===2821=== * '''Eighth Striker''' (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)<ref name="FSWp134135">''First Succession War'', pp. 134–135: "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"</ref> - The unit with the most experience is at 60% Strength and stationed on Crossing.<ref name="FSWp134135"/> * '''Bar Hounds''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FSWp134135"/> - As a mobile force (many light 'Mechs) the unit lost nearly half of its fighting strength (54% operational status); the current garrison post is Klathandu IV.<ref name="FSWp134135"/> * '''Sluggers''' (Regiment/Green/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp134135"/> - The light unit suffered some casualties (60% operational strength) during the First Succession War and were stationed on Robinson.<ref name="FSWp134135"/> ===3025=== '''The Fighting Urakhai''' (Three Regiments/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HDFSp139>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 138</ref> * [[Eighth Striker]] * [[Candelli's Bar Hounds]] * [[Jackson's Sluggers]] ===3040=== ''' The Fighting Urukhai''' :''' Eighth Striker''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HWO3039p140>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 140</ref> :''' Roman's Bar Hounds''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HWO3039p140/> (previously called ''Candelli's Bar Hounds'') :''' DeMaestri's Sluggers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HWO3039p140/> (previously called ''Jackson's Sluggers'') ===3050=== '''The Fighting Urukhai''' :'''Eighth Striker''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=20YUp22>''20 Year Update'', p. 22: "Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth"</ref> ::*CO: General Bryan Holstead :'''Roman's Bar Hounds''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=20YUp22/> ::*CO: Colonel [[Randy Roman]]<ref name=20YUp22/> :'''DeMaestri's Sluggers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=20YUp22/> ::*CO: Colonel [[Frances DeMaestri]] ===3054=== '''The Fighting Urakhai''' :''' Eighth Striker''' (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=MWobraidp22/> ::*CO: General Bryan Holstead<ref name=MWobraidp22/> :''' Roman's Bar Hounds''' (Battalion/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=MWobraidp22/> ::*CO: Colonel Randy Roman<ref name=MWobraidp22/> :''' DeMaestri's Sluggers''' (2 Battalions/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=MWobraidp22/> ::*CO: Colonel [[Ross DeMaestri]]<ref name=MWobraidp22/> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' * ''[[Blake Ascending]]'' * ''[[A Different Hope]]'' * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]'' * ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'' * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' * ''[[Imminent Crisis]]'' (novel) * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' [[Category:Mercenary Commands|Fighting Urukhai]]

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