21st Illician Rangers

History

Formed for airborne mission and other special forces task the unit contains in the past enough Dropship support for quick relocation. The unit work closely together with the SLDF as teachers. During the Succession Wars they lost most of their sophisticated equipment and reorganized for the new task. The lancers worked for the AFFC for the last 2 centuries and were a feared opponent to the CCAF.

Officers

Colonel Aynsley Zibler commands the Colonel 21st Illician Lacers regiment.

Tactics

TACTICS The Twenty-first specializes in airborne operations and high-risk combat insertions, and regularly performs maneuvers that most others would never consider.

Composition

• 21st Illician Rangers(1 Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)

7 companies are jumpcaple

2 companies without jumpjets are grouped seperatly

• 13th Illician Air Guard(1 Reinforced Wings/Elite/Fanatical)

3 squdarons for close ground support through heavy fighters

3 flies for cargo duties

• 25th Armored Cavalry Regiment(1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)

1 battalion design for saault combat

2 battalions with lighter equipment

• 55th Mechanized Cavalry( 1 Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)

trained as paratroopers and in the use of jumppacks

they can operate for a longer period without support

References

• Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 43

Bibliography

• Mercenaries Supplemental