21st Illician Rangers
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Contents
History
Formed for airborne missions and other special force tasks, in the past the unit included enough DropShips to support a quick relocation. The unit worked closely together with the Star League Defense Force as instructors. During the Succession Wars, they lost most of their sophisticated equipment and reorganized for their new operations. The Lancers worked for the AFFS (and later the AFFC) for the last two centuries, and were a feared opponent in the CCAF.
In the Third Succession War elements of the Twenty-first Illician Lancers faced the Black Widow Company on Galtor III.[1]
The Twenty-first Rangers and 4th Rangers captured together with other mercs Gei-Fu. The 3rd Capellan Defence Force had no chance and were annihilated. Later in the Operation the regiment captured Imalda. The Fifth Capellan Reserve Cavalry with support of the Death Commandos forced the Twenty-first to a retreat.
After the end of the Jihad, the Twenty-First Illician Rangers were stationed on Keuterville, a world along the Federated Suns/Taurian Concordat border.[2]
Officers
Rank | Name | Command | |
---|---|---|---|
Commanding Officers of the 21st Illician Rangers | |||
Colonel | Roy Barnard | 3050 - 3059[3][4][5] | |
Colonel | Aynsley Zibler | 3067 | |
Colonel | Kenneth Ramaley | 3145[6] |
Tactics
The Twenty-first specializes in airborne operations and high-risk combat insertions, and regularly performs maneuvers that most others would never consider.
Dragoon Ratings
Dragoon Rating: Unrated
Composition History
2786 - 2821
21st Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[7]
- Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on Rahne. In 2821 the command was reduced to 35 percent of its strength and was deployed on Alkes. [7]
2830
21st Rangers (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) [8]
- Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on Alkes with an operational readiness of 62 percent. [8]
2864
21st Rangers (Regiment/Elite/Reliable) [8]
- Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on Alkes with an operational readiness of 39percent. [8]
3025
21st Illician Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[9]
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Jonzac.
3040
21st Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[10]
3050
2nd lllician Lancers (21st Rangers) (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) [3]
3054
2nd lllician Lancers (21st Rangers) (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) [4]
3059
21st Illician Rangers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) [5]
3067
21st Illician Rangers(1 Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)
- CO: Colonel Aynsley Zibler
- XO: Lieutenant Colonel Roberto Santos
- 7 Companies are Jump-capable - 2 Companies without Jump Jets are grouped separately
13th Illician Air Guard(1 Reinforced Wings/Elite/Fanatical)
- CO: Major Duilio Arquette
- 3 Squadrons for close ground support through heavy fighters - 3 Flies for cargo duties
25th Armored Cavalry Regiment(1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)
- CO: Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Wayland
- 1 Battalion design for assault combat - 2 Battalions with lighter equipment
55th Mechanized Cavalry( 1 Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)
- CO: Lieutenant Colonel Larry Patton
- Trained as paratroopers and in the use of Jump Packs - They can operate for a longer period without support
3079
The 21st Illician Rangers were reduced to two-thirds of their pre-Jihad strength.[2]
3145
21st Illician Rangers (Veteran/Reliable)[6]
- CO: Colonel Kenneth Ramaley
References
- ↑ Tales of the Black Widow Company, pp. 18-19
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Field Report: AFFS, p. 20
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 20 Year Update, p. 21
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Objective Raids, p. 15
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 108
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 182, "Notable Mercenary Forces - Federated Suns"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 ’’ First Succession War’’, p. 140
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 ’’ Second Succession War’’, p. 100
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 147
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141 >Historical: War of 3039, p. 141
- Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 43 - "Unit Profile"
- Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 73 - "Unit Profile"