Editing 21st Striker Regiment

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| image          = [[Image:21st Striker Regiment.png|180px|Insignia of the Eridani Light Horse - 21st Striker Regiment]]
| Designation    = Twenty-first Striker Regiment
| formed         = 
| Disbanded      = 
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname       = Winston's Moonrakers (3025)<ref name=HDTFSp136>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 136: "Federated Suns Deployment Table"</ref><br>Four Horsemen
| Affiliation    = [[Mercenary]]<br>[[Star League]]
| Parent Command = [[Eridani Light Horse]];<br>[[3rd Regimental Combat Team (Star League)|Third Regimental Combat Team]]
| Sub-Command    = 
}}
The '''Twenty-first Striker Regiment''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. After the [[Star League]] era, the Twenty-first formed part of the famed [[Eridani Light Horse]] [[mercenary unit]].

==History==
In [[2764]], the Twenty-first was a part of the [[3rd Regimental Combat Team (Star League)|Third Regimental Combat Team]] within [[XI Corps (Star League)|XI Corps]], one of several Corps that formed the SLDF [[16th Army (Star League)|Sixteenth Army]]. The Twenty-first was assigned to District 3 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]], and then transferred to an undisclosed district within the [[Periphery]] by [[2765]] as a part of the SLDF response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising|Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL149>''The Star League'', p. 149: "Sixteenth Army"</ref> The Twenty-first survived the Periphery Uprising and the [[Hegemony Campaign]].<ref name=SL149/>

As part of the Third Region of the Draconis Combine Military Region, the Twenty-first Striker was a unit that was frequently called on to end pirate raiding. As such, they became known for their battlefield diplomacy. They were able to convince multiple pirates and raiders to surrender to them rather than the [[DCMS]]. As a result the number of actual pirate raids (as opposed to state-sponsored raiding masquerading as pirates) dropped to nearly nothing in [[2765]].<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 190</ref>

===Jihad===
The Twenty-first was stationed on the Draconis planet [[Dieron]] along with the [[19th Cavalry Regiment|Nineteenth Cavalry Regiment]] when the [[Word of Blake Jihad]] began. Both regiments were nearly annihilated in the fight, but some survived, and even helped to rescue the Coordinator's son [[Hohiro Kurita (31st c.)|Hohiro Kurita]].<ref>''Strong as Steel'' in ''No Greater Honor'', p. 268</ref>

===Dark Age Era===
The few known survivors of the Twenty-first and Nineteenth, after the end of the Jihad, sought refuge in the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. There they joined a reborn Eridani Light Horse, led by Lieutenant-General [[Wilfred Eichler]]; the unit was annihilated in the [[Hesperus#Seventeenth Battle|Battle of Hesperus II]] in 3145.<ref>''Strong as Steel'' in ''No Greater Honor'', p. 269</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 Twenty-first Striker Regiment'''
|-
| [[Colonel]]||[[Charles Winston]]||ca. [[2998]] – ca. [[3029]]<ref name=EW>''Endless War''</ref><ref name=MHp73>''Mercenary's Handbook'', p. 73</ref><ref name=TNWiM>''There's No We in Mercenary''</ref>
|-
| Colonel||[[Jamal Fallehy]]||[[3039]]<ref name=FMCSp90>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 90: "Edwin Amis profile"</ref>
|-
| Colonel||[[Edwin Amis]]||3039 – [[3060]]<ref name=FMCSp90/><ref name=MWobraidp22>''Objective Raids'', p. 22</ref>
|-
| Colonel||[[Eveline Eicher]]||3060 – [[3067]]<ref name=FMCS_95/><ref name=FMUp100/>
|}

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
===2771===
'''Twenty-first Striker Regiment'''

=== 2786–2821===
'''Twenty-first Striker''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=1SWp138>''First Succession War'', p. 138</ref>
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Trondheim (FRR)|Trondheim]]. In 2821 the command was reduced to 71 percent of its strength and was deployed on [[Malazan]].<ref name=1SWp138/>

=== 2830 ===
'''Twenty-first Striker''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=2SWp98>''Second Succession War'', p. 98</ref>
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Malazan]] with an operational readiness of 132 percent.<ref name=2SWp98/>

=== 2864 ===
'''Twenty-first Striker''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=2SWp98/>
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Malazan]] with an operational readiness of 52 percent.<ref name=2SWp98/>

===3025===
'''Twenty-first Striker Regiment''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HDTFSp136>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 136: "Federated Suns Deployment Table"</ref>
:* CO: Colonel Charles Winston<ref name=MHp73/><ref name=MHp77>''Mercenary's Handbook'', p. 77: "Personnel Roster"</ref>
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Colchester]].<ref name=HDTFSp136/>

:<u>Regiment TO&E</U>
:; Command Company (Winston's Guards)'<ref name=MHp7778>''Mercenary's Handbook'', pp. 77–78: "Personnel Roster"</ref>
:*Command Lance: ''[[BattleMaster]]'', ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]'', ''[[Shadow Hawk]]'', ''[[Marauder]]''
:*Security Lance: ''[[Orion]]'', ''[[Enforcer]]'', ''[[Hunchback]]'', ''[[Dervish]]''
:*Artillery Lance: ''[[Rifleman]]'', 4 [[Long Tom Artillery Piece]]s, 2 [[Galleon]]s
:*First Motorized Infantry Platoon: 4 [[Motorized Infantry]] squads (Machine Gun)
:*Second Motorized Infantry Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (Flamer)
:; Third Striker Battalion (Jamal's Plague)<ref name=MHp78>''Mercenary's Handbook'', p. 78: "Personnel Roster"</ref>
::*Command Lance: ''[[Hunchback]]'', ''[[Griffin]]'', ''Phoenix Hawk'', ''[[Spider]]''
::; Ninth Company (Kentrick's Company)
::*Command Lance: ''[[Wolverine]]'', ''[[Ostsol]]'', ''Enforcer'', ''Shadow Hawk''
::*Strike Lance: ''[[Trebuchet]]'', ''Dervish'', ''[[Griffin]]'', ''Griffin''
::*Recon Lance: ''Phoenix Hawk'', ''[[Wasp]]'', ''Wasp'', ''[[Locust]]''
::; Fourteenth Company (Paulson's Roadrunners)
::*Command Lance: ''Trebuchet'', ''[[Whitworth]]'', ''Centurion'', ''Griffin''
::*Strike Lance: ''Wolverine'', ''Enforcer'', ''[[Firestarter (BattleMech)|Firestarter]]'', ''[[Stinger]]''
::*Recon Lance: ''[[Ostscout]]'', ''Wasp'', ''Wasp''
::; 85th Company (Benton's Brown Bombers)
::*Command Lance: 2 ''[[Stuka]]s''
::*Support Lance: 2 ''[[Shilone]]s''
::*Strike Lance: 2 ''[[Stingray]]s''
::*Recon Lance: 2 ''[[Seydlitz]]es''
:; Fifth Striker Battalion (Dirkson's Dragonslayers)<ref name=MHp78/>
::*Command Lance: ''[[Victor]]'', ''[[Archer]]'', ''Archer'', ''Firestarter''
::;Fourth Company (Pinter's Axmen)
::*Command Lance: ''Dervish'', ''Phoenix Hawk'', ''Enforcer'', ''[[Valkyrie]]''
::*Strike Lance: ''Hunchback'', ''Dervish'', ''Wasp'', ''Shadow Hawk''
::*Recon Lance: ''Phoenix Hawk'', ''Stinger'', ''Stinger'', ''Locust''
::*Air Lance: 2 ''[[Sparrowhawk]]s''
::;Seventh Company (Tanaka's Company)
::*Command Lance: ''Enforcer'', ''[[Clint]]'', ''[[Cicada]]'', ''Hunchback''
::*Strike Lance: ''[[Quickdraw]]'', ''[[Blackjack (BattleMech)|Blackjack]]'', ''Blackjack'', ''Wasp''
::*Recon Lance: ''Phoenix Hawk'', ''Wasp'', ''Stinger'', ''Locust''
::*Air Lance: 2 ''[[Corsair (Aerospace Fighter class)|Corsairs]]''
::;Twenty-fifth Heavy Assault Company (Seflo's Sledgehammers)
::*Command Lance: ''[[Stalker]]'', ''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]'', ''Stalker'', ''[[Thunderbolt]]''
::*Strike Lance: ''BattleMaster'', ''[[Warhammer]]'', ''[[Awesome]]'', ''Marauder''
::*First Air Lance: 2 ''[[Lucifer]]s''
::*Second Air Lance: 2 ''Corsairs''
:; Seventh Striker Battalion (Nigel's Nightslayers)<ref name=MHp78/>
::*Command Lance: ''Victor'', ''[[JagerMech]]'', ''Archer'', ''Centurion''
::;Eleventh Company (Pelham's Company)
::*Red Seven Lance: ''Warhammer'', ''Phoenix Hawk'', ''Warhammer'', ''Wasp''
::*Blue Seven Lance: ''Shadow Hawk'', ''Griffin'', ''Wasp'', ''Stinger''
::*Gold Seven Lance: ''[[Crusader]]'', ''Phoenix Hawk'', ''Shadow Hawk'', ''Griffin'', ''[[Sabre]]''
::;Twelfth Company (Lightning Company)
::*Silver Lance: ''Archer'', ''Archer'', ''Griffin'', ''Locust''
::*Black Lance: ''Rifleman'', ''Shadow Hawk'', ''Enforcer'', ''Phoenix Hawk'',
::*Purple Lance: ''Wolverine'', ''Valkyrie'', ''Wasp'', ''Locust''
::*Brown Lance: 2 ''Seydlitzes''
::;Twenty-seventh Company (Wolfhounds)
::*Green Lance: ''Crusader'', ''Archer'', ''Stalker'', ''Thunderbolt''
::*White Lance: ''Trebuchet'', ''Rifleman'', ''Hunchback''
::*Platinum Lance: ''[[Phoenix Hawk LAM]]'', ''Locust'', ''Stinger'', ''[[Transgressor]]''
:; First Armored Infantry Battalion (Mighty Mites)<ref name=MHp7879>''Mercenary's Handbook'', pp. 78–79: "Personnel Roster"</ref>
::*Command Lance: ''Cicada'', ''Spider'', ''Spider'', ''Locust''
::;Tin Can Company
::*Command Lance: 5 [[Von Luckner]]s
::*Strike Lance: 4 [[Scorpion (Combat Vehicle)|Scorpions]], 2 Galleons
::*Recon Lance: 6 [[Pegasus (Combat Vehicle - Hovertank)|Pegasus]]
::;Alpha Company
::*First Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (Laser)
::*Second Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (Laser)
::*Third Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (SRM)
::*Fourth Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (SRM)
::;Bravo Company
::*First Platoon: 4 [[Jump Infantry]] squads (Rifle)
::*Second Platoon: 4 [[Jump Infantry]] squads (Machine Gun)
::*Third Platoon: 4 [[Jump Infantry]] squads (Laser)
::*Fourth Platoon: 4 [[Jump Infantry]] squads (Rifle)
::;Boomer Company
::*Command Lance: 3 Long Tom Artillery Pieces
::*AA Lance: ''Rifleman'', ''Archer'', ''Archer'', ''Dervish''

===3040===
'''Twenty-first Striker''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HWo3039p140/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Tall Trees]].<ref name=HWo3039p140>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 140</ref>

===3050===
'''Twenty-first Striker ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=20yup24/>
:* CO: Colonel Edwin Amis<ref name=20yup24/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Tall Trees]].<ref name=20yup24>''20 Year Update'', p. 24</ref>

===3054===
'''Twenty-first Striker''' (2 Battalions/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=OpjRp22/>
:* CO: Colonel Edwin Amis<ref name=OpjRp22/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Kikuyu]].<ref name=OpjRp22>''Objective Raids'', p. 22</ref>

===3060===
'''21st Striker Regiment''' (Reinforced Regiment/Veteran)<ref name=TotCp45>''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 45: "Conquest of Huntress: Attacker" sidebar</ref><ref name=TotCp55>''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 55: "BattleForce Roster List: Eridani Light Horse"</ref>
:*CO/'''Regimental Command Company''': Colonel Edwin Amis<ref name=Hunters3>''The Hunters'', ch. 3</ref><ref name=TotCp55/>
:*XO: Major [[Eveline Eicher]]<ref name=Hunters8>''The Hunters'', ch. 8</ref><ref name=SoW18>''Shadows of War'', ch. 18</ref>
::*Command Lance<ref name=TotCp55/>
::*Security Lance<ref name=TotCp55/>
::*Artillery Lance<ref name=TotCp55/>
:; 3rd Striker Battalion<ref name=TotCp45/><ref name=TotCp55/>
::*Battalion Command Lance<ref name=TotCp55/>
::; 9th Company<ref name=TotCp55/>
::*Command Lance<ref name=TotCp55/>
::*Strike Lance<ref name=TotCp55/>
::*Recon Lance<ref>''Twilight of the Clans'', pp. 55‒56: "BattleForce Roster List: Eridani Light Horse"</ref>
::; 14th Company<ref name=TotCp56>''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 56: "BattleForce Roster List: Eridani Light Horse"</ref>
::*Command Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Strike Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Recon Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::; 85th Aerospace Fighter Company<ref name=SoW16>''Shadows of War'', ch. 16</ref><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*CO/Command Lance: Captain [[Stacy Vorliss]]<ref name=SoW16/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Support Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Strike Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Recon Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
:; 5th Striker Battalion (The Dragonslayers)<ref name=Hunters1820>''The Hunters'', chs. 18, 20</ref><ref name=TotCp45/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*CO/Battalion Command Lance: Major Paul Calvin<ref name=Hunters1820/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::;4th ['Mech] Company<ref name=Hunters18>''The Hunters'', ch. 18</ref><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Command Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Strike Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Recon Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Air Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::;7th ['Mech] Company<ref name=Hunters18/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Command Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Strike Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Recon Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Air Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::;25th Heavy Assault Company<ref name=Hunters18/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Command Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Strike Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*1st Air Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*2nd Air Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
:; 7th Striker Battalion<ref name=TotCp29>''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 29: "Scenario 6: After the Smoke Clears"</ref><ref name=TotCp45/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*CO/Battalion Command Lance: Major Frank Bleeker<ref name=TotCp29/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::;11th Company<ref name=TotCp29/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Red Seven Lance<ref name=TotCp29/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Blue Seven Lance<ref name=TotCp29/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Gold Seven Lance<ref name=TotCp29/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::;12th Company<ref name=TotCp29/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Silver Lance<ref name=TotCp29/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Black Lance<ref name=TotCp29/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Purple Lance<ref name=TotCp29/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Brown Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::;27th Company<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Green Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*White Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Platinum Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
:; 1st Armored Infantry Battalion<ref name=TotCp45/><ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Command Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::;Tin Can Company<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Command Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Strike Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Recon Lance<ref name=TotCp56/>
::;Alpha Company<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*First Platoon<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Second Platoon<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Third Platoon<ref name=TotCp56/>
::*Fourth Platoon<ref name=TotCp56/>
::;Bravo Company<ref name=TotCp57>''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 57: "BattleForce Roster List: Eridani Light Horse"</ref>
::*First Platoon<ref name=TotCp57/>
::*Second Platoon<ref name=TotCp57/>
::*1st Armored Infantry<ref name=TotCp57/>
::;Boomer Company<ref name=TotCp57/>
::*Command Lance<ref name=TotCp57/>
::*AA Lance<ref name=TotCp57/>
:; 3rd Wing<ref name=TotCp45/>

===3062===
'''21st Striker Regiment''' (Four Horsemen) (Understrength Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMCS_95>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 95: "21st Striker Regiment"</ref>
:*CO/'''Command Company''': Colonel Eveline Eicher<ref name=FMCS_95/>
:*XO: Major [[Phil Parks]]<ref name=FMCS_95/>
* '''3rd Striker Battalion'''<ref name=FMCS_95/>
:*CO: Major [[Rianna Armstrong]]<ref name=FMCS_95/>
* '''5th Striker Battalion'''<ref name=FMCS_95/>
:*CO: Major [[Anthony Vitina]]<ref name=FMCS_95/>
* '''7th Striker Battalion'''<ref name=FMCS_95/>
:*CO: Major [[Jonathon Fields]]<ref name=FMCS_95/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Kittery.<ref name=FMCS_127>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 127: "Table of Organization and Equipment: Star League Defense Force"</ref>

===3067===
'''21st Striker Regiment''' (Four Horsemen) (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp100>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 100: "Star League Defense Force Deployment Table"</ref>
:*CO: Colonel Eveline Eicher<ref name=FMUp100/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Dieron.<ref name=FMUp100/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Endless War]]'' (short story)
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Mercenary's Handbook]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
* ''[[The Star League]]''
* ''[[Strong as Steel]]'' (in: ''[[No Greater Honor]]'')
* ''[[There's No We in Mercenary]]''


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