Editing 23rd Alliance Striker Regiment

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== Overview ==
The '''Twenty-third Alliance Striker Regiment''' was a [[Terran Alliance]] regular military unit active during the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and fought in at least two planetary campaigns.<ref name="TP1ep13">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 13-14, "Outer Reaches Rebellion"</ref>

== History ==
The Twenty-third Alliance Striker Regiment was one of the units deployed as a part of the [[Second Interstellar Combined Assault Force]], the initial military formation deployed under the command of [[Major General]] [[Gunther Stein]] by the Alliance Parliament in response to the beginnings of the Outer Reaches Rebellion. The deployment of the Second was spurred by the declaration of independence made by [[Freedom]], and the Second was mobilized in January [[2236]].<ref name="TP1ep13"/>

By the time the Second had begun to deploy four colony worlds had declared their independence - Freedom, [[Morningside]], [[Sevren]] and [[Summit]] - and before the Twenty-third arrived on the planet Summit elements of the Second were already in action on [[Izar]]. Like the other units of the Second, the planning performed by General Stein and his staff anticipated that the Twenty-third would be supplied in part by supplies and personnel from other Alliance worlds, while the Alliance Parliament expected a number of financial concerns to float the administration loans to pay for the military campaign. Both assumptions were flawed; on some worlds, such as [[Lipton]], Alliance Militia Battalions refused to board transports and take part in the campaign, while some major financial institutions in systems such as [[Kaus Australis]] refused to provide loans, creating a situation whereby the Twenty-third and the other units of the Second would be short on supplies and matériel before they ever anticipated such shortages.<ref name="TP1ep13"/>

The Twenty-third deployed on Summit early in 2236 and was soon embroiled in what would be a brutal and bloody four-month battle for control of the planet. Under the command of General [[Seth Van Dome]] the Twenty-third was responsible for massacring more than ten thousand civilians in what was described as a holocaust before being redeployed to help end the siege of Jefferson City on [[Freedom]].<ref name="TP1ep13"/>

The president of Freedom, [[Tudella Dupont]], and the city fathers of Jefferson City - the planetary capital - had constructed extensive fortifications around the city, capable of withstanding anything short of orbital bombardment. The forces of the Second had already taken losses before even making planetfall, thanks to lightly-armed merchant vessels the rebels had deployed at the main jump points, which had evaded direct combat with the heavily-armed Terran cruisers and instead conducted suicidal ramming attacks against supply ships and transports, killing more than one in ten of the Alliance ground forces in the process.<ref name="TP1ep13"/>

The Commanding Officer of the [[Fourth Para-Cavalry Division]], General Desmond, had tried unsuccessfully to capture Jefferson city via a dawn assault on the 15th of June, and after the rebels captured several mobile artillery batteries during a well-executed sortie the Fourth had been forced to lay siege to the city and call for reinforcements. According to accounts from individuals on Freedom after the end of the conflict, during the siege the Alliance forces killed anyone found outside the city walls after dark, regardless of age or gender, and Desmond ordered the bodies of the dead - many of which had been horribly mutilated - dropped over the city. In retaliation, insurgents frequently slipped into the Alliance camps after dark to kill Terran soldiers and steal weapons.<ref name="TP1ep14">''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 14, "Siege To The Death"</ref>

The Twenty-third were to be the reinforcements for the beleaguered Fourth, and General Van Dome and his troops arrived on Freedom on the 25th of August. Van Dome's freshly-blooded Regiment - and their heavy laser cannon - were enough to turn the battle for Freedom in favor of the Alliance. The Twenty-third bombarded Jefferson City for hours; when three-quarters of the city was on fire, Desmond ordered his assault. The result was a twelve-hour marathon that saw Dupont and the people of Jefferson City fight a brutal, desperate defensive action; men, women and children all fought against the Alliance forces, making Desmond's troops fight for every meter they took; Dupont finally fled the city with just seventy surviving supporters, taking shelter in the hills to the north of the city. Desmond was left with a city in ashes and combat losses totaling more than two thousand Alliance personnel.<ref name="TP1ep13"/>

In the autumn of [[2237]], short on supplies and manpower and subject to growing criticism on Terra, the Terran Alliance withdrew the bulk of its forces from Freedom and the other worlds involved in the Outer Reaches Rebellion; while the Alliance never officially declared the conflict over, the Alliance military effectively gave up and went home, effectively ending the Outer Reaches Rebellion.<ref name="TP1ep13"/>

==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 23rd Alliance Striker Regiment'''
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| [[General]]||[[Seth Van Dome]]||[[2236]]<ref name="TP1ep13"/>
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==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
===2236===
Unknown.

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]

[[Category: Terran Alliance Commands|Alliance Striker Regiment, 23rd]]