Crucis Lancers Sent to Hoff

Hoff, Dahar IV PDZ, Draconis March, Federated Suns

The Seventh Crucis Lancers RCT has just arrived on Hoff to reinforce the defense of the planet. The Eridani Light Horse has mounted a desperate defense against the Wolf Dragoons, who outnumber the Light Horse five regiments to three. The Seventh brings in its 'Mech regiment, three armor regiments, and five infantry regiments into the fray and should be enough to turn the tide of battle.

McCarron on Mira and Mesartim

Mira, Valexa PDZ, Capellan March, Federated Suns

McCarron's Armored Cavalry have landed on the planets of Mira and Mesartim, two worlds a few light years from each other. Both worlds are near the Capellan border and it appears that the Cavalry is heading back to Confederation space. The Cavalry's five 'Mech regiments have been operating in enemy space for well over one and a half years.

The Crucis Lancers

The origin of the first Crucis Lancers unit resembles that of the Deneb Light Cavalry. When General Kerensky ordered the exodus of the Regular Army from the Inner Sphere, many soldiers could not obey, particularly those who had grown fond of a particular world and its people. The Federated Suns invited those who had stayed behind in the Crucis March to join the AFFS. Most accepted.

These were gathered into two Regimental Combat Teams newly named the First and Second Crucis Lancers. The Crucis Lancers' superior training and the weaponry they had obtained from stores left behind by General Kerensky made them a much-feared fighting force during the later stages of the First Succession War. This reputation has continued through the Second and Third Wars, despite the regiment's difficulties in obtaining supplies and the general decline in technology. Today, the Lancers recruit soldiers directly from the administrative sectors for which the individual units are named.

In 2930, the Crucis Lancers underwent a major reformation and restruct- uring. Though most of the changes were merely paperwork alterations such as renumbering the regiments, the soldiers did not like the break with their proud traditions. The changes becames so controversial that the issue almost turned into a violent protest by the soldiers. It was only after a battalion of the 33rd Crucis Lancers, now the 7th, was lost because of the outdated paperwork procedures that the near mutiny evaporated like smoke.

The symbol of the Crucis Lancers is a stylization of the baton sometimes carried by Generals in the Regular Army. In memory of this tradition, the commanders of the various Lancer regiments carry gold batons with flails made of Avalon Stick-Vine. Units of the Crucis Lancers are named after regions in the Crucis March and carry the initials of that region just below the unit insignia.

Seventh Crucis Lancers RCT: The Broken Wheel Charioteers

As one of the first Crucis Lancers units formed, the Seventh Crucis Lancers RCT has had a long and illustrious career. They were the unit responsible for the defense of Kentares IV during the First Succession War. Though strong, the unit shattered under the massive Kurita assault with the survivors taking to the hills. For a long time, the splintered, decimated Seventh was a ghost unit, existing on paper and in honor guards, but a nonentity on the battlefield. The unit was slowly rebuilt, however, until its motto of "Anything, Anywhere, Anytime" once again strikes fear in the enemies of the Federated Suns.