Post by Tanis on Jul 29, 2010 9:48:55 GMT -5
HISTORY
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When initially commissioned in 3,950 BBY, the 507th Light Infantry Brigade constituted part of the 10th Brigade Combat Team, responsible (Along with other units) for garrisoning Iziz. Little more than a militia of boys and old men, the 507th, along with the rest of the 10th BCT, were sorely tested in the Civil War on Onderon between the competing forces of Queen Talia Kira and her cousin General Vaklu. Whereas the 510th LIR and 511th Grenadiers (The other units of the 10th BCT) sided with most of the military and General Vaklu, the 507th remained loyal to the queen. When the fighting reached the palace, it was units of the 507th that helped push the rebels out, and earning a Unit Citation and their unofficial name to this day, Queen Talia's Own.
It took months to root out the military rebels who sought to hide out in the Jungles, where the 507th continued to pursue them. As the peace (though brief) fell upon Onderon, the 507th was designated as the Royal Onderon Light Infantry. The unit bore this name for less than a decade before the Ranger Training Program was established on Dxun by the Monarchy as a way to better train Onderon's armed forces, and the 507th was again renamed, though for the last time, as the Royal Onderon Rangers. Training for the Rangers is notoriously brutal, involving weeks of survival training in every extreme environment that Onderon and Dxun can offer. Training only a Company every year, on average only 30 graduate Ranger Training. The most infamous segment is the HIST, or High Intensity Survival Training, in which Ranger Trainees must survive with minimal equipment on Dxun for a week whilst being hunted by serving Rangers equipped with stun weaponry.
The Rangers rarely deploy on a Brigade level, most often deploying in Companies as screening forces for larger units within the Republic Army. Specializing in reconnaissance, search and destroy/rescue, and airborne operations, the Rangers are the best that Onderon can offer. The two Battalions are subdivided into Companies of 200 which each have a combat terrain specialty. Nominally the Rangers number approximately 2,000 combat and support personnel.
ROYAL ONDERON RANGERS ORDER OF BATTLE
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Brigade Command Company
-1st Battalion, 507th Light Infantry Brigade
-Battalion Command and Support Company
-Company A (Specialty: Arctic)
-Company B (Specialty: Desert)
-Company C (Specialty: Forest)
-Attached
4th Special Operations Aviation Squadron
-2nd Battalion, 507 Light Infantry Brigade
-Battalion Command and Support Company
-Company A (Specialty: Mountain)
-Company B (Specialty: Wetland)
-Company C (Specialty: Jungle)
-Attached
6th Special Operations Aviation Squadron
Want to join up? Roll a character? Go ahead, I'll toss you up in the relevant unit.
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When initially commissioned in 3,950 BBY, the 507th Light Infantry Brigade constituted part of the 10th Brigade Combat Team, responsible (Along with other units) for garrisoning Iziz. Little more than a militia of boys and old men, the 507th, along with the rest of the 10th BCT, were sorely tested in the Civil War on Onderon between the competing forces of Queen Talia Kira and her cousin General Vaklu. Whereas the 510th LIR and 511th Grenadiers (The other units of the 10th BCT) sided with most of the military and General Vaklu, the 507th remained loyal to the queen. When the fighting reached the palace, it was units of the 507th that helped push the rebels out, and earning a Unit Citation and their unofficial name to this day, Queen Talia's Own.
It took months to root out the military rebels who sought to hide out in the Jungles, where the 507th continued to pursue them. As the peace (though brief) fell upon Onderon, the 507th was designated as the Royal Onderon Light Infantry. The unit bore this name for less than a decade before the Ranger Training Program was established on Dxun by the Monarchy as a way to better train Onderon's armed forces, and the 507th was again renamed, though for the last time, as the Royal Onderon Rangers. Training for the Rangers is notoriously brutal, involving weeks of survival training in every extreme environment that Onderon and Dxun can offer. Training only a Company every year, on average only 30 graduate Ranger Training. The most infamous segment is the HIST, or High Intensity Survival Training, in which Ranger Trainees must survive with minimal equipment on Dxun for a week whilst being hunted by serving Rangers equipped with stun weaponry.
The Rangers rarely deploy on a Brigade level, most often deploying in Companies as screening forces for larger units within the Republic Army. Specializing in reconnaissance, search and destroy/rescue, and airborne operations, the Rangers are the best that Onderon can offer. The two Battalions are subdivided into Companies of 200 which each have a combat terrain specialty. Nominally the Rangers number approximately 2,000 combat and support personnel.
ROYAL ONDERON RANGERS ORDER OF BATTLE
----------------------
Brigade Command Company
-1st Battalion, 507th Light Infantry Brigade
-Battalion Command and Support Company
-Company A (Specialty: Arctic)
-Company B (Specialty: Desert)
-Company C (Specialty: Forest)
-Attached
4th Special Operations Aviation Squadron
-2nd Battalion, 507 Light Infantry Brigade
-Battalion Command and Support Company
-Company A (Specialty: Mountain)
-Company B (Specialty: Wetland)
-Company C (Specialty: Jungle)
-Attached
6th Special Operations Aviation Squadron
Want to join up? Roll a character? Go ahead, I'll toss you up in the relevant unit.