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The '''Calderon Red Hand''' were a [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]] in the [[Taurian Defense Force]] during the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="H:RWp64">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 64</ref>

==History==
The unit was assigned to defend [[Taurus]] in [[2578]] along the [[1st Concordat Velites|First Concordat Velites]] and the [[1st Taurian Guard|First Taurian Guard]].<ref name="H:RWp64"/>

During the Reunification War, when [[General]] [[Amalthia Kincaid]] was replaced by General [[Amos Forlough]], veteran of the ongoing war with the [[Outworlds Alliance]]. Forlough was unscrupulous, resolving to conduct a scorched earth campaign against the [[Taurian Concordat]]. However, he failed to inform his superiors of his tactics (or, for that matter, any losses or atrocities committed). Discipline and defections became significant problems under the leadership of General Forlough; the SLDF instituted severe corporal punishments for any infractions committed against orders.

Forlough commenced '''Wave Five''' in [[2584]], favoring scorched earth tactics against his adversaries. In order to prevent the complete destruction of the Concordat, [[Mitchell Calderon]] ordered his House regiments, thus far held in reserve, to bring war to the Star League. the [[Taurian Guard]], the [[Concordat Velites]] and the '''Calderon Red Hand''' were deployed to [[Diefenbaker]] to destroy III Corps. Though most of the Taurian units were lost, [[III Corps (Star League)|III Corps]] was decimated, and unable to continue the invasion.

The SLS ''[[Hancock]]'', an [[Star League]] [[WarShip]] which acted in support of the [[SLDF]] [[III Corps (Star League)|III Corps]], was in Diefenbaker during late [[2584]] or early [[2585]]. Diefenbaker was a Taurian world which had been occupied by the SLDF and used as the headquarters for III Corps; the initial raiding force landed as most of III Corps were already aboard [[DropShip]]s in transit to their [[JumpShip]]s, following orders to attack [[Lindsay]]. As the raiding force prosecuted a spoiling campaign against III Corps, a full invasion force was prepared and arrived in-system on the 4th of February [[2585]], beginning an extended campaign to try and capture the world. The SLS ''Hancock'' was one of at least three SLDF WarShips involved in the resulting action, and was responsible for destroying the bulk of the '''Calderon Red Hand''' [[regiment]] via orbital bombardment while trying to assist [[Major General]] [[Natasha Azzi]] and two mixed regiments of SLDF troops during the four-hour Battle of Lost Valley.<ref name="HB:RWp84">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 84, "Calderon's Response"</ref>

==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Calderon Red Hand'''
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==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition==
Unknown.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''

[[Category: Taurian Concordat Commands|Calderon Red Hand]]