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| image = [[Image:Liao Guards -Brigade logo.png|191px|Brigade Insignia of the Liao Guards]]
| Designation = First Liao Guards
| Formed = [[First Succession War]]<ref name="FSWp136"/>
| Disbanded =
| Previous Designation =
| Nickname = The Cynthiana Highlanders<ref name=fr2765cc11>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 11</ref>
| Affiliation = [[Capellan Confederation]]
| Parent Command = [[Liao Guards]]
| Sub-Command =
}}

==History==
The '''First Liao Guards''' were the first unit formed of their brigade. They were also the first unit sent to the [[Periphery]] border when [[Chancellor]] [[Warex Liao]] ordered the Liao Guards to improve. They spent forty years undergoing a massive training program that turned them from a useless parade ground unit into competent soldiers. They still retained their parade ground competence, but they were also capable of fighting battles and winning them.<ref name=fr2765cc11/>

===First Succession War===
During the [[First Succession War]] the First fought the [[Free Worlds League Military]]'s invasion of the [[Sarna Commonality]]. They were highly effective in this role, and forced the FWLM to use nuclear weapons to destroy them.<ref name=FM3145p35>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 35</ref>

===Dark Age Era===
====Re-formation====
The First Liao Guards were re-formed sometime before [[Operation GREAT FLOOD]] as one of the [[Hidden Lion]] regiments resurrected by [[Chancellor]] [[Daoshen Liao]] using stockpiled equipment.<ref name=FM3145p35/> The new Liao Guards used the [[Augmented Regiment]] formations commonly found in the [[CCAF]] by [[3145]].<ref name=FM:3145p27>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 27: "General Review"</ref> They were a front-line regiment of the [[Tikonov Commonality]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 28: "The New Old-Fashioned Way"</ref>

====Operation GREAT FLOOD====
During [[Operation GREAT FLOOD]], the First Liao Guards landed on [[Styk]], [[New Canton]], and [[Zion]] after other [[CCAF]] regiments captured the planets. They then hunted down the remaining [[RAF]] stragglers and pacified the worlds. They later served as the garrison for the planet [[Liao]] soon after its capture and received a victory parade in [[Cynthiana]] from an elated public.<ref name=FM3145p35/>

====Operation CELESTIAL REWARD====
The only Liao Guards regiment to participate in [[Operation CELESTIAL REWARD]], the First Liao Guards were assigned to capture several former Republic worlds annexed by the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=FM3145p35/> Victorious against the usually ''ad hoc'' garrisons found on these planets, the Liao Guards were easily defeated by the defending [[Third Federated Suns Armored Cavalry]] on [[Rio]]. They would later return to capture the planet after the Third FSAC redeployed to counter the ongoing [[Draconis Combine]] invasion.<ref name=FM:3145p72>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 72: "Third Federated Suns Armored Cavalry"</ref>

====Operation TIAMAT====
As part of [[Operation TIAMAT]] the First Liao Guards assaulted [[Epsilon Indi]] in August [[3149]] alongside [[Warrior House Orders|Warrior House]] [[Warrior House Dai Da Chi|Dai Da Chi]]. Initially stymied by the shell games of the [[XIII Hastati Sentinels|Thirteenth Hastati]] and other Republican defenders, prisoner interrogations by House Dai Da Chi informed the Liao Guards that only a battalion of the Thirteenth was defending the capital and spaceport. Over the next week the Guards hammered the Thirteenth with air strikes before overwhelming the Republican defenders.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 72</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 1st Liao Guards'''
|-
| ''[[Sang-shao]]''||[[Elliot Liao-Subramanya]]||[[3134]]-[[3145]]<ref name=fm3145p47>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 47</ref><ref name=FM3145p35>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 35</ref>
|-
| ''[[Sang-shao]]''||[[Xian Kang]]||[[3146]]<ref name=TRO50p180>''Technical Readout: 3150'', p. 180: "LN-4B Lu Wei Bing"</ref>
|-
|}

===Other Officers===
* ''[[Sao-wei]]'' [[Thaman Nilyavich]], [[battle armor]] commander during the Dark Age.<ref name=TRO50p18>''Technical Readout: 3150'', p. 18: "Zou Heavy Battle Armor"</ref>

==Tactics==
===3145===
Lack of experience has made the First Liao Guards dependent on their numbers and technology to achieve victory.<ref name=FM3145p35/>

==Composition History==
===2765===
'''First Liao Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=fr2765cc11/>
:Note: At this point in time the regiment was stationed on [[Liao]].<ref name=fr2765cc11/>

=== 2786 ===
'''First Liao Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War'', p. 136: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF) - Deployment Table"</ref>
:- At this point in time the First was a medium-weight regiment operating at full strength and was stationed on Liao.<ref name="FSWp136"/> The unit was destroyed during the war.<ref name="FSWp136"/>

===3145===
'''First Liao Guards''' (Veteran/Reliable) (85% Strength)<ref name=fm3145p47/>
* CO: ''Sang-shao'' Elliot Liao-Subramanya

'''Liao's Banshees''' (Veteran/Fanatical) (90% Strength)<ref name=fm3145p47/>
* CO: ''[[Kong-zhong-shao]]'' [[Cesaro Amaro]]

'''Highlander Tank Regiment''' (Regular/Fanatical) (80% Strength)<ref name=fm3145p47/>
* CO: ''[[Zhong-shao]]'' [[Cody Truesdell]]

'''Cynthiana Highland Infantry''' (Regular/Fanatical) (85% Strength)<ref name=fm3145p47/>
* CO: ''Zhong-shao'' [[Weisheng Weng]]

Notes:
:The unit had an "A" Equipment Rating. They had numerous ''[[Assassin]]''s, ''[[Firebee]]''s, ''[[Rifleman]]''s and ''[[Wolverine]]''s.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 28: "Sarna and Tikonov Commonalities"</ref><ref name=FM:3145p29>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 29: "Sian Commonality"</ref>

==Color Scheme and Unit Insignia==
The Han character for Liao on an inverted green triangle.<ref name=FM3145p35/>

==References==
<references/>

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Report 2765: CCAF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3150]]''

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