Clan Jade Falcon Naval Forces
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| Affiliation | Clan Jade Falcon |
| Parent Command | Clan Jade Falcon touman |
Like most Clans pre-REVIVAL, there was little use for supra-Galaxy naval formations for Clan Jade Falcon. Bandit hunting was the most any vessel could expect regularly, with inter-Clan naval warfare rare or ended before any major damage could be inflicted. The return to the Inner Sphere changed the Jade Falcon touman dramatically. All WarShips and transports in Occupation Zone reported to Star Admiral Vishu Folkner, a command position second only to the Khans.[1] In addition, two Naval Stars were in use at the time of REVIVAL:
- Emerald Talon Naval Assault Star, an independent unit in existence in the Homeworlds and expected to see great honor in restoring the Star League. Instead used as transports and escort for Clusters when the Inner Sphere was found to lack Warships. Returned to the Homeworlds following the battles at Twycross and bluff at Zoetermeer,[2] and became part of Turkina’s Talons, the Homeworld defense group.[3]
- Falcon Stoop Naval Attack Star, newly raised to protect deep Periphery convoys, with a station at Cambridge Perimeter Defense Station (Orbital Fleet Base).
The years after the Wars of Reaving, the Jihad, and the relocation of the Clan to the Inner Sphere put a strain on the WarShip fleet. The Butler Ship Yards were unable to perform more than basic maintenance and civilian vessels were a priority to rebuild.[4]
The rise of Malvina Hazen and the Mongol Doctrine among the Jade Falcons saw in increased willingness to use the WarShips still available to her. The Falcons did not move to a Pocket Warship or Assault DropShip heavy force, as did so many other Clans in the Republic years.[4] This was often an advantage against the Lyran Commonwealth, who lacked sufficient aerospace fighters to counter the large Warships that are providing surface artillery support. However, any force able to make space-bound interceptions can worry the Falcon's escort-weak convoys.[5]
Contents
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Golden Century[edit]
- Silver Merlin, Peregrine-class Corvette - last confirmed sighting 3045
- Green Kestrel, Peregrine-class Corvette
Operation REVIVAL[edit]
[edit]
- Turkina's Pride, Cameron-class Battle Cruiser - Flagship
- Falcon's Nest, Texas-class Battleship[7]
- Green Lantern, Congress-class Frigate
- Jade Falcon Naval Reserve - transport Jumpships
[edit]
- Emerald Talon, Nightlord-class Battleship
Galaxy Command[edit]
- White Aerie, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
- Blue Aerie, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
- Jade Aerie, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
Cluster Assignment[edit]
- Jade Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Janice Hazen, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Frost Falcon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Gold Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Red Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- White Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Black Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Blue Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Kerensky's Pride, Congress-class Frigate
Vessels Under Contract from Clan Snow Raven[edit]
- Scabbard, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Blue Lancer, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- White Terror, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Blue Quest, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Morning Violence, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Lord Death, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Black Justice, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
Unknown[edit]
- Hawk Eye, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
Post-Refusal War (3057)[edit]
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- Emerald Tornado, Whirlwind-class Destroyer
- Lightning Strike, Vincent Mk. 42-class Corvette
Galaxy or Cluster Assignment[edit]
- Turkina's Pride, Cameron-class Battle Cruiser - Flagship
- Jade Aerie, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
- Jade Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Scabbard, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Blue Lancer, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- White Aerie, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
- Gold Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Blue Aerie, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
3059–3067[edit]
Periphery[edit]
Unknown Assignment[edit]
- Green Lantern, Congress-class Frigate - destroyed 3078 by Word of Blake Caspar II drones at Titan[12][13][14]
- Kerensky's Pride, Congress-class Frigate - whereabouts unknown post-Jihad[12]
- Turkina's Pride, Cameron-class Battle Cruiser - Flagship
- Emerald Talon, Nightlord-class Battleship
- Jade Aerie, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
- Jade Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Blue Aerie, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
- White Aerie Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
- Janice Hazen, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser - destroyed 3072 over Evciler by Clan Ice Hellion[15]
- Frost Falcon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Red Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser - scuttled after serious damage at Coventry, 3076[16]
- White Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser - captured by Clan Wolf-in-Exile before 3067[12] [17]
- Black Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser - captured by Clan Wolf-in-Exile in 3064 in the Butler system[12][17][18]
- Blue Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Hawk Eye, Aegis'-class Heavy Cruiser - destroyed over Etienne's Sanctuary 3073[19]
- Ironhold Provider, Carrack-class Transport
- Gauntlet, Liberator-class Cruiser
- Emerald Tornado, Whirlwind-class Destroyer - whereabouts unknown[12]
- Lightning Strike, Vincent Mk. 42-class Corvette - destroyed by Clan Ice Hellion[12]
- Hawker, Sovetskii Soyuz-class Heavy Cruiser - part of Task Force CRONUS, destroyed by Word of Blake hidden missile system at Titan[13]
- Unknown, subsequently called Kerensky's Blues, Fredasa-class Corvette - lost in Trial to mercenary units Blue Star Irregulars and Hell's Black Aces in 3055[20]
- Falcon's Nest, Texas-class Battleship - destroyed over Etienne's Sanctuary in 3073[19]
- Swift Bait, Fredasa-class Corvette - captured from Clan Ice Hellion[12]
- Chaos Sailor, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser - captured from Clan Ice Hellion[12]
3070 (Battle of Lum)[edit]
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- Blue Aerie, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser - lost at Battle of Lum (3070), against Clan Steel Viper[23]
- White Aerie Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
- Ironhold Provider, Carrack-class Transport - destroyed
- Gauntlet, Liberator-class Cruiser - destroyed[23][24]
3074 (Coventry)[edit]
- Red Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Frost Falcon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser - destroyed by Word of Blake at New Earth, 3078[12]
- Unknown, Liberator-class Cruiser (note: erroneously called the Gauntlet, no other Liberator is noted in the Jade Falcon touman)
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- Emerald Talon, Nightlord-class Battleship – crashed into Sudeten as a lesson to other Jade Falcon Clan members, 3136[27]
- Blue Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Jade Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Red Talon, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
- Chaos Sailor, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser - lost prior to 3145
- Jade Aerie, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
- White Aerie, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
- Turkina's Pride Cameron-class Battle Cruiser
- Jade Tornado, Fredassa-class Corvette - renamed from Swift Bait post-3085[28]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commander of Clan Jade Falcon Naval Reserve | |||
| Star Admiral | Vishu Folkner | 3052 - 3067[1][2][30][31] | |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Field Manual Crusader Clans, p. 99
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 55: "Jade Falcon Naval Reserve"
- ↑ Field Manual Crusader Clans, p. 108
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Field Manual: 3085, p. 118: "The Falcon's Fleet"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Field Manual 3145, p. 157: "The Jade Falcon Fleet"
- ↑ Technical Readout: Golden Century, p. 56: "Peregrine"
- ↑ 1st Somerset Strikers, p. ?[citation needed]
- ↑ Field Manual Warden Clans, pp. 124, 129–134
- ↑ Jade Falcon Sourcebook, pp. 55–93
- ↑ The Falcon and the Wolf, pp. 49–53
- ↑ Explorer Corps, p. 52
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 Field Report Clans, p. 6
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 98: "Terror At Titan"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 15: "Fleet Assets"
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 84
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 136
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Field Manual Updates, p. 69: "Admiralty (Star Wolves)"
- ↑ Operation Audacity
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 The Wars of Reaving, p. 138
- ↑ Field Manual Mercenaries, Revised, p. 46: "Blue Star Irregulars Support"
- ↑ Field Manual Crusader Clans, p. 139: "Naval Assets"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 49: "Command and Naval Assets"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 The Wars of Reaving, pp. 46–47: "Exodus Requiem"
- ↑ On 13 February 2015 by CGL writer Øystein Tvedten in a posting on the official BattleTech forum: "The scenario is in error. The Gauntlet died at Lum."
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 48
- ↑ BattleCorp Scenario: Fire in the Dark
- ↑ A Rending of Falcons, p. 306: "Emerald Talon rammed into the planet as part of Hazen's cleanup of Falcon politics"
- ↑ BattleTech Developer confirms that the Jade Tornado is the renamed Swift Bait
- ↑ Field Report Clans, p. 21
- ↑ The Falcon and the Wolf, p. 49
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 72: "Command Assets"
Bibliography[edit]
- BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Fire in the Dark
- Explorer Corps
- The Falcon and the Wolf
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Crusader Clans
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Manual: Warden Clans
- Field Report: Clans
- Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised
- First Somerset Strikers
- Jade Falcon Sourcebook
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers
- Operation Audacity
- A Rending of Falcons
- Technical Readout: Golden Century
- The Wars of Reaving