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Line 13: The '''Grey Watch''' was a secret reserve 'Mech regiment, formed in 3135 by the Northwind clan elders to protect the people of [[Northwind]] against a new attack. The '''Grey Watch''' was a secret reserve 'Mech regiment, formed in 3135 by the Northwind clan elders to protect the people of [[Northwind]] against a new attack. − ==History== + ===History=== − ===Origins=== After the end of the [[Jihad]], [[Devlin Stone]]'s [[Military Materiel Redemption Program]] was launched in [[3083]], but the plan to demilitarize all the [[Inner Sphere]] posed a dilemma to [[Northwind Highlanders]] clan elders: they were willing to let almost all their regiments be absorbed by the [[Republic of the Sphere]] armed forces, but most highlanders owned a family [[BattleMech]] or had purchased one, and did not want to surrender their private property. After the end of the [[Jihad]], [[Devlin Stone]]'s [[Military Materiel Redemption Program]] was launched in [[3083]], but the plan to demilitarize all the [[Inner Sphere]] posed a dilemma to [[Northwind Highlanders]] clan elders: they were willing to let almost all their regiments be absorbed by the [[Republic of the Sphere]] armed forces, but most highlanders owned a family [[BattleMech]] or had purchased one, and did not want to surrender their private property. Line 22:
Line 21: The 'Mechs stayed hidden until the [[Steel Wolves]] invasions of Northwind in 3133 and 3134. After [[Fortress Republic]] was established, Northwind's Countess [[Tara Campbell]] and their Highlanders were outside [[The Wall]], and since the [[First Kearny Highlanders]] had been absorbed into the RAF armed forces, the clan elders took measures to ensure Northwind's security against another possible invader: they funneled technicians and resources to reactivate the aging 'Mechs. The 'Mechs stayed hidden until the [[Steel Wolves]] invasions of Northwind in 3133 and 3134. After [[Fortress Republic]] was established, Northwind's Countess [[Tara Campbell]] and their Highlanders were outside [[The Wall]], and since the [[First Kearny Highlanders]] had been absorbed into the RAF armed forces, the clan elders took measures to ensure Northwind's security against another possible invader: they funneled technicians and resources to reactivate the aging 'Mechs. − ===First Activation===+ Along the next decade and half, local instructors and cadets from the Northwind Military Academy secretly trained in 'Mech operations. The leader of the new unit was Colonel Michael Griffith, retired from active service after the Steel Wolves attack on 3135.<ref name=SFp105/> − The exact date of the Watch's creation is unknown, but it appears to be near the first attack of the Steel Wolves on Northwind, after 3134. The first leader of the new unit was the Colonel Nicholas Borden, officially the commandant of [[Northwind Military Academy]].<ref>''Grey Watch Protocol'' pp. 60-61</ref> − When the Steel Wolves attacked Northwind by second time, in 3135, threatening Tara, at least part of the watch was already operative, and Borden activated it to assist... but after a disagreement about how and when attack, he was accidentally murdered by his second in command, Colonel Halloran. The Watch remained decapitated, and its cell system organization prevented them to act faster. However, some 'Mechs made their way to Tara, but arrived there too late to make nothing good, so they were unable to fight, though that keep the Watch's existence remained a secret.<ref>''Grey Watch Protocol'' pp. 123</ref>+ ==Activation== − + The Grey Watch was activated when the feared attack materialized: After Devlin Stone's ''Wall'' fell, Republic space was invaded by four attackers. After successfully taking thirteen worlds surprisingly easily, the [[Capellan Confederation]] turned their eyes to their next target: Northwind. − After the Battle of Terra, on 3135, a new leader of the Watch was chosen: Colonel Michael Griffith, retired from active service after the Steel Wolves attack .<ref name=SFp105/> − − ===Second Activation=== − Along the next decade and half, local instructors and cadets from the Northwind Military Academy secretly trained in 'Mech operations. The Grey Watch was activated when the feared attack materialized: After Devlin Stone's ''Wall'' fell, Republic space was invaded by four attackers. After successfully taking thirteen worlds surprisingly easily, the [[Capellan Confederation]] turned their eyes to their next target: Northwind. The Capellans were determined to erase the stain of the Northwind Highlanders defection to the [[Federated Suns]] in the [[Fourth Succession War]] and also take Northwind's operational [[HPG]].<ref name=SFp93>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 93</ref> The Capellans were determined to erase the stain of the Northwind Highlanders defection to the [[Federated Suns]] in the [[Fourth Succession War]] and also take Northwind's operational [[HPG]].<ref name=SFp93>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 93</ref> Line 39:
Line 33: The Capellan forces progressed quickly, but on 23 November, when the Capellans were attacked by their backs on Tara, Kearny and Fort Barrett, by the Watch units, wreaking havoc between the invader forces, causing the Capellans to stumble and even the odds, it wasn't enough to turn the tide: in 25 November, the Capellans controlled Tara, the HPG compound and Fort Barrett. Only ''The Castle'' was still in the defenders hands. Worse still, the Watch had suffered casualties, forcing them to retreat to the hills and regroup.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 95</ref> The Capellan forces progressed quickly, but on 23 November, when the Capellans were attacked by their backs on Tara, Kearny and Fort Barrett, by the Watch units, wreaking havoc between the invader forces, causing the Capellans to stumble and even the odds, it wasn't enough to turn the tide: in 25 November, the Capellans controlled Tara, the HPG compound and Fort Barrett. Only ''The Castle'' was still in the defenders hands. Worse still, the Watch had suffered casualties, forcing them to retreat to the hills and regroup.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 95</ref> − The timely arrival of Countess [[Tara Campbell]] and the main Highlander forces evened the odds... until the [[Draconis Combine]] unit of the [[Hikage]] arrived. However, the defenders managed to make the Combine and Capellan forces, theoretically allied, engage each other. The Grey Watch fight the Hikage forces too. When the battle between Republican, Capellan and Combine forces moved to the HPG compound, Grey Watch infiltrators laced the complex with explosives and made it blow, forcing the Hikage, and later the Capellan forces, to retreat, ignoring than only the upper part of the complex had been destroyed.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 97</ref> + The timely arrival of Countess [[Tara Campbell]] and the main Highlander forces evened the odds... until the [[Draconis Combine]] unit of the [[Hikage]] arrived. However, the defenders managed to made Combine and Capellan forces, theoretically allied, to engage the other. The Grey Watch fight the Hikage forces too. When the battle between Republican, Capellan and Combine forces moved to the HPG compound, Grey Watch infiltrators laced the complex with explosives and made it blow, forcing the Hikage, and later the Capellan forces, to retreat, ignoring than only the upper part of the complex had been destroyed.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 97</ref> − ===Battle of Terra===+ It is unknown how much forces of the Grey Watch survived the campaign, but most of the unit remained active, and was leaved behind to defend Northwind, except for a battalion which joined Tara Campbell and the main body of Highlanders returning to [[Terra]]. The Grey Watch battalion fought along the rest of the Highlanders in the [[Battle of Terra (3151)]], until the battle on Dumfries, Scotland. They suffered an unknown amount of losses, which included, in Dumfries, the loss in combat of Colonel Griffin. His XO, Cadha Jaffray, replaced him. After the Highlanders' surrended to avoid destruction, all were allowed to depart Terra to return at Northwind, with all their equipment and surviving personnel, including Jaffray.<ref>''ILClan (sourcebook)'' p.71</ref> − It is unknown how much of the Grey Watch survived the campaign, but most of the unit remained active and was left behind to defend Northwind, along with the Hastatis; a battalion of the Ward, however, joined Tara Campbell and the main body of Highlanders returning to [[Terra]]. The Grey Watch battalion fought alongside the rest of the Highlanders in the [[Battle of Terra (3151)]], until the battle in Dumfries, Scotland. They suffered an unknown amount of losses, which included the death in combat of Colonel Griffin. His XO, Cadha Jaffray, replaced him. After the Highlanders surrendered to avoid destruction, all were allowed to depart Terra to return at Northwind, with all their equipment and surviving personnel, including Jaffray.<ref>''IlClan'', p. 71</ref> − ===ilClan Era=== − The surviving Grey Watch members which stayed on Northwind expected to have time to rest and repair... but they didn't had it: After the battle, Daoshen Liao sent a constant wave of little mercenary units to keep the Highlanders busy, preventing them to aid nearby planets and slowly weaken them, but the attackers paid a strong price: the Twelfth protected the front lines on Tara, while the Grey Watch protected the city insides, taking a high toll on the attackers thanks to their knowledge of the place and experience. The 14 July they crushed an attack on Tara by the mercenary [[Whirlwind Strikers]] and [[Waxie Dargle]].<ref>''Perception of Victory''</ref> − The Highlanders, including the surviving Gray Watch members, after the end of the battle, returned to Northwind. There, Cadha left the unit, taking leadership of the newly formed [[First Kearny Highlanders]], which was the Twelfth Hastatis. The Grey Watch was reinforced by the Twelfth Hastati's armor, and remained stationed on Northwind as his main defensive unit.<ref>''Shrapnel'', issue #11, pp. 77–78</ref> ==Officers== ==Officers== Line 58:
Line 48: | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Grey Watch''' | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Grey Watch''' |- |- − | [[Colonel]]||[[Nicholas Borden]]||[[3134]]-[[3135]]<ref>''Grey Watch Protocol'' pp. 61</ref>+ | [[Colonel]]||[[Michael Griffin]]||[[3145-3151]]<ref name=SFp105/> − |- − | [[Colonel]]||[[Michael Griffin]]||[[3135]]-[[3151]]<ref name=SFp105/> − |- − | [[Lieutenant Colonel]]||[[Cadha Jaffray]]||[[3151]]-[[3152]]<ref>''Shrapnel'', issue #11, p. 77</ref> |- |- |} |} − − ==Other Officers== − Griffin's XO was Lt. Col [[Cadha Jaffray]], from a long-standing Highlander pedigree.<ref name=SFp105/> − Another of their key officers was [[Major]] [[Seamus Casey]], which died before the Battle of Northwind ended.<ref>''Grey Watch Protocol'' pp. 108 </ref> ==Tactics== ==Tactics== Line 78:
Line 60: ==Notes== ==Notes== − * Though the grey Watch members possess a reasonable talent as pilots, prior to the Battle of Northwind have never drilled together, and lack any experience in formations larger than a [[lance]]. That make them ideal to harassment and guerrilla operations, but unsuited to great formations movements. + * Though the grey Watch members possess a reasonable talent as pilots, prior to the Battle of Northwind have never drilled together, and lack any experience in formations larger than a [[lance]]. + * The Watch XO was Lt. Col [[Cadha Jaffray]], from a long-standing Highlander pedigree.<ref name=SFp105/> * The name chosen for the watch may have been inspired in the [[Royal Black Watch]], which survived centuries inside the Highlander regiments as a secret order. * The name chosen for the watch may have been inspired in the [[Royal Black Watch]], which survived centuries inside the Highlander regiments as a secret order. Line 85:
Line 68: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Grey watch Protocol]]'' − + ''[[Paid in Blood]]'' − * ''[[Perception of Victory]]'' * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' − * ''[[Shrapnel #11|''Shrapnel'', issue #11]]'' [[Category:Republic of the Sphere Commands|Grey Watch]] [[Category:Republic of the Sphere Commands|Grey Watch]]
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The '''Grey Watch''' was a secret reserve 'Mech regiment, formed in 3135 by the Northwind clan elders to protect the people of [[Northwind]] against a new attack. | The '''Grey Watch''' was a secret reserve 'Mech regiment, formed in 3135 by the Northwind clan elders to protect the people of [[Northwind]] against a new attack. | ||
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After the end of the [[Jihad]], [[Devlin Stone]]'s [[Military Materiel Redemption Program]] was launched in [[3083]], but the plan to demilitarize all the [[Inner Sphere]] posed a dilemma to [[Northwind Highlanders]] clan elders: they were willing to let almost all their regiments be absorbed by the [[Republic of the Sphere]] armed forces, but most highlanders owned a family [[BattleMech]] or had purchased one, and did not want to surrender their private property. | After the end of the [[Jihad]], [[Devlin Stone]]'s [[Military Materiel Redemption Program]] was launched in [[3083]], but the plan to demilitarize all the [[Inner Sphere]] posed a dilemma to [[Northwind Highlanders]] clan elders: they were willing to let almost all their regiments be absorbed by the [[Republic of the Sphere]] armed forces, but most highlanders owned a family [[BattleMech]] or had purchased one, and did not want to surrender their private property. | ||
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The 'Mechs stayed hidden until the [[Steel Wolves]] invasions of Northwind in 3133 and 3134. After [[Fortress Republic]] was established, Northwind's Countess [[Tara Campbell]] and their Highlanders were outside [[The Wall]], and since the [[First Kearny Highlanders]] had been absorbed into the RAF armed forces, the clan elders took measures to ensure Northwind's security against another possible invader: they funneled technicians and resources to reactivate the aging 'Mechs. | The 'Mechs stayed hidden until the [[Steel Wolves]] invasions of Northwind in 3133 and 3134. After [[Fortress Republic]] was established, Northwind's Countess [[Tara Campbell]] and their Highlanders were outside [[The Wall]], and since the [[First Kearny Highlanders]] had been absorbed into the RAF armed forces, the clan elders took measures to ensure Northwind's security against another possible invader: they funneled technicians and resources to reactivate the aging 'Mechs. | ||
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The Capellans were determined to erase the stain of the Northwind Highlanders defection to the [[Federated Suns]] in the [[Fourth Succession War]] and also take Northwind's operational [[HPG]].<ref name=SFp93>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 93</ref> | The Capellans were determined to erase the stain of the Northwind Highlanders defection to the [[Federated Suns]] in the [[Fourth Succession War]] and also take Northwind's operational [[HPG]].<ref name=SFp93>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 93</ref> | ||
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The Capellan forces progressed quickly, but on 23 November, when the Capellans were attacked by their backs on Tara, Kearny and Fort Barrett, by the Watch units, wreaking havoc between the invader forces, causing the Capellans to stumble and even the odds, it wasn't enough to turn the tide: in 25 November, the Capellans controlled Tara, the HPG compound and Fort Barrett. Only ''The Castle'' was still in the defenders hands. Worse still, the Watch had suffered casualties, forcing them to retreat to the hills and regroup.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 95</ref> | The Capellan forces progressed quickly, but on 23 November, when the Capellans were attacked by their backs on Tara, Kearny and Fort Barrett, by the Watch units, wreaking havoc between the invader forces, causing the Capellans to stumble and even the odds, it wasn't enough to turn the tide: in 25 November, the Capellans controlled Tara, the HPG compound and Fort Barrett. Only ''The Castle'' was still in the defenders hands. Worse still, the Watch had suffered casualties, forcing them to retreat to the hills and regroup.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 95</ref> | ||
| − | The timely arrival of Countess [[Tara Campbell]] and the main Highlander forces evened the odds... until the [[Draconis Combine]] unit of the [[Hikage]] arrived. However, the defenders managed to | + | The timely arrival of Countess [[Tara Campbell]] and the main Highlander forces evened the odds... until the [[Draconis Combine]] unit of the [[Hikage]] arrived. However, the defenders managed to made Combine and Capellan forces, theoretically allied, to engage the other. The Grey Watch fight the Hikage forces too. When the battle between Republican, Capellan and Combine forces moved to the HPG compound, Grey Watch infiltrators laced the complex with explosives and made it blow, forcing the Hikage, and later the Capellan forces, to retreat, ignoring than only the upper part of the complex had been destroyed.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 97</ref> |
| − | + | It is unknown how much forces of the Grey Watch survived the campaign, but most of the unit remained active, and was leaved behind to defend Northwind, except for a battalion which joined Tara Campbell and the main body of Highlanders returning to [[Terra]]. The Grey Watch battalion fought along the rest of the Highlanders in the [[Battle of Terra (3151)]], until the battle on Dumfries, Scotland. They suffered an unknown amount of losses, which included, in Dumfries, the loss in combat of Colonel Griffin. His XO, Cadha Jaffray, replaced him. After the Highlanders' surrended to avoid destruction, all were allowed to depart Terra to return at Northwind, with all their equipment and surviving personnel, including Jaffray.<ref>''ILClan (sourcebook)'' p.71</ref> | |
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | * Though the grey Watch members possess a reasonable talent as pilots, prior to the Battle of Northwind have never drilled together, and lack any experience in formations larger than a [[lance]]. | + | * Though the grey Watch members possess a reasonable talent as pilots, prior to the Battle of Northwind have never drilled together, and lack any experience in formations larger than a [[lance]]. |
| + | * The Watch XO was Lt. Col [[Cadha Jaffray]], from a long-standing Highlander pedigree.<ref name=SFp105/> | ||
* The name chosen for the watch may have been inspired in the [[Royal Black Watch]], which survived centuries inside the Highlander regiments as a secret order. | * The name chosen for the watch may have been inspired in the [[Royal Black Watch]], which survived centuries inside the Highlander regiments as a secret order. | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | ||
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