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| + | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 125th Deadman Ordnance Carriers''' | ||
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| + | | [[Captain]]||"Jumpin' Jake" Jackson III"||[[3025]]<ref name=tro25/><ref name=tro39/> | ||
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| − | Captain "Jumpin’ Jake" Jackson III was the commander of the 125th Deadman. | + | ===Notes=== |
| + | * Captain "Jumpin’ Jake" Jackson III was the commander of the 125th Deadman. He was known for striking any man that saluted him or treated him like an officer. A private prior to the Battle for New Hessen he was promoted first to [[Lieutenant]] and then to Captain for his bold and daring actions during it<ref name=tro25/>. Despite his murder conviction being quashed and his dislike of officers he elected to stay with his unit after New Hessen<ref name=tro39/>. | ||
==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
Revision as of 09:51, 17 June 2019
The Hundred and Twenty-fifth Deadman Ordnance Carriers was a penal combat support unit of the Capellan Confederation.
Contents
History
The Free Worlds League first started using the J-27 as a penal option to support its military; a practice has been emulated by most other Houses. One such unit was the Hundred and Twenty-fifth Deadman Ordnance Carriers that became the most famous penal unit in the Inner Sphere.
During fighting on New Hessen the unit supplied over a thousand times their own weight in ammunition to keep the Capellan defensive position supplied. At one point some of its convoys came under attack from a pair of Davion ’Mechs. Rather than retreat, the convicts removed some of the missiles their J-27s were carrying and made makeshift firing positions, eventually forcing the Davion 'Mechs to withdraw after a few hours of combat. For this action the crews were given pardons and promotions to other units, although some elected to stay on.[1][2]
Officers
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the 125th Deadman Ordnance Carriers | |||
| Captain | "Jumpin' Jake" Jackson III" | 3025[1][2] | |
Notes
- Captain "Jumpin’ Jake" Jackson III was the commander of the 125th Deadman. He was known for striking any man that saluted him or treated him like an officer. A private prior to the Battle for New Hessen he was promoted first to Lieutenant and then to Captain for his bold and daring actions during it[1]. Despite his murder conviction being quashed and his dislike of officers he elected to stay with his unit after New Hessen[2].
Tactics
As a rear echelon unit their tactics are improvised as required.
Composition History
The unit is composed entirely of J-27 Ordnance Transports. Its strength is unknown, but as the commander is a Captain it is possibly at company size.
Notes
The first edition printing of Technical Readout: 3025 records the Battle of New Hessen in 2080, however this is at odds with the introduction date of the J-27, which is 2650. It also lists the name of the unit as Deadmen.[1]