267th Battle (Clan Smoke Jaguar)

The 267th Battle Cluster was a front line combat unit of Clan Smoke Jaguar.

History

Operation Revival

The Cluster was frustrated during Operation Revival, consistently outbid for attacks on the worlds of the Draconis Combine by more senior Clusters. It wasn’t until the combined Smoke Jaguar/Nova Cat assault on Luthien in 3052 that the 267th was given an opportunity for combat.

Wave Five

• Luthien - Sixty percent of the Cluster’s OmniMechs and Elemental Points made it back to the Jaguars’ waiting DropShips, and they barely had time to rebuild their losses before deployed to Tukayyid.

Tukayyid

The unit fought on Tukayyid against the 367th Division (Spoken Ideas) in the Racice Delta as part of Beta Galaxy. Here they were nearly slaughtered.

Post Tukayyid

The Cluster was deployed to garrison Teniente while rebuilding from the losses on Tukayyid and sending the occasional raiding Trial against the Draconis Combine. Their most visible action was a Trial of Possession declared for a Nova Cat Overlord-C class DropShip in 3056. In that action Trinary Assault fought with two Nova Binaries of the 100th Striker Cluster. The Warhawks and Dire Wolfs of the Assault Trinary shrugged off the BattleMechs and systematically annihilated every Elemental sent against them before the remainder fled outside the Circle of Equals.

Operation Bulldog

By 3059 the Cluster was deployed to Outer Volta

Counter Attack

• Meinacos - The 267th Battle Cluster dropped onto the planet to disrupt the SLDF advance. The Jaguar unit faced the 8th Dieron Regulars, the St. Ives Cheveau Legers, 1st Canopian Cuirassiers, and the 11th Alshain Avengers. Though the Clan unit fought well, they couldn't survive when the Eighth Dieron drove into the 267th Cluster's flank, while the 11th Alshain distracted them and the Canopian Cuirassiers threatened to cut off the Clan unit's retreat. Diane Perez pulled her forces back to the mountains to regroup, receiving the retreat orders they boarded their DropShips and left without another major engagement.

Wave Three

• Outer Volta - An Omega Trinary from the Cluster comprising mostly Star League and Clan second line Mechs was attached to Beta Galaxy Command on Outer Volta and destroyed in combat against the Izanagi Warriors and 8th Sword of Light on 4th August 3059.

Huntress

Elements of the 267th Battle Cluster formed part of Hang Mehta's forces on Huntress in 3060, where they were finally wiped out.

Officers

• Star Colonel Diane Perez 30??-3059
• Star Captain Robert Kotare30??-3059 - Trinary Command
• Star Captain Carol Montizima 30??-3059 - Trinary Assault
• Star Captain Marian Showers 30??-3059 - First Trinary Battle
• Star Captain James Hildenrath 30??-3059 - Second Trinary Battle
• Star Captain Stephan Bowen 30??-3059 - Supernova Battle
• Star Captain Samuel Levi 30??-3059 - Binary Elemental
• Star Commander Roberta Kotare 30??-3059 - Bravo Battle Star, Second Trinary Battle

Composition

3052

(partial)

• Binary (2 Omnimech Stars)

3057-3059

• Trinary Command
  • Alpha Command Nova (4 OmniMechs, 20 Elementals)
  • Bravo Command Nova (4 OmniMechs, 20 Elementals)
  • Charlie Command Star (25 Elementals)
• Trinary Assault - (15 OmniMechs)
• First Trinary Battle - (15 OmniMechs)
• Binary Elemental - (50 Elementals)
• Second Trinary Battle - (15 OmniMechs)
• Supernova Battle - (15 OmniMechs, 75 Elementals)

Bibliography

• Invading Clans
• Exodus Road (novel)
• The Dragon Roars
• Shadows of War
• Tukayyid (scenario pack)
• Era Report: 3062