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| − | | | + | | Designation = 267th Jaguar Battle Cluster |
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| − | | | + | | Disbanded = [[3060]] (destroyed) |
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| − | + | | Nickname = The Devil's Mist | |
| − | + | | Affiliation = [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] | |
| + | | Parent Command = [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Beta Galaxy]] | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | The '''267th Battle Cluster''' was a front line combat unit of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]. | + | The '''267th Battle Cluster''' was a front-line combat unit of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Operation Revival=== | ===Operation Revival=== | ||
| − | The Cluster was frustrated during [[Operation | + | 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.<ref name=ER:3062p61>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 61</ref> |
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====Wave Five==== | ====Wave Five==== | ||
<u>Luthien</u><br> | <u>Luthien</u><br> | ||
| − | Actual battle records of the 267th Battle Cluster are sparse for the fighting on [[Luthien]] in January 3052. However, it is reported that | + | Actual battle records of the 267th Battle Cluster are sparse for the fighting on [[Luthien]] in January 3052. However, it is reported that sixty percent of the Cluster's OmniMechs and Elemental Points made it back to the Jaguars' waiting DropShips, and that they barely had time to rebuild their losses before being deployed to Tukayyid.<ref name=ER:3062p61/> |
====Tukayyid==== | ====Tukayyid==== | ||
| − | The unit fought on [[Tukayyid]] against the [[367th Division (ComStar)|367th Division (Spoken Ideas)]] in the Racice Delta as part of Beta Galaxy. <ref> ''Tukayyid'', p. 33 </ref> After their initial landing their advance quickly became bogged down, the swamps and | + | The unit fought on [[Tukayyid]] against the [[367th Division (ComStar)|367th Division (Spoken Ideas)]] in the Racice Delta as part of Beta Galaxy.<ref>''Tukayyid'', p. 33</ref> After their initial landing, their advance quickly became bogged down, the swamps and marsh hampering their movement. The Cluster came under repeated ambushes while the artillery barrage was almost constant for three days. As the days wore on, their casualties increased.<ref name=ER:3062p61/> After the death of [[Sarah Weaver]], their command post was overrun and the Cluster was ordered to retreat in an attempt to save as many warriors as possible;<ref>''Exodus Road'', p. 18</ref><ref>''Invading Clans'', pp. 61–62</ref> a considerable number of technicians were lost, killed in the fighting.<ref>''Exodus Road'', pp. 34, 45</ref> |
| − | ===Post Tukayyid=== | + | ===Post-Tukayyid=== |
| − | The Cluster was rebuilt after | + | The Cluster was rebuilt after its losses on Tukayyid; interestingly, during this period several of its officers were reassigned to other units.<ref>''Exodus Road'', p. 36</ref> They were deployed to garrison the main base on [[Teniente]] by January 3054;<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 34</ref> from here they were sent out on occasional raiding Trials against the Draconis Combine. This base was a short-lived outpost on an otherwise [[Clan Nova Cat]]–held world. |
| − | 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 ''Warhawk''s and ''Dire Wolf''s 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. <ref> ''Era Report: 3062'', | + | 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 ''Warhawk''s and ''Dire Wolf''s 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.<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', pp. 61–62</ref> |
===Operation Bulldog=== | ===Operation Bulldog=== | ||
| − | By 3059 the Cluster was deployed to Outer Volta.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 12 </ref> In June of the same year it was joined by the [[1st Jaguar Guards (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|First Guards]] and Galaxy Commander Ward's [[Swath Keshik (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Swath Keshik]]. Both units had retreated from [[Avon]] after Inner Sphere forces had attacked.<ref>''The Dragon Roar'', p. 24 </ref> | + | By 3059, the Cluster was deployed to Outer Volta.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 12</ref> In June of the same year, it was joined by the [[1st Jaguar Guards (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|First Guards]] and Galaxy Commander Ward's [[Swath Keshik (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Swath Keshik]]. Both units had retreated from [[Avon]] after Inner Sphere forces had attacked.<ref>''The Dragon Roar'', p. 24</ref> |
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| + | ====Counterattack==== | ||
<u>Meinacos</u><br> | <u>Meinacos</u><br> | ||
| − | The 267th Battle Cluster dropped onto [[Meinacos]] in an effort to disrupt the [[SLDF]] advance in July 3059. The Jaguar unit faced the [[ | + | The 267th Battle Cluster dropped onto [[Meinacos]] in an effort to disrupt the [[SLDF]] advance in July 3059. The Jaguar unit faced the [[Eighth Dieron Regulars]], the [[St. Ives Cheveau-Légers]], the [[First Canopian Cuirassiers]], and the [[Eleventh Alshain Avengers]]. Though the Clan unit fought well, they couldn't hold when the Eighth Dieron drove into the Cluster's flank in Tierra del Noche, while the Eleventh Alshain distracted them, luring away portions of their command, 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 order, they boarded their DropShips and left without another major engagement.<ref name=TDRp4143>''The Dragon Roars'', pp. 41–43</ref> |
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====Wave Three==== | ====Wave Three==== | ||
<u>Outer Volta</u><br> | <u>Outer Volta</u><br> | ||
| − | An Omega Trinary from the Cluster comprising mostly [[Star League]] and Clan second line Mechs was attached to Beta Galaxy Command on [[Outer Volta]]. The Clan forces had taken up a defensive position in the capital city when the [[ | + | An Omega Trinary from the Cluster comprising mostly [[Star League]] and Clan second-line 'Mechs was attached to Beta Galaxy Command on [[Outer Volta]]. The Clan forces had taken up a defensive position in the capital city when the [[Eighth Sword of Light]], [[Thirty-ninth Division (ComStar)]] and [[Izanagi Warriors]] landed in August 3059.<ref>''The Dragon Roar'', p. 44</ref> Ordered by [[Lincoln Osis]] to delay the Inner Sphere troops for as long as possible, the Clan force fought a series of running battles over four days before being pushed out of the city to the Oshira foothills. Harried by flank attacks from the [[Com Guards]] and rear attacks from the Sword of Light, the remnant of Beta Galaxy found themselves surrounded and destroyed.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', pp. 57–59</ref> |
====[[Huntress]]==== | ====[[Huntress]]==== | ||
| − | Elements of the 267th Battle Cluster formed part of Hang Mehta's forces on Huntress in 3060, <ref> ''Shadows of War'', p.52 </ref> where they were finally wiped out. <ref> ''Era Report: 3062'', p.62 </ref> | + | Elements of the 267th Battle Cluster formed part of Hang Mehta's forces on Huntress in 3060,<ref>''Shadows of War'', p. 52</ref> where they were finally wiped out.<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 62</ref> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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| − | *[[Star Captain]] [[Robert Kotare]] | + | |- |
| − | * Star Captain [[Carol Montizima]] | + | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank |
| − | * Star Captain [[Marian Showers]] | + | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name |
| − | * Star Captain [[James Hildenrath]] | + | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command |
| − | * Star Captain [[ | + | |- |
| − | * Star Captain [[Stephan Bowen]] | + | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 267th Battle Cluster''' |
| − | * Star Captain [[Samuel Levi]] | + | |- |
| − | * Star Captain [[Trent ( | + | | [[Star Colonel]]||[[Diane Perez]]||[[3059]]<ref name=ICp70>''Invading Clans'', p. 70</ref><ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 43</ref> |
| − | * [[Star Commander]] [[ | + | |- |
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| + | ===Other Officers=== | ||
| + | * [[Star Captain]] [[Robert Kotare]] led [[Trinary]] Command in [[3059]]. | ||
| + | * Star Captain [[Carol Montizima]] led Trinary Assault in 3059. | ||
| + | * Star Captain [[Marian Showers]] led First Trinary Battle in 3059. | ||
| + | * Star Captain [[James Hildenrath]] led Second Trinary Battle in [[3058]]. | ||
| + | * Star Captain [[Evan Wimmer]] led Second Trinary Battle during 3058 and 3059.<ref name=TDRp4143>''The Dragon Roars'', pp. 41–43</ref> | ||
| + | * Star Captain [[Stephan Bowen]] led [[Supernova]] Battle in 3059. | ||
| + | * Star Captain [[Samuel Levi]] led [[Binary]] [[Elemental]] in 3059.<ref name=ICp70 /> | ||
| + | * Star Captain [[Trent (Clan Smoke Jaguar)| Trent]] led Bravo Striker Binary in [[3052]].<ref>''Exodus Road'', p. 17</ref> | ||
| + | * [[Star Commander]] [[Roberta Kotare]] Bravo Battle [[Star]] from the Second Trinary Battle in 3059.<ref name=TDRp4143/> | ||
==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
| − | The Cluster | + | The Cluster was expert at combined arms tactics. |
==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
===3052=== | ===3052=== | ||
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| − | * Bravo Striker Binary (2 | + | * Bravo Striker Binary (2 OmniMech Stars) |
| − | === | + | ===3057–3059=== |
| − | *[[Trinary]] Command | + | * [[Trinary]] Command |
| − | **Alpha Command [[Nova (unit)|Nova]] (4 [[OmniMechs]], 20 [[Elemental]]s) | + | ** Alpha Command [[Nova (unit)|Nova]] (4 [[OmniMechs]], 20 [[Elemental]]s) |
| − | **Bravo Command Nova (4 OmniMechs, 20 Elementals) | + | ** Bravo Command Nova (4 OmniMechs, 20 Elementals) |
| − | **Charlie Command [[Star]] (25 Elementals) | + | ** Charlie Command [[Star]] (25 Elementals) |
| − | *Trinary Assault - (15 OmniMechs) | + | * Trinary Assault - (15 OmniMechs) |
| − | *First Trinary Battle - (15 OmniMechs) | + | * First Trinary Battle - (15 OmniMechs) |
| − | *[[Binary]] Elemental - (50 Elementals) | + | * [[Binary]] Elemental - (50 Elementals) |
| − | *Second Trinary Battle - (15 OmniMechs) | + | * Second Trinary Battle - (15 OmniMechs) |
| − | *[[Supernova (unit)|Supernova]] Battle - | + | * [[Supernova (unit)|Supernova]] Battle - (15 OmniMechs, 75 Elementals)<ref name=ICp70 /> |
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | The Cluster is not listed in the Smoke Jaguar order of battle in the [[Luthien (scenario pack)]] | + | The Cluster is not listed in the Smoke Jaguar order of battle in the ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)|Luthien]]'' scenario pack. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[The Dragon Roars]]'' |
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' |
| − | *''[[Exodus Road]]'' | + | * ''[[Exodus Road (novel)|Exodus Road]]'' |
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[Invading Clans]]'' |
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)|Luthien]]'' |
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' |
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[Shadows of War]]'' |
| − | *''[[ | + | * ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]'' |
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[[Category:Clan Smoke Jaguar Commands|Battle, 267]] | [[Category:Clan Smoke Jaguar Commands|Battle, 267]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:52, 9 February 2024
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| 267th Jaguar Battle Cluster | |
| Disbanded | 3060 (destroyed) |
| Nickname | The Devil's Mist |
| Affiliation | Clan Smoke Jaguar |
| Parent Command | Beta Galaxy |
Contents
Overview[edit]
The 267th Battle Cluster was a front-line combat unit of Clan Smoke Jaguar.
History[edit]
Operation Revival[edit]
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.[1]
Wave Five[edit]
Luthien
Actual battle records of the 267th Battle Cluster are sparse for the fighting on Luthien in January 3052. However, it is reported that sixty percent of the Cluster's OmniMechs and Elemental Points made it back to the Jaguars' waiting DropShips, and that they barely had time to rebuild their losses before being deployed to Tukayyid.[1]
Tukayyid[edit]
The unit fought on Tukayyid against the 367th Division (Spoken Ideas) in the Racice Delta as part of Beta Galaxy.[2] After their initial landing, their advance quickly became bogged down, the swamps and marsh hampering their movement. The Cluster came under repeated ambushes while the artillery barrage was almost constant for three days. As the days wore on, their casualties increased.[1] After the death of Sarah Weaver, their command post was overrun and the Cluster was ordered to retreat in an attempt to save as many warriors as possible;[3][4] a considerable number of technicians were lost, killed in the fighting.[5]
Post-Tukayyid[edit]
The Cluster was rebuilt after its losses on Tukayyid; interestingly, during this period several of its officers were reassigned to other units.[6] They were deployed to garrison the main base on Teniente by January 3054;[7] from here they were sent out on occasional raiding Trials against the Draconis Combine. This base was a short-lived outpost on an otherwise Clan Nova Cat–held world.
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.[8]
Operation Bulldog[edit]
By 3059, the Cluster was deployed to Outer Volta.[9] In June of the same year, it was joined by the First Guards and Galaxy Commander Ward's Swath Keshik. Both units had retreated from Avon after Inner Sphere forces had attacked.[10]
Counterattack[edit]
Meinacos
The 267th Battle Cluster dropped onto Meinacos in an effort to disrupt the SLDF advance in July 3059. The Jaguar unit faced the Eighth Dieron Regulars, the St. Ives Cheveau-Légers, the First Canopian Cuirassiers, and the Eleventh Alshain Avengers. Though the Clan unit fought well, they couldn't hold when the Eighth Dieron drove into the Cluster's flank in Tierra del Noche, while the Eleventh Alshain distracted them, luring away portions of their command, 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 order, they boarded their DropShips and left without another major engagement.[11]
Wave Three[edit]
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. The Clan forces had taken up a defensive position in the capital city when the Eighth Sword of Light, Thirty-ninth Division (ComStar) and Izanagi Warriors landed in August 3059.[12] Ordered by Lincoln Osis to delay the Inner Sphere troops for as long as possible, the Clan force fought a series of running battles over four days before being pushed out of the city to the Oshira foothills. Harried by flank attacks from the Com Guards and rear attacks from the Sword of Light, the remnant of Beta Galaxy found themselves surrounded and destroyed.[13]
Huntress[edit]
Elements of the 267th Battle Cluster formed part of Hang Mehta's forces on Huntress in 3060,[14] where they were finally wiped out.[15]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
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| Commanding Officers of the 267th Battle Cluster | |||
| Star Colonel | Diane Perez | 3059[16][17] | |
Other Officers[edit]
- Star Captain Robert Kotare led Trinary Command in 3059.
- Star Captain Carol Montizima led Trinary Assault in 3059.
- Star Captain Marian Showers led First Trinary Battle in 3059.
- Star Captain James Hildenrath led Second Trinary Battle in 3058.
- Star Captain Evan Wimmer led Second Trinary Battle during 3058 and 3059.[11]
- Star Captain Stephan Bowen led Supernova Battle in 3059.
- Star Captain Samuel Levi led Binary Elemental in 3059.[16]
- Star Captain Trent led Bravo Striker Binary in 3052.[18]
- Star Commander Roberta Kotare Bravo Battle Star from the Second Trinary Battle in 3059.[11]
Tactics[edit]
The Cluster was expert at combined arms tactics.
Composition History[edit]
3052[edit]
(partial)
- Bravo Striker Binary (2 OmniMech Stars)
3057–3059[edit]
- 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)[16]
Notes[edit]
The Cluster is not listed in the Smoke Jaguar order of battle in the Luthien scenario pack.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Era Report: 3062, p. 61
- ↑ Tukayyid, p. 33
- ↑ Exodus Road, p. 18
- ↑ Invading Clans, pp. 61–62
- ↑ Exodus Road, pp. 34, 45
- ↑ Exodus Road, p. 36
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 34
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, pp. 61–62
- ↑ The Dragon Roars, p. 12
- ↑ The Dragon Roar, p. 24
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 The Dragon Roars, pp. 41–43
- ↑ The Dragon Roar, p. 44
- ↑ The Dragon Roars, pp. 57–59
- ↑ Shadows of War, p. 52
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 62
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Invading Clans, p. 70
- ↑ The Dragon Roars, p. 43
- ↑ Exodus Road, p. 17