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| − | + | | Designation = Fourth Jaguar Dragoons | |
| − | + | | Formed = | |
| − | + | | Disbanded = [[3059]] (destroyed) | |
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| + | | Affiliation = [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] | ||
| + | | Parent Command = [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Epsilon Galaxy]] | ||
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| + | ==Overview== | ||
| + | The '''Fourth Jaguar Dragoons''' were a front-line military unit of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | + | During the Trials that led up to [[Operation REVIVAL]], the Fourth Jaguar Dragoons were one of the Clusters that faced [[Khan]] [[Ulric Kerensky]] in the [[Trial of Refusal]] called by [[Clan Wolf]].<ref name=otp22>''Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials'', p. 22</ref> They fought Clan Wolf's [[3rd Battle (Clan Wolf)|Third Battle Cluster]] alongside the [[69th Dragoon (Clan Star Adder)|15th Rapier Cluster]] of [[Clan Burrock]].<ref>''Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials'', p. 33</ref> The Dragoon warriors were under orders ignore ''zellbrigen'' against the Wolves. The Jaguar-Burrock force split the Wolves, overwhelming them. A blind PPC shot from Star Colonel [[Aaron Showers]] to the ''Gargoyle'' of Khan Ulric Kerensky ended the Trial and allowed REVIVAL to commence. | |
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| + | ===Operation REVIVAL=== | ||
| + | [[File:Galaxy Delta (Clan Smoke Jaguar) logo.png|150px|right|thumb|Insignia of Delta Galaxy]] | ||
| + | During the [[Clan]] invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]], the Fourth Dragoons fought on the following worlds as part of [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Delta Galaxy]]: | ||
====Wave Three==== | ====Wave Three==== | ||
| − | + | <u>Jeanette</u><br> | |
| + | Alpha and Beta Stars from the First Trinary Battle landed on what [[ComStar]] had told them was the undefended world of [[Jeanette]] in June 3050; however, [[Precentor]] [[Kevin James]], in command of the planet's [[HPG]] station, sent two [[Level II]] [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] units from the [[Divine Light]] to attack the Dragoons, but they were swiftly destroyed. [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]] agreed to pay restitution and personally apologized.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 65</ref> | ||
====Wave Four==== | ====Wave Four==== | ||
| − | + | <u>Luzerne</u><br> | |
| + | In August 3050, [[Luzerne]] was defended by survivors of the [[9th Alshain Regulars|Ninth Alshain Regulars]] who had escaped the [[Clan Ghost Bear]] attack on [[Jarett]] in May. The Regulars prepared and lured the First and Second Battle Trinaries into a well-orchestrated crossfire at Topeka Bay. The Jaguars were able to force their way out and circle behind the Ninth, which forced the Regulars to flee north while taking heavy casualties. The Dragoons caught the Regulars in their own trap at Lawrence Pass, virtually destroying them they by firing down from the walls of the pass.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 66</ref> | ||
====Wave Five==== | ====Wave Five==== | ||
| − | + | <u>Avon</u><br> | |
| − | + | Both Clan Smoke Jaguar and [[Clan Nova Cat]] had designs on [[Avon]] for its strategic position. The Jaguar Khans proposed that the two Clans share the world in order to save their resources for fighting the Inner Sphere. Some sources claim that a single Cluster from each Clan attacked the planet<ref name=IC59>''Invading Clans'', p. 59</ref> while others place elements of three Jaguar and two Nova Cat Clusters in action: the Fourth Jaguar Dragoons, the [[214th Jaguar Dragoons (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|214th Jaguar Dragoons]], the [[5th Jaguar Regulars (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Fifth Jaguar Regulars]], the [[274th Battle (Clan Nova Cat)|274th Nova Cat Battle Cluster]] and the [[449th Assault (Clan Nova Cat)|449th Nova Cat Assault Cluster]]. The Jaguar forces landed first in late November 3051, followed by the Nova Cats in early December.<ref name=IC68>''Invading Clans'', p. 68</ref><ref name=IC119>''Invading Clans'', p. 119</ref> The defending troops of the [[2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group]] were routed from their dug-in position on the Pollit Plains and Tenderlands by a Nova Cat assault. Realizing they were outclassed, the defenders opted for a guerrilla campaign. Allowing the Clans to set up forward bases, the defenders attacked these under cover of darkness with 'Mech companies in an attempt to destroy as much of the supplies stored there as possible as well as performing commando sabotage missions in Devon Heights, Beachweld and Fresno. In response, the Jaguar commander sent out headhunter missions and in a single night eliminated the entire command structure, after which the Amphigean Light Assault Group was destroyed at Fresno in an assault by the 214th Jaguar Dragoons.<ref name=IC119/><ref name=IC60>''Invading Clans'', p. 60</ref> | |
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| − | + | <u>Asgard</u><br> | |
| − | ... | + | The minute the Fourth Dragoons and the [[19th Striker (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Nineteenth Striker Cluster]] touched down on [[Battle of Asgard (3052)|Asgard]] in February [[3052]], they came under almost constant artillery attack from the [[3rd Benjamin Regulars|Third Benjamin Regulars]]. Undertaking a forced night march to avoid this, the Clan force advanced on Vernan, catching the Regulars by surprise and forcing them to retreat after a fierce battle. The Regulars' heavy and assault 'Mechs fought a rearguard action while the rest of the unit moved to a second defensive line at Odin's Retreat. This position held for a month, breaking when an assault by the Fourth crushed the Regulars' western flank. The Regulars broke and ran for their DropShips on the Ragnarok Plains, fighting all the way; roughly a battalion escaped.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 69</ref> |
| − | ====[[Operation Bulldog]]==== | + | ===Post-Tukayyid=== |
| − | ... | + | [[File:Galaxy Epsilon (Clan Smoke Jaguar) logo.png|150px|right|thumb|Insignia of Epsilon Galaxy]] |
| + | The Dragoons were transferred to [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Epsilon Galaxy]] and assigned formal garrison duties on Asgard in [[3054]].<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 34</ref> They took up station in Vernan, the largest city on the southern continent of the planet.<ref name=GCp249/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Operation Bulldog=== | ||
| + | ====Operation Bird Dog==== | ||
| + | <u>Asgard</u><br> | ||
| + | As part of [[Operation BIRD DOG]] Jake's Heavy Hitters, a company-sized unit from the [[Davion Heavy Guards]], dropped onto [[Asgard]] in early May 3059. The Fourth hunted it down but were still dealing with this threat when the main assault hit the planet.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', pp. 8–9</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Wave One==== | ||
| + | <u>Asgard</u><br> | ||
| + | When Star League forces including the [[278th Division (ComStar)|ComStar 278th Division]], the [[3rd Proserpina Hussars|Third Proserpina Hussars]], the [[3rd Benjamin Regulars|Third Benjamin Regulars]] and the main body of the [[Davion Heavy Guards]] landed on [[Asgard]] in late May, they faced the Fourth Jaguar Dragoons as well as the Command Keshik of [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Epsilon Galaxy]]. The Jaguar commander, Aaron Showers, anticipated the strategy of the opposing forces, as they were the same employed back in 3052 when the Combine lost the planet. The Fourth pulled back to the mountains of Odin's Retreat. The Com Guards attacked from the south, the Davions from the east and the [[DCMS]] forces from the west.<ref name=GCp249/> In the resulting campaign the Fourth Jaguar Dragoons were driven back by the DCMS forces, to be caught in a pincer by the Davion Heavy Guards and destroyed in detail.<ref name="TRO:3055Up32">''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 32: "Notable MechWarriors"</ref> No Smoke Jaguar warriors escaped the planet.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 21</ref> | ||
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
| − | + | {| class="wikitable" | |
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ||
| + | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ||
| + | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 4th Jaguar Dragoons''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Star Colonel]]||[[Aaron Showers]]||[[3048]] - [[3059]]<ref name=otp22/> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Other Officers=== | ||
| + | * [[Star Captain]] [[Lavina Showers]] led [[Trinary]] Command in 3059. | ||
| + | * Star Captain [[Jillian Osis]] led First Trinary Battle in 3059. | ||
| + | * Star Captain [[Ranna Bowen]] led Trinary Assault in 3059. | ||
| + | * Star Captain [[Mambrams Nevversan]] led Second Trinary Battle in 3059.<ref name=otp22/> | ||
| + | * Star Captain [[Sersa]] led [[Binary]] [[Elemental]] in 3059. | ||
| + | * [[Star Commander]] [[David Pryde (Smoke Jaguar)|David Pryde]] led [[Artillery]] Support [[Star]] in 3059.<ref name=IC72>''Invading Clans'', p. 72</ref> | ||
==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
| + | The Dragoons were known to prefer dueling lighter-class units, a practice that some consider dishonorable.<ref name=otp22/> | ||
| − | == | + | ==Composition History== |
| − | < | + | ===3048=== |
| − | + | Unknown (Elite)<ref>''Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials'', p. 22</ref> | |
| − | </ | ||
| − | |||
===3050=== | ===3050=== | ||
''(partial)'' | ''(partial)'' | ||
| − | * | + | * First [[Trinary]] Battle |
| − | * | + | * Second Trinary Battle |
| − | === | + | ===3057-3059=== |
| − | * | + | *[[Trinary]] Command - (10 OmniMechs, 25 [[Elemental]]s) |
| − | * | + | *First Trinary Battle - (15 OmniMechs) |
| − | * | + | *Trinary Assault - (15 OmniMechs) |
| − | + | *[[Binary]] Elemental - (50 Elementals) | |
| − | * ''' | + | *Second Trinary Battle - (15 OmniMechs) |
| − | + | *Artillery Support Star - (5 OmniMechs) | |
| + | <ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 72</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Inner Sphere Intelligence sources placed their strength at 60 BattleMechs in 3059.<ref name=GCp249>''Grave Covenant'', p. 249</ref> Although a front-line Cluster, it contained a few second-line 'Mechs like the ''[[Kodiak]]'' on its roster.<ref>''Grave Covenant'', p. 251</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Rules== | ||
| + | <div class="gamerules"> | ||
| + | When making an attack against a heavier-weight-class unit the Fourth Dragoons receive a +1 bonus to its to-hit rolls.<ref name=otp22/> | ||
| + | </div> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| + | * They were misidentified by [[House Davion|Davion]] troops as the 4th Jaguar Hussars during [[Operation BULLDOG]]<ref name=GCp249/> | ||
| + | ==Gallery== | ||
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | File:Clansmokejaguar4thjaguardragoons3050.PNG|''4th Jaguar Dragoons TO&E'' | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | *[[Invading Clans]] | + | <references /> |
| + | |||
| + | ==Bibliography== | ||
| + | * ''[[Grave Covenant]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Invading Clans]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade]]'' | ||
| + | |||
| − | [[Category:Clan Smoke Jaguar Commands| | + | [[Category:Clan Smoke Jaguar Commands|Dragoons, 004]] |
Latest revision as of 21:38, 10 February 2024
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| Fourth Jaguar Dragoons | |
| Disbanded | 3059 (destroyed) |
| Affiliation | Clan Smoke Jaguar |
| Parent Command | Epsilon Galaxy |
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Overview[edit]
The Fourth Jaguar Dragoons were a front-line military unit of Clan Smoke Jaguar.
History[edit]
During the Trials that led up to Operation REVIVAL, the Fourth Jaguar Dragoons were one of the Clusters that faced Khan Ulric Kerensky in the Trial of Refusal called by Clan Wolf.[1] They fought Clan Wolf's Third Battle Cluster alongside the 15th Rapier Cluster of Clan Burrock.[2] The Dragoon warriors were under orders ignore zellbrigen against the Wolves. The Jaguar-Burrock force split the Wolves, overwhelming them. A blind PPC shot from Star Colonel Aaron Showers to the Gargoyle of Khan Ulric Kerensky ended the Trial and allowed REVIVAL to commence.
Operation REVIVAL[edit]
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During the Clan invasion of the Inner Sphere, the Fourth Dragoons fought on the following worlds as part of Delta Galaxy:
Wave Three[edit]
Jeanette
Alpha and Beta Stars from the First Trinary Battle landed on what ComStar had told them was the undefended world of Jeanette in June 3050; however, Precentor Kevin James, in command of the planet's HPG station, sent two Level II Com Guard units from the Divine Light to attack the Dragoons, but they were swiftly destroyed. Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht agreed to pay restitution and personally apologized.[3]
Wave Four[edit]
Luzerne
In August 3050, Luzerne was defended by survivors of the Ninth Alshain Regulars who had escaped the Clan Ghost Bear attack on Jarett in May. The Regulars prepared and lured the First and Second Battle Trinaries into a well-orchestrated crossfire at Topeka Bay. The Jaguars were able to force their way out and circle behind the Ninth, which forced the Regulars to flee north while taking heavy casualties. The Dragoons caught the Regulars in their own trap at Lawrence Pass, virtually destroying them they by firing down from the walls of the pass.[4]
Wave Five[edit]
Avon
Both Clan Smoke Jaguar and Clan Nova Cat had designs on Avon for its strategic position. The Jaguar Khans proposed that the two Clans share the world in order to save their resources for fighting the Inner Sphere. Some sources claim that a single Cluster from each Clan attacked the planet[5] while others place elements of three Jaguar and two Nova Cat Clusters in action: the Fourth Jaguar Dragoons, the 214th Jaguar Dragoons, the Fifth Jaguar Regulars, the 274th Nova Cat Battle Cluster and the 449th Nova Cat Assault Cluster. The Jaguar forces landed first in late November 3051, followed by the Nova Cats in early December.[6][7] The defending troops of the 2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group were routed from their dug-in position on the Pollit Plains and Tenderlands by a Nova Cat assault. Realizing they were outclassed, the defenders opted for a guerrilla campaign. Allowing the Clans to set up forward bases, the defenders attacked these under cover of darkness with 'Mech companies in an attempt to destroy as much of the supplies stored there as possible as well as performing commando sabotage missions in Devon Heights, Beachweld and Fresno. In response, the Jaguar commander sent out headhunter missions and in a single night eliminated the entire command structure, after which the Amphigean Light Assault Group was destroyed at Fresno in an assault by the 214th Jaguar Dragoons.[7][8]
Asgard
The minute the Fourth Dragoons and the Nineteenth Striker Cluster touched down on Asgard in February 3052, they came under almost constant artillery attack from the Third Benjamin Regulars. Undertaking a forced night march to avoid this, the Clan force advanced on Vernan, catching the Regulars by surprise and forcing them to retreat after a fierce battle. The Regulars' heavy and assault 'Mechs fought a rearguard action while the rest of the unit moved to a second defensive line at Odin's Retreat. This position held for a month, breaking when an assault by the Fourth crushed the Regulars' western flank. The Regulars broke and ran for their DropShips on the Ragnarok Plains, fighting all the way; roughly a battalion escaped.[9]
Post-Tukayyid[edit]
The Dragoons were transferred to Epsilon Galaxy and assigned formal garrison duties on Asgard in 3054.[10] They took up station in Vernan, the largest city on the southern continent of the planet.[11]
Operation Bulldog[edit]
Operation Bird Dog[edit]
Asgard
As part of Operation BIRD DOG Jake's Heavy Hitters, a company-sized unit from the Davion Heavy Guards, dropped onto Asgard in early May 3059. The Fourth hunted it down but were still dealing with this threat when the main assault hit the planet.[12]
Wave One[edit]
Asgard
When Star League forces including the ComStar 278th Division, the Third Proserpina Hussars, the Third Benjamin Regulars and the main body of the Davion Heavy Guards landed on Asgard in late May, they faced the Fourth Jaguar Dragoons as well as the Command Keshik of Epsilon Galaxy. The Jaguar commander, Aaron Showers, anticipated the strategy of the opposing forces, as they were the same employed back in 3052 when the Combine lost the planet. The Fourth pulled back to the mountains of Odin's Retreat. The Com Guards attacked from the south, the Davions from the east and the DCMS forces from the west.[11] In the resulting campaign the Fourth Jaguar Dragoons were driven back by the DCMS forces, to be caught in a pincer by the Davion Heavy Guards and destroyed in detail.[13] No Smoke Jaguar warriors escaped the planet.[14]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the 4th Jaguar Dragoons | |||
| Star Colonel | Aaron Showers | 3048 - 3059[1] | |
Other Officers[edit]
- Star Captain Lavina Showers led Trinary Command in 3059.
- Star Captain Jillian Osis led First Trinary Battle in 3059.
- Star Captain Ranna Bowen led Trinary Assault in 3059.
- Star Captain Mambrams Nevversan led Second Trinary Battle in 3059.[1]
- Star Captain Sersa led Binary Elemental in 3059.
- Star Commander David Pryde led Artillery Support Star in 3059.[15]
Tactics[edit]
The Dragoons were known to prefer dueling lighter-class units, a practice that some consider dishonorable.[1]
Composition History[edit]
3048[edit]
Unknown (Elite)[16]
3050[edit]
(partial)
- First Trinary Battle
- Second Trinary Battle
3057-3059[edit]
- Trinary Command - (10 OmniMechs, 25 Elementals)
- First Trinary Battle - (15 OmniMechs)
- Trinary Assault - (15 OmniMechs)
- Binary Elemental - (50 Elementals)
- Second Trinary Battle - (15 OmniMechs)
- Artillery Support Star - (5 OmniMechs)
- Inner Sphere Intelligence sources placed their strength at 60 BattleMechs in 3059.[11] Although a front-line Cluster, it contained a few second-line 'Mechs like the Kodiak on its roster.[18]
Rules[edit]
When making an attack against a heavier-weight-class unit the Fourth Dragoons receive a +1 bonus to its to-hit rolls.[1]
Notes[edit]
- They were misidentified by Davion troops as the 4th Jaguar Hussars during Operation BULLDOG[11]
Gallery[edit]
4th Jaguar Dragoons TO&E
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials, p. 22
- ↑ Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials, p. 33
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 65
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 66
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 59
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 68
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Invading Clans, p. 119
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 60
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 69
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 34
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Grave Covenant, p. 249
- ↑ The Dragon Roars, pp. 8–9
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 32: "Notable MechWarriors"
- ↑ The Dragon Roars, p. 21
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 72
- ↑ Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials, p. 22
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 72
- ↑ Grave Covenant, p. 251