4th Jaguar Dragoons (Clan Smoke Jaguar)

Insignia of Epsilon Galaxy
Fourth Jaguar Dragoons
Disbanded 3059 (destroyed)
Affiliation Clan Smoke Jaguar
Parent Command Epsilon Galaxy

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]

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:

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]

Insignia of Epsilon Galaxy

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]

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)

[17]

  • 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]

Gallery[edit]

  • 4th Jaguar Dragoons TO&E

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials, p. 22
  2. ↑ Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials, p. 33
  3. ↑ Invading Clans, p. 65
  4. ↑ Invading Clans, p. 66
  5. ↑ Invading Clans, p. 59
  6. ↑ Invading Clans, p. 68
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Invading Clans, p. 119
  8. ↑ Invading Clans, p. 60
  9. ↑ Invading Clans, p. 69
  10. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 34
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Grave Covenant, p. 249
  12. ↑ The Dragon Roars, pp. 8–9
  13. ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 32: "Notable MechWarriors"
  14. ↑ The Dragon Roars, p. 21
  15. ↑ Invading Clans, p. 72
  16. ↑ Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials, p. 22
  17. ↑ Invading Clans, p. 72
  18. ↑ Grave Covenant, p. 251

Bibliography[edit]

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