6th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)

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The Sixth Jaguar Dragoons were a Cluster of Clan Smoke Jaguar's Alpha Galaxy. They were taken as isorla by Clan Wolf-in-Exile during Operation Bulldog and renamed the Sixth Wolf Guards.

History

The Sixth Jaguar Dragoons were nicknamed the "Wolf Slayers" because they were the unit whose successful Trial of Possession brought the Dire Wolf Assault OmniMech into the Smoke Jaguar touman, despite having killed no Wolves in that trial. As a reward for this, the Sixth were second only to the illustrious 362nd Assault Cluster in the number of Dire Wolf Omnis in its ranks.[1]

Operation Revival

The Sixth Jaguar Dragoons took part in the initial invasion of the Inner Sphere, conquering Draconian planets of Tarnby, Yamarovka and achieved a stunning victory on Byesville[2] when a Binary of Elementals under the command of Star Captain Lincoln Osis captured the world without much of a fight. Lincoln Osis was later awarded the rank of Star Colonel and command of the Sixth Dragoons.

Tukayyid

During the Battle of Tukayyid the Sixth Dragoons were led by now Khan Osis, who also served as overall commander for the Jaguar's Alpha Galaxy attack against the primary target city of Dinju Heights. Defended by the Com Guards veteran ranked Fifth Army, the assault on Dinju Heights started well for the Jaguars, with the Sixth Dragoons wiping out the green 50th Division to secure Alpha Galaxy's drop site. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

While the rest of Alpha assumed it was their superiority over the ComStar forces allowing them to effortlessly roll over the Com Guard defensive lines, Star Colonel Brandon Howell correctly suspected a trap in the seemingly undefended Dinju Pass, ordering his Jaguar Grenadiers to advance at maximum speed, preventing the hidden 299th and 323rd Divisions from catching the entire cluster and reaching the other side of the pass. [8] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Unwilling to be outdone by a subordinate, Khan Osis ordered the Sixth Dragoons to make their own run, by which time the 299th and 323rd Divisions had fully emerged from hiding. With the Com Guard divisions now crowding the floor of the pass and creating a gauntlet of overwhelming firepower, the Sixth suffered horrendous losses. Worse was to come when a Com Guard MechWarrior succeeded in defeating Loremaster Edmund Hoyt and seemingly killing Khan Osis, the Sixth's CO in truth being incapacitated and pinned beneath Hoyt's shattered Summoner. [9] [1] [8] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

With Khan Osis's apparent demise followed shortly after by the death of saKhan Sarah Weaver during Beta Galaxy's push to the secondary target city of Port Racice, ilKhan Ulric Kerensky was forced to terminate the Jaguar campaign. While the demoralized Beta Galaxy dutifully obeyed, those in Alpha Galaxy were enraged by what they felt was a Wolf Clan snub to their sacrifices and vowed to fight on to the death. With the Grenadiers unable to break through the 299th and 323rd's battle line to save them, the outnumbered Sixth Dragoons were effectively destroyed. Ultimately only eight warriors from the Sixth Jaguar Dragoons survived the fighting in Dinju Pass. [8] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Discovered alive during rescue operations after Tukayyid, Osis sought to rebuild his former unit and turned it into the Clan Smoke Jaguars' prestige-unit. The 168th Garrison Cluster was also assigned as an aid-unit for the Sixth Dragoons.[citation needed]

Operation Bulldog

Immediately prior to Operation Bulldog, the Sixth Jaguar Dragoons were stationed on Labrea preparing for a campaign against the Draconis Combine, awaiting word that Khan Lincoln Osis would soon declare a new invasion of the Inner Sphere. Upon learning of Bulldog's first wave, the Sixth's CO Logan Moon sent a request to Khan Osis for both reinforcements and permission to wage a defensive campaign while awaiting them, Lincoln Osis refused to allow his prestige unit to engage in such Spheroid combat lest it damage his image.[10]

Thus when Exiled Wolves 4th Wolf Guards, 1st Wolf Legion and 1st Wolf Strike Grenadiers landed Moon openly led the Sixth Dragoons out to meet them. Having assumed the Jaguars would engage in a more brutal and defensive campaign, Khan Phelan Kell declared a formal Trial of Possession in the zellbrigen style for the 6th Jaguar Dragoons as a means of allowing Moon to save their honor rather than foolishly sacrifice their lives for Khan Osis's benefit.[10]

In a simple three-on-three Trial in Colodney Valley, Phelan Kell pushed his Executioner A's heat limit early to quickly damage Moon's heavier Dire Wolf A before relying on distance and manoeuvring to defeat him. [11] Ranna Kerensky however relied on superior targeting in her Warhawk C) to defeat Wimmer's Turkina B at range, while Ragnar favored the reverse, immediately closing his Ice Ferret D with Showers' longer ranged Shadow Cat A where he had the advantage.[10]

The entire 6th Jaguar Dragoons were taken isorla only for Phelan Kell declare them abtakha before even leaving Labrea. The Sixth Jaguar Dragoons were renamed to the 6th Wolf Guards[12] [10] [13]

Sixth Wolf Guards

Assigned to Clan Wolf-in-Exile's Alpha Galaxy, while loyal to their new Clan, many observers questioned if the elite but Crusader Smoke Jaguars who made upon virtually the entire cluster would really give their all in the defense of Warden polices. [13] As of the 6th was stationed on their Clan's nominal homeworld of Arc-Royal. [14]

Compared to the other clusters of Alpha Galaxy, the Sixth had a relatively quiet start to the Word of Blake Jihad guarding the Lyran Alliance against Clan Jade Falcon, until the entire galaxy was activated in 3077 to join the Federated Suns front of Operation SCOUR and assaulted Yangtze, Achernar, Azha, Small World, and Sheratan. The Sixth then took part in the assault of the Terran system in 3078, joining the rest of Alpha and their Clan Nova Cat counterpart in capturing ROM's Koryo Castle Brian on Mars.[15] [16] [17]

Post-Jihad Era

Taking up station on Dustball as they tried to recoup the losses suffered during SCOUR, as of 3079 the Sixth were at 55% strength. [15] As 3085 the Sixth had reached 60% strength, featuring non-OmniMechs for the first time [18] but like the rest of Alpha also receiving some of Clan Wolf-in-Exile's new Arctic Wolf II OmniMech. [19]

Officers

As of 3067 the commanding officer was Star Colonel Logan Moon. A staunch member of Clan Smoke Jaguar, Moon was a relatively pragmatic man who was not as blindly aggressive as his fellow Clan warriors.

As of 3085, the 6th Wolf Guards were under the command of Sigmund Conners. [18]

Tactics

The Sixth Jaguar Dragoons were experts in first picking apart their opponents at long range and then rushing in for close assaults to finish off their foes.[1]


Composition History

3050

(partial)

3059

Notes

  • After becoming the 6th Wolf Guards, the unit adopted a sphinx-like combination of a Smoke Jaguar and a Wolf as their insignia. [13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Era Report: 3052, p. 57 "Factions - Clan Smoke Jaguar - Sixth Jaguar Dragoons (Wolf Slayers)"
  2. ↑ Invading Clans , pp 63, 67, 69
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Tukayyid, pp. 29-38 "Campaign: Clan Smoke Jaguar"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Tukayyid, p. 34 "Ambush at the Dinju Pass"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Wolf Clan, p. 47 "Days of Armageddon - Smoke Jaguar"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Invading Clans, pp. 61-62 "Tukayyid: The Crucible"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 ComStar, p. 70 "Battle of Tukayyid"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Era Report: 3052, pp. 90-91, "Brandon Howell Profile"
  9. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 32, "Factions - ComStar - 323rd Division (Negative Communications)"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 The Dragon Roars, pp. 30-31 "Scenario 5: Zellbrigen"
  11. ↑ Grave Covenant, p. 267
  12. ↑ The Dragon Roars, p24 "Wave Two: Driving Forward"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 158 "Clan Wolf (In Exile) - Alpha Galaxy: The Dire Wolves"
  14. ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 166 "Clan Wolf-In-Exile"
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Field Report: Clans, p. 22 "Clan Wolf (In-Exile)"
  16. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 132
  17. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 134
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 129 "Clan Military Forces (Deployment as of 31 October 3085) - Clan Wolf (In-Exile) - Alpha Galaxy (The Dire Wolves)"
  19. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 50, "Deployment"

Bibliography

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