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| Designation = Seventh Jaguar Dragoons
 
| Designation = Seventh Jaguar Dragoons
 
| Formed =  
 
| Formed =  
| Disbanded = [[3059]] (Destroyed)
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| Disbanded = [[3059]] (destroyed)
 
| Previous Designation =  
 
| Previous Designation =  
 
| Nickname = The Leaping Jaguar
 
| Nickname = The Leaping Jaguar
 
| Affiliation = [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
 
| Affiliation = [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
| Parent Command = [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Epsilon Galaxy]]  
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| Parent Command = [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Epsilon Galaxy]]
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
The '''Seventh Jaguar Dragoons''' were a front line cluster of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].
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The '''Seventh Jaguar Dragoons''' were a front-line Cluster of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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====Wave Two====
 
====Wave Two====
 
<u>Garstedt</u><br>
 
<u>Garstedt</u><br>
In May 3050 Nevversan bid his own Command [[Trinary]], along with Trinary Assault and Binary Elemental in the attack on [[Garstedt]]. The defending troops of the [[3rd Alshain Regulars|Third Alshain Regulars]] had taken up defensive positions in the Cordivas Grotto. The Dragoons chose to wait instead of attempting a near suicidal assault on the Grotto. [[Tai-Sa]] Albert Brookhaven the commander of the Regulars realized he had a choice between starving and fighting. The Regulars made a dash for their DropShips situated to the south on the Filmore Steppes. In the running battle that ensued the Dragoons used a series of fast, mobile strikes to pin the Regulars before Trinary Assault arrived. The Seventh drove the Third Regulars off-world with heavy losses, destroying an entire battalion of 'Mechs before the Regulars could escape to [[Schuyler]].<ref> ''Invading Clans'' p.65</ref><ref name=ER62-62>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 62</ref>
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In May 3050 Nevversan bid his own Command [[Trinary]], along with Trinary Assault and Binary Elemental in the attack on [[Garstedt]]. The defending troops of the [[3rd Alshain Regulars|Third Alshain Regulars]] had taken up defensive positions in the Cordivas Grotto. The Dragoons chose to wait instead of attempting a near suicidal assault on the Grotto. [[Tai-Sa]] Albert Brookhaven the commander of the Regulars realized he had a choice between starving and fighting. The Regulars made a dash for their DropShips situated to the south on the Filmore Steppes. In the running battle that ensued the Dragoons used a series of fast, mobile strikes to pin the Regulars before Trinary Assault arrived. The Seventh drove the Third Regulars off-world with heavy losses, destroying an entire battalion of 'Mechs before the Regulars could escape to [[Schuyler]].<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 65</ref><ref name=ER62-62>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 62</ref>
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====Wave Three====
 
====Wave Three====
 
<u>Schuyler</u><br>
 
<u>Schuyler</u><br>
The Dragoons followed the Third Alshain Regulars to Schuyler and bid the same forces in the attack in June 3050. Unknown to the Dragoons the Regulars had been resupplied and were not going to be caught out twice. The Regulars moved from point to point fighting a series of battles across the planet forcing the Dragoons to chase them expending energy and supplies. After a week of fighting, including a notable engagement was fought at Olasin Fjord, Sidney Nevversan was forced to break his bid and call in an additional Trinary. After a battle in the Mitsuhama Ridge the 3rd Alshain Regulars were once again driven off-world with moderate losses.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 66 </ref> However later reports confuse this battle with that at Port Arthur. <ref name=ER62-62/>
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The Dragoons followed the Third Alshain Regulars to Schuyler and bid the same forces in the attack in June 3050. Unknown to the Dragoons the Regulars had been resupplied and were not going to be caught out twice. The Regulars moved from point to point fighting a series of battles across the planet forcing the Dragoons to chase them expending energy and supplies. After a week of fighting, including a notable engagement was fought at Olasin Fjord, Sidney Nevversan was forced to break his bid and call in an additional Trinary. After a battle in the Mitsuhama Ridge the 3rd Alshain Regulars were once again driven off-world with moderate losses.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 66</ref> However later reports confuse this battle with that at Port Arthur.<ref name=ER62-62/>
  
 
====Wave Five====
 
====Wave Five====
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Alpha Galaxy landed on [[Luthien]] in January 3052, however, the Dragoons' part in [[Battle of Luthien (Clan Invasion)|battle]] is not well documented despite Inner Sphere sources claiming that they took heavy casualties there.<ref name=ER62-62/><br><br/>
 
Alpha Galaxy landed on [[Luthien]] in January 3052, however, the Dragoons' part in [[Battle of Luthien (Clan Invasion)|battle]] is not well documented despite Inner Sphere sources claiming that they took heavy casualties there.<ref name=ER62-62/><br><br/>
 
<u>Port Arthur</u><br>
 
<u>Port Arthur</u><br>
[[saKhan]] [[Sarah Weaver]] and the [[Shroud Keshik (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Shroud Keshik]] accompanied the Seventh Dragoons as they dropped on to [[Port Arthur]] landing in the Zuave Vale in March 3052. The Smoke Jaguars immediately attacked the [[1st Proserpina Hussars|First Proserpina Hussars]] forcing them to fall back to defensive positions at Disher. Here the Jaguar attack stalled and Sarah Weaver ordered a headhunter attack that wiped out half the Hussars command units, but failed to eliminate their commanding officer ''Tai-sa'' Jong Moon Lee. It did however force a second retreat to Point aux Trembles; an area with automated turrets in hardened bunkers which stalled the Dragoons for over a week before they pushed the defenders off planet.<ref> ''Invading Clans'' p.69</ref>
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[[saKhan]] [[Sarah Weaver]] and the [[Shroud Keshik (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Shroud Keshik]] accompanied the Seventh Dragoons as they dropped on to [[Port Arthur]] landing in the Zuave Vale in March 3052. The Smoke Jaguars immediately attacked the [[1st Proserpina Hussars|First Proserpina Hussars]] forcing them to fall back to defensive positions at Disher. Here the Jaguar attack stalled and Sarah Weaver ordered a headhunter attack that wiped out half the Hussars command units, but failed to eliminate their commanding officer ''Tai-sa'' Jong Moon Lee. It did however force a second retreat to Point aux Trembles; an area with automated turrets in hardened bunkers which stalled the Dragoons for over a week before they pushed the defenders off planet.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 69</ref>
  
 
====Tukayyid====
 
====Tukayyid====
The Seventh Dragoons landed in the Dinju Heights along with the majority of Alpha Galaxy, while the [[6th Jaguar Dragoons (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Sixth Dragoons]] made the initial combat drop on the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] Division closest to the landing zone.<ref>''Tukayyid'', p. 30 "Rain of Fire"</ref> With this threat eliminated Alpha Galaxy advanced on the City of Dinju Heights, the [[Jaguar Grenadiers (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Jaguar Grenadiers]] had won the right to lead the assault. As the fighting erupted in the Dinju Pass the Seventh Dragoons received orders to hold their position.<ref>''Tukayyid'', p. 35 "Ambush at the Dinju Pass"</ref> Unlike the Sixth Dragoons that continued to press the attack, the Seventh appear to have accepted the retreat order. Although some warriors did break formation and join the Sixth,<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 62 "Tukayyid: The Crucible"</ref> this and their fighting withdrawal still cost them heavy causalities before they boarded their DropShips.<ref name=ER62-62/>
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The Seventh Dragoons landed in the Dinju Heights along with the majority of Alpha Galaxy, while the [[6th Jaguar Dragoons (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Sixth Dragoons]] made the initial combat drop on the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] Division closest to the landing zone.<ref>''Tukayyid'', p. 30: "Rain of Fire"</ref> With this threat eliminated Alpha Galaxy advanced on the City of Dinju Heights, the [[Jaguar Grenadiers (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Jaguar Grenadiers]] had won the right to lead the assault. As the fighting erupted in the Dinju Pass the Seventh Dragoons received orders to hold their position.<ref>''Tukayyid'', p. 35: "Ambush at the Dinju Pass"</ref> Unlike the Sixth Dragoons that continued to press the attack, the Seventh appear to have accepted the retreat order. Although some warriors did break formation and join the Sixth,<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 62: "Tukayyid: The Crucible"</ref> this and their fighting withdrawal still cost them heavy casualties before they boarded their DropShips.<ref name=ER62-62/>
  
 
===Post-Tukayyid===
 
===Post-Tukayyid===
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===Operation Bulldog===
 
===Operation Bulldog===
 
====Operation Bird Dog====
 
====Operation Bird Dog====
As part of a clandestine campaign, the Donegal Vanguards -- a company sized unit from the Third Donegal Guards -- dropped onto Tarazed in May 3059. The Seventh Dragoons hunted the Donegal Vanguards down, but were still dealing with the last few elusive units when the main assault from Operation Bulldog hit the world.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 8-9 </ref>
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As part of a clandestine campaign, the Donegal Vanguards -- a company sized unit from the Third Donegal Guards -- dropped onto Tarazed in May 3059. The Seventh Dragoons hunted the Donegal Vanguards down, but were still dealing with the last few elusive units when the main assault from Operation Bulldog hit the world.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', pp. 8–9</ref>
  
 
====Wave One====
 
====Wave One====
The 7th Dragoons offered ''[[safcon]]'' to the [[SLDF|Second Star League]] forces that arrived in-system, not realizing how much force they faced. As the [[1st St. Ives Lancers|First St. Ives Lancers]], the [[2nd Genyosha|Second Genyosha]] and the [[3rd Donegal Guards|Third Donegal Guards RCT]] landed in the Krychek Mountains, the 7th's commander Sidney Nevversan realized the situation his command was in, and moved it away towards the Mosaikan Canyon Preserve in the hope of utilizing the network of canyons as defensive terrain. Light elements of the Second Genyosha saw the movement and reacted quicker than Nevversan thought possible, hitting the Dragoons' supply convoys hard while they were on the move. The Third Donegal Guards RCT compounded the Jaguars' problems, arriving at the canyons before the Dragoons and cut them off from the Preserve. As the First St. Ives Lancers advanced they caught an isolated Star of OmniMechs. [[Kai Allard-Liao]], the Lancers' commander, challenged the Smoke Jaguar Star Captain to a Trial of Possession for her command, which he won. The Lancers then continued their assault and the remaining portion of the 7th was completely destroyed.<ref> ''Grave Covenant'', p. 258 </ref><ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 15</ref> However, the Jaguars' JumpShip and two of their DropShips managed to flee the system.<ref name=ER62-62/>
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The 7th Dragoons offered ''[[safcon]]'' to the [[SLDF|Second Star League]] forces that arrived in-system, not realizing how much force they faced. As the [[1st St. Ives Lancers|First St. Ives Lancers]], the [[2nd Genyosha|Second Genyosha]] and the [[3rd Donegal Guards|Third Donegal Guards RCT]] landed in the Krychek Mountains, the 7th's commander Sidney Nevversan realized the situation his command was in, and moved it away towards the Mosaikan Canyon Preserve in the hope of utilizing the network of canyons as defensive terrain. Light elements of the Second Genyosha saw the movement and reacted quicker than Nevversan thought possible, hitting the Dragoons' supply convoys hard while they were on the move. The Third Donegal Guards RCT compounded the Jaguars' problems, arriving at the canyons before the Dragoons and cut them off from the Preserve. As the First St. Ives Lancers advanced they caught an isolated Star of OmniMechs. [[Kai Allard-Liao]], the Lancers' commander, challenged the Smoke Jaguar Star Captain to a Trial of Possession for her command, which he won. The Lancers then continued their assault and the remaining portion of the 7th was completely destroyed.<ref>''Grave Covenant'', p. 258</ref><ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 15</ref> However, the Jaguars' JumpShip and two of their DropShips managed to flee the system.<ref name=ER62-62/>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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===Other Officers===
 
===Other Officers===
* [[Star Captain]] [[Erlish Wirth]] led [[Trinary]] Command between 30?? and 3059.<ref name=ICp72>''Invading Clans'', p. 72</ref>
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* [[Star Captain]] [[Erlish Wirth]] led [[Trinary]] Command in 3059.<ref name=ICp72>''Invading Clans'', p. 72</ref>
* Star Captain [[Delia Nevversan]] led Trinary Assault between 30?? and 3059.<ref name=ER62-62/>
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* Star Captain [[Delia Nevversan]] led Trinary Assault in 3059.<ref name=ER62-62/>
* Star Captain [[Jose Osis]] led Trinary Battle between 30?? and 3059.<ref name=ER62-62/>
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* Star Captain [[Jose Osis]] led Trinary Battle in 3059.<ref name=ER62-62/>
* Star Captain [[Alfa Bowen]] led [[Binary]] [[Elemental]] between 30?? and 3059.<ref name=ER62-62/>
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* Star Captain [[Alfa Bowen]] led [[Binary]] [[Elemental]] in 3059.<ref name=ER62-62/>
* Star Captain [[Peter]] led Trinary Striker between 30?? and 3059.
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* Star Captain [[Peter]] led Trinary Striker in 3059.
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
 
They are masters of the running battle.
 
They are masters of the running battle.
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
===3050===
 
===3050===
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===3058===
 
===3058===
*[[Trinary]] Command  
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*[[Trinary]] Command
 
**Alpha Command [[Nova (unit)|Nova]] (5 [[OmniMechs]], 25 [[Elemental]]s)
 
**Alpha Command [[Nova (unit)|Nova]] (5 [[OmniMechs]], 25 [[Elemental]]s)
 
**Bravo Command Nova (5 OmniMechs, 25 Elementals)
 
**Bravo Command Nova (5 OmniMechs, 25 Elementals)
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*Trinary Battle - (10 OmniMechs, 25 Elementals)
 
*Trinary Battle - (10 OmniMechs, 25 Elementals)
 
*[[Binary]] Elemental - (50 Elementals)
 
*[[Binary]] Elemental - (50 Elementals)
*Trinary Striker - (15 OmniMechs) <ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 72</ref>
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*Trinary Striker - (15 OmniMechs)<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 72</ref>
  
 
==Rules==
 
==Rules==
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Whenever two or more Stars of Dragoons are used, up to half may use ''Off Map Movement''
 
Whenever two or more Stars of Dragoons are used, up to half may use ''Off Map Movement''
  
Dragoons only suffer a +1 modifier for shooting and running (instead of +2). <ref> ''Era Report: 3062'', p. 144 </ref>
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Dragoons only suffer a +1 modifier for shooting and running (instead of +2).<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 144</ref>
 
</div>
 
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
* The Seventh Dragoons are not listed as fighting on Luthien in either ''Invading Clans'' or the ''Luthien scenario pack''.
 
* The Seventh Dragoons are not listed as fighting on Luthien in either ''Invading Clans'' or the ''Luthien scenario pack''.
* Misidentified by [[Vlad Ward]] as the 7th Jaguar Hussars during [[Operation Bulldog]] <ref> ''Grave Covenant'', p. 279 </ref>
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* Misidentified by [[Vlad Ward]] as the 7th Jaguar Hussars during [[Operation Bulldog]]<ref>''Grave Covenant'', p. 279</ref>
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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* ''[[Grave Covenant]]''
 
* ''[[Grave Covenant]]''
 
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
* ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)]]''
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* ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)|Luthien]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)]]''
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* ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]''
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[[Category:Clan Smoke Jaguar Commands|Dragoons, 007]]
 
[[Category:Clan Smoke Jaguar Commands|Dragoons, 007]]

Revision as of 21:17, 30 September 2022

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Seventh Jaguar Dragoons
Disbanded 3059 (destroyed)
Nickname The Leaping Jaguar
Affiliation Clan Smoke Jaguar
Parent Command Epsilon Galaxy

Overview

The Seventh Jaguar Dragoons were a front-line Cluster of Clan Smoke Jaguar.

History

Operation Revival

As part of Alpha Galaxy the Seventh Dragoons successfully bid for and fought on the following worlds during the invasion of the Inner Sphere:

Wave Two

Garstedt
In May 3050 Nevversan bid his own Command Trinary, along with Trinary Assault and Binary Elemental in the attack on Garstedt. The defending troops of the Third Alshain Regulars had taken up defensive positions in the Cordivas Grotto. The Dragoons chose to wait instead of attempting a near suicidal assault on the Grotto. Tai-Sa Albert Brookhaven the commander of the Regulars realized he had a choice between starving and fighting. The Regulars made a dash for their DropShips situated to the south on the Filmore Steppes. In the running battle that ensued the Dragoons used a series of fast, mobile strikes to pin the Regulars before Trinary Assault arrived. The Seventh drove the Third Regulars off-world with heavy losses, destroying an entire battalion of 'Mechs before the Regulars could escape to Schuyler.[1][2]

Wave Three

Schuyler
The Dragoons followed the Third Alshain Regulars to Schuyler and bid the same forces in the attack in June 3050. Unknown to the Dragoons the Regulars had been resupplied and were not going to be caught out twice. The Regulars moved from point to point fighting a series of battles across the planet forcing the Dragoons to chase them expending energy and supplies. After a week of fighting, including a notable engagement was fought at Olasin Fjord, Sidney Nevversan was forced to break his bid and call in an additional Trinary. After a battle in the Mitsuhama Ridge the 3rd Alshain Regulars were once again driven off-world with moderate losses.[3] However later reports confuse this battle with that at Port Arthur.[2]

Wave Five

Luthien
Alpha Galaxy landed on Luthien in January 3052, however, the Dragoons' part in battle is not well documented despite Inner Sphere sources claiming that they took heavy casualties there.[2]

Port Arthur
saKhan Sarah Weaver and the Shroud Keshik accompanied the Seventh Dragoons as they dropped on to Port Arthur landing in the Zuave Vale in March 3052. The Smoke Jaguars immediately attacked the First Proserpina Hussars forcing them to fall back to defensive positions at Disher. Here the Jaguar attack stalled and Sarah Weaver ordered a headhunter attack that wiped out half the Hussars command units, but failed to eliminate their commanding officer Tai-sa Jong Moon Lee. It did however force a second retreat to Point aux Trembles; an area with automated turrets in hardened bunkers which stalled the Dragoons for over a week before they pushed the defenders off planet.[4]

Tukayyid

The Seventh Dragoons landed in the Dinju Heights along with the majority of Alpha Galaxy, while the Sixth Dragoons made the initial combat drop on the Com Guard Division closest to the landing zone.[5] With this threat eliminated Alpha Galaxy advanced on the City of Dinju Heights, the Jaguar Grenadiers had won the right to lead the assault. As the fighting erupted in the Dinju Pass the Seventh Dragoons received orders to hold their position.[6] Unlike the Sixth Dragoons that continued to press the attack, the Seventh appear to have accepted the retreat order. Although some warriors did break formation and join the Sixth,[7] this and their fighting withdrawal still cost them heavy casualties before they boarded their DropShips.[2]

Post-Tukayyid

After Operation Revival the Seventh Jaguar Dragoons were transferred to Epsilon Galaxy and based on Tarazed in 3054 within the Smoke Jaguar Occupation Zone.[8]

Operation Bulldog

Operation Bird Dog

As part of a clandestine campaign, the Donegal Vanguards -- a company sized unit from the Third Donegal Guards -- dropped onto Tarazed in May 3059. The Seventh Dragoons hunted the Donegal Vanguards down, but were still dealing with the last few elusive units when the main assault from Operation Bulldog hit the world.[9]

Wave One

The 7th Dragoons offered safcon to the Second Star League forces that arrived in-system, not realizing how much force they faced. As the First St. Ives Lancers, the Second Genyosha and the Third Donegal Guards RCT landed in the Krychek Mountains, the 7th's commander Sidney Nevversan realized the situation his command was in, and moved it away towards the Mosaikan Canyon Preserve in the hope of utilizing the network of canyons as defensive terrain. Light elements of the Second Genyosha saw the movement and reacted quicker than Nevversan thought possible, hitting the Dragoons' supply convoys hard while they were on the move. The Third Donegal Guards RCT compounded the Jaguars' problems, arriving at the canyons before the Dragoons and cut them off from the Preserve. As the First St. Ives Lancers advanced they caught an isolated Star of OmniMechs. Kai Allard-Liao, the Lancers' commander, challenged the Smoke Jaguar Star Captain to a Trial of Possession for her command, which he won. The Lancers then continued their assault and the remaining portion of the 7th was completely destroyed.[10][11] However, the Jaguars' JumpShip and two of their DropShips managed to flee the system.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 7th Jaguar Dragoons
Star Colonel Sidney Nevversan 304? - 3059[2]

Other Officers

Tactics

They are masters of the running battle.

Composition History

3050

(partial)

3058

  • Trinary Command
  • Trinary Assault - (15 OmniMechs)
  • Trinary Battle - (10 OmniMechs, 25 Elementals)
  • Binary Elemental - (50 Elementals)
  • Trinary Striker - (15 OmniMechs)[13]

Rules

Whenever two or more Stars of Dragoons are used, up to half may use Off Map Movement

Dragoons only suffer a +1 modifier for shooting and running (instead of +2).[14]

Notes

  • The Seventh Dragoons are not listed as fighting on Luthien in either Invading Clans or the Luthien scenario pack.
  • Misidentified by Vlad Ward as the 7th Jaguar Hussars during Operation Bulldog[15]

Gallery

References

  1. Invading Clans, p. 65
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Era Report: 3062, p. 62
  3. The Dragon Roars, p. 66
  4. Invading Clans, p. 69
  5. Tukayyid, p. 30: "Rain of Fire"
  6. Tukayyid, p. 35: "Ambush at the Dinju Pass"
  7. Invading Clans, p. 62: "Tukayyid: The Crucible"
  8. Objective Raids, p. 34
  9. The Dragon Roars, pp. 8–9
  10. Grave Covenant, p. 258
  11. The Dragon Roars, p. 15
  12. Invading Clans, p. 72
  13. Invading Clans, p. 72
  14. Era Report: 3062, p. 144
  15. Grave Covenant, p. 279

Bibliography