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History

Operation Revival

Units of Alpha Galaxy fought on the following worlds during the invasion of the Inner Sphere:

The Periphery

Wave One

Wave Two

Wave Three

Wave Four

Wave Five

Tukayyid

Led by Khan Lincoln Osis himself, Alpha was assigned the primary target city of Dinju Heights,[1] defended by the Com Guards veteran ranked Fifth Army. The assault on Dinju Heights started well for the Jaguars, with the Sixth Jaguar Dragoons wiping out the green 50th Division to secure Alpha Galaxy's drop site. As the Dragoons and Jaguar Grenadiers started their march for Dinju Heights, they didn't realize the modest resistance offered by the remains of Fiftieth was but a cover for heavier elements of 299th and 323rd Divisions hidden in the Dinju Pass.

When the Grenadiers reached the pass, Star Colonel Brandon Howell suspected a trap and ordered two Stars forward to flush out any hidden Com Guard units, while the rest of the Grenadiers were ordered to rush the pass at flank speed while hugging its walls. While almost completely obliterating the probe force, the 299th and 323rd Divisions could only engage the bulk of the Grenadiers briefly before they raced passed, inflicting heavy losses but unable to prevent a sizable portion of the Jaguar unit making it through to reach the outskirts of Dinju Heights. However when the Sixth Jaguar Dragoons attempted to make their own run, the Two-Hundred and Ninety-Ninth and Three-Hundred and Twenty-Third had emerged from hiding and were crowding the floor of the pass, creating a gauntlet of overwhelming firepower with Khan Osis seemingly killed as the Dragoons took heavy casualties.

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, when Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht reinforced the Fifth Army with divisions from Com Guards Second Army, 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 to the death. Unable to fight their way back through the pass to save the outnumbered Sixth Dragoons from destruction at the hands of the 299th and 323rd, the Grenadiers launched a desperate assault against the 82nd and 322nd Divisions outside Dinju Heights which pushed the Com Guard units back and allowed the surviving Grenadiers an opening to withdraw to their DropShips. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Officers

Galaxy Commander Frederick Wimmer commanded Alpha Galaxy at the start of Operation Revival. [6]

Tactics


Composition

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Notes


References

  1. Invading Clans, p. 62
  2. Tukayyid, pp. 29-38 "Campaign: Clan Smoke Jaguar"
  3. ComStar, pp. 69-70 "Battle of Tukayyid - Ace in the Hole"
  4. Wolf Clan, p. 47 "Days of Armageddon - Smoke Jaguar"
  5. Invading Clans, pp. 61-62 "Tukayyid: The Crucible"
  6. Lethal Heritage

Bibliography