Clan Ice Hellion Touman

The Clan Ice Hellion Touman is the military arm of Clan Ice Hellion.

Unit Structure

The Ice Hellions largely follow the standard Clan model in organizing their Clusters, with five Trinaries of three 'Mech, one Aerospace and one Elemental. Front-line Clusters receive the best equipment and warriors, including the most number of OmniMechs and OmniFighters, and are with rare exceptions all trueborn. Second-line Clusters make due with less, taking longer to receive supplies and repairs, and contain a larger number of freeborn warriors alongside aging or disgraced trueborns. They also contain fewer OmniMechs, which are reserved for experienced trueborn commanders. Both front-line and second-line Clusters emphasize the Ice Hellion philosophy of swift attack and agile response on the battlefield, and so rely heavily on light- to medium-weight 'Mechs; heavy and assault machines are often used for garrison duty, again with a preference to speed over armor.^[1]^[2]

Since its founding the Clan traditionally uses light and medium weight 'Mechs, with the aptly-named Hellion serving as their primary machine. A small portion of heavy and assault weight 'Mechs are also produced, primarily for garrison duties, although these too favor speed over armor with designs such as the Gargoyle and Linebacker within their touman. The aerospace assets initially consigned to the Clan were also primarily light and medium weight fighters, although this put the Clan as a disadvantage in dogfighting and eventually were forced to adopted heavier designs, with a preference towards the Visigoth and Sabutai. Where they are used at all Ice Hellion infantry will either be equipped with Battle Armor or, if garrison or solahma units, be outfitted with jump packs or mechanized transport.^[3] The general disdain for infantry also meant Ice Hellion Elementals were on average smaller compared to other Clans' bloodlines.^[4]

Unique to the Ice Hellions was the creation of so-called Flurry clusters in the wake of the Hellion's Fury campaign in order to hold onto their newly-captured territory. Little more than cannon fodder, Flurry units are loose groupings of mostly freeborns, along with relatively few aging or disgraced truborns, whose only job is to hold an area until proper units can arrive. While organized loosely along standard Cluster lines, the vast majority of a Flurry unit's forces are fast attack hovercraft and VTOLs, with approximately five percent piloting salvaged or decrepit 'Mechs. On occasion these ad hoc units have managed to give a good showing themselves, at least long enough for reinforcements to arrive.^[5] By 3067 the number of Flurry units had not only grown, but more and more have proven themselves capable combat units despite the natural Clan bias against combat vehicles, with more of these units spread out amongst the Clan's Galaxies.^[6]

Touman Structure

Former Galaxies

The Touman never recovered from the event of 3071-3072 during their invasion of the Inner Sphere and finally ceased to exist in 3074.^[7]

Alpha Galaxy (The Blinding Keshik)

Alpha Galaxy
	3059-3072 7th Attack Cluster 40th Hellion Lancers 77th Hellion Lancers 78th Hellion Lancers 150th Hellion Lancers

Destroyed on Vantaa by Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Hell's Horses in March 3072.^[8]

Beta Galaxy (The Lithe Kill)

Beta Galaxy
	3060 200th Attack Cluster (Lithe Kill Keshik) 90th Striker Irregulars 121st Hellion Lancers

Delta Galaxy (Dauntless Hunters)

Delta Galaxy
	3059-3067 2nd Assault Cavaliers 33rd Striker Irregulars 45th Striker Irregulars 53rd Striker Irregulars

Zeta Galaxy (Guardians of the Lair)

Zeta Galaxy
	3060-3068 3rd Hector Cavaliers 7th Hector Cavaliers 45th Hector Cavaliers 150th Attack Cluster

Zeta Prime Galaxy (Freeborn Fanaticism)

Zeta Prime Galaxy
	3059-3067 52nd Hector Cavaliers 175th Attack Cluster 176th Attack Cluster

The Galaxy was destroyed on Vantaa by Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Hell's Horses in March 3072.^[9]

Theta Galaxy (Caste Saviors)

Theta Galaxy
	3059-3071 43rd Hector Cavaliers 44th Hector Cavaliers 180th Attack Cluster

Naval Assets

Except for the Cages's Pride the warships rotated among the Galaxies depending of the mission assignment.

Naval Reserve as of 3067.

Flagship: Cage's Pride McKenna-class Battleship - Destroyed at Vantaa in 3072.
Coterle Potemkin-class Troop Cruiser
Taney Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser - Destroyed at Somerset in 3071.
Chaos Sailor Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser - Captured at Vantaa in 3072.
Pack Leader York-class Destroyer - Captured at Vantaa in 3072.
Moore's Honor Essex-class Destroyer - Destroyed at Toland in 3071.
Cold Hunter Lola III-class Destroyer - Captured at Dark Nebula in 3072.
Impaler Lola III-class Destroyer
Radiant Lola III-class Destroyer
Swift Bait Fredasa-class Corvette - Captured at Steelton in 3071.
Hellion's Pride Fredasa-class Corvette
Whelp Fredasa-class Corvette - Destroyed at Dark Nebula in 3072.
Maker Carrack-class Transport