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Line 9: }} }} − Born of the survivors of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the '''Fidelis''' were a secretive group of elite soldiers who fought for [[Devlin Stone]] during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]] and afterwards for the [[Republic of the Sphere]]. Following their participation and victory in the [[ilClan Trial]], some members would rejoin Clan society by re-forming Clan Smoke Jaguar after the end of the Dark Age Era.<ref>''Children of Kerensky'', ch. 13</ref> + Born of the survivors of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the '''Fidelis''' were a secretive group of elite soldiers who fought for [[Devlin Stone]] during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]] and afterwards for the [[Republic of the Sphere]]. Following their participation and victory in the [[ilClan Trial]], some members would rejoin Clan society by re-forming Clan Smoke Jaguar after the end of the Dark Age Era.{{cn}} ==Overview== ==Overview== − The Fidelis were a warrior society where every member was extensively cross-trained in different modes of combat, from piloting [[BattleMech]]s to standard [[infantry]] duty, as well as combat engineers with technical skills to customize their equipment and bypass security devices.<ref>''Surrender Your Dreams'', pp. 138</ref> + The Fidelis were a warrior society where every member was extensively cross-trained in different modes of combat, from piloting [[BattleMech]]s to standard [[infantry]] duty, as well as combat engineers with technical skills to customize their equipment and bypass security devices.{{cn}} ==History== ==History== − The Fidelis kept their history to themselves. This was more than tradition to them; it was their law and their creed. The little that was known indicates that they were created during the [[Jihad]] and were referred to at the time as [[Stone's Shadows]], having pledged themselves to [[Devlin Stone]] until their unspecified debt could be repaid.<ref>''Surrender Your Dreams'', pp. 37</ref> + The Fidelis kept their history to themselves. This was more than tradition to them; it was their law and their creed. The little that was known indicates that they were created during the [[Jihad]] and were referred to at the time as [[Stone's Shadows]], having pledged themselves to [[Devlin Stone]] until their unspecified debt could be repaid.{{cn}} ==The Great Refusal and Civil War Era== ==The Great Refusal and Civil War Era== ====Wayside V==== ====Wayside V==== − Following the events of the [[Great Refusal]] and destruction of the Smoke Jaguars, many of their assets were claimed by other clans and the [[Second Star League]]. The ex-Jaguar warrior's fortunes also foundered with some of them being absorbed into the Star League, becoming bandits groups like the [[Dark]], or pirate leaders like [[Russou Howell]], refusing to integrate into other clans or the Inner Sphere. [[Paul Moon]] on the other hand, reflected on his shame after experiencing the disarray the ex-Jaguars were in. Moon later come into the contact with the man he scorned (and helped destroy the Jaguars), [[Trent (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Trent]] or "Baldur" as he was now known by within Clan Nova Cat. Despite the hatred that both held for each other, they cooperated together on saving the Jaguar remnants. They focused on safeguarding any personnel and genetic legacies left in the Clan homeworlds. With the help of Nova Cats, [[Inanna_(Clan_Nova_Cat)|Inanna]] and new Khan [[Santin West]], it was then decided that planet [[Wayside V]] would become the haven for ex-Jaguar members while they were rebuilding. Inanna would join the Jaguar remnants, wishing Santin luck and success on leading her former Clan.<ref>Forever Faithful, ch. 34–36</ref> + Following the events of the [[Great Refusal]] and destruction of the Smoke Jaguars, many of their assets were claimed by other clans and the [[Second Star League]]. The ex-Jaguar warrior's fortunes also foundered with some of them being absorbed into the Star League or becoming bandits groups like the [[Dark]] or pirate leaders like [[Russou Howell]], refusing to integrate into other clans or the Inner Sphere. Paul Moon on the other hand, reflected on his shame after experiencing the disarray that the ex-Jaguars were in. Moon later come into the contact with the man he scorned (and helped destroy the Jaguars), Trent or "Baldur" as he was now known by within Clan Nova Cat. Despite the hatred that both held for each other, they cooperated together on saving the Jaguar remnants. They focused on safeguarding any personnel and genetic legacies left in the Clan homeworlds. With the help of Nova Cats, [[Inanna_(Clan_Nova_Cat)|Inanna]] and new Khan [[Santin West]], it was then decided that planet [[Wayside V]] would become the haven for ex-Jaguar members while they were rebuilding. Inanna would join the Jaguar remnants, wishing Santin luck and success on leading her former Clan.<ref>Forever Faithful, ch. 34–36</ref> ====Encounter with Clan Goliath Scorpion==== ====Encounter with Clan Goliath Scorpion==== Line 31:
Line 31: ==The Jihad Era== ==The Jihad Era== − When the Word of Blake traveled to Wayside V, they would offer Paul and his Fidelis a chance to get revenge on the Clans who destroyed them, mistaking them for the [[Not-Named Clan]]. <ref>Forever faithful, ch. 38</ref> Paul laughed at their confusion and refuse their offer, stating that they are of a different clan origin. Angered by the refusal, the Blakists threatened the Fidelis to work with them or they would become their enemies. After refusing the Blakists offer again, they would attack them and swear vengeance upon them.<ref>Forever faithful, ch. 38</ref> Later on, both Devlin Stone and Victor Steiner-Davion traveled to the planet as well to make a deal with the Fidelis to fight for the nascent [[Republic of the Sphere]] in exchange for New Earth; a new colony close to Terra. After the deal was made, the Custos would pull Victor aside privately and chastise him for his poor treatment of Trent. Afterward, Paul and his Fidelis would travel to combat Blakists forces.<ref>Forever faithful, Epilogue</ref> On Terra, Paul Moon would say a few words to honor his late partner and posthumously spread his ashes to acknowledge him as the first Jaguar to touch the world's soil. Paul and his Fidelis would continue to fight the Blakists until their destruction in 3081. + When the Word of Blake traveled to Wayside V, they would offer Paul and his Fidelis a chance to get revenge on the Clans who destroyed them, mistaking them for the [[Not-Named Clan]].{{cn}} Paul laughed at their confusion and refuse their offer, stating that they are of a different clan origin. Angered by the refusal, the Blakists threatened the Fidelis to work with them or they would become their enemies. After refusing the Blakists offer again, they would leave Wayside V.{{cn}} Later on, both Devlin Stone and Victor Steiner-Davion would travel to the planet as well to make a deal with the Fidelis to fight for the nascent Republic of the Sphere in exchange for New Earth; a new colony close to Terra. After the deal was made, the Custos would pull Victor aside privately and chastise him for his poor treatment of Trent. Afterward, Paul and his Fidelis would travel to combat Blakists forces.{{cn}} On Terra, Paul Moon would say a few words to honor his late partner and posthumously spread his ashes to acknowledge him as the first Jaguar to touch the world's soil. Paul and his Fidelis would continue to fight the Blakists until their destruction in 3081.{{cn}} {{ApocryphalContentStart}} {{ApocryphalContentStart}} In November [[3076]] forces from Devlin Stone's allied coalition on [[Yorii]] discovered two Blakist reeducation camps from which previously interred [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] warriors had already freed themselves from their captors. The Clansmen were presumed to have originally been prisoners captured by the [[Draconis Combine]] during either the battle for [[Huntress]] or [[Operation Bulldog]].<ref name="JHS:Tp23">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 23</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56</ref> Evidence suggested that the Word had purposefully abandoned the Jaguars in the hope that Stone would destroy them. The Jaguar warriors had armed themselves with a mixture of Word of Blake 'Mechs and there was a short bout of fighting between them and Coalition forces who mistook them for Blakist defenders before Stone somehow brought it to an end.<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 161</ref> In November [[3076]] forces from Devlin Stone's allied coalition on [[Yorii]] discovered two Blakist reeducation camps from which previously interred [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] warriors had already freed themselves from their captors. The Clansmen were presumed to have originally been prisoners captured by the [[Draconis Combine]] during either the battle for [[Huntress]] or [[Operation Bulldog]].<ref name="JHS:Tp23">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 23</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56</ref> Evidence suggested that the Word had purposefully abandoned the Jaguars in the hope that Stone would destroy them. The Jaguar warriors had armed themselves with a mixture of Word of Blake 'Mechs and there was a short bout of fighting between them and Coalition forces who mistook them for Blakist defenders before Stone somehow brought it to an end.<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 161</ref> {{ApocryphalContentEnd}} {{ApocryphalContentEnd}} − − One of the Fidelis' first missions to Stone was, on 10 December [[3077]], the capture of their-theorically-former prison guard of Yorii, Preceptor ''Ojeda'', on the dead world of [[Killbourn]]. They managed to capture him alive, but the prisoner was accidentally killed during their extraction.<ref>''Chaos Campaign Scenario: Dig Two Graves''</ref> − − By 22 August [[3078]], the Fidelis, or "Stone's Shadows" as they were known, were already feared and cursed by the Blakists. That day, a team led by the "Custos" landed on [[Terra]], in Columbia, with orders to seize a series of bridges across the Potomac river.<ref>''Forever Faithful'' Epilogue</ref> ==Dark Age Era== ==Dark Age Era== Line 100:
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| − | Born of the survivors of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the '''Fidelis''' were a secretive group of elite soldiers who fought for [[Devlin Stone]] during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]] and afterwards for the [[Republic of the Sphere]]. Following their participation and victory in the [[ilClan Trial]], some members would rejoin Clan society by re-forming Clan Smoke Jaguar after the end of the Dark Age Era. | + | Born of the survivors of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the '''Fidelis''' were a secretive group of elite soldiers who fought for [[Devlin Stone]] during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]] and afterwards for the [[Republic of the Sphere]]. Following their participation and victory in the [[ilClan Trial]], some members would rejoin Clan society by re-forming Clan Smoke Jaguar after the end of the Dark Age Era.{{cn}} |
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | The Fidelis were a warrior society where every member was extensively cross-trained in different modes of combat, from piloting [[BattleMech]]s to standard [[infantry]] duty, as well as combat engineers with technical skills to customize their equipment and bypass security devices. | + | The Fidelis were a warrior society where every member was extensively cross-trained in different modes of combat, from piloting [[BattleMech]]s to standard [[infantry]] duty, as well as combat engineers with technical skills to customize their equipment and bypass security devices.{{cn}} |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The Fidelis kept their history to themselves. This was more than tradition to them; it was their law and their creed. The little that was known indicates that they were created during the [[Jihad]] and were referred to at the time as [[Stone's Shadows]], having pledged themselves to [[Devlin Stone]] until their unspecified debt could be repaid. | + | The Fidelis kept their history to themselves. This was more than tradition to them; it was their law and their creed. The little that was known indicates that they were created during the [[Jihad]] and were referred to at the time as [[Stone's Shadows]], having pledged themselves to [[Devlin Stone]] until their unspecified debt could be repaid.{{cn}} |
==The Great Refusal and Civil War Era== | ==The Great Refusal and Civil War Era== | ||
====Wayside V==== | ====Wayside V==== | ||
| − | Following the events of the [[Great Refusal]] and destruction of the Smoke Jaguars, many of their assets were claimed by other clans and the [[Second Star League]]. The ex-Jaguar warrior's fortunes also foundered with some of them being absorbed into the Star League | + | Following the events of the [[Great Refusal]] and destruction of the Smoke Jaguars, many of their assets were claimed by other clans and the [[Second Star League]]. The ex-Jaguar warrior's fortunes also foundered with some of them being absorbed into the Star League or becoming bandits groups like the [[Dark]] or pirate leaders like [[Russou Howell]], refusing to integrate into other clans or the Inner Sphere. Paul Moon on the other hand, reflected on his shame after experiencing the disarray that the ex-Jaguars were in. Moon later come into the contact with the man he scorned (and helped destroy the Jaguars), Trent or "Baldur" as he was now known by within Clan Nova Cat. Despite the hatred that both held for each other, they cooperated together on saving the Jaguar remnants. They focused on safeguarding any personnel and genetic legacies left in the Clan homeworlds. With the help of Nova Cats, [[Inanna_(Clan_Nova_Cat)|Inanna]] and new Khan [[Santin West]], it was then decided that planet [[Wayside V]] would become the haven for ex-Jaguar members while they were rebuilding. Inanna would join the Jaguar remnants, wishing Santin luck and success on leading her former Clan.<ref>Forever Faithful, ch. 34–36</ref> |
====Encounter with Clan Goliath Scorpion==== | ====Encounter with Clan Goliath Scorpion==== | ||
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==The Jihad Era== | ==The Jihad Era== | ||
| − | When the Word of Blake traveled to Wayside V, they would offer Paul and his Fidelis a chance to get revenge on the Clans who destroyed them, mistaking them for the [[Not-Named Clan]]. | + | When the Word of Blake traveled to Wayside V, they would offer Paul and his Fidelis a chance to get revenge on the Clans who destroyed them, mistaking them for the [[Not-Named Clan]].{{cn}} Paul laughed at their confusion and refuse their offer, stating that they are of a different clan origin. Angered by the refusal, the Blakists threatened the Fidelis to work with them or they would become their enemies. After refusing the Blakists offer again, they would leave Wayside V.{{cn}} Later on, both Devlin Stone and Victor Steiner-Davion would travel to the planet as well to make a deal with the Fidelis to fight for the nascent Republic of the Sphere in exchange for New Earth; a new colony close to Terra. After the deal was made, the Custos would pull Victor aside privately and chastise him for his poor treatment of Trent. Afterward, Paul and his Fidelis would travel to combat Blakists forces.{{cn}} On Terra, Paul Moon would say a few words to honor his late partner and posthumously spread his ashes to acknowledge him as the first Jaguar to touch the world's soil. Paul and his Fidelis would continue to fight the Blakists until their destruction in 3081.{{cn}} |
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In November [[3076]] forces from Devlin Stone's allied coalition on [[Yorii]] discovered two Blakist reeducation camps from which previously interred [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] warriors had already freed themselves from their captors. The Clansmen were presumed to have originally been prisoners captured by the [[Draconis Combine]] during either the battle for [[Huntress]] or [[Operation Bulldog]].<ref name="JHS:Tp23">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 23</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56</ref> Evidence suggested that the Word had purposefully abandoned the Jaguars in the hope that Stone would destroy them. The Jaguar warriors had armed themselves with a mixture of Word of Blake 'Mechs and there was a short bout of fighting between them and Coalition forces who mistook them for Blakist defenders before Stone somehow brought it to an end.<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 161</ref> | In November [[3076]] forces from Devlin Stone's allied coalition on [[Yorii]] discovered two Blakist reeducation camps from which previously interred [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] warriors had already freed themselves from their captors. The Clansmen were presumed to have originally been prisoners captured by the [[Draconis Combine]] during either the battle for [[Huntress]] or [[Operation Bulldog]].<ref name="JHS:Tp23">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 23</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56</ref> Evidence suggested that the Word had purposefully abandoned the Jaguars in the hope that Stone would destroy them. The Jaguar warriors had armed themselves with a mixture of Word of Blake 'Mechs and there was a short bout of fighting between them and Coalition forces who mistook them for Blakist defenders before Stone somehow brought it to an end.<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 161</ref> | ||
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* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | ||