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'''Gamma Regiment''' is a subcommand of the [[Wolf's Dragoons]] mercenary organization.
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==History==
 
==History==
 
===Third Succession War===
 
===Third Succession War===
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===Dark Age===
 
===Dark Age===
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After the [[Jihad]] and [[Dark Age]] found the rebuilt Gamma Regiment being the first to return to mercenary contract work.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 80</ref>
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After the [[Jihad]] and [[Dark Age]], the rebuilt Gamma Regiment was the first to return to mercenary contract work.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 80</ref>
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In [[3150]], the regiment was stationed on planet [[Parma]]. It had a reputation for poor discipline, which allowed the Kuritans to find or forge excuses to arrest about ten of them. The new Dragoons liaison officer, ''Tai-sa'' [[Reiko Akamine]], refused to release them to Dragoons' custody to put pressure on the unit.<ref>''Divided We Fall'', p. 45</ref>
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The ongoing tensions and the arrival of a [[Clan Wolf]] representative trying to recruit the Dragoons for the battle on [[Terra]], [[Star Captain]] [[Marotta Kerensky]], caused a rift inside the Dragoons. This resulted in the [[Battle of Parma (3150)]] between the Dragoons and a faction of mutineers led by Nicholas Crews, Gamma's leader, with casualties and deaths on both sides. At the end of the battle, the survivors compromised and agreed to terminate the contract with the Combine and join Clan Wolf.<ref>''Divided We Fall'', pp. 113–115</ref>
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Gamma, as the other Dragoons' line regiments, joined Clan Wolf's [[IlClan Trial]]. As part of ''Task Force Athena'', Alpha attacked the Jade Falcon lines, wading through the [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)]], breaking their lines, with Gamma following them, after splitting the Falcon in half, continued into [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)]], pushing twelve kilometers. Colonel Brubaker was wounded, and Major Krull had to take command of all the Dragoons. When [[Alaric Ward]], Khan of the Wolves, ordered the Dragoons to cease their attack and retreat, he had to comply, but the Dragoons' sustained heavy losses during the maneuver.<ref>''IlClan (sourcebook)'', p. 96-100</ref>
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===Second Disbandment===
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Along with most of the Dragoons, Gamma sustaed heavy losses: the ''Black Cats'' battalion had a single survivor and the new Dragoons leader, Colonel [[Henry Kincaid]] was forced to deactivate it, though their surviving equipment was used to rebuild other units. The Black Cats' DropShips were used by the reborn [[Zeta Battalion]].<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 29</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
===3025===
 
===3025===
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'''Gamma Regiment''' (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)<ref name=HKTDCp133>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 133, "DCMS Deployment Table"</ref>
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'''Gamma Regiment''' (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)<ref name=HKTDCp133>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 133: "DCMS Deployment Table"</ref>
 
:* CO: Colonel [[Wilhelmina Korsht]]<ref name=HKTDCp133/>
 
:* CO: Colonel [[Wilhelmina Korsht]]<ref name=HKTDCp133/>
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:* [[Union]]-class Dropships: ''[[Addiscombe]], [[Bellingham]], [[Cetawayo]], [[Dunnigan]], [[Graf Berek]]''<ref name=WDp62>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 62</ref>
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:* [[Union]]-class DropShips: ''[[Addiscombe]], [[Bellingham]], [[Cetawayo]], [[Dunnigan]], [[Graf Berek]]''<ref name=WDp62>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 62</ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Misery]]. <ref name=HKTDCp133/>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Misery]].<ref name=HKTDCp133/>
  
 
=== 3040 ===
 
=== 3040 ===
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''' Gamma Provisional ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name = HWo3039p141/>
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''' Gamma Provisional ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=HWo3039p141/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Outreach]].<ref name = HWo3039p141>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141</ref>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Outreach]].<ref name=HWo3039p141>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 141</ref>
  
 
===3050===
 
===3050===
−
'''Gamma Regiment''' (Regiment/Elite/Reliable) <ref name=20yup19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19</ref>  
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'''Gamma Regiment''' (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)<ref name=20yup19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19</ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Outreach]]. <ref name=20yup19/>
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Outreach]].<ref name=20yup19/>
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===3052===
 
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'''Wolf's Dragoons Gamma Regiment''' (3 BattleMech battalions, 1 Elemental company, 1 Armored battalion)
 
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: CO: [[Colonel]] [[Irwin Tyrell]]
 
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:* Command Company
 
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:* Able Battalion ("Cloak of Darkness")
 
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:: CO: Major [[Patrick Simmons]]
 
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:: Specialize in night maneuvers
 
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:* Baker Battalion ("The Juggernauts")
 
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:: CO: Major [[Cassie Nostra]]
 
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:: Is composed of Heavy and Assault machines
 
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:* Charlie Battalion ("Black Cats")
 
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:: CO: Major [[Armand Nova Cat|Armand]]
 
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:: Are known for their battlefield caution
 
  
 
===3055===
 
===3055===
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:Support: ''[[Union]]''-class [[DropShip]]s - ''[[Duke Paul]], [[Graf Berek]]''<ref name=MHp42>''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 42</ref>
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'''Gamma Regiment''' (Strengthened Regiment)
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<ref name=MHp42>''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 42</ref>
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: CO: Colonel [[Irwin Tyrell]]
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:; First BattleMech Battalion: (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
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:; Second BattleMech Battalion: (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
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:; Third BattleMech Battalion: (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
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:; Elemental Battalion: (1 Command Elemental [[Point (Formation)|Point]], 3 Elemental [[Star (Formation)|Stars]])
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:; Armor Battalion: (1 Armor Command Lance, 3 Armor Companies)
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:;Support Vessels: ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShip]] - ''[[Phoenix II]]''; ''[[Union]]''-class DropShips - ''[[Bellatrix]]'', ''[[Cetawayo]]'', ''[[Duke Paul]]'', ''[[Dunnigan]]'', and ''[[Graf Berek]]''; and ''[[Intruder (DropShip class)|Intruder]]''-class DropShip - ''[[White Orca]]''.
  
 
===3059===
 
===3059===
−
'''Gamma Regiment''' (strengthened Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) <ref name= FMMercsp114/>
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'''Gamma Regiment''' (Strengthened Regiment/Elite/Reliable)<ref name=FMMercsp100>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 100: "Gamma Regiment: Back to Basics"</ref>
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:* CO: Colonel Irwin Tyrell <ref name= FMMercsp114/>
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*CO/Command Lance: Colonel [[Irwin Tyrell]]
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: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Outreach]]. <ref name = FMMercsp114 >'' Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 114</ref>
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*Aide: Major Lee San Quan
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* '''Able Battalion (Cloak of Darkness)''' (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
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:*CO: Major Patrick Simmons
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* '''Baker Battalion (The Juggernauts)''' (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
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:*CO: Major Cassie Nostra
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* '''Charlie Battalion (The Black Cats)''' (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
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:*CO: Major Armand
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* '''Devil Battalion (Fifteenth Dragoons Heavy Armor)''' (Reinforced Armor Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Armor Lance, 3 Armor Companies)
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:*CO: Major Hakim Bajjir
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* '''Eagle Battalion (Guess)''' (Reinforced Elemental Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Elemental Point and 3 Elemental Stars)
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:*CO: Major Leon Winters
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:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Outreach]].<ref name=FMMercsp114>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 114</ref>
  
 
===3067===
 
===3067===
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'''Wolf's Dragoons Gamma Regiment''' (Reinforced Regiment/Elite/Reliable)
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'''Gamma Regiment''' (Reinforced Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMMRp116>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 116: "Beta Regiment: Shadow Wolves"</ref>
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: CO: [[Colonel]] [[Irwin Tyrell]]
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*CO/Command Lance: Colonel Irwin Tyrell
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:* Able Battalion  
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*Aide: Major Lee San Quan
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:: CO: Major Patrick Simmons
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* '''Able Battalion (Cloak of Darkness)''' (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
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:* Baker Battalion
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:*CO: Major Patrick Simmons
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:: CO: Major Cassie Nostra
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* '''Baker Battalion (The Juggernauts)''' (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
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:* Charlie Battalion
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:*CO: Major Cassie Nostra
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:: CO: Major Major [[Armand Nova Cat]]
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* '''Charlie Battalion (The Black Cats)''' (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
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'''15th Dragoons Heavy Armor''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)
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:*CO: Major Armand Nova Cat
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:: CO: Lt. Colonel [[Hakim Bajjir]]
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* '''Fifteenth Dragoons Heavy Armor''' (Armor Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)
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'''Guess''' (Elemental Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)
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:*CO: Lieutenant Colonel Hakim Bajjir
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: CO: Lt. Colonel [[Leon Winters]]
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* '''Elemental Regiment (Guess)''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Elemental Point and 3 Elemental Trinaries)
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:* Howlers (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)
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:*CO: Lieutenant Colonel Leon Winters
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:: CO: Lt. Colonel [[Williams Leroux]]
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* '''Aerospace Regiment (Howlers)''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Element and 3 Wings with Command Elements)
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:*CO: Lieutenant Colonel Williams Leroux
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:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Tikonov]].<ref name=FMU183>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 183</ref>
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===3150===
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:* Support (Black Cats): ''[[Trutzburg]]''-class [[DropShips]] - ''[[Misery (Individual Trutzburg-class DropShip)]]'' ''[[Glenmora (Individual Trutzburg-class DropShip)]]'' and ''[[Crossing (Individual Trutzburg-class DropShip)]]''
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
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<gallery>
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Swift Lightning insignia WD.png|Insignia of "Swift Lightning" (Able Battalion), ca. 3030  
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Swift Lightning insignia WD.png|Insignia of "Swift Lightning" (Able Battalion), ca. 3030
 
The Black Cats insignia C-bat G-reg WD.png|Insignia of "The Black Cats" (Charlie Battalion), ca. 3030
 
The Black Cats insignia C-bat G-reg WD.png|Insignia of "The Black Cats" (Charlie Battalion), ca. 3030
 
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* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''  
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[The Fourth Succession War Scenarios Volume One]]''
 
* ''[[The Fourth Succession War Scenarios Volume One]]''
 
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: Misery]]''
 
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: Misery]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
 
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
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* ''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[IlClan (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)]]''
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* ''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)|Invading Clans]]''
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* ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)|Luthien]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]''
 
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[Starterbook: Wolf and Blake]]''
 
* ''[[Starterbook: Wolf and Blake]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
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* ''[[Wolf Pack]] (novel)''
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* ''[[Wolf Pack]]'' (novel)
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* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''
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* ''[[Wolves on the Border]] (novel)''
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* ''[[Wolves on the Border]]'' (novel)
 
* ''[[Yesterday's Enemy]]'' (short story)
 
* ''[[Yesterday's Enemy]]'' (short story)
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[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Wolf's Dragoons, Gamma Regiment]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Wolf's Dragoons, Gamma Regiment]]

Latest revision as of 22:49, 17 January 2024

Beta Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)
Gamma Regiment
Nickname Back to Basics;[1]
The Shadow Wolves (3067)[2]
Affiliation Mercenary
Parent Command Wolf's Dragoons

Gamma Regiment is a subcommand of the Wolf's Dragoons mercenary organization.

History[edit]

Third Succession War[edit]

In 3025 the unit was stationed on Misery.[3]

Dark Age[edit]

After the Jihad and Dark Age, the rebuilt Gamma Regiment was the first to return to mercenary contract work.[4]

In 3150, the regiment was stationed on planet Parma. It had a reputation for poor discipline, which allowed the Kuritans to find or forge excuses to arrest about ten of them. The new Dragoons liaison officer, Tai-sa Reiko Akamine, refused to release them to Dragoons' custody to put pressure on the unit.[5]

The ongoing tensions and the arrival of a Clan Wolf representative trying to recruit the Dragoons for the battle on Terra, Star Captain Marotta Kerensky, caused a rift inside the Dragoons. This resulted in the Battle of Parma (3150) between the Dragoons and a faction of mutineers led by Nicholas Crews, Gamma's leader, with casualties and deaths on both sides. At the end of the battle, the survivors compromised and agreed to terminate the contract with the Combine and join Clan Wolf.[6]

Gamma, as the other Dragoons' line regiments, joined Clan Wolf's IlClan Trial. As part of Task Force Athena, Alpha attacked the Jade Falcon lines, wading through the Delta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon), breaking their lines, with Gamma following them, after splitting the Falcon in half, continued into Alpha Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon), pushing twelve kilometers. Colonel Brubaker was wounded, and Major Krull had to take command of all the Dragoons. When Alaric Ward, Khan of the Wolves, ordered the Dragoons to cease their attack and retreat, he had to comply, but the Dragoons' sustained heavy losses during the maneuver.[7]

Second Disbandment[edit]

Along with most of the Dragoons, Gamma sustaed heavy losses: the Black Cats battalion had a single survivor and the new Dragoons leader, Colonel Henry Kincaid was forced to deactivate it, though their surviving equipment was used to rebuild other units. The Black Cats' DropShips were used by the reborn Zeta Battalion.[8]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of Gamma Regiment
Colonel Wilhelmina Korsht 3006 - at least 3025[3]
Colonel Neil Parella (no later than) 3052[9] - 3055
Colonel Irwin Tyrell 3055 - 3067
Colonel Nicholas Crews 3150 - 3151

Tactics[edit]

Gamma regiment are the Dragoons' urban specialists. This unit regularly receives intense training in close-quarter combat and riot control and their performance in suitable assignments has resulted in an unblemished record of successfully completed contracts since the reorganization of 3052.

Composition History[edit]

3025[edit]

Gamma Regiment (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[3]

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Misery.[3]

3040[edit]

Gamma Provisional (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[11]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Outreach.[11]

3050[edit]

Gamma Regiment (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[12]

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Outreach.[12]

3055[edit]

Gamma Regiment (Strengthened Regiment) [13]

CO: Colonel Irwin Tyrell
First BattleMech Battalion
(1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
Second BattleMech Battalion
(1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
Third BattleMech Battalion
(1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
Elemental Battalion
(1 Command Elemental Point, 3 Elemental Stars)
Armor Battalion
(1 Armor Command Lance, 3 Armor Companies)
Support Vessels
Overlord-class DropShip - Phoenix II; Union-class DropShips - Bellatrix, Cetawayo, Duke Paul, Dunnigan, and Graf Berek; and Intruder-class DropShip - White Orca.

3059[edit]

Gamma Regiment (Strengthened Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[1]

  • CO/Command Lance: Colonel Irwin Tyrell
  • Aide: Major Lee San Quan
  • Able Battalion (Cloak of Darkness) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
  • CO: Major Patrick Simmons
  • Baker Battalion (The Juggernauts) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
  • CO: Major Cassie Nostra
  • Charlie Battalion (The Black Cats) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
  • CO: Major Armand
  • Devil Battalion (Fifteenth Dragoons Heavy Armor) (Reinforced Armor Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Armor Lance, 3 Armor Companies)
  • CO: Major Hakim Bajjir
  • Eagle Battalion (Guess) (Reinforced Elemental Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Elemental Point and 3 Elemental Stars)
  • CO: Major Leon Winters
Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Outreach.[14]

3067[edit]

Gamma Regiment (Reinforced Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[2]

  • CO/Command Lance: Colonel Irwin Tyrell
  • Aide: Major Lee San Quan
  • Able Battalion (Cloak of Darkness) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
  • CO: Major Patrick Simmons
  • Baker Battalion (The Juggernauts) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
  • CO: Major Cassie Nostra
  • Charlie Battalion (The Black Cats) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
  • CO: Major Armand Nova Cat
  • Fifteenth Dragoons Heavy Armor (Armor Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)
  • CO: Lieutenant Colonel Hakim Bajjir
  • Elemental Regiment (Guess) (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Elemental Point and 3 Elemental Trinaries)
  • CO: Lieutenant Colonel Leon Winters
  • Aerospace Regiment (Howlers) (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Element and 3 Wings with Command Elements)
  • CO: Lieutenant Colonel Williams Leroux
Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Tikonov.[15]

3150[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • Insignia of "Swift Lightning" (Able Battalion), ca. 3030

  • Insignia of "The Black Cats" (Charlie Battalion), ca. 3030

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 100: "Gamma Regiment: Back to Basics"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 116: "Beta Regiment: Shadow Wolves"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 133: "DCMS Deployment Table"
  4. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 80
  5. ↑ Divided We Fall, p. 45
  6. ↑ Divided We Fall, pp. 113–115
  7. ↑ IlClan (sourcebook), p. 96-100
  8. ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 29
  9. ↑ Yesterday's Enemy
  10. ↑ Wolf's Dragoons, p. 62
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 20 Year Update, p. 19
  13. ↑ Mercenary's Handbook 3055, p. 42
  14. ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 114
  15. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 183

Bibliography[edit]

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