Editing Irwin Tyrell

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'''Irwin Tyrell''' was a [[mercenary]] officer in service to [[Wolf's Dragoons]] who eventually rose to the command of [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]].

==History==
===Early Life and Career===
As was the case with most of the "original" Dragoons, little is known of Tyrell’s early life. It is highly likely he was born on the [[Clan Homeworlds]], almost certainly a [[freeborn]] birth. At some point, he would have been chosen to join Wolf's Dragoons, who were performing reconnaissance for the [[Clans]] in the [[Inner Sphere]].

As of the [[Battle of Misery]], Tyrell held the rank of [[Sergeant]], and served in the Fire Lance of Booth's Company in Gamma Regiment's Able Battalion.<ref name=WDS63-GR-IT-1>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 63: "Gamma Regiment Unit Roster", Irwin Tyrell holds the rank of Sergeant, pilots a ''Wolverine''</ref> Tyrell's 'Mech, a ''[[Wolverine]]'', was destroyed on Misery, and he was assigned a ''[[Cataphract]]'', along with a posting to the Command Lance of Gamma's Second Provisional Company. During the [[Fifth Battle of Harrow's Sun|fighting]] on [[Harrow's Sun]], Tyrell was wounded and his ''Cataphract'' was badly damaged. Tyrell nevertheless returned to action for the [[Battle of Crossing (3029)|Battle of Crossing]], where his 'Mech was destroyed in the fighting.<ref name=WDS63-GR-IT-2>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 63: "Gamma Regiment Unit Roster", Irwin Tyrell changes "Mechs and assignment after Misery</ref><ref name=RGiCv10p18>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 18'', p. 10: "Wolverine - Notable 'Mechs and MechWarriors"</ref>

===Rebuilding Gamma Regiment===
After Gamma Regiment was nearly destroyed backing [[Elson's Challenge]] in [[3055]], their then-commander, [[Neil Parella]], disappeared from [[Outreach]]. Gamma's future appeared very much in doubt before Tyrell, who was by now a veteran officer, took up the challenge of rebuilding the once-proud command. Tyrell made several bold moves to ensure that he would rebuild not only Gamma's personnel and abilities, but their morale as well. All three of the [[battalion]] commanders he selected were former [[Clan]] [[Bondsmen]] taken on [[Luthien]] a few years earlier. Tyrell built a temporary boot camp outside [[Harlech City]] on [[Outreach]], where Gamma personnel endured a regiment of calisthetics, marching drills and instruction in the Dragoons' [[Wolf's Dragoons Remembrance|Remembrance]]. Through all this, Tyrell instilled in his men and women a new sense of purpose and unity. When they began combat training, Gamma adopted a new dark-blue color scheme for its equipment. Tyrell worked to build Gamma Regiment into a command that could fight long campaigns with minimal support. Although back to full-strength on paper, Tyrell declined to form a separate Command Unit, preferring to attach himself to his troops as needed.<ref name=FMMR116-GR-IT-1>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 116: "Gamma Regiment: Shadow Wolves", Irwin Tyrell convinced the Dragoons High Command to rebuild Gamma</ref><ref name=FMM100-GR-IT-1>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 100: "Gamma Regiment: Back to Basics", Tyrell takes his new Gammas to Dragoon boot camp</ref><ref name=FMM100-GR-IT-2>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 100: "Gamma Regiment: Back to Basics", Gamma Regiment adopts a new paint scheme</ref><ref name=FMM100-GR-O-IT-1>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 100: "Officers", Tyrell selects three former Clan warriors to lead his battalions</ref><ref name=MHB3055-42-GR-IT-1>''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 42: "Gamma Regiment", Tyrell is listed as a Colonel in command of Gamma Regiment as of 3055</ref><ref name=RGiCv10p18/>

===Coventry===
In [[3058]], Tyrell and Gamma Regiment received their first true test as they, along with [[Delta Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Delta Regiment]], were contracted by the [[Lyran Alliance]] to help meet the threat of [[Clan Jade Falcon]]'s [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3058)|incursions]] into Lyran space. The two Dragoon regiments were joined by the [[71st Light Horse Regiment]] of the [[Eridani Light Horse]], the [[Waco Rangers]] and the [[Crazy Eights]] to form the [[Coventry Expeditionary Force]], a grouping of crack mercenaries who, it was hoped, would be able to stop the Falcons advance at [[Coventry]]. On 5 April, the CEF made planetfall on the besieged planet.<ref name=OTPFI-8-TFI-CEF-1>''Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion'', p. 8: "The Falcon's Incursion", details the CEF's arrival on Coventry</ref><ref name=OTPFI-11-WDDR-N-IT-1>''Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion'', p. 11: "Wolf's Dragoons Delta Regiment", Notes - Tyrell is wary of independent operations</ref><ref name=OTPFI-11-WDDR-N-IT-2>''Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion'', p. 11: "Wolf's Dragoons Delta Regiment", Notes - Gamma Regiment is broken up into subunits to reinforce Delta Regiment</ref><ref name=TBOC-9-RAL-GR=1>''The Battle of Coventry'', p. 9: "Relief at Last", Gamma Regiment accompanies Delta Regiment to Tharkad and then to Coventry</ref>

On 15 April, Tyrell met with the other CEF commanders at their headquarters in Leitnerton. There, he met [[Leftenant General]] [[Judith Niemeyer]] of the [[Coventry Province Militia|Coventry Militia]] and [[Hauptmann]] [[Caradoc Trevena]] of the [[Tenth Skye Rangers]], who had effectively been leading the remaining [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces|LAAF]] on Coventry prior to the CEF's arrival. Tyrell rebuked Colonel [[Wayne Rogers]] of the Waco Rangers for his attitude towards Trevena, pointing out that the LAAF officer was more than qualified.<ref name=MI207212-CEF-IT-1>''Malicious Intent'', pp. 207–212: Irwin Tyrell joins the other CEF commanders at Leitnerton</ref>

By 5 June, losses to the CEF forces were mounting. Tyrell's Gamma Regiment, perhaps because of their supporting role, was still at regimental strength on paper in terms of personnel but was down significant amounts of operational equipment.<ref name=MI254-GR-IT-1>''Malicious Intent'', p. 254: Tyrell's Gamma Regiment is significantly down in operational equipment</ref>

The operation on Coventry finally to an end on 16 June when Falcon [[Khan]] [[Marthe Pryde]] accepted ''[[hegira]]''.<ref name=OTPFI-8-TFI-H-1>''Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion'', p. 8: "The Falcon's Incursion", the Falcons accept ''hegira''</ref>

===Back in Service===
It took Gamma Regiment some time to recover from the damage it took on Coventry, but by [[3061]], they were serving as the Dragoons' main Opposing Force for training at the [[Outback (Outreach)|Outback]] on [[Outreach]]. For the next several years, Gamma Regiment became one of the best-trained commands in existence, equally skilled at employing Clan or [[Inner Sphere]] tactics. In addition to their fellow Dragoons, Gamma Regiment also trained against trusted [[Allied Mercenary Command]] allies such as [[Lindon's Battalion]].<ref name=FMMR116-GR-OF-1>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 116: "Gamma Regiment: Shadow Wolves", Gamma Regiment serves as the Dragoons' Opposing Force (OpFor) for training</ref> By the time they took the field again, Tyrell's Gammas had been expanded, with their [[combat vehicle|armored]], [[Elemental (Battle Armor)|Elemental]], and [[aerospace fighter|aerospace]] contingents each expanded to a full regiment.<ref name=FMMR116-GR-SU-1>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 116, "Gamma Regiment: Shadow Wolves"</ref>

In early [[3067]], [[Chancellor]] [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] of the [[Capellan Confederation]] contracted the Dragoons to garrison [[Tikonov]], which he had recently seized control over. The Dragoons deployed Gamma with two of their [[WarShip]]s—the [[Athena (Individual Sovetskii Soyuz-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Athena'']] and the [[Beowulf (Individual Congress-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Beowulf'']]—to break the blockade that had been put in place by [[Duke]] [[George Hasek (31st c.)|George Hasek]] of the [[Capellan March]]. With their WarShips, accompanying [[assault DropShip]]s, and screen of aerospace fighter, the [[AFFS]] navy realized it would have been futile to have opposed Gamma's landings. By September, House Davion had completely withdrawn from the Tikonov system.<ref name=FMMR116-GR-CC-T-1>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 116, "Gamma Regiment: Shadow Wolves", Gamma Regiment and its escorts break Duke Hasek's blockade at Tikonov</ref><ref name=FMU120-RH-T-GR-1>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 120: "Recent History: Tikonov", Sun-Tzu Liao hires Gamma Regiment to garrison Tikonov in response to George Hasek's blockade</ref>

Gamma relieved the [[First St. Ives Lancers]], who had been on-planet since the end of the [[FedCom Civil War]] under the command of [[Kai Allard-Liao]].<ref name=FMU29-SIAC-GR-1>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 29: "St. Ives Armored Cavalry", Gamma Regiment relieves the First St. Ives Lancers</ref>

As of 1 October 3067, Tyrell continued to command Gamma Brigade from Tikonov. The unit could claim a veteran rating, and with its support commands, was effectively at 140 percent strength with 100 percent of their equipment being considered Clan-quality.<ref name=FMU183-MER-GR-1>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 183: "Mercenary Employment Roster", Gamma Regiment remains based on Tikonov</ref>

===The Dawn of the Jihad===
On 15 October 3067, rogue mercenaries led by Colonel [[Wayne Waco]] launched a surprise attack on Harlech on Outreach at what was effectively the beginning of the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]]. During the fighting, [[Epsilon Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Epsilon Regiment]] and most of the [[Home Guard (Wolf's Dragoons)|Home Guard]] ground forces were effectively destroyed, while [[Zeta Battalion]], the [[Wolf Spider Battalion]] and [[Beta Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Beta Regiment]] all took heavy damage before eliminating the rogue mercenaries. [[Jaime Wolf]] himself was killed while slaying Wayne Waco. [[Wolfnet]] intelligence soon concluded the attacks, thereafter known as [[First Battle of Harlech (3067)|First Harlech]], had been sponsored by the Word of Blake in response to Dragoon opposition to the Blakist expansion in the [[Chaos March]].<ref name=DJ3031-HCUS-1>''Dawn of the Jihad'', pp. 30–31: "Harlech City Under Siege"</ref>

On 20 November, [[General]] [[Maeve Wolf]] activated the termination clause on Gamma Regiment's contract with House Liao. Tyrell and Gamma quickly departed Tikonov to help recovery efforts and to take command of the defense.<ref name=DJ33-DBC-IT-1>''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 33: "Dragoons Break Contract"</ref> Tyrell took command of Outreach's defenses upon his arrival on planet, rebuilding their defenses around Gamma Brigade, the still-recovering Wolf Spiders, the rememnants of the Dragoons' Home Guard forces who had not already been absorbed into other units, the [[First Dismal Disinherited]] and the [[Broadsword Legion]]. He then ordered all non-AMC units to leave planet in anticipation of a Blakist counterattack for the AMC's [[Battle of Mars (3067)|failed strike]] against [[Mars (planet)|Mars]].<ref name=DJ36-OSA-IT>''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 36: "Outreach: A Survivor's Account"</ref>

On 20 December, the Word of Blake attacked with their [[6th Division (Word of Blake)|Sixth]] and [[10th Division (Word of Blake)|Tenth Divisions]], escorted by a fleet of WarShips armed with [[Nuclear Weapons|nuclear weapons]]. The Blakists crushed Outreach's orbital defenses, them landed their forces in and around Harlech. Gamma and the [[Dismal Disinherited]] held the line while the Wolf Spiders and Broadsword Legion flanked the Blakists, striking their rear. The battle was going well for the Dragoons and their allies when the Broadsword Legion turned traitor, destroying most of the Wolf Spiders and joining with the Word of Blake troops. The AMC forces continued to hold out, however, as General Maeve Wolf arrived with [[Alpha Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Alpha Brigade]], quickly throwing the Word back on the defensive. Seeing that the battle was slipping away from them, the Blakists ordered a nuclear bombardment of Outreach. With the Dismal Disinherited destroyed and the Dragoons taking devastating casualties, General Wolf ordered a retreat on 28 December. Some surviving elements of Gamma Regiment stayed behind to run a guerrilla campaign against the Blakists. [[Second Battle of Outreach (3067)|Second Harlech]] would go down as one of the darkest days in the history of the Dragoons.<ref name=DJ36-OSA-IT/>

Tyrell, like most of Gamma Regiment, did not survive the events of Second Harlech. Later the Dragoons would found the [[Tyrell School of Command]] on [[Arc-Royal]] in his honor.<ref name=RGiCv10p18/>

It would be years before Gamma Regiment would be reconstituted.

==Personality and Traits==
Affectionately nicknamed "Taskmaster," Tyrell was considered a demanding but fair commander, a staunch disciplinarian who demanded the best of his people and himself and who valued hard work.<ref name=FMMR116-GR-O-IT-1>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 116: "Officers", Irwin "Taskmaster" Tyrell is described in detail</ref> That Tyrell worked through the enlisted ranks of the Dragoons to eventually reach the position of a regimental commander may be seen as a further testament of his personal dedication.<ref name=WDS63-GR-IT-1/> He was physically described as tall and slim, with closely cropped brown hair.<ref name=MI208-IT-1>''Malicious Intent'', p. 208: Irwin Tyrell is described as tall and slim</ref><ref name=MI211-IT-1>''Malicious Intent'', p. 211: Irwin Tyrell is described as having cropped brown hair</ref> Prior to the Battle of Misery, Tyrell was already rated an Elite-level [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]].<ref name=WDS63-GR-IT-1/>

==BattleMechs==
Tyrell piloted a ''Wolverine'' up until its destruction on Misery.<ref name=WDS63-GR-IT-1/> Afterwards, he employed a ''Cataphract'' until it was destroyed on Crossing.<ref name=WDS63-GR-IT-2/> Retaining a fondness for his first 'Mech like many warriors, one of Tyrell's first acts upon taking command of Gamma Regiment was to requisition himself a WVR-7D model, enduring a great deal of good-natured teasing from the former Nova Cat commanders under him for piloting [[Clan Wolverine|a 'Mech whose very name is unspeakable among the Clans]].<ref name=RGiCv10p18/>

==Notes==
Tyrell is first mentioned on a Dragoons' roster in ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)]]''.<ref name=WDS63-GR-IT-1/> He did not appear again until ''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]'' years later when he was listed as the commander of Gamma Regiment in 3055.<ref name=MHB3055-42-GR-IT-1/> He finally appears as a minor character in the novel ''[[Malicious Intent]]''.<ref name=MI207212-CEF-IT-1/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[The Battle of Coventry (scenario pack)|The Battle of Coventry]]''
* ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Malicious Intent]]''
* ''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]''
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion]]''
* ''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 18]]''
* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''
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