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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand
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{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image = [[Image:SmokeJaguar.jpg|right|191px|Clan Smoke Jaguar logo]]
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| image   =  
| Designation = Jaguar's Spirit Keshik
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| nickname = Alpha Command Trinary
| Formed =  
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| parent formation = [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Alpha Galaxy]]
| Disbanded = Destroyed during [[Operation DAMOCLES]]
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| formed  =
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 3052
| Nickname = Alpha Galaxy Command Trinary
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| unitname = Jaguar's Spirit Keshik
| Affiliation = [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
 
| Parent Command = [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Alpha Galaxy]]
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Overview==
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The '''Jaguar's Spirit Keshik''' as a command unit for a front line Galaxy of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].
The '''Jaguar's Spirit Keshik''' was a command unit for Alpha Galaxy of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].
 
 
 
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
===[[Operation Revival]]===
 
===[[Operation Revival]]===
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====Wave One====
 
====Wave One====
<u>Stapelfeld</u><br>
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* [[Stapelfeld]] - The sparsely populated world had no defenders and surrendered as soon as the Clan forces landed.<ref name=ICp64> ''Invading Clans'', p. 64</ref>
The sparsely populated world of [[Stapelfeld]] had no defenders and surrendered to Galaxy Commander Frederick Wimmer as soon as the Keshik's Alpha Star landed in April 3050.<ref name=ICp64>''Invading Clans'', p. 64</ref>
 
  
 
====Wave Five====
 
====Wave Five====
<u>Luthien</u><br>
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* [[Luthien]] - Galaxy Commander [[Dorian Wirth]] was killed leading the Keshik <ref name=ER3052p54> ''Era Report: 3052'', p. 54 </ref> during the assault and it is likely that they were in the forefront of the fighting during the [[Battle of Luthien (Clan Invasion)|Battle of Luthien]] and took heavy casualties.
Galaxy Commander [[Dorian Wirth]] was killed leading the Keshik on [[Battle of Luthien (3052)|Luthien]] in January 3052.<ref name=ER3052p54>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 54</ref> During the assault Alpha Galaxy is known to have fought on the [[Tairakana Plains]] from the point the Clans arrived until early afternoon of the first day.<ref>''Luthien'', p. 35</ref> Unfortunately the exact records of the Keshik's involvement are not known.
 
 
 
<u>Kiamba</u><br>
 
[[Loremaster]] [[Edmund Hoyt]] took command of the Jaguar's Spirit Keshik for the attack on [[Kiamba]] in March 3052, presumably because the Keshik was still leaderless after the death of Dorian Wirth in January. The Keshik landed and immediately came under attack from armor formations of the [[Third Proserpina Hussars]]. As their OmniMechs fought off this attack their DropShips came under air attack and one was damaged before the Hussars' air assets were driven off. The armor battalion retreated into Hecate's Swamp, but as the Keshik followed the armor unit sprung an incendiary trap that engulfed two Trinaries in flames. In retaliation Hoyt unleashed a headhunter unit that killed ''Tai-sa'' [[Richard Weston]] and the majority of his command unit. The demoralized Hussars were pushed back to Collins Ridge where they made a last desperate stand.<ref name=ICp69>''Invading Clans'', p. 69</ref>
 
  
 
====Tukayyid====
 
====Tukayyid====
 
It is unclear if [[Khan]] [[Lincoln Osis]] led the Keshik in to this battle.
 
It is unclear if [[Khan]] [[Lincoln Osis]] led the Keshik in to this battle.
  
===Post-Tukayyid===
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==Post Tukayyid==
After the battle the Keshik was spent as a force and required to be rebuilt, a process that took several years. This did not occur until [[Brendon Corbett]] had petitioned [[Lincoln Osis]] for the re-formation of Alpha Galaxy and won the title of [[Galaxy Commander]].<ref name=TDRp64>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 64</ref>
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After the battle the keshik was spent as a force and required to be rebuilt, a process that took several years.
  
 
===[[Operation Bulldog]]===
 
===[[Operation Bulldog]]===
 
====Wave Three====
 
====Wave Three====
<u>Marshdale</u><br>
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* [[Marshdale]] - Here along with the [[9th Jaguar Cavaliers (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|9th Jaguar Cavaliers]] it was attacked by the [[9th Division ComStar]], the [[Ryuken-ni]] and the [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente]]. <ref> ''The Dragon Roars'', p. 10-11 </ref> The fighting was bitter and the Cavaliers held the line while the Keshik acted as a strike team, however outnumbered the pressure was too much and on 12th August 3059 the line broke and they retreated off planet. <ref> ''The Dragon Roars'', p. 36 </ref>
The Keshik along with the [[9th Jaguar Cavaliers (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Ninth Jaguar Cavaliers]] was attacked on [[Marshdale]] in August 3059 by the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[9th Division (ComStar)|Ninth Division]], the [[Ryuken-ni]] and the [[First Fusiliers of Oriente]].<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', pp. 10–11</ref> The fighting was bitter and the Cavaliers held the line while the Keshik acted as a strike team causing severe damage to the Fusiliers of Oriente and destroying a company from the Ryuken-ni, however outnumbered the pressure was too much and on 12th August 3059 their line broke and they retreated off planet.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 44</ref>
 
  
===Tranquil===
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====[[Tranquil]]====
Ignoring [[Lincoln Osis|Lincoln Osis']] call to defend [[Huntress]], [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Brendon Corbett]] took his command to the Kerensky Cluster world of [[Tranquil]]. Here he hoped to rebuild the Clan and assume the [[Khan|Khanship]] for himself. There are unconfirmed reports that the 9th Cavaliers followed him. Corbett and his followers pulled out of the [[Occupation Zone]] with captured [[Inner Sphere]] 'Mechs, as well as some new [[OmniMech]] models, allowing the Jaguars to rebuild somewhat. However, they were later discovered, attacked, and destroyed piecemeal during [[Operation Damocles]].<ref name=TUF>''Trial Under Fire''</ref>
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Ignoring [[Lincoln Osis|Lincoln Osis']] call to defend [[Huntress]] [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Brendon Corbett]] took his command to Tranquil. Here he hoped to rebuild the Clan and assume the [[Khan|Khanship]] for himself. Although not stated it appears that the 9th Cavaliers followed him. Pulling out of the [[Occupation Zone]] with captured [[Inner Sphere]] 'Mechs, many new [[OmniMech]] models, allowed the Jaguars to rebuild somewhat. Before they were discovered, attacked and destroyed piecemeal during [[Operation Damocles]]. <ref name=TUF> ''Trial Under Fire'' </ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
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* [[Star Colonel]] [[Trace Kotare]] 305?-3060 <ref name=TUF/>
|-
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Jaguar's Spirit Keshik'''
 
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| [[Galaxy Commander]]||[[Frederick Wimmer]]||30?? - [[3050]]<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 64</ref>
 
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| Galaxy Commander||[[Dorian Wirth]]||[[3051]] - [[3052]]<ref name=ER3052p54/>
 
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| Galaxy Commander||[[Brendon Corbett]]||305? - [[3060]]<ref name=TDRp64/>
 
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|}
 
 
 
===Other Officers===
 
* [[Star Colonel]] [[Trace Kotare]] was one of the unit's officers between 305? and 3060.<ref name=TUF/>
 
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
Under [[Brendon Corbett]] the Keshik was employed as an elite strike force.
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Under [[Brendon Corbett]] the Keshik was employed as an elite strike force.
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
===3049-3052===
 
===3049-3052===
 
''(partial)''
 
''(partial)''
* Alpha Command [[Star]] (5 [[OmniMech]]s)<ref name=ICp64/>
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* Alpha Command [[Star]] (5 [[OmniMech]]s) <ref name=ICp64/>
  
 
===3059-3060===
 
===3059-3060===
 
''(partial)''
 
''(partial)''
 
* Alpha Command Star
 
* Alpha Command Star
 
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Dragon Roars]]''
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*''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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*''[[The Dragon Roars]]''
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
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*''[[Invading Clans]]''  
* ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)|Luthien]]''
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*''[[Trial Under Fire]]''  
* ''[[Trial Under Fire]]''
 
 
 
  
 
[[Category:Clan Smoke Jaguar Commands|Keshik, Jaguar's Spirit]]
 
[[Category:Clan Smoke Jaguar Commands|Keshik, Jaguar's Spirit]]

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