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Line 55: During a raid on [[Dromini VI]] in September [[3021]] Jaime Wolf victoriously battled a [[Draconis Combine]] tank unit alone in his ''[[Archer]]''. His 'Mech then overheated and shut down when enemy 'Mech forces appeared, but the enemy commander [[Minobu Tetsuhara]] acknowledged his skills as a warrior and spared him. When the Dragoons signed on with the Draconis Combine in [[3023]], Tetsuhara was assigned as their liaison officer, and Jaime and he became fast friends. However, the treacherous actions of Warlord [[Grieg Samsonov]] turned the Dragoons against the Draconis Combine and [[Takashi Kurita]] and they retreated to the ice world of [[Misery]], pursued by Draconis Combine forces under the command of the unlucky Minobu Tetsuhara, who had cruelly been ordered to march against his best friend.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 37</ref> During a raid on [[Dromini VI]] in September [[3021]] Jaime Wolf victoriously battled a [[Draconis Combine]] tank unit alone in his ''[[Archer]]''. His 'Mech then overheated and shut down when enemy 'Mech forces appeared, but the enemy commander [[Minobu Tetsuhara]] acknowledged his skills as a warrior and spared him. When the Dragoons signed on with the Draconis Combine in [[3023]], Tetsuhara was assigned as their liaison officer, and Jaime and he became fast friends. However, the treacherous actions of Warlord [[Grieg Samsonov]] turned the Dragoons against the Draconis Combine and [[Takashi Kurita]] and they retreated to the ice world of [[Misery]], pursued by Draconis Combine forces under the command of the unlucky Minobu Tetsuhara, who had cruelly been ordered to march against his best friend.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 37</ref> − In [[3026]] he received the [[Awards#Draconis Combine|Order of the Bushido Blade]].<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 35</ref>+ Jaime Wolf remained defensive and refused to take offensive action against the Draconis Combine while the Dragoons were still legally under contract. He used Tetsuhara's strong sense of honor against him to dictate the terms of the engagement on Misery: Wolf secretly deployed satellites in orbit but did not use any of his aerospace units, luring Tetsuhara into believing they were fighting a ritual 'Mech battle. Accordingly, Tetsuhara did not launch his fighters either which prevented his forces from noticing the satellites.{{cn}} − Jaime Wolf remained defensive and refused to take offensive action against the Draconis Combine while the Dragoons were still legally under contract. He used Tetsuhara's strong sense of honor against him to dictate the terms of the engagement on Misery: Wolf secretly deployed satellites in orbit but did not use any of his aerospace units, luring Tetsuhara into believing they were fighting a ritual 'Mech battle. Accordingly, Tetsuhara did not launch his fighters either which prevented his forces from noticing the satellites.<ref>''Wolves on the Border'', ch. 55</ref>+ Virtually to the minute when the contract had run out at midnight, the Dragoon forces finally moved out against the Combine troops. The satellites were pivotal in the Dragoons' victory over weeks of prolonged fighting, and Tetsuhara was taken captive. Tetsuhara was subsequently adamant in his decision to commit ''[[seppuku]]'', and Jaime Wolf, having failed to dissuade his old friend, agreed to Tetsuhara's request to shoot him with a laser pistol at the conclusion of the ceremony.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 38</ref> − Virtually to the minute when the contract had run out at midnight, the Dragoon forces finally moved out against the Combine troops. The satellites were pivotal in the Dragoons' victory over weeks of prolonged fighting, and Tetsuhara was taken captive. Tetsuhara was subsequently adamant in his decision to commit ''[[seppuku]]'', and Jaime Wolf, having failed to dissuade his old friend, agreed to Tetsuhara's request to shoot him with a laser pistol at the conclusion of the ceremony.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 38</ref>+ In [[3026]] he received the [[Awards#Draconis Combine|Order of the Bushido Blade]].{{cn}} ===Private war with the Draconis Combine=== ===Private war with the Draconis Combine=== − The bitter events on Misery would have an impact on the upcoming [[Fourth Succession War]], although it seems unlikely that this was planned. + The bitter events on Misery would have an impact on the upcoming [[Fourth Succession War]], although it seems unlikely that this was planned.{{cn}} − Davion agents had negotiated to hire the Dragoons when their relations with the Draconis Combine had soured already, and the Dragoons could flee right into a new contract following the fighting on Misery.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 39</ref> + + Davion agents had negotiated to hire the Dragoons when their relations with the Draconis Combine had soured already, and the Dragoons could flee right into a new contract following the fighting on Misery.{{cn}} − On the eve of the wedding of [[Hanse Davion]] and [[Melissa Steiner]] on [[Terra]] on 27 August [[3028]], Jaime Wolf confronted [[Takashi Kurita]] and publicly scorned him for betraying and ruining a worthy and loyal underling in fluent Japanese, throwing the ritual swords of the late Minobu Tetsuhara at the Coordinator's feet. Wolf even went so far as to declare a personal war between Wolf's Dragoons and the Coordinator over the events.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 39-40</ref> + On the eve of the wedding of [[Hanse Davion]] and [[Melissa Steiner]] on [[Terra]] on 27 August [[3028]], Jaime Wolf confronted [[Takashi Kurita]] and publicly scorned him for betraying and ruining a worthy and loyal underling in fluent Japanese, throwing the ritual swords of the late Minobu Tetsuhara at the Coordinator's feet. Wolf even went so far as to declare a personal war between Wolf's Dragoons and the Coordinator over the events.{{cn}} − By design or chance, this channeled the efforts of the irate House Kurita in a predictable fashion in the Fourth Succession War that Hanse Davion had scheduled to begin on that very day. Deeply insulted, the Combine threw regiment after regiment specifically against the Dragoons and they were hammered on [[Glenmora]], [[Harrow's Sun]], and [[Wapakoneta]] until they withdrew to [[Crossing]] for a last stand. The Dragoons were reduced from five regiments to a single provisional regiment of mixed troops in this ordeal, but they in turn inflicted horrendous losses on the attackers. The Combine was so preoccupied with Jaime Wolf and his unit that they neglected their other fronts in the war.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 43</ref> + By design or chance, this channeled the efforts of the irate House Kurita in a predictable fashion in the Fourth Succession War that Hanse Davion had scheduled to begin on that very day. Deeply insulted, the Combine threw regiment after regiment specifically against the Dragoons and they were hammered on [[Glenmora]], [[Harrow's Sun]], and [[Wapakoneta]] until they withdrew to [[Crossing]] for a last stand. The Dragoons were reduced from five regiments to a single provisional regiment of mixed troops in this ordeal, but they in turn inflicted horrendous losses on the attackers. The Combine was so preoccupied with Jaime Wolf and his unit that they neglected their other fronts in the war.{{cn}} ===Outreach=== ===Outreach=== − After the war, a grateful House Davion turned the world of [[Outreach]] over to the Dragoons for their service, giving them a chance to rebuild. Jaime Wolf had specifically requested this world because he knew of [[Star League]]-era manufacturing facilities there. The [[Federated Commonwealth]] had suspected that and sent another unit to Outreach to inspect the ruined factories first. Ironically, that unit was Snord's Irregulars (who were a secret offshoot of Wolf's Dragoons). [[Cranston Snord]] provided the full planetary survey data to Jaime Wolf while giving an innocuous report to House Steiner; based on his report, the world was granted to the Dragoons.<ref>''Rhonda's Irregulars'', p. 8</ref> + After the war, a grateful House Davion turned the world of [[Outreach]] over to the Dragoons for their service, giving them a chance to rebuild. Jaime Wolf had specifically requested this world because he knew of [[Star League]]-era manufacturing facilities there. The [[Federated Commonwealth]] had suspected that and sent another unit to Outreach to inspect the ruined factories first. Ironically, that unit was Snord's Irregulars (who were a secret offshoot of Wolf's Dragoons). [[Cranston Snord]] provided the full planetary survey data to Jaime Wolf while giving an innocuous report to House Steiner; based on his report, the world was granted to the Dragoons.{{cn}} The Dragoons settled on Outreach permanently in [[3030]]. With a world to call their own, the Dragoons grew to become a mini-nation and Jaime Wolf became a ''de facto'' planetary ruler in addition to being commander of Wolf's Dragoons. The factories on Outreach were refurbished by [[Blackwell Industries]], providing great financial gain and a solid manufacturing base. Most importantly, however, Jaime Wolf used his unit's position as the premier mercenary unit to set up a [[hiring hall]] on [[Outreach]]. The world would gradually eclipse legendary [[Galatea]] and become the new [[Mercenary's Star (hiring hall)|Mercenary's Star]].{{cn}} The Dragoons settled on Outreach permanently in [[3030]]. With a world to call their own, the Dragoons grew to become a mini-nation and Jaime Wolf became a ''de facto'' planetary ruler in addition to being commander of Wolf's Dragoons. The factories on Outreach were refurbished by [[Blackwell Industries]], providing great financial gain and a solid manufacturing base. Most importantly, however, Jaime Wolf used his unit's position as the premier mercenary unit to set up a [[hiring hall]] on [[Outreach]]. The world would gradually eclipse legendary [[Galatea]] and become the new [[Mercenary's Star (hiring hall)|Mercenary's Star]].{{cn}}
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During a raid on [[Dromini VI]] in September [[3021]] Jaime Wolf victoriously battled a [[Draconis Combine]] tank unit alone in his ''[[Archer]]''. His 'Mech then overheated and shut down when enemy 'Mech forces appeared, but the enemy commander [[Minobu Tetsuhara]] acknowledged his skills as a warrior and spared him. When the Dragoons signed on with the Draconis Combine in [[3023]], Tetsuhara was assigned as their liaison officer, and Jaime and he became fast friends. However, the treacherous actions of Warlord [[Grieg Samsonov]] turned the Dragoons against the Draconis Combine and [[Takashi Kurita]] and they retreated to the ice world of [[Misery]], pursued by Draconis Combine forces under the command of the unlucky Minobu Tetsuhara, who had cruelly been ordered to march against his best friend.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 37</ref> | During a raid on [[Dromini VI]] in September [[3021]] Jaime Wolf victoriously battled a [[Draconis Combine]] tank unit alone in his ''[[Archer]]''. His 'Mech then overheated and shut down when enemy 'Mech forces appeared, but the enemy commander [[Minobu Tetsuhara]] acknowledged his skills as a warrior and spared him. When the Dragoons signed on with the Draconis Combine in [[3023]], Tetsuhara was assigned as their liaison officer, and Jaime and he became fast friends. However, the treacherous actions of Warlord [[Grieg Samsonov]] turned the Dragoons against the Draconis Combine and [[Takashi Kurita]] and they retreated to the ice world of [[Misery]], pursued by Draconis Combine forces under the command of the unlucky Minobu Tetsuhara, who had cruelly been ordered to march against his best friend.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 37</ref> | ||
| − | + | Jaime Wolf remained defensive and refused to take offensive action against the Draconis Combine while the Dragoons were still legally under contract. He used Tetsuhara's strong sense of honor against him to dictate the terms of the engagement on Misery: Wolf secretly deployed satellites in orbit but did not use any of his aerospace units, luring Tetsuhara into believing they were fighting a ritual 'Mech battle. Accordingly, Tetsuhara did not launch his fighters either which prevented his forces from noticing the satellites.{{cn}} | |
| − | + | Virtually to the minute when the contract had run out at midnight, the Dragoon forces finally moved out against the Combine troops. The satellites were pivotal in the Dragoons' victory over weeks of prolonged fighting, and Tetsuhara was taken captive. Tetsuhara was subsequently adamant in his decision to commit ''[[seppuku]]'', and Jaime Wolf, having failed to dissuade his old friend, agreed to Tetsuhara's request to shoot him with a laser pistol at the conclusion of the ceremony.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 38</ref> | |
| − | + | In [[3026]] he received the [[Awards#Draconis Combine|Order of the Bushido Blade]].{{cn}} | |
===Private war with the Draconis Combine=== | ===Private war with the Draconis Combine=== | ||
| − | The bitter events on Misery would have an impact on the upcoming [[Fourth Succession War]], although it seems unlikely that this was planned. | + | The bitter events on Misery would have an impact on the upcoming [[Fourth Succession War]], although it seems unlikely that this was planned.{{cn}} |
| − | Davion agents had negotiated to hire the Dragoons when their relations with the Draconis Combine had soured already, and the Dragoons could flee right into a new contract following the fighting on Misery. | + | |
| + | Davion agents had negotiated to hire the Dragoons when their relations with the Draconis Combine had soured already, and the Dragoons could flee right into a new contract following the fighting on Misery.{{cn}} | ||
| − | On the eve of the wedding of [[Hanse Davion]] and [[Melissa Steiner]] on [[Terra]] on 27 August [[3028]], Jaime Wolf confronted [[Takashi Kurita]] and publicly scorned him for betraying and ruining a worthy and loyal underling in fluent Japanese, throwing the ritual swords of the late Minobu Tetsuhara at the Coordinator's feet. Wolf even went so far as to declare a personal war between Wolf's Dragoons and the Coordinator over the events. | + | On the eve of the wedding of [[Hanse Davion]] and [[Melissa Steiner]] on [[Terra]] on 27 August [[3028]], Jaime Wolf confronted [[Takashi Kurita]] and publicly scorned him for betraying and ruining a worthy and loyal underling in fluent Japanese, throwing the ritual swords of the late Minobu Tetsuhara at the Coordinator's feet. Wolf even went so far as to declare a personal war between Wolf's Dragoons and the Coordinator over the events.{{cn}} |
| − | By design or chance, this channeled the efforts of the irate House Kurita in a predictable fashion in the Fourth Succession War that Hanse Davion had scheduled to begin on that very day. Deeply insulted, the Combine threw regiment after regiment specifically against the Dragoons and they were hammered on [[Glenmora]], [[Harrow's Sun]], and [[Wapakoneta]] until they withdrew to [[Crossing]] for a last stand. The Dragoons were reduced from five regiments to a single provisional regiment of mixed troops in this ordeal, but they in turn inflicted horrendous losses on the attackers. The Combine was so preoccupied with Jaime Wolf and his unit that they neglected their other fronts in the war. | + | By design or chance, this channeled the efforts of the irate House Kurita in a predictable fashion in the Fourth Succession War that Hanse Davion had scheduled to begin on that very day. Deeply insulted, the Combine threw regiment after regiment specifically against the Dragoons and they were hammered on [[Glenmora]], [[Harrow's Sun]], and [[Wapakoneta]] until they withdrew to [[Crossing]] for a last stand. The Dragoons were reduced from five regiments to a single provisional regiment of mixed troops in this ordeal, but they in turn inflicted horrendous losses on the attackers. The Combine was so preoccupied with Jaime Wolf and his unit that they neglected their other fronts in the war.{{cn}} |
===Outreach=== | ===Outreach=== | ||
| − | After the war, a grateful House Davion turned the world of [[Outreach]] over to the Dragoons for their service, giving them a chance to rebuild. Jaime Wolf had specifically requested this world because he knew of [[Star League]]-era manufacturing facilities there. The [[Federated Commonwealth]] had suspected that and sent another unit to Outreach to inspect the ruined factories first. Ironically, that unit was Snord's Irregulars (who were a secret offshoot of Wolf's Dragoons). [[Cranston Snord]] provided the full planetary survey data to Jaime Wolf while giving an innocuous report to House Steiner; based on his report, the world was granted to the Dragoons. | + | After the war, a grateful House Davion turned the world of [[Outreach]] over to the Dragoons for their service, giving them a chance to rebuild. Jaime Wolf had specifically requested this world because he knew of [[Star League]]-era manufacturing facilities there. The [[Federated Commonwealth]] had suspected that and sent another unit to Outreach to inspect the ruined factories first. Ironically, that unit was Snord's Irregulars (who were a secret offshoot of Wolf's Dragoons). [[Cranston Snord]] provided the full planetary survey data to Jaime Wolf while giving an innocuous report to House Steiner; based on his report, the world was granted to the Dragoons.{{cn}} |
The Dragoons settled on Outreach permanently in [[3030]]. With a world to call their own, the Dragoons grew to become a mini-nation and Jaime Wolf became a ''de facto'' planetary ruler in addition to being commander of Wolf's Dragoons. The factories on Outreach were refurbished by [[Blackwell Industries]], providing great financial gain and a solid manufacturing base. Most importantly, however, Jaime Wolf used his unit's position as the premier mercenary unit to set up a [[hiring hall]] on [[Outreach]]. The world would gradually eclipse legendary [[Galatea]] and become the new [[Mercenary's Star (hiring hall)|Mercenary's Star]].{{cn}} | The Dragoons settled on Outreach permanently in [[3030]]. With a world to call their own, the Dragoons grew to become a mini-nation and Jaime Wolf became a ''de facto'' planetary ruler in addition to being commander of Wolf's Dragoons. The factories on Outreach were refurbished by [[Blackwell Industries]], providing great financial gain and a solid manufacturing base. Most importantly, however, Jaime Wolf used his unit's position as the premier mercenary unit to set up a [[hiring hall]] on [[Outreach]]. The world would gradually eclipse legendary [[Galatea]] and become the new [[Mercenary's Star (hiring hall)|Mercenary's Star]].{{cn}} | ||