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===Anton Marik's hostages===
 
===Anton Marik's hostages===
Wolf and his unit served [[Anton Marik]] during the [[Marik Civil War]] from [[3014]] to [[3015]]. Duke Anton's revolt failed, and he ultimately resorted to taking a portion of the Dragoons hostage. The hostages, which included Jaimes's wife and both of their daughters as well as his brother Joshua, were killed. Wolf's Dragoons exacted their vengeance upon him and raided his stronghold on [[New Delos]], killing Duke Anton and exterminating his troops almost to the last man.
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Wolf and his unit served [[Anton Marik]] during the [[Marik Civil War]] from [[3014]] to [[3015]]. Duke Anton's revolt failed, and he ultimately resorted to taking a portion of the Dragoons hostage. The hostages, which included Jaime's wife and both of their daughters as well as his brother Joshua, were killed. Wolf's Dragoons exacted their vengeance upon him and raided his stronghold on [[New Delos]], killing Duke Anton and exterminating his troops almost to the last man.
  
 
===Last resupply run===
 
===Last resupply run===
Following a hard-fought campaign against [[Hesperus II]], Jaime Wolf and his Dragoons made a last resupply run to the Clans in [[3019]] through [[3020]]. They received new orders from Khan Kerlin Ward, namely to prepare the Inner Sphere for a Clan invasion. Following their orders, the Dragoons severed all ties with the Clans, going so far as even deleting the navigational data on their [[JumpShip]]s.
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Following a hard-fought campaign on [[Hesperus II]], Jaime Wolf and his Dragoons made a last resupply run to the Clans, starting in [[3019]] and ending [[3020]]. They received new orders from Khan Kerlin Ward, namely to prepare the Inner Sphere for a Clan invasion. Following their orders, the Dragoons severed all ties with the Clans, going so far as even deleting the navigational data on their [[JumpShip]]s.
  
 
===Friendship with Minobu Tetsuhara===
 
===Friendship with Minobu Tetsuhara===
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.
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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.
  
 
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 fighter either which prevented his forces from noticing the satellites.
 
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 fighter either which prevented his forces from noticing the satellites.
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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.
  
On the eve of the wedding of [[Hanse Davion]] and [[Melissa Steiner]] on [[Terra]] on August 27th, 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.
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On the eve of the wedding of [[Hanse Davion]] and [[Melissa Steiner]] on [[Terra]] on August 27th, 3028, Jaime Wolf confronted [[Takashi Kurita]] and publicly scorned him for betraying and ruining a worthy and loyal underlying 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.
  
 
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 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 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.
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The Clans issued a formal recall order to Wolf's Dragoons, but the unit at large ignored it, having integrated personnel from the Inner Sphere in their ranks for years. One notable person to return to the Clans was the infamous Natasha Kerensky who attained the rank of Khan in the Wolf touman before long.
 
The Clans issued a formal recall order to Wolf's Dragoons, but the unit at large ignored it, having integrated personnel from the Inner Sphere in their ranks for years. One notable person to return to the Clans was the infamous Natasha Kerensky who attained the rank of Khan in the Wolf touman before long.
  
The Dragoons did not see combat action against the Clans at first, as they were held back by their employer (the Federated Commonwealth). A critical moment in the invasion came when [[Clan Smoke Jaguar|Smoke Jaguar]] and [[Clan Nova Cat]] together threatened to overrun [[Luthien]], the capital of the Draconis Combine. Both Wolf's Dragoons and the [[Kell Hounds]], mercenary units who had private wars going with the Combine, were sent to bolster Luthien's defense. Although neither was happy with the assignment, they carried it out and Takashi Kurita subsequently had to live with the fact that he owed his realm's very survival to some of its greatest enemies.
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The Dragoons did not see combat action against the Clans at first, as they were held back by their employer, the Federated Commonwealth. A critical moment in the invasion came when [[Clan Smoke Jaguar|Smoke Jaguar]] and [[Clan Nova Cat]] together threatened to overrun [[Luthien]], the capital of the Draconis Combine. Both Wolf's Dragoons and the [[Kell Hounds]], mercenary units who had private wars going with the Combine, were sent to bolster Luthien's defenses. Although neither was happy with the assignment, they carried it out and Takashi Kurita subsequently had to live with the fact that he owed his realm's very survival to some of its greatest enemies.
  
 
===Civil War among the Dragoons===
 
===Civil War among the Dragoons===
The influx of captured Clan bondsmen and Inner Sphere recruits created a unique blend of cultures on Outreach. Elson, a Clansman, convinced Jaime's grandson [[Alpin Wolf|Alpin]] to claim command after the death of Jaime's son MacKenzie, resulting in the brief [[Dragoon Civil War]] in [[3054]], which Jaime Wolf eventually prevailed. Alpin was killed in the fighting. After this, Jaime instituted a number of reforms, including appointing [[Maeve Wolf]] as general and field commander.
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The influx of captured Clan bondsmen and Inner Sphere recruits created a unique blend of cultures on Outreach. Elson, a Clansman, convinced Jaime's grandson, [[Alpin Wolf|Alpin]], to claim command after the death of Jaime's son MacKenzie, resulting in the brief [[Dragoon Civil War]] in [[3054]], which Jaime Wolf eventually prevailed. Alpin was killed in the fighting. After this, Jaime instituted a number of reforms, including appointing [[Maeve Wolf]] as general and field commander.
  
 
===Death===
 
===Death===

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Property "Update Needed From" (as page type) with input value "Era Report: 3052]], Historical Turning Points: Misery, [[Intelligence Operations Handbook" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process. Jaime Wolf (born 2980[1] – died October 18th, 3067, aged 87 years) was born on the Clan Wolf enclave on Eden at the farming settlement of Applegate, the son of MechWarrior Jon Vickers and Brigit of the merchant caste.

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At the age of 35

History

Clan Career

At age ten he was tested and accepted into the Warrior caste, and assigned to Gamma Ten Freeborn Sibko. He piloted an antiquated Archer in his Trial of Position where he disabled a trueborn-piloted Nova. Subsequently, he was assigned to the Choyer Garrison Cluster in 3000, where he distinguished himself in the defense against Clan Nova Cat forces when his Cluster defeated a Trinary in a Trial of Possession over mineral rights on Circe. He then rose to the rank of Star Commander in the 328th Assault Cluster under Star Captain Natasha Kerensky. Following his performance against Clan Diamond Shark on Paxton and Clan Jade Falcon on Eden, he easily tested up for Star Captain following Ulric Kerensky's promotion to Star Colonel in 3003.[citation needed]

Wolf's Dragoons

Promising the creation of a "Wolf" Honorname, Khan Kerlin Ward offered Jaime Wolf and his younger brother Joshua Wolf command of the Clan reconnaissance mission into the Inner Sphere that was Wolf's Dragoons. They set out in 3004, and the story of Jaime Wolf's life was essentially that of Wolf's Dragoons from this point onwards.

En route to the Inner Sphere, Jaime married Ellen, a dependent who had been assigned to the mission. Their son Mackenzie Wolf was born while Jaime Wolf was leading the Dragoons' Alpha Regiment against Capellan Confederation forces on Styk, fulfilling a mercenary contract with House Davion.

The Waco Rangers

During their employment with House Davion the Dragoons also attacked New Aragon in 3008. Over the course of the fighting the son of enemy mercenary captain Wayne Waco was killed by members of the Dragoons and Waco swore a death oath against Jaime Wolf and the Dragoons, henceforth striving to be Jaime Wolf's nemesis.

Anton Marik's hostages

Wolf and his unit served Anton Marik during the Marik Civil War from 3014 to 3015. Duke Anton's revolt failed, and he ultimately resorted to taking a portion of the Dragoons hostage. The hostages, which included Jaime's wife and both of their daughters as well as his brother Joshua, were killed. Wolf's Dragoons exacted their vengeance upon him and raided his stronghold on New Delos, killing Duke Anton and exterminating his troops almost to the last man.

Last resupply run

Following a hard-fought campaign on Hesperus II, Jaime Wolf and his Dragoons made a last resupply run to the Clans, starting in 3019 and ending 3020. They received new orders from Khan Kerlin Ward, namely to prepare the Inner Sphere for a Clan invasion. Following their orders, the Dragoons severed all ties with the Clans, going so far as even deleting the navigational data on their JumpShips.

Friendship with Minobu Tetsuhara

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.

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 fighter either which prevented his forces from noticing the satellites.

Virtually in the minute when the contract had run out just after 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.

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.

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.

On the eve of the wedding of Hanse Davion and Melissa Steiner on Terra on August 27th, 3028, Jaime Wolf confronted Takashi Kurita and publicly scorned him for betraying and ruining a worthy and loyal underlying 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.

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 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.

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 had been Snord's Irregulars (whose connection with Wolf's Dragoons remained a secret). Cranston Snord provided the full planetary survey data to Jaime Wolf while giving an inconspicuous report to House Steiner; based on his report, the world was granted to the Dragoons.

The Clan Invasion

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At Age of 70 in 3050

When the Clan Invasion finally came in 3050, Jaime Wolf called all leaders of the Inner Sphere to Outreach to discuss the new threat. He also revealed the origins of his unit, and trained the Successor State heirs in anti-Clan tactics.

The Clans issued a formal recall order to Wolf's Dragoons, but the unit at large ignored it, having integrated personnel from the Inner Sphere in their ranks for years. One notable person to return to the Clans was the infamous Natasha Kerensky who attained the rank of Khan in the Wolf touman before long.

The Dragoons did not see combat action against the Clans at first, as they were held back by their employer, the Federated Commonwealth. A critical moment in the invasion came when Smoke Jaguar and Clan Nova Cat together threatened to overrun Luthien, the capital of the Draconis Combine. Both Wolf's Dragoons and the Kell Hounds, mercenary units who had private wars going with the Combine, were sent to bolster Luthien's defenses. Although neither was happy with the assignment, they carried it out and Takashi Kurita subsequently had to live with the fact that he owed his realm's very survival to some of its greatest enemies.

Civil War among the Dragoons

The influx of captured Clan bondsmen and Inner Sphere recruits created a unique blend of cultures on Outreach. Elson, a Clansman, convinced Jaime's grandson, Alpin, to claim command after the death of Jaime's son MacKenzie, resulting in the brief Dragoon Civil War in 3054, which Jaime Wolf eventually prevailed. Alpin was killed in the fighting. After this, Jaime instituted a number of reforms, including appointing Maeve Wolf as general and field commander.

Death

Unrest fostered by the Word of Blake erupted into a shooting war on Outreach on 15 October, 3067, when disgruntled, down-on-their luck mercenary units attacked Wolf's Dragoons on their own planet. Leading elements included the Waco Rangers, outspoken enemies of Wolf's Dragoons for decades. On October 18, 3067, Jaime Wolf was found dead in the cockpit of his Archer, having died in the aftermath of a duel with Wayne Waco's BattleMaster where the geriatric Waco had been killed by Wolf.[2]

BattleMech

Jaime Wolf piloted a 70-ton Archer painted blue and gold. Circumstantial evidence suggests it was of the ARC-2W subtype which was exclusively manufactured by Wolf's Dragoons on their mobile space station Hephaistos. True to Clan traditions, Jaime Wolf would frequently lead his troops into combat in his 'Mech and did not hesitate to risk his life in battle. His life was in jeopardy on at least two occasions where Minobu Tetsuhara saved him, and in the latter case Wolf's 'Mech was destroyed. Wolf was still piloting an Archer when he was killed on Outreach.

Marriage and Children

Jaime Wolf was known to have been married at least twice in his life. He married his first wife, Ellen, while en route to the Inner Sphere. Both Ellen and his two daughters Lynn and Brigit were executed by Anton Marik, with Mackenzie being the only survivor.[3]

Some years after Ellen's death, he began a relationship with Marisha Dandridge from the Dragoons' Training Command handling civilian matters. [4] He and Marisha would eventually marry and have three children of their own. Two daughters, Katherine and Rachel, and a son, Joshua, named for his uncle. [5]

Quotes

Jaime Wolf: I think you mistake the gravity of the situation, Lady Romano. If we don't stop the Clans, who will?

Romano Liao: You forget, Colonel Wolf, that when the Star League collapsed, General Alexandr Kerensky led away nearly the whole Star League army beyond the Periphery. They're out there. They have been waiting all this time, waiting for the day mankind would again need their help. They will come and they will save us from the Clans.

Wolf: Lady Romano, have you heard nothing I've said?

Wolf: Don't you see? Kerensky's people have returned. They are the Clans.

-Excerpt from the Conference on Outreach, January 15, 3051


"To define the embodiment of honor is to understand the nature of the Clans..."

-From Out of Ignorance: The Return of Kerensky's People by Jaime Wolf, New Avalon Press, August 3053


"When I told him that from that day forward the Dragoons were at war with his House, Takashi Kurita didn't bat an eye. I wasn't even sure he believed me - the Coordinator never was an easy man to read."

"He believed me later, of course."

-From A Lifetime in the Trade: Reminiscences of a Mercenary by Jaime Wolf, New Avalon Press, 3055

Portrait Gallery

References

  1. Era Report: 3052, p. 79, "Jaime Wolf Profile"
  2. Jihad Hot Spots: 3070, pp. 11-13, "Jihad Timeline"
  3. Historical: Brush Wars, p. 16 "Jaime Wolf"
  4. Wolves on the Border (novel) p. 91
  5. Wolf Pack pp. 286-287

Bibliography