Operation BIRD DOG

A precursor to Operation Bulldog, Operation Bird Dog was a guerrilla assault intended to destabilize the defense of nine Clan Smoke Jaguar worlds in preparation for the main invasion.

Overview

Launched on the 13th of May 3059, the day when Bulldog received the final green light, nine ad hoc company strength commands jumped to Pirate Points around the Jaguar held worlds of Asgard, Hyner, Kiamba, Tarazed, Byesville, Luzerne, Virentofta, Hanover and Yamarovka. Their mission was to wage guerrilla campaigns against the Smoke Jaguar forces on these worlds, misleading the Jaguars into assuming the the best the newly united Inner Sphere could do was to persist with the minor raids they had attempted up until now.

Formed with volunteers from some of the best units from the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery, the Davion Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth and Lyran Alliance Armed Forces, each command was outfitted with captured Clan and Draconis Combine produced OmniMechs to allow them to make best use of any captured Clan material and hopefully hold out until the main invasion force reached them.

Bird Dog proved a complete success, the units taking part disrupted the operations of the Jaguars on each of the targeted worlds, capturing supplies and providing accurate intelligence on troop locations, crippling their ability to react to the first wave of Operation Bulldog on May 20th, with the bulk of the nine units surviving until reinforcements arrived.

References

• The Dragon Roars - pg, 8-9
• Shattered Sphere - pg 54