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| Designation = Stealthy Tigers
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| Formed = [[2874]]
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| Disbanded = c. [[3081]]
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| unitname  = Stealthy Tigers
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| year      = 3067
| Affiliation = [[Mercenary]]
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| commander = Colonel Yuri Rauschenbusch
| Parent Command = Independent
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| disbanded = The [[Jihad]]
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The '''Stealthy Tigers''' were a mercenary unit formed during the [[Third Succession War]] and were destroyed in the [[Jihad]].
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The '''Stealthy Tigers''' were formed as a private unit for the Duke of Tamar. To avoid problems with the [[LCAF]], [[Archon]], and Estates General, the unit was officially a mercenary unit.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The Stealthy Tigers were formed in [[2874]] by the [[Duke of Tamar]] who was frightened by a [[Draconis Combine]] offensive and by the poor performances of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]]. To avoid the old laws against individual nobles purchasing heavier BattleMechs, the unit was officially a mercenary unit.<ref name=HS66>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 66</ref>
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The Stealthy Tigers were formed to defend their homeworld, operating under a contract with the [[LCAF]]. In [[2915]] the Stealthy Tigers faced off against the [[4th Proserpina Hussars]]. After seven months of combat, the [[DCMS]] unit withdrew.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 8</ref>
 
 
The Stealthy Tigers were named after two famous Lyran units destroyed in the [[Second Succession War]], the [[Stealths]] and the [[Tamar Tigers]], and were an attempt to recapture the effective weaponry and tactics of those units. Formed to defend their homeworld, [[Tamar]], they operated under a yearly contract with the LCAF.<ref name=HS66/>
 
 
 
In March [[2915]], the Stealthy Tigers were part of the defense of Tamar when the [[DCMS]] invaded with three regiments. After seven months of combat, the [[DCMS]] units withdrew.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 8</ref><ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 70</ref> The unit would repel raids on Tamar for the next 60 years.<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 71</ref> By the Third Succession War's end in [[3025]], they were stationed on the Marik front on [[Loric]].<ref name=HS119/>
 
 
 
During the [[Fourth Succession War]] the unit began the war still deployed on [[Loric]] and was later moved to [[Giausar]] in October [[3028]] as part of the LCAF's response to the [[Free Worlds League]]'s [[Operation DAGGER]].<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 63: "Overview"</ref>
 
 
 
By [[3050]], the unit was in service to the [[Free Worlds League]]. It had refused to re-sign with the LCAF after the formation & Lyran recognition of the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]], part of which comprised of former [[Tamar Pact]] worlds, and the abortive [[War of 3039]]. It was loaned to the [[Capellan Confederation]] during [[Operation GUERRERO]] in [[3057]]. The Tigers fought alongside [[Always Faithful]] in the attempted conquest of [[Caph]] which ended up in stalemate after battles with [[Lindon's Battalion]] and [[Gustafson's Grenadiers]].<ref>''Chaos March'' pp. 30–31</ref><ref name=MS61>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 61: "Stealthy Tigers Unit Profile"</ref> Caph was ultimately secured by [[Word of Blake]] forces.<ref name=MS61/>
 
  
They took on more contracts in the [[Chaos March]], participating in the pacification of [[Carver V]] and later accepting a contract with "Emperor" [[William Baranov]] on [[Hall]] in [[3065]]. There, the Tigers fought against [[Burton's Brigade]] and [[Critchley's Cavaliers]] who were fighting for Baranov's rival, [[Count]] [[Radcliffe McNally]]. In mid-[[3066]], The Stealthy Tigers repulsed an assault on the capital [[Harney]] by NcNally's forces by way of a combat drop. Burton's Brigade fell back from the overwhelming fire which enabled the Tigers to outflank the Cavaliers who would surrender the next day.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 27: "Burton's Brigade: In With Both Feet"</ref><ref name=MS61/>
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In the [[3040]]s the unit signed a contract with the [[FWLM]] and were loaned to the [[CCAF]] during [[Operation Guerrero]]. The Tigers fought with the [[Always Faithful]] but fail in the conquest attempt of [[Caph]]. They remained in the [[Chaos March]] and helped in the invasions of [[Carver V]] and [[Hall]]. The Tigers fought against [[Critchley's Cavaliers]], when their employee launched an invasion for  [[William Baranov]]. [[Burton's Brigade]] were withdrawn by the [[Allied Mercenary Command]] and left the Cavaliers as the only opposing force. They must surrender after a failed attempt to overrun the Tigers.<ref name=MS61>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 61, "Stealthy Tigers Unit Profile"</ref>
  
The unit would be changed forever in October [[3067]] due to the presence of two Blakist [[ Sixth of June]] agents, twins Mason and Kirsten Markoja, who had infiltrated the unit and managed to take control by secretly killing the commanding officer and driving a wedge between the elite Raiders and the rest of the regiment. The Raiders found out about the Markojas' links to Word of Blake and during a battle between the [[Fourth Oriente Hussars]], Baranov's Republican Guards, the Stealthy Tigers and units of the [[Allied Mercenary Command]] ([[Third Dismal Disinherited]] and Burton's Brigade), the leader of the Raiders, Captain Ezra Payne, broadcast his accusation of treason to the regiment. This set off a battle between the Stealthy Tigers with one siding with the Raiders and the other with the Markojas. It would not be limited to just combat troops, the techs also would split and start fighting at their base. Kirsten Markoja was killed in a duel with Payne, who was badly injured ejecting from his 'Mech but most of the Raiders were killed. Payne, the remnants of his company, the surviving Raiders and techs who had sided with him escaped from Hall on the Stealthy Tigers Dropship ''[[Tigris]]''.<ref name=EoW/>
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The command signed a contract with [[WoB]] during the Jihad. They were accused of having executed [[AMC]] POWs in 3067 as well as [[FWL]] troops. The unit keep on to defend Hall against all invaders.
  
The remainder of unit stayed on Hall under Mason Markoja and would be accused of executing [[AMC]] POWs and [[FWL]] troops.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 18</ref> They were still there in [[3071]]<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 110</ref> and would serve under the Word of Blake for the rest of the [[Jihad]].
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During [[Operation SCOUR]], the Word of Blake responded to the loss of [[Marcus]] by dispatching a combination of hired mercenary (in the form of the [[Canned Heat]], [[Clifton's Rangers]], [[The Furies]] and the [[Stealthy Tigers]]<ref name="TCp164"/> to retake Marcus on the 11th of August; the coalition forces<ref name="J:FRp57"/> including the [[20th Marik Militia]]<ref name="JHS:Tp59+">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 59-60, "Chaos Eternal: Blood And Fury"</ref> had no choice but to retreat to the nearby world of [[Dieudonne]].<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57, "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Two teams of ComStar affiliated [[Blake's Wrath]] units destroyed the uranium mines to deny them to the Word of Blake. The mercenaries the Blakists had sent were not concerned with limiting collateral damage, and when word of the Coalition's conquest of [[Terra]] reached them, the natives (aided by ComStar) overthrew their mercenary overseers, though some of them had already escaped when the fall of Terra news had arrived.<ref>''Total Chaos'', p. 165</ref><ref name="TCp164">''Total Chaos'', p. 164-165, "MARCUS"</ref>
  
In August [[3077]], the Stealthy Tigers were part of a mercenary task force under the command of Pierre Grandin of [[Grandin's Crusaders]] to retake [[Marcus]] during [[Operation SCOUR]].<ref name=TCp164>''Total Chaos'', pp. 164–165: "MARCUS"</ref> By this time, the unit was less than a battalion in strength.<ref> This is surmised by the fact that the Grandin’s Crusaders were battalion strength and was given command due to being the largest unit. See ''Total Chaos'', pp. 156, 173</ref> The task force trapped the planet's garrison, the [[Twentieth Marik Militia]] in the capital city of Zotikos, with only a few survivors joining the arriving [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] Fourth Army.<ref name=TCp164/> The task force also captured the valuable uranium mines on the continent of Wahryn with the Fourth Army failing twice trying to recapture them.<ref name=TCp164/> Com Guard [[Blake's Wrath]] special forces units then blew up the mine network, denying their use to the Word.<ref name=TCp164/> The Coalition forces then retreated to the nearby world of [[Dieudonné]].<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>  The Blakist troops would hold the planet until news of [[Terra]]'s recapture reached the system. Many mercenaries fled while the rest failed to quell a revolution. Those that were captured were executed.<ref name=TCp164/> It is not known if any Stealthy Tigers were amongst them but it was confirmed that the Stealthy Tigers had been wiped out by [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp120">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 120: "The Condemned"</ref>
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It was confirmed by [[3081]] that the Stealthy Tigers had been wiped out during the [[Jihad]].<ref name="J:FRp120">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 120, "The Condemned"</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Stealthy Tigers'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Stealthy Tigers'''
 
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|[[Colonel]]||[[Bob Vermithrax]]||[[3025]]<ref name=HS119/>
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|[[Colonel]]||[[Bob Vermithrax]]||[[3025]]<ref>House Steiner p.119</ref>
 
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| Colonel||[[Yuri Rauschenbusch]]||3030s - [[3067]]<ref name=MS61/>
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| Colonel||[[Yuri Rauschenbusch]]||3030s-[[3067]]<ref name=MS61/>
 
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| Colonel||[[Mason Markoja]]||3067<ref name=EoW>''Embers of War''</ref>
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| Colonel||[[Mason Markoja]]||3067
 
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==Raiders==
 
Within the unit was an exclusive group of MechWarriors called Raiders. They were regarded as the elite of the Tigers. Membership was by invitation only and had to be unanimous amongst all current Raiders. It was earned by a MechWarrior "doing their job well."<ref name=EoWp9/> Raiders were spread throughout the regiment but their numbers were small. In 3067, there were only 17 Raiders.<ref>''Embers Of War'', p. 232</ref>
 
 
Raiders wore a pin on their uniform lapel. The pin was black enamel with a white tiger's head in profile.<ref name=EoWp9>''Embers Of War'', p. 9</ref>
 
 
By custom only a Raider could become the regiment's commander. Once promoted, the commander would, also by custom, cease being an active Raider but would still wear the pin.<ref>''Embers Of War'', p. 118</ref>
 
 
After the events of October [[3067]] the Raiders were no longer active in the unit as they were either all dead or had fled the regiment.<ref>''Embers Of War'', p. 314</ref>
 
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
===3067===
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The unit can harass a unit with high speed attacks and retreats.<ref name=MS61/>  
The Unit fielded many fast medium-class 'Mechs with a few heavies serving as backup. The unit would harass an enemy unit with high speed attacks and retreats.<ref name=MS61/>
 
  
 
==Support==
 
==Support==
===3067===
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The unit possesses enough [[DropShip]]s to transport the entire command.  
The unit possessed enough [[DropShip]]s to transport the entire command.
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The Tigers' technical staff can handle the unit's routine maintenance, but lack the resources to rebuild equipment a battalion worth.<ref name=MS61/>
The Tigers' technical staff could handle the unit's routine maintenance, but lacked the resources to rebuild the battalion's worth of damaged 'Mechs they had.<ref name=MS61/>
 
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
===2874===
 
'''Stealthy Tigers''' (Reinforced Regiment)<ref name=HS66/>
 
:Three light 'Mech battalions
 
:One assault 'Mech battalion
 
:Note:  At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Tamar]].
 
 
 
===3025===
 
===3025===
'''Stealthy Tigers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HS119>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 119</ref>
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'''Stealthy Tigers''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref>House Steiner p.119</ref>
:CO: Bob Vermithrax
 
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Loric]].
 
 
 
===3050===
 
'''Stealthy Tigers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=20yup57>''20 Year Update'', p. 57</ref>
 
:CO: Colonel Yuri Rauschenbusch<ref name=MS61/>
 
:Note:  At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Ventabren]].
 
 
 
===3059===
 
'''Stealthy Tigers ''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMMercsp111 >''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 111</ref>
 
:CO: Colonel Yuri Rauschenbusch
 
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Caph]].
 
  
 
===3067===
 
===3067===
 
'''Stealthy Tigers''' (Two [[Battalion]]s/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=MS61/>
 
'''Stealthy Tigers''' (Two [[Battalion]]s/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=MS61/>
:CO: [[Colonel]] Yuri Rauschenbusch
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* CO: [[Colonel]] Yuri Rauschenbusch
:XO: [[Major]] [[Mason Markoja]]
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** XO/1st Battalion (Panther Battalion): [[Major]] Mason Markoja
:'''First "Panther" Battalion '''
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** 2nd Battalion (Leopard Battalion): Major Kirsten Markoja
::CO: [[Major]] Mason Markoja
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** Training Company (Jaguar Company)
:'''Second "Leopard" Battalion'''
 
::CO: Major [[Kirsten Markoja]]
 
:'''Jaguar Company''' (Independent / Training Company)<ref name=EoW/>
 
::CO: [[Captain]] [[Ezra Payne]]
 
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Hall]].
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
* ''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'' has the Stealthy Tigers return to swear allegiance to the Duchess of Tamar on [[Porrima]] in 3062. As there is no mention of this anywhere else, this has probably been [[retconned]].
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The Unit fields many fast medium-class 'Mechs with a few heavies serving as backup.<ref name=MS61/>
* In ''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', the Stealthy Tigers were mentioned as being one of the first mercenary units to purchase the WLF-2H [[Wolfhound]] after it entered production in [[3083]]. There is no other mention of the unit in any other [[Dark Age]] publications, so it can be assumed that this is an error.
 
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
Image:Camomercsstealthytigers.png
 
Image:Camomercsstealthytigers.png
</gallery> ‎
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</gallery> ‎
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
 
:'''Note:''' Page numbers from ''Embers of War'' are from the Kindle edition and may not match the printed edition.
 
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Chaos March]]''
 
* ''[[Embers of War]]'' (novel)
 
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
 
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]''
 
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update ]]''
 
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
 
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition]]''
* ''[[Total Chaos]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Stealthy Tigers]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Stealthy Tigers]]

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