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{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image = [[Image:SmokeJaguar.jpg|right|191px|Clan Smoke Jaguar logo]]
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| image   = [[Image:SmokeJaguar.jpg|right|191px|Clan Smoke Jaguar logo]]
| Designation = Watchmen Galaxy
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| nickname = ''Watchmen Galaxy''
| Formed =
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| parent formation = [[Clan Smoke Jaguar Touman]]
| Disbanded = [[3060]] (Destroyed)
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| formed  = ''Unknown''
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 3060
| Nickname = Watchmen Galaxy
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| unitname = Watchmen Galaxy
| Affiliation = [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
 
| Parent Command = [[Clan Smoke Jaguar Touman|Clan Smoke Jaguar ''touman'']]
 
| Sub-Command =
 
 
}}
 
}}
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==Overview==
 
The '''Watchmen''' were a second line military formation of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].
 
The '''Watchmen''' were a second line military formation of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].
 
 
==History==
 
==History==
The Watchmen were charged with the defense of [[Huntress]], the homeworld of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].<ref> ''Exodus Road'', p. 166 </ref>  
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The Watchmen were charged with the defence of [[Huntress]], the homeworld of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].<ref> ''Exodus Road'', p. 166 </ref> The galaxy was wiped out by [[Operation Serpent|Task Force Serpent]] in [[3060]].
 
 
Being a ''[[solahma]]'' unit, like their brother Galaxy the Iron Guards, they only received minimum equipment, and consisted mainly of conventional [[infantry]] in 3054<ref> ''Exodus Road'', p. 202 </ref> until [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Benjamin Howell]] was able to bolster them with [[Star League]] [['Mechs]], [[Clan]] 'Mech prototypes, and [[Inner Sphere]] 'Mechs (originally designated to be studied by the scientist caste). For these unauthorized actions, he was later executed, but the Galaxy remained upgraded.<ref>''Twilight of the Clans'', pp. 57–59</ref>
 
 
 
===Task Force Serpent===
 
On 12 March 3060, the Galaxy engaged the assault troops of Task Force Serpent as they landed and pushed for their objectives. It was involved in two key battles in the opening stages of the campaign:
 
 
 
* Pahn City - [[48th Battle (Clan Smoke Jaguar)#Task Force Serpent|Full Battle Report]] by the Forty-eighth Battle Cluster
 
  
* Lootera - [[44th Solahma (Clan Smoke Jaguar)#Task Force Serpent|Full Battle Report]] by the Forty-fourth ''Solahma'' Cluster
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Being a [[Solahma]] unit, like their brother Galaxy the Iron Guards, they only received minimum equipment, and consisted mainly of conventional [[infantry]] in 3054<ref> ''Exodus Road'', p. 202 </ref> until [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Benjamin Howell]] was able to bolster them with [[Star League]]-[[Mech]]s, [[Clan]]-Mech prototypes and [[Inner Sphere]]-Mechs (originally designated to be studied by the scientist caste). For these actions, he was later executed, but the Galaxy remained upgraded. <ref> ''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 57-59 </ref>
 
 
By the end of the fighting on the first day the galaxy was virtually wiped out.
 
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
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[[Galaxy Commander]] [[Russou Howell]] of the Iron Guard Galaxy took operational control in 3059. <ref> ''Freebirth'', p. 55 </ref>
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! 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 Watchmen Galaxy'''
 
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| [[Galaxy Commander]]||[[Russou Howell]]||[[3059]]<ref> ''Freebirth'', p. 55</ref>
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
==Tactics==
 
Unknown.
 
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
===3059–3060===
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===3059-3060===
* '''Galaxy Command Trinary'''<ref>''Twilight of the Clans'', pp. 43, 57</ref>
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* Watchman Galaxy Command Trinary
** Alpha Command Star - ''[[Mad Dog (Vulture)|Mad Dog]]'', ''[[Stormcrow (Ryoken)|Storm Crow]]'' A, ''Storm Crow'', ''[[Shadow Cat]]'', ''[[Ice Ferret (Fenris)|Ice Ferret]]''
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* [[48th Battle Cluster (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|48th Battle Cluster]]
** Bravo Command Star - ''[[Huntsman (Nobori-nin)|Huntsman]]'', ''[[Viper (Dragonfly)|Viper]]'', ''[[Adder (Puma)|Adder]]'', ''[[Mist Lynx (Koshi)|Mist Lynx]]'' C, ''[[Nova (Black Hawk)|Nova]]''
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* [[44th Solahma Cluster (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|44th Solahma Cluster]]
** Charlie Command Star - ''Adder'' A, ''[[Mongrel (Grendel)|Mongrel]]'', ''Mist Lynx'', ''Mist Lynx'' A, ''[[Arctic Cheetah (Hankyu)|Arctic Cheetah]]''
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* [[63rd Solahma Cluster (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|63rd Solahma Cluster]]
* [[48th Battle (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Forty-eighth Battle Cluster]]
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* Trinary Fighter <ref> ''Twilight of the Clans'', p.43 </ref>
* [[44th Solahma (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Forty-fourth ''Solahma'' Cluster]]
 
* [[63rd Solahma (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Sixty-third ''Solahma'' Cluster]]
 
* Trinary Fighter
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
*[[Star Colonel]] Cara of the Forty-eighth Battle Cluster believed the Galaxy name was a bad joke, as "who was there to watch for on Huntress?"<ref>''Sword and Fire'', p. 219 </ref>
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*[[Star Colonel]] Cara of the 48th Battle Cluster believed the Galaxy name was a bad joke - as "who was there to watch for on Huntress?" <ref> ''Sword and Fire'', p. 219 </ref>
* In the video game ''[[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat#Ghost Bear.27s Legacy Expansion Pack|MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy]]'', Clan Wolf raids a Smoke Jaguar freighter carrying ''isorla'' DCMS 'Mechs in February 3058. These are presumably bound for Huntress to supply the Galaxies there.
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* In the computer game [[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat| MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy]], Clan Wolf raids a Smoke Jaguar freighter carrying ''isorla'' DCMS 'Mechs in February 3058. These are presumably bound for Huntress to supply the Galaxies there.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Exodus Road]]''
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*''[[Exodus Road]]''
* ''[[Freebirth (novel)|Freebirth]]'' (novel)
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*''[[Freebirth (novel)|Freebirth]]''
* ''[[Sword and Fire]]''
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*''[[Twilight of the Clans]]''
* ''[[Twilight of the Clans]]''
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*''[[The Dragon Roars]]''
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*''[[Invading Clans]]''
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*''[[Sword and Fire]]''
  
 
[[Category:Clan Smoke Jaguar Commands|Watchmen Galaxy]]
 
[[Category:Clan Smoke Jaguar Commands|Watchmen Galaxy]]

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