1st Tamar Jaegers

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1st Tamar Jaegers
Formed September 3151[1]
Previous Designation(s) 26th Arcturan Guards
Nickname Pride of Arcturus[2]
Affiliation Tamar Pact
Parent Command Armed Forces of Tamar


The 1st Tamar Jaegers are the premier unit of the Tamar Jaegers brigade, formerly the 26th Arcturan Guards RCT.

History[edit]

After Sarah Regis decided to announce the reformation of the Tamar Pact to the Inner Sphere at large in 3151, she quickly set about reorganizing the 26th Arcturan Guards into a new model that could hold the territory she had claimed. Regis built the first of these forces, which was rechristened as the 1st Tamar Jaegers, around the 1st battalion in the 26th Arcturan Guards' 'Mech regiment, the heaviest. Regis gave command of her flagship unit to one of her more enthusiastic supporters, Kritsada Sirisopa.[2]

The unit was first tested in October 3151, when the Jaegers moved to claim Kerensky's Vision. The aged Falconer who opposed them was clearly outmatched, but remained overconfident, mocking the Jaegers and their skills in combat. Met by an abridged Trinary of Falcon forces, Colonel Sirisopa crushed them beneath a full battalion of his troops, though they attempted to minimize casualties. Only three Falcons were killed in the combat, one of whom was their commander. The win gave the nascent Pact something to celebrate as they took another world from Clan occupation.[1]

The unit's next mission was more peaceful, with Regis dispatching a battalion to Tomans, which had petitioned the Arcturus government for membership and protection.[3] In mid-3152, that Jaeger battalion sent an alarming message back to Governor-General Regis: Clan Ghost Bear had landed forces on Tomans and had attacked them.[4]

By then, the 1st had barely been weakened, which made, at the moment, the most strong of all Tamar Jaegers units. Sirisopa's emphasis to don't incorporate new recruits without training them intensely previously prevented the 1st to be infiltrated by members of the Malthus crime family.[5]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 1st Tamar Jaegers
Colonel Kritsada Sirisopa 3151

Tactics[edit]

While the 1st Jaegers were built around a heavy/assault battalion, the unit prefers cavalry-style heavies that can provide higher speed to more traditional assaults. Unlike other units in the AFT, the 1st has refused to lower its standards to replenish its numbers more quickly, leaving it smaller than its sibling units, but with better cohesion and more skilled troops.[4]

Composition History[edit]

3151[edit]

1st Tamar Jaegers (Brigade/Regular/Reliable) [6]

The 1st Jaegers were modeled after the Federated Suns' LCT units, fielding one battalion of BattleMechs, a battalion of battle armor, a wing of aerospace fighters, two regiments of combat vehicles and a regiment of conventional infantry, with special preference to faster and heavily mobile 'Mechs. The Jaegers' three Mechs' companyies are named Tiger Company, Lion Company and Panther Company.[6]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tamar Rising, p. 28
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tamar Rising, p. 83
  3. Tamar Rising, p. 31
  4. 4.0 4.1 Tamar Rising, p. 70
  5. Tamar Rising, p. 83
  6. 6.0 6.1 Tamar Rising, p. 110

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