5th Wolf Battle (Clan Wolf)

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Fifth Wolf Battle Cluster
Formed c. 3053
Previous Designation(s) Fifth Wolf Regulars
Nickname Ghost Hunters
Affiliation Clan Wolf
Parent Command Alpha Galaxy (after 3058)
Tau Galaxy (until 3057)

History[edit]

Originally the Fifth Wolf Regulars of Tau Galaxy, prior to the Refusal War they had been designated the Fifth Wolf Regulars Garrison Cluster. However in the wake of that conflict they were promoted to front-line status as first the Fifth Wolf Regulars Battle Cluster and finally the Fifth Wolf Battle Cluster.[1][2]

Formation[edit]

The Fifth Wolf Regulars was a second line formation that was raised by Ulric Kerensky after the Battle of Tukayyid and prior to the beginning of the Refusal War.[3][4] The cluster was formed exclusively of Warriors with Crusader beliefs. [4] The cluster formed the planetary garrison force of Cusset in 3054.[3]

Refusal War and after[edit]

The cluster was part of the force that assaulted the Clan Jade Falcon world of Zoetermeer in September 3057,[4] and then Evciler in October where they faced the Seventy-third Striker, Sixth Garrison, Fifty-first Garrison and Ninth Garrison Clusters.[5]

As Tau Galaxy made its way to Wotan in December the Fifth was one of the two Tau Clusters that was not disbanded to use its warriors to replace the losses in other Clusters. Instead it became part of the Wolf reserve forces under Ulric Kerensky.[6]

With the creation of the short-lived Clan Jade Wolf the cluster was renamed the Fifth Wolf Regulars Garrison Cluster, and under Star Colonel Alfelia Carns formed part of Alpha Galaxy in January 3058.[2] By 3059 it had been renamed more simply the Fifth Wolf Battle Cluster and employed as a mobile force with no garrison base.[7] This was still the case in 3067.[8]

Dark Age[edit]

In 3085 the Fifth Wolf Battle Cluster was stationed on Kandis.[9] Following Clan Wolf's migration and establishment of the Wolf Empire, the Fifth had been transferred to Wyatt by 3145.[10]

Together with the Ninth Wolf Battle Cluster, the Fifth attacked Callison on 25 March 3150. As they slowly forced the Republic's Seventh Hastati to withdraw, the Fifth's commander, Star Colonel Krystal Vickers, engaged Ariana Zou in single combat. Vickers' defeat and capture of Zou led to the final victory of the Wolf Empire forces.[11]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 5th Wolf Battle Cluster
Star Colonel Alfelia Carns 3058 - 3085[2][1][8][9]
Star Colonel Krystal Vickers 3145 - 3151[10][12]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

3054-3057[edit]

Fifth Wolf Regulars [3][6]

3058[edit]

Fifth Wolf Regulars Battle Cluster [2]

  • Command Trinary - 15 BattleMechs and 25 Elementals
  • Trinary Alpha - 75 Elementals
  • Trinary Bravo - 75 Elementals
  • Trinary Charlie - 30 Fighters

Naval Support

  • 1 Clan Star Lord
  • 1 Hunter
  • 3 Clan Invaders
  • 1 Overlord-C
  • 3 Union-Cs
  • 2 Clan Leopards
  • 1 Carrier
  • 1 Titan

3059[edit]

Fifth Wolf Battle Cluster - Regular/Fanatical

  • Command Trinary - light OmniMechs
  • 2 Trinaries of Elementals
  • Trinary Fighter

3067[edit]

Fifth Wolf Battle Cluster - Regular/Fanatical [8]

  • 100% full strength and fully equipped with OmniMechs

3085[edit]

Fifth Wolf Battle Cluster - Regular/Fanatical [9]

  • 80% full strength and fully equipped with OmniMechs

3145[edit]

Fifth Wolf Battle Cluster - Regular/Fanatical [10]

  • 80% full strength and 70% equipped with OmniMechs

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p.142
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Falcon and the Wolf, p. 45
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Objective Raids, p. 32, "Clan Wolf - Deployment Table"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Falcon and the Wolf, p. 21
  5. The Falcon and the Wolf, p. 27
  6. 6.0 6.1 Bred for War
  7. Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 157
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Field Manual: Updates, p. 74
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Field Manual: 3085, p. 126: "Clan Military Forces"
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. 170, "Clan Wolf Deployments"
  11. Shattered Fortress, p. 85, "Collapse of the Remnant"
  12. IlClan, p. 53

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