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Gamma Regiment | |
Nickname | Back to Basics;[1] The Shadow Wolves (3067)[2] |
Affiliation | Mercenary |
Parent Command | Wolf's Dragoons |
Gamma Regiment is a subcommand of the Wolf's Dragoons mercenary organization.
Contents
History[edit]
Third Succession War[edit]
In 3025 the unit was stationed on Misery.[3]
Dark Age[edit]
After the Jihad and Dark Age, the rebuilt Gamma Regiment was the first to return to mercenary contract work.[4]
In 3150, the regiment was stationed on planet Parma. It had a reputation for poor discipline, which allowed the Kuritans to find or forge excuses to arrest about ten of them. The new Dragoons liaison officer, Tai-sa Reiko Akamine, refused to release them to Dragoons' custody to put pressure on the unit.[5]
The ongoing tensions and the arrival of a Clan Wolf representative trying to recruit the Dragoons for the battle on Terra, Star Captain Marotta Kerensky, caused a rift inside the Dragoons. This resulted in the Battle of Parma (3150) between the Dragoons and a faction of mutineers led by Nicholas Crews, Gamma's leader, with casualties and deaths on both sides. At the end of the battle, the survivors compromised and agreed to terminate the contract with the Combine and join Clan Wolf.[6]
Gamma, as the other Dragoons' line regiments, joined Clan Wolf's IlClan Trial. As part of Task Force Athena, Alpha attacked the Jade Falcon lines, wading through the Delta Galaxy, breaking their lines, with Gamma following them, after splitting the Falcon in half, continued into Alpha Galaxy, pushing twelve kilometers. Colonel Brubaker was wounded, and Major Krull had to take command of all the Dragoons. When Alaric Ward, Khan of the Wolves, ordered the Dragoons to cease their attack and retreat, he had to comply, but the Dragoons' sustained heavy losses during the maneuver.[7]
Second Disbandment[edit]
Along with most of the Dragoons, Gamma sustained heavy losses: the Black Cats battalion had a single survivor and the new Dragoons leader, Colonel Henry Kincaid was forced to deactivate it, though their surviving equipment was used to rebuild other units. The Black Cats' DropShips were used by the reborn Zeta Battalion.[8]
Known Unit Members[edit]
Officers[edit]
Rank | Name | Command | |
---|---|---|---|
Commanding Officers of Gamma Regiment | |||
Colonel | Wilhelmina Korsht | 3006 - at least 3025[3] | |
Colonel | Neil Parella | (no later than) 3052[9] - 3055 | |
Colonel | Irwin Tyrell | 3055[10][11][12][13][14][15] - 3067[15] | |
Colonel | Nicholas Crews | 3150[16] - 3151[17] |
Other Officers[edit]
- Captain Del'Andre Mackisson, MechWarrior during the Dark Age.[18]
- Captain John Giruard, MechWarrior and commander of Giruard's Company of Able Battalion as of 3028.[19]
- Captain Thomas Michaels, MechWarrior during the Dark Age.[20]
- Captain Roger Singh, MechWarrior who commanded of Singh's Company ("Roger's Raiders") of Charlie Battalion as of 3028.[19]
Other Members[edit]
- Sergeant Amos Krupp, Armor Commander from Armored Support Platoon, Singh's Company, Charlie Battalion as of 3028.[19]
- Sergeant Ralph McCort, hovercraft commander during the Dark Age.[21]
- Aerospace pilot Abdul Callahan from Giruard's Company, Able Battalion as of 3028.[22]
- MechWarrior Amal Lux was a member of the Fire Lance, Giruard's Company, Able Battalion as of 3028.[22]
- MechWarrior Stephen Strangways, MechWarrior during the Dark Age.[23]
Tactics[edit]
Gamma regiment are the Dragoons' urban specialists. This unit regularly receives intense training in close-quarter combat and riot control and their performance in suitable assignments has resulted in an unblemished record of successfully completed contracts since the reorganization of 3052.
Composition History[edit]
3025[edit]
Gamma Regiment (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[3]
- CO: Colonel Wilhelmina Korsht[3]
- Union-class DropShips: Addiscombe, Bellingham, Cetawayo, Dunnigan, Graf Berek[24]
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Misery.[3]
3040[edit]
Gamma Provisional (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[25]
3050[edit]
Gamma Regiment (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[26]
3055[edit]
Gamma Regiment (Strengthened Regiment) [27]
- CO: Colonel Irwin Tyrell
- First BattleMech Battalion
- (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
- Second BattleMech Battalion
- (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
- Third BattleMech Battalion
- (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
- Elemental Battalion
- (1 Command Elemental Point, 3 Elemental Stars)
- Armor Battalion
- (1 Armor Command Lance, 3 Armor Companies)
- Support Vessels
- Overlord-class DropShip - Phoenix II; Union-class DropShips - Bellatrix, Cetawayo, Duke Paul, Dunnigan, and Graf Berek; and Intruder-class DropShip - White Orca.
3059[edit]
Gamma Regiment (Strengthened Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[1]
- CO/Command Lance: Colonel Irwin Tyrell
- Aide: Major Lee San Quan
- Able Battalion (Cloak of Darkness) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
- CO: Major Patrick Simmons
- Baker Battalion (The Juggernauts) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
- CO: Major Cassie Nostra
- Charlie Battalion (The Black Cats) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
- CO: Major Armand
- Devil Battalion (Fifteenth Dragoons Heavy Armor) (Reinforced Armor Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Armor Lance, 3 Armor Companies)
- CO: Major Hakim Bajjir
- Eagle Battalion (Guess) (Reinforced Elemental Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Elemental Point and 3 Elemental Stars)
- CO: Major Leon Winters
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Outreach.[28]
3067[edit]
Gamma Regiment (Reinforced Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[2]
- CO/Command Lance: Colonel Irwin Tyrell
- Aide: Major Lee San Quan
- Able Battalion (Cloak of Darkness) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
- CO: Major Patrick Simmons
- Baker Battalion (The Juggernauts) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
- CO: Major Cassie Nostra
- Charlie Battalion (The Black Cats) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
- CO: Major Armand Nova Cat
- Fifteenth Dragoons Heavy Armor (Armor Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)
- CO: Lieutenant Colonel Hakim Bajjir
- Elemental Regiment (Guess) (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Elemental Point and 3 Elemental Trinaries)
- CO: Lieutenant Colonel Leon Winters
- Aerospace Regiment (Howlers) (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Element and 3 Wings with Command Elements)
- CO: Lieutenant Colonel Williams Leroux
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Tikonov.[29]
3150[edit]
Gallery[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 100: "Gamma Regiment: Back to Basics"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 116: "Beta Regiment: Shadow Wolves"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 133: "DCMS Deployment Table"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 80
- ↑ Divided We Fall, p. 45
- ↑ Divided We Fall, pp. 113–115
- ↑ IlClan (sourcebook), p. 96-100
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 29
- ↑ Yesterday's Enemy
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 116: "Gamma Regiment: Shadow Wolves", Irwin Tyrell convinced the Dragoons High Command to rebuild Gamma
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 100: "Gamma Regiment: Back to Basics", Tyrell takes his new Gammas to Dragoon boot camp
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 100: "Gamma Regiment: Back to Basics", Gamma Regiment adopts a new paint scheme
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 100: "Officers", Tyrell selects three former Clan warriors to lead his battalions
- ↑ Mercenary's Handbook 3055, p. 42: "Gamma Regiment", Tyrell is listed as a Colonel in command of Gamma Regiment as of 3055
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 18, p. 10: "Wolverine - Notable 'Mechs and MechWarriors"
- ↑ Divided We Fall, p. 38
- ↑ Redemption Rift, p. 121
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3150, p. 176: "HTM-30S Hatamoto-suna"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Wolf's Dragoons, pp. 65, 68
- ↑ Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 17, p. 13: "Wolfhound"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 10: "Saladin Mk II HCV"
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Wolf's Dragoons, p. 64
- ↑ Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 8, p. 11: "Rifleman"
- ↑ Wolf's Dragoons, p. 62
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 20 Year Update, p. 19
- ↑ Mercenary's Handbook 3055, p. 42
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 114
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 183
Bibliography[edit]
- Dawn of the Jihad
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Mercenaries
- Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised
- Field Manual: Updates
- The Fourth Succession War Scenarios Volume One
- Historical Turning Points: Misery
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
- IlClan (sourcebook)
- Invading Clans
- Luthien
- Mercenary's Handbook 3055
- NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1
- NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2
- Operational Turning Points: Death to Mercenaries
- Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 8
- Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 17
- Starterbook: Wolf and Blake
- Technical Readout: 3039
- Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine
- Technical Readout: 3150
- Wolf Pack (novel)
- Wolf's Dragoons
- Wolves on the Border (novel)
- Yesterday's Enemy (short story)