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Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)

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Beta Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)
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.

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 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, like 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 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 – 3028[3][9]
Colonel Neil Parella 3052 – 3055[10]
Colonel Irwin Tyrell 3055 – 3067 [11][12][13][14][15][16][16]
Colonel Nicholas Crews 3150 – 3151[17][18]

Other Unit Members[edit]

Tactics[edit]

The Gamma regiment was 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.[citation needed]

About the time of the Clan Invasion, Gamma was known as night-fighting and impaired sightline combat specialists.[23]

Composition History[edit]

3025[edit]

Gamma Regiment (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[3]

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Misery.[3]

3028[edit]

3040[edit]

Gamma Provisional (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[25]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Outreach.[25]

3050[edit]

Gamma Regiment (heavy 'Mech Regiment/Elite/[23]Reliable)[26]

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Outreach[26] and support units included a double lance of aerospace fighters, and a battalion each of combat vehicles and infantry.[23]

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)
  • Baker Battalion (The Juggernauts) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
  • Charlie Battalion (The Black Cats) (1 Command Lance, 3 BattleMech Companies)
  • Devil Battalion (Fifteenth Dragoons Heavy Armor) (Reinforced Armor Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Armor Lance, 3 Armor Companies)
  • Eagle Battalion (Guess) (Reinforced Elemental Battalion/Veteran/Reliable) (1 Command Elemental Point and 3 Elemental Stars)
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 Bajjira
  • 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)
Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Tikonov.[29]

3150[edit]

Insignia and Color Scheme[edit]

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Gamma Regiment's regimental insignia was a Greek letter gamma. Wolf's Dragoon's sub-commands often painted their machines solid colors to announce their presence: a midnight blue is often associated with Gamma Regiment, but canary yellow aerospace fighters, orange, gold, or solid black were often seen.[30][31]

  • Insignia of "Swift Lightning" (Able Battalion), ca. 3030
    Insignia of "Swift Lightning" (Able Battalion), ca. 3030
  • Insignia of "The Black Cats" (Charlie Battalion), ca. 3030
    Insignia of "The Black Cats" (Charlie Battalion), ca. 3030

Notes[edit]

  • Special Command Rules for Gamma Regiment can be found on page 75 of Combat Manual: Mercenaries.[23]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ a b Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 100: "Gamma Regiment: Back to Basics"
  2. ↑ a b Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 116: "Beta Regiment: Shadow Wolves"
  3. ↑ a b c d e House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 133: "DCMS Deployment Table"
  4. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 80
  5. ↑ Divided We Fall, p. 45
  6. ↑ Divided We Fall, pp. 113–115
  7. ↑ IlClan, pp. 96–100
  8. ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 29
  9. ↑ a b Wolf's Dragoons, pp. 63–65: "Gamma Regiment Unit Roster"
  10. ↑ Yesterday's Enemy
  11. ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 116: "Gamma Regiment: Shadow Wolves", Irwin Tyrell convinced the Dragoons High Command to rebuild Gamma
  12. ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 100: "Gamma Regiment: Back to Basics", Tyrell takes his new Gammas to Dragoon boot camp
  13. ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 100: "Gamma Regiment: Back to Basics", Gamma Regiment adopts a new paint scheme
  14. ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 100: "Officers", Tyrell selects three former Clan warriors to lead his battalions
  15. ↑ Mercenary's Handbook 3055, p. 42: "Gamma Regiment", Tyrell is listed as a Colonel in command of Gamma Regiment as of 3055
  16. ↑ a b Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 18, p. 10: "Wolverine - Notable 'Mechs and MechWarriors"
  17. ↑ Divided We Fall, p. 38
  18. ↑ Redemption Rift, p. 121
  19. ↑ Technical Readout: 3150, p. 176: "HTM-30S Hatamoto-suna"
  20. ↑ Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 17, p. 13: "Wolfhound"
  21. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 10: "Saladin Mk II HCV"
  22. ↑ Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 8, p. 11: "Rifleman"
  23. ↑ a b c d Combat Manual: Mercenaries, p. 75: "Wolf's Dragoons"
  24. ↑ Wolf's Dragoons, p. 62
  25. ↑ a b Historical: War of 3039, p. 141
  26. ↑ a b 20 Year Update, p. 19
  27. ↑ Mercenary's Handbook 3055, p. 42
  28. ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 114
  29. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 183
  30. ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 98
  31. ↑ "Wolf's Dragoons Gamma Regiment". CamoSpecs Online. Retrieved 2025-07-01. Per FM: Merc (revised), page 112-120.

Bibliography[edit]

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