Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)

Gamma Regiment
Nickname	Back to Basics; The Shadow Wolves (3067)
Affiliation	Mercenary
Parent Command	Wolf's Dragoons

Gamma Regiment is a subcommand of the Wolf's Dragoons mercenary organization.

History

Third Succession War

In 3025 the unit was stationed on Misery.

Dark Age

After the Jihad and Dark Age, the rebuilt Gamma Regiment was the first to return to mercenary contract work.

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.

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.

Second Disbandment

Along with most of the Dragoons, Gamma fought at the Battle of Terra, sustaining 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.

Officers

Rank	Name	Command
Commanding Officers of Gamma Regiment
Colonel	Wilhelmina Korsht	3006 - at least 3025
Colonel	Neil Parella	(no later than) 3052 - 3055
Colonel	Irwin Tyrell	3055 - 3067
Colonel	Nicholas Crews	3150 - 3151

Tactics

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

3025

Gamma Regiment (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)

• CO: Colonel Wilhelmina Korsht
• Union-class DropShips: Addiscombe, Bellingham, Cetawayo, Dunnigan, Graf Berek

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

3040

Gamma Provisional (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)

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

3050

Gamma Regiment (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Outreach.

3055

Gamma Regiment (Strengthened Regiment)

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

Gamma Regiment (Strengthened Regiment/Elite/Reliable)

• 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.

3067

Gamma Regiment (Reinforced Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)

• 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.

3150

• Support (Black Cats): Trutzburg-class DropShips - Misery (Individual Trutzburg-class DropShip) Glenmora (Individual Trutzburg-class DropShip) and Crossing (Individual Trutzburg-class DropShip)

Gallery

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  Insignia of "Swift Lightning" (Able Battalion), ca. 3030

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  Insignia of "The Black Cats" (Charlie Battalion), ca. 3030

Bibliography

• 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)
• 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
• Starterbook: Wolf and Blake
• Technical Readout: 3039
• Wolf Pack (novel)
• Wolf's Dragoons
• Wolves on the Border (novel)
• Yesterday's Enemy (short story)