Jeremy Hawksworth

Jeremy Hawksworth
Personal
AffiliationFederated Commonwealth
Career
ProfessionLeftenant-General

Jeremy Hawksworth was the commanding officer of the Twelfth Donegal Guards near the end of the Third Succession War to 3050.[1][2][3]

History[edit]

Jeremy Hawksworth was one of the first Lyran officers to receive training at the New Avalon Military Academy after the FedCom Accords were signed between the Federated Suns and Lyran Commonwealth. He may have commanded Andrew Redburn in the Davion Light Guard in 3028 on St. Andre.[4] He successfully trained the Twelfth Donegal in the new tactical doctrine the Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth was hoping to instill, earning his unit the nickname "Foxy Crocodiles," while other Lyran officers and units resisted. His unit successfully emulated the fearsome reptile throughout the War of 3039.[5]

He was leading the unit in 3046 when the Twelfth was stationed on Ryde alongside the native Ryde Militia. Late in that year, elements of the Twelfth engaged an unnamed training battalion of DCMS Mechwarriors.[1]

Clan Invasion[edit]

His unit was stationed on Trell I when Victor Steiner-Davion graduated from The Nagelring with the rank of kommandant and was assigned command of his regiment's second 'Mech battalion.[5][6]

During the initial invasion by the Clans, Clan Jade Falcon invaded Trell I. The Falcons assaulted the planet with three clusters. However, the Donegal Guards had only a vague idea of who they were facing, the elite Jade Falcon Guards and the First and Fifth Falcon Striker Clusters. The Falcons committed so many forces to the world intending to capture Victor, and the Jade Falcon Khans suspended any bidding.[5]

The Falcons grounded on 13 April 3050 and quickly drove for the Twelfth and Victor. For his part, Victor was at the head of his battalion, on the way to a training exercise with the Red Brigade. The scouts initially confused contact with Falcon forces for the Brigade, though they realized their fatal mistake and warned Victor, who alerted the battalion. On the other side of the Castle Mountains from the rest of the regiment, in the Chrysall Pass, the battalion was hard-pressed to hold off the Falcon Guards. Victor retreated through the pass but was hit by Falcon air and ground assets. During the fighting, he christened the Summoner OmniMech the "Thor" because of its powerful arm-mounted weapons. He tried to retreat into the mountains but realized the Falcon forces would be able to cut them off from the rest of the unit. A surprise rear assault by the hitherto undetected Red Brigade gave Victor and the remaining 'Mechs of this battalion the chance to slip away, which they did, right into the mountain caverns along with the surviving forces of the Brigade.

Victor was recalled by Leftenant-General Jeremy Hawksworth, who recognized that the Falcons were trying to capture Victor and ordered him off-planet. Hawksworth knew time was limited and ordered Cox to take Victor to his DropShip, which Victor refused, wanting to fight a guerrilla war in the caverns of the Black Mountain foothills negating the range advantage of the Clantech weapons. Cox knocked him out cold with a sucker punch under orders of General Hawksworth. Though Hawksworth got Victor off Trell I, he did implement Victor's suggestion of guerrilla war. The Twelfth harassed the occupying Falcons for months,[5][7][8][9] though the unit was eventually destroyed.

The exact fate of Jeremy Hawksworth is unknown.

Quotes[edit]

There goes the last, best chance of the Federated Commonwealth. He'll give the hard road we're about to walk down some meaning.
  — Following the forced evacuation of Victor Steiner-Davion, 3050[5]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vengeance, p. 4
  2. 20 Year Update, p. 25
  3. Lethal Heritage, p. 109
  4. Lethal Heritage, ch 17
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, pp. 25–26: "Trell I"
  6. Lethal Heritage, pp. 108–113
  7. Lethal Heritage, pp. 163–168, 188
  8. Era Report: 3052, p. 15: "Timeline of Events"
  9. Era Report: 3052, pp. 12, 24

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