Tamar Jaegers
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| Tamar Jaegers | |
| Formed | ca. 2866
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| Affiliation | Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces of Tamar (3151 -) |
| Parent Command | Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Armed Forces of Tamar (3151 -) |
The Tamar Jaegers were formed by the Duke of Tamar at the start of the Third Succession War to protect the worlds of the Tamar Pact from the Draconis Combine. At their founding the Tamar Jaegers were considered to be reasonably well equipped and consisted mostly of medium 'Mechs. They recruited primarily from Tamar.[2] They were reformed following the resurrection of the Tamar Pact.
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History[edit]
The Jaegers were involved in an invasion of the planet Memmingen at some point in the Succession Wars era. They took great losses in that invasion because the Draconis Combine had discovered the invasion plan, and had three regiments waiting.[3]
Reformation[edit]
The long-dormant Tamar Jaegers formation was reactivated in 3151, when Sarah Regis successfully recaptured her homeworld of Arcturus from occupying Clan Jade Falcon forces. Frustrated with Archon Trillian Steiner's perceived ineptitude, Regis seized the initiative, declaring the reformation of the Tamar Pact and announcing her new domain's independence from the faltering Lyran Commonwealth. Her unit, the Twenty-sixth Arcturan Guards, was already stretched across several fronts in an attempt to defend the region. Realizing the need for an independent Tamar military and hoping to create a symbol of national pride, Regis split her regiment into three separate units modeled after the AFFS's Light Combat Team formations and christened them the reborn Tamar Jaegers. The Twenty-sixth Arcturan's First, Second and Third Battalions thus became, respectively, the First, Second and Third Tamar Jaegers.[1][4]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Tamar Jagers | |||
Tactics[edit]
Different per Unit.
Units of the Tamar Jaegers[edit]
Colors and Unit Insignia[edit]
The Jaegers' paint their equipment red with a significant amount of black panels and accents.[2] The unit's insignia is a mailed hand grasping a morning star in black, set against a field of red.[5]
A Tamar Jaegers Zeus
CHH Mongrel and Elementals attacking a Tamar Jaegers Crusader
Original Tamar Jaegers insignia from Succession Wars (Board Game)
Notes[edit]
There are two major inconsistencies in the history and formation of the Jaegers :
- Duke Selvin Kelswa III was leader of the Tamar Pact at the end of the Third Succession War. The beginning of that war was over 100 years prior to the Duke's birth.
- The Jaegers appear only in three early publications: Camo Specs, the Succession Wars (Board Game) and Technical Readout: 3026, though the Pegasus entry mentioning them in the latter book was later reproduced verbatim in Technical Readout: 3026, revised. They are not mentioned in any other publication, including the House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth) sourcebook, which was actually released before Camo Specs.
A possible explanation for these discrepancies would be that the Jaegers' regiments were mixed/combined arms formations, and that they were therefore not usually counted among the BattleMech formations. - Though the correct spelling of the unit name in German is "jäger," and this is how it appears in the unit's initial mention in Camo Specs, the spelling has since been anglicized into "jaeger" and related pages have been updated to reflect this change.