Vau Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)

Insignia of Vau Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)
Vau Galaxy
Formed pre-3020[1]
Nickname Peregrine Galaxy

The Peres[2]

The Blue Lightnings[2]

Affiliation Clan Jade Falcon
Parent Command Clan Jade Falcon touman

History[edit]

Operation Revival[edit]

Vau Galaxy (also known as Peregrine Galaxy) took the following worlds in the Clan Invasion:

Wave One[edit]

Anywhere - March 3050, 8th Falcon Regulars Cluster[3]

Bone Norman - March 3050, Turkina Keshik / 8th Falcon Regulars[3]

Persistence - March 3050, 4th Falcon Talon Cluster[4]

Steelton - April 3050, 8th Falcon Regulars[4]

Wave Two[edit]

Butler - May 3050, 4th Falcon Velites[5]

Golandrinas - May 3050, 124th Striker Cluster[5]

Somerset - May 3050, 94th Striker Cluster[6]

Wave Three[edit]

Beta VII - June 3050, 124th Striker[6]

Malibu - June 3050, 89th Falcon Striker Cluster[7][8]

Wave Four[edit]

Apolakkia - July 3050, Vau Galaxy[9]

Graus – September 3050, 4th Falcon Velites[10]

Sudeten - September-October 3050, Turkina Keshik / 124th Striker[10]

Wave Five[edit]

La Grave - December 3051, 4th Falcon Talon / 94th Striker[11]


Battle of Tukayyid[edit]

On Tukayyid Vau Galaxy was used to reinforce Robyn's Crossing after the Com Guards sent the reserves of their Third and Eleventh Armies, six divisions, to contest the Falcon's hold on the crossing.[12]

Post-REVIVAL[edit]

In 3056 Vau was ordered to attack Morges in retaliation for Federated Commonwealth raids into the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone. They landed and after four days of pursuing the garrison, pinned the Inner Sphere unit down in a river valley. The Peregrines quickly eliminated the garrison, but the time it took to find them allowed other Inner Sphere reinforcements to arrive. Wolf's Dragoons, supported by elements of the 20th Arcturan Guards and 4th Skye Rangers, landed on the world and fought Peregrine Galaxy. The fighting lasted for two days, and damaged nearly seventy-five percent of the Vau Galaxy forces.[13]

Refusal War[edit]

At the start of the Refusal War they were stationed on Quarell and preparing for an invasion of the Free Rasalhague Republic.[14] They were later dispatched into the Lyran Alliance to find and fight the Clan Wolf forces who were under Khan Phelan Ward's command.[15] They were dispatched to Morges,[16] where they faced elements of Clan Wolf and the Kell Hounds.[17] Vau Galaxy was destroyed in the Refusal War.[18]

Dark Age[edit]

Parts of Vau Galaxy invaded Arcturus in 3142. They faced the 15th Arcturan Guards. After two days of fighting, seven companies of the Fifteenth were destroyed and the survivors withdrew.[19]

Vau Galaxy faced the Fire Horse Galaxy and Malvina Hazen on Antares and lost. Taking this lesson to heart they reconfigured themselves to use lighter-weight Hussar and Jaeger Clusters. The Peregrine Galaxy was the lead unit when Clan Jade Falcon connected the Falcon's Reach to the Occupation Zone. After facing Clan Wolf-in-Exile forces on several worlds, they were able to stabilize the front lines. Vau Galaxy then began a series of long range raids, including hitting Chukchi III.[20]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of Vau Galaxy
Galaxy Commander Angeline Mattlov 3050 - 3057[2]
Galaxy Commander Erik Chistu 3135[21]
Galaxy Commander Christina Buhallin 3145[22]

Other Officers[edit]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

3052[edit]

  • Galaxy Command Star - The Peres Eyes
    • Naval Support:
  • 4th Falcon Talon Cluster
  • 4th Falcon Velites
  • 8th Falcon Regulars Cluster
  • 89th Falcon Striker Cluster
  • 94th Striker Cluster

3053[edit]

partial

3057[edit]

3145[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 18
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 79
  3. 3.0 3.1 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 36
  4. 4.0 4.1 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 37
  5. 5.0 5.1 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 38
  6. 6.0 6.1 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 39
  7. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 28
  8. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 40
  9. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 41
  10. 10.0 10.1 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 42
  11. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 43
  12. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 31
  13. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 33
  14. Bred for War, p. 154
  15. Bred for War, pp. 241–242
  16. Bred for War, pp. 267, 279
  17. Bred for War, pp. 308–311, 320–325
  18. Bred for War, pp. 342–351
  19. Technical Readout: 3145 The Clans, p. 24
  20. Field Manual: 3145, p. 156
  21. A Rending of falcons, p. 195
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 Field Manual: 3145, p. 168: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"
  23. BattleTech: Clan Heavy Battle Star, Enar Helmer Pilot Card

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