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{{Update Needed|[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]], [[Field Manual: Updates]]}}
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| Designation   = 103rd Striker Cluster
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| image   =  
| formed        =
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| nickname = Red Thunder<ref name="FM:CrCp144">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 144, "Gamma Galaxy - 103rd Striker Cluster"</ref>
| Disbanded      =  
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| parent formation = [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Gamma Galaxy]]
| Previous Designation =
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| formed  =
| Nickname      = Red Thunder
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| year    = 3067
| Affiliation    = [[Clan Wolf]]
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| unitname = 103rd Striker Cluster
| Parent Command = [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Gamma Galaxy]]
 
| Sub-Command    =  
 
 
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== History ==
 
== History ==
The '''103rd Striker Cluster''' was part of Alpha Galaxy in the short-lived [[Clan Jade Wolf]].<ref name=F&W45>''The Falcon and the Wolf'', p. 45</ref>
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The '''103rd Striker Cluster''' is stationed in [[3059]] on [[Radstadt]]<ref name="FM:CrCp157">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 157, "Clan Wolf Deployment Table"</ref> and moved in 3067 to [[Wheel]].<ref name="FM:Up74">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 74, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
  
The Cluster was stationed on [[Radstadt]] in [[3059]] and assigned to [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Gamma Galaxy]].<ref name="FM:CrCp157">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 157, "Clan Wolf Deployment Table"</ref> It had become a dumping ground for second rate warriors and machines, causing it to have very low morale. In [[3058]] a Trinary of former [[Clan Ice Hellion]] warriors was added to the cluster, these had been taken in the [[Harvest Trials]].<ref name="FM:CrCp144">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 144, "Gamma Galaxy - 103rd Striker Cluster"</ref>
 
 
In [[3060]] forces from [[Clan Ghost Bear]] attacked Radstadt and after a long, hard-fought battle forced the 103rd Striker Cluster from the planet.<ref name="FM:Up52">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 52, "The Winter Years"</ref> This loss prompted [[Khan]] Ward to shift Gamma Galaxy away from the Ghost Bear border. A move that the Galaxy Commander took personally and caused her to instigate tough reforms on the Cluster for its failure.<ref name="FM:Up53">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 53, "Gamma Galaxy"</ref>
 
 
By 3067 the Cluster had taken up a posting on [[Wheel]]. It had received new equipment, including [[OmniMech]]s and was considered a veteran front line formation.<ref name="FM:Up74">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 74, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
 
 
The Cluster was stationed on the world of [[Planting]] in [[3085]].<ref name="FM:85p126"/>
 
 
By 3145 the Cluster had risen to elite status and was stationed on the Wolf Empire world of [[Shiloh]].<ref name="FM:3145p170">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 170, "Clan Wolf Deployment Table"</ref>
 
 
In May [[3149]] the 103rd assaulted [[Alhena]], conquering that planet for the Wolf Empire. The defending [[Republic Armed Forces|RAF's]] [[VIII Triarii Protectors|Eighth Triarii Protectors]] CO [[Colonel]] [[Oisín Fegan]] had dug in his forces around the planetary capital of [[Focci's Point]], forming a wall of 'Mechs and [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] in front of artillery batteries. Star Colonel [[Maurice Radick]] realized that the 103rd would not win in a long-distance duel against artillery and  ordered a [[trinary]] of ''[[Linebacker]]''s under [[Star Captain]] [[Rhea]] to reconfigure for close assault and strike the Triarii's flank, relying on their speed to avoid being targeted by the artillery. Breaching the artillery park, the ''Linebacker''s silenced the guns and struck the Protectors from the rear as the rest of the 103rd launched a frontal assault. Mauling the RAF troops, few of the Eighth Triarii survived the 103rd's attack to withdraw off-world.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 69</ref> <ref name=rg5p12>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 6'', p. 12 "Linebacker"</ref> <ref name=SFp69>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 69 "3149: The Dam Breaks - Reuniting with the Remnant - The Vanishing Remnant"</ref>
 
 
 
In June of [[3150]] the Cluster was deployed to [[Wing]] as part of [[Anastasia Kerensky]]'s force assigned to reclaim the world from a Republic counterattack.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 86</ref>
 
  
 
== Officers ==
 
== Officers ==
{| class="wikitable"
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As of 3059 to 3067 the commanding officer was [[Star Colonel]] [[Cathlee Jorgensson]].<ref name="FM:CrCp144"/><ref name="FM:Up74"/>
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 103rd Striker'''
 
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| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Cathleen Jorgensson]]||[[3058]] - [[3067]]<ref name=F&W45/><ref name="FM:CrCp144"/><ref name="FM:Up74"/>
 
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| Star Colonel||[[Fabian Crow]]||[[3085]]<ref name="FM:85p126">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126, "Clan Wolf Deployment Table"</ref>
 
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| Star Colonel||[[Maurice Radick]]||[[3149]]<ref name=rg5p12/>
 
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|}
 
  
 
== Tactics ==
 
== Tactics ==
Unknown.
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== Composition History ==
 
== Composition History ==
===3058 ===
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=== 3059 ===
'''103rd Striker Cluster''' <ref name=F&W45/>
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'''103rd Striker Cluster''' (5 ([[Trinary|Trinaries]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FM:CrCp144"/>
* Command Trinary - 15 BattleMechs
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* CO: Star Colonel Cathlee Jorgensson
* Trinary Alpha - 15 BattleMechs and 5 Elemental Points - [[Star Captain]] Helen Misjak
 
* Trinary Bravo - 5 BattleMechs and 15 Elemental Points - Star Captain Jordi Samis
 
* Trinary Charlie - 15 BattleMechs and 5 Elemental Points - Star Captain Frances Acton
 
* Trinary Delta - 3 Fighter [[Star]]s - Star Captain Nicole Twane
 
  
=== 3059 ===
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- The Cluster consists 1 Trinary OmniMechs and 4 mixed BattleMech/Elemental Trinaries.
'''103rd Striker Cluster''' - Regular/Questionable <ref name="FM:CrCp144"/>
 
* 5 [[Trinary|Trinaries]]
 
:Lacking [[OmniMechs]] it deploys mixed Trinaries of BattleMechs and Elementals
 
  
 
=== 3067 ===
 
=== 3067 ===
'''103rd Striker Cluster''' - Veteran/Reliable <ref name="FM:Up74"/>
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'''103rd Striker Cluster''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FM:Up74"/>
* 98% full strength with 96% OmniMechs
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* CO: Star Colonel Cathlee Jorgensson
 
 
=== 3085 ===
 
'''103rd Striker Cluster''' - Veteran/Reliable <ref name="FM:85p126"/>
 
* 30% full strength with 75% OmniMechs
 
  
=== 3145 ===
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== Notes ==
'''103rd Striker Cluster''' - Elite/Reliable <ref name="FM:3145p170"/>
 
* 65% full strength with 80% OmniMechs
 
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
* ''[[The Falcon and the Wolf]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 6]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Clan Wolf Commands|Striker, 103rd]]
 
[[Category:Clan Wolf Commands|Striker, 103rd]]

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