3rd Bear Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)
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Destroyed not in combat but in a freak accident, the Third Bear Stiker Cluster was one of the few Clan Ghost Bear Clusters eliminated during Operation Revival.
History
The Third Bear Striker made its name during the Political Century when its mobility and speed allowed them to triumph in a number of fierce Trials against Clan Hell's Horses. Their extensive experience fighting armored vehicles made them a natural for the invasion of the Inner Sphere, the lightest unit deployed by the Bear's Beta Galaxy as part of Revival.[1]
With [[Khan] Karl Bourjon and saKhan Theresa DelVillar declaring that Alpha, Beta and Delta Galaxies would all contribute forces to a composite "cluster" to break the bidding deadlock delaying the attack against the Free Rasalhague Republic world of Thule, the Third Bear Strike won the bid to serve as Beta's representative against the First Hussars. Unfortunately when the Ghost Bear warriors OmniMechs overheated after failing to account for the incredible heat of Thule's noonday sun, allowing the Hussars artillery support to destroy over a Trinary of equipment, Star Colonel François Cote broke his bid and ordered the rest of the Third Bear Striker to join the battle. [2] [1]
Approaching from the east, the Hussars had already anticipated just such a strategy and sent their AeroSpace Fighters to strafe the Third on its approach, inflicting yet more losses. Ultimately all the COs of the combined Ghost Bear unit were forced to break their bids, the extra troops allowing them to break the Hussar's defense and sending their shattered survivors into retreat. The Third Bear Strike left behind its heaviest Trinary, the 312th Assault Trinary to garrison Thule and defeat the remains of the First Hussars while the rest of the Cluster proceeded to its next target.[2] [1] [3]
Unfortunately as the Bear's prepared their second invasion wave, the populations of their captured Rasalhague worlds rose up against the small garrison forces left behind, forcing the Ghost Bears to recapture them anew. While the 312th Assault Trinary fell to the surviving elements of the First Hussars, the rest of the Beta Galaxy and the Third Bear Striker were in-transit to pacify Damian. Upon the CGBS Bear's Den's jump into the Damian system, a freak asteroid smashed into the WarShip, crippling the vessel and destroying the DropShip that carried most of the Third Bear Striker. Less than a Trinary survived. [4] [1]
In the wake of such horrific losses, the Ghost Bears chose to retire the Third Bear Striker Cluster from their touman, the survivors of the Third transferred into other units, most notably the reconstituted 312th Assault Trinary in First Bear Guards and the newly formed Seventy-third Battle Cluster. [1] [3]
The Third Bear Striker Cluster was honored by receiving a passage in the Ghost Bear Rememberance.[1]
Officers
As of 3050 the Commanding Officer was Star Colonel François Cote. [2]
Tactics
Unknown
Composition
3050
Unknown
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Era Report: 3052, p. 52 "Factions - Clan Ghost Bear - Third Bear Striker"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Invading Clans, pp. 19-20 "Clan Ghost Bear - Wave One: Looking for a Fight"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 90 "Clan Ghost Bear - Delta Galaxy: The Blitzkrieg"
- ↑ Invading Clans, pp. 20-21 "Clan Ghost Bear - Wave Two: Disaster Strikes"