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| image = [[Image:Galaxy Zeta (Clan Jade Falcon) logo.png|191px|Insignia of Zeta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)]]
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| Designation = Third Falcon Velites
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| image   = [[Image:Clan Jade Falcon.jpg|Clan Jade Falcon Logo|150px]]
| Formed = Prior to [[3059]];<br>re-formed during [[Dark Age]]
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| nickname = The Swift Wings
| Disbanded = Destroyed in late [[3069]]<ref name=WORp47>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 47, "The Viper Strikes"</ref>
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| parent formation = [[Zeta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Zeta Galaxy]]
| Previous Designation =
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| formed  =
| Nickname = The Swift Wings
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| year    = 3059
| Affiliation = [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
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| unitname = 3rd Falcon Velites Cluster
| Parent Command = [[Zeta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Zeta Galaxy]]
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
 
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==History==
 
==History==
The '''Third Falcon Velites''' garrisoned the Jade Falcon mining enclave on [[York (Clan System)|York]] until shortly after the [[Burrock Absorption]] in [[3059]]. The [[17th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventeenth]] and [[79th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventy-Ninth Crimson Guards]] of [[Clan Blood Spirit]] attacked the Third, which abandoned the near-worthless mine after a token engagement.<ref name=FM:CrCp109>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 109, "3rd Falcon Velites"</ref>
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Garrisoned the Jade Falcon enclave on [[York (Clan)|York]] until after the [[Burrock Absorption]]. The [[17th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventeenth]] and [[79th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventy-Ninth Crimson Guard]]s of [[Clan Blood Spirit]] attacked the the Third, which withdrew after a token engagement.<ref name=FM:CrCp109>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 109, "3rd Falcon Velites"</ref>
 
 
By [[3067]] the Third Velites had been transferred to [[Eden]], where they were destroyed in late [[3069]] by [[Clan Steel Viper|Clan Steel Viper's]] [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)|Gamma Galaxy]].<ref name=FMUp73>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 73</ref> <ref name=WORp47/>
 
  
 
===Dark Age===
 
===Dark Age===
By the Jade Falcon ''[[desant]]'' of [[3134]] the Third Falcon Velites had been re-formed. Under the personal command of [[Aleksandr Hazen]] they took part in [[Zeta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Zeta Galaxy's]] attacks on [[Porrima]] and [[Summer]].<ref name=FOTFchap6>''Flight of the Falcon'', Chapter 6</ref> <ref name=FOTFchap21>''Flight of the Falcon'', Chapter 21</ref>
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In [[3134]] they took part in [[Zeta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)]]'s raid on [[Porrima]].<ref>"Flight of the Falcon"p.38</ref>
 
 
Garrisoned on [[Lyons]] since at least [[3145]], the Third was hit by a previously-unknown [[Republic Armed Forces|RAF]] unit, the [[XI Hastati Sentinels|Eleventh Hastati Sentinels]], during [[Operation SHOFAR]] in [[3149]]. The Velites fought hard for three days before being forced off the planet.<ref name=FM3145p168>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 168</ref> <ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 62</ref>
 
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Jaunie Zywot]]||[[3059]]<ref name=FM:CrCp109/>
 
| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Jaunie Zywot]]||[[3059]]<ref name=FM:CrCp109/>
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| [[Star Colonel]]||Jaunie Zywot||[[3067]]<ref name=FMUp73/>
 
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| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Magnus Icaza]]||[[3134]]<ref name=FOTFchap21/>
 
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| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Keith Buhallin]]||[[3134]]<ref name=FOTFchap21/>
 
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| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Sarah Hazen]]||[[3145]]-[[3151]]<ref name=FM3145p168/><ref name="ilClanp100">''ilClan'', pp. 100-101</ref>
 
 
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===3059===
 
===3059===
 
'''3rd Falcon Velites''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FM:CrCp109/>
 
'''3rd Falcon Velites''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FM:CrCp109/>
* 5 [[Trinary|Trinaries]] (mostly [[Elemental|Elementals]]), including:
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* 5 [[Trinary|Trinaries]] (mostly [[Elemental]]s), including:
 
** 2 [[OmniMech]] Trinaries
 
** 2 [[OmniMech]] Trinaries
 
** 1 [[OmniFighter]] [[Star]]
 
** 1 [[OmniFighter]] [[Star]]
 
===3067===
 
'''3rd Falcon Velites''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMUp73/>
 
: Note: At this time the unit was stationed on [[Eden]] with an operational readiness of 100 percent.<ref name=FMU72+73>''Field Manual: Updates'', pp. 72–73</ref>
 
 
===3134===
 
'''3rd Falcon Velites'''<ref name=FOTFchap6/> <ref name=FOTFchap21/>
 
* 5 [[Trinary|Trinaries]], including:
 
** 1 [[OmniFighter]] Trinary
 
** BattleMechs and [[Combat Vehicle|armored vehicles]]
 
 
===3145===
 
'''3rd Falcon Velites''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3145p168/>
 
* The Velites were at 90% strength at this point.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
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* ''[[Flight of the Falcon]]''
* ''[[Flight of the Falcon]]'' (novel)
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Clan Jade Falcon Commands|Velites, 003 Falcon]]
 
[[Category:Clan Jade Falcon Commands|Velites, 003 Falcon]]

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