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==History==
 
==History==
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When [[Elemental (Battle Armor)|Elementals]] were introduced to the battlefield in [[2868]], the Fourth Nova Cat Guards were the force arrayed against them. Unaware of their capabilities, the Fourth assigned a Star of new warriors in under-armed 'Mechs to defeat the "infantry force". The Elementals quickly destroyed the Star (as well as the Fourth Guards' reputation) and cemented their place on the battlefield.<ref name="er3052-61">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 61</ref>
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When [[Elemental (Battle Armor)|Elementals]] were introduced to the battlefield in [[2868]], the Fourth Nova Cat Guards were the force arrayed against them. Unaware of their capabilities, the Fourth assigned a Star of new warriors in underarmed 'Mechs to defeat the "infantry force". The Elementals quickly destroyed the Star (as well as the Fourth Guards' reputation) and cemented their place on the battlefield.<ref name="er3052-61">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 61</ref>
  
 
The warriors of the Fourth Nova Cat Guards rebuilt their reputation over time. They also take great pride in their accurate marksmanship.<ref name="er3052-61"/>
 
The warriors of the Fourth Nova Cat Guards rebuilt their reputation over time. They also take great pride in their accurate marksmanship.<ref name="er3052-61"/>
  
 
===[[Operation Revival]]===
 
===[[Operation Revival]]===
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The '''4th Nova Cat Guards''' fought on the following worlds during the invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]]:<ref name=ICp118>''Invading Clans'', p. 118, "Occupation Zone"</ref>
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The '''4th Nova Cat Guards''' fought on the following worlds during the invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]]:<ref name=ICp118>''Invading Clans'', p. 118: "Occupation Zone"</ref>
  
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====Pre–Wave Five====
 
* [[Courchevel]]<ref name=ICp118/>
 
* [[Courchevel]]<ref name=ICp118/>
  
 
====Wave Five====
 
====Wave Five====
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* [[Luthien]]<ref name=ICp119>''Invading Clans'', p. 119, "Fifth Wave"</ref>
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* [[Luthien]]<ref name=ICp119>''Invading Clans'', p. 119: "Fifth Wave"</ref>
  
 
====Tukayyid====
 
====Tukayyid====
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{{main|Battle of Tukayyid (3052)#Clan Nova Cat}}
  
 
===[[Operation Bulldog]]===
 
===[[Operation Bulldog]]===
 
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..
  
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===Post Abjuration===
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===Post-Abjuration===
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The Fourth was assigned to garrison [[Port Arthur]] after Operation Bulldog in conjunction with the [[11th Alshain Avengers|Eleventh Alshain Avengers]]. The Avengers attacked the Fourth on learning of the fighting between the [[449th Assault (Clan Nova Cat)|449th Assault]] [[Cluster]] and the [[4th Pesht Regulars|Fourth Pesht Regulars]]. This was one of the incidents that led to the creation of the [[Irece Prefecture]].<ref name=FM:CSp117>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 117, "Delta Galaxy Profile - 4th Nova Cat Guards"</ref> The Cluster was training on Tukayyid in 3063 when the Ghost Bear's launched their offensive against the Draconis Combine. The Cavaliers along with the rest of Delta Galaxy invaded the Ghost Bear Dominion. <ref>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 96</ref> By 3067 the Cluster had moved to take position on [[Tabayama]].<ref>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 100</ref>
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The Fourth was assigned to garrison [[Port Arthur]] after Operation Bulldog in conjunction with the [[11th Alshain Avengers|Eleventh Alshain Avengers]]. The Avengers attacked the Fourth on learning of the fighting between the [[449th Assault (Clan Nova Cat)|449th Assault]] [[Cluster]] and the [[4th Pesht Regulars|Fourth Pesht Regulars]]. This was one of the incidents that led to the creation of the [[Irece Prefecture]].<ref name=FM:CSp117>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 117: "Delta Galaxy Profile - 4th Nova Cat Guards"</ref> The Cluster was training on Tukayyid in 3063 when the Ghost Bear's launched their offensive against the Draconis Combine. The Cavaliers along with the rest of Delta Galaxy invaded the Ghost Bear Dominion.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 96</ref> By 3067 the Cluster had moved to take position on [[Tabayama]].<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 100</ref>
  
 
===The Jihad===
 
===The Jihad===
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The Guards as part of Delta Galaxy saw action early in [[Operation SCOUR]], serving on the [[Federated Suns]] front as a part of Group III that attacked [[Tybalt]] in early [[3077]], when it was targeted in the first wave of assaults that made up the Federated Suns front.<ref name="JHS:Tp36">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 36, "First Wave Complete"</ref> In May 3077 they took part in the assault on [[Tigress]]. Capellan guerilla fighters detonated a number of dirty nuclear devices causing Delta Galaxy and the Fourth to suffer massive casualties.<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57</ref> In 3079 the Cluster was on [[Wasat]]. <ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 17</ref>
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The Guards as part of Delta Galaxy saw action early in [[Operation SCOUR]], serving on the [[Federated Suns]] front as a part of Group III that attacked [[Tybalt]] in early [[3077]], when it was targeted in the first wave of assaults that made up the Federated Suns front.<ref name="JHS:Tp36">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 36: "First Wave Complete"</ref> In May 3077 they took part in the assault on [[Tigress]]. Capellan guerrilla fighters detonated a number of dirty nuclear devices causing Delta Galaxy and the Fourth to suffer massive casualties.<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57</ref> In 3079 the Cluster was on [[Wasat]].<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 17</ref>
  
 
===The Republic Era===
 
===The Republic Era===
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In 3081 the Fourth Guards along with the rest of Delta Galaxy were gifted to Devin Stone's forming Republic Armed Forces.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 166-7</ref>
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In 3081 the Fourth Guards along with the rest of Delta Galaxy were gifted to Devin Stone's forming Republic Armed Forces.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 166–167</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 4th Nova Cat Guards'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 4th Nova Cat Guards'''
 
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| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Kelly Hardo]]||[[3055]] - [[3062]]<ref name=ICp125>''Invading Clans'', p. 125, "Front-Line Unit Summary"</ref><ref name=FM:CSp118>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 118, "Sigma Galaxy"</ref>
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| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Kelly Hardo]]||[[3055]] - [[3062]]<ref name=ICp125>''Invading Clans'', p. 125: "Front-Line Unit Summary"</ref><ref name=FM:CSp118>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 118: "Sigma Galaxy"</ref>
 
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| Star Colonel||[[Wecken Rosse]]||3062 - [[3067]]<ref name=FM:CSp117/><ref name=FM:Up100>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 100: "Deployment Table - 3067"</ref>
 
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'''4th Nova Cat Guards'''<ref name=ICp125/>
 
'''4th Nova Cat Guards'''<ref name=ICp125/>
 
:* CO: Star Colonel Kelly Hardo
 
:* CO: Star Colonel Kelly Hardo
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* Command [[Trinary]] (3 [[OmniMech]] [[Star]]s) - CO: Star Captain Lytton Winters
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* Command [[Trinary]] (3 [[OmniMech]] [[Star]]s) - CO: Star Captain [[Lytton Winters]]
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* Battle Trinary (3 OmniMech Stars) - CO: Star Captain Wecken Rosse
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* Battle Trinary (3 OmniMech Stars) - CO: Star Captain [[Wecken Rosse]]
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* 43rd Striker Trinary (3 OmniMech Stars) - CO: Star Captain Padrick Drummond
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* 43rd Striker Trinary (3 OmniMech Stars) - CO: Star Captain [[Padrick Drummond]]
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* Fighter [[Binary]] (2 [[OmniFighter]] Stars) - CO: Star Captain Marthe Leroux
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* Fighter [[Binary]] (2 [[OmniFighter]] Stars) - CO: Star Captain [[Marthe Leroux]]
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* Assault [[Supernova]] (3 OmniMech/[[Elemental]] [[Nova]]s) - CO: Star Captain Toddu Devalis
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* Assault [[Supernova]] (3 OmniMech/[[Elemental]] [[Nova]]s) - CO: Star Captain [[Toddu Devalis]]
  
 
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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[[Category:Clan Nova Cat Commands|Nova Cat Guards, 004th]]
 
[[Category:Clan Nova Cat Commands|Nova Cat Guards, 004th]]
 
[[Category:Second Star League Defense Force Commands|Nova Cat Guards, 004th]]
 
[[Category:Second Star League Defense Force Commands|Nova Cat Guards, 004th]]

Latest revision as of 08:25, 15 October 2022

Insignia of Delta Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)
Fourth Nova Cat Guards
Nickname "The Oracles"
Affiliation Clan Nova Cat
Second Star League (while it existed)
Parent Command Delta Galaxy

History[edit]

When Elementals were introduced to the battlefield in 2868, the Fourth Nova Cat Guards were the force arrayed against them. Unaware of their capabilities, the Fourth assigned a Star of new warriors in underarmed 'Mechs to defeat the "infantry force". The Elementals quickly destroyed the Star (as well as the Fourth Guards' reputation) and cemented their place on the battlefield.[1]

The warriors of the Fourth Nova Cat Guards rebuilt their reputation over time. They also take great pride in their accurate marksmanship.[1]

Operation Revival[edit]

The 4th Nova Cat Guards fought on the following worlds during the invasion of the Inner Sphere:[2]

Pre–Wave Five[edit]

Wave Five[edit]

Tukayyid[edit]

Main article: Battle of Tukayyid (3052) § Clan Nova Cat

Operation Bulldog[edit]

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Post-Abjuration[edit]

The Fourth was assigned to garrison Port Arthur after Operation Bulldog in conjunction with the Eleventh Alshain Avengers. The Avengers attacked the Fourth on learning of the fighting between the 449th Assault Cluster and the Fourth Pesht Regulars. This was one of the incidents that led to the creation of the Irece Prefecture.[4] The Cluster was training on Tukayyid in 3063 when the Ghost Bear's launched their offensive against the Draconis Combine. The Cavaliers along with the rest of Delta Galaxy invaded the Ghost Bear Dominion.[5] By 3067 the Cluster had moved to take position on Tabayama.[6]

The Jihad[edit]

The Guards as part of Delta Galaxy saw action early in Operation SCOUR, serving on the Federated Suns front as a part of Group III that attacked Tybalt in early 3077, when it was targeted in the first wave of assaults that made up the Federated Suns front.[7] In May 3077 they took part in the assault on Tigress. Capellan guerrilla fighters detonated a number of dirty nuclear devices causing Delta Galaxy and the Fourth to suffer massive casualties.[8] In 3079 the Cluster was on Wasat.[9]

The Republic Era[edit]

In 3081 the Fourth Guards along with the rest of Delta Galaxy were gifted to Devin Stone's forming Republic Armed Forces.[10]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 4th Nova Cat Guards
Star Colonel Kelly Hardo 3055 - 3062[11][12]
Star Colonel Wecken Rosse 3062 - 3067[4][13]

Tactics[edit]

The warriors of the Fourth value precise marksmanship, even to the point of bidding away ammunition to insure every shot counts. Their need for personal glory never overwhelmed their ability to work together however.[1]

They also learned from their initial encounter with Elementals. Every Trinary was equipped with Koshi and Viper OmniMechs that were configured for anti-infantry operations.[1]

Composition History[edit]

3055[edit]

4th Nova Cat Guards[11]

  • CO: Star Colonel Kelly Hardo

3062-3067[edit]

4th Nova Cat Guards (4 Trinaries/Veteran/Fanatical)[4][13]

  • CO: Star Colonel Wecken Rosse.

Notes[edit]

The Fourth Guards are erroneously recorded twice on the roster of 3057 in Invading Clans, once in Delta Galaxy and misidentified with the First Guards in Alpha Galaxy.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Era Report: 3052, p. 61
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Invading Clans, p. 118: "Occupation Zone"
  3. ↑ Invading Clans, p. 119: "Fifth Wave"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Field Manual: ComStar, p. 117: "Delta Galaxy Profile - 4th Nova Cat Guards"
  5. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 96
  6. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 100
  7. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 36: "First Wave Complete"
  8. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 57
  9. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 17
  10. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, pp. 166–167
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Invading Clans, p. 125: "Front-Line Unit Summary"
  12. ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 118: "Sigma Galaxy"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 100: "Deployment Table - 3067"

Bibliography[edit]

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