57th Combined Assault (Clan Diamond Shark)
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Contents
History
The Fifty-seventh Combined Assault Cluster was formed around a core of the survivors of Tukayyid. Added to these were a high proportion of freeborn warriors and trueborns of lesser Bloodhouses.[1] In 3061 the Cluster was stationed on Babylon.[2]
Omega Galaxy was dispatched to garrison the new Inner Sphere trading worlds[3] and by 3067 the Fifty-seventh had taken up position on Itabaiana[4] and was still in place in 3079.[5]
In 3075 the Fifty-seventh responded to the massacre of Diamond Shark civilians on Nykvarn. It along with the Coral Skate sallied forth and engaged the Twelfth and Twenty-second Dieron Regulars almost destroying both units for their actions.[5]
Fifty-seventh responded too late to stop a civilian airliner from crashing into the Clan Diamond Shark IndustriPlex-C in October 3080, but did take part in the recovery operations that followed after.[6] With the loss of the complex on Itabaiana the Fifty-seventh was transferred to the CDS Space Hunter as a mobile force.[7]
Officers
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the 57th Combined Assault Cluster | |||
| Star Colonel | Eros Labov | 3052 - 3067[1][4] | |
| Star Colonel | Topaz Djerassi | 3085[7] | |
Tactics
The unit had no distinct fighting style.[1]
Composition History
3061
Fifty-seventh Combined Assault Cluster - Regular/Fanatical [1]
- 1 Assault BattleMech Trinary
- 1 Assault Supernova Trinary
- 1 BattleMech Trinary
- 1 Elemental Trinary
- 1 Aerospace Trinary
3067-3085
Fifty-seventh Combined Assault Cluster - Elite/Fanatical [4][5][7]
- At 96% full combat strength and armed exclusively with second line Clan systems.
- They were recorded at 95% strength in 3085.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 73, "Unit Profile"
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 163, "Omega Galaxy"
- ↑ Field Manual: Update, p. 58, "Omega Galaxy"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Field Manual: Update, p. 77, "Omega Galaxy"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Field Report: Clans, p. 8
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 115, "Omega Galaxy"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Field Manual: 3085, p. 124, "Omega Galaxy"