5th Legion (Clan Steel Viper)

History

The Fifth Legion was closely associated with the First and Second Viper Guards. It was deployed to Jabuka in 3054, and was still defending the planet in 3061.

By 3067 the cluster had moved to New Kent.

War of Reaving

Rho Galaxy deployed the Fourth Fang, the Fifth Legion and the 141st Phallanx to Eden to engaged the garrison of Clan Wolf during their Abjuration in 3071. The Viper clusters had surrounded the Wolf enclave when they were hit by surprise by Coyote's Twenty-seventh Strike Cluster in the rear and then by the Wolves. In the confusion Galaxy Commander Varga was killed along with half his force.

In December 3074 the Vipers launched a massive assault on against Clan Coyote on Tamaron with six Galaxies and a large naval force. After a week of fighting in space the Vipers finally forced the remnant of the Coyote navy to flee. The ground forces made for their objectives, several major factory complexes in the Apache Mountains. Securing these cost the Coyotes both Epsilon and Lambda Galaxies. The Viper assault then turned toward the planetary capital of San Mateo By 16 December the city was surrounded. Four Coyote Galaxies had been destroyed, but at the cost of three of the Viper's own including Rho and the Fifth Legion.

Officers

Rank	Name	Command
Commanding Officers of the 5th Legion
Star Colonel	Raj Gerard	3061 - 3067

Tactics

The cluster was often opposition force during training cycles for the clusters of Alpha Galaxy. This gave the Cluster an advantage in defensive operations and after 3053 they also knew how to use Inner Sphere tactics against raiders with great effect.

Composition

3061

Fifth Legion - Veteran/Fanatical

• 2 BattleMech Trinaries
• 2 Elemental Trinaries
• 1 Aerospace Trinary

3067

Fifth Legion - Elite/Fanatical

• 75% full strength with 100% of the force equipped with OmniMechs

Bibliography

• Field Manual: Update
• Field Manual: Warden Clans
• Objective Raids
• Wars of Reaving