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The '''Deathstrike Galaxy''' was [[Clan Diamond Shark]]'s premiere combat unit.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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Fought on [[Tukayyid]] against the [[3rd Army (ComStar)|Third Army]] who pinned Alpha in place long enough to allow the [[5th Army (ComStar)|Fifth Army]] to drop behind them and cut them off from the [[DropShip]]s.  
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As a part of [[Operation Klondike]], Alpha Galaxy's progenitor unit (then known as the '''Emerald Skate''') landed on [[Babylon]] and took the primary rebel stronghold at Hammurabi. Since that time, Alpha Galaxy has participated in every one of the Diamond Shark's major offensives.<ref name=FMWC68/>
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Alpha Galaxy also spawned the only martial decoration awarded by Clan Diamond Shark, the [[Awards#Deathstrike|Deathstrike]], awarded to [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] or fighter pilots who can claim to have taken down three times their machine's tonnage in a single battle, or an [[Elemental]] when a single [[Point]] takes down fifty tons of [[BattleMechs]] without assistance.<ref name=FMWC-67>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 67, "Clan Diamond Shark - Rituals and Decorations"</ref> Winning the Deathstrike is a requirement for any warrior seeking the rank of [[Star Colonel]] within the Alpha Galaxy.<ref name=FMWC68/>
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===Battle of Tukayyid===
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Alpha Galaxy's [[19th Heavy (Clan Diamond Shark)|Nineteenth Heavy Cluster]] and [[39th Strike (Clan Diamond Shark)|Thirty-ninth Strike Cluster]] were among the five [[Cluster]]s [[Khan]] [[Ian Hawker]] bid for the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]], assigned to take the primary target city of Kozice Prime. Unprepared for the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[8th Army (ComStar)|Eighth Army's]] tactics, both Clusters found their advance though the Kozice Valley blocked by the veteran [[31st Division (ComStar)|Thirty-first Division]] and the green [[85th Division (ComStar)|Eighty-fifth Division]], buying enough time for the [[182nd Division (ComStar)|182nd Division]] to outflank and hold both Clusters of Alpha in a brutal days-long stalemate.<ref name=T-69>''Tukayyid'', p. 69-70, "Campaign: Clan Diamond Shark"</ref><ref name=IC-141>''Invading Clans'', p. 141, "Baptism of Fire"</ref><ref name=ER3052-63>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 63 "Factions - Clan Diamond Shark - 369th Striker Cluster (The Hammerheads)"</ref>
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The stalemate dragged on so long that the defeat of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] freed up Com Guard reinforcements, and the Sharks totally unprepared when the fresh troops of the [[5th Army (ComStar)|Fifth Army]] performed a combat drop behind their front lines, cutting off the Clusters of both Alpha and [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Diamond Shark)|Gamma Galaxy]] from their landing zones and supply depots. Unable to break the stranglehold from the encircled Com Guard forces, only the arrival and sacrifice of the reserve forces of the [[Freeborn]] [[3rd Shark Regulars (Clan Diamond Shark)|Third Shark Regulars]] allowed the shattered Nineteenth and Thirty-ninth to withdraw in defeat.<ref name=T-69/><ref name=IC-141/><ref name=ER3052-63/>
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===Post-Tukayyid===
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While all five Clusters suffered horrific damage on [[Tukayyid]], the Alpha Galaxy's Thirty-ninth Strike Cluster was the only one the Shark Khans chose to maintain.<ref name=ER3052-63/> With Clan Diamond Shark's ejection from the [[Inner Sphere]], Alpha Galaxy returned to the [[Clan Homeworlds]]<ref name=FMWC-162>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 162 "Clan Diamond Shark - Alpha (Deathstrike Galaxy)"</ref><ref name=FMU-76>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 76 "Clan Diamond Shark - Deathstrike Galaxy (Alpha)"</ref>
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===Jihad Era===
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In [[3070]] the Galaxy was detected to [[Itabaiana]] and Tukayyid, the missing 39th Strike Cluster was stationed at this time in the Periphery region.<ref name=FR:Cp8>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 8, "Clan Diamond Shark - Alpha Galaxy"</ref>
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By [[3071]] Alpha Galaxy had moved to [[Babylon]] for rest and refit. In January [[3072]] Delta and [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Coyote)|Epsilon Galaxy]] launched a devastating assault from the Coyote enclave on Babylon against the holdings of [[Clan Ice Hellion]], Clan Diamond Shark and [[Clan Cloud Cobra]]. Alpha Galaxy put up the stiffest resistance, but eventually the Sharks were forced to withdraw, having lost many warriors - and the entire [[39th Strike (Clan Diamond Shark)|Thirty-ninth Strike Cluster]].<ref name=WoR94>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 94, "Death Rides Forth"</ref>
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[[Inner Sphere]] intelligence services noted the absence of the Alpha Galaxy from Spheroid space for almost fifteen years, as well as noting their return and assignment to the [[Twycross]] system in the closing years of the [[Jihad]], by which time Alpha had expanded through the addition of the [[83rd Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)|Eighty-third Cruiser Cluster]].<ref name="FM:3085p115">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 115, "Alpha Galaxy"</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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Led by [[Khan]] Ian [[Hawker (Bloodname)|Hawker]] during [[Operation Revival]], as of [[3061]] the Commanding Officer was [[Galaxy Commander]] Khan Barbara [[Sennet (Bloodname)|Sennet]].
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Alpga Galaxy'''
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| [[Khan]]||[[Ian Hawker]]||
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| Khan||[[Barbara Sennet]]||[[3061]]<ref name=FMWC68>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 68, "Alpha Galaxy Profile"</ref>
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| Khan||[[Naomi Nagasawa]]||[[3085]]<ref name=FM:3085p124>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 124, "Clan Military Forces - Deployment 3085"</ref>
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==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
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Favors locating and exploiting an enemy's weak points.
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Since the days of Khan [[Damon Clarke]], the Clusters of Alpha Galaxy are exceptionally adept at locating and brutally exploiting an enemy's weak spot, emulating their Clan's [[Diamond Shark (species)|namesake totem animal]].<ref name=FMWC68/>
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==Composition History==
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===3052===
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* [[Diamond Skate (Clan Diamond Shark)|Diamond Keshik]]
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* [[19th Heavy (Clan Diamond Shark)|19th Heavy Cluster]]
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* [[39th Strike (Clan Diamond Shark)|39th Strike Cluster]]
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* [[203rd Attack Cluster]]
  
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==Composition==
 
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===[[3052]]===
 
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(partial)
 
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*[[Diamond Skate (Clan Diamond Shark)|Diamond Skate]]
 
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*[[19th Heavy (Clan Diamond Shark)|19th Heavy]]
 
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*[[39th Strike (Clan Diamond Shark)|39th Strike]]
 
 
===3061===
 
===3061===
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* Diamond Skate
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* Diamond Skate<ref name=FMWC68/>
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* [[21st Combined Assault (Clan Diamond Shark)|21st Combined Assault]]
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* [[21st Combined Assault (Clan Diamond Shark)|21st Combined Assault]]<ref name=FMWC68/>
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* [[27th Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)|27th Cruiser]]
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* [[27th Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)|27th Cruiser Cluster]]<ref name=FMWC68/>
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* 39th Strike
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* 39th Strike Cluster<ref name=FMWC68/>
  
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===3079===
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* [[Diamond Skate (Clan Diamond Shark)|Diamond Skate]]<ref name=FR:Cp8/>
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* 21st Combined Assault<ref name=FR:Cp8/>
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* 27th Cruiser Cluster<ref name=FR:Cp8/>
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===3085===
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* Diamond Skate<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
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* 21st Combined Assault<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
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* 27th Cruiser Cluster<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
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* [[83rd Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)|Eighty-third Cruiser Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3085p124/>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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* The Diamond Skate is listed as the Diamond Keshik in ''Invading Clans''.
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* The insignia of Alpha Galaxy is a diamond shark swimming out a diamond-shaped field of stars. Members of the Deathstrike Galaxy paint their 'Mechs dark blue with black trim.<ref name=FMWC68/>
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* Befitting its position at the peak of [[Clan Diamond Shark Touman|Clan Shark ''touman'']], the overwhelming majority of Alpha Galaxy's warriors are [[Bloodname]]d. Excluding Ian Hawker forbidding them entirely from serving in the Galaxy during his time commanding it, Freeborn warriors made up only a small fraction of Deathstrike's ranks, but all were among the most elite non-Bloodnamed warriors in the Diamond Sharks.<ref name=FMWC68/>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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*[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]
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*[[Invading Clans]]
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
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* ''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]''
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* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
  
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[[Category:Clan Diamond Shark Commands|Alpha Galaxy (Clan Diamond Shark)]]

Latest revision as of 22:59, 1 January 2024

Insignia of Alpha Galaxy (Clan Diamond Shark)
Alpha Galaxy
Nickname Deathstrike
Affiliation Clan Diamond Shark
Parent Command Clan Diamond Shark touman

The Deathstrike Galaxy was Clan Diamond Shark's premiere combat unit.

History[edit]

As a part of Operation Klondike, Alpha Galaxy's progenitor unit (then known as the Emerald Skate) landed on Babylon and took the primary rebel stronghold at Hammurabi. Since that time, Alpha Galaxy has participated in every one of the Diamond Shark's major offensives.[1]

Alpha Galaxy also spawned the only martial decoration awarded by Clan Diamond Shark, the Deathstrike, awarded to MechWarriors or fighter pilots who can claim to have taken down three times their machine's tonnage in a single battle, or an Elemental when a single Point takes down fifty tons of BattleMechs without assistance.[2] Winning the Deathstrike is a requirement for any warrior seeking the rank of Star Colonel within the Alpha Galaxy.[1]

Battle of Tukayyid[edit]

Alpha Galaxy's Nineteenth Heavy Cluster and Thirty-ninth Strike Cluster were among the five Clusters Khan Ian Hawker bid for the Battle of Tukayyid, assigned to take the primary target city of Kozice Prime. Unprepared for the Com Guard Eighth Army's tactics, both Clusters found their advance though the Kozice Valley blocked by the veteran Thirty-first Division and the green Eighty-fifth Division, buying enough time for the 182nd Division to outflank and hold both Clusters of Alpha in a brutal days-long stalemate.[3][4][5]

The stalemate dragged on so long that the defeat of Clan Smoke Jaguar freed up Com Guard reinforcements, and the Sharks totally unprepared when the fresh troops of the Fifth Army performed a combat drop behind their front lines, cutting off the Clusters of both Alpha and Gamma Galaxy from their landing zones and supply depots. Unable to break the stranglehold from the encircled Com Guard forces, only the arrival and sacrifice of the reserve forces of the Freeborn Third Shark Regulars allowed the shattered Nineteenth and Thirty-ninth to withdraw in defeat.[3][4][5]

Post-Tukayyid[edit]

While all five Clusters suffered horrific damage on Tukayyid, the Alpha Galaxy's Thirty-ninth Strike Cluster was the only one the Shark Khans chose to maintain.[5] With Clan Diamond Shark's ejection from the Inner Sphere, Alpha Galaxy returned to the Clan Homeworlds[6][7]

Jihad Era[edit]

In 3070 the Galaxy was detected to Itabaiana and Tukayyid, the missing 39th Strike Cluster was stationed at this time in the Periphery region.[8]

By 3071 Alpha Galaxy had moved to Babylon for rest and refit. In January 3072 Delta and Epsilon Galaxy launched a devastating assault from the Coyote enclave on Babylon against the holdings of Clan Ice Hellion, Clan Diamond Shark and Clan Cloud Cobra. Alpha Galaxy put up the stiffest resistance, but eventually the Sharks were forced to withdraw, having lost many warriors - and the entire Thirty-ninth Strike Cluster.[9]

Inner Sphere intelligence services noted the absence of the Alpha Galaxy from Spheroid space for almost fifteen years, as well as noting their return and assignment to the Twycross system in the closing years of the Jihad, by which time Alpha had expanded through the addition of the Eighty-third Cruiser Cluster.[10]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of Alpga Galaxy
Khan Ian Hawker
Khan Barbara Sennet 3061[1]
Khan Naomi Nagasawa 3085[11]

Tactics[edit]

Since the days of Khan Damon Clarke, the Clusters of Alpha Galaxy are exceptionally adept at locating and brutally exploiting an enemy's weak spot, emulating their Clan's namesake totem animal.[1]

Composition History[edit]

3052[edit]

3061[edit]

3079[edit]

3085[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • The insignia of Alpha Galaxy is a diamond shark swimming out a diamond-shaped field of stars. Members of the Deathstrike Galaxy paint their 'Mechs dark blue with black trim.[1]
  • Befitting its position at the peak of Clan Shark touman, the overwhelming majority of Alpha Galaxy's warriors are Bloodnamed. Excluding Ian Hawker forbidding them entirely from serving in the Galaxy during his time commanding it, Freeborn warriors made up only a small fraction of Deathstrike's ranks, but all were among the most elite non-Bloodnamed warriors in the Diamond Sharks.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 68, "Alpha Galaxy Profile"
  2. ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 67, "Clan Diamond Shark - Rituals and Decorations"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tukayyid, p. 69-70, "Campaign: Clan Diamond Shark"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Invading Clans, p. 141, "Baptism of Fire"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Era Report: 3052, p. 63 "Factions - Clan Diamond Shark - 369th Striker Cluster (The Hammerheads)"
  6. ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 162 "Clan Diamond Shark - Alpha (Deathstrike Galaxy)"
  7. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 76 "Clan Diamond Shark - Deathstrike Galaxy (Alpha)"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Field Report: Clans, p. 8, "Clan Diamond Shark - Alpha Galaxy"
  9. ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 94, "Death Rides Forth"
  10. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 115, "Alpha Galaxy"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Field Manual: 3085, p. 124, "Clan Military Forces - Deployment 3085"

Bibliography[edit]

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