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Line 17: }} }} − '''Theodore Osis''' was [[Khan]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] during the early [[Golden Century]]. He held power in an era that would see his Clan [[Trial of Absorption|Absorb]] the contentious [[Clan Mongoose]], holding onto the Khanship for an unspecified amount of time afterward.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', pp. 7–8: "Warriors Above Politicians"</ref> + '''Theodore Osis''' was the [[Khan]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] during the early [[Golden Century]]. He held power in an era that would see his Clan [[Trial of Absorption|Absorb]] the contentious [[Clan Mongoose]], holding onto the Khanship for an unspecified amount of time afterward.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', pp. 7–8: "Warriors Above Politicians"</ref> ==History== ==History== Line 23:
Line 23: ===Mongoose Attacks Again=== ===Mongoose Attacks Again=== − In [[2868]], Clan Mongoose would assault the Smoke Jaguar holdings on the world of [[Atreus (Clan System)|Atreus]] in the [[Kerensky Cluster]]. Simultaneously the Mongooses found themselves under a massive attack by their old enemies, [[Clan Star Adder]]. After losing ground on both fronts - especially to the Star Adders who had years in which to plot their revenge before executing the plan - Khan [[Walter Martindale]] of the Mongooses took a facetious complaint to the [[Grand Council]] to buy time for his struggling Clan. In it he accused the Smoke Jaguars of starting a wasteful conflict, and demand their censure. The final nail in his Clan's coffin would be his use of the words of [[Nicholas Kerensky|Nicholas]] and [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] to bolster his argument to the assembled body of Khans.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8/><ref name=FM:CCp112,113>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 112–113: "Into the Golden Century"</ref><ref name=FM:CCp112>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 112: "A Lesson in Politics"</ref> + In [[2868]], Clan Mongoose would assault the Smoke Jaguar holdings on the world of [[Atreus (Clan planet)|Atreus]] in the [[Kerensky Cluster]]. Simultaneously the Mongooses found themselves under a massive attack by their old enemies, [[Clan Star Adder]]. After losing ground on both fronts - especially to the Star Adders who had years in which to plot their revenge before executing the plan - Khan [[Walter Martindale]] of the Mongooses took a facetious complaint to the [[Grand Council]] to buy time for his struggling Clan. In it he accused the Smoke Jaguars of starting a wasteful conflict, and demand their censure. The final nail in his Clan's coffin would be his use of the words of [[Nicholas Kerensky|Nicholas]] and [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] to bolster his argument to the assembled body of Khans.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8/><ref name=FM:CCp112,113>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 112–113: "Into the Golden Century"</ref><ref name=FM:CCp112>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 112: "A Lesson in Politics"</ref> ===Jaguar Defeats Mongoose=== ===Jaguar Defeats Mongoose=== Smoke Jaguar Khan Theodore Osis reacted in outrage at this gross abuse of Clan law, not to mention Martindale's utterance of the words of The Great Kerenskys, words that Osis and many other Khans regarded as sacred. To hear them used to hide from combat was too much for most Clansmen to endure. Osis and all of the other Khans present recognized the ploy for the stalling that it was. When he demanded the right for his Clan to [[Trial of Absorption|Absorb]] the Mongooses, it was unanimously approved by a Grand Council that had seen more than enough political maneuvering from [[Mitchell Loris|Mongoose Khans]] in the past or the present.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8/><ref name=ED:GCp11,12>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', pp. 11–12: "Life as a Mongoose"</ref> Smoke Jaguar Khan Theodore Osis reacted in outrage at this gross abuse of Clan law, not to mention Martindale's utterance of the words of The Great Kerenskys, words that Osis and many other Khans regarded as sacred. To hear them used to hide from combat was too much for most Clansmen to endure. Osis and all of the other Khans present recognized the ploy for the stalling that it was. When he demanded the right for his Clan to [[Trial of Absorption|Absorb]] the Mongooses, it was unanimously approved by a Grand Council that had seen more than enough political maneuvering from [[Mitchell Loris|Mongoose Khans]] in the past or the present.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8/><ref name=ED:GCp11,12>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', pp. 11–12: "Life as a Mongoose"</ref> − The Jaguars moved against the Mongoose fleet first, destroying the bulk of it over [[Circe]] while sustaining heavy losses to their own fleet. Mongoose losses included their flagship, the battleship ''[[Quicksilver Mongoose]]''. Next came attacks on their colonies on [[Atreus (Clan System)|Atreus]] and [[Kirin]]. The former fell after a steady grinding struggle, while the later was a longer conflict that nearly gave the Mongoose warriors hope. The battle at Kirin saw the remainder of their navy and the lion's share of their remaining [[aerospace fighter]]s destroyed at great cost to the Jaguars. But the Mongoose forces fell, and with them, their colonies. The Mongoose Clan did strike back when and where it could, fighting as well as possible within its conflicted leadership and organization.<ref name=ED:GCp11,12/> Their skilled aerospace forces would take as many Jaguars with them as they could before the Mongoose fleet was completely destroyed. Finally, back on Circe, the Jaguars were temporally halted by the massed defenses of the island stronghold of Fianna.<ref name=ED:GCp12>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', p. 12: "Beginning of the End"</ref> + The Jaguars moved against the Mongoose fleet first, destroying the bulk of it over [[Circe]] while sustaining heavy losses to their own fleet. Mongoose losses included their flagship, the battleship ''[[Quicksilver Mongoose]]''. Next came attacks on their colonies on [[Atreus (Clan planet)|Atreus]] and [[Kirin]]. The former fell after a steady grinding struggle, while the later was a longer conflict that nearly gave the Mongoose warriors hope. The battle at Kirin saw the remainder of their navy and the lion's share of their remaining [[aerospace fighter]]s destroyed at great cost to the Jaguars. But the Mongoose forces fell, and with them, their colonies. The Mongoose Clan did strike back when and where it could, fighting as well as possible within its conflicted leadership and organization.<ref name=ED:GCp11,12/> Their skilled aerospace forces would take as many Jaguars with them as they could before the Mongoose fleet was completely destroyed. Finally, back on Circe, the Jaguars were temporally halted by the massed defenses of the island stronghold of Fianna.<ref name=ED:GCp12>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', p. 12: "Beginning of the End"</ref> The problem was solved by [[Orbital Bombardment (CCG - Counterstrike)|Orbital Bombardment]], a weapon the Jaguars would not shy away from using again, [[Turtle Bay#Overview|later]] in their history.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 58: "Turtle Bay"</ref> This action would kill Mongoose Khan Walter Martindale, a fact that technically could have ended the Trial there, but would not be known until later. In one final attack, the cream of the Mongoose ''[[touman]]'' ambushed the advancing Jaguars who were led by Khan Theodore Osis personally. The Mongoose [[saKhan]] [[Alanah Knox]] led her [[Keshik]] against the Jaguar flanks, as they poured against the final Mongoose defenses at the city of Tara. The few accounts existing tell of the Mongoose warriors taking out more Jaguars than their own numbers, though the only detailed account is from a source by Mongoose [[Loremaster]], [[Giovanni Mercedes]] after years of Jaguar subjugation.<ref name=ED:GCp12/> The final aerospace fighters made their appearance in support of the force of Mongoose 'Mechs. But it was too late. Soon, the struggle was over, and another Clan was no more.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8/><ref name=FM:CCp112,113/><ref>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', p. 9: "Warriors Above Politicians" (top paragraph)</ref> The problem was solved by [[Orbital Bombardment (CCG - Counterstrike)|Orbital Bombardment]], a weapon the Jaguars would not shy away from using again, [[Turtle Bay#Overview|later]] in their history.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 58: "Turtle Bay"</ref> This action would kill Mongoose Khan Walter Martindale, a fact that technically could have ended the Trial there, but would not be known until later. In one final attack, the cream of the Mongoose ''[[touman]]'' ambushed the advancing Jaguars who were led by Khan Theodore Osis personally. The Mongoose [[saKhan]] [[Alanah Knox]] led her [[Keshik]] against the Jaguar flanks, as they poured against the final Mongoose defenses at the city of Tara. The few accounts existing tell of the Mongoose warriors taking out more Jaguars than their own numbers, though the only detailed account is from a source by Mongoose [[Loremaster]], [[Giovanni Mercedes]] after years of Jaguar subjugation.<ref name=ED:GCp12/> The final aerospace fighters made their appearance in support of the force of Mongoose 'Mechs. But it was too late. Soon, the struggle was over, and another Clan was no more.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8/><ref name=FM:CCp112,113/><ref>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', p. 9: "Warriors Above Politicians" (top paragraph)</ref>
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| − | '''Theodore Osis''' was [[Khan]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] during the early [[Golden Century]]. He held power in an era that would see his Clan [[Trial of Absorption|Absorb]] the contentious [[Clan Mongoose]], holding onto the Khanship for an unspecified amount of time afterward.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', pp. 7–8: "Warriors Above Politicians"</ref> | + | '''Theodore Osis''' was the [[Khan]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] during the early [[Golden Century]]. He held power in an era that would see his Clan [[Trial of Absorption|Absorb]] the contentious [[Clan Mongoose]], holding onto the Khanship for an unspecified amount of time afterward.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', pp. 7–8: "Warriors Above Politicians"</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Mongoose Attacks Again=== | ===Mongoose Attacks Again=== | ||
| − | In [[2868]], Clan Mongoose would assault the Smoke Jaguar holdings on the world of [[Atreus (Clan | + | In [[2868]], Clan Mongoose would assault the Smoke Jaguar holdings on the world of [[Atreus (Clan planet)|Atreus]] in the [[Kerensky Cluster]]. Simultaneously the Mongooses found themselves under a massive attack by their old enemies, [[Clan Star Adder]]. After losing ground on both fronts - especially to the Star Adders who had years in which to plot their revenge before executing the plan - Khan [[Walter Martindale]] of the Mongooses took a facetious complaint to the [[Grand Council]] to buy time for his struggling Clan. In it he accused the Smoke Jaguars of starting a wasteful conflict, and demand their censure. The final nail in his Clan's coffin would be his use of the words of [[Nicholas Kerensky|Nicholas]] and [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] to bolster his argument to the assembled body of Khans.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8/><ref name=FM:CCp112,113>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 112–113: "Into the Golden Century"</ref><ref name=FM:CCp112>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 112: "A Lesson in Politics"</ref> |
===Jaguar Defeats Mongoose=== | ===Jaguar Defeats Mongoose=== | ||
Smoke Jaguar Khan Theodore Osis reacted in outrage at this gross abuse of Clan law, not to mention Martindale's utterance of the words of The Great Kerenskys, words that Osis and many other Khans regarded as sacred. To hear them used to hide from combat was too much for most Clansmen to endure. Osis and all of the other Khans present recognized the ploy for the stalling that it was. When he demanded the right for his Clan to [[Trial of Absorption|Absorb]] the Mongooses, it was unanimously approved by a Grand Council that had seen more than enough political maneuvering from [[Mitchell Loris|Mongoose Khans]] in the past or the present.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8/><ref name=ED:GCp11,12>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', pp. 11–12: "Life as a Mongoose"</ref> | Smoke Jaguar Khan Theodore Osis reacted in outrage at this gross abuse of Clan law, not to mention Martindale's utterance of the words of The Great Kerenskys, words that Osis and many other Khans regarded as sacred. To hear them used to hide from combat was too much for most Clansmen to endure. Osis and all of the other Khans present recognized the ploy for the stalling that it was. When he demanded the right for his Clan to [[Trial of Absorption|Absorb]] the Mongooses, it was unanimously approved by a Grand Council that had seen more than enough political maneuvering from [[Mitchell Loris|Mongoose Khans]] in the past or the present.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8/><ref name=ED:GCp11,12>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', pp. 11–12: "Life as a Mongoose"</ref> | ||
| − | The Jaguars moved against the Mongoose fleet first, destroying the bulk of it over [[Circe]] while sustaining heavy losses to their own fleet. Mongoose losses included their flagship, the battleship ''[[Quicksilver Mongoose]]''. Next came attacks on their colonies on [[Atreus (Clan | + | The Jaguars moved against the Mongoose fleet first, destroying the bulk of it over [[Circe]] while sustaining heavy losses to their own fleet. Mongoose losses included their flagship, the battleship ''[[Quicksilver Mongoose]]''. Next came attacks on their colonies on [[Atreus (Clan planet)|Atreus]] and [[Kirin]]. The former fell after a steady grinding struggle, while the later was a longer conflict that nearly gave the Mongoose warriors hope. The battle at Kirin saw the remainder of their navy and the lion's share of their remaining [[aerospace fighter]]s destroyed at great cost to the Jaguars. But the Mongoose forces fell, and with them, their colonies. The Mongoose Clan did strike back when and where it could, fighting as well as possible within its conflicted leadership and organization.<ref name=ED:GCp11,12/> Their skilled aerospace forces would take as many Jaguars with them as they could before the Mongoose fleet was completely destroyed. Finally, back on Circe, the Jaguars were temporally halted by the massed defenses of the island stronghold of Fianna.<ref name=ED:GCp12>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', p. 12: "Beginning of the End"</ref> |
The problem was solved by [[Orbital Bombardment (CCG - Counterstrike)|Orbital Bombardment]], a weapon the Jaguars would not shy away from using again, [[Turtle Bay#Overview|later]] in their history.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 58: "Turtle Bay"</ref> This action would kill Mongoose Khan Walter Martindale, a fact that technically could have ended the Trial there, but would not be known until later. In one final attack, the cream of the Mongoose ''[[touman]]'' ambushed the advancing Jaguars who were led by Khan Theodore Osis personally. The Mongoose [[saKhan]] [[Alanah Knox]] led her [[Keshik]] against the Jaguar flanks, as they poured against the final Mongoose defenses at the city of Tara. The few accounts existing tell of the Mongoose warriors taking out more Jaguars than their own numbers, though the only detailed account is from a source by Mongoose [[Loremaster]], [[Giovanni Mercedes]] after years of Jaguar subjugation.<ref name=ED:GCp12/> The final aerospace fighters made their appearance in support of the force of Mongoose 'Mechs. But it was too late. Soon, the struggle was over, and another Clan was no more.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8/><ref name=FM:CCp112,113/><ref>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', p. 9: "Warriors Above Politicians" (top paragraph)</ref> | The problem was solved by [[Orbital Bombardment (CCG - Counterstrike)|Orbital Bombardment]], a weapon the Jaguars would not shy away from using again, [[Turtle Bay#Overview|later]] in their history.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 58: "Turtle Bay"</ref> This action would kill Mongoose Khan Walter Martindale, a fact that technically could have ended the Trial there, but would not be known until later. In one final attack, the cream of the Mongoose ''[[touman]]'' ambushed the advancing Jaguars who were led by Khan Theodore Osis personally. The Mongoose [[saKhan]] [[Alanah Knox]] led her [[Keshik]] against the Jaguar flanks, as they poured against the final Mongoose defenses at the city of Tara. The few accounts existing tell of the Mongoose warriors taking out more Jaguars than their own numbers, though the only detailed account is from a source by Mongoose [[Loremaster]], [[Giovanni Mercedes]] after years of Jaguar subjugation.<ref name=ED:GCp12/> The final aerospace fighters made their appearance in support of the force of Mongoose 'Mechs. But it was too late. Soon, the struggle was over, and another Clan was no more.<ref name=ED:GCp7,8/><ref name=FM:CCp112,113/><ref>''Era Digest: Golden Century'', p. 9: "Warriors Above Politicians" (top paragraph)</ref> | ||