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| image = [[File:Svzeta.png]]
| nickname = None
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| Designation = Zeta Galaxy
| parent formation = [[Clan Steel Viper Touman]]
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| Formed =
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| Disbanded = [[3075]] (Destroyed)
| year    = 3067
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| unitname = Zeta Galaxy
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| Affiliation = [[Clan Steel Viper]]
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| Parent Command = [[Clan Steel Viper Touman|Clan Steel Viper ''touman'']]
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==History==
 
==History==
Sent to the [[Inner Sphere]] as part of [[Clan Steel Viper]]'s contribution to [[Operation Revival]], together with [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)|Alpha]], [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)|Beta]] and [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)|Gamma]] Galaxies.<ref name=FM:WCp146>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 146, "Zeta Galaxy"</ref>
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'''Zeta Galaxy''' was sent to the [[Inner Sphere]] as part of [[Clan Steel Viper]]'s contribution to [[Operation Revival]], together with [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)|Alpha]], [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)|Beta]] and [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)|Gamma]] Galaxies.<ref name=FM:WCp146>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 146: "Zeta Galaxy"</ref>
  
The Steel Viper [[Khan]]s included the second-line Zeta in the bidding for landing rights on [[Tukayyid]] (replacing the front-line Beta Galaxy) in order to secure earlier landing times and to show their contempt for the [[ComGuard]].<ref name=FM:WCp146/>
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The Steel Viper [[Khan]]s included the second-line Zeta in the bidding for landing rights on [[Tukayyid]] (replacing the frontline Beta Galaxy) in order to secure earlier landing times and to show their contempt for the [[Com Guards]].<ref name=FM:WCp146/> Zeta was not intended to fight on Tukayyid, but ultimately entered the action to cover the retreat of Alpha and Gamma.<ref name=FM:WCp146/>
  
Zeta was not intended to fight on Tukayyid, but ultimately entered the action to cover the retreat of Alpha and Gamma.<ref name=FM:WCp146/>
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During his tenure as [[Khan]] of Clan Steel Viper [[Perigard Zalman]] made Zeta Galaxy the focus of his experiments involving [[freeborn]] warriors. This meant that even before Zalman's death, Zeta was subjected to derision from many other elements of the [[Clan Steel Viper Touman|Steel Viper ''touman'']] - including the other second-line Galaxies.<ref name="FM:Up67">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 67: "Steel Viper ''touman''"</ref>
  
During his tenure as [[Khan]] of Clan Steel Viper [[Perigard Zalman]] made Zeta Galaxy the focus of his experiments involving [[freeborn]] warriors; this meant that even before Zalman's death, Zeta was subjected to derision from many other elements of the Steel Viper ''touman'' - including the other second-line Galaxies.<ref name="FM:Up67">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 67, "Steel Viper Touman"</ref>
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[[IlKhan]] Andrews' violation of the Council's rules and traditions by shooting Khan N'Buta during the meeting pushed the Cloud Cobra Khan [[Hollyann Kardaan]] to condemn the act as evidence of the Steel Vipers' corruption, calling for an Annihilation of the Clan. Unable to fight off the combined [[Home Clans]], the Vipers and Zeta Galaxy were wiped out in [[3075]]. Zeta's last stand came on [[Circe]]. Two hundred DropShips of the combined Home Clans landed troops on the planet despite the fire of the SDS ground batteries. Zeta had been defending the enclave of Tash as it was assaulted by the forces of [[Clan Star Adder]], [[Clan Stone Lion]] and [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]. Zeta held, but the counterattack of the Thirty-eighth Phalanx was halted by the arrival of a force from [[Clan Coyote]]. Zeta retreated into the ruins of Dehra Dun, but were hunted down and destroyed.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 149–150</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
As of [[3061]]<ref name=FM:WCp146/> to 3067<ref name=FM:Up80/> the commanding officer was [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Soren Grimaldi]], who took command in 3052 after the battle of Tukayyid, replacing [[Bard Tsongas]], who was executed for publicly fingering the Steel Viper Khans as the cause of the Steel Viper defeat on Tukayyid.<ref name=FM:WCp146/><ref name=FM:Up80>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 80, "Warden Deployment Table - Clan Steel Viper"</ref> In 3067 [[Star Colonel]] [[Monday Stoklas]] was serving as aide to Galaxy Commander Grimaldi.<ref name=FM:Up80/>
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| colspan="3" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Zeta Galaxy'''
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| [[Galaxy Commander]]||[[Bard Tsongas]]||[[3052]]<ref name=FM:WCp146/><ref name=FM:Up80>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 80: "Warden Deployment Table - Clan Steel Viper"</ref>
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| Galaxy Commander||[[Soren Grimaldi]]||3052 - [[3067]]<ref name=FM:WCp146/><ref name=FM:Up80/>
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|}
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===Notes===
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* In 3067 [[Star Colonel]] [[Monday Stoklas]] was serving as aide to Galaxy Commander Soren Grimaldi.<ref name=FM:Up80/>
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
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===3052===
 
===3052===
 
'''Zeta Galaxy'''
 
'''Zeta Galaxy'''
* [[2nd Fang (Clan Steel Viper)|Second Fang]]<ref>''Tukayyid (scenario pack)'', p. 83-84</ref>
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* [[2nd Fang (Clan Steel Viper)|Second Fang]]<ref>''Tukayyid'', pp. 83–84</ref>
* [[71st Phalanx (Clan Steel Viper)|Seventy-first Phalanx]]<ref>''Tukayyid (scenario pack)'', p. 88</ref>
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* [[71st Phalanx (Clan Steel Viper)|Seventy-first Phalanx]]<ref>''Tukayyid'', p. 88</ref>
 
* [[38th Phalanx (Clan Steel Viper)|Thirty-eighth Phalanx]]<ref name=FM:WCp146/>
 
* [[38th Phalanx (Clan Steel Viper)|Thirty-eighth Phalanx]]<ref name=FM:WCp146/>
  
 
===3054-3067===
 
===3054-3067===
'''Zeta Galaxy''' <ref name=OR30>''Objective Raids'', p. 30</ref><ref name=FM:WCp146/><ref name=FM:Up80/>
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'''Zeta Galaxy'''<ref name=OR30>''Objective Raids'', p. 30</ref><ref name=FM:WCp146/><ref name=FM:Up80/>
 
* [[1st Fang (Clan Steel Viper)|First Fang]]
 
* [[1st Fang (Clan Steel Viper)|First Fang]]
 
* Second Fang
 
* Second Fang
 
* Thirty-eighth Phalanx
 
* Thirty-eighth Phalanx
 
* Seventy-first Phalanx
 
* Seventy-first Phalanx
 
==Notes==
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)]]''
 
* ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)]]''
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* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
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[[Category: Clan Steel Viper Commands|Zeta Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)]]
 
[[Category: Clan Steel Viper Commands|Zeta Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)]]

Latest revision as of 23:35, 22 February 2023

Svzeta.png
Zeta Galaxy
Disbanded 3075 (Destroyed)
Affiliation Clan Steel Viper
Parent Command Clan Steel Viper touman

History[edit]

Zeta Galaxy was sent to the Inner Sphere as part of Clan Steel Viper's contribution to Operation Revival, together with Alpha, Beta and Gamma Galaxies.[1]

The Steel Viper Khans included the second-line Zeta in the bidding for landing rights on Tukayyid (replacing the frontline Beta Galaxy) in order to secure earlier landing times and to show their contempt for the Com Guards.[1] Zeta was not intended to fight on Tukayyid, but ultimately entered the action to cover the retreat of Alpha and Gamma.[1]

During his tenure as Khan of Clan Steel Viper Perigard Zalman made Zeta Galaxy the focus of his experiments involving freeborn warriors. This meant that even before Zalman's death, Zeta was subjected to derision from many other elements of the Steel Viper touman - including the other second-line Galaxies.[2]

IlKhan Andrews' violation of the Council's rules and traditions by shooting Khan N'Buta during the meeting pushed the Cloud Cobra Khan Hollyann Kardaan to condemn the act as evidence of the Steel Vipers' corruption, calling for an Annihilation of the Clan. Unable to fight off the combined Home Clans, the Vipers and Zeta Galaxy were wiped out in 3075. Zeta's last stand came on Circe. Two hundred DropShips of the combined Home Clans landed troops on the planet despite the fire of the SDS ground batteries. Zeta had been defending the enclave of Tash as it was assaulted by the forces of Clan Star Adder, Clan Stone Lion and Clan Goliath Scorpion. Zeta held, but the counterattack of the Thirty-eighth Phalanx was halted by the arrival of a force from Clan Coyote. Zeta retreated into the ruins of Dehra Dun, but were hunted down and destroyed.[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Zeta Galaxy
Galaxy Commander Bard Tsongas 3052[1][4]
Galaxy Commander Soren Grimaldi 3052 - 3067[1][4]

Notes[edit]

Tactics[edit]

Zeta specialized in fighting with minimal use of communication signals.[1]

Composition History[edit]

3052[edit]

Zeta Galaxy

3054-3067[edit]

Zeta Galaxy[7][1][4]

  • First Fang
  • Second Fang
  • Thirty-eighth Phalanx
  • Seventy-first Phalanx

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 146: "Zeta Galaxy"
  2. Field Manual: Updates, p. 67: "Steel Viper touman"
  3. The Wars of Reaving, pp. 149–150
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Field Manual: Updates, p. 80: "Warden Deployment Table - Clan Steel Viper"
  5. Tukayyid, pp. 83–84
  6. Tukayyid, p. 88
  7. Objective Raids, p. 30

Bibliography[edit]