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Line 16: ===Formation in the Third Succession Wars=== ===Formation in the Third Succession Wars=== − The unit first appeared in [[3009]], in Davion space, with an entire battalion of pristine [[BattleMech#Light|light]] BattleMechs transported by equally well maintained DropShips and a ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class JumpShip (unprecedented at that time). Additionally, the Coyotes had far more technicians than would have otherwise been required for a 'Mech battalion. Without any knowledge of their origins, the [[Federated Suns]] hired them a year later with the idea they would be getting the same deal as they had with the Dragoons. + The unit first appeared in [[3009]], in Davion space, with an entire battalion of pristine light BattleMechs transported by equally well maintained DropShips and a ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class JumpShip (unprecedented at that time). Additionally, the Coyotes had far more technicians than would have otherwise been required for a 'Mech battalion. Without any knowledge of their origins, the [[Federated Suns]] hired them a year later with the idea they would be getting the same deal as they had with the Dragoons. − The 'Suns gamble paid off by contracting the Coyotes, and unlike the Dragoons much shorter stint, they remained in their employ.<ref name=CMMp73/> From [[3010]] to [[3030]] the unit was employed by the Federated Suns.<ref name=HBDp137/> During that time, the Coyotes managed to expand from a battalion to a full regiment without hiring any outside personnel. This was done by training the extensive ranks of their dependents, all of which received a combination of excellent educations and combat/technical training. Oddly, the Coyotes also never acquired new BattleMechs on the open market or by salvage, only selling their own at discount to House Davion — the Coyotes instead would curiously replenish lances with what appeared to be yet more pristine, new 'Mechs always of light designs. + The 'Suns gamble paid off by contracting the Coyotes, and unlike the Dragoons much shorter stint, they remained in their employ.<ref name=CMMp73/> From [[3010]] to [[3030]] the unit was employed by the Federated Suns.<ref name=HBDp137/> During that time, the Coyotes managed to expand from a battalion to a full regiment without hiring any outside personnel. This was done by training the extensive ranks of their dependents, all of which received a combination of excellent educations and combat/technical training. Oddly, the Coyotes also never acquired new BattleMechs on the open market or by salvage, only selling their own at discount to House Davion — the Coyotes instead would curiously replenish lances with what appeared to be yet more pristine, new 'Mechs always of Light designs. The Coyotes further, baffling behavior was also often reported by natives of every world they were stationed on. For days at a time, it was observed that the entirety of the Coyotes and their dependents would simply disappear. When they were questioned regarding these disappearances, the only response was that they were "communing with nature" where "outsiders" could not observe them. Since their contract terms stipulated that they were never on any one world for more than a year, the Coyotes traveled a large portion of Federated Suns systems and worlds. As a result of this, mystical communes would spring up from the local populations, alleging they were "living in balance with nature", and remain after the Coyotes had left. The Coyotes further, baffling behavior was also often reported by natives of every world they were stationed on. For days at a time, it was observed that the entirety of the Coyotes and their dependents would simply disappear. When they were questioned regarding these disappearances, the only response was that they were "communing with nature" where "outsiders" could not observe them. Since their contract terms stipulated that they were never on any one world for more than a year, the Coyotes traveled a large portion of Federated Suns systems and worlds. As a result of this, mystical communes would spring up from the local populations, alleging they were "living in balance with nature", and remain after the Coyotes had left. − While under contract during this early period, the Coyotes were noted for specializing in swarming tactics that would later be doggedly pursued by [[Mercer Ravannion]] of the [[DCMS]]. However, the Coyotes performed these feats with much better success, charging and flanking always at top speed, and never attacking any one opponent for very long due to their use of lighter 'Mechs. Each Coyote would charge past an opponent while firing, with fellow lancemates following up their attacks in turn to finish the job. These swarming tactics would have the added benefit of catching enemies off guard in pincer attacks from every angle, especially the more vulnerable rear armor.<ref name=CMMp73/> + While under contract during this early period, the Coyotes were noted for specializing in swarming tactics that would later be doggedly pursued by [[Mercer Ravannion]] of the [[DCMS]]. However, the Coyotes performed these feats with much better success, charging and flanking always at top speed, and never attacking any one opponent for very long due to their use of lighter 'Mechs. Each Coyote would charge past an opponent while firing, with fellow Lance Mates following up their attacks in turn to finish the job. These swarming tactics would have the added benefit of catching enemies off guard in pincer attacks from every angle, especially the more vulnerable rear armor.<ref name=CMMp73/> ===Fourth Succession Wars=== ===Fourth Succession Wars=== Line 30:
Line 30: In 3030, the Coyotes would be seen for the last time in Federated Suns space, departing as mysteriously as they had arrived. One night the entire Coyote command disappeared with liaison officers only investigating after the unit's officers missed regular meetings. When they arrived at the Coyotes' base, it was found abandoned. The only people left were civilian employees who had served the unit, along with some dependents that had married into the unit, along with their children. It was described that those left behind had ancestry alien to the Coyotes that had originally arrived. Their departure, as it would turn out, was not actually a "disappearance" but rather a "calculated withdrawal," which was remarkable considering the great difficulty of launching DropShips undetected and without anyone noticing. At the time, their status was considered unknown and they had not been sighted again.<ref name=CMMp73/> In 3030, the Coyotes would be seen for the last time in Federated Suns space, departing as mysteriously as they had arrived. One night the entire Coyote command disappeared with liaison officers only investigating after the unit's officers missed regular meetings. When they arrived at the Coyotes' base, it was found abandoned. The only people left were civilian employees who had served the unit, along with some dependents that had married into the unit, along with their children. It was described that those left behind had ancestry alien to the Coyotes that had originally arrived. Their departure, as it would turn out, was not actually a "disappearance" but rather a "calculated withdrawal," which was remarkable considering the great difficulty of launching DropShips undetected and without anyone noticing. At the time, their status was considered unknown and they had not been sighted again.<ref name=CMMp73/> − Their next contract would have brought them to the [[Magistracy of Canopus]]. A [[Misjump|misjump]] sent them off course to the Samoyedic Colonies in the [[Deep Periphery]]. Over the years they would form a close relationship with them. Once three decades' worth of repair work to their [[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]] Class JumpShip was completed and many of the original Coyotes members died due to virus on [[Samoyedic]]. Some of the survivors of the unit decided to remain behind and help defend their new homes, while many of the unit's descendants decided to return to civilization. In [[3063]], the unit returned to the Inner Sphere with only one [[battalion]]'s worth of troops.<ref name="MSIIp25"/><ref name="MSUp36"/> + Their next contract would have brought them to the [[Magistracy of Canopus]]. A [[Misjump|misjump]] sent them off course to the Samoyedic Colonies in the [[Deep Periphery]]. Over the years they would form a close relationship with them. Once three decades worth of repair work to their [[Star Lord (JumpShip)|Star Lord]] Class JumpShip was completed and many of the original Coyotes members died due to virus on [[Samoyedic]]. Some of the survivors of the unit decided to remain behind and help defend their new homes, while many of the unit's descendants decided to return to civilization. In [[3063]], the unit returned to the Inner Sphere with only one [[Battalion]] worth of troops.<ref name="MSIIp25"/><ref name="MSUp36"/> ===Jihad=== ===Jihad=== Line 62:
Line 62: '''Dragoon Rating: Wanted'''<ref name="MSUp36">''Mercenary Supplemental Update'', p. 36: "Unit Profile"</ref> '''Dragoon Rating: Wanted'''<ref name="MSUp36">''Mercenary Supplemental Update'', p. 36: "Unit Profile"</ref> − ==Composition History== + ==Composition== + ===3010=== ===3010=== '''Wylie's Coyotes''' (Battalion/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HBDp137/> '''Wylie's Coyotes''' (Battalion/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HBDp137/> Line 84:
Line 85: * '''Blanc's Coyotes''' (1 [[BattleMech]] [[Battalion]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="MSIIp25"/> * '''Blanc's Coyotes''' (1 [[BattleMech]] [[Battalion]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="MSIIp25"/> ** '''Able Company (Pack Hunters)''' - CO: [[Colonel]] Martin Blanc/ command's strike unit, fielding medium units ** '''Able Company (Pack Hunters)''' - CO: [[Colonel]] Martin Blanc/ command's strike unit, fielding medium units − ** '''Baker Company (Desert Hounds)''' - XO: [[Captain]] [[Brittany Wolfgang]]/ heavies and assaults designs + ** '''Baker Company (Desert Hounds)''' - XO: [[Captain]] Brittany Wolfgang/ heavies and assaults designs − ** '''Charlie Company (Scrap'n Scavengers)''' - [[Major]] [[Tamil Fawcett|Tamil "Light Foot" Fawcett]]/ pursuit scout unit (extremely fast light and medium 'Mechs) + ** '''Charlie Company (Scrap'n Scavengers)''' - [[Major]] Tamil "Light Foot" Fawcett/ pursuit scout unit (extremely fast light and medium 'Mechs) - Most of the unit includes Upgraded [[Project Phoenix]] designs and upgraded Star League designs they received through employment with the Word of Blake. - Most of the unit includes Upgraded [[Project Phoenix]] designs and upgraded Star League designs they received through employment with the Word of Blake.
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| image = [[Image:Blancs_coyote.jpg|150px|Blanc's Coyotes]] | | image = [[Image:Blancs_coyote.jpg|150px|Blanc's Coyotes]] | ||
| Designation = Blanc's Coyotes | | Designation = Blanc's Coyotes | ||
| − | | formed = | + | | formed = 3009 |
| Disbanded = | | Disbanded = | ||
| Previous Designation = Wylie's Coyotes | | Previous Designation = Wylie's Coyotes | ||
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===Formation in the Third Succession Wars=== | ===Formation in the Third Succession Wars=== | ||
| − | The unit first appeared in [[3009]], in Davion space, with an entire battalion of pristine | + | The unit first appeared in [[3009]], in Davion space, with an entire battalion of pristine light BattleMechs transported by equally well maintained DropShips and a ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class JumpShip (unprecedented at that time). Additionally, the Coyotes had far more technicians than would have otherwise been required for a 'Mech battalion. Without any knowledge of their origins, the [[Federated Suns]] hired them a year later with the idea they would be getting the same deal as they had with the Dragoons. |
| − | The 'Suns gamble paid off by contracting the Coyotes, and unlike the Dragoons much shorter stint, they remained in their employ.<ref name=CMMp73/> From [[3010]] to [[3030]] the unit was employed by the Federated Suns.<ref name=HBDp137/> During that time, the Coyotes managed to expand from a battalion to a full regiment without hiring any outside personnel. This was done by training the extensive ranks of their dependents, all of which received a combination of excellent educations and combat/technical training. Oddly, the Coyotes also never acquired new BattleMechs on the open market or by salvage, only selling their own at discount to House Davion — the Coyotes instead would curiously replenish lances with what appeared to be yet more pristine, new 'Mechs always of | + | The 'Suns gamble paid off by contracting the Coyotes, and unlike the Dragoons much shorter stint, they remained in their employ.<ref name=CMMp73/> From [[3010]] to [[3030]] the unit was employed by the Federated Suns.<ref name=HBDp137/> During that time, the Coyotes managed to expand from a battalion to a full regiment without hiring any outside personnel. This was done by training the extensive ranks of their dependents, all of which received a combination of excellent educations and combat/technical training. Oddly, the Coyotes also never acquired new BattleMechs on the open market or by salvage, only selling their own at discount to House Davion — the Coyotes instead would curiously replenish lances with what appeared to be yet more pristine, new 'Mechs always of Light designs. |
The Coyotes further, baffling behavior was also often reported by natives of every world they were stationed on. For days at a time, it was observed that the entirety of the Coyotes and their dependents would simply disappear. When they were questioned regarding these disappearances, the only response was that they were "communing with nature" where "outsiders" could not observe them. Since their contract terms stipulated that they were never on any one world for more than a year, the Coyotes traveled a large portion of Federated Suns systems and worlds. As a result of this, mystical communes would spring up from the local populations, alleging they were "living in balance with nature", and remain after the Coyotes had left. | The Coyotes further, baffling behavior was also often reported by natives of every world they were stationed on. For days at a time, it was observed that the entirety of the Coyotes and their dependents would simply disappear. When they were questioned regarding these disappearances, the only response was that they were "communing with nature" where "outsiders" could not observe them. Since their contract terms stipulated that they were never on any one world for more than a year, the Coyotes traveled a large portion of Federated Suns systems and worlds. As a result of this, mystical communes would spring up from the local populations, alleging they were "living in balance with nature", and remain after the Coyotes had left. | ||
| − | While under contract during this early period, the Coyotes were noted for specializing in swarming tactics that would later be doggedly pursued by [[Mercer Ravannion]] of the [[DCMS]]. However, the Coyotes performed these feats with much better success, charging and flanking always at top speed, and never attacking any one opponent for very long due to their use of lighter 'Mechs. Each Coyote would charge past an opponent while firing, with fellow | + | While under contract during this early period, the Coyotes were noted for specializing in swarming tactics that would later be doggedly pursued by [[Mercer Ravannion]] of the [[DCMS]]. However, the Coyotes performed these feats with much better success, charging and flanking always at top speed, and never attacking any one opponent for very long due to their use of lighter 'Mechs. Each Coyote would charge past an opponent while firing, with fellow Lance Mates following up their attacks in turn to finish the job. These swarming tactics would have the added benefit of catching enemies off guard in pincer attacks from every angle, especially the more vulnerable rear armor.<ref name=CMMp73/> |
===Fourth Succession Wars=== | ===Fourth Succession Wars=== | ||
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In 3030, the Coyotes would be seen for the last time in Federated Suns space, departing as mysteriously as they had arrived. One night the entire Coyote command disappeared with liaison officers only investigating after the unit's officers missed regular meetings. When they arrived at the Coyotes' base, it was found abandoned. The only people left were civilian employees who had served the unit, along with some dependents that had married into the unit, along with their children. It was described that those left behind had ancestry alien to the Coyotes that had originally arrived. Their departure, as it would turn out, was not actually a "disappearance" but rather a "calculated withdrawal," which was remarkable considering the great difficulty of launching DropShips undetected and without anyone noticing. At the time, their status was considered unknown and they had not been sighted again.<ref name=CMMp73/> | In 3030, the Coyotes would be seen for the last time in Federated Suns space, departing as mysteriously as they had arrived. One night the entire Coyote command disappeared with liaison officers only investigating after the unit's officers missed regular meetings. When they arrived at the Coyotes' base, it was found abandoned. The only people left were civilian employees who had served the unit, along with some dependents that had married into the unit, along with their children. It was described that those left behind had ancestry alien to the Coyotes that had originally arrived. Their departure, as it would turn out, was not actually a "disappearance" but rather a "calculated withdrawal," which was remarkable considering the great difficulty of launching DropShips undetected and without anyone noticing. At the time, their status was considered unknown and they had not been sighted again.<ref name=CMMp73/> | ||
| − | Their next contract would have brought them to the [[Magistracy of Canopus]]. A [[Misjump|misjump]] sent them off course to the Samoyedic Colonies in the [[Deep Periphery]]. Over the years they would form a close relationship with them. Once three decades | + | Their next contract would have brought them to the [[Magistracy of Canopus]]. A [[Misjump|misjump]] sent them off course to the Samoyedic Colonies in the [[Deep Periphery]]. Over the years they would form a close relationship with them. Once three decades worth of repair work to their [[Star Lord (JumpShip)|Star Lord]] Class JumpShip was completed and many of the original Coyotes members died due to virus on [[Samoyedic]]. Some of the survivors of the unit decided to remain behind and help defend their new homes, while many of the unit's descendants decided to return to civilization. In [[3063]], the unit returned to the Inner Sphere with only one [[Battalion]] worth of troops.<ref name="MSIIp25"/><ref name="MSUp36"/> |
===Jihad=== | ===Jihad=== | ||
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'''Dragoon Rating: Wanted'''<ref name="MSUp36">''Mercenary Supplemental Update'', p. 36: "Unit Profile"</ref> | '''Dragoon Rating: Wanted'''<ref name="MSUp36">''Mercenary Supplemental Update'', p. 36: "Unit Profile"</ref> | ||
| − | ==Composition | + | ==Composition== |
| + | |||
===3010=== | ===3010=== | ||
'''Wylie's Coyotes''' (Battalion/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HBDp137/> | '''Wylie's Coyotes''' (Battalion/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HBDp137/> | ||
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* '''Blanc's Coyotes''' (1 [[BattleMech]] [[Battalion]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="MSIIp25"/> | * '''Blanc's Coyotes''' (1 [[BattleMech]] [[Battalion]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="MSIIp25"/> | ||
** '''Able Company (Pack Hunters)''' - CO: [[Colonel]] Martin Blanc/ command's strike unit, fielding medium units | ** '''Able Company (Pack Hunters)''' - CO: [[Colonel]] Martin Blanc/ command's strike unit, fielding medium units | ||
| − | ** '''Baker Company (Desert Hounds)''' - XO: [[Captain]] | + | ** '''Baker Company (Desert Hounds)''' - XO: [[Captain]] Brittany Wolfgang/ heavies and assaults designs |
| − | ** '''Charlie Company (Scrap'n Scavengers)''' - [[Major]] | + | ** '''Charlie Company (Scrap'n Scavengers)''' - [[Major]] Tamil "Light Foot" Fawcett/ pursuit scout unit (extremely fast light and medium 'Mechs) |
- Most of the unit includes Upgraded [[Project Phoenix]] designs and upgraded Star League designs they received through employment with the Word of Blake. | - Most of the unit includes Upgraded [[Project Phoenix]] designs and upgraded Star League designs they received through employment with the Word of Blake. | ||