Operation BULLDOG
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Operation Bulldog was the military codename for the phase of the Star League offensive against Clan Smoke Jaguar in 3059 that was aimed at liberating that Clan's Occupation Zone in the Inner Sphere. Led by Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht and Archon-Prince Victor Steiner-Davion, the assault succeeded beyond their most optimistic hopes, thanks in large part to a lack of preparedness on the part of Clan Smoke Jaguar and no help from their fellow Clans.
The operation's forces went under the flag of the new Star League Defense Force. The force included a large quality of the Draconis Combine army and newly claimed bondsmen of Clan Nova Cat, whom in secret, had defected to the Star League.
An earlier military operation, Operation Bird Dog, paved the way for Operation Bulldog by softening Smoke Jaguar garrison forces.
Contents
Overview
Operation Bulldog started with two waves, which were impressively successful in reaching their objectives. This momentum was briefly hindered by a Smoke Jaguar counterattack, which was largely unsuccessful. The SLDF forces regrouped and pushed twice more in waves three and four, which succeeded in securing yet more planets for the Inner Sphere.
Planetary Chart
Below is a chart of the planets invaded in their respective waves:
Wave One | Wave Two | Counterattack | Wave Three | Wave Four |
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Irece | Avon | Lonaconing | Marshdale | Richmond |
Hyner | Mualang | Matamoras | Outer Volta | |
Kiamba | Yamarovka | McAlister | Bangor | |
Kanowit | Caripare | Pesht | Schuyler | |
Tarazed | Jeanette | Meinacos | Garstedt | |
Port Arthur | Juazeiro | Coudoux | ||
Asgard | Itabaiana | Rockland | ||
Cyrenaica | Labrea | Schwartz | ||
Teniente | Byesville | |||
Jeanette | Courchevel | |||
Chupadero | ||||
Sawyer | ||||
Avon | Hanover | |||
Nykvarn | ||||
Almunge | ||||
Turtle Bay | ||||
Virentofta | ||||
Bjarred | ||||
Tarnby |
Planets Invaded in Wave One
- Irece
- Hyner
- Kiamba
- Kanowit
- Tarazed
- Port Arthur
- Asgard
- Cyrenaica
- Teniente
- Jeanette
- Chupadero
- Sawyer
- Avon
Planets Invaded in Wave Two
- Avon
- Mualang
- Yamarovka
- Caripare
- Juazeiro
- Itabaiana
- Labrea
- Byesville
- Courchevel
- Jeanette, Luzerne (will come back and work on)
- Hanover
- Nykvarn
- Almunge
- Turtle Bay
- Virentofta
- Bjarred
- Tarnby
Jeanette[1]
- Attackers: 2nd Dieron Regulars, 1st Amphigean Light Assault Group, 1st Aragon Borderers, Warrior House Daidachi, Crater Cobras
- Defenders: Nova Cat Lancers
- Outcome: The Dieron Regulars took the defending Lancers as bondsmen, which later fought during the Fourth Wave of Operation Bulldog against the Smoke Jaguars.
Luzerne[2]
- Attackers: Third Davion Guards RCT, ComStar's 208th Division, Ryuken-roku
- Defenders: 4th Provisional Garrison Cluster, Sixth Striker Cluster, Kappa Galaxy Command Trinary
- Outcome: The fight for the planet continued until Wave 3 in which the SDLF gained control.
Planets Invaded in the Smoke Jaguar Counterattack
Planets Invaded in Wave Three
Planets Invaded in Wave Four
Idlewind
- Attackers: 6th Ghost
- Defenders: Fifth Garrison Cluster
- Outcome: Like the 3rd Night Stalkers on Richmond the Ghost command find the planet orphaned.[3]
Stapelfeld
- Attackers: The First Amphigean Light Assault Group
First Free Worlds Guards
First Aragon Borderers - Defenders: 27th Garrison Cluster
- Outcome: With no hope of rescue, the 27th Garrison only fought long enough to satisfy their honor before accepting Trials of Possession to by captured by the 1st Amphigean.[4]
Kabah [5]
- Attackers: Twenty-Second Dieron Regulars
Com Guards 34th Division
SLDF Nova Cat Lancers - Defenders: Seventh Garrison Cluster
- Outcome: While badly outnumbered, the 7th Garrison held out in vain for relief from Matamoras until the 22nd Dieron finally convinced them no rescue was forthcoming. The Smoke Jaguars then staged Trials of Possession to be captured, the challenges almost evenly split between the 22nd and Nova Cat Lancers.[4]
Jeronimo
- Attackers: Eleventh Alshain Avengers
Davion Assault Guards RCT
First Wolf Legion Cluster
First Kell Hounds - Defenders: Tenth Jaguar Regulars
- Outcome: Despite being outnumbered 3 to 1 with no hope of escape, the 10th Regulars chose to fight to death, only a few Smoke Jaguar warriors surviving to be taken prisoner.[4]
Albiero
- Attackers: Second Dieron Regulars
Warrior House Daidachi
First Wolf Strike Cluster
Crater Cobras - Defenders: Eleventh Jaguar Regulars
- Outcome: The heavily outnumbered 11th Jaguar Regulars chose to fight to last man. The only event of note was House Daidachi's capture of an intact Jaguar supply depot, while the supplies had to be shared among all SLDF forces, the technicians uniformly chose to become bondsmen to the Capellan unit. [4]
Savinsville
- Attackers: Fourth Wolf Guards Cluster
ComGuards 79th Divison
6th Lyran Guards - Defenders: Third Garrison Cluster
- Outcome: With no hope of rescue, the 3rd Garrison only fought long enough to satisfy their honor before accepting Trials of Possession to taken by the 4th Wolf Guards. [4]
Inner Sphere Omnimechs with Clantech
During the early waves of the operation the SLDF captured large stockpiles of Clan Smoke Jaguar supplies and equipment, exemplifying the OmniMech concept a number of quick field configurations for the Inner Sphere/Combine OmniMechs were developed using this captured Clan-tech material to boost their effectiveness in the later waves:
- Raptor Bulldog, also known as Alternate Configuration R.
- Owens Bulldog, also known as Alternate Configuration R.
- Strider Bulldog, also known as Alternate Configuration R.
- Firestarter Bulldog, also known as Alternate Configuration R.
- Blackjack Bulldog, also known as Alternate Configuration R.
- Black Hawk-KU Bulldog, also known as Alternate Configuration R.
- Avatar Bulldog, also known as Alternate Configuration R.
- Sunder Bulldog, also known as Alternate Configuration R.
Map
SLDF and Smoke Jaguar Forces
Units Overview
AFFS Forces | |
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1st Aragon Borderers Davion Assault Guards RCT 1st Davion Guards 3rd Davion Guards RCT |
Davion Heavy Guards RCT 1st FedSuns Armored Cavalry 1st Kestrel Grenadiers 1st Robinson Rangers |
LAAF Forces | |
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2nd Donegal Guards RCT 3rd Donegal Guards RCT 6th Lyran Guards RCT |
10th Lyran Guards RCT 15th Lyran Guards 3rd Royal Guards RCT |
ComStar Forces | |
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9th Division 11th Division 31st Division |
34th Division 39th Division 79th Division |
85th Division 91st Division 198th Division |
208th Division 278th Division 403rd Division |
FWLM Forces |
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1st Free Worlds Guards 1st Fusiliers of Oriente 1st Regulan Hussars |
CCAF Forces |
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House Daidachi 1st McCarron's Armored Cavalry 1st Canopian Cuirassiers Red Lancers Harloc Raiders |
FRR Forces |
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3rd Drakøns |
St. Ives Forces |
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1st St. Ives Lancers St. Ives Cheveau Legers |
Clan Wolf-In-Exile |
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4th Wolf Guards Assault Cluster 1st Wolf Legion Cluster 2nd Wolf Legion Cluster 1st Wolf Strike Grenadiers 2nd Wolf Strike Grenadiers |
Mercenary Forces |
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Crater Cobras 1st Kell Hounds 2nd Kell Hounds Stirling's Fusiliers Northwind Hussars |
Nova Cat: Forces | |
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1st Star League Nova Cat Guards Trinary Alpha 1st Star League Nova Cat Guards Trinary Bravo 1st Star League Nova Cat Guards Trinary Delta |
1st Star League Garrison Cluster 3rd Star League Garrison Cluster 5th Star League Regulars SLDF Nova Cat Lancers |
Smoke Jaguar Forces | |
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Alpha Galaxy Galaxy Command Trinary 9th Jaguar Cavaliers 6th Jaguar Dragoons |
Beta Galaxy Galaxy Command Trinary 362nd Assault Cluster 267th Battle Cluster 1st Jaguar Guards 2nd Jaguar Guards |
Delta Galaxy Galaxy Command Trinary 3rd Assault Cluster 3rd Jaguar Cavaliers 19th Striker Cluster |
Epsilon Galaxy Galaxy Command Trinary 4th Jaguar Dragoons 7th Jaguar Dragoons 6th Striker Cluster |
Zeta Galaxy Galaxy Command Trinary 5th Garrison Cluster 47th Garrison Cluster 189th Garrison Cluster 2nd Jaguar Regulars 11th Jaguar Regulars |
Kappa Galaxy Galaxy Command Trinary 3rd Garrison Cluster 4th Garrison Cluster 17th Garrison Cluster 19th Garrison Cluster 51st Garrison Cluster |
Nu Galaxy Galaxy Command Trinary 4th Jaguar Regulars 12th Jaguar Regulars 124th Garrison Cluster 143rd Garrison Cluster 168th Garrison Cluster |
Psl Galaxy Galaxy Command Trinary 7th Garrison Cluster 8th Garrison Cluster 10th Garrison Cluster 11th Garrison Cluster 17th Jaguar Regulars |
Omega Galaxy Galaxy Command Trinary 151st Garrison Cluster 27th Garrison Cluster 10th Jaguar Regulars |