362nd Assault (Clan Smoke Jaguar)
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Contents
Overview
The 362nd Assault Cluster was a front line military formation of Clan Smoke Jaguar.
History
Operation Revival
The 362nd Assault Cluster bid and fought on the following worlds during the invasion of the Inner Sphere:
Periphery
Wave One
- Turtle Bay - The 362nd Assault Cluster was one of two Clusters [1] from Beta Galaxy to drop on to the planet. After two hours of fighting the defenders broke and retreated to the city of Edo.[2]
Wave Four
Courchevel
In September 3050 the First and Second Assault Supernovas along with Trinary Command were bid to take Courchevel. The defending [10th Alshain Regulars|Tenth Alshain Regulars]] miscalculated the approach time of the Jaguar DropShips allowing the 362nd Assault Cluster to overrun their hardened positions and catch the bulk of the Combine unit in the open of the Harcourt Plains. The Tenth were slaughtered in a brutal melee and forced to retreat. They chosen the apparent safety of the Dragon's Rift and its rocky cover, unknown to the Tenth Star Colonel Emily Wimmer had placed her Command Trinary in the Rift and the retreating Tenth ran straight into it and surrendered.[3]
Wave Five
Post Tukayyid
The cluster took up station on Kiamba at the forefront of the Clan forces.[4]
Operation Bulldog
Operation Bird Dog
- Kiamba - As part of this clandestine campaign a company sized unit from the 5th Galedon Regulars dropped onto the planet in May 3059. the 362nd hunted it down and destroyed them. [5]
Wave One
- Kiamba - Caught off-guard due the efforts of Operation Bird Dog, the commander of the 362nd reacted too late to deploy her AeroSpace Fighters and the SLDF taskforce landed without incident. This was part of the first wave and consisted of the DCMS's elite 1st Genyosha, the Com Guard's 11th Division, the Davion AFFC's 1st Kestrel Grenadiers and the Free Rasalhague Republic's 3rd Drakøns. Facing such overwhelming odds, the 362nd was easily destroyed, with the coalition forces suffering only minimal losses. [6]
Officers
- Star Colonel Emilie Wimmer 3049-3059 [7] [8]
- Star Captain Silva DesCastris 30??-3059 - Trinary Command
- Star Captain Dwayne Myers 30??-3059 - Trinary Battle
- Star Captain Lois Furey 30??-3059 - First Trinary Assault
- Star Captain Stephan Osis 30??-3059 - Second Trinary Assault
- Star Captain Gran Osis 30??-3059 - Binary Elemental
- Star Captain Carlo 30??-3059 - Fighter Star
- Star Commander Davis Grey 30??-305? - Strike Star Jungle, Stealth Trinary. [9]
Tactics
The cluster prefers broad frontal assaults where speed and shock allows them to quickly overtake and crush their opponents.
The loss of such a large number of Elementals from it roster during Operation Revival would require a shift in tactics away from a combined arms approach.
Composition History
3049-3052
(partial)
- Strike Star Jungle (25 Elementals - elite)
3057-3059
- Trinary Command - (15 OmniMechs)
- Trinary Battle - (15 OmniMechs)
- First Trinary Assault (15 OmniMechs)
- Second Trinary Assault - (15 OmniMechs)
- Binary Elemental - (50 Elementals)
- Fighter Star - (10 OmniFighters)
Rules
A minimum of half the deployed 'Mechs must be jump capable (round down).
After 3050 the Cluster does not have to employ Zellbrigen or Batchall when facing Inner Sphere opponents. [11]
Notes
- An Aerospace Trinary is reported on Turtle Bay but this may have belonged to the 3rd Attack Cluster. [12]
Gallery
362nd Assault Cluster TO&E
References
- ↑ Lethal Heritage, p. 122
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 55-6
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 67
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 34
- ↑ The Dragon Roars, p. 8-9
- ↑ The Dragon Roars, p. 10-11, 15
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 67
- ↑ ''Era Report: 3052, p. 129
- ↑ Clan Troops, p. 23
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 70
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 150
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 55