1st Mixed (Clan Jade Falcon)

Insignia of Zeta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)
First Mixed Cluster
Formed 3130s
Affiliation Clan Jade Falcon
Parent Command Zeta Galaxy

The First Mixed Cluster was a second-line military formation within the touman of Clan Jade Falcon. The unit is notable being a hybrid of solahma and Eyrie Cluster warriors in one defensive formation.

History[edit]

Formation in the Late Dark Age[edit]

Created by Aleksandr Hazen, the newly appointed Galaxy Commander of Zeta Galaxy decided to reorganize his Galaxy by merging Solahama based Cluster of tired old Warriors with the newly blooded young warriors of the Eyrie Clusters. The mixing of the two proved as method of using older warriors to help the younger ones on how to fight. The merge of the two types of Clusters was part of a plan to combat issues with weakness in solahma and Eyrie Clusters.[1][2]

The First Mixed first saw action as it was deployed with Zeta Galaxy to carve parts of the Republic of the Sphere into a annexed occupation zone for Clan Jade Falcon in 3134. Fighting on number of worlds and garrisoning them. Its most notable action when it was deployed with the rest of Zeta Galaxy in its entirety to raid Porrima.[3]

Defense of the Falcon's Reach[edit]

The First Mixed would become a part of Falcon's Reach's defensive forces, where Zeta Galaxy was assigned by Khan Malvina Hazen to safeguard the region from attacks by Republic of the Sphere, Clan Wolf troops and even mercenaries operating from Galatea.[4]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the First Mixed Cluster
Star Colonel Mildred 3145 - 3151[5][6]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

3145[edit]

First Mixed Cluster (Green Skilled/Reliable Loyalty)[5]

  • CO: Star Colonel Mildred
Notes - Unit stationed on Alkaid, and is 85 percent of its fighting strength with second-line Clan technology.[5]

Notes[edit]

  • The exact date of the formation of the First Mixed Cluster is unclear, as it has not been published as of this writing.
  • The Success of the First Mixed Cluster would later spur on several other clusters of same nature as the First Mixed Cluster.
  • Special Rules can be found for First Mixed Cluster on Era Report: 3145, p. 165.

References[edit]

  1. Era Report: 3145, pp. 65, 126: Deployment Status
  2. Flight of the Falcon, p. 14
  3. Flight of the Falcon, p. 35
  4. Era Report: 3145, p. 65: "First Mixed Cluster"
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. 168: "Clan Force Deployments - Zeta Galaxy (Turkina's Beak)"
  6. No Substitute for Victory, ch. 1

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