4th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)

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History

Early Years

The Fourth won its designation as a Wolf Guards Cluster sometime before 2952 by winning a Trial of Refusal against three Assault Clusters despite taking heavy losses. This battle overturned the ruling of the Grand Council of the Clans that Clan Smoke Jaguar and not Clan Wolf had discovered a mineral rich world.

Operation Revival

Because of the Clan practice bidding, the Fourth Wolf Guards rarely fought as a complete unit during the invasion.

First Wave

The Fourth's first involvement in the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere took place on Icar in March 3050, where Supernovas First and Second defeated the Third Regiment of the Twelfth Star Guards and the Third Icar Armored Brigade.

Third Wave

The Fourth sat out the Second Wave, and returned to action in the Third Wave. In June 3050, Trinaries Assault and Rogue attacked Kirchbach. They used the local media to wage a psychological operations campaign against the defending Third Kavelleri and First Kirchbach Armored Regiment which succeeded in causing the defenders to panic and break when the two forces finally met in battle.

In July 3050, the Fourth Wolf Guards, along with the 279th Battle Cluster from Alpha Galaxy and the 352nd Assault Cluster from Beta Galaxy invaded Rasalhague. The Fourth was assigned to attack Asgard, the new capital city that was still under construction. This was part of Khan Ulric Kerensky's (ultimately successful) plan to manipulate Elected Prince Haakon Magnusson into fleeing the planet. Once the Elected Prince had escaped, and the other target cities had been taken, the 279th and the 352nd joined the Fourth in positions facing the capital of Reykjavik. After the defenders refused to surrender, the Clan Wolf forces assaulted the city on July 15. The battle was extremely brutal and lasted two days, but Clan Wolf emerged victorious.

Fourth Wave

After Rasalhague, the Fourth next entered battle in the Fourth Wave at Dell in September 3050, less Trinary Rogue, but partnered with the Golden Keshik, where they defeated the Twenty-fourth Arcturan Guards RCT in a battle notable for being one of the few instances during the invasion where the Clans used vibrabombs.

Fifth Wave

When the Invasion resumed in November 3051, Alpha Galaxy and the Golden Keshik were tasked with the conquest of Tamar. The planet was well defended, with the the Twenty-Sixth Lyran Guards RCT bolstered by Duke Kelswa's own Kelswa Guards and the cadets of the Tamar War College Training Battalion. In addition, Duke Kelswa had spent the year of peace buying 'Mechs and fortifying his capital, Tamar City. The Fourth, along with the other units of Alpha Galaxy, found the defenders to be skilled and tenacious, being halted or thrown back several times, but the Wolf forces prevailed in the end, despite carnage on the same level as the fights for Rasalhague and Radstadt.

The Wolf Clan intended to accelerate the pace of its conquests during the Fifth Wave, and so the Fourth found themselves back in action shortly after Tamar, this time on the Free Rasalhague Republic world of Satalice. The battle was notable for two things; firstly, that Star Colonel Jera Carns and Khan Natasha Kerensky, who was commanding the Thirteenth Wolf Guards dispensed with Bidding in favor of a competition to see which unit could claim more trophies (insignia ripped from downed enemy 'Mechs). Secondly, it was at Satalice that Prince Ragnar Magnusson was captured while commanding a Company of the Third Drakøns.

In December 3051, the Fourth landed on Bessarabia as part of Alpha Galaxt, and including the Golden Keshik, where they forced the Fifth Davion Guards RCT off-world.

The Fourth's final battle in the invation prior to Tukayyid was at Suk II in January 3052, where once again Alpha Galaxy was committed as a whole against the Thirty-Third Avalon Hussars RCT. Again, the battle was hard fought, with the Galaxy almost exhausting their ammunition stores within the first week of battle, but Alpha won after its Elementals forced a breach in the Hussars' lines.

Tukayyid

The Fourth's first fight on Tukayyid came shortly after Clan Wolf's forces landed. The 10th Army hit the Wolf advance, with Fourth engaged by the 283rd Division. This unit, though inexperienced, fought well enough to prevent the Fourth from helping to surround and trap the Com Guard forces. After helping to finally break through two Com Guard defensive lines, the Fourth, along with the Third Battle Cluster were pulled off line until the city of Skupo fell. Then they were unleashed to spearhead the drive on Brzo, doing so much damage to the Tenth Army that the 9th Army launched a counteroffensive without waiting for orders to relieve their comrades. The Fourth and Third Battle responded by adjusting their axis of advance to split the two Com Guard forces.

The Refusal War

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Operation Audacity

The Fourth fought alongside ComStar's 388th Division for Dustball against the Jade Falcon forces.

Tharkad

The Fourth, along with the Golden Keshik, was Clan Wolf-in-Exile's contribution to the Allied Forces that took Tharkad at the end of the FedCom Civil War.

Officers

During Operation Revival, the Fourth was commanded by Star Colonel Jera Carns.

As of 3067 the Commanding Officer was Star Colonel Ranna Kerensky.

Tactics

Under Star Colonel Jera Carns, the Fourth favoured direct, hard-hitting attacks.

Composition

3052

3061

  • Supernova Trinary Assault
  • Trinary Assault
  • Trinary Battle
  • Trinary Fighter Battle

Notes

  • Was renamed the Fourth Wolf Guards Assault Cluster briefly.

References