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−	Beta Galaxy's [[304th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|304th Assault Cluster]] were responsible for capturing [[Polcenigo]], a world ruled by a tyrannical government headed up by a ruthless planetary governor engaged in illegal spice trading; when the 304th arrived to invade, they failed to gain a response to their ''[[batchall]]'' because the planet had been struck by a local uprising. The 304th deployed, and their arrival buoyed the local population up to the point that they began launching guerrilla attacks on the local government troops and supply caches. The 304th used this to their advantage, attacking the local government forces directly; when the defenders retreated into a network of pre-prepared tunnels in the mountains, the local population attempted to help the 304th dig out the defenders, but even with the two working together the 304th failed to account for just under a third of the defending forces. With the planetary government ousted, the population gladly accepted both the ways of the Clans and administration by the Ghost Bears; the Ghost Bears responded by putting a substantial frontline garrison in place on Polcenigo to defend their new caste members.<ref name="ICp22+">''Invading Clans'', p. 22-23, "Wave Three: Winds of Change"</ref>	+	Beta Galaxy's [[304th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|304th Assault Cluster]] were responsible for capturing [[Polcenigo]], a world ruled by a tyrannical government headed up by a ruthless planetary governor engaged in illegal spice trading; when the 304th arrived to invade, they failed to gain a response to their ''[[batchall]]'' because the planet had been struck by a local uprising. The 304th deployed, and their arrival buoyed the local population up to the point that they began launching guerilla attacks on the local government troops and supply caches. The 304th used this to their advantage, attacking the local government forces directly; when the defenders retreated into a network of pre-prepared tunnels in the mountains, the local population attempted to help the 304th dig out the defenders, but even with the two working together the 304th failed to account for just under a third of the defending forces. With the planetary government ousted, the population gladly accepted both the ways of the Clans and administration by the Ghost Bears; the Ghost Bears responded by putting a substantial frontline garrison in place on Polcenigo to defend their new caste members.<ref name="ICp22+">''Invading Clans'', p. 22-23, "Wave Three: Winds of Change"</ref>
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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[File:GB Beta Galaxy.png|150px]] | Designation = Beta Galaxy | Formed = | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = Night Howlers | Affiliation = [[Rasalhague Dominion]]<br>[[Clan Ghost Bear]] (previous) | Parent Command = [[Clan Ghost Bear Touman|Clan Ghost Bear ''touman'']] | Sub-Command = }} ==History== ===Operation Revival=== Units of Beta Galaxy participated in battles for the following worlds during the invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]]. ====Wave One==== Beta Galaxy was involved in two campaigns during the first wave of [[Operation REVIVAL]]. The [[304th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|304th Assault Cluster]] was one of three Clusters to capture [[Thule]] in March [[3050]], a combined operation launched using forces from all three [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bear]] [[Galaxy|Galaxies]]. In the same month the [[43rd Elemental Support (Clan Ghost Bear)|Forty-third Elemental Support Trinary]] — one of the Trinaries that made up the [[12th Bear Chevaliers (Clan Ghost Bear)|Twelfth Bear Chevaliers]] — captured the planet of [[Holmsbu]]. Holmsbu was defended by the [[7th Corrugated Lancers|Seventh]] and [[8th Corrugated Lancers|Eighth Corrugated Lancers]], conventional armored regiments supported by infantry, who were unprepared for both the superior training of the Clan forces and their significantly superior technology and who were swiftly forced to surrender.<ref name="ICp30">''Invading Clans'', p. 30, "First Wave"</ref> ====Wave Two==== ===== Susquehanna ===== [[Susquehanna]] was the first target for Beta Galaxy during the second wave of the invasion; defended by a mercenary [[BattleMech]] [[company]] named the [[Regal Death]] with support from two [[battalion|battalions]] of heavy armor, the [[14th Battle (Clan Ghost Bear)|Fourteenth Battle Cluster]] deployed a single Trinary, the [[96th Battle (Clan Ghost Bear)|Ninety-sixth Battle Trinary]], to capture the planet. The Ninety-sixth arrived at the agreed location to find no sign of their opponents; based on the conduct of a mercenary unit named the [[Black Omen]] during the first wave of the invasion, the Ninety-sixth expected to find no sign of their opposition but began hunting for them anyway, only to have Bravo [[Star]] walk into an ambush in the Vernaw Woods. The other two Stars arrived in time to save the last survivor of Bravo Star, attacking the mercenaries with such ferocity that every member of the Regal Death was killed. Many within the Ghost Bears were appalled with the conduct of the Regal Death, and a substantial number declared mercenaries to be ''[[dezgra]]'', leading to mercenary units often failing to receive a ''batchall'' and few mercenary soldiers being taken as [[bondsman|bondsmen]].<ref name="ICp31">''Invading Clans'', p. 31-32, "Second Wave"</ref> ===== Damian ===== Beta Galaxy was also deployed to pacify the recently conquered and rebellious [[Damian]] system during Wave Two, jumping into the system on the 17th of May [[3050]], but then failed to report back via [[HPG]] confirming their arrival. HPG failures were uncommon but far from unknown, and the tempo of operations at the time kept both the [[Khan]] and [[saKhan]] of Clan Ghost Bear busy enough that they didn't send a search party to look for Beta Galaxy until a week later. That search party, the [[50th Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)|Fiftieth Striker]] — also known as the Black Bears — from [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Alpha Galaxy]] discovered that Beta's attached [[WarShip]],<ref name="ICp21">''Invading Clans'', p. 21, "Wave Two: Disaster Strikes"</ref> the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Bear's Den|CGB ''Bear's Den'']] had taken the risk of using a [[pirate jump point]] to shorten the travel time.<ref name=GBL>''Ghost Bear's Lament''</ref> The ''Bear's Den'' had been struck by a rogue asteroid within seconds of arriving in-system;<ref name=GBL/><ref name="ICp21"/> the angle at which the ''Bear's Den'' was struck had localized most of the damage to a single attached [[DropShip]], the ''[[Overlord-C]]''-class [[Sharp Claw|CGB ''Sharp Claw'']],<ref name=GBL/> but this meant that in addition to destroying the DropShip and damaging the ''Bear's Den'', an entire [[Cluster]] of troops — almost the entire [[3rd Bear Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)|Third Bear Striker]]<ref name="ER:3052p52">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 52, "Third Bear Striker (The Ursine Howl)"</ref> — were killed. The ''Bear's Den'' suffered damage in this incident that could not be repaired without Clan facilities. Beta Galaxy abandoned the ''Bear's Den'' and went on to conquer Damian to fight the [[Black Omen]], the [[mercenary unit]] defending the planet. Because Damian lacked a functional HPG, Beta Galaxy had been unable to inform the Clan leaders of what had happened. When what had happened subsequently came to light, the loss of so many warriors in an accident caused great sadness amongst the warrior caste, who decided to conduct the traditional ceremonies honoring the dead in the Damian system. The deployment of so many troops to Damian for the two days of ceremonies slowed the Ghost Bears' third wave actions noticeably.<ref name="ICp21"/> ====Wave Three==== Beta Galaxy's [[304th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|304th Assault Cluster]] were responsible for capturing [[Polcenigo]], a world ruled by a tyrannical government headed up by a ruthless planetary governor engaged in illegal spice trading; when the 304th arrived to invade, they failed to gain a response to their ''[[batchall]]'' because the planet had been struck by a local uprising. The 304th deployed, and their arrival buoyed the local population up to the point that they began launching guerilla attacks on the local government troops and supply caches. The 304th used this to their advantage, attacking the local government forces directly; when the defenders retreated into a network of pre-prepared tunnels in the mountains, the local population attempted to help the 304th dig out the defenders, but even with the two working together the 304th failed to account for just under a third of the defending forces. With the planetary government ousted, the population gladly accepted both the ways of the Clans and administration by the Ghost Bears; the Ghost Bears responded by putting a substantial frontline garrison in place on Polcenigo to defend their new caste members.<ref name="ICp22+">''Invading Clans'', p. 22-23, "Wave Three: Winds of Change"</ref> ====Wave Four==== After Wave Three concluded the Ghost Bears brought forward Provisional Garrison Clusters to garrison worlds, freeing up frontline forces, and a Cluster from the [[Clan Homeworlds]] was reassigned to Beta to replace the Third Bear Striker, which had been permanently disbanded in honor of those who had lost their lives.<ref name="ICp24">''Invading Clans'', p. 24-25, "Wave Four: Renewal"</ref> ===== Vipaava ===== In August 3050 the Fourteenth Battle Cluster deployed Alpha Battle Star of the [[23rd Battle (Clan Ghost Bear)|Twenty-third Battle Trinary]] and Alpha Nova Star of the [[76th Supernova (Clan Ghost Bear)|Seventy-sixth Supernova]] to capture [[Vipaava]]. The Ghost Bear forces issued a ''batchall'' and were surprised to find the defending [[22nd Rasalhagian Free Company|Twenty-second Rasalhagian Free Company]] not only waited to engage them at the Lion's Den rock outcropping, well away from the nearest city on Vipaava, but then fought in an honorable fashion. Alpha Nova Star engaged the Twenty-second first and swiftly decimated the KungsArmé forces, forcing the survivors to surrender. The defeat of the Twenty-second was a major factor in convincing senior officers in the KungsArmé that winning a straight fight against Clan forces was impossible, and that new tactics would be needed.<ref name="ICp32">''Invading Clans'', p. 32-33, "Wave Four"</ref> ===== Predlitz ===== [[Predlitz]] was invaded in September 3050 by two Trinaries from the [[332nd Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|332nd Assault Cluster]], the [[469th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|469th Assault]] and [[2133rd Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)|2133rd Striker Trinaries]]. The defenders on Predlitz consisted of three Rasalhagian Free Divisions, the [[17th Rasalhagian Free Division|Seventeenth]], [[20th Rasalhagian Free Division|Twentieth]] and [[31st Rasalhagian Free Division|Thirty-first]], a grand total of two armor regiments and a battalion of BattleMechs. The two Ghost Bear Trinaries represented an overwhelming force, but the Free Divisions attempted to fight a mobile defense, moving swiftly between supply caches; each Free Division made its own stand and was swiftly overwhelmed, with the final blow falling near a region of cliffs known as Billy's Tears. The 2133rd Striker Trinary located a supply cache that none of the Free Divisions had used by that point, and staged an ambush that crushed the last Free Division forces as they attempted to get at their supplies.<ref name="ICp32"/> ===== Soverzene ===== The Ghost Bears encountered lighter resistance than expected on the first handful of worlds invaded during Wave Four, but when Beta Galaxy arrived in the [[Soverzene]] system it discovered that the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] was determined to contest the invasion fiercely. Defending the planet were the [[2nd Alshain Regulars|Second Alshain Regulars]], commanded by ''[[Tai-sa]]'' [[Jasick Yoshiro]], as well as reinforcements from the [[27th Dieron Regulars|Twenty-seventh Dieron Regulars]] under the command of ''Tai-sa'' [[Ano Tars]]. The two [[DCMS]] units had planted supplies in caches dotted around the main continent and had planned a strategy of mobile defense to offer as much resistance as possible.<ref name="ICp24"/> Ignoring the customary ''batchall'' process, Khan [[Bjorn Jorgensson]] committed the entire Galaxy to the attack; [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Laurie Tseng]] planned a conservative campaign against the defending forces, deploying the various elements of Beta in two separate locations, with each contingent assigned to take one of the two major cities on the planet.<ref name="ICp24"/> The Twelfth Bear Chevaliers and the Fourteenth Battle Cluster drove on Averti and the Twenty-seventh Dieron, which responded by using air strikes to herd the Chevaliers and the Fourteenth towards the nearby Killimangero fjords. Well aware that they were being manipulated, the two Clusters approached warily, and found two [[company|companies]] of the Twenty-seventh waiting on the edge of a narrow waterway; when the Chevaliers sent a [[Trinary]] forward to engage the Twenty-seventh, the DCMS troops retreated, their jump-capable [['Mech]]s quickly scaling the opposite cliff face. As the Trinary began to pursue the retreating 'Mechs, the cliff face exploded underneath them, sending most of the Trinary tumbling into the water far below. Luck wasn't with the Twenty-seventh, however; the trap caught relatively few [[OmniMech]]s, and the Fourteenth Battle Cluster flanked the retreating companies as they reached the top of the cliff.<ref name="ICp24"/> The Fourteenth managed to force most of the two companies back into the fjord, only to then find themselves being attacked by the remainder of the Twenty-seventh, who erupted out of the nearby treeline. The Chevaliers and the Fourteenth pursued the Twenty-seventh into the waterway and the escape tunnels hidden there, only for the Twenty-seventh to detonate explosives hidden in the tunnels immediately after their escape. The Twenty-seventh returned to Averti, convinced that they had defeated the two Clusters, only to lose the city that same night to the two Ghost Bear Clusters, whose [[Elemental]]s had entered the tunnels ahead of the 'Mechs, finding and disarming many of the explosives as they went.<ref name="ICp24"/><ref>''My Father's Sword''</ref> The Second Alshain didn't fare as well as the Twenty-seventh; facing down the 304th and 332nd Assault Clusters, the Second found itself being harried and hounded until it had little choice but to retreat to their ammunition supply base. That retreat revealed the base's location, which the Ghost Bears promptly attacked and destroyed using [[aerospace fighter]]s; this left the second short on ammunition and retreating north, with the 304th Assault Cluster hot on their heels. Herded by Clan aerospace fighters, the Second retreated into a forest, not realizing that the 332nd were in place and waiting for them. Pinned between the two Assault Clusters, the Second took heavy damage, but some survivors managed to slip free.<ref name="ICp24"/> The survivors from the Second later staged an attack at Averti, aimed at freeing the DCMS prisoners captured by Beta Galaxy, as well as recapturing equipment originally belonging to the Twenty-seventh. Elements of Beta Galaxy spent almost two weeks hunting down the remnants of both [[regiment]]s, but had to give up the search when the [[Bloodname]]d warriors from the Clan were recalled to [[Strana Mechty]] to elect a new [[ilKhan]].<ref name="ICp24"/> ====Wave Five==== Beta Galaxy was very active in Wave Five, with forces fighting in no less than six planetary invasions during the six months of combat.<ref name="ICp34">''Invading Clans'', p. 34-37, "Wave Five"</ref> ===== Kempten ===== In December [[3051]] the Twelfth Bear Chevaliers deployed the [[712th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|712th Assault Trinary]] to capture Kempten, one of four attacks launched by the Ghost Bears prior to the end of 3051. The defenders on Kempten consisted of just the [[Kempten Border Legion]], an aging formation in every sense of the word — ancient 'Mechs, ancient combat vehicles and aging warriors. The Border Legion were under no illusions about their chance of receiving reinforcements because of the ferocious pressure the Free Rasalhague Republic was under, but were determined to fight; despite the dire state of affairs the Border Legion was in, the 712th Assault Trinary approached the campaign with some trepidation because of the recent loss that [[Clan Smoke Jaguar|Smoke Jaguar]] forces had recently taken on [[Wolcott]].<ref name="ICp34"/> The Legion engaged in a ''batchall'' with the 712th, and agreed to fight in an amusement park named "Precious Plight"; the Legion agreed to a stand-up fight with the superior Ghost Bear forces, but primed the amusement park for the battle by hanging mirrors throughout the amusement park, with the mirrors at all angles, resulting in the 712th landing in the middle of a disorientating carnival of light and sound. The confusion allowed the Legion to strike from cover, with the Legion's ''Devastator'' battalion inflicting heavy damage while the confused Ghost Bear warriors struggled to spot the Legion forces. The 712th recovered quickly, though; beginning their fight back by destroying the Legion's tank forces, the 712th then pushed the Legion's 'Mech forces back to Sacrifice Mound before crushing them.<ref name="ICp34"/> ===== Kaesong ===== The mercenary unit known as [[Blue Lightning]] had been stranded in the [[Kaesong]] system by [[JumpShip]] trouble when the Fourteenth Battle Cluster arrived in December 3051, intent on conquering the planet. The planetary government pleaded with Blue Lightning to defend them, and the mercenary unit agreed — but this proved to be more of a disadvantage than an advantage because of the attitude of the Fourteenth towards mercenaries, who they regarded as being ''dezgra''. The Fourteenth didn't bother initiating a ''batchall'', and simply hit Blue Lightning with the elite Trinary Command; the mercenaries retreated into the streets of Vedsan in the face of overwhelming numbers and firepower, only to have the Trinary Command pursue them into the city and dig them out forcibly.<ref name="ICp34"/> ===== Marawi ===== On [[Marawi]] the 332nd Assault Cluster faced regular DCMS forces in the form of the [[41st Dieron Regulars|Forty-first Dieron Regulars]] in January [[3052]]. The commanding officer of the 332nd, [[Star Colonel]] [[Seija Harlow]], didn't expect the Forty-first to provide much by way of opposition, and anticipated a short, decisive campaign. The 332nd landed east of the Forty-first's position, only to quickly come under a sustained artillery bombardment. Star Colonel Harlow ordered her aerospace fighters to hunt down and destroy the artillery, which they duly did, despite being opposed by old-style fighter planes that managed to tie the Clan fighters up for almost twenty minutes before being defeated. Once the rain of artillery shells stopped, the 332nd them slammed into the left flank of the Forty-first, steamrolling the green regiment; the Forty-first retreated, making for the town of Hull, only to be destroyed by the 332nd's aerospace forces just short of the city.<ref name="ICp34"/> ===== Krenice ===== The Twelfth Bear Chevaliers fought the [[5th Amphigean Light Assault Group|Fifth Amphigean Light Assault Group]] on [[Krenice]] in March 3052. The Fifth scored some successes against the Chevaliers initially, beginning with raining fire onto the Chevaliers from positions in the Bellow Canyon as the Chevaliers landed. The Twelfth then spent a frustrating interval attempting to flush the Fifth out of the rock formations while the Fifth attacked the Chevaliers' supply lines, interfered with communications and launched the occasional assault. This continued until the Chevaliers managed to flush the Fifth out using aerospace fighters, giving the Chevaliers the opportunity to stop chasing the light 'Mechs of the Fifth fruitlessly and instead begin actively herding the Combine forces towards the city of Hasnorvan.<ref name="ICp34"/> Hasnorvan was in the opposite direction to the Fifth's DropShips, but ''Tai-sa'' [[Helen Cassidy]] did her best to gain what successes she could from a bad situation; small units broke off from the Fifth launched hit-and-run raids against the Chevaliers, perhaps the most successful of which saw a company from the Fifth lead the Chevaliers on an extended wild goose chase through LightDraught Woods, getting the Chevaliers so completely lost in a couple of hours that the Chevaliers had to break off their pursuit and call for assistance from their aerospace forces to lead them out of the Woods.<ref name="ICp34"/> The Fifth finally fell in battle near Hasnorvan; Star Colonel [[Douglas Silva (12th Bear Chevaliers)|Douglas Silva]] had deployed the [[12th Bear Chevaliers (Clan Ghost Bear)|Sixty-third Assault Trinary]] ahead of the rest of the Chevaliers, and the Sixty-third had dug in and waited for the Fifth to move into range. As the Sixty-third engaged the Fifth the rest of the Chevaliers attacked, catching the Fifth in an interlocking attack that swiftly destroyed the Fifth.<ref name="ICp34"/> ===== Mannedorf ===== [[Mannedorf]] was defended by a mercenary BattleMech company named [[The Gold Miners]], and during planning to attack the planet in March 3052 there was fierce bidding amongst the Ghost Bears to see who would get the opportunity to destroy them, with the [[304th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|Seventy-second Assault Trinary]] and the [[304th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|First Elemental Support Binary]] of the 304th Assault Cluster winning the right to attack.<ref name="ICp34"/> The Gold Miners prepared a defensive position within the Silvermain Mines, packing explosives into every nook and cranny they could find, intent on collapsing the mines on top of the Seventy-Second Assault Trinary. As the Ghost Bear forces entered the mines the Gold Miners detonated the explosives and assumed that they were victorious; what the Gold Miners were unaware of was the existence of a former [[Star League Defense Force]] facility below and behind the Silvermain Mine complex, a facility that the Ghost Bears were well aware of. When a communications intercept revealed the Gold Miners' plan, the Ghost Bears deployed Elementals to open the complex doors. Shortly before the explosives were detonated, the Seventy-second used the various hidden entrances to the Star League facility to escape; when the Gold Miners emerged from the back entrance to the mine, the Seventy-second was ready and waiting for them.<ref name="ICp34"/> ===== Toffen ===== Despite their efforts, the 469th Assault Trinary failed to achieve a clean victory over the defenders on [[Toffen]] in March 3052. Toffen was defended by the [[3rd Toffen Guards|Third]] and [[8th Toffen Guards|Eighth Toffen Guards]], who mustered a total strength of two 'Mech companies and a regiment of conventional infantry. Gambling that the Ghost Bears wouldn't want to damage the major cities on Toffen with strikes using aerospace fighters, the Guards made their initial stand near the Dell Reservoir, below which lay the major cities. When the Guards saw that they were opposed by just fifteen 'Mechs, they became overconfident and attacked, only to be swiftly routed by the superior forces of the 469th. The retreating survivors of the Guards fell back to the Longueil power plant, and abandoned facility some three kilometers from the initial battleground.<ref name="ICp34"/> The 469th Assault pursued the Guards into the complex, where the Guards infantry used the excellent cover available to sow explosives throughout the plant. The 469th were forced to open and inspect every old generator as they searched for their prey, while the Guard exfiltrated from the rear of the building in small numbers. Star Captain [[Pinter Hall]] became suspicious and led the 469th out of the power plant, anticipating a trap, and as a result the Trinary survived the explosion; the furious Ghost Bears attempted to hunt down the surviving Guards, but many escaped. The survivors went to ground and continued to cause problems for the planetary governor months later as they launched or incited occasional outbreaks of violence.<ref name="ICp34"/> ====Tukayyid==== Beta Galaxy was assigned to take the objective city of Luk together with [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Delta Galaxy]]. Beta did well initially, decimating the [[121st Division (ComStar)|121st Division]]. However, the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] troops managed to trap Delta's [[20th Polar Bear Attack (Clan Ghost Bear)|20th Polar Bear Attack Cluster]] and forced Beta and Delta to withdraw and try to reinforce Alpha Galaxy's drive on Spanac. During the retreat, Beta Galaxy lost the [[7th Bear Guards (Clan Ghost Bear)|Seventh Bear Guards Cluster]] to an ambush by the [[12th Division (ComStar)|12th Division]]. Beta and Delta's eventual arrival at Spanac forced the Com Guards to withdraw from the city. Beta and Delta were left to garrison Spanac while Alpha attempted to take Luk. === First Draconis Combine/Ghost Bear War === Beta Galaxy were actively involved in the First [[Draconis Combine]] / Ghost Bear War, which began in [[3062]] with a suicidal attack by three [[regiment]]s of the [[Alshain Avengers]] against [[Alshain]]. While the Twelfth Bear Chevaliers attacked [[Clan Nova Cat]] forces on [[Mualang]], preventing those forces from coming to the assistance of the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]], Beta Galaxy attacked both [[Dumaring]] and [[Najha]].<ref name="FM:Up60">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 60, "Beta Galaxy (Night Howlers)</ref> The 304th Assault Cluster took heavy damage on [[Maule]] when Nova Cat forces launched a ferocious deep strike at them, but the 304th was still able to launch an attack on [[Gunzburg]] shortly after the end of the War, working with the [[2nd Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Second Bear Regulars]] from [[Tau Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Tau Galaxy]] to seize the [[Clan Wolf]] world. The attack on Gunzburg was one part of the Ghost Bear counterattack against the [[Clan Hell's Horses]] forces that [[Khan]] [[Vladimir Ward]] had brought to the [[Inner Sphere]] as allies and who had launched their own invasion of the Ghost Bear Occupation Zone during the Combine/Ghost Bear War.<ref name="FM:Up60"/> === The Jihad === ==== Pesht ==== Beta Galaxy took part in the Ghost Bear campaign against the [[Word of Blake]] during the [[Jihad]]; Beta's first target was [[Pesht]],<ref name="FR:Cp9"/> which the Ghost Bears hit on the 15th of December [[3074]], the same day their forces also struck at [[Luthien]]. The Ghost Bear forces attacked the Blakist forces remorselessly, making no attempt to offer ''[[zellbrigen]]'' to their opponents on either world; the Ghost Bears also destroyed any [[DCMS]] units that attempted to intervene, and by the 20th of December had crushed their enemies on both worlds.<ref name="JHS3076p55">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 55, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp53">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 53, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> ==== Kaus Media and Ascella ==== Beta Galaxy then abandoned Pesht at the end of January [[3075]], as abruptly as they had arrived;<ref name="J:FRp53"/><ref name="JHS:Tp14">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 14, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> the Ghost Bears organized their forces to drive towards [[Terra]] in several waves, each named after the lead Galaxy in that wave. Beta Galaxy formed the heart of Beta wave, striking first at secondary worlds like [[Kaus Media]] and [[Ascella]]<ref name="FR:Cp9"/> on the 6th of October 3075.<ref name="JHS:Tp18">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 18, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp54">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 54, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> [[Rho Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Rho]]<ref name="FR:Cp9R"/> and [[Theta Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Theta Galaxies]]<ref name="FR:Cp9T">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Theta Galaxy"</ref> were assigned to support Beta Galaxy in Beta Wave, with Rho seizing [[Kaus Australis]] and joining the assault on Ascella;<ref name="FR:Cp9R">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Rho Galaxy"</ref> the resulting battle the Fourteenth Battle Cluster take enough damage that it had to retreat, but Beta Galaxy pressed on.<ref name="FR:Cp9">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Beta Galaxy"</ref> Rho Galaxy was pushed into reserve on Ascella after the [[297th Battle (Clan Ghost Bear)|297th Battle Cluster]] was nearly destroyed, leaving Beta Galaxy and one of the units personally affiliated to [[Devlin Stone]], [[Stone's Lament]], to clear the planet.<ref name="FR:Cp9R"/> The losses on Ascella were such that Theta Galaxy was moved up from a garrison role to an active combat role within Beta Wave, only to see the Galaxy perform poorly when tasked with capturing [[Moore]]<ref name="FR:Cp9T"/> in July [[3076]]<ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> and [[Pike IV]]<ref name="FR:Cp9T"/> in September 3076.<ref name="JHS:Tp22"/><ref name="J:FRp56"/> ==== Dieron ==== Beta Galaxy won the right to join the attack on the Blakist forces at Dieron<ref name="FR:Cp9"/> in [[3077]]<ref name="JTP:Dp5">''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 5, Beta Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)</ref> alongside Alpha,<ref name="FR:Cp9A">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Alpha Galaxy"</ref> Rho<ref name="FR:Cp9R"/> and [[Omega Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Omega Galaxies]].<ref name="FR:Cp9O">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Omega Galaxy"</ref> Dieron was a bloodbath for all the Ghost Bear Galaxies involved; Beta smashed through the Blakist blockade in the system and took over the city of Olivet,<ref name="JTP:Dp5"/> but lost the 304th Assault Cluster in the battle fought in the Chiloe Pass and had to disband the Twelfth Bear Chevaliers after they were gutted by Blakist forces in the tunnels within Fortress Dieron.<ref name="FR:Cp9"/> Rho Galaxy suffered heavy enough combat losses that it had to be tasked with securing the outer areas rather than joining the Fortress Dieron assault, and the badly damaged 297th Battle Cluster was destroyed during constant raids by Blakist forces.<ref name="FR:Cp9R"/> Omega Galaxy took heavy enough damage that the surviving Clusters from the Galaxy were actually absorbed into Beta Galaxy for the remainder of the Jihad, although after Beta returned to the [[Ghost Bear Dominion|Dominion]] the [[5th Bear Guards (Clan Ghost Bear)|Fifth Bear Guards]] and [[357th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|357th Assault Cluster]] were detached from Beta once more to form the basis of a rebuilding Omega Galaxy.<ref name="FR:Cp9O"/> === The Dark Age === The bloody swath that Beta cut through the Blakists during the Jihad earned them not just a passage in the ''[[Remembrance]]'' but also a grim reputation in the eyes of the Dominion's neighbors; the Dominion was more than happy to use that reputation to its advantage, and in the early years after the Jihad Beta acted as a threat to [[Clan Wolf]]. While Beta Galaxy was half the size of the Wolves [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Alpha Galaxy]], Beta was positioned within two jumps of the Wolf capital on [[Tamar]] and served as a clear reminder that Dominion was always ready to tear straight into the heart of the Wolf Occupation Zone. Despite the relatively small size of Beta Galaxy it was able to draw on the production of factories on both Alshain and [[Satalice]], and any lack of mass on Beta's part was compensated for using cutting edge and sheer mass, with the weight of the Clusters within Beta increasing as the Galaxy rebuilt.<ref name="FM:3085p120">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 120, "Beta Galaxy"</ref> As a part of rebuilding Beta Galaxy the Dominion assigned the [[140th Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)|140th Striker Cluster]] to them as a part of disbanding Delta Galaxy, as well as moving the [[18th Battle (Clan Ghost Bear)|Eighteenth Battle Cluster]] from Rho Galaxy into Beta. Both Clusters were assigned to worlds close to [[New Oslo]], one of the Hell's Horses worlds and a menacing reminder that whilst Beta might have had problems maintaining an extended campaign at that point, it was more than capable of tearing through a defending force.<ref name="FM:3085p120"/> By the mid-thirty-second century Beta Galaxy had been deployed to shield the Skandia province of the [[Rasalhague Dominion]] from its location near the border of the Draconis Combine's Buckminster Prefecture. After the [[HPG]] blackout began Beta was the first frontline formation in the Dominion to begin receiving new equipment, including large quantities of [[battle armor]] produced on [[Mannedorf]].<ref name="FM:3145p162">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 162, "Beta Galaxy"</ref> In [[3137]] as Clan Wolf was abandoning their Occupation Zone Beta Galaxy was swiftly redeployed to capture a number of worlds that had been members of the former [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]. In a swift campaign the Fourteenth and Eighteenth Battle Clusters managed to seize [[Carse]], [[Galuzzo]], [[Jabuka]] and [[Quarell]] before the Eighteenth collided with the [[1st Falcon Jaegers (Clan Jade Falcon)|First Falcon Jaegers]] on [[La Grave]]. The light [[Clan Jade Falcon]] unit used hordes of light 'Mechs to outflank the Eighteenth, cutting their supply lines and initially refusing calls for ''[[hegira]]''. The Eighteenth managed to avoid being wiped out when Star Colonel Lynda managed to win ''hegira'' through single combat, but after La Grave Beta Galaxy began training furiously for revenge against the Jade Falcons even while threats to the Dominion on all sides forced the Dominion Council to keep the Galaxy leashed.<ref name="FM:3145p162"/> ===Second Combine-Ghost Bear War=== The entire Beta Galaxy was assigned to assault [[Itabaiana]] during the [[Second Combine-Ghost Bear War]]. The world was allegedly under [[Clan Diamond Shark]] control, but the citizens of the world wanted to return to the [[Draconis Combine]]. The Ghost Bears felt that [[Clan Nova Cat]] was hiding behind the Diamond Sharks.<ref>''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', p. 27</ref> However, the Sharks garrison units were based on Itabaiana's moons, leaving the [[3rd Pesht Regulars]] as the only force on the planet's surface. The Pesht Regulars used Nova Cat designs as an attempt to fool the Bears into thinking there was a Nova Cat presence on the world. Unfortunately the Bears assumed the Cats were wholly integrated into the [[DCMS]] unit, and engaged them without ''zellbrigen''. The result was an hour-long combat that saw the Third completely destroyed.<ref>''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', p. 28</ref> In [[3100]] Beta Galaxy joined with Omega Galaxy to raid [[Irece]]. They quickly took the Barcella LAW and Barcella Battle Armor plants and destroyed the Nova Cat Fusiliers and Nova Cat Legionnaires.<ref>''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', p. 36</ref> ==Officers== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Beta Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)''' |- | [[Loremaster]]||[[Laurie Tseng]]||[[3050]] - [[3060]]<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:WCp163"/><ref name="FM:Up77">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 77, "Beta Galaxy (Night Howlers)"</ref> |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Beta Galaxy (Ghost Bear Dominion)''' |- | Loremaster||Laurie Tseng||3060 - [[3085]]<ref name="FM:WCp163"/><ref name="FM:Up77"/><ref>''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 5, Beta Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)</ref><ref name="FM:3085p127">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127, "Beta Galaxy (Night Howlers)"</ref> |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Beta Galaxy (Rasalhague Dominion)''' |- | Loremaster||[[Hans Kabrinski]]||[[3145]]<ref name="FM:3145p172">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 172, "Beta Galaxy (Night Howlers)"</ref> |} ==Tactics== Beta units favors cautious advances and rarely commit to uncertain situations. Their preferred tactics are flanking attacks flanking attacks with mechanized [[battle armor]] support.<ref>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 89</ref> ==Composition History== ===3050=== * [[Shrill Keshik (Clan Ghost Bear)|Shrill Keshik]] * [[7th Bear Guards (Clan Ghost Bear)|Seventh Bear Guards]] * [[12th Bear Chevaliers (Clan Ghost Bear)|Twelfth Bear Chevaliers]] * [[14th Bear Chevaliers (Clan Ghost Bear)|Fourteenth Bear Chevaliers]] * [[14th Battle (Clan Ghost Bear)|Fourteenth Battle Cluster]] * [[304th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|304th Assault Cluster]] * [[332nd Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)|332nd Assault Cluster]] * [[3rd Bear Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)|Third Bear Striker]] :* [[48th Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)|Forty-eighth Striker Trinary]] - effectively destroyed when their ''[[Overlord-C]]''-class [[DropShip]] ''Sharp Claw'' suffered an asteroid collision on 17 May [[3050]]<ref>''[[Ghost Bear's Lament]]'' (Part I)</ref> ===3052=== * Shrill Keshik * 12th Bear Chevaliers * 14th Battle Cluster * 304th Assault Cluster * 332nd Assault Cluster ===3061=== * Shrill Keshik<ref name="FM:WCp163">''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 163, "Beta Galaxy (Night Howlers)"</ref> * Twelfth Bear Chevaliers<ref name="FM:WCp163"/> * Fourteenth Battle Cluster<ref name="FM:WCp163"/> * 304th Assault Cluster<ref name="FM:WCp163"/> * 332nd Assault Cluster<ref name="FM:WCp163"/> * ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Bear's Den|CGB ''Bear's Den'']] === 3067 === * Trinary Galaxy Command<ref name="FM:Up77"/> * Twelfth Bear Chevaliers<ref name="FM:Up77"/> * Fourteenth Battle Cluster<ref name="FM:Up77"/> * 304th Assault Cluster<ref name="FM:Up77"/> * 332nd Assault Cluster<ref name="FM:Up77"/> === 3079 === * Trinary Galaxy Command<ref name="FR:Cp11">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 11, "Beta Galaxy"</ref> * Fourteenth Battle Cluster<ref name="FR:Cp11"/> * 332nd Assault Cluster<ref name="FR:Cp11"/> === 3085 === * Trinary Galaxy Command<ref name="FM:3085p127"/> * Fourteenth Battle Cluster<ref name="FM:3085p127"/> * [[18th Battle (Clan Ghost Bear)|Eighteenth Battle Cluster]]<ref name="FM:3085p127"/> * [[140th Striker (Clan Ghost Bear)|140th Striker Cluster]]<ref name="FM:3085p127"/> * 332nd Assault Cluster<ref name="FM:3085p127"/> === 3145 === * Trinary Galaxy Command<ref name="FM:3145p172"/> * Fourteenth Battle Cluster<ref name="FM:3145p172"/> * Eighteenth Battle Cluster<ref name="FM:3145p172"/> * 140th Striker Cluster<ref name="FM:3145p172"/> * 332nd Assault Cluster<ref name="FM:3145p172"/> ==Game Rules== <div class="gamerules"> === 3061 === * In common with every other unit in the Clan Ghost Bear ''[[touman]]'' at this point in time, the units within Beta Galaxy receive a +1 modifier to any dice roll on Random Weight-Class tables to determine [[Star]] or [[Binary]]/[[Trinary]] type.<ref name="FM:WCp180">''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 180, "Clan Ghost Bear"</ref> * The player controlling Beta Galaxy units may choose the mapsheets he is designated, rather than rolling randomly.<ref name="FM:WCp180"/> * The player controlling Beta Galaxy units always chooses his home map edge first and sets up second, unless the rules for the battle or scenario specifically prohibit it.<ref name="FM:WCp180"/> </div> ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]'' * ''[[Field Report: Clans]]'' * ''[[Historical: Wars of the Republic Era]]'' * ''[[Invading Clans]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' * ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Dieron]]'' * ''[[My Father's Sword]]'' [[Category:Rasalhague Dominion Commands|Beta Galaxy]]

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