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==History==
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The '''''Chieftain''''' was an ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShip]] of [[Wolf's Dragoons]], and used as [[Jaime Wolf]]'s command vessel since [[3023]]<ref>''Wolves on the Border'', pp. 10, 42</ref> at the latest.
  
The '''''Chieftain''''' was an ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShip]] supplied to [[Wolf's Dragoons]] at their formation, and used as [[Jaime Wolf]]'s command vessel.<ref name=MaN>''Making a Name''</ref>
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As of ca. [[3030]] it was assigned to Able Battalion, [[Alpha Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)]].<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 48</ref>
  
==Operational History==
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By [[3055]] it was still assigned to the command company, though instead of carrying a [[BattleMech]] battalion like a regular ''Overlord'', the 3055 ''Chieftain'' was assigned to a combined force consisting of altogether 15 'Mechs, 2 [[aerospace fighter]]s, one [[battlearmor]] squad/point (5 individual battlearmor troopers), and 5 ground [[vehicle]]s.<ref>''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 39</ref> This seems to suggest the ''Chieftain'' was either modified, or replaced by a differently configured vessel.
 
 
In [[3006]], the ''Chieftain'' was present in the raid on the Hegemony Bay [[BattleMech]] production facility on [[Styk]].<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 9: "Raid on Styk"</ref>
 
 
 
Circa [[3030]], the vessel was assigned to Able Battalion, [[Alpha Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Alpha Regiment]].<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 48</ref>
 
 
 
In [[3054]], the ship was commanded by [[Captain]] [[Cythene Martel]].<ref name=WPc40>''Wolf Pack'', ch. 40</ref>
 
 
 
By [[3055]], it was still assigned to the command company, though instead of carrying a [[BattleMech]] battalion like a regular ''Overlord'', the 3055 ''Chieftain'' was assigned to a combined force consisting of 15 'Mechs, two [[aerospace fighter]]s, one [[battle armor]] squad/point (5 individual battle armor troopers), and 5 ground [[vehicle]]s.<ref>''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 39</ref> This seems to suggest the ''Chieftain'' was either modified or replaced by a differently-configured vessel.
 
 
 
The ''Chieftain'' survived the [[Word of Blake Jihad]], and the Dragoons kept it as a command ship. In [[3151]], it still had that role, and even carried onboard Jaime Wolf's immaculately maintained ''[[Archer]]''. After participating at the [[Battle of Terra (3151)|Battle of Terra]], the ''Chieftain'' housed a meeting of Dragoons officers, where their new leader, Colonel [[Henry Kincaid]], informed them than the Dragoons were to wage war against [[Alaric Ward]] and the [[Wolf Empire]].<ref>''Redemption Rites'', pp. 30–31</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Making a Name]]''
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*''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]''
* ''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]''
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*''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Redemption Rites]]''
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*''[[Wolf Pack]]''
* ''[[Wolf Pack]]'' (novel)
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*''[[Wolves on the Border]]''
* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''
 
  
 
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[[Category: Individual Overlord-class DropShips]]

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