Daniel Jax

Daniel Jax
Personal
AffiliationCapellan Confederation
Profile
RankSang-shao
ProfessionMechWarrior
Family
ParentsShelly Jax (mother)

Daniel Jax was the commanding officer of the Tau Ceti Lancers in 3085.[1]

History[edit]

After the Fourth Tau Ceti Rangers became a frontline House unit and assigned to the Citizens' Honored brigade, the Rangers would grow to become a fulfilled regiment with additional support ground vehicles. Unlike in the past, the unit would take in new recruits from the Liao Conservatory of Military Arts to allow them to field their new battalion. Sang-shao Shelly Jax's son Daniel Jax was promoted up to the unit's executive officer position. He was raised and trained by his mother's mercenary career in a wide range of combat styles.[2]

In 3078, the Rangers faced off against the Eleventh Mechanized Cavalry Cluster of Clan Hell's Horses on Hsien. The Horses' Star Colonel John Lassenerra directly contacted the Rangers' leader, Daniel Jax, and both agreed to fight while sparing MASH units from the combat. Jax's intentions to attack the Horses' rear and savage their support failed, as the Horses had anticipated the ploy and were awaiting them. The Rangers lost a full company of tanks and several 'Mechs in minutes to the Horses' ProtoMech tactics which wreaked havoc in the Rangers' rear, surrounding their landing zone. The Horses launched a total air assault, combining it with ProtoMech harassment and direct attacks from their 'Mechs, destroying two of the Rangers' DropShips, and annihilating all 'Mechs inside or nearby. The Horses were on the brink of annihilating the Rangers when Jax, reluctantly, contacted Lassenerra by orders of his superior, asking for a cease-fire, to which Lassenerra agreed.[3]

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: 3085, p. 33
  2. Field Manual: Capellan Confederation, pp. 15, 92–93: Tau Ceti Rangers become part of the CCAF and restructuring
  3. A Trial Most Acceptable in Shrapnel, Issue #10, p. 123

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