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=== The Jihad ===
 
=== The Jihad ===
 
==== Luthien ====
 
==== Luthien ====
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Having been formed and trained specifically to fight Inner Sphere opponents, Omega was ideally suited for fighting the [[Word of Blake]]. As a consequence Omega saw some of the heaviest fighting of the [[Jihad]], working alongside the Ghost Bear [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Alpha Galaxy]]. The first campaign Omega was involved in was the assault on Dieron;<ref name="FR:Cp9">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Omega Galaxy"</ref> In December [[3074]], the Alpha, Omega and [[Rho Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Rho Galaxies]] of [[Clan Ghost Bear]] swept onto Luthien, intent on wiping out all Blakist forces.<ref name=JTPL7-Alpha>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 7, "Alpha Galaxy [Clan Ghost Bear]"</ref><ref name=JTPL7-Omega>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 7, "Omega Galaxy [Clan Ghost Bear]"</ref><ref name=JTPL7-Rho>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 7, "Rho Galaxy [Clan Ghost Bear]"</ref><ref name=JTPL-11>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 11, "Damnation"</ref> Omega expected to face Blakist forces but instead found itself attacked by the [[6th Benjamin Regulars|Sixth Benjamin]] and [[40th Dieron Regulars|Fortieth Dieron Regulars]], [[regiment]]s loyal to the ''[[Kokuryu-kai]]'' or [[Black Dragon Society]]. AlThough Omega Galaxy devastated both rebel formations, Galaxy Commander Ortiz had to compensate for her malcontent warriors, who wanted to concentrate on the Blakist forces.<ref name=JTPL_7_OG>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 7, "Omega Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)"</ref>
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Having been formed and trained specifically to fight Inner Sphere opponents, Omega was ideally suited for fighting the [[Word of Blake]]. As a consequence Omega saw some of the heaviest fighting of the [[Jihad]], working alongside the Ghost Bear [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Alpha Galaxy]] throughout the conflict. The first campaign Omega was involved in was the assault on [[Luthien]];<ref name="FR:Cp9">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Omega Galaxy"</ref> in December [[3074]], the Alpha, Omega and [[Rho Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Rho Galaxies]] of [[Clan Ghost Bear]] swept onto Luthien, intent on wiping out all Blakist forces.<ref name=JTPL7-Alpha>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 7, "Alpha Galaxy [Clan Ghost Bear]"</ref><ref name=JTPL7-Omega>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 7, "Omega Galaxy [Clan Ghost Bear]"</ref><ref name=JTPL7-Rho>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 7, "Rho Galaxy [Clan Ghost Bear]"</ref><ref name=JTPL-11>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 11, "Damnation"</ref><ref name="FR:Cp9R">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Rho Galaxy"</ref> Omega expected to face Blakist forces but instead found itself attacked by the [[6th Benjamin Regulars|Sixth Benjamin]] and [[40th Dieron Regulars|Fortieth Dieron Regulars]], [[regiment]]s loyal to the ''[[Kokuryu-kai]]'' or [[Black Dragon Society]]. Although Omega Galaxy devastated both rebel formations, Galaxy Commander Ortiz had to compensate for her malcontent warriors, who wanted to concentrate on the Blakist forces.<ref name=JTPL_7_OG>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 7, "Omega Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)"</ref>
  
 
The Ghost Bear forces on Luthien never once offered ''[[zellbrigen]]'' to any of the Word units and effectively eradicated the Word forces on Luthien by the 20th of December. Very few survivors from the Word of Blake managed to flee or become captives, and the Ghost Bear forces destroyed any DCMS forces that attempted to interfere in the Ghost Bear campaign against the Word.<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> As suddenly as they had arrived, the Ghost Bear forces left Luthien at the end of January, leaving the DCMS to frantically redeploy forces to fortify the world; the relief units began arriving two weeks later on the 14th of February, only to find no sign of any Blakist troops in the wake of the Ghost Bear withdrawal.<ref name="J:FRp53"/><ref name="JHS:Tp14">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 14, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> The destruction of the [[42nd Shadow Division|Forty-second Shadow Division]] on Luthien at the hands of the three galaxies of Ghost Bear troops represented the first instance of a [[Shadow Division]] being destroyed completely.<ref name="J:FRp125">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 125, "Shadow Divisions"</ref>
 
The Ghost Bear forces on Luthien never once offered ''[[zellbrigen]]'' to any of the Word units and effectively eradicated the Word forces on Luthien by the 20th of December. Very few survivors from the Word of Blake managed to flee or become captives, and the Ghost Bear forces destroyed any DCMS forces that attempted to interfere in the Ghost Bear campaign against the Word.<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> As suddenly as they had arrived, the Ghost Bear forces left Luthien at the end of January, leaving the DCMS to frantically redeploy forces to fortify the world; the relief units began arriving two weeks later on the 14th of February, only to find no sign of any Blakist troops in the wake of the Ghost Bear withdrawal.<ref name="J:FRp53"/><ref name="JHS:Tp14">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 14, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> The destruction of the [[42nd Shadow Division|Forty-second Shadow Division]] on Luthien at the hands of the three galaxies of Ghost Bear troops represented the first instance of a [[Shadow Division]] being destroyed completely.<ref name="J:FRp125">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 125, "Shadow Divisions"</ref>
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==== Dyev ====
 
==== Dyev ====
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After landing on [[Dyev]] alongside Alpha and [[Pi Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Pi Galaxies]]<ref name="FR:Cp10">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 10, "Pi Galaxy"</ref> during a wave of attacks against worlds in the Word of Blake Protectorate 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> Omega Galaxy found itself facing a Blakist counteroffensive in December when a task force breached the blockade of Ghost Bear and [[Clan Snow Raven|Snow Raven]] ships in orbit and landed six Divisions of troops on the surface of Dyev. The Blakists landed around Trogport and the planetary capital, Novaya Mensk, before deploying outwards. Omega Galaxy found itself fighting alongside Alpha Galaxy against the [[28th Division (Word of Blake)|Twenty-eighth Militia Division]] and the [[3rd Byrant Protectorate Militia Division|Third Bryant]] and [[1st Lipton Protectorate Militia Division|Forst Lipton Protectorate Militia Divisions]]; the Blakists used the Tupik Chasm and various mining tunnel complexes that connected to the chasm as fortifications to try and resist the Ghost Bear attack.<ref name="JHS:Tp18">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 18, "A Time Of Cleansing"</ref>
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After landing on [[Dyev]] alongside Alpha and [[Pi Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Pi Galaxies]]<ref name="FR:Cp10">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 10, "Pi Galaxy"</ref> during a wave of attacks against worlds in the Word of Blake Protectorate 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> Omega Galaxy found itself facing a Blakist counteroffensive in December when a task force breached the blockade of Ghost Bear and [[Clan Snow Raven|Snow Raven]] ships in orbit and landed six Divisions of troops on the surface of Dyev. The Blakists landed around Trogport and the planetary capital, Novaya Mensk, before deploying outwards. Omega Galaxy found itself fighting alongside Alpha Galaxy against the [[28th Division (Word of Blake)|Twenty-eighth Militia Division]] and the [[3rd Byrant Protectorate Militia Division|Third Bryant]] and [[1st Lipton Protectorate Militia Division|First Lipton Protectorate Militia Divisions]]; the Blakists used the Tupik Chasm and various mining tunnel complexes that connected to the chasm as fortifications to try and resist the Ghost Bear attack.<ref name="JHS:Tp18">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 18, "A Time Of Cleansing"</ref>
  
 
==== Dieron ====
 
==== Dieron ====
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In [[3077]], Alpha,<ref name="FR:Cp9A">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Alpha Galaxy"</ref> [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Beta]],<ref name="FR:Cp9B">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Beta Galaxy"</ref> Rho<ref name="FR:Cp9A"/> and Omega Galaxies launched an attack on Luthien.<ref name="FR:Cp9">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Omega Galaxy"</ref> Dieron was a bloodbath for all the Ghost Bear Galaxies involved; when they landed on Dieron Omega had already been reduced to approximately half strength from fighting on Dyev and Khan Kabrinski initially held them back as a reserve unit, but Omega was involved in a horrific firefight around the Ghost Bear's main drop zone; Omega managed to hold off multiple Protectorate Militia units for a week despite their lack of numbers. Once Alpha reinforced Omega the Protectorate forces were destroyed. Unfortunately the conflict devastated Omega Galaxy, with only two Clusters surviving the campaign. They were integrated into Beta to make up losses in that formation.<ref name=JTPD_7_OG>''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 7, "Omega Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)"</ref>
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In [[3077]], Alpha,<ref name="FR:Cp9A">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Alpha Galaxy"</ref> [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Beta]],<ref name="FR:Cp9B">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Beta Galaxy"</ref> Rho<ref name="FR:Cp9R"/> and Omega Galaxies launched an attack on [[Dieron]].<ref name="FR:Cp9">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9, "Omega Galaxy"</ref> Dieron was a bloodbath for all the Ghost Bear Galaxies involved; when they landed on Dieron Omega had already been reduced to approximately half strength from fighting on Dyev and Khan Kabrinski initially held them back as a reserve unit, but Omega was involved in a horrific firefight around the Ghost Bear's main drop zone; Omega managed to hold off multiple Protectorate Militia units for a week despite their lack of numbers. Once Alpha reinforced Omega the Protectorate forces were destroyed. Unfortunately the conflict devastated Omega Galaxy, with only two Clusters surviving the campaign. They were integrated into Beta to make up losses in that formation.<ref name=JTPD_7_OG>''Jihad Turning Points: Dieron'', p. 7, "Omega Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)"</ref>
  
 
=== Rebuilding ===
 
=== Rebuilding ===

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History

Formation

Formed around the 139th Striker Cluster as a unit that can fight with Inner Sphere tactics, Omega Galaxy has a large percentage of Assault class 'Mechs.[citation needed]

First Ghost Bear/Combine War

The units of Omega Galaxy fought Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery troops on Schuyler and Meilen and then faced off against Clan Nova Cat forces on Yamarovka. The Tenth Cuirassiers landed on Yamarovka hoping to destroy the last of the Alshain Avengers units, but the Nova Cat's Zeta Galaxy beat them to the punch. When Zeta Galaxy departed the world before even offering token resistance to the Tenth Cuirassiers, the enraged Cuirassiers responded by hitting several Nova Cat worlds. By employing tactics used by Inner Sphere forces rather than zellbrigen, the Tenth rapidly took several worlds from the Nova Cats in a series of swift but brutal battles.[1]

The Jihad

Luthien

Having been formed and trained specifically to fight Inner Sphere opponents, Omega was ideally suited for fighting the Word of Blake. As a consequence Omega saw some of the heaviest fighting of the Jihad, working alongside the Ghost Bear Alpha Galaxy throughout the conflict. The first campaign Omega was involved in was the assault on Luthien;[2] in December 3074, the Alpha, Omega and Rho Galaxies of Clan Ghost Bear swept onto Luthien, intent on wiping out all Blakist forces.[3][4][5][6][7] Omega expected to face Blakist forces but instead found itself attacked by the Sixth Benjamin and Fortieth Dieron Regulars, regiments loyal to the Kokuryu-kai or Black Dragon Society. Although Omega Galaxy devastated both rebel formations, Galaxy Commander Ortiz had to compensate for her malcontent warriors, who wanted to concentrate on the Blakist forces.[8]

The Ghost Bear forces on Luthien never once offered zellbrigen to any of the Word units and effectively eradicated the Word forces on Luthien by the 20th of December. Very few survivors from the Word of Blake managed to flee or become captives, and the Ghost Bear forces destroyed any DCMS forces that attempted to interfere in the Ghost Bear campaign against the Word.[9][10] As suddenly as they had arrived, the Ghost Bear forces left Luthien at the end of January, leaving the DCMS to frantically redeploy forces to fortify the world; the relief units began arriving two weeks later on the 14th of February, only to find no sign of any Blakist troops in the wake of the Ghost Bear withdrawal.[10][11] The destruction of the Forty-second Shadow Division on Luthien at the hands of the three galaxies of Ghost Bear troops represented the first instance of a Shadow Division being destroyed completely.[12]

Kaus Borealis

After Luthien Omega Galaxy formed a part of the Ghost Bear campaign designated as Alpha Wave, continuing to operate alongside Alpha Galaxy.[2] In late August 3075 Alpha Wave launched a campaign to liberate Kaus Borealis, again ignoring all hails from Draconis Combine forces. In mid-September the allied coalition leader Devlin Stone travelled to Kaus Borealis with a small diplomatic party to meet with Clan Ghost Bear and attempt to enlist their support for the coalition. On the 21st of September, the Ghost Bears agreed to assist the coalition, and soon launched another wave of attacks against nearby worlds occupied by the Blakists.[13][14]

When they attacked Kaus Borealis Alpha and Omega Galaxies were supported by WarShips, including the Leviathan-class battleship CGB Leviathan, but after a Blakist ambush in the nearby Ascella system cost[15] Beta Wave almost a full Cluster of troops[16] the CGB Leviathan was redeployed to Ascella to hunt down the remaining Blakist Pocket WarShips and aerospace fighters.[15]

Dyev

After landing on Dyev alongside Alpha and Pi Galaxies[17] during a wave of attacks against worlds in the Word of Blake Protectorate in July 3076,[18][19] Omega Galaxy found itself facing a Blakist counteroffensive in December when a task force breached the blockade of Ghost Bear and Snow Raven ships in orbit and landed six Divisions of troops on the surface of Dyev. The Blakists landed around Trogport and the planetary capital, Novaya Mensk, before deploying outwards. Omega Galaxy found itself fighting alongside Alpha Galaxy against the Twenty-eighth Militia Division and the Third Bryant and First Lipton Protectorate Militia Divisions; the Blakists used the Tupik Chasm and various mining tunnel complexes that connected to the chasm as fortifications to try and resist the Ghost Bear attack.[13]

Dieron

In 3077, Alpha,[20] Beta,[16] Rho[7] and Omega Galaxies launched an attack on Dieron.[2] Dieron was a bloodbath for all the Ghost Bear Galaxies involved; when they landed on Dieron Omega had already been reduced to approximately half strength from fighting on Dyev and Khan Kabrinski initially held them back as a reserve unit, but Omega was involved in a horrific firefight around the Ghost Bear's main drop zone; Omega managed to hold off multiple Protectorate Militia units for a week despite their lack of numbers. Once Alpha reinforced Omega the Protectorate forces were destroyed. Unfortunately the conflict devastated Omega Galaxy, with only two Clusters surviving the campaign. They were integrated into Beta to make up losses in that formation.[21]

Rebuilding

The two surviving Clusters from Omega, the Fifth Bear Guards and the 357th Assault Cluster, were seperated back out from Beta Galaxy when Beta returned to the Dominion and used to reform Omega, with each contributing units to form the new Galaxy Command Trinary, although that left each Cluster severely understrength.[2]

Dark Age

Vega

In 3136 Omega Galaxy found itself on a relief mission to aid the planet Vega.[22]

Officers

As of 3061, the commanding officer was Galaxy Commander Hunter Tseng who continued to command Omega Galaxy up until at least 3067.[23]

During the assault on Luthien in 3074, Omega Galaxy was commanded by Galaxy Commander Naiad Ortiz,[8] but by 3077 Kelly Forrester was Omega's Galaxy Commander.[21]

As of 3136 to 3145, the Galaxy was commanded by Isis Bekker-Florala.[22][24]

Tactics

Omega Galaxy generally operates under tactics that are ordered and plodding.[8]


Composition History

3061

3067

  • Trinary Galaxy Command[23]
  • Fifth Bear Guards[23]
  • Tenth Bear Cuirassiers[23]
  • 139th Striker Cluster[23]
  • 357th Assault Cluster[23]

3079

  • Fifth Bear Guards[26]
  • 357th Assault Cluster[26]

3136

3145

Rules

Game Rules

During the Battle of Luthien, half of all randomly determined elements must be Assault class from the Ghost Bear and Diamond Shark Random Access Tables (RAT) in Total Warfare (p. 267) and the respective tables in Field Manual: Warden Clans and Field Manual: Updates. Also, Omega suffers a negative modifier for all its Initiative rolls.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 61, "Omega Galaxy (The Raging Bears)"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Field Report: Clans, p. 9, "Omega Galaxy"
  3. ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Luthien, p. 7, "Alpha Galaxy [Clan Ghost Bear]"
  4. ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Luthien, p. 7, "Omega Galaxy [Clan Ghost Bear]"
  5. ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Luthien, p. 7, "Rho Galaxy [Clan Ghost Bear]"
  6. ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Luthien, p. 11, "Damnation"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Field Report: Clans, p. 9, "Rho Galaxy"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Jihad Turning Points: Luthien, p. 7, "Omega Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)"
  9. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 55, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 53, "The Jihad In Review"
  11. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 14, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  12. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 125, "Shadow Divisions"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 18, "Timeline of the Jihad" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "JHS:Tp18" defined multiple times with different content
  14. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 54, "The Jihad In Review"
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 47, "Cebalrai Free, But At What Cost?"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Field Report: Clans, p. 9, "Beta Galaxy"
  17. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 10, "Pi Galaxy"
  18. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 22, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  19. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"
  20. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 9, "Alpha Galaxy"
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Jihad Turning Points: Dieron, p. 7, "Omega Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)"
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Trial by Chaos, p. 1"
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 Field Manual: Updates, p. 77, "Omega Galaxy (The Raging Bears)"
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.6 Field Manual: 3145, p. 173, "Clan Force Deployments - Rasalhague Dominion"
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 92, "Omega Galaxy Composition"
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Field Report: Clans, p. 11, "Omega Galaxy"
  27. ↑ "Trial by Chaos, p. 207"

Bibiliography

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