Editing Stormhammers

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| image          = [[file:Stormhammers logo.png|150px|Stormhammers]]
| Designation    = Stormhammers
| formed         = [[3132]]–[[3134]]
| Disbanded      = 
| Previous Designation = 
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| Affiliation    = [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
| Parent Command = [[LCAF]]
| Sub-Command    = 
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==History==
Under the leadership of the son of the former Lord Governor of Prefecture IX, [[Jasek Kelswa-Steiner]], the '''Stormhammers''' were one of the factions to break away from the [[Republic of the Sphere]] in the early [[3130]]'s following the widespread collapse of the [[HPG]] network. Their intent was to return various Skye worlds back to the control of the Lyran Commonwealth. They were later absorbed into [[House Steiner]].

===Dark Age===
====Towne====
{{Main|Battle of Towne (3133)}}
In late August [[3133]], the Stormhammers, assisted by [[Lyran Intelligence Corps#Lohengrin|Lohengrin]],<ref name="TRO:3145Mp12">''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 12: "Garrot Superheavy Transport"</ref> launched a raid on [[Towne]]. Part of a greater effort to spread recruitment ads via hijacking the few remaining HPGs, the Towne raid ran into heavy resistance, including [[21st Centauri Lancers|Twenty-first Centauri Lancers]] forces and [[Triarii Protectors]]. The [[Lyran Rangers]] succeeded in hijacking the HPG for long enough to broadcast their recruitment message before being pushed off planet.<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 7: "Important Military Actions of 3133"</ref><ref>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', pp. 229–237</ref>

====Irian====
The Stormhammers landed on [[Irain|Irian's]] moon Prospero in November 3133. They routed the [[Swordsworn]] forces that were on the moon, and landed on Irian proper on November 21. There they almost immediately experienced a frontal assault from the [[Dragon's Fury]]. This assault threw the Stormhammers off balance and forced them to retreat from the world on November 28.<ref>''Turning Points: Irian'', p. 9</ref>

====Chaffee====
In [[3134]] a small task force of [[Clan Jade Falcon]], escorted by the ''[[Emerald Talon]]'', launched an attack against the Republic of the Sphere after traveling first through Commonwealth space. The task force, ostensibly aimed at destroying what the Falcons termed the [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile|false wolves]], pledged not to attack the Lyran state, but then landed attack forces on [[Porrima]] and Chaffee. Chaffee, was completely overrun, and it was there that Falcon forces slaughtered 50,000 inhabitants in the city of Hamilton — a savage and heavy-handed action that has outraged billions across the [[Inner Sphere]] and prompted calls for war against Jade Falcon.

The [[Hamilton Massacre]] came to light soon after the liberation of Chaffee by the [[Stormhammers]], a pro-Commonwealth faction within The Republic of the Sphere, who acted in conjunction with the [[Steel Wolves]] to rout Jade Falcon forces there last November. Whether the successful campaign was accomplished with the direct support of the Commonwealth government remains unclear at this time, but it has become a rallying cry for many who feel the current administration is failing to deal with the more immediate threat the Jade Falcon represents, even as tensions mount on Republican and League borders.<ref name=DA3135PDAJp193>''Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals'', p. 193: "09 June 3135"</ref>

====Falcon in The Skye====
After the Clan Jade Falcon ''desant'' captured several planets in Prefecture IX and was narrowly-thwarted from doing the same to Skye from the combined forces of the Northwind Highlanders under Countess / General Tara Campbell, Prefecture IX militia under Lord-Governor Duke Gregory Kelswa-Steiner and Steel Wolves under Galaxy Commander Anastasia Kerensky, the defenders of Prefecture IX realized that new allies would be needed against the aggressive Falcons, who would certainly attempt to conquer Skye again.{{cn}}

That aid came in the form of the Stormhammers, when Jasek Kelswa-Steiner unexpectedly offered to aid his disapproving father in the defense of Skye. Jasek reenlisted the aid of the Steel Wolves, who had retreated to Seginus after the previous battle for Skye to lick their wounds. Next, he went to Hesperus II to contact his Lyran benefactors, including the ambitious Duke [[Vedet Brewer]]. For the "loan" of the ''[[Mjolnir (WarShip class)|Mjolnir]]''-class WarShip [[Yggdrasil (Individual Mjolnir-class WarShip)|LCS ''Yggdrasil'']] and a unit of Lyran regular troops of unknown size, Jasek pledged to return the Isle of Skye back to the Lyran fold in the long-term.{{cn}}

==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Stormhammers'''
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==Tactics==
Different per Unit.

==Units of the Stormhammers==
[[File:Archons Shield (Stormhammers) logo.png|100px|Archons Shield]]
*[[Archon's Shield]]
Unit motto: "A shield can be a deadly weapon...in the right hands"

The Archon's Shield is the elite unit within the Stormhammers. Several Dark Age sources speculate that this unit is partly made up of LIC agents "loaned" by Archon Melissa Steiner to Jasek Kelswa-Steiner in order to further Lyran interests within the destabilizing Republic. Most notably, the dossiers of [[Latonya Lyons]] and [[Michaela Freeman]] heavily implies that they are covert operatives planted within the Stormhammers. Several Republic Skye Militia defectors can also be found within this unit.

[[File:Lyran Rangers (Stormhammers) logo.png|100px|Lyran Rangers]]
*[[Lyran Rangers]]

Unit motto: "Why use a small 'Mech when a bigger one will do?"

A fractious unit, the veteran Lyran Rangers represents the descendants of the old Skye Brigade. Jasek Kelswa-Steiner commanded the Republic Skye Militia (the incarnation of the 4th Skye Rangers during the Republic era) at the time of the Blackout, and subsequently many soldiers from this unit followed him when he formed the Stormhammers. However, many members of the Lyran Rangers resent the Archon's Shield for being placed at a higher tier than them, and still feel loyal towards Gregory Kelswa-Steiner, current Duke of Skye and Jasek's father.

[[File:Tharkan Strikers (Stormhammers) logo.png|100px|Tharkan Strikers]]
*[[Tharkan Strikers]]

Unit motto: "Wolves strike without mercy"

The green Tharkan Strikers are the product of their CO, Alexia Wolf. They are made up of raw recruits who are more Steiner loyalists than warriors that must be whipped into shape.

==Color Scheme==
The Stormhammers use gray and blue for their paint scheme. Although more blue is added as a show of seniority in the unit.<ref> MWDA: Miniatures </ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: 3135 PDA Journals]]''
* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior: Dark Age]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries]]''
* ''[[Turning Points: Irian]]''
* ''[http://cf.sarna.net/docs/mwda_dossiers/stormhammer_1.pdf Jasek Kelswa-Steiner's [[WizKids]]Dossier]''
* ''[http://cf.sarna.net/docs/mwda_dossiers/stormhammer_2.pdf Archon's Shield & Lyran Rangers Regiment Dossiers]''
* ''[http://cf.sarna.net/docs/mwda_dossiers/stormhammer_3.pdf Tharkad Strikers Regiment Dossier]''

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