The following is a historical account of the Clan Jade Falcon's battle lineage while engaged in the invasion of the Inner Sphere as retold by Jade Falcon LoreMasters.
Montmarault
November 3051
Clan Jade Falcon Forces: 305th Assault Cluster (Gyrfalcon Galaxy)
Clan Steel Viper Forces: Viper Guards Cluster
Outcome: Though they fought well, the 305th Assault Cluster lost the right to
conquer Montmarault to the Viper Guards. Most Falcon warriors blame this defeat on the
fact that the Viper Guards were fresh, while the 305th fought in some of the invasion's
fiercest battles.
Orkney
November 3051
Clan Jade Falcon Forces: First Falcon Striker (Gyrfalcon Galaxy)
Clan Steel Viper Forces: 104th Assault Cluster (The Viper's Fangs)
Outcome: Over the course of two days, the First Falcon Jaegers and the Viper's 104th
Assault Cluster pounded each other into the ground. The trial ended in a draw, and the two
Clans shared the conquest and administration of Orkney. Both the Falcon Jaegers and the
Viper's 104th regained full strength barely in time for Tukayyid.
La Grave
December 3051
Clan Jade Falcon Forces: Fourth Falcon Talon Cluster, 94th Striker Cluster (Peregrine
Galaxy)
Defending Forces: Fifth Davion Guards RCT (65 percent strength)
Major Battle Sites: Cherbourg, Normandy
Outcome: The Fifth Davion Guards RCT, fresh from the Clan Wolf front, used their hard-won knowledge
of Clan tactics to avoid the mistakes made by other Federated Commonwealth units earlier in the
war. Unfortunately for the Fifth, Clan Jade Falcon had also learned new methods of fighting
the Inner Sphere. A Headhunter Star of Elementals assassinated Hauptmann General William
Galloway. His aide, Colonel James Allison, led several ambushes against the Jade Falcon forces
before he was vaporized in his 'Mech by concentrated fire from an Assault Star of OmniMechs.
Clan OmniMechs combined their fire several times during this battle, frequently when Federated
Commonwealth MechWarriors committed some breach of Clan honour, but also from tactical
necessity. The Jade Falcons adopted this firing technique specifically to counter Inner Sphere
battle tactics.
Quarell
December 3051
Clan Jade Falcon Forces: Gyrfalcon Galaxy
Defending Forces: Quarell 'Mech Battalion
Major Battle Sites: None
Outcome: The Quarell 'Mech Battalion tried to use hit-and-run tactics that other units
had used successfully against the Clans, but failed. Using fighter surveillance and orbital
'Mech drops, the Gyrfalcon Galaxy warriors ran down the Quarell 'Mechs and, enraged over their
recent losses to Clan Steel Viper, exceeded even their usual ruthlessness. Only six members of
the Quarell 'Mech Battalion survived to become bondsmen.
All excerpts to this point are taken from the BattleTech Clan Jade Falcon Sourcebook and The Falcon and the Wolf Scenario Pack. All material in this document is Copyright© FASA Corporation and is used without permission.
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