Editing Iota Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)

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| Affiliation = [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
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==History==
'''Iota Galaxy''' entered the Inner Sphere shortly after the Second Wave of [[Operation Revival]], when [[ilKhan]] [[Leo Showers]] granted permission for Garrison Clusters to be deployed in the Occupation Zones.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 56</ref> By [[3054]] the Galaxy had settled into a defensive position guarding four systems,<ref name=OR31/> and had been active crushing rebellions.<ref>''Falcon Guard'', pp. 9 and 44–92</ref>

The Seventy-third Striker Cluster was soundly defeated by the [[Blue Star Irregulars]] in [[3055]],<ref name=FMMp40RK>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 40: "Blue Star Irregulars: The Return of Kerensky"</ref><ref name=FM-Mr046>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 46: "Blue Star Irregulars Unit Brief"</ref> and found itself demoted to second-line status for its poor performance, including the loss of a [[WarShip]].<ref name=FM:CrCp104>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 104: "Iota Galaxy - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref> 

During the [[Refusal War]] of [[3057]] the Galaxy was almost destroyed as Wolf forces overran all of its component Clusters. The Eighth Falcon Regulars and Dorbeng Garrison Cluster were destroyed on [[Sudeten]], the Choyer Garrison Cluster took very heavy casualties on [[Devin]] and the Nega Garrison Cluster was wiped out on [[Baker 3]].<ref>''Bred for War''</ref> The Galaxy had to be reconstructed with new Clusters transferred in as well as fresh warriors straight out of the ''[[sibko]]s''.

In 3059, Iota Galaxy held the Spinward section of the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone. They weren't able to meet all of their defensive needs even by 3067, as several Clusters were still understrength.

In June [[3069]] elements of Iota faced the [[1st Kell Hounds]] on Graceland. The Falcons killed [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Daniel Allard]] in this engagement.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 75</ref>

In [[3074]] or early [[3075]] Iota Galaxy launched an attack on the [[Lyran Alliance]] world of [[Zanderij]]. Zanderij was garrisoned by mercenary units at the time: [[Greenburg's Godzillas]], the [[Tooth of Ymir]] and [[Thor's Hammers]]. The Thor's Hammers mercenary unit, commanded by [[Major]] [[Napoleon Hobart]], had recently taken receipt of a battery of newly manufactured ''[[Helepolis]]'' [['Mech]]s which had been organized into a battery of ArtilleryMechs commanded by [[Captain]] [[Gustav Colt]]. Colt was a veteran artilleryman from the [[12th Star Guards]], a multiregiment mercenary unit destroyed during the initial [[Operation Revival|Clan invasion]]. Colt and the motley collection of 'Mechs armed with artillery weapons known as "Hobart's Funnies" proved hugely effective against the Jade Falcon forces, pinning Iota Galaxy down with a constant artillery barrage and preventing the Falcon forces from breaking out of their initial landing zone. Iota Galaxy attempted to remove Colt's forces by launching a head-hunting attack using [[Elemental]]s, only to discover that the Hammers had predicted the attack and screened the Funnies extensively with conventional forces; the Elementals were wiped out by the Hammers, leaving the surviving elements of Iota Galaxy little option but to withdraw.<ref name="TRO3075p182">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 182: "HEP-2H Helepolis"</ref>

Around [[3085]] Iota Galaxy was deployed to the border with the Lyran Commonwealth, where the [[Gyrfalcon Eyrie (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gyrfalcon Eyrie]] and [[51st Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Fifty-first Garrison]] Clusters experienced difficulty combating insurgents on [[Blue Hole]] and [[Goat Path]] respectively.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 118: "Iota Galaxy"</ref>

The warriors of Iota Galaxy were not affected by the Rending, and so in 3140 they were ordered to assault [[Melissia]]. Shocking observers, Iota actually took the world and secured the new border with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. After taking Melissia, Iota became a favorite target of raids by [[LCAF]] mercenaries. Iota was unable to respond quickly to these raids, and chose to vent their frustration on local civilian towns and infrastructure. This only hurt Iota more, as civilians began to create a resistance movement.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 157</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Iota Galaxy'''
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| [[Galaxy Commander]]||[[Cewers]]||[[pre-3049]]<ref name=JSF93>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 93</ref>
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| [[Galaxy Commander]]||[[Gran Newclay]]||[[3058-307?]]<ref name=FM:CrCp104/>
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| [[Galaxy Commander]]||[[Mar Helmer]]||[[3071]]<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 126</ref>
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| [[Galaxy Commander]]||[[Temple Clees]]||[[3076]]<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 136</ref>
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| Galaxy Commander||[[Avarah Roshak]]||[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p126>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126: "Iota Galaxy"</ref>
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| Galaxy Commander||[[Ernest Binetti]]||[[3145]]<ref name=FM:3145p169/>
|-
|}

===Other Officers===
* [[Star Colonel]] [[Larissa Buhallin]] served as military aide to Galaxy Commander Avarah Roshak.<ref name=FM3085p126/>
* Star Colonel [[Phyllis Roshak]] served as military aide to Galaxy Commander Ernest Binetti.<ref name=FM:3145p169>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 169: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref>

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
===3054===
'''Iota Galaxy'''<ref name=OR31>''Objective Raids'', p. 31</ref>
* [[Choyer Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Choyer Garrison Cluster]]
* [[Gurbeng Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gurbeng Garrison Cluster]]
* [[Dorbeng Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Dorbeng Garrison Cluster]]
* [[Nega Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Nega Garrison Cluster]]
* [[8th Falcon Regulars (Clan Jade Falcon)|Eighth Falcon Regulars]]

===3059===
* [[2nd Falcon Jaegers (Clan Jade Falcon)|Second Falcon Jaegers]]<ref name=FM:CrCp104/>
* [[5th Talon (Clan Jade Falcon)|Fifth Talon]]<ref name=FM:CrCp104/>
* [[51st Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Fifty-first Garrison]]<ref name=FM:CrCp104/>
* [[73rd Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|Seventy-third Striker]]<ref name=FM:CrCp104/>
* [[305th Assault (Clan Jade Falcon)|305th Assault]]<ref name=FM:CrCp104/>
* [[Gyrfalcon Eyrie (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gyrfalcon Eyrie]]<ref name=FM:CrCp104/>

===3085===
* Second Falcon Jaegers<ref name=FM3085p126/>
* Fifth Talon<ref name=FM3085p126/>
* Fifty-first Garrison<ref name=FM3085p126/>
* Gyrfalcon Eyrie<ref name=FM3085p126/>

===3145===
* [[3rd Falcon Swoop (Clan Jade Falcon)|Third Falcon Swoop Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p169/>
* Fifth Talon<ref name=FM:3145p169/>
* Fifty-first Garrison Cluster<ref name=FM:3145p169/>
* [[7th Mixed (Clan Jade Falcon)|Seventh Mixed Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p169/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Bred for War]]''
* ''[[The Falcon and the Wolf]]''
* ''[[Falcon Guard (novel)]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''


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