Editing Jade Falcon Guards (Clan Jade Falcon)

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| image = [[File:CJF Falcon Guards.png|150px]]
| Designation = Jade Falcon Guards Cluster
| Formed = [[2823]]
| Disbanded = 
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname = Pryde's Pride (since [[3052]])
| Affiliation = [[Clan Jade Falcon]]
| Parent Command = [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gamma Galaxy]]
| Sub-Command =
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==History==
Formed in the immediate aftermath of the [[The Culling|Culling]], the '''Falcon Guards''' were one of the oldest and most respected units in the [[Clan Jade Falcon Touman|Clan Jade Falcon ''touman'']].<ref name="er3052-46">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 46</ref> Until [[3050]], command of the Falcon Guards was seen as a prerequisite for [[Khan|Khanship]] and [[freeborns]] were not allowed in the unit's ranks.<ref name="er3052-48">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 48</ref>

===Operation REVIVAL===
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====Early gains====
The Falcon Guards were one of the premier units in the Jade Falcon ''touman'' at the beginning of the Clan invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]]. In the first three waves of [[Operation Revival]] they captured five worlds and destroyed four enemy regiments, including the [[17th Skye Rangers]], [[2nd Grave Walkers]], and [[12th Star Guards]] second regiment.<ref>''The Battle for Twycross'', p. 7</ref> They also nearly captured [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] on [[Trell I]]. Those foes they captured and the civilians they administered were surprised at the level of mercy they showed.<ref name="er3052-48"/>

====Twycross and rebuilding====
{{main|Battle of Twycross}}
In [[3050]], the Guards were single-handedly destroyed at the battle of the Great Gash on [[Twycross]] by [[Kai Allard-Liao]]. The magnitude of the defeat was so great that the Guards were disgraced. Khan Crichell wanted to wipe the unit from the rolls, but his saKhan intervened, arguing that doing so would be a waste of the long and storied history of the unit.<ref name="er3052-48"/>
[[Joanna]] was mentioned as the only survivor of the Guards.<ref>''Operation Audacity'', p. 10</ref>
After Twycross, the Falcon Guards were slowly rebuilt and command was given to Star Colonel [[Aidan Pryde]], the [[Khan]]s viewing it appropriate to give a ''[[dezgra]]'' Cluster to a disgraced [[Star Colonel]]. Unlike the unit that landed on Twycross, the new Falcon Guards were filled with freeborns, troublemakers, ''[[solahma]]'', and other ''dezgra'' troops.<ref name="er3052-48"/>

====Tukayyid====
The Falcon Guards regained a great deal of their prestige under Pryde's command on [[Tukayyid]]. During that battle, Trinaries Alpha, Beta and Gamma served as the main attack force. Trinary Delta served as Scouts, while Trinary Echo was stretched along the whole line of battle to serve as flank-cover. They held off the advancing [[Com Guards]], allowing many Falcon warriors to escape that would otherwise have been killed or captured. Following Tukayyid, the Falcon Guards were nicknamed "Pryde's Pride". In fact the Falcon Guards were the only Jade Falcon unit to achieve any sort of success during the battle, though Aidan Pryde was killed covering the retreat of his troops.<ref name="er3052-48"/>

====Aftermath====
Being considered a prestige unit only elite warriors were assigned to the Falcon Guards. After the heavy losses on Tukayyid most remaining elite and veteran warriors were [[freeborn]]s. In later years, mainly warriors fresh from the ''[[sibko]]s'' were assigned to the Falcon Guards.{{cn}}

===Refusal War===
During the [[Refusal War]] the Jade Falcon Guards faced the [[13th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|13th Wolf Guards]] on [[Twycross]]. There a warrior from the Guards killed [[Natasha Kerensky]].<ref>''Bred for War'', p. 290</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 133</ref> The Falcon Guards fought the Wolf Guards to a standstill.<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', pp. 93, 132</ref><ref>''The Falcon and the Wolf'', p. 30</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 144</ref>

===Hegira War===
The Falcon Guards also fought against the [[Clan Steel Viper|Steel Vipers]] in [[3061]]. The Steel Viper Warrior caste has a strong distaste for freeborns even by the standards of Clan trueborns in general, and tried to wipe out the Falcon Guards, with their heavy contingent of freeborn warriors. However, the Falcon Guards proved to be a tough opponent, even for the elite [[Triasch Keshik (Clan Steel Viper)|Triasch Keshik]].<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 24</ref> Though they were outmatched, the freeborn [[Diana Pryde]] managed to destroy the 'Mech of Khan [[Perigard Zalman]]. Upon seeing this, the rest of the Steel Vipers fled. For this action, Diana Pryde was promoted to the rank of [[Star Captain]].{{cn}}

===Operation AUDACITY===
In [[3064]] a [[Trinary]] of the Falcon Guards was stationed on Twycross as an honor guard. [[Archer Christifori]] knew that defeating this unit on this planet would enrage a host of other Jade Falcon units enough to leave their positions and hunt him down, thus taking pressure off the [[Lyran Alliance]]. He attacked that Trinary, which accidentally broke ''[[zellbrigen]]''. Several Clusters, including the rest of the Falcon Guards, attacked Christifori's combat group, but were defeated as reinforcements arrived. Star Captain Diana Pryde was among the few survivors.

Several months later, Diana Pryde was promoted to [[Star Colonel]] and commander of the Falcon Guards, which were scheduled for rebuild.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 126</ref>

===Jihad and destruction===
The Falcon Guards were destroyed in March [[3072]] during [[Operation ICE STORM]], the [[Clan Ice Hellion]] invasion of the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone. Acting as a part of a combined Jade Falcon and [[Clan Hell's Horses]] force mustered to battle the surviving elements of the [[Clan Ice Hellion Touman|Clan Ice Hellion ''touman'']] which had retreated to the Waystation in the [[Dark Nebula]], the Falcon Guards were serving alongside the Jade Falcon [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Delta Galaxy]] and several [[Star]]s of [[aerospace fighter]]s and assault [[DropShip]]s and the Hell's Horses [[Theta Galaxy (Clan Hell's Horses)|Theta Galaxy]].<ref name="WoRp85">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 85: "Icy Fire"</ref>

Opposing the Jade Falcon and Hell's Horses forces were the remnants of the Ice Hellion [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Ice Hellion)|Beta Galaxy]] along with two WarShips, the ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class corvette [[Whelp|CIH ''Whelp'']] and the badly-damaged ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Cold Hunter (Individual Lola III-class WarShip)|CIH ''Cold Hunter'']] all under the overall command of the Hellion's [[saKhan]], [[Connor Rood]]. The ''Cold Hunter'' was in no condition to fight, and surrendered before the Falcon forces reached firing distance; the ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruiser [[Coterie|CIH ''Coterie'']] arrived at the nadir jump point shortly after the allied Falcon and Horses launched their assault, leaving it too far away to assist. That left the ''Whelp'' and the minimal fighter presence to defend Beta Galaxy, and the ''Whelp'' did her best to disrupt the attack, gutting a part of the incoming wave of enemy forces before being savaged by assault DropShips.<ref name="WoRp85"/>

The ''Whelp'' was responsible for the destruction of the Falcon Guards when she destroyed both DropShips transporting the Guards. One of the two Falcon Guards DropShips, the [[Falcon Xi|CJF ''Falcon Xi'']], managed to reorient itself as it began breaking apart, and launched a final volley against the underbelly of the ''Whelp''. While the ''Falcon Xi'' was destroyed, that last parting shot penetrated the ''Whelp''&#39;s armor, venting a substantial portion of the ship into space. A Star of Jade Falcon fighters took advantage of this, launching an attack that destroyed the ''Whelp''&#39;s bridge.<ref name="WoRp85"/><ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 30: March 3072 - At Dark Nebula the Whelp is destroyed by Combined Horses/Falcon Aerospace forces.</ref>

It is unknown if Diana Pryde, the Guards' commander, was aboard the DropShips, but she survived her unit's destruction, later dying in the [[Fritz Donner]] bombing on [[Arc-Royal]] in 3073 when assisted to a summit to fight the [[Word of Blake]] Jihad.

==Dark Age==
The Falcon Guards weren't reconstituited as a unit until the year [[3150]] in the [[Dark Age]], as part of the Falcon's Gamma Galaxy, probably as part of the Falcon's growing to the campaign of [[Terra]]. A year later, they received their baptism of fire in the battle for Geneva, Terra's capital. The urban fight took a heavy toll on the unit. The Guards didn't appear to be fanatical followers of [[Malvina Hazen]]'s [[Mongol Doctrine]].<ref>''Hour of the Wolf'', pp. 119–120</ref>

In Mexico, the guard saved Malvina's life against the Old Guard Regiment, winning themselves a great reputation, but, like all Falcon units, suffered heavy losses in the campaign, and were all but destroyed in the final trial against the Wolves, though its leader, Star Colonel [[Marv Roshak]], survived. It is unknown if the Guards were recomposed after the trial.<ref>''Hour of the Wolf'', p. 348</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
|-
! colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | Commanding Officers of the Jade Falcon Guards
|-
| Star Colonel||[[Adam Calbot]]||First Commander<ref name=JFSp56>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 56</ref><ref name=FMCCp100>''Field Manual, Crusader Clans'', p. 100</ref>
|-
| Star Colonel||[[Cynthia Helmer]]||<ref name=JFSp56/><ref name=FMCCp100/>
|-
| Star Colonel||[[Mar Helmer]]||<ref name=JFSp56/>
|-
| Star Colonel||[[Adler Malthus]]||[[3050]]<ref>''The Battle for Twycross'', p. 7</ref><ref name=JFSp56/><ref name=FMCCp100/>
|-
| Star Colonel||[[Aidan Pryde]]||[[3052]]<ref name=ER3062p92/>
|-
| Star Colonel||[[Ravill Pryde]]||[[3053]]<ref name=ER3062p92>''Era Report: 3062'', pp. 92, 160</ref>
|-
| Star Colonel||[[Diana Pryde]]||[[3064]]
|-
| Star Colonel||[[Marv Roshak]]||[[3150]]
|-
|}

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
===3050===
Nine 'Mech Stars, six Elemental Stars. Supported by the ''[[Aegis]]''-class ''[[Jade Talon]]'', ''[[Overlord]]''-sized ''[[Raptor (Individual Overlord-class Dropship)|Raptor]]'' and ''[[Starbird]]''.<ref>''The Battle for Twycross'', pp. 18–19</ref>
* Jade Falcon Guards Cluster
** Cluster Command [[Star]]
** Trinary Alpha
** Trinary Bravo
** Trinary Charlie
** Trinary Delta
***(1 OmniMech/[[Elemental]] [[Nova_(unit)|Nova]], 2 Elemental Stars)
** Trinary Echo
***(1 OmniMech/Elemental Nova, 2 Elemental Stars)

===3052===
* Jade Falcon Guards Cluster<ref>''Battle of Tukayyid Supplemental'', p. 21 "Strategic Battles: Robyn's Crossing"</ref>
** Cluster Command [[Star]]
** Trinary Alpha
** Trinary Bravo
** Trinary Charlie
** Trinary Delta
***(2 OmniMech/[[Elemental]] [[Nova_(unit)|Nova]]s, 1 Elemental Star)
** Trinary Echo
***(1 OmniMech/Elemental Nova, 2 Elemental Stars)
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===3059===
* 5 [[Trinary|Trinaries]]
===3067===
'''Jade Falcon Guards''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMU72+73>''Field Manual: Updates'', pp. 72–73</ref>
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Sudeten]] with an operational readiness of 45 percent.<ref name=FMU72+73/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[The Battle for Twycross]]''
* ''[[Bred for War]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[The Falcon and the Wolf]]''
* ''[[Falcon Guard (novel)|Falcon Guard]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
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