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−	| image = [[Image:Fmfaraday.png]]	+	| image   = [[Image:Fmfaraday.png]]
−	| Designation = First Battle Cluster	+	| nickname = ''None''
−	| Formed =	+	| parent formation = [[Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga]]
−	| Disbanded = [[3074]] (Disbanded)	+	| formed  =
−	| Previous Designation =	+	| year    = 3074
−	| Nickname =	+	| disbanded = 3074
−	| Affiliation = [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]	+	| unitname = 1st Battle Cluster
−	| Parent Command = [[Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga]]
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	==History==		==History==
−	The '''First Battle Cluster''' was descended from a unit that took part in [[Operation Klondike]].<ref name="FM:CrCp47">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 47</ref> In [[3048]] they provided two [[Star]]s to Clan Fire Mandrill's Provisional Assault Cluster that competed in the Trials prior to [[Operation REVIVAL]].<ref name=OTP>''Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials'', p. 19-20</ref> Between [[3059]] and [[3067]] it was stationed on the world of [[Atreus (Clan System)|Atreus]].<ref name="FM:CrCp149">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 149, "The Crusader Clans - Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="FM:Up70">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 70, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref>	+	The '''First Battle Cluster''' was descended from a unit that took part in [[Operation Klondike]].<ref name="FM:CrCp47">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 47</ref> In [[3048]] they provided two [[Star]]s to Clan Fire Mandrill's Provisional Assault Cluster that competed in the Trials prior to [[Operation Revival]].<ref name=OTP>''Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials'', p. 19-20</ref> Between [[3059]] and [[3067]] it was stationed on the world of [[Atreus (Clan planet)|Atreus]].<ref name="FM:CrCp149">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 149, "The Crusader Clans - Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="FM:Up70">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 70, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
	The ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser ''[[Streaking Mist]]'' arrived at the Atreus system in early [[3072]]. The former flagship of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] launched two [[DropShip]]s containing a raiding party led by the [[Bandit Caste]] leader known as [[Russou Howell|The Jaguar]] and then proceeded to blockade the planet, destroying several merchant vessels in the following weeks. The Jaguar's forces began by landing near Firebase Gamma, destroying the defending [[16th Assault (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Sixteenth Assault Cluster]].<ref name="WORp138">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 138, "Death of a Kindraa"</ref>		The ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser ''[[Streaking Mist]]'' arrived at the Atreus system in early [[3072]]. The former flagship of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] launched two [[DropShip]]s containing a raiding party led by the [[Bandit Caste]] leader known as [[Russou Howell|The Jaguar]] and then proceeded to blockade the planet, destroying several merchant vessels in the following weeks. The Jaguar's forces began by landing near Firebase Gamma, destroying the defending [[16th Assault (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Sixteenth Assault Cluster]].<ref name="WORp138">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 138, "Death of a Kindraa"</ref>
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	==Tactics==		==Tactics==
−	The warriors of the Cluster were adept at dueling at close range.	+	The warriors of the Cluster were adept at duelling at close range.
	==Composition History==		==Composition History==

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{{infoBoxStateUnit | image = [[Image:Fmfaraday.png]] | nickname = ''None'' | parent formation = [[Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga]] | formed = | year = 3074 | disbanded = 3074 | unitname = 1st Battle Cluster }} ==History== The '''First Battle Cluster''' was descended from a unit that took part in [[Operation Klondike]].<ref name="FM:CrCp47">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 47</ref> In [[3048]] they provided two [[Star]]s to Clan Fire Mandrill's Provisional Assault Cluster that competed in the Trials prior to [[Operation Revival]].<ref name=OTP>''Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials'', p. 19-20</ref> Between [[3059]] and [[3067]] it was stationed on the world of [[Atreus (Clan planet)|Atreus]].<ref name="FM:CrCp149">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 149, "The Crusader Clans - Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="FM:Up70">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 70, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref> The ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser ''[[Streaking Mist]]'' arrived at the Atreus system in early [[3072]]. The former flagship of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] launched two [[DropShip]]s containing a raiding party led by the [[Bandit Caste]] leader known as [[Russou Howell|The Jaguar]] and then proceeded to blockade the planet, destroying several merchant vessels in the following weeks. The Jaguar's forces began by landing near Firebase Gamma, destroying the defending [[16th Assault (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Sixteenth Assault Cluster]].<ref name="WORp138">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 138, "Death of a Kindraa"</ref> Shortly after the Jaguar's forces had moved on from Firebase Gamma, a deadly plague began to spread across the world, one which would later be identified as primarily threatening those with the Hoskins, Tanaga and Quesnel genetic legacies. Despite the plague, the Jaguar continued to raid both Fire Mandrill and [[Clan Steel Viper|Steel Viper]] holdings across Atreus for several months, capturing slaves and resources before the Jaguar and the ''Streaking Mist'' departed.<ref name="WORp138"/> By July [[3073]] the surviving elements of the Fire Mandrill population were barely clinging to existence after being decimated by the plagues and subjected to raids by the [[Dark Caste]] and [[Clan Coyote]] for more than a year.<ref name="WORp138"/> When [[Zeta Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Zeta Galaxy]] of Clan Blood Spirit arrived in [[3074]] they discovered that the population of Atreus had been reduced to a few hundred thousand civilians and less than two Clusters of Mandrill troops. SaKhan Cluff declared a [[Trial of Absorption]] for the remains of Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga, and the survivors accepted their fate willingly.<ref name="WORp138"/> ==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 1st Battle''' |- | [[Loremaster]]||[[Drew Tanaga]]||[[3059]]<ref name=FMCRC47/> |- | [[Star Colonel]]||[[Zachary Bush]]||[[3067]]<ref name="FM:Up70"/> |- |} ===Notes=== * Day-to-day command during Loremaster Drew Tanaga years rested with acting Star Colonel Zachary Bush.<ref name=FMCRC47>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 47, "Unit Profile"</ref> ==Tactics== The warriors of the Cluster were adept at duelling at close range. ==Composition History== ===3059=== '''First Battle Cluster''' - Elite/Reliable <ref name=FMCRC47/> * 5 [[Trinary|Trinaries]], includes: ** 1 Command [[OmniMech]]/[[Elemental]] [[Supernova]] Trinary ** 1 Honor [[Star]] (Loremaster's escort) ===3067=== '''First Battle Cluster''' - Elite/Reliable <ref name="FM:Up70"/> * 82% full strength with 100% of the force equipped with [[OmniMech]]s ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== *''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials]]'' * ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]'' [[Category:Clan Fire Mandrill Commands|Battle, 001]]

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