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−	After [[Xi Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Xi Galaxy]] lost the [[5th Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Fifth Bear Regulars]] to the Word of Blake attack on [[Radstadt]] during the [[Jihad]], the Ghost Bears transferred the First and [[2nd Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Second Bear Regulars]] out of Tau Galaxy and into Xi to allow Xi to join offensive operations against the Blakists.<ref name="FR:Cp10X">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 10: "Xi Galaxy"</ref> After capturing [[Vega]]<ref name="FR:Cp10X"/> in August [[3075]]<ref name="JHS:Tp18">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 18: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp54">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 54: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Xi Galaxy supported [[Omicron Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Omicron Galaxy]], with the First serving alongside such units as the [[7th Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Seventh Bear Regulars]] and the [[69th Provisional Garrison (Clan Ghost Bear)|Sixty-ninth Provisional Garrison Cluster]]. It was alongside Omicron Galaxy that the First attacked the world of [[Cebalrai]] in the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]], deploying in mid-August 3075.<ref name="JHS3076p47">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 47: "Cebalrai Free, But at What Cost?"</ref>	+	After [[Xi Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Xi Galaxy]] lost the [[5th Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Fifth Bear Regulars]] to the Word of Blake attack on [[Radstadt]] during the [[Jihad]], the Ghost Bears transferred the First and [[2nd Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Second Bear Regulars]] out of Tau Galaxy and into Xi to allow Xi to join offensive operations against the Blakists.<ref name="FR:Cp10X">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 10: "Xi Galaxy"</ref> After capturing [[Vega]]<ref name="FR:Cp10X"/> in August [[3075]]<ref name="JHS:Tp18">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 18: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp54">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 54: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Xi Galaxy supported [[Omicron Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Omicron Galaxy]], with the First serving alongside such units as the [[7th Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Seventh Bear Regulars]] and the [[69th Provisional Garrison Cluster (Clan Ghost Bear)|Sixty-ninth Provisional Garrison Cluster]]. It was alongside Omicron Galaxy that the First attacked the world of [[Cebalrai]] in the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]], deploying in mid-August 3075.<ref name="JHS3076p47">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 47: "Cebalrai Free, But at What Cost?"</ref>
	Having established landing zones, the First Bear Regulars—along with the Seventh Bear Regulars and Sixty-ninth PGC—swiftly pushed the defending forces from the [[Cebalrai Protectorate Militia]] and their supporting mercenaries off the continent of Lennori and continued to pursue them across Sarrina, a pursuit that culminated in a bloody three-day campaign to seize control of [[New Wade]], the capital city of Cebalrai. New Wade was secured by the Ghost Bears on the 18th of August and the government reestablished; concerns about rogue Blakist units and supporters led to the First remaining in place to both act as guards and recuperate from their losses.<ref name="JHS3076p47"/>		Having established landing zones, the First Bear Regulars—along with the Seventh Bear Regulars and Sixty-ninth PGC—swiftly pushed the defending forces from the [[Cebalrai Protectorate Militia]] and their supporting mercenaries off the continent of Lennori and continued to pursue them across Sarrina, a pursuit that culminated in a bloody three-day campaign to seize control of [[New Wade]], the capital city of Cebalrai. New Wade was secured by the Ghost Bears on the 18th of August and the government reestablished; concerns about rogue Blakist units and supporters led to the First remaining in place to both act as guards and recuperate from their losses.<ref name="JHS3076p47"/>

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{{Update Needed|[[Dominions Divided]]}} {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[Image:Galaxy Tau (Clan Ghost Bear) logo.png|191px|Insignia of Tau Galaxy]] | Designation = First Bear Regulars | Formed = Before [[2861]] | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = | Affiliation = [[Rasalhague Dominion]]<br>[[Clan Ghost Bear]] (previous) | Parent Command = [[Tau Galaxy (Rasalhague Dominion)|Tau Galaxy]] | Sub-Command = }} ==History== The '''First Bear Regulars''' had served for over two hundred years. After [[Operation BULLDOG]] concluded, they were sent to raid [[Luzerne]] by their commanders. They faced the [[Seventeenth Recon Regiment]], which contested the landing. The Regulars forced the Recon unit aside, and the mercenary forces responded by showering the Regulars with [[Arrow IV]] artillery missiles.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 18</ref> === First Draconis Combine/Ghost Bear War === Despite being a garrison force Tau Galaxy commands were heavily tasked during the [[1st Combine-Dominion War|First Draconis Combine / Ghost Bear War]]. Clusters from Tau were responsible the capture of worlds held by both [[Clan Nova Cat]] and the [[Draconis Combine]], as well as reprisal raids against [[Clan Wolf]] and [[Clan Hell's Horses]]<ref name="FM:Up61"/> following the Hell's Horses invasion of the Ghost Bear Occupation Zone as a result of the machinations of the Wolf [[Khan]], [[Vlad Ward]].<ref name="FM:Up60">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 60: "Overview"</ref> In fact, Tau's performance in various [[Trial of Possession|Trials of Possession]] were responsible for the Bears taking [[Itabaiana]] from the Nova Cats and [[Kiamba]] from the Combine, then recapturing [[Goito]] from the Hell's Horses before seizing [[Stanzach]]—again, from the Hell's Horses—and then [[Gunzburg]] from the Wolves.<ref name="FM:Up61">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 61: "Tau Galaxy"</ref> ===The Jihad=== ==== Vega and Cebalrai ==== After [[Xi Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Xi Galaxy]] lost the [[5th Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Fifth Bear Regulars]] to the Word of Blake attack on [[Radstadt]] during the [[Jihad]], the Ghost Bears transferred the First and [[2nd Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Second Bear Regulars]] out of Tau Galaxy and into Xi to allow Xi to join offensive operations against the Blakists.<ref name="FR:Cp10X">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 10: "Xi Galaxy"</ref> After capturing [[Vega]]<ref name="FR:Cp10X"/> in August [[3075]]<ref name="JHS:Tp18">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 18: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp54">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 54: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Xi Galaxy supported [[Omicron Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Omicron Galaxy]], with the First serving alongside such units as the [[7th Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)|Seventh Bear Regulars]] and the [[69th Provisional Garrison Cluster (Clan Ghost Bear)|Sixty-ninth Provisional Garrison Cluster]]. It was alongside Omicron Galaxy that the First attacked the world of [[Cebalrai]] in the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]], deploying in mid-August 3075.<ref name="JHS3076p47">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 47: "Cebalrai Free, But at What Cost?"</ref> Having established landing zones, the First Bear Regulars—along with the Seventh Bear Regulars and Sixty-ninth PGC—swiftly pushed the defending forces from the [[Cebalrai Protectorate Militia]] and their supporting mercenaries off the continent of Lennori and continued to pursue them across Sarrina, a pursuit that culminated in a bloody three-day campaign to seize control of [[New Wade]], the capital city of Cebalrai. New Wade was secured by the Ghost Bears on the 18th of August and the government reestablished; concerns about rogue Blakist units and supporters led to the First remaining in place to both act as guards and recuperate from their losses.<ref name="JHS3076p47"/> The Seventh Bear Regulars and the Sixty-ninth PGC continued to harry the retreating Cebalrai Protectorate Militia and their supporting mercenary forces, pursuing them back to Dragga, where the Blakists still controlled the three main cities. The main Blakist strength was at Kamrin, a heavily industrial city, and the Ghost Bear forces were driving deep into the city when the Blakists acted out of desperation and detonated a chain of five neutron bombs that had been concealed under the city. The results were devastating for the Seventh Regulars and the Sixty-ninth PGC, who were collectively reduced to just a handful of survivors,<ref name="JHS:Tp18"/><ref name="J:FRp54"/><ref name="JHS3076p47"/> and the First were lucky to escape the same fate.<ref name="FR:Cp10X"/> With the Ghost Bears still in control of the bulk of Cebalrai the [[10th Provisional Garrison (Clan Ghost Bear)|Tenth Provisional Garrison Cluster]] was deployed to the planet to secure Dragga, a campaign that took until at least the 23rd of August;<ref name="JHS3076p47"/> even with the Blakists annihilated,<ref name=DARWp9>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 9: "Cebalrai"</ref> the casualties inflicted on the Seventh Regulars and the Sixty-ninth PGC were such that Omicron Galaxy halted offensive operations temporarily to reassess the campaign and attempt to recover its strength.<ref name="JHS3076p47"/> The Republic of the Sphere established a memorial to the Ghost Bears who died liberating Cebalrai; a huge sculpture of a Ghost Bear, carved from obsidian, was placed in the center of Kamrin, the location of the final conflict between the Ghost Bears and the Blakists.<ref name=DARWp9/> ==== Ko, Lyons and New Earth ==== Xi Galaxy went on to liberate [[Ko]] in late July [[3076]] and Lyons in August 3076<ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> before rejoining Omicron Galaxy for the attack on [[New Earth]]. Omicron and Xi were part of<ref name="FR:Cp10X"/> a contingent of roughly four [[Galaxy|Galaxies]] of mixed [[Clan]] forces drawn from the [[Lyran Alliance]] front of [[Operation SCOUR]] struck at New Earth on the 8th of February [[3078]], meeting heavy resistance.<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The initial attack was rebuffed, with the Clan forces having retreated by mid February; while the media reported that the [[SDS]] in the New Earth system had been destroyed or at least heavily damaged, it also reported that up to four Clan [[WarShip]]s had been destroyed, and that the Clan forces had been forced to retreat due to the presence of not just the anticipated Protectorate Militia Divisions and Militia Division, but also at least one [[Shadow Division]]. There were also unsubstantiated rumors that the forces from the Ghost Bears, [[Clan Jade Falcon]] and Clan Wolf had arrived at different times, with the Ghost Bears arriving early, and then failed to work together.<ref name="JHS:Tp66">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 66: "Failed Gambit?"</ref> One of the destroyed WarShips was subsequently identified as the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Frost Falcon|CJF ''Frost Falcon'']];<ref name="FR:Cp15">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 15: "Fleet Assets"</ref> another was the ''[[Volga]]''-class transport [[Ursine Boatman|CGB ''Ursine Boatman'']],<ref name="FR:Cp11">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 11: "Fleet Assets"</ref> and the third the ''[[Vincent]]''-class corvette [[Huninn|CSR ''Huninn'']], a vessel from the [[Clan Snow Raven]] [[Ice Storm Star (Clan Snow Raven)|Ice Storm Naval Star]] assigned to support the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] during the Jihad.<ref name=FR:Cp18">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 18: "Fleet Assets"</ref> The Ghost Bear ground forces were lucky to escape from the trap, and the damage taken made New Earth the last campaign of the Jihad for both galaxies.<ref name="FR:Cp10">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 10: "Omicron Galaxy"</ref> With the Ghost Bear operations against the Word of Blake coming to a close, the First and Second Bear Regulars were returned to Tau Galaxy, which made Tau one of the largest galaxies in the [[Clan Ghost Bear Touman|Ghost Bear ''touman'']] in [[3079]].<ref name="FR:Cp10"/> === The Dark Age === During the years immediately after the Jihad Tau acted as a supporting force to [[Rho Galaxy (Rasalhague Dominion)|Rho]] and [[Omega Galaxy (Rasalhague Dominion)|Omega Galaxies]]. A lack of BattleMechs had led to Tau containing vehicle-based transport [[Nova]]s as well as vehicle [[Binary|Binaries]] manned by native Rasalhagians; while the proportion of [[Inner Sphere]] technology in use with Tau dropped after the initial rebuilding efforts, by [[3085]] nearly a quarter of Tau's equipment was still of Inner Sphere origin.<ref name="FM:3085p121">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 121: "Tau Galaxy"</ref> With the collapse of the [[HPG]] network after [[Gray Monday]] Tau Galaxy was posted to the [[Periphery]] border of the [[Rasalhague Dominion]]; given Tau's status as a second-line galaxy only slightly below frontline status, this seemed an odd move to observers outside the Dominion. Tau's posting prompted speculation that the Dominion was preparing for a potential attack from the [[Clan Homeworlds]] and that the Dominion perhaps believed the various [[Home Clans]] were responsible for the events of Gray Monday.<ref name="FM:3145p163">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 163: "Tau Galaxy"</ref> Tau's posting wasn't without problems; while [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Ezekial Vong]] was on a diplomatic mission to [[Santander V]] he evidently insulted Inheritor Warden [[Seb Hutardo]]; more surprising to outside observers was the decision by the [[Dominion Council]] to demand that Ezekial Vong perform ''[[surkai]]'' to the ruler of such an unimportant microstate.<ref name="FM:3145p163"/> ==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="3" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 1st Bear Regulars (Clan Ghost Bear)''' |- | colspan="3" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 1st Bear Regulars (Ghost Bear Dominion)''' |- | [[Galaxy Commander]]||[[François Cote]]||[[3061]] - [[3067]]<ref name="FM:Up78">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 78: "Tau Galaxy"</ref> |- | Galaxy Commander||[[Jason Hall]]||[[3085]]<ref name="FM:3085p127">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Tau Galaxy"</ref> |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 1st Bear Regulars (Rasalhague Dominion)''' |- | Galaxy Commander||[[Ezekiel Vong]]||[[3145]] - [[3152]]<ref name="FM:3145p172">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 172: "Tau Galaxy"</ref><ref name=DDp103>''Dominions Divided'', p. 103</ref> |- |} ==Tactics== Unknown. ==Composition History== ===3061=== '''First Bear Regulars''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FMWC164>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 164</ref> :CO: Galaxy Commander Frangois Cote <ref name=FMWCp100>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 100</ref> :* 3 [[Trinary|Trinaries]] : Note: At this time the unit was stationed on [[Goito]].<ref name=FMWC164/> === 3067 === '''First Bear Regulars''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:Up78"/> :- At this point in time the First were stationed on [[Stanzach]] and were at fifty-seven percent of full strength. Three quarters of the [[Cluster]] were equipped with Clan technology, with the remainder using [[Star League|Star League era]] equipment. Almost half of the First were equipped with [[OmniMech]]s or equivalent technology.<ref name="FM:Up78"/> === 3079 === '''First Bear Regulars''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name="FR:Cp11"/> : Note: In 3079 the First were stationed on [[Santander V]] and were at fifty-five percent of full strength. Less than a third of the Cluster were equipped with OmniMechs by this point. === 3085 === '''First Bear Regulars''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:3085p127"/> :- At this point the First were stationed on [[Nox]] and had rebuilt to two-thirds of full strength. Slightly more than a third of the Cluster were equipped with OmniMechs or equivalent technology by this point.<ref name="FM:3085p127"/> === 3145 === '''First Bear Regulars''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p172"/> :- Stationed on [[Holmsbu]] at this point in time, and were just below full strength; in common with the remainder of Tau Galaxy the First had no OmniMechs or equivalents deployed.<ref name="FM:3145p172"/> ==Notes== * Special Rules for the 1st Bear Regulars can be found on ''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', pp. 180, 182. ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]'' * ''[[Field Report: Clans]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade]]'' {{div col end}} [[Category: Rasalhague Dominion Commands|Bear Regulars, 001st]]

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