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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand
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{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image = [[Image:Fmfaraday.png]]
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| image   =  
| Designation = Third Battle Cluster
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| nickname = The Valiant
| Formed =
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| parent formation = [[Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga]]
| Disbanded = [[3074]] (Disbanded)
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| formed  =
| Previous Designation = The Valiant
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| year    = 3059
| Nickname =
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| unitname =
| Affiliation = [[Clan Fire Mandrill]]
 
| Parent Command = [[Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Kindraa Faraday-Tanaga]]
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
 
}}
 
}}
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==History==
 
==History==
The '''Third Battle Cluster''' had fought against [[Clan Burrock]] forces in [[3058]], losing their commanding officer and their elite status in the process.<ref name=FMCRC47>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 47, "Unit Profile"</ref> They were stationed on [[Dagda (Clan System)|Dagda]] between 3059 and 3067.<ref name=FMCRC149>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 149</ref><ref name="FM:Up70"/>
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As of [[3059]], had recently fought [[Clan Burrock]] forces.
 
 
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==
 
==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
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As of 3059 the Commanding Officer was [[Star Colonel]] Jerald [[Danforth (Bloodname)|Danforth]].
|-
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 3rd Battle Cluster'''
 
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| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Jerald Danforth]]||[[3059]] - [[3067]]<ref name=FMCRC47/><ref name="FM:Up70">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 70, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
 
|}
 
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
The Third had no special tactics.
 
  
==Composition History==
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===3057===
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==Composition==
'''Third Battle Cluster''' - Elite/Reliable <ref name=FMCRC47/>
 
 
===3059===
 
===3059===
'''Third Battle Cluster''' - Veteran/Reliable <ref name=FMCRC47/>
 
 
* 5 [[Trinary|Trinaries]], includes:
 
* 5 [[Trinary|Trinaries]], includes:
** 1 Command [[OmniMech]]/[[Elemental]] [[Supernova]] Trinary - Elite
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** 1 Command [[OmniMech]]/[[Elemental]] [[Supernova]] Trinary
** 1 Mixed OmniMech/Elemental Trinary - Regular
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** 1 Mixed OmniMech/Elemental Trinary
===3067===
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'''Third Battle Cluster''' - Veteran/Reliable <ref name="FM:Up70"/>
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==Notes==
* 100% full strength with 85% of the force equipped with [[OmniMech]]s
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==References==
 
==References==
<references />
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*[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]
==Bibliography==
 
*''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Clan Fire Mandrill Commands|Battle, 003]]
 
[[Category:Clan Fire Mandrill Commands|Battle, 003]]

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