Editing Jaime Wolf

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| image               = Jaime Wolf HistoricalBrushWars.jpg
| name                = Jaime Wolf
| birthdate           = 24 January [[2980]]<ref name=HBWp15-16/><ref name=HTP:Mp7>''Historical Turning Points: Misery'', p. 7</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 79: "Jaime Wolf Profile"</ref><ref name="DoJ32">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 32: "A Legend Falls"</ref>
| died                = 18 October [[3067]]<ref name="DoJ32"/>
| othernames          = 
| affiliation         = [[Clan Wolf]] (formerly) [[Wolf's Dragoons]] 
| rank                = [[Colonel]]{{cn}}
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| position            = 
| profession          = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]
| parents             = [[Jon Vickers]] (father){{cn}}<br>[[Brigit Wolf|Brigit]] (mother){{cn}}
| siblings            = [[Joshua Wolf]]{{cn}}
| spouse              = [[Ellen Wolf|Ellen]]{{cn}}<br>[[Marisha Dandridge]]{{cn}}
| children            = [[Lynn Wolf]]{{cn}}<br>[[Brigit Wolf II|Brigit Wolf]]{{cn}}<br>[[Mackenzie Wolf]]<ref name=BLc1>''Blood Legacy'', ch. 1</ref><br>[[Rachel Wolf]]{{cn}}<br>[[Joshua Wolf (31st c.)|Joshua Wolf]]{{cn}}
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'''Jaime Wolf''' was a Clan Wolf ''Freeborn'' warrior and founding leader of [[Wolf's Dragoons]].

==History==
===Early life===
Jaime Wolf was born at the farming settlement of Applegate , part of [[Clan Wolf]]s enclave on [[Eden]], the son of [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] [[Jon Vickers]] and Brigit of the merchant caste.<ref name=HBWp15-16/> [[Cranston Snord]] and Jaime grew up together.<ref name=RIp3>''Rhonda's Irregulars'', p. 3</ref>
When undergoing testing for his [[Clan Caste System|caste]] assignment at age ten, Jaime's intelligence and physical scores saw him assigned to the warrior caste. After training in a [[Freeborn]] ''[[sibko]]'' (Gamma Ten Freeborn ''Sibko''), Jaime passed his [[Trial of Position]] with a single kill, earning his place as a Clan Wolf MechWarrior.<ref name=HBWp15-16>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 15–16: "Jaime Wolf Profile"</ref>

===Clan career===
While serving in [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Epsilon Galaxy's]] [[Choyer Garrison (Clan Wolf)|Choyer Garrison]] [[Cluster]], Jaime won his first battlefield success in [[3000]] on [[Circe]] while defending his Clan's mining rights against [[Clan Nova Cat]]. His performance earned him a chance to test for a slot in a front line unit, and after defeating his opponent Jaime transferred to the [[328th Assault (Clan Wolf)|328th Assault]] Cluster as a [[Star Commander]]. Under [[Star Captain]] [[Natasha Kerensky]] Jaime won victories over [[Clan Diamond Shark]] on [[Paxon]] and [[Clan Jade Falcon]] on [[Eden]] before his own promotion to Star Captain in [[3003]]. Shortly after this, fate and Clan Wolf's [[Khan]] [[Kerlin Ward]] would alter Jaime's life dramatically and set him on the path to historic fame and his own command.<ref name=HBWp15-16/>

===Wolf's Dragoons===
A compromise between the [[Crusader Clans|Crusader]] and [[Warden Clans|Warden]] factions in the [[Grand Council]] resulted in the creation of a Clan force posing as mercenaries to reconnoiter the [[Successor States]]. For the mission Freeborn warriors would be employed, and Khan Ward not only offered command of this force to Jaime and his brother [[Joshua Wolf|Joshua]] but also promised the creation of a 'Wolf' [[Bloodname]] upon the mission's successful completion. Jaime, who would also use the surname 'Wolf' as part of his new identity, accepted and the newly dubbed Wolf's Dragoons set out in [[3004]] for the Inner Sphere.<ref name=HBWp15-16/>
During the journey to the Inner Sphere, Wolf and his friend Cranston Snord agreed to let Snord separate from the Dragoons and form a separate independent unit, which would become [[Snord's Irregulars]].<ref name=RIp3/>

The five 'mercenary' regiments arrived in the Inner Sphere a year later and offered their services to [[House Davion]]. After the initial shock caused by a multiregiment force with [[Star League]]-era [[lostech]] appearing out of nowhere, the [[Federated Suns]] government accepted Wolf's Dragoons into their service and deployed them against the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Jaime Wolf would personally lead the Dragoons' [[Alpha Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Alpha Regiment]] against [[House Liao|Liao]] forces on [[Styk]].<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 9</ref>

===The Waco Rangers incident===
During their employment with the Federated Suns the Dragoons also attacked [[New Aragon]] in [[3008]], where the [[Waco Rangers]] mercenary unit fought on the defending side. Over the course of the fighting the [[John Waco|son]] of the enemy mercenary commander, [[Wayne Waco]], was killed by members of the Dragoons under somewhat unclear circumstances (reportedly, a Dragoon ''[[Stalker]]'' stepped on Waco's son John after he had ejected from his downed ''[[Wasp]]''). Although an investigation by the [[Mercenary Review Board]] cleared Wolf's Dragoons of all charges, Wayne Waco considered the act a war crime and maintained the Dragoons had murdered his son. He subsequently swore a death oath against Jaime Wolf and the Dragoons, henceforth striving to be Jaime Wolf's nemesis. However, Wolf apparently did not take him particularly serious and the feud was rather one-sided for decades to come.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 13</ref>

===Candace Liao===
While the Dragoons were in employ to the [[Capellan Confederation]], Duchess [[Candace Liao]], the Capellan Confederation's ruling [[Chancellor]]'s daughter, tried to start a relationship with Jaime Wolf in [[3013]]. Reportedly, she was distressed because she had been promised to the unstable Duke [[Anton Marik]] in a political marriage by her father and sought to win over Jaime Wolf and his unit to enlarge her own power base. It was not publicly known at that time that Jaime Wolf was already married; in any case he rejected the young Duchess. She then unsuccessfully tried to bring other high-ranking Dragoon officers under her sway and finally left, enraged and humiliated. Near the end of the year, Jaime Wolf survived a malfunction that caused his 'Mech's ammunition to explode and later an assassin was killed by security guards in his private villa; Candace Liao was suspected to be behind both incidents although this could not be proven.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 16: "Nest of Vipers"</ref>

===Anton Marik's hostages===
Shortly afterwards, [[Maximilian Liao]] handed over his contract with Wolf's Dragoons to Anton Marik during the [[Marik Civil War (31st c.)|Marik Civil War]] which lasted from [[3014]] to [[3015]]. Duke Anton's revolt failed, and he ultimately resorted to taking a portion of the Dragoons hostage to enforce his orders and keep the Dragoons in line. The hostages, which included Jaime's wife and both of their daughters as well as his brother Joshua, were killed. Wolf's Dragoons exacted their vengeance upon Anton Marik and raided his stronghold on [[New Delos]], killing the Duke and exterminating his troops almost to the last man.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 19-20</ref>

This also ended the civil war. In a surprising move, [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] did not exact vengeance upon the rebels' mercenaries. Instead, he offered them to work for the [[Free Worlds League]]. Jaime Wolf accepted.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 21</ref>

===After Fighting on Wyatt===
In recognition for the losses that Dragoons suffered on [[Wyatt]] in [[3016]], Captain-General Janos Marik sent Jaime Wolf a gold and firestone right engraved with "In memory of Sendalor." The [[Sendalor]] was an [[Overlord]] [[DropShip]] that was shot down by Lyran fighters while evacuating Dragoons forces. A battalion of troops were on the Sendalor when it crashed.<ref name=WDsp22>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 22: "Raid And Counter-Raid"</ref>

===Last resupply run===
Following a hard-fought campaign on [[Hesperus II]], Jaime Wolf and his Dragoons made a last resupply run to the Clans, setting out in [[3019]] and returning in [[3020]]. This time they received new orders from Khan Kerlin Ward, namely to prepare the Inner Sphere for a Clan invasion. Following their orders, the Dragoons severed all ties with the Clans, going so far as even deleting the navigational data on their [[JumpShip]]s.{{cn}}

===Friendship with Minobu Tetsuhara===
During a raid on [[Dromini VI]] in September [[3021]] Jaime Wolf victoriously battled a [[Draconis Combine]] tank unit alone in his ''[[Archer]]''. His 'Mech then overheated and shut down when enemy 'Mech forces appeared, but the enemy commander [[Minobu Tetsuhara]] acknowledged his skills as a warrior and spared him. When the Dragoons signed on with the Draconis Combine in [[3023]], Tetsuhara was assigned as their liaison officer, and Jaime and he became fast friends. However, the treacherous actions of Warlord [[Grieg Samsonov]] turned the Dragoons against the Draconis Combine and [[Takashi Kurita]] and they retreated to the ice world of [[Misery]], pursued by Draconis Combine forces under the command of the unlucky Minobu Tetsuhara, who had cruelly been ordered to march against his best friend.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 37</ref>

In [[3026]] he received the [[Awards#Draconis Combine|Order of the Bushido Blade]].<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 35</ref>

Jaime Wolf remained defensive and refused to take offensive action against the Draconis Combine while the Dragoons were still legally under contract. He used Tetsuhara's strong sense of honor against him to dictate the terms of the engagement on Misery: Wolf secretly deployed satellites in orbit but did not use any of his aerospace units, luring Tetsuhara into believing they were fighting a ritual 'Mech battle. Accordingly, Tetsuhara did not launch his fighters either which prevented his forces from noticing the satellites.<ref>''Wolves on the Border'', ch. 55</ref>

Virtually to the minute when the contract had run out at midnight, the Dragoon forces finally moved out against the Combine troops. The satellites were pivotal in the Dragoons' victory over weeks of prolonged fighting, and Tetsuhara was taken captive. Tetsuhara was subsequently adamant in his decision to commit ''[[seppuku]]'', and Jaime Wolf, having failed to dissuade his old friend, agreed to Tetsuhara's request to shoot him with a laser pistol at the conclusion of the ceremony.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 38</ref>

===Private war with the Draconis Combine===
The bitter events on Misery would have an impact on the upcoming [[Fourth Succession War]], although it seems unlikely that this was planned.
Davion agents had negotiated to hire the Dragoons when their relations with the Draconis Combine had soured already, and the Dragoons could flee right into a new contract following the fighting on Misery.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 39</ref>

On the eve of the wedding of [[Hanse Davion]] and [[Melissa Steiner]] on [[Terra]] on 27 August [[3028]], Jaime Wolf confronted [[Takashi Kurita]] and publicly scorned him for betraying and ruining a worthy and loyal underling in fluent Japanese, throwing the ritual swords of the late Minobu Tetsuhara at the Coordinator's feet. Wolf even went so far as to declare a personal war between Wolf's Dragoons and the Coordinator over the events.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 39-40</ref>

By design or chance, this channeled the efforts of the irate House Kurita in a predictable fashion in the Fourth Succession War that Hanse Davion had scheduled to begin on that very day. Deeply insulted, the Combine threw regiment after regiment specifically against the Dragoons and they were hammered on [[Glenmora]], [[Harrow's Sun]], and [[Wapakoneta]] until they withdrew to [[Crossing]] for a last stand. The Dragoons were reduced from five regiments to a single provisional regiment of mixed troops in this ordeal, but they in turn inflicted horrendous losses on the attackers. The Combine was so preoccupied with Jaime Wolf and his unit that they neglected their other fronts in the war.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 43</ref>

===Outreach===
After the war, a grateful House Davion turned the world of [[Outreach]] over to the Dragoons for their service, giving them a chance to rebuild. Jaime Wolf had specifically requested this world because he knew of [[Star League]]-era manufacturing facilities there. The [[Federated Commonwealth]] had suspected that and sent another unit to Outreach to inspect the ruined factories first. Ironically, that unit was Snord's Irregulars (who were a secret offshoot of Wolf's Dragoons). [[Cranston Snord]] provided the full planetary survey data to Jaime Wolf while giving an innocuous report to House Steiner; based on his report, the world was granted to the Dragoons.{{cn}}

The Dragoons settled on Outreach permanently in [[3030]]. With a world to call their own, the Dragoons grew to become a mini-nation and Jaime Wolf became a ''de facto'' planetary ruler in addition to being commander of Wolf's Dragoons. The factories on Outreach were refurbished by [[Blackwell Industries]], providing great financial gain and a solid manufacturing base. Most importantly, however, Jaime Wolf used his unit's position as the premier mercenary unit to set up a [[hiring hall]] on [[Outreach]]. The world would gradually eclipse legendary [[Galatea]] and become the new [[Mercenary's Star (hiring hall)|Mercenary's Star]].{{cn}}

===Clan Invasion===
[[File:Jaime Wolf ER3052.jpg|right|thumb|At age 70 in 3050]]
When the [[Clan Invasion]] finally came in [[3050]], Jaime Wolf called all leaders of the Inner Sphere to Outreach to discuss the new threat. He also revealed the origins of his unit, and trained the [[Successor States|Successor State]] heirs in anti-[[Clan]] tactics.{{cn}}

The Clans issued a formal recall order to Wolf's Dragoons, but the unit at large ignored it, having integrated personnel from the Inner Sphere in their ranks for years. One notable person to heed the order and return to the Clans was Natasha Kerensky.{{cn}}

The Dragoons did not see combat action against the Clans at first, as they were held back by their employer, the Federated Commonwealth. A critical moment in the invasion came when [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] and [[Clan Nova Cat]] together threatened to overrun [[Luthien]], the capital of the Draconis Combine. Both Wolf's Dragoons and the [[Kell Hounds]], mercenary units who had private wars going with the Combine, were sent to bolster Luthien's defenses. Although neither was happy with the assignment, they carried it out and Takashi Kurita subsequently had to live with the fact that he owed his realm's very survival to some of its greatest enemies.{{cn}}

===Civil War among the Dragoons===
The influx of captured Clan bondsmen and Inner Sphere recruits created a unique blend of cultures on Outreach. Elson, a Clansman, convinced Jaime's grandson, [[Alpin Wolf|Alpin]], to claim command after the death of Jaime's son MacKenzie, resulting in the brief [[Dragoon Civil War]] in [[3054]]. Jaime Wolf eventually prevailed, though at great personal cost. Alpin was killed in the fighting. After this, Jaime instituted a number of reforms, including appointing [[Maeve Wolf]] as general and field commander.{{cn}}

===Death and legacy===
Unrest fostered by the [[Word of Blake]] erupted into a shooting war on Outreach on 15 October, [[3067]], when disgruntled, down-on-their luck mercenary units attacked Wolf's Dragoons on their own planet. Leading elements included the [[Waco Rangers]], outspoken enemies of Wolf's Dragoons for decades. On 18 October [[3067]], Jaime Wolf was found dead in the cockpit of his ''Archer'', having died in the aftermath of a duel with [[Wayne Waco]]'s ''[[BattleMaster]]'' where the geriatric Waco had been killed by Wolf.<ref name=JFS70_11-13>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 11–13: "Jihad Timeline"</ref>

Jaime's body was escorted by a Dragoons' honor guard than included [[Max Henricksen]] to its grave, implied to be on Outreach.<ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 27</ref>

During the Word of Blake Jihad, the Blakists tried to maintain Outreach. To protest, the citizens would resist by using the names of various Wolf's Dragoons members like Natasha Kerensky or his as martyrs. When the world of [[Outreach]] was being rebuilt during the Dark Age era, a spaceport was built in his honor. The spaceport would be named the Jaime Wolf Memorial Interplanetary Spaceport to acknowledge him as the man who made Outreach the thriving planet it once was.{{cn}}

After Maeve's death in the [[Donner Bombing]] in the [[Jihad]], no one accepted the Wolf Honorname, and Wolf's remaining descendants had chosen other ways, leaving her as the last of Wolf's blood to lead the Dragoons.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 178</ref>

In the [[Dark Age era]], a Jade Falcon ''[[Overlord]]''-class DropShip, captured by the Dragoons, was named ''[[Jaime Wolf (Individual Overlord-C-class DropShip)]]'' in his honor.<ref>''Redemption Rift'', p. 13</ref>

==Marriage and Children==
Jaime Wolf was known to have been married at least twice in his life. He married his first wife, Ellen, while ''en route'' to the Inner Sphere. Both Ellen and his two daughters Lynn and Brigit were executed by [[Anton Marik]], with [[Mackenzie Wolf|Mackenzie]] being the only survivor.<ref name=HBW16>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 16: "Jaime Wolf"</ref>

Some years after Ellen's death, he began a relationship with [[Marisha Dandridge]] from the Dragoons' Training Command handling civilian matters.<ref>''Wolves on the Border'', p. 91</ref> He and Marisha eventually married and had two children of their own: a daughter, Rachel; and a son, Joshua, named for his uncle.<ref name=WP12>''Wolf Pack'', ch. 12</ref><ref name=WP35>''Wolf Pack'', ch. 35</ref>

==BattleMech==
In his Trial of Position, Jaime Wolf piloted an antiquated ''[[Archer]]''.<ref name=HBWp15-16/>

Testing up for a frontline command after showing his battlefield prowess in the Choyer Garrison Cluster, Jaime Wolf defeated an opponent piloting a ''[[Summoner (Thor)]]'' and took his OmniMech as ''[[isorla]]''.<ref name=HBWp15-16/>

As the commander of Wolf's Dragoons, he piloted a 70-ton ''Archer'' painted blue and gold, just like a model he played with while young. Circumstantial evidence<ref>''Wolves on the Border'', p. 114</ref> suggests it was of the ARC-2W subtype which was exclusively manufactured by Wolf's Dragoons on their mobile space station ''[[Hephaestus Station]]''. It is also of note that the ARC-2W matches the "B" configuration of the ''Summoner''. True to Clan traditions, Jaime Wolf would frequently lead his troops into combat in his 'Mech and did not hesitate to risk his life in battle. His life was in jeopardy on at least two occasions where Minobu Tetsuhara saved him, and in the last one, Wolf's 'Mech was destroyed, during a raid on [[Quentin IV]].

The original ''Archer''s Wolf used in the Inner Sphere carried common technology. Only after the discovery of the [[Helm Memory Core]] did he upgrade to Star League tech, and after the Clan Invasion, ClanTech.<ref>''Battletech Legends'' p. 39</ref>

Wolf was still piloting an ''Archer'' when he was killed on Outreach.<ref name=AICD>''An Ice-Cold Dish''</ref>

After Jaime's death, the Dragoons lovingly restored the 'Mech. As Jaime's descendants didn't want to pilot it, it was immaculately maintained as a relic, and carried onboard the [[Chieftain (Individual Overlord-class DropShip)|''Chieftain'']], and briefly piloted by the highest-ranking cadet, a privilege fiercely fought over. In 3151, the Dragoons still preserved it.<ref>''Redemption Rites'' p. 31</ref>

==Publishing Career==
* ''[[Sons of Mars: Contracts and Warfare Through the Age]]'', [[Outreach Press]], [[3043]]<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 18: "Out of Work, Out of Luck, Out of Here"</ref>
* ''[[Out of Ignorance: The Return of Kerensky's People]]'', August 3053<ref name="BR">''Bloodright'', p. 5</ref>
* ''[[The Clans: Who? Where? Why?]]'', ca. 3054<ref>''Solaris VII: The Game World'', ''Players Guide'', p. 25: "Mechboox"</ref>
* ''[[A Lifetime in the Trade: Reminiscences of a Mercenary]]'', [[New Avalon Press]], 3055<ref>''Mercenary's Handbook: 3055'', p. 29</ref>

==Quotes==
{{quote|'''Jaime Wolf''': I think you mistake the gravity of the situation, Lady [[Romano Liao|Romano]]. If we don't stop the [[Clans]], who will?

'''Romano Liao''': You forget, Colonel Wolf, that when the [[Star League]] collapsed, General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] led away nearly the whole [[Star League Defense Force|Star League army]] beyond the [[Periphery]]. They're out there. They have been waiting all this time, waiting for the day mankind would again need their help. They will come and they will save us from the Clans.

'''Jaime Wolf''': Lady Romano, have you heard nothing I've said? Don't you see? Kerensky's people have returned. They ARE the Clans.|Excerpt from the conference at Outreach, January 15, 3051<ref name=BLc1/>}}

{{Quote|To define the embodiment of honor is to understand the nature of the Clans...|Excerpt from "Out of Ignorance: The Return of Kerensky's People" by Jaime Wolf, New Avalon Press, August 3053<ref name="BR"/>}}

{{Quote|When I told him that from that day forward the Dragoons were at war with his House, [[Takashi Kurita]] didn't bat an eye. I wasn't even sure he believed me; the Coordinator never was an easy man to read.

He believed me later, of course.|Excerpt from "A Lifetime in the Trade: Reminiscences of a Mercenary" by Jaime Wolf, New Avalon Press, 3055{{cn}}}}

==Notes==
* Regarding the citation for ''Wolves on the Border'', p. 114: "The Dragoons have a lot of ''Archer''s, all of them our special model. It's almost a signature machine. Seeing me pilot one gives the troops an identification with their commander." - Jaime Wolf, to Minobu Tetsuhara

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Jaime Wolf BTLegends.jpg|Jaime Wolf in his early years
Jaime Wolf HistoricalBrushWars.jpg|Jaime Wolf at age 35 in 3015
Jaime Wolf Luthien.jpg|At age 62
Jaime Wolf ER3052.jpg|At age 70
Jaime Wolf Null Set.PNG|At age 74
Jaime Wolf ChaosMarch.jpg|At age 78
MWDA_Jaime_Wolf.png|[[MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards|MWDA Pilot Card]]
Archer (Jaime Wolf) BTLegends.jpg|Jaime Wolf's ARC-2W ''Archer''
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[BattleTech: Legends]]''
* ''[[Blood Legacy]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]''
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: Misery]]''
* ''[[An Ice-Cold Dish]]'' (short story)
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3070]]''
* ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)|Luthien]]''
* ''[[Redemption Rift]]''
* ''[[Snord's Irregulars]]''
* ''[[Wolf Pack]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons Sourcebook|Wolf's Dragoons]]''
* ''[[Wolves on the Border]]'' (novel)
{{div col end}}

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