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Altered and enhanced in the laboratory to survive in a harsher environment, the '''Smoke Jaguar''',<ref name="cbc144">''Classic BattleTech Companion'', p. 144, "Species Profile"</ref> namesake of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], is not truly an alien species. Instead, it is a genetically modified species, based on the terran jaguar, that was imported to several worlds by [[Aleksandr Kerensky|Aleksandr Kerensky's]] followers, included [[Strana Mechty]] where it thrived in that world's fertile jungles which were teeming with prey. On [[Eden]] they hunted to extinction the ''Imp'', a ferocious and tenacious predator native of the planet.
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Altered and enhanced in the laboratory to survive in a harsher environment, the '''Smoke Jaguar'''<ref name="cbc144">''Classic BattleTech Companion'', p. 144, "Species Profile"</ref> , namesake of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], is not truly an alien species. Instead, it is a genetically modified species, based on the terran jaguar, that was imported to several worlds by [[Aleksandr Kerensky|Aleksandr Kerensky's]] followers, included [[Strana Mechty]] where it thrived in that world's fertile jungles which were teeming with prey. On [[Eden]] they hunted to extinction the ''Imp'', a ferocious and tenacious predator native of the planet.
  
 
The smoke jaguar is noted for its unlimited tenacity and unbound ferocity, and impressed the [[Clans]] with its aggressive, straightforward fighting style - a deadly open assault without subterfuge or deceit. Clan Smoke Jaguar warriors believed that [[Nicholas Kerensky]] modeled Clan society after their totem, pointing to one of his diary entries in which he extolled the beast's virtues. They revered this animal so such that Clan Smoke Jaguar's warriors crafted their society to match their totem's characteristics, although the Jaguars' chronic brutality and aggressiveness owed more to their first [[Khan]], [[Franklin Osis]], than to the smoke jaguar itself.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 47</ref>
 
The smoke jaguar is noted for its unlimited tenacity and unbound ferocity, and impressed the [[Clans]] with its aggressive, straightforward fighting style - a deadly open assault without subterfuge or deceit. Clan Smoke Jaguar warriors believed that [[Nicholas Kerensky]] modeled Clan society after their totem, pointing to one of his diary entries in which he extolled the beast's virtues. They revered this animal so such that Clan Smoke Jaguar's warriors crafted their society to match their totem's characteristics, although the Jaguars' chronic brutality and aggressiveness owed more to their first [[Khan]], [[Franklin Osis]], than to the smoke jaguar itself.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 47</ref>

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