Tarantulas Battalion
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The Tarantulas Battalion was a Wolf's Dragoons elite battalion.
| Tarantulas Striker battalion | |
| Affiliation | Mercenary |
| Parent Command | Wolf's Dragoons |
Operational History
The Tarantulas' special force was created in 3129. Along with the rest of Dragoons, in 3139 moved to the Draconis Combine, participating in the conquest of several Draconis March Worlds.[1]
IlClan Era
As the unit was too far to participate on the Battle of Terra, it moved to Savannah, where all Dragoons's survivors gathered. By then, the new Dragoon's commander, colonel Henry Kincaid was forced to deactivate all other regiments, leaving the Tarantulas and Wolfsbane Battalion the only active Dragoons' units.[2] Soon after the Dragoons settled on Ilion, Kincaid sent the tarantulas to make two raids against Wolf Empire worlds: New Olympia, where they crushed a full Cluster of cadets from the Allison MechWarrior Institute, making almost all them bondsmen, and later Campbelton. There they suffered a costly defeat and were forced to cease the attack.[3]