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| profession          = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]
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'''Daniel Jax''' was the commanding officer of the [[Tau Ceti Lancers]] in [[3085]].<ref name=fm85p33>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 33</ref>

==History==
After the [[Fourth Tau Ceti Rangers]] became a frontline House unit and assigned to the [[Citizens' Honored]] brigade, the Rangers would grow to become a fulfilled regiment with additional support ground vehicles.  Unlike in the past, the unit would take in new recruits from the [[Liao Conservatory of Military Arts]] to allow them to field their new battalion. ''Sang-shao'' [[Shelly Jax]]'s son Daniel Jax was promoted up to the unit's executive officer position. He was raised and trained by his mother's mercenary career in a wide range of combat styles.<ref>''Field Manual: Capellan Confederation'', pp. 15, 92–93: Tau Ceti Rangers become part of the CCAF and restructuring</ref>

In [[3078]], the Rangers faced off against the [[Eleventh Mechanized Cavalry (Clan Hell's Horses)|Eleventh Mechanized Cavalry Cluster]] of [[Clan Hell's Horses]] on [[Hsien]]. The Horses' [[Star Colonel]] [[John Lassenerra]] directly contacted the Rangers' leader, Daniel Jax, and both agreed to fight while sparing MASH units from the combat. Jax's intentions to attack the Horses' rear and savage their support failed, as the Horses had anticipated the ploy and were awaiting them. The Rangers lost a full company of tanks and several 'Mechs in minutes to the Horses' [[ProtoMech]] tactics which wreaked havoc in the Rangers' rear, surrounding their landing zone. The Horses launched a total air assault, combining it with ProtoMech harassment and direct attacks from their 'Mechs, destroying two of the Rangers' [[DropShip]]s, and annihilating all 'Mechs inside or nearby. The Horses were on the brink of annihilating the Rangers when Jax, reluctantly, contacted Lassenerra by orders of his superior, asking for a cease-fire, to which Lassenerra agreed.<ref>''A Trial Most Acceptable'' in ''Shrapnel'', Issue #10, p. 123</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: Capellan Confederation]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[A Trial Most Acceptable]]'' ([[Shrapnel (magazine)|Shrapnel magazine]] Issue #10)

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