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| Designation    = Ibex Rampant
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| Disbanded      = [[3026]] (Destroyed)
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| Affiliation    = [[Aurigan Directorate]]<br>[[Pirates]]
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'''Ibex Rampant''' was a [[BattleMech]] equipped warband of uncertain kind, but apparently a militia or terrorist organization (as opposed to a [[mercenary unit]]) that fought for and later wanted to reinstate the [[Aurigan Directorate]] during and after the civil war that was the [[Arano Restoration]] around [[3025]].<ref name=ORH>''Operation RESTORED HOPE (short story)''</ref>

==History==
It was implied that Ibex Rampant played some part in the famine that ravaged [[Panzyr]] during the war.<ref name=ORH/>

At the end of [[3025]], agents of Ibex Rampant under [[Captain]] [[Alistair Haust]] covertly salvaged the [[Long Tom Artillery Piece]] from the crashed [[Taurian Concordat]] ''[[Fortress]]''-class [[DropShip]] ''[[Iberia]]'', intending to use it to shell the Arano Palace. [[Walther Suydam]], a former Directorate [[MechWarrior]], had been recruited by Haust to assist with this. Instead, he rigged the Long Tom to explode, killing several conspirators and nearly killing himself.<ref name=Almost>''Almost Sounds Like the Guns Themselves''</ref>

Ibex Rampant had reportedly been all but eradicated during [[Operation RESTORED HOPE]];<ref name=ORH/> [[Farida Lamb]] had personally killed their leader on [[Gaucin]] by punching through his ''[[Awesome]]''&#39;s cockpit with her ''[[BattleMaster]]''&#39;s fist at some point in or prior to 3026 in what was considered a decisive end for Operation RESTORED HOPE.<ref name=HA:TACp48/>

On 8 October [[3026]], [[Rampart Company]] (the restored [[Aurigan Coalition]]'s black ops company) received intel from Lord [[Alexander Madeira]] regarding [[Federated Suns]] forces that were operating illegally in the [[Capellan Confederation]] world of [[Hurik]], arming local rebel groups with advanced weaponry in an effort to foment internal conflict and destabilize the region. Rampart Company assumed the identity of the ''Wolves of Joppa'' and send two [[lance]]s to Hurik aboard an unmarked [[DropShip]]. Once there, they located the rebel camp and managed to draw them out enough for the rebels to be destroyed by Capellan forces. As it turned out, the rebels had contained elements of Ibex Rampant.<ref name=HA:TACp36>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', pp. 36, "OPERATION WOLFHOUND"</ref>

Other surviving elements of the Ibex Rampant would later align with the last remnants of [[Forever Vigilant]] as that fellow pro-Directorate terrorist group attempted to rebuild to seek revenge against Rampart Company and kill its commander [[Captain]] [[Karen Andris|Karen "Sunbird" Andris]]. With Rampart Company's Assault Lance sent in December 3026 to deal with pirate raiders on [[Fjaldr]], instead Andris found out that the raids were a trap by Forever Vigilant seeking to kill her.<ref name=HA:TACp56>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', pp. 56-57, "Scenarios: Rampart Company - Scenario 4"</ref>

==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Ibex Rampant'''
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==Composition History==
===3026===
'''Ibex Rampant'''
* Exact composition unknown, but their leader piloted an ''[[Awesome]]''.<ref name=HA:TACp48>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', p. 48, Farida Lamb profile</ref>

==Notes==
The unit's name was inspired by the House Sigil of [[House Espinosa]] featuring an Ibex.<ref name=HA:TACp20>''House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)'', pp. 20, "House Espinosa"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Almost Sounds Like the Guns Themselves]]''
* ''[[House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)]]''
* ''[[Operation RESTORED HOPE (short story)]]''

[[Category:Pirate Commands|Ibex Rampant]]