Clan Ghost Bear Naval Forces
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| Affiliation | Rasalhague Dominion Clan Ghost Bear (previous) |
| Parent Command | Clan Ghost Bear touman |
A secondary concern for the Ghost Bears, as with many Clans, WarShips are considered a necessary evil used to protect key worlds, JumpShips, and DropShips from dishonorable foes or bandits. Though they have a limited ability to attain individual honor, the Ghost Bears' concept of family give their WarShip crews better performance compared to those of other Clans. The smaller numbers of WarShips for a Clan of their size nevertheless allowed them to relocate to the Inner Sphere, owed to the large transport capability attained during the refitting of the Leviathan-class.[1]
Unwilling to deal directly with the Nova Cats after their Abjurment, the Ghost Bears sourced new battle armor from the merchant-Clan Diamond Shark. The Ghost Bears were noted to have replaced all standard Elemental marine suits with the Bär version of the Clan Medium armor by 3075.[2]
While the First Combine War and the Jihad cost the Clan as a whole, the Naval Reserve continues to the current day as the WarShips serve the needs of the Rasalhague Dominion.
Naval Assets
3056
- Ditka, Essex-class Destroyer
- Apparition, Aegis-class Heavy Cruiser
3058
Clan Ghost Bear Naval Reserve (CO: Star Commodore Elissa Snuka)
- Bear's Den, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
- Dieron's Run, Cameron-class Battle Cruiser
ca. 3059
- Dieron's Run, Cameron-class Battle Cruiser
- Ursa Minor, York-class Destroyer
- White Claw, Essex-class Destroyer
- White Fang, Essex-class Destroyer
- Blizzard, Lola III-class Destroyer
- Icepick, Lola III-class Destroyer
- Shining Claw, Congress-class Frigate - destroyed by Task Force SERPENT in 3059 at Trafalgar[5]
- Ursine Boatman, Volga-class Transport
Beta Galaxy
- Bear's Den, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser[7]
Unknown Assignment
- Fire Fang, Whirlwind-class Destroyer - claimed by Task Force SERPENT and handed over to Comstar at Trafalgar[5] (later to be captured by the Word of Blake)[8]
- Ursus, Whirlwind-class Destroyer - destroyed by Task Force SERPENT in 3059 at Battle of Trafalgar[5]
3061
Alpha Galaxy
- Dieron's Run, Cameron-class Battle Cruiser - destroyed in the Trial of Retribution by Clan Nova Cat in 3067 at Alshain[10]
nominally Clan flagship
Beta Galaxy
- Bear's Den, Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser - destroyed by Clan Nova Cat at Alshain[10]
more often functions as Clan flagship in naval battles
Transports
- Den Mother, Carrack-class Transport
- Yggdrasil, Carrack-class Transport
- Ursine Boatman, Volga-class Transport
- Leviathan, Leviathan-class Heavy Transport
- Great Bear, Leviathan-class Heavy Transport
Naval Reserve
assigned as needed by Star Admiral Jerrod Gilmour[1]
- Ursa Major, Nightlord-class Battleship
- Ursa Minor, York-class Destroyer - destroyed by Clan Nova Cat at Alshain[10]
- White Claw, Essex-class Destroyer - destroyed by Clan Nova Cat at Alshain[10]
- White Fang, Essex-class Destroyer - destroyed by Clan Nova Cat at Alshain[10]
- Blizzard, Lola III-class Destroyer - destroyed by Clan Nova Cat at Alshain[10]
- Icepick, Lola III-class Destroyer - destroyed by Clan Nova Cat at Alshain[10]
- Black Ghost, Fredasa-class Corvette - destroyed by Clan Nova Cat at Alshain[10]
3067
- Ursa Major, Nightlord-class Battleship
- Den Mother, Carrack-class Transport
- Yggdrasil, Carrack-class Transport
- Ursine Boatman, Volga-class Transport - destroyed by the Word of Blake as part of Operation SCOUR at New Earth in 3078[11]
- Leviathan, Leviathan-class Heavy Transport - destroyed 3077 above Dieron by the Word of Blake[12]
- Great Bear, Leviathan-class Heavy Transport - destroyed during the Jihad above Terra, a part of Task Force CRONUS, in 3077[13]
- Rasalhague, Leviathan II-class Battleship - delayed construction as of Nov 3067, following the Alshain Trial of Possession.
3085 and ilClan-era Warships
- Rasalhague, Leviathan II-class Battleship
- Ursa Major, Nightlord-class Battleship - destroyed during the Second Combine-Dominion War in 3100 at Rasalhague[15]
- Den Mother, Carrack-class Transport
- Yggdrasil, Carrack-class Transport
- Alshain[citation needed], Leviathan III-class Heavy Battleship - joint Clan Snow Raven construction operational at the end of 3150[17][18]
Officers
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naval aide to the Khans of Clan Ghost Bear | |||
| Star Admiral | Jerrod Gilmour | 3061[1] | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Field Manual: Warden Clans, pp. 86
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, pp. 120-121: "Clan Medium Battle Armor"
- ↑ Chasing Ghosts, Part IV, Mech Magazine, Issue 11
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 38: "Clan Naval Reserve"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Twilight of the Clans, p. 18: "Defender"
- ↑ Explorer Corps, p. 54: "Known Ghost Bear Facilities"
- ↑ Ghost Bear's Lament
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 128: "Captured Ships"
- ↑ The Hunters, ch. 22
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Field Manual: Updates, p. 81: "The Second Naval Battle of Alshain"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 11: "Fleet Assets"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 68: "Flight of the Raven"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, pp. 97–99
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 60
- ↑ Historical: Wars of the Republic Era, p. 35: "The Fall"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 121: "The Dominion Fleet"
- ↑ MUL Profile for Leviathan III (Standard)
- ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 3 pp. 17-18, 42-43
Bibliography
- Chasing Ghosts, Mech Magazine Issues 8–11
- Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 3
- Explorer Corps
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: Warden Clans
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report: Clans
- Ghost Bear's Lament
- Historical: Wars of the Republic
- The Hunters (novel)
- Invading Clans
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Technical Readout: 3075
- Twilight of the Clans