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SpectrePryde

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Status/Parent Galaxy of the Fifth Falcon Striker Cluster
« on: 23 October 2024, 22:08:24 »
Can somebody please help me in regards to if the Fifth Falcon Striker Cluster exists or not? Supposedly it's one of the three clusters dropped on Trell 1 in 3050 to fight alongside the Falcon Guards and the First Falcon Strikers, but I can only find references to it in two different sourcebooks: 1644 - Jade Falcon Sourcebook, and Era Report: 3052. In total, the Fifth Falcon receive two references overall: A single sentence in the Jade Falcon Sourcebook (page 26), and in Era Report: 3052 the only mention that they get at all is in the track Touchpoint: Trell 1 when units are assigned (Era Report: 3052, 131).

They are not listed in the Jade Falcon Sourcebook phonebook (the same book where they are named in the first place), nor dare they mentioned in any sources regarding the Jade Falcon touman at Tukayyid or after, including in the Refusal War.

I have a theory that they might have actually supposed to have been the Fifth Battle Cluster, which is in the same galaxy (Gyrfalcon Galaxy) as the much more famous First Falcon Strikers, which would make sense. The only hesitation I have regarding that theory is that the Fifth Battle was supposed to be fighting on Winfield at roughly this same time, but the Battle of Winfield took place in March 3050 (specifically around March 20 when Clan Jade Falcon kicked off the invasion of the Inner Sphere proper (or March 7 depending on the source)), while the Battle of Trell 1 consistently takes place on April 13. Theoretically that's enough time to burn down to Winfield, smash the defenders there (although the battle was more complicated than that to be fair to Winfield's Regiment), then burn back up to join the Falcon Guards and the First Striker at Trell 1. It's possible, but the timing is tight and I'm not convinced.

TL;DR: Are the Fifth Falcon Strikers a typo meant for the Fifth Battle Cluster, or are they a separate cluster that we simply do not know anything about?

Thank you very much.