The North Remembers - Unit Spolight: Clan Wolf

Forced into invading the Inner Sphere when they had no desire to do so, battered down during the Refusal War, Absorbed and then reborn, Clan Wolf is probably the most popular Clan in BattleTech, and solidly in my top three. They're one of only two forces that I use exclusively in the 357th, in addition to the Kuroi Kaze. The eventual goal is to have a Trinary or Binary from each main Galaxy, though a couple may end up a bit larger than that.

When putting this all together, I wanted a solid mix of OmniMechs and BattleMechs, front and second line stuff, including some Operation: Klondike Sphere-tech designs like the Atlas II and Imp, as this is my most versatile Clan force in a timeline and pick up game sense. So, whilst I used planetary deployment data from Field Manual: Updates and Wars of Reaving, I basically ignored the percentage of OmniMechs, BattleMechs, and Star League-tech listed in FM:U. Most of the forces I'm building are listed at 100% nominal strength if canon, and in the case of the 1st WAC, 100% OmniMech. Which is great in-universe, I just wanted more table top flexibility. Plus, in a Nachtfalke map-based campaign, I can bring out an Atlas II for cheaper than a Tomahawk II, allowing me to save resources whilst still dropping a potent 'Mech.

Steel Wolves originally started as a Wolf-in-Exile colored Omega Galaxy, but thematically, it fits less than the canon Crusader Omega (which was absorbed by Clan Hell's Horses) and much more with the Dark Ages idea of combined arms at even the Star level. The goal there is to eventually have three or so Trinaries, completely mixed between all ground force types.That's despite SW coming from Delta Galaxy and drinking the Stone Koolaid in canon. Jim Jones got nothing on Devlin.

Alpha Galaxy

Golden Keshik
Location: Tamar
Commander: Khan Vladimir Ward

BINARY
Suffer Unto the Locust Star
Mad Cat/Timberwolf H - Khan Vladimir Ward
Savage Coyote W - MechWarrior Raam
Tomahawk II C - MechWarrior Skorge
Daishi/Dire Wolf H - MechWarrior Myrrah
Vulture/Mad Dog H - MechWarrior Karn

Ex Star
Ryoken III/Skinwalker B
Ryoken III/Skinwalker B
Linebacker H
Dasher/Fire Moth H
Dasher/Fire Moth H

1st Wolf Assault Cluster
Location: Tamar
Commander: Star Colonel Ivan Kerensky

ASSAULT TRINARY
Command Star
Tomahawk II Prime - Star Colonel Ivan Kerensky
Tomahawk Prime
Daishi/Dire Wolf W
Imp C
AS7-D-H2 Atlas II -  Nicholas Kerensky

II Star
Mad Cat Mk II - Star Commander Raymond Fetladral
Mad Cat Mk II-E
Highlander IIC
Warhammer IIC 4
Warhammer IIC 5

Striker Star
Masakari/Warhawk H - Star Commander Lara Ward
Man O'War/Gargoyle D - Ulric Kerensky
Man O'War/Gargoyle Conal - Conal Ward
Kingfisher C

Kingfisher C

LINEHOLDER TRINARY
Command Star
Mad Cat/Timberwolf F
Mad Cat/Timberwolf Prime
Mad Cat/Timberwolf Prime
Mad Cat Mk IV Prime
Linebacker B (Wolfhound IIC will replace)

Fire Star
Orion IIC - Star Commander Tal Sender
Blood Reaper
Blood Reaper
Rifleman IIC 3
Galahad/Glass Spider

Rearguard Star
Sun Cobra
Shadowhawk IIC 4
Locust IIC 4
Ocelot
Commando IIC

SUPERNOVA TRINARY
Command Star
Fenris/Ice Ferret Prime
Ryoken/Stormcrow Prime
Puma/Adder Prime
Uller/Kit Fox W
Wulfen B

Swift Nova
Uratha Prime
Hellion Prime
Hellion Prime
Koshi/Mist Lynx Prime
Koshi/Mist Lynx Prime
Elemental Point Small Laser
Elemental Point Small Laser
Elemental Point Small Laser
Elemental Point Small Laser
Elemental Point Small Laser

Watch Star
Emperor
Exterminator
MCY-100 Mercury II
ST-24G Stag II
Elemental Point Machine Gun

Beta Galaxy

13th Wolf Battle Cluster
(Note: Uses described DA Alaric's scheme per A Bonfire of Worlds)
Location: Quarrel
Commander: Star Colonel Alaric Ward

ULTIMA THULE TRINARY
Command Star
Mad Cat Mk IV A - Star Colonel Alaric Ward
Mad Cat Mk IV Prime  -  MechWarrior Anastasia Kerensky
Lupus Prime
Thor II D
Warwolf Prime

II Star
Garou - Star Commander Verena Wolf
Mad Cat Mk II 4
Mad Cat Mk II 4
Mad Cat Mk II 5
Tomahawk II B

Strike Star
Uratha Prime - Star Commander Jessica Connors
Mad Cat Mk III - MechWarrior Yulri Wolf
Sun Cobra II
Arctic Wolf II Prime
Pouncer H

Delta Galaxy

 

Wolfkin Keshik
(Note: Uses a modified version of Natasha Kerensky's scheme, are all 'Mechs from the Kuroi Kaze.)
Location: Memmingen
Commander: saKhan Marielle Radick

FIRST BINARY
Ave Nocturnis Star
Ice Ferret/Fenris Prime - saKhan Marielle Radick
Cauldron-Born/Ebon Jaguar Samantha - MechWarrior Samantha
Cougar B
Uller/Kit Fox A
Crimson Langur A

Assault Star
Daishi/Dire Wolf Widowmaker - Natasha Kerensky
Daishi/Dire Wolf C
Turkina A
Masakari/Warhawk Prime
Nova Cat Prime

SECOND BINARY
Command Star
Mad Cat/Timberwolf E - Loremaster Katya Kerensky
Vulture/Mad Dog D - Star Colonel (AdC) Dirk Radick
Loki/Hellbringer C
Viper/Black Python 4
Rabid Coyote

Assault Star
Mad Cat Mk II 2
Highlander IIC
Warhammer IIC 4
Marauder IIC 7
Annihilator C 2

Omega Galaxy

Steel Wolves
(Note: Uses Dark Age scheme, which is functionally the same as WiE Omega Galaxy)
Location: Lothan
Commander: Galaxy Commander Kal Radick

FIRST BINARY
Command Star
Daishi/Dire Wolf H - Star Captain Abioseh Winson
Masakari/Warhawk H - MechWarrior Katherine Wolf (Steiner-Davion)
Thunder Stallion
Mad Cat Mk II
Marauder IIC 2

Pirate Hunt Star
Black Hawk/Nova H
Griffin IIC 3
Rabid Coyote
Lobo - MechWarrior Arya Wolf
Pack Hunter

SECOND BINARY
Command Star
Ryoken II - Star Colonel Tassa Kay
*Tundra Wolf
*Warwolf H
DLR-OB Doloire
JLN-5A Juliano

Support Star
Ryoken III-XP/Skinwalker Prime
Mad Cat III
*Wulfen H
*Wulfen A
*Vixen 6


THIRD TRINARY
Armor Star Whiskey
*Epona Prime - Star Captain Marijoan Shaw
*Epona Prime
*Oro
*Oro
*Ishtar
*Ishtar
*Ares
*Ares
*Ares
*Ares

Infantry Star Tango
*Salamander Point
*Salamander Point
*Salamander Point
*Salamander Point
*Salamander Point


Mixed Star Foxtrot
Hellstar
Night Wolf
Woodsman A
*Carnivore Assault Tank
*Carnivore Assault Tank
*Carnivore Assault Tank
*Carnivore Assault Tank