CLAN SNOW RAVEN
FRONT LINE FORCES
Clan Command
Corvus Keshik (Elite/Fanatical)
Alpha Galaxy (Swift Wing Galaxy)
6th Raven Battle Cluster (The Meteors) (Elite/Fanatical)
2nd Raven Regulars (The Longshanks) (Elite/Fanatical)
4th Raven Regulars (The Snow Wing) (Elite/Fanatical)
9th Striker Cluster (The Snow Hunters) (Elite/Fanatical)
Beta Galaxy (Storm Crow Galaxy)
14th Raven Battle Cluster (The Thunder Heart Cluster) (Veteran/Fanatical)
9th Raven Regulars (The Wind Riders) (Veteran/Fanatical)
10th Raven Regulars (The Ice Wing) (Veteran/Fanatical)
97th Striker Cluster (The Soaring Ravens) (Veteran/Reliable)
Gamma Galaxy (The Hawkshead Galaxy)*
20th Battle Cluster (Valkyries) (Veteran/Questionable)*
6th Raven Regulars (The Dark Wing) (Veteran/Questionable)*
7th Raven Regulars (Eaters of the Dead) (Regular/Reliable)*
7th Striker Cluster (Wings of Death) (Veteran/Questionable)*
Delta Galaxy (Morrigan’s Own)
8th Raven Battle Cluster (Raven Fusiliers) (Veteran/Reliable)
1st Raven Regulars (Bloody Talons) (Veteran/Reliable)
5th Raven Regulars (The Frost Wing) (Veteran/Reliable)
16th Striker Cluster (Arctic Swarm) (Veteran/Reliable)
SECOND LINE/GARRISON FORCES
Epsilon Garrison Galaxy
1st Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)
2nd Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)
3rd Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)
4th Garrison Cluster (Green/Reliable)
5th Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)
Zeta Garrison Galaxy
6th Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)
7th Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)
8th Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)
9th Garrison Cluster (Green/Reliable)
10th Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)
Kappa Garrison Galaxy*
11th Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)*
12th Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)*
13th Garrison Cluster (Green/Reliable)*
14th Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)*
15th Garrison Cluster (Regular/Reliable)*
NAVAL FORCES
Clan Flagship
Cameron-class Battle Cruiser (Storm Crow-Flag)
Harbingers of Death Naval Star
McKenna-class Battleship (James McKenna)
Sovetskii Soyuz-class Heavy Cruiser (White Cloud)
Congress-class Frigate (Kerensky's Hope)
Lola III-class Destroyer (Eternity)
Murder of Crows Naval Star
Texas-class Battleship (Mountbatten)
Sovetskii Soyuz-class Heavy Cruiser (Ice Storm)
Congress-class Frigate (Scabbard)
Lola III-class Destroyer (Drake)
Swift Wing Naval Star*
Nightlord-class Battleship (Ark Royal)*
Sovetskii Soyuz-class Heavy Cruiser (Avalanche)*
Congress-class Frigate (Conqueror)*
Lola III-class Destroyer (Spur)*
Snow Raven Naval Star
Nightlord-class Battleship (Snow Raven)
Sovetskii Soyuz-class Heavy Cruiser (Blizzard)
Congress-class Frigate (Magpie)
Lola III-class Destroyer (Bloody Talon)
Valkyrie Naval Scout Star*
York-class Destroyer (Corvidae)*
Vincent Mk 42-class Corvette (Huginn, Muninn)*
Fredasa-class Corvette (Black Beard)*
Dark Wing Transport Star
Potemkin-class Troop Cruiser (Bonaventure, Wild Swan)
Volga-class Transport (Scavenger, Tenacity)
Units marked with an asterisk (*) remain in the Homeworlds.
Clan Totals
Front Line Clusters: 17
Garrison Clusters: 15
WarShips: 25
Snow Raven Touman Organization and Overview
None question the Snow Raven command of the orbitals; in the sphere of WarShips, they are matched by none, and outnumber their closest rival (the Diamond Sharks) by nearly a third. But, where they are powerful indeed in space, they field one of the smallest ground Toumans. At a mere 32 Clusters, they fall squarely in the lowest tier of the Clans (with Blood Spirit and Cloud Cobra) and outnumber only the Goliath Scorpions.
But the lack of numbers does not tell the full story. Despite lies to the contrary, they remain capable Warriors with a very concentrated ground Touman. Those who mistake the Ravens for weaklings in combat on the ground are liable to see only defeat at their hands.
Raven front-line Clusters are divided into Raven Battle Clusters (including the Corvus Keshik) compromised almost exclusively of heavy OmniMechs (although a handful of assault-weight war-machines are present), the Raven Regulars which use a balanced force of medium and heavy weight designs, and the Striker Clusters, who field just light and medium-weight OmniMechs. Otherwise, front line units follow the same structure: each fields a Command Trinary with 10 OmniMechs and 25 Elementals, two Trinary of OmniMechs, a Supernova of 10 OmniMechs and 50 Elementals, and a Binary of OmniFighters, for a total of 50 OmniMechs, 75 Elementals, and 20 OmniFighters. Transport is a Voyager-class JumpShip, with six DropShips: one Overlord-C class, two Union-C class, two Carrier class, and one Assault DropShip, typically a Death Dancer class, although the newly introduced Moriggan class (based on the SLDF Pentagon) has been slowly increasing in numbers.
Second line/garrison Clusters are built around a Command Star of 5 BattleMechs, three Trinary of 10 BattleMechs and 10 vehicles each, one Infantry Trinary with 10 vehicles and 250 Conventional Infantry, and a Binary of Aerospace Fighters (total strength of 35 BattleMechs, 40 vehicles, 20 Aerospace Fighters, and 250 Conventional Infantry). Each Cluster has their own Voyager-class JumpShip for transport, with six DropShips: one modified Overlord-C class, one modified Union-C class, one Seeker-C class, two Carrier class, and one Assault DropShip.
WarShip assets are impressive, with the Ravens fielding twenty-five Warships in six Naval Stars . . . including four Battleships. Two of those Battleships are Nightlord-class, which the Ravens have modified, removing the internal ‘Mech bays and all but 75 of the Elemental bays to instead carry a total of 90 OmniFighters (including the 20 fighter bays that are normally part of the ship) and additional stocks of fuel and munitions.
With only four enclaves in the Homeworlds, one would expect that the Ravens have a fairly small civilian Fleet; one would be wrong. Second only to the Diamond Sharks in size, the Raven Merchant Fleet is normally available for other Clans to hire as needed, giving the Clan a steady stream of resources. The active duty Raven Fleet consists of 10 Wanderer-class, 20 Voyager-class, 20 Traveler-class, 20 Odyssey-class, 20 Discovery-class, and 20 Aggressor-class JumpShips, with 10 Odyssey-class, 10 Discovery-class, and 10 Aggressor-class in mothball reserve orbiting Lum.
174 JumpShips (10 Wanderer-class, 54 Voyager-class, 20 Traveler-class, 30 Odyssey-class, 30 Discovery-class, and 30 Aggressor-class), 246 military DropShips (including 86 Assault DropShips), 618 civilian DropShips, 850 OmniMechs, 525 BattleMechs, 600 vehicles, 960 OmniFighters, 300 Aerospace Fighters, 2325 Elementals, and 3750 Conventional Infantry.
Operation Revival
The Ravens are committing three front line Galaxies, two garrison Galaxies, and four Naval Stars to Operation Revival, leaving just one front line Galaxy (Gamma), one garrison Galaxy (Kappa) and two Naval Stars to hold their possessions in the Homeworlds. Brim and Circe each have two Clusters from Kappa assigned to their defense, with the last Cluster stationed on Lum. Gamma Galaxy has assigned a single Cluster to Strana Mechty (the 7th Raven Regulars) with the remainder concentrated on Lum. Both Naval Stars are based out of Lum, but the Valkyrie Naval Scout Star makes regular patrols of the other Raven worlds.
In the Isles, the Ravens share the world of Paran with Clan Ghost Bear. Here, the Ravens have constructed a massive shipyard complex in orbit around one of the systems Gas Giants. Although not yet ready to start construction of WarShips (but observers believe that it will be so capable in as little as five years time), the Raven’s Nest Yards are quite capable of handling any WarShip or JumpShip repairs. One of the four of the Newgrange-class YardShips operated by the Ebon Keshik on behalf of all of the Clans are stationed here as well, to provide mobile assistance to any Clan vessel in distress. (Two more of the mobile Yards are stationed along the DeChavillier Corridor, with the last remaining in the Homeworlds. They are considered Clan-wide assets and are not the property of any individual Clan.)
With the combined forces of the Bears and Ravens, Paran may well be the single most well-defended of the Clan conquests in the Isles. Already looking ahead, the Ravens have begun construction on a limited ground-based SDS system for when the majority of their forces will be called off-world for the actual Invasion itself. Although not yet operational, it is believed that the Paran Defense Grid will become so by the summer of 3051.
Blood Spirit: 17 Front Line, 15 2nd line/Garrison, 8 Warships, 81 JumpShips, 1395 'Mechs, 400 ASF, 930 vehicles, 1425 Elementals, and 5625 Conventional Infantry.
Burrock: 18 Front Line, 16 2nd line/Garrison, 8 Warships, 143 JumpShips, 1345 'Mechs, 660 ASF, 640 vehicles, 2300 Elementals, and 8000 Conventional Infantry.
Cloud Cobra: 17 Front Line, 15 2nd line/Garrison, 15 Warships, 120 JumpShips, 915 'Mechs, 2010 ASF, 480 vehicles, 1675 Elementals, and 3000 Conventional Infantry.
Coyote: 20 Front line, 16 2nd line/Garrison, 12 WarShips, 120 JumpShips, 1560 ‘Mechs, 860 ASF, 320 vehicles, 1975 Elementals, and 8000 Conventional Infantry.
Diamond Shark: 18 Front line, 16 2nd line/Garrison, 18 WarShips, 223 JumpShips, 1415 ‘Mechs, 1170 ASF, 800 vehicles, 3700 Elementals, and 4000 Conventional Infantry.
Fire Mandrill: 17 Front line, 20 2nd line/Garrison, 8 WarShips, 80 JumpShips, 1365 ‘Mechs, 1190 ASF, 400 vehicles, 1500 Elementals, and 10000 Conventional Infantry.
Ghost Bear: 21 Front line, 20 2nd line/Garrison, 13 WarShips, 160 JumpShips, 1645 ‘Mechs, 1060 ASF, 400 vehicles, 3975 Elementals, and 5000 Conventional Infantry.
Goliath Scorpion: 16 Front line, 15 2nd line/Garrison, 16 WarShips, 130 JumpShips, 1202 ‘Mechs, 832 ASF, 450 vehicles, 2810 Elementals, and 3750 Conventional Infantry.
Hell’s Horses: 18 Front line, 16 2nd line/Garrison, 10 WarShips, 120 JumpShips, 1110 ‘Mechs, 710 ASF, 1420 vehicles, 3650 Elementals, and 6250 Conventional Infantry.
Ice Hellion: 19 Front line, 15 2nd line/Garrison, 12 WarShips, 110 JumpShips, 1650 ‘Mechs, 1220 ASF, 150 vehicles, 1675 Elementals, and 1875 Conventional Infantry.
Jade Falcon: 24 Front line, 20 2nd line/Garrison, 16 WarShips, 124 JumpShips, 1980 ‘Mechs, 1610 ASF, 200 vehicles, 1800 Elementals, and 5000 Conventional Infantry.
Nova Cat: 17 Front line, 20 2nd line/Garrison, 14 WarShips, 147 JumpShips, 1650 ‘Mechs, 940 ASF, 600 vehicles, 1725 Elementals, and 5000 Conventional Infantry.
Smoke Jaguar: 25 Front line, 16 2nd line/Garrison, 15 WarShips, 90 JumpShips, 1650 ‘Mechs, 940 ASF, 600 vehicles, 1725 Elementals, and 5000 Conventional Infantry.
Snow Raven: 17 Front line, 15 2nd line/Garrison, 25 WarShips, 174 JumpShips, 1375 ‘Mechs, 1260 ASF, 600 vehicles, 2325 Elementals, and 3750 Conventional Infantry.
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