MechWarrior 5: Clans/Campaign Missions (2025)

'''Outskirts of Edo''' - Investigation - The Fourteenth's forces have retreated to entrenched positions in the northern suburbs of Turtle Bay's capital city, Edo. Cobalt Star is ordered to strike these positions and hunt down the forces therein. Destroying the Fourteenth's units, Cobalt confronts and defeats a lance led by a man named [[Yuichi]], piloting an ''Awesome''. Jayden and Ezra are impressed with Yuichi's skill; to the chagrin of Wimmer and Perez, Ezra claims the defeated warrior as a bondsman. Wimmer's interrogation concludes that Yuichi poses little risk to the Clan, and as such he is allowed to stay as Ezra's personal tech. Additionally, Beta Galaxy is assigned a ComStar liaison in Demi-Precentor [[Akari Ito]], who will provide intelligence and help administer captured worlds.<ref name=MW5Cm11>''MechWarrior 5: Clans'', Campaign Mission 11: "Outskirts of Edo"</ref>

'''Outskirts of Edo''' - Investigation - The Fourteenth's forces have retreated to entrenched positions in the northern suburbs of Turtle Bay's capital city, Edo. Cobalt Star is ordered to strike these positions and hunt down the forces therein. Destroying the Fourteenth's units, Cobalt confronts and defeats a lance led by a man named [[Yuichi]], piloting an ''Awesome''. Jayden and Ezra are impressed with Yuichi's skill; to the chagrin of Wimmer and Perez, Ezra claims the defeated warrior as a bondsman. Wimmer's interrogation concludes that Yuichi poses little risk to the Clan, and as such he is allowed to stay as Ezra's personal tech. Additionally, Beta Galaxy is assigned a ComStar liaison in Demi-Precentor [[Akari Ito]], who will provide intelligence and help administer captured worlds.<ref name=MW5Cm11>''MechWarrior 5: Clans'', Campaign Mission 11: "Outskirts of Edo"</ref>

'''Pacification''' - Patrol - The capture of Edo is sullied by a bombing which slays a number of civilians and Jaguar officers in a club in Edo. A single old man claimed responsibility, but he was executed before he could be interrogated. Demi-Precentor Ito believes his claims are extremely suspect, as the man was a member of a pacifistic order, and thinks he claimed responsibility to avoid Jaguar reprisals on his people. Cobalt is dispatched alongside elements of Granite Star to investigate suspected military contraband stashes to attempt to find the true perpetrators. Cobalt finds multiple stashes, but is attacked by a group claiming affiliation with the Ryugawa-gumi, a yakuza organization highly loyal to the Draconis Combine and a much more likely culprit of the bombing. The Ryugawa-gumi forces are defeated, but swear to continue resisting.

'''Pacification''' - Patrol - The capture of Edo is sullied by a bombing which slays a number of civilians and Jaguar officers in a club in Edo. A single old man claimed responsibility, but he was executed before he could be interrogated. Demi-Precentor Ito believes his claims are extremely suspect, as the man was a member of a pacifistic order , and thinks he claimed responsibility to avoid Jaguar reprisals on his people. Cobalt is dispatched alongside elements of Granite Star to investigate suspected military contraband stashes to attempt to find the true perpetrators. Cobalt finds multiple stashes, but is attacked by a group claiming affiliation with the Ryugawa-gumi, a yakuza organization highly loyal to the Draconis Combine and a much more likely culprit of the bombing. The Ryugawa-gumi forces are defeated, but swear to continue resisting.

'''Smuggler's Den''' - Investigation - A mining corporation is suspected to be hiding a Ryugawa-gumi armory on Turtle Bay's moon. Cobalt Star, using navigational beacons to maneuver with limited visibility through a heavy dust storm, locates the facility and captures the manufacturing equipment within for Clan Smoke Jaguar.<ref name=MW5Cm13>''MechWarrior 5: Clans'', Campaign Mission 13: "Smuggler's Den"</ref>

'''Smuggler's Den''' - Investigation - A mining corporation is suspected to be hiding a Ryugawa-gumi armory on Turtle Bay's moon. Cobalt Star, using navigational beacons to maneuver with limited visibility through a heavy dust storm, locates the facility and captures the manufacturing equipment within for Clan Smoke Jaguar.<ref name=MW5Cm13>''MechWarrior 5: Clans'', Campaign Mission 13: "Smuggler's Den"</ref>

'''Air Superiority'''

'''Air Superiority'''

'''Boxed In'''

'''Boxed In'''

Campaigns[edit]

Tutorial Missions[edit]

Missions taking place on Huntress in 3048.

Welcome Committee - Training - Jayden and his sibkin Liam, Ezra, Mia, and Nasir arrive from Londerholm to Stalker Base on Huntress to complete their training. Kit Commander Ibrahim Ismiril tasks the group with a training exercise, fighting through drone vehicles, VTOLs, and BattleMechs, before facing off against and defeating a Star of fellow cadets.^[1]

Trial of Position - Trial of Position - Eight months later, Jayden and his sibkin prepare for their Trial of Position. Jayden aims for the rank of Star Commander, requiring at least two kills in his Trial. Piloting a Summoner, Jayden defeats his first two opponents, piloting a Mad Dog and Hellbringer respectively, but is swiftly defeated by his third foe in a Timber Wolf. After the Trial, Jayden reunites with Liam, Ezra, and Mia, learning that Nasir did not survive his own Trial. The surviving sibkin are ransomed together to Beta Galaxy under Galaxy Commander Cordera Perez, where they will form a new Star in Star Colonel Emilie Wimmer's 362nd Assault Cluster, with Nasir's former position in the Star taken by a warrior named Naomi. The meeting is interrupted by the arrival of the JumpShip Outbound Light over Huntress, precipitating Khan Leo Showers's speech to the Grand Council which spurs the Clans to return to the Inner Sphere.

Santander's World[edit]

Missions taking place during the Invasion of Santander in 3049.

Touchdown - Investigation - As the Clan Smoke Jaguar fleet arrives in the Periphery, Jayden and his Star, now designated Cobalt Star, are bid by saKhan Sarah Weaver into the initial landing on Santander V to contest pirate king Helmar Valasek for control of the planet. On arrival, Cobalt Star finds three empty Union-class DropShips, and is ordered to scout ahead while two other Stars investigate the DropShips and secure their position. As Cobalt Star returns from their scouting run, Valasek detonates explosives packed inside the DropShips, destroying one Star and heavily damaging the second. Cobalt Star works with the survivors of the explosion to repel an ambush by several lances of Valasek's forces, but Valasek himself is not present.

Pirate's Bay - Assault - Incensed at Helmar Valasek's dishonorable tactics, saKhan Sarah Weaver sends Cobalt Star to clear a path for her own Star to assault Valasek's base of operations. Cobalt successfully clears a minefield and finds another Union-class DropShip, which launches shortly afterwards. Once Cobalt opens the gate to the base, Weaver and her Star deploy. Working together, the two Stars successfully clear the base, but the launched Union was a decoy; Valasek was neither aboard it nor in the base.

Target Acquisition - Investigation - Star Colonel Wimmer tasks Cobalt Star with scouting a number of local homesteads seized by Santander's Killers to use as depots, ideally while avoiding enemy patrols in the area. Cobalt's scouting will allow Hawk Star's aerospace fighters to bombard the targets, robbing Valasek of vital supplies without a heavy force commitment from the Jaguars. On arrival, Cobalt finds three of the homesteads to be mainly munitions depots, but a fourth is being used to house prisoners. As Hawk Star destroys the three munitions depots, Cobalt Star is ordered to draw the attention of the nearby enemy forces so that the prisoners can be safely evacuated and potentially interrogated as to Valasek's whereabouts.

Traffickers - Assault - The liberated prisoners do not know Valasek's location, but they provide the location of another prison facility; saKhan Weaver and Star Colonel Wimmer task Cobalt Star with liberating the facility. Defeating an ambush by a pirate Orion to gain access to the base, Cobalt successfully locates and defends the prison facility, allowing for the prisoners' extraction. Despite their success, Liam receives a stinging rebuke from saKhan Weaver for his conduct and language during the mission, and the rebuke extends to Jayden as his commander for allowing it. After the mission, Jayden scolds Liam and instructs him to shape up; Liam promises to do so while on mission.

No Stone Unturned - Investigation - The Clan has taken notice of a group of storehouses that may provide supplies or intel on Valasek's location. Cobalt Star is dispatched to crush the defenders of these storehouses so that Elementals can clear them for whatever they may hold. Cobalt fights through the defenders, eventually running up against a large Corsair FrankenMech that is summarily destroyed. At Liam's request, Jayden scans the data core of the fallen Corsair, which houses data that Liam hopes may prove useful.

Flushing the Nest - Assault - Previous operations have uncovered the location of a pirate base containing the signatures of the fusion reactors from the three derelict Union-class DropShips that Valasek previously detonated. Cobalt Star assaults the base, destroying the fusion reactors and cutting power to Valasek's operations, but true to form, Valasek himself is nowhere to be found.

The Pirate King - Extermination - With his bases and operations severely hamstrung, Clan Smoke Jaguar has finally located Valasek's personal BattleMaster. Cobalt Star is ordered to clear a landing zone for saKhan Weaver's command Star and screen their approach to Valasek's location. Working together, the two Stars demolish Valasek's remaining forces. SaKhan Weaver in her Timber Wolf engages Valasek's BattleMaster in a duel, winning by crushing its cockpit; however, Valasek reveals shortly afterward that he was not in the 'Mech, escaping the system on a Leopard-class DropShip as Weaver looks on. While his escape is a disappointment, Valasek's departure frees the Jaguars to conclude operations on Santander and in the Periphery as a whole, allowing them to move on to Operation REVIVAL: the invasion of the Inner Sphere proper.

Turtle Bay[edit]

Missions taking place during the Invasion of Turtle Bay in 3050.

The Invasion Begins - Assault - Beta Galaxy's first engagement in the Inner Sphere is against the Combine's Fourteenth Legion of Vega on Turtle Bay. Cobalt Star is assigned to form a Binary with Star Captain Megan Carrol's Ursa Star. Cobalt and Ursa make landfall under heavy anti-air fire, watching another Smoke Jaguar Broadsword-class DropShip go down immediately after. Cobalt and Ursa take a vantage point on a ridgeline, picking off numerous Legion of Vega targets at long range before being forced from the position by artillery fire. The Binary continues forward, knocking out multiple outposts, their artillery emplacements, and their defenders.^[2]

Outskirts of Edo - Investigation - The Fourteenth's forces have retreated to entrenched positions in the northern suburbs of Turtle Bay's capital city, Edo. Cobalt Star is ordered to strike these positions and hunt down the forces therein. Destroying the Fourteenth's units, Cobalt confronts and defeats a lance led by a man named Yuichi, piloting an Awesome. Jayden and Ezra are impressed with Yuichi's skill; to the chagrin of Wimmer and Perez, Ezra claims the defeated warrior as a bondsman. Wimmer's interrogation concludes that Yuichi poses little risk to the Clan, and as such he is allowed to stay as Ezra's personal tech. Additionally, Beta Galaxy is assigned a ComStar liaison in Demi-Precentor Akari Ito, who will provide intelligence and help administer captured worlds.^[3]

Pacification - Patrol - The capture of Edo is sullied by a bombing which slays a number of civilians and Jaguar officers in a club in Edo. A single old man claimed responsibility, but he was executed before he could be interrogated. Demi-Precentor Ito believes his claims are extremely suspect, as the man was a member of a pacifistic order of monks, and thinks he claimed responsibility to avoid Jaguar reprisals on his people. Cobalt is dispatched alongside elements of Granite Star to investigate suspected military contraband stashes to attempt to find the true perpetrators. Cobalt finds multiple stashes, but is attacked by a group claiming affiliation with the Ryugawa-gumi, a yakuza organization highly loyal to the Draconis Combine and a much more likely culprit of the bombing. The Ryugawa-gumi forces are defeated, but swear to continue resisting.^[4]

Smuggler's Den - Investigation - A mining corporation is suspected to be hiding a Ryugawa-gumi armory on Turtle Bay's moon. Cobalt Star, using navigational beacons to maneuver with limited visibility through a heavy dust storm, locates the facility and captures the manufacturing equipment within for Clan Smoke Jaguar.^[5]

Security Protocols - Patrol - Comparing aerial recon with old orbital scans, Demi-Precentor Ito has noticed a previously unoccupied valley that now seems to be full of activity and equipment. Cobalt Star deploys to investigate, and to secure or destroy the resources. On arrival, Liam notes that the aerial recon is several weeks old, and thus it seems suspicious that this was only brought up now. Cobalt makes their way into a sealed supply depot in the valley, but an assault lance drops into the valley behind them. On Perez's orders, Cobalt disengages and retreats through a back exit to the depot, breaking through enemy forces to reach the extraction zone without being caught by the assault lance.^[6]

Air SuperiorityComStar has intercepted transmissions that indicate that an old DCMS air base in the Hanenda Region is being reactivated along with its compliment of mothballed Shilone Bombers.^[7]

Boxed In

Heir to the Dragon

Invasion of Courchevel[edit]

Missions taking place during the Invasion of Courchevel in 3050.

Redemption

An Honest Fight

Combat Patrol

Pinned Down

No Holds Barred

Voices of the Past

Baiting the Hook

Mountain Maze

Occupation of Courchevel[edit]

This arc begins 17 May 3051 in the middle of the Year of Peace as now-Star-Colonel Cordera Perez arrives to take command of the occupation.

Inspection Duty

Scrapyard

Crater Investigation

Local Invasion

On the Hunt

Disciplinary Action

Last Resort

While no precise date is given for this mission, Cordera Perez mentions that the Jaguar fleet has returned along the Exodus Road and has just left Santander. With Santander around six jumps away from Courchevel and versus the return of the main Smoke Jaguar force immediately after the next mission (in the Crusader path) as well as the canonical resumption of the Clan Invasion in November, this mission most likely takes place in October.

Reckoning - Assault: On 1 December 3051, the 4th Nova Cat Guards issues a Trial of Possession for Courchevel, which is set to take place in the Dragon's Rift Mountains. Due to the sudden disappearance of Ezra, Perez bids away Cobalt Star, keeping them as a reserve force, while Mia successfully petitions for a temporary transfer to the Second Jaguar Regulars participating in the bid. During the Trial, a Warhawk breaches zellbrigen, turning the Trial into a melee and bringing Cobalt Star into the action. That Warhawk turns out to be piloted by the missing Ezra, who started the melee to cover his defection from the Smoke Jaguars. Jayden must make a choice: join Ezra and leave the Smoke Jaguars for an uncertain future, or remain loyal and go to reinforce Mia.

Luthien (Crusader)[edit]

Missions taking place during the Invasion of Luthien in January 3052.

Dragon Slayer

The Golden Forge

Annihilation

Luthien (Warden)[edit]

Hold the Line - Defend: Now working for the Wolf's Dragoons, Cobalt Star is sent to help the other mercenaries defend Kado-Guchi Valley against the Nova Cats, culminating in the destruction of a Nova Cat DropShip.

This mission is reminiscent of the (somewhat canonically inaccurate) final mission of MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries.

A World on Fire

Kishi Kaisei - Trial of Grievance: Mia makes her final stand against Jayden & his Wolf's Dragoon Star; Mia offered a Batchall, Jayden, seeing this as an opportunity to save a sibkin accepts, with hopes he can take Mia in as a Bondsman & prevent further bloodshed.

This is the Final Mission for the Warden path to Mechwarrior 5: Clans

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