Clan Ghost
Bear Timeline
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- 2762
- Sandra Tseng born in Liao
Space, Hans Ole Jorgensson in Kurita Space.
- 2779
- Tseng and Jorgensson take
part in the Liberation of Terra.
- 2780?
- Tseng and Jorgensson marry
each other.
- 2784
- November: The SLDF Exodus.
- Tseng and Jorgensson
decide to join the Exodus the day before it begins.
- 2785
- The couple is aboard the
SLS Prinz Eugen that mutinies against Alexandr Kerensky.
They are among the minority aboard the ship who opposed
the mutiny. The mutiny is put down and the leaders
executed after a daring boarding action.
- 2786
- August 24: Founding Day.
The Exodus fleet settles the Pentagon Systems.
- Tseng and Jorgensson
decommissioned from the SLDF and settle on Babylon.
- 2787
- February or Early March:
Sandra Tseng bears a son.
- 2797
- The troubles begin on the
Pentagon Worlds.
- The couple's son is killed
in a riot.
- Both Tseng and Jorgensson
join the 146th Royal Battlemech Division (led by Nicholas
Kerensky).
- 2801
- Troubles escalate into
civil war.
- Alexandr Kerensky dies of
a massive heart attack.
- Alexandr's son Nicholas
Kerensky announces plans for a Second Exodus.
- Tseng and Jorgensson
travel to all the Pentagon worlds to persuade people to
join the Second Exodus.
- 2802
- The Second Exodus. People
loyal to Nicholas Kerensky leave the Pentagon Worlds for
Strana Mechty.
- Nicholas Kerensky begins
the long process of forming the Clans.
- 2810
- The twenty clans are
established and named.
- Nicholas Kerensky places
Tseng and Jorgensson in different clans.
- As a result the couple is
torn between love to each other and loyalty to Kerensky.
- They decide in favor of
love and so abscond for the Antarctic region of Strana
Mechty.
- After observing the family
behaviour of Ghost Bears they return to the clans.
- Nicholas Kerensky welcomes
them back and this time agrees to place them in the same
clan.
- The couple's experiences
with Clan Ghost Bear's namesake gained them prominence.
- 2811
- Tseng and Jorgensson lead
a hunting party into Strana Mechty's Antarctic region.
This event marked the beginning of the Clawing Ritual.
- 2815
- Kerensky formalises the
system of two Khans per clan.
- The warriors of Clan Ghost
Bear overwhelmingly elect Tseng and Jorgensson as Khans.
- Nicholas Kerensky becomes
the first ilKhan of the clans.
- 2822
- Operation Klondike, the
liberation of the Pentagon Worlds.
- The Ghost Bears liberate
Arcadia with the Blood Spirits, Star Adders and Steel
Vipers.
- 2823
- The Trial of Annihilation
against the Not-Named Clan (Clan Wolverine).
- A Ghost Bear Patrol led by
Star Captain Amon observe a small fleeing Wolverine unit.
On his deathbed years later, Amon confesses the Patrol
did nothing to stop the unit. This revelation led to a
long standing grudge between Clans Wolf and Ghost Bear.
Since then all Ghost Bear warriors take an oath to hunt
down any Wolverines that surface.
- 2834
- Nicholas Kerensky dies in
a bitter Wolf - Widowmaker Trial. Ironically this marks
the beginning of the Golden Century.
- Clan Wolf absorbs Clan
Widowmaker.
- 2848
- Khan Sandra Tseng dies in
the successful defence of her legacy against the Smoke
Jaguars.
- Struck by grief, Khan Hans
Jorgensson retires from his position.
- Toramano Tseng becomes the
first trueborn Khan among all the Clans, Corina Tseng the
new saKhan. Frederick Jorgensson elected Loremaster. The
preeminence of the Tseng and Jorgensson bloodlines were
thus cemented.
- 2853
- Clan Coyote introduces the
Omnimech.
- 2858
- Hans Jorgensson dies
peacefully in his sleep.
- 2868
- Clan Smoke Jaguar absorbs
Clan Mongoose.
- 2873
- Clan Ghost Bear, as the
last of the clans, fields its first Omnimechs.
- 2902
- As the first elemental
among all clans to reach the position, Kilbourne
Jorgensson is elected as Khan. He is beloved by the Ghost
Bears, respected by all clans.
- 2921
- In a Trial of Position for
the Tokasha Mechworks, Khan Kilbourne Jorgensson is
killed. The Ghost Bears go berserk and drive the Hell's
Horses completely off Tokasha. This event marks the
beginning of a long feud between the two clans.
- 2980
- Thoughts of returning to
the Inner Sphere become more common among the clans. Clan
society quickly polarizes into crusaders and wardens.
This marks the start of the Political Century.
- Ghost Bear Khan Nadia
Winson (formerly a Wolf) is a leading figure of the
crusader cause.
- 3005
- The Dragoon Compromise.
Wolf's Dragoons are to do a covert assessment of the
Inner Sphere.
- The Crusader cause stalls.
- 3048
- The Ghost Bears try and
fail to capture the Hell's Horses' mech factory on Niles.
- The Comstar vessel
Outbound Light is captured by Clan Smoke Jaguar. The
information extracted from the captured crew leads to a
new vote on the Invasion. The crusaders win but the vote
is challenged to a Trial of Refusal by Clan Wolf.
- Ghost Bear Khans Nornian
Tseng and Ursula Jorgensson are killed in the Trial.
- Overall the trial is won
by the crusaders though.
- Karl Bourjon and Theresa
DelVillar are elected new Ghost Bear Khans.
- In the Trials for
participation in the invasion, Clan Ghost Bear places
fourth. Clan Ghost Bear is assigned the Rasalhague -
Combine Invasion Corridor.
- 3049
- September: The Ghost Bears
begin Operation Revival by taking the Periphery world of
Porthos.
- 3050
- Clan Ghost Bear captures
19 worlds in the Inner Sphere.
- June: SaKhan DelVillar
dies in battle on Last Frontier. Loremaster Aletha
Kabrinski elected new saKhan and demands the removal of
Khan Bourjon. Star Colonel Bjorn Jorgensson elected new
Khan. He confirms his position by defeating former Khan
Bourjon in a Trial of Refusal. New Loremaster becomes
Laurie Tseng.
- October 31: ilKhan Showers
killed when Tyra Miraborg rams the Dire Wolf. The
Invading Clans retire to Strana Mechty to elect a new Il
Khan.
- The Ghost Bear's political
stance begins to shift from crusader to warden.
- 3051
- Five more worlds captured,
among them Alshain which becomes the OZ capital.
- The Periphery planet
Nyserta is lost to the Diamond Sharks.
- 3052
- Thirteen more worlds
captured.
- Clans lose on Tukayyid and
the invasion is halted. The Ghost Bears performed well
and was besides the Wolves the only clan to win a
victory.
- Nyserta retaken from the
Diamond Sharks after Tukayyid.
- Santander's World taken
from the Smoke Jaguars.
- 3055
- The Ghost Bears begin to
relocate their homeworld population to the Inner Sphere.
- CGB Leviathan, the first
of the new Leviathan Class warships completed.
- 3057
- The Refusal war between
Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Wolf
- 3058
- Clan Star Adder absorbs
Clan Burrock
- 3059
- The new SLDF drives the
Smoke Jaguars from the Inner Sphere
- Task Force Serpent
destroys three Ghost Bear warships.
- 3060
- Clan Smoke Jaguar
destroyed when the new SLDF attacks Huntress.
- The crusader clans lose
their trial against the SLDF which ends the invasion.
- The creation of the Ghost
Bear Dominion is announced. Alshain is proclaimed the new
Ghost Bear capital world.
- Star Captain Ragnar
(Magnusson) is taken as bondsman by the Bears.
- The Nova Cats are abjured
and forced to flee to the Inner Sphere.
- 3061
- Diamond Sharks and Snow
Ravens given Bear holdings in clan space. Only the
enclaves on Strana Mechty and Arcadia retained by the
Ghost Bears.
- The Ghost Bears capture
three worlds in the Wolf OZ.
- Star Colonel Ragnar voted
Elected Prince by the Rasalhagian Parliament
- The Jade Falcons kick the
Steel Vipers out of the Inner Sphere.
- 3062
- The relocation of CGB's
civilian homeworld population to the Inner Sphere is
completed.
Author : Star Captain Jon 'Gauss Bear' Ivars
