Editing Clan Smoke Jaguar (section)

== History ==
Clan Smoke Jaguar was created in 2807 and fell under the command of Franklin Osis, a man of [[Federated Suns]] background who had been caught up in a Davion/[[Capellan Confederation|Liao]] expat conflict before going to Strana Mechty. This and the death of his Brother had left the guy serious anger management issues. During Operation KLONDIKE they invaded Eden and were brutal in their suppression of the civilian populations. Never the less, he did push his Clan to feats of Martial excellence.

Afterwards, they established the planet Huntress as their Homeworld and sought to make their name through combat whenever possible. Smoke Jaguar Absorbed Clan Mongoose in 2868 after they got into one fight too many. Where other Clans might use diplomacy and trade to get something they wanted, Smoke Jaguar's first option was always to throw down.

An infamous incident happened on the Smoke Jaguar held planet of Londerholm in 2912 when a blight wiped out much of the root crop which made up the bulk of the diet for much of the civilian castes. In response, the Smoke Jaguar Clan Council reserved much of the remaining harvest for warrior consumption and kept up food exports<sup>1</sup>. Famine broke out and when various groups resisted, the Smoke Jaguar Warriors came down hard wiping out a good chunk of their civilians for daring to want food when they were starving, though a few lucky rebels managed to defect to other Clans. In the aftermath the rights of the civilian castes were largely stripped. Numerous other Clans called out the Smoke Jaguars over this pointless dickery in the Grand Council. Smoke Jaguar Khan Ian Moon replied that this was a strictly internal matter and that intervention would set a precedent which would threaten their autonomy in the future (with the specific implication that they'd leverage it against their opponents). This was enough to keep the Grand Council from getting involved, but the victory won them no friends to say the least. 

In the end, Clan Smoke Jaguar's aggressiveness and inability to form well established alliances with other Clans and their Spheroid subjects made them a target for the Second Star League. Left on their own by the other Clans, their homeworlds were conquered by the Second Star League and the last of their warriors were defeated during the Great Refusal. However, some survivors were able to form a remote colony and remake themselves before the [[Republic of the Sphere]] made a bargain with them to let them settle near Terra in exchange for personal loyalty to the Republic's leader as the Fidelis, a personal special forces group with fanatical training and hatred of the Clans. Once the Third Star League was formed over the Republic's ashes, the IlClan reformed the Clan as reward for aiding them (due to internecine politicking among the Republic's factions, the Fidelis got disillusioned with the Exarch prior to the IlClan forming) and surrender while offering them intelligence on Terra's defenses.

<small><sup>1</sup> ''This hits the same notes as the Irish Potato Famine''</small>