Clan Smoke Jaguar was one of the original twenty Clans founded by Nicholas Kerensky. Members of Clan Smoke Jaguar took fierce pride in their namesake, a predator descended from the Terran jaguar whose genes were altered in the laboratory to enable it to survive in a harsher environment and then imported to Strana Mechty. The Smoke Jaguars imitated their namesake almost to a fault, believing that the Clans' revered founder modeled all of Clan society on their totem animal, basing this assertion on an oft-quoted journal entry of Kerensky's which they revered second only to The Remembrance.

From their inception the Smoke Jaguars gained a deserved reputation for uncompromising ferocity towards their enemies, notably during Operation KLONDIKE and later in crushing the Londerholm Revolt. An early and fervent supporter of the Crusader philosophy, the Smoke Jaguars were one of the four original Clans to take part in Operation REVIVAL, the Clans' attempted conquest of the Inner Sphere. Defeated during the pivotal Battle of Tukayyid, the Jaguars were eventually destroyed by the reborn Star League during Operation BULLDOG and Operation SERPENT. The Clan was also responsible for the creation of ProtoMechs, which quickly spread amongst the other Clans during the Wars of Possession.

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