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Well Ice you did say to space it out and two years later here ya go. This will finish out 3055!

November 3055 - We managed to procure some funds from a local casino who just so happened to have some extra cash to spare. While I was organizing the group into an effective mercenary unit, Tray and Smirinoff were playing on the group's fears that I was some kind of egomaniac off on a power trip. They secretly negotiated a contract with some small no name company under the name of Death's Head. Unknown to the two poor boobs they were leading the unit on a mission without enough financial backing to repair a Mechs arm actuator. One night, after they say they tried to wake me up, they left to perform their mission. Through their bungling they lost most of our equipment and some men; Brad Westberry included. Even the small no name company they hired themselves out to were unimpressed with their skills. I seriously thought about killing them both but I was able to reign in my temper. Even after their very unsuccessful mission they managed to keep the support of most of the men. Which I found this very strange, how could anyone follow two idiots when they were slaughtered in battle and still even like them.

December 3055 -  With the group getting more and more out of hand I have decided to move on. I tried one last time to get Tray to listen to me at his favorite hangout, the Bar. The best we could do was to come to an mutual understanding and that was not good enough for me. I told the new guy, Brett Jones that I was leaving and returned to our base. I packed up my stuff and asked the technicians if they wanted to join me, only one was willing to. We booked passage on the next flight to Solaris and loaded up my Cerberus, the only thing good to come out of my dealings with this group.

Alright then, here is 3056.

January 3056 -  On the long ride to Solaris I met Yen Fu Muoduaib, a Capellan, who was obviously a true warrior. Along the way we discussed our military service history and what our future plans. I could tell that Yen was cut from the same mold that I was, but I was taken back for a time when he told me he to was planning to become a gladiator in the Solaris Arenas. I got his number and where he was planning to stay in case he wanted to hang out. Upon departing the Dropship I registered my Mech with the Solaris officials and unpacked in my new apartment. Immediately I began looking for a Stable that would sponsor me. I began with the Kurita supported stables, figuring they were my best shot. I was turned down by the Silver Dragons, but fortunately my contract was picked up by the DeLon Stables. I ran into Yen who informed that his contract had been picked up by Zelazni Stables. On my first day with DeLon I met Donna Rollson, an attractive woman, who was also a fierce warrior from the Combine. We quickly struck up a conversation and over time have become very good friends. In my three qualifying matches I performed quite well and triumphed over my three opponents. I was stunned to learn that Donna's first match was against Yen. In an outstanding battle Yen defeated her, but during the battle they earned each other's mutual respect. And so the three of  us became the very best of friends. Yen managed to qualify easily for the tournaments and despite her original setback Donna also managed to qualify. This was probably the best month for me since leaving the Combine.

February 3056 - Despite putting on a tremendous showing of my abilities I lost my first tournament match. For the first time I realized the difference between real combat and these gladiatorial games. I felt a deep shame for losing and thus dishonoring myself. The Stables were very understanding and supportive. I vowed to do better. Yen on the other hand went ahead and won the whole damn Factory Cup and Donna performed quite nicely winning two of her matches. With all the off time I had the stable assigned me to test some experimental equipment over at Mcguire Incorporated. In a most unfortunate occurrence met up with Smirinoff, after we tried to kill each other it was back to business for me. Upon arriving at the Mcguire Building I was met by an irate secretary raving about some idiot who wouldn't listen to her. Eventually I was told to met a representative of the company on an upper level of the building. Just beginning to discuss this new weaponry with this guy the power to the building was cut. He tried to call down to see what was going on but got no reply. I asked what security measures he had in place when the alarms began to ring. He suddenly bolted from the room screaming that he was going to be killed, I wished that he would have tripped down the steps. I pulled out my Blazer and prepared for battle. On of the security systems most have released gas because it became hard to see and breath. Trying to peak out the door, someone ran by me grabbing my Blazer, I ran after them. Eventually I found my trusty weapon on the floor. I dropped to the floor myself for three reasons; some kind of security drones had begun to engage the intruders, it was getting harder and harder to see and breath. My visibility increased rapidly  to about six feet, which was better than nothing. Seeing that I could do nothing I tried to crawl for help. I crawled past the combatants and managed to get to the stairs were I met Mcguire corporate security forces. One insolent guard handcuffed me till he could figure out what was going on. I was been thrown down the stairs when I literally ran into Smirinoff once again. For a moment I thought he was going to kill me but in an incredible turn of events he killed my captors and freed me. While he and his gang were planning their next move I decided to take the intuitive, I ran back up the stairs. Lying down at the top of the stairs I had the last drone in my sights. Slowly I pulled the trigger. Click. Nothing. A misfire. I knew I was dead meat. The huge mechanical piece of junk turned and was now facing right at me. But in a hail of bullets and laser fire from behind the once mighty drone blew up.  I went with Smirinoff's men to the roof. Were a helicopter was waiting. It took us to safety. Along the way I met Leon Nior, a mountain of a man, he was trained with the Free Worlds League's Eagle Corps (special forces). He was not to happy at losing some of his men in Smirinoff's plan to get a black box away from Mcguire. I went back to Smirinoff's groups headquarters in some run down apartment in the Kobe District. I met Tray and Brett Jones, he told me that Smirinoff hadn't been doing such a bang up job as commander of the AKA Berserkers. This bought a smile to my face. Most of the guys were happy to see me. Unknown to me was that Smirinoff was arguing over his fee with his employer no doubt some shady underworld character. After not reaching an agreement a hit was immediately put out on the AKA Berserkers. After repulsing the one attack and losing more personnel, including more of Leon's people, the shady underworld character called once again and once again the argument over the fee broke down into a war with another attack on the Berserkers. More people were killed. Jones in an attempt to stop the violence called the Kobe Police. After telling us they could do nothing, a fight broke out between Smirinoff and Jones with the police restraining both. In all in all an eventful month. Smirinoff had alienated or killed his whole group in one day.

March 3056 - My performance, as I knew it would, got a lot better in the Jungle Cup. I beat my two opponents. And am moving on to the 3rd Round. It looks like my increased training program is paying off. Yen won his matches also but Donna lost to Tracy Osika in the 1st Round. Osika is indeed a worthy opponent, probably the best to come from the Combine this year. Add to that her brand new Grand Titan and it makes her a lock to finish in the top ten. Rollson still thinks she should have won but against those odds it would tuff.

April 3056 - I did quite well in the Jungle Cup advancing to the Semi-Finals. For a time I thought that Yen and I would meet in the Finals. But I was knocked out by Daniel Wilson. Two big problems faced me with this match. One, despite the best efforts of our technical team my Cerberus was not ready for the match. Instead I was given a Battlemaster to work with. Although I had one week to train with it, I was still unfamiliar with the Mech's strengths or weaknesses. Two, Wilson's BattleMech was a Marauder IIc; enough said. I look forward to rematch however. Yen did go on to win the whole thing once again.

May 3056 - This was the month off in the tournament season. I met Yen and Donna at the bar down the street the other night and we talked about forming a mercenary group. We agreed to pool our money and assemble a mercenary group after the tournament season. I look forward to this day. During the brake I hung out with Yen. One night managed to stir up some trouble at a rival stable. Security closed in and shot me in the leg but we managed to escape from their compound. Yen compensated me quite nicely with a couple of thousand C-bills, to bad I don't know what I was beginning paid for. I trained with Donna who was anxious to win her next match.

June 3056 - Fighting in Ishiyama or the Black Mountain is as creepy as they said it would be. I managed to win my first match but was defeated in the second. Yen once again won the whole thing and the for the first time captured the number 1 ranking. Donna won her first three matches.

July 3056 - I resumed my grueling training schedule during the first two weeks of July and was thoroughly ready for the Steiner Cup. I won my first two matches and am currently advancing to the 3rd Round. Yen and Donna both won their matches.

August 3056 - I once again reached the Semi-Finals, having to beat Wynn Goddard the number 1 ranked mechwarrior at the beginning of the season and last year's champion. In the Semi-Finals I again faced Daniel Wilson but this time in my Cerberus. His Clan weapons once again proved they were superior to my skill . One of these days I would like to even the odds. Donna lost in the third round, but Yen beat Daniel in the Finals, for the fourth time in a row, all but securing his place as this years champion. It will be a pleasure to have such an excellent warrior in our mercenary unit.

September 3056 - I won my first two matches in the Davion Cup, defeating Arthur Mitchell and beating Wynn Goddard soundly, securing myself a wildcard spot into the Fourth Round. Donna also advanced to the Fourth Round but was defeated by one of the O' Bannon sisters. I had to face Tracy Osika, I contest that I looked forward to. The match was fought quite well but Osika's skills proved to be better than mine on that day. I wondered why the Internal Security Forces didn't recruit her for DEST. Yen won his Fourth Round match.

October 3056 -Yen won the Davion Cup in a spectacular match versus Tanya O' Bannon. With in seconds of the match start Yen blew Tanya's Marauder II's head clean of at long range with two shots, one from his Large Pulse Laser and another from his Gauss Rifle. Simply incredible!  Shortly after Yen was officially proclaimed the Solaris Unlimited Class Champion of 3056 plus the House of Liao Champion. About week latter Yen was unanimously proclaimed the Solaris Rookie of the Year. I placed 10th overall and 3rd in the Rookie of the Year balloting, while Donna placed 14th overall. All three of us attended the Barchetta Auction, Yen bought a Berserker, and we all purchased a Tempest and some Clan weapons. Late in October Yen and I were contacted by Mr. Glave.  He seemed to be a mysterious character, in other words, I wouldn't trust him farther than I could throw him. He said he worked for a museum and invited us to his office. He told us that he would pay us if we could find two artifacts, the Silver Egg and the Black Box. He had in his possession the Golden Crown the third artifact. When assembled these artifacts revealed some important historical fact from the Star League. We agreed to find the 2 artifacts at a million C-bills a piece. Once outside Yen informed that Smirinoff's group possessed the Black Box. After checking out Mr. Glave, and he did check out, we went over to the AKA Berserkers base. Tray answered the door and informed us that Smirinoff had contracted Space Mano and had been puking purple stuff which I would wish on my worst enemy's dog. Tray didn't want to talk to me, so Yen negotiated a partnership. While Yen was talking to Tray, Brett Jones came by and told that Leon and company had left the group and that Smirinoff had threatened to kill him. We all agreed to work together and we turned over the Black Box that same day to Mr. Glave. So impressed was he with our performance he gave us a bonus. Next we had find the Silver Egg. Glave informed us that it was aboard the Karvo, a cargo carrier,  in the captain's possession. We proceeded to plan our assault; we agreed that Yen and Tray would pilot 2 Aerospace Fighters, while one of them docked the other would fly cover, while Brett and I boarded the ship and retrieved the Egg. Also Yen managed to contact Leon, he agreed to the mission and said that he would board the ship with us in a Stalker unit. Everything went according to plan. We boarded the ship with Leon covering us. We were almost to the captains quarters when some kind of gas that hampers the respiratory system was released. With no respirators we just made to the captain's quarters. The Egg was protected by some kind of security field which hampered our efforts. We wasted precocious minutes trying to turn the damn thing off when Leon called up and said he was encountering heavy resistance. Finally I just shot the damn field and the Egg was ours. We boarded the ship and got out of there.

November 3056 - We returned the Egg to Mr. Glave at his office he paid us and invited us to watch what these artifacts could do. When assembled the artifacts generated a map of the Inner Sphere and two numbers of coordinates. I was only quick enough to catch one of the coordinates. Glave and his two goons then disassembled it and took the Crown with them. Saying that we could keep the other two as they would be no use to anyone without the crown and he left laughing. After splitting the money I checked at the museum where Glave worked, it turned out to be a hoax. The museum director had never heard of the guy. This peaked my interest and I went back to the Berserker's base. They told me Leon had left and Yen was called away on some urgent matter. Tray, Brett, Tommy Lee; who I had not met before,  all agreed that we should investigate. We found that the one set of coordinates we had were located just inside of Capellan space right at the FedCom - Free Worlds- Capellan border. Yen contacted us and said that we should come immediately to the Confederation and he sent a Dropship for us. Loading up our stuff we proceeded to the coordinates immediately there we encountered a huge battle between Capellan Confederation, Comstar, Federated Commonwealth, and Free Worlds League naval forces.  We tried to stay out of the conflict and I had Tray and Tommy Lee launch. During the battle an anomaly appeared which seemed to suck in ship's. I ordered the guys to investigate closer. When they did to my shock and horror a Clan Wolf Warship appeared. The guys pulled away from this mammoth and flew back to protect the ship. Also of note several vessels were being destroyed by a mysterious force. The Warship launched Dropships and Fighters. The Warship was also effected by strange force as it inflicted heavy damage on the vessel. During the battle a Clan Dropship drifted into range. I hailed her and requested that she abide by the Treaty of Tukayyid and return to Clan space. Their only response was to send a fighter after us. I ordered Tommy Lee to intercept. In a total unorthodox move he dropped what few bombs he had left right into the path of the on coming Clan fighter. We all watched as the horrified pilot could do nothing to stop his momentum and ran right smack dab into the free floating objects. It totally obliterated the craft. I said to myself  "I'm was going to like this guy". His spectacular move seemed to discourage other enemy fighter pilots who witnessed it. The Clan Warship shortly afterwards went back through the anomaly from where it came but heavily damaged. The last Davion and ComStar ships also jumped out of system. We were contacted by a Liao Jumpship who welcomed us and ordered us to dock. Shortly after this the last Marik forces also jumped out. Leaving Liao in control of the anomaly. We flew back to Sian and were met by Senior Major Yen Fu Muoduiab. He invited us to watch the boarding of a captured Clan Wolf dropship. After a short fight Liao forces captured the crew inside. After we had to attend their interrogation. Everything was proceeding normally when a FedCom fighter pilot was thrown in the room to be questioned. He immediately struck me as an oddball, with his long blue hair and huge build. The interrogator, who went by the name of John Chang, had done quite an effective job throughout the afternoon. The first question was normal enough; "What is your name?" To which he replied George. Which was a true enough statement. Until he said he was "George of the Jungle". We all broke out in laughter. All except Chang who merely smiled and slowly began to beat the crap out of him. Latter that week in an effort to be nice to the prisoners we took two of them; Donny a Clan Wolf Mechwarrior and George Picard the FedCom pilot with gall, to lunch. We were talking with them when I was called away on urgent business. My brother had called with news. My father was being tried for treason. I left for the Combine at once. Upon arriving I found that my father had offended some Draconian official. This had apparently passed for treason. He was convicted and sentenced to die, plus our family's land was confiscated  and we were dishonored. My brother was transferred to a backwater garrison unit and my friends said that they would no longer talk to me. I cannot blame them or the House Kurita for doing what they believe is right, but I swear if I ever find this little fuck of a public official I will kill him with my bare hands for such heresy and restore my family's lost honor. I traveled to Outreach to form the mercenary group now named after my anger, the Samurai's Wrath.
Rented out an office an hired myself a pretty good secretary to help me with the unit's formation. After about a month of advertising for mechwarriors, aerospace jocks, and technicians the first applicants arrived. They included David Wilson, a grizzled veteran with every skill under the sun; Victor Vou, a mysterious man who promised 2 other combat personnel and advanced equipment; also Shannon Foyer, a great Mech pilot with a colorful history; Vasquez Estefan, an excellent LAM pilot and botanist; Jason DiSolvo, an average Mech pilot with his own Mech; Leslie Fox, a good Mech pilot with no ride, plus many others. I hired 3 mechwarriors, the LAM pilot, a Dropship complete with crew, and 3 Technicians. I did want to hire Leslie but I had no Mechs to spare. I contacted Donna Rollson finally and she agreed to join me with Yen on Outreach. Yen volunteered himself, Donny, and George Picard. Tray Brown, Brett Jones, and Tommy Lee also joined the new unit. The Samurai's Wrath was now at a strength of 2 Mech lances, 1 Aerospace lance, and a special Recon Squad.

December 3056 - The unit was fully assembled and began training together. Finding a contract was not a problem with Yen's connections. We managed to pull down a contract with the Capellan Confederation. I think it was pretty fair and in addition Yen was designated our Liaison Officer.  Shortly after Yen and Donna officially bought in as partners in the Samurai's Wrath. While our training continued we were given our first mission, a true trail by fire. We are to attack Kiamba, a planet in the Clan Ghost Bear Occupation Zone. Our objective is to capture the base, take as much as we can and destroy the rest. Liao military intelligence tells us that we will face one or two trinaries plus air support. The only part I didn't like was we were going to be left on the planet for seven days.

I was looking for that incident with critter detailed in my logs, don't see it yet. Lets start 3057, its in June where the infantry action is detailed.

January 3057 - With our training finished we set out on our first mission, the raid on Kiamba. We arrived very quickly and hit our drop zone apparently undetected. The march to the base took longer than expected because of the thick vegetation, which some one forgot to mention. We attacked the base with such a fury that we threw the defenders for a loop. What surprised me was that there was only two stars that defended the base. Not being one to look a gift horse in the mouth we proceeded with the attack. Eventually we destroyed all but two Clan Omnimechs and I demanded their surrender. They quickly agreed but neither one of the warriors ejected from their Mechs as I demanded. Instead they moved away heading toward the base. Since they were only Medium Mechs we could not prevent them from beating us to the base. Once they entered the huge draw bridge; that was the only entrance to the base, was closed. Infuriated by their lack of honor I ordered the unit forward to destroy them and their base. When we got within about 1000 feet from the base a trap was sprung on us. A trinary of fresh Clan Omnimechs, mostly Assault or Heavy, began coming up from elevators in the ground, plus new gun emplacements appeared, with about a star of Aerospace Fighters. We attempted to hold our positions but the Clan's superior firepower and numbers forced me to call retreat. We spent the rest of the first day in the woods, hidden from the Clan forces.  When we woke up I decided to send out the Recon Squad to gather all available information. When Louis told me that the Clans were searching for us and had left the base under defended I decided to try another assault later that day.  We had no communications do to some Clan jamming device so we synchronized our time to attack. The guys didn't like the idea but unlike my first group of mercenaries they did as I planned, although with a lot of reluctance. As Louis had told me and I predicted the Clans only left a small force at the base. In a ferocious attack we defeated the star of Mechs and some Elementals that had been left to guard the base. Yen's lance jumped the moat that protected the base and forced the remaining two Mechs to surrender. He lowered the draw bridge and we moved in. I ordered the men to grab as much as the could while I spoke with Yen. I offered the two remaining Clan warriors positions as bondsmen. They both thought about and one accepted. The other mechwarrior killed himself. In an effort to buy time I tried to set the self destruct system in his Mech. Unfortunately I failed. We did load up a lot of stuff and got out of there in time. We waited for two days then proceeded pass the pick up point to wait longer for our rescue. As we passed the pick up point we heard the loud boom of Aerospace Fighters, the rescue crew thank god.  No one complained that they were a couple of days early so we all boarded the dropship and left the deep desolate forests of Kiamba. Although we gained no salvage, we did gain Ivan, the Samurai's Wrath first bondsman, and his Loki-B.

February 3057 - The group was glad to return to the Confederation as was I. The first Capellan guy I saw I punched out because of their shitty intelligence info. I authorized leave time for anyone who wanted it. Yen came to me and asked if  I could bring the unit's best warriors for some kind of new mission. I took Yen, Donna, Brett, Donny, Ivan, and myself. When we arrived we were greeted by Amon Malone, a true millionaire socialite, and Smirinoff which Yen seemed to know about. I was very angry with Yen for not sharing this information with me. The mission was that we had was to play Mech football, a fun but challenging assignment. Yen suggested that I contact George because he would be perfect for this mission. I agreed and told him to come along. Vasquez tagged along also because she wanted to see what was going on. I was impressed with everyone's performance. We played the whole season which lasted thru March. Yen convinced me to offer Smirinoff a place in the unit. He agreed for twenty percent ownership. He brought with him Erica Ross, a talented LAM pilot, plus 7 BattleMechs and 1 LAM most with advanced weaponry.

March 3057 - After the football season I went to Amon and asked if he would like to invest in the Wrath. He declined saying that he didn't like to invest in mercenary units. I understood his answer and that one day his attitude might change. We recruited some of the mercs who participated in the Football League. We found 6 people who wanted to join the unit. We reorganized once again. Also we had to find a new Aerospace Pilot. We took ads out on Solaris, Sian, and Outreach. Eventually we found Omi Qwuan a very talented Aerospace Pilot. After the reorganization we had 4 BattleMech lances, 1 Aerospace lance, and the newly expanded Recon lance. We began to train our new personnel in the unit's tactics.

April 3057 - We received our second mission orders from the Capellan Confederation. We were to raid a compound on the planet Andro and to destroy a training facility.  The intelligence report told us that there is about a battalion of garrison mechs and anywhere from 1 to 2 lances at the contact point. Do to their last "intelligence" report I didn't put much faith in this one. However, there was a generator at the base used for power. If we could destroy that we would cut off communications with the other garrison units on the planet. Also I tried to be a little more flexible in my planning. The Capellan's gave us one Union and two Leopard class dropships which would drop us off and come pick us up at the contact point. Our mission assignments were to destroy the power generator, attack the base and destroy as many buildings as possible, plus raid the base and take as much cargo from store house as possible. The attack, which included a previously unknown LAM the Charger II, was uneventful and we successfully raided the base's storehouse of some cargo boxes. The Capellan's gave us some of these cargo boxes for a job well done. To our surprise they contained Clan and advanced InnerSphere equipment. Ivan's Loki which was badly damaged had to be scrapped. We also modified several Mechs with this new equipment, including my Cerberus. The technicians who had done a great job time after time asked for and got a raise.

May 3057 - We received our third mission orders from the Capellan Confederation.  The unit was ordered to investigate one of the Capellan's old colonized planets.  The location of the colony is on the moon planet of Sumbaka located in the Rollis system on the edge of the periphery.  We will be assisted by one troop transport which will hold three squads of Capellan marines.  The colony consists of one fusion reactor, which is used to power the settlement and three main buildings that have twelve main levels, that branch to several sub-levels.  There are no defensive installations and there should be no mech, aerospace, or marine support.  The Capellan's have no LR satellite photograph because solar winds knocked the satellite out of orbit. But get this, they did have some old photos on document, though they are over ten years old. Another half ass intelligence report, although this is probably the worst one yet. It is very hard to sustain life outside because of the constant storms. There is never any day light in the sky of Sumbaka, there is little plant life and almost no animal life. A nice place to say the very least. Our mission objectives were to secure the settlement with as little force as possible, report all lifeforms (amount of people), report all salvageable equipment to the Confederation, check-up and fix fusion reactor,  and repair any down systems. I took Donny, Brett, Ivan, and myself to pilot the four Mechs that we were taking on this mission. Yen and Erica piloted the two LAMs. Smirinoff commanded our infantry squad which was made up of George, Vasquez, Alex, Byran, Shannon, and Victor. When we landed I saw that this place was like something out of a bad horror novel. Also I noticed that our infantry platoon was pretty lame in comparison to the Capellan infantry. The entrances were big enough for Mechs but as we progressed it was became clear that only infantry could advance through the complex. I ordered the Mechs and the LAMs to explore the area while I stood guard at the main entrance. After this things went haywire Yen and Erica crashed landed near the main entrance, the Capellan infantry wouldn't cooperate, and the rest of the guys were lost. Later I found out that Donny and Brett were trapped inside another building. I found Brett outside being attacked by some kind of over grown lizard. He escaped and got in my Mech since his was still inside. Donny was still trapped inside the building somewhere. Smirinoff was inside with the Capellan infantry being attacked by these same lizard things. Ivan was next to signal in, he said he was near the infantry and so I new he was right next to the fusion reactor. I warned him not to fire but unfortunately he did causing the fusion reactor to breach. Everyone got out of the building in time except for Donny. The huge explosion blew up the 1st building. Shortly after the Capellans fled the planet, which confused me even more. Shortly after Donny signaled in and told me he had a broken leg and could not move. Luckily he had been in the 2nd building as had the Mechs. We rescued him and the Mechs and got out of there. We reported in to the Capellan authorities who were looked very stunned. Luckily no one was hurt and there was hardly any damage to the equipment.

June 3057 - After that very odd mission we were assigned to raid another Davion world. Do to the enormous increases of raids on the Capellan's planets by the House Davion the House Liao has decided to strike back.  This assault is on the planet Kie-Chi  in the Sarna system next to the capital planet Sarna.  The planetary defense forces are about two lances with an aerospace lance for support.  We are to raid Kie-Chi, while other Capellan forces are going to take care of Sarna. The Capellans want us to capture the city of Cha-Lou and do with city as we please until the Capellan forces come to pick us up, after the assault on Sarna is complete.  An estimated two and half hours. All of our unit will be needed for this mission. The Aerospace lance will  take out the enemies HPG station and then they will assist the ground units as they see fit. The 1st and 3rd BattleMech Lances will attack the planets military base. It is located on the north continent and holds the lance of aerospace fighters. I am hoping that we can destroy the aerospace lance on the ground before they launch, it will be an even battle at the city and will give Rogue Aerospace Lance air superiority. The BattleMech lances attacking the airfield will be picked up first. The 2nd and 4th BattleMech Lances plus the Recon Lance will destroy all military units defending the city.
The attack on the base and HPG went as planned with no problems. Unfortunately, the attack on the city did get bogged down. The 4th BattleMech Lance, which was commanded by Smirinoff, was totally confused by infantry leaving the 2nd out to dry. I ordered my lance the 1st to prepare for suborbital hop. The Mushai dropped us perfectly. And with help from Rogue Aerospace we completely destroyed the city's defenders.

July 3057 - After what seemed to be the longest jump of my career, we returned to our base on Sian. Everyone rested up and the next day Yen scheduled a tactical meeting to analyze our previous mission. Everyone attended and agreed that Smirinoff's Lance could have done better but Yen tried to deflect much of unit's attention from Smirinoff by taking some of the blame himself. Once again Yen proved he was a true warrior, taking the blame and thus helping to solidify the unit's feelings. His efforts were very noble to say the least bit and we all agreed that we all could do better. After the meeting Smirinoff came into my office babbling about the ownership of the group and not being informed of everything. Busy with work I told him that he should get more involved with unit if he wanted more info. He was instant on being informed of everything, after a short and very pointless discussion he left me alone telling me to "remember what I had said". Shortly there after Yen came in carrying our next mission orders. I thought the House Liao had finally gone nuts. They gave us a special forces mission to infiltrate the DEST Tactical Center on Pesht. Yen said that he had faith that we could pull the mission off. Not wanting to argue I said I suppose we could. We contacted Donna, Smirinoff and told them to get to the office as soon as possible. After waiting for Smirinoff we told them what the mission entailed. Smirinoff abruptly left the meeting saying something or other. We began to plan for the offensive. I didn't want to go on the special forces team itself because I felt that it would dishonor the Combine. Yen tried to convince me that I was the best man for the mission, which I was. I tried to convince him that my tactical knowledge was more valuable on board the Bug-Eye, which Liao had lent us to perform the mission. The planning continued for several days while we choose the personnel and the plan. One day with our plan almost complete Leon Nior opened the door to my office . He walked in dropped his bags and said "where's my one million C-bills". I immediately turned to Smirinoff, pointed, and said "Right there. Take it out of his ass." Everyone including Smirinoff was glad to see Leon and he soon began to say why he was there . I told him we would talk money latter and he agreed to get right down to business. He told us had raided Pesht before and knew what to do. We finally agreed on the team; Vasquez Estefan, Brett Jones, Donny, Leon Nior (the leader), Smirinoff (who was our Point Man), and myself who was to be the communications person. I still objected but I didn't want to seem like coward. Yen would coordinate the mission from the Bug-Eye. We left and arrived in-system in crates to disguise ourselves. After landing we busted out of the crates and quickly moved to a secure area while Smirinoff explored the area. Smirinoff contacted us and we moved. There was a tall (7 foot) deadly force field guarding the forest which contained the DEST facility. After a short debate Leon decided to go over; Smirinoff was first, with Leon's help he made it over easily. Vasquez went next, again with Leon's help she flipped over and headed for the forest. Smirinoff had been standing like an idiot took off after her. Brett was next, unfortunately he totally missed Leon and ran right into the fence. Amazingly he walked right through alarms began to sound and the field began to rise. I jumped over unassisted while Leon and Donny followed Brett and walked right threw. We proceeded to the crate with our equipment in it and suited up. We were on our way when Yen called to confirm our secure mobile uplink. We proceeded carefully but quickly to our destination. On the way there we got into a fierce fire fight with the large ferocious simian predators that inhabited the forest. Leon called retreat and we slowly began to fall back. I fell into a deep hole and was captured by Combine forces. I was to be executed but after the weirdest time I escaped with Leon's help. Of course the mission was a failure. After that all hell broke lose as the Capellans began to dick us over big time. First claiming that they would not pay for any of our equipment owned by individuals, then claiming poverty and thus giving us a severe pay cut. I appealed to the Wolf Dragoons but they claimed we were not an official mercenary group because of certain ethics violations. In addition people began leaving the group. Jason DiSolvo was the first packing up and leaving before we came back from our last mission. Victor Vou, Dwayne Brown, and Marc Terry all had the honor to come to me and resign in person. I finally call a meeting of the owners. Donna expressed her desire to leave and start a family, Smirinoff immediately tried to take her share of the company. I suggested we dissolve the unit citing lack of interest. Everyone agreed and we divided the money and equipment amongst ourselves. Yen talked to me about starting anew and after a while I agreed. Yen resigned from the Capellan Armed Services and we left the Confederation. The Samurai's Wrath adventure was officially ended.

August 3057 - After the break up of the Samurai's Wrath, Yen and I, formed a new unit that we named the Dark Legion. We agreed on setting up two stars of BattleMechs to start with. I was to hire the personnel and Yen was to acquire the necessary equipment. The first thing I did was to hire 7 very skilled technicians bringing our support up to full strength along with the technicians who came with us from the Wrath. Next I hired a Union class Dropship and her crew giving us full transportation. Next I had to hire 5 Mechwarriors who would pilot the remaining BattleMechs. I contacted all of the Samurai's Wrath Mechwarriors and asked if they would like to join the new unit. Alex Kraft was the first I contacted, he informed me that he was busy with his own problems and could not assist. Byran Kell had already been hired by the Kell Hounds. Dwayne Brown and Marc Terry could not be found but are probably stirring up trouble near the Capellan Confederation. Kevin Coon was killed in a bar fight just one week after leaving the unit. Janet Fuss was also busy and Vazquez was working with Leon somewhere. I did manage to hire Shannon Foyer and Erica Ross. Also I looked up Leslie Fox and she was on Solaris, working in a beauty parlor, to my surprise. She agreed to join the new group as a Mechwarrior. That left two open spots for new personnel. Finally I hired Dieon Brown and Arransaso Carran both excellent BattleMech pilots. Meanwhile Yen had acquired the following BattleMechs; DIA-01 Daikyu, AXM-1N Axman, CPTL-A1 Catapult, and a SHD-2H Shadow Hawk. The new unit had been assembled and we began to modify are BattleMechs as we saw fit.

September 3057 - We were almost ready to go when Brett Jones returned to the unit. Yen suggested that we hire him and so we did, in addition Arransaso tendered her resignation for personal reasons which I accepted. So everything worked out fine as Brett was accepted into Bravo Assault. I asked if anyone in the unit wanted to earn some money fighting in the Arenas on Solaris, Yen and party responded in the negative. I called the Wolf Dragoons' Mercenary Board to enter the Dark Legion on to the mercenary rating system. The Dragoons said that they would need to inspect are unit on Outreach. We agreed and left Solaris as soon as possible. We arrived on Outreach two days ahead of our scheduled inspection. I helped the technicians prep our BattleMechs for the inspection while the other guys hung around. Finally the inspection began and Yen and I were briefing the inspectors on our capabilities. Suddenly a yellow alert was sounded and all citizens were to report home at once. The inspectors left immediately and some Dragoon pilots moved our BattleMechs into a Mech Garage. We waited in the garage for three very uneventful hours. Then we spotted a lance from the Wolf Dragoons as they briefly took up positions outside. Within a minute they moved out. Also we heard the loud take-off  of Dragoon aerospace fighters. I thought that the Capellan Confederation had foolishly launched an attack against Outreach. Suddenly about four or five lances ran past the garage. These BattleMechs had the insignias of Snord's Irregulars and McCarron's Armored Cavalry. At the suggestion of Brett Jones I signaled the Dragoons and asked if they needed assistance. To my surprise they said they could use us and said they would call back latter with our orders. We mounted up and moved out. Once outside we formed up, Alpha went to "X" form and Bravo went to "W" form. We looked up and saw that several rounds were dropping from orbit. I ordered my unit to Scatter, Bravo was not worried however and did not move. The rounds exploded on impact and sent up huge plums of smoke that filled Harlech. Alpha was again formed up but this time into "W" form. Next we began tracking 8 pods coming down from orbit. Obviously these were the enemy's ground troops coming in after the smoke cover. For some reason Brett Jones' Shadow Hawk broke Bravo's "W" form and ran. After some quick orders from Yen he was headed back but would not arrive in time. These eight enemy BattleMechs landed in the middle of our two Stars, quickly radioed the Dragoons and told them are position and situation. They quickly moved to envelop my Star and met Bravo Assault Star head on. Next I moved to counter their envelopment unfortunately my sensors did not detect that they had already moved to new positions in back of my BattleMech. Two lucky shots from an enemy Falconer (one to my head and one to my leg) managed to take out my BattleMech. I managed to make it back to the Mech Garage were I radioed Yen. He told me more enemy units were moving towards the building and so I had the technicians who worked there put on their gear and move out. We encountered other infantry forces as we left the building and opened fire. In this short firefight we were obliterated by a very good infantry unit. I was shot three times; once in the chest, the leg, and the arm. I was hand cuffed and thrown in van. Eventually I was taken to a make shift hospital and fixed up. I could not move and had to sit out the rest of the battle. Yen eventually found me and told me what happened. Four of our BattleMechs were disabled during the battle; the Cerberus, the Apocalypse, the Tempest, and the Berserker. The rest had taken heavy damage; however, we managed to take out 10 enemy BattleMechs (Alpha killed 3 and Bravo killed 7). Shannon Foyer and Dieon Brown had performed exceptional well. Shannon came up with maneuvers that blunted the enemy advance. While Dieon killed 2 or 3 BattleMechs himself. The enemy turned out to be the Golden Fist. A former mercenary company that had become a power on to itself. The Dragoons and the Fists have always shared a mutual hatred for each other. And evidently the Fists decided to pay the Dragoons an unexpected visit. Yen also told me that a member of the Dragoons hierarchy wanted to talk to me as soon as I was well enough. A day latter I went to see him and he thanked us for holding a key defensive position against 24 Golden Fists BattleMechs until reinforcements arrived. He invited us to a ceremony honoring those who fought in this huge battle and so we did. During this ceremony the Legion was honored for voluntarily defending Outreach. It was a very large and impressive ceremony. The Dragoons contacted me and asked if the Legion would like to be the first team in a new Dragoon farm system. We of course agreed and were given certain benefits. Such as having our BattleMechs repaired and modified for a fixed cost. Most of our equipment was then modified with Clan type weapons and equipment. At my polite suggestion the Dragoons assigned us a Liaison Officer; Alexander Wolf. He also became our Tactical Advisor which he is very skilled at. Brett Jones came to me and offered to sell the unit two BattleMechs; a modified Warhammer and a modified Hunchback. Also we rented out a military installation from the Wolf Dragoons on Outreach. This installation was modified for an additional 2 million C-bills. Yen still needs to find himself a new BattleMech because his Apocalypse literally fell apart during repairs but for now the Dark Legion possesses 11 BattleMechs. However our assets have been severely depleted, so we have to find a contract next month. Also I contacted everyone from the Samurai's Wrath to see how they were doing. All of them were still busy doing their own thing. Donna was doing nicely and I informed her of our business standings. All together an eventful month.

October 3057 - The first thing I did in October was to get a contract, fortunately with the Wolf Dragoons. It was simple enough they hired one of our stars to garrison key facilities on Outreach for one month. Alpha Assault Star took the assignment and it was relatively uneventful. the next thing I called an ownership meeting to discuss our financial situation. We resolved several issues chief amongst them was an investment by the owners to prop up the company. Dragoon technicians and Yen’s star continued to fit the base with standard equipment and by the end of the month the facility was fully operational. Also during the month of October Brett Jones came to me and asked if he could resign from active combat duty. I agreed but suggested he stay on with the unit as our Chief Technician. Plus Alexander Wolf contacted me and informed me that he would no longer be our Liaison and Tactical Officer. I managed to contact Alex Kraft and he agreed to join the Dark Legion filling the spot left open by Brett Jones. Next I met our new Liaison and Tactical Officer Craig Foster, a new guy from the Wolf Dragoons. Obviously a young inexperienced officer with quite a bit of skill in this area. Work continued on the base as we entered the next month.

November 3057 - The beginning of the month did not go so well which was a sign of things to come now that I think about it.  Craig Foster informed me that we needed to acquire our own transportation.  We had been renting the Union class Dropship the Larson and it’s crew.  I informed them and the captain of the vessel said he did not want to be a part of it.  He took his last payment and left; we attempted to find a new Dropship but were unsuccessful.  As a result we had to find a contract that provided full transportation.  We signed with Dragon’s Wings Mining on a garrison duty mission.  We proceeded to our destination and upon arrival they asked us several questions.  Then later asked if we would garrison a world from Clan attack.  We agreed and were stationed on Dustbawl.  We started to setup when Clan Diamond Shark attacked.  The Clan commander Star Colonel __________ issued a batchall I responded by declaring the size of our forces accurately and requesting a Trail of Possession.  At first there was no answer then he refused the Trail but then finally relented after about five minutes of jaw wagging.  I chose the form of combat; 5 on 5 BattleMech combat.  He chose the place of the Trail; a small moon in orbit of Dustbawl.  We left for the Trail and another Trinary of Clan BattleMechs landed this (this was an entirely different Trinary then the one that was bid).  Bravo Assault Star remained on planet till the outcome of the Trail.  Alpha Assault Star landed on the moon and began to search for the Clan star.  We were hit from behind and the Daikyu was disabled by a hull breach, the first of many.  We turned and began to return fire.  The battle was short and furious and despite inflicting some amount of damage on the Clan forces all of my BattleMechs were disabled by hull breaches.  Now it was me versus the whole Clan star.  I became very angry when I was fired on by two Mechs.  Eventually my BattleMech was disiabled by a hull breach.  The Cland commander then issued an insulting statement demeaning my unit and myself.  I have to admit I went berserker.  We were finally picked up by our dropship.  We returnbed to the planet where Yen told me that the Trinary on planet destroyed as much as they could then left.  I told Yen about the Star Colonel and the Trail’s outcome he to became very angry.  Next the emoployer’s representative came to us and presented his side of the argument.  I could have killed him for some of his “suggestions” but I controlled my anger.  We mutually agreed to end our contract in January.  We began to repair the unit’s equipment damaged during the Trail.

December 3057 - I finally found Craig and he was starving.  The dropship captain said he was acting irrational and he had to lock him up during the battle.  After telling me that he basically told me to go suck an egg.  I later talked to Craig who said the Dropship ran when the outcome of the battle became apparent.  And they locked him up to keep him quite about the ship’s cowardice.  Taking into account both storied, I tend to believe Craig’s side a lot more then the Dropship’s captain, who was totally straight forward with me.  Repairs to our equipment continued, as we drilled and waited for other attack, which never came.  The planet regained it’s post attack status.

Bradshaw is asking me for a roster of the old Samurai's Wrath so I am going to post here for all to see. This is the earliest one I have from 1997!

the Samurai's Wrath
Commander: Robert Takiro
Unit Status: Veteran
Unit Nickname: Takiro's vengeance
Unit Insignia: a samurai holding a bloody katana above his head

1st Lance
Robert Takiro, Elite, Cerberus
Donna Rollson, Elite, Goliath
Brett Jones, Elite, Berserker
Victor Vou, Veteran, Warhammer (m)

2nd Lance
Yen Fu Muoduaib, Elite, Apocalypse
Donny, Elite, Tempest
Shannon Foyer, Veteran, Wraith
Jason DiSolvo, Regular, Wolverine

Rogue Aerospace Lance
David Wilson, Elite, Cheetah
Tray Brown, Elite, Ahab
Tommy Lee, Elite, Sabutai
Amy Donathon, Veteran, Lucifer
Vaskass Estefan, Veteran, Phoenix Hawk LAM
George Picard, Elite, Lucifier

Recon Squad
Louis Fredrick, Veteran, Kanga (m)

Support Vessels
1 Leopard class Dropship: Mushai

Salaries                                                            biweekly in C-Bills
Regular Mechwarriors                                              750
Veteran Mechwarriors                                            2000
Elite Mechwarriors                                                 7500
Veteran Aerospace Pilots                                       2000
Elite Aerospace Pilots                                             6000
Veteran Vehicle Crew                                            1000
Dropship Crew                                                       2500
Regular Technicians                                                1440
  Total biweekly                                                   23,190
  Total monthly                                                     46,380

Equipment owned by the Samurai's Wrath
TMP-3M Tempest

And the final roster list.

the Samurai's Wrath
Commanding Officer: Robert Takiro
Executive Officer: Yen Fu Muoduaib
Unit Status: Elite
Unit Nickname: Takiro's vengeance
Unit Insignia: a Samurai in o-yoroi with a bloody katana overhead.

1st Lance
Robert Takiro [Tsunami], Elite, Cerberus (m)
Jason DiSolvo [Wolf Man], Regular, Wolverine
Victor Vou [Exacutioner], Veteran, Warhammer (m)
Byran Kell [Hell Hound], Elite, Archer (m)

2nd Lance
Yen Fu Muoduaib [Impact], Elite, Apocalypse
Brett Jones [Carnage], Elite, Banshee (m)
Shannon Foyer [Titan], Veteran, Wraith
Janet Fuss [Joker], Veteran, Stalker (m)

3rd Lance
Donna Rollson [Ghost Rider], Elite, Goliath   
Kevin Coon [Dallas], Veteran, Berserker   
Donny,[Wolf], Elite, Tempest   
Ivan [Rage], Elite, Atlas (m)   

4th Lance
Smirinoff, Veteran, Atlas (m)
Alex Kraft [Cobra], Elite, Wolverine (m)
Dwayna Brown [Jackel], Elite, Penetrator   
Marc Terry [Bane], Elite, Battlemaster (m)

Rougue Aerospace Lance
David Wilson [Arc Angel], Elite, Transgressor (m)
Tray Brown [Show Time], Elite, Ahab   
Tommy Lee [Havok], Elite, Sabutai (Clan) 
Amy Donathon [Side Winder], Veteran, Lucifer     
George Picard [Head Hunter], Elite, Lucifer     
Omi Qwuan [Bullseye], Elite, Transgressor (m)

Recon Lance
Louis Fredrick [Marksman], Veteran, Kanga (m)
Vaskass Estefan [Wild Card], Veteran, Phoenix Hawk LAM (m)
Erica Ross [Inferno], Elite, Stinger LAM (m)

Support Vessels
1 Leopard Class Dropship: Mushai

Salaries                            C-bills(biweekly)
1 Regular Mechwarrior                     750
5 Veteran Mechwarriors                   5000
10 Elite Mechwarriors                   15000
1 Veteran Aerospace Pilot                1000
5 Elite Aerospace Pilots                 7500
1 Veteran LAM Pilot                      1500
1 Elite LAM Pilot                        2000
1 Veteran Vehicle Crew                   1000
1 Dropship Crew                          5000
3 Regular Technicians                    3000
____________________________________________________________
 Total Biweekly                         41750
 Total Monthly                          83500

Equipment owned by the Samurai's Wrath
1 AS7-K Atlas class BattleMech
1 CRK 5003-2 Katana class BattleMech
1 TMP-3M Tempest class BattleMech
2 TR-13 Transgressor class Aerospace Fighters
1 Long Tom
1 Clan Ultra AC/20 (*)
1 Clan Ultra AC/10 (*)
3 Clan Gauss Rifles (3*)
2 Clan Large Pulse Lasers (*)
1 Clan Medium Pulse Laser (*)
1 Clan ER Small Laser (*)
1 Clan Guardian ECM Suite
1 Clan 300XL Engine (*)   
1 LR DFM-20 (*)
1 LR DFM-15 (*)
2 SR DFM-6
2 Streak SRM-6 (I) (2*)
1 HV AC/10
2 Tons of TC Warhead Ammo
1 Angel ECM Suite (*)
1 Bloodhound Active Probe (*)
1 Guardian ECM Suite
1 Beagle Active Probe


Dragoon Rating: 115 B
 
 Ownership                         percentage owned
Robert Takiro                            30%
Yen Fu Mouduaib                          30%
Donna Rollson                            20%
Smirnoff                                 20%

For a little more Personnel details please look at our PCs....

Robert Takiro              Draconis Combine

ATTRIBUTES     CHARACTERISTICS  HEIGHT: 6'0"
BLD: 3 (9+)    ATHLETIC (9+)    WEIGHT: 154
REF: 6 (6+)    PHYSICAL (6+)    HAIR: Jet Black
INT: 6 (6+)    MENTAL   (8+)     Shoulder length
LRN: 4 (8+)    SOCIAL   (7+)    EYES: Brown
CHR: 5 (7+)                     SKIN: Caucasian
SKILLS       LEVEL ROLL PTS.    Advantages
Medtech        1   (7+)         Well-Equipped (2PTS)
Small Arms     3   (3+)             
Gunnery/Mech   5   (1+)   4     Assets- 884,403
Piloting/Mech  4   (2+)   3     Ap's Earned- 38
Bureaucracy    1   (6+)         Ap's Spent-  34
Leadership     5   (2+)   9     Total Winnings- 2,349,708
Strategy       2   (6+)         Reputation- 15
Tactics        5   (3+)  10     Edge- 1
Acrobatics     1   (8+)   1     Edge Spent- 1
Sec. Systems   1   (7+)   1
Stealth        2   (4+)   3
Unarmed Combat 2   (7+)   3
Brief History - Robert is a man of average size and build. He has jet black shoulder length hair, brown eyes, and white skin. He always dresses for the occasion and likes to wear a mustache. Born to Jon and Cindy Takiro on the planet of Hachiman in the city of Masamori on April 13th 3026 he has one brother Thomas who serving in the DCMS. Always a firm believer in the House of Kurita he graduated from the Sun Zhang Mechwarrior Academy on June 21 3049 ranked 7th in his class. Following that he went on to the Wisdom of the Dragon School (DCMS Officer School) where he graduated 10th in his class on June 21 3052. Received a commission in the DCMS as a Chu-i (Lieutenant) and was assigned to the 2nd Sword of Light on July 1 3052. While serving with 2nd Sword of Light became good friends with Tai-sa Kelly Tok Do and Chu-i Daina O'Brein. He resigned from the service in 3055. Robert enjoys music from the late 20th century and the study of history. He is a practicing Buddhist, which he picked from military service. Robert is a very honorbound, intense, and extroverted man who does not work well with others who do not understand. He dislikes people who he feels have no sense of honor.

Yen Fu Muoduaib                        HEIGHT: 6'0"
ORIGIN: Capellan Confederation           Weight: 190
ETHNIC BACKGROUND: Japanese              Hair: Black
AGE: 29                                  Eyes: Black

ATTRIBUTES                               CHARACTERISTICS
BUILD:     4                             ATHLETIC: 10+
REFLEXES:  4                             PHYSICAL:  8+
INTUITION: 6                             MENTAL:    7+
LEARN:     5                             SOCIAL:    7+
CHARISMA:  5                                               

ADVANTAGES                               EDGE- 1               
Heir to Baronet                          MECH- Apocalypse

AP's EARNED- 48
AP's SPENT-  42

SKILLS             ROLL PTS. LEVEL       WEAPONS/EQUIPMENT 
Battlemech M.O.S.** 
Gunnery Mech       (1+)  11    7
Piloting Mech      (2+)   9    6
Medtech            (6+)        1
Small Arms         (6+)   1    2
Leadership Training*
Bureaucracy        (6+)        1
Leadership         (5+)   1    2
Aerospace M.O.S.***
Gunnery Aero.      (1+)  10    7 
Piloting Aero.     (2+)  10    6                               
                                                   
REPUTATION: 20                           MONEY:    7,066,281
WIN: 29                                  WINNINGS: 5,778,000
LOSES: 0                                  RANK: 1
TIES: 0                       
                                                 
DATE          COMMENDATIONS and AWARDS
2/15/53 - Liao Grand Cordon of Merit   
5/17/54 - Baton of Illustrious Service
2/28/56 - Factory Cup Winner
3/29/56 - Jungle Cup Winner
7/14/56 - Black Mountain Cup Winner
8/30/56 - Stiener Cup Winner
10/15/56 - Davion Cup Winner
11/15/56 - Promotion to Senior Major
3056 - House of Liao Champion
3056 - Solaris Unlimited Champion
3056 - Solaris Rookie of The Year 

Brief History - At the age of 18 Yen decided to join the military. Yen finished boot camp and was shipped off to the Warrior House Kamata on Betelgeuse. For the next six years he served with excellence in the House Kamata receiving two promotions to Lance Sergeant. After that, on standard patrol on the world of Primus, Yen and his lance routed a pirate unit offworld. For this Yen was promoted to Force Leader and he received the Liao Grand Cordon of Merit on May 17 3053. Also Yen was transferred to the InnerSphere Death Commandos, an elite group of men organized to raid the Clans. During one raid; on Sudeten, a Clan Jade Falcon world; Yen's lance meet and defeated two stars from the Falcon Guards. For this Yen received the Baton of Illustrious Service and a promotion to Subcommander on February 15 3054. In his last years Yen attended the Officers Candidate School at the Capella Martial Academy. He graduated second in his class and became a Commander in the Capellan Armed Services. He was transferred by special orders of the Chancellor to Solaris VII where he was to keep in that years games. On July 1 3056 was given a honorable discharge from the CAS.

Smirinoff              Clan Wolf

ATTRIBUTES   CHARACTERISTICS     AP's Earned: 32               
BLD: 5       ATHLETIC  8+        AP's Spent:  25
REF: 5       PHYSICAL  9+        Advantage
INT: 4       MENTAL    9+        six sense
LRN: 5       SOCIAL   13+        Well equipped (1)
CHR: 1                           Edge: 1   Assets: 4,049,297

SKILLS         LEVEL  ROLL  PTS.     Special Equipment       
Gunnery/Mech     7    (2+)   11   
Piloting/Mech    5    (4+)    7   
Gunnery/Aero.    5    (4+)    4     
Piloting/Aero.   4    (5+)           
Interrogation    1    (12+)         
Leadership       1    (12+)         
Medtech          1    (8+)           
Small Arms       2    (7+)         
Survival         1    (8+)
Tactics          1    (8+)
Unarmed Combat   3    (6+)    3

George Picard        Federated Commonwealth(Davion)

ATTRIBUTES    CHARACTERISTICS      HEIGHT: 6'2"
BLD: 6 (6+)   ATHLETIC 6+          WEIGHT: 200
REF: 6 (6+)   PHYSICAL 5+          HAIR: Brown(Blue)
INT: 7 (5+)   MENTAL   7+          EYES: Green
LRN: 4 (8+)   SOCIAL   9+          SKIN: Caucasian
CHR: 2 (10+)            Advantage
                             Exceptional ATT. [INT]
SKILLS         LEVEL  ROLL   PTS.     AP's Earned- 21
Small Arms       1    (4+)            Ap's Spent- 10
Medtech          1    (6+)            Edge- 1
Unarmed Combat   2    (4+)            Edge Spent-
Blade            2    (4+)            Assets- 29,720
Gunnery/Mech     4    (1+)    3   
Piloting/Mech    3    (2+)    2
Gunnery/Aero.    4    (1+)    3
Piloting/Aero.   3    (2+)    2

Brief History - George is has a tremendous build and with his green eyes and long blue hair he looks very intimidating, or just plain weird. He was born to Shawn and Mary on New Avalon on April 13th 3033. He went to graduate from New Avalon Military Academy 18th best in his class on June 21 3055. George holds many unique beliefs. He believes strongly in anarchism and the New Avalon Catholic Church. He is life goal is to visit every planet of the InnerSphere. He enjoys sleeping in late and the battlefield.

Donny 
Clan Wolf

ATTRIBUTES      CHARACTERISTICS   HEIGHT: 6'0"
BLD: 4 (8+)     Athletic 7+       WEIGHT: 180
REF: 7 (5+)     Physical 4+       HAIR: Long Brown
INT: 7 (5+)     Mental   7+       EYES: Blue
LRN: 4 (8+)     Social   7+       SKIN: Caucasian
CHA: 4 (8+)                     

SKILLS        LEVEL  ROLL  PTS.   AP's Earned- 26
Gunnery/Mech    3    (1+)         AP's Spent-
Interrogation   1    (6+)         Edge- 1
Leadership      3    (4+)         Edge Spent-
Medtech         1    (6+)
Piloting/Mech   2    (2+)         Assets- 30,480
Small Arms      2    (2+)
Survival        1    (6+)
Tactics         2    (5+)
Tech/Mech       2    (5+)

Brief History - Donny physical appearance is striking. He is a little bigger than average, has long brown hair, blue eyes,  wears a phat gotti, and a scar under his left eye. He was produced on Ironhold from the Ward genetic heritage on August 4th 3028. He was the only survivor of his sibko. He has no religious beliefs but is a firm believer in Clan Wolf. Donny is very skilled at taking care of business.

Derrick Packard

ATTRIBUTES      CHARACTERISTICS      HEIGHT: 5'7"
BLD: 4 (8+)     Athletic 8+          WEIGHT: 185
REF: 6 (6+)     Physical 6+          HAIR:  Long Black
INT: 6 (6+)     Mental   7+          EYES: Grey
LRN: 5 (7+)     Social   9+          SKIN: Tan
CHA: 3 (9+)
                  APs Earned-
ADVANTAGES               APs Spent -
Natural Aptitude (Blade) *             Edge - 1
                  Edge Spent-
SKILLS        LEVEL  ROLL  PTS.       Assets -
Medtech       1      (6+)      
Small Arms       2    (4+)      EQUIPMENT
Blade *       3      (5+)   Walking Staff/Sword
Unarmed Combat  3      (5+)   Basic Field Kit
Gunnery/'Mech   4      (2+)   2 Medkits
Piloting/'Mech  4      (2+)   Pistol w/8 reloads
Security Sys.   2      (5+)   Personal Communicator
Stealth       1      (5+)   Flax Bodysuit
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