Farida Lamb

Farida Lamb
Farida Lamb
Character Profile
Also known as Apex
Born 2996[1]
Affiliation Aurigan Coalition
Profession MechWarrior
Parents Damon Lamb (father)[1]
Melody Cirillo (mother)[1]
Siblings Older brother

Farida Lamb (call sign Apex) was a MechWarrior active during the final decades of the Third Succession War, operating within the rimward Periphery in the region of the Aurigan Reach.[1]

History[edit]

Born on the Aurigan Coalition world of Katinka, Faida Lamb was the second child of a runaway Magistracy of Canopus noble and a retired MechWarrior, her father running a successful video game arcade and general store catering to the hopeful LosTech prospectors who visited Katinka. Farida's life was turned upside down on 1 January 3005 when agents of the Magistracy Intelligence Ministry arrived to forcibly return her mother to the Magistracy, Melody Lamb having been a highly ranked member of the Magistracy government prior to her "reckless abandonment" of her realm and privy to numerous state secrets the Canopus government refused to let leak out. [1]

With Farida and her father both being Aurigan Coalition citizens and Damon "Paddleball" Lamb's establishment being relatively prosperous, the MIM opted to let them live out their lives on Katinka and did not bring the pair with them. Foreseeing the life his daughter was likely to be forced into, her father incorporated the BattleMech simulators of his arcade into Farida's childhood play and studies, surreptitiously training her to become a capable and skilled MechWarrior. Farida loved her father, though tensions between the pair persisted over the disappearance of her mother, with whom she identified strongly.[1]

Santiago Espinosa's coup in 3022 changed everything, with her father offering Farida his old BattleMech and allowing her to start a new life as a Mercenary. She would discover to her surprise she was intimately familiar with her new career, realizing that her father had effectively been training her from childhood rather than merely playing games. Adopting the call sign of Apex, Farida would distinguish herself with numerous mercenary units in the Rimward Periphery, ultimately joining the former Markham's Marauders employed by Arano Restoration leader Kamea Arano. Earning a berth aboard the Argo, Lamb would form the backbone of an assault lance that carried the Restoration Army through the fall of the Aurigan Directorate.[1]

Choosing to retire following the Battle of Coromodir, Farida Lamb found her retirement short-lived, being recruited into the Karen Andris-led Operation RESTORED HOPE by Lord Alexander Madeira himself. Farida would fight during on RESTORED HOPE on Mantharaka, Highwater, Tarragona and the final drop on Gaucin, where she smashed a fist into the leader of Ibex Rampant's cockpit, marking a decisive end of the operation. Lamb would continue in service with the Aurigan Coalition Military, being transferred after RESTORE HOPE into the secretive and elite Rampart Company.[1]

"Apex" would take part in numerous Rampart Company's actions. In September 3026 Farida joined a mission to destroy pirates operating on Weldry, her assault 'Mech ensuring an easy victory but complicating matters when elements of the Capellan Confederation's Kamakura's Hussars also arrived intending to deal with those same pirates. Striking the Rampart Company lance by surprise, Aurgian unit was forced to destroying the Hussars to a man to try and preserve their secret nature.[2] Lamb would serve in Rampart Company lance sent in December 3026 to deal with pirate raiders on Fjaldr, unaware the raids were a trap by Forever Vigilant, a pro-Directorate terrorist organization, seeking to kill Rampart Company commander Captain Karen "Sunbird" Andris.[3]

BattleMechs[edit]

Trained by her father to pilot 'Mechs of a variety of weight classes, during Operation RESTORED HOPE Farida Lamb was assigned a BLR-1G BattleMaster drawn from the armory of the Arano Royal Guards by Captain Candris. Bestowing it with the name Gigantes, Lamb would use it to good effect, most notably downing the Ibex Rampant leader's stolen Awesome with a pilot killing physical attack. Apex would retain Gigantes during her service with Rampart Company.

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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), p. 48: Farida Lamb profile
  2. House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), pp. 53-54, "Scenarios: Rampart Company - Scenario 2"
  3. House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), pp. 56-57, "Scenarios: Rampart Company - Scenario 4"

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