Herras Ragen

Herras Ragen
Profile
Profession	MechWarrior
Family
Parents	Joseph T. Ragen (father)
Siblings	One sister

Herras Ragen was a MechWarrior mercenary.

History

Herras Ragen was the son of Colonel Joseph T. Ragen. Colonel Ragen was a soldier in the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns whose mission was to infiltrate and destroy the renegade mercenaries called the Dark Wing Lance. In 3017, the Dark Wing attacked Colonel Ragen's home on Redondo in retaliation, killing him and most of his family. Herras survived and in 3027, at the age of twenty-two, he set out on a quest of revenge to hunt down the Dark Wing Lance. Herras acted as a mercenary, selling his services as he used contacts to gather information on the Dark Wing Lance until he could avenge his family.

Herras tracked down and killed three of the Dark Wing Lance members: Wolf Glupper, Zach Slasher, and Duff Skully. During his search, Herras encountered multiple references to a mercenary underground engaged in criminal and terrorist attacks (guerrilla warfare to disrupt planetary governments, bombings, theft of secret documents, raids, planetary assaults, etc.). After Herras killed Duff Skully, Yerg Gantor offered to hire Herras for missions, offering the location of the head of the Dark Wing as a bonus. Unfortunately for Herras, Gantor himself was the head of the Dark Wing and had tricked Herras into carrying out missions for the mercenary underground. Herras eventually faced off against Gantor in personal combat and killed him, achieving vengeance and stopping the Dark Wing's mercenary underground.

Notes

• He is the main character in MechWarrior (SNES).
• This is a significant alteration from the backstory of the original PC game; the player character has a different identity and backstory. It should be noted though that the two backstories and storylines do not rule each other out and could technically both be "true."

Bibliography

• MechWarrior (SNES video game)