Idris Majed

Idris Majed
Personal
Affiliation	Eridani Light Horse
Profile
Rank	Colonel
Profession	MechWarrior

Idris Majed was colonel pro-tem of the Seventy-first Light Horse Regiment in 2853.

History

Majed had risen to the rank of officer by 2853 and was leading the Seventy-first. That year, the ELH's commander, Colonel Ezra Bradley, named him colonel pro-tem. On 4 April, Idris led his unit, along with the 151st Light Horse Regiment and a unit of the Black Warriors of unspecified strength, led by Colonel Angelica Cirion, on a series of raids into Lyran Commonwealth space, under contract to the Free Worlds League.

On 4 April, the joint force crushed the Lyran defenders on Pencader. Majed ignored the true nature of the Warriors, who were pirates, and while the ELH's force finished off the defenders, Cirion led her warriors into the city of Riga Point to loot it. She told him that they were rooting out defenders from the city and refused the ELH's help, which disconcerted Majed. With their mission accomplished, both groups departed.

On 7 April, while they were leaving Pencader, Angelica informed Majed of "new orders" – to launch another raid on Biloela before returning to Circinus. Majed was suspicious of the orders, but Cirion forced him to obey, pointing out that he was only colonel pro-tem, and he had to obey her. Cirion told Idris about SAFE's suspicions of a Lyran task force gathering on Biloela for an attack against the Free Worlds League. Idris agreed to help, but his distrust of her only grew.

Ten days later, the joint force attacked Biloela, taking it easily, though Majed had to fight a terrible duel against a Lyran Pillager, which he barely won. Angelica then told Majed that a Lyran force was entrenched deep in the city, but she was lying; her Warriors were looting the city's banks, and when Idris sent an ELH recon helicopter to verify it, the Warriors even fired a warning shot at it, forcing them to retreat. Meeting with Angelica later, she attempted to lie to him once more, but he didn't fall for it, and she confessed the truth before informing of their next raid. She believed she had forced Idris into submission. She was wrong.

On 5 July, when the joint force attacked Starshine, in the middle of the battle against the Lyran defenders, Cirion left the battlefield with her Warriors to undertake a secondary mission, as she sarcastically called it when she informed Majed. Her warriors were going to Bad Landing, an island chain where there was an abandoned SLDF base, probably expecting to find a supply cache.

Majed, tired of her pirate actions, made a deal with the planet's Lyran commander, Colonel Brubaker, explaining the situation to him. The Lyran officer agreed to allow the ELH to depart undisturbed, in exchange for the Warriors' salvage and DropShips. Idris informed the Eridanis about the truth, and all agreed to punish the pirates. Majed took the Seventy-first to attack the Warriors. The Eridanis crushed the pirates, and Majed, with his Black Knight, personally downed Cirion's BattleMaster. When she promised to make him pay, he informed her that she and her pirates would be marooned there, and the Lyrans would take charge of all their 'Mechs and DropShips, and told the rest of the Warriors that her unit had been destroyed in battle, before departing and leaving them to their fate.

Once again on Circinus, on 28 July, Idris feel guilty about his actions, and presented himself to Bradley expecting to be punished. The Colonel, however, told him that he wouldn't be punished, and simply had to edit his report. Bradley knew about the Warriors' pirate acts, but knew he had to make compromises to keep the ELH fed and employed. Idris learned his lesson.

BattleMech

Majed piloted a Black Knight.

Bibliography

• Dying Dignity (short story)