Editing Anita Chu Lai

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Captain '''Anita Chu Lai''' (b. ???? - d. ????) was a veteran ''[[Javelin]]'' pilot with the [[Waco Rangers]]<ref name=MHp88> ''Mercenary's Handbook'' p. 88</ref> as of ca. [[3025]].

==History==
{{ApocryphalContentStart}}
In the 1989 [[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior video game]], which is set between ca. 3024 and 3028, A. Chu Lai appears as a mercenary MechWarrior who is "formerly a Javelin pilot in Winston's Scout Lance, Waco Rangers", and a possible recruit for the [[Blazing Aces]]. This suggests she left the Waco Rangers (at least temporarily) some time between ca. 3025 and 3028.

In the video game, both her gunnery and piloting skills are "Excellent", the best rating possible, and her pay rate is amongst the highest in the game to match.
{{ApocryphalContentEnd}}
On 9 Septemer [[3032]] Anita Chu Lai, still (or again) a sergeant with the Waco Rangers and piloting a ''Javelin'', was part of a scout contingent (elements of Kelly's Support Battalion, namely Winston's Scout Lance and Kelly's Scout Lance) that fought against [[Snord's Irregulars]] on [[Nockatunga]], where the Rangers unsuccessfully tried to lure the Irregulars into a trap in the city of Thule using [[Demmings Crystal]] as bait. Seeing through the trap, Snord's Irregulars liberated the bait in a commando action. Winston's Scout Lance spotted Irregulars' 'Mechs in Thule and the Rangers units attempted to break free of the Irregulars' jamming range to warn Colonel [[Wayne Waco]] that his trap was up. Only one of the five Waco Ranger 'Mechs – two ''Javelin''s, two ''[[Jenner]]''s and a ''[[Wasp]]'' – escaped; it was not specified which one but according to a witness both ''Jenner''s were destroyed and the escaping 'Mech was apparently one of the ''Javelin''s which was said in the same sentence to have been "finished off" but also "still up and running" (which may mean the 'Mech retreated but had suffered crippling damage, or was otherwise neutralized as a combatant).<ref>''Rhonda's Irregulars'', pp. 42-43</ref> It may or may not have been Anita Chu Lai's.

It is noteworthy that in the scenario depicting the 3032 encounter, her piloting and gunnery skills are given as 5/4, which is the skill level of a standard "regular" pilot ("veteran" and "elite" pilots having both numbers better by one and two, respectively). Going strictly by those stats, Anita Chu Lai and one of the ''Jenner'' pilots with identical skills are actually the two least skilled MechWarriors in the Waco Rangers lineup, both in this scenario and the subsequent scenario that featured the Waco Rangers command [[company]] in a battle elsewhere during the same action.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' (video game)
*''[[Mercenary's Handbook]]''
*''[[Rhonda's Irregulars]]''

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-Captain '''Anita Chu Lai''' was a member of the [[Waco Rangers]] from at least [[3025]] to [[3058]].<ref name=MH>''Mercenary's Handbook'', p. 88</ref><ref name=BOC>''The Battle of Coventry'', p. 42</ref><ref name=RI>''Rhonda's Irregulars'', p. 43</ref>
+Captain '''Anita Chu Lai''' (b. ???? - d. ????) was a veteran ''[[Javelin]]'' pilot with the [[Waco Rangers]]<ref name=MHp88> ''Mercenary's Handbook'' p. 88</ref> as of ca. [[3025]].
 ==History==
-===Early Career===
-In 3025, Anita Chu Lai was a [[sergeant]] within the Waco Rangers' Winston's Scout Lance, Kelly's Headquarters Company of the Second Battalion (Kelly's Support Battalion).<ref name=MH />
 {{ApocryphalContentStart}}
+In the 1989 [[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior video game]], which is set between ca. 3024 and 3028, A. Chu Lai appears as a mercenary MechWarrior who is "formerly a Javelin pilot in Winston's Scout Lance, Waco Rangers", and a possible recruit for the [[Blazing Aces]]. This suggests she left the Waco Rangers (at least temporarily) some time between ca. 3025 and 3028.
-===Blazing Aces===
+In the video game, both her gunnery and piloting skills are "Excellent", the best rating possible, and her pay rate is amongst the highest in the game to match.
-In the 1989 [[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior video game]], which is set between ca. 3024 and 3028, A. Chu Lai appears as a mercenary MechWarrior who is "formerly a Javelin pilot in Winston's Scout Lance, Waco Rangers," and a possible recruit for the [[Blazing Aces]]. This suggests she left the Waco Rangers (at least temporarily) sometime between ca. 3025 and 3028.
 {{ApocryphalContentEnd}}
+On 9 Septemer [[3032]] Anita Chu Lai, still (or again) a sergeant with the Waco Rangers and piloting a ''Javelin'', was part of a scout contingent (elements of Kelly's Support Battalion, namely Winston's Scout Lance and Kelly's Scout Lance) that fought against [[Snord's Irregulars]] on [[Nockatunga]], where the Rangers unsuccessfully tried to lure the Irregulars into a trap in the city of Thule using [[Demmings Crystal]] as bait. Seeing through the trap, Snord's Irregulars liberated the bait in a commando action. Winston's Scout Lance spotted Irregulars' 'Mechs in Thule and the Rangers units attempted to break free of the Irregulars' jamming range to warn Colonel [[Wayne Waco]] that his trap was up. Only one of the five Waco Ranger 'Mechs – two ''Javelin''s, two ''[[Jenner]]''s and a ''[[Wasp]]'' – escaped; it was not specified which one but according to a witness both ''Jenner''s were destroyed and the escaping 'Mech was apparently one of the ''Javelin''s which was said in the same sentence to have been "finished off" but also "still up and running" (which may mean the 'Mech retreated but had suffered crippling damage, or was otherwise neutralized as a combatant).<ref>''Rhonda's Irregulars'', pp. 42-43</ref> It may or may not have been Anita Chu Lai's.
-===Nockatunga===
+It is noteworthy that in the scenario depicting the 3032 encounter, her piloting and gunnery skills are given as 5/4, which is the skill level of a standard "regular" pilot ("veteran" and "elite" pilots having both numbers better by one and two, respectively). Going strictly by those stats, Anita Chu Lai and one of the ''Jenner'' pilots with identical skills are actually the two least skilled MechWarriors in the Waco Rangers lineup, both in this scenario and the subsequent scenario that featured the Waco Rangers command [[company]] in a battle elsewhere during the same action.
-On 9 September [[3032]], Anita Chu Lai, still (or again) a sergeant with the Waco Rangers and piloting a ''Javelin'', was part of a scout contingent (elements of Kelly's Support Battalion, namely Winston's Scout Lance and Kelly's Scout Lance) that fought against [[Snord's Irregulars]] on [[Nockatunga]], where the Rangers unsuccessfully tried to lure the Irregulars into a trap in the city of Thule using [[Demmings Crystal]] as bait. Seeing through the trap, Snord's Irregulars liberated the bait in a commando action. Winston's Scout Lance spotted Irregulars' 'Mechs in Thule and the Rangers units attempted to break free of the Irregulars' jamming range to warn Colonel [[Wayne Waco]] that his trap was up. Only one of the five Waco Ranger 'Mechs – two ''Javelin''s, two ''[[Jenner]]''s and a ''[[Wasp]]'' – escaped; it was not specified which one but according to a witness both ''Jenner''s were destroyed and the escaping 'Mech was apparently one of the ''Javelin''s which was said in the same sentence to have been "finished off" but also "still up and running" (which may mean the 'Mech retreated but had suffered crippling damage, or was otherwise neutralized as a combatant). It may or may not have been Anita Chu Lai's.<ref name=RI />
-===Coventry===
-By 3058, Chu Lai had been promoted to captain and was part of the Waco Rangers' contribution to the [[Coventry Expeditionary Force]], which fought against [[Clan Jade Falcon]] during the [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3058)|Battle of Coventry]]. On 21 April, Chu Lai participated in the Waco Rangers' attempt to flank the Jade Falcon forces via the Dales Highlands on Coventry, which blundered into a Jade Falcon ambush. The Rangers suffered heavy casualties in this battle, including the capture of [[Colonel]] [[Wayne Rogers]].<ref name=BOC /> Chu Lai was however one who managed to pull back towards the [[Tenth Skye Rangers]], under the command of [[Hauptmann]] [[Caradoc Trevena]], who fought a rear-guard action to aid the mercenaries' retreat.<ref name=BC-44>''The Battle of Coventry'', p. 44</ref>
-==BattleMech==
-Anita Chu Lai was known to have initially piloted, from at last 3025 to 3032, a ''[[Javelin]]'' [[BattleMech]].<ref name=MH/><ref name=RI/> By 3058 however she was piloting a WR-DG-02FC ''[[War Dog]]''.<ref name=BOC/>
-==Notes==
-Anita Chu Lai's name is spelled in some sources as "Anita Ch'''i''' Lai."<ref name=BC-45>''The Battle of Coventry'', p. 45</ref>
 ==References==
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 ==Bibliography==
-* ''[[The Battle of Coventry (scenario pack)|The Battle of Coventry]]''
+*''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' (video game)
-* ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' (video game)
+*''[[Mercenary's Handbook]]''
-* ''[[Mercenary's Handbook]]''
+*''[[Rhonda's Irregulars]]''
-* ''[[Rhonda's Irregulars (scenario pack)|Rhonda's Irregulars]]''
+[[Category:Mercenary Characters|Chu Lai, Anita]]
 [[Category:Waco Rangers Characters|Chu Lai, Anita]]