Dan Kyle
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Dan Kyle | |
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| Personal | |
| Died | 10 September 3050[citation needed] |
| Affiliation | Clan Jade Falcon |
| Profile | |
| Rank | Star Captain |
Dan Kyle was a Jade Falcon MechWarrior and served in the elite Falcon Guards Cluster during the early stages of Operation REVIVAL.[1]
Contents
Overview
Star Captain Dan Kyle commanded the Falcon Guards' Trinary Bravo, and was assigned a Thor OmniMech. He was characterized as a fanatical member of Clan Jade Falcon.
History
An Echo of the Past
Dan Kyle was a tall young man of indeterminate age, with chiselled features and thick blond hair. ComStar researchers studying old SLDF personnel records have established that he bore a striking resemblance to one Colonel Marcus Kyle, the commanding officer of the 29th Royal Dragoon Regiment. Marcus Kyle was one of those who left with General Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784. At the time of the Battle of Twycross, the link between the Clans and the long-vanished SLDF military was not known.
Conquering Twycross
During the assault on Twycross Kyle's unit overwhelmed defending forces of the Twycross TMM at Redmond Pass, overlooking the city of Camora.[2]
The Counterattack
When the Federated Commonwealth staged a counterassault on Twycross in September 3050, the Falcon Guards were still on the planet. Dan Kyle and his Trinary were with the rest of the Cluster as it entered the Great Gash in a bid to outflank the FedCom forces. He did not survive the destruction of the Falcon Guards.[3]
Intelligence Discrepancy
ComStar's intelligence dossier on the Falcon Guards states that Dan Kyle was the only member of the Falcon Guards other than Star Colonel Adler Malthus to possess a Bloodname.[4] This is at odds with the attached unit summary, which mentions MechWarrior Gera Buhallin, a Loki pilot serving in Star Captain Kyle's Trinary Bravo.[5]
Notes
In The Battle for Twycross book, it is suggested that Marcus Kyle was the founder of the Kyle Bloodname and that Dan Kyle is a direct ancestor of Marcus Kyle. However, Historical: Operation KLONDIKE gives the founder of the Kyle Bloodname as Anastasia Kyle, not Marcus Kyle. It is probable that Marcus Kyle was a relative of Anastasia Kyle and that would explain why Dan Kyle shares a resemblance.[6]