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'''Duncan Fisher''' was a [[Solaris Games]] presenter in the 3060s.
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'''Duncan Fisher''' was a [[Solaris Games]] presenter in the 3060.
  
==History==
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==Character History==
 
In Duncan's younger days he was an up-and-coming 'Mech pilot competing in the [[Class Two Champions|medium-weight class competition]].{{cn}}
 
In Duncan's younger days he was an up-and-coming 'Mech pilot competing in the [[Class Two Champions|medium-weight class competition]].{{cn}}
  
 
As of ca. [[3066]],<ref>Duncan Fisher at one point refers to [[Theodore Gross]]'s championship fight in [[3062]] as a past event that he had witnessed, and in [[3068]] the Solaris Games were subverted by the [[Word of Blake]] during their occupation of the planet in the [[Jihad]]; this establishes a timeframe between 3063 and 3068. However, "Spectre" does not match any of the canonically established champions from the 3060s period. Within the MechWarrior IV game, the Solaris VII campaign is tentatively set in 3066; however, many conflicts that serve as backdrop for the game fall outside its purported 3066/3067 timeline in accepted BattleTech canon.</ref> Duncan Fisher was already an established announcer in the Solaris Games on [[Solaris VII]]. He covered the feats of the [[mercenary]] [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] "[[Spectre (Character)|Spectre]]" in the arenas, namely in [[The Jungle]], [[The Factory]], and the [[Steiner Coliseum]].
 
As of ca. [[3066]],<ref>Duncan Fisher at one point refers to [[Theodore Gross]]'s championship fight in [[3062]] as a past event that he had witnessed, and in [[3068]] the Solaris Games were subverted by the [[Word of Blake]] during their occupation of the planet in the [[Jihad]]; this establishes a timeframe between 3063 and 3068. However, "Spectre" does not match any of the canonically established champions from the 3060s period. Within the MechWarrior IV game, the Solaris VII campaign is tentatively set in 3066; however, many conflicts that serve as backdrop for the game fall outside its purported 3066/3067 timeline in accepted BattleTech canon.</ref> Duncan Fisher was already an established announcer in the Solaris Games on [[Solaris VII]]. He covered the feats of the [[mercenary]] [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] "[[Spectre (Character)|Spectre]]" in the arenas, namely in [[The Jungle]], [[The Factory]], and the [[Steiner Coliseum]].
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==Background==
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The character's game dialogue lines were written by [[Eric Baudoin]] (aka Ferret Baudoin)<ref>According to an eulogy for Ferret Baudoin by voice actor George Ledoux; see [https://www.sarna.net/news/your-battletech-news-roundup-for-october-2022/ Sarna News for October 2022]</ref> and brought to life by voice actor [[George Ledoux]] out of a bare-bones concept that he was given to work with for the Solaris Games portion of the [[MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries]] computer game.
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The character apparently struck a chord with players and gained tremendous popularity. It took on a life of its own in the fashion of a BattleTech [[w:meme|meme]] among the BattleTech player community, to the point where players lobbied [[Harebrained Schemes]] to hire George Ledoux as a voice actor for the upcoming [[BattleTech (Video Game)|BattleTech video game]] they had under development (even though the game's setting and timeframe precluded an appearance of the Duncan Fisher character proper).<br />George Ledoux reprised the role of Duncan Fisher for the [[MechWarrior: Living Legends]] fan project and a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls_Kv6qFM0g promotional video] for [[2015 BattleTech Video Game Crowdfunding Campaign|Harebrained Schemes' BattleTech video game crowdfunding campaign]],  and the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU0MmjraKbo teaser trailer] for the ''[[MechWarrior Online]]'' Solaris expansion alongside the canonical [[Lars Olafson]], among others.
  
 
==Canonicity==
 
==Canonicity==
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Note that this only covers his voiceover in the game. Any additional fan-made ("fanon") information about Duncan Fisher (including his backstory and visual depiction) was never published in any official capacity, and is therefore entirely noncanonical fan fiction.
 
Note that this only covers his voiceover in the game. Any additional fan-made ("fanon") information about Duncan Fisher (including his backstory and visual depiction) was never published in any official capacity, and is therefore entirely noncanonical fan fiction.
 
==Behind The Scenes==
 
The character's game dialogue lines were written by [[Eric Baudoin]] (aka Ferret Baudoin)<ref>According to a eulogy for Ferret Baudoin by voice actor George Ledoux; see [https://www.sarna.net/news/your-battletech-news-roundup-for-october-2022/ Sarna News for October 2022]</ref> and brought to life by voice actor [[George Ledoux]] out of a bare-bones concept that he was given to work with for the Solaris Games portion of the [[MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries]] computer game.
 
 
The character apparently struck a chord with players and gained tremendous popularity. It took on a life of its own in the fashion of a BattleTech [[w:meme|meme]] among the BattleTech player community, to the point where players lobbied [[Harebrained Schemes]] to hire George Ledoux as a voice actor for the upcoming [[BattleTech (Video Game)|BattleTech video game]] they had under development (even though the game's setting and timeframe precluded an appearance of the Duncan Fisher character proper).<br />George Ledoux reprised the role of Duncan Fisher for the [[MechWarrior: Living Legends]] fan project and a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls_Kv6qFM0g promotional video] for [[2015 BattleTech Video Game Crowdfunding Campaign|Harebrained Schemes' BattleTech video game crowdfunding campaign]],  the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU0MmjraKbo teaser trailer] for the ''[[MechWarrior Online]]'' Solaris expansion alongside the canonical [[Lars Olafson]], the [https://youtu.be/Esx-7Mkk5W0 promotional video] for ''[[BattleTech: Essentials]]'', and others.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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