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Major '''Earl Dirkson''' was the commanding officer of the [[21st Striker Regiment]]'s 5th Striker Battalion ("Dirkson's Dragonslayers"), and its Battalion Command Lance ("Dirkson's Guards"), of the [[Eridani Light Horse]] as of [[3025]]..<ref name=MHp73/>
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'''Earl Dirkson''' was the commanding officer of the 5th Striker Battalion of [[21st Striker Regiment]].<ref name=MHp73/>
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Dirkson descended from a minor [[Lyran Commonwealth]] noble family, but being a fourth son he was without a 'Mech and served in his local planetary militia, until he discovered a fully functioning 'Mech after a [[Free Worlds League]] attack. Joining the [[Eridani Light Horse]], on the basis of his belief the mercenary life was glamorous, his ambition cooled with age.
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Earl was a member of his local planetary militua until he found a 'Mech after a [[Free Worlds League]] attack. Joining the [[Eridani Light Horse]].<ref name=MHp73/>
 
 
At age 40 in 3025, he was an officer patient with his more reckless young charges, knowing their spirit had also infected him at their age.<ref name=MHp73/>
 
  
 
==BattleMech==
 
==BattleMech==
Dirkson was known to pilot a ''[[Victor]]'' [[BattleMech]], nicknamed "The Wild Side". As a hobby Dirkson spent time tinkering with his 'Mech together with his technician, resulting in some modifications which created interest from faculty at the [[New Avalon Institute of Science]].<ref name=MHp73/><ref name=MHp78>''Mercenary's Handbook'', p. 78</ref>
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Dirkson would pilot a ''[[Victor]]'' named "The Wild Sode".<ref name=MHp73/><ref name=MHp78>''Mercenary's Handbook'', p. 78</ref>
  
 
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