Jack Traver
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Jack Traver | |
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| Personal | |
| Affiliation | Republic of the Sphere Clan Wolf The Cheetas |
| Profile | |
| Position(s) | Captain |
| Profession | MechWarrior |
Jack Traver was a Republic and Clan Wolf MechWarrior which fought across both the Battle of Terra and IlClan Trial.
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History
Early Years
Jack Traver was born on Terra, and enlisted in the Republic Armed Forces. There he not only excelled: he reached the rank of Captain and passed the rigorous qualification tests to pilot an Ares OmniMech, and even managed to enter into the Redburn Guards, under the command of former Exarch Damien Redburn.[1]
Battle of Terra
After Clan Wolf landed in Australia, the Guards were deployed there to face them, and the 10 January 3151, Jack's Ares engaged the Wolves soon after their landing. Alongst with him were Corporal Tina Charms, Cheetah, his gunner, and his engineer, Staff Sergeant Mia Fowler. When Jack's commanding officer, Major Simpson, saw his 'Mech damaged, he had to retreat, giving the battalion's command to Jack. Soon after, Jcak received the order to retreat, which he obeyed.[2]
Two days later, after constant fights with the Wolves, the Ares, which ahd already downed at least three Wolf tanks and three 'Mechs, wasn't barely operational, and Mia's efforts to repair it were unable to change that. Unable to move, they had to abandon the 'Mech.[3]
The 13 January, Jack meet with Damien Redburn during the way to South China. The former Exarch commended him for his good work, and promoted him to Major.[4]
The 9 February, Jack, Mia and Cheetah had received a new Ares, and were deployed on Iran. The Redburn Guards had been disbanded, so they were part of an unnamed unit, which Traver commanded Plunder Company. They launched an attack against the Wolves, downing at least a Woodsman, ultimately achieving a victory.[5]
The 14 February, Jack's unit received a Wolf counterattack, led by Star Colonel Kalidessa Kerensky, on Pakistan. His Ares was downed, but all three crewmembers were captured. Kalidessa ordered them to surrender, and Jack only agreed to become bondsmen to fight the Clan Jade Falcon, to which the Star Colonel agreed.[6]
Days later, Jack and his two crewmembers were in a Clan Wolf warehouse on Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It was filled with Ares salvage. Kalidessa had explained them their responsabilities as bondsman. Now, a Senior Technician ordered them to assemble some Ares with the salvage. Not any of the three wanted to do it, but Jack agreed. When his two matesa rgued, he explained them than their only chance to do something good it was to help stop the Falcons, and they began working.[7]
IlClan Trial
The 16 April, Jack and his team had managed to assemble to fully operational Ares, right in time for the IlClan Trial. During the past weeks, Kalidessa had been teaching them about the Wolf culture, but Jack still wasn't confortable with it. That day, Kalidessa freed them all and welcomed them to Clan Wolf. Jack and his crew prepared for the imminent battle.[8]
Two days later, in the last day of the Trial, Jack and his team downed a Falcon' Onager. In the last stages of the trial, they saw Kalidessa in danger against a Falcon's Dire Wolf. Without barely any weaponry, they had to ram the Falcon. They succeeded in taking it down, but their Ares was crippled too. Klaidessa thanked them before departing, but when Jack left his 'Mech, uncovered than Cheetah had been killed in the impact.[9]
The 28 April, after receiving their BloodRibbons, and assisting to the burial of Aleksandr Kerensky's on Unity City, Jack and Mia talked with Kalidessa, informing her than they will leave Terra and search work as mercenaries. The Star Colonel regretted their departure, but said them than they allways have a place into Clan Wolf.[10]
IlClan Era
The dawn of the IlClan Era, at 29 May 3151, found Jack and Mia in Paco's, a bar in Toledo, North America, drinking. They hadn't been able to find passage outside Terra. They had just heard about Devlin Stone's death, and the loss of the Republic's founder hit them harder even than Cheetah's, as it signaled the definitive death of the Republic.[11]
And, fort if they hadn't enough problems, someone in the bar, filled with ex-Republic soldiers, recognized them and, deeming them traitors, they fell upon both. Jack and Mia were on the brink of death when two other Wolf warriors, which had heard the RAF soldiers, intervened in the fight and saved them. While they were drinking together, the Wolves helped them to solve their problems: they only had to claim whatever 'Mechs they had downed and ask the Clan Sea Foxes to carry them outside Terra.[12]
The 1 June, both claimed two 'Mechs: a Dire Wolf for Jack, and Mia felt herself attracted to a very advanced Atlas II which she claimed. One day later, both received an unexpected visit on their hotel: Sir Justin Hall, a former Knight of the Republic, now hated by everybody for having caused a city's destruction by the Wolves in Australia. He wanted to join them as mercenary, and offered them to help them with his talents, and knew how to find founds.[13]
Justin took them both to a public library on Cleveland, where they meet with his contact, a man named Weatherbee. He was a MI6 agent which gave them a packet with all the intel he had been able to gather in fifteen yeaers. He promised them a great payment if they deliver it to his people outside the planet, and the trio accepted.[14]
During the Way, Mia uncovered than her Atlas had been Devlin Stone's 'Mech. The trio arrived to Galatea, the mercenary Star, the 9 July, but there only find refusals: there was so many ex-RAF soldiers thyan no mercenary unit wanted to hire the three together. So, three days later, they carried the packett to the Federated Suns' embassy, where offered it, alongst with all the intel they had, in exchange for the Suns' paying them to create their own mercenary unit. The DMI agent which heard them reluctantly agreed, so they debated the new unit's name, and Jack decided the Cheetas, in memory of their lost friend.[15]
BattleMech/Vehicle
Traver's only known 'Mech when serving for the Republic and Clan Wolf was a supereheavy Ares (BattleMech). However, after the IlClan Trial he replaced it with a former Jade Falcon' Dire Wolf (Daishi) OmniMech.[16][17]
References
- ↑ Hour of the Wolf pp. 45
- ↑ Hour of the Wolf pp. 46
- ↑ Hour of the Wolf pp. 52
- ↑ Hour of the Wolf pp. 55
- ↑ Hour of the Wolf pp. 102
- ↑ Hour of the Wolf pp. 115-116
- ↑ Hour of the Wolf pp. 138
- ↑ Hour of the Wolf pp. 232
- ↑ Hour of the Wolf pp. 316
- ↑ Hour of the Wolf pp. 357
- ↑ One Door Closes in Shrapnel#6 pp. 63
- ↑ One Door Closes in Shrapnel#6 pp. 68
- ↑ One Door Closes in Shrapnel#6 pp. 76
- ↑ One Door Closes in Shrapnel#6 pp. 79
- ↑ One Door Closes in Shrapnel#6 pp. 89
- ↑ Hour of the Wolf pp. 45
- ↑ One Door Closes in Shrapnel#6 pp. 69
Bibliography
- Hour of the Wolf (novel)
- One Door Closes (short story)