Jal Steiner

Jal Steiner – Late 31st Century, Clan Trueborn Mechwarrior of the Steiner Bloodname holder, whom belongs to the Clan Nova Cat in the 3060s and 3070s. He was originally from Clan Cloud Cobra, prior to him joining the Nova Cats. Jal is tall for a Mechwarrior, known for not speaking often. He is also known to be a charismatic leader, whom is noted to be resilient and deadly Mechwarrior in which few have been able to match. He still practices his former Clan’s religion Cloister Rossei, been known to convert large number of his members of his units has assigned too.

Character History

He had been known to be the one convert the entire Nova Cat Xi Provisional Galaxy to the Cloister Rossei system prior to him taking command of Zeta Provisional Galaxy’s newly formed 1st Dragoncat Cluster. Khan Santin West assigned Jal to form a new cluster. In effort to try reign in broken and low moral warriors who had survived the journey from horrors of Nova Cat ejection from Clan Space. Jal was given choice, which not usual Nova Cat method, which trinaries he wishes be part of his new Cluster. He arrived in July 5th, 3062 in taking command of his unit with his DCMS’s liaison officer, Chu-sa Palmer Yoshi of the 11th Alshain Avengers.

Jal was challenged multiple times by various warriors in his new unit, but by far most by very angry Mechwarrior by the name Zane. Which hold grudge against him for believing he trying to change the ways of Nova Cats.

Jal lead many battle exercises against the 11th Alshain Avengers. In the beginning, they lost due his own unit attempting to learn the ways of Inner Sphere tactics. By October, he finally molded the Dragoncats into a smooth fighting force, posited to fight entire 11th’s regiment as whole. However, the exercise was suddenly cancelled by 11th, by claiming they had received orders from DCMS’s High Command for deployment elsewhere. Zane, the formerly disgruntled Mechwarrior, meet with Jal and claimed that he had a vision that 11th was acting on illegal orders and were going to attack capital world of the Clan Ghost Bears. His vision clearly saying it would end in blood for everyone.

Finding it, highly unlikely, that Zane was lying, Jal contacted Galaxy Commander Tirant Higall to inform him that he would be moving his unit to blockade the 11th from reaching their Dropships fleet on tarmac of New Circe’s spaceport. His Dragoncats would take full responsibility for their actions so rest of the galaxy and Nova Cats would not take blame for fighting allies if should fight accrued.

In the stormy gale winds of Yamarovka night, the 11th Avengers, attacked Jal’s Dragoncats in fierce firefight to get to their Dropships. Jal kept the Dragoncats alive through engagement with the 11th’s 3rd Battalion, by having his cats using Inner Sphere style combat and sending them in sorties of hit-runs strikes. By reorganizing damaged units into temporary new ones as warriors fell to the rogue Draconis warriors and send them against them in waves. Through Jal’s leadership and charisma, unit kept together, rest of the 11th regiment was closing to aid the now badly damaged 3rd battalion. Mechwarrior Zane, temporary halted the fighting and challenged 3rd’s commanding officer to duel of Zellbrigen. However, the duel was interrupted by rogue Kurita by killing Zane before the duel could begin. This dishonorable act, save Jal’s warriors, which caused entire Zeta Galaxy to deploy against 11th. Forced to withdraw, the 11th failed to reach its Dropships and was later destroyed by Zeta in short guerilla war against them. In December, Jal Steiner organized evacuation of survivors of Dragoncat Clusters, to near by Xi Provisional Galaxy, when the Clan Ghost Bear attacked.

Jal and his survivors, were absorbed into Xi galaxy and fought with them during the Dominion-Combine War most of 3063 and he later became Xi’s Galaxy Commander.

In July 14th, 3072, Jal lead his Galaxy against Word of Blake’s 42nd Shadow Division for its failed nuclear strike against Irece. After his unit arrived over Luthien and called a Trial of Annihilation against them. He first dropping Galaxy through a fierce aerospace fight on top of 42nd's position. He was able to successfully damage the Shadow Division, and personally lead Rossei Keshik Supernova Trinary and a cluster into Imperial City. After being forced out of the city, he regrouped his galaxy on the Waseda Hill. There Blakist launched surprise nuclear strike against the regrouping galaxy, wiping out most of the galaxy. Only cluster and half of the galaxy survived to withdraw. It unknown if Jal Steiner, survived attack.

Character Notes

• Jal Steiner is noted Shadow Cat OmniMech pilot, which he has maintained the paint scheme of bright garish colors of the Xi Galaxy.

Bibliography

• Field Manual: Updates
• Jihad Hot Spots: 3072
• Jihad Turning Points: Luthien
• Path of Glory (novel)