Jeroen Frestadt
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Jeroen Frestadt | |
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| Personal | |
| Affiliation | Draconis Combine |
| Profile | |
| Profession | DropShip captain |
| Family | |
| Children | Marissa Frestadt[1] |
History[edit]
Jeroen Frestadt was the captain of the Union-class DropShip Kwaidan, where Franklin Sakamoto was serving. He sees himself as a loyal citizen of the Draconis Combine and he is a sleeper agent for the Black Dragon Society.
When Captain "Hawk" Hawkins impounds an Invader-class JumpShip from the Draconis Combine owned by Isesaki Shipping, the Katana, for smuggling at Tharkad's nadir Jump Point on 6 March 3050, and since an emergency has been declared, Major Adam Steiner, being a field grade officer, can commandeer this ship and its Union-class DropShip Kwaidan for his reconnaissance mission with fellow teammates Rachel Specter and Ciro Ramirez. Washout Cadet Katiara Kylie pilots their shuttle to the jump point. Captain Hawkins is also drafted into Major Steiner's unit.
Jereon is decidedly unhappy and repeatedly tries to recapture their ships. At one point Franklin Sakamoto manages to inform Kurita mercenaries about their next jump target, only to have the ships attacked by aerospace fighters. Katiara Kylie, piloting an experimental Banshee fighter, is instrumental in defeating the attackers and thus earns herself a place in the 1st Somerset Strikers, as Steiner comes to name his impromptu unit. At that time Jeroen, forced to choose between being loyal to Sakamoto or Adam Steiner, he chooses Adam.
After "serving" under Adam Steiner's rule, whe the Strikers prepare for their final jump to Somerset, Captain Frestadt abducts Franklin Sakamoto and disables the ships with expert sabotage, and then leaves with the sole operational Banshee. Unable to contact the Katana, the Kwaidan and her crew are left floating in enemy space while Frestadt arrives at the Katana and the JumpShip jumps away. Only moments later, the ISF JumpShip Ishiyama appears to arrest Captain Frestadt as a member of the Black Dragon Society. They offer the Kwaidan a ride to pursue the Katana to the suspected location of the rebel base in the Bensinger system, after a risky quick-charging of the Ishiyama's K-F drive.
Down on Bensinger IV, Franklin Sakamoto learns that he is the illegitimate son of Draconis Combine Coordinator Theodore Kurita and that the Black Dragon Society want to overthrow the Coordinator and put Franklin in the position. He refuses, but to no avail. The unexpected arrival of the ISF together with the Strikers once again leads to a three-sided battle, as the Strikers learn the ISF is prepared to kill Franklin just to be sure.
In the end, Franklin publicly renounces any claim he may have to the Kurita throne. News of the safe retrieval of Prince Hohiro Kurita II from Turtle Bay mean the ISF can officially relieve Franklin of all responsibility to lead his country. Yet the revelation that he is of House Kurita noble blood has a profound impact on the behavior of Franklin's crew, much to his chagrin.
Franklin himself stops Frestadt and gives him to the ISF for trial.[2]
Portrait Gallery[edit]
Portrait from 3050
Quotes[edit]
| “ | A battalion of the finest 'Mechs is not worth spit if you cannot get them to the combat zone. | ” |
| — Captain Jeroen Frestadt, 1st Somerset Strikers, DropShip Kwaidan[3] | ||