Editing Katya Kerensky (31st c.)

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{{otheruses|the Clan Wolf character|Aleksandr Kerensky's wife|Katyusha Lumilova}}

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| affiliation         = [[Clan Wolf]]<br>[[Republic of the Sphere]]
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| title               = [[Paladin of the Republic|Paladin]]
| position            = [[Loremaster of Clan Wolf|Loremaster]]
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'''Katya Kerensky''' was a [[thirty-first century]] [[Clan Wolf]] MechWarrior and [[Loremaster]] of the (reborn) [[Clan Wolf]]. Later in life she was a [[Paladin of the Republic|Paladin]] of the [[Republic of the Sphere]].

==Personality==
In her youth, she was noted for her demeanor, keen intelligence, and possessing air of authority.<ref name=WCSp82/> Later in life, she showed a knack for organization.<ref>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 145: "Delta Galaxy Command Trinary (The Wolfkin Keshik)"</ref>

==History==
===Early life===
Named after the wife of [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] and mother of [[Nicholas Kerensky]], Katya was rumored to be the distant gene-child of [[Ulric Kerensky]], his great-granddaughter in [[Inner Sphere]] terms.

Affiliated politically with the Wardens faction, she was ''[[ristar]]'' among original Clan Wolf.  She had earned her [[Kerensky, Nicholas (Bloodname)|Bloodname]] in [[3047]] at age twenty-two, making her the second youngest to win a Bloodname after [[Natasha Kerensky]].  Through Trial and determination, she rose among the ranks to [[Star Captain]]. By the time of the Clans' return to the Inner Sphere, she was assigned to [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Alpha Galaxy]] as commanding officer of [[279th Battle (Clan Wolf)|279th Battle]] [[Cluster]]'s Trinary First, which also known as the Whirlwinds.

===Clan Invasion===
As part of [[Operation REVIVAL]], she led the Whirlwinds in actions on two [[Federated Commonwealth]] worlds of [[Chateau]] and [[Vulcan (system)|Vulcan]]. On Vulcan, her Trinary fought alongside the Galaxy's Supernova Command unit, and its 279th Battle's sister unit, the Trinary Second. The Wolf forces faced off with the First and Second Vulcan Armored Brigades on the battlefields of Hades Funnels and Abernathy Way in September of [[3050]].<ref>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 63: "Vulcan"</ref> Those small unit actions, highlighted her abilities which brought her to the notice of higher rank command officers.

In June [[3052]], she participated in the Wolf Clan Council on [[Tukayyid]]. She motioned for Loremaster [[Conal Ward]] to close nominations for saKhan, ensuring the acclimation of [[Phelan Ward]].<ref>''Lost Destiny'', p. 361</ref>

After the conflict intelligence on her, suggested she was to be transferred to the [[Golden Keshik (Clan Wolf)|Golden Keshik]].<ref name=WCSp82/>

===Refusal War and the reborn Clan Wolf===
In course of the [[Refusal War]], Katya had stayed behind and did not journey with the Warden aligned [[Clan Wolf (in Exile)|Wolves]] to [[Arc-Royal]].

She willingly became part of the new Clan Wolf that Khan [[Vladimir Ward]] established.  She was influenced by Khan Ward's triumph of resurrecting Wolf Clan, pledging herself to him in his efforts to rebuild the Clan. She was put in command as Galaxy Commander of newly formed frontline force, the [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Delta Galaxy]]. Katya was credited for whipping Delta into shape from its mixture of frontline and garrison Galaxy origins. She was also elevated to position of [[Loremaster]] of Clan Wolf, seen as a means to attempt the healing of the remaining Warden faction members' political wounds.<ref>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 138, 141: "Force Strength" & "Loremaster Katya Kerensky"</ref>  However, later it was became more obvious that it was a move to prevent the Clan's most powerful Warden opponents from being able to influence what largely became a near total Crusader aligned Clan Wolf.<ref name="MM:118">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 118: "Katya Kerensky" profile</ref>

Two years since Delta Galaxy had come under Kerensky's leadership it had shaped up to become frontline Galaxy.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 89: "Clan Wolf/Military Assets"</ref>

After the [[Jihad]] began, Katya's duties to the Wolf Clan's intelligence agency, the [[Watch#Clan Wolf|Watch]] increased. In so, this gave an excuse for Khan Ward to position the Crusader-aligned Star Colonel [[Dirk Radick]] as her executive officer of Delta Galaxy. He believed this would allow Katya to have more time to dedicate all her responsibilities and also undercut her Warden influences in the Delta ranks.  During the course of the war, her executive officer became convinced in her belief that the [[Word of Blake]]'s aggression was more important than political differences. This would help reaffirm her as the controlling influence of Delta as its commanding officer.<ref name="MM:118"/>

===Paladin of the Republic===
After the conclusion of the Jihad, Katya's Delta Galaxy was led by Dirk Radick in pledging a new loyalty to the nascent Republic of the Sphere as Clan Wolf's contribution to the founding of the [[RAF]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 167: "Forces Gifted to the Republic"</ref> Upon Dirk's death during the fighting on [[Tikonov]] in [[3083]],<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 178: "Paladins"</ref> Katya took advantage of a clause in the Citizenship Priority Decree of 3083 which granted a blanket offer of immediate citizenship to all military personnel who had served during [[Operation SCOUR]] or the liberation of Terra, and in turn she was quickly elevated to the rank of Paladin,<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 162: "Citizenship"</ref> likely filling the vacancy created by the death of Paladin [[Ballade Randonee]].

==Notes==
* The ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' identifies Katya Kerensky as killed in action after the events of the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]].<ref>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 81: "Alpha First Star"</ref> This appears to be a straight retcon, as there are no other notable Kerenskys who fell on Tukayyid for whom she could be mistaken.

==Gallery==
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Katya Kerensky (31st c)_WCSB.jpg||Katya Kerensky at age 22
Katya Kerensky (31st c)_MM.jpg|Kerensky at age 51
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Lost Destiny]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
* ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]''

[[Category:Clan Wolf Characters|Kerensky, Katya]]
[[Category:Loremasters]]