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Latha Pischel | |
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| Born | 27? |
| Died | 2797 |
| Affiliation | Federated Suns |
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| Profession | Sergeant |
'Latha Pischel (born 27?- died 2797) was a Sergeant, and killer of the Draconis Combine Coordinator Minoru Kurita, causing by accident the Kentares Massacre.
Personal History
Latha Pischel was a Federated Suns infantry soldier and sharpshooter of the Seventh Crucis Lancers regiment. In 2796, was a Sergeant in the Lancers. That year, he was destined fighting against the Kuritan invasion on planet Kentares IV.[1]
Kentares
The 14 September 2796, near the town of New Snowfiewld, at the foot of the Charmelite Chain range, Pischel, along with a platoon, monitored the movements of a company of BattleMechs of the kuritan Sixth Sword of Light, when the leader, a BattleMaster pilot, descended of his 'Mech. The elderly MechWarrior was mesmerized of the beauty of the lanscape and wanted to enjoy it. As the rest of the Combine forces moved to the town, Pischel ordered his men to retreat, but stay there watching the officers walking. It had dismissed his guards and had only a priest at his side. The elder officer wear standar DCMS coveralls, with Colonel insignias, but Pischel appreciated that was someone of great importance. For this, he shoot him, caughting him in the back. As he had no armor, the shot passed through the old warrior, burning through his heart and killing him instantly.[2] In the confusion, Pischel managed to slip away undetected, unaware of how important was the men he had just killed: it was the Combine Coordinator itself, Minoru Kurita. [3] When word of Minoru's death on Kentares reached the AFFS High Command, the general reaction was of dread: the son and successor of Minoru,. Jinjiro Kurita was an intelligent warrior... but also ruthless and, some say, crazy psychopathic tendences.[4] The Suns's First Prince John Davion, fearing the reprisals and expecting to deny Jinjiro a target to vengaence, ordered all AFFS troops of Kentares IV evacuated. Almost all of them were evacuated quickly, including Pischel... but the results weren't as expected: Jinjiro, without the killers to punish, decided to punish the Kentares population. His order (kill them all) was very clear, and Jinjiro ordered killed even the officer than asked him to clarify the or4der and the monk who was with his father in his death, when attempted to made him change of opinion. At the end, almost all Kentares population was slaughtered: about fifty-two millions of deaths.[5]
Death
Pischel learned about who had killed, and the consequences of his shoot, in 2797. Blaming himself for the atrocity, Pischel comitted suicide.[6]