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Otha was a [[trueborn]] of [[Shaw (Bloodname)|Bloodhouse Shaw]], and his warrior career began with an auspicious omen: just before passing his [[Trial of Position]] in [[Tamar]], the [[HPG]] generator of planet gone offline. It was one of the [[Blackout]] attacks. However, he fought well, defeating three opponents and becoming [[Star Captain]]. His first assignment was a garrison Cluster.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 240</ref><ref>''Empire Alone'', p. 96</ref> | Otha was a [[trueborn]] of [[Shaw (Bloodname)|Bloodhouse Shaw]], and his warrior career began with an auspicious omen: just before passing his [[Trial of Position]] in [[Tamar]], the [[HPG]] generator of planet gone offline. It was one of the [[Blackout]] attacks. However, he fought well, defeating three opponents and becoming [[Star Captain]]. His first assignment was a garrison Cluster.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 240</ref><ref>''Empire Alone'', p. 96</ref> | ||
| − | Holders of the | + | Holders of the Shaw Bloodname marveled at his performance, and expected the young ''ristar'' to shoot up through the ranks... but that didn't happened: To Bloodhouse Shaw's dismay, Othar never obtained a [[Bloodname]], and his career remained mediocre, never rising higher than Star Colonel. Despite his codex demonstrating a solid but unimpressive combat record, he never received a Bloodname nomination. He was relegated to a provisional garrison Cluster. When Wolf Khan Ward took nearly the entire Wolf ''Touman'' to [[Terra]], Othar was left behind, the only high-ranking officer in all the Wolf Empire, so he assumed command of it by himself.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 9</ref> |
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Othar | |
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| Also known as | Viceroy of the Empire |
| Affiliation | Wolf Empire |
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| Rank | Star Colonel |
| Profession | MechWarrior |
Othar was a Star Colonel in the Wolf Empire Touman and the highest-ranking officer left in the Empire when Khan Alaric Ward and nearly all of Clan Wolf's warriors invaded Terra in 3151.[1]
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History
Dark Age Era
Otha was a trueborn of Bloodhouse Shaw, and his warrior career began with an auspicious omen: just before passing his Trial of Position in Tamar, the HPG generator of planet gone offline. It was one of the Blackout attacks. However, he fought well, defeating three opponents and becoming Star Captain. His first assignment was a garrison Cluster.[2][3]
Holders of the Shaw Bloodname marveled at his performance, and expected the young ristar to shoot up through the ranks... but that didn't happened: To Bloodhouse Shaw's dismay, Othar never obtained a Bloodname, and his career remained mediocre, never rising higher than Star Colonel. Despite his codex demonstrating a solid but unimpressive combat record, he never received a Bloodname nomination. He was relegated to a provisional garrison Cluster. When Wolf Khan Ward took nearly the entire Wolf Touman to Terra, Othar was left behind, the only high-ranking officer in all the Wolf Empire, so he assumed command of it by himself.[4]
ilClan Era
On 4 June 3151, on Gienah, Othar received a message from Terra announcing the Wolves' victory in the Battle of Terra, with his Clan becoming the ilClan. The same day, Othar, along with his friend, the solahma trainer Star Captain Ricard, assisted in the first Trial of Position of a Wolf warrior of the ilClan. The young Radu achieved three victories, obtaining the rank of Star Captain.[5]
On 18 June, Othar asked to see Radu in his office. There, he informed both Radu and Ricard of the victory on Terra. Ricard feel himself excited, but Radu was more angry and depressed for having lost his chance to fight on Terra. However, Othar gave him immediate work: he took Radu to see the Wolf Mercant Factor and informed the youngster of his plan to raise new Clusters to defend the Empire, with Radu commanding the first one. The young Star Captain protested, saying Othar was usurping the ilKhan's authority, but Othar didn't change his plans.[6]
Othar began the work of creating two new Galaxies, Rufus Galaxy and Lupus Galaxy, from scratch. Radu became his right hand, and Ricard, the left one, overseeing training. After hearing a mercenary raid on Midkiff had been repulsed by Star Commander Kiley, a young warrior fresh from her Trial of Position, he ordered her to came to Gienah. She arrived on 25 July, and after receiving her, he made her explain her experience to other warriors in training, to motivate them, and later informed her of the critical situation in the Empire, and his intention to give her one of the new Clusters.[7]
Later, Other ordered Star Captain Judah, who was training a Cadet Cluster in New Olympia, to activate it as a formal Cluster... but his message arrived too late: The mercenary group, Wolf's Dragoons, in what was their first shot of their private war against the Empire, had attacked New Olympia and taken all the cadets as bondsmen.[8]
In a year of hard work, Othar managed to accomplish the impressive feat to turn a Touman of solahma, paramilitary police, ungraduated sibko cadets and undersirables into a strong force capable of defending the Empire worlds.[9]
On 15 September, Othar, along with Radu, traveled to Shasta to oversee a new Cluster's formation, just in time to see them crush another mercenary raid. Othar congratulated the Cluster's leader, Star Colonel Leap, and informed him of his Cluster's new denomination: they would be the Ninety-Second Wolf Guards.[10]
The same day, Othar received an unexpected visit from Clan Sea Fox saKhan Petr Kalasa. He informed Othar that the Clan Protectorate forces which had invaded the Empire were defending it, and offered to stop an invasion, in exchange for control of all the Empire's HPGs, both working and nonfunctional. Othar agreed to consider it.[11]
The 18 January 3152, Othar meet with Kalasa to accept his offer. Radu attempted to stop him, declaring a Trial of Position, but Othar quickly defeated him inside an elevator, and formalized the deal with the Foxes, before ordering Radu to send the Ninety-Fifth Wolf Guards to take the Tamarind planet of Simpson Desert, to stop their Wolf's Dragoons-sponsored attacks on Empire worlds.[12]
The 28 March, Othar finally obtained a 'Mech for himself: a Blood Reaper, which he had chosen personally. He discussed with Radu and Ricard the 106th Garrison Cluster actions against Wolf Dragoons in Trellisane, proud of them, despite Radu's opposition, before trying his new 'Mech.[13]
The 6 June, Othar was awakened in his quarters by an enemy's attack in Gienah itself: It was Zeta Battalion, from Wolf's Dragoons. He soon realized that was only a raid, mobilized all the forces on planet, the Ninety-First Wolf Guards and the Den Keshik, and offered the Dragoons a batchall, but they didn't answer to that.[14]
Othar send the Ninety-First to Zeta's landing site, far from the capital, but it ended in disaster: the dragoons destroyed almost all the Ninety-First DropShips, and he ordered their leader, Star Colonel Josip (Clan Wolf) to return to Alliago City on foot.[15]
The 11 June, Othar had just helped his technician to repair his damaged 'Mech when Zeta, which had been crushing the Wolves slowly, day by day, was informed of a new attack of the Dragoons, and mobilized all remaining forces to meet them.[16]
But the battle didn't go as expected: and Othar, whose death or capture was clearly one of Zeta's objectives, found himself trapped. His attempt to ambush a part of Zeta barely slowed them, and though in a lucky shot he killed a Dragoon, Lieutenant Kirby Cole, that only enraged more the other Dragoons, and his 'Mech was downed. Othar barely avoided his capture, and only escaping being carried, humiliatingly, in Ricard's Golem armor arms, both over Radu's 'Mech.[17]
Othar was tired and broken, and even Zeta's retreat, the next day, didn't feel him better: he know they never had defeated the Dragoons, and everybody will know of this humiliating defeat, and the Empire's weakness. Still worse, finally he had received, a year after the battle of Terra, a message of Alaric Ward... which he read as the IlKhan will not assist the Empire soon.[18]
Personality
In some aspects, Othar was a typical Wolf warrior, but in others, he was slightly different: he didn't detest the solahma, or the lower castes, being surprisingly courteous with them and his rivals, and even freeborn warriors. But his main characteristic was his anger at having being left behind, and especially Alaric Ward's abandonment of the Empire.[19][20]
BattleMech
Othar's original 'Mech is unknown, but he fought his Trial of Position in a Linebacker, and he became dispossessed after being left behind. He didn't find a replacement until 28 March 3152: a Blood Reaper, but he lost it in Zeta's assault on Gienah.[21]
Notes
- Ironically, Othar share several features with his adversary, Wolf's Dragoons leader Henry Kincaid: both were originally unremarkable warriors, raised to command by virtue of being the highest-ranking officer left behind. Both resented having being denied the right to fight in Terra (or prevent its people fighting, in Hack's case), deeply resented Alaric Ward, and both refused to promote themselves to a higher rank.[22][23]
References
- ↑ Restocks of Core Products; Major Update of Coming Releases
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 240
- ↑ Empire Alone, p. 96
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 9
- ↑ Redemption Rites, pp. 9–18
- ↑ Redemption Rites, pp. 44–45
- ↑ Redemption Rites, pp. 84–89
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 95
- ↑ Empire Alone, p. 96
- ↑ Redemption Rites, pp. 124–126
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 131
- ↑ Redemption Rites, pp. 190–192
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 241
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 280
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 306
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 309
- ↑ Redemption Rites, pp. 323–325
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 329
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 42
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 329
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 238
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 48
- ↑ Redemption Rites, p. 282