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| children            = [[Diedre Lear]]
 
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'''Peter Armstrong''' was a [[Federated Suns]]-affiliated [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] on [[Solaris VII]], and a member of [[Philip Capet]]'s "[[Capellan Mafia]]" group.
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'''Peter Armstrong''' was a [[Federated Suns]]-affiliated [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] and arena fighter on [[Solaris VII]], and a member of [[Philip Capet]]'s "Capellan Mafia" group.
  
==History==
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Piloting a ''[[Griffin]]'' named ''Ares'' at the time, Armstrong was defeated in an arena duel set in [[The Factory]] against [[Justin Allard]] on 20 March [[3027]]. It turned out that Armstrong did not survive the destruction of his 'Mech.<ref name=EG22>''Warrior: En Garde'', chapter 22</ref>
Following the retirement of legendary champion [[Gray Noton]] after [[3022]], Armstrong - like Capet, [[Hans Moder]], and [[Billy Wolfson]] - was considered a "major competitor" for the title.<ref>''Solaris VII Player's Handbook'', p. 13</ref>
 
  
However, Armstrong was defeated in an arena duel set in [[The Factory]] against [[Justin Allard]] on 20 March [[3027]]. It turned out that Armstrong did not survive the destruction of his 'Mech (a ''[[Griffin]]'' he called ''Ares'').<ref name=EG22>''Warrior: En Garde'', ch. 22</ref>
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Despite his loyalty to House Davion, [[MIIO]] head [[Quintus Allard]] felt that Armstrong had been a "problematic" character (like all six Davion-affiliated gladiator MechWarriors Justin Xiang Allard had killed by that time, including [[Billy Wolfson]]) and was happy to be rid of him, implying Armstrong was either a criminal, a troublemaker or otherwise a liability to House Davion.<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', chapter 36</ref>
  
Despite his loyalty to House Davion, [[MIIO]] head [[Quintus Allard]] felt that Armstrong had been a "problematic" character (like all six Davion-affiliated gladiator MechWarriors Justin Xiang Allard had killed by that time, including [[Billy Wolfson]]) and was happy to be rid of him, implying Armstrong was either a criminal, a troublemaker or otherwise a liability to House Davion.<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', ch. 36</ref>
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Peter Armstrong had a wife and a daughter. His wife remarried to a surgeon named Roy Lear, and Armstrong's daughter was adopted though she initially refused to change her name as she idolized her father (as well as Philip Capet and Billy Wolfson) as martyrs. When Justin Allard was later revealed as a double agent and hero, his opponents including Armstrong were denounced traitors and she changed her name to [[Diedre Lear]].<ref>''Blood Legacy'', capter 21</ref> She would later meet and eventually marry Justin Allard's son, [[Kai Allard-Liao]], despite initially hating him because his father had killed hers.
  
Peter Armstrong had a wife and a daughter. His wife remarried to a surgeon named [[Roy Lear]], and Armstrong's daughter was adopted though she initially refused to change her name as she idolized her father (as well as Philip Capet and Billy Wolfson) as martyrs. When Justin Allard was later revealed as a double agent and hero, his opponents including Armstrong were denounced traitors and she changed her name to [[Deirdre Lear]].<ref>''Blood Legacy'', ch. 21</ref> She would later meet and eventually marry Justin Allard's son, [[Kai Allard-Liao]], despite initially hating him because his father had killed hers.
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Armstrong's 'Mech (''Ares'') was apparently a standard GRF-1N model; its armament is explicitly described as a [[PPC]] in the right arm and a [[LRM]] launcher on the right shoulder.<ref name=EG22/>
 
 
==BattleMechs==
 
Armstrong's 'Mech (''Ares'') was apparently a standard GRF-1N model; its armament is explicitly described as a [[PPC]] in the right arm and an [[LRM]] launcher on the right shoulder.<ref name=EG22/>
 
 
 
An [[apocryphal]] version of Armstrong's [[Ares (Hero 'Mech)|''Ares'']] appears in the video games ''[[MechWarrior Online]]'' and ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' as one of the game's [[Hero 'Mech]]s.
 
 
 
==Notes==
 
Armstrong's cause of death differs between canon sources and apocryphal content. Canonically, he died when he allowed his opponent [[Justin Allard]] a free shot at his ''[[Griffin]]'', unaware that Allard's 'Mech had been modified to carry a much heavier autocannon. Armstrong refused to eject after Allard's opening salvo critically damaged the ''Griffin'''s fusion reactor and was incinerated in the ensuing fireball as the engine safeties catastrophically failed. The apocryphal ''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'' says Armstrong died when Allard destroyed his cockpit with an autocannon burst, which differs from the canon event but has some similarity in the sense that the Yen-Lo-Wang's unexpectedly powerful upgraded autocannon was capable of instantly decapitating a 'Mech.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Blood Legacy]]''
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*''[[Blood Legacy]]''
* ''[[Solaris VII: The Game World]]'' (boxed set), Player's Handbook
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*''[[Warrior: En Garde]]''
* ''[[Warrior: En Garde]]''
 
  
[[Category:Solaris Games Characters|Armstrong, Peter]]
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[[Category:Solaris VII Characters|Armstrong, Peter]]
[[Category:Solaris Games MechWarriors‎|Armstrong, Peter]]
 
[[Category:Notable Griffin Pilots|Armstrong, Peter]]
 

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