Ron Dexter
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Ron Dexter was a MechWarrior with the Cameron's Legion mercenary unit, where he piloted a Marauder.
He became notorious in an incident on 2 May 3034 that later became known as the Nystaad Massacre: Defending the local government in the city of Nystaad on Bruben against a sneak attack from Ronin forces, Cameron's Legion found itself in an intense 3-hour urban battle that cost altogether 493 civilian lives on the sidelines. Of these, more than 100 children were children who were killed when a school building was destroyed; Dexter was implied to be responsible, and reputedly said afterwards that the building "had just been in the way".[1]
Canonicity
Cameron's Legion was the "personal" mercenary unit of German BattleTech author Hartwig Nieder-Gassel. The unit and its characters, including Ron Dexter, featured in many of his articles, scenarios and game aids in FanPro's German magazine Wunderwelten (1989-1999) and in the German scenario pack Ronin! (1996). The storyline from Ronin! was retold in 2006 in the (canonical) Historical: Brush Wars, canonizing the unit and the events and minutiae mentioned in this sourcebook (again including Ron Dexter).
Apocryphal information
According to the "Schwarzer Tag" training scenarios in Wunderwelten#Issue 20, Ron Dexter held the rank of Major and was exective officer and second-in-command of Cameron's Legion after Colonel Thomas Cameron. Dexter claimed to have defeated two opponents in subsequent 'Mech duels when he was 14 years old.
References
- ↑ Brush Wars, p. 109
Bibliography
- Historical: Brush Wars
- Ronin! (apocryphal)
- Wunderwelten (apocryphal)