Samuel Ostergaard
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Samuel Ostergaad | |
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| Personal | |
| Died | 3025 |
| Affiliation | Taurian Concordat (formerly) |
| Profile | |
| Profession | Commodore of the Taurian Concordat (formerly) |
| Family | |
| Parents | ?? |
| Siblings | N/A |
| Spouse | ?? |
| Children | 1 son (deceased) |
Samuel Ostergaard was a Commodore within the Taurian Concordat Navy.[1]
History
During the civil war between the Aurigan Directorate and the forces of the Arano Restoration Samuel Ostergaard's son was killed. Samuel's son was serving as the captain of the Concordat DropShip Newgrange at the time of his death, and the Restoration forces hired a small mercenary force to destroy or capture the Newgrange after receiving information that indicated that the Directorate was receiving weapons and armaments shipments from the Taurian Concordat, smuggled or transported aboard the Newgrange. Despite calls from Kamea Arano to surrender, Samuel's son refused to hand over control of his DropShip, leading to his death when the Restoration mercenaries destroyed a refueling station next to the grounded Newgrange, resulting in an explosion that engulfed and crippled or destroyed the Newgrange.[1]
Samuel swore revenge on Kamea Arano and the mercenaries responsible for his son's death, agitating for continued or increased Taurian support for the Aurigan Directorate; Samuel led a battalion of Taurian Defense Force BattleMechs to Artru after learning that Lady Arano and the mercenaries responsible for his son's death were engaged in covertly recovering a recently-rediscovered Star League Defense Force cache in a hidden SLDF base on Artru known as Camp Nautilus. In the resulting ambush Samuel's forces killed the majority of the Restoration personnel on Artru, and nearly managed to kill Lady Arano herself. The mercenaries retained by Lady Arano destroyed the SLDF cache within Camp Nautilus with explosives as Lady Arano led a recovered lance of SLDF BattleMechs through the Taurian attack to a waiting DropShip; while Samuel was able to destroy the first DropShip Lady Arano attempted to escape on, she was able to remain free long enough for her supporting mercenary forces to evacuate her using their transport vessel. During the course of the battle Samuel confirmed that his son had been unable to surrender the Newgrange because he was acting under orders, presumably from the TDF or Taurian government.[1]
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