Jake Kalmar
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Jake Kalmar | |
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Personal | |
Died | ca. November 3037 |
Affiliation | Oberon Confederation |
Career | |
Profession | Pirate |
A cousin of Lori Kalmar, Jake Kalmar was a MechWarrior and a capable pirate leader under Hendrik Grimm III "many years" prior to 3037.[1]
Contents
History[edit]
Jake Kalmar had a horrific youth as a miner working on the ice moon of Sigurd in the Oberon Confederation. After finding some lostech including the wreckage of a Star League era BattleMech by chance on a world they called Jibbet, he spent much of his money and salvage to cobble together a Corsair FrankenMech which he named Ravager.[1]
In early 3026, Jake Kalmar had been dragged into a conflict with the Oberon Confederation—one in which they were losing. Interstellar Expeditions had paid off a member of his band of pirates, Yaros Regas, for protection against raids on their excavation sites and felt it necessary to provide assistance to his forces to prevent information regarding their involvement in the group from reaching the Confederation. After having IE's mercenary recruits complete a series of tasks, Regas invited them to Port Aliveri—Jake Kalmar's main storage facility in Star's End—for a parlay in hopes of luring them into the group.[2]
On their way in, they were followed by an Oberon Confederation company led by Tyler Erickson. Although Erickson and his assaulting forces were defeated, their base had been discovered, and Kalmar reached out to Interstellar Expeditions for assistance in relocating their families before the Confederation could send a larger force to destroy them. IE agreed to help them establish a new operating base in exchange for their protection detail.[2]
As of 3037, he was in the command of one of Hendrik Grimm's best earning pirate bands, and associated with the ancient Scout-class JumpShip named Aquinus, commanded by Captain Olson.[1]
He would eventually meet his end back on Sigurd, being killed by Chloe's Cavaliers in his 'Mech which the mercenaries went on to salvage.[1]
BattleMech[edit]
Jake Kalmar piloted a Corsair named Ravager.[1]
Canonicity[edit]
The Corsair (and its Ravager Hero 'Mech subvariant) is the third BattleMech design introduced in MechWarrior Online Legends (as opposed to designs taken from established Canon for the BattleTech universe). It has also made a showing in MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries by the same producers.
While Randall N. Bills had issued an official ruling as Catalyst Game Labs' incumbent BattleTech Line Developer to the effect that all Hero 'Mech background information from MWO is considered canonical for (CGL) BattleTech,[3] Assistant Line Developer Ray "Adrian Gideon" Arrastia later expressly clarified that the original designs from PGI are not canonical,[4] regardless of any Hero 'Mechs or Hero 'Mech fluff associated with them. (There had been no original designs by PGI when Randall Bills made his ruling, which Ray Arrastia upheld when initially queried about the canonicity of the new original PGI designs[5] though he later added the aforementioned caveat.)
As a result, the character of Jake Kalmar is fully canonical but the canon status or the exact nature of Ravager, his 'Mech (and the Corsair family of 'Mechs in general) is not, and is considered apocryphal instead.
Bibliography[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 MechWarrior Online Corsair Lore and Blueprint
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, "X Marks the Spot"
- ↑ Archived here, with reference: Talk:MechWarrior Online#Randall Bills ruling
- ↑ In this posting on the official BattleTech Forum by Ray "Adrian Gideon" Arrastia, regarding the canon status of PGI-exclusive 'Mechs for which record sheets had been brought to Mech_Con 2018: "Those sheets are not official and those designs are not canon for the tabletop. CGL cannot use the PGI-created designs, no matter what "part" CGL or its employees play in the creation of the designs. When asked for confirmation, Randall and Brent stated that those were provided by a demo agent and they allowed it *this time only* as part of the hype at Mech_Con."
- ↑ In this thread on the official BattleTech Forum