Luys Claessens
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Luys Claessens | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Affiliation | Killian's Commandos |
| Profile | |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Profession | MechWarrior |
History[edit]
Luys Claessens was a colored MechWarrior from New Capetown that should own a Locust though he cannot because of the planet's racial rules. When Luys is able to steal his mech and surrender to the mercenaries, a political issue on the ownership of the Locust starts. Luys Claessens encounters four Order Police Krugers, one of which fired on him with a machine gun, when he reappropriated his late mother's Locust and joins Killian's Commandos.[1]
At a hastily convened hearing, Interior Minister Karl Voerster demands that the 'Mech be delivered to the New Capetown Militia. However, Killian's contract voids the racial discrimination that prevented Luys from legally claiming the Locust, and Kommandant Fischer (commander of the LCAF garrison) refuses to enforce Voerster's orders, informing the Minister that the Lyran Commonwealth disapproves of New Capetown's racial laws. He declares that the Commandos' contract with New Capetown is voided without any penalties to Killian's unit, ostensibly to protect the Commonwealth's reputation as an equitable mercenary employer. Voerster stalks out, swearing vengeance on Luys.[1]
The next known operation of the unit is a mission on Mosiro. Killian's Commandos ambush elements of the Third Defenders of Andurien where the Qallabat road cuts through the dunes of the Northern Painted Desert. The mercenaries' 'Mechs are painted in "hasty coats of Liao green." Duchy of Andurien 'Mechs pursue Lt. Luys Claessens' Recon Lance into the ambush, and Lt. Miho Sadamori's Strike Lance takes them out. The rest of the heavy Andurien company approaches, supported by six Galleons, forcing the Commando 'Mechs to retreat toward their DropShip, the Bogan.
During the withdrawal, Captain Killian contacts them and informs them that survivors of the ambushed medium lance have linked up with a heavy lance and a lance of Ontos heavy tanks, with another lance trying to cut the Commandos off from their DropShip. He orders Sadamori's battered lance to flank the Ontos platoon while his Command Lance engages them directly at a cliff formation known as the Scorpion's Nest. The Commandos engage the tanks, turning the tide with the use of inferno rounds and massed PPC fire.
To delay the Defenders of Andurien's pursuit, the mercenaries shatter a natural arch over the canyon entrance, then disperse through the maze of canyons that constitutes the Scorpion's Nest and return safely to the Bogan. Back at the DropShip, Captain Killian confirms the successful completion of their contract—distract a company of Andurien troops from field exercises and do some damage. Luys Claessens guesses their employer is House Davion, but Killian responds that the information is classified.
Several hours later, outbound on the DropShip, Luys angrily storms into the ship's mess with news reports from Mosiro. He accuses Killian of having turned the unit into pirates—pulling the Defenders of Andurien away from guard duty at the winter estate of Tarak ben Aden, MP from Andurien, allowed a lone Vindicator to breach the walls and kill him. Miho notes that Ben-Aden was an isolationist involved in a feud with Duke Halas of Oriente, who had accused Ben-Aden of trying to assassinate him previously. Killian responds that the contract was bonded and negotiated through ComStar channels, with all indications being that House Liao raided the world.[2]