Nicholas Gordon

Nicholas Gordon
Character Profile
Affiliation Gordon's Armored Cavalry
Profession Colonel
Siblings Four siblings
Spouse Yes
Children Eight children


History[edit]

Nicholas Gordon was the commanding officer of Gordon's Armored Cavalry between 3025 and 3085.[1][2][3]

He rose to command of the unit when in the early years of the 3020's. The Capellan Confederation found itself in an untenable military position. Surrounded by enemies, they attempted to bolster their front-line forces by exercising a little known or regarded clause in many of their mercenary contracts that allowed them to strip away all rights to battlefield salvage. All affected mercenary commands grumbled about it, though larger units were able to tolerate the shortfall due to the higher base pay they commanded. It was hardest felt in many of the smaller mercenary companies who lived and died by what they could salvage from the fields of battle.[4]

When all attempts at compromise between these smaller concerns and the Capellan Confederation failed, many of these smaller units banded together under the leadership of then Captain Nicholas Gordon to form a new, larger mercenary company. So was Gordon's Armored Cavalry born from conflict with the Confederation.[4]

The oldest of five siblings and the father of eight children, Colonel Nicholas Gordon tried to run the Cavalry like he did his own family; with a lot of love, time, and effort. Though publicly citing historical issues about fighting for the Capellan Confederation, he was privately concerned about unneeded casualties in all of House Liao's recent fighting. The last thing he wanted was one or more of his family members being sent home in a coffin, as Gordon's Armored Cavalry was one of the few regiments with full-arms support that had a single extended family manning all command officer slots.[4][3]

References[edit]

  1. Periphery 1st Edition, p.81
  2. Mercenaries Supplemental Update,p.56
  3. 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 161, "Major Periphery States - Taurian Concordat"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mercenaries Supplemental II, p.37

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