Philo Carlton
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Philo Carlton | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Affiliation | Carlton's Cavaliers |
| Profile | |
| Rank | Captain[1] |
Philo Carlton was a Mercenary commander.
History[edit]
Captain Philo Carlton lead Carlton's Cavaliers. The unit had been working for some time when in 3067, Duke Morgan Kell hired several small mercenary units to keep the Loyalist Third Donegal Guards on Cumbres. They were one of these units. The raid started in February 3067, but things went sour when one of the units, Dortman's Devils, decided to take advantage of the situation and line their own pockets. They raided towns and crushed any resistance. To hide their actions the Devils pretended to be other mercenary units stationed on Cumbres. When the Third discovered the raids, they began treating all the mercenaries as pirates. On 8 February, the Devils attacked Westfield, but they found the Cavaliers and after a tough battle, which ended with a heavily wounded Philo Carlton, they crushed the Devils.
The same day, and after this fight his unit was found by elements of the Third Donegal Guards, who though they were pirates too and started a fight which ended in more losses for the unit until they were able to surrender.
His unit was mistakenly tried and blacklisted for the crimes of Dortman's Devils. Even though the prosecution's case was shredded by the ranking Cavalier officer, Gannon "Cannon" Derer, the Cavaliers were never formally acquitted because of a general amnesty declared by Peter Steiner-Davion at the end of the FedCom Civil War that saw their case dropped. But the unit had been blacklisted. The image of Carlton's Cavaliers was heavily damaged. After this, Philo decided to retire and gave the unit's command to Gannon "Cannon" Derer. He decided to rename the unit.[1]
Retirement[edit]
After being injured on Cumbre] Philo decided to retire and asked Lieutenant Derer to take over command of the Cavaliers.[1]