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Line 15: | spouse = | spouse = | children = | children = − }} + }} − '''Alexander Duff-Gordon''' was the commanding officer of the [[1894th Light Horse Regiment]] of the [[Blue Star Irregulars]] in [[3054]] and [[3055]].<ref name=MWobraidp23/> + '''Alexander Duff-Gordon''' was the commanding officer of the [[1894th Light Horse Regiment]] of the [[Blue Star Irregulars]] in [[3054]].<ref name=MWobraidp23/> ==History== ==History== − Following the destruction of the [[Twenty-first Rim Worlds Regiment]] on [[Fort Loudon]] by [[Clan Jade Falcon]] in [[3054]], the 1894th and the [[Avatars of Painful Death]] Regiment received permission from [[Marshal of the Armies]] [[Morgan Hasek-Davion]] to launch a retaliatory raid against [[Quarell]] in the [[Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone]]. As the commander 1894th Light Horse, Colonel Duff-Gordon was the overall commander of the Irregulars for this raid.<ref name=FMMp40C>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 40: "Blue Star Irregulars: Command"</ref> The Irregulars ignored the Falcons' transmissions requesting that they participate in a ''[[batchall]]'', allowing the Falcons to use their entire force in the Quarrel system (three [[Cluster|Clusters]], a ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa]]''-class [[WarShip]], and its escorting [[OmniFighter|OmniFighters]]) against the Irregulars and the [[Hell's Black Aces]]. The Irregulars and Aces [[aerospace fighter|aerospace fighters]] secured space superiority, and with the assistance of a ramming attack by one of the Irregulars' [[JumpShips]], disabled the Falcon WarShip.<ref name=FMMp40RK>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 40: "Blue Star Irregulars: The Return of Kerensky"</ref> − − On the surface of Quarrel, the Irregulars fared far worse. The 1894th Light Horse had captured several Falcon supply dumps, but could not help the Avatars, who were destroyed after being trapped by two Falcon Clusters.<ref name=FMMp40RK/> − − Colonel [[Alexander Duff-Gordon]], decided to finally follow Clan traditions to extricate his people. After the 1894th captured a large Falcon supply dump, and Colonel Duff-Gordon issued a ''batchall'', demanding the return of all Irregulars taken as [[bondsman|bondsmen]], all captured [[Awards#Blue_Star|Blue Star medals]], and safe passage back to FedCom space if he won a Trial of Possession, and offering to return the captured WarShip and supplies if he lost. [[Star Colonel]] [[Padrick Shi-Lu]] accepted Duff Gordon's ''batchall''. Colonel Duff-Gordon led two lances of Irregulars against Star Colonel Shi-lu and a Star of Falcons on the Plains of Richlu. Colonel Duff-Gordon killed Star Colonel Shi-lu during the Trial, but Colonel Duff-Gordon was killed when his ''[[Warhammer]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fusion reactor exploded.<ref name=FMMp40RK/> Although Colonel Duff-Gordon died in the process, the Irregulars had won the Trial.<ref name=FMMp40RK/> − − ==BattleMechs== − At the time of his death, Colonel Duff-Gordon piloted a ''[[Warhammer]]''.<ref name=FMMp40RK/> ==References== ==References== Line 32:
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