Amanda Cunningham
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Amanda Cunningham | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Affiliation | Terran Hegemony |
| Profile | |
| Rank | Lt. Colonel |
| Profession | MechWarrior |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Charles Kincaid (lover)[1] |
Amanda Cunningham was an officer of the Terran Hegemony.[2]
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History
The first battle in the history of the Inner Sphere to involve BattleMechs also involved the Terran Alliance 801st Heavy Armored Regiment. A lance of Mackies led by Lt. Colonel Amanda Cunningham[2] from the 801st faced a company of armored vehicles from the Draconis Combine on the planet Styx, which the Kuritans were attempting to raid.[3] The 'Mechs from the 801st easily handled the Combine tanks and their infantry support outside the city of Barbados; faced with the new Hegemony weapons on a battlefield marred by wet weather conditions and mud, only a single Combine tank and a few infantry were left alive from the raiding party at the end of the battle. This overwhelming victory proved to most that BattleMech technology would be decisive in future battles.[4]
Legacy
Amanda had descendance with Kincaid, as, in 3139, to celebrate the seven centuries of BattleMech existance, Defiance Industries used one of Kincaid's direct descendants, Manfred Cunningham, to stage a duel with unpowered weapons between a Mackie and an Atlas II, this one piloted by Manfred. Ironically, later was uncovered than Manfred ignored who was his ancestor, and himself wasn't a real MechWarrior.[5]