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 must have 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]