Ben Gerringer
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Ben Gerringer | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | 23rd June 3097[1] |
| Affiliation | Prince's Men |
| Profile | |
| Rank | Captain |
| Position(s) | Mechwarrior |
Ben Gerringer was an officer from Prince's Men.[1]
History
Born in Ankaa[2] on 3097, he lived his early years being known for his pranks and petty theft and his freewheeling attitude. He bounced from one job to the next until he made the mistake of taking a nobleman's daughter, and his only way off world was to join the Republic of the Sphere military. Surprisingly, there he found a home.
Though uncouth and despised by the more traditional military students, he excelled academically and gained some following. One of those followers was Gregory Lee. They became fast friends, often admitting themselves to be closer than brothers, Lee always one-half step behind Ben. When final graduation came, however, Ben passed his MechWarrior tests while Lee did not, with Lee blaming Ben for his failure and holding a grudge ever since.
He followed the path less trodden when he left the Republic military to sign up with the Prince's Men, where his strange style of leadership found a perfect fit with this rag-tag band of misfits, and he quickly made captain.[1]
On the 14th of January 3133 Bannson's Raiders launched a raid on New Rhodes III that forced the Swordsworn to retreat from the planet.[3] The Raiders' attack was a deliberate attempt by Jacob Bannson to test the resolve of Duke Aaron Sandoval.[4]
For that action Jacob Bannson chooses Captain Bart Bradshaw. The defense of New Rhodes III was led by Captain Ben Gerringer from the Swordsworn. After the initial attack on New Rhodes III, Captain Bradshaw pulls his forces back from Xerxes. He then appears to commit a classic strategic blunder, splitting his forces in the face of the enemy, but plans to send the smaller force, masquerading as the majority of his forces, to strike at night against one side of Xerxes and then apparently be pushed back, hoping that the defending Swordsworn will be unable to resist leaving their defensive position to pursue the "defeated" Raiders. Part of the Swordsworn take the bait not following Gerringer's orders, so the Raider's second stronger force will then strikes from the opposite direction, securing Xerxes.
Following the assault on the city, a small portion of the remaining Raiders on the planet attempts to move toward their grounded Seeker-class DropShip, with which they've lost contact. In such a dangerous planet and without accurate maps, Bradshaw's force becomes lost, and the terrible heat quickly begins to take its toll. They are then spotted by native nomads who contact the Swordsworn and pledge themselves to help defeat the Raiders. Those natives guide a small contingent of the Swordsworn to attack The Scourge forces.
Having lost the initiative against the Swordsworn, Captain Bradshaw finds his forces under an all-out push by Swordsworn remaining forces in an effort to secure the Raiders' grounded DropShip.[2]
But finally the raid is considered a success which leds Bannson to begin planning an expansion throughout the worlds of Prefecture IV.[4]
BattleMech
He piloted a Panther which he named Torch.[1]
Gallery
Panther piloted by Ben Gerringer.[1]
