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| children            = [[Andrew Hallis]]<br/>[[Kristin Hallis]]<br/>[[Leonard Hallis]]
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'''Bordon Hallis''' was a [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[MechWarrior]] who participated in the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]]. He was a direct descendant of [[General]] [[Frederick Hallis]] of the [[SLDF]], the father of [[Franklin Hallis]] of the [[Not-Named Clan]].
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'''Bordon Hallis''' was a [[Com Guard]] [[MechWarrior]] who participated in the [[Battle of Tukayyid]]. He was a direct descendant of General [[Frederick Hallis]] of the [[SLDF]], who was the father a [[Bloodname]]d warrior of the Not-Named Clan.
  
==History==
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===Death and Legacy===  
The [[House Hallis|Hallis family]] originated on world [[Royal]], with Bordon marrying and raising a young family. The [[Federated Commonwealth]]'s liberation of Royal from the [[Draconis Combine]] during the [[War of 3039]] sundered the family, with Bordon believing his wife and children dead, in truth his daughter was evacuated and adopted by Kurita loyalists and his two sons were raised in a FedCom foster home.<ref name=BR-52>''Bloodright'', p. 52: "Cast of Characters - Other Characters - Kristin Hallis"</ref><ref name=BR-53>''Bloodright'', p. 53: "Cast of Characters - Other Characters - Leonard Hallis"</ref><ref name=BR-54>''Bloodright'', p. 54: "Cast of Characters - Other Characters - Andrew Hallis"</ref>
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The circumstances are unknown, but Bordon was killed during the [[Battle of Tukayyid]] in the region of Devil's Bath fighting against [[Clan Steel Viper]]. The Vipers recovered his body and discovered a relationship between him and the [[Wolverine]] khan [[Franklin Hallis]], the Vipers felt honor-bound  by clan law to terminate even this last branch of the Hallis bloodline, and as Bordon has been survived by three children, the Vipers dispatched a force to trackdown every last living relative of his bloodline and terminate them with extreme prejudice.  
  
Bordon would ultimately join ComStar as a MechWarrior, rising to the rank of [[Adept]] and earning a position within the Com Guards' elite [[1st Division (ComStar)|First Division]]. During the Battle of Tukayyid, the [[6th Army (ComStar)|Sixth Army]] was assigned to defense of Kozice Ranch Station and Kelly Springs against [[Clan Steel Viper]], with the First Division facing elements of [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)|Alpha]] [[Galaxy]] in the hellish Devil's Bath, Hallis serving as second in command a [[Level III]] led by [[Dean Bianchi]]. With Bianchi's command company held in reserve until activated three hours into the battle to rescue rest of the command, Hallis watched with horror as the Viper Guards inflicted heavy losses on the Com Guard forces.<ref name=BR-10>''Bloodright'', pp. 10–11: "Introduction - The Heat of Battle"</ref>
 
 
===Death and Legacy===
 
Charging with abandon into the Viper lines, an enraged Hallis faced the Beta Striker [[Star]] of the [[250th Assault (Clan Steel Viper)|250th Assault]] [[Cluster]] single-handed, desperately trying to push their [[OmniMech]]s and [[Elemental]]s back at point-blank range with [[autocannon]] fire and physical attacks. But the odds were stacked against him, ending up entangled with a [[Mad Dog (Vulture)|''Vulture'']] as his 'Mech's [[fusion engine]] shield began to fail, Bordon Hallis' ejection seat rocketing him into the center torso of Steel Viper [[Nova (Black Hawk)|''Black Hawk'']] and killing him instantly.<ref name=BR-10/>
 
 
In the wake of the Battle of Tukayyid, the Vipers recovered his body and discovered a relationship between him and the Wolverine [[Khan]] [[Franklin Hallis]]. Fueled by laws put in place by [[Nicholas Kerensky]] that those who eliminated those genetically linked to the No-Named could create his own Bloodname and House, the Vipers felt honor-bound by [[Clan]] law to terminate even this last branch of the Hallis bloodline, and as Bordon has been survived by three children, the Vipers dispatched a force to track down every last living relative of his bloodline and terminate them with extreme prejudice.<ref name=BR-16>''Bloodright'', p. 6: "Introduction - Plot Synopsis"</ref>
 
 
Clan Steel Viper's efforts would be complicated by [[Clan Nova Cat]] warrior [[Karron]] who defeated [[Jodi Ann Hallis]], Bordon's only cousin by blood and pilot of a ''[[King Crab]]'' in the [[244th Division (ComStar)|244th Division]] destroyed on [[Tukayyid]], seeking the same honor of earning the right to create a Bloodname by ending the Hallis bloodline.<ref name=BR-19>''Bloodright'', p. 19: "Strike on Morges"</ref><ref name=BR-48>''Bloodright'', p. 48: "Cast of Characters - Nova Cat Star - Karron"</ref>
 
 
==BattleMechs==
 
Bordon Hallis died while at the controls of ''[[Exterminator]]'' during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]].<ref name=BR-10/>
 
 
==Notes==
 
* ''Bloodright'' lists Bordon Hallis has holding the rank of [[Captain]], the closest actual ComStar equivalent being the rank of Adept.
 
* Dean Bianchi's account of the Battle of Tukayyid and Hallis' demise includes mention that "two of the ''Vultures'' were slashed by his [[autocannon]]'s shells" and "His autocannon knocked out the leg on one of the lighter Omnis", yet no ''Exterminator'' is known to mount an autocannon. Either Bianchi's account is wrong, or Hallis' ''Exterminator'' was a heavily customized variant.<ref name=BR-10/>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Bloodright (scenario pack)|Bloodright]]''
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* ''[[Bloodright (scenario pack)]]''
 
 
  
 
[[Category:ComStar Characters|Hallis, Bordon]]
 
[[Category:ComStar Characters|Hallis, Bordon]]

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