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'''Evelena Haskell''' (b. ? - d. [[3068]]) was the commanding officer of the [[21st Centauri Lancers]].<ref name=FMMr-56>''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]'', p. 56, - "21st Centauri Lancers: Best of the Best"</ref>
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'''Evelena Haskell''' (b. ? - d. [[3068]]) was the commanding officer of the [[21st Centauri Lancers]].<ref name=FMMr-56>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 56, - "21st Centauri Lancers: Best of the Best"</ref>
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Under contract to the [[Free Worlds League]] during the [[Fourth Succession War]], the 21st Centauri Lancers were loaned to the [[Capellan Confederation]], under the command of fellow mercenary unit [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] on [[Hsien]]. Following several particularly bloody engagements with the [[2nd FedCom RCT|Second FedCom RCT]], the Lancers began to feel they were being minimalized by all parties, and [[Thomas Marik]] in particular. They decided to close the nearly forty year contract with the League and seek employment elsewhere. Evelena Haskell's message announcing their availability, through a [[Word of Blake]] [[HPG]] station to the [[Hiring Hall]] on [[Outreach]], was delivered to Blake [[Precentor]] [[William Blane]], who was also aware [[ComStar]] was actively seeking a mercenary unit to replace the garrison on [[Terra]] recently left open with the departure of [[Brion's Legion]].<ref name=FOT-8>''[[The Fall of Terra (scenariobook)]]'', p. 8 - "A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing"</ref>
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Under contract to the [[Free Worlds League]] during the [[Fourth Succession War]], the 21st Centauri Lancers were loaned to the [[Capellan Confederation]], under the command of fellow mercenary unit [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] on [[Hsien]]. Following several particularly bloody engagements with the [[2nd FedCom RCT|Second FedCom RCT]], the Lancers began to feel they were being minimalized by all parties, and [[Thomas Marik]] in particular. They decided to close the nearly forty year contract with the League and seek employment elsewhere. Evelena Haskell's message announcing their availability, through a [[Word of Blake]] [[HPG]] station to the [[Hiring Hall]] on [[Outreach]], was delivered to Blake [[Precentor]] [[William Blane]], who was also aware [[ComStar]] was actively seeking a mercenary unit to replace the garrison on [[Terra]] recently left open with the departure of [[Brion's Legion]].<ref name=FOT-8>''The Fall of Terra (scenariobook)'', p. 8 - "A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing"</ref>
  
 
This knowledge was used to surreptitiously lead ComStar to hire the Lancers for that five-year contract in November [[3057]], to begin at the beginning of [[3058]].  The [[1st Word of Blake Division|First]] and [[6th Word of Blake Division|Sixth Word of Blake Division]]s arrived on the Lancers' base world of [[Nestor]] prior to the unit's own return, capturing the unit's dependents, shipping them off to [[Gibson]] and securing the Lancers' base. Precentor [[Suzanne Mulvanery]] explained to Haskell that all she had to do was keep the Lancers quiet for the foreseeable future; in return the Lancers would not be attacked and their families would be protected. Haskell agreed to the terms. Mulvanery assumed Haskell's identity for the leadup to [[Operation Odysseus]].<ref name=FOT-8/>
 
This knowledge was used to surreptitiously lead ComStar to hire the Lancers for that five-year contract in November [[3057]], to begin at the beginning of [[3058]].  The [[1st Word of Blake Division|First]] and [[6th Word of Blake Division|Sixth Word of Blake Division]]s arrived on the Lancers' base world of [[Nestor]] prior to the unit's own return, capturing the unit's dependents, shipping them off to [[Gibson]] and securing the Lancers' base. Precentor [[Suzanne Mulvanery]] explained to Haskell that all she had to do was keep the Lancers quiet for the foreseeable future; in return the Lancers would not be attacked and their families would be protected. Haskell agreed to the terms. Mulvanery assumed Haskell's identity for the leadup to [[Operation Odysseus]].<ref name=FOT-8/>
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Following a post-Odysseus vindication by the [[Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission]], whereby the Lancers were excused for their apparent complicity in the Blakist attack, they accepted a ComStar contract to operate as an opposing force for training units on [[Tukayyid]]. Haskell had been attempting to prepare Lt. Colonel [[Ryan Searcy]] for command of the unit, by teaching him the value of 'big picture' strategy and the wisdom of leading from behind, when appropriate. <ref name=FMMr-56/><ref name=MSU-41/>  
 
Following a post-Odysseus vindication by the [[Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission]], whereby the Lancers were excused for their apparent complicity in the Blakist attack, they accepted a ComStar contract to operate as an opposing force for training units on [[Tukayyid]]. Haskell had been attempting to prepare Lt. Colonel [[Ryan Searcy]] for command of the unit, by teaching him the value of 'big picture' strategy and the wisdom of leading from behind, when appropriate. <ref name=FMMr-56/><ref name=MSU-41/>  
  
Haskell was killed in [[3068]], along with over five hundred civilian dependents, by Word of Blake [[WarShip]]s orbiting the planet seeking out any ComStar or mercenary remnants.<ref name=MSU-41>''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]'', p. 41, - "21st Centauri Lancers"</ref>
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Haskell was killed in [[3068]], along with over five hundred civilian dependents, by Word of Blake [[WarShip]]s orbiting the planet seeking out any ComStar or mercenary remnants.<ref name=MSU-41>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 41, - "21st Centauri Lancers"</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*''[[The Fall of Terra (scenariobook)]]''
 
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[[Category:Mercenary Characters|Haskell, Evelena]]
 
[[Category:Mercenary Characters|Haskell, Evelena]]

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Evelena Haskell (b. ? - d. 3068) was the commanding officer of the 21st Centauri Lancers.[1]

History

Under contract to the Free Worlds League during the Fourth Succession War, the 21st Centauri Lancers were loaned to the Capellan Confederation, under the command of fellow mercenary unit McCarron's Armored Cavalry on Hsien. Following several particularly bloody engagements with the Second FedCom RCT, the Lancers began to feel they were being minimalized by all parties, and Thomas Marik in particular. They decided to close the nearly forty year contract with the League and seek employment elsewhere. Evelena Haskell's message announcing their availability, through a Word of Blake HPG station to the Hiring Hall on Outreach, was delivered to Blake Precentor William Blane, who was also aware ComStar was actively seeking a mercenary unit to replace the garrison on Terra recently left open with the departure of Brion's Legion.[2]

This knowledge was used to surreptitiously lead ComStar to hire the Lancers for that five-year contract in November 3057, to begin at the beginning of 3058. The First and Sixth Word of Blake Divisions arrived on the Lancers' base world of Nestor prior to the unit's own return, capturing the unit's dependents, shipping them off to Gibson and securing the Lancers' base. Precentor Suzanne Mulvanery explained to Haskell that all she had to do was keep the Lancers quiet for the foreseeable future; in return the Lancers would not be attacked and their families would be protected. Haskell agreed to the terms. Mulvanery assumed Haskell's identity for the leadup to Operation Odysseus.[2]


Following a post-Odysseus vindication by the Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission, whereby the Lancers were excused for their apparent complicity in the Blakist attack, they accepted a ComStar contract to operate as an opposing force for training units on Tukayyid. Haskell had been attempting to prepare Lt. Colonel Ryan Searcy for command of the unit, by teaching him the value of 'big picture' strategy and the wisdom of leading from behind, when appropriate. [1][3]

Haskell was killed in 3068, along with over five hundred civilian dependents, by Word of Blake WarShips orbiting the planet seeking out any ComStar or mercenary remnants.[3]

See Also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 56, - "21st Centauri Lancers: Best of the Best"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Fall of Terra (scenariobook), p. 8 - "A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 41, - "21st Centauri Lancers"

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