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At some point Jaffray had a child, as his granddaughter [[Cadha Jaffray]] was a [[lieutenant colonel]] in the Northwind Highlanders.<ref>''Grey Watch Protocol'', p. 144</ref> | At some point Jaffray had a child, as his granddaughter [[Cadha Jaffray]] was a [[lieutenant colonel]] in the Northwind Highlanders.<ref>''Grey Watch Protocol'', p. 144</ref> | ||
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+ | ===Relationships=== | ||
+ | Loren had a mutual respect relationship with McLeod, and a similar one with Andrea Stirling. His more intense relationship was with [[Chastity Mulvaney]]; when they met, she deeply mistrusted and hated him. During the battles, they began respectying each other, and after Northwind was independent, both began a romantic relationship. However, it is unknown if they had sons.<ref>''Impetus of War''</ref> | ||
==BattleMechs== | ==BattleMechs== |
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Loren Jaffray | |
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Loren Jaffray | |
Personal | |
Born | 3025[1] |
Affiliation | House Jaffray |
Profile | |
Rank | Colonel |
Family | |
Children | Yes, but unnamed |
Loren Jaffray was born in the Capellan Confederation. The grandson of a Northwind Highlanders member who remained loyal to the Confederation after the reclamation of Northwind, when the Highlanders abandoned their mercenary contract with the Confederation and took employ with the Federated Suns instead,[2] Loren Jaffray became one of the Confederation's elite Death Commandos,[3] but eventually joined the Highlanders.[4]
Contents
History
Family history
Loren Jaffray descended from a family with a long military tradition, the Clan Jaffray. His grandfather, Corwin Jaffray, served with distinction in McCormack's Fusiliers, and did not want to break with the Capellan Confederation[2] when the Highlanders returned to their ancestral homeworld Northwind after joining with the Federated Suns in 3028, during the Fourth Succession War.[5] After the war, Loren Jaffray's father served Chancellor Romano Liao as a Death Commando.[6]
Early career
Loren Jaffray was a major in the elite Death Commandos. He was loyal as all Death Commandos are to the Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation, who at the time was Sun-Tzu Liao. Most of his activities during time period would be classified as state secrets.
Mission to Northwind
In late 3057, Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao ordered Loren Jaffray to go to Northwind "privately and on vacation" to deliver a message—House Liao would offer support for an independent Northwind and free the Highlanders from Prince Victor Steiner-Davion.[7] Jaffray's real mission was to remove Northwind from the Federated Commonwealth, and neutralize the Highlander regiments or otherwise deprive the Federated Commonwealth of their service by any means. Death Commandos would be waiting for his signal at a hidden point in the system during his mission to Northwind.[8] He was expected to sacrifice his life or honor to accomplish the mission.[9]
In the brief conflict for independence on Northwind, Jaffray became a central figure. After delivering his message to the Northwind Highlanders of MacLeod's Regiment, they voted to recall the Assembly of Warriors for a Warrior’s Cabal[10] so that the full assembly could vote on Jaffray’s proposal. This in turn caused a division in the ranks of the Highlanders. A trial of honor ensued and the Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth got involved as well as a group of the Consul Guards and the Third Royal Guards, eventually including the First NAIS Cadet Cadre,[11] came to blows, until Jaffray helped to win the conflict. In helping MacLeod's forces win, Jaffray realized that he was in a no-win scenario and sacrificed his honor to achieve a partial success—he accomplished the goal of taking Northwind out of the Federated Commonwealth, also severing the relationship between the Highlanders and Prince Victor Steiner-Davion in the process;[12] he was then offered the opportunity to join the Highlanders.[4]
Although this could be construed as treason from a Death Commando, Chancellor Sun-Tzu had expected this outcome. Jaffray's fellow Death Commandos expected to be ordered to track him down and execute him, but Sun-Tzu ordered them to leave him alone as he still considered the mission a success.
Stirling's Fusiliers
Jaffray was appointed to serve as Colonel "Cat" Stirling's executive officer. He began training the Stirling's Fusiliers by first revamping the training setup. He emphasized all areas of training, including hand-to-hand combat, demolitions and survival techniques.[13] He wanted them to be well-trained to fight the Clans. Eight months into this training, the Highlanders received a visit from Omiko Kurita, who brought a contract offer to fight Clan Smoke Jaguar on Wayside V.[14]
Northwind Hussars
Jaffray's brilliantly unorthodox actions against Clan Smoke Jaguar during the Wayside operation convinced the Clan Elders that he was the man to command a new anti-Clan regiment, the Northwind Hussars. This move was not without consequences; some regimental commanders still did not fully trust Jaffray's Capellan origins, creating additional friction between the colonels and Clan Elders.[15]
Loren Jaffray was also behind the Hussars' use of Rose hunting tartan, a blue background overlaid primarily with green, secondarily with red. Jaffray's unorthodox decision was seemingly inspired after learning that Jeremiah Rose unsuccessfully petitioned the Clan Elders to form an anti-Clan unit before forming the Black Thorns mercenary unit, receiving Clan Rose's permission to use their tartan.[15] Following the crippling of Rianna Rose, Loren Jaffray joined her and Jeremiah's father Corneilus in petitioning the Clan Elders to allow the Black Thorns to recruit from the Highlanders.[16]
Jihad
At the start of the Jihad, Loren Jaffray and the Northwind Hussars were stationed on Ueda in the employ of the Second Star League.[15]
By the late 3060s, Jaffray had become CO of the Ghosts of the Black Watch. The unit was badly mauled in January 3069 while assisting the rescue of Hohiro Kurita from the Blakist facility at Fortress Dieron. Jaffray and the survivors eventually escaped Dieron, pursued by the Opacus Venatori, on 23 March 3074, Loren led the remaining Ghosts in a recon on Odessa, falling into an ambush by the Venatori. The unit was effectively destroyed, with Loren's 'Mech downed by Preceptor Berith and exploding, apparently killing him.[17][18]
Dark Age
Jaffray was declared KIA after the Jihad, but in fact he was still alive and operating clandestinely. By September 3083, his superior, Andrea Stirling, noted that he had not reported in for some time.[19]
Family and Children
At some point Jaffray had a child, as his granddaughter Cadha Jaffray was a lieutenant colonel in the Northwind Highlanders.[20]
Relationships
Loren had a mutual respect relationship with McLeod, and a similar one with Andrea Stirling. His more intense relationship was with Chastity Mulvaney; when they met, she deeply mistrusted and hated him. During the battles, they began respectying each other, and after Northwind was independent, both began a romantic relationship. However, it is unknown if they had sons.[21]
BattleMechs
Jaffray's first known 'Mech, which he used in a Death Commando training operation, was a Hussar. In the battles for Northwind, he piloted a Gallowglas, a present from MacLeod, its previous pilot, until losing it in the last battle.
On Wayside V, Jaffray piloted a Penetrator.[22] Later, when he posed as a Smoke Jaguar officer, he piloted Kerndon's Warhawk.[23] During the 3067 Battle of Odessa, he piloted an RFL-6X Rifleman.[24][25] And in his final battle, he fielded a Clan Cauldron-Born.[26]
Rules
Game Rules
Jaffray was a Heroic MechWarrior (Skill Level 1) with the Sniper Special Piloting Ability.[24]
Gallery
- Highlanders1.jpg
Loren Jaffray with Elder Parkensen
References
- ↑ Impetus of War, pp. 13–14: Jaffray was 33 in 3058, when the novel was set
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Highlander Gambit, pp. 10–12
- ↑ Highlander Gambit, p. 32
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Highlander Gambit, p. 349
- ↑ Highlander Gambit, pp. 9–13
- ↑ Highlander Gambit, p. 36
- ↑ Highlander Gambit, p. 33
- ↑ Highlander Gambit, p. 37
- ↑ Highlander Gambit, p. 38
- ↑ Highlander Gambit, p. 118
- ↑ Highlander Gambit, pp. 140, 338
- ↑ Highlander Gambit, p. 341
- ↑ Impetus of War, pp. 13, 17
- ↑ Impetus of War, pp. 36–39
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 56: "Northwind Hussars: Clan's Bane"
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 20: "The Black Thorns: Rebuilding the Burnt Bridges"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Dieron, p. 7: "Ghosts of the Black Watch"
- ↑ Lost Ghosts in Shrapnel, issue #9, p. 118
- ↑ Lost Ghosts in Shrapnel, issue #9, p. 119
- ↑ Grey Watch Protocol, p. 144
- ↑ Impetus of War
- ↑ Impetus of War, p. 98
- ↑ Impetus of War, p. 277
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Alpha Strike: Ad Hoc Unit Cards: "Joshua Franco"
- ↑ Loren Jaffray's RFL-6X Rifleman
- ↑ Lost Ghosts in Shrapnel, issue #9, p. 115
Bibliography
- Alpha Strike: Ad Hoc Unit Cards
- Grey Watch Protocol (novel)
- Highlander Gambit (novel)
- Impetus of War (novel)
- Jihad Turning Points: Dieron
- Lost Ghosts (short story)
- Mercenaries Supplemental