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Ronan Carlyle | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | 3125[1] |
| Affiliation | House Carlyle |
| Career | |
| Rank | Hauptmann[2] |
| Profession | Noble |
| Family | |
| Parents | Gardner Carlyle (father)[3][1] |
| Siblings | Isobel Carlyle[2][1] |
Ronan Carlyle was a Lyran Commonwealth noble.
Contents
History
Early Life
Ronan was the eldest child of Gardner Carlyle, Count of Odessa, and great-grandson of Grayson Death Carlyle, founder of the famed mercenary unit of the Gray Death Legion, and grew up as a future heir to the title. However, Ronan, like his little sister Isobel Carlyle, decided to serve in the LCAF, unlike their forefathers.[4]
LCAF Service
Ronan hoped to receive a posting in the Royal Guards Brigade upon graduation from the Coventry Military Academy, which happened in 3148, but instead was assigned to the less prestigious Third Lyran Regulars, which wounded Ronan's pride. After a few years in the service, during which he served in the KSK 9, where he meet Jennifer Kipping, he met General Sarah Regis at a war games conference. That meeting propelled Ronan's career. Recognizing the young officer's potential, Regis incorporated him into her Twenty-sixth Arcturan Guards, and soon Ronan commanded the Second Company, Third Battalion of the unit He arranged his sister's transfer to the unit when she graduated from the CMA in 3150.[2][5]
Ronan and his sister followed the Twenty-sixth to Arcturus, believing they were on a legitimate mission. They only uncovered the truth on 13 August 3151, when they heard General Sarah Regis' announcement about the resurrection of the Tamar Pact. He talked about that with his sister, and they agreed to try to find how many Lyran loyalists were in their ranks. In a later meeting of the troops, General Kathleen McQuade explained the official defection of the Twenty-sixth; those who wanted to remain in the LCAF had to leave. Ronan and Isobel exited from the ranks, but there were only a handful who followed them, to Ronan's distress.[6]
Ronan was the highest rank officer of the 216 loyalists, so he took command of them. Once their commercial DropShip arrived to the lyuran system of Garrison, he sent a report about the 26th defection to the planetary authorities. He was surprised to see the Hauptman-Kommandant Kipping receiving him... and even more when she arrested him, and all his people. After a week of interropgation, Ronan was freed... and dishonorably expelled from the LCAF, along with all the other loyalists, by orders of the garrison commander, Hauptmann-General Timofey Bondayehr.[7]
Ronan sent a message to his parent, and while awaiting the answer, he, along with his sister and most of his people, which continued following him, to a salvage yard propiety of his family. The owner gave it to him so the loyalists can exploit it. Ronan's intentions were to obtain enough money to buy a ticket to Odessa, but the 14 September, after finding a Clan OmniMech Gargoyle, his sister told him than most of their people wanted to remain together, under his command. Then they took the first steps to creating a mercenary unit.[8]
Mercenary Career
The 26 October, Ronan's people already had a functional unit, and received the visit of Kipping again. The 26 scout company had defected, to try to free some Hinterlands planets, and all the Lyran units were unable to stop them... but Ronan was. She contracted him and his still unnamed unit. They had three working BattleMechs, including Ronan's Gargoyle, several tanks and infantry armored and unarmored, but the defectors were much bigger.[9]
Personality
As a Lyran officer, Ronan was well aware of the reality of the Lyran social generals but simply didn't take them as role models. As leader of the Legion, he led the unit with a strong sense of responsability to those in his charge and a collaborative leadership role, slowly assuming a father-figure role within the Legion. He was very protective of his little sister.
A strong tactician himself, Ronan proved to be a master of combined-arms tactics, using infantry, tanks and VTOLS as main attack units while he relegated BattleMechs to a decoy and distraction role. He was also very open to the ideas of others.[10]
BattleMechs
Ronan piloted a Gauntlet OmniMech in the Arcturan Guards, and replaced it with a salvaged Gargoyle OmniMech in the new Gray Death Legion.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tamar Rising, p. 95: "Ronan Carlyle profile"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 BattleTech: Legends, p. 152
- ↑ The Price of Duty, ch. 4
- ↑ Tamar Rising p. 95
- ↑ Tamar Rising p. 95
- ↑ The Price of Duty Ch. 1
- ↑ The Price of Duty Ch. 2
- ↑ The Price of Duty Ch. 4
- ↑ The Price of Duty Ch. 6
- ↑ Tamar Rising p. 95
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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Bibliography
- BattleTech: Legends
- Mercenary's Honor (novella)
- The Price of Duty (novella)
- Tamar Rising (Sourcebook)