Editing Sarah Weaver

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'''Sarah Weaver''' was a [[saKhan]] of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] who led her Clan during [[Operation REVIVAL]].

==History==
===Early life===
Sarah was born on the planet [[Huntress]] as a member of the Clan's eugenics program.  She successfully tested out of her [[sibko]] as a MechWarrior and quickly moved up within the ranks of her Clan.  Due to her innate skill, she was able to earn the Weaver [[Bloodname]] and in [[3046]] was elected as [[saKhan]] of Clan Smoke Jaguar. 

===Clan Invasion===
When [[Leo Showers]], her mentor, became [[ilKhan]] in preparation of [[Operation REVIVAL]], Weaver competed with [[Lincoln Osis]] for the position of [[Khan]]. Their battle upon the hull of the CSJ ''[[Sabre Cat]]'' ended when she was knocked unconscious by an SRM hit to the cockpit.<ref name=ER:3052pp89-90>''Era Report: 3052'', pp. 89–90</ref> Though she was unsuccessful, Weaver still retained her title of saKhan and was politically connected within her Clan.

On October [[3048]], she oversaw the interrogation of the captured ship [[Outbound Light]]. She was furious for the death of several crewmembers and the loss of information. That reunion will eventually led to the [[Clan Invasion]].<ref>''BattleTech: Legends'', p. 69</ref> 

Prior to the main invasion of the [[Inner Sphere]], Weaver would lead her Clan's operations in the [[Periphery]] as head of the elite [[Shroud Keshik (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Shroud Keshik]] of [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Alpha Galaxy]].  During this sweep, Sarah led the entire [[362nd Assault (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|362nd Assault Cluster]] against [[Santander's World]] and end the rule of the bandit king [[Helmar Valasek]]. The Keshik attacked the planet with less than a [[Binary]], with Sarah leading them from her [[DropShip]]. Weaver had made a ''[[batchall]]'' accepted by Valasek, but it was an ambush: most of the Jaguars were killed by the explosion of three rigged DropShips, and the rest were easily dispatched by [[Santander's Killers]], Valasek's men. Enraged by the humiliating loss, Sarah accused Valasek of treachery and attacked with an entire Cluster. After a week of furious combats, all pirates were killed, and she defeated Valasek's ''[[BattleMaster]]'' in a duel, only to discover then the pilot was not the pirate king, who had somehow escaped.<ref name>''Invading Clans'', p. 54</ref> Despite this, Weaver's actions during these initial engagements increased her standing within her Clan.

However, she soon found her position diminished by forces beyond her control.  Her protégé, Galaxy Commander [[Cordera Perez]], was in command of the Smoke Jaguar forces on the world of [[Turtle Bay]] and ordered the [[Battle of Turtle Bay (3050)|razing of the city Edo]] when the uprising there could not be crushed.  The ''[[dezgra]]'' use of orbital bombardment against civilian targets cast a shadow upon Weaver.  Worse, when Weaver realized that more troops would be needed to secure her Clan's conquests, she requested the transfer of several [[Provisional Garrison Cluster]]s from the [[Clan Homeworlds|Homeworlds]]. 

Upon the death of ilKhan Leo Showers, political rival [[Kincaid Furey]] placed the blame for the Smoke Jaguars' recent setbacks at Weaver's feet.  In her weakened political position, Weaver would narrowly lose an impromptu election and Kincaid would become the new saKhan of Clan Smoke Jaguar.  While the Clans returned to their homeworlds to elect a new ilKhan, Weaver would be challenged by many warriors to a [[Trial of Grievance]] for her perceived failures.  After defeating eleven individual opponents, her victories regained her much-lost honor and prestige amongst her peers placing her in a position to take back her standing within the Clan.  When Kincaid attempted to outmaneuver the new ilKhan [[Ulric Kerensky]] and failed, Sarah challenged and defeated Kincaid.  Sarah once again was saKhan.  However, the challenge would leave her wounded and she missed her [[Battle_of_Luthien_(3052)|Clan's assault]] on [[Luthien]], but she was fully healed in time for the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]].<ref name=ER52-90/>

===Tukayyid===
Sarah Weaver led [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Beta Galaxy]] during the fighting on [[Tukayyid]].  Her galaxy's target was the city of Port Racice. In an aggressive move to regain their Clan's lost honor after their defeat on Luthien, Beta Galaxy would perform a combat drop into the marshes of the Racice River Delta. The [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[5th Army (ComStar)|Fifth Army]] would avoid direct combat and use the terrain to their advantage to stage ambushes and hit-and-run attacks. This angered the Clan warriors while also negating their technological advantages. In pursuit of her attackers, Sarah Weaver led Beta Galaxy deeper into the marshes in an attempt to destroy her opponents.  Once there, elements of the [[207th Division (ComStar)|207th Division]] surrounded Beta Galaxy's Command Star where Sarah Weaver was killed during the third day of fighting at her ''Warhawk's'' controls after a Com Guard artillery strike struck its rear torso and sent its [[fusion engine]] critical.<ref name=ER52-90/><ref name=T-29>''Tukayyid'', p. 29: "Campaign: Clan Smoke Jaguar"</ref><ref name=T-32>''Tukayyid'', pp. 32–33: "Battle in the Delta [2]"</ref><ref name=IC-62>''Invading Clans'', p. 62: "Tukayyid: The Crucible"</ref><ref name=WC-47>''Wolf Clan'', p. 7: "Days of Armageddon - Smoke Jaguar"</ref><ref name=CS-70>''ComStar'', p. 70: "Battle of Tukayyid"</ref>

===Legacy===
Sarah's death, along with that of [[Loremaster]] [[Edmund Hoyt]], and the disappearance and apparent death of [[Lincoln Osis]] at Tukayyid, left the Smoke Jaguar forces leaderless, greatly contributing to her Clan's defeat in the battle.

==BattleMechs==
While her preferred choice of [[BattleMech]] is unknown, Weaver was noted to pilot a ''[[Timber Wolf (Mad Cat)|Timber Wolf]]'' in Santander's World and her last 'Mech was a ''[[Warhawk (Masakari)|Warhawk]]''.<ref name=ER52-90/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleTech: Legends]]''
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
* ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]''
* ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]''

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