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'''Stacy Church''' was a mercenary [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] officer in [[Wolf's Dragoons]] during the [[thirty-first century]].
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'''Stacy Church''' ([[3036]] – 3???) was a mercenary [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] officer in [[Wolf's Dragoons]] during the [[thirty-first century]].  
  
==History==
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==Character History==
 
===Early years===
 
===Early years===
Stacy Church was orphaned as a little child on [[Caph]] and rescued by soldiers of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] at age three.  She was given the surname by the Dragoons because they found her in the remnants of a church.  Adopted by the Dragoons, Stacy was put into a training ''[[sibko]]'' with other war orphans.  She would eventually overcome the loss of her parents by devoting her life to the Dragoons and becoming a capable warrior.
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Stacy Church was orphaned as a little child on [[Caph]], and rescued by soldiers of the [[Wolf's Dragoons]] at age three.  She was given the surname by the Dragoons because they found her in the remnants of a church.  Adopted by the Dragoons, Stacy was put into a training [[sibko]] with other war orphans.  She would eventually overcome the loss of her parents by devoting her life to the Dragoons and becoming a capable warrior.
  
===Early career and the Dragoon Civil War===
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===Early career and the Dragoon's Civil War===
Hard work and dedication earned Church top scores and she graduated at the top of her class. Securing a rare slot with the elite Spider's Web Battalion, Church would face some of the Inner Sphere's toughest assignments.  Particularly noteworthy was a duel during the [[Dragoon Civil War]] on [[Outreach]], where she fought and defeated a rebel ''[[Executioner (Gladiator)|Gladiator]]'' assault OmniMech with her much smaller ''[[Hellbringer (Loki)|Loki]]'' in an industrial complex outside Kerensky Heights.
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Hard work and dedication earned Church top scores, and she graduated at the top of her class. Securing a rare slot with the elite Spider's Web Battalion, Church would face some of the Inner Sphere's toughest assignments.  Particularly noteworthy was a duel during the [[Wolf's Dragoons#Internal strife|Dragoon Civil War]] on [[Outreach]], where she fought and defeated a rebel ''[[Executioner (Gladiator)|Gladiator]]'' assault OmniMech with her much smaller ''[[Hellbringer (Loki)|Loki]]'' in an industrial complex outside Kerensky Heights.
  
 
By the conflict's end she had lost her ''Loki'' but won promotion for her deeds.
 
By the conflict's end she had lost her ''Loki'' but won promotion for her deeds.
  
 
===Black Widows commander===
 
===Black Widows commander===
Church was rewarded with a ''[[Mad Cat]]'' OmniMech to replace her lost machine.<ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 6</ref>  She was promoted to [[Captain]] of the [[Black Widow Company|Black Widows Trinary]] after her further success on assignment on [[Hall]]. But her early career with the Widows was marked by her tendency to get personally involved in battles and become distracted.  Veteran Black Widows Company officer [[John Clavell]], a former protégé of the [[Natasha Kerensky|Black Widow]] herself, later schooled Stacy in the nuances of battlefield command.
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[[File:Stacy Church.jpg|right|thumb|At Age of 36 in 3072]]
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Church was rewarded with a ''[[Mad Cat]]'' OmniMech to replace her lost machine.<ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 6</ref>  She was promoted to [[Captain]] of the [[Black Widow Company|Black Widows Trinary]] after her further success on assignment on [[Hall]]. But her early career with the Widows was marked by her tendency to get personally involved in battles and become distracted.  Veteran Black Widows Company officer [[John Clavell]], a former protege of the [[Natasha Kerensky|Black Widow]] herself, later schooled Stacy in the nuances of battlefield command.
  
When Outreach was attacked at the beginning of the [[Jihad]], Stacy's battalion was annihilated by an undercover Blakist unit posing as the mercenary [[Broadsword Legion]]. She was the lone survivor of an ambush that wiped out her entire command.  Left for dead in her wrecked 'Mech, she was rescued shortly after.  When the Dragoons withdrew to [[Arc-Royal]], she attempted remain behind to fight the Blakists but was ordered by [[General]] [[Maeve Wolf]] to withdraw with the rest of the Dragoons.
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When Outreach was attacked at the beginning of the [[Jihad]], Stacy's battalion was annihilated by an undercover Blakist unit posing as the mercenary [[Broadsword Legion]]. She was the lone survivor of an ambush that wiped out her entire command.  Left for dead in her wrecked 'Mech, she was rescued shortly after.  When the Dragoons withdrew to [[Arc-Royal]], she attempted remain behind to fight the Blakists but was ordered by [[General]] [[Maeve Wolf]] to withdraw with the rest of the Dragoons.
  
On Arc-Royal, she became the commander of the newly re-formed Black Widows Company in [[3069]].
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On Arc-Royal, she became the commander of the newly reformed Black Widows Company in [[3069]].
  
==BattleMechs==
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Church was given an [[Rules Rating/Experimental|experimental]] ''[[Zeus#Variants|Zeus-X]]'' BattleMech donated by the [[Kell Hounds]]. Her company was the first Dragoons unit to return to active service. Her unit took on various opponents as the Jihad progressed, including the elite Blakist unit [[Opacus Venatori]].
Church piloted a ''[[Mad Cat]]'' OmniMech during the first stage of the Jihad, until losing it in [[Second Battle of Outreach (3067)]]. Later, she was given an [[Rules Rating/Experimental|experimental]] ''[[Zeus#Variants|Zeus-X]]'' BattleMech donated by the [[Kell Hounds]]. Her company was the first Dragoons unit to return to active service. Her unit took on various opponents as the Jihad progressed, including the elite Blakist unit [[Opacus Venatori]].
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
* Church is noted for her beauty, her fitness, and her tough-as-nails attitude.  She was demoted once early in her career after she reacted to a comment made about her muscular arms.
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Church is noted for her beauty, her fitness, and her tough-as-nails attitude.  She was demoted once early in her career after she reacted to a comment made about her muscular arms.
* She is considered one of the most recognizable ''Zeus'' pilots, with her new ''Zeus-X'' sometimes compared to the iconic ''[[Warhammer]]'' of former Black Widow commander [[Natasha Kerensky]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 92</ref>
 
* Church is one of ten Dragoons given a Pilot Card in ''[[BattleTech: Wolf's Dragoons Assault Star]]''.
 
  
==Gallery==
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She is considered one of the most recognizable ''Zeus'' pilots, with her new ''Zeus-X'' sometimes compared to the iconic ''[[Warhammer]]'' of former Black Widow commander Natasha Kerensky.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 92</ref>
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Stacy Church SBWaB.png|Church, ca. [[3073]]
 
Stacy Church JSTBD.jpg|Church, ca. [[3075]]
 
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==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[Starterbook: Wolf and Blake]]''
 
* ''[[Starterbook: Wolf and Blake]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Wolf's Dragoons Characters|Church, Stacy]]
 
[[Category:Wolf's Dragoons Characters|Church, Stacy]]

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