Suzanne Mulvanery

Suzanne Mulvanery
Personal
Born	3015
Died	6 June 3061
Affiliation	Word of Blake; ComStar (former)
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Profession	Precentor

Suzanne Mulvanery was a ComStar and Word of Blake military officer who most notably served as the commander of the "Shadow Lancers", the Word of Blake infiltrator unit that spearheaded Operation Odysseus, the Blakists capture of Terra.

History

Early Life to ComStar Schism

Born on the Federated Commonwealth world of Tatlawiksuk, Suzanne was the fourth child of a minor noble family, allowing her to indulge her interests free of the restraints and expectations placed upon her older siblings. This changed when she turned eight years old and told her parents of her desire to become a MechWarrior. Initially hopeful she'd grow out of the idea, when Suzanne showed no signs of doing so as she grew older they took the extreme step of using their influence to ensure she would not find a place in any military academy in the Federated Commonwealth.

Her dream seemingly crushed, Suzanne left home on her 18th birthday, using money she'd saved to visit a number of worlds. During her travels she encountered Com Guard garrison troops and saw another path to become a MechWarrior, joining ComStar's military branch in the fall of 3034. Despite her youthful ambitions, Suzanne discovered she lacked the innate talent necessary to be a truly great MechWarrior, but found she had an aptitude for strategy and tactics, as well as a knack for dealing the military bureaucracy that saved her from an unremarkable career and permitted her to slowly rise through the ranks.

When the Com Guards were called to battle the Clans on Tukayyid, Suzanne received a battlefield-promotion to Precentor and was given command of the 167th Division after its CO was killed in action. Surviving Tukayyid, upon learning of the death of Myndo Waterly and the reformation and secularization of the Order, Mulvanery chose to join the Word of Blake. Less fanatical or political than many of the Word, Mulvanery found a kindred spirit in the Blakists' then-Precentor Martial Trent Arian and was given command of the 1st Division of the new Word of Blake Militia

Operation Odysseus

Mulvanery had an important part in the preparation of Operation ODYSSEUS, the Blakist recovery of Terra. She led a full division of Blakists to planet Nestor, where they took captive the dependents of the mercenary unit Twenty-First Centauri Lancers, who weren't in the system. When they arrived on 4 December 3057, she sent a message to Colonel Evelena Haskell, showing Mulvanery holding captive the Colonel's son at gunpoint, and explained to her what they'd done, and ordered the Lancers to return without sending any messages, and to land on Nestor, isolated for some months.

The next day, Mulvanery received the Colonel on the ground, along with an all-new Blakist division. She repeated her requirements, refusing to explain her why they were doing it.

Mulvanery and her troops watched the Lancers until 25 December, when all of them departed, probably to reinforce Terra. Suzanne sent a last message to Haskell, telling her that the mercenaries could travel to the Word's headquarters on Gibson to retrieve their dependents.

Death

On 6th June 3061 while on his way to a memorial service to commemorate the anniversary of Primus Myndo Waterly's death, Trent Arian and his aide, Suzanne, were killed instantly by a car bomb. While Word of Blake investigators tracked the explosive device to Com Guard insurgents, members of the Sixth of June performed the assassination to allow Arian's rival and their fellow Sixth of June member Cameron St. Jamais to be appointed Precentor Martial in his place.

Bibliography

• The Fall of Terra
• Field Manual: ComStar
• This Too Shall Pass (in Shrapnel, issue #10)