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− | '''Warner Doles''' was a contributor to several BattleTech sourcebooks including ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]'' and ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3070]]'', and a former web moderator of a previous incarnation of the official BattleTech forums. | + | '''Warner Doles''' was a contributor to several [[BattleTech]] sourcebooks including ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]'' and ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3070]]'', and a former web moderator of a previous incarnation of the official BattleTech forums. He also coordinated the "[[Historical Archive Team]]" of voluteers who created digital copies of the original five House books — ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'', ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'', ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'', ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'', and ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]'') — which were made freely available to BattleTech fans with the license holder's blessings. |
==Canonization== | ==Canonization== | ||
− | The character [[Warner Doles]] was named after Doles as the result of a charity auction to have the winner's name canonized in BattleTech fiction: | + | The character [[Warner Doles (Blackwind Lancers)|Warner Doles]] was named after Doles as the result of a charity auction to have the winner's name canonized in BattleTech fiction: |
− | {{quote|Yes sir. | + | {{quote|Yes sir. That would be me. And to explain, I won a charity auction to have my name or any name I wanted to be used in the novel. Then it turned into the two novels and ended up in the source book. I had no idea what was going to happen until you all did. That's the truth.<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.mecha/M9Z5iB1OgrY/HsCbaPa_Li0J</ref>}} <!-- "source book" sic --> |
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Latest revision as of 11:05, 8 November 2023
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In-universe persona | Warner Doles |
Warner Doles was a contributor to several BattleTech sourcebooks including Dawn of the Jihad and Jihad Hot Spots: 3070, and a former web moderator of a previous incarnation of the official BattleTech forums. He also coordinated the "Historical Archive Team" of voluteers who created digital copies of the original five House books — House Davion (The Federated Suns), House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), House Marik (The Free Worlds League), and House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)) — which were made freely available to BattleTech fans with the license holder's blessings.
Canonization[edit]
The character Warner Doles was named after Doles as the result of a charity auction to have the winner's name canonized in BattleTech fiction:
“ | Yes sir. That would be me. And to explain, I won a charity auction to have my name or any name I wanted to be used in the novel. Then it turned into the two novels and ended up in the source book. I had no idea what was going to happen until you all did. That's the truth.[1] | ” |