Mechwarrior-By Pale Moonlight
Character Index
Star Captain Raylan- A Clan Wolf mech pilot, he has seen action during Operation REVIVAL (The Clan Invasion) and now during the Refusal War. During the invasion, he served under Star Captain Cary Vickers after his star was left incapacitated. With an almost infallible calm and calculating personality, he strives to be the epitome of Clan Wolf's Warrior Caste. He is notable for having silver white hair and striking green eyes and numerous famous Wolves in his codex including Alicia Raddick, and Tamara Vickers. Still, despite years of faithful service and exemplary battle records, his career seems to have stagnated. This has led him to accept more and more dangerous assignments and gain a reputation as something of a risk taker. He has also gained a reputation for being devious and underhanded, leading to mistrust and anger from those around him.
His primary 'mech is a blood red, tiger striped Timber Wolf he has called "Tala" and has configured it for close range brawling and massive damage. He has also piloted a Kit Fox, Hellbringer, and Dire Wolf in his time but none have matched him like the Timber Wolf and he always finds his way back to her.
Star Captain Vera Raddick- A Clan Wolf traditionalist and heavy believer in the Crusader way, she is well known and well feared within the 341st for her temperament. As a pilot, she has displayed great skill across the chassis range, but favors a medium weight Stormcrow for its scrappy profile and brawling capability.
Quick to anger, Vera has little time for those she views as below herself and anyone she believes is dezgra. More than once she has been called to Trials of Grievance for disregarding orders in order to stay within her own view of the Clan way.
Mechwarrior Clara- Sibkin with both Vera Raddick and Raylan, Clara has shown herself to work well in a fire support role. Luckily, Clan Wolf has been more than happy to accommodate her skill set where others would shirk such a tactic. Clara has stayed close to Raylan, her Mad Dog providing harassing and covering fire while his Timber Wolf goes in to savage the enemy.
Still, her use of "Rain of Death" tactics has led to her being viewed as less of a warrior amongst those outside her star, though none would say so to her face. It has left her career stagnating, though it doesn't seem to bother her too much.
Star Captain Cary Vickers- Having served in Operation: REVIVAL during waves 3, 4, and 5, she suffered burns on her right side during the battle for Engadin after the Defense Brigades used Inferno rounds. Fighting on, she brought honor to her Assault Cluster and the operation as a whole. An assault chassis pilot from the word "go", Cary is vary rarely in anything weighing less than her Gargoyle.
Never feeling the weight of tradition, Cary has brought the ire of many other commanders on her. She always brings good results and a fervor to battle rarely seen, but her tactics have made some question if the ends justify the means.
Star Colonel Cole Woods- A massive Ghost Bear mechwarrior who might as well be an elemental. He is cold as ice, and survived his trial of position and blooding. He even killed one of the legendary ghost bears his clan earned its name from and now wears its pelt as a cloak during ceremonies.
Equally massive is his Kodiak, his 100-ton assault mech heavily stylized with totem symbols and designs. He fought in Operation: REVIVAL in multiple battles as well as in the death knell of the invasion on Tukayyid. Almost eerily calm, many give him a wide berth. Stranger still, no one knows what his "Great Work" is and he rarely discusses it with anyone outside a small circle of people he trusts.
Galaxy Commander Sigrun Tseng- If Clara is Raylan's shadow, Sigrun has had Cole as hers. The pair were sibkin, and Sigrun put him in place multiple times. In fact, if rumors are to be believed, Sigrun is the only person to beat Cole in hand to hand, mech and knife fighting multiple times. The pair completed their blooding together, claiming ghost bears as trophies. Her career has been filled with victories and glory, leading to her position as Galaxy Commander on the Pentagon Worlds and now in charge of many of the routes to the Rasalhague Republic.
Piloting a Warhawk, she tends to subscribe by the "Lead by Example" type of leadership and can often be found charging the enemy head on. She, as all Ghost Bear's, has been long working on her Great Work. She is an excellent painter, and her "Great Work" is a recreation of her units final charge on Tukayyid. An excellent leader, collected in battle and fair in discipline, she is one of the most open to changes in Clan tradition and willing to bend rules to accomplish her goal.
Vickers' Vipers- The off shoot of the 341st Assault Cluster comprised of Raylan, Clara and Cary. Named by and for Star Captain Cary Vickers, the three are using the unit name as a cover story as a mercenary company as they enter the Inner Sphere with Clan Ghost Bear in their attempt to make contact with the Kell Hounds and inform them of Khan Phelan Kell's plan to save at least part of Clan Wolf. The freedom granted by this act is at once uncomfortable and enlightening, but they strive to remain true to their Clan origins.
With help from the Wolf's Dragoons, they have a falsified profile on the MRCB and no one will question their credentials although their tech level, comprising of completely Clan tech, is more than suspicious for some.
Mu Galaxy (Frozen Stars)- The Clan Ghost Bear Galaxy under the command of Galaxy Commander Sigrun Tseng, they have agreed to help the Clan Wolf in their plan to make for the Inner Sphere after being granted permission by the Ghost Bear Council. Although some oppose the decision and a few more believe Mu Galaxy has become dezgra from their participation, none in the Galaxy dare to question Galaxy Commander Tseng or her XO, Star Colonel Cole Woods.