Chad Thomas
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Chad Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Affiliation | Federated Commonwealth |
| Profile | |
| Profession | Major |
History[edit]
Chad Thomas was a MechWarrior in service to the Federated Commonwealth prior to 3065. In late 3065, Chad was serving as a Major in the Seventeenth Avalon Hussars RCT during the battles for control over the world of Cassias. Hauptmann-General Kev Evans, the Commanding Officer of the RCT, managed to end five months of mobile defensive actions on the 12th of November, taking up a defensive line against the forces of the Fifth Sword of Light and Ryuken-go at the base of the Romen Mountains. The center of Evans' defensive position was the Callas Line, a series of entrenched fortifications that had been constructed in the past by a combination of the planetary militia and the Third Crucis Lancers.[1]
After the initial DCMS attack on Evans' position had been thrown back, Tai-sa Davis Shotoku of the Ryuken-go led elements of his command on a flanking attack that led them into direct combat with the Third Battalion of the Seventeenth. Chad, who was serving as the Commanding Officer of the Seventeenth Hussars' Third Battalion, was killed in the first few minutes of the battle, and Captain Sarah Blair assumed command of the battalion from the cockpit of her Bushwacker. Sarah's leadership led to the Third throwing back repeated attacks by the Ryuken-go, and gun camera footage from the engagement showed Blair trading fire with Shotoku's Hatamoto-Chi.[1]