Wendall Puritan
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Wendall Puritan | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Affiliation | Lyran Commonwealth Smithson's Chinese Bandits |
| Profile | |
| Rank | MechWarrior |
| Profession | MechWarrior |
| Family | |
| Siblings | Willard Theodore Puritan |
MechWarrior Wendall Puritan II was a MechWarior noted for his loyalty to the maligned Scorpion BattleMech.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
Puritan began his career in House Steiner's Lyran Guards brigade, piloting a family-owned Scorpion. In the early 3020s the Lyran Commonwealth began to scrap Scorpions and phase them out of their regular military because of the scarcity of replacement parts; Puritan's 'Mech was going to be scrapped for parts, too, and he was offered a replacement 'Mech in its stead. However, he turned down the offer, kept the Scorpion and left the LCAF to become a mercenary instead.[1] [2]
As of 3025, Wendall Puritan was a member of the Smithson's Chinese Bandits mercenary unit in Free Worlds League space. His Scorpion was noted to be in pristine condition at the time.[1] Following the Fourth Succession War however Puritan increasingly struggled with the upkeep of his 'Mech, most notably being unable to secure a replacement for his damaged Anderson Armaments PPC. Replacing it with a Large Laser like many other 'Mechs in the chronically PPC starved Free Worlds League, though missing the extra bite of a PPC compared to the new laser, Puritan enjoyed the fact the remaining weight from the swap went toward extra armor for his Scorpion. [2]
Wendall Puritan appears as a minor character in Activision's 1989 video game MechWarrior. In the game, he has an estranged brother named Willard Theodore Puritan (better known as "Kangaroo Jack"), a JumpShip owner and notorious smuggler.
Over the course of the game's storyline, the player (as Gideon Braver) must seek out Wendall Puritan at his mercenary unit's garrison base at some point between ca. 3025 and 3028 to learn about Kangaroo Jack's whereabouts. When met, Wendall Puritan readily discusses his SCP-1N Scorpion, which is described to be modified by having its standard weapons load augmented by twin autoloading heavy mortars (no further details given) and a Sperry Browning machine gun; the exact modifications to his 'Mech is not discussed.
BattleMech[edit]
Puritan was known to pilot a Scorpion BattleMech.[1][2][3]
Canonicity[edit]
The character of Wendall Puritan II and most information available about him stem from Technical Readout: 3025, which is fully canonical. Some additional information, given under "Apocryphal information" above, was added by an apocryphal source; this information must therefore also be regarded as apocryphal as opposed to fully canonical.
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Combat Manual: Mercenaries
- MechWarrior (1989 video game)
- Technical Readout: 3025
- Technical Readout: 3039