Yusef Lochsmitt

Yusef Lochsmitt
Character Profile
Died 3072
Affiliation Bad Dream
Nightcrawlers
Rank Colonel


History[edit]

Yusef Lochsmitt was the commanding officer the Nightcrawlers armor unit within the Bad Dream in 3067. At that time, with the Bad Dream commanding officer, Colonel Henry Bortman, was leading the Bad Dream largely in name only. Lieutenant Colonel Yusef Lochsmitt was the unit's most capable officer, with also various of the unit's company commanders through the regiment.[1]

Late in 3071, the combat strength of the Bad Dream was severely damaged, not from enemy attacks but from mass defection. The Nightcrawlers armor forces broke away from the Bad Dream, along with two companies of MechWarriors. Those leaving formed a separate mercenary command, the Nightcrawlers, on Galatea with now Colonel Yusef Lochsmitt elevated to commanding officer of the new unit. Colonel Bortman claimed that those who left did so due to philosophical differences, although rumors on Kendall at the time dispute this.[2][3]

The Nightcrawlers were wiped out in the Blakist blitz on Galatea in 3072.[4]

References[edit]

  1. Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 21.
  2. Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 27
  3. Field Report: FWLM, p. 16
  4. Field Report: FWLM, p. 20: Irregular Forces

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