Editing David Fletcher (31st c.)

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A mercenary MechWarrior active during the early [[thirty-first century]], '''David Fletcher''' piloted a ''[[Panther]]''. He was a recon lance commander with the mercenary unit [[Varrick's Vandals]].

==Biography==
===The David Ambush===
In [[3022]], Varrick's Vandals were employed by House Steiner to garrison the border world [[Penobscot]] when a battalion-sized raiding force from the [[Free Worlds League]] attacked.

Lieutenant Fletcher and his lance of light 'Mechs took cover in the capital city, and waited to ambush any [[Marik]] BattleMech that came by. They sighted an ''[[Atlas (BattleMech)|Atlas]]'' walking along Droman Avenue and had no option but to engage it. By using their [[jump jet]]s and exploiting the ponderous lack of agility suffered by the assault 'Mech, Fletcher and his lance were able to keep the Marik machine off-balance, all the while landing hits on the bigger BattleMech's rear armor. Fletcher himself scored the killing blow on the ''Atlas'', but the dying 'Mech then collapsed onto the disabled ''[[UrbanMech]]'' piloted by Fletcher's comrade, MechWarrior [[Brad Finnegan]]. Finnegan was crushed to death underneath the ''Atlas''.

After the Marik forces were driven off, Fletcher resigned his commission with the Vandals and went on to serve as a line MechWarrior with various second-line units.<ref>''BattleTechnology'', issue #0102, pp. 12–15, 52–53: "The David Ambush" and "Hide and Seek"</ref>

===After Penobscot===
Fletcher's showing on Penobscot came to the attention of Brevet General [[Nathan Armstrong]] of the [[Eridani Light Horse]] some years later. Greatly impressed by the incident, Armstrong offered Fletcher a place within the [[Seventy-first Light Horse Regiment]].

David Fletcher's last known location was on [[Galatea]], just prior to the [[Fourth Succession War]]. He was thought to have accepted a place with another mercenary command, which may have been the [[Gray Death Legion]]. He had been seen a number of times in the company of a woman who matched the description of [[Lori Kalmar]], an officer in the Gray Death.<ref>''BattleTechnology'', issue #0204, p. 60.</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* [[BattleTechnology#Issue 0101|''BattleTechnology'', issue #0102]]
* [[BattleTechnology#Issue 0204|''BattleTechnology'', issue #0204]]

[[Category:Mercenary Characters|Fletcher, David]]