Editing Sandra Barclay

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| name                = Sandra Barclay
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| died                = February [[3075]]
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| affiliation         = [[Eridani Light Horse]] (formerly)<br>[[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]
| rank                = [[Colonel]] (formerly)<br>[[Star Colonel]]<ref name=WoRp58>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 58: The Scorpion Wanders</ref>
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| profession          = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]
| parents             = [[John MacAllister]] (stepfather)<ref name=FM:Cp90>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 90</ref><ref name=TRO3055up76>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 76</ref>
| siblings            = 
| spouse              = Unnamed first husband<ref name=NDNW/><br>William<ref name=NDNW>''No Dust, No Wear''</ref>
| children            = [[Grace Barclay]]<ref name=NDNW/><br/>[[Chloë Barclay]]<ref name=NDNW/><br/>[[Ariel Barclay]]<ref name=NDNW/>
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'''Sandra Barclay''' was an officer serving in the [[Eridani Light Horse]] during the [[thirty-first century]].

==History==
===Academy===
Barclay would attend the [[NAIS]].<ref name=TRO3055up76/>

===Seventy-first===
Barclay was promoted to command of the rebuilt [[Seventy-first Light Horse Regiment]] in [[3055]]. She proved herself an able commander, but the heavy losses her unit suffered during the [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3058)|Battle of Coventry]] eroded her confidence.<ref name=THch3>''The Hunters'', ch. 3</ref> Unknown to the rest of the ELH command, witnessing the brutal death of [[Daniel Umsont]] caused her to suffer from PTSD.<ref name=SoWc18>''Shadows of War'', ch. 18</ref>

Several Clans began whittling the Seventy-first down with [[Trial of Possession|Trials of Possession]] for the Seventy-first's equipment and personnel. Beginning in December of [[3067]], Colonel Barclay started a friendly relationship with [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] [[Khan]] [[Ariel Suvorov]], who gave the Seventy-first logistical support and frequently visited the Star League enclave of Lootera on [[Huntress]]. Colonel Barclay also began a romantic relationship with Goliath Scorpion [[Star Commander]] [[Nerran]] of the Crimson Seeker Star.<ref name=NDNW/>

Despite these friendly relations, [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Rik Myers]] made an unauthorized ''[[batchall]]'' to the Seventy-first, declaring a Trial of Possession for a battalion of troops from the Seventy-first, the Star League Embassy on [[Strana Mechty]], and Lootera.  The Seventy-first performed well in the Trial, reducing Galaxy Commander Myers' forces to a [[Binary]] of troops. Colonel Barclay offered Galaxy Commander Myers ''[[hegira]]''. Myers refused, and soon Barclay faced Myers' ''[[Fire Scorpion]]'' in her ''[[Cerberus (BattleMech)|Cerberus]]''. She sent a [[Gauss rifle]] round into his cockpit, killing him. [[Star Colonel]] [[Malachi Posavatz]] then accepted Barclay's offer of ''hegira''.<ref name=NDNW/>

On 2 February [[3068]], Colonel Barclay challenged the Goliath Scorpions to a Trial of Possession for her unit. They agreed to simulator battles for infantry and armor crews, but Khan Suvorov insisted that the Trials for MechWarriors and Aerospace fighter pilots had to be live fire. A few of the Seventy-first's personnel departed with the Star League ambassador and his staff to return to the Inner Sphere, but most remained. They agreed to hold the Trial on 10 July 3068, and the first side to lose 50% of its forces would be defeated. Nineteen Lances of the Seventy-first fought against sixteen Goliath Scorpion [[Star (Formation)|Stars]].<ref name=NDNW/> The Seventy-first lost, and Colonel Barclay, along with her entire command were taken as [[bondsman]] by Clan Goliath Scorpion.<ref name=NDNW/><ref name=TWoRp38>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 38: The Scorpion and the Star League.</ref>

===Goliath Scorpions===
Sandra became ''[[abtakha]]'' and became a Goliath Scorpion Warrior.<ref name=TWoRp38/> By [[3071]], Sandra had been promoted to Star Colonel and assigned command of the [[1st Eridani Lancers (Clan Goliath Scorpion)|First Eridani Lancers]].<ref name=WoRp58/>

According to Khan Ariel Suvorov in February of 3075, all of the Scorpions' warriors who originated as ''abtakha'' taken from the Eridani Light Horse were dead.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 146: Reconvening the Council</ref>

Sandra Barclay would posthumously be honored with the creation of the [[Barclay_(Bloodname)|Barclay]] [[Bloodname]].<ref name=AtW>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210412111156/https://bg.battletech.com/forums/ask-the-writers/new-bloodnames-by-clan-goliath-scorpion/ ''Ask the Writers'']</ref>

==Published Works==
Sandra was also a published author, with [[New Avalon Publishing Company]], having written a firsthand account of the Battle of Coventry in 3058, called ''[[Boots and Saddles: The Eridani Light Horse on Coventry]]''.<ref name=BC-52>''The Battle of Coventry'', p. 52</ref>

==BattleMech==
Sandra Barclay piloted a ''[[Cerberus (BattleMech)|Cerberus]]'' during Operation SERPENT and through the last battle of the Seventy-first when it was taken as bondsmen by the Goliath Scorpions.<ref name=SoFch17>''Sword and Fire'', ch. 17</ref><ref name=NDNW/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Battle of Coventry (scenario pack)|The Battle of Coventry]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
* ''[[The Hunters]]'' (novel)
* ''[[No Dust, No Wear]]'' (novella)
* ''[[Shadows of War]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Sword and Fire]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade]]''
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''

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