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| − | During the evacuation of [[Tukayyid]], Aidan Pryde fought fiercely to hold off the crushing advance of the ComGuards so that the surviving Clan Jade Falcon forces could withdraw to their [[DropShip]]s. He died | + | During the evacuation of [[Tukayyid]], Aidan Pryde fought fiercely to hold off the crushing advance of the ComGuards so that the surviving Clan Jade Falcon forces could withdraw to their [[DropShip]]s. During the withdrawal, he learned that a wounded freeborn Mechwarrior, Diana, was actually his daughter. He chose to stay behind until she could be rescued and died as a result. However, Aidan was posthumously honored for his bravery when the Clan added his genes to the Jade Falcon [[Gene Center]] to be passed to a sibko. Aidan was further honored when his genes were fast-tracked for immediate use in the creation of a sibko.<ref name="Falcon Guard" /> His daughter [[Diana Pryde]] would later earn a [[Bloodname]] despite her freeborn status. |
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Revision as of 01:48, 25 October 2009
Aidan Pryde (3012[1] – 3052[2], aged 40 years) was a trueborn of the Ramon Mattlov-Tania Pryde sibko. Aidan became a MechWarrior of Clan Jade Falcon who earned his warrior status and the Pryde Bloodname through a very unorthodox and un-Clanlike path.
Trial and Bloodname
Aidan failed his Trial of Position, which would have qualified him as a warrior, and was demoted to the Technician caste. Through the manipulations of Ter Roshak, Aidan secretly assumed the identity of a dead freeborn cadet. Under this identity, Aidan won his second Trial of Position with the freeborn, Horse. Aidan was granted warrior status as a freeborn, which in the caste discriminatory Clan society, meant little respect and constant harassment from trueborns.[3]
Eventually it was revealed that Aidan was in fact a trueborn, which brought a "taint" upon the victories on his codex. Nevertheless, Aidan was able to compete and win the Pryde Bloodname.[4]
Rebuilding the Falcon Guards
During the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere, Aidan Pryde came to command the Falcon Guards, a recently disgraced unit that was defeated at Twycross. This unit was considered dezgra and the replacements sent to rebuild the Guards were the misfits of the Clan.
Aidan recruited his old instructor and nemesis, Joanna, to the unit. She subsequently, through her harsh training style, whipped the Guard warriors into fighting shape. The Falcon Guards were bid into the fight for Tukayyid. There, Aidan rallied his clan from their relative inaction to put up some fight against the ComGuards opposing them, but to no avail.
The Falcon Guards, also referred to as Pryde's Pride, fought well, but the trickery of the ComGuards and general un-Clanlike attitude of the other Jade Falcon warriors led to a need to withdraw, in order to escape total destruction.
Death and legacy
During the evacuation of Tukayyid, Aidan Pryde fought fiercely to hold off the crushing advance of the ComGuards so that the surviving Clan Jade Falcon forces could withdraw to their DropShips. During the withdrawal, he learned that a wounded freeborn Mechwarrior, Diana, was actually his daughter. He chose to stay behind until she could be rescued and died as a result. However, Aidan was posthumously honored for his bravery when the Clan added his genes to the Jade Falcon Gene Center to be passed to a sibko. Aidan was further honored when his genes were fast-tracked for immediate use in the creation of a sibko.[2] His daughter Diana Pryde would later earn a Bloodname despite her freeborn status.
References
- ↑ Aidan Pryde's year of truebirth is a matter of some dispute. According to Shattered Sphere he was trueborn in 3010, while Field Manual: Crusader Clans gives the year as 3012. A good deal of supporting evidence can be found for the 3012 date, while nothing can be found to support the 3010 assertion. Therefore 3012 is more likely the correct date. A more detailed discussion can be found in the Classic BattleTech forums, with the research provided by site maintainer Patrick "Roosterboy" Wynne.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert Thurston, Falcon Guard (1991)
- ↑ Robert Thurston, Way of the Clans (1991)
- ↑ Robert Thurston, Bloodname (1991)