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Line 22: {{ApocryphalContentStart}} {{ApocryphalContentStart}} − Alanna Damu, a captain with the Fifth's First Battalion, became the ranking officer when [[General]] [[Gordon Hartstone]] and [[Colonel]] [[Anthony Harkness]] were KIA. She was unable to contact any [[JumpShip]]s at the Sarna [[jump point]] because the [[Capellan Confederation]] was blanketing the entire system with a thick electromagnetic field. With no DropShip support, the CCAF controlling the skies, and the planet's [[Hyperpulse Generator]] inexplicably destroyed, she had no way of contacting anyone outside of a 200-klick radius of her position.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Kestrel Lancers Missions: "Sarna"</ref> + Alanna Damu, a captain with the Fifth's First Battalion, became the ranking officer when [[General]] [[Gordon Hartstone]] and [[Colonel]] [[Anthony Harkness]] were KIA. She was unable to contact any [[JumpShip]]s at the Sarna [[jump point]] because the [[Capellan Confederation]] was blanketing the entire system with a thick electromagnetic field. With no DropShip support, the CCAF controlling the skies, and the planet's [[Hyperpulse Generator]] inexplicably destroyed, she had no way of contacting anyone outside of a 200-klick radius of her position.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Kestrel Lancers Missions</ref> Damu led the surviving forces of the Fifth in tracking down and salvaging as much as possible from the downed DropShips she could find. After a long month of dodging hostile forces, a [[Nik's Cavaliers|Special Operations BattleMech Company]] with the [[Second Crucis Lancers]] picked up their SOS signal on approach to Sarna and located Damu's team scavenging a crashed ''[[Gazelle]]''. Together, they fought back a Liao attack that had followed the Lancers in, before returning to their encampment. With additional 'Mechs and a ''[[Leopard]]''-class DropShip at their disposal, they could now function beyond survival.<ref name=MW5M/> Damu led the surviving forces of the Fifth in tracking down and salvaging as much as possible from the downed DropShips she could find. After a long month of dodging hostile forces, a [[Nik's Cavaliers|Special Operations BattleMech Company]] with the [[Second Crucis Lancers]] picked up their SOS signal on approach to Sarna and located Damu's team scavenging a crashed ''[[Gazelle]]''. Together, they fought back a Liao attack that had followed the Lancers in, before returning to their encampment. With additional 'Mechs and a ''[[Leopard]]''-class DropShip at their disposal, they could now function beyond survival.<ref name=MW5M/> Line 36:
Line 36: ===Kathil=== ===Kathil=== − In total, less than a battalion of heavily battered 'Mechs and wounded survivors of the Fifth Fusiliers were extracted from Sarna, largely thanks to the tenacity and skill of Alanna Damu,<ref name=WC19>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 19</ref> and all transported to the Federated Suns capital of [[New Avalon]] and the medical facilities of the famous [[New Avalon Institute of Science]].<ref name=WC23>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 23</ref> Any recouperation Damu experienced was brief, when word reached [[First Prince of the Federated Suns|First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]] in early August 3029 that House Liao's [[Death Commandos]] and [[Fourth Tau Ceti Rangers]] were being sent to [[Kathil]] to cripple vital [[Kearny-Fuchida Yare Industries]] facilities used in the production of [[JumpShip]]. With the Federated Suns desperate to save the yards but also lacking time and resources, Damu and the barely rebuilt Omega Company of the Fifth Syrtis Fusiliers joined the [[Andrew Redburn]]-led Delta Company of the [[Davion Light Guards]] under her nominal March Lord [[Morgan Hasek-Davion]].<ref name=WC33/> + In total, less than a battalion of heavily battered 'Mechs and wounded survivors of the Fifth Fusiliers were extracted from Sarna, largely thanks to the tenacity and skill of Alanna Damu,<ref name=WC19>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 19</ref> and all transported to the Federated Suns capital of [[New Avalon]] and the medical facilities of the famous [[New Avalon Institute of Science]].<ref name=WC23>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 23</ref> Any recouperation Damu experienced was brief, when word reached [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]] in early August 3029 that House Liao's [[Death Commandos]] and [[Fourth Tau Ceti Rangers]] were being sent to [[Kathil]] to cripple vital [[Kearny-Fuchida Yare Industries]] facilities used in the production of [[JumpShip]]. With the Federated Suns desperate to save the yards but also lacking time and resources, Damu and the barely rebuilt Omega Company of the Fifth Syrtis Fusiliers joined the [[Andrew Redburn]]-led Delta Company of the [[Davion Light Guards]] under her nominal March Lord [[Morgan Hasek-Davion]].<ref name=WC33/> − Reaching Kathil by the end of August, Alanna Damu accompanied Redburn, Hasek-Davion, and [[Kathil Capellan March Militia]] Third Battalion commander [[Colonel]] [[Geraldo de Velez]] on an rain-drenched inspection of the microwave power transmission dishes used by KFYI to support its many facilities in orbit. Along with the rest, Damu met with KFYI's head [[Fredek Vebber]] at the primary broadcast station, turning her offered hand to prevent Vebber kissing it in favor of a handshake instead. Later on 29 August 3029, Damu and her Omega Company was present when Morgan Hasek-Davion briefed the Kathil CMM forces on the upcoming attack and the merger of all units present into a new unit under his command: the First Kathil Uhlans.<ref name=WC37>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 37</ref> + Reaching Kathil by the end of August, Alanna Damu accompanied Redburn, Hasek-Davion, and [[Kathil Capellan March Militia]] Third Battalion commander [[Colonel]] [[Geraldo de Velez]] on an rain-drenched inspection of the microwave power transmission dishes used by KFYI to support its many facilities in orbit. Along with the rest, Damu met with KFYI's head [[Fredek Vebber]] at the primary broadcast station, turning her offered hand to prevent Vebber kissing it in favor of a handshake instead. Later on 29 August 3029, Damu and her Omega Company was present when Morgan Hasek-Davion briefed the Kathil CMM forces on the upcoming attack and the merger of all units present into a new unit under his command - the First Kathil Uhlans.<ref name=WC37>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 37</ref> Alanna Damu was breveted to [[major]] and command of her Omega Company and the first two companies of the Kathil CMM's Third Battalion as the Uhlans' Alpha Battalion. While the troops of the Fifth Syrtis Fusiliers were dismissive of being forced to nursemaid green troops, Hasek-Davion praised their actions in ensuring their survival on Sarna and the need for such qualities in his new "Lions of Davion."<ref name=WC37/> Damu's Alpha Battalion would face off against the Fourth Tau Ceti Rangers after they landed on 7 September 3029, stopping their advance and rolling into their left flank, forcing them into a pre-prepared minefield. At a post-combat debriefing with the rest of the Uhlans command staff, Damu indicated that while the Fourth was not as tough as the Death Commandos, she had lost a dozen 'Mechs and eight pilots, two of whom were of the fifteen pilots from the Fusiliers that survived Sarna.<ref name=WC40>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 40</ref> Alanna Damu was breveted to [[major]] and command of her Omega Company and the first two companies of the Kathil CMM's Third Battalion as the Uhlans' Alpha Battalion. While the troops of the Fifth Syrtis Fusiliers were dismissive of being forced to nursemaid green troops, Hasek-Davion praised their actions in ensuring their survival on Sarna and the need for such qualities in his new "Lions of Davion."<ref name=WC37/> Damu's Alpha Battalion would face off against the Fourth Tau Ceti Rangers after they landed on 7 September 3029, stopping their advance and rolling into their left flank, forcing them into a pre-prepared minefield. At a post-combat debriefing with the rest of the Uhlans command staff, Damu indicated that while the Fourth was not as tough as the Death Commandos, she had lost a dozen 'Mechs and eight pilots, two of whom were of the fifteen pilots from the Fusiliers that survived Sarna.<ref name=WC40>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 40</ref>
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| − | Alanna Damu, a captain with the Fifth's First Battalion, became the ranking officer when [[General]] [[Gordon Hartstone]] and [[Colonel]] [[Anthony Harkness]] were KIA. She was unable to contact any [[JumpShip]]s at the Sarna [[jump point]] because the [[Capellan Confederation]] was blanketing the entire system with a thick electromagnetic field. With no DropShip support, the CCAF controlling the skies, and the planet's [[Hyperpulse Generator]] inexplicably destroyed, she had no way of contacting anyone outside of a 200-klick radius of her position.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Kestrel Lancers Missions | + | Alanna Damu, a captain with the Fifth's First Battalion, became the ranking officer when [[General]] [[Gordon Hartstone]] and [[Colonel]] [[Anthony Harkness]] were KIA. She was unable to contact any [[JumpShip]]s at the Sarna [[jump point]] because the [[Capellan Confederation]] was blanketing the entire system with a thick electromagnetic field. With no DropShip support, the CCAF controlling the skies, and the planet's [[Hyperpulse Generator]] inexplicably destroyed, she had no way of contacting anyone outside of a 200-klick radius of her position.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Kestrel Lancers Missions</ref> |
Damu led the surviving forces of the Fifth in tracking down and salvaging as much as possible from the downed DropShips she could find. After a long month of dodging hostile forces, a [[Nik's Cavaliers|Special Operations BattleMech Company]] with the [[Second Crucis Lancers]] picked up their SOS signal on approach to Sarna and located Damu's team scavenging a crashed ''[[Gazelle]]''. Together, they fought back a Liao attack that had followed the Lancers in, before returning to their encampment. With additional 'Mechs and a ''[[Leopard]]''-class DropShip at their disposal, they could now function beyond survival.<ref name=MW5M/> | Damu led the surviving forces of the Fifth in tracking down and salvaging as much as possible from the downed DropShips she could find. After a long month of dodging hostile forces, a [[Nik's Cavaliers|Special Operations BattleMech Company]] with the [[Second Crucis Lancers]] picked up their SOS signal on approach to Sarna and located Damu's team scavenging a crashed ''[[Gazelle]]''. Together, they fought back a Liao attack that had followed the Lancers in, before returning to their encampment. With additional 'Mechs and a ''[[Leopard]]''-class DropShip at their disposal, they could now function beyond survival.<ref name=MW5M/> | ||
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| − | In total, less than a battalion of heavily battered 'Mechs and wounded survivors of the Fifth Fusiliers were extracted from Sarna, largely thanks to the tenacity and skill of Alanna Damu,<ref name=WC19>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 19</ref> and all transported to the Federated Suns capital of [[New Avalon]] and the medical facilities of the famous [[New Avalon Institute of Science]].<ref name=WC23>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 23</ref> Any recouperation Damu experienced was brief, when word reached [[ | + | In total, less than a battalion of heavily battered 'Mechs and wounded survivors of the Fifth Fusiliers were extracted from Sarna, largely thanks to the tenacity and skill of Alanna Damu,<ref name=WC19>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 19</ref> and all transported to the Federated Suns capital of [[New Avalon]] and the medical facilities of the famous [[New Avalon Institute of Science]].<ref name=WC23>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 23</ref> Any recouperation Damu experienced was brief, when word reached [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]] in early August 3029 that House Liao's [[Death Commandos]] and [[Fourth Tau Ceti Rangers]] were being sent to [[Kathil]] to cripple vital [[Kearny-Fuchida Yare Industries]] facilities used in the production of [[JumpShip]]. With the Federated Suns desperate to save the yards but also lacking time and resources, Damu and the barely rebuilt Omega Company of the Fifth Syrtis Fusiliers joined the [[Andrew Redburn]]-led Delta Company of the [[Davion Light Guards]] under her nominal March Lord [[Morgan Hasek-Davion]].<ref name=WC33/> |
| − | Reaching Kathil by the end of August, Alanna Damu accompanied Redburn, Hasek-Davion, and [[Kathil Capellan March Militia]] Third Battalion commander [[Colonel]] [[Geraldo de Velez]] on an rain-drenched inspection of the microwave power transmission dishes used by KFYI to support its many facilities in orbit. Along with the rest, Damu met with KFYI's head [[Fredek Vebber]] at the primary broadcast station, turning her offered hand to prevent Vebber kissing it in favor of a handshake instead. Later on 29 August 3029, Damu and her Omega Company was present when Morgan Hasek-Davion briefed the Kathil CMM forces on the upcoming attack and the merger of all units present into a new unit under his command | + | Reaching Kathil by the end of August, Alanna Damu accompanied Redburn, Hasek-Davion, and [[Kathil Capellan March Militia]] Third Battalion commander [[Colonel]] [[Geraldo de Velez]] on an rain-drenched inspection of the microwave power transmission dishes used by KFYI to support its many facilities in orbit. Along with the rest, Damu met with KFYI's head [[Fredek Vebber]] at the primary broadcast station, turning her offered hand to prevent Vebber kissing it in favor of a handshake instead. Later on 29 August 3029, Damu and her Omega Company was present when Morgan Hasek-Davion briefed the Kathil CMM forces on the upcoming attack and the merger of all units present into a new unit under his command - the First Kathil Uhlans.<ref name=WC37>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 37</ref> |
Alanna Damu was breveted to [[major]] and command of her Omega Company and the first two companies of the Kathil CMM's Third Battalion as the Uhlans' Alpha Battalion. While the troops of the Fifth Syrtis Fusiliers were dismissive of being forced to nursemaid green troops, Hasek-Davion praised their actions in ensuring their survival on Sarna and the need for such qualities in his new "Lions of Davion."<ref name=WC37/> Damu's Alpha Battalion would face off against the Fourth Tau Ceti Rangers after they landed on 7 September 3029, stopping their advance and rolling into their left flank, forcing them into a pre-prepared minefield. At a post-combat debriefing with the rest of the Uhlans command staff, Damu indicated that while the Fourth was not as tough as the Death Commandos, she had lost a dozen 'Mechs and eight pilots, two of whom were of the fifteen pilots from the Fusiliers that survived Sarna.<ref name=WC40>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 40</ref> | Alanna Damu was breveted to [[major]] and command of her Omega Company and the first two companies of the Kathil CMM's Third Battalion as the Uhlans' Alpha Battalion. While the troops of the Fifth Syrtis Fusiliers were dismissive of being forced to nursemaid green troops, Hasek-Davion praised their actions in ensuring their survival on Sarna and the need for such qualities in his new "Lions of Davion."<ref name=WC37/> Damu's Alpha Battalion would face off against the Fourth Tau Ceti Rangers after they landed on 7 September 3029, stopping their advance and rolling into their left flank, forcing them into a pre-prepared minefield. At a post-combat debriefing with the rest of the Uhlans command staff, Damu indicated that while the Fourth was not as tough as the Death Commandos, she had lost a dozen 'Mechs and eight pilots, two of whom were of the fifteen pilots from the Fusiliers that survived Sarna.<ref name=WC40>''Warrior: Coupé'', ch. 40</ref> | ||