Editing Amado Roshak

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'''Amado Roshak''' was a [[trueborn]] [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] of [[Clan Jade Falcon]].

==History==
===Prior to Clan Invasion===
By [[3050]], Amado Roshak had attained the rank of [[Star Captain]] and was considered a dull but reliable garrison commander, good at most tasks but excellent at none; he himself felt his career was in a long, shallow decline ever since attaining his [[bloodname]] "long ago".<ref name="ToF">''Trial of Faith''</ref>

===During the Clan Invasion===
Amado Roshak had gone out of his way to secure himself a place in the invasion force for [[Operation REVIVAL]], but after suffering defeats in several Trials he wound up as a token representative of the Warrior caste on the supply train [[DropShip]] ''[[Provider 427]]'' instead as essentially a cargo item.

====St. Jean====
When the [[JumpShip]] carrying the ''Provider 427'' arrived in the [[St. Jean]] system on 7 January [[3050]] and found a [[space station]] there, suggesting the system to hold a colony of some sort, Amado Roshak persuaded his mission commander, Star Captain [[Otto von Jankmon]], to sanction an assault on the unknown colony. The forces under Amado Roshak's command met no military resistance and secured the Franciscan monastery which was the planet's only settlement, plus the recharge station (with DropShip maintenance yard) at the zenith [[jump point]].<ref name="ToF"/>

Because of a botched Trial between Elemental Point Commander Horst and Brother Frank in a ''[[Marco]]'' ExplorerMech, Amado Roshak later arranged a proper [[Trial of Possession]] between the unwilling Frank as the monastery's champion and himself. Otto von Jankmon tilted the odds against Amado in this Trial, hoping to subsequently capture the valuable colony settlement himself to further his own fame instead of Amado's. However, Brother Frank felt he could not pilot a 'Mech in battle. During the Trial in the Benedict's Garden caldera on 17 January 3050, Frank sealed off the only exit and then hid in a location where Amado's 'Mech could not reach him, to enforce a draw. Faced with the prospect of suffocating in his cockpit once the air supply ran out, a fate Frank was perfectly willing to accept for himself to stall the Trial, Amado informed Frank about Otto's true intentions and disposition and in turn learned of the doomed world's predicament: St. Jean was expected to have no breathable atmosphere left in some twenty years. Amado then offered a new agreement by which the monks would be left to their own devices and coexist on St. Jean as partners of the Jade Falcons instead of subjects, while also suggesting that Clan Jade Falcon had the technology to patch up the terraforming machinery. In return, he demanded Frank stand down and become his [[bondsman]], as he had come to respect the monk and embraced his counseling, feeling spiritually exhausted and disenchanted with Clan Jade Falcon.<ref name="ToF"/>

St. Jean subsequently became a surface cargo storage facility for Clan Jade Falcon.<ref name="EC">''Explorer Corps'', p. 52</ref>

====Tukayyid====
According to a [[3053]] [[ComStar]] treatise on Clan Jade Falcon, Star Captain Amado Roshak was in command of Trinary Alpha (V8RA) of the [[8th Falcon Regulars (Clan Jade Falcon)|8th Falcon Regulars Cluster]], [[Vau Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Vau Galaxy (Peregrine Galaxy)]], where he piloted a ''[[Hellbringer (Loki)]]'' in Alpha Beak 1.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', pp. 50, 83</ref> The same source lists him as "(WIA)". It may also be slightly out of date, although the impression is given that the information postdates the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]] in [[3052]], where Vau Galaxy and thus implicitly also Amado Roshak participated.

===Later Career===
As of [[3059]], Amado Roshak had been promoted to [[Star Colonel]] and had been transferred to [[Lambda Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Lambda Galaxy]]. He was now in command of the [[74th Battle (Clan Jade Falcon)|74th Battle Cluster (The Raptor Cluster)]] (consisting of 45 [[OmniMech]]s, 15 Elemental Points, and 30 [[OmniFighter]]s).<ref name="EC"/> The unit was rated Veteran, but with "questionable" loyalty; it was explicitly noted that Amado Roshak and his Raptor Battle Cluster had been "exiled" to Lambda Galaxy and St. Jean because of his [[Warden]] tendencies. This assignment to a thinly spread Galaxy guarding the route between the [[Inner Sphere]] and the [[Clan homeworlds]] was meant to deny them the opportunity for real combat.<ref name="FMCC">''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 107, 154</ref>

He was still CO of the 74th Battle Cluster in [[3064]], and he and his unit clashed with [[Archer Christifori]]'s troops on [[Graceland]] in that year. During this encounter, in which he was defeated and surrendered Graceland to [[Archer's Avengers]], he piloted a ''[[Mad Dog (Vulture)]]''.<ref>''Operation Audacity'', chapter 2</ref>

On 23 October 3064 the 74th Battle Cluster landed on [[Crimond]] to battle [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]]. After three days of urban fighting in the town of Little Washington, Amado Roshak was lured into a trap by [[Phelan Wolf]] and his ''[[Blood Asp]]'' was downed. It is implied that he died although this is ambiguous.{{cn}}

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Explorer Corps (sourcebook)|Explorer Corps]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
* ''[[Operation Audacity]]''
* ''[[Trial of Faith]]''

[[Category:Clan Jade Falcon Characters|Roshak, Amado]]