Colin Wilkins

Colin Wilkins
Character Profile
Died c. 2786[1]
Affiliation Federated Suns
Rank Major[1]

Colin Wilkins was the commanding officer of the Fifty-sixth Avalon Hussars as of 2785.[1]

History[edit]

Major Wilkins, commanding the Fifty-sixth Avalon Hussars, was stationed on Towne at the start of the First Succession War. Stationed alongside the 123rd Aerospace Interceptor Wing, Wilkins' distrust of the 123rd Interceptors lead to disagreements between him and Interceptor commander Major Imrich Donner regarding the appropriate response to a simultaneous Capellan/Combine raid in February 2785. Wilkins believed the Draconis force, composed of elements of the Eighteenth Benjamin Regulars, posed the greatest threat to the planet and Donner's disagreement lead to both hostile forces making landfall almost completely unopposed. The invaders were only stopped by the efforts of Towne's local militia, with both Wilkins and Donner only contributing by harrying their foes as they made their leave from the planet.[1]

With thousands of Towne's citizens - both civilian and militia - dead and millions of pounds of equipment destroyed, the planet's uproar at their defenders' poor showing reached all the way to New Avalon. While the First Prince's declaration that the militia could arm itself from the remaining military stockpiles improved the locals' readiness, a full-scale assault from the Fifth Dieron Regulars in December made it plain that the planet was in dire straits. While Wilkins and Donner finally set aside their differences in order to battle the Combine, the very same split loyalties that divided their units delayed reinforcements by two months and, by the time they arrived in February 2786, both the Fifty-sixth Hussars and 123rd Interceptor Wing were no more.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 First Succession War, p. 26: "Towne"

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