Editing DeLon Stables

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| Sport = 'Mech Dueling
| League = [[Solaris Games]]
| Affiliation = [[Draconis Combine]]
| Home = [[Solaris VII]]
| Colors = black with white & red trim; a dagger with a rose vine entwined around its blade, set on black circular field
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==Description==
Culturally associated with the [[Draconis Combine]], the '''DeLon Stables''' is a [[Solaris VII]] stable run by the [[House DeLon|DeLon family]]. The stable is thought to have connections to the [[Mafia]] (the '''Bertoli''' family)<ref name="SBS-PGp37b">''Solaris VII: The Game World - Player's Handbook'', p. 36: "Entertainment"</ref> and the [[Yakuza]] equally.<ref>''A Guy Walks Into a Bar on Solaris VII...''</ref>
The Stable is based in [[Kobe]].<ref name=RS3055U>''Record Sheets: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 17: "Stable-Specific Rules"</ref>

==History==
The Stable was formed in [[3041]].<ref name=RS3055U/>

From the mid-3050s until 3062 the DeLon Stable saw an impressive rise in fame and popularity because [[Theodore Gross]] won several Championship titles. The death of Gross during the [[3062]] riots brought a downswing though. This was also the first visit place [[Omiko Kurita]] did when she came to Solaris to lift the ban on Combine citizens fighting in Solaris, which had made all Kuritans of Solaris in a way Ronin in older times.<ref>''Assumption of Risk''</ref>

During the [[Jihad]] several MechWarriors of the DeLon Stables, alongside several from the [[Silver Dragon Stables]], joined the [[Solaris Home Defense League]] under the leadership of [[Erik Gray]]. Many of them were killed in action. After the execution of [[Kelley Metz]] by the [[Word of Blake]] occupation, a yakuza syndicate (implicitly the Hamagachi clan) under '''Connor DeLon''' prepared to take control of the lucrative data smuggling via courier vessels, bypassing the world's [[HPG]].<ref>''Blood Price''</ref>

Somewhere between the [[Jihad]] and the [[Dark Age]] the stable changed its name to '''New DeLon Stables'''.<ref name=WH>''Wolf Hunters''</ref>

==Stablemasters and Owners==
[[Thomas DeLon]] was the stablemaster in [[3051]].<ref name="SolarisGamemastersBookp19">''Solaris VII: The Game World – Gamemaster's Book'', p. 19: "DeLon Stables"</ref>

By the time of the Jihad in ca. [[3068]] it was run by [[Connor DeLon]]; his father, '''Thomas DeLon''', was pushing seventy at the time but still considered one of the sharpest minds of Solaris City. Connor gained full control of the stable when his father died in [[3069]] from a congestive heart failure.<ref name="MaMp22">''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 22: "Connor DeLon"</ref>

On [[3135]] [[Tybalt Garnet]] was the assistant manager of the stable. He disappeared after his conspiracy against the [[Canid Cooperative]].<ref name="WH"/>

==Notable Personnel==
===Master Technician===
* [[Harold Malone]] is a longtime employee of the DeLon family, as his father was. He is a skilled technician who sometimes signs on with mercenaries and returns with advanced battlefield salvage.<ref name="SolarisGamemastersBookp19"/>

===Instructors===
* [[Paul Guire|Paul "Dutch" Guire]] is a hardworking instructor and demands all from it trainees.<ref name="SolarisGamemastersBookp19"/>

===MechWarriors===
In [[3051]] 20 MechWarriors were fighting for '''DeLon Stables'''.<ref name="SGM-GM">''Solaris VII: The Game World – Gamemaster's Book'', p. 19: "DeLon Stables"</ref>

In [[3067]] 16 MechWarriors were fighting for '''DeLon Stables'''.<ref name=SVIIMP>''MapPack: Solaris VII'', p. 23: "DeLon Stables"</ref>

====Known MechWarriors====
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! MechWarrior
! Era
! Comments
! References
|-
| [[Joseph Brendal‎]]
| [[FedCom Civil War|Civil War]]
|
| <ref name=TRO3055U-160>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 160: "MRP-3S Morpheus"</ref>
|-
| [[Theodore Gross]]
| [[Clan Invasion]],<br>Civil War
| [[Solaris Games]] [[Class Six Champions|Grand Champion]] from [[3059]] to [[3062]]
| <ref name="SolarisGamemastersBookp23">''Solaris VII: The Game World – Gamemaster's Book'', p. 23: "The Top 20"</ref>
|-
| [[Robert Hopton]]
| Clan Invasion
| [[Class Four Champions|Class Four Champion]];<br>Ranked 15th in [[Top 20 Unlimited Class List#3051|Solaris Top Twenty]] Open Class
| <ref name="SolarisGamemastersBookp23"/>
|-
| [[Phoebe Itasha]]
| [[Dark Age]]
|
| <ref name=DAINN_p288>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 288: "3132 Solaris VII Championships Season Review (Part 4)"</ref>
|-
| [[Herbert Jordan]]
| Dark Age
|
| <ref name="WH"/>
|-
| [[Kasigi Mihabu]]
| Clan Invasion,<br>Civil War
| Ranked nineteenth in the Solaris Top Twenty
| <ref name="MGSVII"/>
|-
| [[Srin Odessa]]
| Clan Invasion,<br>Civil War
| Ranked tenth in the Solaris Top Twenty
| <ref name="MGSVII">''MechWarrior's Guide to Solaris VII'', p. 64: "BattleMech Stable Table"</ref>
|-
| [[Ichabod Timkin]]
| Civil War
|
| <ref name="LR">''Lion's Roar''</ref>
|}

==Tactics and Style==
The warriors of the stable use advanced technology to best effect and some rumors suggest that even Clan technology from the former stable owner's ''[[Warhawk (Masakari)|Masakari]]'' were distributed among them.

==Facility==
The stables own a training ground with the barest amount of facilities for training located in the town of Mitchell southeast of [[Solaris City]]. They have a walled, roofless expanse of low concrete structures that serves as training arena for 'Mech Combat. The MechWarrior accommodations are comfortable.<ref name="SolarisGamemastersBookp19"/>

==Stable Characteristics==
* Experience = Veteran in 3067
* Rating = A in 3054 and 3067
* BattleMech = 25 in [[3051]] and [[3054]], 20 in [[3067]]

==Notes==
'''DeLon Stables''' has a reputation for resolving its problems with the help of thugs and organized crime.<ref name="SolarisGamemastersBookp19"/>

As per [[3067]], the standard contract is for 1200 [[C-bill]]s and a 25% of the earnings.<ref name=SVIIMP />

==Rules==
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===Game Rules===
The Stable as of 3067 has access to B Rated Equipment.

They have the following abilities/special rules when using ''MapPack: Solaris VII''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Stable Specific Rules. (Using old rules prior to [[Total Warfare]]) A Blackstar player may choose two of their most powerful [[Level 1]] weapons and exchange it for upgraded Inner Sphere ([[Level 2]]) technology that is the corresponding version of the weapon (example [[PPC]] to [[ER PPC]]). This may be done only as long this upgrade does not violate any standard construction rules. If any of remaining tonnage is available, it can be applied to tweaking 'Mech armor, ammunition and heat sinks only.  No rolls for success of this weapons swap are necessary when using Customization rule for 'Mechs in the ''MapPack: Solaris VII'' sourcebook.

DeLon MechWarriors suffer a -1 Initiative penalty when not fighting one-to-one duels.<ref>''MapPack: Solaris VII'', p. 43: Rules/Stable-Specific Rules - DeLon Stables special abilities</ref>
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Blood Price]]'' short story (in ''[[MapPack: Solaris VII]]'')
* ''[[A Guy Walks Into a Bar on Solaris VII...]]''
* ''[[Lion's Roar]]''
* ''[[MapPack: Solaris VII]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior's Guide to Solaris VII]]''
* ''[[Solaris VII: The Game World|Solaris VII: The Game World – Gamemaster's Book]]''


[[Category:Solaris Stables|DeLon]]