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| affiliation        = [[Gray Death Legion]]<br>[[Hansen's Roughriders]]<ref name="MWC"/> (previous)
 
| affiliation        = [[Gray Death Legion]]<br>[[Hansen's Roughriders]]<ref name="MWC"/> (previous)
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| profession          = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]<ref name="MWC">''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'', MechWarrior Card, "Delmar Clay"</ref>
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| profession          = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]<ref name="MWC">''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'', MechWarrior Card: "Delmar Clay"</ref>
 
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| children            = [[Davis Clay]]<ref name=DoHp21>''Day of Heroes'', p. 21</ref><ref name="MHB55p53">''Mercenary's Handbook 3055, p. 53, "A New Home"</ref>
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| children            = [[Davis Clay]]<ref name=DoHp21>''Day of Heroes'', p. 21</ref><ref name="MHB55p53">''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 53: "A New Home"</ref>
 
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'''Delmar Clay''' was an early member of the [[Gray Death Legion]].
 
'''Delmar Clay''' was an early member of the [[Gray Death Legion]].
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===Career===
 
===Career===
Clay served with [[Hansen's Roughriders]] before becoming one of the [[Gray Death Legion|Gray Death Legion's]] first recruits on [[Galatea]]<ref name=DoHp22/>. During the [[Fourth Succession War]] on [[Otho]] Clay held off a vastly superior force, earning three kills before the battle ended nearly an hour later<ref name=GDLp12/><ref name=MWC/>.
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Clay served with [[Hansen's Roughriders]] before becoming one of the [[Gray Death Legion|Gray Death Legion's]] first recruits on [[Galatea]].<ref name=DoHp22/>  During the [[Fourth Succession War]] on [[Otho]] Clay held off a vastly superior force, earning three kills before the battle ended nearly an hour later.<ref name=GDLp12/><ref name=MWC/>
  
Clay's final battle was against [[Clan Jade Falcon]] during their conquest of [[Sudeten]] in September [[3050]]. During the Legion's desperate fighting retreat from that world Clay fell in combat at the controls of his [[Wolverine]] while trying to rally his troops for a counterattack.<ref name=BoHc3/><ref name="MHB55p52">''Mercenary's Handbook 3055, p. 52, "The Clan Invasion"</ref>
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Clay's final battle was against [[Clan Jade Falcon]] during their conquest of [[Sudeten]] in September [[3050]]. During the Legion's desperate fighting retreat from that world Clay fell in combat at the controls of his [[Wolverine]] while trying to rally his troops for a counterattack.<ref name=BoHc3/><ref name="MHB55p52">''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 52: "The Clan Invasion"</ref>
  
 
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==Quote==
 
"Clay tells people to judge them as his enemies do. Because they're all dead. Most people get the message."<ref name=MWC/>
 
"Clay tells people to judge them as his enemies do. Because they're all dead. Most people get the message."<ref name=MWC/>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 01:55, 20 May 2022

Delmar Clay
Delmar Clay
Personal
Born2995[1]
DiedSeptember 3050[2]
AffiliationGray Death Legion
Hansen's Roughriders[3] (previous)
Career
RankSergeant[4]
ProfessionMechWarrior[3]
Family
ChildrenDavis Clay[5][6]

Delmar Clay was an early member of the Gray Death Legion.

History

Early life

Clay was born on Gladius.[4]

Career

Clay served with Hansen's Roughriders before becoming one of the Gray Death Legion's first recruits on Galatea.[1] During the Fourth Succession War on Otho Clay held off a vastly superior force, earning three kills before the battle ended nearly an hour later.[4][3]

Clay's final battle was against Clan Jade Falcon during their conquest of Sudeten in September 3050. During the Legion's desperate fighting retreat from that world Clay fell in combat at the controls of his Wolverine while trying to rally his troops for a counterattack.[2][7]

BattleMech

Clay piloted a WVR-6R Wolverine

Quote

"Clay tells people to judge them as his enemies do. Because they're all dead. Most people get the message."[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Day of Heroes, p. 22
  2. 2.0 2.1 Blood of Heroes, ch. 3
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat, MechWarrior Card: "Delmar Clay"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gray Death Legion, p. 12
  5. Day of Heroes, p. 21
  6. Mercenary's Handbook 3055, p. 53: "A New Home"
  7. Mercenary's Handbook 3055, p. 52: "The Clan Invasion"

Bibliography