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Line 1: − {{InfoBoxCharacter+ ==Background== − | image = + Rachan (29??-3028) was the name of a rogue [[ComStar]] [[Precentor]] whose plot to find a missing [[Star League]] [[Helm Memory Core|memory core]] resulted in the temporary declaration of the [[Gray Death Legion]] [[mercenary unit]] as outlaws. − | caption = − | name = Emilio Rechan − | birthdate = − | died = [[3028]] − | affiliation = [[ComStar]] − | profession = [[Precentor]] − | parents = − | siblings = − | spouse = − | children = − }} − '''Emilio Rachan''' was a rogue [[ComStar]] [[Precentor]] whose plot to find a missing [[Star League]] [[Helm Memory Core|memory core]] resulted in the temporary declaration of the [[Gray Death Legion]] [[mercenary unit]] as outlaws. − ==History== + ==Sirius V Incident== − Joining the Blessed Order in the [[thirtieth century]], Rachan eventually rose to the rank of Precentor, serving as a personal aide to [[Primus of ComStar|Primus]] [[Julian Tiepolo]] himself.<ref name=CS-53>''ComStar'', pp. 53-54 "History of ComStar - The Tiepolo Years - Circles within Circles"</ref>+ Rachan, obsessed with finding the reported [[ComStar]] cache of [[Lostech]] on the planet [[Helm]], arranged with the [[Grey Death Legion|Grey Death]] member-traitor [[Graff]] to allow the transport of an unknown -- and possibly nuclear -- explosive device inside the domed city of [[Tiantan]], the capital city of [[Sirius]] V. − After [[ROM]] determined near the end of the [[Third Succession War]] that the long-lost [[SLDF]] cache on the [[Free Worlds League]] planet [[Helm]], recently assigned as the landhold of the Gray Death Legion, was real and that it very likely also contained a Star League Memory Core, Primus Tiepolo selected Rachan to oversee efforts to eliminate the threat to ComStar's holy mission. With the Blessed Order believing the mercenaries would not be receptive to direct manipulation or bribery, Rachan was directed to engineer a minor civilian "incident" to defame the Legion and justify their removal before revealing the existence of the stockpile to the League government, the Order placing a division of the [[ComStar Guards and Militia]] on standby to infiltrate the League's recovery efforts to ensure the stockpile and the memory core were either destroyed or fell into ComStar's hands.<ref name=CS-53/>+ Using [[BattleMechs]] painted to look like Gray Death 'Mechs, Rachan, in concert with [[Lord Garth]] of [[Irian]], staged footage to make it appear that the Legion had, under a flag of truce, destroyed the domed city, exposing the few survivors to Sirius V's toxic, frigid atmosphere. − Rather than approach the League government directly, Rachan opted to contact several rebellious lords in the Free Worlds League, promising them a portion of the stockpile in return for their assistance, making no mention of the existence of the library. Rachan would ultimately connect with [[Lord Garth]] of [[Irian]], promising the greedy Garth enough 'Mechs to overthrow [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] in return for providing Rachan a position in any new government.<ref name=CS-53/>+ ==Battles on Helm== + Lord Garth's efforts continued the plot, which involved having the Gray Death jump to the planet [[Marik]] under the pretense of meeting with [[Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]]. Upon arrival, the Legion would instead have immediately been arrested and charged with the destruction of Tiantan. However, Gray Death commander [[Grayson Death Carlyle]], sensing something was amiss -- and with the majority of the Legion's family, children and troops not assigned to the two-week Sirius V campaign against forces belonging to [[House Liao]] were at the Legion's landhold on [[Helm]] -- chose instead to jump his forces, aboard [[JumpShip]] [[Invidious]], to Helm. − Rachan arranged with the Gray Death member-traitor [[Harris Graff]] to allow explosives being used on the domed city of [[Tiantan]], the capital city of [[Sirius]] V, exposing the inhabitants to Sirius V's toxic, frigid atmosphere in what became known as the [[Tiantan massacre]] that killed over 12 million people. Using [[BattleMechs]] painted to look like Gray Death 'Mechs, Rachan, in concert with Lord Garth's efforts, staged footage to make it appear as if the Legion had, under a flag of truce, destroyed the domed city. Appalled at the act, the Primus and the [[First Circuit]] ordered Rachan's immediate excommunication and extermination by ROM.<ref name=CS-53/>+ Upon arrival, the Legion, led by Lord Garth's forces, found itself under attack and pursued across several hundred miles of the planet. − Lord Garth's efforts continued the plot, which involved having the Gray Death jump to the planet [[Marik]] under the pretense of meeting with the Captain-General. Upon arrival, the Legion would instead have immediately been arrested and charged with the destruction of Tiantan. However, Gray Death commander [[Grayson Death Carlyle]] sensed that something was amiss. With the majority of the Legion's dependents and troops who had not been assigned to the two-week Sirius V campaign the Legion's landhold on Helm, Carlyle elected to move his combat troops to their base on Helm first.+ ==Memory core found== + In the ensuing land campaign, Rachan's quest to claim the missing [[Star League]] cache failed, the Gray Death Legion instead obtaining a copy of the memory core at the underground base on 1 April 3028. Rachan was killed in the fighting on Helm. − Upon arrival, the Legion found itself under attack and pursued by Lord Garth's forces across several hundred miles of the planet.+ Shortly after the events on [[Helm]], [[ComStar]] disavowed all Rachan's actions. − − ===Death and Legacy=== − In the ensuing land campaign, Rachan's quest to claim the missing Star League cache failed, the Gray Death Legion instead obtaining a copy of the memory core from the underground base on 1 April 3028. Rachan was killed in the fighting on Helm when the Star League facility self-destructed around him after his troops had forced their way in, triggering a failsafe mechanism. − − Shortly after the events on Helm, ComStar disavowed all Rachan's actions. Publicly, Primus Tiepolo sent a message to the Captain-General branding Rachan a renegade operating of his own accord, also authorizing massive compensation payments to the survivors of Sirius V as a gesture of goodwill. Privately, however, Tiepolo was utterly appalled that Rachan had both failed to recover or destroy the memory core and that he had taken such a direct role in the affair, placing ComStar's vaunted neutrality at risk.<ref name=CS-53/> − − ==Notes== − [[Word of Blake]] interjections in the [[ComStar Schism|secular ComStar's]] historical overview of the affair insist that Rachan's only deviation from the plan as laid out by Primus Tiepolo and the First Circuit was the extent of the "incident", the Blakist writer expressing as much horror for the loss of a domed city dating back to the Star League era as the millions killed in its destruction.<ref name=CS-53/> ==References== ==References== − <references />+ * [[The Price of Glory]] by William H. Keith. − − ==Bibliography== − * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' − * ''[[The Price of Glory]]'' (novel) − [[Category: ComStar Characters|Rachan, Emilio]] + [[Category:People|Rachan]]
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| − | == | + | ==Sirius V Incident== |
| − | + | Rachan, obsessed with finding the reported [[ComStar]] cache of [[Lostech]] on the planet [[Helm]], arranged with the [[Grey Death Legion|Grey Death]] member-traitor [[Graff]] to allow the transport of an unknown -- and possibly nuclear -- explosive device inside the domed city of [[Tiantan]], the capital city of [[Sirius]] V. | |
| − | + | Using [[BattleMechs]] painted to look like Gray Death 'Mechs, Rachan, in concert with [[Lord Garth]] of [[Irian]], staged footage to make it appear that the Legion had, under a flag of truce, destroyed the domed city, exposing the few survivors to Sirius V's toxic, frigid atmosphere. | |
| − | + | ==Battles on Helm== | |
| + | Lord Garth's efforts continued the plot, which involved having the Gray Death jump to the planet [[Marik]] under the pretense of meeting with [[Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]]. Upon arrival, the Legion would instead have immediately been arrested and charged with the destruction of Tiantan. However, Gray Death commander [[Grayson Death Carlyle]], sensing something was amiss -- and with the majority of the Legion's family, children and troops not assigned to the two-week Sirius V campaign against forces belonging to [[House Liao]] were at the Legion's landhold on [[Helm]] -- chose instead to jump his forces, aboard [[JumpShip]] [[Invidious]], to Helm. | ||
| − | + | Upon arrival, the Legion, led by Lord Garth's forces, found itself under attack and pursued across several hundred miles of the planet. | |
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| + | In the ensuing land campaign, Rachan's quest to claim the missing [[Star League]] cache failed, the Gray Death Legion instead obtaining a copy of the memory core at the underground base on 1 April 3028. Rachan was killed in the fighting on Helm. | ||
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