Fritz Donner
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Fritz Donner | |
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| Personal | |
| Died | 22 January 3073 |
| Affiliation | Circinus Federation |
| Profile | |
| Rank | Colonel |
Colonel Fritz Donner was a former Commander of the Black Warriors.[1]
Contents
History
Fritz Donner wasn't a descendant of the original Black Warriors , but a dishonorably discharged MechWarrior from an unnamed mercenary unit.[2]
Circinus Federation
In 3041, he was a major in the Warriors, until a coup among the Warriors attempted to return the group's control to the members of House Cirion. The coup failed, and as Donner had remained loyal to Federation President H.R. "Little Bob" McIntyre, he was installed to command them, leading the group between 3058 and 3064, chosen by McIntyre. An expert tactician, he turned the Warriors' fortunes around with many successful raids over two decades. As he wasn't an original Warrior, he faced numerous challenges to his authority, though he managed to remain in command.[3][4][5]
When Little Bob died of a Heart attack and saw that Calvin McIntyre would take the President post of the Circinus Federation and take more Word of Blake support, he fled along most of the Black Warriors. The Manei Domini tracked down Fritz Donner and captured him.
Pawn of the Blakists
Donner was captured by the Word of Blake in late 3067 and taken to Judgment Point, formerly known as Castle Masters, on the Blakist planet Gibson, now the headquarters of Precentor Apollyon. Donner was "interrogated" by the Blakists for almost four years without breaking, until Apollyon personally took over the torture sessions.[6]
As a result, Apollyon brainwashed Donner into doing the bidding of The Master. To give him credibility, the Blakist "accidentally" released part of a message claiming Donner had escaped after killing two Blake Agents and was being sought.[7]
Fritz was amongst other prisoners freed from Blakist custody in a prison camp on New Home, towards the end of 3071.[8]
On January 22, 3073, Donner was scheduled to testify at a summit on Arc-Royal called by Victor Steiner-Davion on fighting against the Blakists; as Donner approached several dignitaries, a suicide bomb grafted to Donner's skeleton detonated, killing Donner and many of the delegates, including the Khan of the Ghost Bears. As a direct result, the effort to fight the Blakists by the various nations of the Inner Sphere was temporarily derailed, but the bombing also infuriated Clan Ghost Bear, who saw such a dishonorable tactic as a valid reason to launch an assault campaign against the Blakists.[citation needed]
Victims of the Donner Bomb
- Bjorn Jorgensson, Khan of Clan Ghost Bear
- Caradoc Trevena, ComStar intelligence advisor to Precentor Martial Victor Steiner-Davion
- Daniel Darwith, Director, MI2 of the Federated Suns Military Intelligence
- Diana Pryde, Star Colonel, Clan Jade Falcon
- Maeve Wolf, General, Wolf's Dragoons
- Marco Hall, saKhan of Clan Wolf-in-Exile
- Michael Bosworth, INN correspondent
- Rhonda Snord, Colonel & CO of Snord's Irregulars
- Shin Yodama, Sho-sho DCMS, CO of the Izanagi Warriors