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Jacinda (Clan Wolf)

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Jacinda
Personal
AffiliationWolf Empire
Career
RankStar Captain
ProfessionMechWarrior

Jacinda was a Trueborn Star Captain in the Wolf Empire Touman.

History

Dark Age Era

Jacinda was wounded, losing her right leg. As she chose to have it regrown, she was left in the Empire's world of Campbelton when Khan Alaric Ward and nearly all of Clan Wolf's warriors invaded Terra in 3151.[1]

ilClan Era

8 months after the touman's departure, Jacinda already had a full new leg but was still in rehab when, on 8 August, a former Elemental turned Constabulary named Vivienne informed her of the arrival of huge JumpShip fleets at both jump points of the system. Fearing it was an attack, Jacinda abandoned the gym and ran to organize a resistance force[2]

Jacinda's fears were correct: the arriving fleets were carrying the dependents and survivors of Wolf's Dragoons, which were searching for revenge after their casualties on Terra and the insult of Alaric Ward. The elite Tarantulas Battalion descended on the planet to raid and loot the Fusigon Heavy Weaponry factory. They expected an easy fight, like their previous assault on New Olympia, but instead would encounter heavy resistance.[3]

Jacinda had been the only active Wolf warrior on the planet, but she managed to find more: recruiting solahma, Sibko trainers and even the local constabulary forces, she received the Dragoons with a rain of fire: Star Commander Kang-hee, probably a solahma, ignored her orders and charged the Tarantulas, apparently wounding or killing their leader. Using battlesuits, Long Tom artillery units and about a dozen 'Mechs, she managed to hold against the Dragoons' attacks.[4]

The Tarantulas were hit hard, with about fourteen dead and more wounded, including two of their key officers. The adaptive tactics of Jacinda surprised the Dragoons, but the Wolf defender casualties still mounted, and being cut off from the factory they couldn't replace their losses or repair damage.[5]

But then, luck smiled at Jacinda: the Tarantulas broke off their attack and retreated off world. The Dragoons' leader, Colonel Henry Kincaid, decided than a few boxes of weapons weren't worth the losses and ordered a withdrawal, conceding Jacinda the first victory of the Wolves against Dragoons, though a minor one.[6]

BattleMech

Jacinda's only known 'Mech was a Night Wolf.[7]

References

  1. Redemption Rites, p. 91
  2. Redemption Rites, p. 95
  3. Redemption Rites, p. 101
  4. Redemption Rites, p. 104-105
  5. Redemption Rites, p. 108-109
  6. Redemption Rites, p. 109
  7. Redemption Rites, p. 101

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