James Andrews

James Andrews
Character Profile
Affiliation Clan Steel Viper
Rank Galaxy Commander

James Andrews was the commanding officer of Gamma Galaxy between 3061 and 3067.[1]

History[edit]

Steel Viper Politics After Tukayyid[edit]

During the Trial of Judgement of Dawn, she felt no need to make excuses on her behalf, because she was a Clan warrior. Represented by Star Colonel Ivan Sinclair - who in spite of being a Crusader-minded Steel Viper genuinely argued in her defense against the Inquisitor, Star Colonel James Andrews. Dawn submitted her codex to the council and accepted judgement. Accused of bidding woefully under the strength required to take the objective, claims of an unidentified unit interfering were dismissed, and judgement fell against Dawn. Demanding a Trial of Refusal against the judgment to be carried out immediately, Dawn faced nine-to-one odds that were narrowed down to three-to-one, after bidding among the Bloodnamed warriors had commenced. Dawn's opposition was chosen by the Inquisitor and it was chosen to be James Andrews himself, an Elemental Star Captain Stern Chapman and Mechwarrior Star Captain Mitch Thibaudeau. The duel was fought to the best of Dawn's ability, but she could not defeat Chapman, who was an experienced master of hand-to-hand combat. In the end, Dawn lay bleeding and beaten on the council chamber floor, and was soon banished to the Inner Sphere to serve the rest of her lifetime in exile.[2][3][4]

Wars of Reaving[edit]

In 3070 Clan Snow Raven was under heavy pressure from Clan Cloud Cobra, Clan Star Adder, and Clan Steel Viper, with the Snow Ravens being subject to ferocious and destructive Trials at the hands of the three allied Clans. The Snow Ravens were in desperate need of something to distract their antagonists, and that distraction came in the form of intelligence reports that the Diamond Sharks were trading on an equal basis with the Federated Suns with a view to exchanging Clan technology for trade and mineral rights. The Snow Ravens called a virtual Grand Council to present the information, which was supported by intelligence from Clan Jade Falcon and which focused the ire of the three allied Clans on the Diamond Sharks.[5]

The Cobras, Adders and Vipers responded by launching a wave of Trials against the Diamond Sharks. Careful not to interfere with each other's offensives, the three Clans operated in relative isolation; the Steel Vipers deployed their Gamma Galaxy against a number of Diamond Shark enclaves on Babylon, part of a wave of attacks against Diamond Shark holdings on Babylon, Paxon and Strato Domingo intended to both bleed the Diamond Shark combat forces and seize new territory. The Steel Vipers were initially successful, but the Diamond Sharks were stronger than the Jade Falcon and Snow Raven forces in the Homeworlds that the Vipers had been fighting prior to their attacks on the Diamond Sharks; the Sharks quickly struck back, hard. On Babylon, three Diamond Shark Clusters defeated Gamma Galaxy completely, in part through a combination of refusing to grant safcon, making every landing an assault that cost the Vipers numerous DropShips, bleeding the aggressors of transport assets. The Diamond Sharks also used questionable tactics on the ground, with a number of Diamond Shark warriors deliberately using physical attacks against their opponents, acting with dubious honor in the cause of inflicting as much damage as possible. Gamma's losses on Babylon were so heavy that Galaxy Commander James Andrews committed permanent surkairede after his forces retreated to New Kent.[5]

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 145
  2. Era Report: 3062, p. 99: "Dawn Moffat"
  3. Era Report: 3062, p. 63: "Clan Steel Viper"
  4. Star Lord, chs. 3, 5
  5. 5.0 5.1 Wars of Reaving, p. 51: "The Raven Absorption"

Bibliography[edit]