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Corporal '''Kathy Keegan''' was a member of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] during the [[thirty-first century]].<ref name=MTotBW>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 11: "Black Widow Battalion, 3031"</ref>
  
'''Kathy Keegan''' was a member of the [[Black Widow Battalion]].<ref name=MTotBW>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 11, "Black Widow Battalion, 3031"</ref>
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==History==
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===Udibi===
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Despite not being a part of [[Captain]] [[Frank Woomack]]'s Company during the Dragoons' campaign on [[Udibi]] to capture supplies from the [[Federated Suns]],<ref name=TFT40>''The Fox's Teeth: Exploits of McKinnon's Raiders'', p. 40</ref> as a result of the battles on that planet, Keegan was captured on 5 May [[3027]] by [[McKinnon's Company]] and held for about two months as a Davion POW alongside Captain Woomack and his subordinate MechWarrior [[Steve Geiger]].
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Keegan did not handle the imprisonment well, chaffing at the confinement imposed by her Davion jailers.<ref name=WOTB200203-FW-1/><ref name=TFT4647-TFL-1>''The Fox's Teeth: Exploits of McKinnon's Raiders'', pp. 46–47: "The Fox's Lair"</ref>
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===Woomack's Company===
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After being returned to the Dragoons, Keegan was a member of the Command Lance, [[Frank Woomack|Woomack's Company]], Charlie Battalion of [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]], with whom she participated in the [[Battle of Misery (3028)|Battle of Misery]]. After that battle, when Woomack's Company became Gamma Regiment's Third Provisional Company as part of the Dragoons' post-[[Misery]] reorganization, she also fought in the [[Fifth Battle of Harrow's Sun]] and the [[Battle of Crossing (3029)|Battle of Crossing]].
  
==History==
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Keegan was injured on [[Harrow's Sun]], and was severely injured on [[Crossing]], where her 'Mech was also destroyed.<ref name=WDSB>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 65</ref>
MechWarrior Keegan was held for about two months as a Davion POW on [[Udibi]] after being captured alongside Captain [[Frank Woomack]] by [[McKinnon's Company]] on May 5, 3027<ref name=TFT4647-TFL-1>''The Fox's Teeth: Exploits of McKinnon's Raiders'', pp. 46-47, "The Fox's Lair", Woomack attacks McKinnon's camp</ref><ref name=WOTB200203-FW-1>''Wolves on the Border'', Chapter 33, Keegan held alongside Woomack</ref>
 
  
She was a member of [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]] who joined the Black Widow Battalion in [[3031]]<ref name=MTotBW/>. He fought on [[Tsinghai]], [[Wallacia]], [[Kujari]] and [[Gei-Fu]], being still a member when the unit was reorganized to follow a [[Clan]] style organization.<ref name=MTotBWp22>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 22, "Training Battalion"</ref>
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===Black Widow Battalion===
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Keegan was later a member of Third Lance, Second Company (Tarantulas) of the [[Black Widow Battalion]] as of [[3031]].<ref name=MTotBW/> She fought on [[Tsinghai]], [[Wallacia]], [[Kujari]], and [[Gei-Fu]], being still a member when the unit was reorganized to follow a [[Clan]] style organization.<ref name=MTotBWp22>''More Tales of the Black Widow'', p. 22: "Training Battalion"</ref>
  
 
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==BattleMech==
She piloted a ''[[Wolverine]]''.<ref name=MTotBW/>
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Keegan was known to have piloted a ''[[Wolverine]]'' [[BattleMech]] after Udibi, which was destroyed on Crossing. By the time Keegan had joined the Black Widow Battalion, she had been issued with new ''Wolverine'', to replace the one she had lost.<ref name=MTotBW/><ref name=WDSB/>
  
 
==References==
 
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* ''[[The Fox's Teeth: Exploits of McKinnon's Raiders]]''
 
* ''[[More Tales of the Black Widow]]''
 
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* ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]''
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* ''[[Wolves on the Border]]''
  
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[[Category:Wolf's Dragoons Characters|Keegan, Kathy]]
 
[[Category:Wolf's Dragoons Characters|Keegan, Kathy]]

Latest revision as of 03:57, 28 June 2023

Kathy Keegan
Personal
AffiliationWolf's Dragoons
Career
RankCorporal[1]
ProfessionMechWarrior

Corporal Kathy Keegan was a member of Wolf's Dragoons during the thirty-first century.[2]

History[edit]

Udibi[edit]

Despite not being a part of Captain Frank Woomack's Company during the Dragoons' campaign on Udibi to capture supplies from the Federated Suns,[3] as a result of the battles on that planet, Keegan was captured on 5 May 3027 by McKinnon's Company and held for about two months as a Davion POW alongside Captain Woomack and his subordinate MechWarrior Steve Geiger.

Keegan did not handle the imprisonment well, chaffing at the confinement imposed by her Davion jailers.[1][4]

Woomack's Company[edit]

After being returned to the Dragoons, Keegan was a member of the Command Lance, Woomack's Company, Charlie Battalion of Gamma Regiment, with whom she participated in the Battle of Misery. After that battle, when Woomack's Company became Gamma Regiment's Third Provisional Company as part of the Dragoons' post-Misery reorganization, she also fought in the Fifth Battle of Harrow's Sun and the Battle of Crossing.

Keegan was injured on Harrow's Sun, and was severely injured on Crossing, where her 'Mech was also destroyed.[5]

Black Widow Battalion[edit]

Keegan was later a member of Third Lance, Second Company (Tarantulas) of the Black Widow Battalion as of 3031.[2] She fought on Tsinghai, Wallacia, Kujari, and Gei-Fu, being still a member when the unit was reorganized to follow a Clan style organization.[6]

BattleMech[edit]

Keegan was known to have piloted a Wolverine BattleMech after Udibi, which was destroyed on Crossing. By the time Keegan had joined the Black Widow Battalion, she had been issued with new Wolverine, to replace the one she had lost.[2][5]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wolves on the Border, ch. 33
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 More Tales of the Black Widow, p. 11: "Black Widow Battalion, 3031"
  3. The Fox's Teeth: Exploits of McKinnon's Raiders, p. 40
  4. The Fox's Teeth: Exploits of McKinnon's Raiders, pp. 46–47: "The Fox's Lair"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Wolf's Dragoons, p. 65
  6. More Tales of the Black Widow, p. 22: "Training Battalion"

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