Editing Kelley Metz

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| title               = [[Solaris Grand Champion]]
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[[File:Kelley Metz.jpg|thumb|right|191px|Kelley Metz poster]]
'''Kelley Metz''' - [[thirty-first century|mid-thirty-first century]] [[Solaris VII]] [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], who went on become the [[Solaris Games]] [[Class Six Champions|Grand Champion]] in [[3067]].

==History==
===Early Life===
Kelley Metz was a member of the Davion military though she resigned because she could not accept the Davion-Steiner unification. She operated as an independent mercenary, periodically leaving Solaris for missions, though at some time she decided to center her career as a Solaris fighter.

===Early Solaris Years===
In [[3051]] Kelley Metz was fighting for [[Tandrek Stables]] and ranked 18th in the Solaris Top Twenty.<ref name="SOLARISGMBp29">''Solaris VII: The Game World – Gamemaster's Book'', p. 29: "The Top 20"</ref>

In [[3062]] Metz fought a memorable match against [[Erik Gray]], then of the [[Skye Tigers Stables]]. Despite an impressive showing by Gray, Metz would prove victorious.<ref name=CBTRPG-8>''Classic BattleTech RPG'', p. 8: "By the Numbers"</ref>

===3062 Championship Run===
Kelley was an up-and-coming MechWarrior for the [[House Liao|Liao]] affiliated [[Tandrek Stables]] in [[3062]]. During the '62 Class Six Championships, Kelley earned a shot at the title.

On August 13th, she fought against a MechWarrior named [[Michael Karufel]]. She was victorious, but she sustained a cerebral contusion head injury in that match.<ref>''Illusions of Victory'', ch. 6, p. 62: Michael Searcy comments on Metz's brain injury</ref>

During her face-off against [[Blackstar Stables|Blackstar Stables']] [[Michael Searcy]] in the [[Boreal Reach]] stadium. Where, stadium's holographic system created setting known as Hell's Canyon.  Searcy, knowing of her injury, used his ''Pillager''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s jump jets to make it difficult for Metz to reach him.  Ultimately, despite her brain injury, she attempted to use her ''Emperor''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s jump jets to reach him.  However, the lingering effects of her injury caused her to lose her 'Mech’s balance and fall.  Unable to get her 'Mech to stand, she was forced to concede victory to Searcy.  The following night Searcy approached her, but she snubbed him, ignoring his attempt to talk to her.<ref>''Illusions of Victory'', chs. 6–7, pp. 66–68, 74: Kelley Metz’s fight with Michael Searcy and her reaction after the fight</ref>

===The Road to the 3067 Championship and the Jihad===
Kelley took a year to recover from the injuries she incurred during the '62 championship run. In late [[3063]], she returned to the arenas and landed 15th in the total ranking of Solaris Warriors that year.

It was not until [[3067]], when she fought against previous year Solaris Champion, [[Ervin Rebelke]] for the [[Solaris VII]] [[Class Six Champions|Open Class]] champion that she attained the title for herself. She fought Ervin in his Customized ''[[Atlas (BattleMech)|Atlas]]'' with her ''[[Ti Ts'ang]]'' at the rebuilt [[Steiner Stadium]]<ref>''MapPack: Solaris VII'', pp. 14: The Game World Revisited/Kelley Metz - Kelley very brief history update that led her to becomes 3067 Champion of Solaris</ref>

On 24 September 3067 she was challenged to a duel against [[Steven Hendry]] who had retired as an arena fighter in [[3054]] but returned to [[Galahad Stables]] in [[3060]] and hoped to rekindle his career. As the Class VI circuit would not sanction the duel and would not permit it be held in a Class VI arena, Hendry and Metz agreed to fight the duel as a charity event in [[the Scrapyard]] arena in the [[Solaris City#Burgton|reaches]].<ref name=HvsM>''Hendry Vs. Metz''</ref>

In [[3068]] Solaris was [[Operation SHOWTIME|invaded]] by the [[Word of Blake]] during the [[Jihad]]. In the course of the occupation, Kelley Metz was captured.  The Blakists charged in when she was spotted in [[Cathay]] district of [[Solaris City]]. Where they gave chase, into the [[Xolara|Xolaris]] suburbs where she smashed a mall and ultimately was forced to surrender when Metz was cornered in [[Bracken Swamp]].

The Blakists forced her to fight in matches to the death as a propaganda campaign. Using her signature ''Ti Ts'ang'' she fought against a [[Lance]] of Blakist BattleMechs in Steiner Stadium.  With no chance of survival, she charged into them with weapons blazing and taking damage from the Blakist 'Mechs.  She conducted a jump attack and used her 'Mech hatchet, nearly hitting the cockpit of a ''[[Vanquisher]]'' assault 'Mech before it killed her. Although the event is undated, she was described as "last year's champion", establishing her death in 3068.<ref>''MapPack: Solaris VII'', pp. 8–9: ''Blood Price'' - Kelley Metz "Execution" match is televised on holovid</ref>

==BattleMechs==
In 3051 she was piloting a CGR-1A9 ''[[Charger]]''.<ref name="SOLARISGMBp29"/>

In [[3062]] she was piloting an ''[[Emperor]]''.

In 3067 she was piloting a ''[[Ti Ts'ang]]''.

== Rules ==
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Because of her injury in [[3062]] she had been experiencing dizziness interfering with her neurofeedback signal to her BattleMech. At the beginning of every turn she must make a Consciousness Roll at her current target number, and if she fails, all her Piloting Skills will receive a +2 modifier.<ref name=HvsM/>
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Blood Price]]''
* ''[[Classic BattleTech RPG]]''
* ''[[Hendry Vs. Metz]]''
* ''[[Illusions of Victory]]''
* ''[[MapPack: Solaris VII]]''
* ''[[Solaris VII: The Game World|Solaris VII: The Game World – Gamemaster's Book]]''


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