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Line 13: | children = | children = }} }} + '''Mitch Hibbert''' was a soldier from the [[AFFS]] that ended up leading the [[Tortuga Dominions]], as the leader of the [[Red Raiders]]. '''Mitch Hibbert''' was a soldier from the [[AFFS]] that ended up leading the [[Tortuga Dominions]], as the leader of the [[Red Raiders]]. − ==History== + ==Character History== When [[Frederick Koloniv|Frederick "Krasny" Konoliv]], an officer in the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] during the [[Reunification War]] that was serving in the [[237th Light Cavalry Regiment]], a [[BattleMech]] regiment,<ref name="TtS:TPp4">''Touring the Stars: Tortuga Prime'', p. 4</ref> saw his 237th badly damaged in a wasteful action against the [[Taurian Defense Force]] on [[Sterope]].<ref name="TPp154">''The Periphery'', p. 154, "Tortuga Dominions"</ref> Konoliv and the other surviving members of the 237th decided to desert from the AFFS, taking their dependents with them into the [[Periphery]].<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/><ref name="TPp154"/> Mitch had been a child when the 237th arrived on [[Tortuga Prime]].<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> When [[Frederick Koloniv|Frederick "Krasny" Konoliv]], an officer in the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] during the [[Reunification War]] that was serving in the [[237th Light Cavalry Regiment]], a [[BattleMech]] regiment,<ref name="TtS:TPp4">''Touring the Stars: Tortuga Prime'', p. 4</ref> saw his 237th badly damaged in a wasteful action against the [[Taurian Defense Force]] on [[Sterope]].<ref name="TPp154">''The Periphery'', p. 154, "Tortuga Dominions"</ref> Konoliv and the other surviving members of the 237th decided to desert from the AFFS, taking their dependents with them into the [[Periphery]].<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/><ref name="TPp154"/> Mitch had been a child when the 237th arrived on [[Tortuga Prime]].<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> Line 25:
Line 23: Konoliv settled on a plan to take the demi-[[battalion]] of BattleMechs the 237th had managed to bring with them, and raid border worlds for the supplies needed to sustain Tortuga Prime. Renaming his troops as the [[Red Raiders]], Konoliv led them on an initial raiding campaign that lasted from [[2589]] to [[2597]]. Konoliv had his troops focus not just on looting food, but also on kidnapping skilled farmers and their families, herds of livestock, and whatever machines and equipment could be carried away; he also ordered his troops to torch any evidence that they had been responsible for any of the raids. As Konoliv targeted outlying settlements on worlds that weren't monitored, many of the raids went unnoticed for months.<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> Konoliv settled on a plan to take the demi-[[battalion]] of BattleMechs the 237th had managed to bring with them, and raid border worlds for the supplies needed to sustain Tortuga Prime. Renaming his troops as the [[Red Raiders]], Konoliv led them on an initial raiding campaign that lasted from [[2589]] to [[2597]]. Konoliv had his troops focus not just on looting food, but also on kidnapping skilled farmers and their families, herds of livestock, and whatever machines and equipment could be carried away; he also ordered his troops to torch any evidence that they had been responsible for any of the raids. As Konoliv targeted outlying settlements on worlds that weren't monitored, many of the raids went unnoticed for months.<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> − When Konoliv led a failed raid on the Federated Suns world of [[Memphis]] in [[2604]], with Three [[BattleMechs]] were lost in the raid - a precious resource the [[Red Raiders]] couldn't afford to lose - he was challenged on the bridge of the [[DropShip]] ''[[Crossroad]]'' by one of his officers, [[Lieutenant]] Mitch Hibbert. Hibbert killed Konoliv, running him through with a shard of armor taken from a heavily-damaged BattleMech, and demanded a new election to select a replacement ruler. Hibbert was subsequently elected "Duke" of the Pirates of Tortuga, in Konoliv's place.<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> + When Konoliv led a failed raid on the Federated Suns world of [[Memphis]] in [[2604]], with Three [[BattleMechs]] were lost in the raid - a precious resource the [[Red Raiders]] couldn't afford to lose - he was challenged on the bridge of the [[DropShip]] ''[[Crossroad]]'' by one of his officers, [[Lieutenant]] [[Mitch Hibbert]]. Hibbert killed Konoliv, running him through with a shard of armor taken from a heavily-damaged BattleMech, and demanded a new election to select a replacement ruler. Hibbert was subsequently elected "Duke" of the Pirates of Tortuga, in Konoliv's place.<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> Under the first Duke Hibbert, Tortugan society became what it would remain until at least as late as the thirty-second century. Workers had little incentive to do more than the bare minimum necessary for survival, as their families were ripped away and dispersed across other worlds across the Tortuga Dominions,<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> leading to every project becoming an exercise in inefficiency, as large numbers of manual workers had to be forced to engage in work projects that could elsewhere have been performed by a small group of skilled workers - or even a single worker - with the appropriate equipment, while local strongmen competed with and undercut each other. The various smaller settlements and forced relocation camps were still notionally elective democracies, but those elected into authority only lasted for as long as they could continue to provide protection for the people under their rule and provide the required standard of living.<ref name="TtS:TPp5">''Touring the Stars: Tortuga Prime'', p. 5</ref> Under the first Duke Hibbert, Tortugan society became what it would remain until at least as late as the thirty-second century. Workers had little incentive to do more than the bare minimum necessary for survival, as their families were ripped away and dispersed across other worlds across the Tortuga Dominions,<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> leading to every project becoming an exercise in inefficiency, as large numbers of manual workers had to be forced to engage in work projects that could elsewhere have been performed by a small group of skilled workers - or even a single worker - with the appropriate equipment, while local strongmen competed with and undercut each other. The various smaller settlements and forced relocation camps were still notionally elective democracies, but those elected into authority only lasted for as long as they could continue to provide protection for the people under their rule and provide the required standard of living.<ref name="TtS:TPp5">''Touring the Stars: Tortuga Prime'', p. 5</ref>
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'''Mitch Hibbert''' was a soldier from the [[AFFS]] that ended up leading the [[Tortuga Dominions]], as the leader of the [[Red Raiders]]. | '''Mitch Hibbert''' was a soldier from the [[AFFS]] that ended up leading the [[Tortuga Dominions]], as the leader of the [[Red Raiders]]. | ||
| − | ==History== | + | ==Character History== |
When [[Frederick Koloniv|Frederick "Krasny" Konoliv]], an officer in the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] during the [[Reunification War]] that was serving in the [[237th Light Cavalry Regiment]], a [[BattleMech]] regiment,<ref name="TtS:TPp4">''Touring the Stars: Tortuga Prime'', p. 4</ref> saw his 237th badly damaged in a wasteful action against the [[Taurian Defense Force]] on [[Sterope]].<ref name="TPp154">''The Periphery'', p. 154, "Tortuga Dominions"</ref> Konoliv and the other surviving members of the 237th decided to desert from the AFFS, taking their dependents with them into the [[Periphery]].<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/><ref name="TPp154"/> Mitch had been a child when the 237th arrived on [[Tortuga Prime]].<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> | When [[Frederick Koloniv|Frederick "Krasny" Konoliv]], an officer in the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] during the [[Reunification War]] that was serving in the [[237th Light Cavalry Regiment]], a [[BattleMech]] regiment,<ref name="TtS:TPp4">''Touring the Stars: Tortuga Prime'', p. 4</ref> saw his 237th badly damaged in a wasteful action against the [[Taurian Defense Force]] on [[Sterope]].<ref name="TPp154">''The Periphery'', p. 154, "Tortuga Dominions"</ref> Konoliv and the other surviving members of the 237th decided to desert from the AFFS, taking their dependents with them into the [[Periphery]].<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/><ref name="TPp154"/> Mitch had been a child when the 237th arrived on [[Tortuga Prime]].<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> | ||
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Konoliv settled on a plan to take the demi-[[battalion]] of BattleMechs the 237th had managed to bring with them, and raid border worlds for the supplies needed to sustain Tortuga Prime. Renaming his troops as the [[Red Raiders]], Konoliv led them on an initial raiding campaign that lasted from [[2589]] to [[2597]]. Konoliv had his troops focus not just on looting food, but also on kidnapping skilled farmers and their families, herds of livestock, and whatever machines and equipment could be carried away; he also ordered his troops to torch any evidence that they had been responsible for any of the raids. As Konoliv targeted outlying settlements on worlds that weren't monitored, many of the raids went unnoticed for months.<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> | Konoliv settled on a plan to take the demi-[[battalion]] of BattleMechs the 237th had managed to bring with them, and raid border worlds for the supplies needed to sustain Tortuga Prime. Renaming his troops as the [[Red Raiders]], Konoliv led them on an initial raiding campaign that lasted from [[2589]] to [[2597]]. Konoliv had his troops focus not just on looting food, but also on kidnapping skilled farmers and their families, herds of livestock, and whatever machines and equipment could be carried away; he also ordered his troops to torch any evidence that they had been responsible for any of the raids. As Konoliv targeted outlying settlements on worlds that weren't monitored, many of the raids went unnoticed for months.<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> | ||
| − | When Konoliv led a failed raid on the Federated Suns world of [[Memphis]] in [[2604]], with Three [[BattleMechs]] were lost in the raid - a precious resource the [[Red Raiders]] couldn't afford to lose - he was challenged on the bridge of the [[DropShip]] ''[[Crossroad]]'' by one of his officers, [[Lieutenant]] Mitch Hibbert. Hibbert killed Konoliv, running him through with a shard of armor taken from a heavily-damaged BattleMech, and demanded a new election to select a replacement ruler. Hibbert was subsequently elected "Duke" of the Pirates of Tortuga, in Konoliv's place.<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> | + | When Konoliv led a failed raid on the Federated Suns world of [[Memphis]] in [[2604]], with Three [[BattleMechs]] were lost in the raid - a precious resource the [[Red Raiders]] couldn't afford to lose - he was challenged on the bridge of the [[DropShip]] ''[[Crossroad]]'' by one of his officers, [[Lieutenant]] [[Mitch Hibbert]]. Hibbert killed Konoliv, running him through with a shard of armor taken from a heavily-damaged BattleMech, and demanded a new election to select a replacement ruler. Hibbert was subsequently elected "Duke" of the Pirates of Tortuga, in Konoliv's place.<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> |
Under the first Duke Hibbert, Tortugan society became what it would remain until at least as late as the thirty-second century. Workers had little incentive to do more than the bare minimum necessary for survival, as their families were ripped away and dispersed across other worlds across the Tortuga Dominions,<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> leading to every project becoming an exercise in inefficiency, as large numbers of manual workers had to be forced to engage in work projects that could elsewhere have been performed by a small group of skilled workers - or even a single worker - with the appropriate equipment, while local strongmen competed with and undercut each other. The various smaller settlements and forced relocation camps were still notionally elective democracies, but those elected into authority only lasted for as long as they could continue to provide protection for the people under their rule and provide the required standard of living.<ref name="TtS:TPp5">''Touring the Stars: Tortuga Prime'', p. 5</ref> | Under the first Duke Hibbert, Tortugan society became what it would remain until at least as late as the thirty-second century. Workers had little incentive to do more than the bare minimum necessary for survival, as their families were ripped away and dispersed across other worlds across the Tortuga Dominions,<ref name="TtS:TPp4"/> leading to every project becoming an exercise in inefficiency, as large numbers of manual workers had to be forced to engage in work projects that could elsewhere have been performed by a small group of skilled workers - or even a single worker - with the appropriate equipment, while local strongmen competed with and undercut each other. The various smaller settlements and forced relocation camps were still notionally elective democracies, but those elected into authority only lasted for as long as they could continue to provide protection for the people under their rule and provide the required standard of living.<ref name="TtS:TPp5">''Touring the Stars: Tortuga Prime'', p. 5</ref> | ||