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Nina Slade

Nina Slade
Personal
Died3146
AffiliationWolf’s Dragoons
Career
RankCaptain
ProfessionMechWarrior

History

3139-3140

Captain Nina Slade was a MechWarrior in the Spider’s Web Battalion of Wolf’s Dragoons. During the time that Wolf’s Dragoons were employed by the Draconis Combine to conquer the worlds of the Draconis Reach Slade served as Colonel Henry Kincaid’s bodyguard and confidante, with a strong reputation for her serious nature. [1] Slade was an exceptional assault mech pilot, able to dispatch multiple opponents with ease and achieve uncharacteristic performance from her ‘Mech. [2][3]

New Avalon and death

Nina keep her place of aide and bodyguard of Kincaid until the battle of New Avalon, in 3146. There, to break him out of a Davion trap, she had to face down a full company of Davion forces, which killed her, but not after saving Kincaid. To honor her, the name Slade was added to the list of Dragoons Honornames, the first one in over forty years.[4]

BattleMech

Slade piloted a Hellstar as part of the command star of the Spider’s Web Battalion. After her death, the 'Mech was recovered and handed to Aksel Vordel.[5] [6]

References

  1. "Redemption Rift", p. 76
  2. "Redemption Rift", p. 8
  3. "Redemption Rift", p. 211-214
  4. Redemption Rites p. 22
  5. "Redemption Rift", p. 8
  6. Redemption Rites p. 135

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