Rachel Akron

Rachel Akron
Character Profile
Also known as The Avenger
Affiliation Federated Suns
Rank Leftenant[1]
Profession MechWarrior[1]

Rachel "The Avenger" Akron was a notable officer in the Seventh Crucis Lancers during the First Succession War.[1]

History[edit]

Leftenant Akron was one of the members of the Seventh Crucis Lancers participating in resistance operations on Kentares IV following its conquest by the Draconis Combine. Akron's BattleMech was destroyed during the Combine's initial conquest of the planet, leaving her assigned to infantry duties when the Seventh Lancers elected to remain on-world as a resistance movement. When a shipment of Valkyrie BattleMechs was smuggled onto Kentares in 2792, Akron returned to her MechWarrior duties, spending the next four years as 'Mech support for her former infantry platoon's insurgent activities. Akron's preferred tactic was to use herself as bait, luring the heaviest defenders of various supply depots and caravans into traps while her commandos used the opportunity to steal the under-defended resources.[1]

When Coordinator Minoru Kurita was killed on Kentares, Akron was one of the members of the Seventh Lancers who obeyed First Prince John Davion's recall order in the hopes that leaving the planet would prevent Combine retaliation against Kentares' populace. Akron's infantry comrades remained behind in order to observe the situation and, when Akron returned in the wake of the Kentares Massacre, she learned her friends had been killed by a First Sword of Light lance commanded by Chu-i Sohoshi Oshita.[1]

Enraged, Akron requested a leave of absence from the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns in order to hunt down Oshita and his lancemates. By 2801, Akron and an accompanying mercenary unit tracked Oshita's force to the world of Tallmadge, where they eliminated Combine MechWarriors and technicians alike. Akron ensured the death of the technicians herself, assaulting the lance's field hangars and stomping many of them under her 'Mech's feet.[1]

BattleMechs[edit]

Leftenant Rachel Akron piloted an Enforcer BattleMech until it was destroyed during the Draconis Combine's conquest of Kentares IV. After a brief period as an infantryman, Akron took command of a Valkryie BattleMech, which she would use to great effect in insurgent and anti-infantry roles.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 First Succession War, p. 158: "VLK-QA Valkyrie"

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