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==History== | ==History== | ||
By [[3025]], Westrick was the overall commanding officer of both Crater Cobra regiments.<ref name=HD:TFSp136/> | By [[3025]], Westrick was the overall commanding officer of both Crater Cobra regiments.<ref name=HD:TFSp136/> | ||
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| + | In [[3026]], Richard Westrick and the Crater Cobras participated in the [[Operation GALAHAD]] wargames on [[Avigait]], joining another mercenary unit, [[Nik's Cavaliers]], in defending a decommissioned orbital defense system from a [[Federated Commonwealth]] coalition led by [[House Steiner|Steiner]] Colonel [[Steven Zaks]] and [[House Davion|Davion]] Marshal [[Jackson Davion]]. The lack of coordination between the two Houses allowed the mercenaries to repel their forces and launch an immediate counterattack on their headquarters. Westrick advanced with the bulk of his Cobras as a diversion, prompting the coalition forces to overcompensate with too many units to face them after their earlier failure, allowing the Cavaliers to conduct a surgical strike and take out their leader, Colonel [[Ardan Sortek]], behind enemy lines.<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Kestrel Lancers Missions</ref> | ||
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| + | While stranded on [[Sarna]] in [[3029]] during [[Operation RAT]] of the [[Fourth Succession War]] and fending off [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan]] forces for months, Westrick and his Cobras had taken refuge in the interior of a derelict [[WarShip]] located deep in northern Jacarlos after having repelled an all-out attack from the [[Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] at Graves Hallow the previous week. The Cavaliers, there on special assignment with the [[Second Crucis Lancers]], linked up with them after having been located by the [[Fifth Syrtis Fusiliers]] and together repelled another attack by the Third.<ref name=MW5M/> | ||
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| + | Westrick's forces had been spent weeks probing the facilities the Capellans had been using to disrupt long-range communications on-planet, but didn't feel they had the numbers to launch an assault on any of them without heavy losses. With the Cavaliers now present, Westrick devised a plan similar to their strategy during the GALAHAD wargames and moved with all of his remaining forces to meet the [[McCarron's Armored Cavalry|MAC]] head on and provide the Cavaliers an opening to destroy a number of regional jamming arrays. As the situation looked grim for the Cobras, they learned that Ardan Sortek and the [[Davion Heavy Guards]] were already in-system and about to make planetfall. The Cobras relayed their coordinates to Sortek at fifty klicks east of the city of Catatonia, notifying that they were pinned down by the Big Mac. The Fusiliers moved to reinforce their position, allowing their combined strength hold out long enough for the Guards to arrive via an orbital 'Mech drop and push McCarron's forces back, eventually forcing them to retreat off-world.<ref name=MW5M/> | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' | * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game) | ||
[[Category:Mercenary Characters|Westrick, Richard]] | [[Category:Mercenary Characters|Westrick, Richard]] | ||
Revision as of 10:05, 21 March 2023
Richard Westrick | |
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| Affiliation | Crater Cobras |
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| Rank | Colonel[1] |
| Profession | MechWarrior |
Richard Westrick was the commanding officer of the Crater Cobras.
History
By 3025, Westrick was the overall commanding officer of both Crater Cobra regiments.[1]
In 3026, Richard Westrick and the Crater Cobras participated in the Operation GALAHAD wargames on Avigait, joining another mercenary unit, Nik's Cavaliers, in defending a decommissioned orbital defense system from a Federated Commonwealth coalition led by Steiner Colonel Steven Zaks and Davion Marshal Jackson Davion. The lack of coordination between the two Houses allowed the mercenaries to repel their forces and launch an immediate counterattack on their headquarters. Westrick advanced with the bulk of his Cobras as a diversion, prompting the coalition forces to overcompensate with too many units to face them after their earlier failure, allowing the Cavaliers to conduct a surgical strike and take out their leader, Colonel Ardan Sortek, behind enemy lines.[2]
While stranded on Sarna in 3029 during Operation RAT of the Fourth Succession War and fending off Capellan forces for months, Westrick and his Cobras had taken refuge in the interior of a derelict WarShip located deep in northern Jacarlos after having repelled an all-out attack from the Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry at Graves Hallow the previous week. The Cavaliers, there on special assignment with the Second Crucis Lancers, linked up with them after having been located by the Fifth Syrtis Fusiliers and together repelled another attack by the Third.[2]
Westrick's forces had been spent weeks probing the facilities the Capellans had been using to disrupt long-range communications on-planet, but didn't feel they had the numbers to launch an assault on any of them without heavy losses. With the Cavaliers now present, Westrick devised a plan similar to their strategy during the GALAHAD wargames and moved with all of his remaining forces to meet the MAC head on and provide the Cavaliers an opening to destroy a number of regional jamming arrays. As the situation looked grim for the Cobras, they learned that Ardan Sortek and the Davion Heavy Guards were already in-system and about to make planetfall. The Cobras relayed their coordinates to Sortek at fifty klicks east of the city of Catatonia, notifying that they were pinned down by the Big Mac. The Fusiliers moved to reinforce their position, allowing their combined strength hold out long enough for the Guards to arrive via an orbital 'Mech drop and push McCarron's forces back, eventually forcing them to retreat off-world.[2]
BattleMech
Behind the Scenes
In MechWarrior 5: Legend of the Kestrel Lancers, Richard Westrick was voiced by Nicolas Greco.[3]