Sandra Barclay

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Sandra Barclay
Personal
Affiliation	Eridani Light Horse (formerly) Clan Goliath Scorpion
Career
Profession	Colonel Star Colonel
Family
Parents	John MacAllister (stepfather)
Spouse	Unnamed first husband William
Children	Grace Barclay Chloë Barclay Ariel Barclay

Sandra Barclay was an officer serving in the Eridani Light Horse during the thirty-first century.

History

Academy

Barclay would attend the NAIS.

Seventy-first

Sandra was promoted to command of the rebuilt Seventy-first Light Horse Regiment in 3055. She proved herself an able commander, but the heavy losses her unit suffered during the Battle of Coventry eroded her confidence. Unknown to the rest of the ELH command, witnessing the brutal death of Daniel Umsont caused her to suffer from PTSD.

Several Clans began whittling the 71st down with Trials of Possession for the 71st's equipment and personnel. Beginning in December of 3067, Colonel Barclay started a friendly relationship with Clan Goliath Scorpion Khan Ariel Suvorov, who frequently visited the Star League enclave of Lootera on Huntress.

Despite these friendly relations, Galaxy Commander Rik Myers made an unauthorized batchall to the 71st, declaring a Trial of Possession for a battalion of troops from the 71st, the Star League Embassy on Strana Mechty, and Lootera. The 71st performed well in the Trial, reducing Galaxy Commander Myers' forces to a Binary of troops. Colonel Barclay offered Galaxy Commander Myers hegira. Myers refused, and soon Barclay faced Myers' Fire Scorpion in her Cerberus. She sent a Gauss rifle round into his cockpit, killing him. Star Colonel Malachi Posavatz then accepted Barclay's offer of hegira.

On 2 February 3068, Colonel Barclay challenged the Goliath Scorpions to a Trial of Possession for her unit. They agreed to simulator battles for infantry and armor crews, but Khan Suvorov insisted that the Trials for MechWarriors and Aerospace fighter pilots had to be live fire. A few of the 71st's personnel departed with the Star League ambassador and his staff to return to the Inner Sphere, but most remained. They agreed to hold the Trial on 10 July 3068, and the first side to lose 50% of its forces would lose. 19 Lances of the 71st fought against 16 Goliath Scorpion Stars. The 71st lost, and Colonel Barclay, along with her entire command were taken as bondsman by Clan Goliath Scorpion.

Goliath Scorpions

Sandra became abtakha and became a Goliath Scorpion Warrior. At one point, she was promoted to Star Colonel and assigned command of the 1st Eridani Lancers.

According to Khan Ariel Suvorov in February of 3075, all of the Scorpions' warriors who originated as abtakha taken from the Eridani Light Horse were dead.

Sandra Barclay would posthumously be honored with the creation of the Barclay Bloodname.

Published Works

Sandra was also a published author, with New Avalon Publishing Company, having written a firsthand account of the Battle of Coventry in 3058, called Boots and Saddles: The Eridani Light Horse on Coventry.

BattleMech

Sandra piloted a Cerberus during Operation SERPENT and through the last battle of the 71st when it was taken as bondsmen by the Goliath Scorpions.

Bibliography

• The Battle of Coventry
• Field Manual: ComStar
• The Hunters (novel)
• No Dust, No Wear (novella)
• Shadows of War (novel)
• Sword and Fire (novel)
• Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade
• The Wars of Reaving