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| birthdate          = 14 June [[3108]]<ref name=MDADPC>''MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards'', p. 46</ref>
 
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| othernames          = Santi<ref name=Ronel3>''Roar of the Dragon: The Battle for Ronel!'', Scenario #3: Siege</ref>
 
| affiliation        = [[Swordsworn]]
 
| affiliation        = [[Swordsworn]]
 
| rank                = [[Captain]]<ref name=Ronel1>''Roar of the Dragon: The Battle for Ronel!'', Scenario #1: Incoming Fire</ref>
 
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==Personal Appearance==
 
==Personal Appearance==
Padilla had red-brown hair and brown eyes.<ref name=MDADPC></ref>
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Padilla had red-brown hair and brown eyes, with a stooped pose.<ref name=MDADPC></ref><ref name=INN175>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 175 Interesting Times, Dangerous Places #363: "Deep Down"</ref> 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
===Early Life===
 
===Early Life===
The descendant of a [[Star League Defense Force]] solider who chose to stay behind in the [[Inner Sphere]] and become a freelance [[mercenary]], rather than join [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]'s [[Operation EXODUS]], being a mercenary MechWarrior was in Santiago Padilla's blood. Therefore becoming a MechWarrior with the Ghost Legion, with its mercenary past, was a nature choice for Padilla.<ref name=MDADPC></ref>
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The descendant of a [[Star League Defense Force]] solider who chose to stay behind in the [[Inner Sphere]] and become a freelance [[mercenary]], rather than join [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]'s [[Operation EXODUS]], being a mercenary MechWarrior was in Santiago Padilla's blood. Therefore becoming a MechWarrior with the Ghost Legion, with its mercenary past, was a nature choice for Padilla.<ref name=MDADPC></ref> With the Ghost Legion, Padilla commanded a Reconnoiter [[Lance]], which included [[Kenyata Woods]], [[Sakeena Gilco]] and [[K.M. Moran]].<ref name=MDALI>''MechWarrior: Dark Age - Liao Incursion Dossiers'', Kenyata Woods Dossier</ref>
  
 
===Battle of Ronel===
 
===Battle of Ronel===
In [[3133]] Padilla helped to repulse a raid on [[Ronel]] by [[Dragon's Fury]] forces under ''[[Tai-i]]'' [[Abeda Measho]].<ref name=Ronel1></ref>  
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In May [[3133]] Padilla helped to repulse a raid on [[Ronel]] by [[Dragon's Fury]] forces under ''[[Tai-i]]'' [[Abeda Measho]] of [[The Brotherhood]], who were seeking to expand their control in the [[Republic of the Sphere]]'s [[Prefecture III]] and [[Prefecture IV]]. As the highest ranking MechWarrior amongst the world's defenders, Padilla was tasked by local Republic Militia commander [[Colonel]] [[Wayne Duvall]] to lead the defense of the capital city Lenor, against the Fury's initial landing.<ref name=Ronel1></ref>  
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The initial engagement being inconclusive, Padilla was able to lead the Fury away from the city into the Lenor Valley, where Padilla and Measho again clashed, when Padilla's unit was ambushed in Ronel's toxic highlands.<ref name=Ronel2>''Roar of the Dragon: The Battle for Ronel!'', Scenario #2: Firing Lines</ref> This engagement again ending in a stalemate, the Fury fell back from Lenor, choosing to dig in at a secondary beachhead at the Omar's Vein mining complex owned by [[Omar-Hyrogi Enterprises]] on the Oxo continent.<ref name=INN169>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 169 Interesting Times, Dangerous Places: #362 ―The Clash of Swords</ref> 
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Assisted by [[Lisabet Wolf]] of the [[Steel Wolves]], Padilla assaulted this complex after a suborbital combat drop, hoping to collapse the mine shafts with the Fury still within them.<ref name=Ronel3></ref> This plan however did not succeed, forcing Padilla to fall back to regroup. Running out of time before Fury reinforcements might arrive, Padilla decided to try again to dislodge the Fury from their warren, this time with a direct assault which would decide the fate of the world.<ref name=Ronel4>''Roar of the Dragon: The Battle for Ronel!'', Scenario #4: Descent</ref> This battle was reported on by journalist [[Cameron Shaw]], who interviewed Padilla and Lisabet Wolf before the assault commenced.<ref name=INN175></ref> 
  
 
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Santiago Padilla
Personal
Also known asSanti[1]
Born14 June 3108[2]
AffiliationSwordsworn
Profile
RankCaptain[3]
ProfessionMechWarrior

Captain Santiago Padilla was a MechWarrior, who served within the Swordsworn's Ghost Legion, during the Dark Age Era.[2]

Personal Appearance[edit]

Padilla had red-brown hair and brown eyes, with a stooped pose.[2][4]

History[edit]

Early Life[edit]

The descendant of a Star League Defense Force solider who chose to stay behind in the Inner Sphere and become a freelance mercenary, rather than join Aleksandr Kerensky's Operation EXODUS, being a mercenary MechWarrior was in Santiago Padilla's blood. Therefore becoming a MechWarrior with the Ghost Legion, with its mercenary past, was a nature choice for Padilla.[2] With the Ghost Legion, Padilla commanded a Reconnoiter Lance, which included Kenyata Woods, Sakeena Gilco and K.M. Moran.[5]

Battle of Ronel[edit]

In May 3133 Padilla helped to repulse a raid on Ronel by Dragon's Fury forces under Tai-i Abeda Measho of The Brotherhood, who were seeking to expand their control in the Republic of the Sphere's Prefecture III and Prefecture IV. As the highest ranking MechWarrior amongst the world's defenders, Padilla was tasked by local Republic Militia commander Colonel Wayne Duvall to lead the defense of the capital city Lenor, against the Fury's initial landing.[3]

The initial engagement being inconclusive, Padilla was able to lead the Fury away from the city into the Lenor Valley, where Padilla and Measho again clashed, when Padilla's unit was ambushed in Ronel's toxic highlands.[6] This engagement again ending in a stalemate, the Fury fell back from Lenor, choosing to dig in at a secondary beachhead at the Omar's Vein mining complex owned by Omar-Hyrogi Enterprises on the Oxo continent.[7]

Assisted by Lisabet Wolf of the Steel Wolves, Padilla assaulted this complex after a suborbital combat drop, hoping to collapse the mine shafts with the Fury still within them.[1] This plan however did not succeed, forcing Padilla to fall back to regroup. Running out of time before Fury reinforcements might arrive, Padilla decided to try again to dislodge the Fury from their warren, this time with a direct assault which would decide the fate of the world.[8] This battle was reported on by journalist Cameron Shaw, who interviewed Padilla and Lisabet Wolf before the assault commenced.[4]

BattleMech[edit]

Padilla was known to have piloted a Firestarter BattleMech, serial number FS748-24Y, nicknamed "Matchstick". This 'Mech first experienced combat in 2900, in the hands of the Eridani Light Horse, during an assault on the Draconis Combine world of Radalah. It subsequently passed through the ownership of a number of mercenary commands, including Blue Star Irregulars, Kell Hounds, Waco Rangers and Wilson's Hussars. It came into the hands of the then Vanguard Legion during a game of poker, when the Legion's CO Colonel Chad Dean won it from the Harlock's Warriors CO Samantha Viele in 3061.[2]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Roar of the Dragon: The Battle for Ronel!, Scenario #3: Siege
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards, p. 46
  3. 3.0 3.1 Roar of the Dragon: The Battle for Ronel!, Scenario #1: Incoming Fire
  4. 4.0 4.1 Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 175 Interesting Times, Dangerous Places #363: "Deep Down"
  5. MechWarrior: Dark Age - Liao Incursion Dossiers, Kenyata Woods Dossier
  6. Roar of the Dragon: The Battle for Ronel!, Scenario #2: Firing Lines
  7. Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN, p. 169 Interesting Times, Dangerous Places: #362 ―The Clash of Swords
  8. Roar of the Dragon: The Battle for Ronel!, Scenario #4: Descent

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