Suzie Foster

Suzie Foster
Character Profile
Affiliation Lyran Alliance
Rank Leftenant General[1]

Suzie Foster was the commanding officer of the Second Republican Guards as of 3058.[1]

History[edit]

Leftenant General Foster, serving with the Second Republican Guards, was stationed on Algol in 3062. When the Second Republican's former commander was killed during the Free Worlds League invasion of Wasat, then-Kommandant Foster was left in control of a disintegrating regiment spread over a thousand-kilometer frontline. Battling distance, invaders, and the other officers of the Second Republican, Foster's long relationship with the Republicans' DropShip group commander provided her with a solution: her troops would either obey the order to retreat or be marooned to face the Marik's wrath alone. Once the Second Republican arrived on Algol, Foster received a promotion and official command of the regiment.[1]

When fighting began in the Federated Commonwealth Civil War, Foster's paranoia lead her to attack the Twelfth Vegan Rangers' Gamma Regiment on 21 December 3062 - the resulting three-day battle hurt the mercenaries and destroyed half of Debelne city but failed to remove the Vegans from their entrenchments. By 2 January 3063, the mass exodus of Debelne's civilians became too much for Foster and she was forced to dedicate a third of her troops to refugee camp duty while simultaneously breaking off active besiegement of the mercenaries' positions. When Foster's troops took Debelne's spaceport on 22 January, the mercenaries retreated only after razing the spaceport's fuel stockpiles and destroying both the spaceport's utility and a lance of Republican BattleMechs. One last battle on 26 January ended with a massive grain silo explosion that destroyed numerous 'Mechs and damaged many more, leaving Foster with half of her command and no choice but to await reinforcements from the Third Republican Guards.[2]

While the Third Republicans did arrive on 16 February, they were behind the Vegans' Beta Regiment and just ahead of the hostile Fifth Crucis Lancers. On 25 February, the mercenaries and Lancers hit the Republicans' defenses in Algol City hard, leaving one hundred 'Mechs from both sides crippled or dead and forcing the Republicans to abandon the city entirely. When the Republicans linked up with the recently-arrived Fifteenth Deneb Light Cavalry with the Lancers and Vegans hot on their heels, the ensuing battle left the Second Republicans all but destroyed. Foster, once again left with no options, attached her surviving troops to the Third Republican Guards. Her fate past this point is not recorded.[3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 106: "2nd Republican Unit Profile"
  2. FedCom Civil War, p. 29: "Algol- Flashpoint"
  3. FedCom Civil War, p. 54: "Algol- Wave One"

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