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| name                = Tom Stancel
| birthdate          = [[3002]]<ref name="BTEraReport3062">''Era Report: 3062'', pp. 89–90: "Tom Stancel"</ref>
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| position            = Commanding Officer of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]]
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| profession          = [[Mercenary]] [[MechWarrior]]
 
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'''Tom Stancel''' was the leader of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] from 3048 to at least 3067.<ref name="FMUp">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 183: "Mercenary Employment Roster"</ref> He was born in Federated Suns territory and grew up within the military hierarchy and structures of the Rangers, eventually leading them into battle throughout the [[FedCom Civil War]] and into the [[Jihad|Word of Blake Jihad]].<ref name="BTEraReport3062"/>
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'''Tom Stancel''' was the leader of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] from 3048 to at least 3067.<ref name="FMUp">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 183, "Mercenary Employment Roster"</ref> He was born in Federated Suns territory and grew up within the military hierarchy and structures of the Rangers, eventually leading them into battle throughout the [[FedCom Civil War]] and into the [[Jihad|Word of Blake Jihad]].<ref name="BTEraReport3062">''Era Report: 3062'', pp. 89-90, "Tom Stancel"</ref>
 
 
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
Born in 3002 to two 'MechTechs working in the employ of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]], Stancel was lucky enough to have his education at the [[Federated Suns]]' prestigious [[Sakhara Academy]] sponsored by the unit.  Upon graduation, he was assigned to the Twelfth Vegan Rangers' [[Beta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Beta Regiment]] as a lance commander, but quickly demonstrated his abilities and proficiency and was transferred to their [[Alpha Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Alpha Regiment]] in [[3042]] as CO of the First Regiment.  His skills, demeanor, and leadership as an officer in that regiment made such an impression on its current commanding officer, [[General]] [[Sheridan Douglass]], that when Sheridan retired from the Rangers in 3049, he named Stancel as his successor.<ref name="BTEraReport3062"/>
 
Born in 3002 to two 'MechTechs working in the employ of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]], Stancel was lucky enough to have his education at the [[Federated Suns]]' prestigious [[Sakhara Academy]] sponsored by the unit.  Upon graduation, he was assigned to the Twelfth Vegan Rangers' [[Beta Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Beta Regiment]] as a lance commander, but quickly demonstrated his abilities and proficiency and was transferred to their [[Alpha Regiment (12th Vegan Rangers)|Alpha Regiment]] in [[3042]] as CO of the First Regiment.  His skills, demeanor, and leadership as an officer in that regiment made such an impression on its current commanding officer, [[General]] [[Sheridan Douglass]], that when Sheridan retired from the Rangers in 3049, he named Stancel as his successor.<ref name="BTEraReport3062"/>
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[[General]] Stancel led the Twelfth Vegan Rangers in their defense of the [[Capellan March|Capellan]] and [[Sarna March|Sarna Marches]] as they were contracted by the [[Federated Commonwealth]] to protect the border while the [[AFFC]] pivoted to focus on and deal with the threat [[Clan Invasion]].<ref name="FMMerc">''Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised)'', p. 107</ref>  Stancel blamed the loss of the Rangers' Delta Regiment during the fall of the Sarna Marches during [[Operation Guerrero]] on decisions made by [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]].  This resentment grew as Katherine, aware that the Twelfth Vegan Rangers were a historically Davion-loyal mercenary unit, lowered their priority on the logistics matrices, forcing Stancel to look to outside sources for independent refit and resupply.<ref name="BTEraReport3062"/>
 
[[General]] Stancel led the Twelfth Vegan Rangers in their defense of the [[Capellan March|Capellan]] and [[Sarna March|Sarna Marches]] as they were contracted by the [[Federated Commonwealth]] to protect the border while the [[AFFC]] pivoted to focus on and deal with the threat [[Clan Invasion]].<ref name="FMMerc">''Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised)'', p. 107</ref>  Stancel blamed the loss of the Rangers' Delta Regiment during the fall of the Sarna Marches during [[Operation Guerrero]] on decisions made by [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]].  This resentment grew as Katherine, aware that the Twelfth Vegan Rangers were a historically Davion-loyal mercenary unit, lowered their priority on the logistics matrices, forcing Stancel to look to outside sources for independent refit and resupply.<ref name="BTEraReport3062"/>
  
When the [[FedCom Civil War]] exploded into being in [[3062]], Stancel and his Alpha Regiment were stationed on [[New Aragon]] after having supplemented that planet's defenses with the [[Third FedCom RCT]] while the [[First Aragon Borderers]] were away fighting [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].  When the Third FedCom turned on the recently-returned Borderers, Stancel was instrumental in leading his forces in rapid strikes against the overwhelming force. He and his Rangers found themselves hot-dropping to the Borderers' rescue on multiple occasions and finally stomped out the Loyalist Third FedCom entirely by August [[3063]].  Hearing word that the Twelfth Vegan Rangers' Gamma Regiment was suffering heavy losses on [[Algol]], he quickly redeployed Alpha Regiment to that world and rallied the remnants of the Beta and Gamma to continue the fight.  Along with the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], he succeeded in destroying the Loyalist [[Fifteenth Deneb Light Cavalry]] and driving the [[Republican Guards (Rim Worlds Republic)|Republican Guards]] offworld.<ref name="FedComCW">''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 80–81: "Algol"</ref>
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When the [[FedCom Civil War]] exploded into being in [[3062]], Stancel and his Alpha Regiment were stationed on [[New Aragon]] after having supplemented that planet's defenses with the [[Third FedCom RCT]] while the [[First Aragon Borderers]] were away fighting [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].  When the Third FedCom turned on the recently-returned Borderers, Stancel was instrumental in leading his forces in rapid strikes against the overwhelming force. He and his Rangers found themselves hot-dropping to the Borderers' rescue on multiple occasions and finally stomped out the Loyalist Third FedCom entirely by August [[3063]].  Hearing word that the Twelfth Vegan Rangers' Gamma Regiment was suffering heavy losses on [[Algol]], he quickly redeployed Alpha Regiment to that world and rallied the remnants of the Beta and Gamma to continue the fight.  Along with the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], he succeeded in destroying the Loyalist [[Fifteenth Deneb Light Cavalry]] and driving the [[Republican Guards]] offworld.<ref name="FedComCW">''Federated Commonwealth Civil War'', pp. 80-81, "Algol"</ref>
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Stancel and his Alpha Regiment were then called up to assist the [[Davion Assault Guards]] and the [[Twelfth Deneb Light Cavalry]] in their defense of [[Addicks]] from [[Draconis Combine]] forces.  Working with those Allied units, they successfully routed the [[DCMS]] forces, who were forced to retreat.<ref name="FedComCWAd">''Federated Commonwealth Civil War'', p. 150, 166, "Addicks"</ref>  After the Civil War ended, Stancel continued to lead and rebuild the Rangers.
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==Rules==
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Stancel and his Alpha Regiment were then called up to assist the [[Davion Assault Guards]] and the [[Twelfth Deneb Light Cavalry]] in their defense of [[Addicks]] from [[Draconis Combine]] forcesWorking with those Allied units, they successfully routed the [[DCMS]] forces, who were forced to retreat.<ref name="FedComCWAd">''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 150, 166: "Addicks"</ref> After the Civil War ended, Stancel continued to lead and rebuild the Rangers.
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==Game Rules (A Time of War)==
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Tom Stancel is an Elite-level MechWarrior/Officer. He has the Dodge and Tactical Genius special pilot abilities and +3 bonuses to all Leadership and Strategy skill rollsHis resentment of Katherine Steiner-Davion gives him a –4-TP Compulsion/Hatred of House Steiner.<ref name="BTEraReport3062p159">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 159, "Major Personalities of the Late Clan Invasion"</ref>
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==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]''
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* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
  
[[Category:Mercenary Characters|Stancel, Tom]]
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