Editing Billy Talltree
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision
Your text
Line 19:
Line 19: ==History== ==History== − Billy Talltree was a strongman on the Blue Diamond during the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] rule. After their ''Touman'' departed, and the Falcon's Occupation Zone became the [[Hinterlands]], he saw his opportunity, moving into the power vacuum. He recruited some armed men, overthrow the Clan military governor, not long after the Falcons had departed, and declared himself Blue Diamond's president, a ''de facto'' dictator ruling by brute force and fear. Expecting to increase his profits, he halted all food exports to the nearby planet [[Arcturus]], citing a crop blight. That greatly affected Arcturus, as their own harvests have greatly diminished, and hunger and chaos threatened the population. But Talltree ignored the arrival recently on Arcturus of the [[26th Arcturan Guards]]. Talltree said their industry had problems, but the Arcturans sent a recon team to Blue Diamond, uncovering the truth.<ref>''Tamar Rising'' p. 27</ref> + Billy Talltree was a strongman on the Blue Diamond during the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] rule. After their ''Touman'' departed, and the Falcon's Occupation Zone became the [[Hinterlands]], he saw his opportunity, moving into the power vacuum. He recruited some armed men, overthrow the Clan military governor, not long after the Falcons had departed, and declared himself Blue Diamond's president, a ''de facto'' dictator ruling by brute force and fear. Expecting to increase his profits, he halted all food exports to the nearby planet [[Arcturus]], citing a crop blight. That greatly affected Arcturus, as their own harvests have greatly diminished, and hunger and chaos threatened the population. But Talltree ignored the arrival recently on Arcturus of the [[Twenty-Sixth Arcturan Guards]]. Talltree said their industry had problems, but the Arcturans sent a recon team to Blue Diamond, uncovering the truth.<ref>''Tamar Rising'' p. 27</ref> Soon after, a mixed battalion arrived to Blue Diamond. They posed as [[mercenary|mercenaries]], and landed the 24 July [[3151]] on Cobalt City's spaceport. Talltree invited the mercs' commander into what he called ''presidential palace''. He attempted to contract them as their personal guard, but even unarmed, the mercenary leader, ''Major Micah Mitchum'' jumped over him, took his weapon and knocked him down. Talltree's bodyguards were annihilated by the ''mercenary'' unit, and he was captured. After his captor, which really was the 26th Kommandant [[Micah Mitchum]] resolved the food situation, a gibbet was built in front of the presidential mansion, and Billy, along with his thugs, swung from it.<ref>''Tamar Rising'' p. 27</ref><ref>''Elements Of Treason'' ch. 15</ref> Soon after, a mixed battalion arrived to Blue Diamond. They posed as [[mercenary|mercenaries]], and landed the 24 July [[3151]] on Cobalt City's spaceport. Talltree invited the mercs' commander into what he called ''presidential palace''. He attempted to contract them as their personal guard, but even unarmed, the mercenary leader, ''Major Micah Mitchum'' jumped over him, took his weapon and knocked him down. Talltree's bodyguards were annihilated by the ''mercenary'' unit, and he was captured. After his captor, which really was the 26th Kommandant [[Micah Mitchum]] resolved the food situation, a gibbet was built in front of the presidential mansion, and Billy, along with his thugs, swung from it.<ref>''Tamar Rising'' p. 27</ref><ref>''Elements Of Treason'' ch. 15</ref>
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Billy Talltree was a strongman on the Blue Diamond during the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] rule. After their ''Touman'' departed, and the Falcon's Occupation Zone became the [[Hinterlands]], he saw his opportunity, moving into the power vacuum. He recruited some armed men, overthrow the Clan military governor, not long after the Falcons had departed, and declared himself Blue Diamond's president, a ''de facto'' dictator ruling by brute force and fear. Expecting to increase his profits, he halted all food exports to the nearby planet [[Arcturus]], citing a crop blight. That greatly affected Arcturus, as their own harvests have greatly diminished, and hunger and chaos threatened the population. But Talltree ignored the arrival recently on Arcturus of the [[ | + | Billy Talltree was a strongman on the Blue Diamond during the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] rule. After their ''Touman'' departed, and the Falcon's Occupation Zone became the [[Hinterlands]], he saw his opportunity, moving into the power vacuum. He recruited some armed men, overthrow the Clan military governor, not long after the Falcons had departed, and declared himself Blue Diamond's president, a ''de facto'' dictator ruling by brute force and fear. Expecting to increase his profits, he halted all food exports to the nearby planet [[Arcturus]], citing a crop blight. That greatly affected Arcturus, as their own harvests have greatly diminished, and hunger and chaos threatened the population. But Talltree ignored the arrival recently on Arcturus of the [[Twenty-Sixth Arcturan Guards]]. Talltree said their industry had problems, but the Arcturans sent a recon team to Blue Diamond, uncovering the truth.<ref>''Tamar Rising'' p. 27</ref> |
Soon after, a mixed battalion arrived to Blue Diamond. They posed as [[mercenary|mercenaries]], and landed the 24 July [[3151]] on Cobalt City's spaceport. Talltree invited the mercs' commander into what he called ''presidential palace''. He attempted to contract them as their personal guard, but even unarmed, the mercenary leader, ''Major Micah Mitchum'' jumped over him, took his weapon and knocked him down. Talltree's bodyguards were annihilated by the ''mercenary'' unit, and he was captured. After his captor, which really was the 26th Kommandant [[Micah Mitchum]] resolved the food situation, a gibbet was built in front of the presidential mansion, and Billy, along with his thugs, swung from it.<ref>''Tamar Rising'' p. 27</ref><ref>''Elements Of Treason'' ch. 15</ref> | Soon after, a mixed battalion arrived to Blue Diamond. They posed as [[mercenary|mercenaries]], and landed the 24 July [[3151]] on Cobalt City's spaceport. Talltree invited the mercs' commander into what he called ''presidential palace''. He attempted to contract them as their personal guard, but even unarmed, the mercenary leader, ''Major Micah Mitchum'' jumped over him, took his weapon and knocked him down. Talltree's bodyguards were annihilated by the ''mercenary'' unit, and he was captured. After his captor, which really was the 26th Kommandant [[Micah Mitchum]] resolved the food situation, a gibbet was built in front of the presidential mansion, and Billy, along with his thugs, swung from it.<ref>''Tamar Rising'' p. 27</ref><ref>''Elements Of Treason'' ch. 15</ref> | ||