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Line 19: ==History== ==History== − William Carson was one of those serving in the Caballeros in [[3056]] when they were employed by [[Chandrasekhar Kurita]] to provide security for one of his companies, [[Hachiman Taro Enterprises]]. William, then a [[lieutenant]] junior grade, piloted an [[Rifleman|RFL-3N ''Rifleman'']] [[BattleMech]] in Infante Company within the Caballeros' Third Battalion,<ref name="CQp160"/> under the command of the engimatic [[Captain]] [[Santo (Camacho's Caballeros)|Santo]].<ref name="CQp87">''Close Quarters'', p. 87: "Chapter 17"</ref> + William Carson was one of those serving in the Caballeros in [[3056]] when they were employed by [[Chandrasekhar Kurita]] to provide security for one of his companies, [[Hachiman Taro Enterprises]]. William, then a [[lieutenant]] junior grade, piloted an [[Rifleman|RFL-3N ''Rifleman'']] [[BattleMech]] in Infante Company within the Caballeros' Third Battalion,<ref name="CQp160"/> under the command of the engimatic [[Captain]] [[Santo]].<ref name="CQp87">''Close Quarters'', p. 87: "Chapter 17"</ref> On the morning of 1 November 3056, Carson was one of the members of the Third Battalion on patrol within the HTE complex in Masamori, the capital city of [[Hachiman (system)|Hachiman]], when the Citadel picked up a circling helicopter and transmitted an advisory warning to the Caballeros. As the advisory was issued, the helicopter began a full-power dive towards the Citadel. Carson, then standing a hundred meters north of ''[[Tai-sho (rank)|Tai-sho]]'' [[Dalton Way]], was the closest to the helicopter, and as the helicopter was acting in a fashion that automatically made it a target, he was the first to fire on the diving [[VTOL]]... and the first to hit it. Other 'Mechs from Infante Company and other companies were also firing on the VTOL within seconds, and it quickly took enough damage to cause it to plummet to the ground, where it exploded. The VTOL had been packed with explosives, and gouged a thirty-meter-diameter crater in the ground, killing four HTE Plant Maintenance techs who had been unfortunate enough to be traveling in a golf cart the helicopter crashed into.<ref name="CQp160">''Close Quarters'', p. 160: "Chapter 32"</ref> On the morning of 1 November 3056, Carson was one of the members of the Third Battalion on patrol within the HTE complex in Masamori, the capital city of [[Hachiman (system)|Hachiman]], when the Citadel picked up a circling helicopter and transmitted an advisory warning to the Caballeros. As the advisory was issued, the helicopter began a full-power dive towards the Citadel. Carson, then standing a hundred meters north of ''[[Tai-sho (rank)|Tai-sho]]'' [[Dalton Way]], was the closest to the helicopter, and as the helicopter was acting in a fashion that automatically made it a target, he was the first to fire on the diving [[VTOL]]... and the first to hit it. Other 'Mechs from Infante Company and other companies were also firing on the VTOL within seconds, and it quickly took enough damage to cause it to plummet to the ground, where it exploded. The VTOL had been packed with explosives, and gouged a thirty-meter-diameter crater in the ground, killing four HTE Plant Maintenance techs who had been unfortunate enough to be traveling in a golf cart the helicopter crashed into.<ref name="CQp160">''Close Quarters'', p. 160: "Chapter 32"</ref>
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| − | William Carson was one of those serving in the Caballeros in [[3056]] when they were employed by [[Chandrasekhar Kurita]] to provide security for one of his companies, [[Hachiman Taro Enterprises]]. William, then a [[lieutenant]] junior grade, piloted an [[Rifleman|RFL-3N ''Rifleman'']] [[BattleMech]] in Infante Company within the Caballeros' Third Battalion,<ref name="CQp160"/> under the command of the engimatic [[Captain]] [[ | + | William Carson was one of those serving in the Caballeros in [[3056]] when they were employed by [[Chandrasekhar Kurita]] to provide security for one of his companies, [[Hachiman Taro Enterprises]]. William, then a [[lieutenant]] junior grade, piloted an [[Rifleman|RFL-3N ''Rifleman'']] [[BattleMech]] in Infante Company within the Caballeros' Third Battalion,<ref name="CQp160"/> under the command of the engimatic [[Captain]] [[Santo]].<ref name="CQp87">''Close Quarters'', p. 87: "Chapter 17"</ref> |
On the morning of 1 November 3056, Carson was one of the members of the Third Battalion on patrol within the HTE complex in Masamori, the capital city of [[Hachiman (system)|Hachiman]], when the Citadel picked up a circling helicopter and transmitted an advisory warning to the Caballeros. As the advisory was issued, the helicopter began a full-power dive towards the Citadel. Carson, then standing a hundred meters north of ''[[Tai-sho (rank)|Tai-sho]]'' [[Dalton Way]], was the closest to the helicopter, and as the helicopter was acting in a fashion that automatically made it a target, he was the first to fire on the diving [[VTOL]]... and the first to hit it. Other 'Mechs from Infante Company and other companies were also firing on the VTOL within seconds, and it quickly took enough damage to cause it to plummet to the ground, where it exploded. The VTOL had been packed with explosives, and gouged a thirty-meter-diameter crater in the ground, killing four HTE Plant Maintenance techs who had been unfortunate enough to be traveling in a golf cart the helicopter crashed into.<ref name="CQp160">''Close Quarters'', p. 160: "Chapter 32"</ref> | On the morning of 1 November 3056, Carson was one of the members of the Third Battalion on patrol within the HTE complex in Masamori, the capital city of [[Hachiman (system)|Hachiman]], when the Citadel picked up a circling helicopter and transmitted an advisory warning to the Caballeros. As the advisory was issued, the helicopter began a full-power dive towards the Citadel. Carson, then standing a hundred meters north of ''[[Tai-sho (rank)|Tai-sho]]'' [[Dalton Way]], was the closest to the helicopter, and as the helicopter was acting in a fashion that automatically made it a target, he was the first to fire on the diving [[VTOL]]... and the first to hit it. Other 'Mechs from Infante Company and other companies were also firing on the VTOL within seconds, and it quickly took enough damage to cause it to plummet to the ground, where it exploded. The VTOL had been packed with explosives, and gouged a thirty-meter-diameter crater in the ground, killing four HTE Plant Maintenance techs who had been unfortunate enough to be traveling in a golf cart the helicopter crashed into.<ref name="CQp160">''Close Quarters'', p. 160: "Chapter 32"</ref> | ||