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Ronan Carlyle
Ronan Carlyle
Personal
Born3125[1]
AffiliationHouse Carlyle
Career
RankHauptmann[2]
ProfessionNoble
Family
ParentsGardner Carlyle (father)[3][1]
SiblingsIsobel Carlyle[2][1]

Ronan Carlyle was a Lyran Commonwealth noble.

History

=Early Life

Ronan was the eldest child of Gardner Carlyle, Count of Odessa, and great-grandson of Grayson Death Carlyle, founder of the famed mercenary unit of the Gray Death Legion, and grew up as a future heir to the title. However, Ronan, like his little sister Isobel Carlyle, decided to serve in the LCAF, unlike their forefathers.[4]

LCAF Service

Ronan hoped to receive a posting in the Royal Guards Brigade upon graduation from the Coventry Military Academy, which happened in 3148, but instead was assigned to the less prestigious Third Lyran Regulars, which wounded Ronan's pride. After a few years in the service, he met General Sarah Regis at a war games conference. That meeting propelled Ronan's career. Recognizing the young officer's potential, Regis incorporated him into her Twenty-sixth Arcturan Guards, and soon Ronan commanded the Second Company, Third Battalion of the unit He arranged his sister's transfer to the unit when she graduated from the CMA in 3150.[2][5]

Ronan and his sister followed the Twenty-sixth to Arcturus, believing they were on a legitimate mission. They only uncovered the truth on 13 August 3151, when they heard General Sarah Regis' announcement about the resurrection of the Tamar Pact. He talked about that with his sister, and they agreed to try to find how many Lyran loyalists were in their ranks. In a later meeting of the troops, General Kathleen McQuade explained the official defection of the Twenty-sixth; those who wanted to remain in the LCAF had to leave. Ronan and Isobel exited from the ranks, but there were only a handful who followed them, to Ronan's distress.[6]

Mercenary Career

He was cashiered from the LCAF, despite his loyalty to the Lyran Commonwealth, when the Twenty-sixth Arcturan Guards went over to the newly formed Tamar Pact. Along with his sister and other former members of the 26th, he formed the new Gray Death Legion on Garrison.[7]

Personality

As a Lyran officer, Ronan was well aware of the reality of the Lyran social generals but simply didn't take them as role models. As leader of the Legion, he led the unit with a strong sense of responsability to those in his charge and a collaborative leadership role, slowly assuming a father-figure role within the Legion. He was very protective of his little sister.

A strong tactician himself, Ronan proved to be a master of combined-arms tactics, using infantry, tanks and VTOLS as main attack units while he relegated BattleMechs to a decoy and distraction role. He was also very open to the ideas of others.[8]

BattleMechs

Ronan piloted a Gauntlet OmniMech in the Arcturan Guards, and replaced it with a salvaged Gargoyle OmniMech in the new Gray Death Legion.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tamar Rising, p. 95: "Ronan Carlyle profile"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 BattleTech: Legends, p. 152
  3. The Price of Duty, ch. 4
  4. Tamar Rising p. 95
  5. Tamar Rising p. 95
  6. The Price of Duty Ch. 1
  7. 7.0 7.1 The Price of Duty
  8. Tamar Rising p. 95

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