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===Early history===
 
===Early history===
Though no one knows for sure when he started, the first stories of the Bounty Hunter emerged in the 2920s when a masked individual piloting a green ''[[Warhammer]]'' attracted fame for hunting down many infamous [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]s, preferring to kill rather than capture. No one ever found out his name, but he quickly gained wealth and glory by cashing in several high value bounties on some of the most elite and notorious MechWarriors operating at that time. Stories of this man defeating entire [[battalion]]s single-handed seem questionable, but the most famous albeit unconfirmed tale of this first Bounty Hunter saw him reportedly bring in the bodies of twenty-nine men who robbed a bank on [[El Giza]], collecting millions in bounties offered by [[House Humphreys]] and making even more when he sold their BattleMechs.<ref name=BDTBH-4>''BattleTech Dossiers: The Bounty Hunter'', pp. 4–5: "History"</ref><ref name=IP-84>''Interstellar Players'', pp. 84–86: "The Bounty Hunter - The Myth"</ref>
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Though no one knows for sure when he started, the first stories of the Bounty Hunter emerged in the 2920s when a masked individual piloting a green ''[[Warhammer]]'' attracted fame for hunting down some of the most infamous [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]s of the time, most frequently dead. No one ever found out his name, but he quickly gained wealth and glory by cashing in several high value bounties on some of the most elite and notorious MechWarriors operating at that time. Stories of this man defeating entire [[battalion]]s single-handed seem questionable, but the most famous albeit unconfirmed tale of this first Bounty Hunter saw him reportedly bring in the bodies of twenty-nine men who robbed a bank on [[El Giza]], collecting millions in bounties offered by [[House Humphreys]] and making even more when he sold their BattleMechs.<ref name=BDTBH-4>''BattleTech Dossiers: The Bounty Hunter'', pp. 4–5: "History"</ref><ref name=IP-84>''Interstellar Players'', pp. 84–86: "The Bounty Hunter - The Myth"</ref>
  
 
The man with the green ''Warhammer'' disappeared from public view after collecting the El Giza bounties, purportedly retiring immediately afterwards, until three decades later in [[2957]] when a person in either an environment suit or full [[Star League]] [[MechWarrior Combat Suit]] and piloting a green ''Warhammer'' appeared to claim the bounties on a group of pirates that had been preying on worlds in the [[Principality of Regulus]]. For the next two decades "the Bounty Hunter", as he or she became known, would travel across the Inner Sphere and [[Periphery]] seemingly at random but more specifically tracking down some of highest bounties of the time, again most often dead. The volume of stories and rumors about the Bounty Hunter would also start to dramatically increase too as a number of copycats would attempt to cash in on the Bounty Hunter's reputation and anonymity.<ref name=BDTBH-4/><ref name=IP-84/>
 
The man with the green ''Warhammer'' disappeared from public view after collecting the El Giza bounties, purportedly retiring immediately afterwards, until three decades later in [[2957]] when a person in either an environment suit or full [[Star League]] [[MechWarrior Combat Suit]] and piloting a green ''Warhammer'' appeared to claim the bounties on a group of pirates that had been preying on worlds in the [[Principality of Regulus]]. For the next two decades "the Bounty Hunter", as he or she became known, would travel across the Inner Sphere and [[Periphery]] seemingly at random but more specifically tracking down some of highest bounties of the time, again most often dead. The volume of stories and rumors about the Bounty Hunter would also start to dramatically increase too as a number of copycats would attempt to cash in on the Bounty Hunter's reputation and anonymity.<ref name=BDTBH-4/><ref name=IP-84/>

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