Editing Damien Redburn

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| image               = Damien Redburn.jpg
| caption             = At age of 60 in 3145
| name                = Damien Redburn
| birthdate           = 3 February [[3085]]<ref name=ER3145>''Era Report: 3145'' p. 84: "Damien Redburn profile"</ref><ref name=OTP:CCp11>''Operational Turning Points: Capellan Crusades'', p. 11: "Personalities - Damien Redburn"</ref><ref name=DARoSp28/>
| died                = [[3151]]
| othernames          = 
| affiliation         = [[House Redburn]]
| rank                = [[Exarch of the Republic|Exarch]]<ref name=DARoSp28/>
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| position            = 
| profession          = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]
| parents             = [[Theodore Redburn]] (father)<ref name=DARoSp28/><ref name=OTP:CCp11/><br/>[[Corrine Redburn]] (mother)<ref name=DARoSp28/>
| siblings            = 
| spouse              = [[Sasha Korkova]]<ref name=DARoSp28/>
| children            = [[Maggie Korkova]] (adopted)<ref name=DARoSp28/><br/>[[Ben Redburn]]<ref name=DARoSp28/><br/>[[Rapael Redburn]]<ref name=DARoSp28/><br/>[[Veronica Redburn]]<ref name=DARoSp28/>
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'''Damien Redburn''' was the second [[Exarch of the Republic|Exarch]] of the [[Republic of the Sphere]].

==History==
===Early life===
Born on [[Northwind]], Damien hailed from a family with a long history of serving the Republic, with his great-grandfather [[Andrew Redburn]] and father [[Theodore Redburn]] both helping to mold the Republic in its infancy.<ref name=ER3145/><ref name=OTP:CCp11/> During his secondary school years, he spent weekends loading DropShips at Northwind's Jaffray Interplanetary Spaceport and his summers as part of a logging team. He was a gifted athlete and bright student, and applied to and was accepted at the [[Republic MechWarrior Academy]] in Northwind in [[3102]], where he graduated in [[3106]] as Cadet Commander of his class and was awarded one year's equivalent military duty upon entering the [[RAF|Republic military]].<ref name=DARoSp28>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 28: "Damien Redburn"</ref>

Assigned to the Republic's [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan]] border, he was field-promoted to the rank of [[Captain]] in [[3108]] after the [[Tau Ceti Lancers]] slaughtered his company's commanding officer and nearly overran their position; his actions stopped what would have a complete rout and saved the day.<ref name=DARoSp28/>

===Stone's Liberators===
[[Colonel]] [[Jerome Edwards]] from the famed [[Stone's Liberators]] requested him to serve in his unit in [[3109]], where he distinguished himself with his defense of [[Palos]] against raiders. He was promoted to [[Major]] in [[3111]].<ref name=ER3145/><ref name=OTP:CCp11/><ref name=DARoSp28/>

During the [[Capellan Crusades]], Damien Redburn would fight with Stone's Liberators on [[Styk]] and [[Sarna]]. With the RAF forces on Sarna put on the defensive following the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] April [[3113]] counterinvasion, after the Liberator's CO Colonel Edwards was killed by a CCAF airstrike, Redburn was thrust into command of both the unit and the RAF defense of the city of Rajput. Brevet [[Colonel]] Redburn would lead the Liberators against the forces of [[Warrior House Imarra]], the battle ending in stalemate with neither side able to overcome the other. Unfortunately the battles elsewhere on Sarna did not go well for the Republic, with both [[Stone's Pride]] and [[Stone's Revenants]] forced to pull back by late May, leaving the Liberators the sole RAF unit on the planet. Outnumbered and outgunned but recognizing how close Capellan were to folding, Redburn fortified the Liberators position as he prepared for a new offensive before the [[Republic of the Sphere#The Council of Paladins|Council of Paladins]] finally ordered him to withdraw the Liberators back to Republic space.<ref name=OTPCC-8>''Operational Turning Points: Capellan Crusades'', pp. 8–10: "The Crusades"</ref><ref name=OTPCC-29>''Operational Turning Points: Capellan Crusades'', pp. 29–30: "Touchpoint: Surviving Sarna"</ref><ref name=DARoSp28/>

Heralded as a hero, Damien Redburn was awarded the [[Silver Cluster]] and inducted by [[Devlin Stone]] into the [[Knights of the Republic]] as a [[Paladin of the Republic|Paladin]] for his stellar service during the Sarna campaign.

===Paladin===
When peace came in 3113, [[Devlin Stone]] detached Redburn from the unit and brought him to [[Terra]] where he was made a Paladin of the Sphere. He was just twenty-eight years old.<ref name=DARoSp28/>

He traveled among the Republic worlds to promote Devlin Stone's programs and to assist wherever and however he might. In [[3115]], he spent half a year in a ConstructionMech, helping repair the damage on [[Sheratan]] caused by the April Fool's earthquake. In [[3118]] he tracked down [[Olson's Pirates]] to an abandoned system near [[Kervil]], smashing the raiders and bringing Despot Terrance Olson to trial.<ref name=DARoSp28/>

By [[3121]] he was in [[Genoa]], inside [[Prefecture V]] where devastating floods had ruined the Golden Plains farming community. He pitched in with a ForestryMech to help. While on that assignment, he met Sasha Korkova and found a loving partner. Sasha already had one child out of wedlock: Maggie. They married in [[3122]] and he adopted Maggie Korkova. During the next seven years they would have three more children: Ben, Raphael, and Veronica.<ref name=DARoSp28/>

During those seven years, he spent more time in the company of Devlin Stone, dividing his attentions fairly equally between a family on Northwind and the government on Terra. He also visited the homeworld of every Republic Senator. In [[3129]] he acted on behalf of Senator [[Russell Fahnstahk]] to recover the Senator's kidnapped son and bring the kidnappers to justice.<ref name=DARoSp28/>

===Exarch===
Stone would ultimately select Redburn as his successor as Exarch.<ref name=ER3145/> <ref name=OTPCC-29/>

Made Exarch on the 10 August [[3130]],<ref name="ED:DAp10">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10: "Dark Age Timeline"</ref> his reign as Exarch was plagued with dissent right from the beginning. Damien did not have the offsetting aura or forceful personality that Devlin did, which meant that most groups that did not like the Republic's policies came out. His support in the Senate fell off, forcing him to reaffirm many political alliances though never at the cost of the Republic's integrity.<ref name=DARoSp28/> [[Ilya Moran]], his press secretary, tried to fend off some critics.<ref name=DAINNp9>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 9: "Clan Wolf Accuses the Republic of Keeping Wolf Descendants Secondary Citizens"</ref> The [[Blackout]] of [[3132]] was something that Damien's career could never recover from.  He would retire from the position of Exarch in [[3134]] and be replaced by [[Jonah Levin]].<ref name=ER3145/><ref name=OTPCC-29/>

While Exarch, in [[3131]], Damien instituted [[Freedom Day]], 18 March, as an official Republic-wide holiday commemorating Stone's Kittery escape.<ref name=DAINNp129>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 129: "Prayers, Pageantry Mark Freedom Day Celebrations"</ref>

===Retirement and the Republic Remnant===
Shortly before the Republic [[Fortress Republic|raised the walls]], Damien recruited a group of Republican Knights who were still loyal to the idea of what the Republic stood for and emigrated out of [[Prefecture X]].  Through his efforts, he has been able to create a haven of sorts for those who still believe in the Republic.<ref name=ER3145/>

After his retirement, he received in his house a recorded message of Devlin Stone, triggered by Levin's study of the plan [[Fortress Republic]]. As Damien had recovered formally his old Paladin rank, he volunteered to help to the plans, as Stone had asked him. After taking the command of a [[Fidelis]] unit, started to send him, under the command of other Knights and Ghost Knights, to launch black ops missions outside the walls, to distract the enemies of the Republic and win time to ensure the walls are finished. Every known mission was a success.

Redburn led the [[Republic Remnant]] for more than a decade. With no reinforcements from Fortress Republic, by [[3149]] the Remnant had been reduced to only two planets, including the capital [[Callison]], from an invasion by [[Clan Wolf]].

When Fortress Republic's Walls fell, and Stone send forces to Callison to reunite the Remnant and Fortress, Redburn opposed them, but was betrayed and attacked by their own Fidelis and arrested before being sent to Terra for court martial.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 100</ref>

===Death=== 
During his false-flag operation against Clans Wolf and Jade Falcon, he was able to spot Alaric Ward's 'Mech. Sensing the opportunity to end the Wolf leadership, he fired at the Wolf Khan, injuring the Khan rather than killing him. After this was noticed by the other Wolf forces, the angered warriors circled around the Exarch's Jade Hawk and killed him.<ref>''Hour of the Wolf'', p. 256</ref>

==Family and Children==
He was married to Sasha Korkova in 3122, whom he met a year earlier at Genoa by providing assistance to residents affected by the floods. He adopted Sasha's daughter, Maggie.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN]]''
* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Flight of the Falcon]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Fortress Republic (novel)|Fortress Republic]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Hour of the Wolf]]''
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Capellan Crusades]]''
* ''[[Rock of the Republic]]'' (novella)
* ''[[The Scorpion Jar]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Service for the Dead]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Surrender Your Dreams]]'' (novel)
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