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Jeana was born in 3002 on the world of [[Poulsbo]], the child of a couple who worked for the local Heimdall cell.  In [[3005]] Katrina Steiner, as part of a tour of military facilities, was on Poulsbo having dinner with [[Morgan Kell]] and [[Arthur Luvon]] when they were attacked by [[Loki (Intelligence agency)|Loki]] agents sent by Archon [[Alessandro Steiner]].  Escaping the attack, the trio ran into Jeana's father (known only as Grison), who allowed them to hide out in his home.  There Katrina first met Jeana and helped keep her calm by singing to her while Loki agents searched the house and questioned her father.  Grison would later helped the trio escape off of Poulsbo at the cost of his life.<ref name=WEG11>''Warrior: En Garde'', ch. 11</ref>
 
Jeana was born in 3002 on the world of [[Poulsbo]], the child of a couple who worked for the local Heimdall cell.  In [[3005]] Katrina Steiner, as part of a tour of military facilities, was on Poulsbo having dinner with [[Morgan Kell]] and [[Arthur Luvon]] when they were attacked by [[Loki (Intelligence agency)|Loki]] agents sent by Archon [[Alessandro Steiner]].  Escaping the attack, the trio ran into Jeana's father (known only as Grison), who allowed them to hide out in his home.  There Katrina first met Jeana and helped keep her calm by singing to her while Loki agents searched the house and questioned her father.  Grison would later helped the trio escape off of Poulsbo at the cost of his life.<ref name=WEG11>''Warrior: En Garde'', ch. 11</ref>
  
As thanks for their help, Arthur Luvon later created new identities and trust funds for all of the Heimdall members on Poulsbo once his wife Katrina became Archon.  In this way Jeana "Clay" received a scholarship to attend the [[Sanglamore Academy]], from which she graduated and entered the [[LCAF]] as a MechWarrior, and created in her a fierce loyalty to House Steiner as her benefactor.  By October [[3026]], [[Sergeant]] Jeana Clay was living on [[Tharkad]] and a member of the [[Twenty-fourth Lyran Guards]].  She had been living with her mother until just recently when she died during a break-in of their home; still coming to terms with her death, Jeana was still unwilling to enter her mother's room in the months since then.  Jeana had also participated in a number of Tharkad Triathlons and was currently training for the next one.<ref name=WEG11/><ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', ch. 10</ref>
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As thanks for their help, Arthur Luvon later created new identities and trust funds for all of the Heimdall members on Poulsbo once his wife Katrina became Archon.  In this way Jeana "Clay" received a scholarship to attend the [[Sanglamore Academy]], from which she graduated and entered the [[LCAF]] as a MechWarrior, and created in her a fierce loyalty to House Steiner as her benefactor.  By October [[3026]], [[Sergeant]] Jeana Clay was living on [[Tharkad]] and a member of the [[24th Lyran Guards]].  She had been living with her mother until just recently when she died during a break-in of their home; still coming to terms with her death, Jeana was still unwilling to enter her mother's room in the months since then.  Jeana had also participated in a number of Tharkad Triathlons and was currently training for the next one.<ref name=WEG11/><ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', ch. 10</ref>
  
 
==== Life as Bodyguard and Body Double ====
 
==== Life as Bodyguard and Body Double ====
 
Jeana Clay was selected by [[Simon Johnson]], head of the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]], to be Melissa Steiner's body double.  She was ambushed in her home by Loki agents after a training season, and while knocking out one agent she was rendered unconscious via [[Dart Gun]], her body removed from the scene by "paramedics" due to a supposed heart attack.  In January [[3027]], Jeana was interviewed by Katrina Steiner in a LIC holding cell regarding her participation in an important mission for House Steiner.  However it was during this interview where Jeana revealed that she was the child on Poulsbo the Archon had comforted some two decades ago and that it was her father who died to save the Archon's life.  Unaware of this, Katrina expressed regret for the way LIC had brought her in and did not wish to burden her with the task since her family had given up so much.  However, Jeana insisted on taking the mission, arguing she owed everything to House Steiner and would be willing to do anything to repay it.  Satisfied, Katrina informed Jeana of the plan to create a body double for her daughter, during which Jeana would undergo minor surgery and six months of intensive learning to break down everything she knew and remold her to think like the Archon-Designate.  Knowing what lay ahead and that her future service would be one of total anonymity, she agreed to take the mission.  Jeana Clay was officially pronounced dead of a heart attack to the rest of the galaxy while the new Jeana began her training.<ref name=WEG11/>
 
Jeana Clay was selected by [[Simon Johnson]], head of the [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]], to be Melissa Steiner's body double.  She was ambushed in her home by Loki agents after a training season, and while knocking out one agent she was rendered unconscious via [[Dart Gun]], her body removed from the scene by "paramedics" due to a supposed heart attack.  In January [[3027]], Jeana was interviewed by Katrina Steiner in a LIC holding cell regarding her participation in an important mission for House Steiner.  However it was during this interview where Jeana revealed that she was the child on Poulsbo the Archon had comforted some two decades ago and that it was her father who died to save the Archon's life.  Unaware of this, Katrina expressed regret for the way LIC had brought her in and did not wish to burden her with the task since her family had given up so much.  However, Jeana insisted on taking the mission, arguing she owed everything to House Steiner and would be willing to do anything to repay it.  Satisfied, Katrina informed Jeana of the plan to create a body double for her daughter, during which Jeana would undergo minor surgery and six months of intensive learning to break down everything she knew and remold her to think like the Archon-Designate.  Knowing what lay ahead and that her future service would be one of total anonymity, she agreed to take the mission.  Jeana Clay was officially pronounced dead of a heart attack to the rest of the galaxy while the new Jeana began her training.<ref name=WEG11/>
  
Jeana's "neighbor", Albert Tompkins, visited what he believed to be her grave in the Twenty-fourth Lyran Guards section of the Tharkad Cemetery to offer his condolences, and privately bless her work as a member of Heimdall.  
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Jeana's "neighbor", Albert Tompkins, visited what he believed to be her grave in the 24th Lyran Guards section of the Tharkad Cemetery to offer his condolences, and privately bless her work as a member of Heimdall.  
  
 
Jeana Clay was first put to the test on 10 April 3027, when [[Colonel]] [[Ardan Sortek]] and [[Leftenant]] [[Andrew Redburn]] arrived on Tharkad as military envoys from the [[Federated Suns]].  Ardan Sortek, who had spent time with the real Melissa Steiner [[The Sword and the Dagger|a few years ago]], was totally fooled by Jeana's disguise and could not even tell them apart when the two stood side by side.  Andrew Redburn was thus informed of his role in escorting the real Melissa to [[New Avalon]] while Jeana would stay behind in her place.<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', ch. 25</ref>  The ruse was nearly revealed during a series of events which would become known as the [[Silver Eagle Incident]], but in the end Melissa safely arrived in the Federated Suns for her meeting with Hanse and would return to the Lyran Commonwealth in secret.
 
Jeana Clay was first put to the test on 10 April 3027, when [[Colonel]] [[Ardan Sortek]] and [[Leftenant]] [[Andrew Redburn]] arrived on Tharkad as military envoys from the [[Federated Suns]].  Ardan Sortek, who had spent time with the real Melissa Steiner [[The Sword and the Dagger|a few years ago]], was totally fooled by Jeana's disguise and could not even tell them apart when the two stood side by side.  Andrew Redburn was thus informed of his role in escorting the real Melissa to [[New Avalon]] while Jeana would stay behind in her place.<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', ch. 25</ref>  The ruse was nearly revealed during a series of events which would become known as the [[Silver Eagle Incident]], but in the end Melissa safely arrived in the Federated Suns for her meeting with Hanse and would return to the Lyran Commonwealth in secret.
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Just before the wedding on 20 August, Jeana was with Melissa in her dressing room when Melissa gave her a "[[Albion Military Academy#Special Notes|'Mech charm]]" given to her by Hanse, noting that she won't need it since she'll be within him.  Initially refusing this gesture, Jeana eventually tearfully accepted the honor.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', Ch. 36</ref>
 
Just before the wedding on 20 August, Jeana was with Melissa in her dressing room when Melissa gave her a "[[Albion Military Academy#Special Notes|'Mech charm]]" given to her by Hanse, noting that she won't need it since she'll be within him.  Initially refusing this gesture, Jeana eventually tearfully accepted the honor.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', Ch. 36</ref>
  
The wedding itself was one of the momentous events of the [[thirty-first century]] as it also served as the start of the Fourth Succession War.  Officially, Melissa Steiner spent her wedding night with Hanse before returning to the Lyran Commonwealth due to the war.  In truth, Jeana was going back in her place so that Melissa could stay with Hanse to produce an heir for the newly founded [[Federated Commonwealth]].  On 21 August, as "Melissa" was leaving Terra, she met with Dan to express "Jeana's" regret that she could not see him off, but gave him her Sanglamore sash as a gesture of her feelings.  However, Dan could smell the Nocturne perfume on "Melissa" and realized that she was actually Jeana.  When he confronted Morgan Kell with this information, Dan's suspicions that Jeana was serving as Melissa's body double were confirmed, but was reassured by Morgan that the gift of her sash meant her feelings for him were not fake.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', Ch. 42</ref>
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The wedding itself was one of the momentous events of the [[31st century]] as it also served as the start of the Fourth Succession War.  Officially, Melissa Steiner spent her wedding night with Hanse before returning to the Lyran Commonwealth due to the war.  In truth, Jeana was going back in her place so that Melissa could stay with Hanse to produce an heir for the newly founded [[Federated Commonwealth]].  On 21 August, as "Melissa" was leaving Terra, she met with Dan to express "Jeana's" regret that she could not see him off, but gave him her Sanglamore sash as a gesture of her feelings.  However, Dan could smell the Nocturne perfume on "Melissa" and realized that she was actually Jeana.  When he confronted Morgan Kell with this information, Dan's suspicions that Jeana was serving as Melissa's body double were confirmed, but was reassured by Morgan that the gift of her sash meant her feelings for him were not fake.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', Ch. 42</ref>
  
 
Back on Tharkad, Jeana and the Archon grew closer as mother and daughter would as the war proceeded.  Jeana shared her feelings and worries for Dan Allard with Katrina, who in turn told Jeana of her worries for Morgan Kell and his seemingly inevitable confrontation with [[Yorinaga Kurita]].<ref>''Warrior: Coupé'', Ch. 8</ref>
 
Back on Tharkad, Jeana and the Archon grew closer as mother and daughter would as the war proceeded.  Jeana shared her feelings and worries for Dan Allard with Katrina, who in turn told Jeana of her worries for Morgan Kell and his seemingly inevitable confrontation with [[Yorinaga Kurita]].<ref>''Warrior: Coupé'', Ch. 8</ref>
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Sitting next to Jeana Clay's dead body, Archon Katrina Steiner grieved for her and expressed guilt that the daughter of the man who saved her was now dead as well.  Swearing Misha to secrecy, the Archon set in motion plans to cover for Jeana's death until Melissa could return to Tharkad.<ref name=WC21/>  She also recorded a message to be delivered to Dan Allard, telling her of Jeana's death and her true love for him.  She also told him for secrecy's sake that Jeana would be cremated and her remains interned in the Steiner's family crypt, which he was welcomed to visit any time.<ref>''Warrior: Coupé'', Ch. 38</ref>   
 
Sitting next to Jeana Clay's dead body, Archon Katrina Steiner grieved for her and expressed guilt that the daughter of the man who saved her was now dead as well.  Swearing Misha to secrecy, the Archon set in motion plans to cover for Jeana's death until Melissa could return to Tharkad.<ref name=WC21/>  She also recorded a message to be delivered to Dan Allard, telling her of Jeana's death and her true love for him.  She also told him for secrecy's sake that Jeana would be cremated and her remains interned in the Steiner's family crypt, which he was welcomed to visit any time.<ref>''Warrior: Coupé'', Ch. 38</ref>   
  
Katherine (Katrina) Steiner-Davion learned the story of Jeana Clay, along with the potential for creating a double, in 3045 when a moody and troubled Melissa Steiner ventured out into the cold to visit the empty grave of Jeana Clay in the Twenty-fourth Lyran Guards cemetery on Tharkad. <ref> ''Warrior: En Garde'', p. 92</ref> <ref>''Bred for War'', p. 49-50</ref>
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Katherine (Katrina) Steiner-Davion learned the story of Jeana Clay, along with the potential for creating a double, in 3045 when a moody and troubled Melissa Steiner ventured out into the cold to visit the empty grave of Jeana Clay in the 24th Lyran Guards cemetery on Tharkad. <ref> ''Warrior: En Garde'', p. 92</ref> <ref>''Bred for War'', p. 49-50</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
*As a sergeant in the Twenty-fourth Lyran Guards, Jeana Clay's serial number was 090-453-2234-12.<ref name=WEG11/>
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*As a sergeant in the 24th Lyran Guards, Jeana Clay's serial number was 090-453-2234-12.<ref name=WEG11/>
  
 
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==References==

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