Editing Joanna (Clan Jade Falcon)

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'''Joanna''' was a [[thirty-first century]] [[trueborn]] [[Clan Jade Falcon]] warrior who is famed for killing [[Khan of Clan Wolf|Khan]] [[Natasha Kerensky]] of [[Clan Wolf]] on [[Twycross]] in [[3057]], and for being the only survivor from the [[Falcon Guards]] when they were destroyed on that same world in [[3050]], by [[Kai Allard-Liao]]. Joanna is also notable for training the ''[[sibko]]'' that produced both [[Star Colonel]] [[Aidan Pryde]] and [[Khan of Clan Jade Falcon|Khan]] [[Marthe Pryde]].

==History==
===Falconer===
Joanna was a [[Falconer (rank)|falconer]] under [[Ter Roshak]] on [[Ironhold II]] and was instrumental in the training of many ''sibkos'', including the Ramon Mattlov-Tania Pryde ''sibko'' that produced several of the Jade Falcons' most renowned warriors. When Aidan Pryde failed his [[Trial of Position]] and then disappeared after his reassignment to the Technician caste, Joanna was ordered by Ter Roshak to retrieve him and was heavily involved in his "rebirth" as a Clan warrior.<ref>''The Legend of the Jade Phoenix'', pp. 185–206, 238–259</ref>

As a [[Star Captain]], she was transferred to [[Glory (system)#Notable Landmarks|Glory Station]] at age twenty-eight, after successfully leading an assault on the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]]' lines on [[Dagda (Clan System)|Dagda]].<ref>''The Legend of the Jade Phoenix'', p. 62</ref> Her Trinary was to be part reinforcements for Glory Station Garrison Cluster, however it was attacked in transit to the planet by [[16th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Sixteenth Battle Cluster]]. Joanna helped to man the guns of the DropShip before it was shot down. Crashed into the Blood Swamp of Glory, she and her tech [[Nomad]] were rescued by a [[Trinary]] of [[Freeborn|freebirth]] MechWarriors led by [[Star Commander]] [[Aidan Pryde|Jorge]]. She and her unit's survivors teamed up with Jorge's Trinary to mount a surprise attack on Clan Wolf's rear areas. They destroyed the Sixteenth's Field Command Center allowing the Falcons to win the Trial.<ref>''Bloodname'', chs. 8–20</ref>

When her role in the deceit of Aidan's second Trial came to light, she testified in her own defense and later fought the [[Trial of Refusal]] with Aidan and Ter Roshak, winning against heavy odds. She also was a member of Aidan's [[Bloodname]] training council.

===Falcon Guards===
After the debacle on Twycross she was forced to retest and demoted to [[Star Commander]]. Aidan Pryde specifically requested her to rejoin the reconstituted Falcon Guards and he used her talent as a falconer to whip the demoralized unit into shape. She succeeded superbly, and though Aidan gave her a field promotion to Star Captain, it would not stick due to her age and overall history.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref>

===Jade Falcon Watch===
After the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]] the Falcon Guard got a new commander, [[Star Colonel]] [[Ravill Pryde]], whom she hated at first sight. After she accidentally killed a green warrior in a [[Circle of Equals]] and failed a mock [[Trial of Position]], Ravill Pryde sent her to a ''[[solahma]]'' unit. [[Kael Pershaw]], head of Jade Falcon [[Watch#Clan Jade Falcon|Watch]] then asked Joanna to spy for him in that unit. Unwillingly, she agreed, bargaining a return to the Falcon Guard after that assignment. While in the ''solahma'' unit, Joanna revealed a dark plot of the scientist caste and could later return to the Falcon Guard.

After returning to the Falcon Guard just in time for the [[Refusal War]], Joanna managed to kill [[Natasha Kerensky]] by incinerating the cockpit of Natasha's ''[[Dire Wolf (Daishi)|Dire Wolf]]'' with the exhaust from her jump jets. This feat secured Joanna two lines in the [[Remembrance]].

===''Solahma''===
In the year [[3060]], Marthe Pryde asked Joanna to train [[Diana Pryde|Diana]] in her bid for the Pryde Bloodname. Diana succeeded in her bid for the Bloodname thanks to Joanna's and Horse's tutelage. When the Jade Falcons forced the [[Clan Steel Viper|Steel Vipers]] out of their occupation zone, Joanna was injured in combat. She was last heard from as a trainer overseeing the ''sibko'' derived from Aidan Pryde's genes.

In [[3069]], Joanna and [[Horse]] apparently saw action on [[Marshall]] in the [[Kerensky Cluster]], though not in BattleMechs. The exact opponents they fought and even the circumstances are unknown, however it is common in Clan tradition to use aged warriors as cannon fodder in battle, using them as unarmored infantry with little chance of survival. Despite this, there is no actual mention of her death.<ref>''Face in the Viewport''</ref>

==BattleMechs==
* ''[[Hellbringer (Loki)|Hellbringer]]'' (Battle on Twycross - 3050)
* ''[[Mad Dog (Vulture)|Mad Dog]]'' (preferred)
* ''[[Summoner (Thor)|Summoner]]'' (killing of Natasha Kerensky - 3057)

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Bloodname (novel)|Bloodname]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Bred for War]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Face in the Viewport]]'' (in: ''[[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]]'')
* ''[[Falcon Guard (novel)|Falcon Guard]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Falcon Rising]]'' (novel)
* ''[[I Am Jade Falcon]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
* ''[[Way of the Clans]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Zeroing In]]'' (short story)


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