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==History==
 
==History==
Rae Houk was born in the [[Free Worlds League]]. She grew up in a farming region. She had her father's features and her mother's dark olive skin.{{cn}}
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Rae Houk was born and raised in a farming region in the [[Free Worlds League]]. Not feeling like a great beauty, Houk had her father's large, rough features and her mother's dark olive skin.<ref name=DTc15>''The Dying Time'', ch. 15</ref>
  
She rose in rank to [[major]] and command of the Second Battalion "Hassan's Assassins."{{cn}}
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Before joining the Legion, she had served in at least one other unit: the [[Sirian Lancers]], a unit also of the FWL.<ref name=DTc15/> With the Legion, she rose in rank to [[major]] and command of the Second Battalion "Hassan's Assassins." Houk was a Legion veteran who rose to command as a replacement for a senior officer. In her case, it was not retirement that opened up a command slot but the death of [[Hassan Ali Khaled]].<ref name=DTc8>''The Dying Time'', ch. 8</ref>
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==BattleMechs==
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Rae Houk is known to have piloted an ''[[Archer]]'' in 3057,<ref name=OEc4>''Operation Excalibur'', ch. 4</ref> then a ''[[Gallowglas]]'' by 3065.<ref name=DTc14>''The Dying Time'', ch. 14</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[The Dying Time]]'' (novel)
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* ''[[Operation Excalibur]]'' (novel)
 
* ''[[Tactics of Duty]]'' (novel)
 
* ''[[Tactics of Duty]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Operation Excalibur]]'' (novel)
 
* ''[[The Dying Time]]'' (novel)
 
  
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[[Category:Free Worlds League Characters‎|Houk, Rae]]
 
[[Category:Gray Death Legion Characters‎|Houk, Rae]]
 
[[Category:Gray Death Legion Characters‎|Houk, Rae]]

Latest revision as of 02:58, 3 May 2024

Rae Houk
Personal
AffiliationGray Death Legion
Career
RankMajor[1]
ProfessionMechWarrior

Rae Houk was a MechWarrior with the mercenary Gray Death Legion.

History[edit]

Rae Houk was born and raised in a farming region in the Free Worlds League. Not feeling like a great beauty, Houk had her father's large, rough features and her mother's dark olive skin.[2]

Before joining the Legion, she had served in at least one other unit: the Sirian Lancers, a unit also of the FWL.[2] With the Legion, she rose in rank to major and command of the Second Battalion "Hassan's Assassins." Houk was a Legion veteran who rose to command as a replacement for a senior officer. In her case, it was not retirement that opened up a command slot but the death of Hassan Ali Khaled.[3]

BattleMechs[edit]

Rae Houk is known to have piloted an Archer in 3057,[4] then a Gallowglas by 3065.[5]

References[edit]

  1. Tactics of Duty, ch. 3
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Dying Time, ch. 15
  3. The Dying Time, ch. 8
  4. Operation Excalibur, ch. 4
  5. The Dying Time, ch. 14

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