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−	Vickers was born on [[Trell I]] in the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]'s [[Trellshire Province]] in [[2760]], to a wealthy family, which had business interests in [[Vickers Mining]]. She escaped violence of the [[Amaris Civil War]] initially, but in [[2771]] a [[pirate]] raid thought to be backed on the [[Draconis Combine]] hit Trell I, including the offices and storehouses of her family's mining business.	+	Vickers was born on [[Trell I]] in the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]'s [[Trellshire Province]] in [[2760]], to a wealthy family, which had business interests in [[Vickers Mining]]. She escaped violence of the [[Amaris Civil War]] initially, but in [2771]] a [[pirate]] raid thought to be backed on the [[Draconis Combine]] hit Trell I, including the offices and storehouses of her family's mining business.
	Following on from this experience, she joined Trell I's militia once she came of age, and then the [[194th Mechanized Infantry Division]] of the [[Star League Defense Force]] once her martial skills had been noticed.<ref name=OTPWA11-11>''Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption'', p. 11</ref>		Following on from this experience, she joined Trell I's militia once she came of age, and then the [[194th Mechanized Infantry Division]] of the [[Star League Defense Force]] once her martial skills had been noticed.<ref name=OTPWA11-11>''Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption'', p. 11</ref>

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{{InfoBoxCharacter | image = Tamra Vickers.jpg | caption = Tamra Vickers | name = Tamra Vickers | birthdate = [[2760]] | died = [[2835]] | othernames = | affiliation = [[House Vickers]];<br>[[Clan Widowmaker]];<br>[[Clan Wolf]] | rank = [[Star Colonel]] | title = | position = | profession = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] | parents = | siblings = | spouse = | children = }} Star Colonel '''Tamra Vickers''' was a founding member of [[Clan Widowmaker]] and the [[Vickers (Bloodname)|Vickers]] Bloodname.<ref name=HOK-37>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 37</ref> ==History== ===Early Life=== Vickers was born on [[Trell I]] in the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]'s [[Trellshire Province]] in [[2760]], to a wealthy family, which had business interests in [[Vickers Mining]]. She escaped violence of the [[Amaris Civil War]] initially, but in [2771]] a [[pirate]] raid thought to be backed on the [[Draconis Combine]] hit Trell I, including the offices and storehouses of her family's mining business. Following on from this experience, she joined Trell I's militia once she came of age, and then the [[194th Mechanized Infantry Division]] of the [[Star League Defense Force]] once her martial skills had been noticed.<ref name=OTPWA11-11>''Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption'', p. 11</ref> ===Pentagon Civil War=== As a member of the SLDF she joined [[Operation EXODUS]] and reached the [[Pentagon Worlds]]. During the [[Exodus Civil War]], she was an SLDF [[Colonel]], but suffered a massive head injury when hit by an [[artillery]] shell which landed on her command post on [[Babylon]]. She recovered from her injuries, but developed severe mood swings, to the point some subordinates claimed she had been split into two personalities.<ref name=OTPWA11-11 /> Immediately prior to the [[Second Exodus]] in September [[2801]], Vickers had risen to the rank of [[Lieutenant General]] and was acting as Executive Officer for then [[Major General]] [[Nicholas Kerensky]] and his [[146th Royal BattleMech Division]], in which role she supported Nicholas's claim to lead the [[Star League-in-Exile]] following his father's death.<ref name=FFG-28>''Fall from Glory'', ch. 28</ref> ===Operation KLONDIKE=== Vickers participated in [[Operation KLONDIKE]] with Clan Widowmaker, as part of the campaign to liberate Babylon. During the fighting her attitude to civilians varied wildly, offering humanitarian aid for some groups, but then the execution of others. She did however become crueler following the attempted assassination of Widowmaker [[saKhan]] [[Mariel Sanders]].<ref name=OTPWA11-11 /> ===Widowmaker Absorption=== During the [[Widowmaker Absorption]] in [[2834]], Vickers led the [[194th Crusader (Clan Widowmaker)|194th Crusader Cluster]], which followed her orders to the letter out of fear of Vickers and her tendency to irrational violence.<ref name=OTPWA11-14>''Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption'', p. 14</ref> She led much of the fighting against [[Clan Wolf]]<ref name=OTPWA11-11 /> on [[Ironhold]] during the Absorption, holding them off long enough to get warning messages off to the Widowmaker capital on [[Roche]].<ref name=OTPWA11-9>''Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption'', p. 9</ref> Vickers was the only survivor of her Cluster following the fighting near [[Ironhold City]] on 9 October 2834, and following a [[Trial of Abjuration]] which cleared her of complicity in [[Khan]] [[Cal Jorgensson]]’s crimes,<ref name=OTPWA11-23>''Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption'', p. 23</ref> became an ''[[abtakha]]'' with the Wolves.<ref name=OTPWA11-11 /> ===Death=== Vickers did not last long with Clan Wolf, however, dying in [[2835]] during a [[Trial of Grievance]].<ref name=OTPWA11-11 /> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Fall from Glory]]'' * ''[[Historical: Operation Klondike]]'' * ''[[Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption]]'' [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Vickers, Tamra]] [[Category: Clan Widowmaker Characters|Vickers, Tamra]] [[Category: Clan Wolf Characters|Vickers, Tamra]]

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