Leutnant Zack Mandor
Created by Rupert
Background:
___Zack�s father, one Kyle Mandor, was born on the planet of Rasalgethi, to a Leutnant in the sixth Lyran Guards Regimental Combat Team, known as the Saucy Sixth. Kyle grew up within the Federated Commonwealth, with his father within the Armed Forces he also felt that same urge to fight for his planet, and his government and for all of the citizens within it. With his father�s help he joined the most prestigious academy in the Commonwealth�s history, Nagelring on Tharkad, and came out quickly as a Leutnant. He was part of the 17th Donegal Guards RCT, however, he was within in a lance of newbies like himself and therefore had been placed in Federated Suns territory to keep them out of active duty for the time being, basically being held in reserve. In this time he managed to suffer a bad injury to his leg, for a few months he was put over to the care of a Federated Suns nurse, for a slow rehabilitation. The nurse, one Emma Dolton, was quite stunning to look at, and the two fell in love. They married and soon had their own child, Zack. The lance was relocated to their homeplanet of Raselgethi, and Zack grew up there, with both Federated Sun and Lyran Commonwealth history fed to him. His grandfather, a Hauptmann-Kommandant within the Saucy Sixth, regularly visited him, though he was also visited on occasions by his other grandfather a Leftenant Colonel. At sixteen he made his choice to enter into a military academy, and train to be a mechwarrior like his father and his grandfathers, and most other ancestors within his family.
___He came out of the academy and was immediately enlisted to the Lyran Guards Sixth RCT, picked out by their Hauptmann-Kommandant, and served for a time with them, he was primarily situated on Raselgethi, his homeplanet. However, with the changing political climate within the Commonwealth he felt uneasy with a group so devoutly faithful to the Alliance. The senior officers received orders to relocate any mechwarriors with Federated Suns heritage, Zack was one of these, he found himself being pulled out of the Lyran Guards to a less influential posting, leaving the regiment pure of �upstarts�. His father chose to stay with the seventeenth rather than stay with his wife, and Emma moved herself back into Federated Suns territory. Zack was left in a difficult position, questioning whether to leave the forces or not, he resolved not to for now, he hoped the political situation may control itself, otherwise he would have to make a difficult choice. He put the choice to one side resolving to fight those who he knew to be the enemy, the clans. Still at the rank of Leutnant he wanted to change that, and asked to be placed on the front lines, with his preference for, the medium tonnage battlemech, the Nightsky he was thought as a valuable addition to their campaign against Clan Jade Falcon. He would be making a transfer to Blue Hole shortly, at which time he would get to test his training for real, rather than the occasional skirmishes that he had been involved within, he would now get knee deep in a real battle.
Personality:
___He has never been as openly arrogant as many of the hot new cadets to come out of the academy, he prefers to show his abilities in the field, but he does believe in his abilities. Zack likes a good laugh now and again but isn�t himself a comedian, preferring the occasional sarcastic comment than overly funny jokes. He doesn�t like the split that has been caused within the Commonwealth, between Victor and Katrina Steiner-Davion, preferring the days of the Commonwealth, he may be in the minority amongst his new companions, however, he cannot and will not hide his views if questioned.
Physical Description:
___He�s a tall man, standing around six foot one, with broad shoulders and a strong frame, he could very easily have enlisted within the infantry, but his family ties were around battlemech combat. He has dark green eyes and light brown hair, cut quite short, but still with a fringe. He stays clear of the Lyran style long braided hair with the customary bald patch for the sensors of the neurohelmet. He in fact wears an older model so that he does not even need the bald patch that now, with the separation of the Commonwealth, is coming back into fashion amongst many Mechwarriors.
Equipment:
Standard Laser Pistol
Combat Knife
Dress Uniform
Second grade uniform
Blue jump-suit
Blue T-shirt and shorts
Calf-length boots (standard with holster and scabbard sections)
LCJ 19 Cooling Vest
Stats:
DEX 3D
___Lasers 4D
___Melee Parry 4D
___Zero-G Training 4D
KNOW 2D
___First Aid 4D
___Ground Tactics 2D+1
___Languages 2D+1
MECH 4D
___Battlemech Piloting 5D
______spec.: Medium Mechs 6D+1
______spec.: Jump jet Operation 6D+1
___Battlemech Gunnery 5D
______spec.: Lasers 6D+1
PER 3D
___Search 4D
___Commmand 4D+1
STR 3D
TECH 3D
___Battlemech Repair 4D
Abilities
Well Equiped
Well Connected
Contact - Military Commander
Bilingual Background
Ambidextrous (Either)
Peripheral Vision
Bad Liar
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