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Buford Olman
Mechwarrior – S.A.F.E. Agent
Sex: Male
Year of Birth: 3025
Place of Origin: Free Worlds League
Gunnery: 3
Piloting: 6
Pilots:
Lance: Strikers’ Guardian Lance – Open Minds
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Marik Spy
When the Strider’s Strikers left Wasat, Marik officials were offended that the
team did not take residence in yet another Marik world. Rather than displaying
a constant loyalty to the Free Worlds League, the Strikers packed up and left
for Nova Cat space. Though friendly communications between the two forces
continued, the Free Worlds League were initially concerned that the Strikers
might take a new contract with the Draconis Combine. League officials quickly
decided to monitor the team, which would give them some insight to Clan Nova
Cat as well as future Striker plans. Taking advantage of the Striker’s
recruitment, the League placed a S.A.F.E. agent among its ranks. Buford Olman
joined the Strikers during their recent recruitment. With his disguise and a
periphery affiliation, he was immediately ranked as a top candidate for Striker
membership.
Buford’s loyalties laid with the well-being of House Marik. Though he was quick
to become integrated as a member of the team, Buford was secretly busy
collecting data on the Irece Prefecture for his nation. Though the Draconis
Combine and the Free Worlds League have a commonly peaceful relationship,
both nations constantly monitor one another’s actions. The League hoped to
eventually steal schematics for either Clan or Combine BattleMechs, seeking to
produce an Inner Sphere re-engineered Omni-Mech of their own if parts could
be produced or purchased.
To House Marik’s surprise, the Strikers showed dramatic unpredictability by
accepting an agreement to work under House Davion. Though this contract
sent half of the Strikers to Davion/Steiner space, Buford at first remained in
Nova Cat space. He was delayed in contacting his Marik superiors due to the
strict security within the Irece Prefecture. However when he was sent with
another group of the team into the Lyran Commonwealth, he found plenty of
opportunities to transmit secrets and information on the unit’s command
structure.
With his contact established, Buford found new ways of reaching his superiors.
He was successful in transmitting from within the Irece Prefecture from the year
3064. Unfortunately this lead to unexpected results when the Word of Blake
interfered with his transmissions and stole his findings. Predictably, the
Blakists used the information to strike once again at Strider’s Strikers. This
time would be the most dangerous, as only a skeleton crew remained stationed
at the main base. The Blakists took over Miranda in large numbers. Only after
reinforcements had arrived was the combined might of Acer’s Hueys, the
Crusaders, and Strider’s Strikers able to stop them.
Buford finally paid a heavy price for his spy duty when he and the rest of his
company were attacked by a nuclear weapon in 3067. A Blakist cell under the
Toyama faction’s command used Buford’s report to attack the company of
Striker Mechs while they undertook training exercises on a remote moon. With
few reinforcements, the Strikers’ group took massive losses. Buford himself
died after a month and a half bout with the radiation effects from the Blakists’
Cobalt-60 bomb.
He confessed to his actions shortly before his death. Clan members of the unit
called for an immediate trial followed by an execution, but Buford was afforded
the death that he’d helped cause instead. Most found it a fitting sentence in the
end.
This profile was last updated in 3068.
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