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Holden Trumphay
Emergency-Commander – Lance Commander – Mechwarrior
Sex: Male
Year of Birth: 3027
Place of Origin: Capellan Confederation
Gunnery: 2
Piloting: 4
Pilots:
Lance: Strikers’ Trek Lance – The Skeleton Crew
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Vampire’s Fangs’ Traitor
Holden Trumphay is a man with a dark past. Once the commander of a small
group of outlaws, Holden became famous throughout Capellan systems as the
"White Thief". Though this past is one of his many stories, it is one he now
holds secret. Holden’s unit was annihilated when a small group of
Capellan-hired mercenaries discovered his base. Fortunately for Holden
himself, he was not in the base at the time. Unfortunately he lost everything
dear to him: many close friends, his wife, and his child.
While trying to recover from such an ordeal, Holden sought work in which he
could forget some of his problems. He was soon hired on to a new mercenary
unit called the Vampire’s Fangs. The Fangs are a team funded by Word of
Blake. The unit was created to give rise to the power of the Toyama faction
within the Word of Blake.
Unknown to Holden, the Toyama faction would soon fight the newest team to
hunt the White Thief under contract, the Strider’s Strikers. After multiple
battles, the Fangs were left divided. The Strikers soon defeated the Fangs,
capturing Holden in the process. When his identity was uncovered by Striker
Commander Mike Strider, Holden lost all hope. However he was offered a
secret pact by Strider. Ensuring Holden’s safety and financial well-being in
exchange for his skills, Strider released him into the custody of his would-be
killers.
The Strikers collected their fee for accomplishing their bounty hunting contract.
Later that night, a Striker team rescued the "Thief" while under the guise of
Holden’s extinct unit. Holden joined on to the Strikers, accepting an honorable
position of lance commander. Though the Clan half of the Strikers were
completely unaware of Strider’s contract back stab, a limited few of the Inner
Sphere Strikers were trusted with this information. Investigations by Borg of
the Strider’s Strikers Intelligence Corps have since discovered the dishonorable
recruitment, punishing Commander Strider himself after challenging him to a
Trial of Refusal.
Holden commanded his lance, appropriately called the Trek lance, whom
specialized in woodland and jungle combat. Two of the Mechwarriors under his
command were originally Capellan soldiers, ironically from units which his own
original team had regularly battled against.
Holden appeared to enjoy his role in the Strikers. He seemed to have found a
number of friends and at least some sympathy at times when he needed it.
Holden occasionally becomes silent and depressed, as those who know his real
story might expect him to. His lancemates were normally confused when he
behaved this way. His closest friends during his early years on the unit
appeared to be Jane Curtain, Dr. Byron Jones, and Clan aerospace pilot Opvall.
Mike Strider remained a confidante, but probably because he was the only
Striker who knew Holden’s story full circle.
His teammates’ respect of him grew in 3065, after Holden had held off a Blakist
group for weeks in their plans to attack the Strikers Head Quarters. Holden and
a small group of Mechs were the only units on-planet at the time, and he faced a
devastatingly large Blakist strike force determined to steal valuable data
regarding the Arbiter lostech Warship’s location.
Holden prompted the Blakists to settle in by threatening to destroy the data
immediately. Not without resources, he used hidden exits to evacuate civilians
and deploy covert operatives whom collected information on the Blakist units.
Judging from his operatives findings, Holden knew he could never fend off the
attackers in actual combat. He opted to delay them as long as possible, even
managing to recruit a new lance of Mechwarriors using his contacts outside the
base.
Eventually the Crusaders mercenary unit arrived on Miranda, where they would
take some R and R and meet with Sir Owen Hardcastle. Holden sent a distress
signal to the mercenaries and was able to secure their employment by offering
significant upfront payments. The only catch was the Crusaders unit had to
break into the Strikers base through a wall of Blakist forces. After doing so
against incredible odds, the Crusaders and Strikers joined under Holden’s
command to evacuate the base and leave the Blakists to an empty Head
Quarters facility. Holden had succeeded in tricking the Blakists to believe he
had the Warship data when in fact, he’d never possessed any of the sensitive
information the Blakists had sought.
Holden and his lance faced an unfortunate task in 3068 when Blakist forces
moved against the temporary Strider’s Strikers base. Holden ordered his men
to seal off the area to prevent further Blakist movement along a weakened
retreating Strikers’ personnel convoy. The convoy was able to evacuate to a
nearby Dropship, but the deaths of Holden’s lancemates Fritz Dravnerr and
Fenton Hardy have only added to the emotional stress he has been forced to
endure in his life.
This profile was last updated in 3068.
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