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Sasha Breen
Co-Commander – Star Captain – Star Commander – Mechwarrior – Watch Agent
Sex: Female
Year of Birth: 3035
Place of Origin: Clan Steel Viper
Gunnery: 3
Piloting: 3 with Maneuvering Ace Skill
Pilots:
Lance: Strikers’ Scout Lance – The Invaders
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Steel Viper Star Captain
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[dcs_p]Sasha is a trueborn warrior of the Breen bloodline. She was born in 3035 at the
Steel Viper enclave located at New Kent. Under the watchful eye of the Viper
trainers, she and her sibkin, Claudia, were the only two who graduated this
particular class of extremely difficult training, even for Clan standards, and
washing out the others of their sibko. Admittedly, however, in Sasha’s case, it
seemed due to the incredible luck she maintained during and after her sibko
training. This luck follows her throughout her career, but to Sasha it seemed to
taint her, as many in the Steel Vipers considered her to simply be ‘lucky’ rather
than good; all this despite her excellent codex and a natural affinity for
command. Following her sixteen years at the sibko and training cadre, she was
assigned as a Mechwarrior in the Triasch Keshik of Alpha Galaxy, under Khan
Natalie Breen. Her first mission, a year after her assignment to Alpha Galaxy,
and just as she arrived in the Inner Sphere, was Tukayyid. During the fighting
at Devil’s Bath, most of the Trinary that Sasha was assigned to were destroyed,
but only one member of Sasha’s star was lost. Despite this fact the members of
the Steel Viper Trinary were reassigned, with Sasha going to the First Viper
Guards (The Viper’s Fury) of Alpha Galaxy, and Claudia being shuffled to Beta
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[dcs_p]Following Tukayyid in 3053 the Guards were used to assault the Jade Falcon
planet of Montmarault, garrisoned by the 305th Assault cluster. Her aggressive
actions, and some luck, earned her recognition as well as the chance at a
promotion and a bloodname. She easily took her opponents in the Trial of
Position for the position of Star Captain. However, her bloodname battles were
hard fought and barely won it seemed, until only one person remained against
her for the right to wear the bloodname of Breen. That was Claudia from beta
Galaxy. Sasha seemed over-matched in the fight until once again luck shined
on her and she hit the ammo stored in Claudia’s Mech’s left torso. The CASE
saved the Mech, but severely crippled her Mech, making Claudia easy pickings
for Sasha.[/dcs_p]
[dcs_p]Following these victories, the First Viper Guards turned their attention to the
Jade Falcon world of Antares, where Star Captain Sasha Breen was assigned to
take a small town in the wetlands of the planet. The target town was easily
taken when Sasha Breen, in a daring move, simply challenged the defending
Trinary’s commander, and won. Taking the commander, Rally Pryde, as a
bondsman, she moved on to the next objectives. Eventually, the Steel Viper’s
took the planet. Following the action on Antares, the occupation zone quieted
down, with the Viper’s offensive against the Falcons stopped. The only action
then was to quelling of riots that rose from time to time. Then in 3060, she was
shuffled back to Rho Galaxy, a garrison galaxy with close ties to Alpha Galaxy.
Using her command skills she increased Rho’s winning percentage against
Alpha during the war games the two often played. During her time with the Fifth
Legion of Rho Galaxy, she learned just about every underhanded dishonorable
trick the Inner Sphere surats ever knew. Then in 3062 she was approached by a
Star Colonel Alexei Dumont with a proposition. Apparently the Nova Cats were
forming some Inner Sphere/Nova Cat alliance and asked for assistance from the
independent-minded Steel Vipers to help the team. The Steel Vipers agreed,
even though they had limited or no contact with any Clan other than
themselves. Naturally Star Captain Sasha Breen scoffed at such a thing, but
after the other ‘option’ of becoming a trainer at New Kent was explained to her,
she agreed. The only other thing about this assignment was that she would
become a member of the Steel Viper Watch, and would be reporting only to Star
Colonel Alexei Dumont and the Khan himself. Even the members of her own
task force were not to know of this. It was easy to discern why the Steel Viper’s
sent those they did. They were all either getting ‘old’, as in her and Claudia’s
case (Claudia too had been given the choice of Inner Sphere or garrisoning New
Kent), or incompetent.[/dcs_p]
[dcs_p]On first sight, Star Captain Sasha Breen is not very impressive at only five feet
four inches tall, and light in weight. She keeps her brunette hair short and
rarely removes her Steel Viper body suit, which she wears with its boots and
gloves. She also wears a laser pistol at all times as a personal sidearm, and is
highly skilled in unarmed combat, to the point where some would claim she is
better at that than she is at Mech combat. She has been awarded the Viper’s
Coil many times over, one of which is gold, symbolizing her participation in the
battle of Tukayyid. She is a true testament of the Steel Viper Clan and its elite
group of Mechwarriors.[/dcs_p]
[dcs_p]Sasha has become an extremely important member of the Strikers after the
death of Commanders Carns and Strider. She is one of the driving forces of the
team, and her incredible will dominates the team’s contract and deployment
decisions. As a result, the unit has come to behave more as a Clan-oriented
force, especially more Steel Viper oriented. Only Duo Maxwell and Dr. Suzy
Evans have as much leverage as her among the newer leaders. Some would
even argue the two Inner Sphere leaders must constantly combine their power
simply to counter Sasha’s own influence.[/dcs_p]
[dcs_p]Her rise to power within the unit has been partially due to her luck, as well as
her performance in battle. When the assassination strike killed both
Commanders Carns and Strider and most of the command company, Sasha was
fortunate enough to be off-planet. When Blakist saboteurs poisoned the Nova
Cat and Steel Viper Clans barracks’ drinking water after infiltrating the Strikers’
makeshift base, Sasha was important in organizing the batchall against the
Blakists. Finally, when the surviving Clan members engaged those responsible
for the poisoning, Sasha led her Mechwarriors into battle with a rage unseen in
previous combat situations. She was thrust into the spotlight with the
incredible victory.[/dcs_p]
[dcs_p]Sasha’s membership to the Steel Viper Watch was recently discovered by the
Strikers. Her push to inform the spy organization of the Striker’s attaining of
the Arbiter lostech Warship was announced publicly, in an effort to maintain her
honor to her unit. This push to reveal such a confidential Strider’s Strikers
secret was met with extreme denial within the mercenary unit’s ranks. Even
Clan Nova Cat members objected to her proposed revelation. However she won
the Trial of Refusal issued by a Nova Cat warrior and further cemented her
status as a rising star within the mercenary group. With the loss of Devon,
Sasha is by far the most influential and vocal of the Clan members within the
Strikers’ ranks. Not singlehandedly, but sometimes appearing that way, Sasha
has brought the Steel Vipers to a new status within the Strikers team. This
status will surely bring help and confidence to the Steel Viper Clan as it finds its
way in the Inner Sphere realm.
This profile was last updated in 3068.[/dcs_p]
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