Helen Cassidy
Helen Cassidy | |
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| Personal | |
| Died | 3052[1] |
| Affiliation | Draconis Combine |
| Career | |
| Rank | Tai-sa[1] |
Helen Cassidy was the commanding officer of the Fifth Amphigean Light Assault Group in 3050.[2]
History
Courchevel
Helen Cassidy was second-in-command of the Fifth under Kent Gerber on Courchevel in 3051. The Fifth fought as a resistance movement against a Clan Smoke Jaguar occupation force but was ultimately defeated. Gerber sacrificed himself in a final stand against the Jaguars, allowing Cassidy and the survivors of the Fifth to escape on a Union DropShip. Helen Cassidy thus became the commanding officer of the Fifth again.[3]
Krenice
Her unit was stationed on Krenice when Clan Ghost Bear arrived during the Clan Invasion. The Fifth was able to deal severe damage to the Twelfth Bear Chevaliers when they first landed and proceeded to launch a series of raids on their supply lines and run a series of hit and run assaults. The Ghost Bears were able to flush the Fifth out of their hiding places via air support and forced the Fifth to move across the continent away from their DropShips. Trying to make the best of a bad situation, Helen Cassidy dispatched smaller groups to slow the pursuing Bears by hitting them in the flanks, the most successful of which saw a company from the Fifth lead the Chevaliers on an extended wild goose chase through LightDraught Woods, getting the Chevaliers so completely lost in a couple of hours that the Chevaliers had to break off their pursuit and call for assistance from their aerospace forces to lead them out of the Woods.[1]
The Fifth was driving towards the city of Hasnorvan while stringing out and attacking the Bears. Star Colonel Douglas Silva deployed the Sixty-third Assault Trinary ahead of the rest of the Chevaliers, and the Sixty-third were dug-in and waiting for the Fifth to move into range. As the Sixty-third engaged the Fifth, the rest of the Chevaliers attacked, catching the Fifth in an interlocking attack that swiftly destroyed the Fifth.[1]
Notes
Cassidy was not a member of the battalion-sized mercenary unit known as The 48th, which was made up of the surviving members of the Fifth Amphigean Light Assault Group.[4]