Marquis Melville
Marquis Melville | |
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| Personal | |
| Affiliation | Federated Suns |
| Career | |
| Rank | Captain[1] |
| Profession | VTOL pilot[1] |
Marquis Melville was a notable member of the Federated Suns' Task Force Navarre during the late Dark Age Era.[1]
History
Captain Melville's lance of scout VTOLs were part of Julian Davion's Task Force Navarre during the 3145 raid on Menkalinan, with the intent being to loot the Capellan Confederation's supply caches and to raze the planet's industry. Accomplishing this was meant to be enough to weaken the Home Guard badly and to imply the existence of an imminent FedSuns offensive in order to waste Capellan time and resources. While the attacks were successful, a force of Home Guard troops managed to overcome a withdrawing lance of FedSuns BattleMechs, downing Leftenant Morton Briggs' machine and trapping the remainder of the lance. Melville's VTOLs responded quickly but were unable to fight off the Gùn Prime OmniMech guarding Brigg's supposed corpse. Instead, Melville had his pilots use their smoke munitions to provide cover for the remnants of Briggs' lance, giving them the opportunity to disengage and return to their DropShips for departure from Menkalinan.[1]
Combat Vehicle
Captain Marquis Melville piloted a Marten Scout VTOL during the Menkalinan raid.[1]