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''[[Sang-shao]]'' '''Eric Salzman''' was listed as the commanding officer of the [[Dynasty Guard]] [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]] in [[3062]].<ref name=FMCCp56>''Field Manual: Capellan Confederation'', p. 56: "Dynasty Guard Unit Profile"</ref> As of [[3067]], his former XO [[Jordan Weis]] had taken his position;<ref name=FMUp33>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 33: "CCAF Deployment Table" - 3067</ref> the fate of Eric Saltman was not mentioned.

The character Eric Salzman is a reference to [[Eric Salzman (person)|Eric "Mendrugo" Salzman]], a prominent [[BattleTech]] fan who would go on to become a BattleTech writer and coordinator of [[CGL]]'s factchecking team.

==Notes==
*According to [https://www.sarna.net/news/keeping-battletech-consistent-an-interview-eric-salzman-fact-check-director-at-cgl/ an interview], author [[Loren Coleman]] asked [[Camille Klein]] for names of prominent [[House Liao]] fans when writing ''[[Field Manual: Capellan Confederation]]'' and Eric Salzman was one of the names she came back with, owing to his postings at rec.games.mecha. He was rather surprised to find his name canonized as the head of the Dynasty Guard.
*Regarding the fate of the Eric Salzman character, in the same interview he said:'' 'There's no real explanation for what happened, but my XO, Jordan Weiss, is now the CO. There was a mention in ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' that the Dynasty Guard had clashed with the [[Blackwind Lancers]] on [[Highspire]]. And their commander was [[Warner Doles (Blackwind Lancers)|Warner Doles]], who had gotten himself canonized when he basically won an online fan auction. And so I said, "Oh no, Warner killed me!" And then Warner wrote this big long posting saying, "Yep, yep, we defeated you. Dragged you back to [[New Avalon]] in chains, and put you in a prison, And then the prison was crashed into by some 'Mechs during the fighting in 3067, during the Civil War, and the burning prison collapsed and killed him." My response was, "So wait, his last sight was of New Avalon in flames? Yep, that’s how he would have wanted to go out."' '' (It should be noted that all of this is pure non-canonical [[fanon]].)

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: Capellan Confederation]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Update]]''

[[Category:Capellan Confederation Characters|Salzman (Dynasty Guard), Eric]]