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'''Ostola Stellwar''' was Leftenant-General of the [[First Lyran Regulars]] during the Succession Wars and [[Clan Invasion]].

==History==
As a [[Leutnant-Colonel]] in command of the [[First Lyran Regulars]] Ostola Stellwar performed well in both the [[Fourth Succession War]] and the [[War of 3039]].<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 127: "1st Lyran Regulars"</ref><ref name=CTp34/>.  After the [[AFFC]] reorganization he was a [[Leftenant-General]], still commanding the First and stationed on [[Ridderkerk]].<ref>''20 Year Update'', p. 25</ref>

Just prior to the [[Battle of Ridderkerk (3050)|invasion]] by [[Clan Wolf]] in July [[3050]], Stellwar was involved in a traffic accident and in a coma. The First died around him in less than a day, and later Stellwar passed as well.<ref name=FMLAp85>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 85: "Lyran Regulars"</ref>

==Notes==
The accounts of the Battle of Ridderkerk in ''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'' and ''ClanTroops'' are mostly incompatible. Both were published in 1991 but given repeated issues with fidelity in ''ClanTroops'' that version of events is presented below as an alternative account.
* Old age and stubborness cause Stellwar to dismiss the Clan threat as merely extraordinarily successful pirates. He passed the intelligence to their subordinates, but did not change his mind and his response plan. The 1st of July [[Clan Wolf]] forces issued a challenge to the defenders of [[Ridderkerk]], a message the General ignored. He ordered his troops to dig in and planned to use his [[infantry]] as perimeter defense, followed by support [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] and finally his [[BattleMech]] forces. He did not commit any recon or quick-response group and simply remained dug-in just outside Thelma Forest. By digging in and throwing only his infantry at the advancing [[Elementals]], Stellwar forced his troops down the path of certain defeat. Despite valiant efforts and a number of units that directly disobeyed his orders, Clan Wolf all but destroyed the once-fearsome [[First Lyran Regulars]] within a matter of hours.<ref name=CTp34>''ClanTroops'', p. 34: "Old Dog, Old Tricks"</ref>


==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[ClanTroops]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]''


[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Stellwar, Ostola]]