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| image = Isolde Centrella EmpireAlone.jpg
| name = Isolde Centrella
| birthdate = [[3110]]<ref name=EAp102>''Empire Alone'', p. 102</ref><ref name=legendsp142>''BattleTech: Legends II'', p. 142</ref>
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| affiliation = [[House Centrella]]
| rank = [[General]]<ref name=EAp72-3>''Empire Alone'', pp. 72–73: "Knife to the Hilt"</ref>
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| profession = Noble
| parents = [[Serin Centrella]] (mother)<ref name=EAp102/>
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'''Isolde Centrella''' was a member of the ruling family of the [[Magistracy of Canopus]].

==History==
After graduating from the [[Canopian Institute of War]], Isodle served in [[Raventhir's Iron Hand]] as a mechwarrior. Later she would serve as an aide to Senior General [[Talia Kessa]] at the [[Magestrix Command Center]], which she leveraged to gain a position in the [[Third Canopian Light Horse]], a unit she was soon able to buy command of.<ref name=EAp102/>

===Campaign against the Marians===
In February [[3151]], the [[Marian Hegemony]] launched simultaneous invasions of the Canopian worlds of [[Gambilon]], [[Marantha]] and [[Booker]], with only the latter world's defenders being able to do more than slow the invaders down.<ref name=EAp68>''Empire Alone'', p. 68: "Crossing the Rubicon"</ref> Into the breach stepped [[Colonel]] Isolde Centrella. Isolde convinced [[Serin Centrella|her mother]] to dispatch the untested mercenary unit [[Gabrielle's Pride]] under her leadership to [[Lindenmarle]], with hopes of collecting additional forces to relieve Booker. She also convinced the regent to send another of the Magistracy's precious [[JumpShips]] to [[Ballalaba]] in hopes of recalling the [[Third Canopian Cuirassiers]] and [[Second Canopian Light Horse]], who were out of contact with the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]].<ref name=EAp68-9>''Empire Alone'', pp. 68–69: "A Hero Rises"</ref>

Isolde's flagship, the ''[[Kossandra Centrella]]'',{{clarify}} rendezvoused with the [[First Canopian Brigade]] over Lindenmarle then proceeded onwards to Booker. Isolde led her ad-hoc task force to victory against the [[VI Legio]], compelling the remains of the Marian unit to outright surrender. Isolde paid the same independent [[JumpShip|JumpShips]] that had ferried the invaders to Booker to carry her consolidating command, now dubbed Task Force Two, onwards to Marantha. This time Isolde arranged a parlay before making planetfall, and managed to convince the elements of [[IV Legio]] on Marantha to withdraw unmolested with their loot instead of attempt to hold the world. Isolde then began planning her next engagement, the reconquest of Gambilon.<ref name=EAp70-2>''Empire Alone'', pp. 70–72: "Warrior's Luck"</ref> This proved unnecessary, as the Marians weren't foolish enough to engage four regiments with a single legion and withdrew before contact.<ref name=EAp72-3/>

Isolde decided her now rechristened Task Force Alpha should go on the offensive. She suspected the independent world of [[Thraxa]] had been the Marians staging point, but considering the likelihood Ballalaba and [[Islington]] had been retaken elected to bypass it in favor of attempting to relieve any MCAF survivors those worlds might contain. Before departure, Isolde sent a trivid back to Canopus announcing her achievements and her campaign's final objective: [[Alphard (MH)|Alphard]]. The public went wild with the news of her victories, and an anonymous donor purchased Isolde a commission as [[general]], allowing Serin Centrella to appoint her overall commander of the war effort against the Hegemony.<ref name=EAp72-3/>

By this point, Isolde's popularity made her a potential candidate to be elected the next [[Magestrix]] should [[Ilsa Liao-Centrella]] lose the position.<ref name=EAp92>''Empire Alone'', p. 92: "Magistracy of Canopus"</ref> Isolde publicly supported the current Magestrix and was quick to shut down insinuations that she should take the throne.<ref name=EAp102/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Empire Alone]]''

[[Category:Magistracy of Canopus Characters|Centrella, Isolde]]

Isolde Centrella - Revision history

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