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'''Lisa Aileen Bortman''' was the commanding officer of the [[Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]] as of [[3050]].<ref name=20YUp26>''20 Year Update'', p. 26: "Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth - 3050"</ref>

==History==
[[Hauptmann-General]] Bortman, serving with the Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry, was stationed on [[La Blon]] in 3050.<ref name=20YUp26/> Following the [[Clan Invasion]], Bortman remained in command of the Eighth DLC and was stationed on [[Kikuyu]] by [[3054]].<ref name=ORp22>''Objective Raids'', p. 22: "Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth - 3054"</ref> By [[3062]], now-[[Leutnant-General]] Bortman continued to command the Eighth DLC on Kikuyu. Although a native of [[Kittery]], Bortman's family moved to [[Zebebelgenubi]] while she was a toddler and Bortman therefore identified herself as a "child of [[Isle of Skye|Skye]]." Joining the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth]] as soon as she could and eventually earning entrance to the [[Sanglamore]], Bortman bounced between units before landing in the Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry, apparently as a result of maneuvering from [[Duke of Porrima|Duke]] [[Ryan Steiner]]. While the Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry remained loyal to the DLC organization and its traditions, Bortman's main loyalty still belonged to Skye.<ref name=FM:FSp86/>

===Civil War===
The [[Federated Commonwealth Civil War]] began while Bortman and the Eighth Deneb were still posted to Kikuyu and Bortman's failure to swear loyalty towards [[Archon of the Lyran Alliance|Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] earned her the distrust of the neighboring [[Sixth Donegal Guards]] and [[Storm's Metal Thunder]] and the commander of the [[Freedom Theater Militia|Freedom Theater]], [[Kommandant-General]] [[Seamus Kinell]]. On 2 January [[3063]], the Sixth Donegal attacked the Eighth Deneb's main base without provocation, dealing serious damage to both base facilities and the Eighth Deneb itself. As the Eighth Deneb's responding 'Mech and [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] units activated within the Sixth's overextended lines, the impact of their response belied their chaotic communication and command situation, allowing several companies to escape the Sixth Donegal's assault, although half of the [[Regimental Combat Team]] perished as a result of the attack.<ref name=FCCWp38>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 38: "Kikuyu"</ref>

The Metal Thunder's assault on the Eighth Deneb's other base was delayed by civilian ship traffic and the time it took to arrange supporting armored regiments, allowing the DLC the chance to notice the coming attack and make preparations for delaying actions. The entrenched Deneb artillery and aircraft made the mercenaries' push a much more difficult affair than the Sixth Donegal's massacre and Storm's decision to push his 'Mechs ahead of their supporting armor compounded the attackers' difficulties by leaving them exposed to heavy attack from the Eighth Deneb's own armor and jump infantry resources. Chasing the fleeing mercenaries all the way back to their original landing zones by the next day, the Eighth Deneb had managed to survive the initial fighting. The temporarily-victorious Eighth Deneb sent out [[DropShips]] to rescue the few survivors who had managed to flee from the Sixth Donegal's assault, although it was officially confirmed that [[Colonel]] [[Jean-Henri de Jeruc]] of the Eighth's Armor Brigade was the senior surviving officer of the RCT, indicating that Leutnant-General Bortman had been killed during the day's events.<ref name=FCCWp38/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]
* ''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''

[[Category:Federated Suns Characters|Bortman, Lisa Aileen]]

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