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| name = Pythonius Brion
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| died = [[3028]]
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| affiliation = [[Brion's Legion]]
| rank = [[Colonel]]
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| profession = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]
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| children = [[Octavius Brion]]<ref name=FMM-44-46>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', pp. 44-45</ref>
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'''Pythonius Brion''' was the founder of the [[mercenary]] unit Brion's Legion, which he commanded from [[3013]] to [[3028]].<ref name="4SWv2p28">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 28</ref><ref name=HK->''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)''</ref>

==History==
His unit was under a [[Draconis Combine]] contract during the [[Fourth Succession War]].

During the early months of the [[Fourth Succession War]], [[Coordinator]] [[Takashi Kurita]] was focused on his conflict with the [[Wolf's Dragoons]] mercenary [[brigade]], but following pleas for help from [[Chancellor]] [[Maximilian Liao]] the [[DCMS]] planned and launched additional offensives against perceived weak spots on the [[Federated Suns]] border. The Galtor Thumb region was one such weak spot, and [[David]] was invaded by [[Brion's Legion]] and the [[Ninth Dieron Regulars]], two regiments assigned to the [[Dieron Military District]] under the command of [[Tai-shu|Warlord]] [[Vasily Cherenkoff]]. The deployment of the Ninth and Brion's Legion bore the hallmarks of an internal political move within the [[DCMS]] - a consequence of Cherenkoff trying to deny [[Theodore Kurita]] the use of his troops - and the opening stages of the battle for David between the two Combine regiments and the defending Twelfth Deneb Light Cavalry were largely inconclusive. Helping the Light Cavalry's efforts was a combination of a planetary militia determined to help thwart the invader's efforts, and a civilian population that aided the Light Cavalry when it could.<ref name="4SWv1p80">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', pp. 80-81</ref>

While the lull in major offensives in early [[3029]] gave the defending unit, the [[Twelfth Deneb Light Cavalry]], a chance to regroup, the renewed offensive launched by the two DCMS regiments in May caught the Light cavalry by surprise. [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[Petroff Haveson]] tried to break contact with the two enemy regiments, but could only manage to avoid one at a time, forcing his hand. He formed the Light Cavalry into a defensive formation at Danson's Hill, and, with the help of local farmer [[Tybalt Jones]],<ref>''Simple Farmer''</ref> used subterfuge to trick Colonel Pythonius Brion into revealing himself - allowing the Light Cavalry to target him specifically when Brion's Legion attacked by the combined fire of an entire battalion. With Colonel Brion dead, the Legion broke and ran, with the Light Cavalry in hot pursuit.<ref name="4SWv2p28">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 28</ref>

===Death and Consequences===
Afraid of the consequences of their cowardice and ashamed of their actions, the Legion ran to the [[ComStar]] compound at the [[HPG]] and requested sanctuary, leaving the Ninth to fight alone. ComStar eventually picked up the contract for Brion's Legion, and Takahashi Kurita was happy to see their contract with the Combine dissolved, citing the Dragon's lack of need for a collection of cowardly flower-sniffers. The campaign for David swung firmly in favor of the [[AFFS]] in June [[3029]], when the [[Forty-first Avalon Hussars]] returned to David and relieved the Light Cavalry. Heavily outnumbered, the Ninth retreated from David, leaving the planet under Federated Suns control.<ref name="4SWv2p28"/>

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Simple Farmer]]'' (in: ''[[Total Warfare]]'')

[[Category:Mercenary Characters|Brion, Pythonius]]

Pythonius Brion - Revision history

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