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'''Taran Sender''' was a [[Bloodnamed]] officer of the [[Wolf Empire]] during the [[Dark Age Era]].<ref name=RGIC24p4/>

==History==
[[Star Colonel]] Taran won his rank in an unusual [[Trial (Clan)|trial]] shortly after attaining his [[Sender (Bloodname)|Sender]] Bloodname, although [[Khan of Clan Wolf|Khan]] [[Alaric Ward]] refused to give him the [[Cluster]] command that his rank normally entailed. Taran challenged the Khan's decision and was badly beaten for it, although Khan Ward admired the warrior's drive and instead assigned him to a special mission. Tasked with locating a lost [[Star League]] project named [[Project BUTTERFLY|Butterfly]] intended to improve the connection between [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] and their machines, Taran stood to gain personally from his search by obtaining an alternative for the [[Targeting-tracking system|EI implants]] that would ultimately cripple him.<ref name=RGIC24p4/>

Taran's search soon took him to the [[Spinward]] [[Federated Suns]], where the local [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] militia quickly learned to leave him and his supporting [[Star (Formation)|Star]] alone—although [[Draconis Combine]] occupying troops still regularly engaged him. On the world of [[Defiance]], Taran's normally-unanswered ''[[batchall]]'' was unexpectedly met by [[Captain]] [[Dallas Sortek]] of the [[Sixth Crucis Lancers]]. The duel between the Wolf and the FedSuns soldier lasted for some time and both warrior's [[BattleMechs]] suffered significant damage before Sortek offered to yield in return for the details of Taran's mission. The Star Colonel agreed, indicating that he was tracing the path of the [[Crow's Eye (Individual Star Lord-class JumpShip)|SLS ''Crow's Eye'']], which had gone missing in the region in [[2677]].<ref name=RGIC24p4*>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 24'', p. 4: "Skinwalker (Ryoken III) - Battle History"</ref>

The last known sighting of Star Colonel Taran was in January [[3150]], on the Combine-occupied world of [[Sullivan]]. On that world, the Wolf's Star lost three 'Mechs to a headhunter attack launched by elements of the [[Second Genyosha]] before the arrival of a Star from [[Clan Snow Raven]]'s [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Snow Raven)|Beta Galaxy]] drove off the Combine's forces. After a tense conversation, the Snow Ravens left the planet with Taran and his remaining soldiers in tow.<ref name=RGIC24p4*/>

==BattleMech==
Star Colonel Taran Sender piloted a ''[[Skinwalker (Ryoken III)]]'' [[OmniMech]], which was taken along with him by Clan Snow Raven.<ref name=RGIC24p4*/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 24]]''

[[Category:Clan Wolf Characters|Sender, Taran]]
[[Category:Notable Skinwalker (Ryoken III) Pilots|Sender, Taran]]

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