LDA - Solaris VII 'White Hand Stables'

WHITE HAND STABLES

Stablemaster: Fiona Loudon

Affiliation: Davion

Colors/Badge: Black/silver; silver hand, palm up, against a black field

'Mechs: 38

MechWarriors: 46

Top 20: Elizabeth and Tanya O'Bannon (#1); Manfred Holm (#3)

Standard Contract: 2 percent cut; 1,000 C-Bills/month.

Rating: AA. Though contracts are strict, they are also generous. To date, no MechWarrior has complained of this treatment by White Hand Stables.

Personnel:

Senior Tech: Abel Trent is known as one of the most accomplished techs on Solaris, with an intimate knowledge of even the latest weapon systems. Some of his technical readouts appear to have originated in the ComStar ROM division, but no one knows how he got them. Trent's personality is a bit abrasive, and he continually complains when "ignorant" MechWarriors mistreat his precious 'Mechs. All the same, he is tolerated for his topnotch work.

Instructor: Regina "Queenie" McDowell retired from active duty with Hansen's Roughriders after the War of 3039, during which she lost her right arm. Her bionic replacement is just as efficient as the orginal arm, but McDowell wanted to quit while she was ahead. Unable to stay away from the world of 'Mechs, she found work as head trainer for Fiona Loudon. She is a demanding taskmaster, but can be a friend to a MechWarrior in a slump. Queenie knows that slack discipline can cost a MechWarrior his life, and so she rarely lets up on her charges while they are training.

Facilities: Loudon maintains a major training facility at Wolf Creek, 200 kilometers south of Solaris City. In this pleasant wooded setting of extensive grounds, shelters, and storage facilities, MechWarriors live and work during the grueling six-week annual training camps. Under the firm but kind hand of Queenie McDowell, a MechWarrior's day is filled with training, simulations, and war games, culminating in a live-fire test during the last week. Loudon's Wolf Creek simulators are some of the best; rumor has it that they Davion governement provides her witht eh latest in simulation technology.

White Hand has several other smaller training centers located throughout Solaris. These are often used by MechWarriors on tour or by younger MechWarriors still in the smaller, limited-class circuit.

Comments: Administered from Loudon's luxurious mansion, Callista's Bluff, White Hand Stables is successful, and has no outstanding fueds with any other stables. Contract terms tend to be generous, and successful MechWarriors are pampered with luxury. In exchange, however, White Hand's contracts are long-term and virtually unbreakable, and warriors are expected to attend yearly training camps at the Wolf Creek facility. Loudon's staff is ruthlessly efficient. A MechWarrior who does not measure up may find himself shipped off to backwoods blood pits, or otherwise swpet under the rug.

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Wolf Pack Inc, Friday, August 29, 1997
Most recent revision Friday, October 17, 1997