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* CanonForeigner: These guys do not appear to officially exist outside the ''4: Black Knight'' expansion, although 'Mechs bearing their insignias can be fought at points during ''4: Mercenaries''' campaign, most noticeably during a mission on Wernke, where Specter Lance (see the ''4: Mercenaries'' folder) has to destroy a dropship guarded by such 'Mechs before having to fight [[TheRival Burr's Black Cobras]].
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\"The Katherine Steiner\'s Loyalists\"? That was stupid of me...
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* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: [[spoiler: In ''Black Knight'', becoming a DiscOneFinalBoss due to actions taken by the game's BigBad. According to materials outside the game, he was smeared by the Katherine Steiner's Loyalists and [[{{Misblamed}} may not have actually done anything to piss off the Black Knight Legion]], the latter of which are unknown to be canon in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' at large.]]
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* ColonelBadass[=/=]TheLeader: The leader of the Black Knight Legion and first to use the callsign "Black Knight" in the campaign's run.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: As a ''Vengeance'' expansion following up on the events of said game, this was probably going to be the motivation for these guys' actions at some point during the campaign; after an assault on one of their bases by combined Steiner and Dresari forces that cost them their leader, they seem to take some time off from mercenary work to get revenge on their aggressors.
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Mm. On second thought, let\'s take that out. Also, I didn\'t notice there was already a folder for the Black Knight expansion commented out due to a lack of entries. Let\'s fix that.
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*TheHero: Of ''Black Knight''.
**AntiHero: He's a mercenary.
*TheLeader: Essentially takes Col. Lawhorn's place after his death, even taking up the latter's callsign "Black Knight".
*TheHero: Of ''Black Knight''.
**AntiHero: He's a mercenary.
*TheLeader: Essentially takes Col. Lawhorn's place after his death, even taking up the latter's callsign "Black Knight".
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*ColonelBadass[=/=]TheLeader: The leader of the Black Knight Legion and first to use the callsign "Black Knight" in the campaign's run.
*KilledOffForReal: Pretty early on in the campaign. The events that led to his death are [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge the motivation for the protagonists' actions throughout the rest of the campaign]].
*KilledOffForReal: Pretty early on in the campaign. The events that led to his death are [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge the motivation for the protagonists' actions throughout the rest of the campaign]].
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*DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler: He ended up in a Dresari prison during the events of ''Black Knight''.]]
*TheEngineer: Gives you advice on what weapons and 'Mechs to deploy in the missions you go on throughout the ''Vengeance'' campaign and is pretty much stated to be the one working your MechLab there.
*TheEngineer: Gives you advice on what weapons and 'Mechs to deploy in the missions you go on throughout the ''Vengeance'' campaign and is pretty much stated to be the one working your MechLab there.
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... Thinking about it, that stuff actually has nothing to do with Ian\'s \"Royals Who Actually Do Something\" status. I\'mma cut that out. Maybe it\'s relevant to another trope that I\'m forgetting to add, but it\'s not that one.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's the son of a duke of Kentares IV, and actually ''becomes'' duke in the end. [[spoiler:When the Black Knight Legion comes calling, things ([[NotQuiteDead apparently]]) go south for him; he's never seen or heard from again in the MechWarrior 4 trilogy after ''Black Knight'', but other materials suggest he survived that fight and more or less went about his business.]]
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I keep forgetting that markup... Dammit!
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PlayerCharacter of ''4: Vengeance''.
*TheHero: When you're playing as him.
*RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's the son of a duke of Kentares IV, and actually ''becomes'' duke in the end. [[spoiler:When the Black Knight Legion comes calling, things ([[NotQuiteDead apparently]]) go south for him; he's never seen or heard from again in the MechWarrior 4 trilogy after ''Black Knight'', but other materials suggest he survived that fight and more or less went about his business.]]
*SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: [[spoiler: In ''Black Knight''.]]
*TheHero: When you're playing as him.
*RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's the son of a duke of Kentares IV, and actually ''becomes'' duke in the end. [[spoiler:When the Black Knight Legion comes calling, things ([[NotQuiteDead apparently]]) go south for him; he's never seen or heard from again in the MechWarrior 4 trilogy after ''Black Knight'', but other materials suggest he survived that fight and more or less went about his business.]]
*SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: [[spoiler: In ''Black Knight''.]]
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Younger brother to Victor Steiner-Davion, and eventually the Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth after the ouster of his power-mad sister Katherine.
* SupportingLeader: For the Davion path in the latter parts of the game. You even fight alongside him in the finale.
* SupportingLeader: For the Davion path in the latter parts of the game. You even fight alongside him in the finale.
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Sister to the illustrious Archon Katrina Steiner, who is Victor's and Peter's maternal grandmother, and a very high-ranked flag officer in the Lyran armed forces.
* FourStarBadass: While her sister was known mainly for her political acumen, Nondi is a military officer through and through.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Partly denial, partly nationalism, this is why she was loyal to her mentally unstable great niece Katherine (who fancied herself "Katrina"). She goes down fighting against you and Peter in the Davion path.
* FourStarBadass: While her sister was known mainly for her political acumen, Nondi is a military officer through and through.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Partly denial, partly nationalism, this is why she was loyal to her mentally unstable great niece Katherine (who fancied herself "Katrina"). She goes down fighting against you and Peter in the Davion path.
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The second of Damocles Commando 1 under Sin Clair's command and met up with at the end of Operation 1.
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The second of Damocles Commando 1 under Sin Clair's Sinclair's command and met up with at the end of Operation 1.
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* Cowgirl: Mustang, the most expensive and highly skilled (at the outset) pilot you can hire, even has the cowgirl accent.
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* Cowgirl: {{Cowgirl}}: Mustang, the most expensive and highly skilled (at the outset) pilot you can hire, even has the cowgirl accent.
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* NewMeat: Scooter's said to be "wet behind the ears".
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The three female lancemates with lance commander credentials you can hire at the outset: Mustang, Goat, and Blaze, respectively.
* BritishStuffiness: Beowulf.
* BraveScot: Claymore, complete with imitation Sean Connery accent. Plunk him in a Highlander to complete the trope.
* Cowgirl: Mustang, the most expensive and highly skilled (at the outset) pilot you can hire, even has the cowgirl accent.
* BritishStuffiness: Beowulf.
* BraveScot: Claymore, complete with imitation Sean Connery accent. Plunk him in a Highlander to complete the trope.
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* TerseTalker: Spirit is rather quiet. Most evident during ready-op call. She just goes "Spirit. Ready-op."
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* TheAce: Specter graduated at the top of his class in the pilot program on Outreach for larger mercenary outfits to "sponsor" smaller ones.
* PlayerCharacter: The framing device is an aged Specter (post-Jihad) telling the tale of his exploits.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: "We're here for the paycheck, not the politics."
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* BerserkButton: Towards the Clans. Read other tropes for her below for details.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Castle was orphaned by the Clan Invasion. The period the game takes place is about fifteen or so years after the Clan Invasion period, putting her in her thirties.
* MissionControl: The two constant voices in all (non-Solaris) missions are [[PlayerCharacter Specter]] and Castle.
* NorseByNorsewest: Castle hails from the Free Rasalhague Republic, which is basically Scandinavia [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE]], and it shows in her accent. Before the Clan Invasion, it was an entire former Draconis Combine march that eventually seceded with tacit approval from Luthien, but it was unfortunately right in the center of the Clan Invasion Corridor. The Clan Invasion reduced it to a scant handful of worlds, none of which are the original capital world of Rasalhague.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Castle was orphaned by the Clan Invasion. The period the game takes place is about fifteen or so years after the Clan Invasion period, putting her in her thirties.
* MissionControl: The two constant voices in all (non-Solaris) missions are [[PlayerCharacter Specter]] and Castle.
* NorseByNorsewest: Castle hails from the Free Rasalhague Republic, which is basically Scandinavia [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE]], and it shows in her accent. Before the Clan Invasion, it was an entire former Draconis Combine march that eventually seceded with tacit approval from Luthien, but it was unfortunately right in the center of the Clan Invasion Corridor. The Clan Invasion reduced it to a scant handful of worlds, none of which are the original capital world of Rasalhague.
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!!Lance Leader/Sin Clair
The leader of Damocles Commando 1 alongside Dominic "Gunner" Paine until the mission went sour and met up with remnants of other Commandos to finish the operation.
* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him Lance Leader]]: Until ''Pirate's Moon'' when he was given a character and voice
* TheFaceless
* FeaturelessProtagonist: Up until the expansion ''Pirate's Moon''.
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The second of Damocles Commando 1 under Sin Clair's command and met up with at the end of Operation 1.
* TheFaceless
* StealthPun/AccidentalPun: "I bring the ''Paine''.
!!Epona Rhi
The third lance mate who was once part of Damocles Commando 3-4 and met up with at the end of Operation 2
* TheFaceless
!!Alan Matilla
* AustralianAccent
* TheFaceless
The leader of Damocles Commando 1 alongside Dominic "Gunner" Paine until the mission went sour and met up with remnants of other Commandos to finish the operation.
* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him Lance Leader]]: Until ''Pirate's Moon'' when he was given a character and voice
* TheFaceless
* FeaturelessProtagonist: Up until the expansion ''Pirate's Moon''.
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The second of Damocles Commando 1 under Sin Clair's command and met up with at the end of Operation 1.
* TheFaceless
* StealthPun/AccidentalPun: "I bring the ''Paine''.
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Solaris announcer and commentator who loves almost everything about the games.
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