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* FauxAffablyEvil: She gives Kamea quite a few opportunities to surrender herself before deciding to just kill her and be done with it.
* FormerFriend: To Kamea Arano, before Victoria's father convinced her that he would be a more suitable ruler for the Reach.
* SmugSnake: Raju calls her out for being one when she brags about having arranged for the sabotage of any 'Mech that wasn't on her father's side in the rebellion.
* FormerFriend: To Kamea Arano, before Victoria's father convinced her that he would be a more suitable ruler for the Reach.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: When [[spoiler:reminiscing about Mastiff after finding out he died as a political prisoner in a hellhole prison]], Darius recollects an engagement where the merc outfit (under previous management) worked alongside the Aurigans; a pirate [[{{BFG}} Hunchback]] just shredded a merc Locust and was about to curb-stomp the pilot dead when Mastiff came charging in, and nailed the Hunchback with a fist right into the Hunchy's monster autocannon. Darius recalls that it wasn't a chance hit or a desperate attack, Mastiff just methodically wrenched the autocannon off its mount, like a "farmer uprooting a tree stump". [[TranquilFury He then meticulously picked the defanged Hunchback apart, "like a veteran prizefighter locked in a cage match with a snot-nosed kid with no rules or referees in sight"]]. The other pirates [[KnowWhenToFoldEm turned tail and ran after witnessing the beatdown]].
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: When [[spoiler:reminiscing about Mastiff after finding out he died as a political prisoner in a hellhole prison]], Darius recollects an engagement where the merc outfit (under previous management) worked alongside the Aurigans; a pirate [[{{BFG}} Hunchback]] just shredded a merc Locust and was about to curb-stomp the pilot dead when Mastiff came charging in, and nailed the Hunchback with a fist right into the Hunchy's monster autocannon. Darius recalls that it wasn't a chance hit or a desperate attack, Mastiff just methodically wrenched the autocannon off its mount, like a "farmer uprooting a tree stump". [[TranquilFury He then meticulously picked the defanged Hunchback apart, apart]], "like a veteran prizefighter locked in a cage match with a snot-nosed kid with no rules or referees in sight"]].sight". The other pirates [[KnowWhenToFoldEm turned tail and ran after witnessing the beatdown]].
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: When [[spoiler:reminiscing about Mastiff after finding out he died as a political prisoner in a hellhole prison]], Darius recollects an engagement where the merc outfit (under previous management) worked alongside the Aurigans; a pirate [[{{BFG}} Hunchback]] just shredded a merc Locust and was about to curb-stomp the pilot dead when Mastiff came charging in, and nailed the Hunchback with a fist right into the Hunchy's monster autocannon. Darius recalls that it wasn't a chance hit or a desperate attack, Mastiff just methodically wrenched the autocannon off its mount, like a "farmer uprooting a tree stump". [[TranquilFury He then meticulously picked the defanged Hunchback apart, "like a veteran prizefighter locked in a cage match with a snot-nosed kid with no rules or referees in sight"]]. The other pirates [[KnowWhenToFoldEm turned tail and ran after witnessing the beatdown.beatdown]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Goes 1v4 against Victoria and her entire 'Mech lance in order to buy Kamea's [=DropShip=], not to mention the ejected-from-your-sabotaged-'Mech ''you'', time to escape. He actually manages to slap Victoria around a bit - we did mention he's [[CoolOldGuy awesome]], right? - but the sheer weight of what's arrayed against him eventually wears him down and his Centurion ends up completely cored out. Sadly, unlike Kamea, he's DeaderThanDead.]]
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* MauveShirt: Every character has their own backstory you can read before hiring them. However, with the exception of the main character, any of them can die if they take too many injuries in battle. The most notable ones, though, are Behemoth, Glitch, and Dekker, the three pilots that the player begins with.
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A commander of the Taurian Concordat.
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The various [=MechWarriors=] that can be hired across the galaxy, [[ContestWinnerCameo many of which were designed by backers on]] Website/Kickstarter.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: When [[spoiler:reminiscing about Mastiff after finding out he died]], Darius recollects an engagement where the merc outfit (under previous management) worked alongside the Aurigans; a pirate [[{{BFG}} Hunchback]] just shredded a merc Locust and was about to curb-stomp the pilot dead when Mastiff came charging in, and nailed the Hunchback with a fist right into the Hunchy's monster autocannon. Darius recalls it wasn't a chance hit or a desperate attack, Mastiff just methodically wrenched the autocannon off its mount, like a "farmer uprooting a tree stump". He then meticulously picked the defanged Hunchback apart, "like a veteran prizefighter locked in a cage match with a snot-nosed kid with no rules or referees in sight". The other pirates turned tail and ran after witnessing the beatdown.
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* GadgeteerGenius: She manages to restore the ''Argo'' to barely flyable state, and then further refurbishes and restores the old Star League colony ship on your order as the game progresses.
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* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Or Engineer... and averted. He is elated and relieved when Murad joins the crew, since he no longer has to double as a ship engineer which is not his forte, and can focus solely on being the chief mech tech.
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* GadgeteerGenius: She manages to restore the ''Argo'' to barely flyable state, and then further refurbishes and restores the old Star League colony ship on your order as the game progresses.
* GadgeteerGenius: She manages to restore the ''Argo'' to barely flyable state, and then further refurbishes and restores the old Star League colony ship on your order as the game progresses.
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That would be Kyalla Centrella. Being of the same noble house, she still is involved in the business of ruling... just not as the Magestrix. Not unlike Marina Liao there above.
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* KukrisAreKool: Mastiff carried one, and used it on a pirate's head once in the past... with expected results.
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The Executive Officer of the mercenary unit that the player leads.
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[[folder:Ana Maria Centrella]]
The ruler of the Magistracy.
[[folder:Dr. Farah Murad]]
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The ruler of the Magistracy.
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[[folder:Lord Alexander Madeira]]
[[folder:Lord Alexander Madeira]]
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A ragtag bunch of surprisingly professional mercenary support officers for a periphery outfit.
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* AncestralWeapon: The {{kukri|sAreKool}} he carries was past to him by his father, and his grandfather before that, and his great grandfather, etc. Supposedly the lineage's ownership of it dated back to their emigration from Earth.
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* JustifiedTutorial: What he puts you through. He's not only trying to make sure your old Blackjack is in working order, he wants the opportunity to let you in on the fact that he's got an ominous feeling about the coronation. Which turns out to be right.
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* JustifiedTutorial: What he puts you through. He's not only trying to make sure your old Blackjack is in working order, he wants the opportunity to let you in on the fact that [[GutFeeling he's got an ominous feeling about the coronation.coronation]]. Which turns out to be right.
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* KukrisAreKool: Mastiff carried one, and used it on a pirate's head once in the past... with expected results.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: When [[spoiler:reminiscing about Mastiff after finding out he died]], Darius recollects an engagement where the merc outfit (under previous management) worked alongside the Aurigans; a pirate [[{{BFG}} Hunchback]] just shredded a merc Locust and was about to curb-stomp the pilot dead when Mastiff came charging in, and nailed the Hunchback with a fist right into the Hunchy's monster autocannon. Darius recalls it wasn't a chance hit or a desperate attack, Mastiff just methodically wrenched the autocannon off its mount, like a "farmer uprooting a tree stump". He then meticulously picked the defanged Hunchback apart, "like a veteran prizefighter locked in a cage match with a snot-nosed kid with no rules or referees in sight". The other pirates turned tail and ran after witnessing the beatdown.
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* TheGhost: He dies just before the actual start of the narrative; his actions have an effect on the plot and on shaping people like Kamea, but we never see him directly.
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* TheHighQueen: What she wants to be early in the game, and what the world eventually comes to see her as. She doesn't think so highly of herself by the end, however, and the question is how much you helped her to get there... and how you did it.
* WrittenByTheWinners: She's painfully aware of this trope, and discusses it in the opening.
--> '''Kamea''': But whether it was your noble heart or mercenary mind... your actions gave us hope. That makes you a hero in the eyes of history. Whether you believe it? ''[beat]'' That's up to you.
--> '''Kamea''': But whether it was your noble heart or mercenary mind... your actions gave us hope. That makes you a hero in the eyes of history. Whether you believe it? ''[beat]'' That's up to you.
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* NonActionGuy: This is, at least, how Santiago and his Directorate loyalists ''saw'' him; he seemed willing to let the Coalition slide into comparative stagnation. Kamea would say that this is what he ''needed'' to do, since the Coalition being aggressive or expansionist would risk calling the Taurians, the Capellans, or even the ''[=FedSuns=]'' down on their heads, given how precarious the Taurian-[=FedSun=] situation is.
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* NonActionGuy: This is, at least, how Santiago and his Directorate loyalists ''saw'' him; Tamati; he seemed willing to let the Coalition slide into comparative stagnation. Kamea would say that this is what he ''needed'' to do, since the Coalition being aggressive or expansionist would risk calling the Taurians, the Capellans, or even the ''[=FedSuns=]'' down on their heads, given how precarious the Taurian-[=FedSun=] situation is.
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The head of the Arano Royal Guard, and your former teacher in the ways of being a [=MechWarrior=].
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The head of the Arano Royal Guard, and your former teacher in the ways of being a [=MechWarrior=].
[=MechWarrior=]. After you split from, or depart from, your family, he eventually finds you when you're down on your luck and offers you a place in the Arano Royal Guard, in the service of which the story begins.
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* AcePilot: For sure. In-game, his Tactics skill is such that he gets faster initiative than other pilots of the same weight class. This requires the stat to be close to ''maxed out''.
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* CrutchCharacter: Of a sort. You don't keep him after the prologue, but he's there to make sure you can get through the opening without ''too'' much trouble. He's not invincible, what with only being in a Centurion, but his stats are completely crazy compared to you, Kamea, and all your opponents in the prologue (his Tactics skill is so high that he's got the bonus initiative skill, which allows him to have ''light-'Mech initiative'' in a 50-ton Centurion; even with a Tactics focus, your newbie Commander can only have ''half'' that much) and he can 1v1 most of the things facing you in the prologue and win, with the only risk being too much ChipDamage if you have him fight ''everything''.
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* CrutchCharacter: Of a sort. You don't keep him after the prologue, but he's there to make sure you can get through the opening without ''too'' much trouble. He's not invincible, what with only being in a Centurion, but his stats are completely crazy compared to you, Kamea, and all your opponents in the prologue (his Tactics skill is so high that he's got the bonus initiative skill, which allows him to have ''light-'Mech initiative'' in a 50-ton Centurion; even with a Tactics focus, your newbie Commander can only have ''half'' that much) and he can 1v1 most of the things facing you in the prologue and win, with the only risk being too much ChipDamage ScratchDamage if you have him fight ''everything''.
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!!The Aurigan Coalition
The Aurigan Coalition is one of the youngest interstellar states of the Periphery of the Inner Sphere in 3025 - it's only existed for about a hundred years, and yet in that time it's managed to become of the more stable and respectable Periphery states. Encompassing the Aurigan Reach, a pocket of space nestled between the Capellan Confederation, Magistracy of Canopus and Taurian Concordat, the Coalition is a surprisingly democratic and prosperous realm compared to other examples in the Inner Sphere. However, after a period of expansion and prosperity, there are those who feel that the policies of the recently-deceased High Lord were leading the Coalition down a path of economic and social stagnation and eventual irrelevancy.
!!! Kamea Arano
The heir to the throne of the Coaliton, Kamea is your main contractor for the majority of the main story. Having been betrayed by her uncle Santiago Espinosa, she's spent three years raising an army to take back her throne - and, remembering your service in helping her escape and the trust Raju showed you, she very much wants you to be part of that army.
* CrutchCharacter: Perhaps surprisingly, in the prologue. She's not as good stat-wise as Raju, but she still has enough Gunnery to perform multi-target shooting, and more importantly, she's in a ''Kintaro'', which is pretty beefy as far as medium 'Mechs go and can handily outperform your Blackjack when it comes to dishing out hurt. Since you'll game over in the prologue if ''anyone'' dies, regardless, there's no reason to not have her throw her weight around.
* LadyOfWar: She has to be, as she's a [=MechWarrior=] and a queen both. In fact, she's even more comfortable with being a [=MechWarrior=], and remarks on this:
--> '''Kamea''': I'm going to miss this, Raju... the clarity of purpose I feel in the cockpit of a [=BattleMech=]. The simplicity of it.
!!! High Lord Tamati Arano II
Kamea's father and previous High Lord of the Reach. His death is the trigger for the entire crisis that sets off the narrative of ''Restoration''.
* DisappearedDad: The catalyst for the entire plot - he's killed in a transit accident, and this gives Santiago the opening he needs to make his move.
* NonActionGuy: This is, at least, how Santiago and his Directorate loyalists ''saw'' him; he seemed willing to let the Coalition slide into comparative stagnation. Kamea would say that this is what he ''needed'' to do, since the Coalition being aggressive or expansionist would risk calling the Taurians, the Capellans, or even the ''[=FedSuns=]'' down on their heads, given how precarious the Taurian-[=FedSun=] situation is.
!!! Raju "Mastiff" Montgomery
The head of the Arano Royal Guard, and your former teacher in the ways of being a [=MechWarrior=].
* AcePilot: For sure. In-game, his Tactics skill is such that he gets faster initiative than other pilots of the same weight class.
* CoolOldGuy: It's how he's generally seen in-universe. He's also a substantially better pilot than either you or Kamea during the prologue.
* CrutchCharacter: Of a sort. You don't keep him after the prologue, but he's there to make sure you can get through the opening without ''too'' much trouble. He's not invincible, what with only being in a Centurion, but his stats are completely crazy compared to you, Kamea, and all your opponents in the prologue (his Tactics skill is so high that he's got the bonus initiative skill, which allows him to have ''light-'Mech initiative'' in a 50-ton Centurion; even with a Tactics focus, your newbie Commander can only have ''half'' that much) and he can 1v1 most of the things facing you in the prologue and win, with the only risk being too much ChipDamage if you have him fight ''everything''.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: The dude's a veteran of the larger Succession Wars, and by 3025 he looks ''grizzled''. None of it is disfiguring, but it's clear he's been through the grinder a few times.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Goes 1v4 against Victoria and her entire 'Mech lance in order to buy Kamea's [=DropShip=], not to mention the ejected-from-your-sabotaged-'Mech ''you'', time to escape. He actually manages to slap Victoria around a bit - we did mention he's [[CoolOldGuy awesome]], right? - but the sheer weight of what's arrayed against him eventually wears him down and his Centurion ends up completely cored out. Sadly, unlike Kamea, he's DeaderThanDead.]]
* TheMentor: He's not only your mentor, he also taught Kamea ''and'' Victoria everything they know about being a [=MechWarrior=]. He's also tried to instill a sense of honor and duty in his charges, and to impress upon them the grave responsibility that comes with being a [=MechWarrior=]. [[spoiler:Needless to say, he's both disappointed and ''mad as hell'' that Victoria didn't take to that part of the training.]]
* RedBaron: "Mastiff", because he is the loyal attack hound of the Arano family. He wears that name with pride, and if you threaten Kamea, he'll show you ''why'' he has that name.
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!!The Aurigan Coalition
The Aurigan Coalition is one of the youngest interstellar states of the Periphery of the Inner Sphere in 3025 - it's only existed for about a hundred years, and yet in that time it's managed to become of the more stable and respectable Periphery states. Encompassing the Aurigan Reach, a pocket of space nestled between the Capellan Confederation, Magistracy of Canopus and Taurian Concordat, the Coalition is a surprisingly democratic and prosperous realm compared to other examples in the Inner Sphere. However, after a period of expansion and prosperity, there are those who feel that the policies of the recently-deceased High Lord were leading the Coalition down a path of economic and social stagnation and eventual irrelevancy.
!!! Kamea Arano
The heir to the throne of the Coaliton, Kamea is your main contractor for the majority of the main story. Having been betrayed by her uncle Santiago Espinosa, she's spent three years raising an army to take back her throne - and, remembering your service in helping her escape and the trust Raju showed you, she very much wants you to be part of that army.
* CrutchCharacter: Perhaps surprisingly, in the prologue. She's not as good stat-wise as Raju, but she still has enough Gunnery to perform multi-target shooting, and more importantly, she's in a ''Kintaro'', which is pretty beefy as far as medium 'Mechs go and can handily outperform your Blackjack when it comes to dishing out hurt. Since you'll game over in the prologue if ''anyone'' dies, regardless, there's no reason to not have her throw her weight around.
* LadyOfWar: She has to be, as she's a [=MechWarrior=] and a queen both. In fact, she's even more comfortable with being a [=MechWarrior=], and remarks on this:
--> '''Kamea''': I'm going to miss this, Raju... the clarity of purpose I feel in the cockpit of a [=BattleMech=]. The simplicity of it.
!!! High Lord Tamati Arano II
Kamea's father and previous High Lord of the Reach. His death is the trigger for the entire crisis that sets off the narrative of ''Restoration''.
* DisappearedDad: The catalyst for the entire plot - he's killed in a transit accident, and this gives Santiago the opening he needs to make his move.
* NonActionGuy: This is, at least, how Santiago and his Directorate loyalists ''saw'' him; he seemed willing to let the Coalition slide into comparative stagnation. Kamea would say that this is what he ''needed'' to do, since the Coalition being aggressive or expansionist would risk calling the Taurians, the Capellans, or even the ''[=FedSuns=]'' down on their heads, given how precarious the Taurian-[=FedSun=] situation is.
!!! Raju "Mastiff" Montgomery
The head of the Arano Royal Guard, and your former teacher in the ways of being a [=MechWarrior=].
* AcePilot: For sure. In-game, his Tactics skill is such that he gets faster initiative than other pilots of the same weight class.
* CoolOldGuy: It's how he's generally seen in-universe. He's also a substantially better pilot than either you or Kamea during the prologue.
* CrutchCharacter: Of a sort. You don't keep him after the prologue, but he's there to make sure you can get through the opening without ''too'' much trouble. He's not invincible, what with only being in a Centurion, but his stats are completely crazy compared to you, Kamea, and all your opponents in the prologue (his Tactics skill is so high that he's got the bonus initiative skill, which allows him to have ''light-'Mech initiative'' in a 50-ton Centurion; even with a Tactics focus, your newbie Commander can only have ''half'' that much) and he can 1v1 most of the things facing you in the prologue and win, with the only risk being too much ChipDamage if you have him fight ''everything''.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: The dude's a veteran of the larger Succession Wars, and by 3025 he looks ''grizzled''. None of it is disfiguring, but it's clear he's been through the grinder a few times.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Goes 1v4 against Victoria and her entire 'Mech lance in order to buy Kamea's [=DropShip=], not to mention the ejected-from-your-sabotaged-'Mech ''you'', time to escape. He actually manages to slap Victoria around a bit - we did mention he's [[CoolOldGuy awesome]], right? - but the sheer weight of what's arrayed against him eventually wears him down and his Centurion ends up completely cored out. Sadly, unlike Kamea, he's DeaderThanDead.]]
* TheMentor: He's not only your mentor, he also taught Kamea ''and'' Victoria everything they know about being a [=MechWarrior=]. He's also tried to instill a sense of honor and duty in his charges, and to impress upon them the grave responsibility that comes with being a [=MechWarrior=]. [[spoiler:Needless to say, he's both disappointed and ''mad as hell'' that Victoria didn't take to that part of the training.]]
* RedBaron: "Mastiff", because he is the loyal attack hound of the Arano family. He wears that name with pride, and if you threaten Kamea, he'll show you ''why'' he has that name.
