Vampires Stables

Vampires Stables
Team Profile
Sport	'Mech Dueling
League	Solaris Games
Affiliation	None, but tendencies towards Lyran Commonwealth and Federated Suns
Home	Solaris VII
Colors	White vampire fangs, trimmed in dripping red blood

Vampires Stable was a 'Mech fighting stable based on Solaris VII. Officially they were unaffiliated, but Federated Commonwealth leanings have been noted.

History

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The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources; the canonicity of such information is uncertain.
Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity.

At a clandestine meeting between Duncan Fisher and Solaris Arms handler Travis Sherk on 29 December 3041 in Bracken Swamp, Sherk demanded Fisher pay back the money Solaris Arms had given him to showcase a souped-up BattleMech containing Helm-Core tech they had designed for the Solaris VII Arenas. When that didn't happen, Sherk directed his friends at Vampire Stables to take him down. Luckily for Fisher, he was accompanied by Jake Mason, who defended him and repelled the Vampires.

Apocryphal Content Ends

The Vampires had been a rising stable, but a string of losses cost the stable the vast majority of its income and some of its most talented MechWarriors. As things deteriorated, their scruples slid and in 3054 they were caught tampering with their opponents' ammunition and banned from the primary arenas. They relocated to Xolara, but additional issues and charges of theft ended up with the stable only being accepted in the King of the Mountain arena.

Around 3055, the Vampires became embroiled in a barroom brawl with the newly formed Hombres Stables, spawning a feud between the stables that resulted in a series of memorable grudge matches.

After robbing a VEST prototype, what followed was a spectacular loss to VEST in a grudge match. That and the increasing evidence that they were engaged in underworld work, made the Vampires Stable reportedly collapse. By 3067 the Stable had closed, but despite this, frequent tales exists of a Vampire Stables supposedly fighting out in the boondocks of Solaris VII in Class One and Two matches.

Stablemasters and Owners

• Dick Benson

Notable Personnel

Technician

• Annis McKaffry, the stable's Senior Tech and former Leftenant of the Federated Commonwealth, is the head of the Vampires' 'Mech repair and modifications crews. He served with the Tenth Lyran Guards on Skondia prior to the Clan invasion. He started working with the Silver Dragons Stables, but after several failures in 'Mechs he worked on, one of them that cost the life of a MechWarrior, he was forced leave them, and only found work with the Vampires. It is said that the Silver Dragons have a contract out on his life.

Instructor

• Velma Jankara - Master Instructor
• Gomez Long - When a disabling injury in his right arm during a match left him incapable of Arena Combat, he started working as an instructor for Stables, and in 3054 he was hired by Joshua Ling to instruct the Vampires Stables pilots.

MechWarriors

14 MechWarriors were fighting for Vampires Stables.

Known MechWarriors

MechWarrior	Era	Comments	References
Dick "The Blade" Benson	Civil War	Doubles as stablemaster
Velma Jankara	Civil War	Doubles as master instructor

Others

Ghost

• Robby France

Facility

The Vampires had a small 'Mech repair shop in Xolara that gradually deteriorated from negligence due to economic hardship.

Stable Characteristics

• Experience =
• Rating = C- in 3055
• BattleMech = 10 in 3055

Notes

In 3055, the stable had a 25% cut of its MechWarriors' winnings. The MechWarriors received a 800 C-Bill salary a month.

The Vampires started cheating and thieving to make ends meet. The stable had 19 'Mechs. It was expected that Warrior magazine would lower the stable's rating to at least a "D" in the next annual review.

Bibliography

• MapPack: Solaris VII
• A Matter of Respect
• MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (video game)
• Solaris: The Reaches
• Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade