this first part is from the prev thread.
This is a biography about a martian mecha pilot part 1 excuse my grammar
Born in New Jerusalem in 2458 to a political family, Reine Whittman was the most distinguished mech ace during the Martian conflict. As a chld, he had shown great potential and interest in machinery and military science. During his highschool years, he had graduated at the head of his year and indeed all other graduates before him.
His university days at New Jerusalem institute was one of constant partying and susbstance abuse as he began to enter a new society. He had been arrested for a number of charges including assault, manslaughter and an incident of gross neglience during a simulation of batlefield conditions which left 4 people dead. It was only his family influence which enabled him to enter the much celebrated Jericho War College later on.
His time at Jericho War college was a complete character change and he was responsible for a number of reforms on battlefield doctrines for tank warfare and the newly emerging role of mechas soon attracted attention of Martian high command.
It was during his time at Jericho War college in 2485 that he developed a new type of mecha but was never put on production as the project was too ambitious and cost ineffective. However, he had still laboured on the experimental battlesuit and funded by his own personal funds. He had based it on existing models of battlesuits worked it down until it resembled nothing of its original components. It was in theory much faster and lighter then contemporary Martian and Coalition models and required a much smaller energy source. Instead of using Martian technologies, he had used a hybrid of Coalition/federation weapon systems which, at his time, was a technological marvel.
The model was never put into mass production however and only a single unit was made, stored in his family home.
In 2490, he graduated from War College and went to work on other projects, but with hostilities between the federation and the coalition erupted into full out war, he was immediatly drafted in the army and attained the rank of Vice-Sirdar (senior captain/major) Leading an amoured tank battalion. During the conflict both sides began to use mechas and its emergence as a major arsenal was evident.
Later in the Battle of Lunar 2493, Whittman, now a sirdar, personally lead a dozen squadrons of mechas and striked deep into the heart of the Coalition army and annhiliated its command cadre and confirmed kills equalling an entire Corps(30,000+). This famous charge was highly used in a propaganda holo-vid named the Charge of the Valkyrie which, during the month of its viewing, was responsible for more then 80% increase in recruitment.
Whittman took time off the frontlines and concentrated his research on his personal mecha and upgrade it with more modern technology such as gravity boosters and directed energy weapons. During his time off, things were looking bleak for Martian forces. Coalition forces had managed to liberate Lunar and launched ships to strike at the home defense fleets of the outer Martian territories.
In 2495, he had been called back to active duty but managed to bring his incomplete battlesuit along for further improvements. He reversed engineeered Coalition technology from fallen Coalition battlesuits and acquired it onto his suit.
In 2501, Coalition forces invaded Phobos and Whittman was promoted to Hetman (general) and was in charge of the 81st Martian Army to retake control of the moon along with eight other armies under supreme command of High-Hetman Bronzi Capriel. Whittman's persojnal doctrine was to lead from the front and lead by example. At first, the initial counter invasion was going well but a surpirse landing on the rear of Martian lines by Coalition mechas and jump troops had collapsed the Martian front rapidly. Capriel was killed when his command section took a direct hit from a bunker buster round.
With the entire army group in total rout as they face the enemy in two fronts, Whittman, taking command of the Martian forces and piloting his perosnal suit, The Valkryie, he striked whenever the line was folding and buying precious time for his men to regroup and reform a new line. Leading a ragtag force mixed with the newly arrived 102nd armoured corps, 432nd Volksgrenadier corps and the 535th Super-heavy division, he perfromeda pincer strike and isolated groups of slow moving coalition units by using the superior speed and maneuverbility of Martian units.
Within three years, whittman had turned what was a massacre into the Martian Federations Military's most brilliant performance ever and remebered as a perfect example of what a combined, multi-arms tactic could achieve.
Lost his left arm, his left eye and his mecha suit while attacking an anti-aerial unit gun during the last phase of the Phobos invasion and during his time in rehabilitation of his wounds, he had finally perfected his mecha unit. Faster, stronger and more powerful then all existing medium suits. It houses a miniature plasma reactor which was normally used to power starships and cities. An energy shield which provided protection to everypart of the body and can withstand a dozen direct shots from most infantry and tank energy weapons. It has a sophisticated weapon system which allows the user to track multiple targets at once.
Whittman named the Valkyrie 2 after his previous battlesuit. He had contacted Martian highcommand with his design but again, it could not be feasible for it to enter mass production especially when the war effort is already strecthed to breaking point.
In 2508, the Coalition gained space supremacy and landed directly on Martian homesoil. this then began the next phase in the conflict which would prove the bloodiest in the entire war.
stay tuned for part 2