Captain Sinclair M. MacCray is currently unit commander of Company A, (The Wolverines), Second Battalion, Deneb Light Cavalry, in service with House Davion along the Davion-Kurita frontier. He was born in 2999 at the Davion military garrison on Ridley IV. His father was Sergeant Randall MacCray of Company A's Fire Lance, his mother an astech attached to the unit's field repair company. A typical Mechbrat, MacCray grew up with the Wolverines. At age 10 he was formally inducted as an apprentice MechWarrior under the tutelage of the Wolverine's Weapons Master, Koru Yamashita. In 3017 he was temporarily reassigned to the Meistmorn Academy on Doneval II, where he served as a cadet under the redoubtable Major Sergel Vang. By the time he was 20, he was participating in raids with the unit, piloting a stinger in the Wolverines' Recon Lance, or serving with the company's mobile reserve and rear echelon security. Randall MacCray was killed in 3021, during the Kurile raid on Dobson. His Crusader, fire-blackened, its head smashed open by autocannon fire, was recovered on the field where it had fallen, together with the wreckage of two Kurlta Vulcans. The salvage crows reported that one of the Vukans had been literally torn apart in 'Mech-to-'Mech combat. Young Sinclair MacCray inherited his father's Crusader and assumed the older MacCray's number three position in the Wolverine's Fire Lance. MacCray served with distinction with the Danob Light Cavalry in numerous raids and defensive actions since 3021. His daring in close-unit actions won the notice of the regimental commander, and he was three times cited for meritorious conduct in unit dispatches. At Galtor III he attacked a damaged 80-ton Charger 'Mech-to-'Mech and destroyed it before it could destroy a Devion ammunition convoy. He was awarded the Federated Burrs' Legion of the Phoenix, Second Class, for that action. In 3026, after the action at the Cerberus Complex on Scheat V, he received a lieutenant's field commission and was placed in command of the Wolverines' Fire Lance. Less than a year later, the death of the Wolverines' commander, Captain John C. Wiley, resulted in the unit's reorganization, MacCray was promoted to captain and given command of the company. At the time this article went to press, MacCray had been officially credited with a total of 17 kills and over 30 assists. The Wolverines are currently assigned to the Davion-Kurita border, where they have been participating in Galahad '27, the controversial series of maneuvers and wargames designed to test Davion military capabilities in the region. Drop Into Hell Combat Drop on Scheat V Related A Dagger's Death Fiction from Scheat V Back to BattleTechnology Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1987 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com