Sir Alec de Payens...
Sex:  Male
Year of Birth:  3029
Place of Origin:  Free Worlds League




Gunnery:  1


Piloting:  3




Pilots:  80-ton Grand Crusader


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Sir Alec de Payens
Chivalric Crusader
A former Knight of the Inner Sphere, Alec left because of what he felt was Marik's
increasing acceptance of the Word of Blake. He hates these radicals with a
passion, after the bombing of a Comstar compound killed his wife and infant son as
they were sending a message to him. He follows the strict code of chivalry and sees
Word of Blake's willingness to involve innocents in their war as barbaric. Once
Captain of a Knights of the Inner Sphere company, he convinced many of his old
comrades to join in his personal crusade against the Blakists. Joining him are Sir
Frederick de Saint Aldamarr, Sir Alfred Trebuchet, and Sir Rick Ridges, members
of his command lance in his old company. All are experienced Mechwarriors and
have taken lead roles in his new endeavor.
An experienced Mechwarrior with a flare for tactics, Alec has started his own  
mercenary company, to uphold the 'Warrior Code' and to combat Word of Blake in
a more active way. He has successfully drawn to his cause those that have similar
ideals.  Alec hopes to one day rival the Knights of the Inner Sphere. He is also a
religious man who prefers Mechs such as the Templar or Crusader, who's images
symbolize his chivalric crusader cause.
Alec not only has close allies within his old Knights' company, but he has friends
within the Strikers.  Once a member of the same battalion as Owen Hardcastle,
Alec was one of the few to become aware of the Blakist framing of Owen's unit.  
Disgusted with the Knights' cover up of the Word of Blake's involvement, Alec
soon after left the Knights to create his own unit.
Through the combination of the death of his family and framing of Harcastle in
3058, Alec had had enough of the Word of Blake's machinations.  He quit the
Knights and began forming the Crusaders of the Inner Sphere, a unit designed to
fight against the threat posed by fanatical sects throughout the Inner Sphere, such
as the Word of Blake and the Black Dragon Society.
Alec pilots the Grand Crusader, a Mech he obtained from an honor duel with the
Word of Blake commander.  This man was responsible for the bombing that killed
his family.  He prefers to use long range combat to weaken his enemies, but does
not back away from close quarters fighting when needed.

This profile was last updated in 3068.