Xavier Mikhailov

Xavier Mikhailov was a veteran and hailing from the , and the founder of the Mikhailov's Musketeers mercenary company. Raised in the traditions of , Mikhailov had served in some of the most prestigious units in the entire Confederation, until a supposed falling out with one of his commanders in 3023 led to his apparent unceremonious discharge from the elite , after which he and a few loyal comrades founded Mikhailov's Musketeers as a way to continue putting their martial prowess to use with fewer restrictions. In truth, Mikhailov had been recruited by the , and the Musketeers were nothing more than a means to exert the will of the Capellan state in regions far abroad across the .
==BattleMechs==
==="Bái Sùzhēn"===
"Bái Sùzhēn" (Traditional Chinese: 白素貞), named for the titular snake spirit from the Chinese fable Legend of the White Snake, was the MAD-2R Marauder piloted by Mikhailov during his tenure as the commander of the Mikhailov's Musketeers mercenary outfit. Only the MechTechs of the Musketeers were permitted with the knowledge of the machine's true capabilities; to outsiders, the 'Mech was presented as simply a standard MAD-3R model that Mikhailov had supposedly purchased off of the open market after his discharge from the CCAF. Yet there was in fact a small grain of truth to this: "Bái Sùzhēn" was indeed originally a MAD-3R Marauder, purchased from by the Maskirovka, before being upgraded at great expense into a close analogue of the -era MAD-2R. Done as one of a series of moves made to ensure the combat superiority of the Musketeers, the upgrade made use of some of the most valuable still present in the arsenals of the Capellan state at the time, including a pair of coveted .
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