Leckart Forest

**Leckart Forest** is a Supreme Air Service commando and a renowned sniper. He is best known for being the mentor of Sloane Duquesne, whom was responsible for transforming him into the prestigious hero that he is today.

## Biography

### Background

Leckart Forest was born in 1963. He was an adept survivalist and hunter in the forests of the Aryaine Kingdom. He was noted for his marksmanship skills even in his youth, and his parents have always lived a live in the woods, rather than the city, teaching Leckart that nature is always a better environment to be home, rather than a bustling city. He joined the Aryan Armed Forces in 1980, becoming a soldier and has saw a fair number of combat operations, until he was handpicked to be part of the Supreme Air Service, assigned to the 24th Regiment.

### Assassination of Khaled Moyani

During the Winter of 1996, three years before the events of Iron Hammer: Modern Warfare, a 33-year-old Leckart Forest was the commander of a two-man sniper team in the SAS's 24th Regiment, which included then-Lieutenant Sloane Duquesne, who was assigned to assassinate future Evalk Separatist leader, Khaled Moyani, an arms dealer. According to Duquesne, this was the first time the Aryan Government had authorised an assassination order since the *Global War*. Rackanosze, Radreeian, was the site of the assassination, a previously thriving town that had been deserted ten years earlier due to an undisclosed nuclear catastrophe. The calm surrounding countryside and Rackanosze itself had become overgrown and deserted (with Rackanosze radiation still present in some areas), making it the least ideal setting for an arms trade.

Leckart and Dqueusne were both issued ghillie suits and camouflaged, suppressed MN14 sniper rifles for the mission, along with suppressed RIA-UCP pistols. An AI-WP bolt action sniper rifle was used for the assassination attempt, which is not an MK107 that the media claims to be.

Leckart Forest and Sloane Duquesne had to sneak through the countryside around Rackanosze to get to Hotel Rodrigo, overlooking where the exchange would take place and an ideal spot for the shot. Ultranationalist guards, armored patrols, attack dogs and helicopters are all obstacles they either hide from or take out, depending on the player's inclination. Leckart Forest's knowledge of the radiation zones around the perimeter of their route is sound, and after a brief scare when a "convention" of enemies arrives in Rackanosze, Leckart and Duquesne make their way to the hotel. There they wait for two days for Khaled Moyani to appear.

When Moyani eventually appears right in front of the abandoned plant, with a suitcase full of money, Sloane and Leckart prepared for the shot. After Forest gave Duquesne ample warning of conditions that could impact the shot, such as the Coriolis effect, Sloane fired.

Moyani's left arm was injured from a lethal shot, but the kill was not confirmed and he managed to escape in a nearby Truck driven by Ramaza. Leckart Forest assured Sloane Duquesne that impending shock and blood loss would kill Moyani, and the SAS operatives moved to make their escape. Sloane quickly shot down a countering LP-28 and the two rappelled from the hotel, the floor they previously occupied being destroyed by a second gunship mere seconds later. All went well for the Aryan duo and their escape plan until an attempt to shoot down the LP-28 pursuing them from the hotel ends in a serious leg injury for Forest whilst avoiding the crashing helicopter, forcing Duquesne to carry him the rest of the way to the extraction zone. The duo fought their way through the darkening ghost town until finally reaching the extraction point at the Ferris Wheel.

Sloane built a cordon with Leckart's remaining FTE mines while waiting for extraction, and the two began picking off a steadily rising swarm of innumerable terrorrists converging on the area. Leckart provided sniper support to Sloane from a hill near the Ferris Wheel until their evacuation chopper arrived. Sloane hurriedly carried Leckart to the chopper, where the two boarded and took off barely seconds before certain death at the hands of the Separatist swarm in the city.

The assassination attempt was a total failure.

### Post-Rackanosze

After the events of Racknosze, Leckart later moved on from active field duty sometime between 1996 and 2011, likely immediately in the aftermath of the failed operation. After retiring from field work, Leckart was promoted from Captain and Sloane took his place.

His fate and activities remain unknown, for the time being.

## Abilities

Leckart Forest has trained to become one of the finest snipers in Aryan history. This was due to his extensive training in various sniper courses, allowing to literally treat the natural environment as his habitat with his exceptional hunting, tracking, tactical and reconnaissance expertise, combined with combat experience and meticulous marksmanship that allows him to snipe any target with no effort.

## Trivia

### General

* Leckart's leg injury was shrapnel piercing his thigh, preventing him from running.
* Leckart appears to have great tracking skills, particularly unfamiliar territories.
* Despite the failure in the Assassination of Khaled Moyani, Leckart was said to be promoted.
* He holds the highest score for the marksmanship test in the SAS' sniper course.
* In accordance to his use of camouflage, he has a very thick beard.