Charles Edward Maxwell

[Charles Maxwell]

Name: Charles Edward Maxwell
Rank: Captain
Date of enlistment: circa 3025
Date of birth: 2996-07-29
Place of birth: Free Republic of Quebec, Terra
Citizen ID #: 0892-410-5379
Age: 34 (as of 3030)
Height: 187.9 cm (6'2")
Weight: 74.8 kg (165 lbs)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Dark blond/gray
Callsign: 'Eden'
Affiliation: Independent
Profession: Mercenary MechWarrior
Parents: Frederick Maxwell, Elizabeth Maxwell
Spouse: Alyssa Emily Maxwell (neé Chase)
Children (as of 3070): Benjamin Edward Maxwell, John Edward Maxwell
Comments: Favorite publications: 'The Prince,' '1984,' 'Idiocracy'

BIOGRAPHY
Charles Edward Maxwell was born July 29, 2996, to affluent merchant parents of Lyran heritage and spent his formative years learning the finer points of frontier diplomacy and business in the Aurigan Reach. His mother and father made a comfortable living brokering and facilitating trade between the landholds of the Aurigan Coalition, the Capellan Confederation, the Free Worlds League, the Taurian Concordat, and the Magistracy of Canopus; though often at odds with one another, the diverse nations all had material needs, and the superlative ability of the Maxwells to conduct politically-neutral commerce amongst them kept customers' warehouses stocked and the coffers of the family full.

The prosperity of the family business enabled Charles to receive a robust primary education, and, when he was older, to attend a private Taurian military academy to formalize his secondary schooling.

Unfortunately, the continuation of Charles' life of privilege would not follow him into adulthood. His parents' ability to earn their fortune was eclipsed only by their ability to spend it. By the time Charles graduated from his university studies, his family had become utterly destitute. Unable to meet the demands of their creditors, and having fallen out of favor with their peers in the Outworlds gentry, Charles' parents took their own lives in 3019.

The single object of value which remained after the settlement of the Maxwell estate was a first-generation CPLT-C1 Catapult, which had only been spared from bankruptcy liquidation due to the presence of a mis-recorded lien in its title history. Charles took possession of the BattleMech, and, in an act of historical irony, christened it 'Tyche,' after the Greek goddess of luck and prosperity.

With little else to the family name, in 3020, Charles fell back on his tactical and mercantile knowledge to eke out a meager existence for the next five years as a caravan escort for House Arano.

In 3025, Charles participated as one of many guns-for-hire involved in the evacuation of Coromodir IV after a political insurrection, staged by the Espinosa family, resulted in the outbreak of military hostilities on the world. During the retreat, Charles' convoy was set upon by Espinosa Directorate forces. Maxwell, holding the line to buy precious time for the transports under his guard to escape, was ultimately forced to eject from his BattleMech; both he and 'Tyche' were later rescued by a nearby mercenary unit. Charles remained with the unit for the next three years, eventually rising to a leadership position in its command structure.

Over the course of 3028, Charles and his mercenary company would play key roles in restoring stability to the Aurigan Reach. However, the inherent unpredictability of the Periphery and its persistent strife had worn thin on Charles. With substantial earnings in the company's accounts after remaining under constant contract to the Coalition for over a year, Charles elected to split the mercenary unit into two separate entities, with his command, Aegis Division, withdrawing from the Reach and seeking out new opportunities in the relatively-more-stable Sarna March. Establishing a foothold in Gellen's Heights, on the core world of Sheratan, Charles continued to offer his services as a full-time mercenary and part-time merchant for the next several years. During that time, Charles piloted a KGC-0000 King Crab, codenamed 'Ares.'

“Charles Maxwell's ethos was simple: if he found it interesting, and he believed it could be accomplished, it was worth doing.”

 — Orlex Jaeger, 3029

In 3029, following a fateful and fortuitous encounter with the enigmatic William Kauffman, Charles and Aegis Division entered into long-term contractual arrangements with Interstellar Expeditions that saw the unit embarking on a series of far-flung artifact retrieval contracts throughout the Inner Sphere.

Charles would eventually become the director of a secretive and shadowy independent technologies exchange, ultimately becoming its CEO in 3068 after its corporate headquarters was annihilated in the Word of Blake attack on New Earth.

Retiring in 3072, Maxwell was alleged to have died in 3092. However, rumors abound that he may have taken the Devlin Stone route around death, surviving to see the rise of the Republic of the Sphere.

COMPLETED CONTRACTS, PROJECTS, AND KEY TIMELINE EVENTS, Q4 3028 AND BEYOND 

All contracts reflect approximate date of action, not date of signing

• Operation: GOTTERDAMMERUNG (September 3028)
• Operation: Zweihänder Metallarbeiten (October 3028)
• Operation: Rote Wahrheit (November 3028)
• Project: Homeworld (December 3028)
• Operation: Black Eclipse (January 3029)
• Operation: Fallen Regent (March 3029)
• Operation: Gray Demon (May 3029 - April 3030)
• Operation: Siege Engine (child operation of Operation: Gray Demon - October 3029)
• Operation: Hidden Meteor (July 3030 - September 3030)
• Operation: Fallen Haven (child operation of Operation: Hidden Meteor - September 3030)
• Operation: Ingratus Winter (October 3030 - November 3030)
• December 1, 3030: Charles Maxwell marries Alyssa Chase
• Operation: Stormgate (January 3031)
• Q2 through Q4, 3031:
  • Operation: Hinterland
  • Operation: Ascendant
  • Operation: Darkening Sky
  • Operation: Dragon's Maw
  • Operation: Titan's Wake
• October 3031: Charles and Alyssa buy a home in Gellen's Heights, Sheratan
• Operation: Gates of Fire (November 3031 - January 3032)
• January 30, 3032: Alyssa Maxwell gives birth to future mercenary commander Benjamin Maxwell
• 3035: William Kauffman is removed from his role as CEO of the Crayven Corporation
• 3040: Alyssa Maxwell dies of Rissikin's Disease
• 3045: Aegis Division is acquired by the Crayven Corporation; Charles and Benjamin Maxwell move to Meredith, New Earth, where Charles becomes the director of the Crayven Corporation's Intelligence Division
• 3050: Due to his extensive trade experiences with Periphery and Inner Sphere entities, Charles Maxwell is chosen to be the director of the Crayven Corporation's newly-founded Securities Division 
• 3050: Benjamin Maxwell enrolls in Sandhurst Royal Military College, graduating in 3054
• 3054: Benjamin Maxwell is employed as a BattleMech test pilot and intelligence analyst for the Crayven Corporation
• 3063: Benjamin Maxwell leaves the Crayven Corporation to join the Legionnaires mercenary unit as its co-commander alongside Adam Wolf
• 3068: Charles Maxwell becomes CEO of the Crayven Corporation when its headquarters and executive board are obliterated in the Word of Blake's attack on New Earth. The Legionnaires mercenary unit begins to engage in joint operations with Crayven Securities, Incorporated. Charles Maxwell personally participates in several contracts through 3071.
• Operation: Pyre Light (December 3068)
• 3069: Charles Maxwell rebuilds the Crayven Corporation's headquarters in Gellen's Heights, Sheratan
• Operation: Hellfire (June 3069)
• Operation: Cataclysm (October 3069)
• Operation: Lockdown (imprisonment by Word of Blake on Kittery from October 3069 through November 3069; subsequent escape to Galatea; arrival at Galatea February 3070)
• Operation: Paradise Lost (August 3070)
• Circa 3071: Crayven Securities, Incorporated acquires the Legionnaires mercenary unit
• Operation: Homeworld (May 3071)
• 3072: Crayven Securities, Incorporated cures Rissikin's Disease; Charles Maxwell releases the cure to the public domain and retires later that year
• 3092: Charles Maxwell is believed to have been murdered at his lake house in Canada; however, rumors abound that he may have taken the Devlin Stone route around death, living to see the rise of the Republic of the Sphere...