The Adelphian Society is a Greek Letter Sorority/Secret Society that was founded at Fitchburg State College on February 18, 1949. Our greek symbols are Sigma Alpha Delta, our colors are Maroon and Gray and our symbol is a red rose.
Along with many other local sororities and fraternities, we were active at Fitchburg State College from 1949-2000. We enjoyed sisterhood through lots of activities and shared experiences over the years, including an annual formal dance, community services, scholarships, sports, theatre, involvement in Intra-Fraternity Sorority Council, outdoor activities, alumni reunions, family activities and many, many social events with other fraternities, sororities and clubs.
We are part of some of the oldest traditions of Fitchburg State College-traditions bound to local roots and values. Until the late 1990’s, the greek social structure of FSC was primarily comprised of local sororities and fraternities; “Local” meaning that they existed only at Fitchburg State College and were self-governing and did not answer to a national organization.
Along with many other local sororities and fraternities, we were active at Fitchburg State College from 1949-2000. We enjoyed sisterhood through lots of activities and shared experiences over the years, including an annual formal dance, community services, scholarships, sports, theatre, involvement in Intra-Fraternity Sorority Council, outdoor activities, alumni reunions, family activities and many, many social events with other fraternities, sororities and clubs.
We are part of some of the oldest traditions of Fitchburg State College-traditions bound to local roots and values. Until the late 1990’s, the greek social structure of FSC was primarily comprised of local sororities and fraternities; “Local” meaning that they existed only at Fitchburg State College and were self-governing and did not answer to a national organization.
The Northwind Highlanders are an esteemed mercenary group in the BattleTech universe, with a rich history traced back to their Scottish origins.
History
While serving with House Liao's Capellan Confederation, their homeworld of Northwind was captured by House Davion's Federated Suns during the Second Succession War. Liao used stories of Davion atrocities to cement their loyalty. During the Fourth Succession War, they reached a negotiated deal with Davion to return to Northwind in December 3028. They arrived just as the planet was about to fall to the Draconis Combine. Under Davion, their four regiments were rebuilt to full strength.
They had the First Kearny battle standard presented to them by Omi Kurita before launching an attack on Clan Smoke Jaguar in 3058.
During the Second Star League, Members of the Northwind Highlanders (and residents on Northwind itself) remembering their heritage of being descended from the Blackwatch of the First Star League joined the newly recreated Blackwatch
Later, in the MechWarrior: Dark Age universe, the Northwind Highlanders, led by Countess Tara Campbell, are a part of the Republic of the Sphere and fight to protect it from internal and external foes. The Highlanders are made of three groups. The green unit is the Republican Guards, the veteran unit is the Northwind Fusiliers, and the elite unit is the First Kearny.
Mechwarior:Dark Age Update
The Introduction of the Highlanders describes them as the main military force presiding in Prefecture III, even though SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) of the Republic Armed Forces. Showcasing that factionlism has even effected the forces of the Republic of the Sphere.
Leader: Prefect Tara Campbell
Quote: “In the name of Devlin Stone, we will survive.”
Overview: Legate of Northwind before the current troubles began, Countess Campbell is horrified by how quickly the common people of Prefecture III have forgotten all the Republic of the Sphere did for their prosperity and protection. More, they seem to have forgotten Devlin Stone and the high ideals he espoused. Her disgust is compounded tenfold toward the other leaders in the Prefecture, who should be setting an example, not letting their avarice lead them astray.
Her dismay is centered on ex-Prefect Katana Tormark, whom Tara served under in the past and respected for years. When Tormark was offered a Knighthood but refused, Campbell was torn between hero worship and horror. Though she has no real ambition for personal power, she’s convinced that only she can keep the Prefecture from sliding into anarchy. She has thus stepped up to fill Katana’s shoes in the Republic post Katana abandoned when she founded the Dragon’s Fury. Countess Campbell has now called upon all who remain loyal to the memory of Devlin Stone and the Republic to stand against the falling darkness.
Using the Republic Army forces in the immediate Prefectures as her base, Campbell began expanding her troops via volunteers and militia forces. She is clearly biding her time until larger elements of the Republic’s army can be mobilized and assist her in holding together the Great Experiment. Given our own difficulties in doing the same within House Kurita, our analysts do not anticipate that Countess Campbell will receive much help any time soon.
ELITE UNIT: First Kearny
MOTTO: “Our Legacy Is Our Sword.”
The First Kearny Highlanders are the heirs of a military tradition that stretches back more than fifteen centuries — a history unmatched by any other Inner Sphere regiment currently in service. From the first Scottish regiments raised in the seventeenth century, through Humanity’s expansion to the stars in the twenty-second century, through their reincarnation as the Kearny Highlanders on Northwind in the twenty-fourth century, through the centuries of Succession Wars and through today, no unit is more respected for its battlefield prowess or tradition of excellence.
At the time of the Word of Blake Jihad, the Highlanders fielded five full regiments. Only three partial regiments survived that crucible, and when swords turned to plowshares during the demilitarization and formation of the Republic, all but the First Kearny were decommissioned.
Though peace and prosperity have ruled for two generations, the men and women of the First Kearny have maintained their expertise through grueling training and a devotion to their legacy. More important, they have sworn an oath that never again will they allow a catastrophe like the Jihad to occur. If ever the Word of Blake rears its head again, they have vowed to see to its immediate destruction.
VETERAN UNIT: Northwind Fusiliers
MOTTO: “A New Tradition”
The Northwind Fusiliers were commissioned soon after the communications grid was lost and rumors of war began to circulate. Although they were originally intended only as a home guard for Northwind, Tara Campbell has deployed them on numerous worlds in her effort to hold the Republic together.
Like the Republican Guards, the Northwind Fusiliers are a relatively new unit. Unlike the Guards, however, not only is the entire officers’ corps taken from the First Kearny, but most of its members are descended from the decommissioned Second Kearny and Northwind Hussars regiments as well. As a result, though the men and women of the Fusiliers had not actively engaged in combat or formal training before the blackout, most of them had kept up the military traditions of their forefathers as weekend warriors. Well-versed in the theories of warfare, they transformed the Fusiliers from a wet-behind-the-ears green unit into a solid line regiment much more quickly than Campbell had believed possible.
GREEN UNIT: Republican Guards
MOTTO: “For the Republic”
The Republican Guards are in essence a citizen’s militia. When Tara Campbell assumed the post of Prefect, she quickly realized that many of the forces formerly at the Prefect’s disposal had sided with various leaders, and fighting had already broken out in the Prefecture.
Realizing she had no choice, she put out a call to every able-bodied man and woman who was willing to fight for the ideals of Devlin Stone and the Republic, which had given them so much peace and prosperity over the past several decades. She received a torrent of responses, with many people simply booking passage on the next DropShip to Northwind, landing on her doorstep with nothing but the clothes on their backs and an old rifle that had been gathering dust in their grandparents’ house for years.
This dedication has served them well, but regardless of their passion for the cause of the Republic, they are a militia formed from people who recently were tending children and desk jobs.
Novels
*Highlander Gambit
*Impetus of War
*A Silence in the Heavens
*Truth and Shadows
*Service for the Dead
*Flight of the Falcon
History
While serving with House Liao's Capellan Confederation, their homeworld of Northwind was captured by House Davion's Federated Suns during the Second Succession War. Liao used stories of Davion atrocities to cement their loyalty. During the Fourth Succession War, they reached a negotiated deal with Davion to return to Northwind in December 3028. They arrived just as the planet was about to fall to the Draconis Combine. Under Davion, their four regiments were rebuilt to full strength.
They had the First Kearny battle standard presented to them by Omi Kurita before launching an attack on Clan Smoke Jaguar in 3058.
During the Second Star League, Members of the Northwind Highlanders (and residents on Northwind itself) remembering their heritage of being descended from the Blackwatch of the First Star League joined the newly recreated Blackwatch
Later, in the MechWarrior: Dark Age universe, the Northwind Highlanders, led by Countess Tara Campbell, are a part of the Republic of the Sphere and fight to protect it from internal and external foes. The Highlanders are made of three groups. The green unit is the Republican Guards, the veteran unit is the Northwind Fusiliers, and the elite unit is the First Kearny.
Mechwarior:Dark Age Update
The Introduction of the Highlanders describes them as the main military force presiding in Prefecture III, even though SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) of the Republic Armed Forces. Showcasing that factionlism has even effected the forces of the Republic of the Sphere.
Leader: Prefect Tara Campbell
Quote: “In the name of Devlin Stone, we will survive.”
Overview: Legate of Northwind before the current troubles began, Countess Campbell is horrified by how quickly the common people of Prefecture III have forgotten all the Republic of the Sphere did for their prosperity and protection. More, they seem to have forgotten Devlin Stone and the high ideals he espoused. Her disgust is compounded tenfold toward the other leaders in the Prefecture, who should be setting an example, not letting their avarice lead them astray.
Her dismay is centered on ex-Prefect Katana Tormark, whom Tara served under in the past and respected for years. When Tormark was offered a Knighthood but refused, Campbell was torn between hero worship and horror. Though she has no real ambition for personal power, she’s convinced that only she can keep the Prefecture from sliding into anarchy. She has thus stepped up to fill Katana’s shoes in the Republic post Katana abandoned when she founded the Dragon’s Fury. Countess Campbell has now called upon all who remain loyal to the memory of Devlin Stone and the Republic to stand against the falling darkness.
Using the Republic Army forces in the immediate Prefectures as her base, Campbell began expanding her troops via volunteers and militia forces. She is clearly biding her time until larger elements of the Republic’s army can be mobilized and assist her in holding together the Great Experiment. Given our own difficulties in doing the same within House Kurita, our analysts do not anticipate that Countess Campbell will receive much help any time soon.
ELITE UNIT: First Kearny
MOTTO: “Our Legacy Is Our Sword.”
The First Kearny Highlanders are the heirs of a military tradition that stretches back more than fifteen centuries — a history unmatched by any other Inner Sphere regiment currently in service. From the first Scottish regiments raised in the seventeenth century, through Humanity’s expansion to the stars in the twenty-second century, through their reincarnation as the Kearny Highlanders on Northwind in the twenty-fourth century, through the centuries of Succession Wars and through today, no unit is more respected for its battlefield prowess or tradition of excellence.
At the time of the Word of Blake Jihad, the Highlanders fielded five full regiments. Only three partial regiments survived that crucible, and when swords turned to plowshares during the demilitarization and formation of the Republic, all but the First Kearny were decommissioned.
Though peace and prosperity have ruled for two generations, the men and women of the First Kearny have maintained their expertise through grueling training and a devotion to their legacy. More important, they have sworn an oath that never again will they allow a catastrophe like the Jihad to occur. If ever the Word of Blake rears its head again, they have vowed to see to its immediate destruction.
VETERAN UNIT: Northwind Fusiliers
MOTTO: “A New Tradition”
The Northwind Fusiliers were commissioned soon after the communications grid was lost and rumors of war began to circulate. Although they were originally intended only as a home guard for Northwind, Tara Campbell has deployed them on numerous worlds in her effort to hold the Republic together.
Like the Republican Guards, the Northwind Fusiliers are a relatively new unit. Unlike the Guards, however, not only is the entire officers’ corps taken from the First Kearny, but most of its members are descended from the decommissioned Second Kearny and Northwind Hussars regiments as well. As a result, though the men and women of the Fusiliers had not actively engaged in combat or formal training before the blackout, most of them had kept up the military traditions of their forefathers as weekend warriors. Well-versed in the theories of warfare, they transformed the Fusiliers from a wet-behind-the-ears green unit into a solid line regiment much more quickly than Campbell had believed possible.
GREEN UNIT: Republican Guards
MOTTO: “For the Republic”
The Republican Guards are in essence a citizen’s militia. When Tara Campbell assumed the post of Prefect, she quickly realized that many of the forces formerly at the Prefect’s disposal had sided with various leaders, and fighting had already broken out in the Prefecture.
Realizing she had no choice, she put out a call to every able-bodied man and woman who was willing to fight for the ideals of Devlin Stone and the Republic, which had given them so much peace and prosperity over the past several decades. She received a torrent of responses, with many people simply booking passage on the next DropShip to Northwind, landing on her doorstep with nothing but the clothes on their backs and an old rifle that had been gathering dust in their grandparents’ house for years.
This dedication has served them well, but regardless of their passion for the cause of the Republic, they are a militia formed from people who recently were tending children and desk jobs.
Novels
*Highlander Gambit
*Impetus of War
*A Silence in the Heavens
*Truth and Shadows
*Service for the Dead
*Flight of the Falcon
David Daniel Entinghe (born September 13, 1984 in Lima, Ohio) is an international male model.
David attended St. Charles Elementary School and Lima Central Catholic High School, graduating from high school in 2003. He then attended Ohio Northern University and will graduate in 2007. Before David broke through as a male model you could find him both on the football field and in the pool as a two sport athlete in college.
In addition to modeling in New York Fashion
Week in 2006, David has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Arrow clothing, Dolce & Gabbana, Dillards, Ruehl, Tommy, Valentino, Peek and Cloppenburg, Target Corporation, JCPenney, and has been seen in numerous times.
David is managed and booked by Philip Kearney of PGKMen NYC. He is represented by Mega Models in Germany, Bleu Models in Los Angeles, Irene Marie in Miami, Bookings Models in London, and Future Model Management in Milan.
David is the second youngest of six brothers and sisters and has 8 nephews.
LINKS
David attended St. Charles Elementary School and Lima Central Catholic High School, graduating from high school in 2003. He then attended Ohio Northern University and will graduate in 2007. Before David broke through as a male model you could find him both on the football field and in the pool as a two sport athlete in college.
In addition to modeling in New York Fashion
Week in 2006, David has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Arrow clothing, Dolce & Gabbana, Dillards, Ruehl, Tommy, Valentino, Peek and Cloppenburg, Target Corporation, JCPenney, and has been seen in numerous times.
David is managed and booked by Philip Kearney of PGKMen NYC. He is represented by Mega Models in Germany, Bleu Models in Los Angeles, Irene Marie in Miami, Bookings Models in London, and Future Model Management in Milan.
David is the second youngest of six brothers and sisters and has 8 nephews.
LINKS
The Kell Hounds are a fictional mercenary unit from the BattleTech Universe. Over time they range in size from combined arms battalion strength to over two regiments. They are named for their founders Morgan and Patrick Kell.
Formation and Early Years
Morgan and Patrick Kell formed the regiment on Galatea in 3010 with a fighter wing, two BattleMech battalions and a third battalion of Jump Infantry. Their early career (and formation) are detailed in the 1988 FASA book of the same name which also gives details of some of the personalities of the early Regiment. Between 3011 and 3029 they worked for the Lyran Commonwealth, Federated Suns and Free Worlds League, working twice for the Federated Suns and Lyran Commonwealth. Most of these involved facing the Draconis Combine except their pirate hunting commission in the Free Worlds League Periphery.
Morgan Kell's "Defection"
After a major battle with Yorinaga Kurita in 3016 Morgan Kell left the Kell Hounds and broke the regiment down to a single combined arms battalion under his brother's command. Morgan, meanwhile, exiled himself to a religious retreat. The unit remained in this state until 3027, largely kept alive by Daniel Allard, Seamus Fitzpatrick and Richard O'Cieran, when Patrick Kell was killed rescuing Melissa Steiner by Yorinaga Kurita and his new unit, the Genyosha. Patrick Kell's death brought Morgan back to the unit and he brought the force back up to regimental strength.
3029 (Fourth Succession War) to 3049 (the Coming of the Clans)
The Fourth Succession War saw the Kell Hounds face and defeat Yorinaga Kurita again and at the end of the battle Kurita committed seppuku and his son joined the Hounds. The Kell Hounds bounced back from this battle and went on to form a third 'Mech battalion for the first time in their history on the Kell homeworld of Arc-Royal. In this time Morgan Kell had children by IVF resulting in Phelan Kell and Caitlen Kell with Salome Ward. Dan Allard also married Morgan's mysterious daughter Megan Kell. In this time the Kell Hounds also fought for the Free Worlds League against the Capellan Confederation and once more for the Federated Suns against the Draconis Combine.
In 3040 Katrina Steiner died and bequeathed Morgan Kell enough money to raise a second regiment of Kell Hounds, with one commanded by Dan Allard and the other by Scott Bradley as lieutenant colonels. The 3040s saw service to the Lyran Commonwealth while Patrick's son Christian Kell joined the unit in 3042 while Phelan Kell was expelled from the elite Lyran academy the Nagelring in 3048 and began to serve as a member of the Second Regiment's scout lance, bandit hunting in the Periphery.
Coming of the Clans
The Kell Hounds were one of the first organised (as opposed to bandit) forces to encounter the Clans, more particularly Clan Wolf. Phelan Kell was among the missing (presumed dead until after the Battle of Tukayyid where he fought with the Wolves). The Kell Hounds fought the Clans on Twycross and Luthien, with Wolf's Dragoons. During a lull in the early fighting, they managed to rebuild their numbers and start to incorporate the Clan technology.
In the years immediately after the Clan invasion, the Kell Hounds pioneered a system of "farming" smaller mercenary units to supply veteran warriors to their ranks. They also lost Salome Ward, wife of Morgan Kell, to the bomb that assassinated Archon Melissa Steiner-Davion and were engaged in the destruction of a "bandit" clan force jointly with Clan Wolf forces.
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Formation and Early Years
Morgan and Patrick Kell formed the regiment on Galatea in 3010 with a fighter wing, two BattleMech battalions and a third battalion of Jump Infantry. Their early career (and formation) are detailed in the 1988 FASA book of the same name which also gives details of some of the personalities of the early Regiment. Between 3011 and 3029 they worked for the Lyran Commonwealth, Federated Suns and Free Worlds League, working twice for the Federated Suns and Lyran Commonwealth. Most of these involved facing the Draconis Combine except their pirate hunting commission in the Free Worlds League Periphery.
Morgan Kell's "Defection"
After a major battle with Yorinaga Kurita in 3016 Morgan Kell left the Kell Hounds and broke the regiment down to a single combined arms battalion under his brother's command. Morgan, meanwhile, exiled himself to a religious retreat. The unit remained in this state until 3027, largely kept alive by Daniel Allard, Seamus Fitzpatrick and Richard O'Cieran, when Patrick Kell was killed rescuing Melissa Steiner by Yorinaga Kurita and his new unit, the Genyosha. Patrick Kell's death brought Morgan back to the unit and he brought the force back up to regimental strength.
3029 (Fourth Succession War) to 3049 (the Coming of the Clans)
The Fourth Succession War saw the Kell Hounds face and defeat Yorinaga Kurita again and at the end of the battle Kurita committed seppuku and his son joined the Hounds. The Kell Hounds bounced back from this battle and went on to form a third 'Mech battalion for the first time in their history on the Kell homeworld of Arc-Royal. In this time Morgan Kell had children by IVF resulting in Phelan Kell and Caitlen Kell with Salome Ward. Dan Allard also married Morgan's mysterious daughter Megan Kell. In this time the Kell Hounds also fought for the Free Worlds League against the Capellan Confederation and once more for the Federated Suns against the Draconis Combine.
In 3040 Katrina Steiner died and bequeathed Morgan Kell enough money to raise a second regiment of Kell Hounds, with one commanded by Dan Allard and the other by Scott Bradley as lieutenant colonels. The 3040s saw service to the Lyran Commonwealth while Patrick's son Christian Kell joined the unit in 3042 while Phelan Kell was expelled from the elite Lyran academy the Nagelring in 3048 and began to serve as a member of the Second Regiment's scout lance, bandit hunting in the Periphery.
Coming of the Clans
The Kell Hounds were one of the first organised (as opposed to bandit) forces to encounter the Clans, more particularly Clan Wolf. Phelan Kell was among the missing (presumed dead until after the Battle of Tukayyid where he fought with the Wolves). The Kell Hounds fought the Clans on Twycross and Luthien, with Wolf's Dragoons. During a lull in the early fighting, they managed to rebuild their numbers and start to incorporate the Clan technology.
In the years immediately after the Clan invasion, the Kell Hounds pioneered a system of "farming" smaller mercenary units to supply veteran warriors to their ranks. They also lost Salome Ward, wife of Morgan Kell, to the bomb that assassinated Archon Melissa Steiner-Davion and were engaged in the destruction of a "bandit" clan force jointly with Clan Wolf forces.
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