Gray Noton

Gray Noton - Early 31st Century, Mechwarrior, mercenary, Information Broker, and Solaris VII Champion. He is half Lyran & half Marik in nationality. He physically large muscular man, bald, with bullneck.

Character History

After winning his Solaris Championship in the Class 5 Arena, he & his Rifleman were given the nickname Legend-Killer. Shortly after earning his Championship, he became a information broker.

Noton was recruited by the Capellan Confederation in late November of 3026 to raid the former Liao world of Kittery, lost in during end of the Third Succession War. Leading a battalion of Cicada BattleMechs, Noton had his forces surrounding the cadre and attempting to smash the unit. However, he was kept from participating in the battle by a Mechwarrior piloting a Valkyrie light 'Mech. It kept him tied up for the battle and damaged his Rifleman, as his battalion was surprisingly repulsed by the well trained cadets. He does manage to shoot down and salvage the Valkyrie. With long odds for victory, he and the remaing forces of his battalion withdraw from the planet.

Noton meets with his Liao contact Tsen Shang on January 15th 3027 in Thor's Shield hall in Valhalla to be informed that he had fought and defeated Major Justin Allard, who had piloted the Valkyrie he encountered on Kittery. Privately, Noton was impressed by Allard's skill and regretted sparing his life once he heard that he was no longer able to pilot a BattleMech. Shang arranged Noton's payment for his mission by arranging a rigged fight between Davion champion Philip Capet and the Teng brothers (Fuh & Sze).

Noton later deals with Baron von Summer, Enrico Lestrade, nephew of Aldo Lestrade, who contacts him to plan and execute the hijacking of a Monarch Class Dropship named the Silver Eagle. He also encounters Countess Kym Sorenson, almost thinking she was a Mechwarrior. Afte rthe Countess left, Norton demanded more Money from the Baron, hinting about the many risks of hijacking a Dropship. The Reason for the hijacking was to disrupt plans for the upcoming Davion-Steiner alliance.

Capet, who now has won 13 fights in a row, dared Gray to fight him. Noton simply replied, that he does not care for Capet's ego or his hatred of Capellans, but he would better stay away from him or he would come back to kill him.

In February, Enrico invites Norton to a stadium box where he is hosting a party. Noton is paid by Enrico with a 50,000 C-Bill betting ticket for Billing Wolfson to beat Fuh Teng in BattleMech game match. Noton, knowing the game is rigged, accepts the fee. He meets Kym Sorenson in party, which comprising of Solaris Gaming Commission. This is where he meets Justin Xiang, whom had secretly replaced Fu Teng in his Vindicator and defeated Wolfson. Since Enrico invited the winner of the battle before the fight began, Noton comes into contact with Justin Xiang, who had taken Fuh Teng's place and defeated Wolfson in his Hermes II BattleMech. Noton is angered by the win, losing his 50, 000 c-bill fee and that he would not be able get a reimbursement from the tight-budgeted noble.

Tsen Shang discovers the body of Noton on the 5th of May in his office, his neck snapped.

Character Notes

Gray Noton is noted being excellent Mechwarrior and pilots a Rifleman BattleMech which named Legend-Killer. After his death, Justin Xiang used Legend-Killer in his champion match against Philip Capet.

It is secretly rumored that he in fact pilots also a Rifleman II RFN-3-2 he found in the Periphery. He allegedly used this mech to become the Class 5 fighting circuit to become a Solaris Champion before retiring. However, there had been no indications of him actually piloting the 'Mech in his appearance in novel En Garde. There are rumors of him piloting super Rifleman have been spread which have spread from various sources over the years and it is assumed as canon rumor.

As Intelligent broker had connections with every major state's spy network on Solaris VII.

References

• Warrior: En Garde