

While Lady Kamea was on Weldry, she received an intelligence report of what the prison on the planet was doing to people, she was shocked to find Raju's body as one of the prisoners. Raju Montgomery was initially presumed dead fighting against the Aurigan Directorate ambush on Coromodir. Alexander informing Lady Kamea about Raju's passing This act would presume him to be dead, however it was later discovered that Raju was captured and interned on the planet Weldry, where other prisoners would be tortured, brainwashed, or killed.īy the time our forces found him it was too late.

Raju would shout insults about her father, angering Victoria to destroy his Centurion. Realizing this he ordered the Mechwarrior to eject from the mech and fight another day while he would duel Victoria. With Kamea successfully away, Raju and the Mechwarrior would face a Directorate ambush lead by Victoria Espinosa until the Mechwarrior's Blackjack was sabotaged. During the coup he and the Mechwarrior would ensure Kamea's safety upon escorting her off Coromodir VI. There he would help the Mechwarrior run maintenance over their Blackjack. Raju would offer the young Mechwarrior a job in the Royal Guards.

While successful, both units would take heavy losses in the brutal three month campaign, with Montgomery earning the Marauders respect for treating them as equal partners rather than using the mercenaries as cannon fodder like many others would have. In 3019 High Lord Tamati Arano II of the Aurigan Coalition hired the Markham's Marauders mercenary unit to assist the Royal Guard in eliminating a pirate clan on Fjaldr. He would train a young noble to become a skilled Mechwarrior at the age of sixteen and later crossed paths again during their early adolescences. Little is known about Raju's personal history before becoming a Mechwarrior, but it was known that before he was a part of the Aurigan Royal Guard, he was a mercenary who served with the Lyran Commonwealth.
