List of 1632 Characters (fictional) - Alexander Mackay

Alexander Mackay is the Captain of a Scottish cavalry of Green Regiment under the service of Gustavus Adolphus. He and his cavalry first encounter Grantville while scouting the Thuringian countryside near Badenburg and surprised by patrolling American miners (veterans of the United States Armed Forces) in camouflage clothing.

The encounter is the first organized downtime military force to encounter the Grantvillers. Mackay is screening well in advance of Gustav's army, in effect on detached duty stationed at Badenburg to keep an eye on Count Tilly's Catholic forces. His independent mission is to search for and find courier Balthazar Abrabanel who has monetary loans in the form of a chest of coins from the Protestant burghers of Amsterdam for King Gustavus Adolphus. Mackay, who is reminiscent of Tom Sawyer in appearance, "falls hard" for senior cheerleader captain Julie Sims when the Grantville Emergency Committee's cabinet invites Mackay and Andrew Lennox, along with their whole scouting patrol, into Grantville High School for lunch in the school cafeteria. Later that day, Mackay suggests an alliance and the two groups agree to an informal alliance to protect south central Thuringia, with Stearns and the Grantville Emergency Committee acting for Grantville. The time line and revealed plot record is unclear as to whether "American" forces outside those at the Battle of the Farm House, the Scots cavalry, or any other force in the Badenburg area has rebuffed any units of Tilly's forces before. However, the back plot is clear that the Battle of the Crapper occurs two weeks or so after Stearns and Mackay agree in principle to act jointly to protect the various regions of southern Thuringia in the summer of 1631. Along with the New United States up-timer army formed under Frank Jackson, the two forces join to defend Badenburg and liberate it as well from the Protestant mercenary leader, Ernst Hoffman's battalion sized unit which has been extorting support from the town while allegedly protecting it.