In
3045, the now-defunct mercenary company Dedrickson's Devils
raided the Concordat world of Pinard. Though the Devils were
under contract to House Davion, they had gone renegade over a pay
dispute, a fact later verified by a ComStar Board of Inquiry.
Thomas Calderon, however, considered it an attack by the AFFS.
In
mid-3047 Hanson's RoughRiders were ordered into the Periphey
after a rogue FC mercenary unit, Dedrickson's Devils. Unbeknownst
to the RoughRiders, the rogue unit had raided the Pinard capital
city and fled deeper into the Periphery. Colonel Kristen Hanson
took only one Battalion of Mechs with her when she jumped into
the Pinard system after them. Finding the capital city still in
flames, she ordered the RoughRiders to jump into the Pirate Haven
star cluster, the most likely spot for Dedrickson to go. Not far
into the Cluster, they found several dropships on a small moon.
Upon landing the RoughRider Mechs walked into an ambush. They
took only minor damage as they fought their way out, and then
destroyed the Pirate forces. Most of the pirates fled before the
Heavy Mechs of the RoughRiders. When the Battle was over the
RoughRiders had lost only four Mechs, including Kristen's
RoughRider Mech. The remaining RoughRiders loaded the combat
salvage onto the two aging Union class pirate dropships and
headed back to Bromhead. The RoughRiders went into the Cluster
twice more looking for Dedrickson's Devils, but all they found
were more pirate ambushes.