[Prepared by Precentor Eliza Phereson, Research Team-chi, ComStar Archives]

          Formerly a mercenary unit known for reliable and honest service, the Fusiliers have degenerated into little more than bandits. They currently control the Tortuga Dominions, filling the power vacuum left by the resounding defeat of Pauly "Lady Death" Trevaline by the AFFC armed forces in 3042. From Dominion territory, the Fusiliers conduct frequent raids against worlds in several nearby realms, and also attack Federated Commonwealth planets near the Periphery border.

          The Fusiliers broke their contract with the Federated Commonwealth in 3051, after the AFFC ordered them to the Clan border without giving the mercenaries any of the cutting-edge technology with which it had outfitted its own troops. Fearing that the Clan forces would cut them to ribbons, the Fusiliers refused their orders and took matters into their own hands. The mercenary unit raided the Precision Weaponry plant on Tancredi IV, capturing large amounts of equipment and severely damaging the facility in the process, and then high-tailed it out of the Commonwealth. Cutting through the Outworlds Alliance territory and stopping only to raid for food and water, the unit wandered the stellar desert just beyond the Alliance's borders. After a brief stop in the Mica Majority, where they reportedly acquired more supplies and some gold through legal means, the Fusiliers continued their journey. Aside from a brief skirmish with warriors from the Brotherhood of Randis, who defeated them in a fight over a BattleMech cache on the world of Antallos, little was heard of the rogue mercenary unit until 3054, when a Periphery trader traveling between the Mica Majority and Concordat space stopped over near Tortuga Prime to look for customers. Fuchida's Fusiliers reportedly threatened to blow the trader and her ship from the sky, at which point the trader left Dominion space in haste.

3058 Update

          In the seven years since the Fusiliers broke their contract with the Federated Commonwealth, they have picked up where the Tortuga Pirates left off, raiding all realms within their reach. Federated Commonwealth worlds appear to be their favorite targets, and the AFFC has responded to the raids by putting a high price on the Fusiliers' heads.

Fuchida's Fusiliers Force Listing

(Deployment as of 3058)

Unit Name                        Experience   Regiments  Homeworld
Fuchida's Fusiliers              Veteran       0.33      Tortuga Prime   
(CO: Major Twylla Sumeral)