Grim Determination

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Commanding Officer: Colonel Cikibek Oliver "Hardy" Haarhar - Regiments: 1
Homeworld: Sarna - Experience: Regular - Loyalty: questionable.
Employer: Sarna Supremacy - Previous Employer: FC (until about 3054)

          Given Sarna's wealth and strategic location, it is hardly surprising that Sarna was one of the first worlds targeted by Liao forces during the recent Capellan invasion of the former Sarna March. The Kaifeng SMM, the First Battalion from the Sarna Martial Academy, and the Grim Determination mercenary unit defended the planet against an invading force composed of Stapleton's Grenadiers and the veteran mercenary unit Tooth of Ymir. Despite finding his force outnumbered, the Liao commander, Colonel William Asselin, ordered his troops forward. Sarna's defenders quickly established air superiority - thanks to the Academy's aerospace contingent - and soon the defending ground units had forced the Grenadiers back to their DropShips. The Grenadiers, who had suffered substantial losses, then fled Sarna, abandoning several 'Mechs in the process. The Tooth of Ymir troops quickly surrendered when they realized the Grenadiers' withdrawal had left them significantly outnumbered.
          Next, Planetary Governor Lorete Montog-Chandler turned her sights on the mineral-rich world of Sakhalin, another planet with long historical ties to Sarna. After commandeering the abandoned 'Mechs of the Grenadiers, the new Sarnese government contacted Grim Determination and the newly hired Tooth of Ymir to liberate Sakhalin. The invaders quickly defeated the single battalion of Kingston's Legionnaires that defended the world.
          Governor Montog-Chandler formed the Sarna Supremacy with important aid from several key officers in the Sarna Martial Academy and the Kaifeng SMM. These officers and the governor are all scions of the aristocratic families that once ruled Sarna, and they saw the Liao invasion as their chance for independence. These leaders began setting the groundwork for their plan shortly after the start of the Clan invasion by modifying the Grim Determination contract, so that their official employer became the planetary government rather than the Federated Commonwealth.

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