Other Mercenary Units
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1st Argyle Lancers
- Experience: Veteran - Regiments: 1 - Homeworld: Crimond -
CO: Colonel Vincent Bannock
Employed by FC as of 3054.
12th Vegan
Rangers
Commanding Officer: General Tom Stancel - Homeworld: New Aragon
Employed by FC as of 3054. Loyalty: Reliable
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
12th Vegan Rangers Elite 1 Campertown
(CO: General Tom Stancel)
Veteran 1 Tsinghai
(CO: Colonel Miller al-Nahib)
Veteran 1 Old Kentucky
(CO: Colonel Connie Desantis)
Regular 1 Chamdo
(CO: Colonel Alex Greene)
15th Dracon
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Jean Rosenburg
Homeworld: Old Kentucky/Chamdo
Employed by House Liao as of 3054. Loyalty: ReliableUnit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
15th Dracon Regular 0.33 Ares
Regular 0.33 Necromo
Green 0.33 Capricorn III
Veteran 0.33 New Sagan
2nd Chisholm's Raiders
- Experience: Veteran - Regiments: 0.66 - Homeworld:
Crimond - CO: Leftenant General Helen Eisner
Employed by FC as of 3054.
4th Tau Ceti Rangers
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Shelly Jax
Experience: Veteran; Regiments: 0.33; Homeworld: Sian
Employed by House Liao as of 3054. Loyalty: Fanatical
- The 4th Tau Ceti Rangers are
a former SLDF unit which has been under the employ of the
Capellan Confederation since the beginning of the
succesion wars and have served loyally ever since. The
Rangers have been commanded by two families in their
history, the Branderbergs and the Jax, who took over in
3042. The Rangers
have strained thier contract with the Capellan
Confederation twice in thier long history. The first time
was when assigned to an operation with McCarron's Armored
Cavalry. The second occurrence was during the assault on
Emerson which nearly destroyed the unit. The Rangers have experts in Star
League equiptment repair and have used these talents by
"trading" their skills for extra refit
packages. The support staff can handle up to 80% of the
unit's support needs. The
Rangers also maintain vintage Star League mechs and are
still under the employ of the Capellan Confederation.
Ace Darwin's Whipits
- Commanding Officer: Ace Darwin. Homeworld: Outreach
Experience: Varied. Loyalty: Reliable. Not currently
contracted.
Aliesha's Mounted Fusiliers
- Experience: Regular. Loyalty: Reliable. Employer: St.
Ives Compact as of 3054.
Homeworld: Vestallas. CO: Colonel Aliesha Carling.
Regiments: 1.
Ambermarle's Highlanders
Employed by House Liao as of 3054. Loyalty: questionable
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Ambermarle's Highlanders Regular 0.33 Xieng Khouang
(CO: Colonel Wendy "The Old Witch" Ambermarle)
Amphigean Light Assault Group
- Experience: Veteran; Regiments: 1; Homeworld: Kilmarnock;
CO: Tai-sa Ishajii Michaels
Converted to House unit in the DCMS; still serving in
that capacity as of 3054.
The mercenary unit called the Amphigean Light Assault
Group encountered some difficulties with their Assassins
at the battle for Sevren while fighting for House Kurita.
In 2990, Assassins from the mercenary unit ducked
behind Steiner lines and raided enemy supply bases and
rear-area cities for several weeks. Eventually, however,
they ran low on ammunition. This left them with only
their medium lasers to face the fury of Steiner's
Fifteenth Lyran Guard. The Assassins tried to
sneak back to Kurita lines, but only two of them made it.
Arm of Thor - SEE Thor's Arms
The Bad Dream
Employed by House Marik as of 3054. Loyalty: reliable
Bad Dream - Experience: Veteran; Regiments: 1; Homeworld: Kendall
(CO: Colonel Henry Bortman)
Bammer's Bunch
Loyalty: Reliable. Employed by Outworlds Alliance as of 3058.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Bammer's Bunch
(CO: Captain Harrison Bammer) Green 0.11 Rudolpho
Band of the Damned
- First appearance occured on the Combine border in 3042
when they struck the world of Hongor and made off with a
fortune in Platinum. The Band claims Rezak's Hole as
their home planet and are commanded by Vance Rezak.
Bannockburn's Bandits
- Loyalty: Reliable.
CO: Colonel Sylvia Bannockburn. Homeworld: MacLeod's
Land. Employer: Taurian Concordat (as of 3058).
Morgan's Lancers - Experience: Veteran - Regiments:0.33
(CO: Major Katherine Morgan)
Carter's Commandos - Experience: Regular - Regiments:0.33
(CO: Major Isaac Carter)
Barber's Marauder IIs
- Commanding Officer: Major Susan Barber - Homeworld:
Tomans (Koniz as of 3050)
Experience: Elite - Regiments: 0.33 - Employed by FC as
of 3054. (later Steiner / Lyran Alliance ?)
Loyalty: Reliable.
Once
the exclusive property of the mercenary Wolf's Dragoons,
the Marauder II has appeared in other units only within
the last ten years. The most notable of these is Barber's
Marauder IIs, a mercenary unit stationed on Rentz. This
unit, formerly called Miller's Marauders, was based on
layover during the Fourth Succession War under the
command of Major Grissom Miller. The unit provided aid
and comfort to the Dragoon families recuperating on
nearby Robinson. Its most important service, however, was
the secret loan of Dropships to Zeta Battalion for its
climactic rescue of the rescue of the Dragoons on
Crossing.
When
the unit's current commander, Major Susan Barber,
expressed interest in the dragoons' Marauder II 'Mechs,
Colonel Jaime Wolf gave Blackwell Industries the go-ahead
to supply Major Barber with all she needed. The
continuing shipments to this unit, now of regiment size,
gave Our Blessed Order its first glimpse of the new
model, undoubtedly being deployed by Wolf's Dragoons.
The
unit consists of 80% Marauder IIs, 20% Marauders.
Barrett's Fusilers
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Nikita Barrett
Homeworld: Shuen Wan - Loyalty: Questionable..
- Experience: Veteran; Regiments: 1; Employed by House
Marik as of 3054.
Battle Magic
- Commanding Officer: Captain-tech Jana Nakitsu
Homeworld: Outreach. Experience: Elite. Loyalty:
Reliable. Not currently contracted.
"Rubinsky's Renegades recently took advantage of an
offer from the mercenary unit Battle Magic to customize
the Renegades' machines. Captain Rubinsky's Rifleman,
which had already been fitted with jump jets, medium
lasers and heat sinks for better close-combat
capabilities, was further modified by the master techs of
Battle Magic; now her Rifleman can stand up to
assault-class BattleMechs at point-blank range. Similar
efforts resulted in several other striking modifications
to the rest of the command's BattleMechs, including the
substitution of SRM packs and a hatchet for an Archer's
LRM launchers, the addition of MASC to a Scorpion and the
substitution of twelve machine guns for the Scorpion's
PPC."
Blackhearts
- Employed by House Marik as of 3054. Loyalty: Reliable.
Blackhearts - Experience: Regular; Regiments: 1;
Homeworld: Cronulla.
CO: Colonel Marcus Johnson.
The
balance of forces on Terra Firma and Capolla in the
Terracap Confederation shifted drastically in 3057,
however, with the arrival of the Blackhearts, a mercenary
group allegedly contracted by Free Worlds leader Thomas
Marik to support the Liao-formented rebellions. Backed by
the mercenaries' 'Mechs, the Liaoist guerrillas succeeded
in defeating the remaining Lyran garrison units.
The Black Omen
- Commanding Officer: Captain Richard Smith. Homeworld:
Wolcott.
Experience: veteran. Loyalty: questionable. 3058
employer: Kurita.
March
3050 - The Clan Ghost Bear 34th Striker Trinary (Eighth
Bear Cuirassiers, Delta Galaxy) landed on Damien (FRR)
with high hopes of finishing off the defenders in short
order, but after six days of fruitless searching decided
that the Black Omen must have left Damien before the
Bears arrived. The Ghost Bears left a small garrison on
the planet and moved on. Two months later, the Black Omen
mercenary company came out of hiding and overran the
garrison, forcing the Bears to retake the planet during
the second wave of the invasion. The Black Omen's
"treachery," as the Ghost Bears see it,
accounts for much of that Clan's well-known hatred of
mercenaries.
The Black Outlaws
Employed by Free Rasalhague Republic until 3054, ComStar after.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
The Black Outlaws Regular 0.33 Karbala questionable
(CO: Major Edwina Forrest)
Blackstone Highlanders
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Scott Blackstone
Homeworld: Outreach. Experience: Regular. Loyalty:
Reliable. Not currently contracted.
Blue Lightning
- December 3051 - JumpShip trouble stranded the Blue
Lightning on the Draconis Combine planet of Kaesong just
before the Ghost Bears' invasion of the planet. When the
Bears arrived insystem, the Kaesong government pleaded
with the mercenaries to defend their planet, but the
mercenaries' agreement did more harm than good. Knowing
that his troops would face dezgra mercenaries, Star
Colonel Dane Jorgensson skipped the bidding process and
simply sent in the elite Trinary Command (14th Battle
Cluster, Beta Galaxy) to deal with the Lightning.
Outgunned and outnumbered, the mercenaries retreated to
the streets of Vedsan, where the Ghost Bears rooted them
out and destroyed them.
Bouncer Regiment
- March 3050 - With a fast and furious assault, Star
Colonel Arien Hazen's Third Falcon Talon Cluster (Jade
Falcon Galaxy) and elements of Gyrfalcon Galaxy succeeded
in seizing the capital and economic centers of the planet
Alkakurops (Dravinna Vale, Benden City). Many of the
defending forces, though, including the Alkalurops
Militia and a large contingent from the Bouncer Regiment
(a mercenary combined forces regiment), were never
captured. Just days after the planet's surrender, these
forces formed organized and effective resistance,
attacking the invaders near the ore-processing factories
of Dravinna Vale, using the valley's perpetual fog to
cover their activities.
Brion's Legion
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Octavius Brion
Homeworld: Tomans
Of
particular interest to mercenary commanders looking for a
berth, reliable rumor has stated the Brion's Legion
recently left ComStar's employ on Terra to accept a
rather lucrative contract on the planet Pleione and
become one of the key units in the Tikonov Reaches. Of
all these events occurring in the late 3050s, this was
the one which led most directly to the Word of Blake
conquest of Terra.
1st Regiment: Veteran / Fanatical / Steiner
2nd Regiment: Regular / Reliable / Steiner
Bullard's Armored Cavalry
- The Mican Majority military consists of a small mercenary
unit, Larsen's Loners, which once formed part of
Bullard's Armored Cavalry.
Employed by House Liao as of 3054. Loyalty: Questionable
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Bullard's Armored Cavalry Green 0.33 Zanzibar
(CO: Colonel Frank Bullard)
Burr's Black Cobras [now Crater Cobras
(?)]
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Richard Burr
Homeworld: Outreach. Experience: Regular. Loyalty:
questionable. Not currently contracted.
Burton's Brigade
- Experience: Green. Loyalty: Reliable.
Homeworld: Hall - Employer: Count McNally - CO: Captain
Elly Burton (1 company)
After
a quick meeting with his officers, Emperor Baranov led
his troops against the capital city of Harney, casually
swatting the poorly organized opposition and crowning
himself Emperor of Hall. Though the unit secured only the
capital, most of the planet's population fell in line out
of fear of what the unpredictable commander would do
next. Only Count McNally, who controlled a sizable region
of land east of the capital, possessed sufficient
military strength and economic assets to counter Emperor
Baranov. Convinced that Baranov's next move would be
against him, Count McNally hired mercenaries from
Outreach to augment his own 'Mech forces, then settled in
to wait.
Caesar's Cohorts
- Experience: Regular; Regiments: 0.33; Homeworld: Lockton;
CO: Major Worrell Orosco
Employed by Magistracy of Canopus as of 3058. Loyalty:
Reliable.
Canned Heat
Unit Name Experience Homeworld Faction
Canned Heat Green Saiph Saiph Triumvirate as of 3058.
(CO: Major Jill Asweepay) - (1 battalion conventional). Loyalty: Reliable.
Canopian Highlanders
Employed by Magistracy of Canopus as of 3058. Loyalty: fanatical.
Canopian Highlanders (CO: Colonel Oscar Long)
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Long's Light Lancers Green 1.00 Dainmar Majoris
(CO: Major Daniel Hale)
McGraw's Marauders Veteran 1.00 Dunianshire
(CO: Major Judith Wood)
Nellie's Naughties Green 1.00 Luxen
(CO: Major Dorothy Skaw)
Carson's Renegades
- Experience: Regular; Regiments: 0.33; Homeworld: Suzano
(CO: Colonel Mark Mead).
Employed by House Marik as of 3054.
Cavanaugh's Cavalry
- Militarily, the Illyrian Palatinate is in somewhat better
shape in 3058 than it was five years ago. Thor's Arms
remain in Illyrian employ, with each battalion rotated to
every Palatinate world in turn. A second mercenary
company, Cavanaugh's Cavalry, serves as a home guard for
the capital planet of Illyria.
The Clean Kill
- Experience: Regular / Loyalty: Reliable / 3058 Employer:
Taurian Concordat
Clifton's Rangers
Employed by House Liao as of 3054.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Clifton's Rangers Green 0.33 New Roland
(CO: Major Mark Clifton)
Crater Cobras [formerly Burr's Black
Cobras (?)]
- Employed by House Marik until 3054, Kurita as of 3058.
Loyalty: questionable.
Crater Cobras - Experience: Veteran; Regiments: 1;
Homeworld: Megrez
(CO: Colonel Stephan Prynne)
Crater Cobras - Experience: Regular; Regiments: 1;
Homeworld: Cascade
(CO: Colonel Richard Burr)
Crimson Crusaders
- Experience: regular. Loyalty: Reliable. Not currently
contracted.
Crimson Reapers
- The inhabitants of Astrokaszy are the descendants of a
mercenary band, the Crimson Reapers, that fought with the
Free Worlds League until several Warrior House regiments
of the Capellan Confederation mauled it. After breaking
their contract with House Marik, the survivors raided
several Marik supply centers before making their way into
the Periphery, where they settled Astrokaszy in 2892.
Deliah's Gauntlet
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
Deliah's Gauntlet Regular 1 company Capolla Reliable
CO: Captain Deliah Finn. Employed by Terracap Confederation as of 3058.
Demon Company
- August 3050, Denzili - Following a short battle at the
spaceport against the First Falcon Velites (Gyrfalcon
Galaxy), the Demon Company abandoned their defensive
positions and withdrew into the planet's wilderness. Jade
Falcon fighters promptly bombed the mercenary company's
main supply depot, preventing the Demons from waging an
effective guerrilla campaign. When he realized there was
no more point in continuing to fight, the Demons'
commander tried to bribe his way into Clan Jade Falcon
and was shot to death by an Elemental for his efforts.
The Falcons turned the soldiers of the Demon Company over
to the local authorities for justice.
Devil's Advocates
- Experience: Regular / Loyalty: Questionable / Employer:
Steiner (Chaos March)
The Dioscuri
- Experience: Regular - Regiments: 0.33 - Homeworld:
Crimond - CO: Colonels Timothy and Brenda Nels
Employed by FC until 3054, Steiner / LA as of 3058.
Loyalty: reliable.
Dragon's Breath
- Dragon's Breath - Experience: Regular; Regiments: 1;
Homeworld: Rochelle. (CO: Colonel Pete Tate). Employed by
House Marik until 3054, Kurita as of 3058. Loyalty:
reliable.
The Dragonslayers
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
The Dragonslayers Veteran 0.33 Unknown reliable
(CO: Colonel Kitiara Galland) Employed by Magistracy of Canopus as of 3058.
Duncan's Demons
- [from Star Lord, by Donald G. Phillips]
"STEFAN THE TERRORIZER An ancient evil has slumbred
for centuries, passing from generation to generation,
until one day a man discovers the truth about his genetic
heritage - and proclaims himself Star Lord of the Inner
Sphere. Disguising his army of renegade mercenaries as
Knights of the Inner Sphere, the self-appointed Star Lord
launches a series of raids that threaten and terrorize
the universe! But Thomas Marik, leader of the Free Worlds
League, cannot afford to have his Knights tarnished - and
two can play the game of impersonation. With the help os
a trustedadvisor, Thomas comes up with a plan to
infiltrate the evil Star Lord's backwater legions. Enter
Duncan's Demons, a company of MechWarriors so improbable
only desperation could have dreamed them up. Two soldiers
seeking justice, a dishonored Clanswoman, a ne'er-do-well
gambler and a real Knight of the Inner Sphere are
entrusted with saving the Free Worlds League. But first
they must learn to get along.... " Synopsis:
Descendant of Stefan Amaris is trying to discredit the
Knights of the Inner Sphere and establish a new Star
League. Several people are sent to find out source of the
plot and stop it.
The Fighting Shamrocks
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
The Fighting Shamrocks Regular 1 company Thadora's Land questionable
CO: Captain Angus O'Leary. Employed by Circinus Federation as of 3058.
The Fighting Urakhai
Employed by FC as of 3058.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
"8th Striker" Veteran 0.66 Ballynure reliable
(CO: General Bruan Holstead)
"Roman's Bar Hounds" Regular 0.33 Ballynure reliable
(CO: Colonel Randy Roman)
Regular 0.33 Macintosh reliable
"DeMaestri's Sluggers" Regular 0.33 Panpour questionable
(CO: Colonel Ross DeMaestri)
The Furies
- Experience: Regular / Loyalty: Reliable / 3058 Employer:
Duchy of Small
Gael's Grinders
- Experience: Green / Loyalty: Reliable / Employer: Liao
(Chaos March)
Glory Warriors
- Destroyed fighting the Clans by 3050.
Golden Boys
Loyalty: Questionable. Employed by Outworlds Alliance as of 3058.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Golden Boys
(CO: Major Charice Kush) Regular 0.22 Lushann
Gordon's Armored Cavalry
- Gordon's Armored Cavalry (CO: Colonel Dick Gordon).
Employer: Taurian Concordat (as of 3058). Loyalty:
questionable.
Mitchell's Lancers - Experience: Veteran - Regiments:
0.33 - Homeworld: Dicallus(CO: Brigadier Alberta
Mitchell)
Arrow's Chasseurs - Experience: Elite - Regiments: 0.33 -
Homeworld: Pinard (CO: Brigadier Nathan Arrow)
Simon's Banshees - Experience: Elite - Regiments: 0.33 -
Homeworld: New Vandenberg (CO: Brigadier Carl Simon)
Greenburg's Godzillas
- Experience: Veteran. Regiments: 1. Homeworld: Nockatunga.
CO: Colonel Ivo Greenburg.
Employed by House Marik until 3054, Kurita as of 3058.
Loyalty: questionable.
The Green Machine
Employed by House Liao as of 3058. Loyalty: questionable.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
The Green Machine Green 1 Purvo
(CO: Colonel Maxwell Green)
The Green Mountain Boys
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
Green Mountain Boys Veteran 0.33 Detroit Reliable
CO: Major Ethan Allen. Employed by Magistracy of Canopus as of 3058.
Gregg's Long Striders
Employed by House Liao as of 3054. Loyalty: questionable.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Gregg's Long Striders Green 1 Rollis
(CO: Colonel Gregg Car)
Harcourt's Destructors
CO: Colonel Kamala Rahman. Employed by Magistracy of Canopus as of 3058.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
Harcourt's Aliens Regular 1.00 Brixtana Reliable
(CO: Major Sheila Joncas)
Drummond's Destructors Regular 1.00 New Abilene Reliable
(CO: Major Alesha Lorre)
Harloc Raiders
- Experience: Regular / Loyalty: Reliable / Employer: Liao
Harlock's Warriors
- Experience: Regular - Regiments: 1 - Homeworld: Phecda -
CO: Colonel Samantha Viele
Employed by FC as of 3054. Loyalty: reliable.
Hell's Black Aces
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Hohiru "Great Wyrm"
Tanaga
Homeworld: Outreach. Experience: Elite. Loyalty:
reliable. Not currently contracted.
Consists only of AeroSpace Fighters
Hermann's Hermits
- Experience: Regular. Regiments: 1. Homeworld: Thurrock.
CO: Colonel Hermann Aufkopfen.
Employed by House Marik until 3054, Word of Blake as of
3058. Loyalty: questionable.
Hsien Hotheads
- The 13th Battle for Hesperus II started 3019 when the
Wolf's Dragoons' five Regiments, under contract with the
House Marik, hit the DEFHES plant. Defending Hesperus II
were three of the LCAF's best units: the 15th and 24th
Lyran Guards and 3rd Royal Guards, plus the Defiance
Self-Protection Force and two mercenary units, the Hsien
Hotheads and Hanson's RoughRiders. With their normal
flair for tactics, the LCAF Commanders nearly cost them
the planet. In the first two weeks of combat, the
Dragoons mauled the three Lyran units and rolled over the
Hsien Hotheads and the DSPF.
Illician Lancers
Employed by FC as of 3054.
Commanding Officer: Colonel Roy Barnard - Homeworld: Mendham
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
4th Illician Lancers Green 1 Immenstadt reliable
"9th Rangers" (CO: Colonel Kenneth Koppell)
3rd Illician Lancers Regular 1 Glentworth questionable
"4th Rangers" (CO: Colonel Alicia Ramaley)
2nd Illician Lancers Regular 1 Mendham reliable
"21st Rangers" (CO: Colonel Roy Barnard)
Ishara Grenadiers
- Experience: Regular / Loyalty: Reliable / Employer: Liao
(Chaos March)
Jacob's Juggernauts
- Commanding Officer: Captain Jacob McDaniels. Homeworld:
Sakhalin.
Experience: Green / Loyalty: Reliable / Employer: Sarna
Supremacy
Jade Frogs
- Experience: Veteran / Loyalty: Fanatical / Employer:
Kurita
Jeffrey's Own
Unit Name Experience Homeworld Employer Loyalty
Jeffrey's Own Veteran Terra Firma Terracap Confederation reliable
(CO: Major William Jeffreys) - (1 company)
Kashmir Krusaders
- Shortly before the winter of 3056, they were contracted
by a Marik official to test the defenses of Sacrando
Industries on Campertown. Unfortunately, FC Field Marshal
Nondi Steiner was overseeing experimental equipment tests
there, and the Krusaders were mauled as they ran from
overwhelming FC forces. Under the command of Aeril
Klemenski, they remain destitute on Outreach while they
rebuild.
Khorsakov's Cossacks
- 1st Cossacks: Experience: Veteran / Loyalty: Reliable /
Employer: St. Ives Compact
2nd Cossacks: Experience: Veteran / Loyalty: Reliable /
Employer: St. Ives Compact
Killer Corps
- 11th Killer Cavalry / Experience: Regular / Loyalty:
Reliable / Employer: Independent (Chaos March)
7th Killer Cavalry / Experience: Regular / Loyalty:
Reliable / Employer: Independent (Chaos March)
Killer Guards / Experience: Veteran / Loyalty: Reliable /
Employer: Not currently contracted.
Knights of St. Cameron
- Experience: Regular - Regiments: 1 - Homeworld: Chahar -
CO: Colonel Mortimer Dewey
Employed by FC until 3054, Steiner as of 3058. Loyalty:
fanatical.
Kristin's Krushers
- Experience: Regular; Regiments: 1; Homeworld: Claybrooke.
Loyalty: reliable.
CO: Colonel Kristen Marik. Employed by House Marik as of
3054.
Langendorf Lancers
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Gregory Millsey. Homeworld:
Epsilon Indi
Experience: Regular; Regiments: 1; Homeworld: Colfax (?).
Loyalty: reliable.
Employed by House Marik until 3054, independent as of
3058.
The
Liaoist forces attempting to capture Epsilon Indi have
recently been aided by the Langendorf Lancers, a
Marik-backed mercenary unit. The Lancers and the
Zhanzheng de guang have made several attempts to capture
the town of Krist, a major center of Epsilon Indi's
mining industry. So far they have not succeeded, but the
city's defenders grow weaker with every assault.
Larsen's Loners
- The Mican Majority military consists of a small mercenary
unit, Larsen's Loners, which once formed part of
Bullard's Armored Cavalry. Though all Mican citizens
contribute a token tax to pay the mercenary unit, the
Majority's tour operators contribute most of the unit's
pay. The small unit primarily serves to deter pirate
attacks against the Mican planets, and it rotates between
garrison facilities located on each of the major Mican
worlds.
(Deployment as of 3058) Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
Larsen's Loners Regular 0.22 Mica Majority reliable
(CO: Major Jesse Larsen)
Laurel's Legion
- Experience: Regular - Regiments: 1 - Homeworld: Tigress -
CO: Colonel Constance Laurel
Employed by FC as of 3054. Loyalty: reliable.
Lethal Injection
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
Lethal Injection Regular 0.66 Hardcore questionable
(CO: Colonel Ryan O'Neil) Employed by Magistracy of Canopus as of 3058.
Lexington Combat Group
Employer: FC. Loyalty: reliable.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
"32nd Recon" Veteran 1 Lindsay
(CO: Major General Malcolm Feinman)
Marie's Golden Hammers Regular 1 Midale
(CO: Colonel Marie Stevens)
Fredric's Gazelles Regular 1 Brockway
(CO: Colonel Frederic Zaffson)
Little Richard's
Panzer Brigade
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Richard "Sugar
Baby" Whitman
Homeworld: No Return. Loyalty: questionable.
Employed by House Liao as of 3054.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Little Richard's Panzer Brigde Veteran 0.33 Sax
Veteran 0.33 Andarmax
Veteran 0.33 Principia
Lockhardt's Ironsides
Employed by House Liao as of 3054. Loyalty: reliable.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Lockhardt's Ironsides Regular 0.33 Ito
Green 0.33 Westerland
Green 0.33 Palladaine
(CO: Colonel Judith Lockhardt)
The Lone Star Regiment
- Half of the Taurian V Corps (Commander: Marshal Walter
Oehlerts; Aide: Colonel Elena Barkley), their employer as
of 3058. Loyalty: questionable.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
The Lone Star Regiment Veteran 1 Mithron
(CO: Colonel George Brown)
Longwood's Bluecoats
- CO: Colonel Moses Longwood. Employer: Taurian Concordat
(as of 3058). Experience: veteran. Loyalty: questionable.
Mac's Hell-Raisers - Regiments:0.33 - Homeworld:
Perdition (CO: Major Belinda MacKelvy)
Ivan's Marauders - Regiments:0.33 - Homeworld: Euschelus
(CO: Major Ivan Tchorgin)
Marashigama's Legionnaires
Employed by House Liao as of 3054. Loyalty: reliable.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Marshigama's Legionnaires Veteran 1 Homestead
(CO: Colonel Ju-lei Marshigama)
McFinney's Manglers
- Though
Cranston Snord was once again a free man, freedom does
not pay the bills. When he tried to join other units,
they turned him down because of what had happened with
Wolf's Dragoons. Within a few months, Snord's funds had
all but run out, and he was on the verge of selling his
'Mech just to survive. It was then he met Melvin
McFinney, the commanding officer of McFinney's Manglers,
a small mercenary outfit. The fateful meeting occurred
during a game of cards in a bar on Crossing in 3002. In a
desperate attempt to improve his situation, Snord had
gotten into a high-stakes game of poker, putting up his
'Mech as collateral.
The
actual outcome of the game has been told and retold so
many times that few know what really happened. According
to second-hand accounts, Cranston and McFinney were the
last two players left. Cranston was betting his 'Mech,
which was the only thing he had left in the world. He
told McFinney that to make the game fair, McFinney should
bet everything he had in the world.
McFinney bet his unit, including his Dropships and his
'Mech. It looked like a sucker bet, because McFinney had
been winning all night. In the final draw, however
Cranston won.
The Metallicon
Unit Name Experience Homeworld Faction
The Metallicon Regular Tall Trees Saiph Triumvirate as of 3058.
(CO: Captain Jim Bob Dayle) - (2 lances) - Loyalty: questionable.
Mick's Blue Sky Rangers
- Experience: Regular / Loyalty: Reliable / Employer:
Davion (Chaos March)
Miller's Marauders
- Commanding Officer: Major Grissom Miller
Once
the exclusive property of the mercenary Wolf's Dragoons,
the Marauder II has appeared in other units only within
the last ten years. The most notable of these is Barber's
Marauder IIs, a mercenary unit stationed on Rentz. This
unit, formerly called Miller's Marauders, was based on
layover during the Fourth Succession War under the
command of Major Grissom Miller. The unit provided aid
and comfort to the Dragoon families recuperating on
nearby Robinson. Its most important service, however, was
the secret loan of Dropships to Zeta Battalion for its
climactic rescue of the rescue of the Dragoons on
Crossing.
Mobile Fire
Employed by FC until 3054, Steiner/Lyran Alliance as of 3058.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Mobile Fire Regular 0.33 Khon Kaen
Regular 0.33 Madiun
Regular 0.33 Son Hoa
(CO: Colonel Fred Laurencin) Loyalty: Reliable.
Olson's Rangers
Employed by House Liao as of 3054. Loyalty: questionable.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Olson's Rangers Green 0.33 Altorra
Green 0.33 Frondas
Green 0.33 Fronde
(CO: Colonel Nicholas Olson)
The Outlaws
- Destroyed fighting the Clans by 3050.
Protector's Pride
Protector's Pride (CO: Colonel Victor Thiry). Employer: Taurian Concordat (as of 3058).
1st Battalion Green 0.33 Brisbane
(CO: Brigadier Malcolm Cosby)
2nd Battalion Green 0.33 Sterope
(CO: Brigadier Joe Kaaker)
Quint's Olympian Groundpounders
- Commanding Officer: Captain Herman Quint
Homeworld: Diedre's Den
1 company (.11 Regiments). Employed by Circinus
Federation as of 3058.
Ramilie's Raiders
CO: Colonel Newton Ramilie. Loyalty: reliable.
Employed by Magistracy of Canopus as of 3058.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Command Battalion Elite 0.33 Early Dawn
(CO: Major Paula Nupen)
Assault Battalion Veteran 0.33 Early Dawn
(CO: Major Nicholas Ramilie)
Raymond's Armored Infantry (also known as Raymond's Armored
Cavalry)
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
Raymond's Armored Cavalry Regular 1 Brighton reliable
CO: Colonel Samuel Raymond. Employed by St. Ives Compact as of 3058.
Redfield Renegades
- Experience: Veteran; Regiments: 1; Homeworld: Harsefeld.
(CO: Colonel Edward Redfield).
Employed by House Marik as of 3054. Loyalty: reliable.
Reed's Brew
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld Loyalty
Reed's Brew Regular 2 lances Clayborne II questionable
CO: Captain Burly Reed. Employed by Circinus Federation as of 3058.
Rivaldi's Hussars
Employed by House Liao as of 3054. Loyalty: reliable.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Rivaldi's Hussars Green 0.33 Bandora
(CO: Colonel George Sapir)
Romanov's Crusaders
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Sir Kripsin Romanov.
Homeworld: Connaught.
Experience: regular. Loyalty: fanatical. Employed by
Marik as of 3058.
Rubinsky's Renegades
- Commanding Officer: Captain Maxophilia Rubinsky.
Homeworld: Xinyang.
Experience: veteran. Loyalty: reliable. 3058 employer:
Kurita.
"The command is composed of heavy and medium
BattleMechs. All but one are pre-3050 designs, but
extensive advanded-technology refitting and approximately
twenty tons of Clantech salvage have raised the small
unit's upgrade rating to 40 percent. Furthermore, the
Renegades recently took advantage of an offer from the
mercenary unit Battle Magic to customize the Renegades'
machines. Captain Rubinsky's Rifleman, which had already
been fitted with jump jets, medium lasers and heat sinks
for better close-combat capabilities, was further
modified by the master techs of Battle Magic; now her
Rifleman can stand up to assault-class BattleMechs at
point-blank range. Similar efforts resulted in several
other striking modifications to the rest of the command's
BattleMechs, including the substitution of SRM packs and
a hatchet for an Archer's LRM launchers, the addition of
MASC to a Scorpion and the substitution of twelve machine
guns for the Scorpion's PPC."
Screaming Eagles
1st Screaming Eagles - Loyalty: Reliable.
CO: Colonel Paul Hokola. Employed by Magistracy of Canopus as of 3058.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
1st Battalion Veteran 0.33 Booker
(CO: Major Caroline Kenning)
2nd Battalion Veteran 0.33 Bass
(CO: Major Thomas Raney)
3rd Battalion Regular 0.33 Bethonolog
(CO: Major Kenneth Frear)
2nd Screaming Eagles - Loyalty: questionable.
CO: Colonel Zarfina Warrick. Employed by Magistracy of Canopus as of 3058.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
1st Battalion Regular 0.33 Gambilion
(CO: Major Byron Tarkington)
2nd Battalion Regular 0.33 Palladix
(CO: Major Christine Dankert)
3rd Battalion Green 0.33 Techne's Revenge
(CO: Major Gilbert Webb)
Skinner's Scimitar
- Destroyed fighting the Clans by 3050.
Simonson's Cutthroats
- In the past two years, Morrison's Extractors have grown
even larger. The unit gained the bulk of its expansion
troops when Morrison and his men tangled with Simonson's
Cutthroats, a mercenary unit employed by the Federated
Commonwealth that went rogue over disputes about combat
assignments against the Clans. When the dust settled, the
Extractors had defeated the Cutthroats and absorbed the
majority of their surviving MechWarriors. A few
stragglers fled to parts unknown in the deep Periphery,
vowing revenge against Morrison, but it remains to be
seen if they will ever have the strength to take them on
with a hope of winning.
Simpson's Sister
- Experience: Regular / Loyalty: Reliable / 3058 Employer:
Outworlds Alliance
Smithson's
Chinese Bandits
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Ada Gubser. Homeworld:
Outreach
Employed by House Marik as of 3054; not contracted as of
3058. Loyalty: Reliable.
1st Smithson's Chinese Bandits - Experience: Veteran;
Regiments: 1; Homeworld: Kyrkbacken (?)
(CO: Colonel Ada Gubser)
2nd Smithson's Chinese Bandits - Experience: Regular;
Regiments: 1; Homeworld: Asuncion (?)
(CO: Colonel Ester Schomberg)
Ostroc lances
also serve House Liao, and those assigned to urban
defense in the Chesterton Reserves have fought well,
particularly against a Marik raid in 3022. Elements of
Smithson's Chinese Bandits, a mercenary unit in the
service of House Marik, descended on the Liao capitol in
a daring raid on the heart of the Capellan Confederacy.
The sheer audacity of the move took the Liao forces by
surprise, and Maximilian Liao himself organized the
defense.
After initial
success, the Bandits suddenly found themselves beset by
the Ostrocs of Liao's Chesterton Reserves, which
pinned them down in the city of Sylbari while Liao
brought in reinforcements. With several heavy Liao
regiments on the way, and unable to make headway against
the stubborn Ostrocs, the Bandits fell back on
their DropShips, then left the system. Their surprise
attack had failed, due in large part to the tenacity of
the Ostroc BattleMech.
Spade's Brigade
Loyalty: Questionable. Employed by Outworlds Alliance as of 3058.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Spade's Brigade
(CO: Captain Janey Spade) Green 0.11 Jordan Wais
Spade's Brigade
(CO: Captain Amanda Huggins) Regular 0.11 Loparri
Spade's Brigade
(CO: Captain Seymore Hares) Regular 0.11 Tellman IV
Stalwart Support
Unit Name Experience Homeworld Faction
Stalwart Support Regular New Canton Saiph Triumvirate as of 3058.
(CO: Colonel Harry Sanders) - (1 regiment conventional)
St. Cyr's Armored Grenadiers
Employed by House Liao as of 3058. Loyalty: Reliable.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
St. Cyr's Armored Grenadiers Regular 0.33 New Roland
(CO: Major Amy St. Cyr) [Green experience as of 3054, still Liao.]
Stalwart Support
Unit Name Experience Homeworld Employer Loyalty
Stalwart Support Veteran New Canton Saiph Triumvirate reliable
(CO: Colonel Harry Sanders) - (1 regiment conventional)
[Regular experience as of 3054, still Saiph Tr.]
Storm's Metal Thunder
- Commanding Officer: Colonel Griff Storm. Homeworld:
Kikuyu.
Experience: veteran. Loyalty: fanatical. 3058 Employer:
Steiner.
"Once the Spector joined the arsenal of the
SLDF, the covert nature of its missions denied it the
usual press coverage afforded many other SLDF 'Mechs. All
records of the Spector were believed lost with
the fall of the Star League until September of 3048, when
rumors started spreading throughout the Inner Sphere that
the mercenary unit McCarron's Armored Calvalry had found
a Star League base and several lostech 'Mechs on its home
planet of Menke. At about the same time, the mercenary
unit Storm's Metal Thunder began raiding Marik border
worlds in 'Mechs that a few experts recognized from Star
League-era books. Neither McCarron's Armored Calvalry nor
Storm's Metal Thunder have admitted to deploying vintage
Star League 'Mechs, including the deadly Spector."
Swann's Cavaliers
- Experience: Veteran; Regiments: 1; Homeworld: Galisteo.
(CO: Colonel Edmund Repplier).
Employed by House Marik as of 3054. Loyalty: Reliable.
The only unit stationed on Hsien at the onset of the
Marik-Liao Sarna March invasion was the Second F-C RCT, a
unit considered fanatically loyal to House Davion. Though
determined to hold the world against the Liao assault,
the Second RCT quickly fell to the First and Second
Regiments of McCarron's Armored Cavalry. Marshal Irene
Thome led the Second in a retreat offworld to Elgin,
where she hoped to refit and resupply and return to
Hsien. Unfortunately for the Second, the Free Worlds
League mercenary unit Swann's Cavaliers sent to aid the
Capellan rebellion on Elgin, destroyed all of the Second
but the command lance.
Thermo Police
- Experience: Regular / Loyalty: Questionable / 3058
Employer: Outworlds Alliance
Thor's Arms
- Ruled by an oligarchy of rich trading families, Illyrian
Palatinate citizens lived a relatively tranquil existence
until the 3030s, when traders of the nearby Circinus
Federation began to make belligerent noises about
conquering the small realm. The Circians attempted to
annex the Palatinate in 3034, but ran into unexpected
opposition from the mercenary unit Thor's Arms, with whom
the Palatinate had signed a multiyear contract. The
mercenaries' two battalions of assault 'Mechs easily
matched the Federation forces, quickly routing them from
the realm. Militarily, the Illyrian Palatinate is in
somewhat better shape in 3058 than it was five years ago.
Thor's Arms remain in Illyrian employ, with each
battalion rotated to every Palatinate world in turn.
Loyalty: reliable
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Right Arm of Thor (1 Batt) Regular 0.33 Illyria
(CO: Overcaptain Gustaf Narder)
Left Arm of Thor (1 Batt) Regular 0.33 Trasjkis
(CO: Overcaptain Hassie Menker)
Vandelay's Valkyries
- Half of the Taurian V Corps (Commander: Marshal Walter
Oehlerts; Aide: Colonel Elena Barkley), their employer as
of 3058. Loyalty: Reliable.
Unit Name Experience Regiments Homeworld
Vandelay's Valkyries Regular 1 Amber Grove
(CO: Colonel Faith Vandelay)
Vanguard Legion
- Experience: Veteran / Loyalty: Fanatical / 3058 Employer:
Kurita
Wannamaker's Widowmakers
- Commanding Officer: Major Cheryl Wannamaker. Homeworld:
Epsilon Indi.
Experience: green. Loyalty: questionable. 3058 Employer:
Epsilon Indi.
Wolverton's Highlanders
- CO: Brevet Colonel Robert Feehan [Ed.: I'd never noticed
that! Gee, where's Cord Awtry, and does anyone really
wonder what WH use to design their mechs?].
Homeworld: Outreach. Experience: regular. Loyalty:
questionable. Not contracted as of 3058.
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