May 3050, FRR - The Clan Ghost Bear 96th Battle Trinary (14th Battle Cluster, Beta Galaxy) landed at the location agreed to in the batchall, but landed to discover their opponents had failed to show. Remembering the vanished Black Omen mercenary company on Damien, the 96th went hunting for the Regal Death (a mercenary company supported by 2 battalions of heavy armor) but expected to find no opposition. Bravo Battle Star walked straight into a Regal Death ambush in the Vernaw Woods, where the mercs had retreated to prepared positions upon detecting the Bears' arrival in system. Pit traps and minefields destroyed three of Bravo's OmniMechs; concentrated weapons fire took down a fourth and seriously damaged the fifth. Fortunately for the lone Ghost Bear survivor, the other two stars of the battle Trinary arrived in time to make short work of the mercenaries. The Bears fought with such a ferocity that not a single Regal Death soldier survived the assault. After this engagement, many Ghost Bear commanders declared all mercenary units dezgra, unworthy of honorable treatment and fit only for immediate destruction. Upon encountering mercenaries after the battle for Susquehanna, Ghost Bear leaders rarely bothered issuing a batchall and almost never claimed bondsmen from mercenary ranks.