Experience: Regular; Regiments: 1; Homeworld: Ventabren (3054)
/ Caph (post-3054), Chaos March.
CO: Colonel Yuri Rauschenbusch. Employed by FWL until 3058, Liao
after. Loyalty: Reliable.
DropShips
full of mercenaries in the employ of the Free Worlds League
landed on Caph to assist the Liaoist insurgents during the
Liao-Marik invasion. Gustafson's Grenadiers and the Denebola SMM,
slugging it out with each other in New Derry, suddenly faced a
new threat from two crack mercenary units: the Stealthy Tigers
and Always Faithful. The Tigers easily captured Aswan and
proclaimed it a Capellan possession, repelling Lindon's
Battalion. Meanwhile, Always Faithful split in two and marched
toward the two large industrial centers of Rehope and Newann's
Pass. After pleading in vain for a truce with Gould, Duchess
Gustafson retreated from New Derry and raced for Rehope in an
attempt to cut off the Always Faithful troops.
Gustafson's
Grenadiers, meanwhile, had intercepted Always Faithful's First
Battalion near Rehope and forced them to retreat toward Newann's
Pass in a brutal pitched battle. Though the fighting reduced her
forces to less than two battalions, Duchess Gustafson rallied the
surviving troops and marched toward Aswan. Her attempt to
liberate the capital failed, but it cost the Stealthy Tigers a
significant number of 'Mechs.
Currently,
no single force truly controls the planet. The Stealthy Tigers
remain in possession of Aswan, skirmishing almost daily with the
Grenadiers and the remainder of Gould's Denebola SMM. The
Grenadiers and the Denebola SMM also attack each other, though
they seem to prefer fighting the Marik-backed mercenaries.