Vinson's Vigilantes

          Vinson's Vigilantes is a rogue mercenary unit recently turned to piracy. Up until the Clan invasion, the Vigilantes served most of the Successor States at one time or another. Vinson's Vigilantes, however, refused to come to the aid of the FRR's First Kavalleri because their contract stipulated that they were under no obligation to fight once peace was declared on Radstadt, which had occurred just days before. The incident created a hatred of mercenaries among the Rasalhagians, even though the ComStar Review Board later cleared the Vigilantes of wrongdoing. The Vigilantes had the good luck to escape battling the Clans during the initial invasion of the Inner Sphere, but in late 3052 the Federated Commonwealth High Command ordered Vinson's Vigilantes to the border of the Clan Jade Falcon occupation zone. Claiming that with their current equipment they could not hope to stand against the Clans' vastly superior 'Mechs and weapons, the Vigilantes asked the AFFC to give them refit kits to improve their chances against the invaders. The High Command refused the request. Rather than face certain extinction against the Clans, the unit broke their contract with the Federated Commonwealth.

          The Vigilantes raided several Federated Commonwealth armories and then disappeared into the Periphery. A few AFFC units pursued the mercenaries for a time, but the AFFC High Command called off the hunt soon after the Vigilantes left Commonwealth space. Unaware that their former employers were no longer chasing them, the Vigilantes roamed desolate Draconis Rift for nearly a year. In 3055, they finally settled on the independent world of Antallos for the past three years, unsuccessfully searching for work and venturing out occasionally on supply raids.

          According to observers on Port Krin, the Vigilantes are slowly succumbing to infighting between those who want to return to the Inner Sphere and those who wish to wholeheartedly adopt a life of piracy. Any disarray in the Vigilantes' ranks, however, has not yet significantly impaired their fighting ability. Merchants traveling between city-states on Anallos are regularly warned to steer clear of the Vigilantes' compound to avoid attack.

Vinson's Vigilantes Force Listing

(Deployment as of 3054)

Unit Name                        Experience   Regiments  Homeworld
Vinson's Vigilantes              Regular         1       Antallos
(CO: Colonel Pada Vinson)

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